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ISSUE 45                                                                                                August-September 2017

A proud history since 1975 Update on Sladen Street upgrade
Local involvement in cater-      ence since 1975 and has
                                                                  Bill and his troops have        but there is every chance
ing at the Henty Machinery       raised a significant amount
                                                                  spent a week preparing the      that the footpath may be
Field Days has come full         of money for Henty and dis-
circle with the return of the
                                                                  four corners of the Allan       completed ahead of sched-
                                 trict. The main beneficiaries
catering to the Henty Public     were traditionally the school    Street roundabout for the       ule and with less mess and
School P and C. The P and C      and pool, but that changed       block-layers and the pav-       disruption than we first
have formed a new sub-           when the pool no longer          ing crews. The block layers     anticipated. It will have
committee called the Henty       needed funds and the great-      made a start and have pro-      the advantage of giving the
P and C Catering Sub             er community groups and          gressed well with the           pavers a solid base to sit
Committee. This sub com-         organisations were invited to    planter boxes really start-     on.
mittee was formed to take        submit applications for fund-    ing to take shape.              A bit of a stumbling block
over the operations of the       ing.                             While the block work and        has cropped up with re-
Steakhouse and the Eastern       Over the years many groups       the paving at the rounda-       gards to the replacement
Shed at the Henty Machin-        and organisations have ben-      bout continuing the drain-      verandahs due to the prox-
ery Field Days. On this sub-     efited from funds raised and     age crew have been mak-         imity and condition of the
committee there are many         many of the volunteers were      ing good progress along the     power supply that runs
of the original Henty Cater-     representatives of those who
ing Association members
                                                                  southern side of Sladen         along under the veran-
                                 received funding/grants. The     Street. This is the messiest    dahs. Essential Energy
and some new faces from          committee members were
the school community. The                                         bit of the job and the one      have been most helpful in
                                 also a large selection of peo-
Henty Catering Association                                        that causes the most dis-       resolving these issues and
                                 ple from the community and
or HCA as it was known,                                           ruption to the public.          they have come up with a
                                 took their roles very serious-
has decided that it was time                                      The pouring of the kerb         few suggestions that will
                                 ly, conscious of how that
to move this major fundrais-     hard earned money was dis-       follows on after the drain-     be investigated.
ing event back to where it       tributed.                        age and it is then that the     The only down side of this
originated from due to the                                        project starts to take a bit    is that there may be some
                                 Many have spoken of their
dwindling numbers of volun-                                       of shape. Longford Civil        delay in the verandah re-
                                 satisfaction in helping raise
teers as well as the reduced                                      has suggested a better way      placement work. Once
                                 the money and being in a
numbers of applications for
                                 position to support some         to do the footpath that         again Bill and the Council
funding.
                                 many local and community         should allow a lot of the job   engineers are working out
The school community will        projects over the years. Of      to have the pavers and as-      a plan to ensure these
now run the two sheds, with      course some names are syn-       phalt laid directly over the    works are completed safely
the Luncheon Shed no long-       onymous with the HCA             existing footpath. There        and in a timely manner.
er a food site from this year.
                                 Continued on page 12             are a few technical and
The HCA has been in exist-
                                                                  practical details to sort out
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Advertising End for branch that war started
  Rates     It is with great regret that tea at Yerong Creek and fish wadra members. There have
                                the Mundawadra Red Cross         and chip nights. They often           been many devoted and dedi-
                                branch has closed. The mem-      catered for weddings, US              cated women and men who
        2017                    bers thank the communities       visitors, birthdays, clearing         have worked for Munda-
                                of Mundawadra, Pleasant          sales and the Henty Rotary            wadra Red Cross over the
     Advertising                Hills, Yerong Creek and          Club. Members have enjoyed            past 78 years to help others
       Rates                    Henty for all their support      the Red Cross Murray Zone             in war, famines and floods
                                over the past 78 years.          special days when members             and to improve people’s lives
Full page        $150.00        In 1939 at the commence-         from all the branches gather          in Australia and overseas.
                                ment of World War II, Henty      together.                             Contributed by
1/2 page             $80.00     Red Cross divided the sur-       Time, age and ill health have         Jean Bennett
                                rounding districts into four     taken its toll on Munda-
1/4 page             $55.00     zones to work for the war
                                effort. Mrs Rutherford, the                                            as well as overseas. When
1/8 page             $40.00     wife of the manager of the       Keeping warm                          disasters occur, Wraps with
                                large Mundawadra Station                                               Love Inc is set up to distrib-
                                organised the people of the      So far this year there have           ute “warmth for cold humani-
          Consecutive                                            been 67 wraps made. The
                                area north-west of Henty to                                            ty” where it is needed. Staff
         Advertisement          form a Red Cross sub-branch.     Henty Knit Wits from the              at the Library can give you
                                Station staff, sharefarmers      Hostel, now under the watch-          details. Henty’s wraps are
             5 ads                                               ful eye of Pam Green, contin-
                                and neighbours were founda-                                            sent to Hesper Piltz, Wagga
     for the price of 4         tion members.                    ually need supplies of colour-        Wagga Coordinator for sort-
                                                                 ful wool which can be left at         ing and packing and then to
                                Some of the first fundraising    the Library. Knitting and
                                efforts included dances in the                                         Sydney for worldwide distri-
Article contributions                                            crocheting in front of a win-         bution.
                                Mundawadra Wool Shed             ter fire is an enjoyable pas-
and photos (jpg format)         with local musicians provid-     time and a positive way to
can be emailed to               ing the music. A garden par-     keep someone warm. Wraps
hentyheaderlines@               ty, tennis and card parties      are distributed in Australia
                                also raised money for Red
hotmail.com or                  Cross.
dropped into Greater            Food and petrol rationing
Hume Shires Henty               made life harder, although to
Customer Service Cen-           save precious ration coupons,
tre/Library.                    all the women made butter
                                and a horse and sulky could
Fax 02 6929 3770                be used to drive to town to
Mail: PO Box 4, Henty           buy supplies for Red Cross
NSW 2658                        catering. The ladies knitted
                                and sewed items to go in Red                       Plumbers, Drainers & Gasfitters
                                Cross comfort parcels sent to                     Bobcats, Excavators & Tip Trucks
Deadline for the                men and women serving in
                                the armed forces or those in                    Ditchwitch Trencher & Kanga Loader
next edition is 15th
                                foreign    prisoner -of-war                  Water, Sand & Gravel Cartage Contractors
September 2017                  camps.
                                                                                   Septic & Trade Waste Pumping
                                After the war, the Munda-
Editorial Details               wadra sub-branch continued                    New septic systems as well as upgrades
                                to work for Red Cross and
Headerlines is a not-for-                                                         Livestock water poly pipe systems
                                later became a full branch.
profit community newslet-
                                Mundawadra Station, was                     Gas ducted heating installations and repairs
ter published bi-monthly.       taken over by the NSW Gov-
                                                                               Evaporative air conditioning specialists
The editorial team reserves     ernment for the World War II
                                Soldier Settlement Scheme                  Concrete & Rubbish Removal, Site Cleanups,
the right not to publish any
                                and cut into 13 blocks. In
article or to modify submis-                                                       Slashing, Trenching, Post Holes
                                1960 Mundawadra Red Cross
sions to suit the style and
                                welcomed the settlers as new                     Rotary Hoe, Bucket Work, Levelling
objectives of the newsletter.   members and valued work-
                                                                                Rainwater tank sales and installations
                                ers. At one time Munda-
                                wadra Red Cross had a mem-                    Please Call Luke Howard 0403 191 780
                                bership of 54.
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                                Over the later years funds
                                have been raised from street       Proudly servicing the local community for over 10 years
                                stalls, casserole and card
                                                                     If you want to dig it, pipe it, pump it or fix it – we can do it!
                                evenings, twilight bowls and

