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1945-10-20 Elocution

20th October, 1945

Held in the Alfred Hall

Recital By Australian Author - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	86.00	1st
Betty	Pearlman	Elwood	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	84.00	Equal 3rd
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	84.00	Equal 3rd
Lyn	Barrett	Shepparton	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Alison	Muggridge	Essendon	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Betty	Duncan	Geelong	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention
Phoebe	Price	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	82.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Ladies - Open "Music Comes" (John Freeman)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Betty	Pearlman	Elwood	Victoria	85.00	1st
Alison	Muggridge	Essendon	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Joan	Wallace	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	Honourable Mention
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	82.00	Honourable Mention

Shakespearian Recital - Gentlemen "Othello"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Bernard	D'Arcy	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	1st
Sable	Grivell	Fullarton	South Australia	82.00	2nd
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	81.00	3rd

Humorous Recital - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	87.00	1st
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Betty	Pearlman	Elwood	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Peggy	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention

Recital With Musical Background - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	112.00	1st
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	111.00	2nd
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	110.00	Equal 3rd
Peggy	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	110.00	Equal 3rd
Bernard	D'Arcy	Ballarat	Victoria	109.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Recital - Ladies or Gentlemen "The Bell" (J. Redwood Anderson)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Peggy	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	87.00	1st
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Betty	Pearlman	Elwood	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention

Duologue - Serious - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Annette Chisholm and Chris Hesse	Melbourne	Victoria	80.00	1st
Ron Washfold and Betty Eames	Melbourne	Victoria	79.00	2nd
Bruce Porter and Noela Bartlett	Melbourne	Victoria	78.00	3rd

Duologue - Humorous - Ladies or Gentlemen - Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Betty Eames and Ron Washford	Melbourne	Victoria	86.00	1st
Annetta Chisholm and Lorna Jeffreys	Melbourne	Victoria	83.00	2nd
Gloria McDonald and Gloria Perry	Melbourne	Victoria	82.00	3rd