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Burra Record

Location

Burra, South Australia, Australia

Date

Jan 20, 1953

Page

7

Burra High School Tops State Craft Exam Results

Burra High School dominates the recent Craft Examination with L Keith Cockrum named top boy in the state winning the Timber Merchants Prize. Passes were recorded in Woodwork by Cockrum and fellow students while Needlework and Home Science results were solid though not peak, led by Pamela Bourman and Coral Brandon among others. Leaving exams saw Valerie Terry and Mary Cox achieving passes in English, Maths, Bookkeeping, and history.

Burra High School L. Keith Cockrum Prie Burra Malcolm Goodridge Keith Cockrum Edmund Bage Allan Baulderstone Adrian Jobson Trevor Franklin Leith Pederick Pamela Bourman Coral Brandon Merlene Jackson Anne Lucas Judith Wood Marie Gare Ors Brannon Heather Stolte B. Wood M. Jackson J. Pearce A. Johnson E. Bagg P. Murphy Wood Bage Valerie Terry Mary Cox

Hallett RSL Sub-Branch Opens New Club Rooms

The Hallett RSL Sub-Branch held its annual meeting on 10 January in the new club rooms after purchasing the old hall from the Church of England. President J R Hooper was re elected with a strong executive. secretary Les Gray elected. Barley crop work and fundraising for renovations noted, with Mellon Stud Limited's Jack Goddard providing land for the crop.

Hallett Rsl Church of England J. R. Hooper Jack Hooper R.S.L Les Gray Clem Blight Jack Goddard Mellon Stud Limited

Letter to the Editor Corrects Sir Phillip McBride Career

Noel Fiver challenges a prior "Record" article about Sir Phillip McBride. He states McBride served Grey as a member, then moved to the Senate, later winning the Wakefield seat for the Liberal or Liberal-Country party and representing Grey and Wakefield in sequence. He notes possible printer error in listing Wakefield as a Senate state.

Phillip McBride Phillip Grey Wakefield McBride House of Representatives Senate Land L.C.L Noel ‘Fiver

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