Of Tragedy and Valor
Phylis Rumbelow

Trip to West Island

•  The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) 

•  Sat 28 Oct 1950 

One day my father said he would take my sister Janet and me to West Island, which is about two miles from our home by sea. Of course we were verv excited when the Swallow, grandpa's fishing cutter, started. After we had been travelling a little while father said I could steer, so under grandpa's directions we progressed safely* Janet and I helped grandpa anchor a little way from the island and then got into the dinghy which grandpa rowed towards a rock. When the stern hit the rock father jumped quickly. After the dinghy had hit it again Janet and I were on the island. We saw many seagulls' nests and a baby seagull which we stroked. Also we were lucky enough to see two penguins hiding under a rock. I found a lovely shell and we saw where the men had blasted the granite for Government House. When we were coming home father showed us the pigeon cave, which is in the Bluff. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and would like to go again. Original story by Phylis Rumbdow.

Victor Rotary Honors Four for Service

• Victor Harbour Times (SA : 1932 - 1986) 

•  Wed 13 Jun 1984 

Service has been honored with the presentation of four awards by Victor Harbor Rotary Club. The awards — community service, courtesy, service above self, and vocational training awards— were announced by the vocational service committee chairman, Mr. John Hut-chinson, and presented by president Lloyd McInnis, at the club's latest meeting. 

Receiving the honors were Ruth Puxley, Winston Wiseman, Jessie Pfeiffer, and Phylis Rumbelow. Mr. Hutchinson said the motto 'service above self ' had accompanied the Rotary movement for a long time. Rotarians endeavored to express this ideal in their vocations and wherever they met their fellow man. Rotary recognised the worthiness of all useful occupations and advocated occupation as a means of service to society. The Victor Harbor Rotary Club presented four awards to people of the community who in their daily duties practised 'service above self. ' 

Miss Phylis Rumbelow receives the courtesy award. She has worked at the Victor Pharmacy for 34 years, a loyal and conscientious employee. Her employer, Mr. Rex Elliot, had said Miss Rumbelow was always sensitive to the needs of customers and tried hard to serve them in the best way possible.She greeted people by name when it was known and endeavored to make them feel at home. She was patient with people with troubles and listened sympathetically, always assisting wherever she could. 

Mrs. Ruth Puxley, represented by her husband Bert Puxley as she was unable to attend, received a community service award. She is a qualified radio operator and has monitored the Victor Harbor Rescue Squadron radios at home for 10 years. A room in her house accommodates the four radio systems; they are monitored for about 100 hours a week . At the presentation it was stated that there are many spots on our coastline where radio contact with Adelaide is not possible, and Mrs. Puxley maintained a vital link in emergencies for professional fishermen and recreational boat owners. The area covered is from Kangaroo Island to Salt Creek, including all of the Lower Murray and Lakes system up to Wellington and across to Meningie. 

On several occasions, she has received emergency calls from the Murray Mouth area and has organised rescue craft and ambulance for people injured or washed out to sea. Mrs. Puxley has helped in rescues round Australia. On one occasion she received a May Day call from a boat 11 miles to sea from Exmouth, helplessly drifting towards a reef.  She alerted Marine Operations at Canberra and, maintaining communication with the boat, acted as a relay — being the only station able to make radio contact. Three people were saved from certain death. 

Victor Harbor Pharmacy Identities Call it a Day

• Times (Victor Harbor, SA : 1987 - 1999) 

•  Thu 3 June 1999 

RETIREMENT - Phylis Rumbelow and Rex Elliot of Rex Elliot's Pharmacy in Victor Harbor are retiring after many years of service to the Victor Harbor community. They are pictured looking at a local pharmacy record book that dates back to 1913.

It's the end of an era as local pharmacist REX ELLIOT and his assistant, PHYLIS RUMBELOW, retire from the industry. NATALIE RAU spoke to both about their backgrounds and plans for the future.

It will be an emotional few weeks for Rex Elliott and Phylis Rumbelow of Rex Elliott's Pharmacy as the two end lengthy careers in the pharmacy industry. After 19 years of being the proprietor/pharmacist of the Ocean Street pharmacy Mr Elliott and his assistant, Miss Rumbelow, have decided to retire. 

Miss Rumbelow has worked as a pharmacy assistant in Victor Harbor for the past 48 years and she will retire tomorrow, but Mr Elliott will stay on for a few more weeks to help the new owners settle in. Mr Elliott described his time as a Victor Harbor businessman as 'fluctuating'.

Miss Rumbelow said she was looking forward to taking up her long time interest of piecing together the Rumbelow family tree. "It has been discussed that a reunion of the Rumbelow family may take place in 2005," she said. Miss Rumbelow is a lifetime resident of the district. She attended primary and high school in Victor Harbor. Her interests include the Yilki Uniting Church, Rumbelow family tree and teaching Sunday School. "I started teaching Sunday School when I was still at high school," she said. 

"I still teach, but circumstances have changed and we now need two teachers instead of one. I would like to see more children attend Sunday School because I believe it gives them the chance to learn the basics of Christianity." 

Miss Rumbelow remembers 'the good old days' when church picnics were held and all. of the children would participate in the traditional games and races. "I am looking forward to more leisure time in my retirement and spending time with my family," Miss Rumbelow said.

BIOGRAPHY: 

"To Celebrate Family Centenary VICTOR HARBOR. 

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1931-1954) Friday 3 September 1954 Page 7 - 

Sept. 2. — At a meeting recently of the Rumbelow family it was decided to celebrate the centenary of the arrival of the Rumbelow's at Encounter Bay in January, 1855. The family will celebrate at a reunion picnic on January 8, following a commemoration and thanksgiving service near the old home of Malen Rumbelow, snr. During the evening the family will hold an open air concert. Proceeds from an appeal, yet to be launched, will be used to buy seats in the Yilki Church in memory of the Rumbelow pioneers and members of the family who died at sea or who were killed during the wars."

The Times: Thursday 20, 2014 - CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: 

Phylis Rumbelow who is the longest standing consistent member of the Yilki Jefferis Church at Encounter Bay, cut the cake to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the church on Sunday, November 9.'

Times (Victor Harbour, SA: 1987-1999) Friday 27 January 1995 Page 2 -

Phylis Rumbelow Yilki '

DEATH: RUMBELOW, Phylis Grickson. Passed away at home suddenly on Sunday, April 12, 2015. Aged 79 years. Eldest daughter of Korry and Hubert Rumbelow. Sister of Janet and Des Raines, Elwynne and Philip Preston and Kevin (deceased) and Maxine Rumbelow. Beloved aunt of Nadene and Brenton, Joanne, Wayne, La-Donna, Deborah, Stephen, David, Kevin and their families. FUNERAL TO BE ADVISED 

Published in The Advertiser on 23/04/2015 

RUMBELOW, Phylis Grickson. Dearly loved sister, sister-in-law and auntie of Elwynne, Philip, Wayne and La-Donna. Always remembered and forever in our hearts.

Published in The Advertiser on 25/04/2015

FUNERAL: RUMBELOW, Phylis Grickson. THE FAMILY and FRIENDS of the late PHYLIS GRICKSON RUMBELOW are invited to attend her Funeral Service to be held in the Yilki Uniting Church, Giles Street, Encounter Bay on TUESDAY, May 5, 2015 at 10.30 a. m. Following the Funeral Service, the Cortege will proceed to the Victor Harbor Cemetery for the Committal. Victor Harbor 8552 1061 

Simplicity Funerals

Published in The Advertiser on 30/04/2015