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                                                                she said and we currently         provided supper for the play,
Lions look back with pride                                      have three new members
                                                                who bring valuable skills to
                                                                                                  “Carpe Diem”. In addition,
                                                                                                  some members manned the
The past year has been very     capacity as Chairman of the     help us in an expanding           barbeque to cater for stu-
busy for the members of         Local Health Advisory Com-      range of activities. Thank        dents at the Mental Health
Henty Lions Club, with its      mittee was recognised for his   you Terri, Nina and Ken for       Forum at Billabong High
fair share of challenges, op-   involvement in a variety of     joining. It is to be hoped that   School and the Henty club
portunities and rewards.        activities within the commu-    further expansion can be          were involved in providing
Outgoing President, Julie       nity; in particular, mental     achieved.                         breakfast at the Australia
Colley welcomed 23 members      health. Mick was presented      Julie went on to outline some     day function. Members ca-
and guests to the Annual                                        of the highlights of the previ-   tered for those who attended
                                with a Gold Award Plaque                                          Carols by Candlelight. Our
Changeover Dinner at the        from the Lion’s Childhood       ous year. In support of the
Doodle Cooma Arms (the                                          youth in this area, eight stu-    aprons are well washed!
                                Cancer Foundation in recog-
Lion’s Den) recently. Zone      nition of the generous sup-     dents from four local primary     Pub Euchre nights on the
Chairman David McCormick        port from LHAC.                 schools attended the Licola       first Wednesday of each
and his wife Phyll were in                                      Wilderness Village Camp (a        month have been well sup-
                                Noelene      and    Trevor      five day camp in the village      ported and funds raised have
attendance as evidence of his
                                Bedggood and Ken Dale were      of Licola, Victoria,) which is    been allocated to Lions Pros-
strong support of Henty club.
                                present representing Henty      owned and operated by Li-         tate Cancer Research and
Doug Meyer OAM, Deputy
                                Rotary Club.                    ons. This was made possible       the Black Dog Institute ,
Mayor of Greater Hume
Shire gave an update on the     In her comprehensive report,    with the help of a grant from     through Steven Scott. The
Streetscape for Henty and       President Julie paid tribute    the Henty Catering Associa-       Lions Childhood Cancer Re-
some interesting facts and      to long time member of Li-      tion. At the secondary level,     search Foundation benefited
background concerning Lions     ons, Colin Hagen from           the club again conducted the      from a bowls night organised
International.                  Yerong Creek who passed         Lions Youth of the Year           by Mick Broughan. Between
                                away since the last Charter     which was won by Emily            Mick and the community,
Gaynor McLeish was present
                                Dinner in 2016 who was and      Jones who proceeded on to         over $1,200 was raised, a
in her dual role of Bendigo
                                is, sadly missed.               the regional finals.              wonderful effort. During the
Bank manager and a judge
for the 1917 Lions Youth of     Despite current declining       The Henty Lions Club has          evening, Zone Chairman
the Year contest. Mick and      trends in community service     catered for The Hope Ban-         David McCormick inducted
Marilyn Broughan, were also     involvement, our club num-      quet, an initiative of the        new member, Lorri Roden
honoured guests, Mick, in his   bers have grown this year,      GHSC Youth Council and
                                                                                                  continued on page 15

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School’s Inner Strength on display
Throughout last term Henty      performance of the school’s     and leading up to the event.
Public School students par-     dance troupe at The Riverina    Congratulations to Evee
ticipated in many activities.   Dance Festival in June. Miss    Phillips and Kendra Walker
They included debating, mul-    Joyce and Mrs Preston chore-    who won the final Rotary
ticultural public speaking,     ographed a beautiful piece      Spelling Competition and to
the athletics carnival, Footy   titled “Inner Strength”, per-   Saige Fraser and Anka
Colours Day, a visit from an    formed to the song Titanium.    Aliento, who were runners
author and the Tony Lockett     The children danced in both     up. Due to the disbandment      of a very busy term.
Football Carnival. Congratu-    the matinee and evening per-    of the Rotary Club, the
lations to Cameron Terlich      formances and should be very                                    Term 3 has begun and alt-
                                                                spelling bee was the last
who made it in to State com-    proud of their efforts. The                                     hough the weather is cold
                                                                hosted by the club. We wish
petition in the cross country   community and parents                                           and dreary all staff and stu-
                                                                to thank Kevin Fogarty and
and will now compete in Syd-    earned the thanks of the                                        dents are excited to be back.
                                                                the committee for initiating
ney later this term.            school for their support in                                     The term is jam-packed with
                                                                this event many years ago
                                fundraising, help on the day                                    events ranging from sporting
Another highlight was the                                       and for their support and
                                                                                                days, tree planting, a disco, a
                                                                efforts in organising it over
                                                                                                pet program, ICAS competi-
                                                                the years. It has certainly
                                                                                                tions, Bernie O’Connor Car-
                                                                been a valued event on our
                                                                                                nival and the annual book
                                                                school calendar and we wish
                                                                                                fair.
                                                                all the Rotary Club members
                                                                best wishes for the future.     The highlight of the term will
                                                                                                be the Gala Night and Mat-
                                                                Term 2 ended with a “Treat
                                                                                                inee where the students get
                                                                Day” excursion to the Wagga
                                                                                                to showcase their acting and
                                                                Botanical Gardens. Children
                                                                                                dancing abilities. Put Tues-
                                                                went to the zoo, had a picnic
                                                                                                day September 12 on your
                                                                lunch and spent time on the
                                                                                                calendars as this event is not
                                                                playground equipment. It
                                                                                                to be missed. Please keep an
                                                                was a great finish to the end
                                                                                                continued on page 10

