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ST. MARY'S SCHOOL CALNE NEWS SHEET

NUMBER 43

OCTOBER 1958


ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, CALNE NEWS SHEET NUMBER 43

OCTOBER 1958

EDITORIAL

The past year has seen further alterations in the school buildings. The joining of Cur2on House, with its sleeping accommodation for sixteen, to Saint Cecilia's, means that St. Faith's is no longer used as an "out-house." During the summer holidays in 1957 a stone passage was built, joining the New Wing to Red Hall, which has been enlarged slightly as the old bath-rooms were replaced by others upstairs. In memory of Archdeacon Coulter, the Old Girls gave a pair of oak arm-chairs which now stand in Red Hall. For the third time the Old Girls' Reunion was held in June, while the Upper Fifth and Sixths were here. A great number of Old Girls were able to come, and we thought the week-end, which was beautifully hot and sunny, was a great success. In spite of an epidemic of 'flu in the Autumn Term, and German measles and mumps in the Spring Term, as a result of which we were sent home five days early, the year has been full of varied and interesting activities. ROBINA LIGHT.


THE GOVERNORS,

The Honourable Eleanor Plumer (Chairman). Sir Edmund Compton, K.B.E., C.B. J. A. Keevil, Esq. Miss G. Kirby. S. Lloyd, Esq. (Chairman, Finance Committee). Mrs. Maclean. A. A. Martineau, Esq. The Rev. W. D. O'Hanlon. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. H. H. West, Esq. Everyone was delighted to find, last Autumn, that Miss Plumer had made a wonderful recovery after her accident. She has visited the school regularly and, as usual, has been tremendously stimulating. We should like to congratulate Sir Edmund Compton very warmly on his appointment as Comptroller and Auditor-General. A Garden Committee has been formed. Mr. Keevil and Mr. West are members and they have drawn up a much-needed scheme for future development which we hope gradually to be able to put into effect. We thank all the Governors very much for their very kind interest in the school's welfare. I know that the school always looks forward to seeing the Governors here. We are very sad to have to record that Mr. Gough announced at the last Governors' Meeting that he felt he must retire from his office of Clerk to the Governors. We are profoundly grateful to him for his many years of service to the school and we are so glad that he is still living near us and hope to see him here very often. Miss Shepherd is taking over Mr. Cough's work as Secretary to the School. E.M.G.


THE CONFIRMATION The Confirmation Service was taken by the Bishop of Salisbury on December ist, in the Parish Church. The following were confirmed:— Margaret Agutter Prudence Angus Judith Barnard Jane Baron Alison Bartholomew Celia Beale Margaret Brooke Susan Butterfield Cecilia Chappel Penelope Chorley Katherine Costley-White Karen de Chassiron Helen Dunn Delia Dunsterville Gay Goodman Nicola Green Helen Gresford Jones Janice Hardie Penelope Harrison Smith Paula Herring Alice Higginbotham

Rosemary Hill Carla Hill-Norton Angela Hillyard Anne Hordern Caroline Hunt Sarah James Jane Keevil Alison Kennedy Susan Mitchell Charlotte More Elizabeth Norman Jillian Pask-Hughes Jane Richardson Judith Russell Penelope Sabben-Clare Elizabeth Saunders Carole Seymour-Jones Kari Sheppard Catherine Trevelyan Griselda Williams

A hundred and sixty-three relations and friends were present and signed the register. CHAPEL SERVICES We are very grateful to those who have taken Services or preached during the year:— The Rev. J. B. Girling, the Rev. W. D. O'Hanlon, the Rev. M. Curragh, Mr. G. A. Goodban, the Rev. S. Evans, Canon Blair, the Rev. P. Yerburgh. HEALTH FESTIVAL We should like to thank all those who sent gifts to the Health Festival. The gifts were very much appreciated by the U.G.S.


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THE STAFF It happens that this year we have had an unusually large number of changes on the Staff. In September we were glad to welcome Miss Munday, who came to take charge of the French department for one year; Miss Mooney to teach Crafts, Dressmaking and Cookery; Miss Moore to help with the Music; and Miss Bradshaw and Miss Pickard as Assistant Cooks.


In December we were sorry to have to say good-bye to Mrs. Hughes, who left after 4 terms, to join her husband; and to Miss Mundlak, after 7 terms. In January we were pleased to welcome Mrs. Stables, who comes over from Bath daily to help with the French, and Mrs. Cousins, to teach the violin. Miss Whitby, having married in the Easter holidays, returned in May for one term, as Mrs. Pestell. We were sorry that Dr. Rose found that he was too busy to continue to come over from Oxford to act as our Music Director after April, and we were glad to welcome Mr. Clifford Harker in his place in May. At the end of the Summer Term, therefore, we had to say goodbye to Miss Munday, and Mrs. Pestell, who had been here 3 years. We were also very sorry to lose Miss Lancaster, who is going next term as a House Mistress to St. Swithun's School, Winchester, after 7 years at St. Mary's; Miss Woolliams, after 3 years; Mrs. Richardson, after 2 years; Mrs. Cousins, after 2 terms; and Mrs. Godfrey, who is going with her family to New Zealand, after 5 terms. THE STAFF—July 1958 RESIDENT : Miss Thouless (Senior Mistress), English and German Miss Barkley, Physical Training Miss Bowyer, Mathematics Miss Devenish, St. Margaret's Miss Dunn, Piano Mrs. Godfrey, Science Miss Gosney, St. Margaret's Miss Goulstone, Music Miss Lancaster, English Miss Matthews, St. Margaret's Miss Mooney, Crafts, etc. Miss Moore, Music Miss Munday, French Miss Nesbitt, Music Mrs. Pestell, Geography Mrs. Stables, French Miss Stallard, Mathematics Miss Stannard, Art Miss Stedmond, History Miss Tredennick, Classics Miss Windsor-Aubrey, Science Miss Wood, Classics Miss Woolliams, Physical Education Mrs. Allin (Sister-in-Charge), Sanatorium Miss Bradshaw, Cook Mrs. Hart, Secretary Miss Jackson, Caterer Miss Pickard, Cook

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Miss Platt, Assistant Matron Mrs. Richardson, Matron Miss Shepherd, Accounts Secretary Mrs. Vines, Assistant, Sanatorium Miss Weetman, Housekeeper VISITING STAFF : Mr. Clifford Harker, Director of Music Miss Bowlby, 'Cello Mrs. Cousins, Violin Mr. Palmer, Flute Mr. Walthew, Clarionet

SCHOOL LIST—July 1958 UPPER SIXTH Robina Light* (i) Sarah Crawford* Honor Brooke* Jane Davies*

Lindsay Errington* (2) Annette Fisher* Anne Higson*

Elizabeth Moir* Marion Pennant* Dilly Wharton*

Anne Crawford Vaila Dalby Felicity Dicker Alison Finch Susan Goodman Ann Harland lona Harvie Clark (4) Nicolette Hopkinson Vicky Light (i) Susan McCully (5)

Clarissa Melville Ruth Mitchell Rosemary Peile Mary Randolph Jenny Rice Philippa Rodale (6) Judy Summ Margaret West Susan Wood Judy Wright

SIXTH Miss Thouless Angela Benham Caroline Bewick Diana Brocklebank Caroline Bullick (5) Elizabeth Bunting Anne Cameron Elisabeth Casement Susan Cherry Gillian Cole Nicola Connolly

UPPER FIFTH EAST Miss Stedmond Margaret Agutter Celia Beale Kay Costley-White Bente de la Cour Gay Goodman Rosemary Hill Anne Hordern

Sarah James Wendy Laughlin Ruth Lloyd Janet Malins (7) Phyllida Nicholson Elizabeth Norman Juliet Pearson

Sarah Priest Jane Richardson Elizabeth Saunders Anne Smellie Josephine Till Susan Walsham Jame Wootton

UPPER FIFTH WEST Miss Bowyer Judith Barnard Margaret Brooke Susan Butterfield Cecilia Chappel Karen de Chassiron

Christian Duff Delia Dunsterville Angela Hillyard Caroline Hunt Alison Kennedy

Josie Kessler Carol Maundrell (8) Charlotte Roper Griselda Williams Angela Wood


LOWER FIFTH EAST Miss Wood Karen Balfour Morwenna Brewer Sarah Butler Anne Carter Penelope Chorley Anna Collingwood Faith Compton Philippa Finch Louise Findeison

Susan Frost Susan Guest Rosemary Harris (9) Penelope Harrison-Smith Fiona Mulligan Lucy Moir Charlotte More Jillian Pask-Hughes

Susan Pearson Carole Seymour-Jones Kari Sheppard Rosemary Stanley Kate Trevelyan Celia Voelcker Julia West Elizabeth Wrangham

LOWER FIFTH WEST Miss Stallard Prue Angus Jane Baron Alison Bartholomew Vivien Bellamy Patricia Bowtell Susan Brennan Ann Bunney Sally Corry Sarah Courtauld

Janice Hardie Paula Herring Alice Higginbotham Carla Hill-Norton Marcia Holbrow Bridget Janes Clare Jensen Jane Keevil

UPPER FOURTH EAST Miss Goulsrone Helena Cowgill (10) Veronica Bardswell Helen Dunn Elizabeth Barratt Sally Duveen (n) Lindsay Bartholomew Diana Finch Caroline Carr Hope Leather Virginia Clapham

Susan Mitchell Monica Moore Jennnifer Pickford Madeleine Reed Judy Russell Penelope Sabben-Clare Jill Sevenoaks Rachel Woods

Susan Lloyd Ursula Motley Andrei Smith Susan Woodward

UPPER FOURTH WEST Miss Tredennick Lucinda Carling Susan Casement Jennifer Cole Tessa Dawson Penelope Ford^ (12) Nicola Green (13) Helen Gresford Jones

Caroline Proby Sally Hazell Hilary Hordern Sally Richards Jane Jones Barbara Smellie Juliet Le Fanu Patty Stanton Rosalind Whinney (15) Susan Moore Angela Newton Dunn (14) Mary Wright

LOWER FOURTH WEST Mrs. Pestell Sheila Jamieson Gillian Bowtell Catherine Mann Carolyn Fison Christine Phillimore Philippa Good Sarah Proby Juliet Goodhart Jane Henderson Rosemary Saunders LOWER FOURTH EAST Miss Lancaster Lucy Gardner (16) Frances Baker Katharine Garvey Sheila Bullic'i (3) Sarah Haywood Caroline Finch Pippa Herring Rosemary Fison Celia Jenkins Christine Forrest

Susan Still Elizabeth Syms Marilyn Winther

Susan Labouchere Carola Marnham Philippa Stratton Susan Vaughan Susan Wort

ST. MARGARET'S UPPER THIRD Miss Gosney Belinda Godfrey Margaret Heath

Evelyn Smith Mary Anne Southby

Jean Tyler Phoebe Whittle


MIDDLE THIRD Judith Clark Mollie Cook Dorothy Hosburn

Jane Reed Janet Rivett Belinda Whittle

Mary Jane Wilson Carol Wiltshire

Gillian Godwin Susan Hudson Charlotte Mere

Celia Springate Rosemary Stephens Lorna Williams

LOWER THIRD Anne Blackfprd Victoria Brain Rachel Godfrey

UPPER SECOND Miss Matthews Hilary Atwell Sarah Bailey Barbara Bridges MIDDLE

Susan Clark Georgina Fitzmaurice Jane Lawson

Nicola Moody Judith Wilson Susan Wiltshire

Lisabeth Moody Karen Phillips

Suzette Stephens Philippa Witcomb

Emma Knowles

Jane Reeve

SECOND

Jennifer Godwin Averina Knowles LOWER SECOND Jean George Diana Godfrey

FIRST FORM Miss Devenish Wendy Blackford Nicola Clements Adrian Cole

Charles Knowles Susan Maundrell Sylvia Smith

Zoe Wilson Sharon Woodley

Victoria Evans Vivien Gough Martin Hudson Susan Jeffes

Charles Phillips Simon Reeve David Wiltshire

KINDERGARTEN Jill Bailey Anne Chamberlain Nicola Clements Mervyn Cole

* Denotes School Prefect Honor Brooke will be Head Girl next term and Sarah Crawford, Second Head Girl. (1) Daughters of Audrey Light (Westaway) (2) Daughter of Reine Errington (Macaulay) (5) Daughters of Barbara Bullick (Ridley) (4) Daughter of Sheila Harvie Clark (Lunt) (5) Daughter of Honor Elliott (Ward) (6) Daughter of Sally Rodale (Betty) (7) Daughter of Joanna Malins (Hughes) (8) Daughter of Enid Maundrell (Thomas) (9) Daughter of Mrs. Harris (Snell) (10) Daughter of Margaret Cowgill (Ogle) (i i) Daughter of Eileen Duveen (Gowers) (iz) Daughter of Pamela Forde (Robinson) (13) Daughter of Peggie Green (Beale) (14) Daughter of Barbara Newton Dunn (Brooke) (i 5) Daughter of Nora Slade Powell (Reed) (16) Daughter of Sheila Gardner (Ferguson)


EXAMINATION SUCCESSES OLD GIRLS University of Oxford Honours School of Modern History, Class III Julia Spencer Barnard St. Anne's College, Abbott Scholarship. M. Groves University of Bristol B.A. Geography. C. Gibson Diploma in Education. M. Gough University of St. Andrews Vacancy. C. Caulfeild Trinity College, Dublin B.Sc. Hons. Class II.

