From left: Ros Buddo, Sue Fox-Warren, Leonie Greville, Ros Harker, Jan King, Marilyn Belcher, Sal Cunningham, Jay Jones, Julie Peterson
Old Girls’ News
Hawkes Bay Old Girls We “Wider Hawkes Bay” Old Girls had a gathering on
grandchildren visiting, so winter seems to be an ideal
the 4 Dec 2021 at Oak Estate Winery, which followed
time.
the many requests of Old Girls attending the successful winter cocktail party. This had been held in Havelock North in 2021, and organised by the Old Girls Association. Invitees included those from Gisborne as usual and also those in Taupo and Dannevirke and even further South.
Well done to all who made it to the long lunch at Oak Estate. We thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality, food, wine and the entertainment provided by visitors and the beautiful residents. Kudos to Sal for coming from Taupo, and thanks to Marilyn for her chauffeuring three others including me. Congratulations to our
Before the Oak Estate lunch we updated the Hawkes
oldest OG who was proudly enjoying her 94 year-old
Bay Old Girls network as much as possible, and can
status – Ros Harker. I realise that December is a very
now get hold of 94 Old Girls in the Hawkes Bay region.
busy time so next year we will try get together in August,
One of the delights of spending time updating our
in Havelock village and mid-week as it seems to bring
list and organising an event was finding out what so
out more of us from our busy lives for a brief interlude.
many of our clever women are doing. The variety was amazing. Many younger ones are very busy doing other things, for example international show jumping, and we have a Deputy Principal, and a Principal, nursing, teaching, running a successful farm to plate business,
It was lovely to see the older as well as younger mingling and one common theme was interest in what everyone was doing and enjoyment of the occasion. Sue Fox-Warren
and parenting young ones as well as a few had
Our Sad Farewells #952A
Stephanie Whyte (Vincent)
100 years
#1673
Ruth Leslie (Collins)
93 years
#3823
Marilyn Batchelor (Morris)
72 years
#1869
Barbara Mehrtens (Cross)
91 years
#4520
Beverley Moore (Wallace)
66 years
#4596
Jean Letham (Henderson)
65 years
#1873
Diana Rutherford (Dickel)
93 years
#2049
Pippa Tait (Agar)
84 years
#3702
Janet Kingsbury (Scott)
74 years
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