CLASS of 1960
50Year Reunion An excerpt from the reminiscences of 50 year reunion co-ordinator Mrs Desley Malone (Neilen) (1959 - 60). ‘We sure had a great time at our Reunion! So good to see everyone, and so nice to spend time together to remember. It was such a happy weekend, although we never did grasp that it’s 50 years since we left Fairholme. Dinner at Weis Restaurant was a very joyous occasion, with 20 classmates in total and the meal was sumptuous. Our dorm didn’t waste time sleeping. We had too much to remember and we spent hours reminiscing when we got back from dinner at Weis’. We felt sorry for ourselves for being hungry all the time and were grateful for the heater in the new dorm where we slept, as we remembered the chilly times in Black Dorm in our boarding days! We giggled about our brown knickers, stockings and suspender belts and reefers that we wore to church. We were cold and hungry all the time; we remembered the girls who were expelled for smoking, censored mail and waiting weeks for the term visits from our parents. How about not being allowed to wear slacks on Sundays and having to wear our hats and gloves in public? We remembered the humiliation we Sub-Senior girls had to suffer when we ate a hamburger in public after being taken to the movies by a Senior teacher. We were gated for weeks and disgraced in front of the Boarding House. Such memories! We were terrified of Miss Shaw, and in awe that she’ll celebrate her 100th birthday in 2013.
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We were given a tour of the College after breakfast and the Church Service; there’s not a lot of the old to remember when one walks around the acres of new buildings with landscaped lawns and gardens. The College chef is a gourmet cook and the buffet meals were divine. The boarders today are so lucky, so cared for.
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We are most anxious to keep our records up to date as this is most important for our reunions and other functions. Please complete this form if any alterations are necessary and return it to the College at your convenience. Contact the FOGA office on 4688 4688 or email foga@fairholme.qld.edu.au.
Not sure if we’ll be invited to sleep in the dorms again (as we were a bit noisy), but it was good fun and I’ve such memories of a happy Reunion. Thanks to all for coming. For all the ladies who missed this Reunion, we’ve decided to have a morning tea on Saturday 5 February 2011, at Windsor in Brisbane. Please make a note of the date.’ Mrs Desley Malone T 07 5494 2288 E tdmalone22@netspace.net.au PICTURED : From top (L-R) are: 1. Rosemary Goodwin (Tyson) (1955 - 58), Nerida Thayer (Banks) (1958 - 59), Desley Malone (Neilen) (1959 - 60), Stella Simpson (Kirby)(1957 - 60 ), Gwen Salisbury (Mulcahy) (1956-58) and Coleen Atherton (AKA Jocko) (1957 - 59), at the Fairholme Fete for the 50 year school reunion. 2. Rosemary Goodwin (Tyson) (1955 - 58) Jean Batterham (Costello) (1953-59) and Nerida (Banks)(1958 - 60) Thayer, touring the new Junior School Library on Sunday 17 October, 2010
3. Sisters, Coleen Atherton (1957 - 59) and Rosie enjoy catching up a the 50 year class reunion dinner held at Weis’ Restaurant on Saturday 16 October, 2010.
6. Ginny Netterfield (Staines) (1953-58) and Gwen Salisbury (Mulcahy) (1956-58) enjoy dinner and swapping memories.
4. Pam Kerle (Gessling) (1957) and Jacqui McGuinness (Hutchinson) (1957-58) at the evening function.
7. Desley, Isabelle & Stella at Weis’ Restaurant, celebrate their 50 year class reunion in style!
5. Estelle Oates (Perkins) (1953-60) and Stella Simpson (Kirby) (1957-60) pose at the reunion dinner.