The South African
Roedean Magazine.
No/ 62.
JULY, 1947.
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CONTENTS
Speech Day, 1946 Gifts to the School The Royal Visit The Fireworks
At the Zoo Lake .... .... .... A——Inter-House Competitions
School Officers, 1946
School Benevolences, 1946-47
Looking Backwards
Achievements and Distinctions ....
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Acknowledgments
A Ballad of Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow Things in the World
Christmas Party at Sophiatown Nursery School, 1946 Foundation Day, 1947 ....
Senior Science Club, 1946
Junior Science Club, 1946
.... —•--Dramatic Society, 1946 .... ...:. ——Musical Activities, 1946 ....
The School Play, 1946 .... .... -*
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S.A.O.R.A. Fête, 1946 ...................................
Roedean Fete, 1946
St. Agnes Housenight, 1946
St. Katherines Housenight, 1946 ....
St. Ursula’s Housenight, 1946
Report on Money received by the Sophiatown Nursery School....
The School meets T.L......
Swimming Report, 1947 Hockey Report, 1946 Lacrosse Report, 1946
Gymnastic Competition, 1946 ..........
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Tennis Report, 1946
Games Colours, 1946 and 1947 ....
News of Friends ....
S.A.O.R.A. Officials ..........
S.A.O.R.A. Committee for 1947
S.A.O.R.A. Directory (additional) ...........................
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SPEECH DAY, 1946 — HEADMISTRESS’S REPORT.
Mr. Chairman, My Lord Bishop,
I bid you both welcome to this platform—your first appearance. Year after year, my Lord, I have felt that the intimate
addresses you have given in the Chapel should have had a far larger audience than the narrow confines of its walls
made possible. To-day you have all the parents hanging on your words.
To you, Mr. Chairman, I would express the hope that your association with Roedean will be as long and as happy as
that of your predecessor in office, Mr. Percival Whiteley. The smooth running of a school like this depends
enormously upon the Board of Directors, the interest that they feel in the school and the trouble that they are willing to
take over its concerns. Personally I have been singularly fortunate in the Board which I serve. The wisdom and
kindliness of its several members have never been, withheld, and most of all have I depended on the unfailing help and
support of Mr. Whiteley. We have been through some difficult times. We have had to face large issues and to make
momentous decisions and always I have been allowed to feel that spirit of complete mutual confidence and cooperation between myself and the Board. The knowledge we already have of Mr. Whitmore Richards and his deep
concern with the future of education in this country is á great encouragement, and we count ourselves extremely
fortunate in having persuaded him to become our Chairman.
In preparing my report this year I find myself in something of a dilemma. I want to grumble a little, and yet I 'feel that
grumbling should not be permitted to any white person who has spent the last seveff years in South Africa. Especially
in Roedean our lines have fallen in very pleasant places; the School is full, we have a splendid body of loyal and
efficient staff. There is a fantastically long waiting list, especially for the Junior School, a Junior School which is
laying a splendid foundation under the wise and kindly guidance of Miss Mackinnon and her staff. And yet I want to
grumble. With all this promising material we still lack equipment. We want to build—better quarters for our staff,
better facilities for the teaching of Domestic Science and for more regular use of our projector, for a dozen other
activities that now live a hole-and-corner existence.
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And yet, at the same time I have recently had the opportunity of seeing for myself the conditions in which other people
are living to-day—after being exposed to the dangers of war for six long years. I came back humbled and ashamed and
full of good resolutions about not grumbling. It was an unforgettable experience.
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I spent 36 hours at Roedean Brighton finding Miss Tanner, who is in her 70th year, exactly the same vigorous,
humorous person who sent me over here 13 years ago. Her lively stories of the five years in Keswick, of the daily
charwomen who come-in to do a few hours’ housework at Roedean to-day, of the Herculean labours of those who
retransformed H.M.S. Vernon into a girls’ school, left me helpless with laughter and awestruck with admiration.
I must admit, too, to a moment of envy tempered with relief. When I arrived at Miss Tanner’s house I found her
wrestling with the time table for the new school year. Her main difficulty was fitting in the work of the Sixth Forms,
the post-matriculation girls, no two of whom were to follow identical programmes. Enviously I asked how many there
were—“Ovér a hundred if this year’s lot have all passed—a dozen in their third year, who will sit for Entrance to the
Universities in the course of the year— about thirty who were embarking on their second year since putting such
childish things as Matriculation behind them, and the rest whose results were not yet published.” As I say my envy
was shot through with relief, though my longing for a state of affairs in which it is recognised throughout the country
that school education does not come to an abrupt end with the passing of the Matriculation examination is as strong as
ever.
But my duty is to report on the progress of this School during the past year. To take our academic work first: There
were 16 candidates for the Matriculation examination last year— of these four were placed in the first class, seven in
the second, three in the third; the remaining two gained third class School Leaving Certificates, thus reaching the stage
which the Joint Matriculation Board has for the last two. years been urging the public to realise is a perfectly
satisfactory standard for those who are not going on to higher academic work.
The Cambridge School Certificate candidates numbered eleven. Here we had eight first-classes, two seconds and one
third. All but one gained full exemption from the S.A. Matriculation.
Here may I insert a word of caution? Now that the War is over I sometimes hear you parents saying gaily that you are
thinking of sending your daughters to Oxford or Cambridge when they have passed their Matriculation. Please be clear
about this.—
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Neither Oxford nor Cambridge accept more than about 600 women. Entrance is gained by highly competitive
examination. The average good Public School in England does not dream of sending in a candidate until. she has
completed two years’ specialised sjudy after the taking of her Matriculation or School Certificate. The theory that they
make things easier for candidates oversea no longer holds. There are no back doors—no strings to be pulled.
I spent a night at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, a few weeks ago and had a long talk with the Principal, Miss Lucy
Sutherland, about this. Her advice to aspiring undergraduates'is as follows: Go back to school for two years either in
your own country or in England—and here Roedean Brighton will always be prepared to lend a hand. If you propose
to read Science you will have to present yourself for practical examination actually at Oxford.. Normally, moreover, all
likely candidates are interviewed before being finally accepted. Alternatively go to a University in your own country
and after a year or two present yourself for examination. Otherwise there is the possibility of spending one year at
Oxford or Cambridge as a post-graduate student, who has already qualified for a degree in another country.’
In the Taalbond our one candidate for the Higher examina? tion passed successfully, and in the Lower examination
three girls passed in the Higher Grade, seven in the Lower.
This year we entered two candidates for the Music Theory examination—both passed.
I suppose the high light of our musical activities this year was the visit of Mr. Trauneck’s Orchestra to this Hall. By
his kindly co-operation the School orchestra was permitted to take part in one or two items of the programme. It was
an unforgettable experience, particularly valuable to Lesley Gatt, who played the Romance from Mozart’s D Minor
Piano Concerto.
Among the gifts we have received this year was a motor mower from Mr. Whiteley, who also presented the School
Library with books.
Messrs. Salverson & Co. of Leith proved most co-operative in my efforts to secure the ship’s bell from H.M.S.
Sondra, when she returned to her peace-time occupation as a whaler. This bell has been hung temporarily in a belfry
designed and made by our Mr. Wasley. A framed picture of Sondra was given to us by her Captain, Lieut. Reid.
The sum of £25 to be spent on books came from Mr. Thurnheer, and a number of books have been given to the
Sanatorium by Elizabeth Macnab. A donation from Mrs. Shave is to be spent on gramophone records for the Music
Club. This Club has held some interesting meetings during the year, and the activities of the Science Club have
covered a wide field. Art and Drama also
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have a large number of devotees, and I have been greatly encouraged to notice the spirit of independence in which the
Dramatic Club undertakes its lively productions.
In Games we have won oue way from the 2nd to the 1st Hockey League this s’eason. Our Tennis VI also is keeping its
place in the 1st League.
We have made an innovation this year in introducing one hobby áfternoon per week in the place of organised games.
We find that quite a number of younger members do need to be taught the use of leisure, but we have discovered quite
a lot of talent, ingenuity and enterprise. Amateur photographers have produced the most pleasing results after labours
in not quite dark enough, but almost asphyxiating, cupboards. Photographs taken and developed on the premises helped
to swell the School’s contribution to the Fête held a month ago. Last year I told you of the S.A.O.R.A.’s decision to
keep up their self-imposed task of raising money during the War years. The object of their future efforts was finally
chosen early this year, when the Association pledged itself to raise the sum of £250 per annum in aid of the Nursery
School in Sophiatown. .This school was actually started ten or twelve years ago by one of our Old Girls working with
Miss Dorothy Maude, who herself had first visualised the idea of a Native Nursery School when reading a book about
the pioneer Rachel Macmillan in Miss Tanner’s spare room at Brighton. The first combined effort by Old Girls,
parents, staff and school was, as you know, a Fête in these gardens a month ago and realised the sum of £500. Of this
sum over £8 was collected by twenty little Nursery scholars, who spent the afternoon of their lives here—not the least
memorable part of the day being the drive from and to Sophiatown in the School Bus.
One of the important developments of the year has been the progress made on the march towards Bilingualism. You
may remember that the subject we undertook to teach in Afrikaans was Mediaeval History. Despite the complete lack
of text books Mrs. Dougall and Mrs. Hitchcock have made a real success of their work with the Lower V. There is a
note of irony in the fact that Mrs. Dougall, who is retiring at the end of this year, is planning to devote some of her
talent to the producing of text books in Afrikaans.
The health record of the School this year has been a good one. The winter term went by very easily with no infectious
epidemic. We have been keeping a careful check on the weights-of the girls in order to see that in spite of the
difficulties of housekeeping they do not suffer from the malnutrition which is undermining the health of vast numbers
of children in Europe and, for the matter of that, in our own midst.
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After twenty-seven years Dr. Mary Gordon has resigned her post as School Doctor. During this long period of time
she has been a devoted friend to the School as well as its Medical Officer. Her gift for diagnosis, her readiness to help
in .any and every way—great, and small,—her cheerful confidence have been the greatest stand-by. We were glad to
have her back with us for a few weeks after she was demobilised. During the time of her military service her work was
carried on kindly and efficiently by her locum tenens Dr. Rose Weinberg.
Now that Dr. Mary has finally retired we have Dr. Ann Walker together with her husband, Dr. Guy Berry, as Joint
School Doctors. Dr. Walker is an Old Girl of the School with a fine record behind her. We are confident that by this
joint appointment we have placed the health of the School in good hands.
The end of the year will see several changes on the Staff. You have all probably read of the gyeat dearth of teachers in
this country to-day, and it was because of this that I paid my flying visit to England a few weeks ago. The position
there is not; much better. Owing to the ever widening scope of education the demand for teachers is far outrunning
present supplies. The new Education Act raising the school-leaving age and providing for adult education is a fine
thing, but before it can be implemented it will be necessary to recruit many more people to the teaching profession.
Those of us who are teachers are proud to belong to a profession which does demand a certain amount of selfsacrifice. The sense of vocation is still very strong. But at the same time it does seem hard that the rest of the world
should exploit the clergy and the teaching profession as it does. There are welcome signs of a growing appreciation of
our work—perhaps it is merely the voice of expediency inspired by fear.—I pray not.
Here I would slip in a plea: I am confident that between us parents, and teachers we are continuing to bring up a
generation of young people eager to give some service to the world. If any of them should show a desire to teach—and
stranger things have happened—don’t laugh at them or put them off. The world is in great need of teachers, and I hope
I may not seem to be making a fantastic claim if I say that the world needs some teachers whose background and early
years have been moulded and influenced in such surroundings as those at Roedean and in such an atmosphere as I
have tried to convey to you in my report to-day.
I opened my report on a somewhat Oliver Twisted note. In common with a great many other people I suppose we are
not satisfied with what we have got. And yet in our heart of hearts
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we know that the real well-being of a school does not depend upon the size of any building fund. Our resources must
be resources of the spirit, and we draw upon them to uplift a building that is not made with hands.
GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL Building and Endowment Fund.
Thanks to the parents this fund had £374.15.9 added to it from January to December, 1946.
We gratefully acknowledge the following gifts:—
Panels: N. Elkin, P. Elkin, A. and D. Normand, O. Deacon, Marjorie Myers (Savile Davis).
A Chair -for the Reference Library from Monica Savile Davis.
£100 from Mr. Whiteley to be spent for the advancement of some handicraft in the school.
The gift of an annual prize for Biology from Dr. and Mrs. Pole Evans.
A picture of the Sondra from Lieutenant Reid.
A photographic enlargement of Miss Baker for the Reference
Library as a tribute to her memory from the Parent Teachers’ Association.
Gramophone records from Mrs. Shave and Mr. Ashmore.
Miss Lawrence, T.L., has presented a most unusual and artistic silver cup for Inter-House Life Saving Competitions.
Acting Clothes from M. Oates and H. Osborne.
Library.
Additions have been made to the Lucy Sutherland collection: books mostly on Modern History (Europe, Africa,
Middle and Far East).
Mary Oates has given a collection of plays to the Dramatic Society.
Miss Harke presented “The Complete Book of Sewing,” by
C.
Talbot.
Mrs. Dougatt gave a number of valuable books of historical and literary interest.
B.
A. Key, Esq., Botanical Magazine of South Africa, two volumes (for 1945-46).
L. Gore Browne a donation of £2.17 for the Library Books for the Sanatorium from Mrs. Rissik.
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Gifts to the Garden.
Plants, seeds, etc., from Mr. F. E. Anderson, Miss Berry, M. Cameron, Miss Conradie, Miss Edwards, M. Ferrar, Mr.
Gordon-Smith, K. Hertzog, Mrs. Hopper, J. Jones, Mis. King, M. Little, Miss Marriott, Mrs. Pybus, L. Roberts, Miss
Thomas.
Mrs. Pybus again pruned our roses for us, and Miss Williams and Mrs. Roberts very kindly sent flowers for
Foundation Day.
As we go to press we read with pride the “Birthday Honours” list. To Roedean South Africa the name of Miss Tanner
has always been associated with more than a spark of inspiration. Many times in the last 14 years have I gone to her
by letter for a word of help and advice.
Now we look forward with great joy to the possibility of a visit from Dame Emmeline, one of the four new Dame
Commanders of the British Empire.
It was with great pride, too, that we learnt of Lucy Sutherland’s C.B.E., and recognition of her years of work with the
Board of Trade.
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THE ROYAL VISIT — APRIL 1st, 1947.
At 9 o’clock on Tuesday, April 1st, the whole school gathered in the Pleasance to assemble in order of height. Then,
armed with flags, medals and cameras, and accompanied by a very smart body-guard of servants in their best clothes,
the school marched up Boundary Road to a reserved site, opposite the fire-station, which the staff had kept for us
since 6 o’clock.
Louis Botha Avenue looked very gay with flags and bunting on the bordering houses and flats, and decorations strung
across the street. It was lined by cadets from the John Adamson School, and twice during our wait of one and a half
hours, their band marched past. Luckily our site was in the shade, and we waited patiently for the great moment when
the Royal Family would drive past us.
At last a police-car drove up the avenue, and it was announced through a loud-speaker that the royal procession was
three miles behind, and travelling at twelve miles per hour.
