Class of 69 Reunion book (2).

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WGHS Class of 69
Life after Wynberg Girls
Greetings from Libby Doig
Class of ’69 Head Girl
Dear Class of 69
I hope the reunion goes really well and that you all have a great time catching up.
I look forward to seeing the photos.
Well done to Idafay and her organising team.
Best wishes to you all.
Libby Doig Giddey
Auckland New Zealand
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Credits and Thanks
Reunion Organising Committee:
Idafay Madeisky Mervis
Simone Kirsch
Hilary Cohen Meyer
Mary Williamson Terry
Cartoons
Hilary Cohen Meyer
Photos
Hilary Cohen Meyer
Simone Kirsch
Lynette Granger
Bridget Hambley-Wise Dreyer
Colleen Brooks Hall
Deanie Clark Potter
Advice
Sandy Jeffrey Stack
Susan Mills Ansell
Colleen Brooks Hall
IN MEMORIAM
Dawn Nielsen Smith
Helene Blotnick
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Editors Comments
To the Class of ’69 - 40 years on.
I hope you all enjoy reading this labour of love as much as I have enjoyed producing it.
It has been wonderful to ‘catch up’ with so many of you.
I have found it very rewarding to have been able to trace so many members of the class
through Primary school and High School. There is a contact list of the those we have
managed to trace at the back of this book.
I hope we will all enjoy and benefit from this 40 year reunion, whether in person, in the
virtual or in the printed world.
With best wishes
On 14th and 15th August, some 40 members of the class that matriculated in 1969, will hold
a reunion at Wynberg Girls High.
Many of our class mates now live in different parts of the world and all over South Africa,
and a number are travelling to Cape Town to join this reunion. Many others have been in
touch, and there are a number of people that we have not been able to trace. We will be
thinking of all of them at the two functions on Thursday 14th when we meet.
If anyone does have contact details for those we have not been able to reach, please
share them with us.
WGHS Class of 69
Back row:
6th row:
5th row:
4th row:
3rd row:
2nd row:
1st row:
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Janis Venske, Ann Westoby, Linda Hall, Jeananne Gomm, Jane Westmoreland, Lorna
Robertson, Colleen McCarthy
Patricia Marais, Noelle Louw, Laura Dahlkamp, Gail Wright, Janet Schorn, Bridget
Dreyer
Pamela Roux, Georgina Scott, Sylvia Cohen, Yael Cohen, Edith Ueberberg, Maureen
Lurie, Barbara Tindale
Hilary Cohen, Colleen Brooks, Barbara Susman, Brenda King, Cathy Miller, Jenny van
Breda, Gillian Biesman-Simons, Karyn Farr
Heather Karsen, Jenny Sawyer, Alison Parkins, Ida-Fay Madeisky, Thelma Zabow,
Nessa Hurwitz, Judy Fouche, Joan Robb, Fiona Lysacht, Simone Kirsch, Ruth Coats,
Barbara Krydner, Laurette Garisch, Ann Mills, Dawn Neilsen, Merlin Blignaut
Claire Hvidsten, Merle Anderson, Helen Gilson, Moira Butler, Ann Skeeles, Susan
Skaife, Ann Hamilton, Lorette Matodes, Elizabeth Doig, Mary Williamson, Sharon Laity,
Alexia Solomon, Shirley Bredenkamp, Patricia Mitchell, E Durbach, Lynette Granger, B
arbara Matter
Linda Roose, Patricia Hartley, Susan Mills, Alexis Fuller, Cheryl Lewis, Susan Abrams,
Marion Arcus, Cynthia Chait, Estelle Katz, Elizabeth Dunn, Brenda Forrest, Rita
Haylett, Helen Clark, Deryl Barlow, Helen Dyason, Veronica Lambert
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Back row:
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Bridget Dreyer, Pamela Roux, Lynette Granger, Shirley Bredenkamp, Mary Williamson,
Brenda King,
3rd row:
Helen Clark, Cathy Miller, Judy Fouche, Helene Traub, Sandra Cawood, Deanie Clark,
Barbara Krydner
2nd row:
Joan Robb, Elizabeth Dunn, Patricia Mitchell, Susan Mills, Colleen Brooks, Barbara
Susman, Merle Anderson, Gail Wright, Patricia Hartley
1st row:
Alexia Solomon, Moira Butler, Kathy Wheatley, Hilary Cohen , Ida-Fay Madeisky,
Susan Abrams, Lyn Pickup
Other Attendees:
Classmates: Jenny Sawyer, Denise Curtis, Estelle Katz Sandra Jeffrey, Renee van Boom, Ingrid
Marx, Susan Zoutendyk, Glenda Moody, Merlin Blignaut
Teachers:
Mrs Woodhead, Sally Cox, Ruth Allsopp, Eleanor Perrow, Jo Dean, Miss Vera Lawton
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3rd row:
Lynette Granger, Lyn Pickup, Barbara Krydner Gail Wright, Bridget Dreyer, Helen
Clark, Moira Butler, Patricia Mitchell, Sandi Cawood, Susan Mills, Ingrid Marx
2nd row:
Pamela Roux, Merle Anderson, Alexia Solomon, Shirley Bredenkamp, Cathy Miller,
Barbara Susman, Joan Robb, Judy Fouche, Colleen Brooks, Kathy Wheatley,
Elizabeth Dunn, Helene Traub, Susan Abrams, Brenda King, Deanie Clark,
Front Row: Miss Vera Lawton, Eleanor Perrow, Mrs Woodhead, Ruth Allsopp, Ida-Fay Madeisky,
Sally Cox, Jo Dean, Trish Hartley Mary Williamson, Hilary Cohen ,
Classmates: Denise Curtis Jenny Sawyer, Estelle Katz, Sandra Jeffrey, Renee van Boom, Susan
Zoutendyk, Glenda Moody
Do you remember?
The ink well holes are still there!!
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Random Pictures from Thursday night of those who did not attend the morning get-together
Trish Michell, Estelle Katz, Glenda Moody
Susan Zoutendyk, Merlin Blignaut
Estelle Katz, .Barbara Krydner
Mary Williamson, Brenda King, Bridget Dreyer, Jenny
Sawyer
Hilary Cohen, Denise Curtis
Renee van Boom, Sandra Jeffrey
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Jenny Resnick Marock
I graduated with BA Fine Arts from
Michaelis/UCT and then spent two years in
London. Married Trevor Resnick in 1977 and
we have three children, Alissa who is 29 and
is a lawyer, Danya 25 also a lawyer and
David who recently graduated with a
finance degree. I did a Masters in
screenwriting and film production at the
University of Miami, have written and
produced a documentary film, and taught
film production to high school students in
Miami.
I would love to
have joined you - but we
will be in Sydney in August
- so I am afraid it wont be
possible. Hope the reunion
goes well
Jen
Elaine, Cynthia and Jen in New York. March 2009
Kathy Wheatley Wink
After leaving school I was involved in
the world of ballet, after which I
trained as a general nurse and midwife.
My special interest was in the
educational field of nursing.
I have been married for 32 years and have
2 children. My daughter works in England
as an occupational therapist and my son
is a law student at UCT.
Presently, I am on early retirement - a
stage to be highly recommended!
Kathy and Trish Michell dressed for a school play
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Ingrid Marx Stofberg
After leaving school, I trained as a hairdresser, and then went into the world of cosmetics,
working for Estee Lauder for many years. I then moved to Clicks as regional manager of
theircosmetics departments.
I married in 1984 and had 2 children Nicholas, now 25 and Tiffany 21.
Nick lives in London and Tiffany in Cape Town.
After they were born, I worked for Prestige cosmetics as a part time roaming consultant and
then joined my husband in his business.
I divorced in 2003.
I live in Cape Town and have just returned from spending time in London with my son travelling
with him in France and Italy.
Sandy Stack (nee Jeffrey)
My husband Patrick and I celebrated our 25th
wedding anniversary in April of this year. We live in
Cape Town and have three sons, aged 24, 23 and
nearly 21.
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Std 4
Gillian Copeland, Glenda Moody, Belinda Buchanan, Felicia Reed, Gillian Coombes, Linda, Jackson, Helene Blotnick
Leanne Wolffe, Cynthia Chiat, Rita Haylett, Trish Michell, Laurel Homer, Elizabeth Willis, Cheryl Matthews, Judy
Fouche
Sheila New, Deanie Clark, Susan Causton, Shirley Laws, Jeananne Gomm, Nadine Snoek, Jane Westmoreland, Debra
West, Barbara Susman
Pat Wilson, Jenny Sawyer, Helene Traub, Elizabeth Moore, Elizabeth Dunn, Penny Giljam, Ida-Fay Madeisky, Brenda
Forrest
Helene Traub Sherer Magid
I left South Africa in
1972 for Israel. I
have three wonderful
kids. Alon (33),
Yuval (31) who is
married to Olga and
Yael (26).
