General News
25 January, 2024
Howard Matthews: Dedicated service to community groups
HOWARD MATTHEWS 1939-2023 THE 2021 Loddon Shire Citizen of the Year, Howard Matthews, passed away last month aged 84. He had been a member of the former Wedderburn Brass Band, later playing with bands in Bendigo and assisting at commemorative events...
HOWARD MATTHEWS 1939-2023
THE 2021 Loddon Shire Citizen of the Year, Howard Matthews, passed away last month aged 84.
He had been a member of the former Wedderburn Brass Band, later playing with bands in Bendigo and assisting at commemorative events in the district.
Howard was a founding member of the Wedderburn Cycling Club in the 1950s, scorer for Wedderburn Band Cricket Club amd secretary of the football club for five years from 1964.
He also volunteered at the Wedderburn Golf Club, where his contribution to the club’s course maintenance was always done humbly and dutifully and was a member of the town’s urban fire brigade from 1955 to 1982 holding numerous positions including secretary and treasurer from 1969 to 1973, first lieutenant from 1973 to 1975, and foreman/apparatus officer from 1961 to 1965.