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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1943
Page
3
Miss Roma Parrott of Adelaide High School wins the Yennyson Medal for English literature from Leaving Examinations. She is daughter of Rev and Mrs G R Parrott of Summitown, and formerly attended Gladstone High School.
Laura Town Hall will host a social to honor Pie tomorrow evening. Residents of Laura town and surrounding district are urged to attend the event.
Due to registration issues the Gladstone Vic Victory Volunteer Club will not register as a club for patriotic fund raising. Its members will form a sub branch of the Red Cross and F.F.C.F. titled an entertainment sub committee.
During the holidays Driver Lawner D. Gale son of Mrs J J Gale of Gladstone was home on leave. He was presented with a money belt and best wishes for his future welfare were expressed. The presentation was made by Mrs L Lehmann acting as the honorary secretary of the Farwell Committee.
At a meeting led by J. G. Deeble the Gladstone Farewell Committee arranged a bail on February 4 to raise funds for presentations to departing soldiers. A £1 donation was given by F. C. Grubb and further gifts are welcomed by treasurer J. G. Deeble.
Gunners KR K Williams Hock ey Robinson Couzner and Brereton write from a NSW camp asking The Review to pass along Happy New Year wishes to relatives and friends at Jamestown. They extend best wishes for 1943 and for the duration of the war, noting it is good to remember folks at home.
The Annual General Meeting of Subscribers will be held on Wednesday January 27 1943 at 8 p m. A food master will discuss past present and future activities of the Institute. The committee seeks full attendance as the institute is a public institution of broad interest.
The Gladstone RSL organized a badge sale to aid Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers raising £5 5s. The appeal was led by the Victory Volunteer Club on January 5. A Christmas Eve ball for the RSL and FFCF raised £14 16s in gross takings.
The Review notes Pte. Stanley Couzner farewell on home leave and mentions he is one of four Couzner brothers from Jamestown who have enlisted in the AIF. The others are Alfred, Francis, and Herbert, all sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Couzner.
Jamestown Bay reports a small set of Leaving Examinations successes this year. Rex Haskard, son of Mr and Mrs S N Haskard, passed five subjects English Maths 1 Maths 2 Chemistry and Physics and plans to become an industrial chemist. Fellow Jamestown alum Harry Chesterman also passed well and is noted by local friends.
A community celebration on January 6 at Miss M Neale’s Jamestown home marked the 21st birthday of Miss Audrey Page with a program of songs and readings. A separate report notes a fire on Bruce Holland’s property southeast of Wirrabara destroying 20 acres of standing crop, 200 wheat bags, and grass. firefighters contained it with no spread. Another fire near Alf Klemm’s farm toward Heletoo was controlled with knapsack spray and no inquest deemed necessary.
Pte Arthur Mick Jeffs reported killed in New Guinea on 25 December. Pte A H C Jeffs, 24, born in Jamestown and enlisted in 1940, served two years in the Middle East, Syria. He married Miss Fry in Jamestown. they and their young son reside in Adelaide. A former Review Office employee, he was a popular footballer with many local friends.
Death notice confirms Private Francis Milton Berryman of Hill River killed in action on Nov. 7. He married Florence Pearce of Balaklava and studied at Dudley and Hill River Schools. Surviving relatives include wife and 18 month old son Daniel John. Brothers Ross and Donald Berryman also serving, with Ross reported missing in Malaya.
Pte Col lis ALF, son of Mr and Mrs Collis of Jamestown, was killed in action in Egypt. Mr Collis, formerly in Millicent, came to Jamestown as ganger in the L A Railways, succeeding the late Hr Warner. He is an old British soldier with a long military lineage and was born in India. Sympathy is felt for the Collis family.
Jamestown Cheer Up Club welcomed Corporal Jack Thessinger and Private Stanley Couzner at a Tuesday social. President E T Daly and Secretary D T Brooks led attendees, as members remembered Private Arthur Jeffs killed in New Guinea. Music and dancing followed, with support from Salvation Army Captain Brooks and RS L leaders.
Farmers deliver 3000 bags daily with 4000 on Friday in Georgetown. Red Cross meets with Gala Day plans. F.F.C.F. Penny a Plane drive gains £10 more. Local troopers Kevin Noonan Charlie Bond Alec Jolly Roy McNamara honored. Council chair Lyons M.P. presided. speakers included Smallacombe Lang Fogarty Chatfield. Community songs, supper and dance noted. rainfall 1942 2118 pis, 155 points above 1941. Petition against Federal transfer of state powers drafted for Lyons M.P. and council members. Swimming Club to sink bore to improve pool water. pool empty, soon refilled. Visitors include Ralph King returning from Western Australia and Miss Eileen King of Adelaide. Bank relief by J Will at Bank of Adeaide while H Dolley on leave.
