OLD BOYS' SECTION
OLD BOYS' SECTION
Tim Dobbie and Mac Miller are res ident at the ri va l esta blishment of Rolleston House and studyi ng for firs t professi-on a l in Chemical Eng ineering. Jeff Smale, also at Rolleston, is prominent in " Revenue," and st udying for first professional. Des O'Dea , another Rolleston boy, is a student for either Chemistry or Maths Honours . Hugh Mills is stud y ing for Engin eering Intermed iate. Simon Carryer, prominent in Students' Association affairs is complet in g his M.Sc. ir. Geolog y. ' lan Gilmour, John Mathews and Bill Wakelin are doing third fessional. proNigel Hayton and Gordon Diamond are doing first p rofessional. Peter Howe, last seen in 5 P l , is now doing Law. As we ll as the ebove
have met:Pete Dravitski w<.s seen at a ball and is ap parently teach ing at one of the local High Schools.
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John Graham, All Black and Cante rbury capta in, is stil l teaching at Christchurch Boys' High. . , lt seems a pity t hat with £c many Old Boys in Christchurch, a Branch tsn t formed. A sma ll reuni·o n was he ld at John Codd's with Gl e n Rush , Pau l Demp!ey and Wade Lawson , from Dunedin , stay ing the night.
In Duned in spar:, Old Boys have continued to pl ay t hei r p art. Mik e Croxson had a very successful season for ' Va rs ity Senio rs and p layed a number of games at second five-eighth for Otag o . lan Ross represented both Otago Unive rsity and New Zealand Uni versiti es at golf, w hile both Glenn Rush and Paul Dempsey we re selected in t he O.V. swimming team. Also in the cou rse of the Rugby seas·o n, Phil Phillip s was hea rd severa l times commen tating f rom Ca ri sb rook .
®hituari£5 J. M. BUCKERIDGE After occupying many senior positions in the British Ai r Ministry, Mr. J . M. Buckeridge died in London 2t the age of fifty-four . Mr . Buckeridge attended School from 1924 to 1926. After matriculating he attended Canterbury University and began flying as a cadet pilot at Wig ram in 1927, being an instructor to the New Zealand Air Services in 1929. He was acting Controller of Civil Aviation in New Zealand during the war and laid the foundation on which commercial air operations have since developed . In 1946 Mr. Buckeridge joined the Briti$h Air Ministry. Just before his death he led the Ministry's Department of Aerodromes.
DUNEDIN
KEVIN JOHN DOBSON
The Du~ edin Branch of th e O ld Boys ' Association continues to flo uris h ~~ a changt~g student pop ul at ion. Th e Annual Reunion was held at Th e Stables on 15th Jun e, tak ing the form of a dinner with a " gettogether" afterwards.
As the result of a motor accident Kevin John Dobson was tragically killed on August 24th. He died in the Palmerston North Hospital. He was aged 30. To his parents a nd brother and sisters we extend our most si ncere sy mpathy.
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Those present incl~ded the retiring Pres id ent, lan Ross, and Denis Woodwa.'d, both m the~e fina l year of the Dentistry cou rse; John Burford, Paul Chtcken and Wayn e lnnes comp leted the Denta l contingent. . Keith Way was e lected President for the year . Togethe r w ith Matt Ttzard ~ nd B~yd Webster he is in the fourth year of the Medica l course. Ot~ e r Meds _Present , were Mike Croxson (th ird year and Paul Simcock, Ketth Carey-Smtth, Davtd Loten . Mike Snowden, Colin McCieod and Jony Ruakere (second yea rs). ' Representatives from the ma in ' Varstty Bl ock were Barry Si mons (completing his Mining deg ree this yea r), Rick Cavaney (domg a B.Sc m Geology), Medtcal Inte rmed iate stu de nts Paul Demysey, Dennis Horne a nCJ Peter Honeyfield, and Mining Inte rm ediate students Glenn Rush and Rex Bosson .. Als~ present we:e Colin Dingle a firs t yea r Ph ys iothe rapy student) and Phd Phtlltps, who IS workmg in the Dun edin b ranch of th e N.Z. Shtppmg Co. Wade Lawson is doing Dentistry. This yea r we we re p leased to welcome back seve ra l o lder O ld Bo ys At the reu nton w:re Dr. Roy McGiven, a lecturer in the Pathology Depart: ment at the Medtcal School, and Bill Bussel, who is comp leting a Ph D degree at the Bota ny Depa rtm ent. Also in Dun ed in are Mr J D w·1i· . 1 S· M., th e lo ca l M · t · · ts, . . ag ts ra:e, an d Dr. lan McPherson, Medical· Registrar at Dun ed tn Hosp ttal.
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REGINALD GORDON HOWELL Well-know:n as a solicitor, sportsman and administrator, Mr. Reginald· Gordon Howell died at his home in New Plymouth on October 19th . He was 62 . After his educaticn at School he joined a legal firm in New Plymouth in 1924, In 1926 he was admitted to the Bar. Four years later he was made a partnet' and :n 1948 he became a full principal. He won respect as an expert on Maori affairs and declined an offer to become a Maori land Court Judge. He served in the Taranaki District l aw Society's Council for many y-.ars . As a player and administrator Mr. Howell was associated with the New Plymouth Old Boys' Rugby Club, Westown Golf Club and West End Bowling Club. For over twenty years he was secretary of the Kawaroa Foreshore Beautifying Society. He was keenly interested in life-saving, being mainly connected with th e Old Boys' Surf Club, and serving on different committees. Mr . Howell was one of the first thre e judges appointed by the N.Z . Surf life-Saving Association. In 1925 and 1926 he captained the Taranaki Surf team in the Nelson Shield competition. He had been chairman of the Flannagan Trust Committee since its inception . To his wife and daughters we extend our most sincere sympathy .
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