S. Fox

Froebel Institute. Mary Bennett Prize. A.R.C.M. P. Higginbotham (Teacher's) A. Lloyd A.R.C.M. (Performer's) A. Lloyd PRESENT GIRLS University of Oxford Lady Margaret Hall. St. Hilda's College. St. Anne's College.

Vacancy. Classics. Vacancy. Classics.

S. Prideaux A. Martineau (Left July 1957). Vacancy. Mathematics. G. Keen (Left July 1957). Vacancy. Zoology. E. Leuchars

University of London Westfield College.

Vacancy. Modern Languages. D. Griffith-Jones

University of St. Andrews

Vacancy.

E. Macfadyen

Royal Academy of Music

Vacancy. Flute and Piano.

General Certificate of Education 1957 Advanced Level M. Aylen, Greek. S. Blair. Latin, French (Distinction). D. Griffith-Jones. Latin, French. G. Keen. Mathematics (Scholarship), Physics. C. Le Fanu, Latin, French. E. Leuchars. Chemistry (Distinction), Zoology. E. Macfadyen. Latin, English. S. Mackenzie-Grieve. Music. A. Patmore. Art. M. Stallard-Penoyre. Latin, English.

C. Melville


Ordinary Level—July C. Le Fanu (i)* A. Benham (6) D. Brocklebank (7) S. Cherry (5) G. Cole (8) P. Crawford (7) J. Davies (i)* C. Davis (4) F. Dicker (i) A. Finch (8) A. Fisher (i)« A. Harland (8) R. Henderson (6) V. Light (4) S. McCully (8) C. Melville (7) J. Miller (2)* R. Mitchell (8) E. Moir (i)* R. Peile (7) G. Pemberton (2)* M. Pennant (i)* J. Rice (7)

C. Robbins (7) P. Rodale (8) J. Summ (7) S. Welchman (8) S. Beale (7) C. Bewick (6) C. Bullick (5) E. Bunting (8) A. Cameron (8) E. Casement (7) N. Connolly (o) V. Dalby (8) S. Goodman (6) I. Harvie Clark (5) N. Hopkinson (8) M. Randolph (5) J. Roberts (7) S. Rowe (4) J. Swann (6) M. West (8) S. Wood (i) J. Wright (i) Ordinary Level—December

C. Bullick (i)» M. Randolph (i) C. Davis (i) J. Roberts (i)* F. Dicker (2)* S. Rowe (i) R. Henderson (i)* S. Wood (i)» V. Light (2) The number in brackets shows number of passes. * Shows subject added to previous General Certificate. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Grade VIII

Piano.

Grade VII. Grade VI. Grade V.

Flute. Piano. Piano.

Grade V.

'Cello.

Distinction. C. Melville. Pass with Merit. S. Cherry. Distinction. C. Melville. Pass with Merit. J. Malins. Distinction. P. Harrison-Smith. Pass with Merit. P. Chorley. J. Pask-Hughes Pass. J. Till Pass with Merit. S. Woodward. General Knowledge Results 1958

Senior:

i. C. More. L. Errington. Junior, i. R. Fison S. Still. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Mann. 2.

School Entrance Scholarship 1958 S. Briant.


MUSIC OF THE YEAR 1957

Sept. 27th. Novv 16th. Dec. lyth. 1958 Feb. 21st. Mar. 15th. May I5th. June 6th.

Recital: Frederick Grinke (violin), ace. Eric Harrison. Music Festival. Conductor, Dr. Reginald Jacques. Carol Service. Recital: Florence Hooten ('cello), ace. John Streets. Brahm's "Requiem" at Marlborough. Recital: John Carol Case (baritone), ace. John Streets. Bath Assembly.

We have been very lucky this year in having very good and enjoyable concerts. We were fortunate to have Dr. Bernard here from Magdalen College, Oxford, to teach us singing for two terms. He unfortunately had to leave us at the end of the Spring Term, but we are glad to welcome Mr. Clifford Harker from Bristol Cathedral to continue his work. Dr. Jacques came once more to conduct the Musical Festival and we were all glad to see him again. We sang Brahms' " Liebesliede" Waltzes and three Madrigals, and the Juniors a selection of songs by contemporary composers. The Orchestra played some pieces, including two movements of a Bach Suite for flute and orchestra. Earlier in the term we had a good recital by Frederick Grinke and Eric Harrison. We were interested to hear that Mr. Grinke was using a Stradivarius violin. Once more we held our annual Carol Service at the Parish Church and we sang several part carols as well at the conventional ones. In the Spring Term we had a most enjoyable recital by Florence Hooten, who was accompanied by John Streets. Miss Hooten showed the school her 'cello which has an interesting history. Among other things, they played Saint-Saens' well-known "Le Cygne." John Carol Case was also accompanied by John Streets when he came again to sing for us on Ascension Day. We were glad to see him again, and this time he gave us an instructional recital showing the development of British song. This year in our concert with Marlborough, we sang the Brahms Requiem; it was a wonderful experience for us all. We went over there for several rehearsals beforehand and saw some old and present members of the Music Staff playing in the Orchestra. In the first half of the concert, Margaret Whipp sang Mozart's "Exultate Jubilate," for soprano and orchestra; Miss Whipp and Francis Loring (baritone) were the soloists in The Requiem. ii


Parties from the Sixths and Upper Fifths were extremely lucky in going to the Bath Assembly in June. Those of us who went to the Concert at the Abbey, heard Yehudi and Hephzibah Menuhin playing three Sonatas. It was a marvellous occasion to hear the famous Menuhins playing together. We are now proud possessors of two kettle-drums, which we obtained in the Spring Term; they give us many laughs in orchestra rehearsals. We should like to thank those who arranged these enjoyable concerts in the past year; they have been much appreciated by everyone. CLARISSE MELVILLE SUSAN CHERRY

DRAMA Form. Shakespeare : First. Macbeth. Lower VI West. Second. Merry Wives of Windsor. Lower VI East. Much Ado About Nothing. Lower V East. January zjth. Good Friday by John Masefield, and a Cornish Resurrection play, The Three Maries in the Parish Church. March 4th. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme performed by La Troupe Frangaise. June zyth. Twelfth Night, at Westonbirt. Play Reading: The Cocktail Party. T. S. Eliot. Pygmalion. G. B. Shaw. The Devil to Pay. D. Sayers. June 2 8th. Scenes from The Tempest. The standard of this year's Form Shakespeare was not quite as high as it might have been but perhaps that was owing to our 'flu epidemic. However, the first prize, which went to the Lower VI, was well deserved. This performance was characterized by thoughtful and sympathetic acting, especially by Victoria Light in the role of Macbeth, nobly supported by Ruth Mitchell as his wife. The two comedies which stood second were in a quite different class, but nevertheless were highly entertaining. There were no company plays this Spring, the unfortunate result Of two further epidemics, German measles and mumps. However, the Play-reading Society has nourished in the studio. For individual forms there was also the performance of Moliere's Bourgeois Gentilhomme, at Swindon, and the open-air performance of Twelfth Night, at Westonbirt, which gave us a taste of varieties of plays and acting. This year the Calne Church Players produced two


very interesting dramas. The moving theme of Good Friday resolved itself before the Holy Sepulchre on Easter morning in The Three Maries. Shakespeare is always an exacting test of the abilities of girl actors, owing to the preponderance of male parts. The choice of one of his plays for Founder's Day was nevertheless fully justified by this production of The Tempest. Much hard work had obviously been put into it and the magnificent costumes gave the villains a truly Renaissance appearance, while the songs, masque and scenery were charming. L. ERRINGTON and D. WHARTON.

THE GREEK PLAY Two parties of the Sixth Form and everybody else who learns Greek went to see the Agamemnon performed at Bradfield College this summer. Those who went in the evening were more lucky with the weather than the others, who went to an afternoon performance and had some rain towards the end. However, the wonderful natural setting of the theatre fully made up for this. The actors were all excellent, and the chorus especially stately and impressive. Every word could be clearly heard. In spite of the fact that few of us could follow the text, let alone understand it, everybody enjoyed the pky very much. We are most grateful to Miss Wood and Miss Tredennick for arranging the expeditions. S. CRAWFORD.

"TWELFTH NIGHT" AT WESTONBIRT We, the Upper Fourth, had the great good fortune of being invited over to Westonbirt on June iyth to see thek production of Twelfth Night. The play was acted on the soft green grass of Westonbirt's out-door stage. The surrounding shrubbery was very natural scenery, and, especially in the box-tree scene, was very cleverly used. The music was played with vigour, and added to the spirit of the play. The clothes were traditional Elizabethan style, and the grouping of the whole play was very well thought out, especially in the box-tree scene. The words were clear and audible, except when the occasional aeroplane flew overhead. The whole pky was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, and the tea went down very well indeed ! HELENA COWGILL.


