10 Jan 1947
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
1
In loving memory of my dear wife Aimee who passed away on December 28 1944 May the winds of heaven blow softly over sweet and hallowed spot where sleeping without dreaming lies the one I will never forget Inserted by her husband Frank.
Mr. Ted Holmes leaves Saturday for a short holiday in Melbourne. Miss Carmel Keating of North Melbourne holidays with Mr and Mrs M Doyle and family at Cobram. W Bonett, relieved at Cobram, departs for the Test at Melbourne. England v Australia Test noted with Jones witnessing. Bourke family holidaying in Queensland after attending Melbourne Test. Relieving staff member Edmonds covers Cobram Railway Station. Geo Tomkins of Melbourne holidaying with Cobram family. Agnes Danaher from Melbourne staying with Ornell in Cobram. Gregory returns from Melbourne Test trip. Shier family and son holidaying at Lorne. Mary Mulcahy and Mary Cassidy holidaying at Cowes. Collens and Owen Chapel return from Cobram family holidays.
Laties of the Cobram Croquet Club held a farewell social for Mrs C Nuttall who will relocate to Numurkah. After afternoon tea Mrs F Downing presented a gift on behalf of members, with Mrs Nuttall winning a subsequent competition. A silver dish was presented after Methodist Church service.
A muddled report from ArdmonA Cannery notes a meeting with references to Pickworth and a death of Mr Turnbull after months of illness. The text mentions Mr Turnbull as a longtime director and pays condolences to Mrs Turnbull, with other director acknowledgments and fragments of remarks from Claxton and Simpson.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Beoprietar and Plage with scattered words about gales and a bag. The readable bits are insufficient for a coherent event or proper nouns.
Margaret Patricia Gibbs and Arthur William Healey were married at the Church of Immaculate Conception Glenferrie on Saturday December 28 at 3:30 pm. The bride wore white taffeta with seed pearls and a Brussels lace veil, and was escorted by her father. Bridesmaids in apricot taffeta, best man Jim Healey and groomsman Tom McGeary participated. reception hosted by the bride's mother for about 40 guests. The couple will reside in Mont Albert after a brief honeymoon.
In Cobram on Wednesday night the Cobram Golds defeated the Cobram Blues 75 40 in round two of the Pennant. Rink results list G Tomkins Radcliffe Sperl beating O'Reilly Harris Lee Gedye Brooks and others in the Golds win. Current standings after round two show Cobram Gold fifth with five wins three losses and 96 points.
The club announces the draw for Championship and 100-up Competitions at BeeT and Petitore, urges prompt subscription payments to Secretary Mr. A O'Brien, and reports new greens works in William Street with excavation and sand filling ongoing. Tocumwal and Cobram Gold have one postponed match from December to be played next.
Fragmentary OCR lines provide no clear event, names, dates, or locations. Readable bits suggest disconnected words and garbled text with no verifiable entities or context to summarize into a coherent news item.
A fragment notes Bill Quick catching during a test event with spectators including W. Quick S. M. Scott and McBean. The canary in the stand was christened Colin McCool after the moment.
Eden leads a New Zealand writer's late start serial as the Journal shifts to three monthly parts instead of six. A possessive mother and her three daughters drive this tale, blending humor pathos romance and family dynamics in a brightly illustrated issue.
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