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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 13, 1936
Page
7
A column of lighthearted jokes and vignettes features schoolroom gags, misheard lines, and a charitable tale of a taxi driver helping a blind man and his dog. Notes on marks won by students and small cartoons punctuate the humor as a voice addresses Huys and Girls.
The Deer Park News reports a tennis club dance with smaller crowds yet a positive mood. Attendees enjoyed Kirwil's Orchestra, while precautionary measures were urged by the protective committees. The fortnightly dance is set for Wednesday at the local hall and the ladies guild met at Mrs Spratling's home for an India trip talk and plans for a November 24 social gift evening with Mr Lyons promising a humorous stat feature. Supper will be offered at a modest charge.
A mixed page features a Edward Crosbie competition with planet name scramble and entry details, jokes about school and daily life, a Derby sweep mention, and a long moral-stories theme about acts of kindness. It includes a Dorothy Hummel origin note and a Paris street rescuer anecdote promoting Christian spirit.
A borrower thanks a lender for a loan and promises repayment. A miscommunication arises from a bystander comment about a woman. The reveal shows two possible identities for the woman, creating comic confusion.
On Wednesday morning Sunshine elementary and technical school residents and scholars gathered at Sunshine town hall for Armistice Day. Rev A F E Winter urged youth to safeguard peace through tolerance and fairness. Dr A Lowe thanked attendees, recalling 1918 joy and urging that war not return. Hymns and Last Post accompanied two minutes of silence as wreaths were laid on the memorial tablet by Gr Lowe.
Local militia sections announce a guard of honor by the 32nd Battalion for Lord Hun tingheld at the Footscray Town Wall on Thursday at 3 pm. Volunteers are called for guard duty with dress reviews and a special instructional course noted. A ministry parade is planned for Saturday week with machine gun marksmen competing for prize money.
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