LECTURES, 1957-1958 Sept. zSth. Two lectures on Commonwealth Affairs at Malmesbury. Oct. 4th. Miss Snow, of the S.P.G., on her Primary School in India. Nov. i st. Rektor Peter Hammersberg of Stockholm University. Nov. yth. L. A. G. Strong on "Modern Poetry." Nov. zoth. Mr. John Barlee on "'The Royal Navy's Expedition to Iceland." Feb. 8th. Miss Waite on the U.G.S. Feb. loth. Squadron Officer Turier on the W.R.A.F. Feb. i6th. Dr. Foster on "The Work of the C.M.S. in Nigeria." Mar. 3rd. Mrs. West on " Wild Flowers." Mar. 18th. Mr. Eric Hosking on " Wild Spain." Mar. 21 st. A. Carter (le Mesurier) on "Historical Research." May 8th. Canon Heaton on "Television and the Church." May i6th. Miss Pearce on "The Ockenden Venture." July 6th. Miss Kinder on the "Work of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta." This year we have been lucky enough to have far more lectures than is usual, and we are very grateful to those who have arranged them for us. On the first Saturday of the Autumn Term the VI Forms went to Malmesbury to take part in a debate on Commonwealth Affairs organised by the Chippenham Young Conservatives. We listened to two speakers first, one of whom was Mr. Pitman, M.P. for Bath, and then the Marquess of Lansdowne presided over an open forum. Mrs. Elspeth Huxley was also there, and we had an excellent chance to hear all sides of the argument. During the year we have had representatives of the S.P.G., C.M.S., and U.G.S., to tell us more about their work, which we feel we can never know enough about. Miss Snow of the S.P.G. showed a film strip to the Juniors on her Primary School in India. Miss Waite gave two talks on the U.G.S. to the Seniors and the Juniors, and we were pleased to hear that several Old Girls are working at the Settlement. L. A. G. Strong visited us again in the Autumn when he spoke on "Modern Poetry," which he excellently illustrated by reading some out loud to help us appreciate the varying styles. Mr. John Barlee, husband of an Old Girl, L. Barlee (Atlee), spoke to us on the Royal Navy's recent expedition to Iceland. He also showed us many very good slides he had taken. After the expedition to Sweden last year, we were particularly pleased to have Rektor Peter Hammersberg of Stockholm University 14


here with us. He spoke of life in Sweden and the differences between their education and ours. Perhaps the highlight of the year was the film on " Wild Spain" which Mr. Eric Hosking brought. In it there were some beautiful shots of wild birds, besides some highly entertaining ones of their various methods of catching and eating their prey. In the Spring, A. Carter (le Mesurier) spoke on "Historical Research," and Mrs. West, Julia's mother, talked to members of the Natural History Society on " Wild Flowers." There never seems to be much time in the Summer Term with so many extra activities, but we were privileged to hear Canon Heaton, of Salisbury Cathedral, talking about "Television and the Church" on which he is a recognized authority, for he is connected with the B.B.C.'s religious propaganda. We had supported the Ockenden Venture for the first time in the Spring Term, so we were glad that Miss Pearce was able to tell us about its origin, and plans for the future. H. BROOKE

ENTERTAINMENTS The School has been liberally entertained during the past year, and the VI forms in particular came in for more than their usual share of treats. In the Autumn Term they were invited to see a production of Macbeth by Marlborough College, in which Macbeth and Lady Macbeth acted outstandingly well. The performance furnished the winners of Form Shakespeare, with a number of good ideas. Shakespearean interest was further stimulated by listening to a recording of Hamlet with John Gielgud and the Old Vic Company, kindly lent by Miss Thouless. The play-reading society has been active recently, and during the course of the year has read T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party, Shaw's Pygmalion and Arms and the Man, The Devil to Pay by Dorothy Sayers, and Abraham Lincoln by John Drinkwater. The Calne Church Players reached a high standard this year in their performance of Masefield's Good Friday, and an unusual Cornish Resurrection play, The Three Maries. The Upper V, as well as the annual trip to Fry's, with its pleasant gastronomical associations, for those who learn Geography, went to see a performance of intimate opera at Chippenham Grammar School, which was a great success.

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Marlborough seems to figure rather prominently on the scene of entertainments. The VI forms have been to two of their " Ceilidhs" during the past year, at which we danced reels vigorously in the gymn, to die strains of a wailing gramophone, manfully trying to hold its own against the general uproar. On May 24th we invited them back here for similar exercise. They brought their extremely competent band with them, which livened up the evening considerably. We have had two films this year, Geordie at the Spring halfterm, and Henry V on the first day of the Summer Term, perhaps as an incentive to extra hard work. If so, it was certainly a very enticing one. Ascension Day celebrations were deferred for a week this year, so as to coincide with the VI Form's visit to the Commemoration Service in Salisbury Cathedral. Each form set out in a different bus, equipped with liberal picnics by Miss Jackson, and visited various stately homes or other beauty spots. The Sixth and Upper V were lucky enough to get tickets for the Bath Assembly. Those who did not go to the Menuhin Concert saw excerpts from various ballets, done by six principal ballerinas of the Royal Danish Ballet Company. We have also had a number of concerts, lectures and plays, and altogether it has been a most enjoyable year. N. HOPKINSON

THE yooTH ANNIVERSARY OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL A number of services were held to celebrate the yooth Anniversary of the Consecration of Salisbury Cathedral, and among these was one for the'schools of the Diocese. It was held a week after Ascension Day and the Sixth Forms went instead of going for an expedition after the General Knowledge Paper. The Service was in three parts, the commemoration and thanksgiving, the dedication, and the blessing of the schools. After a fanfare on the organ, the headmasters and headmistresses of the seventy schools present walked in slow procession up the Nave, followed by the head boys and head girls. After several hymns and anthems sung by the choristers, and an address by the Bishop, a boy from Sherborne, the oldest school in the District, read the story of the founding of the Cathedral. The large number of people present helped to give an impressive atmosphere and made us realise the place we share with other schools in the Diocese. It was a really memorable occasion for us all. E. MOIR and M. PENNANT

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EXPEDITION TO SWEDEN, 1957 We were fortunate to be invited to Sweden again last year. Miss Berkley and Miss Matthews took a party of eight over for three weeks of the summer holidays. The object was the same as the previous year: to give sixty Swedish girls some idea of life in an English boardingschool. As before, we stayed at Sigtuna, just north of Stockholm on Lake Nataren, and we had two Swedish students to help run the course, one of whom is going again this year. A variety of Company competitions kept them all busy when they were not having English lessons, and the introduction of a Company swimming competition was particularly successful. Even the most timid were finally persuaded to brave the terrifying jump of five metres from the top board to gain five points for their Company. Poole eventually won this, but Moberly won the Rounders and Edmund Rich, the Sports—so there could be no ill-feeling ! Betty Trevelyan collected a number of keen singers to make up a choir. Besides the usual folk songs they even managed to sing the alto part of "Now the Day is Over" in evening chapel. Their parents all seemed most impressed by their performance on Founders' Day, when Rektor Peter Hammersberg, the Swedish organiser, also paid us a visit. Better still was an extremely lively presentation of The King's Breakfast by A. A. Milne, and Miss Berkeley produced two short entertaining pkys acted by the Upper V. As before, Founders' Day marked the end of the fortnight's course and that evening we all left to spend a week with a family before flying home. The expedition was the greatest possible success, and we are so glad that Birgitta Danielson, with whom Jane Harland stayed, has spent the second half of this summer term with us at Calne. H. BROOKE, S. CRAWFORD and A. FISHER

O.G.A. REUNION The Old Girls' Reunion began in an atmosphere of nervous tension, but it seemed quickly and naturally to dissolve into one of happy informality. The school's attitude to the Old Girls began with thoughts—How will they have changed ? What will they be wearing ? and above all, What shall we do with them ? We were all immensely relieved and glad to see that the Old Girls did not seem to need entertaining; in fact, it was we who were entertained by them. We were honoured to have with us our distinguished chairman, who, we felt sure, would inform us of the most intimate habits of Royalty, having recently had the honour of having a member of the Royal Family under her care. 17


One thing that impressed the school very much was the really increased volume of the singing in chapel. Having long ago been resigned to our own puny efforts, it was very refreshing to hear the tremendous body of sound that filled the chapel. A suggestion was put forward by a distinguished member of the Old Girls that a portrait should be done of Miss Gibbins. This idea the school hailed with enthusiasm, but Miss Gibbins, with becoming modesty, did not seem to welcome the suggestion. We all hope fervently that the idea will materialise despite Miss Gibbins' disapproval. Although it seems incongrous to speak of the weather, it really was lovely, and brightened all the proceedings tremendously. The tennis tournament on Saturday afternoon was played in brilliant sunshine so that we were all gasping by the end, and the sight of Miss Jackson's unsurpassed tea was very refreshing and the eating of it even more so. Miss Jackson certainly provided us with magnificent fare during the week-end and I am sure the Old Girls must have come away with a very favourable impression of school meals. The concert on Saturday evening ended with a hilarious rendering of the "Toy Sympathy". Many took part, regardless of whether they had ever played a musical instrument or not. The Old Girls were rather diffident as regards individual performances but two people managed to pluck up enough courage to perform and they put the school to shame. Although we had been looking forward to the O.G.A. Reunion with certain misgivings, it turned out to be a great success from our point of view, and we hope that the Old Girls enjoyed it as much as we did. FORM VI. THE LIBRARY We have, once more, added over two hundred books to the library during the past year. We are most grateful to the many people who have given books so generously. The " signing-out " book suggests that the library is being used more and more. P.M.L. We cannot let this go to press without putting on record our deep gratitude to Miss Lancaster for all her work for the library; in particular, for her great labour in re-cataloguing it on the Dewey system. E.M.G. 18


NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Natural History Society has had a very good year, especially the last two terms in which we have met regularly although the weather has prevented us from making some of the expeditions that we had hoped to. We have been on many short outings and two longer ones, on which we took supper. Next term we hope to have an all-day expedition to the Severn Wild Fowl Trust. The number of members has increased and this term we had a subscription which will go towards the binoculars we hope to buy sometime next year. In the Spring, Mrs. West very kindly came and lectured on Alpine flowers, which was extremely interesting. We should like to thank her very much indeed, also Miss Aubrey for arranging expeditions, Miss Thouless for her support and encouragement and Miss Jackson for providing such wonderful suppers. CHRISTIAN DUFF.

GAMES Autumn 1957—Summer 1958. Despite mild attacks of 'flu in the autumn and epidemics and bad weather in the spring, surprisingly few matches had to be cancelled. The first lacrosse team practised hard, and a team, with only five of the original members in it, played well in the Schools' Tournament at Merton. The other seven were unable to play owing to an outbreak of German measles and mumps. This year the first tennis team played in the Aberdare Cup Tournament for Girls' Schools, and reached the second round after a decisive victory over Stonar and Marlborough Grammar School. Unfortunately we were then knocked out by Sherborne. There were about seventy candidates for the Bronze Medallion and the Award of Merit of the Royal Life Saving Society. The examiner commended the school on the high standard reached, so we now feel confident that, should the need arise, seventy people will leap fully clad into the swimming-pool, and come speedily to our rescue. We owe our thanks to Miss Barkley and Miss Woolliams, who have worked very hard for us throughout the year. We are very sorry to say good-bye to Miss Woolliams, whose position in the AllEngland Lacrosse team has made us aspire to great heights. ELIZABETH MOIR.


TEAMS ist XII. Lacrosse.

Swimming Team.

M. Randolph. J. Summ A. Fisher. * A. Cameron. S. Goodman. A. Harland. T. Roberts. J. Wright. J. Malins. S. McCully S. Walsham. 2H. S. Cherry. iH. Lacrosse colours. : Captains.

Crawl: A. Newton-Dunn. Breast Stroke : V. Light. Back Crawl: M. Pennant. Butterfly: S. Butterfiel'd. Medley Relay : A. Newton-Dunn. R. Light (Captain). M. Pennant. Crawl Relay : R. Mitchell. E. Bunting. J. Russell. Divers : S. Crawford. S. Cherry. E- Moir.

G.i P.: C.P.: jM.: L.D. R.D. C.: R.A. L.A.; 3-H

ist Tennis VI. ist Couple 2nd Couple 3rd Couple

E. Moir (Captain). J. Wright. S. Walsham H. Brooke N. Connolly. A. Cameron.

MATCH RESULTS Autumn Term 1957. Oct.

5th.

Oct.

igth.

Oct.

26th.

