{"id":203128,"date":"2018-03-06T17:10:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T07:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=203128"},"modified":"2020-09-25T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T01:44:30","slug":"vale-allan-swendson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/03\/06\/vale-allan-swendson\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale Allan Swendson"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 6, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

A funeral service will be held on Friday for well-known Kingaroy businessman and developer Allan Swendson, 73, who died on February 28.<\/p>\n

The service will be held in Virgo\u2019s Funeral Home Chapel, adjacent to the Taabinga Cemetery, from 1:00pm.<\/p>\n

Retired businessman John Learmont recalled the huge amount of work Allan and his wife, former Kingaroy librarian Helen, did in the lead-up to the 50th anniversary celebrations of the opening of the new Kingaroy State High School.<\/p>\n

In 1998, an old school friend gave Allan a copy of a photograph of the new high school’s first students, taken in 1958.<\/p>\n

Allan began the task of tracking down the names of the 192 people in that photo … 175 students and 17 staff members.<\/p>\n

The task literally took years …<\/p>\n

The last name was found only days before the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the new high school was held in 2009.<\/p>\n

Footnote:<\/strong> The centenary of the founding of the Kingaroy State High School will be held on September 8 this year.<\/p>\n

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A group photograph of the first teachers and students at the new Kingaroy State High School in 1958 (click on the image for a larger version and a key to the names)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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