Chronicle-1978

a year ago, after a long illness, during the last two years of which she was paralysed from the neck down. He remembers with gratitude the privilege of her partner ship for 35 years. A.C,(Anthony)Cantrell(55-60),son of the above,has a home, plus wife and three children, in Robindale Extension, Randburg. He is with the Pneumoconiosis Research Unit(S.A. Institute for research in occupational diseases). To help to ease the pressure he runs in various Marathons. The pen ofE.G.(Lyonel)Capstickdale(31-32)continues to pour forth fascinating articles for Panorama and other periodicals. While very high up in the Civil Service hier archy, he hastens to correct an impression given in the last Chronicle that he was "near Cabinet Rank". Civil servants are not politicians, but paid employees of the Government. Lyonel is "a senior civil servant, and journalist by profession, who has spent many years disseminating information of a factual nature about South Africa". The misinterpreration was entirely my fault. Now in his 60's, he still pays tribute to the grounding given by Kearsney. We saw in the newspaper, earlier in the year, a photo of C.C. (Colin) Carelse (48-53) who helped to compose a four-man Cowies Hill Lions cycling team, which saddled itself with a marathon fund-raising cycle trip - 4000 kilometres in eight days to Windhoek, to raise money for the National Sea Rescue Institute. We did not read the outcome, but we commend the cause and the enthusiasm. F.L.(LafO Chappe(48-49)has long been off our books, but cunningly rediscovered. He worked for ten years with Barclays Bank, then joined the S.A. Perm, and is now Assistant Manager at East London, where he is anxious to contact other Old Boys. There are not many ofthem at East London. A.J.(Tony)Chick(33-38)continues his admirable work jointly as Kearsney Bursar and President of the Old Boys Club. He shows a keen interest in everyone and everything, both of the present and the past. His office is a communal meeting point. Cricket is always a good talking point. O.W. (Wally) Qarkson (44-47) remains the School's most assiduous Old Boy in the Salisbury area, and frequently sends along items of news, one of the latest being a telegram to tell of the death of M. Gillespie in the tragic aircrash brought about by terrorist gunmen. He also reports that 3. von Sorgenfrei (69-71)represen ted South Africa at the pistol shooting championships in Rhodesia. V.L.(Vemon)Qegg(Staff 44-62), who has been VicePrincipal of St Stithians since 1963,tells with real pride of the fact that for five consecutive years St Stithians have won the South African Schools' Science Pride. Knowing the skill of Vernon Clegg himself, we realise that he has had no small part in this effort. D.A. (Deighton) Clegg (70-72), son of the above, has settled down very happily and efficiently in his work at Kirstenbosch, and has "fallen" completely for the Cape. He is in charge of all the Erica (heather) work of the Cape and has catalogued over 600 varieties. His work involves wide travelling throughout the Province. When last we heard,C(Chris)Co^n (54-57), National Archivist in Salisbury, had been interviewed in Pretoria with a view to accepting a similar post in Perth,Australia, with the State Archives. We have heard nothing since. T.(Theo) Coggin (61-64) has at a relatively early age been appointed Editor of the Methodist Church, "Dimension". As a son of the Manse, he has had close links with Methodism all his life. After leaving Kearsney he went into journalism, and served a while with the S.A.B.C. and the Natal Mercury,and at the age of21 he was selected to be with Methodist representative on an Ecumenical Youth Team which visited the United States for three months. r5B> T.COGGIN R.C. (Raymond) Colley (Maintenance 39-54) paid a surprise visit from Rhodesia, together with his school teacher wife (he lost his first wife many years ago). As he had nearly 16 years association with the school, he was able to reminisce about the early days at Botha's Hill and the many boys he knew (some to be killed in the War). News of the Colley brothers is that E.(Eric)(49-51) lives in Salisbury, where he has his own transport busi ness, operating under Government control in some pretty "hot" areas; R-C (Ronnie)(51-53)is in Durban, and Manager ofsome large concern;B.(Brian)(54-55)is also with a transport firm in Salisbury, but spends a good deal of time in the army, as Warrant Officer, training new recruits. J.G.A. (Alex) Coutts (31-35) spent his final "active" years in Umtata, as Advisor to the Black Auditor General. He reports later that the Transkei is running into financial trouble - no fault of his! There is a wide spread belief that pennies drop from heaven, and that non-existent money can be spent. Alex and his wife are back at Verwoerdburg, and recently spent an enjoyable holiday back in the U.K.and on the Continent. R.J.(Jack) Crawford (28-33, V.P. 65-73) has had to go quietly since the illness which forced his retirement, but, with his wife as chauffeuse, he frequently gets up to see his friends at the School. A.C. (Paddy) Crook (28-31. Dux) has been off our books since he left in 1931. We still think of him playing leading female roles in "She Stoops to Conquer" and "Charley's Aunt". His life was with Law, in Rhodesia, but he is currently helping his wife with a series of pamphlets on grasses. He writes"Don't get me into the School Magazine", but we cannot resist at least a reference! M.H. (Michael) Davies (66-71. Head Prefect) began a Quantity Surveying Course at Natal University, but gave it up and went to the Hotel School in Joburg for a 93

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