December 1952 School Magazine

December, 1952

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1952

The Club made over £50 at the " Community Fair," run by the National Council of Women in August in the City Hall , with £10 worth of goods on hand , which are now sold in the opportunity section. Because of we t weather, the te nnis matches for the Syb iI Dickson sh ield will be played on the 9th November. Q.G.A. players for 1952 are Mrs. S. Elms (captain l, Gloria and Kathie Blair , and Margaret Turname. All financial members of the O.G. Assoc iati on may join the above club. If they wou ld like to do so, please· get in touch w ith one of the delegates or the O.G.A. Secretary. FAY COSSINS, Delegate . UNIVERSITY NOTES. The O.G.A. was we ll represented in the Basket-ball team that went to Pe rth in August, name ly: Misses Elizabeth Marks, Sybil Reid, Glinda Pask, and Kathryn Quin. Our congratulations to Jill Burnett, who was awarded a half Blue for Basket-ball. Best w ishes are ext ended to the following Old Girl s in th ei r forth- coming examinations:- Arts:-Heathe r Gebbie , Fay Muir, Jane t Antcliffe. Physiotherapy:-Ruth Hoope r, Betty Banni ster , Barbara Parker . Medicine:-Marceline Pickup, Eva Poppe r, Margot Mcivor, Joan Lowrey. Phys . Education :-Elizabeth Marks . Commerce :-Kath Quin , Glinda Pask, Sybil Re id . The O.G.A. extends heartiest congratulations to the followin g graduates:- Diploma of Physiotherapy:-Essie Fl o re nce, Margaret Peel . Congratulation s and good wis he s to all Old Girls on the foll ow ing li sts :- ENGAGEMENTS. Margaret Brya n to Tony Wood. Beryl Freeman to Maurice Marnane. Fay Manley to Calvi n White. Valda Hend ren to Bryan Ridgeway. Jean Ma xwe ll to David Mitchell. Margaret Pohlman to Brian Auld . Beth Waters to Bill Lawlor. Judith Bubb Alison Emanue l to John Thall on. Thelma Shields

BIRTHS.

1950.

Dec.29-Mr. and Mrs. A. Mackenzi e-a daughter .

1951.

Sept. Dec. Dec. Dec. 22-Mr. and Mrs. P. Cornell ( Be ryl Jack )-a son . 4-Mr. and Mrs. ). T . Williams (A li son Leslie )-a -Mr. and Mrs. ). Moon ( june Elliott )-a son. 3 1-Mr. and Mrs . J. Pe rry (Lo is Freeman )-a son. lan.-Mr. and Mrs. A. Gardiner (Fay Utting )-a son. Jan.-Mr. and Mrs. Kugel mas (Elsie Barnbaun )-a son. March-Mr . and Mrs . G. Cossins (Rhyl Sorenson)-a daughter . Apr il 21-Mr . and Mrs. Kei s Schal koo rt (Marge ry Greig )-a daughter. June 13-Dr. and Mrs. M. Bri ghtman (Do rothea Skelton) -a son. lune- Mr. and Mrs . Dav is (Pam Light )-a daughter. Sept. 26-Mr. and Mrs. D. Garling (J. Doolan) -a daughter . Oct. 4- Mr. and Mrs . Ross Williams (Ma ry Hunter )-a son . DEATHS. Our sympathy goes to the re latives of the fo llowi ng Old Girls:-Miss I. M. Caine ; Miss Bet ty T . Shanks, and Mrs. Joan Hobson. Mrs . Hobson was Head Girl in 1935, and had a ve ry di stingui shed scho lastic career, w inning a Uni vers ity Scho larship to the Uni vers ity of Queensland, where she graduated as a B.A. with honou rs. She subsequentl y gained her Diploma in Soc ial Studies at the Uni ve rsi ty of Sydney. Fo r two yea rs she was travelling secretary for the Austra lian Student Christian Movement. Man y Old Girls w ill remembe r he r as Joar Chadwick . GENERAL INFORMATION. The Annual General Meeting w ill be he ld at schoo l on Friday, 6th Februa ry, 1953, at 7.45 p.m . A ll girls leav ing schoo l are co rdi a ll y inv ited to attend and jo in the Associat ion. Present members are adv ised that their annual subscr iption of 7 / 6 is due on Feb ruary 1st, 1953. Old Girls , w ill you please notify your Secretary if you change your name or address. This would fac ilitate our filing system being kept up to date. The debutante li st for 1953 w ill be def inite ly opened at the Annual Meeting . not be fo re, so if you w ish to make your debut at our ball on the last Friday in May, please gi ve your name to the Secretary. Numbe rs are limited to twen ty. . · To all Old Girl s, Present Girl s and Staff we w ish a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year . To Miss Crooks the O.G.A. says 'Thank You ' for your he lp dur ing 1952, and wishes you the Season's Greetings . -JOAN BEECH , Hon. Sec. B.G.G.S.O.G.A. All Our Own Make - Always Fresh - Made Daily THE MASTERPIECE CHOCOLATE and SWEET SHOP ALL AUSTRALIAN son . Tattersall's Buildings, 208 Edward Street, and 239-241 Elizabeth Street, B R I S B A N E QUALITY SUPREME FA 1598 j• .............. .................................. 43 D. J. ALLMAN, Proprietor Phone: 1952.

MARRIAGES.

1951

March 3 1- Gerda Johansson to H. Ruddy. Dec . 7 - Pea rl Hearsch to Fred Meadows. Dec . 17-June As hton to M ilton Peek.

1952.

Jan . 30-Jean Leck ie to J. Baird. Feb. - De ll Croker to Don Lave rs.

March 3-Ann Grant to T revo r Morgan . April 17- Beth Crump to Neil Dutney. April 19-Daphne Broadhu rs t to john Jones. April 19-Sylv ia Cossins to Maurice Carl son . April 26-Dawn Cowan to John Way. April 26-Eri ca Lansbury to Bill Platt. May 3- Ruth Michaeli to Jim Thompson . May 5-Joan Anderson to Li eut . !von Benney. June - Phylli s Pea rson to John' Gill ande rs. Jul y 18-Dr. Ave ril Byth to Dick Earnshaw . Jul y 26-Helen Collins to Keith Greenham. Aug . 9-Marga ret His lop to Graham McNamara . Aug. 23-Lois Venamo re to Dr . Grahame Di xon. Aug. 23-Betty Ferguson to C. McCowan. Aug. 23 - Shirley Chenoweth to Dr . Neville Cheeseman . 42