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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1947
Page
8
The school cancelled indoor events due to an outbreak and held a yard assembly to award prizes. Principal Mr Pedertick highlights student progress, civic duty, and expanding night classes while noting staff changes and transport issues affecting 81 enrollments and 1948 prospects.
A detailed year summary from Burra School notes a dominant Girls team led by Carliene Davies with an undefeated year across about a dozen Association matches. The report lists Cup winners Donald Allen and Mary Nelson in Senior and John Heltrich and Joan Nelson in Junior, plus school events at the Burra Racecourse and overall success of the Mid Northern Inter High School Sports. It praises the High School Council and Parents' and Friends' Association for their support, notes gifts like a Gestetner machine, a physics ladder, and an electric bell, and thanks staff, students, and the town for help with exams, the library, and social events. It also records staff changes and calls for homework cooperation and diaries to monitor progress, ending with Christmas and New Year wishes and a list of prizes and distinguished students.
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