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BUNINYONG AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY NEWS INC
Fix this textIssue 278
Fix this textReg No. A0034918L
Fix this textSeptember 2002
Fix this textDISTRIBUTION 1200 COPIES
Fix this textABN 97 574 052 024
Fix this textFIRST ISSUE 26/7/1977
Fix this textSPRING BUNINYONG 1973-2002
Fix this textMr Ron Nicholls, who has restored Buninyong Town Hall's 87-year-old clock, makes a final adjustment to the hands
Fix this texton Saturday. He did the work free as a gesture to the Back to Buninyong School celebrations on August 31.
Fix this textAs the bare winter trees and grey
Fix this textskies are giving way little by little
Fix this textto early pink and white plum
Fix this textblossom - small patches of
Fix this textdaffodils appearing and a
Fix this textwonderful sunny day to announce
Fix this textspring on Sunday September Ist,1 st ,
Fix this text2002 how much it reminded me of
Fix this textFriday August 31 st and September
Fix this textIst1 st and 2 nd 1973. The first school
Fix this textreunion for 50 years was held on
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Fix this textThe small reunion committee had
Fix this textplanned and worked for months
Fix this textbefore. The town was ready to
Fix this textwelcome all who came and
Fix this textidentified with their Buninyong
Fix this textschooldays and turned the occasion
Fix this textinto a real community expression of
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Fix this textFriday was warm and sunny and the
Fix this textfirst challenge to winter was an
Fix this textomen it seemed, for the success of
Fix this textthe weekend. The Friday night ball
Fix this textwas brilliant. Saturday’s
Fix this textprocession anticipated with the
Fix this textconfidence that it was to be the
Fix this text“best procession ever” was by Ipm
Fix this textquietly and irrevocably overtaken
Fix this textby steady straight drenching rain.
Fix this textLike seasoned troopers nothing
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Fix this textundaunted - except the band whose
Fix this textinstruments filled with water and
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Fix this textNothing diminished the success of
Fix this texteverything. The dinner, the
Fix this textoverflowing school of former students with overflowing rekindled memories. The puppet show in one hall, the film
Fix this textshown in another, the first serious collection of historical photographs in another, the lunch and the final afternoon tea,
Fix this textthe huge catering, the complete but happy Monday exhaustion. It was all the most tremendous success. The
Fix this textcommunity rose to the occasion with pride. This pride is illustrated no better than in the following article. It appeared
Fix this texton August 13 th 1973 in the Ballarat Courier in the lead up to the Back To. Front page Ballarat Courier
Fix this text13/8/1973. Buninyong’s town clock ticks again. The 87 year old Buninyong Town Hall clock is ticking again after
Fix this textbeing out of action for more than five years. Mr Ron Nicholls, maintenance engineer of Christies Cool Stores,
Fix this textBallarat, who lives in Eyre street, Buninyong, did the work free as a gesture to the Back to Buninyong School
Fix this textCelebration which begins on August 31.
Fix this textCouncil had been unable to find anybody who would quote for the job of restoring the clock in its original condition,
Fix this textalthough one firm had been prepared to electrify it for $lOOO.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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