I am a kindergarten
and English teacher.
I lived part of the
time in Melbourne,
Australia where my
husband Deryk
Magid was working.
Unfortunately he
died over 5 years ago
of cancer.
I live permanently in
Israel now and enjoy
the good life there.
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Deanie Clark Potter
I attended Wynberg Girls' Junior School (from grade 1 to 7) and then completed my education at Fish Hoek
High School. I then went to the Teachers' Training College in Mowbray. After graduating, I taught for
several years and then married Vernon Potter in 1979 (a WBHS old boy). My first daughter, Leigh, was
born in 1981 and my younger daughter, Taryn, in 1984. Both Leigh and Taryn started their education at
Wynberg Girls' Junior School. Leigh has a Masters in Conservation Biology (UCT) and works for the
Mazda Wildlife Trust and Taryn has an LLB (UCT) and is an attorney at Werksmans in Sandton. I decided
to further my education and completed my HDE at Stellenbosch. A couple of years later, I studied for my
FDE in Special Needs Education (Pretoria University). I am at present teaching at two schools viz. Sweet
Valley and St. Anne's Primary. I am the Learning Support Teacher and I work for the Department of
Education. My husband and I have been married for 30 years. We live in Meadowridge and have a
holiday home in Pearly Beach, where we spend as much time as possible.
Remember these events of ‘69?
Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the Moon
Americans protest the Vietnam War
Richard Nixon becomes President of the US
Robin Knox-Johnston is the first person to sail solo , non-stop round the world
Chappaquiddick
Ceres earthquake
Charles Manson murders
Rising Inflation - a worldwide problem
Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock-n-roll fans
Student protests in the U S turn violent
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Susan Zoutendyk Marais
I left Wynberg in Std 7 because my parents bought a farm in
Stellenbosch.
I had to travel by school bus every day to attend Rhenish
Girl's High where I matriculated in 1970.
I repeated Std 7 as the move in the middle of J.C. caused
havoc with my subjects. It was a good idea because school,
especially Maths, was a breeze from then on.
From 1971 to 1973, I completed a Social Science Degree at
U.C.T while living in Baxter Hall Residence.
After graduating I worked as a Personnel and Training officer
for Woolworths, Truworths and Ackermans.
I married Andre Marais in 1977 and left Ackermans when our
first son, Pierre, was born in 1980.
After a couple of years in the Claremont area, we relocated to
Constantia where we have lived for about 28 years.
Adrienne, our daughter, was born 3 years after Pierre and
during this time I was a stay at home mom doing the
occasional freelance work.
Both Pierre and Adrienne attended the Wynberg Schools, so I have had a lot of contact with these
schools over the years
When Adrienne was 5 years old, I tried my hand at selling houses and worked for JH ISAACS in
the Upper Constantia area for 3 years.
To my surprise, I fell pregnant with our second son, Alex, at the age of 40! And life started all over
again.
Pierre, now 28, is a multimedia graphic designer and lives in Claremont - single.
Adrienne, now 25, is living and working in London on a 2 year visa. She is a graphic designer and
is also single.
Alex, now 17, is in Grade 11 at SACS and is having a ball !!
Andre owns and manages a retail board business and I am teaching English to French professionals
on the telephone through the internet.
Can you believe they were born in 1969?
Renee Zellweger
Gwen Stefani
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Jennifer Aniston
Jack Black
Edward Norton
Marilyn Manson
Matthew Perry
Michael Schumacher
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STD 5
Elizabeth Moore, Sandra Cawood, Lynette McKee, Lynette Granger, Ann Mills, Helene Traub
Jane Clark, Susan Mills, Susan Abrams, Gwynneth Phipps, Jane Westmoreland, Judy Fouche, Dawn Nielsen, Lorraine
Blitz,
Sophia Kyritsis, Cheryl Lewis, Rita Haylett, * , Trish Michell, Veronica Lambert, * , Cynthia Chait, * , Pamela Roux
Jenny van Breda, Helene Blotnick, Felicia Reed, Karen Paynter, Lynn Pickup, Lynn Williams, Barbara Susman, Estelle
Katz, Glenda Moody
Thelma Zabow, Hilary Cohen, Idafay Madeisky
Sandra (Now Sandi) Cawood Unite
Although I did not matriculate with the class of 69 (I had to repeat std 6 as
I was thought to be too young and not performing at expected level), I
have always felt that I belonged to this group.
Most of my spare time in senior school was spent at ballet classes and the
natural extension was for me to go the UCT Ballet School. After 2 years, I
realized that, although I loved dancing, I was not that interested in being a
swan on stage.
This realisation allowed my real passion to surface – fashion.
I started my own boutique, designing and producing the clothing. What
fun! This was fairly successful (considering the lack of experience) for a
few years, until I married and moved out of Cape Town for a couple of
years.
At 24, I joined Woolworths as a buyer and spent a fantastic 23 years
moving up the corporate ladder to managing the buying of ladieswear and
then childrenswear. Travelling all over the world shopping and visiting
trade fairs combined with the enormous responsibility of the buying and the management of other buyers
kept me excited and fairly stressed for all those years.
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In 1999, I decided to go it alone again and I started The Fairy Shop in Kenilworth, much to the astonishment
of my former colleagues and friends. This grew into a wholesale business supplying many shops in South
Africa and a few abroad.
I now live in Kommetjie with my second husband Peter Unite, and work from my studio overlooking the
beach. What a life!! The goods are manufactured in Ocean View down the road. We have an olive farm in
Robertson and hope to spend more and more time there in the near future.
I made a decision not to have children at a young age and feel privileged to be able to bring fantasy into the
lives of little girls all over the world.
I have developed a keen interest in metaphysics which has given me a whole new outlook on life combined
with a sense of peace and enormous possibilities.
I have just returned from Canada where I attended the wedding of my god daughter, Emma, who is the
daughter of Alison Parkins Uys, my best friend for all those school years. (We were also sisters in law for
about 10 years when I was married to Peter Uys).
Gwynneth Phipps Russell
I left school and married at nineteen. I worked for
insurance brokers for thirty years. My husband started an
insurance brokerage in 1979 and I joined him as a full
partner in 2001. We are still running the brokerage. I
dabbled in two small business of my own - the last one,
supplying lampshades to lighting shops. Success was
limited. My daughter was born in 1972. She did well
academically and qualified as a computer programmer.
She has since travelled the world working as a
programmer.
I am afraid that I will be away during the reunion
period.
Glenda Moody Inskip
Glenda lives in Cape Town and is married to Peter Inskip. They
have 2 children - Robyn (30) - who has been living in London for
the past 6½ years and works as the Chief Respiratory Lung
Technician at the Eastbourne District General Hospital. Her son,
Shaun (25) lives in Cape Town and is a professional freelance
cameraman.
Glenda is working as the Operations Manager for a Company
called Experian.
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Lynn Pickup Shields
I am officially not one of the Class of 69. I
matriculated from St. Patricks College, and
then at Beech-Nut Lifesavers as
bookkeeper.
In 1972 married my childhood love, Glynn
Shield, 3 years my senior ( he accompanied
me to our J.C. dance).
I joined him in business, producing plastic
packaging, and later irrigation piping.
We have 2 children, a daughter Tracey,
born in 1975, a son Mark,
born in 1977.
We lived in Pinelands for
many years, my kids were
educated at Groote Schuur
Junior School, then W.G.H.S.
& Rondebosch Boys High.
In 1985, we moved to
Constantia, and started an
indoor plantscaping business (based on our property), with a large base of corporate clients. In
2000 we decided to sell the property, as it was too large for the 2 of us, when the kids left home.
The sale happened so fast that we were left with only 3 months to sell the business and dispose of
all our goods.
We decided to move to our holiday home in Struisbaai, and from there plan our future. Struisbaai is
a small seaside resort at the southern tip of Africa. We have lived there ever since. It was a
complete change of lifestyle, and we are very happily settled.
Having been “retired” for 2 years, I decided to venture into business again, and I now run a
successful lifestyle décor store South Bound.
Our daughter, Tracey, recently married, lives in Joostenbergvlaktes. She is involved in the wine
industry and works for L`Omarins in Franshoek.
Our son, Mark, single, also lives here in Struisbaai, and has a small factory, manufacturing lime
washed furniture.
Were we reading these books in ’69?