Nov. gth. Nov. 23rd. Nov. 3oth.

ist. XII v. St. Swithun's 2nd. XII v. St. Swithun's Senior XII v. Hall School Junior XII v. Hall School Under 15 XII v. Royal School Under 14 VII v. Royal School Under 13 VII v. Royal School ist. XII v. Newbury County School znd. XII v. Newbury County School Under 13 VII v. Newbury County School ist. XII v. Godolphin Under 15 v. Godolphin Under 13 v. Grittleton House VII ist. XII v. St. Mary's, Wantage Under 15 XII v. St. Mary's, Wantage 2nd XII Under 13 VII v. St. Mary's, Wantage

Away Away Home Home Away Away Away Away Away Away Home Home Home Home

Lost 5-9 Won 8-7 Won 7-2 Won n-o Lost 4-9 Lost 8-20 Lost 10-12 Lost 4-13 Won 5-2 Won 25-8 Lost 4-8 Won 15-13 Won 12-0

Home Home

Lost 4-6 Lost 10-15

Away Away Away Home Home Away Home Home

Won 13-1 Lost 5-6 Won 14-12 Drew 3-3 Won 8-6 Lost 7-8 Lost 6-12 Lost 5-7

Lost 2-12

Spring TeÂŤn 1958. Feb.

ist.

Feb.

15th.

March 8th. Mar. 22nd.

ist. XII v. St. Mary's, Wantage Under 15 XII v. Mary's, Wantage Under 13 VII v. St. Mary's, Wantage 2nd. XII v. Hall Schoool ist. XII IV Form v. Hall School ist. XII v. Royal School ist. XII v. Newbury County School 2nd. XII v. Newbury County School


Summer Term 1958 May

loth.

May

17th.

May

i yth.

ist. VI v. Royal School 2nd. VI v. Royal School jrd. VI v. Harris' Ladies Under 14 IX v. Royal School 2nd. VI v. Downe House Under 15 VI v. Downe House

Home Home Away Home Home Home

Lost 4-5 Lost 3-6 Lost 4-5 Lost 9-94 Won 5-4 Lost 4-5

Aberdare Cup Schools Tournament May joth. June 7th. June 21 st. July

jth.

July 12th.

July

i gth.

ist. Round : ist. VI v. Stonar and Marlborough G.S. Away 2nd. Round : ist. VI v. Sherborne Away ist. VI v. Newbury County School Away Under 15 VI v. Newbury County School Away Tournament with B. House Home ist. VI v. Hatherop Castle Home Under 15 VI. v. Hatherop Castle Home ist. Swimming Team v. Stonar Home St. Mary's won swimming events by 24 points to 10, and diving events by 82 points to 64 Tournament with Littlefield House ist. VI v. Westonbirt Away 2nd. VI v. Westonbirt Away ist. Swimming v. Westonbirt Away Under 15 Swimming v. Westonbirt Away ist. VI v. Malvern Away

Won 7-2 Won 8-1

Lost 2-7 Lost 2-5 Lost 2-16 Losti-i6J Lost 1-6 and 2 drawn Away Lost 1-7 and i drawn Away Won 5-3 i drawn Away Lost i pt to 15

2nd VI v. Malvern Under 15 VI v. Malvern Swimming v. Malvern Singles Senior Under 15 Under i;

Won 6-0 Lost 0-3 Won 6-3 Won 8-1

Judy Wright Rosemary Harris Philippa Good Company Roundets Won by Osmond Form Tennis Won by Upper VI

EVENING ON THE RIVER The dusk was gath'ring as we floated by; The willows rustled in the evening breeze I gazed above me at the darkening sky And at the lofty vaulting of the trees. The heavy scent of lilies filled the air And clusters of kburnum overhung The pathway leading to the water-stairs And fishing-craft, which I now moved among.


I drifted, hearing now the nightingale Raise her night song above the cares of men, Reaching some climax by th' ascending scale Of beauty, which our thoughts can ne'er attain. As 'neath us in the water clear I saw The fishes dart, I knew that now I longed To float for ever, and behold no more My fellows and the mundane world they thronged. L. FINDEISEN. Aged 14 yrs. z mths.

SUMMER In summer when the trees are green And the brook takes on a silver sheen, The pigeons cooing overhead Wake me early from my bed. When swifts are wheeling through the air. And children play without a care, At a Kentish farm the gypsy stops With his caravan, to pick the hops. Rare orchids on the downs are seen And others in the woodlands green, The summer evening closes late And an early owl calls to his mate. CELIA SPRINGATE. Age 9 yrs. 10 mths.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We thank the following Schools for copies of their School Magazines;— Sheiborne School for Girls; Queen Margaret's, Scarborough; The Royal School, Bath; Godolphin School; Westonbirt; Benenden School; the Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong; the Wellington Diocesan School for Girls, Nga Tawa; Leeds Girls' High School.

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OLD GIRLS' SUPPLEMENT O.G.A. Officers and Group Secretaries, July 1958 President: Miss Gibbins, St. Mary's School, Calne, Wilts. Vice-Presidents : Miss Alexander, Picardy Hotel, Meyrick Road, Bournemouth, Hants. Miss Thouless, St. Mary's School, Calne, Wilts. Miss Jennings, P.O. Box 201, Wahara, Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada. Mile. G. Antoine, Hot 19, Rue de la Corderie, Angouleme, Charente, France. Miss I. Martin, St. Anne's Mede, Chertsey, Surrey. Miss G. Beale, The Grey House, Minchinhampton, Glos. Chairman: G. Fleetwood-Jones, W.R.A.C. School of Instruction, Huron Camp, Hindhead, Surrey. Treasurer: M. Cowgill (Ogle), Hutton John, Dacre, Penrith, Cumberland. Secretary : R. Strode, Blue Spur, Chesham Bois, Bucks.

I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII.

Staff I : Miss L. Williams, 14 Eltisley Ave., Cambridge. Staff II: Miss Thouless, St. Mary's School, Calne, Wilts. R. Baker, 51 Church Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. K. Yerbury (Beach), n Ailsa Road, St. Margaret's, Middlesex. J. Blaxter (Hollis), Pathside, Frithesden Copse, Berkhamsted, Herts. L. Moore (Kirby), 24 Powys Avenue, Leicester. C. Morgan (Cobb), 5 Dry Hill Road, Tonbridge, Kent. E. McGowan (Minnis), Breckland, Strumpshaw Road, Brundall, Norwich. R. Amphlett, 45 Whiteknights Road, Reading, Berks. L. Knowles (Carleton), 9 St. Leonards Terrace, S.W.j. T. Mackarness (Tidman), 70 Heath Road, Petersfield, Hants. W. Willcox (Dallas Ross), Ridgemead, Shrubbs Hill Lane, Sunningdale, Berks. A. H. Smith (Plummer), St. Teresa, Amersham Road, Chesham Bois, Bucks. P. Chadwick, 54 Lennox Gardens, S.W.i. J. Strode (Burrell), 22 Hillgate Place, W.8. E. Wallis, Half-moon House, Topsham, Exeter, Devon. H. Robinson, Four Acres, Woodgates Lane, North Ferriby, E. Yorks. S. Newman (for R. Deuchar), The Old House, Westrop, Corsham., Wilts. J. Houghton, 12 Canterbury Road, Oxford. K. Slack (Hughes), Old Mitre Cottage, Repton, Derbyshire. F. Hort, 20 Avenue Rise, Bushey, Herts. J. Rotherham, Westbury, Penn, Bucks. P. Athorpe, Laployd Barton, Bridford, Dunsford, Exeter, Devon. R. Light, The Grange, Waltham St. Lawrence, Nr. Twyford, Berks. 23


LONDON REUNION 1959 There will be a Sherry Party at the United Societies Club, 22, Harrington Gardens, S.W.y from 6-7.30 p.m., on Wednesday, January yth, 1959. If you do not receive an invitation early in December, please let Miss A. Heawood know at 3, Holly Bush Hill, Hamstead, N.W-3 ; if you would like to come (by January ist). 35. 6d. will be collected from each member at the party. LETTER FROM MISS GIBBINS St. Mary's School, Calne, Wilts., July 25th, 1958. My dear Old Girls, It was lovely to see so many of you at the summer reunion. The school enjoyed having you tremendously and it has also been delightful to have so many individual visits, expected and unexpected. As you will see from the articles in this copy of the News Sheet, it has been a full and interesting year. I am sure it is a good thing for the school to have plenty of outside contacts and stimuli. We also, I am very glad to say, continue to provide a good deal of our own entertainment and I have been particularly pleased to this year by the foundation of a Chamber Music Club. I was very glad to see Miss Alexander when I was staying in Bournemouth after Christmas. Since then as I am sure many of you know, she has been having a very anxious time as her sister has been ill and has had to have an operation. I know that you will be so glad to hear that her sister is better. Mile. Antoine is a very regular correspondent and we are so glad to hear that she is happily settled in her flat in Angouleme. We all hope that she will soon come on a visit to England and make a long stay with us. We were all very sorry to hear at the Reunion that Gwen Kirby was resigning as Chairman of the Old Girls. We realize how very busy she is in her work at Great Ormond Street and are most grateful to her for all she has done. We are so glad that we shall still see her frequently as a Governor and hope that she will keep up her record of unbroken attendance at Reunions. We welcome Gwyneth FleetwoodJones as the new chairman and know that the Association is once again in excellent hands. Mr. Cough's resignation has been reported elsewhere, but I cannot let it pass without a more personal note. He has not only cared for our legal and business affairs but he has been a very great friend for very many years. He has been very kind and patient to me all the 24


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time I have been here and I personally feel a great debt of gratitude to him as I know all of you do. We are so glad that we are not really saying "Goodbye" at all and hope that he will come in frequently to see us as he has always done. Thank you very much for your very kind present in memory of Archdeacon Coulter. We have had two very dignified and pleasing oak arm-chairs made which loolc very well in the new part of the Red Hall. Finally, I do want to say how very glad we are to have news from so many of you. It is a real delight to read your postcards and letters. I know that many people feel, with justice, that the best part of this magazine is the News of Old Girls, compiled so well by Miss Thouless. With love and all good wishes, Yours affectionately, ELIZABETH M. GIBBINS. LETTER FROM O.G.A. CHAIRMAN W.R.A.C. School of Instruction Huron Camp, Hindhead, Surrey. Dear Old Girls, My first letter as Chairman of the Association must of necessity be brief, because, as a novice in the appointment I feel with Solomon that "I know not how to go out or come in." No doubt time 'will see an increase in wisdom, but at the moment I feel it presumptuous to attempt to step into Gwen's shoes. I know that you would like me, on your behalf, to thank Gwen for all her hard work during her tour as Chairman. It is with the greatest reluctance that we see her go, and we shall miss her wise guidance in the affairs of the O.G.A. more than a little. She will, however, still be about to keep an eye on the novice, for which the novice is more grateful than she can say. We had a most happy Reunion at St. Mary's in June. The sun exceeded all possible expectations, the food was beyond praise, our hostesses were most attentive, and Miss Gibbins, as usual, made us all more than welcome, and we felt that, though sadly a good deal older, we had, nevertheless, never really left. I hope that we shall see many of you at the London Reunion in January. GWYNETH FLEETWOOD-JONES. 25