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Frosty mornings, warm meetings                                                                           Gifts galore
Winter has arrived with a          enough to be treated to a        0417 811 707 or Pam Jones           Have you recently visited
vengeance and while the            delightful display of superb     on 6929 3606. It may seem           the craft shop and second
Henty Garden Club was be-          artistry at its July meeting     early to be committing to           hand book shed at the
moaning the loss of many           from two of its members.         such a day but time flies by        railway station? There is
favourite plants from gar-         Margaret and June brought        and proper planning is es-          a great collection of gifts
dens due to consistent frosts,     along their many pieces of       sential to ensure a great day       to buy for birthdays and
the mother ship, Garden            hand-painted china and gave      out.                                special occasions. Attrac-
Clubs of Australia, were urg-      a talk on just how many          Very best wishes were ex-           tive knitted scarves and
ing their branches to think        steps are involved in produc-    tended to our soon to be No-        beanies and beautiful
ahead and plan an event in         ing them.                        nagenarian (90) year old Dai-       hand knitted toys, a wide
your garden during spring,         So many facets to master         sy who will celebrate that          variety of tourist tea tow-
such as an Open Garden             depending upon the required      marvellous milestone before         els. Lots of jewellery,
Day; a project in a local park;    techniques to vary different     our next meeting with a             tasty jams and home
helping establish a communi-       glazes, intriguing patterns,     rousing chorus of Happy             made cooking fill the
ty garden; or revisiting previ-    enamelling and embellishing      Birthday and three cheers by        shelves to overflowing.
ous projects that could do         edges in gold paint, each item   those in attendance at the          Most importantly, this is
with sprucing up.                  taking up to eight firings in    July meeting. Long may you          Henty’s centre for tour-
Or maybe by entering a pho-        their kilns with each firing                                         ism where you can find
                                                                    enjoy continued good health
tographic competition with         bringing the possibility of                                          many locally compiled
                                                                    and great happiness in all
an interesting garden scene.       shattering. Not only are you                                         books and brochures for
                                                                    you do Daisy, with Ivan be-
This is open until October 5       ladies very clever but brave,                                        Henty and district tourist
                                                                    side you.
to all members and there is a      putting so much into an item                                         sites. It is not just a tour-
                                                                    Publicity Officer.                  ist information, but for
cash prize. A lot to ask from      that could be lost in the very
the small band of members          last firing. Next time they                                          local spots if you have
who attended our most re-          pick up a china piece that                                           lost your way or need to
cent meeting in July.              says “hand painted” club                                             visit new places in our
                                   members will understand the                                          district.
Garden Clubs of Australia
also called for talented, inter-   considerable effort the artist
ested members with organi-         has gone through to provide
sational skills and a desire to    such a item of beauty.
travel to Sydney about six         At our June meeting, Debbie
times a year to nominate for       Stanley was the guest speak-
vacant positions on the na-        er and she assembled ladies
tional executive. But more         from the Active Arts classes              Henty Long Day Care
importantly for Henty’s club       to display their oh–so-finely
is the need to find willing,       detailed botanical paintings                           Henty Lutheran Hall
talented, enthusiastic people      and gave a power point show
to fill the vacant chairs at the   of Beechworth's biannual            11 Keirath St Henty NSW 2658 Tuesday: 8.30am
next AGM in February.              exhibition of botanical draw-                          – 5.00pm
All ideas to keep the long         ings.
established club operating         Our local artists should feel                  Wednesday: 8.30am – 5.00pm
will be dealt with sympathet-      very proud of their work as it
                                                                                    Thursday: 8.30am – 5.00pm
ically and greeted with much       compared most favourably
interest. People only need the     against the competition. It                Expression of Interest for 4th day
ability to attend regular          was a pleasure to welcome
meetings, plan guest speak-        Bernice, Jeanine and Debbie            Fee: $6 per hour/per child t Community
ers, arrange interaction with      from the local botanical
                                                                           Early-years Education and Care – Henty
neighbouring garden clubs,         painting group for the after-
show interest in your local        noon. Amazing the talent a
                                                                          we offer quality EarlyChildhood Education
surroundings and how you           small town can provide.                            and Care Long Day
can encourage improvement,         The club’s coach trip to Grif-
but support worthy causes                                              Care sessions for children aged 6 weeks to 6
                                   fith on Saturday, October 14
throughout the year and or-        for the Open Gardens and            years. We provide rich and nurturing environ-
ganise street stalls when          Orange Sculptures is a goer         ments and work with families and communities
funds run low. Simple! Actu-       with 39 paid up travellers all      to support children in learning through play.
ally the love of a good chat       raring to undertake the jour-
with pleasant company each         ney. The Culcairn Garden                              Please phone our office on:
month of the year except De-       Club’s members and friends
cember provides a solid            are joining the adventure but        (02) 6056 4399 for further information, enrolment
grounding and the rest can         there are still a few seats                       packages and bookings
be picked up along the way.        available. Details can be ob-
The       club   was   fortunate   tained from Marie Solyk on

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Library News                     an art exhibition. The exhibi-
                                 tion of the completed pieces
                                                                   noon a different group of la-
                                                                   dies made beaded bonsai
                                                                                                      world who are suffering from
                                                                                                      severe cold, or natural disas-
                                 was held on Saturday 3 June       using wire and little pieces of    ter.
Eco-Regalia event held at        at the Henty Library.             semi precious stones” Testa-       Thank you to everyone who
the Henty Library                At the exhibition Tanya Men-      monial from participant Hel-       attended the knitting work-
                                 zies, the facilitator of the      en Squires                         shop your contribution to the
In late 2016 the Greater
Hume Shire was advised           event, spoke about her pas-       Annual Knit – In at the            Wrap with Love organisation
that Murray Arts and the         sion for recycling and how        Henty Library                      is truly appreciated.
State Country Arts Support       you can really make any-          The Henty Library held the         Greater Hume Shire Youth
Program Panel had approved       thing into something else; it     Annual Knit – In on Wednes-        Advisory Committee Youth
funding of $1,570.00 for a       is just a matter of using your    day 5 July. Over twenty very       Week Award
project titled Eco Regalia.      imagination. There were also      enthusiastic knitters from         A HUGE congratulation to
                                 lots of giveaways and a lucky     Henty, Culcairn, Wagga
The Country Arts Support                                                                              the Finalists of the 2017 Lo-
                                 door prize of a large tumble      Wagga and the surrounding
Program was a small grants                                                                            cal Government Youth Week
                                 bin.                              area attended the event. It
program delivered on behalf                                                                           Awards -The Greater Hume
of Arts NSW by Regional          Overall, Eco-Regalia provid-      was a fun day with lots of         Shire Youth Advisory Com-
Arts NSW and jointly admin-      ed the participants a founda-     knitting, chatting with great      mittee are finalists in two
istered by the Regional Arts     tion from which the commu-        company and some wonderful         categories – Best Small
Boards throughout NSW.           nity can interact and engage      food including the return of       Council with the Most Out-
The aim of the Country Arts      in a positive way with other      the chocolate fountain.            standing Youth Week Pro-
Support Program is to sup-       members of the community          The completed squares and          gram 2017 and Most Innova-
port community cultural de-      who have a passion for the        rugs are sent to the Wrap          tive Youth Week Program in
velopment in regional and        arts and in particular eco art.   with Love Organisation and         2017.
rural New South Wales            Eco Regalia at the lovely         are then distributed to needy      The Committee are finalists
through small grants.            warm library at Henty on          families throughout the
The Eco Regalia project          Monday 29 May 2017 was a
grant held during Library &      very happy day. Tanya Men-
Information Week 2017 on         zies showed us how to turn
Monday 29 May provided an        the bowl of a dead spoon into
opportunity for participants     a little work of art. Next was
to partake in two eco friendly   a bracelet made from a chain
workshops - Bonsai Trees         with lots of recycled bits of
and Jewellery Making and         our choosing. In the after-

                                                                   Members of the Greater Hume Youth Advisory Committee are all
                                                                   smiles at the Hope Banquet held during Youth Week in March.

