Brian Stephens, of the Despatch Department, in the role of a cyclist, came complete with bicycle. Worrall is a salesperson in the clothing department of the Cox Brothers store in Newcaste.
Chapel Street Chatter
Last year saw a nice series of renovations to the Drapery and Shoe sections of the store. Meg, thin, copper-haired, and familiar to all, has been out of her illness for several weeks. Robertson hopes the rest of the year won't be so depressing, astrologically, after all.
Pat Corboy was an office worker before she married Pat Strapp and was well known to everyone in the store. True family pride also entered the life of Annette Cody, a former jewelry department employee who is also remembered in the City Store. As a rule, these parties run more or less according to a pattern, but the incident that arose from the shouting of the youth last December is an incident that, in our opinion, deserves this paragraph.
Of the original five dozen balloons purchased for the children's party, no fewer than two dozen were donated by Bob Thomson, Grocery, and H.
WRITTEN IN
Meanwhile, Miss Beryl Rowley, who left the handkerchief department in Bourke Street, slips into our ranks to take charge of a number of departments on the ground floor here. In the nearby box office, the smile on the face of Laurel Doherty could be attributed to the announcement of her engagement to Mr. And, as if to illustrate that the unexpected things in life often happen in pairs (like twins!), Vera Bowen of the Elevators had to go through some surgical stitching as a result of an altercation with a soda bottle.
Now there is a little bundle of feminine charm who will soon be greeting Mr. Very Personal in all Melbourne stores, but especially in Bourke Street, will be glad to know that Mr. George Barlow, who suffered what may have been a protracted Illness towards the end of last year, has made a splendid recovery and is back on the payroll, at his old job at the Men's Mercery.
The only difference is that he now provides this service under our roof instead of in town.
RUNDLE STREET
A popular ground floor identity, Mrs McConvill, a buyer for the wool department, has left to take up another position. Universal rejoicing at the news of the arrival of a daughter for Mr. Pat Corboy was Pat Strapp, an office worker, before the wedding and well known to everyone in the store. The city itself is 141 meters above sea level and lies at the foot and on the slopes of the mountain.
Perhaps Mount Gambier's biggest claim to fame is Blue Lake, located in one of the mountain's craters. Fed by underground streams, the lake level does not change within a few feet, ie. The business center is located on a section of the Princes Highway known locally as Commercial Street, a thoroughfare two miles long.
A visitor to Mount Gambier is drawn to the clean lines of the houses and buildings, almost all of which are constructed of coral limestone.
THE TOP 0' BOURKE
But during the first two weeks of this year the color was definitely there and the sight will draw from the most experienced traveller, a gasp of amazement as the corner is turned and a first glimpse caught of this phenomenon. The one explanation that seems to enjoy the most support is that the color comes from the suspension of small particles in the water. There is a popular saying that it rains for nine months of the year and the water drips from the trees for the other three months, but after 20 years in this district the writer feels that this is the "Land of Milk and Honey" for the country around here has remarkably fertile soil in which literally everything grows.
There is almost a mile of shops on each side of this street and these produce the largest turnover of any rural center in South Australia. In this pleasant and busy setting, Cox Brothers has a store that has been open for almost 30 years. Olive Bunting, responsible for the Fashion group, joined the company in 1942 and has extensive experience in business operations.
Her job is one of the most difficult buying positions we can offer, selling fashion "remote control" - something almost all of our customers have to deal with.
MAILED FROM MILDU A
Rona spent some time in the Bourke Street office and knew personally so many of the people mentioned in. Faux will be remembered as a former member of staff at Cox Brothers, Bourke Street. Outside of business, Vic had various interests, chief among them being a member of the W.A.
One of the most senior members of the Cox Brothers staff in Perth is Mr. He is also a "skipper" of the Subiaco Bowling Club and played for the state in Melbourne during the Australian Bowling Carnival in 1955. Soon to suffer the heel of the invader was the Majewski family - a mother, father and their two sons .