THE GODFATHER by Mario Puzo
Linda Goodman's SUN SIGNS
AIRPORT by Arthur Hailey
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
THE HOUSE ON THE STRAND by Daphne du Maurier
THE PROMISE by Chaim Potok
THE SEVEN MINUTES by Irving Wallace
THE LOVE MACHINE by Jacqueline Susann
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN by Michael Crichton
PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
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Std 3
Louise Havenga, Jenny van Breda
Lorraine Lilley, Denise Furman, Dorothy Abrahams, Lynn Pickup, Sophia Kyritsis
* , Lynn Williams, * , Karen Panter, Veronica Lambeet, Linda Dyason
Cheryl Lewis, Linda Turner, Lorraine Blitz, Charlotte Rosteucher, Louise v d Westhuizen, * , Gwynneth Phipps
Pamela Roux, Ann Mills, Lyn Dixon, Lorna Cole, Susan Abrams, Alison Parkins, Marion Arcus, Susan Mills, Lynette
Granger
Sandra Cawood, Colleen Brooks, Denise Curtis, Sheila Bing, Denise Haytread, Thelma Zabow, Hilary Cohen
Denise Curtis
After leaving school, I obtained a B.Iuris degree from the
University of South Africa and joined Mobil Oil as a legal
adviser. I subsequently became Company Secretary and
Senior Legal Adviser of Mobil/Engen. I left Engen in 1993
and after a brief spell working in real estate, moved to
Durban, as Company Secretary/Legal Manager of
Robertsons Foods and Robertsons Homecare. I relocated to
Port Elizabeth five years ago to take up the position of Group
Corporate Secretary and Legal Manager of Goodyear in
Southern Africa. In my present position I am also responsible
for managing the group's BEE initiatives and government
affairs. I am single and take the opportunity to travel
whenever I can.
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Heather Karsen, Jenny Sawyer, Alison Parkins, Idafay Madeisky
Clare Hvidstein, Merle Anderson, Helen Gilson, Moira Butler, Ann Skeeles
Linda Roose, Patricia Hartley, Susan Mills, Alexis Fuller
Ann Skeeles Truter
I am so sorry to miss the reunion - it would have been great to see
everyone again and a huge 'pat on the back' for Idafay for all her
hard work. I applied for Rhodes Univ but was notified too late to get
into a residence so did a 1 year secretarial course at Pitmans
College in Cape Town. Things happen for a reason - I have not
looked back. Worked in London for 1½ years (grew u p fast !!).
Then worked in C.T. for a couple of years then transferred to Jhb. I
met Alec in C.T. - he also transferred to Jhb and we are still here!
We married in 1980 and had a daughter, Kerry, who is working in
Doha, Qatar as a teacher (and loving it).
At the moment both Alec and I work from home - Alec as an
accountant and I have my own secretarial services business which
has been going for 25 years. I would like to wish all who attend the
reunion a wonderful get-together. Can't wait for the photies.!
.
Helen Gilson Hull
I met my husband, Chris, at UCT in 1970 and
we were married in 1972. In 1975 we went to
JHB.
My daughter, Andrea, was born there in 1977.
In Jan 1978 we went to the UK as Chris
wanted to work in the City and we lived in
Surrey - Stoneleigh, Ewell, Woodmansterne
near Banstead and Cobham.
David was born in 1980 and Jonny in 1988.
From 1995-1997 I studied at the Institute for
Optimum Nutrition, then based in Putney
founded by Patrick Holford and practiced as a
Nutritional Therapist in Cobham until moving
back to CT in 2000. I have been putting my
time and energies into starting an Association
for Nutritional Therapy in SA (SAANT) and
am presently the Chair. Chris is a keen sailor
and has a yacht so we plan to travel whilst we
can now that Jonny is 20 and the nest no
longer requires full time attention!
My other passions are yoga and Nia dancing. Aiming to Salsa next!
We plan to be in Brazil
for
for August so I
unfortunately will not be
able to attend. Such a shame.
Would have so enjoyed
seeing everyone after all
these years!
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When I left school at 17, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so I studied radiography at Groote Schuur
Hospital, then Radiotherapy and then Nuclear Medicine. I was head radiographer in the Nuclear Medicine
department as well as doing all the ‘new’ IT applications for about 4 years.
I married Ben, a radiologist (surprise, surprise) in 1980 and left radiography when my eldest child, the first of 2 sons
was born in ’83.
I loved computers and eventually landed up with my own freelance business - consulting and teaching small
businesses and private users on all aspects of software.
I also served on the committee of The Night of 100 Stars, a very large fund-raising benefit concert for 15 years. I am
currently on the committee of the Adele Searll Memorial Trust Fund.
My husband has now retired, and we run a boomerang household. Jonathan my eldest spent 1½ years living in the
UK and is now home. He graduated from UCT with an Arts degree and a passion for music and the English language.
He now runs his own business consulting to the local government on the music industry and helping that industry in
job creation. Steven (24) has a Bus. Sci. degree and is currently doing a post grad at UCT in sports management (he
lives for sport and his girlfriend). His post degree gap year, last year, was spent in the US.
Ben has been doing locums in the UK and South Africa for some time now, and so we get to live in different places
and travel. In the past year, we have lived in Scotland, in Stratford-upon-Avon and in Hermanus. We love cruising
and try to do one a year. The last 2 were to the Baltic and St. Petersburg and on the Nile.
I manage to trouble shoot remotely online for some of my clients, while I am away, and my very portable hobby is
making jewellery with very tiny beads. In addition, when we travel my Nespresso Café Latte machine comes with. A
lot of the organization for this reunion was done in Hermanus and Stratford and I managed to chat with a number of
our schoolmates in different countries while in the UK.
Jenny Sawyer McDonald
I attended Barkly House Teachers’ Training College where I qualified as
a Pre-Primary teacher.
After teaching for two and a half years it was time to travel and I sailed
to England. My “holiday” lasted six years during which time I married,
lived in Germany and the UK and worked for a publishing company.
On my return to Cape Town I taught at Star of the Sea Convent and
then moved to Springfield Convent where my two daughters were at
school.
On turning fifty I felt that I was too old to go clambering up jungle gyms
and the like and moved to the commercial world. I worked for a firm of
marine insurance underwriters and studied Human Resource
Management.
Five years later I realized that I prefer working with children and took up
a position as a Grade R teacher at Timour Hall Primary School.
Other activities include rowing, which I thoroughly enjoy, Pilates which
is hard work and learning to play the guitar.
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Susan Mills Ansell
After leaving school, I attended UCT and studied towards a BA/HPTD, leaving after 2 years to
enter the corporate world.
I enjoyed many years with Quantex Personnel as a Recruitment Consultant and ran the Cape
Town office as Senior Consultant for some time.
More recently, I have been working with Pharmaceutical Agents representing major
Pharmaceutical companies to pharmacists .
I’m enjoying the pleasure of being retired and I live happily in Constantia with my husband Roy, an
accountant, and my son Mathew, who is 22 years old and has recently graduated from UCT with
an LLB degree
Alison Parkins Uys
Alison Parkins Uys (pictured with Sandi Cawood
Unite).
This photo was taking in July 2009 at her
daughter’s wedding.
40 years has passed since our matric
dance at Suikerbossie, and 40 years
since the opening of the school
swimming pool, just weeks before we
matriculated. 40 years, thank heavens,
has helped erase the memory of those ill
fitting white dresses we wore at
prizegiving each year… and for me, 40
years has passed since I saw most of my
fellow matriculants. In these years that
seem to have sped by, I graduated from University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Arts in History
and English and Senior Teachers’ Diploma and married Paul Uys … all at the ripe age of 21. My
tenure at Fish Hoek High School and later Aliwal Road Primary School, lasted 6 short but great
years due the births of Andrew and Emma. 1987 proved a year of enormous change as we
emigrated to Toronto, Canada – a country, only Paul had visited, and our lives here for the last year
22 years have been blessed by an enormous learning curve and demanding, satisfying careers, as
well as supportive friendships. I have worked at Toronto French School since I arrived and while
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proficiency in French continues to be elusive, I have moved from teaching English, to counselling
and have specialized in university admission counselling. WGHS certainly helped shape me: my
teachers ( Ms Alsopp, Ms Rivett Carnac and Mrs Woodhead, influended my career choice as well
as my area of study; my friends, encouraged me to be a more confident risk taker and with all the
20/20 hindsight that 40 years brings, WGHS itself helped imbue us with values and strengths – I
continue to volunteer as I did at the Deaf School, but thank heavens for all, no longer bake drop
scones for bake sales.
2009 has been a momentous year, as we are now officially wedding poor and next year, following
my son’s, wedding bankrupt, – suffice to say, the reason for being a “virtual” attendee at the 2009
Reunion. I shall miss you all and look forward to renewing contacts with others in the Class of
1969.
Alison Parkins
Patricia Hartley Thorpe
Long,
long ago
I was a
scientist..