Very soon we could hear the crowds further down the avenue cheering madly. The procession drew nearer us, the
shouting grew louder, and we could see the Queen’s elegant ostrich-feather
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nodding gently above everything else. The Royal Daimler was preceded by the pilot car and a police-car, but these we
did not notice as all eyes were focussed on the occupants of the third car. The Queen, in a soft blue outfit, was smiling
and waving graciously, and she looked so beautiful and charming that many of us saw only her. When they drove
slowly past us, the shouting died down because we did not know what to shout, and also we were breathless with
amazement at the beauty and charm of the Queen and the Princesses. The King was on the far side of the car, so we
did not see him so well.
As the car receded into the distance, we broke into exclamations such as, “Isn’t the Queen beautiful!” “She gave us, a
special smile!” and “Whom did you see best?” taking no notice of the procession of equeries, ladies-in-waiting, and
officials which followed.
When the way was clear we walked back to school. There were no lessons for the rest of the day, which was mainly
spent in swimming, tennis and comparing notes on the Royal Family.
In the evening we had an early supper, in order to give the servants a holiday too, and at 8 o’clock all the boarders
marched to the Medical Research to see the fireworks.
B.
Roberts.
THE' FIREWORKS
We walked via Clarendon Circle to the Medical Institute. We admired the lights we saw, but I think we all preferred
the enchanting appearance of the floodlit Medical Institute which rose out of the darkness with its white-domed and
pillared tower in the centre.
We climbed single file up a spiral staircase to the roof. Some leaned a little precariously over the parapet, while others
perched on the acute summit of the roof. We had a very good view of the city and isaw all the lights round the Station
and the City Hall, and on many other large Johannesburg buildings.
At first there was nothing but the glow of bonfires on the mine dumps to be seen, but at nine-thirty the fireworks
began, each of the mines giving a separate show. Beautiful showers of red, green, silver and gold shot high into the air
and drifted gracefully down to earth. Some rockets burst very high up, shooting stars in all directions. Some of the
rockets,floated down fragments in the shapes of aeroplanes.
Very tired we walked back to school, and were warmly welcomed with cocoa and biscuits, after which we needed no
bidding to go “quickly and quietly to bed.”
H.
Snell and J. Minnaar.
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AT THE ZOO LAKE
On Saturday morning, April 5th, most of Roedean School were waiting in the Bear’s courtyard for the Municipal buses
to come and take us to the Zoo Lake to see the Royal Family. They had given up this morning to see school children.
When {he buses arrived the Junior school clambered in and the Seniors followed. Most of us had flags to wave or
brooches pinned or our dibbahs. We were feeling very excited.
We went into the Zoo Lake sportsground and found to our joy that our place was opposite the dais and the chairs for
Their Majesties were turned our way.
Many schools came after us and so we had something of interest to watch all the time. We had sandwiches with us
and most of us ate them early.
At about quarter to ten two bands arrived and were given a cheer. Miss Dorothy Boxall then suggested that we should
practise some songs, so we sang “God save the King,” “Die Stem,”' and “Underneath the spreading chestnut tree” and
many others. After this we were given instructions about what we must do and what we must not do when the Royal
Family came.
Mr. James Gray, the Mayor, arrived with all the other dignitaries. Then the police car came and told us that the Royal
Family were very near and were in an open car.
At last the longed-for moment came and we cheered and cheered and cheered. The Royal car circled the ground once
and then the Royal Family stepped out right in front of us. They mounted the dais and everybody sang the national
anthems. Then four school children, a boy and three girls presented Their Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses with
bouquets.
The King, Queen and Princesses left the dais and a few people were presented including our Miss Le Maitre. Princess
Margaret asked about us and wanted to know if we were a little sister to Roedean Brighton.
Tea was then served to the Royal Party and head girls and prefects from different schools waited at the various tables.
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Joan Kerr and the Head Girl of Parktown High School waited at the Royal table and, among others, Hazel Osborne on
the other guests.
While the Royal Family had tea, we sang songs. Our stand was so close that we could see the pattern on the china they
used.
The King had on a lounge suit. The Queen looked charming in a ,pink dress with a pink hat which was trimmed with
an ostrich feather. Princess Elizabeth had on a blue costume with a blue hat. Princess Margaret wore pink, too, but of a
darker shade than the Queen’s, with white accessories.
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After tea the Royal Family waved to everybody as their car drove round the track and then drove away amid terrific
cheers.
Slowly the schools moved off one by one as the loud-speakers told them to go. At last our turn came and the
Municipal buses took us back to school.
It was a perfect day. We all went home very well satisfied having each a happy memory that would never be forgotten.
E. Hamlin.
INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS.
FIRST TERM 1946.
Swimming (over 15)': St.
Agnes. Music Bell'. St. Katherine
„ (under 15): St.
Katherine. Tidy House Picture: St. Agnes.
First A I Rounders: St. Ursula. Acting Cup: St. Katherine.
Rounders (Under 15): St Agnes. Silver Leaf : St. Agnes.
Silver Leaves for 1st classes in Matriculation and Cambridge examinations: St. Agnes 6. St. Ursula 3, St. Katherine 3.
SECOND TERM 1946.
First XI Hockey: St. Agnes. Junior Lacrose: St. Agnes.
Hockey (under 15): St. Katherine.
Tidy House
Picture: St. Agnes. ■
First XI Lacrose: St. Agnes. Music Bell: St. Agnes.
THIRD TERM 1946.
First Tennis: St. Katherine. Tidy House
Picture: St. Katherine.
Tennis (under 15) : St. Katherine.
Music Bell: St. Agnes.
DeporWnent: St. Agnes.
SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1946.
Senior Prefects: E. Lancefield, G. Lister, A. Butterworth,
A.
Batty,
School Prefects: M. Oates, P. Curlewis, L. Gore-Browne.
House Prefects: J. Anderson, S. Martin, D. Mai, N. Craib, L. Wagstaff, A. Brickman, J. Snell, K- Goldby, A. Douglas,
H.
Ostler, D. Beerstecher, A. Horak, A. Norris, J. Kerr* N. Harrison, A. Ogilvie, L. Wassung, P. Davis, H. Osborne.
Sub-Prefects: L. Lardner-Burke, Moira Laing, J. Lawrence, L. Gatt, F. Bird, S. Buchan, M. Machab, C. MasonGordon, J. Frean, D. Denoon Duncan, D. Alexander, A. Burger,
B.
Bailie, J. Voelcker, P. Roberts, R. Way, G. Bouette, A. Callinicos, M. Watson, P. Asher, C. Noyce, E. Carst, A.
Sherwell, M. Buchanan, M. Lawton, J, Pybus, J. Fraser.
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SCHOOL BENEVOLENCES, 1946—47.
The School Fund collected during the second term went to the Jane Furse Memorial Hospital; that from the third term
was for Our Children’s Day, and for the first term 1947 the money went for Phyllis Tau’s education fund. House
Nights surplus money went to the Sophiatown nursery schools and to Phyllis Tau.
The Science Clubs have contributed to these two funds as well, also to the Ekutuleni Mission (Primary) School.
LOOKING BACKWARDS.
Forty Years Ago.
1907. “The school has made great progress in enunciation. . ... We hope soon to be able for the first time to place three
members of the Upper School into the highest grade of all.”
“Lena Bennett has gone home to Middelburg and has so completely grown up that we are able to record her
engagement to Mr. Scott of that town.”
“The commemoration of our Foundation Day ... on March 8th, was for the first time graced by the presence of our Old
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Girls.”
There were 12 members in the newly formed S.A.O.R.A.
There were two moves during that year—one to St. Andrew’s Road, Parktown, the second to St. Patrick’s Avenue,
Parktown (the house where the Johnstones now live).
Senior Prefect: Florence Raine.
School Prefects: Muriel Vail, Constance Britten, Madge Bell, lima Marx, Cecilie Playford.
Thirty Years Ago.
1917. “Our old narrow kitchen has expanded and blossomed out. ... We have another acre or so of nice green land on
the east, and our number has risen to 117.”
“We secured Miss Edwards. . . . [We] congratulate ourselves especially on the South African garden that Miss
Edwards’ botanical enthusiasm is going to make out of our uncultivated ground.”
Senior Prefects: Cecil Myers -and Madeline Gregory.
Full Prefects: A. Carlyn, M. Tancred, C. Fitzpatrick, B. Moss, R. McKinnon, G. Davies.
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Twenty Years Ago.
1927. The school purchased Staff House. The total number of pupils at the end of the year was 261.
We again secured the Inter-Schools Hockey Shield.
“The event that has overshadowed all else . . . is the death of Irene Kanthack. Perhaps [among all the Roedean girls]
there was none who embodied in a greater degree the joy of life and goodness. ... We feel it a great privilege that she
was so long entrusted to our care.” [Note the phrase, “Keen spirit of Joy on the Irene Kanthack fountain.]
Senior Prefects: Mary Sanders, Janet Mackintosh, Ina
Corbett.
Full Prefects: Claudia Hopkins, Molly Whyte, Martha Read, Dorothy Normand, Iris Walton, Rose Alston, Ruth Heard,
Joyce Greathead.
Ten Years Ago.
1937. “. . . . A change in the curriculum whereby every girl in the Senior School as well as in the Junior gives at least
one period per week to Art. The real enthusiasts have also had the opportunity of doing independent work in the Art
Club.”
“This Hall [The Founders’ Hall] has been completed through the generosity and hard work of the friends of Miss
Earle.”
“The part of the grounds which we call the Pleasance is now bounded by a wall, the gift of Miss Lawrence in memory
of her lifelong friend and partner, Miss Earle.”
Senior Prefect:' Elin Hammar.
School Prefects: Phyllis Livingstone, Elizabeth Ogilvie, Diana Laver, Monica Davis.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND DISTINCTIONS.
Senior Scholarship: H. Snell. Exhibition: B.
Roberts.
Junior Scholarship: Not awarded. Exhibition: Y. von Mentz.
Prizes.
Sixth Form Prizes: E. Lancefield, A. Butterworth, G. Lister. Margaret Earle Classical Prize: D. Béerstecher.
Leslie Cope Cornford English Prize: J. Snell.
Joan Hildick Smith Art Prize: D. Denoon Duncan.
Patrick Duncan Prize for Afrikaans: shared by A. Horak and N. Craib.
Special Headmistress’s Prize: E. Lancefield.
Pole Evans Biology Prize: S. Martin. „
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Joint Board Matriculation. December, 1946.
Class I. D. M. Beerstecher—English (a), Latin (a).
A. B. M. Horak—Biology (a).
HC M. Ostler.
L. Wagstaff.
Class II. A. P. Brickman, S. Buchan, L. L. B. Gatt, L. J. Lardner-Burke.
Class III. K. E. Goldby.
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School Leaving Certificate.
Class III. P. A. Curlewis.
Cambridge School Certifitate.
Class I.
A. Batty J. S. Martin J. K. Snell . .
N. I. Craib .
D. M. N. Mai
Class II.
J. Anderson M. C. Laing A. Douglas .
A. A. Norris .
L. K. Gore Brown M. E. Oates . .
Class III.
C.
A. Mason Gordon.
December, 1946. Exemptions.
All exemptions.
All exemptions.
All exemptions.
London Matriculation, Joint Board Matriculation. \ London Matriculation,
( Joint Board Matriculation.
All exemptions.
Joint Board Matriculation. Joint Board Matriculation. Joint Board Matriculation. Joint Board Matriculation. Joint
Board Matriculation.
Laer Taalbond.
Hoër Graad: J. Kerr.
Laer^Graad: A. Callinicos, J. M. H. Frean, L. L. B. Gatt, M. A.
Lawton, M. A. Macnab, D. M. N. Mai, H. M. Ostler, L. Wagstaff, L. Wassung, M. A. Watson.
I
Hoër Taalbond.
J. Anderson, N. I. Craib, A. M. B. Horak, E. Lancefield.
July, 1946.
The following girls qualified for the full St. John Ambulance Home Nursing certificate: Patricia Asher, Frances Bird,
Margot Buchanan, Alix Butterworth, Diane Denoon Duncan, Elizabeth Lancefield, Marjorie Lawton, Audrey Norris,
Hazel Osborne, Doma Pritchard, Jane Voelckar, Margaret Watson.
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GRANDCHILDREN’S PARTY.
The following accepted invitations to the Grandchildren s Party (November 2nd, 1946):—
Bridget Allan.
Jennifer Badham.
Barbara Bailie.
Peter Bales.
Gill Bannister.
Brian Barnes.
Anthony, Peter and Margaret Beart. Patrick and David Berry.
Frances, Rosemary, Christopher and Catherine Bird.
Anthony Blackett.
Clare, Helen, Nigel and Stephanie Brayshaw.
Angela Brickman.
Deneys Brtiz.
Andrew Bromleý-Gans.
David Campbell.
Michael, Natalie, Rachel and Richard Coke.
Michael and Niven Cur now.
David, Michael and Christopher Dane. Dinah Drew.
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Ian Duff us.
Diane Denoon Duncan.
Antonet and Sally Edwards.
Heather Farquharson.
Nina and Nigel Fernsby.
Richard, Sally, Leonora and William Frankel.
Jacqueline Frean.
John Gear.
Brian Haddon.
Paul, Susan and Janet Herman. Elizabeth and Patricia James. Christo and Peter Jooste.
Deborah Lavin.
Elizabeth Lewin.
Joy Lewis.
Gill Lister.
Pat and Yvonne Little.
Jennifer, Priscilla and Susan Lorne-McDougall.
Janet and Colin Grant Mackenzie. Rosemary McLeman.
John McKerron.
Ann and Jean Mackinnon.
David and Elizabeth Matterson. Alastair, Georgina, Isabelle and William Moir.
Christine, Pauline and Prudence Morris.
Ann and Susan Murray.
Christopher, Isabelle, Jennifer and Olivia Ann Murray.
Andrew Penwill.
Eric Polonsky.
Ann Railton.
Jane, Anne and Susan Roberts. Elizabeth Rossiter.
John Russell.
Ann Sherwell.
Allan and David Sinclair.
Molly Ann and Arthur MacWilliam Smith.
Jennifer and Margaret Stephenson. Rosemary and Charles Thomson. Wendy and Hugh Townsend.
Anthony Trew.
Fiona Vise.
Grahame and Peter Volck.
Lucelle Wassung.
Adrienne and Frances Waring.
Peter Willis.
Janet and Peter Saffery.
Michael and Lavinia Williams.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We acknowledge with thanks the following magazines: Roedean Brighton; Jeppe High School for Girls; Jeppe High
Preparatory School; Parktown High School for Girls; The Rhodian, St. Mary’s D.S.G., Pretoria; Sir John Adamson
School; 1116 Ridge Preparatory School; Windsor Tribune, Edgehill, Canada; Kingswood College.
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A Ballad of Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow.
Bold Robin heard a scrap of news,
, Straight from Will Scarlet’s sister:
“A Competition in the Town—
To trap our favourite Mister.”
The Sheriff’s men at Nottingham stood,
To watch the Fair grounds daily,
To catch a glimpse of Robin Hood Wh« should come to the rally.
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In his disguise bold Robin Hood Beside the Sheriff sat,
But ne’er a thing the Sheriff guessed,
Nor knew what Robin’s at.
Then Friar Tuck he had first shot,
And after, others many,
And Little John he did right well,
And shot the target, twenty.
But Robin Hood did win the show,
And fetched the Golden Arrow;
Then home he went to slip again On venison and marrow.
The next day morn he sent a note . Unto the Sheriff high lord;
“I won the arrow,” so it read,
And signed, “Bold Robin Hood.”
The Sheriff then with rage was torn—
“That dreadful, robbing scoundrel!”
He then sent out his men to search,
And have a thorough round-all.
But deep in Sherwood, though they hunt And peer into the wood,
There safe and sound with Much and Will Was hid bold Robin Hood.
Sally Angwin. Upper IV.
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Things in the World.
Rabbits in the sand,
Cattle in a cowhouse,
Drums in ^ band,
Traps for a little mouse.
Pigs in a sty,
Sheep in a pen,
Thread in a needle’s eye,
Eggs from a brown hen.
Flowers in a parlour,
Bacon on a dish,
People in-a gala,
A man with a fish.
Birds in the air,
Whales in the sea,
Foxes in a lair,
And buns for me!
Amanda Lamont Smith. Form III
JUNIOR SCHOOL.
Parents’ Day, 1946.
Parents’ Day dawned sunny and bright, although towards lunch it looked as if it would rain. However, when everyone
was ready and the Parents had arrived, it began to clear up.
The Transition and Kindergarten did a very sweet little play called “Trouble in Fairyland.”
The First Form then acted a musical play about the Old Woman who lived in a Shoe and all her children.
After that came the Second Form with “The Mad Tea Party,” from “Alice in Wonderland,” which was well acted and
very entertaining.
Following this came “Cabbages and Kings,” a play very cleverly acted by the Third Form. Then came “Lente” or
Spring, a pretty Afrikaans play with many lovely dances, which was composed ánd acted by the Lower Fourth.
Last, but not least, came “The Spirit of the Tower of London,” a ghostly play at night in a cell in the Tower of
London. We saw how the ghosts of famous people came to haunt the Tower. It was well acted by the Upper Foilrth.
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After the plays, which all the Parents said they thoroughly enjoyed, they went down to the Junior School for tea on the
Swimming-bath lawn, while the girls had their tea on the grass in front of the Kindergarten. The girls then found their
parents and took thém off to see the display of handwork and drawings, after which they went home.
Virginia Vail. Upper IV.
CHRISTMAS PARTY AT SOPHIATOWN NURSERY SCHOOL. 1946.
Picture over 300 small native children, thei/r black faces: shining with excitement at their first Christmas party, sitting
at gaily covered tables waiting to be fed.
Despite the intense eagerness with which their eyes roved, to the serving tables on which stood coloured “minerals,”
buns and the usual accompaniments of a children’s party, these little mites-sat in rapt silence until grace had been said.
Then their African teachers (girls from about 17 to 20 years) proceeded to serve the dainties. Although each child fell
to ravenously, there was no exhibition of bad manners or of greed, in fact one would have thought they were
accustomed to parties daily instead of this, party being probably their first experience of such luxuries.
The European spectators, which included the Fathers of the’ Mission administering the School, the two very capable
European, teachers, Miss Chaplin (the Principal) and Miss Brown, Joyce Jones—the guest of honour, Queenie Fouché,
Chairwoman of the School Committee, and a few S.A.O.R.A. members, were served with a most delicious tea.
We then adjourned to the School Hall where the children assembled after tea. The hall was beautifully decorated and a
lovely Christmas-tree stood in the middle. Joyce was “Mother Christmas” and as each child’s name was called out, he
or she stepped shyly up to receive an attractive little toy. Again the behaviour of the children was exemplary.
So ended the first Christmas Party of these little Africans and I wish that many more old Roedeanians had been present
to see the children and the fare provided for them. Looking at the school and its equipment, and seeing the happiness
of the children, they, like myself, could not possibly have regretted the trouble they went to in order to make last
year’s Fête for the Nursery School such a success.
These little African babies must be kept happy, healthy and clean as they are now and funds are needed to do this.
What about it, S.A.O.R.A.?
Marjorie Myers (s.a.o.r.a.).
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FOUNDATION DAY, 1947.
Foundation Day this year was very special as T.L. was at school. During the day everyone dispersed in the grounds
gathering in Pleasance for meals. In the morning the Old Girls hrst and second teams played tennis against the school.
The Old Girls won. In the afternoon the meeting of the S.A.O.R.A. was well attended; T.L. was present at this.
When the whole school had gathered in the hall for supper Miss Le Maitre entered with Miss Lawrence and grace was
said. As usual some of the prefects made speeches; the first was made •toy Ann Ogilvie, head of St. Ursula’s. She
proposed the Games and Pippa Snell answered her. Noel Harrison, head of St. Katherine’s, then proposed the Staff;
Miss Edwards answered her and proposed the Prefects. Then Hazel Osborne, head of St» Agnes’, proposed the Old
Girls and May Blaine replied and proposed the School. She was answered by Miss Le Maitre who gave us the health
of Roedean Brighton and then read the telegrams from absent friends. All these speeches were spoken through a
microphone for the sake of the juniors who were in quarantine for mumps and were seated at a table outside. Miss Le
Maitre kept up a running commentary for them, and seemed to be enjoying her new role of commentator.
The great moment of the day came when T.L. rose to speak •to us. You could have heard a pin drop in that hall. She
gave us .a short history of her family and of, their building up of Roedean Brighton and then of herself and K.M.E.
coming out to found the South African Roedean.
In between the speeches we sang the school songs including -the song of the Founders. But at the end of the. evening,’
by special request of T.L., the present school sang the Founders’ song to a new tune which the Old Girls seemed to
like. Then •everyone adjourned to Scollay where some of the present girls ■entertained us with “The Little Man”
produced by Miss Thomas. Then back to the hall for dancing and the Foundation-day cake. Then we sang “Auld Lang
Syne” and went to bed.
S. Sinclair.
The following Old Girls' accepted invitations to Foundation Day
(8th March, 1947):—
J. Adamson. . I. Beart. P.
Braun.
B.
Allan. P. Berge.
A. Brickman.
P. Allan.
A. Berry.
P. Brinton.
C.
Anderson.
I. Bird.
L. Gore Brown.
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R. Atmore.
B. Bladen.
S. Buchan.
N. Auret.
J. Blaine.
H. Burke.
A.
Badham.,
M. Blaine.
A. Butterworth.
J. Barnes.
E. Brayshaw. A. Cannon.
M. Begg.
B. Braun.
B. Cannon.
D.
Beerstecher. F. Braun.
D. Campbell.
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E.
Campbell.
A.
Cawood.
F.
Clark.
M.
Coke.
M. Cretikos.
P.
Curlewis.
N. Dane.
M. Savile Davis.
G.
Dicey. '
M.
Drew.
Mrs. Dougall.
A. Douglas.
N.
Duff us,
J.
Denoon Duncan.
R.
Denoon Duncan.
B.
Edwards.
MisS Edwards.
.N. Elkin.
P.
Elkin.
B.
Eller.
P.
Embleton.
E.
Fouché.
M.
Fouché.
G.
Frean.
Mrs. Freer.
P.
Freer.
A.
Fry.
'C. Gates.
L.
Gatt.
J.
Gear.
I. Gee.
M.
. Gnodde. ■
B.
Goodman.
K.
Goldby.
C.
Mason-Gordon.
I.
Green.
G.
Guinsberg.
A.
Hadingham.
M. Hall.
J.
Hallett.
F.
Hardy.
J.
Hardy.
E.
Hawarden.
C.
Holliday.
A.
Horak.
D.
Houthakker.
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E.
Jarvis.
R. Jenkins.
P.
Jenkins.
B.
Pratt Johnson.
J.
Pratt-Johnson.
H. Creighton Jones.
S.
Creighton Jones.
J.
Jones.
H.
Jooste.
A.
Kerr.
B.
Kerr.
M.
Kerr.
B.
King.
S.
Kneen.
J.
Langebrink.
Y.
Lategan.
D.
Lavin.
J.
Lawrence.
Miss T. Lawrence.
Miss Le Maitre.
E.
Levy.
G.
Lister.
M.
Lister.
M.
Little.
P.
Louw.
D. Lupton.
E.
Luthje.
P.
McCormack.
M. Mackay.
E.
McKerron.
R.
Mackinnon.
M.
, McLeman.
E.
MacNab.
E.
MacWilliam.
P.
MacWilliam.
S.
Martin.
M. Mason.
J.
Merriman.
B.
Moon.
N.
Moir.
E.
Morris.
M.
Morris.
G.
Murray.
M.
Murray.
M. Myers.
M.
Needham.
A.
Norris.
M. Oates.
A.
Osborne.
S.
Osborne.
P. Ord.
C.
Paton. V,
N. Paton.
0.
Patterson.
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D.
Pilcher.
G.
Railton.
D.
Rapozo.
M. Read.
B. Reid.
Mrs, B. Reid.
M. Rissik.
L. Roberts.
E.
Rossi ter.
D.
Macdohald Rouse.
H.
Macdonald Rouse. R. Russell.
M. Scholtz.
E.
Schultz.
A.
Shaw, i M. Slater.
M. MacWilliam
Smith.
M. Smith.
B.
Smithers.
B. Stephenson.
P. Steward.
L. Thackwray.
N, Trew.
K. Thiselton, .
B. Thomson. • .
B.
Tyrrell.
E. Udal.
R. Udal.
D.
Vise.
M. Volck.
1.
Wagner.
J. Wagner.
L. Wagstaff.
E.
Walker.
Mrs. Walker.
D. Webb.
'C. Whiting.
D.
Whiting.
K. Williams.
I.
Wingate.
C.
Zijlstra.
Messages and greetings were received- from:
Miss Bayley, Beryl Macleod, Dorothy Sumner, Barbara White, Louise Young and Seottie.
Cables and telegrams were received from:
Lesley Pirie, Joan Hoather and Margaret Guinsberg (Johannesburg) .
Elsie Poole, Topsy Sampson, Beatrice Preiss, Enid Farquharson, Noel- Niven,. Mary Grant Mackenzie, Mary Davel,
Zetta Buyskes, Gwen Ross Roberts, Katherine Hertzog (Pretoria).
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“The Lavers” (Middelburg, Tvl.), Mary Cassidy (Maseru), Phyllis Mason (Heilbron), Lesley Black (Bremersdorp),
Diana Newey (Mooiplaats), Nora Davis, Marjorie and Noreen “Goldsbury” (Durban), Kathleen Begg and Pat Herbert,
Elizabeth Black, Daphne Hill, Meg Laver, Miss Miller, Phyllis Weir (Grahamstown), Polly Brown, Roma Bannister
(East London), Denise Brampton and June Wood (Plettenberg Bay), Bemys Rissik, Sylvia Smit, Mu-3 Fennell
(Claremont, Cape), Barbara Morton, Charmian Paterson, Jean Pole Evans (Rondebosch), Phyllis Parkmgton and Claire
Livingstone (Kalk Bay), Joan Poeock (St. James , Cape), Edith Bowie, Cecil Merriman (Cape Town), Pamela Mosse
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(Pietersburg), Elizabeth Gubbins (Malmani-oog, W. Tvl.), Pauline Allsop and Helen Ostler (White River), Rosemary
Montgomery, Maureen O’Byme, Georgia Wilson (Salisbury, S.R.Í, Deonora, Philippa and Ethne Bovet (London),
Clen, B. Bailey, F. Bury Miss Minty (Putney), P Avis (“Warmest congratulations from an Iceberg ) (Oxford), Ethel
Leith, Sally Bicknell and Pat Knox (Wat--tington, Cambridge), Paddy Hopkins (Hong Kong), Lesley Mead
(Canterbury, England).
SENIOR SCIENCE CLUB, 1946.
Great enthusiasm has been shown in the meetings of the Senior Science Club, in which we have had some very
interesting topics this year.
In the first term of the year, in our twelfth general meeting Mrs. Freer showed us films, lent by the Canadian
Government, depicting various aspects of the life in Canada.
At the next meeting, Alix Butterworth eead us a paper on Pathogenic Bacteria. Mrs. Freer then followed this up with a
film showing Pasteur’s work in connection with hydrophobia.
During the second term again there were two meetings. In the first meeting Mrs. Freer gave us a lecture on “Atomic
Energy,” which was followed by a paper of Margaret MacNab’s on “The Atomic Bomb” showing how atomic energy
was utilized.
The next meeting was very interesting, as we were shown a film on “Radar”, and Shirley Laver, an old girl, who had
been in the Special Signal Service, came to give us a commentary on it. Two of the chief actors in the film are Old
Girls, Barbara Graham and “Bud” Brown, who were in special Signal Service too.
In our last meeting this year Miss Read read us a paper on Dietetics, and then Mrs. Freer showed us an extremely
interesting film called “This World of Plenty.”
During the year money collected from subscriptions has been sent to the Sophiatown Nursery School, and also to
Phyllis Tau to further her education.
G.
Lister.
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JUNIOR SCIENCE CLUB, 1946.
We have had exceedingly interesting meetings this year with many excellent films to illustrate the various lectures. At
our second meeting of the year Miss Edwards kindly gave us a most delightful talk on “Trees” illustrated with
specimens from our school garden. The first meeting of the second term was on “Sponges” and a paper was given by
Jenifer Nicolson. The second half of the term Shirley Laver came to show1 us a film about the growth of a Radar
Station at which both Science Clubs were present. The last meeting of the year was on “The Anophe-line Mosquito”
and papers were given by Mrs. Freer, Angela Gore Browne, and Mariota Blundell.
Most of our funds this year have gone to the Ekutuleni Mission School. M_
Blundell.
DRAMATIC SOCIETY, 1946.
The Dramatic Society was formed at the beginning of last year, and it was decided that it should be run entirely by the
girls.
Meetings were held every Saturday night in the Scollay, and after the minutes had been read the members got into
groups and went off to read plays. _
The first play reading, “The Ring of Marcias,” was done by the younger members of the society. Later in the term
“The Importance of Being Earnest” was read in costume by the older members. The school was invited to the
performance.
During the last term of the year the junior members gave another reading, !‘Western Night”, which both actors and
audience enjoyed very much. p
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■ MUSICAL ACTIVITIES, 1946.
The Annual Grading was held in July when Signor Danza examined.
The Theoretical Examination in July brought us two excellent results when M. Blundell and A. Cluver gained 140/150
and 131/150 respectively.
The Sunday Evening Concerts in the second term of 1946 were of great interest. Lord Lurgen’s Song Recital was
particularly 'fine, and Traunek’s Orchestra gave members of our school orchestra a fine opportunity to join in and play
with them—also to Lesley Gatt, who, as solo pianist played the Romance from Mozart’s D Minor Concerto with this
orchestra.
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The Music Circle has 38 enthusiastic members who have arranged interesting meetings and have visited the University
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to see Professor Kirby’s collection of musical instruments. ey have been able, too, to add to their Record Library and
contributed a substantial donation to the Sir Henry Wood National Memorial Fund. ,
.
In the winter term an Inter-House Song Competition took place. Miss Way of St. Andrew’s School selected a suitable
song, and Mrs. Fulton (Isobel Maclaren) kindly adjudicated. She was most impressed with the way in which the girls
had worked at the song, quite unaided by the Staff, also upon the able way eac house was accompanied by one of their
own girls from among their pianists.
The Music Circle is increasingly enthusiastic about their meeting once a term, and want to be able to spend a longer
time on their programme; so this term an hour is to be given to Bach on April 2nd when a friend, Major Nicolson of
the Ridge Preparatory School, has vëry kindly consented to help by playing in the orchestra and in two piano works
with Miss Pudney.
D.P.
THE SCHOOL PLAY, 1946.
This year Miss Le Maitre produced a Greek play “Iphigenia in Taurus,” which was first acted about 415 B.C. When
we first heard about it, we were rather surprised, and not as keen as we might have been, but after two or three
rehearsals we realised that we had been mistaken in our first impressions of the play, and we then put our backs into
the work.
We were fortunate in having Joan Kerr to take the part of Iphigenia; she gave a wonderful interpretation of the part,
and inspired us all ot do our best, too. Elizabeth Lancefield was good as Orestes, brother of Iphigenia. The chorus of
Greek maidens played an important part in the production. Mrs. Dougall kindly coached the singing, with the help of
Gillian Lister as leader of the chorus, and when the day came, the Greek maidens were very effective, each word of
the singing being distinctly heard. Miss Marriott very kindly arranged the costumes, both for the solo parts and for
members of the chorus.
The time allowed for the production was rather limited, so that, because the play was not quite finished off, no official
invitations were sent out; parents of the cast came if they could. The play was finally acted to the school and a few
visitors on October 18th in the Founders’ Hall. I only hope the audience enjoýed watching the play as much as the cast
enjoyed acting it.
P. Snell.
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S.A.O.R.A. FETE, 1946. v
The Fête which was held on October 12th at Roedean to raise our first contribution to the Sophiatown Nursery School
was a great success—a success both from the amount of money we raised and by the number of people who told me
they really enjoyed it.
Mr. Hungerford, one of the directors of the school, opened the Fête for us, and we made nearly £600. After our
expenses were paid and 10% was paid into the S.A.O.R.A. Reserve Fund we handed Queenie Fouché, the Chairwoman
of the Nursery Schools, a cheque for £502.7.10.
Miss Le Maitre made the announcements over the loudspeaker for us and was most helpful in every way.
Lulu Roberts, Molly Girney and Marjory Myers did a great work organizing the side-shows and were helped by J.
Wagner, A. Osborne, B. King, R. Barron, P. Berge, F. Hardy, J. Merriman,
D.
Palmer, J. and B. Pratt-Johnson, S. Mansel and C. Herman.
We are grateful to the Parents for taking the responsibility of Teas, Cold Drinks and Ice Creams off our shoulders.
They gave us all a hot cup of tea, delicious things to eat, as well as handing in £51.1,3. We had the following stalls:—
Gifts: run by The School.
Books: Adele Lezard and Dr; Margaret Grindley Ferris.
Baby and Dolls’ Clothes: Bessie Stephenson, Dorothy Vise and Gene Isaacs.
Novelties: Ann Berry and Erica Mitchell.
Plants and Flowers: iris Bird, Betty Carter and Elsie McKerron.
White Elephants: Pat Curlewis.
Cold Meats: Phyllis Brinton.
On the day of the Fête these people were helped by M. Kerr,. A. Kerr, S. Creighton Jones, C. Whiting, B. Dodson, D.
Youldon, M. Wallace, M. Hall, P. McCormack, M. Needham, D. Lavin, S. Sherwell, G. Frean, P. McWilliam, B.
Rissik and Mrs. Tulloch.
The collecting and checking of the money was handled most professionally by Queenie Fouché, Ida Wagner and Mrs.
Glen.
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During the afternoon the finals of a Tennis Tournament run by Martha Read and Mary Ferrar were played.
Mr. Wasley made and gave us a most beautiful work box which we American auctioned. Six golf balls and two pairs
of Nylon stockings helped to bring the auction money up to £15.
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The following people sent donations to the Fete and the Nursery School: G. Railton, K. McIntosh, Jo. Gear, Dorys
Brown, N. Hillman, S. McFadyen, A. Buck, C. McEwan, P. Mennie, L. Black, F. Clark, G. Jooste, N. Sinclair, Miss
Bayley, Lena Scott, J. Langebrink, R. Craik White, A. Craib, K. Thiselton, M. Davidson, D. Pilcher, Miss Miller, Mr.
W. M H. Frames, P. Brickman, Mrs. Godfrey Lys, A. Thorsen, D. Sumner, Miss R. Scott, M. Thorp, G. CrosseUpcott, Joyce Todd.
Our first and at the time of writing only yearly contribution came from Joyce Todd. We do appreciate this form of
contribution very much and hope her example, will be followed by other Old Roedeanians.
Miss Edwards nobly took charge of all the things which were not sold and disposed of a great many after the fête was
over, besides running a stall for the natives the following Monday.
Some of the baby-clothes which were not sold we gave to the Navy Welfare Fund to be sent free of duty to wives of
sailors.
Thanks all of you for your help—those of you I have mentioned and those who sent gifts to the stalls and all of you
who came and bought and so made possible such a successful and Tiappy day.
Joyce Jones,
Hon. President of the S.A.O.R.A.
ROEDEAN FETE. October 1946.
The fête this year was arranged entirely by the Old Girls, though the School did their part by helping at some of the
stalls and having one of their own. Saturday, 12th October, the day set aside, was one of great uncertainty as far as the
weather was concerned, so everyone felt relieved when the rain passed over.
Mr. Hungerford open'ed the fête, and immediately a lengthy ■queue formed at the ticket office for the swings and
roundabouts, which were tremendously popular. There were various other ■side-shows such as Hoopla, Coconut Shtes
and a peculiar fishing game which proved most attractive to all members of the school.
As the fête was .in'aid of the Sophiatown Nursery Schood, a few of the native children came along with their native
teachers. Much to everyone’s delight they sang and danced for us on the lawn, and afterwards were taken round the
school by the girls, forming bright patches of colour in their short uniforms.
Though all the stalls were exceptionally gay, the flower. stall -was most admired, as it was perfectly lovely placed
beside the cool fountain, where all the flowers showed to their best advantage.
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The Whtie Elephant stall was much frequented by those girls who "were down to their last sixpence for here, especially
late in the afternoon, it was possible to buy books for amazingly little money.
Mrs. Roberts and Mrs. Minnaar managed the teas very ably so perhaps it was not surprising that, with so much effort
behind it, we matíaged to raise over £500.
J. Kerr.
ST. AGNES’ HOUSENIGHT, 1947.
As usual, housenight was a great success. Lambs, as the Pied Piper of Hamlin and his children, invited the inhabitants
of Hamlin to an evening in the hill.
Some of the costumes this time were exceptionally original, and rats of all shapes and sizes turned up in abundance.
The little lame boy was there too.
During supper we were entertained by some very picturesque ballet, followed by several less talented artists’ trying to
perform as well as ‘the preceding dancers. We were then thrilled by an hilarious comedy in verse, called “The Egg”,
whose words many of us still remember with mirth. Two of the guests felt most humiliated when they were called
upon by their hosts to lap some water out of a bowl on the floor. Two more suffered acute indigestion after having
been made to eat a biscuit each, and then whistle to the expectant audience. Uproarious laughter filled the hall as the
suffering biscuit-eaters tried in vain to whistle.
After everyone had eaten their fiiï, and the nervous speech-makers had sat down relieved, we all went down to the
Scollay where we listened in tense excitement to a play “The Phantom Ship.” Feeling slightly more subdued and eerie
at the end of the play, we once more went up to the Founders’ Hall to dance and eat cake, which fortunately was not
made of ice-cream and therefore much easier to cut than the one we had at Bears’ last housenight. Then, after the
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singing of “Auld Lang Syne”, another happy evening came to an end.
Thelma Wright.
ST. KATHERINE’S HOUSENIGHT, 1946.
“Theatreland” 'summoned the imaginative Bears, Lambs,, staff and other animals to an evening of entertainment as
“advertisements” at the Globe Theatre. Entry was refused to guests who had mislaid, spoilt or otherwise irrespectfully
treated their special invitation cards which had been laboriously printed
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and issued some days beforehand. During supper we were entertained by filmlets, a good deal more convincing than
those seen on the screen. The filmlets were followed by some impressions of a ballet school which left us positive that
we would rather remain in the audience than join the cast. A jazz session, composed by our local musician, included
“Variations on a Maths. Lesson” with the composer at the piano. We were persuaded against our better judgment that
we, too, liked maths, when varied. Modifications on a well-known Shakespeare ditty also caused much amusement,
and a graceful display of ballroom dancing was given by three expert couples. We watched an excellent performance
of “The Waxen Man” in the Scollay and eventually an enjoyable evening was brought to an end by dancing and an
ice-cream cake in the hall.
M.
WATSON.
ST. URSULA’S HOUSENIGHT, 1946.
Bears, as inhabitants of “Greenwich Village”, invited the other houses as “Their Other Selves”, to where they had
never been before. Miss Le Maitre went as the “shadow of her former self.” After the grand parade in the dining-room
we went to the hall for supper. It was brightly decorated with crinkly paper, Chinese lanterns and balloons, and we
were, entertained with an amusing “naughty-nineties” can-can dance, Scotch songs, and Café entertainments.
The play, “Escape”, was acted by Gillian Lister, Pauline Davies, Margaret Macnab and Mariota Blundell who kept the
atmosphere tense throughout the performance. After that we all gathered round the ice-cream cake for our wish, but
the knife only bent and wobbled, threatening to break; however, when the cake had been “chopped” up it rapidly
disappeared, and then we all went quickly and quietly to bed.
n.
Harrison.
L. WAssung.
REPORT ON MONEY RECEIVED BY THE SOPHIATOWN NURSERY SCHOOL.
On behalf of the Committee of the Sophiatown Nursery School, I wish to thank Roedean and all Old Roedeanians for
the support they have given to the school during the past year.
The magnificent sum of £568. 13.7 was collected, and a statement follows of how this money was spent. We are most
grateful, too, for the many gifts of clothes and toys (from Grandchildren’s Party, etc.).
There are certain people whom we should like to thank particularly:
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Miss Le Maitre for persuading the Municipality to have our stony kopje covered with earth and made into a real
playground. She also obtained for us the gift of a hose and sprinkler.
Gwen Edwards for helping us to plant trees and grass; for planting them again when the donkeys ate the first lot; and
for her untirijig help towards achieving our now flourishing garden.
Mrs. Hamlin for so kindly conveying Gwen Edwards, garden boys, implements, plants, etc., back and forth on several
occasions and for getting down with pick and shovel when at Sophiatown and helping the good work.
Marjorie Myers for help with our clerical work.
The many Roedean girls who helped us during their holidays. I only hope that they enjoyed their work among the
African children half as much as the staff and children enjoyed their visits.
Joyce Jones for organising the 1946 Fête and for being such a successful “Mother Christmas” at the Christmas ,party.
The Foundation Day meeting 1947 promised us further support, and, with the promised money, we proposed to build a
room to accommodate another hundred children.
I enclose a copy of a resolution sent to me by the African mothers, which speaks for itself:
“The African Parents’ Association of the Nursery School thanks from the bottom of its Heart the Head Lady and all at
the Grand English School, Roedean, for all they have done for oui* children.
May God bless them.
When we go out to take care of your children and do your work, we are happy and can work nice, because we know
our babies are taken'care of.
If your hearts still feel like it, please give us more rooms so more children can come and our sisters can be happy as
well.”
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Expenditure.
Received from Fête and Roedean Activities
Money used as follows:
Sewerage
Hotel size Refrigerator Nero Stove, Boiler and Kitchen Alterations Slide for Children’s Amusement Towels and
Blankets In hand
Total
E.
Fouché.
£568 13
7
200 0
0
125 0
O'
210 0
0
19
0
0
14
0
0
13
7
£568 13
7
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THE SCHOOL MEETS T.L.
February, 1947.
It was with the greatest expectation that we, as a school, assembled on the front lawn to meet a very important person.
In the sparkling sunshine of a midsummer morning we were introduced, by Miss Le Maitre, to Miss Theresa
Lawrence, or T.L., as we affectionately think of hej\
During the war years, like everyone else in England, she had been occupied with food growing and other war work,
but she was so anxious to revisit the school, that once civilian travelling was resumed—unable to get a berth on a ship
—she flew out here; quite an undertaking for one of her years.
After we had been introduced to T.L. and she had presented a cup for Life Saving to the school, the grandchildren
were introduced individually. Her laughing eyes and never failing sense of humour struck us immediately and her
wonderful memory amazed us; she had a reminiscent remark for everyone she spoke to.
In fact the meeting was more like a reunion with an old friend rather than an introduction to someone new, for, in spite
■of the fact that few, if any, of us had ever actually seen her, we already counted her as a friend, so familiar a figure is
she, as one of our Founders.
J. Frean.
SWIMMING REPORT, 1947.
The standard of swimming has risen considerably this year, though our diving has suffered through the loss of our last
year’s Matric., Cambridge and Sixth Form girls.
However, we held our own against the other Johannesburg schools at the Ellis Park Gala, on February 22nd, and
managed to score a higher number of points than the year before. Jane Fraser won the Fotheringham Back-crawl Cup,
Meg Stuax-t the Dorothy Dunstan Breaststroke Trophy, and our LTnder 16 Medley Team broke the record, which we
held last year.
We had swimming matches against Kingsmead this year ’-which were keen and well contested. Roedean won the first,
but lost the second and Under 15.
M. Wilson, Captain.
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HOCKEY REPORT, 1946.
The hockey teams have been very successful this year. The 1st XI started by being in the 2nd League ^and moved up
into the 1st League half-way through the season. They were unbeaten until the Old Crocks’ match when the Fathers,
complete with a team of twélve men, at last succeeded in beating them. The Staff put up a very good fight but in the
end the School won.
At the hockey trials G. Lister, J. Snell and L. Wassung were -chosen for the 1st Combined Schools’ Team, A.
Butterworth and S. Martin for the 2nd team, and P. Curlewis and M. Wolton for the 3rd team.
The 2nd and 3rd XIs have done well too. The Under 15 team is very keen and shows great promise for next year’s
senior teams.
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S. Martin, Captain.
1st XI, 1946.
Goal: L.
Wassung.
R. Wing:
A.
Butterworth.
R. Back: *S. Martin, Capt. R. Inner: *P. Curlewis.
L. Back: P. Snell.
C. Forward: *E. Lancefield.
R. Half:
P.
Roberts.
L. Inner:
*G. Lister.
C.
Half: *M. Wolton.
L. Wing:
J.
Fraser.
L. Half: *J. Snell.
*
Denotes Colours.
