Smithville near Lameroo. A community hall was erected here in 1913. Hundred of Cotton school operated in it. New hall built in 1960.
Smithville.
The Hundred of Cotton was declared in 1894 but no surveying took place until 1904. Farming land was sold in 1905 with nearest town to be Parrakie on the Pinnaroo railway. In 1913 the local Methodists decided to build a church to be used as a state school. This floundered. Later that year the locals decided to build a public hall which could be used for church services and would have financial support from all denominations. A farmer donated some land for it. The hall opened late in 1913. The Hundred of Cotton School opened in the hall in January 1914. The school closed in 1945 with the opening of Lameroo Area School. The hall was enlarged in 1928 and the old hall was demolished in 1960 and a new Besser block hall built. Almost since its inception the hall was used for Methodist Church services and from 1939 the hall was the regular venue of the CWA. Prior to that the Women’s Agricultural Bureau had met in the hall. The new hall was still being used by the CWA and the Uniting Church in the 1980s. The adjacent tennis courts were established in 1927 and in 1973 a small Besser block club room was erected. The courts are clearly no longer in use.
Smithville near Lameroo. A community hall was erected here in 1913. Hundred of Cotton school operated in it. New hall built in 1960.
Smithville.
The Hundred of Cotton was declared in 1894 but no surveying took place until 1904. Farming land was sold in 1905 with nearest town to be Parrakie on the Pinnaroo railway. In 1913 the local Methodists decided to build a church to be used as a state school. This floundered. Later that year the locals decided to build a public hall which could be used for church services and would have financial support from all denominations. A farmer donated some land for it. The hall opened late in 1913. The Hundred of Cotton School opened in the hall in January 1914. The school closed in 1945 with the opening of Lameroo Area School. The hall was enlarged in 1928 and the old hall was demolished in 1960 and a new Besser block hall built. Almost since its inception the hall was used for Methodist Church services and from 1939 the hall was the regular venue of the CWA. Prior to that the Women’s Agricultural Bureau had met in the hall. The new hall was still being used by the CWA and the Uniting Church in the 1980s. The adjacent tennis courts were established in 1927 and in 1973 a small Besser block club room was erected. The courts are clearly no longer in use.