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THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 

SHAFTESBURY 

MAGAZINE. 


VOL. 5. NOVEMBER, lli40. 

CONTENTS. 

I-Committee, 1940·41. 4-Examination Results. 
2-Editorial. 5-Valete atque Salvete. 
3-Reports. 6-01d Girls' Section. 

COMMITTEE, 1940·41. 

President.' ~'rs. RAAD. 
Chairman: Miss LEWIS. 


Editor: S. WILSON (Barnes House Captain). 

Secretan'nl lVorll.' Commercial VIth. 
Prefects: 


J. WAlmEN. S. WILSON. S. ADAMS. M'. BIDDISCOMBE. 
M. FORSEY. 
Form Representatives: 

VA.-A. SARGENT. R.-M. KING. 
V ... -J. WALBY. IV.-D. COO,\IBS. 
11 I.-S. BROAD BENT. 

Staff Representatives: 

,\liss BUCKERF!ELD. ~Iiss HALL. 

EDITORIAL. 

The Committee is pleased to be able to present, in spite of, 
war conditions, this Fifth volume of the School Magazine, 
which we hope will be popular; the dl'awings, first intrdduced 
last yem', have been discontinued through paper shortage; 

The past year, althougb characterised by a lessening in 
out-of-school activities,and considerably handicapped, by bad 
weather and illness in the Easter Term, has been remarkably 
pleasant and profitable, as may be seen from our good.examination 
results. The same staff .as last year are fortunately 

still with us, and our numbers continue steadily to increase. 
We, as a school, aI'e wdl aWa!'e of what we owe to our 
gallant Fighting Forces; we have 'attempted to show, in every 

possihle way, our apPI'eciati"n of them. The pl"Oceeds of a 
concert were divided between the Red Cross Fund and the 
Dorset troops stationed in Shaftesbury, and we hav'e knitted 
many articles of clothing. 

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:As"so many melllbers of ine O.G.A. m'e engaged in wal' 

work, 'their activities have' been less numerous"than usual, but 
we look Jorward to the time when outings and socials will 

begin again. We apologise to all those Old Girls who write 
to us, and whose "Ietters are excluded frolll the magazin"e 
through shortage .of space ;:at the 'same time we thanl< them 

for their prompt response to our~ appeals for news and for 

their many good wishes to Mrs. Raad and the school. 
STELLA M.\VILSON. 

PREFECTS, 1940·4l. 
Head Girl: S. Wilson. 
Prefects: VIA.-J. \Varren, S. Adams. 
VIn.-M. Biddiscombc, M. Forsey. 

HOUSE REPORTS. 

I. Wren "., 631 points. 
2. Hardy 602 
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3. Barnes 553 
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Wren. 

Once again Wren's report will come first in the magazirye, 

for. out-of a possibl~ three cups we won two; .that is to ~jly, 
we gained the Champion Sports Cups. We hope to retai,,'this 

position throughout the coming year. . 

Owing to·the very sever-e weather, House Hoci{ey matches 
were impossible, and unfortunately Wren did not win the 
House Match Cup for tennis. 

At· a table-tennis tournament arranged by Wren dUl'ing 
the Easter Term, we showed a truly hospitable spirit by allow· 

ing our guests to beat us. We fear QUI' table tennis was"'very 

bad indeed. 

Iil the Christmas Term we welcomed many new members; 

a few of ·them were evacueeS ,vii" left after a sh"ort time, but 
,ve feel 'SUI''; that those who I'emain will help us to continue as 

top ho'use and to huild a mOl'e united team so that, even in 
gat)1e~, we may excel: Best of luck, \\f.-en! -

J. GREY (House Captain). 
Hardy. 
This year we were not as successful as we should lil<e to 

have been; we did ·r.ot reach the position 'of," topo house," but 

came' only second. This· was caused chiefly by those people 
who lacl<ed interest in the House, and who obtained 'Red Bool< 
en!l'ies,fol' such things as disobedience and not giving in bool<s 
at the right time.· Therefore they .. not 'only 'lost theh" own 
points, btit those of othel' people \vho''\Vorked hard for the 
House. 

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Sports D'!y was very encou..aging; the people who ente..ed 
fo.. the various races showed us their abili.ties, and through' 
them we obtained the" Wo..mald" House Match Cup. ,Also, 

we nearly succeeded in obtaining the "Wormald" House 

Sports <;:up, which Wren ca..ried off by one solitary m,ark, 
This yea,' let there he no second place ,for us I "Top. 

place n is what we want, so let's" Go To It." 

M. !{AIL (Vice-Captain). 
Barnes, 
Looking back at Barnes' House Reports of recent years, 
I find that they are'a series of reprimands for slaclmess and of 
exhortations to do better in the future, How can this report 

be different, when last year we were once more a miserable 

failure-bottom 'house! We did not win even one cup, 
although as Ha~dy beat us by only one game in the tennis 
matches, we came very near to winning the Sports Cup. This 
year we mllst aad the extra effort needed, and carry it off, 
together with the House Cup. If we do not retrieve our lost 

character in the near future, we shall soon cease to be counted 
as a House at all! Having been H bottom" for so long, we 

have now an inferiority complex. If we could only throw this 
off, and feel that we are quite equal-as we are-to any other 

House, the position would, I am sure, be reversed. We must 

change our outlook, and turn all our energies to the gaining of 

plus points; then, with undaunted enthusiasm in all our mem


bers, we shall assu..edly gain the coveted position of "Top 

House." 

S. WILSON (House Captain). 
BOARDERS' REPORT, 1939-40. 
Ch"istmas Term began soon after war had been declared, 

and eV~I'yone returned to school wondering how different life 
would be. More hoal'ders arriv'ed than most of us can remem· 

bel' having come befo"e, particula"rly small ones, 'The only 

change we noticed at first was the" blackout," which caused 

parts of the building to be very dim at night-otherwise life 
pl'oceeded as usual. _ . 

During the Christmas Term we had a social to which 
each of us invited two guests, and which proved thoroughly 
successful. 

The Easter Te"m was perhaps the most exciting, First 
of all it f"oze, then snowed. Wincombe lake proved a good 
slmting.I'inl<, and we often spent afternoons-in the snow or 
watched skating. At the same time several maids caught 
influenza, so we were able to spend some of our spare time 

helping in the house. No sooner had the snow thawed and 

school re-commenced in earnest, than we started an epidemic 

of German measles. Most of the boarders caught them, and 

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spent five very enjoyable days in the sici'l'Oom" although one 
person was unfol,tunate enough to develop them on the last 
day of term. 

Weather dUI'ing the Summer Term enabled' us to spend 
much of the time out of dool's, often playing tennis. We 

rehearsed our journey to the cellar several times, so that when 

the siren sounded everyone,was prepared. We hope ,ve ,shall 

continue to be as fortunate this year as we were last. 

JOY GREY. 

'ENGLISH SHORES AT NIGHT. 
,A darl' land, fringed with restless tides 

Of mUlom'ring seas, 

Where surging billows wash round shores 
,Swept by the breeze; 
Proud wave·crests, 15~en.lil{e fleet-winged gulls,. 
White, Hying spray 
And curling foam Hash o'er the sands 
In,b'right display; 
While through the sleety'hiss of I'ain, 
Th,:ough :misty shrollds, " 

A hazy moon sees all, between 

,The lowering clouds. ' 
And from the wideness of that sea 

# Of untamed" powel', 
The dim-seen .waves, in.hunger, Joaise 
Their mighty roar" 

,As they apPI"oach the mightielo pilt;s 

Of BI'itish rock 

\Vhich·call,them on in taunting scorn, 
And grimly·mock 

The, blinding crash of bursting pride, 
, The mute retn!at, 
That leaves the seething drip of weeds 
A trampled sheet. 

S. AnAMs. Form VIA. Age 16 yrs. 
HOCKEY REPORT. 
The Hocl,ey Season 1939-40 was a disash'ous one,for us, 

as for marn: other team~. All except two of qUI" matches were 
sCloatched, mainly because -of the weather and the German 
measles epidemic in the 'Easte.· Term. 