                                                                   Alison Schuster, Helen Squire, Julie Parker and Margaret Singe with
                                                                   some of the wraps at the recent Knit-In

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due to their successful Youth    to instil a greater under-       A review has been under-         service   centre   opening
Week 2017 Hope Banquet           standing of the problems of      taken of the opening hours       days.
event which was held on          hunger and homelessness          of the Henty Library and         The new opening hours
Friday 31 March.                 among the youth in our com-      the following changes are        came into effect on
The Hope Banquet was held        munities. On the night $150      being proposed:                  Monday 24 July 2017
at the Henty Community           was raised and donated to        That the library be open
centre as part of our Youth      the Culcairn Catholic Church     Tuesday       –  Fridays
Week 2017 activities. Start-     to go towards homeless or        (inclusive) from 11am –
                                 people in need in the commu-                                           Sunday CLOSED
ing at 6 00 pm, each guest                                        5.30pm, Saturdays from
received a coloured card allo-   nity.                            10am – 12.30pm and closed            Monday CLOSED
cating them a seat and a         Well done the Greater Hume       on Sundays and Mondays            Tuesday 11am – 5.30pm
young person’s story.            Shire Youth Advisory Com-        The Henty Library opens             Wednesday 11am –
The young person’s story         mittee. Emily Jones and          for 25.5 hours each week                 5.30pm
dictated the type of meal        Mitchell O’Keeffe members of     and it is important to note      Thursday 11am – 5.30pm
that they would be eating        the Youth Advisory Commit-       that the intention is not to
                                 tee will travel with Library &                                      Friday 11am – 5.30pm
and told them about the per-                                      reduce hours but move the
son’s life they would be shar-   Youth Services Development       current opening hours, re-
ing for the night. The three     Officer Susan Kane to Syd-       sulting in the library being         (Library closed for
different colours/meals each     ney for the Local Govern-        opened Tuesday to Satur-             lunch 1pm-1.45pm
represented a homeless, un-      ment Awards on Thursday 3        day inclusive.                       Tuesday –Friday)
employed, and employed           August.
                                                                  The proposed change aims
youth and of the type of food    New Opening Times at the         to provide the Henty com-                Saturday
they may be eating.              Henty Library                    munity with a library ser-            10am – 12.30pm
There were several guest         The Greater Hume Shire           vice that is open across suc-     (Library services only)
speakers on the night that       Council regularly reviews        cessive days and it is antici-
highlighted their experiences    library opening hours across     pated that this will assist
working with the homeless        all its branches, taking into    with community awareness
and insecure youth in our        consideration feedback from      and certainty of the Li-
community.                       the community as well as         brary/ customer
The aim of the banquet was       community usage and pat-
                                 terns of attendance.

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                                                Community Calendar August 2017
Sunday                 Monday                 Tuesday                    Wednesday                Thursday                    Friday                     Saturday
                                                                     1                        2                           3                          4                         5
                                               Early-Y ears Childcare- Early-Y ears Childcare- Community Early -Y ears   St. Pauls Ladies G uild          Henty Community
                                              Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm. Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm. Childcare-Henty 8.30am to C hurch Meeting Room                    Club
                                                                                               5.00pm. Trinity Lutheran
                                               Trinity Lutheran Hall   Trinity Lutheran Hall              Hall                   1.30 pm                  Bistro/ Blue Room
                                                                                                     Service NSW                                                6.30pm
                                                                                                   GHSC C ulcairn
                                              Henty Playgroup River- Henty Lions Euchre night    Camera Club/ CWA          Henty Community
                                                 life Church 10-12             7.30pm               Rooms/ 7.00pm       C lub/ Fish and Chips in
                                                                                                Henty Myoora Knitwits       paper Blue Room
                                                                            DCA Hotel                 1.30-3.00pm

                   6                      7                          8                        9                        10                          11                    12
RSL Meeting/ Henty     Henty Senior Citizens Early-Y ears Childcare-  Early-Y ears Childcare-  C ommunity Early-Y ears        CWA Meeting 2pm CWA Henty Community
 C ommunity C lub/     Meeting CWA Rooms         Henty 8.30am to     Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm. C hildcare-Henty 8.30am to             Rooms         Club Birthday Diners
                                             5.00pm. Trinity Luther- Trinity Lutheran Hall
     10.30am                   2pm                                                            5.00pm. Trinity Lutheran        Henty Library Storytime          6.30pm
                                                     an Hall
                                              Henty Writer’s Group Henty/ C ulcairn Probus               Hall                  11am–Theme “Robots ”
                                              Henty Library, 1pm to      C lub–C ulcairn       Henty  Myoora   Knitwits
Henty Community         BANK HO LIDAY                  2.30
 C lub/ Build your                                                                                   1.30-3.00pm
                                                 Henty Playgroup     Henty Lions Club meeting                                    Henty Community
  own Hamburger                              Riverlife Church 10-12      6.30 DCA Hotel                                        Club/ Fish and Chips in
6.30pm/ Blue room                             HCDC/ Meets 6.30pm
                                                  Henty Library                                                                   paper Blue Room

                13                      14                         15                       16                         17                          18                    19
Pride of Henty Lodge                           Early-Years C hildcare-  Early-Y ears Childcare-  C ommunity Early-Y ears      HC C / Raffle night  Pleasant Hills Patch-
 189 1pm. Anglican                                Henty 8.30am to     8.30am to 5.00pm. Trinity C hildcare-Henty 8.30am to Fish & C hips in Paper/ work Group Pleasant
                                              5.00pm. Trinity Luther-                           5.00pm. Trinity Lutheran                           Hills Hall 9.30 to 3.30
         Hall.                                                              Lutheran Hall                                   Henty Community Club Henty Community
                                                                                                             Hall
                                                        an Hall                                        Service N.S.W.                                      Club
                                                                                                       GHSCCulcairn                                 Bistro/ Blue Room
 Henty Community                                                         Greater Hume Shire      Henty Myoora Knitwits                                    6.30pm
C lub Build your own                          Henty Playgroup River-      .C ouncil Meeting             1.30-3.00pm                                 Henty Football &
     Hamburger                                    life Church 10-12                              Henty & District Lifestyle                         Netball C lub Vote
                                                                         C ulcairn-C hambers
                                                                                                Centre Committee Meeting                                  C ount
  6.30 Blue Room
                                                                                                          / 7.30 pm

