September comes in with the wind from the west, and spring in her robes." Another is the general rise in the cost and selling price of all woolen fabrics due to the cessation of subsidies. Gordon Ellis, of the Cleaning Staff of City Store has been looking very closely at the mouth lately.
Of these we have won seven, with the result that we now rank 5th in the Mercantile Football League table. All congratulate Miss Poppy Earnshaw, Captain of the Basketball Team, on her engagement. Jim Cusack of the Lino Department is recovering well from his appendectomy.
All the retail stores have held sales with drastic reductions in some of the lines. John joined the company as a boy and from the beginning took an active part in the social activities of the Adelaide Store. Meldrum and their followers maintained a whirlwind blitz on the pockets of the staff, day after day.
More improvements can be seen on the second floor at the back of the dining room. On August 17, in the company's boardroom, in Collingwood, and in the presence of all the directors, Mr. Shine of the Chairman's Cup is overshadowed by the smiles of Ernest Suares and Arthur O'Neill.
Hamilton, editor of The Australian Rose Journal and an executive member of the National Rose Society. However, whatever the outcome of the match, the idea of the trip is highly commendable. Manager of the party will be Jack Hall, who together with the Committee, consisting of G.
Finally, Eagley would like to express their appreciation to their opponents at Foy Stores for the good sportsmanship and friendship shown throughout the season. The outerwear cosmetics section moved from Collingwood Mill to the fourth floor of the Prahran Store in May. The management have kindly provided transport for the senior staff as we all live a fair distance across the river.
Did you see the report and photograph in the Melbourne "Sun" one day in April last regarding the Bocce Championship Final.
HEY! WAKE UP, F & G STORES!
It will be interesting to see these two skilled headmistresses in competition, because rest assured, they will try to overshadow each other's good grades. Condon, Manager of the Devonport Branch, was promoted to the position of Controller to replace him. Parnell, popular manager of our Maffra Store, has now been transferred to run Devonport.
The Gibsonia Social Club
34;The Gibsonia basketball team took home the 'DZ' Grade flag for 1949 in the Victorian Night Basketball Association. Physical exercise was again the main attraction for the ladies this winter and was held at the Prahran Store. Six cricket teams are running their own home-and-home competition, making the Eagley team the premiers of the season.
34; Recreation Hall, Collingwood. – The management allocated this area to the central committee of the Gibsonia Social Club and it proved a great asset as several social dances and card nights were held there.” But perhaps the greatest interest of the year was the first interstate challenge between Melbourne and Adelaide. was played at the recreation center in Collingwood, where about 70 fans watched a tense battle for a beautiful trophy and flag donated by Mr.
So obviously a trip to Adelaide is on the cards for the Melbourne team and hopefully that can be arranged before the end of the year. The day appointed for this is usually the second Sunday of each month, but notification to the Secretary, Mr. Our trip to Beaconhills Country Golf Club in July is now but a memory, but it marked a milestone in the annals of Gibsonia Golf Club, as we had two distinguished guests on the occasion, in the person of Mr.
White, our president, on behalf of the Club, presented our guests with a fitting memento. As Mills and Stores equaled their overall scores, the organizers decided that these two teams would compete at Woodend for the electric clock (donated by Mr. A. D. D. Maclean), the trophy to be won outright by the lowest score of the winning team. After so much good practice the members were ready for the big gala day at Woodend on Sunday 9th October.
Presenting the above winners with their trophies, the President (Mr. Jack White), ably assisted by his Vice-President (Mr. A. Cornish), welcomed all our guests and especially thanked all the generous donors of the trophies for this special occasion. Two other trophies were presented, but if I mention one word about them, I would be in the soup - like a wooden spoon. Members of the class take this opportunity to thank those who supported this effort and thus helped the work of the class.
Eagley Stretches
There was a representative turnout from the City and Fitzroy Stores and everyone had a thoroughly enjoyable evening.
And Also Takes Wings!
A YOUNG LIFE ENDS
When a member of the Foy and Gibson staff travels to another state, it is a great satisfaction to feel more than "just an employee." It is good to be welcomed as a member of a big family. By Qantas flying boat I left Rose Bay, and after 16 hours of flying, in the midst of heavy rain, I arrived in Suva, Fiji. This created a lot of mud and I believe most of it was in the rice fields, where I had to plow myself along to take some pictures of the Indians at work.
On a tour of the island of Viti Levu, we visited the gold mines in Vatukoula. During my stay in Fiji I had the honor of visiting many mission stations and schools, an orphanage and a hospital, both Indian and Fijian. One of my deepest impressions is the singing of the Fijians and the graceful movements of their mekei or native dances.
Sydney was in the grip of a violent storm, which made it impossible for the flying boat to land at Rose Bay and we had to drive to Brisbane, where we stayed two nights. In the Black Forest we followed the track of a cyclone that blew down trees and telephone wires, and we were delayed for hours on the road. Help arrived in the form of trucks with axes, saws and chains, and we continued on our way, just beating the East Gippsland floods by an hour or two.
A few days later I was home on the "Stratheden" and enjoyed every minute of the cruise. The decision of the Directors to repeat that popular innovation of last year, the Service Bonus, was widely appreciated. This very practical recognition by the Council of the loyalty and effort of those we may call the rank and file is of greater significance to the recipients than their awareness of the sharp feeling of an additional envelope.
We are sure that those who received the award - of course, it went to the hands of the majority of employees - saw it as a further expression of the goodwill and team spirit that characterize our organization. His years of experience, wide knowledge, multitude of friends, and likeable personality make Ward a valuable asset to the "Junior Partner." This popularity was very evident in the "shivoo" on August 2nd, when a good company of his friends - and the Foy's entertained him to dinner at the Devon Hotel, where he received the proclamation.
Retail Stores Appointments and Transfers
Staff Training Has Many Facets
Personalities
HUPFIELD (Clothing, Fitzroy) a boy each - Gerrard, Peter Donald and Russell Bruce respectively - and for MR. DICKSON (Silks, Fitzroy) a girl, Margaret Joy. From left to right) Helen Denton, Arthur Johnston (manager), Dorothy Gibson and Betty Hammill. MABEL MELROSE (Eagley Mills) unfortunately had to go back to the hospital - the third time in 12 months.
Diamonds are winking in South Australia on the important finger of JOY HOBBY (Adelaide Store). We hear that MISS CLARE WILSON (Napery, City) is engaged to Gordon Richardson, of Cockatoo. Bad luck, really - although that's a wound you'll be able to show off.
We hear that at a lunch he hosted in honor of the visiting Adelaide table tennis team, he served a special "Roast Crow" dish to make his guests feel at home. We join everyone at Eagley Mills in sending good wishes for a speedy and lasting recovery to BOB SHEARER and JIM AITCHISON of the Hosiery Dispatch. BETTY O'BRIEN (Eagley Annexe, Preston) will be holding a very important meeting at Preston Methodist Church on November 19th.
Congratulations to JUNE NUTTING (Malvern Warehouse), whose engagement to Eric Brown was announced on 11 October. The boy was asked what he would do if he had to transport an army across a lake and up a mountain. When he then stepped onto the scaffolding, he started stomping around on the planks and exclaimed: "This thing isn't safe either!".
A little late perhaps, but sincere nonetheless, our best wishes go to ALMA WARD (Outerwear Makeup, Prahran Annexe), who recently announced her engagement to Mr. that trip to Western Australia this Christmas her friends will want to know why. We won't give you the name of the town, in case the old lady is more perceptive than she sounds, but from the manager of a distant F.
