Cessnock Artists Equal to AnyShow Opening by Aid. W. BrownII** knew they had artlat* InOn——eh equal to any In the -----HrvHiMt+, AkL Mill Brown —id when ^ ,hr Art* *■* O—ftnI nhibition at the Council lt;hamhen* on WArt* lt;0*1 nr 11 on organising theHr —Id It wn« a credit to the dMrtrt.Hr referred to the fact Unit the local council had nlwnya helped In any way It wan imaaiMa — thev resilaed that there wna a lot more concerned with local government than many people r—Hoed.• A town la only na bit aa the people that inhabit It make It/'—id Aid Brown.Cesanock people had done their heel to put Ihetr town on the map, raped ally the Arta Council.He aald he waa quite taken up with the paintings ihown by local artist Charies Ralsbeck. especially since they were local views.'inere was no doubt, he aaJd, thatCessnock provided as good as acenerv — anywhere in the 8tate. but one\ao to look for it to And it.He —Id Charles Ralsbeck was a lop line artist and he was very pleased with the work he had exhibited.Aid. Brown said he had known for years that there were top line artist.) of all descriptions in Cessnock andthey were equal to any of the top line artiste ot any other town in the state.Charles Raisbeck exhibited a num-oer ol one paintings of beauty spots :n the district and hla work was rcely praised by the large numbers attending ihe exhibition.His pupt/i. Including Max Proctor, ievm I'agjart, Max Broadley. John Paterson. Ken Roarke, and * Dorothy .McLennan, showed some very One pen and pem-ll and brush work cx-libll*.