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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1946
Page
2
Abridged town notes recount upcoming Local Show day and expected good weather. Social items include engagements, births, illnesses, travels, and visits among Bridgetown residents, with mentions of visitors from Albany and Perth and notable local movements.
Discharges and homecomings mark a busy week in Greenbushes with Mr. P. Feazey returning from RAN service and Mrs. W. G. Allen and Miss R. Allen arriving by Monday train. Mrs. Bignell bids farewell to sister Miss E. Hayes as the latter heads cityward by train after a stay and a plane visit noted recently. Mrs. Kyd sees a mother off Saturday while Mrs. Doherty, English daughter in law, and granddaughter Joan return home. Miss J. Cox fills Post Office duties replacing Miss O. Perks who moved to Nannup. New residents include Mr. and Mrs. Exelby, who sold their farm to Mr. Meagher. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. V. Raper on a newborn son.
Mrs E J Shannon returned from a long holiday in The Big Smoke. A meeting of the Parents and Citizens Association discussed the Christmas tree and Bridgetown sports under Mr David Blythe. Children practiced dancing for a ball. troupes traveled to Jarrahwood for a dance. Mr and Mrs F Spitz and family left for Lake Grace. Stork visited Nannup hospital, delivering a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Camarri. Independent Order of Odafellows gave a send off to Mr F Spitz.
Last Monday's Nannup Hall event honored team captain F Spitz with a farewell and a trophies presentation to Nannup Brook, premiers this year. Separovitch received the season’s fairest and best trophy, Spitz also presented a cup to the most improved player. Community notices report guests from Bunbury and Perth, a charity dance for a children's Christmas tree, and a Middle Swan Orphanage girls’ tour through the South West.
A radiant bride wore satin with scroll work and a tulle veil as she wed under a strawberry sequin arch. Guests include Mrs Allen Brannigan and Doreen Wilson as attendants while Mr Allen Brannigan served as best man. The ceremony in Lesser Hall drew eighty guests before a blue sky ensemble departure.
Tom from a Bridgetown firm loses his ring in Narrogin prompting a frantic search by Bridgetown friends. The Roman Catholic wedding at Narrogin preserved by nuns proceeds with bride in moracain and pearl trim, bridesmaids Marie Willoughby and Jean Turton, best man Bill Turton, groomsman Eric Bashford, and a reception with toasts and dancing.
Snakes from three to six and a half feet long, dark brown in color, were killed in the gardens of M r and Mrs Baxter and M r and Mrs Hastie of Rowley Street Bridgetown. Mrs Hastie saw the first, Baxter tripped over another in his path. Mr Baxter warns snakes are dangerous where small children or wives at home. Two more incidents came at the Rovers Premiership celebration on the Blackwood River. Mrs N Taylor seeks treatment for a scorpion bite on her right leg and Ted Glancy suffered an insect bite on his left thumb. Taylor felt ill after the bite and Glancy recalls no pain at the moment.
Sunday timetable lists 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Bridgetown 4:40 p.m. Nannup and 7:30 p.m. Bridgetown with times arranged for services in November. The fragment records church or community meeting times in Bridgetown and Nannup.
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