Gladstone Public Meeting Creates Ambulance Committee
A Friday night gathering at the Gladstone Institute formed a committee to supervise the motor ambulance donated by the Commonwealth Government. Dr. J. W. Prior chaired, outlines included fund raising, equipment needs, and temporary service by St John Ambulance members. A Savings Bank account was opened in the district council officers’ names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone Institute
Commonwealth
J. W. Prior
N. Denton
Messrs. C. Robinson
St. John Ambulance
A. C. Read
J. P. Hoge
St John Ambulance
St. John’s
S. Heaslip
N. G. Wood
W. Thomson
A. E
B. Shetlat
Hogg
Denton
Savings Bank
Gladstone
Frome Triumph Over Southern Flinders In Wirrabara Tennis
The Frome Association won 13 sets and 156 games to 11 sets and 146 for Southern Flinders at Wirrabara on Saturday January 31. Matches included men and women divisions with multiple doubles and singles tests led by M Lowe and G Thomas among Frome players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirrabara
Frome Association
Southern Flinders Assoc
Frome
M. and
R. Lowe
J. Kotz
G. Thomas
T. Morrow
H. Bessen
R. Finch
C. Slee
L. Arthur
E. Marner
E. Wiliams
L. Rayner
H. Barker
Blieschke
L. Cox
Haines
E. Williams
Death of Mrs M E Nelson in Adelaide at 56
Elizabeth Nelson of Gladstone died in Adelaide on January 27 after illness. She was 56 and had aided the Fightinng Forces Comforts Fund during the war and supported the Methodist Church and Women's Guild. Survived by her husband and four children Avis Headley Eric and Sydney. Interred at Centennial Park Cemetery. A former resident of Gladstone, Beatrice Matilda Novak nee Howard, died in Adelaide January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Nelson
Adelaide
Elizabeth Nelson
Gladstone
Nelson
Fightnng Forces Comforts Fund
Methodist Church and Women's Guild
Weather and crops suffer in Wirrarara as drought bites
February notes report no rain in Wirrarara for January while last year’s January rainfall was 8.07 inches with 22 points. Heat damaged gardens and fruit trees, bees suffered, and combs melted in hives. Lucerne hay is failing and prices rise. Alex B Curtis returns home from Gladstone Hospital after pneumonia but remains weak.
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Alex B. Curtis
Gladstone Hospital
Combined Kitchen Evening At St James Catholic Hall Jamestown
Dancing and socializing marked a combined kitchen evening at St James Catholic Hall Jamestown on Tuesday night. M C Mr Sugar Williams led the event with two young women Miss Mary Polomka and Miss Audrey McKeough receiving gifts along with recitations and a solo performance. Auld Lang Syne closed the gathering with supper and kind wishes from Rev Dr Prendergast and others.
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St. James’ Catholic Hall
Jamestown
Sugar Williams
M.C
Mary Polomka
Jim Clarke
Mannanake
Audrey McKeough
de Higgins
Laura
Nancy Slattery
Valda Williams
Dr. Prendergast
J. Kerin
Peterborough Dressmaking Classes Planned For 1948
Jamestown and Gladstone will host branch dressmaking classes for 1948 with Miss B M Lindsay and Miss M D McNaughton enrolling students at the Jamestown High School on February 11 and February 12. Fees are 15 shillings per term or 3 shillings for full-year prepayment. Classes run Tuesday and Monday evenings under Registrar J A McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Gladstone
B. M. Lindsay
M. D. McNaughton
Lindsay
Pyne
Gardener Soldier Retired Leader From Signals Branch
Colonel Jim Thyer, recently retired from the Staff Corps, settles on ancestral acres at James town with a library on gardening and compost tactics. A Duntroon trained signals officer, he commanded Eight Division Signals in Malaya and later aided his division after release in 1945. His paternal grandfather was a noted wheat grower and exhibitor in Sydney, Melbourne, London, and Calcutta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Thyer
C.B.E
D.S
Jamestown
Duntroon
Radio Age
R.A.E
Queenscliff
Vic
G.S.C. Darwin
Malaya
Australia
Sydney
Melbourne
London
Calcutta
Sydney Bulletin
Gladstone High School Intermediate Exam Winners
The list shows names of students passing the University Examination at Gladstone High School with subjects including Eng., Geog., G.Sc., and Maths. Totals include several with Geog and General Science passes. A separate note lists certificates awarded to Max Red Eng Natalie Burgess M Physiology Trevor Reichstein French. A family obituary mentions a deceased resident of Gladstone, aged 60, with eight children named Harold Bill John Colin Doreen Kathleen Jean and Dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Maple
Allan Saunders
Gerard Pyne
Erium Schultz
John Hollitt
Neil Smour
Kath. White
Marcia Venables
HS. II
Alice Curtis
Geog
G.sc.i
Barbara Menz
Bkc
Typ
B. Cavanagh
Eng
Arith
A. Fogden—M
G.sc
Brian Prior
Graham Gale
Colin Shillabeer
Max Red
Natalie Burgess
Trevor Reichstein
Harold
Bill
John
Colin
Doreen
Kathleen
Jean
Dawn
Gladstone
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E. K. Edwards
Subway
Main Street
Gladstone Furniture Exchange
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