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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Archie" Merlie Edward HOWARD

Born 18 December 1915 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of William James HOWARD and Sarah Jane PASCOE [P2]
Resided with his parents and later mother and siblings on Plainfield Farm in Three Springs [19] [50]
Awarded 2nd prize for a Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Won the Boys Running Race at the Centenary Celebrations at Carter's Flats in Three Springs on 13 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Farmhand / Farmer in Three Springs for at least the years 1938-1975 [6] [19]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [4: 16-Dec-1933]
Also attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Best man at the wedding of Frank LANE and his sister Ella HOWARD on 19 February 1938 in Claremont [4: 26-Feb-1938]
Married Marie GLASKIN in Perth in 1942 [66]
Private W71866 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Later resided in the coastal town of Green Head [24]
Passed away at the age of 82 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Died 10 January 1998; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Uniting, Plot 78) [24]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Merlie Edward Howard' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/merlie-edward-howard [reference list]




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