life. We have not seen him since he left, and he is now in his 60"s , with tlve "children" and eight grandchildren. For old friends who wish to contact him his address is: Box 76, Harrismith, 9880. Clarence was farming up till the War (Regiment President Steyn) luit after the War gradually gave up farming for more clerical work, and more recently has been "helping out" at a local garage, a temporary job which became pemianeht. N.G.(Norman)Pottow (44-45)now has three adult sons and an adult daughter. He continues to larm near Maritzburg, concentrating on beef. He paid us an overdue visit in March, and revealed that he had lost nothing of his sense of humour. E.N. (Eric) Peppier (27-31) wrote about a year ago "1 think back on a long and enduring friendship, one of nearly 50 years now, and still marvel at the continued affection . . . . We are wholesomely and happily busy here at Hermanus. We are engaged in Church life in varied ways, as well as family and friendships. 1 am Treasurer of this and Treasurer of that (honorary, of course) and actually spend a good deal of my day with my head down to my books. But 1 love doing it, hoping to put back into church and civic life a little of the much 1 have gained from them over the years". B.M. (Brian) Philips (50-52) is head of the margarine planning department of Unilever, Amanzimtoti, with which he has been associated for 18 years. It was a surprise to meet him when he came to pick his son up at Kearsney one Sunday. A telling comment of his was a quote from a teacher when he left school. He was told "If in later life you have to make an important decision, ask yourself 'What would So-and-so (mentioning a master by name)have done?" Surely a fine tribute. P.J. (Peter) Reece (53-59, Staff 65-73) is finding his consultation and testing work at the Fulton School for the Deaf very worthwhile, and more satisfying than teaching Biology! He deals with problems within the school, but is also consulted by very many people from outside the school who have concern about their children's hearing. A newly-built three-tier hou.se out in the forests gives him an opportunity to indulge in his love for Nature. I i-nKrAar fod he won the Championship Opera and Oratorio Sections twice (gold medals), and with his wife won the Duet section live years in a row. He was recently on a trip overseas with the Durban Men's Choir, performing in Austria, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium and England. His greatest thrill was to sing at a Mass at Notre Dame, Paris, before 2500 people. He has sung in many cantatas in Durban, and taken solo parts in the "Messiah" and the "Crucifixion", and he has been bass soloist with the Symphonic Choir, performing Mozart's "Vespers" (first time in South Africa) in the Durban City Hall. He and his wife have also broadcast duets. What a wealth of pleasure there is to be found in singing! Incidentally Cliff was at one stage considered almost a certainty for the Natal Cricket XI had he not refused to play on Sundays. N.(Neville) Reeves (31-35) has a sugar farm at Ntumeni in the mountains a thousand miles beyond nowhere in Zululand, but once one has completed the ordeal of the trip there is a lovely home and warm welcome. His musical wife, Eunice, is sister to Graham Balcomb, and has a Hammond organ and a piano side by side. As age and ill-health catch up on him, Neville is glad to leave much of the management of the farm to his son Gareth (62-67), who has recently become a father. Nothing short of paralysis will keep Neville from his golf, despite the rocky journey to Eshowe. M.K.N. (Norman) (63-65) and C.J. (Colin) (65-66) Reeves run a fire-fighting equipment Company with depots all over South Africa. Norman lives at Botha's Hill but also has a home in Cape Town. Their father's newspaper "The Pinetown Pictorial" was the first to serialise Jack Recce's "Birth and Development of K.C." A.J.(Allan) Rycroft(66-70)took his B.A.(Rhodes)and El.B. (Natal) and then devoted two years of his life free to the Students Christian Association, and has been doing particularly fine work among the schools in the Cape. He took part in a Private Schools Mission (Africa Enterprise) held at Kearsney earlier this year. [I A. J. Rycroft J. F. Reece Dr. D.F.(David) Reece (61-67) is in this third year as a doctor in Cape Town, as salaried assistant to a tiusy and prosperous partnership,which he may nowjoin officially. Hours are long, and free time brief, for in addition to surgery work he may have up to ten house visits a day, and night work often gives little time to rest. His wife is a fifth-year medical student, doing exceedingly well. When she qualifies they will really start thinking of their future. P.R. (Pat) Russell (51-56) is Durban Broker Branch Manager for Eiberty Life Association of Africa. He is a keen polo player and frequently meets Old Boys through this medium. C.(Cliff) Rindel (49-52) has written a long letter telling of his thrilling experiences in the singing world, a habit acquired at Kearsney. He remembers many of the old concerts with great pleasure. He has long been a member ofthe Sanctuary Singer and the Durban Men's Choir. He has won most of the major awards at the Natal EistcddR. (Ray) Rutherford-Smith (Staff 50-58), who is lecturing in the Dept of Education, Stirling, Scotland, writes "My years at Kearsney were certainly among the most important of my life, and many of my closest and most enduring friendships were made there". His versatility is revealed by the fact that though he took an M.A. in Latin and English, and M.A. in Psychology, at Kearsney he taught Biology. Mrs J.F.(Thea) Reece (nee Fraser,Staff 33-67)devotes most of her time to women's work, both white and black, in the Methodist Church, and in 1971, when South Atrican General President ofthe Women's Auxili ary, represented this country at a World Conference in America. Latterly she has started t<} indulge a lifelong desire to compile a Family Tree dating back to the first Fraser to come out from Inverness in the early 1800's. Already she has some thousands of names, and the house will have to be enlarged. Among her relations she can claim an uncle, G. Brand van Zyl, who was Governor General when the Royal Party came out in 1947: a second cousin. Justice M.T. Steyn, the new 81
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