We did, howevel', man~ge to play OUI' two matches agains~ 
Blandfo'-'d Gramm:lI' School--one in poul'ing rain. Both were 

played at BlandfOl'd liecause our field' was not in a fit condi


tion. The results were:


v. Blandfol'l! G"ammar School Lost 7-2 
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v. Blandford G"ammar School Logt 10-0 
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Last season's team was cO.riiposed of the fpllowing people: 
I{. King (g.k.), S. Adams (r.b.), S. Wilson.. (I.b.), J. Newton, 
Captain (r.h.), M. Southgate.(c.h:), y. Brockw'ay (I.h.), B. Young, 

J. Parsons Cr.w.), M, 'Cooinbs' (r.i.), M:',PitnJan (c.f.), N. Head 
O.i.), J. Gibbs (I.w.) . . 
They" were I,een and worked well, although the weather 
harilpercd·tneir practice; but they pla~'ea'as individUltls instead 
of learning 'to work as a·teain. . .. . 

The'following people; played )~~1I and. steadily, winning 
their <:olours:-I{. Itirig arid M. ·Southgafe. Judith Gibbs' 
piay was highly commen?ed.. ' .' 

SHEILA ADAMs (Sec.) 

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. . . THe' Schoo!lTi,,,m 'wa's'as,foilO\vs'!~ 

E. Mosse J. Newton M.'Biddi·scoinbe 
J. Grey M. Pitman E. Parsons 
On the whole there ,vas someimprovement in the play as 
cQmpared .,~ith p"evious Years. Although s\>me.~a~ches. had 
to be cancelled owing to difficulties of travelling, tlie.following 
were piayed during the season:-., " :".,. 
" 27th April... v. Blardford (~way), :.,., I,.o~t ~5:64 , " 

5th ~Junc ......... Gilling1!am (:.\waf): .... 4st 48',51' 
15th June ... v. Blandford (at home)... Lost 29·52 
19th June v. Gillingham (at home) Won·42.39" 

" , . J. GREY. ' 

THE FRENCH. TEA-PARTY. 

On Thursday, July 18th; 1940, the ri1e'mbers of the',Fourth 
FOI'm invited the ,iiembers of the O:pper Fffth and:th"; Staff to 
join them in a French tea-party" Many ofth'e invitations were 
accepted. . 

The party began at .3.45..and was held in the dining-room. 
The guests were "equesied to speak only in F<ench. We 
began with a game called "Find Your .~ar.tner," wl).ich we 
thorouglily enjoyed. i\l;iry White and Muri,el Southga.te won 
it, and were given a prize. After this we ,had ,a French·Song 
competition. Next' we played at finding as many French 
words as we coulU begillning with S.· , 

Then came the tea, for which'the Fourth Form !(irls had 

provideil bread an~t 'butter, cal(es, biscui,ts and lemonade. It 
was great fun tp'speakonlyF"enc~ duriil'g,!he me~l.. 
The party ended at 4:45. Everyone enjoyed it, and it was 
a great success. ' " 
JEANNE 1.'OOGOOD & EILEEN MASJ{ELL. 

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DANGER. 
When I was in the hine 

1 saw an aeroplane. 

It looked small iQ the sl,y, 
Beca,!se it was so high. 

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The siren we all.!ear ! 
So in the dug-o-ut ,ve poped 
And'then a bomb dropped. 


I t fell in the sea. 
That is as it should be. 
The all-clear soon sounded, 
So out we all bounded. ' 


JILL FRANCIS. Fm'm I1In. Age 9 yrs.

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SPORTS DAY, 1940. 
Although the usual Sports 'Day was not he.ld this year 

owing-to·war con"ditions, the·races ,were run orl the Recreation 

Gi'ound on Tuesday, 23rd July; and" competition' :\vas Iceen, 
although the spectators were few in number. Mrs. Raad 
presented the C,4ES and' prizes after m"r1,-reading the following 

morning. . 

The awards for the Sports 'and for the yeat·'s work were 

as 'follows :--

Champion House Cup .., 
11 Wormald" Hou~e.Sports Cup 
.. \Vnrm:tld n House.match Cup 
Form Shield ".0. .. 
Form Neatness Prize' ... 
Senior Championship_Cup 
Junior Championship Cup 
Senior Aggregate-'Cup 
Junior Aggregate Cup 
Senior Tennis ... 

Junior Tennis _,. 

Senior High Jump 
Junior High Jump .. . 
Good Influence,Cup ... 
Guide C!SP ... 


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Husscv Needlework Cup ... 
Junior'Work Cup 
Improveme-nt-Prizc 
Special Prize' ... 
Senior \Vorl. i\U~dal 
G)"mnastic Badges 

New Prefects 

Wren. 
Wren. 
Hardy. 


Form IV. 
..,. VA. 

J. Gibbs. 
,.:. B. Broome. 

A. Sargent. 
P. Jesse. 
Eleanor Mosse. 
E. A., Bradford. 
J. Ncwton. 
B. Broomc. 
J. Grey. ,
Swallow Patrol. (

J. Summers. 
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P. JessC'. 
None' awarded. 
W.lmber. 

A. Sargent.
M. Pitman (Senior).
E. Hannitm (.Iunior). 
M. Forse)' & M. Biddiscombe. 
M,. FORSE" & 0\-1. BlDDlSCO'IBE. I. 

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THE HOLIDAY TERM. 

This, year, ,owing to, war conditions, the school was re'
opened ,for three weeks during the summer holidays. This 
was quite a change from ordinary school life, as our lessons 
were partly recreational in character. We enjoyed 'many 
games of tennis and a great deal of Folk Dancing. We went 
with Miss Buckerfield to St. James to map the district, and 
with Miss Petts for biology walks, the rest of the time being 
spent partly in doing ~aridwork, art and reading. To conclude 
this enjoyable',holiday-term, there was a grand Folk Dance 
party and a play-reading. 

M. FORSEY & M. BlDDISCOMBE. 
PORTRAIT OF A I'l'AZI GERM. 
I had' j us! had my summer vacation, 

But business continues-these' days, 

So I uttered a darldinprecation, 

And flew on my perilous ways. 
I entered a large gloomy buil(\ing, 
I knocked several times on a door. 


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Heil Hitler" I· cried, someone said, ,~' Come inside." 

'But I fell down' a crack in the floor. 
I brushed off the 'dust from my tummy, 
I flicked off the spots from iny spats, 


My eyes were all grimy and gummy, 
And I'd buste" my boots of'er~atz., 
But a Nazi is,never downhearted, 


So I rattled my small.Iron Cross, 
And saw that my coiffure was parted 
Lil<e Adolph's, because.he?s t,he boss. 


In the corner Herr Hitler was stariding, 
His mouth opened wide as he yawned; 
I said to myself" Happy Landing." 
And nipped 'in befor" he was ,Yarned. 


That Saturday night at ten thirty 


His fev:er was running quite high, 
So he rang for his manservant, Bertie, 
Saying, U Lumme! I'm going to die.!'-


The doctor was 'phoned very quicldy, 
He came with his bag and his hat, 
And said" 'Though the Fuehrer is sicldy, 
We'll soon put an end to all that." ' 


" If,your diet's been g~ns ana not butter, 
Here's sD.111e 'codliver oil; talm it neat." 
When he said this I heard Adolph mutter, 
And sal' a rude word 'neath the sheet. 


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I bade him fm'ewell the next nlOl'ning, 
As out of the window I flew, . 
He wasn't quite dead-just a cold iil fhe head, 
But that was the best I could do! 


LORD SHAFTESBURY'S HOMES, 1939·40. 

There was a further improvement in the collections this 
year, which amounted to £8 13s. 6td. . 

NATIONAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, 1939·40. 

Membership this yeal' rose from 34 to 90, and the total 
sum collected was £81 4s. 11 d. 