                20                      21                         22                       23                         24                          25                    26
Henty Garden C lub                             Early-Y ears Childcare-   Early-Y ears Childcare-  Early-Y ears Childcare-    Henty Library Story time
2pm C.W.A. Rooms                                  Henty 8.30am to      8.30am to 5.00pm. Trinity Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.      11am—Theme “Trains”
                                              5.00pm. Trinity Luther-        Lutheran Hall                                                               Henty Community.
                                                                                                  Trinity Lutheran Hall                                  Club/ Chinese Smor-
                                                        an Hall              PETER MAC
 Henty Community                                                                10.30 am          Henty Myoora Knitwits                                    gasbord/ 6.30pm
                                                                                                                               Henty Community
                                              Henty Playgroup River-     WO MENS HEALTH                 1.30-3.00pm
       Club                                       life Church 10-12    Henty Lions Club meet-                                Club/ Fish and Chips in
Build y our own Ham-                          Henty Active Arts 6pm/      ing 6.30 DC A Hotel    Henty & District Historical    Paper Blue Room
 burger 6.30pm Blue                            St Pauls Lutheran Hall                            Society Meeting/ Lifestyle
         room                                                                                           Centre 3pm

                27                      28                         29                       30                         31
 Henty Community     Henty Hospital Auxilia- Early-Y ears Childcare- Early-Y ears Childcare-       Early-Y ears Childcare-
       Club           ry Meeting/ 3pm at Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm. Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.          Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.
Build y our own Ham-    Henty Hospital       Trinity Lutheran Hall   Trinity Lutheran Hall         Trinity Lutheran Hall
 burger 6.30pm Blue                                                                                 Service N.S.W.GHSC
         room                                  Henty Playgroup                                            Culcairn
                                              Riverlife Church 10-12                              Henty Myoora Knitwits
BIKES FO R BIBLES                                                                                      1.30-3.00pm

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                                         Community Calendar September 2017
Sunday                 Monday                    Tuesday                  Wednesday                Thursday                   Friday                       Saturday
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                                                                                                                                St. Pauls Ladies Guild      Henty Community
                                                                                                                              Church Meeting Room 1.30             C lub
                                                                                                                                          pm
                                                                                                                                                            Bistro/ Blue Room
                                                                                                                                  Henty Community                 6.30pm
                                                                                                                               C lub/ Fish and Chips in
                                                                                                                                   paper Blue Room

                  3                          4                        5                       6                          7                             8                          9
RSL Meeting/ Henty   Henty Senior Citizens  Early-Y ears Childcare-  Early-Y ears Childcare- Early-Y ears Childcare- Henty Library Story time 11am— Henty Community.
 C ommunity C lub/ Meeting CWA Rooms 2pm        Henty 8.30am to     Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.    Henty 8.30am to              Theme “Whales”                  C lub/
      10.30am                              5.00pm. Trinity Luther- Trinity Lutheran Hall 5.00pm. Trinity Luther-                                   C hinese Smorgasbord/
                                                    an Hall                                          an Hall         C WA   Meeting   2pm    CWA
 Henty Community                                                                                                                                           6.30pm
                                                                     Henty Lions Euchre                                        Rooms
Club/ Build your own                                                                         Henty Myoora Knitwits
                                           Henty Playgroup River-    night 7.30pm DC A
 Hamburger 6.30pm/                                                                                1.30-3.00pm
                                            life Church 10-12 noon           Hotel                                       Henty Community
     Blue room                                                                               C amera Club/ CWA        C lub/ Fish and Chips in
                                                                                                Rooms/ 7.00pm             paper Blue Room
 FATHERS DAY
                10                         11                       12                      13                        14                           15                         16
Pride of Henty Lodge     Henty Red Cross   Early-Y ears Childcare- Early-Y ears Childcare-          Early-Y ears Childcare-      Henty Community           Pleasant Hills Patch-
 189. 1pm. Anglican     Bi-Monthly Meeting    Henty 8.30am to      Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.             Henty 8.30am to           Club/ Raffle Night/       work Group Pleasant
                                          5.00pm. Trinity Luther-                                  5.00pm. Trinity Luther-
         Hall                                                       Trinity Lutheran Hall                                                                  Hills Hall 9.30 to 3.30
                                                   an Hall                                                  an Hall
                           2.00 pm
                                          Henty Public School Gala
Henty Community                                     Night          Henty/ C ulcairn Probus                                                                 Henty Community C lub
 C lub/ Build your Henty Community Centre Henty Community C lub                                    Service N.S.W.—GHSC— Fish& Chips in Paper/ Blue
                                                                        C lub– Henty                                                                          Birthday Dinner
 own Hamburger                              11.30 am and 6.30 pm                                           Culcairn              Room
6.30pm/ Blue room                          Henty Writer’s Group Henty Lions Club meet-
                                            Library, 1pm to 2.30        ing 6.30 DCA
                                           HCDC/ Meets 6.30pm                                      Henty Myoora Knitwits
                                                Henty Library                                           1.30-3.00pm

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Henty Garden C lub                           Early-Y ears Childcare- Early-Y ears Childcare-         Early-Y ears Childcare- Henty Library Story time       Henty Community.
2pm C.W.A. Rooms                            Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.    Henty 8.30am to             Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.     11am—Theme “Zoo”                    C lub
                     Meals at Henty Communi- Trinity Lutheran Hall 5.00pm. Trinity Luther-          Henty Myoora Knitwits
                                                                             an Hall                      1.30-3.00pm                                       Bistro/ Blue Room
 Henty Community              ty Club                                                                                        Henty Community Club/
                                                Henty Playgroup       Greater Hume Shire            Henty & District Life- Fish and Chips in Paper                6.30pm
Club/ Build your own                         Riverlife Church 10-12     Council Meeting            style Centre Committee
 Hamburger 6.30pm/                                                                                                                 Blue Room
                                                                           Holbrook                   Meeting/ 7.30 pm
     Blue room
                                                    FIELD DAYS                                        FIELD DAYS
                                                 Meals at Henty Commu-    FIELD DAYS         Meals at Henty Com-                   TERM 3 ENDS
                                                        nity C lub     Meals at Henty Commu-    munity C lub
                                                                              nity C lub

                24                         25                       26                      27                        28                           29                        30
Bowls O pening Day                               C ommunity Early-Y ears Early-Y ears Childcare-    Early-Y ears Childcare- Henty Community Club            Henty Community.
      Mixed                                      C hildcare-Henty 8.30am Henty 8.30am to 5.00pm.       Henty 8.30am to                                             Club
                                                    to 5.00pm. Trinity    Trinity Lutheran Hall    5.00pm. Trinity Luther- Fish and Chips in paper         Chinese Smorgasbord/
Henty Community                                        Lutheran Hall                                an HallHenty Women’s          Blue Room
                                                                             PETER MAC                                                                            6.30pm
       C lub                                                                                         Bowling Club Annual
  Build your own                                                                10.30 am
                                                    Henty Active Arts                                 TournamentService
Hamburger 6.30pm/                                                                                      N.S.W.–GHSC –
                                                  6pm St Pauls Lutheran
    Blue room                                                            Henty Lions Club meet-             C ulcairn
                                                          School
                                                                                 ing 6.30           Henty Myoora Knitwits
                                                  WO MENS HEALTH                                          1.30-3.00pm
                                                                               DCA Hotel            Henty & District His-
                                                                                                   torical Society Meeting/
                                                                                                     Lifestyle Centre 3pm