LETTER FROM MISS ALEXANDER Fj, Pine Grange, Bath Road, Bournemouth. July 1958 My dear Old Girls, The time has come round once more for the News Sheet. I expect you are all looking forward to its coming. We are leaving Pine Grange on October 3151 and going to live at the Picardy Hotel, Meyrick Road. This place has changed hands and the new management is asking everyone to sign a three-years' lease and to buy all the furniture in the flat. We should not have minded that as the furniture is practically all our own but we do not want to sign a lease for three years. Another reason for going is that the restaurant has been closed. We cannot face always having to go out for meals or to provide for ourselves. I hope the new arrangement will work and that this will be our last upheaval. I hope you and your families are all well and happy. Come and see me if you are in this district. With my love, Yours affectionately, E. M. ALEXANDER. A CONGRESS OF STUDENTS 1958 will be remembered by many Anglicans as the year of the Lambeth Conference. ; to me it will also convey the words: "Life for the World'', the theme of the Student Christian Movement Congress in Edinburgh, Delegations came from more than twenty countries, from the "hills of the North" and "isles of the Southern Seas" ; and, although there were varying shades of opinion represented, there was a wonderful atmosphere of unity at the Congress. This was, I think, due largely to the fact that, united in purpose, we worshipped together every morning and evening, ending with an impressive service in St. Giles' Cathedral. It was also due, no doubt, to the informal talks we had with other members of our discussion groups at meals and at other times, such as getting ready for bed in the gym of the Y.M.C.A. I must add 26


that much of the success of the Congress was due to the hard work that had been going on in preparation for nearly two years; as can be imagined, it is no joke trying to find beds for 2,000 students in a small university town. Although we felt the words "One Church, one Faith, one Lord" to be true, our disunity was not ignored. It was not in order to display our pride in our own brands of Christianity that we separated for Communion on Sunday and for denominational meetings on one afternoon. We realised that no five-day Conference can eliminate these divisions; that only through a gradual growing together can Christ's prayer "that they may all be one', be fulfilled. Dr. Kathleen Bliss, speaking to the Anglican meeting, pointed out that we are apt to give our views without respecting the views of others; while the Bishop of Peterborough emphasized the danger of divisions about the conduct of worship within the church, and said that in many of our parishes " the Church possesses the key to the street, and generally uses it to lock herself in." One point that was continually stressed was that church members are themselves the Church, the Body of Christ. It is very easy to discuss wonderful reforms which could be made to church worship, the welfare state and international affairs. Fortunately, the leaders of groups discussing areas of the world and human activities were well aware of this, and frequently made us think of ways in which we can bring about changes, a much harder task ! It is true that people who go to church sometimes fail to see the relevance of Christianity to such problems as inflation or the educational system, and that there is prejudice towards other denominations; it is equally plain that it is for every person, not merely the Vicar, to face the situation in his own parish and do something about it. The Congress members have now returned to their own parishes, some to new parishes as recently-ordained priests. Others have returned to places hostile to Christianity, because it is associated with imperialism, or to lands in which a man spends his whole life in a struggle for existence. These especially need our prayers, for their task of preaching "Life for the World" is hard. JULIA MEDLYCOTT.

NEWS OF OLD GIRLS Owing to pressure of space, only fresh news is reported here. Marriages and Births which have been announced on the "news" postcards are recorded elsewhere in the News Sheet, but we should like to take the opportunity of expressing our congratulations here. 27


STAFF Mademoiselle Antoine. We have been very glad to have cheerful letters from Mademoiselle Antoine, who seems to have settled down happily in her new home. Miss BaskerviUe has been this year elected to one of twelve very charming little houses, built by Queen Adelaide in memory of King William IV for widows or dependants of naval officers. Miss Cridland wrote that she was going to the United States again this summer. Mrs. Fursdon (Miss Dickens) has been teaching at Maidenhead, while her husband was away in the British Cameroons and Sierra Leone as cartographer. They are now settled in their house above Marlow, and working hard in the garden. Mrs. Harris (Miss Snell) has been elected President-Chairman of the Keep Fit Association of England and Wales, and is enjoying visits to groups of factory girls, young mothers and old women who enjoy movement to music. She works closely with Eileen Fowler, who presents that sort of work on Television. Miss Hedley is still Head Mistress of Red Maids' School, Bristol. Mrs. Maw (Miss Colbert) represents the Association of Municipal Corporations on the National Foundation for Educational Research. This year she is President of Bath Standing Conference of Women's Organisations. Mrs. McKnight (Miss Goodrich) writes that she and her husband are both "retired', and live a very pleasant life in their lovely Thamesside village of Bray-on-Thames. Miss Tudor Jones is now Senior Music Mistress at Princess Helena College and is enjoying it very much Miss Wilmott is now House Mistress of the boarding-house attached to Christ's Hospital Girls' High School in Lincoln. OLD GIRLS Shirley Abbott (Smith) has been lucky enough to get a little thatched cottage about 3! miles outside Bedford, which they have modernized. Jennifer Addie (Hickie) was looking forward to flying to England in June for zยง months' leave. Barbara Allison (Skyrme) is still in Adelaide, S. Australia, where her husband is Manager of the Guided Weapons division of English Electric Co. Her daughter is working for Chambers Encyclopaedia in London, and her son for British Petroleum in Adelaide. Susan Andrews (Dibley) wrote that she was much enjoying living in Cambridge, Mass. She had visited Prue, Antony and Clare in Florida and was returning to England in June. Eleanor Ann (Fortescue-Brickdale) has been moving her family into a flat at Duffield. 28


Mary Arber is working in Oxford at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology and is finding it both instructive and amusing. She was hoping to spend August in the North of Spain. Penelope Althorpe is very much enjoying life at Somerville College, Oxford. Margarat Aylen is reading Sociology at Bedford College, London, and is finding life extraordinarily interesting. Elizabeth Bagley (Westaway) has had to move from the old rectory, in which they had lived for 12 years, to a " sensible " alternative, as the old house had to be demolished for a new by-pass road. Althea Bailey (Roberts). We were very sorry to hear that she had had much illness in the family during the winter, after her eldest child started school last September. We hope they have all kept well since. Mary Baker is now taking a small Sunday School class, taking her turn with cleaning the church brass, and during the summer she has been helping in Guildford Cathedral, selling guides and "bricks." Cicely Baker has had to find a new home as the friend with whom she was living has moved to Devonshire. She has found an upstairs flat in an old farmhouse near her old home, so she has been able to keep on her work at St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey. Clare Barclay (Troutbeck) writes that her plans are very uncertain. They expected to be posted abroad next year but were having to leave their house in Horsham in July, as their leave expires then. Bridget Barker is working as a shorthand typist with the C.M.S. R. M. Bazett (Thatcher) is very busy with two small daughters. We were very sorry to hear that her younger daughter is partially deaf as a result of an illness last September and hope that she will be successful in surmounting this handicap in time to start school. Elisabeth Bell (Willink) writes that they have bought a beautiful house on the edge of Cambridge, and the School was to reopen there in July, with much more space—both house and grounds. Marni Beloe left England last October on a long round of visits to the Far East and eventually Australia. She was expecting to be home again in the late summer. Joan Bennett (Weller), after spending six months in Malta is now back in Bath with her children. Her husband's ship is with the Home Fleet until the autumn. Gillian Bibby (Miller-Hallett) is now married to a farmer and has given up teaching ballet. They are planning to go out to S. Rhodesia, where her husband means to grow tobacco. Elfride Bickersteth. Her Fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., came to an end in June, when she returned to England. Her further plans are uncertain. Nora Birkbeck (Hollis) was moving house this summer, after a visit to home. Sally Blakeney was, when she wrote, working as a Secretary at the Slade School of Art and was hoping to get a job abroad. zc,


Janny Boulton Smith (Hughes) is living in Hampstead and is going on with her work at the Y.W.C.A., which interests her enormously. Her husband is doing a great deal of lecturing-and teaching. Venetia Brooke (Cornwallis). Her husband left the Navy in February, and they were settling in Sussex and hoping for a job in London. Elizabeth Burra is teaching at Milham Ford School in Oxford, and is thus able to live at home. She had a pleasant and successful jaunt in the Easter holidays taking 2.2 pupils to stay in French families in Dijon. Irene Campbell (Heywood) writes that her son, Colin, continues to make good progress and to keep her busy. She had recently taken him to the 4th birthday party of the elder boy of Jane Hodson (Renwick) at Edenbridge. Anne Carter (Garrad) moved in the New Year to a lovely country house near Norwich. It has a splendid garden for the children and room to keep 750 laying hens as a sideline. Sister Virginia, C. S. F. (Carver) is no longer a novice, but is now a Sister, and wears a dress like that of the friars. Her most exciting mission has been to Jarrow, where she had the experience of worshipping in Bede's own church. Diana Casswell (Rosedale) is busy with three children and helping in the parish. She and her husband had a wonderful holiday in Belgium, Germany, and Holland last summer. Nancy Chase is home on leave from Uganda until October izth, when she hopes to return to the same school. She says that Christian teachers are badly needed for Girls' Junior Secondary Schools in Uganda. Bridget Cochrane is working on The Times as a Secretary and sees quite a lot of her St. Mary's contemporaries. Hilary Collins (Moore) writes that her twin daughters are growing fast. The farming is going well and the retail milk-round expanding rapidly. Jane Compton left St. James's Secretarial College at Christmas and is now working as a Secretary at the Marie Curie Memorial Foundation. She still sings in the Bach Choir and sees several Old Girls from St. Mary's there. Elizabeth Copeman. After 9 months in Australia and New Zealand, Elizabeth returned to England in July 1957 and is now in partnership with another physiotherapist running a private practice in Bayswater. Nicolette Cotton (Cuncliffe) is now living in Kew. Her daughter was christened in the local church by Oliver Hunkin, Elizabeth's (Wilson) husband. She has a son, Richard, of 2 years old. Sheila Cox (Harrison Smith) is hoping to move into their own house in October. Meanwhile her address is c/o Mrs. B. H. Cox, 73 Clifton Road, Rugby, and she would be pleased to see any Old Girls passing that way. 3째


Jane Craufurd has been teaching shorthand at St. James's Secretarial College for the last four years. Amy Crawford was hoping to let her flat and go to Greece and for a cruise through the Aegean Islands and Istanbul in the summer. Beth Crawley is working for the L.C.C. as an organiser in the Children's Care Organisation in Woolwich. She is a member of The Bow Group (a small conservative group for research) and shares a flat in Kensington. Jane Darwin (Christie) is living in London, where her husband works in the Foreign Office. She will go on reading for her B.Litt. for another year. Anne Davies finished at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford in June, and is starting her general training at University College Hospital, London. Margaret Davies ("Meg" Pite) has been busy with her family and moving since her return to England. She would be very pleased to see anyone who is passing through Southampton, and particularly any who may want to know more about life in Australia. Rosemary de Pass (Rodd) writes that they arg very pleased with ths modernization of their rambling farmhouse. Gill Arkell (Brown) brought her two children to Alfred and Crispin's Easter party. Hilary Dewar is still teaching at Wychwood School, Oxford. Recant activities included taking a party ski-ing in Austria. Diana Drabble is still living in Salisbury with her mother and sister and teaching Domestic Science at the South Wilts. Grammar School, where she was promoted to Senior Mistress last September. Lindsay Duff has spent a year training for hotel management in Devon. We congratulate her on her engagement. She hopes to be married in January. Angela Duffin (Pinckney) has been lent a lovely old castle near Arbroath for a year and they are enjoying it enormously. Diana Mary Duthie (Lewson) is busy with house and garden and was hoping to get some sailing on the N.E. Coast this summer. She has joined the County Staff of the W.V.S. and does work with children. Alice Dyson is teaching secretarial subjects at the Lycee Frangais in London. She flew to America with her mother in the Easter holidays to visit her brother there. Jacqueline Elgood (Tate) has gone with her husband and three children to Singapore, where they expect to be for about 2 years. Honor Elliott (Ward) has been doing part-time work as undermatron and school-mistress at Leelands, her old prep, school. Charmian Fearnley is studying sculpture, and architecture in relation to it, at the Royal College of Art, London. She was hoping to spend holiday time working on commissions for sculpture. Jane Fisher is now the Admission Secretary in the R.M.O.'s office at the Middlesex Hospital.


