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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1940

1,258 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 63

Lindstrom’s Staff Dance Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 5

More then 350 dancers speed a happy evening at Tyrrell Hall last night at a dance arranged by Lindstrom Brothers’ Staff Welfare Club…

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Novel Invitation Red Cross Dance SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 2

A novel invitation for a dance to be conducted in the Singleton Show Ground [?] on July 17 to raise June 10 the Red Cross has been sent out by the…

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Red Cross Dance at Glennie’s Creek SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 2

It is expected that 11/10/ will be given to the Red Cross Society as the result of a euchre party and dance held in the Glenric Creek Hall Many…

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Catholic Ball Muswellbrook Function Marked Success MUSWELLBEOOK,‘Wes[?]day

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 6

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Artillery Men Entertained Concert Party at Largs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 4

Large School of Arts reconded to rollicking patriotic songs and boats of happy laughter last night The troops tank up their positions…

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Central Theatre Astaire & Rogers Teamed Again

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1940 · page 3

Bubbing with romance and comedy and Irving Berlin's catchiest songs, Carefree' unites Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in what is hailed as the screen's…

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Parish Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

St. John's Church of England Debutantes' Ball, held in the School of Arts on Friday, proved a very successful and enjoyable function. The…

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Cathedral Hall Enjoyable Dance

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

The ex-students Dominican Counreat dance, which was held to the Cathedral Hall last evening, proved another great success…

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Clarence Town Catholic Ball Success

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 5

Fears that the success of the social highlight of the dancing season, the Clarence Town Roman Catholic Ball, would be partly, if not seriously…

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The Spring Ball General Fewtrell to Attend

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

One of Cessnock's greatest functions, the Spring Ball, will take place on August 6 at the Lyceum Hall. On this occasion the debutantes will…

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Catholic Ball At Glenden Brook SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

Arrangement are being committed the [?] held as Glention Broke on July 18. They officials of the [?]…

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House Evening. Business Girls' Ball Committee Benefit

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

Mrs. A. E. Andrews, assisted by her daughters. Misses T. Andrews and H. Andrews, arranged a house evening:, which was held at their…

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Dance at Maerannie Patriotic and War Fund Benefits

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 2

A dance was held in the Maerannie Hall on Saturday night last in aid of the above fund, and, although the attendance was not as large as was…

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Comforts Fund East Maitland Social Dance and Cards

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

A pleasant overing was spent by a largo gathering of dancers end card players at the Rest Maitland Literacy Institute last night when the…

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Juvenile Ball Muswellbrook Catholic Church Marked Success Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

Held in conjunction with the annual Catholic hall the [?] but met with unqualified success the School of Arts being…

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Annual Ball Machine Gun Troops Many Visitors Rav. Terrace

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 4

The annual ball of the Raymond Torrance [?] of the bath Mother Bun Integument was held in the [?] Hall Raymond…

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Catholic Juvenile Ball Children Frolic in Hundreds' Outstanding Success Achieved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 5

Tuesday night was the children's bigoccasion, when boys and girls from tiny-tots to those in their teens, and older, from all parts of the district…

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Community Concert

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1940 · page 3

The second community concert arranged by the Patriotic Committee was held on Wednesday in the Australia Theatre. Over £5 was taken…

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Red Cross Ball at Denman DENMAN

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1940 · page 5

At the Red Cross ball held in the Memorial Hall, Denman, on Wednesday night, a pageand featuring the Allied nations was presented…

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