THE 2nd SHAFTESBURY HIGH SCHOOL· COMPANY 
GIRL.GUIDES . 
. The year 1939·40 has been an interesting orie:for Guides. 
We were sorry to lose during the year-A. Arbenz, M. Bunce, 

A. England, B. Eddington, M. Sampson, M. Draper. E. A. 
BI'adford, J. :-Iewion. J. Gibbs and L. Warl'cn, and have 
welcomed the following recruits: R. \Voodl'iffe, E. Pm'SOIlf', 

G. Wood man, R. Smart, B. Shepherd, .1. Williams, and M. 
I{ing who was transferred fl'om ~lIlother Company. 

During the winter sevel'a) Guides f.!ained theil' Second 
Class badgeg arid SOflle Profjciency badges, .wh~ch included 
Coo It's, I{nittel"s, Athlete's and Folk Dancel"s badges. DUI'~ 
ing the Spring Ter'm our ,;'orle was hampel'ed by cold weathel' 
and epidemics, but in the. summer \Ve were able to hold many 
meetings out of poors. On May 24th we went to Hart Hill 
,\nd cooleed our supper there. ·Cater in the·tel·m we took our 
tea to Wincombe, where we had some enjoyable traclting 
games in the woods. Even the sudden shower did not damp 

our enthusiasm, .and we resolved to go again as soon as 

possible. 
During Guide Week we contributed to the Ai.· Ambulance 
Fund. i 

The Patrol Cup was awarded this year to the Swallo\v ~ 
Patrol. This was gained partly because of the;" cal'eful log· I 
book and steady work throughout the year. 

P. TOOGOOD (Hon. Sec.) 
OUR TORTOISES. 

I Iceep amale and a female tortoise. The male's nnine is 
Timothy and th~ ferimle'~ nallle is Josephine. I had Josephine 
for my ninth bir,thday and Timothy fol' my tenth. When 
Josephine first saw Timothy she just waneed sedately off 
round the garden, but Timothy would follo\v hel' whel'evel' 
she went. 

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J osephine used to. lay eggs, but after she had done so, she 
silt on them, and of course squashed them, although I had 
been looking forward to having some young tortoises. 

Timothy and Josephine soon c~me to Imow each oiher, 
a\ld now they eat their lettuce and..tomatoes together. i put 
out water for them to drink, but the next thing I saw of thein, 
they wel'e having a fine mud bath, as they had Idcked earth 
into the water. As for sleeping, they slept in a .different 
corner of the.garden each night, so I had to move their straw 
to a different place every evening. 

IC JONES. Form IlIA. Age 11 yrs. 

WINTER. 

Winter is coming, Hurray I Hurray! 
With lots of jolly good games to play. 
There's hockey and football and rounders !lOd races 
Which warm our feet, our hands and faces. 


And then comes the snow, the greatest of joys, 
And out come the.children, the girls and the boys, 
And laughing.and sho.uting with all their might, 
They vel'y soon start a sno,v'ball fi~ht. 


• And fast is the pace and good is the aim, 
'Tis surprising hi".,. liot you can get at this game~ 
And after a while, so hungry they feel, 
They Imow it is tiri1e to go home for a meal. 
In winter there's always such nice things to eat, 

And hot toast fOl' tea, is the greatest of \reat; 
And then there's the loyely long rest.by the fire. 
Of winter I think I never should tire. 


JUNE TUCI<ER. Form IlIA,' Age 10 yrs, 

THE BOARDERS' SOCIAL, 

Last Christmas Tel'm, on December 2nd, we held a very 
enjoyable Boarders: Social. Each boarder ~vas asl<ed to 
invite two day·girls, and there ,,,ere'about sixty people present 
in all. We· began with a ,game of guessing book-titles from 
illustrations, and soon the social was in full swing. There 

was plenty of dancing and we-were shown some new games. 

When the staff had entel·tained us with a skit on the Russian 
tap-dance which .1. Newton 'had performed earlier, the social 
finished up ,vith Auld La1g 'Syne and Iieal'ty cheers for those 
who nad arranged the evening. 

SHEILA AnAMs. 

