EARLY DAYS: Wagga High School in taken soon after construction in 1917 when 100 boys and 60 girls were enrolled. Picture: Contributed
In the Past
Compiled from The Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society
25 years ago
- Store manager, Mr Steve Atkinson, said Wagga’s Kmart store is to receive a $1 million refit including the introduction of scanner cash registers.
- Wagga High School principal, Ray Burton is retiring after 37 years of service in the Department of Education.
- Charlie Bell who has worked in the Officers’ Mess at the Kapooka Army Base for 23 years has been presented with a Public Service Award by Commandant, Colonel Gordon Hurford.
- Council has rejected a move by Ald. Jim Eldridge to ask the State Government to ban the Gay Mardi Gras but it will call for a withdrawal of public funding for the event.
- Council has decided to support the Tatton Action Committee which is opposing the closure of the Tatton Primary School.
- Nine trainee police arrived in Wagga after completing eight weeks at the police academy in Goulburn.
- Soroptimist Club President, Marie Papworth and Publicity Officer, Joan Lucas presented a cheque for $675, the proceeds of a recent charity golf day to Riding for the Disabled Secretary, Kay De La Rue.
50 years ago
- More than 400 National Service trainees arrived in Wagga as part of the first intake of National Service trainees at Kapooka.
- Incoming president of the South Wagga Rotary Club accepted the club’s charter from the immediate past president, Mr John Morrison at the Club’s annual changeover dinner.
- Edmondson’s are advertising Bon Aire oil fired central heaters for £70 reduced from £103/19/-
- Dianna Thomas beat Robyn Bennett 3 and 2 at the Country Golf Club championship.
- More than 80 people attended a citizen’s rally to mark the end of Salvation Army Centenary celebrations in Wagga.
- Wagga High School beat Wagga Christian Brothers College 21/5 in the first match of the Scott Shield series.
- Minister for Air, Mr Howson reviewed a ceremonial parade of 140 Air Force apprentices who have completed two and a half years technical training at the Wagga RAAF Base at Forest Hill.
Contact Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society at www.wwdhs.org.au or on Facebook at wagga.history.
What’s on
- Tuesday, June 30 at 10.30am: Secret Messages, Museum of the Riverina Historic Council Chambers Phone 6926 9655 for bookings.
- Friday, July 3 at 7.30pm: Wagga Veterans & Vintage Moror Club. Phone 6922 4674 for details.
- Saturday, July 4 at 10.30am: Wagga and District Family History Society, Tarakan Avenue. Author Jaqueline Dinan speaking on her book Between the Dances. Phone 6925 0319 for details.
- Sunday, July 5 at 10.30am: Historic Engine Club Museum, Baden Powell Drive opens today.
- Saturday, July 11 at 1pm: Tumba Rail at Ladysmith Railway Station. Phone 6922 5030.
- Wednesday, July 15 at 7.30pm: Monthly Meeting, Wagga and District Family History Society, Tarakan Avenue. Phone 6925 0319 for details.