After school I studied at UCT and Stellenbosch and worked in medical
research - the sort of career path everybody (including myself) expected me to follow. I met my
husband, Clive, in 1973 and we've been married since 1976. Ever since I was four years old,
I've played musical instruments and sung, so while writing up my thesis for my third science
degree in 1977 I decided to take a History of Music course, just for interest's sake. This
turned out to be so absorbing that I was blown away and changed career direction completely,
setting out on a yet another degree, this time in music. Music studies and practice had to be
fitted in around the births and rearing of our four children (Michael, Katy, Julia & Gabriel) so
this last degree was only completed many years later. For eight years we lived in Jo'burg, our
girls were born there in 1982 and 1985. Nowadays we live in Newlands, the children come
and go between continents and Clive has retired, though he keeps out of mischief teaching
Maths at UCT. I am very happily involved in music education at Rustenburg Girls Junior School
and also enjoy compiling and presenting classical music programmes on Fine Music Radio.
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Merle Anderson Hulley
I have been married for30 years and live in Durban. We have 2
children, a daughter of 29 and a son of 27. My husband and I have a
printing and packaging business/factory. I work with him looking after
the business administration.
Merle at our 30 yr reunion
Moira Martins Butler
Tony and I met in December 1967 at the
end of my standard eight year and we
have been together ever since! This, of
course, heavily influenced my decision
not to go to university to study to
become a veterinarian.
Instead, I started working for Colorlab
(Colour Processing Laboratories)
photographic laboratory until I left to
join the family business, Clover Leaf
Candles , a candle manufacturing factory,
when Tony and I got engaged on my
19th birthday! We married in 1972 and,
despite travelling quite extensively on
our annual buying trips and attending
trade shows in Europe and Asia, we
started our family of three daughters, at
a young age.
My jobs included researching and
developing new products and
photography, as well as various administration tasks. We left the manufacturing world behind us in 2003,
when we started Tomar Trading cc. We now still supply candles and candle-related products to candle
factories and retail outlets, but our manufacturing is now done overseas instead. The best thing about this
is that, with our laptop computers, we can continue working from anywhere in the world as long as we can
connect to the internet!
I think that my greatest achievement is my family!! We have three daughters, all of whom attended WGHS,
even though our youngest daughter left WGHS after the second term, to attend Herschel School. Nicola,
our oldest, who is 36 years old, was a prefect like me and I think we created our own little bit of history
when she was given her prefect badge and turned it over to find that she had been given the one that I had
scratched my name onto, 20 years earlier!! I even wrote a little note to Miss.Urie to tell her about it! She is
married and is the Strategic Planning Analyst for Visa International and is based in London. Our middle
daughter, Tamlyn, is 34 years old and is engaged to be married early next year. She is a homeopath and
studied at Regent's College of Homeopathy and is working in London.
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Our youngest daughter is Ann-Marie, who is 29 years old. She studied Architecture at UCT, obtaining the
first part of the degree, but then left after obtaining a Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial
Management, to join her sisters in London as well. She is currently working as P.A. for the Executive VicePresident of Motion Pictures at Disney Corporation in London. She is also engaged to be married early next
year!! And the "cherry on the cake" is that last year,after a very long wait, Nicola and our son-in-law,
Matthew, presented us with a most precious little grandson, Thomas Antonio Martins Warren!
Heather Karsen Walker
After WGHS, I went straight to work at Old Mutual; as my dad's illness left no choice. Dad died in '71.
I married Michael in '75. We had 2 kids. We moved to KZN in '93 and then Jo'burg in 2000.
We are currently living in Joburg with husband, Michael, and son. Andrew. We have adopted Zim
family. The 2 oldest girls live with us and we help with education and tutoring. Our home has gone
green--recycling, composting , solar panels and a grey water system.
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Thelma Zabow, Nessa Huwitz, Judy Fouche, Joan Robb, Fiona Lysacht, Simone Kirsch,, Ruth Coates
Susan Skaife, Ann Hamilton, Lorette Matodes, Libby Doig, Mary Williamson, Sharon Laity
Cheryl Lewis, Susan Abrams, Marion Arcus, Cynthia Chiat, Estelle Katz, Elizabeth Dunn, Brenda Forrest,
Joan Robb Green
I married in Nov ‘70 and my first child, Kim was born in ‘71 - now turning
38! Kim has 2 lovely girls, Tayla almost 8 and Ruby 4. She lives in Hout
Bay, is in HR at Foschini group after being teacher and is currently engaged
to Tyrone. My son, Brad, turns 35 this year and has a son, Reece, 9 from a
previous relationship and is now married to Tamara and has daughter,
Dakota (3). He is in advertising/ marketing/ brand management and
currently working at Zoom advertising. I got divorced in ‘74 and remarried
in ‘84 to Ian. We have a daughter, Melissa (24), she has been living in
Scotland and then Chester for the last 5 years, working for solicitors in
Chester. We miss her like crazy but with her UK passport she is very happy
there and is in a relationship so I don’t think she will be back to live in SA.
We see her quite often as Ian's family all live in the UK. Ian has his own
Interior business, Design Syndicate - wallpaper supplier/ retailer and I
currently work for Ian, have my own real estate business and sell Wellness Products.
Brenda Forrest Hilliard
Brenda works as a primary school teacher. She has been
married to Roger for 35 years. She has a daughter, Jane
(30) living in Miami and a son Paul,who is 28 and lives in
C.T. She lives in Panorama, Parow and loves travelling &
gardening.
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Elizabeth Libby Doig Giddey
I went to CT Teachers'
TC after Matric. I
married Mike Giddey at
the end of '72 and taught
at WGJS till mid '76
when we went to the UK
- to London.
Our son Steven (now
living and working in
France as a glorified taxi
driver) was born there in
mid '84.
We came to NZ Auckland - in mid '86.
Our daughter Laura (still
living at home studying
to be a Baptist Minister)
was born in '88.
I have not taught in
schools since leaving SA but have worked in early childhood centres here over the years - still do
but only to relieve.
My main work here is now 25 odd admin hours a week at a children's drama school. Both of our
kids have done drama with this group.
I walk most mornings; love reading and x stitch, making cards and meeting friends for coffee/lunch.
I haven't been back to SA since '95 when my mother died. I have only kept in contact with Mary
Williamson Terry over the years - she's been here several times and we last met in Sydney in '86.
Mary Williamson Terry
Now living in Johannesburg and
teaching at St Andrew’s School
for Girls, where I have been
for the last twenty years. No
children, so we have been able
to travel extensively. Two
Border Collies who keep us well
exercised and fit. I have
taught non-stop since
qualifying in Cape Town in
1972! We have lived happily in
Jo’burg since 1983 and visit
Cape Town regularly to catch up
with family and friends
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Ruth Coates Bourne
After matriculating I studied at UCT and obtained a
Higher primary Teachers Diploma. This was followed by
an additional year at Barkly House to specialise in PrePrimary Education.
I then began my teaching career at the Carel du Toit
Centre, which is a school for deaf children.
I immediately loved working with disabled children and it
became a life-long passion.
I am currently the principal of the school.
In 1980 I re-married. We lived in PE for 6 years and
during that time I obtained a diploma in special
education through UNISA.
My husband is an academic at UCT and we have two
daughters, now 27 and 25 years of age.
My husband and I live in Rondebosch.
Thelma ‘Telma’ Zabow Schwartz
Thelma with Hilary in Israel in 2008
I came to Israel 30 yrs ago for
just one year - and I am still
here . My small family is made
up of 3 continents - me (Africa),
my husband (Europe Romania), my 2 kids born in
Israel/Asia. So all those years of
Latin really helped me
understand Romanian!! My
kids speak English, Hebrew &
Romanian
Telma works for Sigma-Aldrich .
Marion Arcus Schapiro
Marion graduated with a B.A. from the University
of Cape Town, South Africa in 1972.
She and her husband immigrated to Canada in
1979 and currently live in Vancouver. They have 3
children, the eldest is getting married in November
2009.
Marion obtained her M.Ed. in Counselling
Psychology from the University of Alberta in 1990.
Her research relates to women's work issues. She
has published articles in the Canadian Journal of
Counselling. She has a private career and personal
counselling practice
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Simone Kirsch
Simone lives in Stellenbosch, and has been teaching at the Music
Department, University of Stellenbosch, since 1982. Prior to that,
she taught music at primary and high schools in Cape Town, after
graduating from UCT with a BMus, TLD and PDM. She also holds
both the teachers’ and performers’ licentiates of the Royal
Schools of Music, London, and has an MMus (cum laude) from
Stellenbosch University.
She adjudicates and serves on panels for various music
competitions and prizes. She is an external examiner for
postgraduate piano performers’ examinations at UCT, and is also
an examiner for UNISA music examinations.
She herself has performed as a piano soloist with the orchestra,
given piano recitals, toured for CAPAB, and broadcast for the
SABC. She has done a considerable amount of vocal
accompaniment and chamber music over the years.