John Place Smith aged 72 died December 23 at Jamestown Hospital after a life as a farmer and prize livestock exhibitor. Born to Henry and late Mrs Smith in Auburh, he moved to Tarcowie at age four, later farming there until 1938, then relocating to Jamestown with four sons and four daughters. He married Mary Anne Jefferson, who predeceased him thirteen years ago. Survived by sons R H D, T J L G, H R, all of Tarcowie, and daughters Watson, W Jeffs, H Twigden, and E Smith. sister Mrs A E Cocks of Moyletown. Funeral held Saturday with Salvation Army Captain Brooks officiating. Sympathy extended to the family.
A large crowd attended the Jamestown Institute on Sunday for a Cheer Up Club event honoring visiting Pte. V Daly A W A S and Pte. Reg Couzner on leave. The program featured a national anthem audience singing remarks by Capt Ross and A P Yeomans, musical items, and gifts including a Cheer Up Wallet and funds.
The Gladstone district council met Friday with chair Dr J F O Neill and members G M Black J R Potter C E Lines M H Page J G C Deeble plus W H Cockburn the Overseer and J C Thomson the district clerk. Resignations and appointments dominated the session with Hillard and Lines among those affecting custodianship and fire control. The council discussed hall ventilation storage, staffing duties, and invited custodian applications by 4 pm on February 4, 1943, while approving payments and noting grants and accounts.
In Laura on December 61 1942 Siddon Gee Chapman Drover of Quorn pleaded guilty to lighting a fire in the open air without a proper firebreak. A serious fire was narrowly averted. He was fined £2 and costs 10. The bench urged publicity to deter similar negligence.
Laura Ice and Produce Co Limited promotes Golden North Butter Choice Grade 1/49 First Grade 1/43 Second Grade 1/3 and high prices for farmers cream. Eggs are graded and sold locally with 113d per dozen average price. crate returns promptly. Dressed poultry delivered by rail. payments made fortnightly.
Miss Nancy Lawrie warns intending pupils she will begin music lessons at the Institute Jamestown. Phone 207. First term starts February 1, 1943.
Gladstone Institute records a January 7 meeting led by President Mr. R R Dodman. Miss J E Ballantyne’s resignation as librarian is accepted with appreciation for her service. Miss Slrene Komas appointed to fill the vacancy. The death of Vice President Mr BE Parsons is mourned and letters of sympathy directed to Mrs Parsons. Annual subscribers meeting set for Monday January 25.
Pte. V. A. Air of the 2nd ALI visited Gladstone on a final discharge leave to meet old pals Tiger Moore Dick Horsely and Leo Brugey. Air, badly injured at Tobruk with a broken spine pelvis foot and both arms in plaster, remains cheerful. He has married and lives in Angus Street Adelaide hoping to regain health and enjoy life again.
The urge to share confidential troop movement details risks lives. Australians are urged to guard sensitive military information and avoid gossip about ongoing operations to safeguard personnel.
Hundreds of girls are called to serve as Auxiliary Members of the Australian Women’s Land Army for at least a fortnight from mid February to harvest fruit in the Riveristrict and non irrigated areas. Auxiliaries receive army badges and housing provisions, but no whi mer. Applications and details are via the National Service Officer in Peterborough.
Jamestown Bowling Club notes Tuesday January 12 results Joe Williams 16 Medlin G. W. Glasson 13 Binks Williams 11 McElroy 17 Boucaut 15. Teams named to play Caltowie next Saturday January 16 Inglis Collins John Williams Binks Williams Anthony Humphris Glasson W. Garnett Glasson R. Flavel Palmer Moore White Breuer Boyle Medlin Goodes Gordon Mitchell Daly. Cars leave Club House 1.40 pm.
January 2 report notes a cool change with rain after heat, December total 1.14 inches and yearly 28.15, versus 34.65 in 1941 and 17.76 in TM. Forest Dept. finalizes a damage contract for Wheat Board. T444H timber for slacking wheat. An old pine plot in Whyte Park thinned after 40 years. Mrs. James Hackett involved.
The December fund drive for Laura Hospital Inc ended on Christmas Eve with a fete and dance raising £127 11s 6d. Highlights include Ball and Dances £18 13s 6d Paddy’s Market £15 16s Competitions £15 4s 6d Pete and Bance £25 4s Donations £36 19s plus prior acknowledgments £34 7s and £36 19s total. Local residents donated produce, cakes, sweets and toys, aiding a successful effort following the recent Baby competition.
On December 19 at 7 pm at St James Church Jamestown Rev D Anthony officiated the marriage of Jean E Bailey youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Bailey Jamestown to Sgt Reginald C RA AF eldest son of Mrs M and the late H W Parsons Port Pirie. The bride wore a dusky pink ensemble with navy accessories and a shoulder spray attended by Miss Margaret Carmichael in powder blue with navy accents. Sgt T Fuller RA AF stood as groomsman. Sgt R Moon RAAP sang during the signing. An informal reception followed at the bride’s parents home and the couple honeymooned at Kadina.
A driver to her parents home near Booleroo Centre was thrown from a horse on a steep road. Mrs Hackett sustained a double fracture at the elbow, treated at Booleroo hospital, and is recovering. The region faced a light stone fruit crop and a plague of Rosella and Blue Mountain parrots, which ate peaches before harvest.
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