                                                                                                                                                               ABN
                                                                                                                                                           58035317991

                                                                                                *Renovations          * Extensions
                                                                                           *Verandahs /Decks      * Sheds *Concreting
                                                                                           *Pergolas      * Garages    * Insurance work
                                                                                                    * All your carpentry needs
                                                                                                             Phone: Peter - 0427 296459
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An exciting year for Active Arts Medical centre gains second doctor
Henty Active Arts Incorpo-     room       Mosaics, Double      Dr Harun Ar Rashid has
rated AGM was held and         Wedding Ring Patchwork          joined Dr Radwan Al-
the executive for 2017/2018    Quilt and recreating Glori-     Musawy at the Henty Medi-
is Debra Stanley President,    ous Garments.        If you     cal Centre practice. Dr Ra-
Rebecca Stanford as Vice       would like to receive our       shid is a fully qualified GP
President and Secretary,       free newsletters outlining      He graduated from the Uni-
                                                               versity of Dhaka in Bangla-
Kylie Stead as Assistant       upcoming workshops and
                                                               desh and practiced in that
Secretary, Janine Kimber is    activities or have any sug-
                                                               country for seven years. He
Treasurer with Jacinda         gestion for workshops, Ac-
                                                               moved to Australia six years
Singe, Val Riddle and Judy     tivities or teachers in any     ago and continued training in
Zweck as additional Com-       form of art please email us     Melbourne, with his special
mittee Members.         We     a t       h e n t y a c -       interest being general medi-
thanked St Paul’s Lutheran     tivearts@gmail.com or see       cine.
School and Pleasant Hills      Debbie at the Henty Post
                                                               Dr Rashid and his wife Mita
Hall Committee for their       Office.                         and son Tahmid moved from
continued support in           The new year brings some        Melbourne to settle in Henty
providing venues for our       excitement as we commence       and are enjoying the lifestyle   planning, Pap tests and
activities and workshops       with     spending     the       the area provides. Tahmid        blood collections (for patients
over the past year.            Strengthening Communi-          has settled into school and is   only).
We had an exciting year        ties Volunteers Grant that      enjoying meeting new
                                                                                                The centre also has the ser-
bringing Artists to Henty to   we received to purchase         friends.
                                                                                                vices of a community nurse,
teach us skills in making      new equipment to assist         Henty Medical Centre pro-        dietician, podiatrist, physio-
Batik Fabric, Botanical Art,   our volunteers to operate       vides general practice medi-     therapist, asthma education
Pottery, Creating Artificial   more effectively.               cal services such as check-      and sleep apnoea technician.
Flowers, Coloured Pencil                                       ups, minor surgery, skin
                               We hope to continue our                                          New and existing patients
Art, making Baskets from                                       checks, vaccinations, ECG
                               artistic journey and encour-                                     are welcome at the practice.
Scraps of fabric, the Art of                                   and spirometry, antenatal
                               age everyone in Henty and                                        Phone 02 6929 3760 for an
Thread Painting and Patch-                                     and pregnancy care, family
                               surrounds to come along                                          appointment.
work. Over the past year       and join in the fun of learn-
our Tuesday Night Activi-      ing to create, refresh old      Schools Inner strength on        Public School 125th Anniver-
ties, which are smaller pro-   skills or learn new ones.       display                          sary celebrations from Octo-
jects included Crotchet,       You don’t know that you                                          ber 20 to 22 are in full swing.
Storage Rolls, Papier Ma-                                      continued from page 4
                               can’t do something until                                         Mark this date on your cal-
che, Pictures made with                                        eye out for ticket sales and
                               you try, we bring teachers                                       endar and feel free to invite
Feathers and Buttons, Rib-                                     further details.
                               to show you how it’s done in                                     family and friends who wish
bon Bows and Hearts, Pa-       workshops designed for be-      The term will culminate with     to come back and reminisce
per Snowflakes and China       ginners, intermediate and       the Henty Machinery Field        and celebrate. A Facebook
Painting with Nail polish at   a d -                           Days on the September 19,        page has been set up for the
these we share our                                             20 and 21. Volunteers will be    event; it can be liked and
                               vanced.
knowledge or research and                                      required during this week        followed at Henty Public
have a go Future work-                                         with further information to      School – 125
shops planned are Mush-                                        follow.
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Policing Henty in the early 1900s                                                                     burning the place down. Offi-
                                                                                                      cially, the episode did John
                                                                                                      no good, but Kitty was un-
Catherine (Kitty) Barry and      ther, who left a vivid record     ly, animal cruelty, drown-         daunted. The special food
John Stuart Hamilton were        of those days:                    ings, lost children, minor         service continued, and when
children of the Gold Rush.       No aeroplanes, no radio, no       fraud, theft, stray cattle and     their time was up no prison-
She was from Beechworth; he      TV, of course. Not even any       the occasional suicide.            er    left   empty -handed
was raised in Wattle Flat,       ice or running water. I re-       As Henty expanded, John            ‘whether it was a book, a
near Bathurst. They met in       member in hot weather the         was promoted sergeant and          pack of sandwiches or a few
Albury, where John had been      meat, the butter and the milk     given a junior constable:          shillings’.
posted as a police trooper,      hung in safes in the breeze                                          The Hamiltons moved on
and married in Sydney the        with wet cloths over the safes.                                      from Henty in March 1917.
year Australia became a com-     We got our cool drinks from                                          At a public farewell at the
monwealth.                       the water bags hung in the                                           School of Arts, John was
In June 1901, John was           shade. Grapes grew at the                                            praised for the ‘capability
transferred    to   He n t y     kitchen window and passion-                                          and courtesy’ he had shown
(population 521). He and         fruit dropped like hail from                                         in his official role and for
Kitty remained there until       the roof. When it rained we                                          ‘the esteem in which he was
1917, raising a family and       raced paper boats down the                                           held as a citizen’. Kitty’s
seeing to the good order of      gutters. When the rain                                               charitable      work    was
the town.                        stopped we slid miraculously                                         acknowledged:           her
The young policeman was          and dangerously on the clay                                          ‘consideration for the unfor-
soon put to the test.            surface of the school play-                                          tunate was proverbial’. The
                                 ground. We played marbles,                                           gift they received, a pair of
On the evening of 6 August,
                                 an intricate hopscotch for                                           easy chairs bearing engraved
masked robbers held up the
                                 boys only, hide ‘n seek                                              silver shields, suggests the
Bank of New South Wales
                                 (coming ready or not), and                                           townspeople considered
branch in Sladen Street.
                                 sophisticated games like ‘egg     One evening I remember an          them––and rightly so––as a
Shots were exchanged,
                                 in the hat’ and many others.      SOS came from one of the           partnership.
wounding the manager and
                                 On really hot nights we were      hotels. A mob of drunken           Postscript: The Hamilton’s
one of the robbers, who man-
                                 allowed to sleep out in the       shearers were wrecking the         eldest son Jack remained in
aged to escape with his ac-
                                 yard with cow dung fires to       place. My father had just          the Riverina.
complice into the night. Con-
                                 keep away the mosquitoes!         come in and he told the con-
stable Hamilton was quickly                                                                           By 1930, he was manager of
                                 Our diversions were equally       stable to go up–– ‘and take it
on the scene and wired his                                                                            the George Hotel in Albury.
                                 exciting––the Sunday night        easy’. He obviously didn’t
colleague in Culcairn for as-                                                                         Jack’s daughter is the cur-
                                 walk to the railway station to    take it easy enough because
sistance. They went to a bush                                                                         rent Henty resident Annette
                                 see the ‘Sydney Flash’ hurtle     he was back soon with a
campsite and arrested two                                                                             Hamilton.
                                 through; Sunday afternoon         black eye, bleeding face and
brothers, aged 21 and 19,
                                 walks along the railway line      torn uniform. ‘Oh, dear,’ said     Contributed by Walter Ham-
who were later sentenced to
                                 (finding an untended fettler’s    my mother, as she hurried to       ilton.
twelve years’ jail.
                                 trolley sometimes was a spe-      attend to the young constable,
                                 cial treat which brought dire     ‘now you’ll have to go, Dad,       H.C.D.C. HAPPENINGS
                                 consequences if detected);        but don’t be long, tea is ready.
                                 visits to Doodle Cooma                                               Neil Meyer and Denis Kane
                                                                   Won’t Dad get hurt?’ I asked       are your representatives for
                                 swamp to see the myriad           in some alarm. ‘Oh no,’ my
                                 birds when the rains came;                                           the Street Scape activities,
                                                                   mother assured me. ‘They all       which have began in Sladen
                                 stolen swims in the China-        know us. He’ll just tell two of
                                 man’s dam; climbing the tall                                         St. Laura Kane is our Face
                                                                   them to go down to the cells––     book co-ordinator and has
                                 stacks in the wheat silos, etc.   we can only take two––and
                                 etc. What a wonderful life it                                        demonstrated the advantages
                                                                   tell the others to behave them-    of Facebook at the last two
                                 was and then the ‘pictures’       selves. They will. And oh,’ she
                                 came––once a week.                                                   meetings. Our aging commit-
                                                                   called after my father, ‘don’t     tee has learned a lot and wel-
                                 ‘Moving pictures’ were shown      bring that Mike O’Sweeney.         come younger, more informed
                                 as early as 1912 at the School    He’s here too often lately,’ for   residents.
                                 of Arts where Kitty also came     all the world like a hostess
                                 on occasions to play piano        checking her guest list.           Pedestrian Crossings have
                                 and sing and her second son,                                         been discussed again. Wel-
The original police residence                                      Kitty shared the family’s          come packs, introduced by
                                 to his immense delight, as-       meals with the prisoners,
in Henty was a pise house                                                                             the Uniting Church years
                                 sisted the librarian in loan-     and her efforts at reforming
(that survived until a fire in                                                                        ago have been requested and
                                 ing out books to the ‘big peo-    them extended to poetry
2015). By the time a new                                                                              we are deciding what should
                                 ple’.                             readings. When one clever
police station and residence                                                                          be included in these packs.
was built in 1909, next to the   A bank robbery was not the        rogue asked for a candle, so
                                 common fare of a Henty po-        he could read at night, natu-      Tourism information is avail-
public school, three of John
                                 liceman: his more typical         rally she obliged. What he         able at Doodle Cooma Craft
and Kitty’s five children had
                                 concerns were after-hours         wanted was to escape by            Shop at the railway station.
been born, including my fa-
                                 trading, drunk and disorder-

