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By SHARON BONTHUYS IT’S taken six l-o-n-g years but the end result was worth it in more ways than one. Narromine teen Adelaide Maher celebrated her 16th birthday in style last week, donating a huge chunk of her long, long hair and over $3,000 to a children’s cancer charity. Adelaide has been growing her hair since she was ten for the specific purpose of donating it to Wigs for Kids, an initiative of the Kids With Cancer Foundation after her 16th birthday. She started selling raffle tickets and taking donations in July to supplement the donation of hair which will go towards making wigs for children who need them. “Not only will my lovely locks be used to make a wig, your donations to the cause that means so much to me will allow Kids with Cancer Foundation to continue with their fi nancial support of families that have a child suffering cancer,” Adelaide said ahead of her birthday last week. Sectioned into four plaits, Adelaide’s hair was fi nally cut on November 17 by Erin Wallace from Ezmay’s Hair Bar, who kindly donated her time and services to the cause. Combined, Adelaide’s four plaits measured 168 centimetres in total, which she then promptly posted off to Ella Wigmakers who make the wigs for cancer-impacted children. Adelaide also raised $3,325 for the foundation, absolutely smashing her original fundraising target of $1,000. Continued page 9
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By SHARON BONTHUYS EARLIER this month, the Narromine sub-branch of the Returned and Services League (RSL) announced it has completed the first part of a poignant remembrance project. Together with support from the Narromine Shire Council, the RSL has been able to fi nd and acknowledge more than 200 local people who served their country in armed confl icts, but whose names were missing from the RSL Honour Roll Wall in Tom Perry Park. Former RSL secretary Edward “Ted” Davies made the announcement during the RSL-led service at the Narromine Cenotaph on Remembrance Day. “Over the years, it has come to our attention that there were many names missing from the plaques on our Honour Roll Wall,” he told those who gathered for the November 11 service. “There are lots of reasons for that. Poor record keeping. People might have moved away to Yeoval or Molong but they really were from [here]. This was their home town. Well, we’ve been able to track all the records down. “There were 65 names added to [the Second World War] list. Some of those were Aboriginal men who weren’t on the roll. Others were itinerants. Many have their address as the Hotel Narromine, or the Imperial, or a station. They were here, the war came and they wanted to enlist so they did.
Narromine RSL SubBranch President, David Taylor, with secretary/treasurer Diane Beaumont and former secretary, Edward “Ted” Davies, at the Honour Roll Wall. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. “We’re very pleased to announce we’ve [also] managed to fi nd a further 155 names to add to the list we have for the First World War. The RSL previously only
had 55 names for that confl ict, he said, paying tribute to Narromine Shire Council staff member Jeanette Coen who helped the RSL research the lists through various war
records agencies, Defence and local families. “That gives us a total of 210 for Narromine which in 1914 was only a very small community. We had a rail head here but the town was only quite small and so it’s a remarkable number to have. We’re so pleased to have this,” he said, inviting attendees to view the wall before leaving, where the new names have been added to the left hand side. Other conflicts have also been updated thanks to the painstaking research undertaken. “We were also able to redress the Boer War and the Korean War. We only had two names for the Boer War. We’ve been able to research further and find we’ve got six names on that list now. “And strangely, in the Korean War, there’s a man whose name is listed on the [Cenotaph] here behind us that wasn’t on the Honour Roll. We’ve been able to redress that and there’s now nine names of those who fought in the Korean War,” Ted said, indicating the remembrance project is not yet complete. “We have plans to upgrade the Vietnam Honour Roll and we know there are quite a number of men and women from here who served and we’d like to get their names. “Finally, we have the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and a number of names to be added to the Peacemakers and Peacekeepers Roll.” Continued page 5
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