LACROSSE REPORT, 1946.
Great enthusiasm has been put into lacrosse this season, and the general standard has improved, but it is still low
compared to that of other games.
We have lost the thj>ee matches we halve played this term, against Kingswood, St. Andrew’s, and the Johannesburg
Ladies' Lax Club. There has been some good team-work, although the defence have to learn to mark more closely and
interchange more easily; but we are handicapped by poqr stick-work, and until we learn to pass more accurately and
catch with certainty we shall never win our matches.
The house-matches were as usual very exciting, and there was some good play, the teams being evenly matched. St.
Agnes won the cup.
Goal:' Point:
C. Point: 3rd Man: R. Defence: L. Defence:
1ST XII, L. Wassung.
S. Martin.
A.
Gore-Browne.
H.
Ostler.
M. Macfarlane.
M. Wolton.
E.
Lancefield, Captain. 1946.
Centre: *K. Lancefield.
L. Attack:
M.
Blundell.
R. Attack:
A.
Butterworth.
3rd Home: *P. Curlewis.
2nd Home: G. Lister.
1st Home:
A.
Horak.
*Denotes Colours.
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GYMNASTIC COMPETITION, 1946.
This year, we were very fortunate in having Miss Riddell to judge us. Nothing escaped her notice and she gaVe us
some
very useful criticism. ,
During the morning, Miss Riddell judged the Junior school competition and presented the cup to the Lower IV.
The Senior school competition was held in the afternoon. The Middle school executed well their complicated table and
the cup was awarded to the Upper Y. The Senior cup was won by Matric.', Cambridge and Sixth Form. The House
competition was very close and the cup was won by St. Ursula.
A. Butterworth.
TENNIS-REPORT, 1946.
The standard of tennis this year has not been as high as it was last year. The 1st VI, however, h,as managed to keep its
place in the 1st League, although it has only won a few of its xnsitchês*
This year we again entered two couples for the Inter-Schools Tournament at Ellis Park, but unfortunately we were
knocked out in the semi-finals after a hard struggle against Parktown
We did not manage to fit in a Staff Match this year, but the Fathers again invited us to the Country Club, where we
spent an enjoyable afternoon playing mixed doubles with them.
There is still.too much of a gap between the 1st VI and the 2nd and 3rd teams, but the Under 15 has- doen well this
year and shows great promise.
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P. Curlewis, Captain.
1st VI, 1946.
1st Couple: *P. Curlewis (Capt.), A. Brickman.
2nd Couple: *G. Lister, *E. Lancefield.
3rd Couple: H.
Ostler, M.
Blundell and M. Macnab.
*
Denotes Colours.
GAMES COLOURS. 1946 And 1947. Gymnastics: M. Watson, J. Fraser, G. Allen, M. Blundell. Swimming: L.
Wagstaff, M- Stuart, J. Fraser, S. Sinclair. Hockey: S. Martin, P. Curlewis, E. Lancéfield, M. Wolton. Games Pocket:
P. Curlewis, E. Lancefield.
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NEWS OF FRIENDS.
It is a pleasure to start these notes with a welcome to T.L. We are overjoyed to have her at Roedean once more and
amazed to find how well she is after the war years. T.L. spoke to the school at the Foundation Day Supper, bringing
back the old days very vividly to some of us and making a legend come to life for the younger old girls and the
present ones. We hope that soon we shall be able to welcome Scottie at Roedean.
Births.
Joan Mendelsohn (Jacobson) a son.
Jo Gea/r (Lister), a son, Anthony.
Nina Móir (Hardy), a daughter, Isabelle.
Joyce Waring (Barlow) a son, Frank Michael.
Joan Cowles (Lindbergh), a son.
Eileen Sheppard (Black), a son, Michael.
Sylvia Smit (Fleming), a son, Douglas Leonard.
Ina Hayhoe (Corbett) a daughter.
Dawn Haggle' (Wentzel), a son, David.
Shirley Bromley Gans (Berry), a son, Philip. ; Muriel Blackett (Richardson), a daughter, Judith.
Elsie Mci?erron..( Healey) a daughter.
Diana Pilcher (Martin), a daughter, Judith Diana. Bemadine Walters (Douglas), a daughter, Veronica. Charlée
McFadyen (Rocher), a son, Alistair.
Betty Robertson (Wilson), a son, Gavin.
Isabel Carrey (Leslie), a son, John.
Sara Mullins (Milne) a son, Robert.
Joy Stuart (Baker) a son, Richard Graeme.
Mrs. Rodde (Miss Nixon), a daughter.
Valerie Stcmdish Eva/ns, a daughter.
Mary Adams (Pocock), a daughter.
Mwiel Blackett, a daughter, Judith.
Weddings.
Phyttida Roper to John Wentzel.
Isabelle Ferrar to John Houstof^ Smith.
Rosemary Holliday to Milton Atmore.
Barbara Macleod to Frank Rostron.
Barbara Dodson to Alec Davidson.
Miss McCormack to Cyril Birks.
Cynthia, Erskine to Ellery Stott.
Suzanne Hodgson to Noel Harriss.
Barbara Menzies to Stanley Reid.
Helen Ogilvie to Jack Burke.
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Pat Leith to Oliver Knox.
Paddy Bredell to Ian MacWilliam.
Nesta Hillman to Ralf Boffard.
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Catherine Kirkland (Hutton) to Mr. Zylstra.
Pamela Pope to Noel Honnet.
Shirley Laver to Hugh Logie.
Joan Harris (Pomfret) left Repton at the end of 1946 and has joined her husband who has been appointed to *he head
£”£P of the R.N. Shore Training Establishment, H.M.S. Gosling. Her husband, Christopher, has been “mentioned in
despatches.
Barbara Willis (Pomfret) has come to live in Johannesburg
Rhona Craik-White (Vincent) writes from England. Her husband is out of the army and they are negotiating for a farm
in Southern Ireland. She sees a good deal of her sister Janet who is living in London and studying flower decoration
with the famous authority, Constance Spry.
Patricia Rowe has a job in Salisbury. She is working in Rosamund Luffmtm’s (Taylor) husband’s office. Her sister
Mollie jg married too and is living in Ndola.
Margaret Sime (Montgomery) with three other women is running a farm at Eerste River and loving it.
Mattie Bosch has left for England where she expects to be for some time.
Paddy Hopkins continues to collect adventures. She is now Physical Training instructor at several schools in Hong
Kong. She says that the colony is slowly getting back to normal, though there is a flourishing black market. Paddy
went to Bangkok for her holidays and saw the famous reclining Buddha.
Mrs. Wilmott gives us news of Magda, Mrs. Tosti Russell, who is now living in Brussels where her husband has been
appointed. She has one little girl.
Babette WUmott (Mrs. Koff) who has been very ill, is now workink again.
Elizabeth Rossiter (Ogilvie) has settled near Springs where her husband is medical officer to the East Geduld Hospital.
Her Elizabeth Jean is growing up and is a, great friend of Brian, Eileen Haddon’s son.
Sybil Bale (Neame) who-lived in Cape Town during the war, is back in Johannesburg.
Barbara Bladen (Harrison) is also back in Johannesburg. During her stay in East London she .saw Polly DuncanBrown (Hawarden), Ruth Reineke (Heard) and Mrs. Carey (Miss
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Doubleday). Barbara is looking forward to gardening in Johannesburg because there is a good supply of water in the
taps. The gardens in East London hardly remember what a watering-can looks like.
Sister Hilary Clare (May Elliott) has left St. Cuthbert’s, Tsolo, and is now at St. Mary’s D.S.G., Pretoria.
Maud Sumner gave her last exhibition of paintings last October and left for England and Paris early this year. Paris has
long been Mauds’ spiritual home and she has a strong and natural urge to go back and find out for herself what is
happening in the art world of Europe.
“In South Africa and in Johannesburg in particular, which is her home, Miss Sumner (from ‘The Star’) has been a vital
force in the artistic life of the community. Always she has been ready with encouragement and help for those less
firmly established than herself and a special quality of integrity that surrounds her work has won both respect and
affection. Should she return to South Africa for good there will be a warm welcome for her.”
Audrey Fry (Normand) and her husband Joe have bought a farm near Waterval Onder. Shirley is at Roedean and
Richard at P.T.S.
Jane Calder (Healey) spent a short holiday in S.A. with her husband.
Louise Young writes from London to wish us a happy Foundation Day. She is loving England except for the weather
(she •writes in February 1947). She has taken up ballet as well as her art work.
Barbara White is living in Grahamstown. She is in her second year at Rhodes.
Paddy Eckbo has just returned from the United States where she spent the war years doing voluntary work for the
Junior League, a nation-wide American organisation of young women who run canteens for soldiers. Paddy wants to
go back to the States and make her permanent home there.
Vera Josephs (Davis) sends news of her three children from Leicester. Joseph, the eldest, has been demobilised from
the R.A..F and is at Oriel' College, Oxford. John is still in the R.E.M.E. but hopes to go to Oxford too to follow up his
scholarship. They both want to teach eventually. Wendy has just completed a course at the Edinburgh College of
Domestic Science and is now working for the British Red Cross.
We hear from Mrs. Stokes that Joan was in the W.R.N.S. doing hush-hush work. Incidentally while serving she drew a
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caricature of an ^admiral and did the head of an A.B. The drawings are both in the National Gallery of Portraiture
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now» She is now in charge of the art section of the Junior Red Cross.
Betty Stokes, amongst other jobs, was secretary to the famous plastic surgeon, Mr. Mclndoes.
Now the war is over Millicent Wagner has taken up her scholarship, and is in London studying privately with Mrs.
Arthur Alexander of the Royal Academy of Music.
Charlée MeFadyen (Rocher) writes of her large garden near Germiston. Her sister Renee Hewitson has been on holiday
in South Africa. She has now rejoined her husband who has an appointment at South Africa House, London.
Muriel Blackett (Richardson) has gone to live in Sussex only eight miles-from Brighton.
Jacqueline Langebrink obtained her degree at Rhodes and. is now working at Brinkworth’s garage, Rosebank.
Marjorie Finlaison after getting her B.A. degree at Wits has gone to the London School of Economics to study for her
M.A.
Pat Avis is reading medicine at Oxford.
Britt Scmdstrdm has just passed her entrance to Stockholm University where sh^ will study chemistry.
Mrs. Ellis writes of her daughters. Nona and family are visiting S. Africa from the States; she has two sons, Robert
and Richard; Verena has two daughters and Peggie one son.
Beryl Macleod (Cooper Key) writes from California. She loves the States and though she does all her own work she
feels she does not want to keep house anywhere else; she does, however, sometimes feel she could do with a nice
native garden boy.
At the end of 1946 “La Hacienda , a nursery school formed for soldiers’ children, closed down. The parents appealed
to the
B.E.S.L. to start another and the task of organising a new school fell to Jenifer Hallett. She is working with a will
against almost insuperable obstacles. They have borrowed two rooms in a garage at Victory House; the main difficulty,
however, is that there is nowhere for the children to play. Jenifer feels very young and green and wishes she had had
more experience, but she has passed her finals extremely well and seems to be tackling this new school project with
great enthusiasm and knowledge.
Ethne Bovet (Orr) writes: “We are still homeless and don’t yet know where we shall ultimately settle. The children,
Deanora and Philippa, are winter-sporting near. Villais. Meanwhile I have been travelling with Dinand (her husband)
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been most interesting. Besides England and Switzerland, we have been to Italy, France, Belgium and Holland—all by
car.”
Mollie Miles (Goodwin) writes from Bewdley, Worcester, in reply to a Grandchildren’s Party invitation: “How I
should love to be able to bring the children along—and myself. It would be more fun than anything I can imagine to
meet the offspring of friends I have not seen in 15 years and nothing would please me more than to be able to show off
my brood to them. We now have four, three girls and a boy.”
Nancy Neave (Huggins) writes that they have just found a house and her husband has started work again after 4i years
of inactivity in a German P.O.W. Camp. Nancy has just had a son whose godmother is Mariol Dalmahoy. Mariol is
now out of the army and lives in Scotland. Nancy met Isabel Leslie in 'London the day before her wedding. Isabel,
now Mrs. Carey, has come to live just opposite the Neaves in Markham Square.
Ruth Brew (O.R.A.) spent some months working at the Settlers Club in Cape Town as assistant secretary. She is now
back at her home in N. Rhodesia. Her husband is still conservator at the Victoria Falls.
Mary Mullins (Otley) has come to Johannesburg for a few weeks to stay with her father. Beryl Webster (Otley) is also,
down from Cairo with her little son Michael.
Georgia Ellman Brown (Wilson) writes from Salisbury. She is teaching at the Queen Elizabeth School where two other
Old Girls are on the staff1, Rosemary Montgomery and Maureen O’Byme. Georgia sees Eve Boast quite frequently.
Betty Greathead is in England taking further studies in medicine. She did a locum at Bucks and Berks Sanatorium and
will probably be back in S. Africa this year.
Cicely NivenS Fitzpatrick) wrote a delightful account of the Princesses’ visit to Sandfontein. Cicely and her husband
provided four of the horses for the Princesses and their escort. Both the Princesses enjoyed riding “Bomvu” who is a
trippler. Neither had ever seen a trippler, much less ridden one.
Heather Rouse has .been doing commercial art for two years and many of her paintings and drawings have been used
in leading shops’ windows. Heather has also taken a course in fashion designing.
Zoë Kennedy (Tancred) has gone to live in beautiful country under’the Drakensberg. She is rapidly becoming a
farmer’s wife.
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If the Union gave decorations for war work, many of our Old Girls would be flaunting medals and ribbons. It is a
satisfaction that some of them, who live in Crown Colonies, have had
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their services publicly rewarded. “Biddy” Elliott (Clarke) and Joy Yeats (Ware) were both honoured with the M.B.E.
at an investiture held at Maseru when the Royal Family were there.
Erica Mitchell (Berry) has gone to London to take a refresher art course while her husband, Bruce, is touring England
with the S. African cricket team.
Joyce Porter (Derry) writes from Salisbury to give us news of her two sisters. Heather is in France doing relief work
with the Quakers among Spanish refugees who fled from Franco and dare not return to their own couatry. Jean is
married again and lives in Aden, where she is very happy. Joyce herself has four children, three girls and a boy.
Marguerite Eppendahl (Kohlberg) writes from Lyons to tell us of her adventures during the war. Marguerite left the
Union with her husband in 1929, and lived in Paris, in Switzerland and in Germany. Her husband was interned in
France at the outbreak of war, but was soon released. After the collapse of France they escaped to the unoccupied
zone, and later escaped to Spain. The Spanish authorities, however, handed them over to the Gestapo. They were
released and allowed to go to Lyons; they were arrested again and again released and on attempting to escape to
Switzerland, found themselves between a pitched battle between the Germans and the Maquis. Marguerite had a lucky
escape when a bed she had been lying on was machine-gunned a few moments after she had left it. Marguerite and her
husband were finally liberated by U.S. troops and they returned to Lyons. She has a family of three, Peter, Gillian and
Victor, who took part in their adventures. Marguerite extends a hearty invitation to any Old Girls who find themselves
in Franee, and is anxious to have news of Roedean and of her contemporaries.
