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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 20, 1945
Page
1
All members are invited to Baptist Hall on Monday evening for the year’s first competition night. Two songs per team and a best character in make up will count. Names for teams to be suggested. A team players listed with positions. A dance committee meeting is scheduled for tonight at 4 p.m.
Anzac Day tribute events sweep Australia with services from coast to coast. In Sunshine the commemoration will be at the town hall on April 25 at 7.45 pm with Rev A W Pederick addressing and local church ministers taking part. Scouts guides guards Sunshine District Band and the choral society will attend.
Mrs Rebecca Barsby aged 90 of 6 Gundah Street Albion died after a long life in England and Australia. She leaves two sons and a daughter, funeral held Tuesday from Nelson Bros chapel Droop Street Footscray, burial at Footscray Cemetery with Rev W Evans officiating. Nelson Bros. conducted arrangements.
The Sunshine District Patriotic Fund held its monthly meeting at Shire Hall with Dr. Dobson in the chair. Reports from Red Cross and ACF branches were presented, detailing 1944 receipts of 415,710 and expenditures of 128,259, plus further allocations to Salvation Army Y M C A and Y W C L A branches. A sub committee was formed to support head collectors as weekly contributions fell to 22/2d average for four weeks.
A Saturday afternoon bazaar in St. Albans raised £21 for Red Cross and associated causes. The planning committee thanks Mrs White Bir Angliss Dr J Parr and Henri Webster for support and invites thanks to all helpers. A general committee meeting was scheduled for the coming Tuesday at 7. Cardi Ibe, with additional notes on progress and upcoming proposals for the district.
Turf selections list several horses in a nurses' handicap and district races with names like Carnahan and Valour and places Chelsea Cheviot Cape. The fragment lists weights and entries such as Peter Laler Valour and Caragona with unclear terms and numbers, reflecting a racing card excerpt.
Kathleen Rosemary Tuite of Sydney married Stokeree Charles Illiam Mutton of H M A S Shropshire on March 31 at St. Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne. The bride wore magnolia satin with tulle veil and orange blossom headpiece, attended by Miss Robbie Steers. A Wentworth reception followed.
Hetty Cunningham daughter of Mrs J K Cunningham ties with L A Norman Foxcroft eldest son of Mr and Mrs Harry Foxcroft of Albion at Albion Methodist Church on April 7. Rev H A Dennis officiates. Bride given by brother Peter Cunningham. Attendants Gwen Cunningham and Elizabeth Foxcroft. Best man O A Allan Foxcroft and groomsman Sig Geoff Batten R A N. Reception led by Rev H A Dennis with toasts. Honeymoon outfit noted blue suit with black accessories and many presents including cheques.
A large turnout at the Sunshine Technical School second meeting launched the Parents Association with 117 members enrolled. Officers elected include President W. Lee and Treasurer C. Dunlop. Principal Bull urged close parent engagement to guard against postwar recurrence of issues, noting similar efforts at other schools.
The Braybrook Shire President reports a strong Third Victory Loan response with £217,000 subscribed from 2,888 subscribers. A further call urges residents to help reach the double quota as April 27 closing date approaches.
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