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COOROY RAG
Caring for your jewellery
HOW many times do we hear a person who has brought a jewellery item in for repair say “ I never take it off” and then wonder why it does not look the way it did when they got it. Taking care of your jewellery is especially important if you wish to keep your treasured pieces in pristine condi-
tion. It is recommended that you remove your jewellery when participating in activities that may result in impact or when handling chemicals of any nature. Gardening, housework, cooking, playing sport and sleeping are very enjoyable pleasures for most of us but
not the ideal times to be wearing fine jewellery. Normal everyday wear will result in the dulling of Gold and Silver, the wearing down of the bands and the claws which hold stones secure and safe from loss or damage. Your jewellery should be checked at least once a year to ensure that any wear and tear or damage is repaired before stones are lost or additional damage is done. Jewellery Temptations can inspect your jewellery and advise on any repairs that are needed to keep it in as new condition. They can also supply you with Hagerty cleaning products and even your own personal mini ultrasonic cleaner to allow you to do some of those cleaning jobs at home. Call in to Jewellery Temptations, Shop 9, 14 Maple Street, Cooroy or for more information on caring for you jewellery visit jewellerytemptations. com.au.
Saluting their Service grant for Cooroy Pomona RSL FEDERAL Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss, has been advised of a $3,000 Federal Government grant to the Cooroy Pomona RSL, to help fund the publication of a book, Heroes Out of Reach. “Heroes Out of Reach, written by Marilyn Campbell, is a book about the loss of Dakota A6561, which crashed in New Guinea en route to Townsville on 18 September 1945, killing all 29 on board,” Mr Truss said. “The members of the Cooroy Pomona RSL are to be congratulated on the success of their application to enable the story of this wartime disaster to be read by all.” “The Saluting Their Service program encourages community participation in commemorative activities which honour the service and sacrifice of those who have served Australia in wars, conflicts and peace operations. “This project will help to commemorate the vital contributions made by those who lost their lives in this crash in the service of our country and I am pleased that the Commonwealth has been able to contribute towards the cost of the book.”
Cooroy Toastmasters EVERYONE wins at Cooroy Toastmasters More speech contests were held at the Cooroy Library recently. Ian Davies pleased the judges and took out the Table Topics contest. Richard Hansen had us inspired by winning the International Contest. The Cooroy club meets every first and third Monday of the Month at 6.00pm at the Cooroy Library.
Restored Rocking Horse brings joy to World War II Veteran IT was 1944 and toys were hard to come by in war torn Britain, when then Corporal John Price, spied the above rocking horse. The father of a toddler, Vanessa and anticipating a posting to the front line at any moment he wasted no time and bought the horse for his small daughter. The horse was destined to be loved by Vanessa, her brother, Tony, Vanessa’s children, Mark and Sue, Tony’s son John and Vanessa’s grandchildren, twins Zoe and Nathan and most recently her grandson, Aden aged age three,
of Sunshine Beach. Made by Bennet Fink and Co of Cheapside, London, who stopped making such horses in 1907, it is at least 105 years old. The rocking horse migrated to Australia with the family in 1978. After so much love it was by now a little the worse for wear. Even though John, aged 95, suffered a stroke two years ago and now lives in the Kabara Nursing Home, at Cooroy, he remembers buying the horse and the family were keen to have it restored to its former glory. Vanessa recalled seeing a carved rocking
horse at a display by the Cooroora Woodworkers, in Cooroy and decided to ask them for help. A call to the Noosa Library led to the woodworkers and Alex Findlay, a Tewantin craftsman who makes a larger version of the Victorian Rocking horse as a hobby. Now superbly restored by Alex the horse is ready to carry future generations of the family and John can rest easy that his purchase, in 1944, has stood the test of time and been appreciated by his children, grandchildren and now his great grandson.
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