Having a particular interest in psychology, she has been
conducting research on the psychological aspects of one-on-one
instrumental/vocal teaching for some time. She has written and
lectured on this inter-disciplinary field in South Africa and England.
She is fond of languages which she studied at university together with her music degree. She is
passionate about Italy, both ancient and modern, as well as Italian opera, food and the people.
She has a great affection for animals, and is keen on the theatre, art, movies, travelling, nature,
writing, reading, cooking, and tennis.
She is looking forward to catching up with the ’69 matrics and her old school friends from Wynberg
Girls’ High!
Cynthia ‘Cyndi’ Chiat Freiman
Cyndi Freiman is a
practising artist, studying,
writing and teaching in
Sydney. She is currently
working on her Master of
Fine Art. Her thesis topic,
‘Handwriting is becoming
an Extinct Practice’. is a
combination of painting,
collage, printmaking and
drawing. She is married
to Michael Freiman, an
anaesthetist and has 2
children, Jason Kaplan
aged 34 and Nikki Kaplan
aged 32 as well as two
stepsons, Ilan and Daniel
Freiman.
2008
College of Fine Art, end of year
exhibition.and first solo exhibition, Urban
Narrative at Meld Gallery, Sydney.
2007-8
Master of Art, Painting major at the College
of Fine Art, University of New South Wales.
2006
Annual exhibition National Art School.
2004-6
B.A. Fine Art, National Art School.
1989-2009 Taught art to children at the Bondi Pavilion
Community Centre
1989-2002 Wrote and published 10 self-help books,
including There's a Lipstick in my Briefcase,
Did motivational speaking in Australia and
New Zealand for women's groups and
organisations.
1976-1989 Designed, manufactured and marketed a
range of creative activitytoys called
Nikkikraft to all major supermarkets and
toy shops in South Africa, Australia and
New Zealand.
1974
Taught art and history at the Salesian
Institute in Cape Town
1973
Diploma of Education specialising in
teaching art and history.
1970-72 Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology
and Art History at the University of Cape
Town, South Africa
I am passionate
about walking,
running, swimming
and yoga. I adore
drawing, painting,
reading, writing, going to the movies and my dog Ruby
Star who is the love of my life. Sorry I can't be with you to celebrate.
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Susan Abrams Lipman
After school, I completed a Bachelor of Science
degree majoring in Psychology at UCT. I spent 1973in
Israel then I returned to CT do a Secondary Teacher’s
Diploma and actually did prac-teaching at WGHS –
weird. In1976, I married Alan Lipman and
immediately immigrated to Sydney, Australia where
we have lived for 33+ years. I worked at the Sydney
Stock Exchange; completed a Special Education
diploma and taught remedial Maths privately for
many years. 12 years ago I had a mid-life career
change and did a travel course and opened my own
travel agency. I now work out of a local agency but
only for my own clients.
I love walking (we have been on many guided
walks/hikes around the world and hope to still do
heaps), travel as much as I can (I need it for work
experience!), Sudoku, reading, movies, cards, theatre
and eating out.
We have 3 daughters – Nicola, 30 - a lawyer happily
working as a journalist, married; Tammi, 28 - works in
Finance and is getting married in December; Janine,
21 - almost finished a Commerce degree. Alan has
had his own electrical contracting business for 21
years - We both still work actively.
I am very fortunate to have a huge family living nearby – all our immediate family and more
besides live in Sydney.
Sydney is wonderful – come and visit us anytime – you are all welcome!
Estelle Katz
1969 It was the year of burning
the bra, free sex and ???/Oh my
goodness. Kyk hoe lyk ons
nou??!!! But life was
great....and still is!!
2009 I am now happily divorced
and enjoying my freedom. Pity I
never learnt that earlier in
life.....
Nessa Hurwitz Leibhammer
Nessa is the curator
for Traditional
Southern African
Art at the
Johannesburg Art
Gallery.
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Cheryl Lewis Lewis
I married Stuart Lewis in 1975. We have been living in London since 1977 and
have three children, David 30, Romy 26 and Lisa 19. David, after graduation,
worked as an Investment Banker for some 5 years and is
now living in Sydney Australia, where he has joined the
Strandbags retail organisation. Our daughter, and
I am sorry I won’t be
runs her own business, with a partner; Lola’s
Cupcakes, to be found on www.lolasattending the Reunion,
kitchen.co.uk. Our youngest daughter, Lisa,
and wish you all a
is a second year student at the University of
lovely time and
Miami.
successful
event. !!
After school, I trained and practised as a
beautician during the first four years of
married life. Apart from being a mother, and
running a busy household, I am involved in
various family design projects, art appreciation programmes, charitable work
and enjoy travelling and cooking.”
Judy Fouche Waldron
After leaving school at the end of 1969, I tried to
choose a career that matched my interests as
closely as possible. Consequently at the beginning
of the following year I joined the Department of
Agriculture where I trained to become a
Cartographer.
In 1971 I met my future husband Tubby with the help
of some very dear and supportive school friends
after a personal tragedy. Yes, you know who you
are and I am forever grateful. After he graduated as
an electrical engineer, we were married in 1973 and
have just celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary.
We have two wonderful children, Jeremy who is 34
years old and married to Hazel and Lauren 33years
old, married to Nicholas Runnalls. They have a dear
little boy Dominic. We are delighted that there are
two more grandbabies on their way.
The nature of Tubby’s work has meant that we have lived and worked in Johannesburg where I
worked as a commercial cartographer for Map Studio and Port Elizabeth where I worked as a
cartographer in the Geography Dept. at UPE.
After moving back to Cape Town in 1990, we lived in Durbanville until the children had completed
their schooling and then to Hout Bay.
After Tubby’s retirement we decided to downscale when the children both married. We sold our
dream home and bought a townhouse and plot at the sea in Langebaan. Tubby is a frustrated
architect/builder and we soon found ourselves in Stilbaai where he designed and built three
houses. We eventually sold the townhouse and are now happily settled in Langebaan in a house
200m from the sea that we also planned and built ourselves. Never one to sit still, Tubby is
rebuilding a houseboat at Kraalbaai and refers to me as his favorite “handlanger” (we are known
locally as The Duracell Bunnies)
He occasionally even coaxes me onto the back of his motorbike! In between I am passionate
about organic and indigenous gardening and healthy eating habits. One of my favorite days is one
where I am able to tend my little garden and veggie patch.
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Elizabeth Dunn Brunt
My photo shows my family before my son’s wedding in 2007. First from left
is Nicola (33), my second child, who is married to Brandon – second from
right. They have two little girls, Jessica (3½) and Tamsin (11months).
Next is Gregory (35) my eldest who was about to get married. He and his
wife, Julie now have a son, Taylor (17 months). I come next with my
husband Richard. On the right, next to Brandon, is my youngest daughter,
Lauren (29). Lauren lives in London and is a teacher at a private school
just outside London. Although we talk to Lauren often, Richard and I
really miss having her around but on the other hand we are very lucky to
see Nicky and Greg’s families as they both live in Cape Town
We have not managed to trace:
Helen Dyason, Alexis Fuller, Jeananne Gomm, Ann Hamilton, Rita Haylett, Fiona Lysacht,
Noelle Louw, Melanie Marks, Linda Roose, Janet Schorn, Georgina Scott, Susan Skaife,
Barbara Tindale,Edith Ueberberg, Janis Venske, Ann Westoby
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Do you remember? Our uniform trials and tribulations
Cathy Miller:
remember
suspenders? and the
brown winter
stockings we had to
wear?
Hilary Cohen Meyer
Never mind the suspenders and
stocking....remember the
bloomers !!! And pantie checks or
detention !! I used to cut my hems
off so they could not be
lengthened...four fingers above
the knee when kneeling on the
table !!
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Janis Venske, Ann Westoby, Linda Hall, Jeananne Gomm, Jane Westmoreland, Lorna Robertson, Colleen McCarthy
Pat Marais, Noelle Louw, Laura Dahlkamp, Gail Wright, Janet Schorn, Bridget Dreyer
Pamela Roux, Georgina Scott, Sylvia Cohen, Yael Cohen, Edith Ueberberg, Maureen Lurie, Barbara Tindale,
Hilary Cohen, Colleen Brooks, Barbara Susman, Brenda King, Cathy Miller, Jenny van Breda, Gillian Biesman-Simons,
Karyn Farr
Colleen McCarthy Shedden
Colleen married her childhood sweetheart Ed Shedden (a Wynberg
Boy) in 1973. They have 2 children Nicollė born 1975 and Jason
born in ’77. Jason has a Master of Commerce in Financial
Management Sciences working for Blue Financial Services, while
Nicollė is a Chartered Accountant working for Atterbury Properties
as Director of Asset Management and has 2 children, Ashton and
Patrick.
“Ed and I have been married for 36 years and he is an Engineering
Geologist who has his own business. We live in Pretoria.”
