at Bergville. I have a personal recollection of his asking me, during a junior history lesson, whether 1 remem bered the Crimean War. He will have forgotten that, but it shook me to think how old 1 must have looked at 25. A.L.(Tony)(50-55) and R.(Richard)(57-62) Doidge lost their deeply respected father early in the year and now share his farm.Tony paid a visit to Kearsney in May, for his son's birthday and enjoyed watching the rugby (especially Kearsney 10th XV 78-0 vs Westville!) He is very heavily committed to his farm work at Acton Homes and has given up various executive posts. He was Methodist Circuit Steward for seven years. His chief love is still the organ, which he plays at Acton Homes and Bergville (he helped with the installation of the Kearsney one), and he has instituted Carols by Candle light in a packed Acton Homes chapel with everyone suffocating through lack of ventilation! He pays tribute to the late Mr G.M. Oram for his love of the organ and to Mr J.F. Reece for his love of choral work. K.M.(Ken)Eddy(49-53)is one of the country's leading photographers. Those who watch the TV on Sunday nights will have travelled many scenic trips by helicopter, with his wife driving. A.J.(Andrew) Eriksson (58-63), whom we saw briefly on TV, is with the C.S.I.R. Having graduated with an M.Sc.(Engineering) Durban, and spending nearly a year travelling Europe with his newly-w , d wife, he now holds the office of Senior Chief Research Officer. His work primarily entails acting as consulting engineer in various problem areas of high-voltage engineering. He has had several papers published locally and overseas, and is now doing Ph.D. research work on lightning discharge. His wife is a lecturer at UNISA,and having recently attained her M.A. is now also aiming for a Ph.D. By the laws of genetics their young daughter should have no academic problems. The widow of R.W.(Roy)Friday (39-46), who passed away in March 1975,at the age of45,writes"The years he spent at Kearsney were undoubtedly very happy and the many stories he related were a great delight to the family. Roy was extremely proud to have been associa ted with the school. It is with gratitude that I thank Kearsney for all that it meant to him." E.J.(Evert) Prick (50-54)has had two years at Umtata, selling cars, but finally found things too difficult, and has returned to live somewhere in Hillcrest. R.G.(Railton) Foss(3947) as sold his farm, which lies adjacent to his mother's in Felixton, and will work his mother's farm. She acts as book-keeper. They share a magnificent nursery "Trend" with no fewer than 52,000 anthuria, inter alia. Railton is on so many committees and Chairman of many, that he is perpetually on the move. As a member of the Felixton bowling club he helped his club to be the first Zululand team to win the Natal bowls open tournament in 60 years. Don't wear yourself out! S.T.(Stan)Fish(47-50)is up to the eyes at the National H.Q. of the Scripture Union,Cape Town,often carrying out several jobs at once. He admits to being "choirstained" and at one stage belonged to four different choirs, a legacy from Kearsney experience. He remains interested in cricket and can boast a hat-trick and a century even in his so-called dotage. P.H. (Patrick) Foster (61-64) wrote a long letter at the beginning of the year from Bath, England, where he is married and weU settled. After qualifying in Law at Stellenbosch and Accountancy in Durban, he left in October 1973 for London, ostensibly for a little extra experience. He had not, however, banked on meeting a girl from Sussex and marrying her! Through visiting relations he decided to buy a house in Bath. His firm meanwhile seconded him to Swindon, this meaning a quite considerable daily trip to and from work. His route takes him every day past my old school. Kingswood School, and his experiences of Bath bring back many nostalgic memories to the recipient of his letters. His intention appeared to be to live in England permanently,a far cry from Kloof. A.M.(Bob) Foss (27-33), having reached the age of62 and undergone some severe operations has decided to call It a day and retire. He may perhaps return to his home Province and settle in P.M.Burg. It was his father, Mr A.E. Foss of Stangcr, who first put the idea into Sir Liege Hulctt's head of turning his home into Kearsney College. D.A.(David) Greer (57-60) Ls working for Trek Petro leum, in Cape Town,and has turned (says Rory Birkby) into an excellent if chauvinistic cook (with a leaning towards Portugal and France in the kitchen), with a heavy hand in the wine and garlic departments. l.B.(Ian)Gibson (Staff65-72), who broke off for a year from Kearsney to take an M.A. at Cornell, New York,is student adviser at Natal University and Head of the Department. What good men Kearsney loses. We have .seen him on the TV. Dr 1. (Ian) Gilbertson (62-66) appears to have been moving round the world this past year, no doubt putting his medicine into practice. He has been to the West Indies, Toronto, London, and the last we heard of him he was in Auckland. F.R.C.(Eric) Groom (3740)spent May, June and July overseas, on the Continent and in England. He saw some Test cricket, several good "shows" and was thrilled by the Queen's Jubilee Celebrations. Then back to little old Kokstad. H.N.(Harold)Groom(4447)lives in Somerset West but is still working with S.A. Mutual,Cape Town,where he is in the personnel department, a slight relief from the high-pressure work he did in Durban. He was in the Hilton Hotel, New York, when a bomb exploded on the 21st floor. A little later he was flying to Pittsburg and was hi-jacked to Paris. Enough for a lifetime. He writes with relish of all the singing he became involved in after leaving Kearsney in 1947. He has recently published a thoughtful booklet "Getting things done through People - Some thoughts on Leadership", published by the S.A. Mutual. D.H.(Don) Gilliat (31-35) is on the National Executive of the Typographical Union. He is also Moderator for papers set for apprentices. B.W.(Barry) Haley (49-53) is Chairman of the Durban Seamen's Institute, which has this year celebrated its 100th anniversary, and does fine work for land-sick sailormen. Barry's father, the late Bert Haley,served the Institute for many years, even as he served Kearsney as Secretary for 30 years. LI. (Ian) Ives (4045), one-time Head Prefect, cricket captain and mile record-holder, has had a life-time with Shell in a variety of ascending capacities. His Head quarters have included Durban, Cape Town, London, Johannesburg. He was Regional Sales Manager, Cape, Mining and Industrial Manager Transvaal and Eastern Cape Head Office Personnel Dept Cape Town,and now Personnel and Services' Manager for Transvaal. To maintain his sanity he has been closely involved in the work of the Methodist Church,and been Sunday School Superintendent in Cape Town and Joburg, and is at present Vice-Chairman of the P.T.A., Parktown Girls' High. In the early 1960's he was Chairman of the Tvl Branch of the Old Boys Club. We have to thank Ian for the work he's done in collecting funds for the memorial prize to commemorate the name of his friend John Kinloch, who was killed with his wife and'children over Zagreb last year. J.F.(Justin)(69-71) and A.(Andre)(69-73)Immelman have had the unique distinction of playing respectively scrum and fly half for Natal University, Durban, in the same team. They are the step-sons of P.J.(Peter)Reece (53,59,staff 65-73). K.B.(Ken)Jacques (24-31), now 64, has had his life in explosives and fertilisers, and has now pulled out of Triomf. Being still fit, he feels he could still do clerical 78
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