Gwyneth Fleetwood-Jones is serving at the W.R.A.C. School for Instruction, Liphook, Hampshire, helping to train Officer Cadets for regular commissions in the W.R.A.C. Sylvia Fox. We congratulate Sylvia on her Class II Honours Degree. She is working on the production of poliomyelitis vaccine at the Glaxo Laboratories. Patricia Frank (McCormick) writes that her eldest daughter Rosemary was married last year and now has a baby girl, Catherine. From time to time she sees Dorothy Duguid and Katherine Brichta, who live nearby. Jane Gee. After a year in Oxford studying languages, Jane is hoping to go to the Interpreters' School in Geneva in the autumn for 3 years. Christine Gibson. After graduating from Bristol University this summer, Christine is going to Homerton College, Cambridge to take a post-graduate Diploma of Education. V. Gillingham is on a teacher's exchange for one year in Cape Province, S. Africa. Mary Goodden had a wonderful holiday last summer in the United States and Canada. She travelled from New York right across to the Pacific and back through Canada. The best part of it was a fortnight in the Rockies. Since then she has had a fortnight ski-ing in Norway. Her work continues as usual Elizabeth Gordon (Steele) was married in August 1957, and is living in Italy for a year or two. She teaches English at the British School of Milan, while her husband is in charge of the Italian Branch of a Market Research firm which is being built up there. Elisabeth Goudge (Remington Wilson). After promotion in January her husband has a new appointment which allows them to still live in their own house. She is still busy with Brownies and other village activities. Mary Gough is to start teaching at St. Mary's, Wantage, in September. Moyra Gowans (Leatham) has moved into a house in Headington with a lovely garden. Her small son keeps her busy but she still has time for same illustration wor . Heather Greenwood (Blackadder). Heather has had a busy year looking after her five daughters. She found housework so boring that in January she started a small morning nursery class of 10 children aged 3 and 4. Bridget (aged 3) and she enjoy it enormously. She took the family (then ranging from 4! months to nearly 9 years) camping in the Highlands last summer and found it a great success. Pamela Gurney has had a secretarial job in the House of Commons for the last year. Elizabeth Hann (Thomas) writes that they have had their own farm for just a year now and they find it a great pleasure in spit; of the very hard work it entails. 3*


Jane Harland has been taking a course in Cookery and Dressmaking, and is hoping to begin a secretarial course in September. Margaret Harvey left her post at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor last October and is now working in the London Office of Oversea Service, 2 Eaton Gate, S.W.i. This organisation runs short residential courses for those going to the underdeveloped countries from industry, government, or as private individuals, We congratulate her on her engagement. She hopes to be married in January 1959. Patricia Hennah (Barbour) is very happy living in the "green belt" just north of London with a son of 9 months and husband, who works in London. Daphne Henniker (Maxwell) is busy with plenty of work, routine and otherwise. She has had a wonderful holiday in France and spent an eventful time with a French family in their villa near Biarritz. Juliet Hickman (Williams) finds life very full with her son Douglas and all the interests and societies connected with the I.C.I. Patricia Higginbotham has finished at Roehampton and was hoping to go to Holland for a short time before beginning teaching at Bromley High School in September. Trenna Higginbotham is very much enjoying being in London while doing a secretarial course at Catherine Judson's'. Christina Hindson, having finished her secretarial training, is now enjoying her work at the Ciba Foundation in London, where she has taken Jane Fisher's place. Penelope Hissey (Todd). Having been admitted as a solicitor on znd December, 1957, Penelope was married on yth December, and spent a wonderful honeymoon in Majorca. She is now living in Maidstone, where her husband is an insurance inspector. She is herself practising as a solicitor at Rainham. Margaret Hopkins writes that life continues pleasantly full, both at work and with outside activities, among which is the secretaryship of the Bath branch of the Overseas League. Novice Daphne, C. S. A. (Hort). In July 1957 Daphne gave up her post at the Godolphin and Latymer School and in September joined the Deaconess Community of St. Andrew to test her vocation to the Religious Life. Last Christmas she was clothed as a novice. She finds the life full and fascinating and is very happy. Frances Hort is in her second year at St. Thomas's and is planning a holiday of winter sports. Anne Hudson (Knollys) and her husband have arrived home after z| years abroad and had just settled into the nicest house they have ever had when they heard they were to be moved again in November. Dilys Hughes is doing a secretarial course at Catherine Judson's, and very much enjoys being in London. Jean Hughes (Sorsbie) was teaching again at Rugby all kst summer. Her second daughter, Katharine, was married last August. 33


Rosemary Hylton Stewart is still a busy travelling dressmaker. Audrey James. After 3 years with the National Trust for Scotland, Audrey became Public Relations Secretary at Scottish Girl Guide Headquarters in Edinburgh in October 1957—a most interesting job. Cecilia James (Livingstone) writes that the normal routine was broken last year by a wet and energetic holiday on the North Devon coast. We were sorry to hear that her younger son, Alastair, had had three spells in hospital and are very glad to know that he is now 100 per cent. fit. Jean Jauncey. Jean's elder son, Jamie (aged 8) now goes to prep, school, loves it, and is doing extremely well there. Simon (aged 4) has also started school and loves reading, writing and sums. She is very busy as Division Commissioner for the Girl Guides and she is also doing some writing and having articles published. She was to go for a holiday in Venice in June. Veronica Johnston has taken her occupational therapy finals and after two months at the Wingfield Hospital, Oxford, she was hoping to go to the U.S.A. for a year. Mary Keevil has finished her course at Salisbury Training College and is to. begin teaching at St. Martin's School, Salisbury, either in September or in January. Gillian Kempe is now back at King's College Hospital as Staff Nurse in the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, having taken Midwifery Part I at Farnborough. K. M. Kendall is still Head Cook at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, and when she wrote she was looking forward to the visit of the Queen Mother at the end of April. All her contemporaries will be sorry to hear that her sister Olive had a severe stroke nearly two years ago and has not fully recovered from it. Gwen Kirby's news card contained only the words, "These past two weeks have just been a shade more exciting than usual," in reference to the stay of Princess Anne at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Elisabeth Kitson was elected a member of Berks. County Council, September 1957. She was re-elected (unopposed) April 1958. Lorraine Knowles (Carleton) is now helping to run a pack of 26 naughty Brownies, as a Tawny Owl, as well as coping with her z children, 2 bull terriers, 3 cats, 8 kittens, 3 goldfish and 2 white mice ! Anna Le Fanu has very much enjoyed her first year at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. Shirley Leideman (Eyre) is very much occupied with her small daughter, Anita Elisabeth. She enjoys living in Malmo, still gives piano lessons, and would always be pleased to welcome any Old Girls there. 34


Rosemary Longe spent ten weeks with relations in Germany kst year. In the autumn she started work as a Junior Matron in a boys' preparatory school, and after a year there she hopes to train for occupational therapy. She was presented last March. Sally Mackenzie-Grieve is having a wonderful time in France in the middle of the chateaux country. She was hoping to go to Germany later in the summer before starting a secretarial course in September. Mary Margesson returned to Africa in November 1957 after a very happy but busy leave in England. She was very pleased to travel with the brother of two Old Girls, John Robinson, and to meet their mother at the farewell breakfast. He persuaded Mary to take a short Children's Service daily on the boat! Mary Rose Marjoribanks (Miller) moved to Barra in the Outer Hebrides kst August. She has taken a part-time teaching job which entails travelling round the island to visit the five primary schools. When she wrote there were 100 of Arthur Rank people there filming "Rockets Galore." Ursula Marsh has retired from regular nursing work. We are sorry to hear this is owing to a breakdown in health. She is busy with Church activities. Jean Martin is still at the Commonwealth Relations Office and there is a possibility of her going to New Delhi later in the year, but this has still to be confirmed. Ruth Martin (Howell). Ruth has been a year in Canada with her husband and son. Her husband has a job with a private firm of building contractors. They miss the Old World's history and tradition, but find there is opportunity in Canada. She would be glad to see any Old Girls in the area. Alethea Martineau has very much enjoyed a summer spent at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, before going up to Oxford in October. Ann Mather (Badham) has been in Nigeria for 10 months and is thoroughly enjoying life there. They live in a palatial house with 4 servants, and have a lot of business entertaining to do. Ann has seen a great deal of the country as her husband tours over a huge area and she has fortunately been able to go with him. Helen Maxwell-Lefroy spent Christmas 1957 in Nyasaland with Mary Sharpe (Lake), during a whirlwind tour of Africa—Kano, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Salisbury, Lilongwe and Kenya. She had a most interesting time, meeting her publisher's agents, booksellers and a few authors, and staying with friends at almost every point. Margaret Meak (Perry) is very much occupied with 3 children, running a Young Wives' Group in the village and helping in the school, where they now have 120 boarders. 35


Julia Medlycott has thoroughly enjoyed her first year at Birmingham University. She went to the Student Christian Movement Congress in Edinburgh in April, with a group from the University. Jean Meikle is now in Djkarta working at the British Embassy. She was due home last spring but the Indonesian Politics have delayed everything. Janet Meynell (Dibley) writes that her husband was working with the Turkish Navy and they were much enjoying life in Istanbul. They had been on several tours of Australia and had visited numerous ruins of old cities—in the steps of St. Paul. They have gone to Simonstown, S. Africa, for two years. Elizabeth Miller (Sarjeant) finds life very full with a baby and two Rugby boys to look after. Jane, her eldest, has taken her 11 plus and was at the time she wrote living with a family in France and going to school there for a term. Stephanie Morgan (Rosedale) writes that they have had a six-month extension of their time in Malta and will be returning to England in March 1959. Meanwhile they are enjoying their stay, attached to the N.A.T.O. headquarters, with all the interest of meeting so many nationalities. Rachel Morris (Swann) now has two children, Teresa and Geoffrey. She finds Plymouth an ideal place for them. She would very much like to see any of her Form if they are down that way. Dorothy Morrison is still Secretary of the Korean Mission and paid a most interesting visit to Korea last year, with a holiday in Japan going out and in Hong Kong coming back, and has done much colour photography. Joy Murray (Watkins) has been living since her marriage in Bristol, where she hopes to do some supply teaching. Ruth Newberry (Matthews). We are very glad to hear that Andrew has won a choristership at King's College, Cambridge. Anne Newton (Carey) has now a third daughter. They own a caravan and hope to go out to the lovely State Park Camping sites in Ontario each week-end. She asks any one going to Montreal to call HU8-3837. Barbara Newton Dunn (Brooke) writes that they are much enjoying life in Berlin—a unique and fascinating city, with a great many interesting things to do and see. Both her boys are now at Marlborough. Anne Norris (Brown) is at present living in Colchester with two little daughters, but she was hoping to move to near Seaford, Sussex, in the summer. Patricia Nugee is Secretary in a publishing firm. Maeve O'Ferrall has just finished her first year of teaching lo-year-olds at St. Wystan's School, Repton. 36


Christina O'Gorman (Pound) now has four children, who keep her very busy. Her husband is a Registrar at Guy's Hospital. She says that any Old Girls living in the Putney—Barnes area would be very welcome at any time. Helen O'Hanlon is working in Hertfordshire, looking after a small boy and girl. Rachel Orr (Stiles) has been on a three-month visit to the U.S.A., where her husband is doing Research at the Oceanographic Institution at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Ann Patmore has been doing a secretarial course at Catherine Judson's. Julia Peel has had a holiday in Rome and has taken a secretarial training in London. Jane Peterkin has had a temporary secretarial post before deciding on another permanent job. Daphne Powlett is still running the Y.W.C.A. Hostel in Oxford, a busy one, with visitors from all over the world as well as permanent residents. Belinda Pownall has started at St. Thomas's, and is much enjoying working in a children's ward. Jean Prideaux (Howell) is busy with two children and a part-time physiotheraphy job. Sarah Prideaux has been looking after a four-year old Italian child and seeing Rome before going to Oxford in October. Anne Ree. We were very sorry to hear that Ann had been ill, and hope she has quite recovered. They now have 120 boys at Freston Lodge School, opened by her cousin, the Headmaster, three years ago. She teaches English, French, History, Scripture, Music and Art, and is studying languages at the L.T.C. Elizabeth Richardson has done two terms at a Domestic Science School, and after spending the summer at home was hoping to go to Lausanne in September for 6 months. Caroline Robbins has been staying with a family in Grenoble and was to start a course at the University. Jane Roberts is thoroughly enjoying her first year at London University. Gillian Ross (Johnson) is married to an architect working in Paris, so they will be living there (at Hotel du Danube, Rue Jacob, Paris 6) for at least a year. Gillian is working in the British Embassy. Jill Rotherham is in her last year of occupational therapy training, working in a nemotic hospital. She hopes when she has finished her training to go to Pakistan. Susan Rotherham (Hayter) writes that life in Pakistan is an experience she is glad not to have missed, with its perpetual sunshine, glorious saris and a non-stop social life. She expects to remain there until August 1959, and would love to see any Old Girl passing through Karachi by sea or air. 37


