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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
2
The Guyra district prepares for its 41st annual show with a strong sense of national pride. Officials keep the event running after months of planning while rains boost pavilion exhibits and livestock entries. town hopes for sunny weather, record crowds, and a successful show.
Mr and Mrs Neville Mc Crory of Sydney visit relatives in Guyra. Mrs J Carroll has her sister Mrs Kyat of Cumin costed HED. Miss Barbara Cartwright returns to work at her beauty salon after a five week holiday. Mr G Madden of Drum Moyne visits Armidale. Mrs Don Brown of Ollera Sheel hosts guests, Mr and Mrs Kelding. Mr and Mrs H Hill entertain Mr and Mrs A Chenery of Newcastle. Frank Manuel now resides at Bouldersteign, visiting Armidale relatives. Bill Bourke, Central sence teacher, plans Armidale weekend ride home. Miss E Howes of Ullera Street holidays at Tweed Heads for two to three weeks. Miss Leta Brodie will visit Sydney to meet a long-time New Zealand pen friend. Janet Blomfield and Brian Carrigus engagement announced. Molly Pearson, Armidale and England Hospital patient, daughter of Bill Pearson of Aberfoyle, employed at Burgess’s Garage. Congratulations to D Sutherland and family on birth of daughter in Barraba. Sutherland recently visited Guyra with daughter Ann staying with Miss N Youman.
Week in Guyra district sees showers aiding farms as potato digging stalls. Office records show temperatures and rainfall for February 17 to 18, with highs around 72 and lows near 42 while rainfall totals remain light.
Harvest thanksgiving services will be held at St James Church, England, Guyra, and in the surrounding country next Sunday. Church interiors will feature fruit, flowers, vegetables, and field produce to be sent to the hospital afterward. The parish choir will perform two anthems by Sir Walford Davies, Blessed Are The Pure In Heart and God Be In My Head, as the Vicar Rev RR F Kirby delivers harvest sermons at all services.
The New England University College Armidale offers technical extension class enrolment at the show this weekend. Guyra Central School headmaster Mr Whiteford will assist entrants with enrolment. Show announcements will periodically broadcast details at the showground.
Johnny Sullivan, 27, an Aboriginal man, was sentenced to several months hard labour for assaulting police at the Royal Hotel incident on February 17. He admitted to the charges except indecent language and claimed drunkenness. the court noted the dangerous violence of striking an officer with a full bottle of liquor.
Sergeant Hyland stated the defendant, intoxicated, drove a lorry from Guyra to South Guyra with a rifle and threatened to shoot a woman. He also threatened to poison. The witness arrested him. the magistrate believed the rifle threat was bluff. A £15 fine with costs was imposed and paid.
Richard J. Mackson of Ben Lomond dies suddenly on Saturday afternoon at 60 after delivering pens at the railway station he fell ill, recovered briefly, then died of heart failure. A former prominent cricketer and avid shooter, he farmed, ran a carrier service, and sold potatoes. Survived by his wife and three daughters Clair Ellen Ileen and son Vincent. predeceased by son Bede. Funeral held Monday afternoon conducted by Lightfoot and Co with Rev Father O'Brien.
Rexford John Cherry of Armidale admitted driving a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor at the Guyra Petty Sessions. He was fined £15 with 14 days to pay after being found unfit to stand following the February 19 incident near Ryanda street tennis courts.
During filming at Twentieth Century Fox for Sitting Pretty at the Arcadia Theatre Maureen O'Hara fluffed a line five times before finally saying light-housekeeping in a scene with Robert Young as they draft a newspaper ad for a babysitter. Her first attempt was the housekeeping. The crew laughed as confusion grew.
James Farrell failed to appear at Guyra Petty Sessions on Tuesday to answer charges of drunkenness and indecent language. His recognisance of £5 was estreated by the S M Mr A B S Tunchon.
A court sentences the offender to four months in gaol for assault, fines 2 pounds for offensive behavior in default three days, 3 pounds for indecent language in default six days, and 1 pound for malicious damage with damages payable. The defendant has been in custody five days.
A humorous reminiscence about potato digging with an eight pronged fork. The narrator recalls army cookhouse experience and intimate talk with potatoes, notes their burrowing habits under green bushes, and plans to attend a show with Tam and a bearded lady.
The fragment lists several inconsistent plan names such as Loose eatcopping, leet hoosekeeping, ouse- heat kooping, and lout heesekooping reflecting spelling variations in the source. It is unclear what project or policy these terms describe due to garbled OCR. No clear entities or dates are identifiable.
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