Staff Clarke-Emerson. On 28th November 1953, Walter O. Clarke to Miss O. C. Emerson. SILVER WEDDING Hughes-Sorsbie. On 8th August, 1928, Norman Hughes to Jean Sorsbie. R.I.P. Floyd. On i6th April 1954, Margaret Floyd (Griffith) after a long illness. Hand. In September 1953, Amy Elizabeth Hand, aged 85. (Amy Hand was one of the first pupils of St. Mary's. She trained at Salisbury and before she retired was Headmistress of Bincombe, Dorset C. of E. School.) Porteous. On yth October 1953, very suddenly in Singapore, Lois Mary (Roome) aged 36, wife of Major P. A. Porteous, V.C., R.A. and mother of Robin and Charmian. Robertson. On 7th September 1953, in New Jersey, Beridge Ruth Robertson (Mallory), M.D. aged 3 5, wife of David A. Robertson and mother of Anna, Susan and Allen. Troutbeck. On ist April 1954, suddenly in Germany, Mary Katherine Troutbeck, aged 27. Whitehead. On 25th September, 1953 Isabel Frances Whitehead, a daughter of Canon Duncan, a founder of the School. We were very sad to hear of the deaths of Lois Porteous and Beridge Robertson and should like to express our sympathy with their husbands and children. After leaving School, Beridge graduated at Cambridge and then studied medicine at Yale and Columbia Universities and after which she was engaged in medical research and the practice of pediatrics. She had had a distinguished career. We should also like to express our sympathy with Clare, and Mary Troutbeck's parents, on their very sad loss.
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