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upper classes. Emest Zelman married into the Borsa family and eventually took over
management of Bellinzona. WUUam became the post master at Hepbum Springs,
operatmg from a buUding which also housed a store, a branch of the Commonwealth
Savings Bank and a newsagency. He and his wife raised four children in a home which
they named Villa Lugano and around which they planted a beautiful garden. Like his
father, WiUiam became mvolved in a number of community activities, joining the Water
Board, the Retumed Services League and the Tourist House Keepers' Association of
Victoria. He died in 1971 after a lifetime spent in the district.
In 1929 the Perini sisters decided to sell Locamo and move to a home in
Melboume. The guest-house, advertised for sale in the local paper as 'a large roomy
house fitted with aU modem conveniences',*^ was considered sufficiently newsworthy
for a somewhat more detaUed article some days later:
SALE OF GUEST HOUSE
One of the largest sales that has ever taken place in the district was
completed during the week, when Locamo, one of the best known
guest-houses at Hepbum Springs, together with the freehold and
furnishings, was sold on a walk-in-walk-out basis to Mr J. McGinnin
and Mrs L. Keamey. The price had not been disclosed but it is
understood that it ran into several thousand pounds. Locamo which
was formerly owned by the late Mr V. Perini had been owned by the
Perini family for over half a century and long before anyone thought
that Hepbum Springs would be the spa centre of Australia. The Misses
Perini never doubted that part of the district would one day be a
popular health resort, and about a quarter of a century ago, founded the
present guest-house. Today, the Misses Perini are knovm throughout
AustraUa mainly through the growth of Locamo. Twenty-six years
ago, the business was conducted in a small way, but today Locarno is
fitted with every modem convenience.*'*
The new owners successfully ran Locamo for many years later adding another
dining-room and baUroom. In 1955, when under the management of a Mrs E. Adler,
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