Hi Everyone, Here, for archival purposes, is the CAN YOU HELP? column published in The West Australian on Monday, February 20, 2006. Cheers....... Erica Hills ________________________________________ The CAN YOU HELP? column (incorporating REUNIONS) is compiled by Jenny KOHLEN and published on Mondays as a free service. E-mail your requests to <mailto:canyouhelp@wanews.com.au> or write to : Can You Help? "The West Australian," GPO Box N1027, Perth 6843. Fax (08) 9482 3830. Phone (08) 9482 3382 (Mon-Fri). mailto: <mailto:canyouhelp@wanews.com.au> ================================================================================= CAN YOU HELP? : Monday, February 20, 2006 (The West Australian p28) BOOK SOUGHT : Wanted: THE HOUSE OF NORTHBOURNE PARKERS: PIONEERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1830-1983, by Barbara Sewell. Seeking one or more copies to buy. Contact: Rod Corby, 92971707. mailto:rod@etawa.org.au COTTESLOE PUZZLE : The writer is in the final stages of rechecking the completed manuscript of a history of Cottesloe, hopefully to be released in the municipality's centenary year, 2007. In the appendices is a section describing the origins of the local street and road names. The story behind most of these titles has been discovered. However, the reason for naming Loma Street and Vera View Parade remain a puzzle. Can anyone help? Contact: Ruth Marchant James, 9341 5718. COUNTRY CALLING ALBANY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL : Calling past students and teachers from the group that began Year 1 high school in 1956 through to Year 5 in 1960 for a reunion in Albany on the Queen's Birthday long weekend. Contact: Lyn Cake (Burr), 9844 3449; Ken Taylor, 98418146 or Gwen Sewell (Greatrex), 9844 8409. Email, Glenda Leach (Young): mailto:daiglen@dodo.com.au MANDURAH FAMILY HISTORY GROUP : A reunion of all who attended meetings to form a family history group in Mandurah in March 1986 will be held in the Mandurah Family History Society's room, Third Avenue, Mandurah, on Saturday March 25 at 1.30pm. All past and present members welcome. Contact: Barbara, 9537 6627 or Maree, 9534 8856 (a/h). mailto:mfhs@westnetcom.au. WICKEPIN ART & CRAFT ASSOCIATION : A 21st birthday celebration is planned for Saturday May 13. Calling all past and present members to join them. Contact: Esther Fulford, Box 93, Wickepin 6370. Tel: 9888 1093. --- DAVEY : Richard Henry DAVEY and his wife Lavinia WHITFORD lived in the Kadina Wallaroo Mines area of South Australia. They had 19 children, including twins born in 1880 and triplets in 1881. Sadly these five babies died soon after birth. Six children settled in WA in the late 1800s: Mary Ellen (m. LINES), Lavinia (m. KRYWOOD), Elijah WHITFORD, Richard and Matilda MAY (m. DAVEY in Boulder 1901) and Lillian DAVEY, who married John McCLURE in Coolgardie in 1902. Lillian and John's children were Cyril (b. 1904, Menzies) and Lionel (1905, Bunbury). Matilda married William DAVEY and their son William was born in East Coolgardie in 1902. Information and photographs are sought from descendants for family history. Contact: Gay O'Neill, 9337 2637. mailto:gayoneill@bigpond.com EDDY : John Charles EDDY and Elizabeth JENKINSON were married in Coolgardie in 1905. Hoping to hear from their descendants. Any information appreciated for family history purposes. Contact: Filson Beckett, 9296 7919. mailto:filnval@e-wire.net.au FAMILY REUNIONS MURRIHY : Calling all MURRIHYs and descendants thereof for the third MURRIHY family reunion at Beckley Park Racing Centre, Brod-erick Road, Corio, Geelong, Victoria, on Sunday March 12. Most of those coming are descendants of Murty MURRIHY and Hannorah FRAWLEY. Their son John migrated to Australia on the Royal Standard with his wife Mary and two children from Liverpool on September 27, 1866. They settled in WA but their descendants are now all over Australia and the world. Contact: Terry Murrihy, 27 Tanner Street, Breakwater, Geelong, Vic 3220. Tel: (03) 52213356; 0419 389 372. mailto:terry_murrihy@yahoo.com --- HARTLEY : Moya HARTLEY (nee SMITH) is sought by her old friend Christina MURRAY (now MacKINNON), a former nursing sister on the SS Asturias. Moya was an Australian immigration officer on the Asturias in the early 1950s. Chris lost touch with Moya when she left to marry her Canadian husband, Fred. Contact: Mrs Chris MacKinnon, Apt 709, 2400 Virginia Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L3. GERALDTON SCHOOL PROJECT : Bluff Point Primary School P&C committee is seeking