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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
2
Local church listings show services at Gladstone Methodist and other churches in different towns with Rev. Hawke and Rev. Mutey leading. A Salvation Army meeting and a Holy holiness gathering occur, plus a report on Gladstone Ambulance Brigade activities and a sizable fund-raising drive for the Gladstone Division.
Mrs J Re Venning of Wiliuna and family sincerely thank relatives and friends for naval tributes telegrams and personal expressions of sympathy in the death of wife and mother. Careys thank all who helped extinguish the fire on their terms Wednesday afternoon. Carey. In loving memory of Arthur Leslie Venning who died December 14 1946 always remembered by his wife Olive.
Local shop offers all kinds of blacksmithing and wheelyrighting on premises plus electric welding. Horses carefully shod and maintained for horseowners in the area.
Social notes record a Bridge evening to aid the Country Women’s Association raising £2 10s. Prizes went to Miss L Maley and Mr H Gadd. Visitors include Mrs W F Nicholls thanking Miss E Dinsford. Wheat samples around Crystal Brook centre show yields well above estimates, highest at 892 shillings per bushel from EB Wood and Sons. another sample from A McDonald and Sons weighed 69 pounds per bushel.
The All Australian Holden attracted many visitors at Mr. P. J. McCarthy Ayr Steel Jamestown showroom on Thursday. The car drew strong interest with a satisfactory number of orders booked during the display. In the afternoon it was exhibited at Cattowte.
Members gathered Tuesday for an Overseas Mission afternoon with Rev. Eric Tivkett recounting a New Ireland Lepers visit. The treasurer reported £283 16s 1d gross from the Gipsy Fair, £244 9s 8d net, funds allocated to church groups and Manse restoration. The choir prepares the Christmas Choral Service set for December 19.
The piece profiles D. E. Parish in Ha part as a blinded ex soldier who became an expert radio builder. He created a compact transmitter and receiver and started an amateur station. Parish says amateur radio reshaped his life and could be commercially produced for about £40 for capable operators.
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