Chronicle-1961

I. H. D. Lund (45-49) writes regularly from Wolverhamptori where he is doing industrial technical work in printers' inks. He has lost no opportunitiM for travelling throughout England and is delighted with all he has seen. He also managed to see the Springbok Tests at Cardiff and Twickenham. Lund is a close friend of our Chaplain, Rev. Athol Jennings. D. J. Livingtsone (47-49) has published a book of poems,"The Skull in the Mud". These are modern in style, and one is reproduced in this Magazine. P. C. Marshall(49-52) has been "lost" to us for some time and no details appear in the Register. This deficiency was remedied on the day Kearsney beat Rondebosch, and we learn that he is married, with a daughter, and is representative for Textile Chemicals, Johannesburg. He is a keen member of the A.C.F. I. S. Mackay (56-60) is preparing overseas for his G.C.E. at advanc^ level. He has meanwhile applied for acceptance at various medical schools, hoping some day to be a medical missionary. B. McDougall (52-56) has filled a gap by informing us that he has been working for some years with Roberts Construction Co., doing contracts at Tugela Bridge, Bluff Tunnel, in Swaziland, and on the Kingsmead stadium His firm have now granted him a bursary to study at Howard College. Rev.W.S.Michell(25-31)writes of continued happy servicein the SomersetEast Circuit. D. L. Pike (54-58) is in his second year at Rhodesia University, having passed first year in Latin and Greek, with an "A"in the former. We are glad to see the school promise thus maintained 1 E. N. Peppier (27-31) has had to return to bed owing to a recurrence of chest complaint started by the War. We hope that he is up again by now and that recovery will be sure. B.M.Phillips(50-52)is in the Planning DepartmentofUver Bros.,Durban, looking after raw materials, paper and board, and soup ingredients. He has recently married. His other pre-occupation remains, as before, motor-car racing. W.L.Pfuhl(56-58)is at St. Ives, Cornwall, preparing for G.C.E.advanced level this June. If he succeeds, he will apply for entrance to a university. He is not at Southampton University, as stated in the Register. F.E.Porrill(50-53)has been taking Pharmacy exams for many years, with indifferent success. He has also had considerable practical experience inthe work, but feels that if exams do not go right in the near future he will give up Pharmacy altogether. A. W. Paul (38-41) has a progressive farm near Morogoro, Tanganyika, where he grows rubber, 15-foot mealies, and sugar cane, with lions, buffalo, hippo and baboons as his neighbours. P.J. Ryan(53-56) has obtained his B.Sc.(Wits)and his Athletics Blue. P.R.Randall (47-52), who is on the staff of the Greytown Junior School, has co-operated with his wife in producing a History book for Standard III, entitled "Cross,Castle and Compass". This tells of the early Christian Church, life in the Middle Ages, and the exploration of Spain and Portugal. The book has been prescribed by the N.E.D.for Standard III. P. J. Reece (53-59) is in his second year B.Sc.(Zoo)at Natal University. He was Production Secretary for the play "The Bad Samaritan". His principal diversion is now motor-cycle racing. P. G.Rodda(49-54) is on the staff of the Glencoe school. We see that he recently produced "Hamlet", with himself as central character—a performance which gained high praise from the critics. 178

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