CV- from Colleen’s website.
After matriculating from Wynberg Girls High School, Cape Town, I
completed my nursing training at Victoria hospital in 1972. In 1975 I
relocated to Pretoria where I worked in Neurology and Coronary
ICU at Pretoria Academic hospital. In 1977, I was asked to join a
colleague in the Gastroenterology Department and went on to become one of 50 founder members
of stoma therapy worldwide. It was here that my passion for helping people to help themselves
was ignited and with the help of a psychiatrist, psychologist and sexologist, I started the first group
therapy sessions for stoma patients at Pretoria Academic hospital. In 1980 I was invited to
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA to share my knowledge with their stoma therapist who had started a
similar clinic. From 1981 to 2000 I worked as a medical representative and later on as a sales
manager for Novo Nordisk (world leaders in diabetes therapy) specializing in Insulin for people
living with diabetes and Hormone Replacement Therapy for the menopausal woman. I started a
diabetic clinic in Pretoria where the patients were monitored and given group and individual training
on how to control their diabetes in order to prevent complications later in life.In June of 2000 I
joined Eta Lyons and Associates (the leaders in medical recruitment). In my 6 years of recruiting
for the Pharmaceutical and Surgical industries, I recognized that really good candidates were not
making the grade because they lacked interview intelligence. I decided to develop this niche into
my own business which has proven to be both rewarding and satisfying.
www.interview4success.co.za
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Hilary Cohen Meyer
(The small thin one who eventually grew and is now
suffering from inevitable middle age spread!) qualified
from UCT with degree in architecture. Worked as such
in Cape Town,Israel and Port ELizabeth(SA) where I
returned to live after year of travel with boyfriend(now
husband Ian Meyer, clinical and forensic psychologist).
Now managing Practice of several psychologists. We
have two children; daughter Kary (25) fashion designer
back in PE after stay in UK to open own studio/label; son
Joshua (22) studied IT in Cape Town where he now
lives. I have been very involved in their school in PE
writing/producing/directing musicals, teaching art and
chess for 15 years. I enjoy entertaining (eating!)
photography, movies, theatre, design.
Gail Wright Ferreira
After leaving school, I did a secretarial
course for a year, then went to Durban
University.A fter getting engaged to Peter Ferreira, we decided
to leave Natal and come to the Karoo to farm on the family
farm, which is near De Aar. We farm with sheep and Nguni
cattle, etc. I finished my degree via Unisa. My eldest son Craig
is also farming now after finishing varsity and travelling the
world for a while. My daughter Leigh is married and lives in
Dubai where she and her husband are running their own
production company. My youngest son Stuart has finished at
Stellenbosch and wants to travel in America soon.
Photography is my new hobby but art & travel will always
remain an important part of my life.
Bridget Dreyer Hambley Wise
I arrived at Waterloo House
from Grahamstown in ‘68.
Most of the ‘70s were spent
studying at UCT and UNISA
or trying to avoid the security
police and detention during
the political turmoil of the
time.
I have worked for the
education department for too
long! (over 30 years). I am
attached to special support
services. I worked at the
school for the deaf,
Wittebome, Somerset West,
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Guguletu and Mitchell's Plein. This year I have moved to the southern suburbs. Wynberg Girls'
has been on my books for 7 years. I do a fair amount of work in the junior school, but only pop
into the high school annually (most psychological work is outsourced privately). I have 37
schools!
We live in Rondebosch. My two children are at UCT. Lauren (22) is in her final year Bachelor of
Music and hopes to study/perform in NY next year. Jason (20) is final year BA. and plans to
register for a LLB next year. Retirement to be spent travelling!!
Pam Roux Gush
Am so looking forward to the reunion --- hope we'll
have name tags! We don't look much like we did 40
years ago! Anyway, here's a short history of my life: I
went to Grahamstown Training College (with Lyn
Granger), and then taught in Grahamstown and PE
before meeting and marrying my husband, Ron.
I started off married life as a farmer's wife, but that
soon changed and Ron joined De Beers and trained as a
metallurgist. We lived in Oranjemund (Namibia),
Orapa (Botswana), Joburg, Gaborone, and are now
happily retired in Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape.
We have 3 children: Rosemary (30), a vet in Cape
Town, Jennifer(28), a biokineticist in Joburg, and
Matthew(25), a sound engineer/musician in London.
Life in this little village is so busy, that we wonder
when we had time to work! Bookclub, needlework
club, bridge, church choir, a bit of teaching..life is wonderfully full. We travel around as much as
we can, and enjoy camping in remote places, as well as visiting all the family.
Jane Westmoreland Meintjies
Since leaving school it has been a long and winding road - worked, then in 1976 met Fred, got
married in 1977 and we have two great children - Sue, who presently lives in London and Johno,
back here in Cape Town after three years in London. We live in Tokai in Cape Town from where
we run our own business and we are working hard and enjoying it. By working for ourselves, we
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also have a lot of freedom. Our work allows us to work from anywhere, as long as we have a
computer. We have a house at Stilbaai on the river and spend some ten days a month working from
there - in between enjoying the beautiful place and relaxing around the braai fire. Life has been
good to us and we are so grateful for what we have and enjoying it all with great
humility.Unfortunately I will not be able to make the reunion - but I wish you
all a great time and look forward to seeing the mag.
Linda Hall
Now a Counselling Psychologist doing
assessments for corporates and running a
private counselling practice in
Stellenbosch and Somerset West.
Divorced some years ago, no children.
Interests: Music, dancing, writing,
painting, gardening, animals, trips into
the bush, reading, and movies.
Cathy Miller
After leaving school, I went to UCT for 5 years, dropped
out for 1 year (1975) and returned in 1976 to complete an
MBChB I married in 75 to Peter Hassell, a Rhodesian, so
we spent that year in Rhodesia. I have not changed my
name.
Contraception being what it was in those days, I had a baby
in my final year of medical school. Lisa, now aged almost
33, is working as a primary school teacher in an
international school in China.
I
spent one year in SA 77,
working at Tygerberg
I remember
Hospital and then
(with love and affection)
immigrated to NZ in 78
Mrs Meltzer our little Parisian
where we all lived
French teacher (subsequently
Mrs Hall) - gosh she put up
happily ever after (so
with a lot of nonsense from us
far!). Had another child
so graciously, especially in the
in 79 Joe, now aged
winter, when we would all hem
her in as we huddled our desks
almost 30 and proud and
closer and closer to the the
wonderful
father of my two
heater
gorgeous grandchildren - dont
get me started I will bore you for hours! Joe works in IT in NZ, which is
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great as he can work from home. I was a GP for around 20 years then retrained in Palliative
Medicine and currently work in Auckland City Hospital with the Palliative Care Service.
Yael Cohen Wollach
I went to U.C.T. and received a B.Soc.Sc.(S.W.) in
1973 and married Jeff Wollach the same year.
Worked at G.S.Hospital until 1977 when we
emigrated to Canada. We have 3 kids, Stuart
30, Carla 25 and Malcolm 24. Started off in
Cabri, Saskatchewan where Stu was born,
moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia where Jeff did his
post-grad studies in Anaesthesia and landed up
in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British
Columbia where we have been for 26 years. I
volunteered while the kids were growing up - was
on the National Executive of Canadian Women's
ORT, President of the Parents' Auxiliary of the
kids' school and helped on various committees
within the Jewish community. In 2003, I went
back to "school" and became a Pharmacy
Technician and now work twice a week at a
pharmacy. We have 2 Bichon Frises pooches,
Ole and Bentley, and my new-found passion is
playing bridge!
Colleen Brooks Hall
I attended Wynberg Girls from
1961 - 1969 and have happy
memories of my school days.
I worked as a technologist at
Groote Schuur’s medical
laboratories and Blood Bank for
4 years and then in a
microbiology laboratory for 7
years.
I married John Hall in 1978 and had two
sons Wayne (born 1981) and Craig (born
1983). Both were educated in Cape Town
and graduated from UCT. Wayne is married
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to Louise Bredell and they live in Sydney. Craig lives and works in Cape Town.
After the birth of my sons, I stopped formal work and have been involved in volunteer work in various
fields.
I’ve worked at a visually impaired aged home, coached under-8 hockey at Rondebosch Boys Prep,
worked as a Trauma Counsellor at a police station and am currently working in a paediatric ward at a
local hospital.
I retired from league hockey in 1983 but am still playing league squashas well as doing pilates, gym and
walking.
I am lucky to have been blessed with good health.
Laura Dahlkamp
Laura’s Facebook profile states that she is a
Pre-Press Manager working for a printing
company in Los Angeles
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Gillian Biesman-Simons
She lives in Horley, Surrey, is divorced with a 21 year
old daughter Kimberley and a stepson Clinton(36).
