From the pages of the Wodonga & District Express, 1966-67
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NOVEMBER
Jack Hore Place is named to honour Jack's 28 years as a Wodonga councillor.
It was sealed within weeks of being named.
Wodonga's largest independent retailer joined the huge buying and promotion group Mitre 10.
Proprietorship, management and staff of Manns remained unchanged.
DECEMBER
Tenders were called for a new ambulance station in South Street.
Council's financial statement showed that sanitary charges totalled 800 @ $12, which suggests that was the number of dwellings connected to sewerage by that time.
Garbage charges were 2500 @ $5.
An Austin 1800, complete with windscreen washers and seat belts, could be bought from Baker Motors for $2365.
From December 19, 1966 mail was to be sent by air to Sydney; the service closing at 3.45pm at Wodonga Post Office and arriving in Sydney at approximately 7pm for delivery next morning.
A licenced pawnbroker (a service new to Wodonga) was to open in premises in Jack Hore Place at the rear of the antique furniture store.
JANUARY
Cr. Jack Hore told a council meeting that the lagoon (now known as Lake Belvoir) had gradually silted over the years and should be dredged to become an attraction and beauty spot.
A bridge has been completed over Lawrence Street replacing the treacherous ford across House Creek, where hundreds of cars had been bogged over the years. The timing was good as 50 houses had been constructed by the Housing Commission on the Kelly Estate, many already occupied.
FEBRUARY
At a council meeting, Cr Hore again referred to the possibility of Wodonga becoming a city. "Can you imagine Wodonga a city, stretching from the south bank of Wodonga Creek to the foothills of Leneva? What would rates and valuations be then?"
MARCH
The CBC Savings Bank raised the limit of its housing loans to $8250.
The annual meeting of the Wodonga Ratepayers and Tenants Association proved to be as fiery as the inaugural meeting held three years before, when the same subject - council rates - caused the organisation to be brought into being.
The main bone of contention was high valuations in some parts of town.