Fr Manning Gaels GAA saddened by death of two club stalwarts
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Fr Manning Gaels GAA was saddened by death of two club stalwarts - Frank McNamee and Paddy McWade - in the past week.
Frank McNamee RIP
The club was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our truly great clubmen and supporters, Frank McNamee Snr, last week.
Frank served as both minor chairman and senior chairman as well as having various other roles at executive level for both St Vincent’s and Fr Manning Gaels. He also helped out with many teams in the club over the years. Our great facilities in Monaduff are thanks in large part to Frank’s chairmanship and fundraising efforts.
Kate Robinson Apr 26, 2021
Around 20 bidders showed up in person to the old Marconi station, now an auction warehouse, on April 24. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Some of the items up for auction.
Classic.
This little pedal car brought $6,750.
Items included soda shop furniture, although the oak-paneled interior of a country store was too big to bring to this warehouse.
Got milk?
MARION Going.going.gone!
Marion Antique Auctions held its first event in its new Atlantis Drive warehouse on April 24, which saw more than 500 items from a single collector draw thousands of online bidders.
The new space at 13 Atlantis Dr. was once the famous Marconi Telegraph Station, one of the largest in the world when it was built in the early 20th century.
Dorothy Wright
Nevada’s lax marriage and divorce laws have made for memorable hookups, breakups and romantic shake-ups
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Enter Nevada, which enabled a six-week waiting period and allowed vague grounds for dissolving unions, such as “mental cruelty.” This opened the floodgates for the unhappily married to flock to Nevada who brought more than their share of high-profile splits that have been enshrined in Las Vegas lore. Among them: