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Clyde Old Girls’ Association COGA AGM AND OLD GIRLS’ DAY The COGA AGM and Old Girls’ Day lunch will be held on Sunday 16 October at the Prahran Mission, 4th floor, 211 Chapel Street, Windsor. Doors will open at 10.30am for the AGM at 11am, followed by guest speaker Virginia Llewellyn-Jones (Rouse, Cl’73) at 12 noon. Lunch at 12.40pm will be provided and served by Prahran Mission catering staff. By using these facilities, COGA is supporting the Mission’s work in providing retraining and employment for people who have experienced chronic unemployment, or mental health issues such as depression and addiction. We are delighted that Virginia LlewellynJones will be our guest speaker for the AGM this year. Virginia won the Victorian title of Miss Australia in 1976. She then trained as a professional photographer before expanding into the film industry as a writer, producer and director of several productions, including To Market to Market (1987) and Seeing Red (1992), which featured AFI award winner David Wenham. She founded a successful clothing company and more recently developed a jewellery design business, travelling regularly to India to source materials. Virginia has strong Clyde connections – her mother, aunt, two sisters, first cousin and sister-in-law all went to Clyde. She is married to the well-known actor Tony Llewellyn-Jones (FB’67), and they have a son Hugh. Further details and an invitation to the COGA AGM and Old Girls’ Day will be in The Cluthan.
JUMBLE SALE SUCCESS The 2011 Jumble Sale on Thursday 23 June was attended by 33 busy workers, generating profits of nearly $3,000 for the Isabel Henderson Kindergarten. Thank you to COGA Treasurer Peta Gillespie (Cl’69) who ably counted the coins and calculated the results for each stall. There was a wonderful amount of donated jumble. Thank you to Lou Robinson (McMillan, Cl’58) for being the depot again and for bringing donated goods to the hall. Thank you also to co-ordinator Jane Loughnan (Weatherly, Cl’70) who set up the hall the previous night. Sporting the obligatory garden party hat, Mary Champion de
Crespigny (Bartram, Cl’42) served an excellent morning tea before the doors opened at 10.30am and bargain hunters rushed in. A few newcomers helping at their first jumble sale enjoyed it enough to say they would be back again next year. At 12 noon, unsold jumble was collected by the Prahran City Mission’s truck for delivery to its opportunity shops. A dozen helpers went on to enjoy a relaxing lunch afterwards at the Royal South Yarra Tennis Club organised by Anne Stoney (Peardon, Cl’62).
40 YEAR REUNION Clyde School leavers of 1971 are invited to a 40-year Reunion Lunch at the Alexandra Club, 81 Collins Street, Melbourne to be held on Friday 7 October 2011. Organisers Anna Affleck (Durham, Cl’71) and Sally Hudson (Mercer, Cl’71) are hoping to contact everyone by email, post or telephone. If you know anyone who left Clyde in 1971, who may not have received an invitation or been notified of the lunch, please contact Anna on 0419 890 128 or Sally on 0409 529 643.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS Three Clyde Old Girls were recognised for exceptional service to the community in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for 2011. Congratulations to Ann Carlyon (Clapham, Cl’58), OAM for service to the community through a range of fundraising roles; Janet McCulloch (Low, Cl’51), OAM for service to the arts, aged care and disability service organisations in Ballarat; and Lady Suzanne Martin (Millear, Cl’53), OAM for service to youth through the David Martin Foundation. Together with Zara Kimpton (Cl’60), who was recognised in the 2011 Australia Day awards, this makes a remarkable year of achievement, reflecting the many years of meaningful and generous support which these wonderful women have contributed to the community.
Top left: Elizabeth Landy (Manifold, Cl’60) and Jocelyn Mitchell (Low, Cl’54) ran a popular book stall at the annual Clyde Jumble Sale Middle: The crowd of 33 helpers ensured the annual Jumble Sale was a success Top: The busy scene at St John’s Church Hall on June 23 Above: Jumble Sale co-ordinator Jane Loughnan (Weatherly, Cl’70) and COGA Treasurer Peta Gillespie (Cl’69) inspect the merchandise
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Diary Dates FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER
40 YEAR REUNION Alexandra Club, 81 Collins Street, Melbourne. Time: 11.30am. Cost: $40 per person. Enquiries to Anna Affleck (Durham, Cl’71) on 0419 890 128 or Sally Hudson (Mercer, Cl’71) on 0409 529 643. SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER
COGA AGM & Old Girls’ Day Prahran Mission function rooms, 4th floor, 211 Chapel Street, Windsor/ Prahran. Time: 10.30am AGM, 12 noon guest speaker and 12.40pm lunch. Enquiries to COGA President Margie Gillett (Cordner, Cl’71) on 03 9525 3698 or email: gillett22@bigpond.com. Details and invitation in The Cluthan. MONDAY 17 OCTOBER
FUN CUP GOLF DAY Barwon Heads Golf Club. Time: 8am for shotgun start at 8.30am. Enquiries to Anna Tucker (Kimpton, Cl’71) on 03 9509 0952 or email: annatucker@ owendavies.com.au
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