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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 23, 1937
Page
2
The shire health inspector Mr L E Thorpe reported to the council that immunisation reduces diphtheria risk but two cases appeared in a five person family where three were immunised. In Maidstone a child contracted diphtheria four times despite hospital comebacks and a clean discharge certificate.
A successful jumble sale was held by the Sunshine auxiliary of the Queen Victoria Hospital on Friday.
Bray Brookshire council weighs permission for A Han sen to build a house at Maidstone on land with less than 50 feet frontage. Public works committee to inquire into this and other applications. Council may impose private street restrictions on old blocks and consider consolidating vacant blocks to single ownership.
An amount of £12 10s was raised and patrons are expressly thanked for their kind assistance.
Dr E Drayton urged the Municipal Association delegate to test opinion on blocking land subdivision unless streets are prebuilt. Dr Treloar recalled prior rejection, while Dr Robinson cited American law forbidding isolated outskirts settlement to ensure progressive development and staged road building. A motion mirroring the suggestion was approved.
In a Monday report to Braybrook shire council inspector Mr L. E. Thorpe stated that from March 1 to the present a total of £110 has been collected in dog fees.
The Methodist Church at Sydney Road Brunswick hosted the wedding of Eileen Evans and Colin Utber on Saturday April 3. The bride, escorted by her brother Victor Evans, wore a Grecian satin gown with a long train and orange blossom coronet. bridesmaid Enid Smith wore pale mauve georgette. Train-bearer Leonie Fisher, niece of the groom, wore pale mauve frock. Best man was Ivor Evans. Reception followed at Dewar's Cafe. the couple will reside in Sunshine.
Gwen McKechnie and Frank McCreery married in the Church of England at St Albans on Saturday afternoon. The bride wore heavy white crepe with a Peter Pan collar and a halo veil, carrying white gladioli. Attendants wore pale sea wake green and red cactus dahlias. The couple’s relatives attended a reception at the Masonic Hall, Sunshine.
An elderly woman at a gathering tries to spark conversation with a deaf man. She asks him if he likes bananas, but he responds by saying he prefers the old fashioned night shirt. The exchange highlights gentle humor amid social oddities.
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