Dorothy Sainsbury has left Horley and gone to live at Malvern. She visited Alice Frayling in February, and Amy Ludgate, who lives alone in her own house, having lost her two sisters and brother last year. Hilary Salmon, having acquired the letters S.C.M. after her name, has returned to St. Thomas's Hospital for a further year. Monica Savage (Hill). Her husband has been elected Bishop of Zululand. After touring the diocese (Zululand and Swaziland) they came to England for the Lambeth Conference and to raise money and men and women for the work there. Jean Saxelby-Kemp (Turner) left the Royal School, Bath to be married in August 1957. After a honeymoon touring France and Spain she and her husband sailed for Canada, where they expect to remain for two years. She is thoroughly enjoying Canadian people and way of life. Jill Seddon (Smeeton) is kept very busy with two small daughters. She would be pleased to see any Old Girls who may be living in New Zealand or on a visit there. Patricia Shaw. We congratulate Patricia on her engagement. Her fiance has been posted to Aden, so they do not expect to be married until early next year, when he is due home on a course. They are then probably going to Cyprus. She asks whether there are any other St. Mary's people there. Celia Shepperd (Carr) left the Middlesex Hospital in June 1957 and went to Scandinavia with her family before getting married in October. Her husband is Senior Registrar to the E.N.T. Dept. at the Middlesex, and they are living in a flat nearby. Elisabeth Sherwood (Mansergh) has a part-time job in the retail distributive trade. Her daughter, Felicity, will be going to Bedales in September, after having been two years at Dunhurst, the Junior School. Ann Silverston was presented at Court in March, and saw Gill Waldock, Mary Fearon, Jane Wright and Gillian Pemberton at the Palace. She took a secretarial course at Mrs. Hosier's, and has been working with a firm of solicitors since July 1957. Ann Simpson (Limehouse) is still a medical student and her husband has a job at Guy's Hospital. They have a small flat nearby. Prue Skinner (Dibley) is in Florida, where her husband Antony has a two-years appointment with a U.S. Naval Squadron. She finds life there very easy and Ia2y, with swimming, fishing and parties. Penelope Spackman began her three-year training at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street in October 1957. Jennifer Spry is the Headmaster's Secretary at Canford School. Marguerite Steele (de Lattre Smith) is still doing day and evening institute teaching. She is Hon. Secretary to the Missions to Seamen. She has been to a very successful Birmingham Teachers" Association Conference and was looking forward to the Joint Federation (all England) Conference. 38


Mary Steele has been since July 1957 Philip Harben's secretary. We were very sorry to hear that she had broken her leg ski-ing in Switzerland, and hope she has now quite recovered. Ruth Taylor (Aldworth) is a very busy housewife and mother of four. Joan Thomason (Roach) has been teaching in a Nursery Class in Guildford since January and is continuing that work since her marriage in April. Margaret Thorpe (Gibson) will be on leave in England at 51 Southgate St., Winchester until September 1958. In October her husband is taking up new work in a parish for coloured people and a location which is to house 100,000 Africans by the end of the year, for whom there is so far no church. Marjorie Thynne has now moved with her mother to a house near the school in Seascale where she has worked for the last 12 years. Betty Trevelyan is enjoying the cookery training at Atholl Crescent and is having a wonderful time in Edinburgh. Jennifer Trower was for 3 J years social secretary to the Ambassador in Vienna, and since August 1957 has had a similar post in Washington. Daphne Twyman is also working in Washington. Shireen Uren (Moore) came home to England from Malaya at Christmas with Tanya (aged 3) and Judith (aged i|) for four months. Mary Vischer spent 9 months in Belgrade, where they set up a small office to deal with the movement of Hungarian refugees from Yugoslavia. They finished their work there in January 1958, after having moved over 13,000 Lucy Walker (Nugee). Lucy's husband works for Shell-Mex and B.P., and she was expecting to move to just outside Reading. She has hef hands full with her two children. Felicity Walker-Watson (Brocklebank) is now settled in her new home with her two sons, Colin and Martin. They were hoping to go to France again in September. Ann Wallace is working at Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A. At Easter she made a three-week trip to the West Coast by car. She was much impressed by California and the wonderful National Parks. Janet Wallace (Glossop). We were very sorry to hear that her husband had had an attack of polio last year, and are very glad that he is now getting on well and able to drive a car and walk without caliper or stick. Beth Wallis is thoroughly enjoying a busy life at Oundle with a small house and garden of her own. Mary Walsh (Lees) now teaches in Day Release Classes for young workers in Manningtree four days a week and finds the work very interesting. Last term they were making a film, to get out and about a bit. Her son Sebastian (aged 3) spends the day with Anne Morris's (Brown) children when Mary is away. 39


Rosemary Waterhouse (Harvey). Rosemary's husband has now left the Army and joined the firm of Thomas Hedley & Co. They are enjoying a few months in London but may move anywhere by Christmas. E. A. Seymour Werner (Rooke) is delighted to have moved from London to Dorset last October. Margaret Wettern (Macfadyen) now has two children, Andrew, aged 2, and Lucy, born in May 1958. Elizabeth Whorlow (Allen) has come to live at Netheravon, Wilts for two years, after having returned from Malaya last November. Daphne Williams is doing a secretarial course in Dorset in December. She is looking forward to going to Oxford in March to do Occupational Theraphy. Anne Wilson (Chevenix Trench). Her husband has left the R.N. College and is teaching at a school in Sussex. They were hoping to move into their new house in Sussex in August. Susan Womersley (Winser) spent 10 weeks before Easter with her two boys in Lausanne, visiting her husband, who is on an International Business Course run by Harvard. They hoped to be coming to live in the London this summer. Susan Woodroffe was Junior Night Sister at St. Thomas's Hospital from October 1956 to February 1958. She is at present doing a one-year post-graduate course in neurology at the National Hospital, Queen Square, W.C.i. Frances Woolley (Masters) writes that she and her husband are both active "Hams" and would be interested to know if any other Old Girls are concerned with short-wave radio either here or overseas. Wendy Wotton returned to Los Angeles in December 1956 and is working for an orthopaedic surgeon. She was going to Vancouver Island, British Columbia in the summer and is hoping to visit New Zealand on her way home in 1959. Jane A. Wright has finished a year's course at Eastbourne School of Domestic Economy and was hoping to get a job during the summer before going to St. Thomas's Hospital in October. BIRTHS It is a great help if Old Girls will send in any announcements of marriages and births they would like recorded in the News Sheet. Abbott. On zjih April, 1958, to Shirley (Smith) a son, David. Addie. On i8th March, 195 8 to Jennifer (Hickie) a daughter, Georgina. Allen. On izth May, 1958 to Monica (Whieldon) a second daughter, Ruth Elizabeth. Ballard. On aist July, 1957 to Jane (Westlake) a son, Thomas Henry. Beevor. On 6th April, 1958, to Barbara (Cunliffe) a daughter, Bridget Anastasia. 40


Brooke. On 26th August, 1957, to Venetia (Cornwallis) a daughter, Caroline Jane. Carter. On i6th May, 1958, to Anne (Garrad) a third son, Michael Paul. Collins. On i4th September, 1957, to Hilary (Moore) twin daughters, Wendy and Susannah. Cotton. In November, 1957, to Nicolette (CunlifFe) a daughter. Crawford. On 24th April, 1958^0 Kitty (Hood) a daughter, Jennifer Jane. Davies. On i7th February, 1958, to Margaret (Pite) a third daughter and fourth child, Janet Elizabeth. Elgood. On 6th March, 1958, to Jacqueline (Tate), a daughter. Fowler. On 3oth March, 1958, to Christine (Willis) a third child, Susan Mary. Hamilton. On 26th June, 1958, to Anne (Kelly) a son, Hamish David Stewart. Leideman. On 28th February, 1958, to Shirley (Eyre) a daughter, Anita Elisabeth. Mackenzie. On 6th February, 1958 to Margaret (Stuart) a son, Angus Peter Dean. Mclsaac. On 6th May, 1957, to Audrey (Fletcher) a son, Ian Christopher, her third child. Michell. On loth January, 1958, to Anne (Shaw) Sarah Jane, a sister for Michael. Milligan. On i2th August, 1957, to Patricia (Puckle) a daughter, Heather. Momber. On 27th March, 1958, to Susan (Agnew) a son, Adrian Michael. Morgan. On gth December, 1957, to Stephanie (Rosedale) Simon, a brother for Nicholas and Charlotte. Nuttall. On 8th May, 19 5 8, to Prudence (Harvey) a second son, James. Oliver. On 24rh July, 1958, to Jane (Cresswell) a daughter, Elizabeth Caroline Jane, a sister for Thomas. Robertson. On 27th February, 1957, to Ann (Ball) a son, James Henry. Rollo. On 5th September, 1957, to Ann (Pegg) a son, Andrew John Sebastian, her second child. Seddon. On ijth January, 1958, to Jill (Smeeton) a second daughter, Rachel Jill. Simpson. On 8th January, 1958, to Prue (Dibley) a daughter, Clare Anne. Tomson. On I5th March, 1958 to Susan (Parry-Jones) a son, Michael John Francis. Walter. On 4th April, 1958 to Lucy (Nugee) a daughter, Sally Henrietta, her second child. Werner. On 2ist August, 1957, to E. A. Seymour (Rooke) a daughter, Frances. Willway. In August, 1957, to Yvonne (Troman) a daughter, Sarah Fermi.