We extend our sympathy to Mrs. Leith, Sally and Pat on the sudden death of their sister Phil. We feel particularly for
her twin Sister Pat. The Leiths were on holiday in Devon and Phil, Pat and a Cambridge friend were happily drawing
when Phil felt a little tired and went to lie down. In less than two hours she was dead. Pat and Phil both studied art and
made a great success of their work. Mrs. Leith writes, “I should like you (T.L.) to tell Roedean about Phil. So much of
what my girls have, they got from knowing you and Roedean.”
Sally Bicknell (Leith) is going to Washington with her baby boy. Her husband has been appointed to the British
Embassy as Civil Aviation attaché.
We deeply regret the death of two other Old Girls, Wilma Christie (Sim) who died after a very long illness—she was
only 3-5, and Vera Coaker (Gilfillan). Vera was one of the first pupils
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at Roedean and later went to Roedean, Brighton. She studied music in Brussels, became a land girl in 1914. When she
married she was studying accountancy in Johannesburg. We extend our sympathy to Mr. Coaker and to her two sons
John and William.
We sinperely regret the death of Mr. Myer Mendelsohn, father of Molly, Sheila, Joyce and Gene.
Condolences to Grace Gaisford-Hall and Molly Miles on the sudden death of their mother. Mrs. Goodwin had
achieved her great wish of getting to England to see Mollie again and to meet her three grandchildren.
We sympathise with Helen Koch and her sister Barbara and with Mrs. Knight on the death of Mr. Arnold Knight.
Condolences to True van Delden (Brehm) who lost her husband in such tragic circumstances when he was salvaging
the “City of Lincoln” wreck.
We offer our sympathy to Barbara Bladen (Harrison) on the death of her father and to Dawn Haggie (Wentzel) on the
death of, her mother.
Pat Spilhaus’ grandfather has just died at the Cape. He was nearly 101 and still went to office three times a week. His
maxim for long life was “Keep working: don’t worry.”
Condolences to Rhoda van der Veen (Knight) whose mother has died. Mrs. Knight was an old friend of the school.
She gave us the hedge and several trees for the chapel garden and provided us with extra labour.
We offer our sympathy, too, to our dear Gwen Edwards, whose mother died quite suddenly during the Easter holidays,
L. Roberts.
My dear Lulu,
The first thing to talk about is, of course, the thrilling matter of T.L.’s return to Johannesburg after the long war years.
She elected to fly out and so there were several of us to meet her at Palmietfontein airport. There were Queenie
Fouché, Ida Wagner, May Lister, Joyce Jones, Deb Lavin and the Deblet, Sister Hilary Clare (May Elliott to us) and
me. There would bave been others, only it was holidays (January 12th).
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The York plane was a little late, and we scanned the dark storm clouds above the deep blue Johannesburg ridges,
wondering whether the plane would beat what seemed an imminent storm. And then we saw her, shining in the sun,
making straight towards us and swooping like a blue and silver bird in a long, lovely curve. She lost height and
eventually made a perfect landing. As she glided past us, we saw T.L.’s hand waving from inside
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the porthole, and then we saw Herself step jauntily down the gangway looking so spruce and well. She walked briskly
past us and called out, “How nice of you to come. I’m not a bit tired, I’ve had a lovely time!” and then she
disappeared into the Customs. As soon as we were allowed, we whisked her off to Roedean, where, as you know, I
have been allowed the honour of having her to stay at “Shack Edwards”, or, in other words, the Old San.
Miss Lawrence told us of her adventures and how she had seen Cairo from a car, and then, determined to see the
Sphinx, she had to get out and choose some other form of transport. Camels towered above her, so she mounted a
donkey instead. Propped underneath by donkey, and leaning heavily upon Arab to one side, she completed her
pilgrimage to her entire satisfaction !
Helen Ogilvie was married to Mr. Burke in October last year. Helen wore a beautiful brocade satin frock and a lovely
veil. She carried a bouquet of arums and white agapanthus. Dr. Ogilvie gave Helen away. Barbara Dodson was the
charming “white” bridesmaid, and has since become a bride herself. Elizabeth Rositer was dame of honour. Two of the
three delightful little flowergirls were nieces of the bride—Priscilla and Jennifer Lorne-McDougall. They had long
white frocks with round yokes. They wore wreaths of white and blue flowers and carried little posies. The bridesmaids’
lovely bouquets were of roses.
The really unique thing about this wedding was that Helen had made her own, the bridesmaids’ and the flowergirls’
frocks herself—with such style and so beautifully. Mrs. Ogilvie wore powder blue with a navy hat and carried
beautiful Talisman roses. Elizabeth Rossiter brought her own Elizabeth, a fairy child, but still too young to attend on
the bride. Margaret Lorne-McDougall looked most becoming in grey with a white hat.
I can hardly begin to remember all the people I have seen this year, but there is always that pleasant feeling of getting
into touch again. One of our earlier visitors was Katherine Mason. She is still a music staff at the Eunice in
Bloemfontein. Marianne is now taking the Physical Training at Redhill, Johannesburg. Alice Badham brought Kathleen
Dwyer to see us again. Kathleen is making her home in Johannesburg once more. In August I stayed with Diana
Martin in Lourengo Marques. Later she came up to Johannesburg, and, just before she returned home, I met her new
daughter Judith Diana. Having left Lourencjo Marques, I went on to Plaston and from 'there visited White River where
I spent a day with Winnie Merriman and saw Margaret Harris. Winnie drove me round the sights at White River and
we had a good talk about old times. In White River %
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I met Pauline Alls op and spent a morning with Molly MacGregor in Plaston and saw her fine garden. She showed me
her new property where she has planned to build her house on a delightful -site. Quite unexpectedly I was taken' to a
women’s meeting in White River, and thére, by the most impossible chance, I met Elizabeth Gubbins who was over in
White River, Eastern Transvaal, for only a few days from Malmanioog in the Western Transvaal. I had the luck to be
driven to the Eastern Transvaal and then back again by Rena Mackinnon, a most delightful hostess. I saw a little of our
old friend Dr. Marguerite Crinzot de Cottens. While calling at Marguerite’s one day I met Mrs. Staten again. She was
able to tell me a lot of first hand news of Adelaide Allchurch and her children.
Alfreda Corbally (Sumner) is out on a long visit to her parents. In spite of the horrors of war-time England, she
collected a charming family—John, Ann and Christopher. They all came to tea at Roedean one day, and the two elder
children took to rolling down the bank of the terrace lawn in the true manner of Roedean grandchildren.
At the October Fête it was such a joy to meet many people whom we have not seen for some time. Everyone was
working1 splendidly ana it was fine to see Betty Carter, recently demobilised ; Margaret Grindley Ferns, returned from
Cape Town to see her mother settled in in Johannesburg once more, but now gone away again to take up a medical
appointment in Pietermaritzburg ; Adele Lezard who did a roaring trade in second-hand books and was most amused
to find herself back in the school “atmosphere”; Pat Curlewis, now demobilised and hankering after rehabilitation work
in post-war Europe; Marjorie Myers, who, besides helping nobly at the Fête, has made the Sophiatowij Nursery School
a personal interest. Among the people who came to support the Fête, I saw Sheila Lewis with her delightful little
daughter, Joy. David was too small to come. But in that kaleidoscope of people it was impossible to see everyone or
even to write of those I did see.
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There is a floating population of Old Girls who, very enjoy-ably for us, look in at Roedean upon occasion. One such
day, Pat Curlewis, Denise Crichton, Adele Lezard and I had a good pow-wow. Noel Niven came another time. She
and my sister Christabel see eye-to-eye in matters musical. Noel is senior music mistress at the Pretoria Girls’ High
School and my sister Christabel is visiting singing mistress. They have just made a great success of a performance of
Bach’s “Village Gossip.” Joan and Cecil Merriman are always very faithful about looking us up, and Roma Bannister,
Molly Drew and Audrey Fry have come too. With Roma’s Gillian, Molly’s Dinah and Audrey’s Shirley here at school
I sometimes get a glimpse of the parents. Kathleen Stucken
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I saw for a moment. She, too, is demobilised and is now doing-office work. It is a nice job, but she would prefer less
sedentary work.
It is most gratifying when our Old Girls come back to be on the Staff. One of the present Staff is Martha Read who not
only runs the domestic Science but also is housemistress of St. Ursula. That means, too, that we sometimes catch a
glimpse of “Moog” who has returned from rather incredible experiences in America. Martha took over form Miss
Harke who seemed to “belong” from the beginning. And why would she not? as she is Frances and Penny Barry’s own
cousin. We were sorry to see her go and wish her good luck and happiness in her new sphere.
Mary Wallace was on the Staff for a couple of years. After she left she joined the “Sunday Times” temporarily. She
will, I think, always meet adventures wherever she goes. It was most amusing hearing of her experiences chasing
copy! At present she is lecturing in History at the University of Cape Town; now the first strangeness has passed over,
she is enjoying the life.
It is so nice to have Miss Constance Wood with us again. We are glad that she came safely through her three years in a
Jap concentration camp and that she is safely with us now.
There were so many delightful grandchildren at the 1946 party. Some of their parents found themselves in
Johannesburg by accident, so to speak, and so, very properly, they came along-and brought Junior. From a crowded
day I cannot remember everybody, so I must ask you kindly to run your eye down the list of grandchidlren present to
see what a fine attendance we had.
Similarly I find it quite impossible to discuss the friends who came to the biggest Foundation Day ever. It was a
thoroughly enjoyable event—a red-letter day in the school calendar.
As a sort of harbinger of T.L.’s coming we had Marjorie Cameron. That really was a thrill because it is years and years
since she was last here. She was looking a bit thin, but so fresh and soignée—and so young. And this in spite of having
two large daughters at Roedean, Brighton, and having done an extremely strenuous and protracted job of work during
the war. That is a thing that astonishes us. Here these young things—Alfreda Corbally, Marjorie Cameron, Marjorie
van Moppes, Eleanor Yates, Ida Wingate—have been through the war, have borne children and wrestled with the
horrors of domestic-less and queue-ful Britain, while shorn of most comfort, living a life pinched down to the barest
necessities, and yet, when we meet them, they are quite radiant. I think there must be some spiritual quality about them
—a feeling of having faced terrific odds and not being found wanting—that .gives them a tranquillity of mind to
which we haven’t attained. Marjorie had some lovely photographs of Elaine and Gillian.
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It has been great luck for me to have Miss Lawrence staying with me, because, although I by no means meet all her
visitors, I have met a great many. Queenie Fouché and Margaret, Ida Wagner and Joan, May Lister and Jill, Betty
King, sometimes with Bruce and Adrian, Bithiah Edwards with Antinet and Sally, drift in and out. Madge Kerr,
Charlotte Gates, Bridget Kerr, Angela and her young man have been too. People in Johannesburg for just a few days
make a point of coming to see T.L. Sister Hilary Clare, Iris Hutchings, Marjorie Savile Davis, Cecil Rowe and her
husband, Given Roberts and Noel Niven, Margaret Hwrris, Dora Graham with her self-possessed and delightful
Margaret—aged six?—are a few of these. Miss Bayley, Mr. and Mrs. Hildick-Smith with Ida Wingate are others who
have been.'Dorothy Sumner, Maud and Alfreda Corbally made one notable visitation. Now that Maud has gone back
to England for a spell, one very much misses the possibility of “dropping in” to have a chat with her in her studio, or
of tiptoeing softly out because Maud, with eye in fine frenzy rolling, is in the midst of creating another masterpiece.
One of these good days arrived when Marjorie van Moppes and Eleanor Yates (Fraser) called while on a short visit to
Africa from England. Marjorie and Eleanor haven’t changed at all except that Eleanor, instead of the slightly tubby
schoolgirl, is now a most elegant young woman. They both have families. It is incredible that Marjorie’s Jill should be
19 and studying at King’s College, London, to gain a B.Sc. in Dietetics and that her Shirley should be 14. Eleanor’s
Jane is 15 and a most accomplished horsewoman. Then comes Julia 12, Christopher 4, and Bridget 2. Eleanor showed
us some charming photographs. ^
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After many years we have linked up with Mrs. Steward (Peter van Zyl) again. She has three step-sons who did well in
the war and are all interested in journalism. One of them is now liaison officer in Kenya promoting General Smuts’
pan-African scheme. Her own son, Jim, is a keen athlete—he is a runner— and will soon write for his matriculation.
My luck was in, too, when I was invited to go with T.L. to a party at Topsy Sampson’s in Waterkloof at which
Pretorians had gathered to do her honour. It was good of Topsy to arrange such a happy party as it was only the day
before the arrival of the Royal Family in Pretoria, but, in spite of some girls not being able to come, there was a good
turn out. Topsy herself, very charming, with Elsie Poole, Grace Melle, Beatrice Preiss, Katherine Hertzog, Enid
Farquharson, Madeline Cretikos, up for a holiday from Lourengo Marques, and staying with Aimée Cawood who came
too. Betty King was our kind chauffeuse. We saw Topsy’s delightful little girls, Caroline, Georgina and Harriet,
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but Sally was occupied with a rehearsal for the Royal visit,'and so we didn’t see her.
I know that there are those among you who will like to know that my mother was talking happily to friends, was full of
interest in their affairs and was as keen and clear in her mind as you remember, right to within a few hours of her
death. Then, in the early hours of May 2nd, she passed on “suddenly and very peacefully”. Although I was not with her
at the last, she had been thrilled by my flight with Miss Lawrence to the Cape. With that eager imagination of hers, she
almost shared our air trip with us. She was surrounded by good friends and her other children and died full of years
and with a wonderfully useful life completed. She has been an inspiration and a help to many people during her
lifetime. Shé died just sixteen days short of her 86th birthday.
Here at the Cape we have seen a good deal of Pat Spilhaus who is T.L’s kind architect for repairs to the Ark. We had
a lovely drive from Simonstown to “Boundary Hedge” to see Mrs". Spilhaus who entertained us in her lovely home
which stands on one of the most perfect sites in the world. Miss Mary Scott came to see Miss Lawrence and gave us
news of Miss Gadesden. Hope Beck came to see T.L. at Simonstown and gave me such a happy few hours at
Kirstenbosch in company with Robin and Hilary, now a whole 1;wo years more mature than when I saw them last!
Joan Pocock came to see us, but I haven’t yet met John of whom delightful stories are told. Mrs. Taylor, “our Mrs. T.”,
was another visitor.