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THE WANDERER., 


A~ n,ight when the'earth is silent; there are voices calling me, 
IJ.'hey" set,my feet on the highway, where the road leads down 
to the sea. 
'Though the whole of the world is sleeping, yet the moon is 
bright as day, 
And I must leave the low·lying hills,for the mountains far 

away. 

No ties nor vows shalll<eep me, nor the love of the land tliat 

is mine, 

And I shall exchange the scent of the flowers for the bracing' 
scent of the pine. 
No woodland streams shali find me along their slender shore, 
For I'll be a thousand miles away, where the mighty rivel's 

roar. 

But when I'm old and brol<en down, and the I'oads are hard 

and steep, 

I'll come bacl< home with deep content, for the last and longest 
sleep. 

J. WARREN. Form VI. Age 17 )"I·S. 
KNITTING REPORT. 

LiI<c many other schools, we too have been knitting corn· 

forts for th'" Forces. The movement was started by the Old 
Girls, and Miss Drake very kindly looked after and distributed 
the wool. 

The busy knitters gathered on Tuesday evenings to obtain 
fresh supplies of wool and to give in their flnished articles 
which included scarves, helmets, gloves and mittens. Staff, 
bo.ar,ders and a few senior day-girls did a great deal of Imitting. 

In addition to this, Form VA. and several othel' girls l<flitted 
15, pairs of white hospital soel<s. which were sent to the Lady 
Mayoress' Comforts League. 

M. B. COOAIBS. 
TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT, 1940. 

On Mm'ch 16th, 1940, Wren invited Hardy and Barnes to 
a table-tennis tournament. It was held in the Hall, and sevel'al 

staff were present as spectators. The singles tOlll'nament was 

pla);ed first, and after much excitement the doubles com


menced. These WCIOC even more thrilling. The pl·i7.c fOl' the 
singles ·was 'won by Eileen Parsons, and the wil1ncl's of the 

doubles were Joan Newton and Ruth Woot"·iffe. 
i\lARY I{INO. 

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Come home again, home! 
The golden leaves are fluttering down, 
The hedges are crimson, yellow, and brown, 
Through the mists of morning the tall trees loom 
And smile from their friendly sumbre gloom. 

Come home again, home! 

Com~ home again, home! 

The frosf is sparkling white on the lawn, 
The trees are nailed, cold, and shorn, 
But'theh:' splendour lingers in the light of the sun, 
Arid the sky bleeds red when the day is done. 


,Come home.again, home! 
Come home again, home! 
The wind is sighing her breath away, 
We cannot wait for you night and day, 


The pale, sad 'sun, wears a twjsted smile, 

And the moss grows green on your favourite stile. 
Come home again, home I 

Come home again, home! 
We miss your music, laughter, and song, 


And the feet of the vagabond tramping along, 
And the birds are silent and mute with fear. 
O! everything's dying too soon this year. 

Come home again, hom~! 

A SENIOR GIRL. 

T!JE DANCE AT THE GRAMMAR' SCHOOL• 

•At the end of the Easter Term, following the kind invitation 
of Mr. Minchin, Miss Greene tooll the School Dancing 
Class to spend an evening at the Grammar School. The two 
classes had for some time been practising here in preparation 
for this crowning event of the dancing season. 

From 7 p.m. until nea"ly 10 ".m. we "tripped it on the 
light fantastic," and a few ambitious people tried to demon


stloate new steps. There were several novelty dances, includ


ing Soomps-a-Daisy, the Sarn Dance, the Slacl<out Stroll, 
Statue Dance, Musical Chairs, and a Falling-out Dance. Mr. 
Minchin very generously presented many boxes of. chocolates 

as prizes, and at 10 o'clock we came away after thanldng 

Mr. Minchin and Miss G"eene for an extremely pleasant' 
evening. STELLA WILSON. 

THE SCHOOL LIBRARY. 

DUI'ing the past yem', the library has undergone several 
reforins. Many boo lIs have be"n re-arranged arid re-labelled, 
')nd dUl'ing the summer l10liaays a large number of old, and 

useless hooks were thrown away. 