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                                                               A proud history since 1975
                                                                                                of thanks; a sentiment so
                                                               continued from page 1
                                                                                                many in Henty will under-
           Billabong Remedial Massage Therapy                                                   stand and share.
                                                              and both Alice Terlich and
                                                              Alison Campbell are very          To fast forward to the pre-
                                                              deserving of a mention.           sent time, we are busy pre-
              Remedial & Soft Tissue Therapies                                                  paring for Field Days. We
         Trigger Point Therapy & Chinese Cupping              Alice and her family have
                                                                                                would like to ask all commu-
                 Muscle Energy Technique                      been involved in the catering
                                                                                                nity members who have
               TENS & Therapeutic Ultrasound                  since its inception and have
                                                                                                proudly supported the HCA
                  Superficial Dry Needling                    continued that to this day,
                                                                                                over the years to please con-
                Post -Operative Rehabilitation                with Neil now a member of
                                                                                                tinue to do so. Many have
        Stress Management / Breathing Techniques              the new sub-committee;
                                                                                                enjoyed the sense of commu-
       Helen Parker; Advanced Dip. Remedial Mas-              formed to continue catering
                                                                                                nity and companionship that
         sage(Myotherapy) Diploma Rem.Massage                 at the HMFD. Alice herself
                                                                                                occurs at the fateful time
     Cert. IV Massage Therapy .Appointments available         gave numerous hours over
                                                                                                each September. Please
                                                              so many years ordering food,
                    Tuesdays-Saturdays.                                                         mark the dates; 19th / 20th /
                                                              overseeing operations and
                                                                                                21st in your calendars, and if
                                                              no doubt cooking herself.
                                                                                                you would be able to volun-
          CONTACT Helen Parker. 0429385656.                   Her legacy will live on and
                                                                                                teer in any capacity we
                                                              her contribution always re-
                                                                                                would be very grateful. There
                                                              membered. Alison Campbell
 Chiropractic Adjustments also now available on Tues-                                           are all types of jobs we need
                                                              has been another stalwart
     days with Dr Shainna Manson B.S. D.C. (USA)                                                volunteers for, pre, during
                                                              on the HCA and Alison has
                                                                                                and post -Field Days. More
                                                              served as president for too
  For Chiropractic appointments please phone                  many years to mention. She
                                                                                                information will follow in the
                   60562185.                                                                    coming weeks so please be on
                                                              too has spent countless days
                                                                                                the look-out. If you would
                                                              and hours ensuring all ran
                                                                                                like any more information,
                                                              smoothly. Indeed it would be
    BILLABONG REMEDIAL MASSAGE CLINIC                                                           don’t hesitate to contact the
                                                              fair to say she has had many
                                                                                                school staff and they will be
           Make an appointment TODAY and                      a sleepless night in connec-
                                                                                                happy and able to assist.
      your Health will thankyou from Head to Toe,             tion with the catering. Both
                                                                                                Together we can make a dif-
     6A Sladen St. Henty (Next to Henty Post Office)          these ladies were recognised
                                                                                                ference to our school commu-
                                                              for their contribution recent-
                                                                                                nity.
                                                              ly with a plaque and a vote