I should like to thank the following for good wishes sent at Christmas time: Miss Bayley, Patsy and Diana Berge,
Ann
Berry, Iris Bird and family, Mrs. Birkett (Miss Holmes) and John, Muriel Blackett, Barbara Bladen, Milada Boucek,
Edith Bowie, Shirley Bromley-Gans, Eloise Campbell, Mary Cassidy, Mary Coke, Audrey Dalton, Ayla Denby, Molly
and Dinah Drew, Shelagh Fitzpatrick, Joan Fernsby and family, Mary Ferrar, Geraldine and Jacqueline Freán, Audrey
Fry and family, Phyllis Fowler and family, Jo Gear, Bimbo and Nicole Grasset, Joan Harris, Iris Hutchings and family,
Mary and Pat Kemp, Helen Koch and family, Meg Laver, Barbara Lipschitz, Charlée McFadyen, “the three'
Mackintoshes”, Katherine, Phyllis and Marianne Mason, Margaret Mellor, Elin Morris' and family, Pamela Mosse,
Grace Murray and family, Molly Murray, Joan Merriman, Marjorie Myers, Lesley Pirie, Hazel Polonsky and family,
Elizabeth and Jean Rossiter, Dorothy and Heather Rouse, Eve Walker, Kathleen and Ruth Wallace, Phyllis Weir,
Barbara White, Charmian Whiting.
Gwen Edwards.
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S.A.O.R.A. OFFICIALS
Hon. Secretary:
Miss G. Edwards, Roedean School, Parktown, Johannesburg. Hon. Treasúrer:
Miss D. Lupton, Rhodes House, de Villiers St., Johannesburg. Hon. Secretary, English Branch:
Mrs. Balcon, Upper Parrock, Hartfield, Tunbridge Wells, England.
The Life Subscription to the S.A.O.R.A. is £3 3s. This includes the magazine whenever it is printed, and all
subscriptions should be made payable to The Hon. Treasurer, S.A.O.R.A. (Miss
D.
Lupton), Rhodes House, de Villiers St., Johannesburg. N.B. Please add exchange to cheques where necessary.
All changes of address should be sent immediately to Miss Edwards, Roedean School, Parktown, Johannesburg.
Miss Edwards gratefully receives news of births, marriages, etc. She would like to know the names of new babies for
the Grandchildren’s Directory!
S.A.O.R.A. COMMITTEE FOR 1947.
President: Joyce Jones.
Vice-Presidents: Miss Lawrence, Miss Le Maitre, Grace Murray, Charmian Whiting.
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Committee:. Elsie McKerron, Lulu Roberts, Joan Wagner, Geraldine Frean, Madeline Jack, Phyllis Brinton, Alison
Osborne, Dorothea Campbell, Philippa Freer, Martha Read,
, / Patsy Ord, Gillian Lister, Eve Walker, Daphne Lupton, Miss Edwards.
S.A.O.R.A. DIRECTORY.
(Supplementary to 1945 and 1946.)
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.
Clendinnen, Miss Ann, 6 Blomfield Rd., St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England.
I>ougall, Mrs., 106 Duxbury Rd., Pretoria.
Leitii, Mrs. Gordon, Watlington Village, High Wycombe, England. Scott, Miss, The Ark, Simonstown, Cape.
FULL MEMBERS.
1933-37 Abel, Dionys (see Marthinusen);. ,, ’
Adams, Mrs. N.. (M. PocoekI, 870 Government Avenue, Pretoria. 1903-13 Adler, Pearl (see Collins).
1942-43 Albert, Lydia (see Lapperman).
1923-30 Anderson, Adrienne (see Hadingham).
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1942-46
1932-37
1917-24
1920-25
1920-26
1937r39
1916-Í9
1826-28;
1930-36
1939-45
1925-32
1935-40
1935-39
1935-39
1932-35
1903-07
1935-37
1940-46
1938-46
1935-43
1933-45
1926-30
1937-39
Anderson, Joan, Beit House, Rhodes TJnivr College, Grahamstown. Andrews, Mrs. P. K. A. (J. Hampton), Manor
Grange, Hurstwood Lane, Tunbridge Wells, England.
Andrews, Ruth (see O'Connor).
Atmore, Mrs. (R. Holliday), P.O. Box 98, Langlaagte, Tvl.
Bales, Mrs. F. O. (S. Neame), 6 Honey St., Berea, Johannesburg. Bailie, Mrs. (A. Shillito), c/o Mrs. Udal, The Manor,
Winifred Rd., Parktown, Johannesburg.
Banks, Mrs. L., (J. Derry), c/o F/Lieut. L. Banks, A.P.M., British Forces, Aden.
Barclay, Mrs. G. P. (C. Harris), St. James’ Lodge, Crowlands, Peterborough, England.
Barry, Frances (see Clark).
Barry, Mary (see Coke).
Beaton, Molly (see Drew).
Begg, June (see ?)
'
Berge, Mrs (P. Day), 21 St. John’s Rd., Houghton, Johannesburg. Berlein, Renée (see Stayt).
33-36 Berry, Shirley (see Bromley-Gans).
Bicknell, Mrs. (S. Leith), c/o IVJrs. Leith, Petty Cury, Cambridge, England.
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Black, Eileen (see Sheppard).
Black, Elizabeth, Rhodes Univ. College, Grahamstown, C.P.
Black, Mary (see Tom).
Blackett, Mrs. (M. Richardson), Twitten Bend, Mill Lane, Poynings, Sussex, England.
Bladen, Mrs. (B. Harrison), P.O. Northlands, Johannesburg. Blakeway, Elaine (see Hall).
Bloch, Rutli (see David).
Boffard, Mrs. R. (N. Hillman), 29 Jubilee Road, Parktown, J’burg. Bolitiio, Mrs. (M. Harris), 28 Brooklyn Heights,
Johannesburg. Bosch, Mattie, 488 Finchley Road, London N.W. 11.
Bovet, Mrs. F. P. (E. Orr)", Chateau de Vulliereus, Vulliereus-sur-Morges, Vaud, Switzerland.
Brf.hm, Gertrude (see van Delden).
Britten, Winifred (see Flower).
Bromley-Gans, Mrs. (S. Berry), P.O. Coalville, Tvl.
Brown, Mrs. Ellman (G. Wilson), P.O. Box 12, Salisbury, Rhodesia. Brown, Erua (see I}awson).
Browne, Lorna Gore, Shiwa, Ngandu, Npika, N.R.
Buchan, Suzanne, 14 Emmarentia Ave., Parktown, Johannesburg. Burke, Mrs. J. G. (H. Ogilvie), 508 Cleveleys,
Hannaben St., Cyril-dene, Johannesburg.
Cannon, Mrs. (A. Hare) (O.R.A., 10 Campbell Rd., Parktown West, Johannesburg.
Cannon, Barbara (as above).
Carey, Mrs. (I. Leslie), 44 Markham Square, London, S.W.3.
Cawood, Mrs. (A. Netter), La Chaumiêre, P.O. Club View, Pretoria. Clare, Sister Hilary,. (M. Elliott), St. Mary’s
D.S.G., Hatfield, Pretoria.
Clark, Mrs. Frances (F. Barry), 20 Tylney Hall, Tyrwhitt Ave., Rosebank, Johannesburg.
Coaker, Mrs. N. E. J(V. (rilfillan).
Coke, Mrs. (M. Barry), 28, 10th Ave., Highlands N, Johannesburg. ‘ Collins, Mrs. H. L. (P. Adler), 59, 12th Ave.,
Parktown N., J’burg. . Colly, Iris, P..0 Illovo Beach, S. Coast, Natal.
Cooke, Hilary (see Richardson)
Cooper, Margery, c/o Mrs. Cubitt, 31 Currie St., Oaklands, J’burg.
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1920-27
1937-40
1941-46
1934-44
1916-18
1937-46
1927-30
1915-17
1915-21
1929-37
1921-29
1927-31
1927-35
1926-29
1929-35
1938-46
1923-34
1923-27
1926-33
1939-42
1923-28;
1923-30;
1916-24
1931-40
1932-41
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1903-10
1944-46
Corbett, Ina (see Hayhoé),
Cormack, Margaret (see Hathorn).
Craib Mrs. D. M. (P. Rice), 89 Ho\yick Rd., Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Craib, Noreen, 89 Howiek Rd., Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Oubitt, Halcyon, 31 Currie St., Oaklands, Johannesburg.
Cullen, Ina (see Gee).
Curlewis, Pamela, 24 Wantage Rd., Parkwood, Johannesburg. Curtoys, Mrs (E. McColm), 0/0 A. Reynolds & Co.,
Ltd., Hebbuiu-on-lyne, Durham, England.
Dalmahoy, Mariol, Hepburn Gardens, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. D Aubrey, Mrs. (R. Horton, O.R.A.), 15, 11th Ave.,
Berea, Durban. David, Mrs. (R. Bloch), 48 Rutland Rd., Parkwood, Johannesburg. Davidson, Mrs. M. J. (M.
Hamilton), 13 Lourens River Road, Strand, C.P.
Davies, Gwladys (see Owen Jones).
Davies, Nancy, Rietkol, Glamorgan Estates, Eloff, Tvl.
Davis, Mrs. H. Savile (M. Myers), E.R.P.M., East Rand, Tvl. Davis, Mrs. (H. Derry), c/o Mrs. Porter, P.O. Box 368,
Salisbury, N.R.
Davis, Monica (see Smith).
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Dawson, Mrs. (Ê. Brown), Mulundu, Isipingo Beach, S. Coast, Natal Day, Patsy (see Berge).
Devenish, Gwen (see Upton).
Dicey, Mrs. (G. ivincaid Smith), c/o Lady Albu, Northwards, Park-town, Johannesburg.
Derry, Heather (see Davis).
Derry, Jean (see Banks).
Derry, Joyce (see Porter).
Devonport, Joan (see Duke).
Douglas, Anne, 9, 8th Avenue, • Lower Houghton, Johannesburg. Douglas, Bernardine (see Walters).
Drew, Mrs. E. L. (M. Beaton), 18 Forest Rd., Bramley, J’burg. Duke, Mrs. (J. Devonport), Breridon, P.O. Northlands,
J’bufg. ' Dwyer, Mrs. J. M. (K. Graham), 54 Lurgan Rd., Parkview, J’burg, Edelstein, T. (see Grundel).
Emdon, Sheila (see Lewis).
Elliott, May (see Clare).
Eppendahl, Mrs. (M. Kohlberg), Lyon fe/Rhone, 26 Rue Camille Roy, France.
Erasmus, Mrs. (N. Hobson).
Erskine, Cynthia (see Stott).
31-35 Ferrab, Isabelle (see Smith).
31-33 Ferris, Dr. Margaret Grindley, 17, 5th St., Lower Houghton.
Johannesburg.
Ferris, Nan Grindley (see Wallace) .
Ficiiardt, Mrs. E. L. (M. Morisse), Chesapeake, P.O. Immigrant O.F.S. ■;
Finlaison, Marjorie, P.O. Box 6218, Johannesburg.
*Fitzpatrick, Shelagh, c/o Major Hull, Devon Valley, Stellenbosch. Flower, Mrs. (W. Britten).
Frost, Ruth (see Jamieson).
Fry, Mrs. J. (A. Normand), Eerstegeluk, P.O. Hemlock, E. Tvl. Garber, Mrs. (S. Orkin), 8 South St., Yeoville,
Johannesburg.
Gatt, Lesley, 225 Mackenzie St., Brooklyn, Pretoria.
Gee, Mrs. Rodney (I. Cullen), P.O. Box 1270, Salisbury, S.R. Gilfillan, Dagmar (see Scholtz).
Gilfillan, Vera (see Coaker).
Gillham. Frances, The Oaks, Caledon Street, Somerset West, C.P.
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1918-24
1920-31
1911-18
1914-20
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1928-38
1921-31
1927-33
1935-41
1934-39
1922-29
1932-38
1933-38
1924-29
1931-39
1946
1934-37
1935-39
1918-28
1921-24
.J921-31
1921-23
1936-39
Gordon, Constance Mason, Bouillantemont, Ave., Seccetan, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Graham, Kathleen (see Dwyer).
Greathead, Dorothy (see Greathead).
Greathead, Mrs. (D. Greathead), P.O. White River, E. Ivl. •Greathea'd, Dr. Elizabeth, P.O. White River, E. Tvl.
Gregory, Rhona (see Mitchell).
Greig, Kate (see Thiselton). Ji
Gubbins, Elizabeth, Malmani-oog, Ottoshoop, W . Ivl.
Gundel, Mrs. L. F. (T. Edelsteiij).
Hadingham, Mrs. (A. Anderson), 41 Linden Rd., Bramley, J burg.
town, Johannesburg.
Haddon, Mrs. (E. Morton), 44 Union Rd., Boksburg Tvl.
Haggie, Mrs. I. (D. Wentzel)-, The Stables, Glenshiel, Westcliff, Johannesburg. ■
.
T
,
Hall, Mrs. (E. Blakeway), c/o East Daggafontem Mine Ltd., Springs, Tvl.
Hamilton, Margaret (see Davidson).
Hamilton, Molly (see McGregor).
Hampton Joancita (see Andrews).
Hanson, Mrs. (G. Mangold).
Harris, Constance (see Barclay).
Harris, Mary (see Bolitho).
Harrison, Barbara (see Bladen).
Hart, Mary (see'Jones).
Hartley, Patsy (see Munnik).
Hathorn, Mrs. (M. Cormack).
Hayhoe, Mrs. G. (I. Corbett), 35 The Valley Rd., Parktown, J burg. Hayman, Ruth (see Saffery).
Hewitson, Miss (R. Rocher), c/o South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London.
Hillman, Nesta (see Boffard).
Hisey, Anne, c/o Women’s College of Middelburg, Middelburg, Vermont, U.S.A.
Hobson, Nora (see Erasmus).
•Holliday, Rosemary (see Atmore).
Honnet, Mrs. N. A. (P. Pope), Elandsdrift Mine, P.O. Hendriksdal, E. Tvl.
Honzik, Mrs. C. H. (M. Pyles). *
Hopkins, Patricia, c/o Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China.
Hubbard, Peggy (see Monro).
Huggins, Nancy (see Neave).
Hunt, Mrs. (S. Kent), Queen’s Ave., P..0 Westville, Durban. Hutchings, Mrs. C. R. (I. Dalton), 63 Livingstone Rd.,
Bulawayo, S.R.
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Hutton, Catherine (see Zylstra).
Isaacs, Mrs. (G. Mendelsohn), 188 Carlett Drive, Bramley, J’burg. •James, Mrs. (P. Scott), c/o S.A. Coal Estates, P.O.
Box 200, Witbank, Tvl. '
Jamieson, Mrs. M. (R. Frost), c/o Standard Bank, Alice, C.P.
•Jones, Betty Creighton (see Moon).
Jones, Mrs. Brian (M. Hart)., c/o Mrs. Hart, Parel Vallei, Somerset West, C.P.
Jones, Mrs. Owen (G. Davies), Rietkol, Glamorgan Estates, Eloff, Transvaal.
Jooste, Mrs. Christo (H. Rose-Innes), 14 Munro Drive, Houghton, Johannesburg.
THE AFRICAN ROEDEAN.
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1936-41 Kemp, Mary, Huguenot, Bowwood Road, Claremont.
1937-44 Kemp, Patricia, Huguenot, Bowwood Road, Claremont, Cape.
Ivey, Beryl Cooper (see Macleod),
Kennedy, Mrs, (Z. Tancred), Scafell, P.O. Underberg, Natal. 1935-39 Kent, Stella (see Hunt).
Kisch, Mrs (J. Walters), 44 Kent Rd., Dunkeld, Johannesburg. 1935-45 Kneen, Shirley, P.O. Box 742, Johannesburg.
