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Six of the 7 Mercury astronauts arrive at Convair in San Diego in September of 1959. From left, Wally Schirra, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard and Gordon Cooper. On the day this picture was taken, who could have foreseen their fates? With the exception of Carpenter, all of these men flew into space at least twice. Wally Schirra was the only astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Gus Grissom flew on Mercury and Gemini, but died in the tragic Apollo 1 fire in 1967. Alan Shepard walked on the moon in 1971. John Glenn is both the first (1962) and oldest (1998) American to orbit the earth, and the only Mercury astronaut to fly on the space shuttle, get elected to Congress, and be a candidate for Vice-President (1976) and President (1984), losing the latter to Walter Mondale. (Mondale polled 49%, Glenn, 41%, so he was close. One has to wonder - if Glenn had been nominated in 1984, would he have beaten Ronald Reagan, and what effect would that have had on world history?)

Rose Harris Park was named after the local Rose Harris, a female saddler. She is not only credited with being one of the only female saddlers of the time, but also during the 1916 Clermont floods having saved at least six lives, by tying together bridles and horse-ropes to throw to people being pulled away by the floodwater, and pull them to safety. In honour of this, the Rose Harris park was given her name.​ Rose earned the title of 'hero' for saving the people. Rose was a saddler in Clermont from around 1918 until her shop burnt down in 1948. Her shop was located across Capella Street opposite the park that bears her name between the current 'Salon in Main' and 'Paris Cafe.' The local Clermont markets are held in the park on the first Saturday of each month. Rose, the only woman saddler in Australia at the time, is working on a saddle at ​William T. Harris's (her father's) Saddlery at Clermont. Various tools appear in the 1918 photograph. The words “Waiting for the boys of the A.L.H. presumably refers to the Australian Light Horse during World War 1. Rose Harris b. 5 May 1895, d. 21 June 1977 at age of 82: she was unmarried, daughter of Emma and W.T. Harris. Source: www.ccbg.com.au/rose-harris/