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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 15, 1936
Page
6
Hairdressing salon listing offers ladies services with permanent wave starting 15/ and a range of hair treatments including Lady Haircut Marcel Wave Water Wave Shampoo and Hot Oil options. No wait, Blake's also advertises as hairdresser and tobacconist next McGrath's.
Dear Children. A short note thanking members for letters and book praise. Welcomes new members Jack Took Audrey and John Fletcher and hopes for more letters. Anticipates how Johnny will get on next week with best wishes for a happy weekend.
A local page invites entries for two competitions in Sunshine Corner. Jeanne Tanner wins last week with a sun design and a prize is offered for the current entry. closing dates are May a and May 26 with 2/ prize for the first, none for the second.
A column in The Advocate showcases reader jokes riddles poems and birthday mentions from Edward Crosbie Jack Hook Audrey Fletcher and John Fletcher. Prizes reward correct riddles with marks toward a Big Smile Prize as readers eagerly submit light hearted verses and playful cartoons.
A joke sequence features a professor scolding an Irish worker about sun exposure and brains, Pat retorts he would not work if he had brains. A pun about coal and cellar delivery follows, then a host guest exchange about lateness, and a master pupil exchange on learning life’s lessons and courage.
Edward Crosbie of St Albans writes that he is delighted with the winning book and compliments Aunt Judith for choosing well. He praises the new Big Smile Section rules and encourages Sun shine Corner readers to join in and sustain the feature. He notes his brother Ronald is nearly well after an accident and will soon be back helping the Corner.
Frigga and Odin reign in Asgard with Frigga spinning at a jeweled wheel. Her gold wheel weaves bright cloud strips and light to the earth, earning the name stars. The Belt of Orion is described as three great diamonds in the wheel frame.
Johnny Pip and Johnny bind a frontier bond on a vast station. A letter from Peter Kinsford Malone hints Pip may be linked to the family, prompting a hopeful journey home where Pip meets his aristocratic father and a hinted triangle birthmark confirms kinship.
A community notice invites members to join the Birthday League and asks parents from Sunshine Albion Deer Park St Albans and nearby areas to subscribe to The Advocate. Readers are instructed to fill a form with name address date of birthday age and next birthday for processing at The Advocate office.
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