1927-36 Knight, Rhoda (see van der Veen).
1918-20 Kohlberg, Marguerite (see Eppendahl).
Ktkanua, Violet (see Marchington).
Lapperman, Mrs. (L. Albert), 46 Wedgwood Mans., Smit St., J’burg. 1935-39 *Laver, Shirley-.(see'Logie).
Lawrence, Miss Thev«sa, The Ark, Simonstown, Cape.
Lawrence, Mrs. E. V. (B. Tredre), 30 Ridge Rd., Parktown, J’burg. Lauben, Mrs. P. S. (I. Simms), c/o Colonel Lauben,
0-268395, F.A.
Special Services Division U.S.F.E.P., P.P.O.
Lawson, Mrs. (M. Mackintosh), 27 Reform Ave., Melrose, Jburg.
1935-37 *Laver, Diana (see Newey).
1938-44 Leppan, Yvonne, Allways, Central Ave., Illovo, Johannesburg. 1923-30 Leslie, Isabel (see Carey).
1923-27 Letter, Aimée (see Cawood).
Lewis, Mrs. (S. Emdon), 21 Wicklow Ave, Parkview, Johannesburg.
1933-39 Lipschitz, Hazel (see Polonsky ).
Lloyd, Mrs. E. L. (B. Silcock), 3 Arran Ave., Melrose, J’burg. Logie, Mrs. H. (Laver), P.O. Box 67, Middelburg,
Transvaal. 1938-45 Ltjpton, Daphne, Rhodes Hostel, de Villiers St., Johannesburg.
1924-29 McEwan, Ruth (see Meyer)'
McGregor, Mrs. N. (M. Hamilton), Cherwell, Plaston, E. Tvl.
1932-36 McColm, Evalyne (see Curtoys),
McCormack, Mrs. Dewar (P. Munro), c/o Broadcast House, Cape Town.
McFadyen, Mrs. J. (see Rochér), The Wilderness, P.O., Wattles, Transvaal.
Mackinnon, Mrs. (A. Sneddon), 116 The Drive, Westdene, Benoni. 1921-27 Mackintosh, Dr. Janet (see Pringle).
1921-25 Mackintosh, Mary (see Lawson).
1-924-27 Macleod, Mrs. (B. Cooper-Key), 3115 West 82nd St., Inglewood, California, U.S.A.
Mangold, G-udrun (see Hanson).
Marchington, Mrs. (V. Kuranda), c/o Standard Bank, Durban.
1937-46 Martin, Shirley, 53 Rothesay Ave., Craighall Park, Johannesburg. MabthintjsEn, Mrs. L. E., Box 4, P.O.
Northlands, Johannesburg.
1934-42 Mason, Marianne, Redhill School. Summit Rd., Morningside, J’burg.
1920-23 Melle, Aileen (see Silberbauer).
1929-36 Mendelnsohn, Gene (see Isaacs).
1925-36 Menzies, Barbara Stuart (see Reid).
Meyer, Mrs. (R. McEwan), 77 New Modder, P.O. van 'fiýl, Tvl. Mitchell, Mrs. E. (R. Gregory).
Moir, Mrs. (K. Scholtz).
Monro, Mrs. (P. Hubbard), c/o Mrs. McCormack, 7 Gainsborough Mansions, Berea, Johannesburg.
1926-31 Monro, Pamela (see McCormack).
1921-31 Montgomery, Rosemary, Queen Elizabeth School, Salisbury, S.R. *Moosr,Mi!&. (B.Creighton-Jones), 45,
10th Ave., Parktown N., J’burg.
1917-24 Morisse, Marion (see Pichardt).
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1937-41 *Morton, Barbara, Berford Rd., Avondale, Salisbury, S.R.
1930-37 Moxtobt, Eileen (see Haddon).
1931-33 Mtjiïdell, Irene, 6 Monawer, Main Road, Wynberg, Cape.
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THE AFRICAN ROEDEAN.
1928
1917-22
1940-46
1924-28
1927-38
1929-39
1926-35 1923-25 1919-21 1941-46
1936-45
1927-44 1940-42
1937-42
1937-43
1918-26
1935-42
1919-25
1938-42
1935-36
1928-34
1927-39
1922-26
1934-44
1929-33
1916
1910-20
Munnik, Mrs. (P. Hartley).
,
Murray, Mrs. S. M. (M. Whyte), 23 Queen’s Road, Parktown,
Johannesburg.
Myers, Marjorie (see Davis).
Neame, Sybil (see Bales).
_.' ,
•
Neave. Mrs. (N. Huggins), 12 Markham Square, Chelsea, London
S.W.3. „
,1„
Newey, Mrs. (D. Laver), Private Bag 9, Amabele Road, t.F.
Niven, Noel, 18 Ronde Geluk, Church St., Pretoria.
Oates, Marv, .11 Fifth St., Lower Houghton, Johannesburg.
O’Byrne, Maureen, Queen Elizabeth School, P.O. Box 696, Salisbury,
S.R. *
.
O’Connor, Mrs. (R. Andrews), c/o Mrs. Andrews, -Colwyn, .Barberton, Tvl.
Ogilvie, Elizabeth (see Rossiter).
Ogilvie, Helen (see Burke).
Orkin, Sonia (see Garber).
Orr, Ethne (see Bovet).
Osborne, Doris (see Wassung).
Ostler, Helen. Leigh Farm, White River, E. Tvl.
Patchitt, Sheila, P.O. Box 38, Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Paton, Cecil, Dunrobin, Empire Rd., Johannesburg.
Paton, Nellie, „
„
»
■■
Patterson, Olive, 34 Englewold Drive, Saxonwold, Johannesburg. Peacock, Kathleen (see Williams).
Pocock, Mary (see Adams).
Polonsky, Mrs. (H. Lipsehitz), 43 Central St., Lower Houghton, Johannesburg.
Pompret, Barbara (see Willis).
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Pope, Pamela (see llormet)
Porter, Mrs. E. A. (J. Derry), P. O. Box 368, Salisbury, S.R. Pringle, Dr. Janet (J. Mackintosh), 6 Morrison Ave.,
Linksfield N., Johannesburg.
Pyles, Marjorie (see Honzik).
Reid, Mrs. S. P. (B. Menzies), 1 North St., Morningside, J’burg. Rice, Pamela (see Craib).
Richardson, Mrs. C. (H. Cooke), 25 Hillbrow Mansions, Richmond.
Surrey, England.
Richardson, Muriel (see Blackett).
Robertson, Mrs. D. (B. Wilson), 3 Pan St., Westdene, J’burg. Rocher, Renée (see Heirtson).
Roper, Phillida (see Wentzel).
Rose-Innes, Hilman (see Jooste).
Rossiter, Mrs. J. (E. Ogilvie), 84 Eseombe St., Geduld Extension, Springs.
*Rouse, Heather Macdonald, P.O. Box 4871, Johannesburg.
Rouse, Mrs. jMkcdonald (D. Sims), P.O. Box 4871, Johannesburg. Saffery, Mrs. (R. Hayman), 8 Beaumont St.,
Oaklands, J’burg. Scott, Pamela (see James).
Scholtz, Kathleen (see Moir).
Scholtz, Mrs. (D. Gilfillan), Sunningdale Private Bag, Naboom-spruit. N. Tvl.
Sewell, Kathleen.
Sheppard, Mrs. (E. Black), 21 Muncaster Rd,, West Side, Clapham Common, London S.W.ll.
Shillito, Audrey (see Bailie).
Shillito, Elsie (see Udal).
Silberbauer, Mrs. B. L. (A. Melle).
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1909-15 Sims, Dorothy (see Rouse).
1926-30 Sims, Irma (see Lauben).
1912-20 Smith, Gloria Kincaid (see Dicey).
•Smith, Mrs. (M. Davis), c/o Mrs. Savile Davis, E.R.P.M., East ' Rand, Tvl.
Smith, Mrs. J. H. (I. Ferrar), 106 Hermanna Court, Paul Nel St., Johannesburg.
Smollan, Mrs. (M. Raphaely), 42, 2nd Ave., Lower Houghton, J ohannesburg.
1917-24 Sneddon, Agnes (see McKinnon).
1940-46 Snell, Janet, Michaelhouse, Balgowan, Natal.
1924-30 Spilhaus, Patricia, Little Brickhill, Main Rd„ Rondebosch, Cape. Stayt, Mrs. H. (R. Berlein), P.O. Underberg,
Natal.
Steward, Mrs. V. W. (P. van Zyl), 24a Osborn Rd., Orange Grove, Johannesburg.
Stott, Mrs. Ellery (C. Erskine), c/'o Staye, P.O. Underberg, Natal. 1923-32 Tancred, Zoë (see Kennedy).
1938-44 Thackwray, Lovell, 58 Westchester Mans., Edith Cavell St., J'burg.
• Thisei/ton, Mrs. M. (K. Greig), Juani^ 7 Trafalgar Avemue, Craighall, Johannesburg.
Tom, Mrs. (M. Black), c/o No. 2 Shaft, Venterspost, Tvl.
1938-41 Tredre, Elizabeth (see Lawrence).
Udal, Mrs. (E. Shillito), The Manor, Winifred Rd., Parktown, Johannesburg.
1930-40 Udal, Rosemary, The Manor, Winifred Rd., Parktown, j’burg.
Upton, Mrs. Crosse (G. Devenish), P.O. Box 644, Kampala, S. Africa.
van Delden, Mrs. (G. Brehm), 3 Monteith Place, Durban North. Natal.
van der Veen (R. Knight), Rivonia Ave., Morningside, J’burg. 1914-22 van Zyl, Peter (see Steward).
1937 Vincent, Rhona (see Craik-White).
Wallace, Mrs. (N. G.-Ferris), 17, 5th St., Lower Houghton, J’burg. Walters, Mrs. C* (B. Douglas), Faraway, Hilton
Rd., Natal.
1930-35 Walters, Joyce (see Kisch).
Wassung, Mrs. (D. Osborne), The Quare, Mossel Bay, C.P.
1938-46 Wagstaff, Lucyann, 6 Majestic Mansions, Parktown, Johannesburg.
1926-32 Wentzel, Dawn (see Haggie).
Wentzel, Mrs. J. (see Roper), 3 Grove Road, Gardens, J’burg.
1936-45 White, Barbara, Gamrie, Durban St., West Hill, Grahamstown, C.P.
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1921-27 Whyte, Molly (see Murray).
White, Mrs. Craik (R. Vincent), Ballybraido, Cahir, County Cork, Ireland.
Williams, Mrs. F. C. (K. Peacock), The End House, P.O. Saxon-wold, Johannesburg.
Willis, Mrs. (B. Pomfret), Fair Wind, 25 Restanwold Drive, Saxonwold Johannesburg,
1923-25 Wilson, Betty (see Robertson).
1933-35 Wilson, Georgia (see Brown).
1934; 1942-43 Young, Louise, 118 Cromwell Rd., London S.W.7.
Zylstra, Mrs. (C. Hutton), Pilrig, Eton Rd., Parktown, J^burg. 1930-36 /Ziman, Francis. ) ^ 'Wr-rJ i
m
i
1928-32 Ziman, Thelma. \ Box 86’ Witbank, Transvaal.
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THE AFRICAN ROEDEAN.
ROEDEAN GRANDCHILDREN’S DIRECTORY.
(Supplementary to 1946.)
Instead of putting the address we give the mother’s maiden name. Pupils at Roedean are marked with a star.
Grown-up “grandsons” and “grand-daughters” who have joined the S-A.O.R-A- are omitted from this list, f Denotes
great-grandchild.
Adams, daughter; M. Pocock.
Andrews, Grant; J. Hampton.
Attwell, Kristen; B. Cooke.
Bateman, Virginia; M. Carruthers.
+Bicknell, son; S. Leith Blackett, Judith; M. Richardson.
Bromley-Gans, Philip; S. Berry.
Caret, John; I. Leslie.
Carlin, daughter; D. Andrews.
Craib, son: P. Rice.
Crosse, Anita Upton; G. Devenish.
Ccrnow, Michael ) M paImer Curnow, Niven j Dane, Christopher; N. C. Smith.
David, Alan; R. Bloch.
Duncan, son; F. Payne.
Emorr, John ) E Clarke Elliott, Hugh j
Eppen-dahl, Gillian; M. Kohiberg.
Eppendahl, Victor; M. Kohiberg. ------------*---------Evans, Standish, daughter; V. Welsh. Porter, A1 wynne. t Gates, Richard: C. Kerr.
+Gear, Anthony; J. Lister
Mendelsohn, son; J. Jacobson. Miles, Margaret ) M Goodwin. Miles, daughter j Mont, Isabelle; N. Hardy.
Moon, Brian; B. Creighton Jones. Morris, Pauline. / Hammer. Morris, Prudence. )
Mullins, Robert. Í „
Mullins, Morag. )
Murray, daughter; G. Hardy. Murray, son; M. Whyte.
Neave, Simon; N. Huggins. Neave, Simon; L. Huggins.
Ord, daughter; P. Holliday. Penwill, Andrew; P. Mackay. Perks, John
Perks, Walter ■ S. Hart. Perks, Atholl
Pilcher, Judith; D. Martin. Polonsky, Tanya; H. Lipschitz.
Porter, James. | ^erry* Rorebtson, Gavin; B. Wilson.
JurtAK, auiuuuj > « - unowi. ------- .
Goldstein, Frederick; S. Houtliakker. Rossiter, Jean; E. Ogilvie
Haddon, Brian; E. Morton. Haggxe, David; D. Wentzel. Haswell, John; J. Barry. Hayhoe, daughter; I. Corbett. Hepke*,
Corinne } M Hagon Hepker, Michael j Hewitson. John ) R Roeher. Hewitson, Carolyn I Hunt, Roland; S. Kent.
Hutchings, Gill 1 j Dalton Hutchings, Richard j Issacs, daughter; G. Mendelsohn, fJames, Christopher; P. Scott.
Knight, Mavis; M. Hallamore. |Le May, Susan; M. Hodgson. Leon, daughter; E. Isaacs.
Lewis, David j g Emdon Lewis, Joy J McFauten, Alistair; C. Roeher. McGregor, son; M. Brooke. McKerrox,
daughter; E. Healey.
SAffert, Janet ) R Havman Saffery, Peter )
Schlosberg, Aram ) p H n Schlosberg, Iimna )
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Sheppard, Michael; E. Black.
Smit, Douglas; S. Fleming.
Smith, Christopher; M. Davis. Smollan, son; M. Raphaely. Stainbank, Beatrice ) p gteward Stainbank, Nigel j Steward,
Jim; P. van Zyl.
Stuart, Richard; J. Baker.
Upton, Anita Crosse; G. Devenish. van Moppes, Jill. | ~ ,
van Moppes, Shirley, f Cohen. Volck, Peter; M. Adamson. Walters, Veronica; B. Douglas. Waring, Michael; J.
Barlow. Williamson, Robert 1 EUis.
V\ Ilham son, Richard J Wood, son: E. Payne.
GROCOTT 8t SHERRY—920/9/47
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