Notices

NOTICE O.P. GENERAL COMMITTEE

The next meeting of the General Committee will be held at the School on Saturday, 7th March, at 5 o'clock, after the annual hockey match between the School and the Club. Any member who has any suggestion to make for the consideration of the Committee is asked to send it to the Hon. Secretary, T. J. Lewis, "Chebula", Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, not later than 25th February.

COMMEMORATION, 1959

Old Peterites are hereby reminded in good time that Commemoration weekend will be from Friday, 24th July, to Sunday, 26th July. Full details will be sent as usual in due course to each member of the O.P. Club. The O.P. Dinner will again be held on the Saturday evening at the School. R. A. Stratton, Tynron, 8 Riddings Road, Hale, Cheshire, will again be responsible for the O.P. cricket team and K. H. Rhodes, at the School, will, as usual, arrange the boat -races.

The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held at 6-30 p.m. immediately prior to the Dinner on the Saturday, and it is strongly urged that all O.P.s who are present at 'Commemoration will make a special effort to attend and make the meeting truly representative.

ITEMS

B. R. Alderson (1923-26) was promoted to the rank of Surgeon 'Captain R.N. on 1st January, 1959. He is at present attached to the Royal Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hants. In the same list appeared another O.P., Surgeon Commander Eric James (1923-26), who was also promoted to Surgeon Captain R.N. * * *

P. J. Blincoe (1947-51) is now a Lieutenant in the 1st King's Own and is serving in Kenya. * * *

I. G. Cobham (1942-51) has been appointed House Surgeon to the Nuffield Professor of Surgery at Oxford. He took the degrees of M.A., B.M., B.Ch., on 13th December, 1958, having completed his medical studies at Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Oxford Clinical School. He was awarded a Lyford Exhibition at Magdalen in 1954 and the Radcliffe Medical Prize in 1957. He confidently recommends the Oxford Clinical School to anyone thinking of taking up Medicine. * * *

T. C. B. Hodgson (1920-26), at present Assistant Chief Constable of Birmingham, has been chosen from 59 applicants for the post of Chief Constable of Berkshire.