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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1942
Page
3
Barra North F F C Ontario members report stamps sold totaling over £6 by Mrs Bentley. The second meeting falls on December 24 but will be held December 31 for a fortnight Social Afternoon with Mrs Biggs and Mrs Morton organizing. A competition winner was Mrs Pearce. Trading Table realized 18/5. Meeting closed.
The Hallett Red Cross and FFC Fund held a December 2 gathering praising past successes. Mrs Owen Smyth thanked volunteers for the Baby Competition and Fete profits totaling £83 6 74 5 percent, with proceeds split for control funds and Prisoners of War £390. Donations from numerous locals were recorded, and Mrs Klaebe spoke on the Ferowir FRO Canteen with notes on its modern fittings.
The Burrs CWA opened a new rest room near the general meeting room in Pearce Building on 4 December. Mrs. G. G. Bankes introduced Mrs. J. Tennant who spoke of Mrs. Vent’s CWA foundation role and two Seaside Holiday Cottages. Mrs. Tennant thanked the committee and noted the late President Mrs. Lt. Warnes could not attend. The room features cream walls blue carpet and chairs, with decorations of mixed roses delphiniums and larkspur arranged by Mrs. AL Collins. Mrs. Tennant and committee members listed furnishing contributions and a cottage-class print shop note appears at the end.
A new batch from the institute is destined for four months of circulation. Parents encouraged to join the school library as over 800 books become available at a shilling term. Notable titles include Pollyanna's Golden Horseshoe, When We Were Very Young, Secret of the Sea, and Adventures of Jack Rolvick, among others from authors such as Milne, Timms, Turner, Wynne, and Bell.
Minutes from Burra School Welfare Club assembly room meeting December 1 note apologies from Mesdames Kilsby Garratt Sellars Marston Mrs H Jennison chaired with good attendance. Accounts approved for payment. A £3 donation to SPP funds decided. Christmas for children planned December 8 starting 2 30 and parents asked to bring baskets Next meeting set for February 1st 1943
The Mt Bryan East School reports exam results with students Leo Rughes Tune Maxted D-Ronds Thomas Carmen Dare Lorma Simmons. A Christmas Tree event follows at 8 pm at Mt Bryan East Church with student performances prize drawings by Father Christmas games and supper.
Extracts from talks and commentaries aired on the BBC overseas short wave service recount a desert palm joke about a date on Feb 29 and a wartime London Letter. A German war correspondent Otto von Dedemannt Geis is captured after a tank mishap near Tobruk, lamenting he never filed his story.
A Wednesday meeting on December 2 is chaired by Mrs. P afsara with expenses noted as £4 2s 8d. The Red Day event in Australia is announced for December 23 to raise funds. An upcoming Mystery Parcel Emmas Tree is set for December 16 with a drawing, and members are urged to contribute to the Red Cross charity, aiming for £3,000. trading table profits were lower due to vegetable scarcity, totaling £5 6d.
A fragment reports the official result of a baby contest tied to a December event in Yon Sh. It mentions a jumble stall, cool director, and tea cream, with strawberries and cream noted as part of the profits, signaling a community fair closing.
Obituary note records that on Tuesday last arman ments were carried out by Mies srs C. J. Pearce and Son, Burra.
A fragment from a local page notes Mrs Gillon of Southwark and MG Leaney of TSanmlalgeave visiting relatives in Burra. Alan Walker, son of Mr and Mrs Walker, is on leave. Mr Schaefer plans a week in South Australia visiting his sister. Pte Jock Harris on interstate leave visited Burra to see old friends. Mr and Mrs S Wilsma were briefed by their daughter and son-in-law, Warrant Officer and Mrs Palmer.
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