She spends her time between Horley and Bedford
where Peter, her long time partner, lives. After school,
she worked with Karyn Farr at the Provincial
Admininistration doing town planning. She left South
Africa in ’73 for about 4 years, and then returned to
live in Durban . She married in 1980 and went to the
UK in 1988 with her husband who was a pilot. There
she worked as an architectural draughtsman and
studied Architecture. After 3 years, her husband’s
work took him to the Middle East, Abu Dhabi and
Dubai. Woman were not allowed to be draughtsmen,
so she studied to become a Montessori Teacher, but
then she divorced her husband and returned to the
UK, where she was teacher and head teacher of a Pre
prep school for 10 years. She met Peter at the end of
Mrs Simons the Montessori teacher,
1999 and in 2003 when he was involved in a very bad
head of pre prep, summer 2004
motor cycle accident she left her job and went to live
in Bedford to take care of him. She returned to Horley in 205 and retrained as a bus driver.
Today she loves driving her bus and spends time off with Peter in Bedford. She will be in Cape
Town at the end of October.
Jenny van Breda Biesman Simons
Jenny married Gillian’s brother
John and together they have
been breeding German
Shepherd Dogs since 1985
and have won multiple awards .
I won’t be seeing you as
we will be in the
Magaliesberg with friends.
Will be with you in spirit
and hope you have a super
get together.
Jenni BiesmanBiesman-Simons
Biesman-Simons family Zevenwacht Easter Sunday 2008,
Gillian’s daughter, Jenny (van Breda) B-S, Gillian B-S, her partner Peter, Jenny's husband, Alan B-S. and Gillian’s parents.
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Karen Farr Loubser
A bit about me. I got married in 1973, my son Jason was born in 1975 and daughter,
Nicola in 1978. Both are married
and they have a daughter each. They both settled here
in 2001 so as I was on my own, having divorced in
I unfortunately won't be able
1986, I took early retirement from the council, where
to
attend the
the functions but please
I had worked for over 25 years and joined them here
send my best wishes to all,
in 2006. I work in the finance department of an
I'll be there in spirit..
International Company and live in Surrey. The best
decision I ever made was moving here and I wish I had
I hope you all have
done it years ago.
a lovely time.
Karen
Sylvia Cohen Farkas
Sorry
Sorry I cant be with you
all as
as its my cousins wedding
in Johannesburg on the 12th
and I cant miss it.
Enjoy the reunion.
Sylvia
I am married with 2 children (a boy and a girl). My
daughter is 25 years old and is married and living in
Israel. My son is 27,engaged and working in
Johannesburg. I have been living in Johannesburg
since 1981. I studied psychology at UCT but landed
up working with my husband in a company that
manufactures industial magnets.
WGHS Class of 69
Do you remember?
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Barbara Krydner, Laura Garisch, Ann Mills, Dawn Nielsen, Merlin Blignaut,
Alexia Solomon, Shirley Bredenkamp, Pat Michell, Elaine Durbach, Lynette Granger, Barbara Matter
Rita Haylett, Helen Clark, Deryl Barlow, Helen Dyason, Veronica Lambert
Elaine Durbach Norstein
Oi! - How to condense 40 years? Since leaving WGHS, I did a B. Journ at Rhodes, joined the Cape Times
briefly and then went freelance. Wrote the text for two books. Came to the US on a World Press Institute
Fellowship in '79, met an American and came back to marry him in 1981. Corresponded for the SA Morning
Group papers, and wrote for United Nations, among others. Divorced in 1985. Married Marshall Norstein
in '94. Had Gabe that same year - a very laat lammetjie - now 15, almost 6ft, with hair dyed bright red. I
write for the New Jersey Jewish News, and if you Google me, you can see what I do every day. We live in
Maplewood, an apple-pie cosy community 30 mins from NY - Victorian houses & oak avenues. Come visit??
So sad to have to miss the Great August reunion - but my trip to South
Africa has been pulled forward . Heading there(May 18) for two weeks,
to help my mother (in Hermanus) move out of her house at Onrus
Manor, and into an assisted living unit. I'm sorry about the reunion,
but very happy that I'll be with her. Through the past four weeks of her
injury, illness, and painful recovery, the distance has been hell. Wish it
was a long enough trip to spend time in CT too and reconnect over
many cups (or glasses) - but maybe another time....
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Shirley Bredenkamp Sisson
I remember
Mrs Townsend
throwing that
piece of chalk
up in the air!!
I left school and went to work in IT at the Old Mutual and moved around a bit in the IT business. I
always enjoyed my sport and met my husband, Geoff Sisson, through playing hockey at Bergvliet
Club. We have 3 daughters - Keri (30) - that makes me feel old! She is married, lives in the UK
and has 2 boys - Matthew aged 3 and Jake who is 1, - Nicki (27, single and living in Jhbg) and
Ashley (22, living in Lakeside). For quite a few years, Geoff and I ran a business, called Action
BTS, which supplied school books at the start of the year. 18 months ago, we decided on a total
change in our lives and we now run a small guest house just outside Simonstown, which has 3
self-catering flats. We both enjoy walking and I walk on the beach most days. I also enjoy
reading, travelling, sewing and crafting.
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Ann Mills Harris
I went to Mowbray Teacher's Training College and then spent a year
at UCT studying Teaching of Special Classes. I taught at John
Graham until I married John Harris in 1977. We moved to the OFS
and then Johannesburg where our 4 daughters were born. Colleen
(30) is married and living in Sydney where she is in investment
banking. Elspeth(27) is a biology teacher, Jo-Ann(23) is a travel
agent and Kate (19) is studying theraputic massage. We moved to
Wellington, New Zealand in 1990. John is a project manager and I
am a self employed SPELD tutor working
with children who have different
learning disabilities. I enjoy
Have a wonderful reunion.
movies, theatre, reading,
I have thoroughly enjoyed your
handwork, tramping,
e-mails and the profiles of the girls.
friends, travelling and
Will be thinking of you all so much
most of all family get
togethers.
Best wishes for the best of times
Ann
Barbara Krydner Poulter
I qualified as a Medical technologist, working in that field at GSH for
11 years.
Then, I joined the pharmaceutical industry, where I have, and am still,
working as a medical representative.
I am currently with Sanofi-Aventis oncology division.
I have 2 sons 19 and 20, and 2 stepsons 19 and 22!,so lots of
testosterone at home!!!
I live in Houtbay with my husband Neville Poulter and all the boys
Technology?
Heart transplants were old hat - Dorothy Fisher is the 5th person to
receive a heart transplant under Dr Christiaan Barnard
The Boeing 747 jumbo jet made its debut..
First Concorde test flight
First Quartz Watch
First ATM Cash Machine installed
Creation of ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet
The Microprocessor was invented
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Deryl Barlow-Weilbach
After I left
WGHS, I
obtained a
BSC and Bsc
Honours
Degree (cum
laude) from
Wits University
and an MSc
Degree (cum
laude) from
Pretoria. I
have had a
long career as
a research
scientist at the
CSIR in
Freshwater Biology, then as a science lecturer and teacher at Natal University, Pietermaritzburg
campus, and at Daveyton College of Education. I also obtained an HED from Unisa in order to be
able to teach and lecture. In 1993, I joined the National Department of Environment Affairs where I
became involved in environmental management. I have worked for the Development Bank of
Southern Africa for the last 16 years doing environmental risk assessment for large infrastructure
project loans in South Africa and the rest of Africa, which involves some interesting travel to other
African countries. I am at present building my retirement house in Montagu on a smallholding. I
plan to retire as soon as the economy recovers. I am divorced with no children having 2 legs! My
ex husband was a farmer in the Free State. I bred Arabian horses and race
horses on the farm. I also had a long career as a show jumper and
dressage rider. I have been importing and showing greyhounds and
whippets since I stopped riding about 12 years ago. My current
family consists of 5 greyhounds and 2 whippets which explains
I am really disappointed
why I needed a smallholding as a retirement home. I also
but I will be overseas on
obtained a diploma in Companion Animal Behaviour so I could
business at this time so I
understand my hounds better.
shall not be able to attend
Looking back, I always knew that I missed my vocation. I
in person but will be with
should have been a vet but in those days veterinary science
you all in spirit!
was not considered a suitable occupation for women!
Deryl
WGHS gave me a wonderful start to my life, building self
esteem and giving me the intrinsic motivation necessary to
succeed. You are all welcome to visit me in Montagu when I
retire, just turn into Low Street from Long Street. It is the Cape
Dutch house. Hopefully the economy will recover soon so I can sell
up in Gauteng (I’m really tired of the rat race). God Bless you all.
Do you remember what we wore?
Tie-dye shirts and Bell Bottoms
We ironed our hair.
