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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Eunice May COUSINS

Born 27 March 1912 [332]
Daughter of "Bert" Albert Henry COUSIN and Elizabeth DODD [332]
Resided with her parents on Hillview Farm in Arrino [P2]
She was baptised by Rev. Ernest GILL, the Church of England rector in Dongara [332]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 4 April 1929 in a dress of lemon taffeta with gold lace [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Wore shell pink crepe de chine with handkerchief skirt to the 1929 Mingenew-Yandanooka Race Club's Boxing Day Ball [86: 4-Jan-1930]
In a saxe blue dress with taffeta bodice and crepe de chine skirt attended the Arrino Race Club's Ball on 3 April 1930 [4: 26-Apr-1930]
Entrant for Arrino in the North Midland Popular Girl Competition in 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
     A dance was held to support her candidature in the competition at the Arrino Hall on Thursday 21 July 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
     Came 2nd in the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition, which helped raised funds for the Arrino Football Club [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a red frock and coatee [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of black velvet [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Grand Show Ball following the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of red satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black satin [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Won the Euchre Tournament conducted by Mrs Florence H. M. MALEY in Arrino on Thursday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Show Ball on 21 September 1933 in crinkled organdie with rosette trimmings [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In a dress of white crinkled organdie attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Returned to Arrino in early May 1934 after spending a lengthy holiday in Perth[5: 11-May-1934]
On 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Ball in a pleated shoulder apricot morcocain dress [5: 18-May-1934]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on 26 May 1934 in a white organdie dress featuring dainty roses [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 in a white crepe de chine dress [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]
Member of the Arrino Tennis Club in 1934-35 and 1935-36 [5: 22-Mar-1935, 6-Dec-1935]
Played the piano at the Ball following the Wheatgrowers Union's Annual Picnic held in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Relieved on the piano at the Three Springs C.W.A. Younger Set's Leap Year Ball in Three Springs on Friday 21 February 1936 [5]
     During the evening she won the Ladies Waltz, and herself and her brother-in-law Charles HOAR won the Spot Waltz [5: 6-Mar-1936]
She was a passenger in Alex BARR's car to Perth one night in April 1936 when an owl smashed through the windscreen [5: 24-Apr-1936]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Eunice May Cousins' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 23 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/eunice-m-cousins [reference list]




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