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Vol. 2 No. 12 (19 March 1948)
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DIGGERS' DIGEST  

Vol. No. 12  

FRIDAY, 19TH MARCH, 1948.  

GREENSLOPES REPAT. HOSPITAL  

GOSSIP NOTES  

Two girls in lift t’other night  

discussing domestic life. One  

said: “I think I’ll get married  

and settle down.” The other  

replied: “Oh, don’t know.  

When you get married you look  

at the same man for the rest of  

your life, but here you have  

bundle to look at any time.”  

Scotty Pearson, an extra good  

bedmaker. The only difference  

between him and Chinese  

Strangler is that the Chinaman  

uses rope instead of sheets.  

Young Edna seems very  

happy these days. Good work,  

Cupid.  

Believe Jeff had pretty  

lively time in Sydney on his  

holidays. Bit hot down there,  

Jeff?  

Mike and Charlie had good  

sun cooking the other day.  

They really went out fishing.  

Nf) fish!  

The two girls who walked  

eight miles home from party  

on Saturday night must be  

training for the Olympic  

Games.  

Smashing good time was had  

by Sizzle the other day. It’s  

to be hoped the potteries don’t  

strike.  

Believe Noel is on the milk  

now; one glass per hour. It will  

be cow if the cows go on  

strike.  

That chap with the bow and  

arrow is better shot than  

William Tell. Ask Nellie.  

Who were the girls who  

weren’t too sure of their ages  

during the week?  

CHURCH SERVICES  

Church of England: Holy  

Communion, 9.30 a.m. Sundays,  

a.m. Wednesdays. Chaplain  

Reilly.  

Catholic: Holy Mass, a.m.  

Sundays. Chaplain Torpie.  

Other Protestant Denomina-  

tions: Combined Service, 8.45  

a.m. Chaplain Martin.  

If you need help, ask for your  

chaplain. He will be pleased to  

come to you.  

LETTERS TO THE  

EDITOR  

Dear Sir, —  

Little or nothing has been  

said in the “Digest” about the  

activities of the girls of the Red  

Cross Link, who bring us maga-  

zines each Monday night.. This  

cheery band of girls can always  

be relied upon to turn up with  

the goods, and am sure  

speak for all patients when  

say “Thank you, Link.”—Yours,  

etc.,  

“An Appreciative Patient.”  

"MALENY SOJOURN"  

By HOMER  

Anticipation ran high last  

Thursday as tribe of patients,  

male and female, waited for the  

Red Cross bus to depart Green-  

slopes, destination Maleny.  

There were no farewell speeches,  

because this time Gordon Cun-  

ningham in person was going  

with us to see that we kept to  

the straight and narrow. After  

roll-call we were off on our  

seventy-three mile trip up into  

the mountains, among the  

dairying industry.  

First call was at the “Moun-  

tain View Cabin”—no, not the  

old MVH—for morning tea, and  

what morning tea! Freshly  

cooked plain and pumpkin  

scones, with home-made butter,  

strawberry jam and fresh  

cream, washed down with tea;  

truly feast fit for the gods.  

Noticed the females of the  

party hoeing into the cream as  

though they hadn’t figure to  

worry about, so guess they’ve  

foifnd the much-sought after  

secret of slimming without  

starving. After signing the  

visitors' book and being photo-  

graphed by our very charming  

young hostess, we pushed on.  

For most of the journey the  

road was quite good, which  

made the trip more enjoyable.  

It would have been quite diffi-  

cult for anybody to have been  

melancholy, because we had all  

the trimmings, plenty of sun-  

shine, beautiful scenery, and  

very happy crowd. The pines  

along the road attracted quite  

an amount of interest, and it  

is pleasing to note the empha-  

sis the Government has placed  

on re-afforestation.  

After Landsborough we com-  

menced the long climb up to  

Maleny, and think most of us  

marvel ed at the ingenuity of  

the M.R.C. in putting the road  

through. After making prac-  

tically full circle bend and  

seeing the road many feet below  

us, but only short distance  

away as the crow flies makes  

one consider the amount of  

work the early surveyors must  

have had to put the original  

surveying through.  

We arrived at Maleny just  

after eleven o’clock and were  

welcomed by their branch of  

Red Cross, with Mrs. Musk as  

chairman —or should it be  

“woman.” —I think it would be  

difficult to find more friendly  

or more hospitable group of  

women anywhere and they must  

have been working since very  

early morning to prepare the  

spread they had ready for us.  

It really beggars description.  

After lunch an invitation was  

extended to us to visit the but-  

ter factory and also to see the  

view from the look-out. Need-  

less to say, we accepted, so  

after rounding up few of the  

stray lambs we headed out of  

the town to the look-out. What  

natural upheavals thrust the  

Glasshouses up from the sur-  

rounding semi-flat country per-  

haps millions of years ago? We  

could well believe that Crook-  

neck is visible eighty miles out  

at sea on account of its almost  

fantastic formation, as its name  

implies.  

Our next port of call was tlje  

butter factory, where the fore-  

man took us on tour of in-  

spection. We were all highly  

interested in every stage of the  

making, even to the wrapping  

of the finished product.  

couple of volunteers turned  

their hands to box-making, but  

seemed unable to differentiate  

between the ordinary nails and  

their thumb-nails, judging by  

the thumb sucking we noticed.  

Back then to the hall for  

sing-song and afternoon tea.  

After our sing-song Gordon  

Cunningham expressed our  

thanks to the Maleny Branch  

of Red Cross for their time and  

trouble in making the day such  

an enjoyable one and one that  

will long be remembered by  

those who made the trip. In  

conclusion we would like to  

thank Gordon for his chaperon-  

age and Mrs. Harrison, our  

driver, who think had the  

most tiring job of all.  

THE WEEK WITH RED  

CROSS  

Friday, 19th March, Pictures:  

“Stairway to the Stars,” “Forty  

Thieves,” 6.45 p.m.  

Sunday, 21st March, Picnic:  

Red'cliffe, 10 a.m. Billo Smith  

and Cloudland Band, 7.45 p.m.  

Monday, 22nd March, Pic-  

tures: “Canyon Passage,”  

“Never Dull Moment,” 6.45  

p.m.  

Tuesday 23rd March, Enter-  

tainment by Percy Garner and  

Band, 7.45 p.m.  

Thursday, 25th March, Pic-  

tures: “Dangerously They  

Live,” “George Washington  

Slept Here,” 6.45.  

Owing to Friday, 26th March,  

being Public Holiday, Pictures  

will be screened on Thursday  

night, 25th March, as men-  

tioned above. For any further  

information please contact Red  

Cross representative, or Resi-  

dent Red Cross Hospital Visi-  

tors.  

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