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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1937
Page
3
An appeal via the Sunshine All Aboard Club seeks help for a hard pressed family. A sick husband, a brave mother, and four children need clothing donations including boys’ size 1 long pants and knickers, boys’ boots sizes 5 and 3, and girls’ shoes size 7.
The winner of the Ladies Benevolent Society special effort was Mr Manning, c/o Pennell's, Braybrook, No. 38a.
A Saturday evening house party at 25 Chapman Street Sunshine raised funds for Nettsfolds Gurley basketball. Guests enjoyed games, dancing, and music by Arch Noble's band with a mello-piano. Winners included Dal Jowett and Miss Sylvia Hand with Alex Hale.
Deer Park notes describe a tennis club euchre night with smaller attendance but enjoyed by attendees. The guild held a Tuesday meeting led by Rev. H Hawkins who discussed suburban hardships and distributed clothing. Mothers Club closed its financial year with officer elections led by Mr Kennedy. Progress Association will host a euchre party next Saturday in the hall.
Hopalong Cassidy film Heart of the West opens at the New Grand Theatre. William Boyd and Jimmy Ellison lead an all star Western cast in a tale of fence wars between rival outfits the Tumbling L and the Three J with romance for Jordan's sister Lynn Gabriel. Stampedes gun battles dynamite and fists drive a whirlwind finish.
The Paramount musical comedy Sitting Pretty, starring Jack Oakie and Jack Haley with Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd, opens at the New Grand Theatre. The film features fan dances by Rogers, Pickens sisters, Beverly Hillbillies, and a journey of two songwriters from New York to Hollywood amid madcap adventures.
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