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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
9
Fragmentary radio timetable listing various programs and times including religious readings, breakfast sessions, notes on the news, housewife’s choice, British tunes, church services, and musical programs. Names and times are scattered and partially legible.
The listing outlines a May 1 broadcast day with multiple time slots for News Weather Report Essential Services Music Bible readings breakfast sessions and various programs. Featured acts include Patricia Fossborough John Goldner and The Harmon iques with Joan Wilton plus Dancing and string music segments.
At the monthly Freshwater Methodist Guild gathering President Mrs Gilmore welcomed Rev Hiscock who chaired the session. Members heard reports, elect officers including Mr G Moule as president and Mrs D Mason as vice, and plan a June garden party at Mrs Mason's home with refreshments served after business.
Passengers arriving in Cairns on Tuesday evening by ANS A include from Sydney Miss C Nelson Mr S Mason from Brisbane Miss Z Hyde and F Neary from Townsville Mr P Marks Miss B Mahony. Departures yesterday by ANA included passengers to Sydney Mr T Rose Miss M Jackson Mrs G Edwards Sister Miriam to Brisbane Messrs T Cusick S R Anderson R C Field Mrs M Farquharson and to Townsville Messrs Miller L Paterson. Afternoon ANA departures list passengers to Brisbane Mr and Mrs H C Millard nee Mr RE Luce to Mackay Miss C S Smith F R Sheppard G H Cooke and to Townsville Messrs Isaacson G Byrne. Arrivals by TAA last night include from Melbourne Mrs Dreyfus Mr Taylor and from Brisbane Messrs Bostock Clarke and from Rockhampton Mes P Brown F Brown W Brown from Mackay Mr Wallace and from Townsville Messrs Rowe Ingram Trinburg Campbell Service Jack Thompson Grimsley Co Smith Master Rowe. Departures for the south by TAA yesterday morning list to Townsville Messrs Marsh Burnell J Shaw to Mackay Mr A E Smith to Brisbane Messrs J Nevin J Hoare W Poustie Miss D Meson.
A Saturday wedding at the Atherton Methodist Church joined Jean Isabel Cowie, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs H Cowie, with Colin Frederick Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Williams Tolga. Rev Morton officiated. The bride wore a lace and satin gown with a peplum, carried a white gaudi orchid bouquet, and was accompanied by her sisters Petsy and Heather in pink organdie gowns. The bridesmaids wore pink organdie gowns and carried pink bouquets. Best man was Kevin Russell. groomsman Ralph Williams. A reception at St George's hall hosted 120 guests with the couple departing for Sydney.
U S churches gasp for ministers as membership surges to 81 million amid a decade of rising religious interest. Protestant and Catholic bodies recruit thousands of clergy while war veterans join seminary study. fundamentalist sects show no shortage.
Dr. Nelson Glueck of Hebrew Union College and the Jewish Institute of Religion notes wartime population shifts created church needs. Protestant churches expand via campaigns and multi ministry, with women teaching and leading services where ordination is limited. Four to ten rural congregations share ministers to cover ministerial and personal guidance.
London May tin prices list Spor £1142/10 per hundredweight for cash and three months £1122/10. New York tin price remains unchanged despite London levels.
Readable text suggests Notre Dame in Paris was built on a historic site once occupied by a Roman temple to Jupiter. Excavation findings are referenced as part of the cathedral’s medieval origin.
A blurred telegram batch from Scotland and Australian towns lists guests including Mrs. Peg Lewis an aunt from Sydney Mrs Bardy Mr and Mrs Mardy and son John Innisfail Mr and Mrs J Williams Cairns Mr and Mrs Arthur Mackney Colin Mr Bartle Frere Miss Kath Corbett Mareeba Jack McCune Ravenshoe and the Williams family on returning from Sydney will reside in Innisfail.
Captain Phil Hammond presented the Jubilee Flag to Cairns Infant State School with students and staff present. Chairman Mr L Law explained Jubilee Year significance as the flag was saluted and songs sung. Captain Hammond planted a time capsule and mime O Sullivan thanked him as ladies committee served morning tea.
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