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Hunter Valley · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1944

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Comforts Fund Ball At Morpeth

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

Arrangements are well in hand for the annual Comforts Fund ball to be held in the Astor Theatre, Morpeth, next Tuesday night…

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South Singleton C. of E. Ball

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 2

Elaborate preparations are in hand for the South Singleton Church of England ball,which will be held in the showground, pavilion on…

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Last Night's Patriotic Ball. Large Attendance

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1

The Military Ball held in the School of Arts last night in aid of the Red Cross Society and the Patriotic Fund was a most…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 15 & 50 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated June 21, 24 and 26, 1929). Fancy Dress Dance

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 4

A fancy dress dance was held by the Kookaburra Club in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. Prize for ladies' best costume was awarded to…

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Rochdale Centenary Celebrations Outstanding Success of Concert at Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 3

Mr. Hal Gillam and James Max, assisted by outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists, featured a splendid concert programme at the King's Hall…

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Methodist Concert M.g.c. Stage Successful Show

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1944 · page 1

On Monday night the Methodist Girls Comradeship entertained a big crowd when they staged a concert in the Methodist Sunday School Hall…

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£125 From Tennis Tourney and Ball

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1944 · page 4

JACK’S CREEK Saturday. — The tennis tourney and ball held at Jack’s Creek was a huge success. £125 being cleared. The…

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Dance At Goorangoola

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 3

A considerable sum will be handed over to further the candidature of Colleen George, Ravcnsworth candidate in the C.U.S.A. princess…

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Recreation Dance At Branxton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 3

BRANXTON, Monday. — A large crowd was present at the recreation night dance held in the Party Hall. The music was…

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Pictures From the World at War

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 July 1944 · page 4

During a, visit to a shipbuilding plant on the U.S. East Coast, Lieutenant Commander John D. Bulkeley, of the U.S. Navy (right) chats with his 72-year-old father, Frederick Bulkeley, an employee at the plant. Comdr. Bulkeley, who recently returned from…

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Cessnock Band's Novel Competition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2

Cessnock Band is organising a novel competition. A masked singer will sing over 2CK at 4.5 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, in the 2CK Amateur Hour, He has…

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Comforts Fund Dance Carnival

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 1

Almost 260 people spent a most enjoyable evening at the Municipal Hall on Saturday night last, and the dance carnival, with…

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Pictures From the World at War

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1944 · page 2

Churning up the snow covering the airfield, a U.S. Navy Ventura patrol bomber takes off from an American base in the Aleutian Islands on a mission against Japanese installations in the North Pacific…

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Dance At Mt. Olive

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 2

The Mount Olive patriotic organisation has staged another successful dance in the local hall. Music was supplied by Messrs. Fred Gardiner…

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Military Ball At Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK — The military ball held in the School of Arts in aid of the Red Cross Society and the Patriotic Fund, was…

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Comforts Fund Ball at Morpeth

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 2

The annual Comforts Fund boll held at Morpeth last night was a bright and enjoyable function. The bail attracted a…

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Pictures From the World at War

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 4

An American armored amphibious carrier kicks up a path of spray as it speeds past other U.S. amphibious craft waiting to carry troops and supplie from transports off shore to a beach on Eniwet[?]k during the campaign on the former Japanese fortress in…

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The Theatre Palace and Prince’s

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1944 · page 2

Thrilling, touching and ly dramatic, “So Proudly Hail,” the superb war drain the American Army Nurse…

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The Central Theatre Saturday and

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 4

"North Star" with Anne Baxter, Dana Andrew, Walter Huston, Walter Brenran and a score of other famous actors comes to the Central Theatre, Raymond…

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Band Concert and Masked Singer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 July 1944 · page 1

The Masked Singer can now come partly out of his seclusion and reveal the following particulars with permission of the promoter of the Masked…

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