This was their salvation, as they drove straight to a small town on the Swiss side of the border.
CULLED F OM COLLIE
Then one night they heard the screams of German soldiers and ran in the opposite direction. When the fighting in the area subsided, Jim Majewski volunteered for the Polish Air Force, operating from England. En route, the convoy of 25 ships was attacked by German U-boats in the Bay of Biscay and eleven were sunk.
By this time the Polish squadrons had all the aircrew they could handle, and the new arrivals were offered places in the Parachute Corps. The tanks rolled on through Holland to Germany, where Jim's unit took part in the capture of Wilhelmshaven. Jim Majewski could be forgiven for feeling bitter at times about all he has lost, but knowing him, we find him enjoying life as an Australian in Australia, making the most of the moment rather than dwelling. In the past.
Martha (Vic.), was transferred to Morotai and parachuted to Borneo, behind Japanese lines, serving with the Semut 1 party in the Bawang Valley area and the Padas and Trusan Rivers.
FRIENDSHIP CAN HELP THE PHYSICIAN
Sub-Branch and is currently secretary of the Collie Chamber of Commerce and vice-chairman of the Collie Safety Council. After a very thorough Commando course at Frazer Island (off Maryborough, Qld.) he qualified as a parachutist at Leyburn, N.S.W. But as this photograph indicates, Wally Rippin is quite healthy again today and through the war years.
Rippin is very proud of them and says it is a pleasure to work with them. 34;celebrated" by assisting in the rescue of a woman and her baby after the car in which they had been sitting plunged into 16 feet of water in Min-ninup Pool, just outside Collie. When the car was at to go under, Tom climbed into it and tried to apply the brakes, but was carried to the bottom along with the female passenger.
With the help of others who dove in, Tom was able to help the woman get out of the submerged car.
FOOTSTEPS IN FOYS
The Fitzroy Store on the opposite side of the street will not be used for trading purposes. Brimacombe, who has been in charge of the neighboring blouse department for quite some time, and Mrs Brian Flynn, who has shared much of the arduous work of supervising the Bourke street ground floor in recent weeks, as well as looking after her own department, Plastics.
Len Andrews, Group Supervisor of Floor Coverings, resigned in December after a long career with the company. The people of Melbourne, unlike our own staff, are not familiar with some of the talents of Mr. Richard Eagles of the Collingwood Office, who is now responsible for the budget office in the city.
Every year the occupants of the two beds at this hospital, which have been donated in perpetuity by the Sonstraal Club, are visited by.
TO HAVE HIM
We'll leave it to Les McEwan, secretary of the Social Club, to take the bow himself and say to his helpers, "Well done!" However, there are those who would like to acknowledge the efficient work of the elevator operators "for today". The elevators have stopped in the right place so precisely that it is suspected that these volunteers had "lessons" beforehand.
Colac Chronicle
But when William Gibson died in 1918, the ranks of those employed under his management of the company are now thinning. There are a number of employees, of both sexes, at Eagley Mills who would qualify under this "pre-calculation, but with the separation of the Mills from Foy & Gibson Ltd. Edith Webb's first job was in the public dining room in the old" Collingwood -shop, which in those days was on the third floor of the four-storey building which marks the northern boundary of the Smith Street frontage, on the Collingwood side.
In the early 1900s this Dining Room was a very popular meeting place for the thousands of customers who flocked to Foys in Smith Street, not only residents of Melbourne and its suburbs, but the country people who made occasional special trips into the city to buy do from the wonderful stock of merchandise of all kinds, which Foy & Gibson carried in those days. Later, the Staff Dining Room was built on the fourth floor of the same building, and the two rooms were served from a kitchen at the rear. Miss Ruby Laity, of the Soft Furnishing workroom, both Collingwood identities throughout their lives, and both at Edith Webb's farewell party.
34;looking after people." For some years past she had been in charge of the Staff Room of the General Office, where most of the members flocked for their morning and afternoon tea, and many visited for their lunch or to read during the afternoon break.
COLLINGWOOD CALLING
