Chronicle-1965

A.P.Meyer(56-61) has taken his B.Sc.(Mech.Eng.)Finals. The results are not yet out, but we can record that he has obtained steady First Classes through out the four years and been near the head of his faculty. He is now pledged to Anglo-American for three years, in return for a three-year scholarship grant. C.L. MacNeillie (26-33) is a Council Member of the Wild Life Protection and Conservation Society ofSouth Africa. He is Vice-Chairman ofthe Zululand Zone. L.D.Matliews(40-42)has returned from Bulawayo to run his father's farm at Warmbaths. M.F. Miller (49-55) has provided us with another Springbok. He was a member of the South African Polo Team to meet the British team in August, and scored the winning goal. p.S.Murdoch,(51-54)has given up the captaincy ofOld Collegians,Durban' as this interferes too much with his work as a Builder. He hopes to keep in trim' however,and we wish him luck as he continues on the fringe of representative cricket. V.C.Milne(52-55)is stiwllith the Non-European Affairs Dept., Johannes burg, as Location Superintendent. His work is interesting and varied, covering all aspects of Bantu Administration. He is trying to acquire a B.A. at the same time, including Latin, a subject which he is enjoying but regrets never having taken at school.He hopes to major in English and Law.He rejoices in a daughter and twin son and daughter, not the best aids to study. A.J. Macfarlane (54-61) is with the Allied Building Society, Rissik Street, Johannesburg. J. Mellows(51-54) writes to say that he has passed his Master's Certificate and is currently Chief Officer on M.V. Voorspeler. He anxiously waits his first command. C.D.Nathan(40-43), vice-President ofthe Old Boys'Club,has been elected member of the Kearsney Old Boys'Education Fund Selection Committee. D.R.Nightingale(24-31), Chairman of the Zululand Branch ofthe K.C.O B.C., has been appointed Trustee of the Endowment Fund,in place of the late P. H. Hind. He is hoping to arrange a Braaivleis and A.G.M. at his farm at Gingindhlovu. S. M. Osier (53-54), son of our ex-Headmaster, has gone to Oxford to continue his studies. He is already making his mark on the Rugger field, as scrum-half. N.F.Pollard (61-64) was awarded the Joseph Baines Seholarship at Natal University, on the result of his 1964 Matric exam. He is studying for his B Sc (Agric.). G.Price-Hughes(47-51) has broken a long silence with the news that after taking a degree in Architecture at Pretoria University he went into partnership with a Pretoria firm for seven years. He is now practising independently in Johannesburg, and does some part-time lecturing at Wits. H.Pencharz(29-34) came second in the poll for the first Town Board of Mtunzini, Zululand. O.D.p.Putterill (45-46) writes from Salisbury and tells of participation with the Salisbury Male Voice Choir and of interesting programmes presented. As a Novice at Bowls, he won the Cup in his first year. E. N.Peppier (27-31) basks in his wife's refleeted glory, for she has been elected South African President of the Methodist Women's Auxiliary (a post held by her mother years back).He is Control Branch Manager oftheS.A.Mutual in Port Elizabeth. Part of a letter of his appears later in this issue. It has been good to hear from him after a long silence. 122

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