Cumnock Red Cross Month Meeting and Activities
The Cum mock Red Cross branch held its August 10 meeting with President Mrs A Reynolds and numerous members present. Minutes were read, substitutions made, and a wool supply funded. A membership drive progresses, linen drives and a future "Character Day" planned. Referendum results show Cumnock voting 218 Yes and 544 No with other events including a hospital street stall netting £22 and a Euchre and dance event raising funds. The report also notes theatre listings and ongoing local notices.
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Cummock
The
Red Cross Society
Fashion's Mount News Highlights Local Weekend Socials
Miss Joyce Reid and Josie Inwood spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs E W Inwood. Polling day passed quietly at the post office residence with over 50 votes recorded. Mrs G Gunman and E J Irwood led the polling booth. Mrs Walter Herring and Mavis visited Wellington recently. Phil McCarney and partner have settled at Yarrigal. The forecast notes light showers and a potential fall on hills that could boost spring feed.
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Joyce Reid
Josie Inwood
E.W. Inwood
Post Office
G. Gunman
E. J. Irwood
Walter Herring
Mavis
Wellington
Phil McCarney
Yarrigal
Spicer's Creek Weather Change and Local Notices
A Monday afternoon weather shift brought light rain overnight with twenty points recorded. Cpl. D. C. Hampstead, visiting the district with Mr. and Mrs. K. Masters, returned to Wellington on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Leonard stay with her parents at Green Hills. Archie Davis, formerly ill, has been discharged from hospital. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Don Pulley and Sergt. and Mrs. Arthur Rolls on recent marriages. both couples are well known in the district.
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Cpl. D. C. Hampstead
K. Masters
Wellington
H. Leonard
Mivs Field
Sergi
Arthur Rolls
Ss R. Simmons
Rainy harvest hopes and district update in June paper
A good fall of rain is forecast for our district boosting wheat crops while Geass urges more rainfall for spring feed. Grazers begin shearing with general activity expected next week. Cumnock showground needs urgent repairs to fences and pavilions to avoid higher costs. A tennis club meeting at Shire Hall Aug 17 reformed with officers named and fees set. An American mixed handicap tournament will aid the ANZAC House appeal, including a school division.
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Cumnock
Shire Hall
Smith
L. Trewhella
Yons
C. Smith
Messr
MUMBIL GREEN SHOOT MORE RAIN NEEDED
Painful accident mars local news as Mr Archer, hotel proprietor, fell from a tree injuring a leg and was hospitalized in Wellington before returning home. Other items note residents, holidays, a quiet local vote, paddock fire, a garden party for the Church of England, patriotic fund planning, and road resurfacing by the Shire crew.
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Archer
Wellington
Stuart Town School of Arts Annual Trustees Meeting Report
The Stuart Town School of Arts held its annual trustees meeting with Mr Dutfield presiding in the absence of the President. The secretary presented a year’s report and balance sheet showing a healthy bank balance and £27 7s 11d spent on improvements. All officers were re-elected. The issue also notes a local school football match, a convent ball, an ANZAC House appeal event, and several personal notices including leave and visits from residents and relatives.
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Stuart Town School of Arts
Dutfield
H. Wa
Stuart Town
Stuart Town Public and Convent
Wellington
Anzac House
A. Foster
School of Arts
H. Dickerson
A. Hannelly
C. Anthony
ALF
J. Rout
Bob
Eric Calder
Don Day
Fred Davis
Maurice Davis
Moxon
Sydney
M. McGovern
Army Nursing Staff
Doreen Devenish
Bert Devenish
Euchre Party Triumph At C W A Event
The C W A euchre gathering Friday night named Mrs Richards and Mrs Billy Payne as winners. Updates note funds delay as ball proceeds move forward. Also reports on staff changes, holidays, and births among local residents.
Wongarbon House Party Aids Catholic Ball Efforts
A Wongarbon Saturday house party at Mr and Mrs J Madden raised funds for the upcoming Catholic ball. A Euchre tournament won by M Ty Finneasie and T Redfern, with a booby prize to T Madden, and lively games and singing followed a supper served by the ladies. Mrs G Baker of Sydney guests Wongarbon. Nurse Joan Connell on sick leave with her mother. she will return to Mater Misericordiae Hospital Sydney.
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J. Madden
M. Ty Finneasie
T. Redfern
T. Madden
Sydney
Victim of influenza after operation and soldier on leave
Mrs. H. A. Murray has been ill with influenza for several days following an operation. Pte. J. Arkell is on leave spending time with his mother, Mrs. Ay Arkell. Splendid rain across the district recorded 144 points, arriving just in time to save many crops.
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H. A. Murray
Ay Arkell
Pte. J. Arkell
Humorous ode to flight and cures with peppermint
A whimsical verse celebrates early aviation with aeroplanes telephones gyroscopes and automatic wings. It notes man flies yet carries a cough on tour and humorously resolves it using Woods Great Peppermint Cure in four swallows.
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H-manity
Man
Usless
Woods
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Mesdames Glasson
Haynes
Hollis
Howard
M. Carpenter
J. Iver
B. Pillans
Armidale University
Keith Reilly
RAAF
Marie Hopper
Hogan
Perthville
Col
Molang Hospital
Brooks
P. Bruton
C. Hopper
D. W. O'Brien
T. Downey
W. Hoover
Spicer
Mumbil
Marie Davis
Parkes
Mra. Mendham
Orange
Mumwil
Bob Lee
Wellington Hospital
Jack Lee
Mr. E. Hansford
Church of England
C. Rodgers
B. Cohen
F. Sloane
H. Fleming
T. Anthony
Bruce Codner
Eric King
Norm Edwards
Grahame Payne
Percy Stanley
Keith Armstrong
Constable Foster
Theobald
Tom Foxail
Les Goninan
Baby
Georie
Euchre Party
C.w.a
Richards
Billy Payne
Delyy
Gwen Jone
Mater Geot
Archbold
Sauin
Ted Dowd
Ted
Lne
Alan Barber
Dubbo Hospital
Billy Dewar
Gwen Morley
Manly
F. Johnson
Rennies
Jas
Walter Trevenar
Thornton Street
R. H. Love
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