Past Grammarians
11 Past Grammarian News GRAHAM TUTTY [1938] and FOSTER BARTON [1943] were recent visitors to the School. Graham lives in Melbourne and was the only past student who enlisted in the Merchant Navy in World War Two. Foster enlisted in the AIF during World War Two and was also involved in the Vietnam War.
Another recent visitor from Melbourne was EDNA SHAW [1940], Patron of the Past Grammarians Association. Edna is a great supporter of the Association and the School and had the honour to have the new Ceramics Studio named after her. Edna is very keen on the Arts and sponsors five Speech Night prizes in the Arts. Edna is also a fount of knowledge on the School’s history and has been a great help to the Archivist. The Archivist would also like to thank COLIN KELLY [1944], PAT TOOHEY OAM [1941], Professor ALAN SEAWRIGHT [1946] and ROB LINNETT [1944] for their help in tracking down the winner of the 1943 Mary Agnes Donald Memorial Prize. The winner was SHIRLEY SHAW [nee WALL 1943] and she now resides in the Brisbane area. It was interesting talking to Shirley and she told me that she would be probably one of the few Grammar students who never walked on the North Ward campus. She did all her schooling during the war period at Rosslea and has made a point of not going to the main campus.
Thanks also to ROB SMITH [1959] and MICHAEL SUTHERS [1961] for their contributions to the School Archives. Rob had some excellent photographs of life at Grammar during his years, while Michael donated some badges from that period. Congratulations to VIRGINIA THORLEY [1960] OAM who recently completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree. Virginia, a staunch supporter of the Past Grammarians Association, works part-time as a Lactation Consultant and part-time as an ESL Teacher at TAFE.
BRUCE FLOYD [1971] has lived in Tauranga, New Zealand for many years and is returning to Townsville in August for the Back to Grammar Weekend. He is keen to catch up with the Boarders who went to school with him. If any past student remembers Bruce and would like to make contact they should either email or ring the School and ask for Kim Lambert. Recent visitors to the School included SCOTT GRIFFIN [1981] who is an Aeronautical Engineer and manages an airline in Cairns. He keeps close contact with MATTHEW ELLIOTT [1981], the current Coach of the Penrith Panthers Rugby League team. TRAVIS GRANT [1986] also visited from Adelaide where he works as a Manager in the Adelaide Bank. Travis was an Australian Schoolboy Water Polo representative and also played first grade rugby for a couple of years in Auckland, New Zealand.
DAVE CANDOW [1949] is enjoying life in Tasmania. Dave, who served in Korea, Vietnam and in the Malaysian Confrontation, was most useful in helping the School archives with information regarding these two conflicts and some Past Grammarians involved in these conflicts.
JULIE MARTY [nee JONES 1981] is in her second year as Coach of the North Queensland Steelcats, a netball team playing in the State Competition. Julie also helps with junior teams in Townsville.
DON CARCARY [1952] visited the School earlier in the year and kindly donated the 1952 Swimming Cup that he won as Best All Round Swimmer to the future School Museum.
IAN YANG [1983] is a Thoracic Surgeon working at Prince Charles Hospital as well as lecturing at the University of Queensland. Ian has recently presented a paper at the American Thoracic Society’s Conference in San Francisco before going on to Vancouver to work with thoracic surgeons in that city.
Two 1954-57 past students, ED SPRIGGINS and DIANA MACGREGOR [nee BELL] recently married at St Mark’s, Townsville, just fifty years after doing Senior together. Ed proposed while they were putting up the tent for the twenty-seventh time on their camping holiday. The Past Grammarians Association wishes them all the very best.
RICHARD SAYERS [1985] is enjoying his career as a Librarian. He was recently selected as one of the few Australians to go to the Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. The conference will be held in August and will include visits to universities in Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. Richard, a keen historian, is disappointed at not having enough time to visit Gettysburg.
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his collection of Speech Day programmes and other programmes
The Association notes with sadness the passing of GEORGE NICOL [1928-1932]. George was a keen photographer and collector of memorabilia. He took many photographs of the School while still a student and his family have donated some of the photographs to the archives. George’s family will also be donating to the School
published while he was a student at Grammar. Some very sad news from Papua New Guinea, PAULA WARD [1998] was recently killed in an accident in Mount Hagan. She leaves behind a husband and one child.
Grammar Old Boys’ Rugby Union Club The Old Boys’ Club is now in its eighth year of existence and hopes to do better than in the 2006 season when the First XV and Under 18 teams were both beaten by a point in the semi-finals. At this stage of the season the Club is running in third place in the Club Competition with the Under 20 team well in front in their section. The two senior teams are also well placed to make the finals.
SCOTT O’NEILL [1999] represented the Townsville team in the State Competition while six Past Grammarians were members of the undefeated Townsville Under 20 team. They are AIDAN WILSON [2005], CAMERON ROWLANDS [2005], ASHLEY WILSON, DAN WRIGHT, JAMES WEBBER and JUSTIN HUMPHREYS [ALL 2006].
An invitation to see your old stomping ground...Grammar at Home Weekend 2007 Friday 10 August 2007 • Black and Gold Ball
Saturday 11 August 2007 School Tours • Sporting Events • Past Grammarians Reunion Dinner • Please contact the School on (07) 4722 4900 for more information