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Newspaper

The Areas Express

Location

Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia

Date

Oct 29, 1948

Page

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Bowling Clubs Open Greens at Crystal Brook

About 250 attended the opening of the bowling season at Crystal Brook on Saturday. The event featured a civic program with Mr W Mayger and Mrs Mayger hosting guests, the first ball by Mrs Sargent, and a welcome by Bill Cole. Representatives from Bracken Ridge Port Pirie Gale Gladstone Clift Jamestown Reichstein Laura Rogasch Caltowie Gulnare Redhill Wirrabara Broadview and others participated. The ceremony opened the green and a special rink was set aside for past presidents. Ladies provided afternoon tea and foundation member Mr J Pridham attended aged 84.

Crystal Brook W. Mayger Mayger Bill Cole The North Western Association H. M. Pascoe Followigg Brackenridge Port Pirie Gale Gladstone Clift Jamestown Reichstein Laura Rogasch Caltowie Roberts Gulnare Cilles Port Broughton Redhill Wirrabara Broadview Jag Forgan Dawson Sheew Sargent Messrs Jas. Forgan W. W. Robinson M.L.C J. Frith W. J. Nessy P. H. Giles W. J. Tyler A. P. Abell Ben Weston O'Chaugh- Tucker H. B. Chapman B. H. K. Baker W. Govan D. H. Prest A. J. Campbell E. D. Melville M. Weston Tl. H. Pagy J. H. Teale J. Pridham

Jamestown Bowling Club Opens Season With Community Day

The Jamestown Bowling Club celebrated the official opening last Saturday with a large crowd. Guests included President Penny Jones and Mrs Jones, welcomed by Vice President Ivor Garnett. Officials and visiting club delegates from Port Pirie Caltowie Crystal Brook Wharnam contributed greetings, and the Mayor B T Daly declared the greens open. The Boucher Shield from 1947-48 was presented, tea and decorations noted, and notable comments from Association President Hedley Pascoe and others lauded the event.

Plut Penny Jones Jones Ivor Garnett Jamestown Arthur Skelton Ladies Bowling Club Ross McLennan Laurie McCarthy B. T. Daly Howling Greens Ted Garnett Skelton Mesdame

Farewell to the Wight family in Jamestown

A packed Jamestown Memorial Supper Room bid farewell to Mr. Er ie Wight Mrs Wight and Miss R Wight though Miss Mary Wight stayed in Adelaide. Speakers praised the Wights civic service War work and club leadership noting plans to remember them with a memorial and a cheque from residents. The event featured tributes from local bodies and a later farewell at the Railway Hotel for Er ie Wight.

Jamestown Memorial Erie Wight R. Wight Mary Wight Adelaide E. T. Daly B. H. Phillips Jamestown North Parade Memorial Gilfillan Corporation Adélaide J. Rowe Wights Ross McLea D. Bouvaut Church of England Messrs. J. Kerin A. Deering EV. Cliff Mitch North

West Coast farmer shoots 476 foxes in two months

Mr Mix of Jamestown recalls during a West Coast trip that Mr W Schumacher of Lock reports shooting 476 foxes in two and a half months. Schumacher and his wife observed their fox hunting setup with a 12 volt spotlight and fox whistle guiding foxes to a waiting shot. Local graziers pay 5 shillings per fox on their property. Schumacher’s previous night bag was 28 foxes, a record for him.

Mix, White Jamestown West Coast W. Schumacher Lock Schumacher Reynard

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