                                                              A case for Peter Mac
                                                              Thanks to Murray Booth of         well, baby wear still on the
                                                              Ulverstone, Tasmania for          “top 10” list made by 96
                                                              delivering five large cases of    year old Madge filled a
                                                              beautiful craft work complet-     suitcase. Also knee rugs
                                                              ed over a six-month period by     and children’s jumpers.
                                                              our local Peter Mac group         The Group is busy making
                                                              were taken to the Peter Mac       Christmas decorations so
                                                              Institute Shop at the end of      that by October cards and
                                                              July. All money raised helps      trees will be ready to sell.
                                                              supply equipment for pa-          Material to be used for tur-
                                                              tients to make their lives        bans for ladies who have
                                                              easier while staying at the       lost their hair, is being
                                                              Hospital.                         sorted for a group in Yarra-
                                                              The Henty Craft Group is          wonga who meet regularly
                                                              seeking your unwanted suit-       to make turbans to be given
                                                              cases for storage of craft sup-   away. This started as a
                                                              plies or for transporting new-    Shepparton Lions Club
                                                              ly made crafts to Melbourne.      project.
                                                              Suitcases make handling the
                                                              crafts easier for sending to
                                                              the Institute now in Grattan
                                                              Street, Central Melbourne.
                                                              Lots of scarves and beanies
                                                              went to Melbourne and lav-
                                                              ender sachets full of fragrant
                                                              stems from local gardens. As

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From little things, big things grow                                                                  40 years on
Students at St Paul’s,          flowers into pots, which will         The day proved a resound-      To celebrate the 40th Anni-
Henty were certainly treat-     be tended in their absence            ing success from the eyes of   versary of the Uniting
ed to an excellent day of       until the next visit.                 the children and staff, who    Church of Australia, mem-
learning and fun at St                                                all look forward to the next   bers of the Culcairn-Henty
Paul’s College, Walla Walla.                                          one. Days are planned to       congregation enjoyed lunch
In a new initiative, staff                                            occur on a monthly basis.      at the Doodle Cooma Arms in
and the executive from both                                           From this we also hope to      June. Peter Butler, accompa-
schools have met and are                                              further build ties between     nied by wife Lyn preached at
working towards building                                              students and develop men-      the service in Culcairn and
even stronger ties between                                            toring programs for them at    then members drove to
the schools. In the first of                                          a later date.                  Henty to continue celebra-
our “Partnership Days” all                                            Many thanks to the staff at    tions. A few members are on
students from Kindergarten      In the Science lab, from the          the college for the commit-    the sick list, others heading
to Year 6 spent the day at      youngest to the oldest the            ment to this initiative, and   north for winter. The annual
the college engaged in fun      students discovered the tiny          for the excellent day.         congregation meeting was a
and learning activities. Stu-   world of cells. They were                                            July luncheon at Parkers
dents were given the oppor-     taught how to prepare a slide                                        when we were reminded of
tunity to get down and get      to examine onion cells under                                         our year’s activities, from
dirty in the community gar-     the microscope, and then                                             Peter Mac Craft, to visitors
den, exploring the different    marvelled at these tiny build-                                       at weekly services, visiting
plants and vegetables grow-     ing blocks.                                                          preachers and attendance at
ing, along with an introduc-                                                                         other neighbouring Church
                                In PE they were introduced to
tion to the indigenous gar-                                                                          activities. Our connections
                                some new locomotor games,
den there. They looked at                                                                            with South Turramurra
                                and taught skills in the sport
the different processes in-                                                                          Uniting Church have provid-
                                of rugby league – which all
volved in recycling and the                                                                          ed fun and friendship and
                                enjoyed. They joined with all
worm farms. From here                                                                                the sharing of another
                                members of the college for
they transplanted some                                                                               Church Life and activities
                                their weekly Chapel service.
                                                                                                     from City to Country.

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Bikes for Bibles                  Project started in 1987 and
                                  has continued on a yearly
The Bible Society was found-      basis and this year will be
ed by an Act of the NSW Par-      the 28th ride.
liament in March 1817. Bible      As this is the Bible Society’s
Society’s aim is for all people   Bi Centenary Year the Henty
to have a copy of the Bible in    Branch’s special day is on
their own language and be-        Sunday August 13, when the
lief is that when the Bible       Bible Society Representative
speaks to people's hearts and     from      Sydney,        Sam
minds, the Spirit of God          Achenbach, will be speaking
transforms their lives for        at the Riverlife, Presbyterian
their own good, the good of       and Lutheran Churches.
their communities and of          At 12.30pm there will be a
society at large.                 BBQ lunch at “Dosyvale” to
The Henty Branch was              which everyone is welcome
founded at a public meeting       and the Bike Ride will com-
held at the Henty Memorial        mence at 1.45pm.
Hall on November 23rd 1956        For further information con-
and is still active. The          tact David Muller on
Branch’s “Bike for Bibles”
                                  02 6929 3187

Lions look back with pride        community activities Henty
continued from page 3             Rotary Club have undertak-
                                  en to benefit the town and
into the Henty Lions Club.        district over many years.
Incoming office bearers were      Sadly, the club has taken the
also congratulated and made       decision to wind up this year
aware of their duties for the     and their contributions will
coming year by our Zone           be missed. Members have
Chairman. Julie Colley re-        generously offered a number
tains the position as Presi-      of projects to the Henty Lions
dent; Gary Small, Secretary       Club. Members hope that          HENTY CENTRAL
once more and John Ross           they will be able to continue
                                                                   B&B
was re-elected Treasurer.         some of the services Henty
                                  Rotary have provided. The        20 Allan St, Henty
Thanks to a grant from
Henty Financial Services,         sale of Lions Mints and the      Ph: 02 6929 3021
Henty Lions club were able        ever popular Lion Christmas      Clean & comfortable
to organise a New Years Eve       Cakes continue to be a good
                                                                   Early 1900’s Pub Style
function in the Community         fundraiser. The support of
                                  Debbie in the Post Office,       accommodation
Civic Centre and members
are hopeful that more people      Ken Dale and Mel in the cof-              Free wireless internet access available
can be persuaded to attend        fee shop is acknowledged and                        Warm Friendly Service
future events as the evening      appreciated. Henty Lions
                                  meet on the 2nd and 4th
                                                                                           Wood Fires
was very pleasant.
                                  Wednesday of each                                         TV Rooms
The President took the op-
                                  month.                                           Contact: Warren Heycox
portunity to acknowledge the

                                                                        Lime, gypsum, superfect fertiliser
                                                                        Dog food to nuts and bolts
          Local rural supplies
                                                                        All oils supplies
          Contract spreaders, accredited and licenced
                                                                        Steel
          Plumbing poly and gal
                                                                        Fabrication
          Kanga Hire
          Landscape supplies- bark, con mix & cement, road base, sand, garden mix
          Animal Health – Drenches, Vaccine and much more
                                                                     100 Railway Parade, Henty NSW 2658
                                                                     (02) 6929 3297

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