Easter Tennis Tournaments at Gladstone
The annual Faster Tennis Tournaments at Gladstone are open to amateurs only with nine events and trophies worth over £25. Obtain the programme from Secretary F C Barter. Entries close Saturday April 4.
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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 20, 1936
Page
3
The annual Faster Tennis Tournaments at Gladstone are open to amateurs only with nine events and trophies worth over £25. Obtain the programme from Secretary F C Barter. Entries close Saturday April 4.
A large Parish Hall gathering on March 11 honored Miss Bell Thomson of Burnside before her marriage to Roy Hardy. She is noted as a leading Golf Club figure and former Back to Gladstone queen. Gifts from Golf Tennis Clubs and Sun Light Horse Regiment were presented. dancing and vocal numbers followed a supper hosted by her friends.
Two leading Georgetown residents, M J McAuley and MP J A Lyons, suffer illness with McAuley recuperating at home and Lyons under medical care at Crystal Brook hospital. Weekend swimming events were postponed due to military encampment and a 25 yard handicap was won by Radford with Eift cond second. An upcoming football meeting aims to review finances and prepare for a potentially weaker squad next season amid player shortages. The Ag cultural Bureau Women’s Branch showcased products from Beetaloo Valley at a conference visit, and another weekend event is planned if weather allows.
Next punaay marks the fourth Sunday in Lentia with Mothering Sunday customs. Parishes plan services honoring spiritual mothers with violets White flowers and gifts. At St Alban s Gladstone a Mothers Union admission service precedes early Eucharist with Simmel cake after. Holy Communion begins at 7 45 am replacing 8 am.
A rousing challenge between Blues and Reds at Gladstone features Captain Vickers leading the Blues. The poem proclaims a fight to victory with battle imagery and ends with a blue flag at half-mast in memory of the Reds.
Messrs Goldsbrough Mort and Co Ltd announce a sale of 60 Clydesdale horses at Gladstone on Tuesday March 1 on account of various owners. See advertisement in another column for details.
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