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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
7
A devotional note from the At Home Circle presents guidance on enduring life’s burdens as a divine test. It frames suffering as either a millstone or a diadem depending on attitude and resolve, citing Gail Hamilton and a Biblical blessing from Matthew 5 4.
Rosa Priscilla Pearson and William Herbert Clarke were married December 14 at the Ravenshoe Methodist Church. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs. S J Pearson and the late M Pearson of Evelyn. the groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. W H Clarke of Cana. The ceremony featured a cream wedding gown, green and blue bridesmaid dresses, and a reception at Norlands. The couple will reside in South Johnstone where Clarke serves as senior Searer with the Ambulance Brigade.
The Presbyterian Church on Thursday Island hosted the marriage of Mas Thelma Reithmuller of New Farm Brisbane to Mr Albert Hooper of the police station with Rev R E Pashen officiating. The bride wore blue mattelasse with a white hat. Matron of honour Mrs R E Pashen wore white corded Cy. The bridegroom was attended by Mr W Mo Barlow. Reception followed at the Pashens home.
An advertisement promotes an ecid-fres system for reality-free healing addressing rheumatic, stomach, kidney, and liver troubles. The copy urges readers to ask for a free booklet linked to D. J. Moynahan in Cairns and a “money book.”
The Bairns Circle sends birthday wishes to many members including Koloboks Our Little Girl Lucky is Fairy Bird Son Princess Natalie Trooper Tom and others with mottos about honesty effort and duty. The message wishes many happy returns and notes hopeful sentiments for each named child.
The December boxing night Catholic dance at Shire Hall featured Bridge and euchre with Mr and Mrs Murray-Prior and infant of Carns visiting for Christmas. Local residents mentioned include Mr J Weimer, Mr A Minchin, Mrs M Shetland and family, Morris of Herberton on a fishing trip, and Mr M Gordon visiting from Mt Garnet.
A dated recipe notes Fairy Sponge with four eggs one cup sugar and various flours. Whites beat then sugar fold in, then yolks added briefly. The sponge allegedly takes icing poorly but pairs well with a weed cream filling.
A flood of Christmas visitors from Cairns Mt Garnet Innisfail and Danbulla filled Herberton over the holiday period. Names include Mrs Day Mr C Iroff Mrs O Hanlon Mrs Strachan Miss Lehmkuhl and families with many staying as guests of locals including Mrs Lenten and Mr Ledlie.
In Edmonton on December 19 the Rector Rev. E. P. Stally presented prizes to Sunday school scholars in Senior Division J Fuller and others and in Junior Division N Stokes and many more. The Boys' Red Cross Club will not reopen until school resumes due to members being away.
The Charmogan face powder is praised for imparting charm and youthful prettiness to plain complexions. It subtles skin flaws so they seem to vanish, lasts an hour or more, and carries a perfume described as sheer fascination.
Innisfail Red Cross minutes note activities and fundraising plans for 1940 including contacting RACQ for transport help to Atherton, acknowledging £33 14 2 from G Blair for cane harvest proceeds, and renewing committee permissions. A six week leave is approved for A J Hayes, C J Lister returns from camp, new members enrolled, and items dispatched to headquarters. The report also cites 1914-1918 War Fund spending and comfort distributions to hospitals and institutions, defending continued support for ex servicemen and Returned Soldiers.
A quirky set of language and trivia puzzles tests word origins Latin phrases musical terms and currency knowledge. It asks about a mapron a probatum eat the author of classic novels allegro meanings and which country uses the bolivar as currency with a hint at global contexts.
The piece traces the origin of the expression he’s a brick to Sparta and Plutarch. It recounts Lycurgus and the Spartan idea that a strong city has “a wall of men instead of brick.” An ambassador is shown Sparta’s walls and hears the boast every man a brick, illustrating the saying’s heritage.
Residents in Belgium write home from late October to Sydney about being forbidden to listen to English broadcasts with death penalties, while most ignore it. They praise British airmen, note food shortages, and say the population rallies around the King as winter fears grow.
A humorous fad dubbed Who Yehudi spreads across the United States as crowds imitate a broadcast joke. People answer with playful quips about the mysterious Yehudi, sparked by a comedian’s question and spreading via letters and calls.
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