Mayoral Ball at Box Hill Town Hall. Group of debutantes and their partners assembled in front of the stage, with the Mayor, Cr. R.H.L. Sparks (2nd row, middle) and his wife (in middle, front). All of the girls are wearing the same style dress. The debutantes have been identified.B&w photomayoral balls, mayors, sparks> r.h.l. (cr.), clothing and dress, debutantes, box hill town hall, anderson> joy, barber> verna, campbell> beverley, cole> gillian, dowsett> loris, hamilton> june, ireland> thelma, marsh> ellen, oats> jean, slessar> nancy, smith> rhonda, stephens> rita, stillman> muriel, tindall> val

Box Hill City Councillors 1957-58. Crs. L.R. McCredden, W.A. Kemp, K.G. McIntyre, F.T. Jeffery, R.H.L. Sparks, E.O. Lundgren, J.C. Hogan, J.K. Proudfoot, G. Padgham and A.N. Walls (Town Clerk). B&w photomccredden> leslie raymond (cr.), kemp> william alfred (cr.), mcintyre> kenneth gordon (r.), sparks> reginald howard lee (cr.), lundgren> ernest oscar (ossie) (cr.), hogan> john charles (cr.), proudfoot> james kneale (cr.), padgham> george (cr.), walls> a.n. (town clerk), box hill city councillors

Mayoral Ball 1956 - Group of debutantes and their partners form a group on the stairs leading to the stage with the Mayor, Cr. R.H.L. Sparks and his wife in the front (centre) and Town Clerk, Mr. Andrew Walls to the right of the Mayoress. The stage is decorated with an arch and floral decorations. The backdrop features a mountain and a river.B&w photomayoral balls, mayors, town clerks, sparks> reginald h.l. (cr.), sparks> mrs., walls> andrew n., mayoral robes, dances and balls, clothing and dress, festive decorations, debutantes, forster> wendy, roberts> lynette, smith> majorie, sweetland> valma, thatcher> rosemary, ward> lynette, woodyard> lynette

The Mayor and Mayoress, Cr. and Mrs. R.H.L. Sparks on the steps leading up to the floral display. The specially designed background has been made to look like the country side. R.H.L. Sparks was Major 1941-42, 1943, 1944, 1948-1949, 1950, 1951, 1955-1956B & W photosparks> r. h. l., sparks> mrs., mayors, box hill, box hill town hall, mayoresses, mayoral balls