Wedding of Wilsie Menzies to Cyril Evans at St Pauls
A Black Mountain couple ties the knot at St Pauls Presbyterian Church with a reception at Pompadour Cafe. Wilsie Menzies and Cyril Lloyd Evans wed before 80 guests in a ceremony featuring pink and blue gowns, solo acts, and telegrams of congratulation. The couple honeymooned in Sydney after a large community evening at Black Mountain hall.
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St. Paul Presbyterian Church
Wilsie Merne
A. C. Mengies
Ben Williams Guyra
Heather Rixon
Phyllis White
Yvonne Bell
Campbell
Stewart Evans
Victor Williams
Pompadour Cafe
G. N. Beasley
Sydney
Black Mountain
Fruit Preservation Equipment For Home Canners
Miss Clare Mitchell of the Department of Agriculture explains home fruit preserving requires little beyond common kitchen items. Essential gear includes jars, a table, stove, water, basins, pans, spoons, knives, and sugar. optional but helpful tools include a pear corer, peach pitting spoon, and an apple cover. Proper jars seal to keep air out, with rubber rings in good condition tested by folding or stretching.
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Clare Mitchell
Department of Agriculture
Guyra Hospital Fund Receives Growing Donations
The Guyra Hospital Fund total nears £1000 as donations come in steadily. President W A Roberts reports about £776 in hand with the Auxiliary around £115, while Mr M Sutton leads with a £150 gift. Other supporters include Mr Walter Johnson £10 and Mr L W Drabsch £5. District auxiliaries are being formed, with Mr Butler named collector at Ben Lomond and a meeting planned there with Shire President Mr Youman.
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W. A. Roberts
M. Sutton
Walter Johnson
L. W. Drabsch
Butler
Ben Lomond
W. Youman
W.V.S. Appeals for Christmas Cakes and Parcels
The W.V.S. reports sending 195 cakes and 100 medical parcels to soldiers in New Guinea and the far north. Christmas parcel packing has begun and will continue each Saturday. Aims to collect homemade cakes with tins and fruit supplied by the society, or donations of 4/6 for bakers cakes. Urgently needed are Hessian, newspapers, and 1 lb tins for sweets. Various groups and individuals are thanked for hampers fund contributions and cake donations. A card party raised 14 pounds 10 shillings despite wet weather.
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Guryra W.V.S
New Guinea
Far North
W.V.S
Ron Williams
R. Burey
Ditton
Martin
Medicine men at two New Guinea schools train natives
The Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit runs two native medical schools in Port Moresby and Lae. A class of nineteen natives is halfway through a three month basic medicine course and will be sent to villages to provide simple medical care after graduation.
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New Guinea
Australian New Guinea
Port Moresby
Lae
Kai-Kai
Glass
New Guinea Aid Training Ends Badges Sale Disrupted
The article describes malaria treatment basics taught in pidgin at New Guinea schools aided by Australians, warnings against diseases, and a later note that heavy rain forced Guyra school girls to close and reschedule badge sales for Comforts' Fund to next Saturday from 2 to 4 pm.
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Guyra
Comforts
Hospital Auxiliary Plans Snacks For October Event
At the recent monthly meeting of the Guyra Hospital Auxiliary the treasurer reported income of 92 pounds from the recent hospital fair. The auxiliary will provide light luncheon and afternoon tea at the Eight-hour Day Sports on October 2 and handle supper at the following dance. Afternoon tea was hosted by Mrs. Drabsch and Mrs. E Mulligan.
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Guyra Hospital
Drabsch
E. Mulligan
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Quentin Aibiddulph
Armidale
Armidale P.O
C. L. MacKenzie
P.O. Box
Gentle & Harrison Solicitors
A. Horner Fletcher M.lo
Beardy ST
Christmas Hampers Fund
C.U.S.A
C.W.A
Tubbamurra Comforts Fund
Llangothlin Patriotic Society
Ollera-Wandsworth Comforts Fund
Black Mountain Comforts Fund
Ben Lomond Soldiers’Welfare Association
A. Newberry
J. Holt
J. Moore
N. Jackson
B. Dutton
the Cuyer Argus
Crampton Engineering Services
Tierney’s
Bradley Street
Roberts
Hanna's
Chevrolet
Australia
C.H.V
Laketide
G.M.A.C
Fink Ice Plan
Burgess
Australian Comforts Fund
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