1979 School Magazine

EOMruIUNITV SERVICE AT TI-IE PR!NEESS ATEXAN DRA HOSPITAL This year, a group of girls f rom grade B to grade 12, have continued to spend their Friday a{ternoons at the Princess Alexandra Hospital helping the staff and elderly patients by doing odd jobs, talking and listening to the patients, and helping at meal times. On Saturday, June 9th, Katrina Heer, Jane Blackwood, and Cathy Boyce were asked to talk about our work at the P.A. as part of a seminar held by the Queensland Gerontological Society on "Grandparents and the Year of the Child". The seminar was a great success and we had the additional honour of being asked to present our talks again, this time at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association of Gerontology on Monday, 3rd September. Unfortunately, Jane was unable to attend, but Katrina and I were treated to a delicious, informal meal beforehand and after presenting our talks, we were bombarded with questions. The most difficult to answer was "What are young people's attitudes to old people in the community today?" Sadly, most of us seem to forget that we too will be old and wrinkled some day. The situa- tion of old people in society could be greatly improved if more people knew about their problems and about the things that can be done to make life easier for them. Special thanks must go to Miss Greet, Mrs. Steele, Mrs. Thiele and Mr. Logan who "chauffer" us out to the P.A. on Fridays. We gain a lot personally from our work out there, but what's more important is that the elderly pa- tients there are gaining something f rom our visits, even if we are reckless wheelchair drivers! Cathy Boyce, 12A. MISS STUDY GIRL INTERNATIONAL Four Grammar girls, Marie Plaetz, Katrina Heer, Sue Anderson and Lyndal Taylor entered Miss Study Girl ln- ternational this year with the aim of winning an i'all paid for" flotary Exchanege Scholarship. The quest, run by the Bert Martin Charitable Fund, requires entrants tir raise a minimum of $200 and the entrants are awarded incentive prizes as they raise further amounls. All pro- ceeds go to maintaining lnternational House at the Queensland U niversity. After a few months of raising money, the judging begins. Firstly, the Regional Judgings, in each given area of Queensland, selects ten girls from the fifty or so en- trants, for the finals. Sue Anderson, Lyndal Taylor and Katrina Heer all won their Regional Judgings. The winner of the finals receives a plane ticket to the country of their choice and other beautiful prizes and im- mediately becomes a Rotary Exchange Student. A lovely holiday for two at Dunk lsland awaits the girl who raises the most money. Katrina Heer won the charity prize and Robyn Duffy, from Toowoomba, became Miss Study Girl lnternational, 1 979.

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