all past staff and students interested in buying a name brick for a feature wall on the new library extensions. Building is due to start in May. Cost: $35 a brick. Please respond for more information. Contact: Diane Haines, 0427 398 973 or school, 9923 1278. mailto:jabis@bigpond.com GROUP 64 SETTLERS UPDATE : Families and descendants are advised that the memorial stone with plaque has been set 200m along Sebbes Road. Details of the official unveiling in late March will be given in this column. Contact: Snowie Coote, 9271 8838. MEEKATHARRA IDENTITIES : Messa Singh operated a cartage business with camels and wagon around Meekatharra in the early 20th century. Also in the region was a photographer named Ellison. Any information about both men appreciated. Contact: Bruce White, Post Office Box 1536, Fremantle 6959. Tel: 9319 9335. PERTH MODERN SCHOOL : Information and details are sought about the subsequent careers and lives of these students who were prefects in 1913: B.C. COHEN, E. DERMER, L.P. JONES (LUCY), Beatrice DEEBLE, Olive STEADMAN and Reginald Henry WILLIAMS. Contact: Attention, Carole Stabb and Diane Tilvern c/- Perth Modern School, Roberts Road, Subiaco 6008. Tel: 9336 3990 or 9401 6575. TOODYAY PHOTOGRAPH : : Toodyay Historical Society is anxious to locate a photograph once displayed in the visitors' centre of Connor's Mill operating as the town's powerhouse circa 1920s. It shows Norm GARVEY, powerhouse engine driver, dangling from the roofing timbers while treadling like mad on a flat traction belt to start a Stockport gas engine. Does anyone know the whereabouts of this photo? Contact: Nina Paterson, Post Office Box 653, Toodyay 6566. Tel/fax 9574 5659. mailto:mumbo2j@yahoo.com.au TOWN HALL MYSTERY : As a child the writer was told a story by his father that the Perth Town Hall was built by convicts and that somehow they had changed the clock tower windows' shapes to resemble broad arrows. Apparently the people in charge never picked up the alterations until the work was too advanced and it was then thought it too expensive to rectify. Do the original drawings still exist to make a comparison? The architects were R. JEWELL and J. MANNING. There were 15 convicts working on the building and it's possible some of their descendants may have heard the story. Any information appreciated. Contact: Trevor Tilka, 94461415; 0427 507 489. mailto:tntl@iinet.net.au WILKINS : Eastern States kin would love to hear from cousins living in WA. They are descendants of Thomas WILKINS, who was born in Scotland from a seafaring family. Thomas was a bus conductor and died in Perth on August 23, 1965. From his death certificate "Tommy" had six daughters — Jean (HUTCHINGS), Mary Ann (TAYLOR), Alice, Margaret, Carol and Glenise. Contact: Alison Wynne Nicholls, 87 Boundary Road, Bathurst, NSW 2795. Tel: (02) 6331 8263. Fax: (02) 63321859. mailto:michaelalison@optusnet.com.au WILLIS : Seeking descendants of Arthur WILLIS, who was born in Turra Bank, Emerald Hill, Bourke, Victoria in 1882. He married Emily Campbell in Albany in 1902. Children (all born in WA): Ernest, Celia, Arthur, Leslie ("Joe"), Frank, Eileen, William ("Bill"), Norman, Ronald and Henry John (sometimes John Henry or "Jack"). Hoping to find as many descendants as possible to compile a family tree. Contact: Linda Fiorentino (nee Willis), 9498 6847 or 0417175 636. mailto:fiorel@bigpond.net.au PARTNERS OF VETERANS BICTON/PALMYRA : The Bicton/Palmyra group will meet for lunch at Zephyr's Restaurant, East Fremantle, tomorrow at 11.30am. Contact: Margaret, 9337 8976. MIDLAND HILLS : They will be meeting at the Patisserie, near Action in Midland, tomorrow at 10am. All members and their guests are welcome. Contact: Gayle, 9274 2232. Perth DIRC : The drop-in centre will be open on Tuesdays from 9.30am until 12.30pm from tomorrow. Contact (new number): Kerryn or Sam, 9225 6990. VETERANS & SERVICES 10TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT : A reunion will be held at South Bunbury Football clubrooms, Hands Memorial Oval, Bunbury, on Wednesday March 15 at 11am. Cost: $10 a person. The reunion is open to all ex-members of the regiment RSVP: March 8. Contact: Roger Edwards, 9720 1063. 