MARRIAGES Abbott-Smith. On zoth July, 1957, John Richard Abbott to Shirley Smith. Awdry-Pickford. On i6th October, 1957. Patrick Awdry to Jill Pickford. Bibby-Miller-Hallett. On i7th August, 1957, John A. J. Bibby to Gillian Miller-Hallett. Brittain-Carkeet-James. On 2 6th October, 19 5 7, Peter Donald Brittain to Diana Carkeet-James. Clay-Maurice. On 2ist June, 1958, John Peter Clay to Rosanagh Mary Maurice. Colwill-Stratton. On jth October, 1957, Dr. Michael Richard Colwill to Patricia Mary Stratton. Cox-Harrison Smith. On zist September, 1957, David Ewing Cox to Sheila M. Harrison Smith. Darwin-Christie. On jth July, 1958, Henry Galton Darwin to Jane Sophia Christie. Hissey-Todd. On 7th December, 1957, John Eric Brodie Hissey to Penelope Todd. Murray Watkins. On 29th March, 1958, John Murray to Joy Watkins. Jago-Nugee. On I7th, May 1958, Anthony Thurstan Jago to Mary Nugee. Ross-Johnson. On nth April, 1958, Daniel Ross to Gillian Johnson. Shapland-D'Aubu2. On loth June, 1958, C. C. Shapland to Lois D'Aubuz. Shepperd-Carr. On I2th October, 1957, Harold Walter Henry Shepperd, F.R.C.S., to Celia Mary Carr. Simpson-Limehouse. On 7th September, 1957, Ian Simpson to Ann Limehouse. Slack-Hughes. On 3ist August, 1957, Timothy Willatt Slack to Katharine Hughes. Soulsby-Chadwick. On jth July, 1958, John F. Soulsby to Margaret Chadwick. Thomason-Roach. On jth April, 1958, G. S. Thomason to Joan Roach

R.I.P. On 25th February, 1958, Miss W. Stona (Staff). On 2jth May, 1958, Alice M. Frayling, after having been bed-ridden for some years, aged 85, At school 1789-1895 On 3rd May, 1958, Margaret Monica Sharp, daughter of the late Rev. Charles Sharp, Vicar of Addlestone. On jth May, 1958, Commander David Selby Johnston, D.S.C., R.N., husband of Brenda Johnston (Kirke). 42


O.G.A. CHANGES OF ADDRESSES, 1957-8 Group XVIII Shirley Abbott (Smith), Rose Cottage, Oakley Road, Bromham, Beds. Susan Andrews (Dibley), c/o Chestnuts, Cookham Village, Berks. XV Eleanor Ann (Fortescue-Brickdale), The Flat, Gervase House, Town XI Street, Duffield, Nr. Derby P. Archer (Trousdell), Torre, Washford, Watchet, Somerset I Jill Awdry (Pickford), 26 Compton Bassett, Nr. Calne, Wilts. XXI Margaret Aylen, 40 Latimer Road, Headington, Oxford XXII Doreen Bach, c/o Mrs. Campbell, 18 Chester Square, S.W.i. X Cicely Baker, Flat 4, Blackhouse Farm, Thorpe, Nr. Egham, Surrey I Gillian Bibby (Miller-Hallet), Childes Hill Farm, Bentworth, Alton, XV Hants. Mary Birkbeck, The White Horse, Grange Lane. Riseholme, Lincoln XXI Angela Boschi, i j a Dorset House, Gloucester Place, N.W.i. XVII Violet Briscoe, 9 Eastgate House, Guildford, Surrey V Venetia Brooke (Cornwallis), Aldsworth Cottage, Ringmer, Sussex. XIV Arminel Buckingham (Conybeare), c/o Westminster Bank, St. John's Wood, High Street, N.W.8 ' VII Anne Carter (Garrad), Postwick Lodge, Postwick, Norwich, Norfolk. XII Elizabeth Copeman, 12 Hyde Park Place, Bayswater, W.2. XVII Sheila Cox (Harrison Smith), c/o Mrs. B. H. Cox, 73 Clifton Road, Rugby, Warwicks. XIX Kitty Crawford (Hood), Rose Cottage, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset XV Meg Davies (Pite), 22 Grosvenor Road, Highfield, Southampton. XI Lesly Dennison (Wollen) c/o Dept. of Agriculture, Mokwa, Northern Region, Nigeria, B.W.A. VII Dorothea FitzGibbon (Stewart Cox), Balscote House, Nr. Banbury, Oxon. (Please Forward), XV. Christine Fowler (Willis), 77 Blackpool Road, Bedminster, Bristol. XV Elizabeth Gordon (Steele), Via Inama 8, Milano, Italy. XVIII Moyra Gowans (Leatham), The Orchard, The Ridings, Headington, XIV Oxford. Jeanetta Hall (Vaughan), Bailey House, Longport, Canterbury, Kent. XVIII Anne Hamilton (Kelly), c/o T.L.A.S., P.O. Box 969, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. XIV Elizabeth Hann (Thomas), Winecellar Farm, Upper Kilcott, Hillesley, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. XIV Hilary Harrison, c/o The Warden, Crewe Hall, Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield 10. XIX Mary Harrison, The Deanery, Charlotte Street, Bristol, i. XXI Margaret Kingston, Maynards Croft, Cutlers Green, Thaxted, Essex. XVIII Penelope Hissey (Todd), Arcadia, Hockers Close, Detling, Maidstone, XIX Kent. Jane Hodson (Renwick), Trenholme, Swan Lane, Edenbridge, Kent. XV Marion Hopkins, c/o Fir Cottage, 89 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath. Ill Peggy Hopkins, Fir Cottage, 89 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath. IV Daphne Hort, The Novice Daphne, C.S.A., St. Andrew's House, 12 Tavistock Crescent, W.ii. XVI Rachel Kinchin Smith (Willink), 15 Sheen Gate Gardens, London, S.W.I4 XII Diana Lee Brown (Ford), The Lindens, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. XIX Doreen Lewis, 19 Stanmore Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex. XII Stella Longridge (Gillett), Waimarama, Rakaia, Canterbury, N. Zealand. XIII Jennifer McCulloch (Wright), Westwood, Kirkley, Ponteland, Northumb. XVIII Torla Mackarness (Tidman), 70 Heath Road, Petersfield, Hants. X Mary Marjoribanks (Miller), 9 St. Brendan Road, Castlebay, Barra, Inverness-shire. XVIII

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Ursula Marsh, 3 5 Suffolk Court, Suffolk Road, Bournemouth, Hants. Ruth Martin (Howell), 361 Lacasse Street, Eastview, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ann Mather (Badman), c/o Shell Co. of West Africa, P.M.B. 2052, Lagos, Nigeria, W. Africa. Valerie Maughan-Brown (Townsend), Charlton, Mill Street, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. Patricia Milligan (Puckle), Brackenway, Woodlands Road West, Virginia Water, Surrey. Rachel Morris (Swann), Beaumont Villa, Beaumont Road, Plymouth, Devon. Marion Murray (Neatby), Hinton House, Ablington, Nr. Bibury, Glos. Barbara Newton Dunn (Brooke), c/o Lt. Col. O. F. Newton Dunn, Headquarters Berlin Independent Bde., B.F.P.O. 45 Prudence Nuttall (Harvey), 13 Old Palace Lane, Richmond, Surrey. Maeve O'Ferrall, Blandford Lodge, Brockenhurst, Hants. Christina O'Gorman (Pound), Glengariff, Vi.ie Road, Barnes, S.W.I3 Helen O'Hanlon, Derings, Lockley's Park, Welwyn, Herts. Jane Otway (Woodroffe), Warren Wood, Broomfield Road, Bexleyheath, Kent. Susan Pedro (Jefferis), Rhosmare, Wood Green, Fordin^bridge, Hants. Josephine Ratcliff (Delap), The Maisonette, Robinswood, Cobham. Kent. Anne Rollo (Pegg), Larkrise, yya Bouncers Lane, Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. Rachel Rolt (Fortescue-Brickdale), The Manor House, Rotherfield, nr. Crowborough, Sussex. Gillian Ross (Johnson), 29 Morpeth Mansions, Westminster, S.W. i. Susan Rotherham (Hayter), c/o Air Commodore J. K. Rotherham, Air H.Q., Pakistan Air Force, Karachi, Pakistan. Sarah Rowe, 4 Rosia Parade, Gibraltar. Dorothy Sainsbury, St. Leonards, Colwall, Malvern, Worcs. Jane Savage, Bishopshurst, Eshowe, Zululand, Natal. Monica Savage (Hill), Bishopsworth, Eshowe, Zululand, Natal. Jean Saxelby-Kemp (Turner), Bellevue, Apt. i., Osier Court, Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Celia Shepperd (Carr), 10 High wood House, 148 New Cavendish Street, W.i. Ann Simpson (Limehouse), jjb Southwark Bridge Road, S.E.i. Prunella Skinner (Dibley). 625 Margaret Street, Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Katharine Slack (Hughes), Old Mitre Cottage, Repton, Derbyshire. Nora Slade-Powell (Reade), c/o Millers Barton, Cattistock, Dorset Christina Smith, 31 Chilworth Mews, W.2. Margaret Soulsby (Chadwick), 6186 N.D.G. Avenue 28, Montreal, P. Quebec, Canada Mary Steele, 27 Kensington Church Street, W.8. Jillian Sworder (O'Hara), Gate Cottage, Saltwood, Nr. Hythe, Kent. Margaret Thorpe (Gibson), 30 Clevedon Road, Port Elizabeth, S. Africa. Marjorie Thynne, Nethercliffe, Seascale, Cumberland. Daphne Twyman, British Embassy, 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Mary Vischer, 20 Rue St. Leger, Geneva, Switzerland. Mary Walsh (Lees), 12 Butt Road, Colchester, Essex. Mary Warren (Rowley), "Elmhurst," Station Road, Epping Rosemary Waterhouse (Harvey), c/o Messrs. Coutts & Co., 108 Park Lane, W.i. Molly Watson (Lushington), Zarma Zai, Brighton Street, Frankston, Australia. 44

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Group Seymour Werner (Rooke), Westfield, Redcotts Lane, Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Anne Wilson (Chenevix-Trench), Three Chimneys, Fittleworth, Pulborough, Sussex. Margaret Yelland (Chitty), 16 Dauphin Terrace, Highgate Hill, S.n, Brisbane, Australia. Elisabeth Young (Glyn-Jones), Ellerslie, Western Road, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Staff:

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Miss Alexander, Picardy Hotel, Meyrick Road, Bournemouth, Hants.

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Miss M. E. Baskerville, 7 Royal Naval Cottages, St. John's Road, Penge, S.E.20 I Mrs. Fursdon (Dickens), Cherry Croft, Seymour Court Plain, Marlow, Bucks. II Mrs. Lewis (Hunter), Oak Thatch, Chipstead, Surrey. I Miss M. Milne, St. Michael's House, i Empingham Road, Stainford, Lines. I Mrs. R. F. Scott (Stratton), Povey's Farm, Ramsdell, Nr. Basingstoke, Hants. II Miss A. M. L. Wilmott, 14 Minster Yard, Lincoln. I ADDENDA Into Group XXII Sheila Blair, c/o Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Belgrave Road Branch, 68 Warwick Square, S.W.I. Carole N. Davis, St. Mary's Vicarage, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middx. Dilys M. Griffith-Jones, Queen Anne House, Datchet, Bucks. Rosaline M. Henderson, The Mill House, Bishop's Sutton, Alresford, Hants. Trenna J. Higginbotham, Ratsbury, Tenterden, Kent. Elizabeth Leuchars, The Lea, Ridgeway, Woking, Surrey. Sarah Prideaux, Saykers, Rusper, Sussex. H. Caroline Robbins, 643 Longridge Road, Earls Court, London, S.W.5Jennifer A. Roberts, The Lodge, Marnhull, Dorset. Sarah M. Rowe, 4, Rosia Parade, Gibraltar. Mary Stallard-Penoyre, Church Farm, Flyford Flavel, nr. Worcester. Into Group XXIII Angela P. Benham, Wrays, Hookwood, Horley, Surrey. Caroline A Bewick, 51 Ashby Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs. Caroline B. Bullick, Colinton, Duxmere, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Nicola M. Connolly, Millstream, Hagley Road, Fleet, Hants. M. Jane Davies, Piddlehinton Rectory, Dorchester, Dorset. Felicity M. Dicker, Hawkins, St. Cross Road, Winchester, Hants. Lindsay M. Errington, The Paddock, Portmore Park Road, Weybridge, Surrey. Annette C. Fisher, The Orchard, Stoke Green, nr. Slough, Bucks. Susan M. Goodman, The Mount, Alcester Hill, Bromsgrove, Worcs. lona M. Harvie Clark, Harborne Vicarage, Birmingham, 17. Nicolette Hopkinson, 2 Villas on the Heath, Vale of Health, London, N.W.?. Robina E. A. Light, The Grange, Waltham St. Lawrence, nr. Twyford, Berkshire. Clarissa B. Melville, 16, St. Alban's Road, London, N.W-5. Mary E. Randolph, St. Mary's Vicarage, Reading, Berkshire. Jennifer S. P. Rice, i Park Avenue, Northampton. Charlotte B. Roper, Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset.

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