08 Aug 1938
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Newspaper
Grenfell Record And Lachlan District Advertiser
Location
Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1938
Page
1
If you wish to buy or sell anything or have lost or found items or organize a dance or meeting an advertisement in the local paper will reach all the worthwhile people in the district, offering a payable proposition.
The Royal Theatre previews the United Artists production Dead End on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Sylvia Sidney as Drina and Joel McCrea star as Dave alongside a stellar cast including Bogart as Baby Face Martin and the Deal End kids. Also showing Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickeys Trailer and a Fox News reel, plus local church and Salvation Army listings.
A fragment from a gossip page highlights Lola Lane, Warner Brothers star and sister to Rosemary and Priscilla Lane, noting her height, looks, talents, hobbies, and beauty tips. It includes an adjacent ad praising Creme Charmosan for youthful skin, then jots Eleanor Powell’s remark on new dances, a local oil company notice, and a humorous motorist quip about repair workers on telephone poles.
Creme Charmosan greaseless advertised in large jars for dressing table at 2 shillings 6 pence and handbag tubes at 1 shilling. Sold everywhere by chemists, drapers and stores.
J. P. Neagle & Son offer memorials in granite marble sandstone terrace and concrete with first class workmanship guaranteed. Estimates free. Local agents National Insurance Co NZ Ring 237.
Spirit was the subject in all Churches of Christ Scientist on Sundays with the Golden Text from Ephesians and Bible selections from First Corinthians. The lesson included a citation about God revealing things to believers and the healing and comfort brought by Spirit as explained in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
In a quirky exchange at Tresilian and Dun, the head of Greb Fell Pty. Ltd. laments a typist’s grammar while his chief clerk recalls that his emphasis on language was really about glamour. The odd mishearing underscores the ad’s playful tone.
First Sunday Caragabal 8 30 a m Pullabooka 9 45 a m Second Sunday Bimbi 8 a m Piney Range 10 a m Third Sunday Caragabal Fourth Sunday Bimbi 10 am Fifth Sunday Alternate 8 and 9 All Feast Days Masses St Josephs Great Sunday 7 30 and 9 30 Baptisms Saturdays 3 o'clock Marriages must be notified in time for publication of loans Pullabooka 8 30 a m Piney Range 8
A local notice announces a visit to Grenfell Exchange Hotel on Wednesday August 10 from 9 am to 4 pm. The schedule lists windows for public access and possible consultations with officials during the day.
W R Billy Thompson notifies the public he has taken over the long established Railway Hotel in Grenfell. His motto emphasizes good liquor meals accommodation civility and attention. Trial solicited. Phone 6.
J Simpson advertises dry box wood cut to any length and delivered to all parts of the town for 15 shillings per ton. Phone 163. Printed and published by Harold Sydney Howarth and Cedric Somerville Howarth at their office on Mainstreet, Grenfell.
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