We wore Mini-skirts and Daisy prints
Twiggy was fashion’s favorite face,
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Barbara Matter Ikin
What a blast from the past!!! After no
contact for almost 40 years, I'm seeing
photos of schoolmates I do not recognise!
Unfortunately I will not be able to join you
at the reunion in Cape Town... I have had a
wonderful life with my husband, Derrick,
working and living on three continents - a
stint doing volunteer work at the Church of
Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry, Msinga,
was followed by six years of living in
Switzerland, working in epidemiology and
food research. Then off to Bangladesh and
Indonesia, working with women's groups all providing me with a rich tapestry of
encounters with different cultures,
religions and languages. After nine years in
Mozambique we returned to Knysna , where
we are living and getting to know the new
South Africa.
Veronica Lambert Taylor
Six years ago John and I decided that we needed to
retire somewhere peaceful. We bought a plot and built
a lovely home overlooking Dassen Island, and with a
view of Table Mountain in the distance, and retired to
Yzerfontein on the West Coast. About this time I was
diagnosed with MS which, fortunately, has not yet had a
negative impact on our travels. Between us we have a
son and 3 daughters & 1 grandchild. We are involved
(me as secretary and John as treasurer) in various
classic car clubs, having an Austin Healey and a MGC.
We have a well kitted out Landrover and spend a
tremendous amount of time touring Namibia, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Botswana and also S.A. Next year we will
be heading for Zambia, Malawi & Tanzania in the
Landy. When at home, in between planning the next
holiday, besides doing boring housework, I find time to
read, bake, sew, and work on a rather comprehensive
stamp collection.
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Trish Michell Inggs
After school, I graduated from Rhodes
University with a B Pharm & did preregistration internship year at Tygerberg
Hospital. I then worked in the UK from '75 '80 as a research assistant, in medical
information & then hospital pharmacy before
registering as a pharmacist in the UK. I
married Mike Inggs in '80 & we lived in
Stoughton, Massachusetts for 2 years where
our oldest daughter Kirsty was born. We
then returned to SA in '83 & Jonathan was
born in Joburg. In '85, we came to live in
Simon's Town & have been there ever since.
Both Gordon & Stella were born while I was
working part time at the Pharmacy I had
worked in as a student. In '93 I bought the
business and am still running it. Mike is a
Prof at UCT & has been there for the past 21
years - how time flies
Merlin Blignaut Luke
I married
Harold Luke
in 1973.
We have a
son,
Richard,
who is 34,
unmarried
and lives in
London and
a daughter,
Taryn who
is 31,also
unmarried,
living in
Cape Town.
We live in
Monte
Vista, Cape
Town.
Following the completion of matric, I attended Cape Town Teacher's College, where I completed my
training and obtained my Primary Teachers Diploma. My first post was at Bosmansdam Primary School.
During the 18 years I was there, I taught Grades 4 to 7, had a stint teaching Speech and Drama and then
moved down to Grade 3, which I discovered I actually preferred to Senior Primary. I thus completed a 3year “long distance” in-service course through Denneoord Training College in Wellington and received my
Higher Diploma in Foundation Phase. I became the HOD at Bosmansdam and in 1991 moved to Panorama
Primary as Deputy Principal, where I have been working till now.
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Lynette Granger Hampton
I live in Bergvliet, Cape Town, with my husband,
Ian, and various sons. Together we can do the
seven-a-side thing – his four (top pic) and my
three. (Bottom pic -my sons with one stepson 2nd
from right) They are all in their twenties Mark,
Nicholas, Michael, Timothy, Jeremy, Matthew and
Nicholas, either still studying or out there working.
They come and go, depending on their plans at
any one time, but at present my three, Jeremy,
Matthew and Nicholas are under our roof, livening up the place and generally being good company.
I spent many years teaching art at the Dominican School for Deaf Children, but when the school could no
longer afford to keep an art teacher, I moved on to Herschel where I am now teaching art to the girls at the
prep school.
Ian is a fisheries scientist whose surveying work frequently takes him to New Zealand and Chile.
Whilst retirement doesn’t seem to be a prospect, we look forward to a change of lifestyle by spending longer
periods of time at our home on the river near Stilbaai and trying our hand at organic olive farming amongst
other things.
Helen Clark Kleynhans
I studied at UCT and the University of Natal and, except for
9 years when my children were young, have been teaching
Maths ever since. I met my husband, Charles, while we
were both students at UCT and we have a son and a
daughter. We lived in Sasolburg for about 10 years, then in
Johannesburg for 18 years and have been back in Cape
Town since 2003. I teach at Rustenburg Girls High now.
My main hobby/interest (as it was in my school days) is
mountaineering and I also enjoy orienteering
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Do you remember the movies we were watching in ‘69…?
The Love Bug
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Easy Rider
Where Eagles Dare
Funny Girl
Monty Python's Flying Circus "And now for something completely different”
…and the Academy Awards that year?
Best Actress
Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Best Actor
John Wayne in True Grit
Best Picture
Midnight Cowboy
Best song
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, from Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid
and the music we listened to?
Time Is Tight - Booker T and the MGs
Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones
Come Together - The Beatles
In The Year 2525 - Zager And Evans
Sugar Sugar - The Archies
Sorry Suzanne - The Hollies
My Sentimental Friend - Herman's Hermits
Hair - The Cowsills
Where Do You Go To My Lovely - Peter Sarstedt
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
You Can Cry If You Want To - The Troggs
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Crimson And Clover - Tommy James And The Shondells
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Name
Susan Abrams now Lipman
Yolanda Adams now Simpson
Merle Anderson now Hulley
Marion Arcus now Schapiro
Deryl Barlow now Weilbach
Gillian Biesman-Simons
Merlin Blignaut now Luke
Shirley Bredenkamp now Sisson
Colleen Brooks now Hall
Yvonne Brown now Cawood
Moira Butler now Martins
Sandra Cawood now Unite
Cynthia Chait now Cyndi Freiman
Rosna Charles now Kerr
Helen Clark now Kleynhans
Deanie Clark now Potter
Ruth Coates now Bourne
Hilary Cohen now Meyer
Sylvia Cohen now Farkas
Yael Cohen now Wollach
Denise Curtis
Laura Dahlkamp
Elizabeth Doig now Giddey
Bridget Dreyer now Hambley-Wise
Elizabeth Dunn now Brunt
Elaine Durbach now Norstein
Karyn Farr now Loubser
Caroleen Feldman now Zaszrewski
Janet Fisher now Ronnenburgh
Brenda Forrest now Hilliard
Judy Fouche now Waldron
Laurette Garisch now Swan
Penny Giljam now Holmes
Helen Gilson now Hull
Lynette Granger now Hampton
Linda Hall
Trish Hartley now Thorpe
Nessa Hurwitz now Leibhammer
Clare Hvidstein
Sandy Jeffrey now Stack
Sandra Jonas now Sidman
Heather Karsen now Walker
Estelle Katz
Brenda King now Weir
Simone Kirsch
Barbara Krydner now Poulter
Sharon Laity now Bridger
Veronica Lambert now Taylor
Cheryl Lewis now Lewis
Maureen Lurie now Green
Idafay Madeisky now Mervis
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Pat Marais now Williams
Jenny Marock now Resnick
Ingrid Marx now Stofberg
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Loretta Matodes
Barbara Matter now Ikin
Dale MacMurray now Slatem
Colleen McCarthy now Shedden
Trish Michell now Inggs
Cathy Miller
Ann Mills now Harris
Susan Mills now Ansell
Glenda Moody now Inskip
Anita Owen now Brewis
Alison Parkins now Uys
Gwynneth Phipps now Russell
Lynne Pickup now Shield
Joan Robb now Green
Lorna Robertson now Wall
Pam Roux now Gush
Jenny Sawyer now Mcdonald
Ann Skeeles now Truter
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Alexia Solomon now Dose
Barbara Susman
Helene Traub now Magid
Renee Van Boom now Stewart
Jenny Van Breda now Biesman-Simons
Jane Westmoreland now Meintjies
Kathleen Wheatley now Wink
Mary Williamson now Terry
Gail Wright now Ferreira
Thelma Zabow now Schwartz
Susan Zoutendyk now Marais
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Do you remember?
The WYNBERG GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SONG
Founded in the soil of our land’s history,
Looking to a future yet untold,
Wynberg, Alma Mater; we thy daughters
Proudly wear for thee the brown and gold.
Glory of our lovely land, the protea
Born of our brown earth and golden sun,
Take we for our emblem; may its beauty
Flower in every heart that thou hast won,
In the mountains finding peace, God-given,
In great pine and oak trees seeing his power,
Wearers of the crimson badge of courage,
Bravely may we meet each unknown hour.
Strong in all of good that thou has taught us
Ready where our duty calls to stand,
Ever Honour seeking before Honours,
May thy daughters nobly serve thy land
The WGHS Hall 1969

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