7TH BATTALION ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT: A national reunion will be held in Perth and Fremantle from April 23 to 26. The reunion activities will be based at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle and organisers are hoping to hear from all members of the 7RAR Association and ex-members of 7RAR who participated in training in Australia and the two tours of South Vietnam by the battalion in 1967-68 and 1970-71. Contact: Steve Chamarette, 9242 1865, John Burrows, 9310 7061 or Geoff Murray, 9448 3109. EXTREMELY DISABLED WAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION : The next meeting will be held at the Bayswater Hotel on Wednesday February 22 at 10am. Morning tea supplied, lunch available. Contact: Sue Plane, 9343 4950. NAVY NATIONAL SERVICE-BLAXLAND INTAKE, JUNE-DECEMBER 1956 : A 50-year reunion is planned to be held at Hickeys Tavern, Perth, on Wednesday June 14 at 11am. Food and drinks can be bought at the bar. Please bring along your memorabilia from those days. Expressions of interest are sought now. Contact: Peter Manlein, 9448 8600 or Taffy Welsh in Bunbury, 9791 2641 mailto:psmsmm@iinet.net.au ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REUNIONS SANTA MARIA COLLEGE : A 20-year reunion for the 1986 group will be held at the college on Saturday February 25 from 5pm to 8pm. Contact: Janine Newman, SMC, 6330 0200. HURSTBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL (VIC) : The high school is holding a school reunion for the 1970-74 year group on Saturday March 4. Looking for Anne STEVENSON and Nat ROBINSON/ROBERTSON (maiden names). Contact: Colin Green, 9572 2803 or David Dyason, mailto:ddyason@ozemail.com.au. JACKSON'S DRAWING SUPPLIES : "Old Girls" who worked at Jackson's from 1968 are sought for a reunion to be held on Sunday March 5. Contact: Terri Blair, 9349 3120 or Marie Maunick, 9276 1016. KALGOORLIE CENTRAL SCHOOL : The annual picnic will be held on Sunday March 5 at 10.30am. Ring for full details. Contact: Barbara Preston, 9795 7593 or Len Barkla, 94512391. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED AIRLINE PILOTS (WA) : The first meeting for 2006 will be held at the RAAFA, Bull Creek Drive, Bull Creek, on Thursday March 9 at 1100. Contact: Graeme Bardsley, 9446 5641 or Graham Hewitt, 9454 6378. SHIRLEY BICKLEY SCHOOL OF DANCING : The dancing school started at the Hilton Progress Hall in 1965 with a small class of boys and girls from the local primary school. Since that time thousands of students have learnt ballroom dancing from Shirley. Brides and grooms, adults and seniors for fun and fitness and couples of ages have been coached for competitive dancesport. Shirley is calling all dancers, teachers, families and friends past and present to join her at the Fremantle Town Hall on Saturday March 11 to celebrate the 40th anniversary ball. Tickets are limited. Bookings: Shirley Bickley, 9337 3452. mailto:shirleybickley@westnetcom.au ST GERTRUDE'S (NEW NORCIA) : A database for a mailing list is being compiled of all past pupils and people connected to the old college, also all "Friends of the Josephites" or "Brown Joeys" as they were affectionately called. Please respond with your details to receive newsletters and invitations to coming functions including the annual breakfast in the park at Burswood on Saturday March 11 and the inaugural fete in the convent grounds, Penguin Road, Safety Bay, on Saturday March 25. Contact: Laurie Mayne, 9271 5649 or Sr Leonie Mayne, 9527 2517. mailto:ljmayne@optusneicom.au GOSNELLS YOUNG PEOPLE'S GUILD : A gathering of people who attended this club (at any time in its long history) will be held at Ogden's Bar and Grill, Gosnells Hotel, corner Fremantle Road and Albany Highway, Gosnells, on Sunday March 12 from 12.30pm to 4pm. Contact: Gwen Sherriffs (Gay), 9398 7307, Reg Pearson, 9331 3853 or Peggy Taylor (Lander), 9398 7046. mailto:peggy.taylor@iinet.net.au ONSLOW : A Back to Onslow reunion get-together will be held at the Rod Evans Centre, corner Plain and Hay Street, Perth, on Sunday March 12 from noon to 4.30pm. Contact: Mignonne Clark, 93416746. mailto:sacko@multiline.com.au. APPLECROSS DISTRICT GUIDES : Past and present Guiding members from Applecross, Ardross, Booragoon, Brentwood, Canning Bridge and Mt Pleasant packs and units are invited to a reunion to be held at the Tivoli Theatre (Applecross District Hall, opposite the Raffles) on Saturday March 18. Contact: Jill Boyd, 9332 7650. mailto:begarry@bigpond.net.au VICTORIA PARK METHODIST CHURCH (DUNCAN STREET) : Former members and friends are invited to a reunion to be held at the Carlisle Uniting Church, corner Star and Archer Streets, Carlisle, on Saturday March 18 from 3pm to 8pm. Please bring food for shared meal (tea and coffee provided). Contact: Alison Capps (Davies), 9343 6273. --End--