Rochester Primary School’s new building is set to open following a site inspection by the construction company last Tuesday.
The $2 million building, which was part of the Building Education Revolution, had one week of work to be completed when the flood hit in January.
The flood level rose to the height of a metre in the building and caused $200,000 worth of damage.
The fire brigade in Elmore has elected a new fire captain.
Bob Simpson seemed like the most fitting man for the role due to his 30 years’ experience with the CFA.
Bob was an officer in the CFA in his home town of Rainbow for many years while he worked as a railway electrician.
Rochester Football Netball Club teams may be out of the finals race but senior footballer Guy Campbell and B grade netballer Leah Cottam still had something to celebrate.
The duo both came home last week from the league vote count named the best in the league.
50 years ago
Tuesday, September 28, 1971
The Apex Club of Rochester is making this appeal to the community for waste paper.
The club uses the money from paper collections for many purposes each year.
$120 is spent each year on scholarships, $60 for each of the two senior schools in the town – namely Sacred Heart College and Rochester High School.
Mrs M. A. Brown, affectionately known throughout the Rochester district as “Grannie Brown”, was guest of honour at the home of her brother at Stanhope (Mr A. Enders), when she celebrated her 85th birthday last week.
Many players and officials of the Rochester Football Club were “browned off” with the Bendigo Football League and were keenly interested in the suggestion that the club should transfer to the Goulburn Valley League ranks.
This was stated by a former president of the club, Mr Jack Anderson, during a meeting between officials of the club and the Goulburn Valley League at Kyabram on Wednesday night last.
Mr Anderson said Rochester had been facing a financial battle for some time to stay in the Bendigo League and now found it could no longer afford to remain.
100 years ago
Saturday, October 1, 1921
Captain Jones and Johnson, of the Civil Aviation Department, landed in Rochester in the department’s new Bristol aeroplane on Thursday last.
The object of the visit was to photograph and survey aerodromes for the proposed aerial mail service between Sydney and Adelaide.
A photograph of the local aerodrome and of the town of Rochester was taken from a height of 5000 feet.
The announcement was made at a meeting of delegates of the Rochester and District League on Thursday evening last that Rochester’s protest against Elmore for playing Trewarne (an unqualified man) had been upheld by the Victorian Football League, to whom the matter had been referred on appeal by Elmore.
The result is that the match afterwards played between Elmore and Nanneella does not affect the premiership contest, and the battle will be fought out by Rochester and Nanneella on the Rochester ground this afternoon.
If Rochester secures victory, the contest will be over, but, if defeated, Rochester (by reason of its minor premiership position) will have the right to challenge Nanneella.
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