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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
8
A jumbled scrip of family notices and elegies lists multiple names with dates and addresses. Entries mention memorials for Leslie Brown and Flo Drayton, among others, with relatives sending love notes. The text mixes births, marriages, and remembrances in an incomplete OCR fragment.
Memorial notices for Drayton Clarence Cal McBean and Cleats Pouliot list dates of passing in late 1948 and 1949. They express lasting love and remembrance from family members including Jim Gaylor, Mr and Mrs Dickson, and parents, noting grief and treasured memories across brief elegies.
Help wanted ads seek a hardware store man with experience and general labor workers. Roles offer five day weeks with afternoon shifts in Footscray and Sunshine territories, no capital needed, training provided. Also open a Reliable Rawleigh home necessities distributor position in Sunshine with full training and incentive pay. Apply Cosmos Knitting Mills Footscray or Rawleigh Co Ltd Brunswick with contact FW 2181.
Classified ad lists glass items mirrors frames and table tops in Bath with prices. Also offers bicycles prams and household goods for sale in Sydney Melbourne and surrounding areas with condition notes and contact locations.
A mixed local notice lists unclaimed Luc Envelope at Mr Nolet Dickson At return by December 4 and various items including a navy blue red knitting project and a brown Collins diary to be returned to identified offices. Also mentions Sunshine Baby Health Centre Sleepout and Evensong at St Peter's with miscellaneous names and how to contact.
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