Chronicle-1965

T. A.Polkingliornc (52-56) has withdrawn from the Verulam Town Board having now moved out of Verulam to his late father's farm at Canelands. Apparently the implications of the Group Areas Act in the Verulam district are very involved. N.Perry(58-59) has had a period overseas and is now with a book firm in Durban. B.H.Penbertliy (48-49) has just taken his Pharmacy Finals at Rhodes. J. E.Penberthy (48-51) has a general dealer's and bottle store at Camperdown. A.K.Preston (54-59) called in recently from Port Elizabeth and was sur" prised at the School's growth in a mere six years. He is with General Motorsas Field Trainee,learning Sales Administration in Vehicles and Accessories. N.C. C.Poole(32-34)has been appointed Liaison Officer for Anglo-Ameri can, at Conera, Virginia, O.F.S. A. W.Procter (57-61) was 12th man for Rhodesia XI against Border in December. M.J.Rodda (46-50) has built up a very full clintele with his Accountancy work in Durban, and has nine employees working with him. His own days are full and long. G. S. Roberts (26) is nearing retirement, after a life-time with Barclays Bank, where he is now Resident Inspector, Cape Town. He recently flew to open a Branch at Port Elizabeth; en route his plane was forced to touch down on a tarred road, a somewhat nerve-racking experience. D. C. Roberts (51-54), son of the above, is still teaching in England, at Minchenden School, meanwhile pursuing an elusive M.A. B.S.Roberts(56-58), also son of G.S.,is taking his Teaching Certificate at the Durban Teachers' Training College. A.G.Ramsay (57-60) is in the Accounts Dept. of Ellerman and Bucknall, Durban.As Secretary to the Durban Branch of the Old Boys'Club he is puttirig in a lot of time at the rather thankless task of distributing correspondence in connection with functions of one kind and another, and trying to trace "lost" Old Boys. G.C.Richardson(47-49),father oftwo sons and two daughters, has opened a Branch in Pretoria for Norton's Abrasives. As a very lucrative side-line he and his wife have founded and are co-directors of"Booking Services,"an organasation for all forms ofshow and entertainment bookings. C.Rindel(49-52) is assistant secretary to Regina Manufacturers, Pinetowii, a go-ahead firm specialising in carpets, quilting and the like. He states that their nylon carpeting is getting a big hold on the public. As Chairman of the Durban Branch of the K.C.O.B.C. he is making every effort to provide an interesting programme for 1966 and looks for full Durban support. R. Rindel (51-54) has moved from Verulam to La Lucia but continues his conveyancing as before, mainly for Indians, and is kept extremely busy. R.D.Rich (46-50) is Cost Accountant in the Natal Estates, Mount Edgecombe. P. J. Ryan (53-56)is, we hear, doing oil research work for a Doctorate in Geology. D.W.Robertson (48-49) hitherto Sonderegger, is with Geen & Richards, Johannesburg. D.G.M.Scott (48-52), now resident in Vancouver, Canada, is a U.B.C. mechanical engineer under-graduate and has branched forth into something that is definitely Different. He has made his own hovercraft! In the local newspaper write-up it is described as an"aluminium craft, shining brightly in the afternoon 123

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