Herald 20180508

Thelma celebrates her 90th with Hooley Dooley World Wonder Horse
Thelma Muggleton, president of
the Toowoomba Blind Bowlers Club
(Don’t believe it? Neither did I. Just
ask them and they will tell you how
they do it.)
An avid bowler herself, Thelma celebrated
her 90th birthday at Easter in
Hampton.
Now living in Crows Nest and still
managing to run her own life, Thelma
says that her biggest age-related regret
is that, due to eye problems, she is not
able to drive her own car.
However, this birthday did bring
her a new driving experience.
When her son and daughter-in-law
Ross and Lorraine Lisle, of Hampton,
asked her what she would most like
for a celebration treat she chose to
have a carriage ride/drive in a traditionally
historic sulky dating from her
earliest day, complete, of course, with
driver and groom.
And that is where Hooley Dooley
World Wonder Horse joined the party.
Successful ex-trotter, well known
show horse and champion carrot-eater,
Hooley Dooley World Wonder
Horse was also celebrating a birthday,
his 19th. He, like Thelma, loves
a good party.
A meeting was arranged. Instant
rapport. And Thelma drove again, this
time with reins instead of a steering
wheel, accompanied by Hooley Dooley’s
owner, Anji Cain of Cabarlah.
Trotting through Hampton’s pretty
country lanes, they arrived with a
flourish at Ross and Lorraine’s property,
to be greeted with an uproariously
cheering family gathering.
Thelma’s life has produced six children,
23 grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren and their spouses plus
many, many friends, and the welcome
sounded a bit like the World Cup.
The only two unperturbed people
there were Thelma and Hooley Dooley
Ḟellow coachman and co-driver
Harry Adams, lifetime farmer and
horseman and now member of the
Cobb and Co Historical Museum,
Toowoomba was team member, successfully
directing traffic and crowd
control and also later driving Hooley
Dooley for guest trips around the
Lisle’s beautiful estate before a celebration
feast that went on all day.
Hooley Dooley had his feast too,
Ross had fixed up a most sumptuous
grassy paddock for him to rest and
recuperate while we partied and he
loved it.
I think Thelma did too. What a day,
Thelma made it look as if being 90 is
a piece of cake (and there was plenty
of that too.)
We ate, we toasted, we chatted, we
sang, we laughed, we drove, we remembered
and we marvelled at Thelma.
At 90 it would be something for
her to remember. May she live to remember
many more. - Anji Cain
Merging - advice while bypass roadworks under way
The time capsule that was
buried at the opening of Jessie’s
Cottage at Murphys Creek in
1998 will be raised on Sunday,
May 27, at 2pm.
If you were at the original ceremony
in 1998 you are encouraged
to come down and share
your memories.
Afternoon tea will be available
for $5 from 1pm to 3pm.
The event will be held at Jessie’s
Cottage on Murphy’s Creek
Grounds. Contact Sue on 4630
5703.
Motorists using the New England Highway at Mt Kynoch
can expect to be driving on the new alignment from the end
of May.
Nexus Infrastructure communications manager Sarah
Delahunty told a community information session in
Highfields last week that the new arched bridges over the
second range crossing (for the first two lanes of the New
England Highway) had been completed and the earth below
the bridges dug out.
Ms Delahunty, pictured, said that subject to weather, traffic
Prof. Cavaye to address Peacehaven dinner meeting v
Members of Friends of Peacehaven Botanic Park will
hold a dinner meeting on May 9 at the Highfields Tavern.
Guest speaker will be Professor Jim Cavaye, a practitioner
and researcher in regional development with 35
years’ experience working with rural and regional communities.
Professor Cavaye, pictured, has assisted more than 130
local communities across Australia and internationally with
community development and economic development strategies.
As Professor of Regional Community Development at
the University of Southern Queensland, he leads a collaborative
research program addressing key issues for regional
communities.
A former Principal Rural Development Officer with the
Queensland Government., he has lived and worked in five
communities on the Darling Downs and South West since
1982.
Murphys Creek
time capsule
Christmas in July
The Crows Nest Local Ambulance
Committee are holding
their major fundraising event
this year on July 21 at a Christmas
in July celebration.
The doors will open at
10.30am and guests will be
treated to entertainment and a
Tombola. Lunch will be a threecourse
meal of soup, roast dinner
and plum pudding.
Entry will be $25 a head
and bookings will be essential.
More details will follow closer
to the event. We look forward to
seeing you all there.
will be diverted to the new roadway at the end of the month.
Work would then start on the bridges for the next two lanes
of the New England Highway.
She thanked motorists for being so patient with the road
works, and presented video information on the best way to
merge when two lanes of traffic came into one.
• The information showed that in heavy traffic, a 15 per
cent increase in volume of cars and more consistent traffic
speeds can be achieved if cars merge later. But in faster
moving traffic, or lighter traffic, it was better to merge earlier.
Rotary Club of Toowoomba North Inc.
SUNDAY 20th MAY 2018
TOOWOOMBA CITY AERODROME
Aerotec Hangar ~Spitfire Street
Exhibitors from 7:30am
Public from 8:30am ~ Finishes 2:30pm
Exhibitors: $10 per vehicle. Public: Adults $15, Children 12 and under
FREE, Family: $40 (2 adults & teenagers) FREE PARKING
CLASSICS
WARBIRDS
MILITARY
VINTAGE CARS
& TRUCKS
MOTOR CYCLES
FOOD, DRINKS
JUMPING
CASTLE
FACE PAINTING
RAFFLES
NO PETS
Ambulance fund raiser
The Crows Nest Local Ambulance Committee
are holding their major fundraising event on July
21 when we invite everyone to our Christmas In
July celebration. The doors will open at 10.30am
and guests will be treated to entertainment and a
Tombola.
Lunch will be a three-course meal of soup,
roast dinner and plum pudding. Entry will be
$25 per head and bookings will be essential.
More details o comefollow closer to the event.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
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HIGH COUNTRY HERALD - MAY 8, 2018 - 9