On This Day 1986 May 1st.

Large Crowds At Anzac Day Ceremonies. Trouble in Libya increased awareness of the importance of defence, leading to more support. Sixty stood at the Dawn Parade in Proserpine at 4.28 am and  throngs assembled for the Cenotaph which included Charlie Dougherty, an original Anzac who served at Gallipoli. Visits to the district’s schools were made.

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Nursing Home’s First Patient. Minnie Foss Yuskan, welcomed by matron Debbie Grillmeir, moved in on Monday on her 91^st birthday. She was soon followed by another 8 patients.

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Orchid and Foliage Society. Coach trips to field days in Bowen and Ayr were organised. Members were reminded that help would be needed for the display at Cannonvale School Fete.

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Local Tourist Centre Opens. The Whitsunday Tourist and Information Centre opened at BP service station by Peter Crossley. It replaces the Main Street offices of ‘Porters Travel’ which had operated for many years.

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Cricketers Awards Night. President Peter Lewis welcomed a packed house at the RSL. Patron Keith Jeffries presented the season’s awards. Alan Murray received the batting average trophy, a performance which included three centuries.

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Alice Smith’s 90^th. 7 of Alice’s 9 children attended her ninetieth birthday party.

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High School Report. Whitsunday High Schools Sports Trials. Proserpine Under 15 rugby league beat Glendon and Bowen with nine players selected for the Whitsunday team. The senior and junior netball teams won all their games with a total of seven players selected.

Jump Rope For Heart. Year 8 students are training hard for their fundraising sponsored skippathon to raise money for the National Heart Foundation. It will take place on May 30^th.

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Large Tourism Promotion. Whitsunday Tourism Association is preparing for a big promotion down South with a new video display.

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Ex Cannonvale Principal Returns. Former principal Kevin Oswin with his wife Noela paid a brief visit to see their friends in Cannonvale, which included a fishing cruise with Bob and Thelma Filby.

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Two Accidents in Ten Minutes. A driver lost control and hit a parked car in Manooka Drive. Ten minutes later another car ploughed into another parked car owned by Dr. John Parker who was attending the first accident.

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Proserpine Country Music. The local club have enjoyed success since its formation in 1980. Deanna Brereton, Sharon Waddington and Gerry Gerrard have all been successful at various festivals.

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Smiths Electrical Success. Ian Smith’s shop founded by his father in 1951 had won the “top store”  competition more than once and had since joined the Betta stores chain.

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Squash: The Whitsunday OpenTournament received widespread support with 105 players participating. l. Muller, and K.Muller came out on top in the men’s event while Dianne Crossley defeated Pauline Deicke in the women’s round robin.

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Tennis: Scotfords won against Sunderlands in the top grade led by Gary Scotford and Tony Stanley, while Alan Murray and Steve Tilley were prominent for NE14.

Golf. The ever-consistent John Grosskreutz won Friday’s Stableford. Saturday’s Trophy sponsored by Crossley Car Sales was won by Stephen Kovak. K.Burrows and N.Downes won the lady’s event.

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Bowls: There was a good turn out for the Anzac Day Cooke Family Trophy won by W.Daniel, J.Holcombe and J.Dafara.

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Basketball: The rain did not dampen the team spirit of winners Cougars, Cougettes, Zodiacs and Cats.

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Rugby Union. Local players Ray Aldridge, Peter Chengody and JimMcCormack and juniors Brian Filby, Andrew Camm and Brett Taylor were selected for Mackay and District to play in the North Queensland Country Carnival at Mount Isa this weekend.

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