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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 17, 1942
Page
3
Miss Helen Black and Miss Ida Crawford holidayed at Gladstone with Adelaide and Whyalla connections. Pte Max Osman and Pte Keith Bradock spent weekends with relatives in Gladstone. Prominent army officers and Rev R V Grant arrive for service. An auction sale by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will liquidate Stone Hut Hotel furnishings April 24.
A Bowls championship on Crystal Brook Green featured teams from Crystal Brook Pirie Laura Gladstone and Caltowie. J Symons of Crystal Brook defeated W Brown of Port Pirie 25 21 to take the title. Gladstone’s champion was H Martin.
Gladstone residents now protected for about 400 people with shelters at three schools and five more sites including Fisher residence Fifth Street and Police Station paddock. Committee thanks Mr W Cockburn and all volunteers, farmers for sandbags over 1000, and ladies for afternoon tea. more volunteers urged.
Public notice urges voters to watch advertisements for the district council election set for July. Nominations close in May, with campaign activity expected to ramp up as candidates file and prepare.
During a visit to their parents at Gladstone Gunner Doug Bradock Tpr Keith Bradock and Mrs W Laubsch marked Tpr Bradocks twenty first birthday with many congratulations gifts and a joyful family reunion.
The 27th Anzac Commemoration Service will be held at the Gladstone Institute on Sunday April 19 at 3 pm. Rev. R V Grant will deliver the address. the program includes hymns. A collection will aid the local Cemetery Fund, and wreaths will be laid on the Memorial tablet at Tresylva Park.
Lorna Vial wed Harold William Bennett at Gladstone Methodist Church on March 28. The ceremony featured pink dahlias and lil ies, family attendants, and a 80 guest reception at the Memorial Hall. The couple honeymooned at Mt Gambier.
Originating from Mr A D Bray the Home Guard at Jamestown, a series of farmer meetings formed a committee to list district men who can aid in defending farms when owners are away on service. A letter will seek cooperation, stressing friendly mutual aid in small groups and warning that careless talk may cost lives due to listening devices.
Jamestown Caltowie and Laura residents heard C V Jervis outline Scheme No 6 for a Beetaloo Reservoir based supply. The plan includes multiple pumping stations and storages delivering 62 million gallons annually to Laura Caltowie and Jamestown with varying rates and potential revenue.
The Jamestown Cheer Up Club hosted Pte. Frank Westbury and Pte. Len Roberts with a welcome, hymns, and a dance. Mayor E. T. Daly urged total national effort in the war, Captain I. Ross spoke for churches, and local groups pledged support for returning soldiers. The evening featured music, recitations, and community tributes.
Herbert John Warner died at Terowie on April 10 after a brief illness. Born November 7, 1878 at Stony Gap he served 40 years with the Railways and was in Jamestown for 21 years as ranger and manager. Survived by widow Susana Short and children, funeral at Jamestown cemetery with Masonic and Druids attendance and floral tributes from Terowie workmates.
The Gladstone district council held a meeting on Friday April 10 1942 with chairman Dr J F ONeill and councilors present. Invitations to social events and Anzac service were accepted, war risk insurance and health matters discussed, donations approved to Adelaide Children’s Hospital and Civil Defence, and maintenance actions planned including garbage tin inspection and cemetery road repairs.
Officer in Charge Mr A G McElroy announces blue shielded globes may be used anywhere to limit light leakage. Verandahs passages shops and sheds should install them while ordinary globes can be coated to dim light. white light must not escape through open doors or be visible beyond 100 feet.
A preacher discusses Jesus as the door to the heart and life offering rest safety and abundant life. He likens entry to finding a doorway that Christ provides while recounting a parable of a bird seeking escape through a door and urging believers to follow the Good Shepherd for fullness of life.
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