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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1937
Page
7
A mother teaches Beth the meaning of courtesy through a tale of Mary helping a nervous blind man cross a street. Beth later learns to imitate Marys kindness, recognizing her own past harshness and resolving to improve. The piece also touches on art and discipline through James Sharples and a moral about treating others as you wish to be treated.
James Sharples toiled long hours in a Yorkshire ironworks making rivets for boiler makers. Though a born artist, he seemed fated for boiler work until a foreman spotted his chalk line skills and gave him chance to design boilers on the workshop floor.
A collection of quips about Bernard Shaw prizes and 1925, a battered motorist at Number Six, a Yard Ward cell joke, a dog on a leash, boxer business sense, a linguist on Chinese swear words, golf abroad, skating beginners, a parrot gift, and a wife wife swap quip.
Eleven members fired over the three hundred yards range on Saturday for the weekly trophy. Conditions were favorable and scores improved over the previous week. Vice captain Hodge led with 45 9 54, followed by J Farnsworth 41 1 2 63 and F Masson 45 56 60. Other totals include J Cillas 88 12 50, R Farnsworth 44 6 49, A Masson 44 4 48, and H Barnett 43 4 47.
The Sunshine Theatre presents Escape from Devil's Island a stark drama of convicts doomed to a brutal island pen with Vic tor Jovy Florence Rice and Norman Foster leading a large cast. Also screened are She Married Her Boss with Claudette Colbert and The King Steps Out starring Grace Moore featuring Fritz Kreisler music in a Columbia release.
The bride questions why poultry costs higher with the shopkeeper claiming quality includes feet on. The judge inquires about the defendant, and a witness notes prior suspicion of the man.
The church holds anniversary services on Sunday April 18 with 11am and 7pm sessions. Pastor G Brice leads the morning service. Dr F J Wilkin, an aged Baptist pioneer, attends the evening. The Boys mouth organ band, Miss J Harrion, and other volunteers participate. Proceeds from the Wednesday night event fund hall debt.
Sunday April 18 will feature Sister Gwen from the Home Mission Society describing activities from relief and social work in slums to bush mission and infant rescue. The Methodist Inland Mission operates in the dead heart remote north and northwest, aiding wanderers and lonely children with books, stories, and outreach.
Adjutant Sharp, Divisional Young People's Secretary of the Melbourne Division, will conduct Salvation Army services at 3.15 and 7 p.m. Sunday in the Salvation Army Hall, Clark Street, Sunshine. Old friends are invited to attend and hear the Adjutant.
The Williamstown centenary parade featured a Druid float with Stonehenge and an Arch Druid. Attendance included the Grand President and Board members. Trafalgar Lodge hosted refreshments afterward. Sunshine Druids Lodge Cricket Club met for the first time last Wednesday with further details coming next week.
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