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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
8
January entries report births and family news from Melbourne and area. Deanna Carol daughter of Dick and Frances is listed with FOX Jowett. Robert Roy son of Daphne and Tey is noted at Sunshine Hospital. Jennifer Margaret daughter of LAHENY nee Markham and Harold is listed at Sunshine Morpia. Clifton Parsons reports a daughter Kalfiryn nner Bothwell born at Sacred Heart Moreland.
Fragmented OCR lists engagements and social ties among residents including Mr and Mrs Carlen Morris Street Mrs Smith Halcock and other households. The text references weddings and family connections across multiple names and places, but readability is limited by garbled characters.
The article details a forthcoming marriage involving Gwenen Avelyn, daughter of Mrs J Motote and the late John Charles Bent, with a ceremony planned at St Juhius Toorak. The couple pledged to marry on a Saturday, with arrangements at Kenangton Road and Tudor Court Kane yong Road.
Death notices list McKenner and Tyrrell families. Entries name Miasin Gary, Olive Jonny, Lorraine Tyree, Elizabeth Tyrrell, and James Stevens among the dearly loved relatives with references to spouses, in laws, and grandchildren. The notices note deaths around December with familial acknowledgments and memorial phrasing.
The Shire of Braybrook publishes that the accounts have been audited and printed. A meeting of the Council will be held at Shire Hall Sunshine at 7 30 pm on Monday February 1047 for examining and settling the accounts.
Mrs Bailey and relatives thank friends for cards telegrams flowers and personal expressions of sympathy after a recent bereavement. Additional acknowledgments go to relatives in thanking others for letters calls and memorial tributes related to various losses.
In memoriam notices recall Cox family losses with several entries dated January 146 and December 1942. Names include Anne Bist, Adelaide KLIX, NAPIER, STEVENS Horace Henry, and STEWARD family members, listing surviving relatives and memorial sentiments.
Situations vacant notice invites an Amart lad to learn grocer trade through apprenticeship. Apply Crofts Stores 5 Dickson Street Sunshine.
A jumbled ad page lists household goods including a ice chest, beds, mattresses, bikes and a German made train set, with multiple street addresses in Albion and Sunshine. It also contains lost items such as a navy blue umbrella and a Gladstone paybook, with rewards and contact notes for Sunshine Theatre and local offices.
A young man seeks board and residence at 14 Hixt Street Bunshine. He requests a safe, quiet lodging arrangement with meals negotiable and a cordial host. Interested parties should contact the applicant directly for details.
Prize items include a Spalding Top Flite Tennis Basket quet, theatre tickets, a Christmas cake, a dressmaking service and more. Winners must contact Secretary W R Roberts at 126 Devonshire Road W20 before January 1 1947 else prizes will be redrawn. A separate notice lists items from Footscray Hospital raffle and a dressmaker service by Mrs Mathison 150 Durham Road.
Two building lots offered at £60 and £35 each in Noble Park. Terms include five shillings per week, high level blocks with level terrain and nice trees near Reach block and State School. Contact Randell at 267 Lt Coline St Melbourne for more details.
The Albion Progress Association invites members to its annual meeting at Baptist Hall Ridley Street on Thursday January sixth at six o clock sharp. Nominations of officers for the coming year will be taken. This notice from the association secretary indicates the event and key agenda.
The Sunshine Branch announces the first general meeting for UT on Tuesday evening in January 1947 at Theatre Hall. Nomination of then Reaveny for 1947, annual report and balance sheet from 1946 to be presented. Attendees urged to attend. J. Baker presiding.
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