Vigoro Girls to Visit Cessnock From Manilla Team Trip
Vigoro action scheduled as Manilla Girls Sports Club travels to Cessnock on Saturday March 3. No. 2 team will play Sunday morning, Daisy Sing and others named for the trip. No. 1 team, led by captain A Bridger, will play Sunday afternoon with a roster including Shir ley Sing and Shirley House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla Girls
Cessnock
Vigoro
Manila
Daisy Sing
Pat Wehess
Jenny Handley
Dawn White
Melinda Matthews
Dorris Weatherall
Gwen McAski
Practical Music Exam Results Show Grades Across Classes
A State Conservatorium of Music practical examination for the Australian Music Examinations Board was held. St Josephs Convent students achieved credits honors and passes across Pianoforte grades from 1st to 5th plus preliminary. Notable credits were awarded to Jean Duncombe Dianne Wilkinson and Max Wilkinson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservatorium of
Australian Music
Enid Russell
Margaret Geddes
Marlene Joliffe
Ellen Jolite
Ronelle Moore
Ivan Gainey
Judith Coote
Jean Duncombe
Dianne’ Wilkinson
Max Wilkinson
Helen’ Bignall
Margaret Gore
ON DIT Oscar Snippets and Fractured Jokes
A column of quips and anecdotes features a drunken driver’s alibi misstatement I didn’t know I was loaded a comic line about stepwise moral rising to one’s level a wife’s boast about her husband’s smoking quit willpower and a kitchen table dilemma about adopting a child where a lad’s cap hints at a boyInstead of a girl Donald nudges Mary to reconsider the orphanage choice and select a boy based on a found cap.
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Donald
Mary
Manilla Farmer Injured In Barraba Road Truck Crash
John Joseph Costelloe of Manilla was injured when the utility truck he drove crashed into a telegraph pole on the Barraba road four miles from Manilla on Friday night. He suffered a fractured ankle, possible pelvis fracture, and severe shock after being pinned by the truck for about 45 minutes. Passenger Miss Doris Wicks of New Mexico sustained only shock. The pole was snapped two feet from the ground and a passing motorist summoned help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Joseph Costelloe
Manilla
Barraba
Costelloe
Doris Wicks
New Mexico
G.schaefer
Rotary Club Meets As Telephone Service Restored
A trench-digging machine damaged about 15 yards of underground telephone cable during sewerage work in Manilla on Saturday morning. Thirty-eight telephone services were affected as PMG staff labored through Saturday and Sunday to restore the line. At the Rotary Club’s first monthly meeting of 1951 Immediate Past President W. J. Byrnes presented each member with England-bought Rotary Ties, the first of their kind in Australia, drawing praise for the gesture from the Charter President.
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Manilla
PMG
Ceu Fa Rotary ‘Club
W. J. Byrnes
England
Australia
Wedding at Holy Trinity Church Manilla Califold
A wedding was celebrated at Holy Trinity Church Manilla on February 3 with Rev Duncombe presiding. Edna Jean Coote and James C Smith were the bride and groom, with nuptials witnessed by family and friends. The bride wore a white georgette frock with train, sapphire brooch and pendant gifts. matron of honor Joyce Bridge wore blue taffeta. The reception followed in the parish hall with family staff and about 50 guests. cake was by the bride. couple left for Lake Macquarie in a blue frock and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Church
Manilla
V.C. ‘Duncome
Edna Jean
A.E. Coote
Mandetta
James C
J. H. Smith
J. Hi Smith
Park” Manilla
Joyce Bridge
Betty Ickeringill
Tamworth
Rev. N. Ward
Coste
Rifle Shooting Schedule Adjusted for Manilla Show
There will be no shoot next Saturday due to the Manilla Show. On March 10 a 500 yard practice shoot is planned and on March 11 an all day shoot with scores counting for the NRA Spoon at Lone Pine Range. See H C Dengate and J M Turner for details. No shoot next Saturday night. shooting resumes the following Saturday at 7 30 pm with early arrival requested to rig lights and targets.
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N.R.A
Lone Pine
Ie H.C Dengate
Paveya
J. M. Turner
CIA
Pol Oak
Manilla District Farmers and Settlers Meet
The Manilla branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association for New South Wales held its monthly meeting at Mec Nahics Institute on Friday afternoon. Chair R V Coulton led with a report on the District Council Conference at Gunnedah, and B V Byrnes thanked him for the enlightening briefing. The association approved writing to Main Roads for thanks on wire netting over the Namoi footbridge, while noting continued use of the main road. A delegate was sought for the Manilla Jubilee Celebrations committee and the association plan delegates G H Nix, R V Coulton, and H Duprez to attend the Morree Conference on March 29-30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilla Sbranch
F Farmers and Settlers Association For
New South Wales
Mec
Nahics Institute
R. v. Coulton
Gunnedah
B. V. Byrnes
Coulton
Association
cTt
B. V. ‘Byrnes
Department of Main Roads
Namoi River
Byrnes
Mater
Manilla
Thes
G.H. Nixon
R. V.coulton
H. Dupréz
Morree
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Blain Col. Haircord
Oscar
Smith—Coote
Jack Hall
Creek
W .G.hall
Agate
A. A. Yates
Ar P. Doyle
Mortimer
R S. Glover
Abberfield
D. H. Mortimer
H. Hall
J. A. Bignal
Ger. Nott
B. Pevey
A. McGuire
Floral Madras
Via
Burgundy
MacKenzie & Sons Pty
Utd
Farmers. & ‘Settlers Association
Stoddart
Hayward
Clothing ‘Department
Stoddart & Hayward
P.O
Wzrtonene
James Cook
Endeavour
Tahiti
New Zealand
Cook
Botany Bay
Possession Island
Torres Strait
South America
Commonwealth of Australia
Bank of New South Wales
Pioneer Bank
Bank’ OF New
South Wale
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