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REUNION LUNCHES1965 ... ersThe idea of the lunches is to rekindle and reunite old friendships, provide a good excuse to get out of the house and share a few jokes and life experiences, now most of us have retired. Thursday, 11 August, 2022 Thursday, 10 November, 2022 The Cricketers has several advantages over other venues including, a segregated room, a good value menu (plus a la carte), 2 hour parking limits in the surrounding streets, the pub is owned by John Hayes who is also a former (1963) NBHS old boy. If you know any other former NBHS old boys who may be interested and are not on the list, please bring them along or tell them of the dates. If you have any other excuse for a lunch at some other time and place, or if an old boy is in town and wants to catch up, there is a Hard Core of us happy to do impromptu lunches. Based on previous attendances at the last lunches, we expect to see such luminaries as Ron Barrett, Bruce Bastian, Eric Bell, John Bennett, Gary Bryde, Steve Busteed, Allan Briggs, David Caddies, Stephen Campbell-Jones, Peter Chard, Ken Chegwidden, Jan Cheetham, Sam Dawe, Leigh Derwin, Kevin Doyle, Tony Evans, David Fryer, Noel George, Eric Gibbons, Hilton Grugeon, Graham Halton, David Hancock, Graham (Sid) Hudson, John Heslop, Bill Hoye, Ben Lenzer, Phil McLeod, Adam Markus, John McAlpine, Phil McLeod, Mati Morel, Neil Morrison, David Parker, Col Peebles, Earl Rennie, Ian Shepherd, George Sideris, Gary Snedden, David Timbury, Greg Tyler Peter Whitelaw, Neil Willis and (Teacher) Jack Caldwell. TEMPUS FUGIT, CARPE DIEM, REMIS VELISQUE View previous monthly updates more.............................................................................................................................................................................
Waratah High School Newcastle High School "Re-Born" ..................................... A SUMMARY of the FORMATION, AIMS and ACHIEVEMENTS of the OBA and ESU Associations For Past Students - The Boys The first ‘ex-pupils’ union’ was formed in 1909, when the enrolment in that year was 131. Audrey Armitage writes ‘With the aim of building up a noble tradition of scholarship at Newcastle High, Smith (Headmaster Charles Rattray ‘Caesar’ Smith) formed in 1909 an ex-pupils union whose objects were to maintain the connection of ex-students with their school and the friendships they had formed while at school, and to promote the mutual improvement of members. The ex-pupils union formed by Smith found that its annual dinner was a social highlight, but this group appears to have disbanded some time after Mr Smith left. In 1921 it was again decided to form an Ex-Pupils Union. It was decided that the subscription, which was fixed at 5s a year, should include current copies of the school paper, the “Novocastrian,” which the editor promised to feature news concerning ex-pupils. The constitution was made as simply as possible, and office-bearers elected. A badge was adopted, of diamond-shaped enamel, in the school colours, with a shield in the centre bearing the letters O.N. (Old Novocastrians). The upper left and the lower right edges of the diamond carried the school motto, “Remis Velisque.” It is not known if the badge ever went beyond the design stage. It is not known if there were any other attempts at the formation of an ex-students’ association, until the formation of an Old Boys’ Union on 1 June 1954, as reported in the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate of 3 June. A Committee was formed with Alwyn Hannaford, School Captain in 1946, elected President. The annual subscription was set at 10/- and a dinner proposed for July. A box of OBU ties, from this group, is now in the Old Boys’ Caesar Smith collection in the Newcastle Museum. It is not known when or why this OBU failed. On 9 December 1986, in a phone call between Old Boys Dale Kemp and Dick Sanders, it was decided to form the NBHSOBA. It was felt, since the School no longer existed, and all previous ‘Old Boys’ associations had not been sustained, that it was important that the traditions of the school should be carried forward and not forgotten. Also, a single annual dinner, for all years, would be more efficient and effective in meeting that aim, than the current organising of ad hoc reunions. The Steering Committee of ten met at the Newcastle Police Centre on 7 January 1987. The OBA was launched at the Police & Citizens' Boys' Club on 20 March 1987, where the inaugural committee was elected by the 93 former students and teachers present. Four Sub-committees were agreed on (Membership, Functions, Education, Historical) together with their members and Chairmen. The goals of the Association were agreed on, becoming the basis for the Constitution. Trevor Dunn, School Captain in 1955 was elected as the inaugural President. ..................................... Associations For Past Students - The Girls In June 1944 Miss Marjorie (‘Madge’) Henson, Headmistress 1943-1944, was made patron of the newly-formed Ex-Students’ Union – a mark of their appreciation of her. There is no mention of a prior ESU in Audrey Armitage’s book ‘Newcastle High School – The First 75 Years’, so it is assumed that 1944 marked the formation of the first NGHSESU. Dorothy Payn was the NGHS Headmistress 1952-1953. It was at her suggestion that the NGHS ESU was re-activated in 1952, when she was made Patron. The ESU has functioned continuously since. ..................................... |