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We would liI,e to acl,,;owledge' with, thanl,s'tlie receipt of 
bool,s from the following~people:-
MISS Andrews -The'Citadel (by,Cronin). _ 
A p_~i)tleman:of,Fra!lcc: (by S. Wcymall).
J, Grey Tessof the,D:,Urbcr)~lIcs (by '1", Hordy),
Jalna (hy .M~ de'la 'Hoche). 

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P. Gray... The'Fhites of:Shan·J:h"ai (by Louis Jordan). 
E. & U. ~losse Beau Sabreur (by P.~C,.. Wren), •, 
B.eau G~st,~ (6y p, C, Wren).
The Broken Road (by A. E. W. Mason). 
G. Harding cHucldeherfy Finn'(by Marl, Twain). 
, 1:' Susan!sLast Term (by \V:D:lrch). 
~l.iRS L<;:wis Hammcr~d.Shipsh~pc (by Clew Garnet). 


Also, Mrs. Raad gave a large number of bool's including:-

The Mystery of Cloomber ... Conan Do)'le. 
The Lost \Vorld ... J, COllan Do)'lc. 
New Arabian Nights R. L. Stc\'cnson. 



The Four Curners of-the \Vorld A. E.-\V. ~lason. 
The Fight or. the Fire·Crest Gerhault. 
tip\y,to~~iv~,jn ~ Flat Heath Robinson. 


Mr. Raad kindly presented the following bool<s to the 
French Library:-. 
La Fronc.Je " ..", Louis .\\:Ic.Jelin. 
Vacances A\:eiiturcuses Je:.il·Boulan. •.

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. G:l ··.·u OUR ENGLAND'!' 
Oh Englandl !! ino'the':'of oUl"hopes nn(r'f~at;S, 
How oft in days gone hy,'careless of {,'tight • 

, \Ve Sc'~"\lper~U ove,' hill and dale, and in 
Thy wopds. and groves beneath the cloudless slcy 
\Ve pass'J,Pt'He;'slinny h6111-50.' No.\\~, \~hen the-heavens, 1,

"Wi~h gloom ~<oierspniad,.threatenj.\Vith.pain ;md ~te~,th . " 

,''',OUl~ p'eople'Jlere~ may, ,~e not, fail thee when' l 
Thy need,is,greatest, But with self·sacrifice 
Ma):',we ploove worthy of our birthl'ight demo; I 
That one day,thou.shalt yet vanquish all foes, 
And 'thus, \vheh danger's hour-is.. past and done, 
Tliou:lt:show,thyself a race of men ,vho shall ' 

'. :Build,up,a n.e)v.·,md better Englan<t based. 
Oil l>I'othe·,·liood·and.truth-man's sure salyatiol) ! 
STEl.l.A M, W'l.SON••Form· VIA" Age 17, 


. THE CONCERT . 
.! Ti'~'''.,penny'' con,cert held in the School.Hali P'J Decembet" 
J,-,HI}. ,\vas a ,gl'eat success. The pl"()cecds am0l!nted to 
£1' 15s, 6d:, 'from which £1 was sent to the Lo.'d Mayor's Red 


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Cross and' St. <lohn's .Fund, an<1 15/6 to the Queen's Own 
D",'.et Yeomal1l'y for the purchase' of a football. 
, 'There "'<ir" songs' and carols (both F.'e.ich and' English) 
b); Uie',JllnidF::,<nd Senio-r Choirs~ V}t.o, anil the" Prepo" J<>y 
Slade loecitelt, and the Percussioh"Band' gave an interesting 
pel"fo!Omance. , ,' 


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H. Osborne,. M. ,Bit'd" B.,N/ormald'.ahd E. A. Bradford 
gave piano solos, and I. & J. Walby, Miss Drake & C. Bradford 
played duets. A i.:i"o ,vas played 'by E. A. Bradford,.J~ Walby
and B. WormaId. ' ' ..•. , "' 
The Junior Tap-Dancing 'Class gave a pleasing 'Jlerfor.mance, 
and other .items included a Sailors' Hornpipe and, a 

French Jig. bne of the best" turns" was a: Russian' Tap-

Dance by Joan. Newton: "LiL;A~:WARREN. 

,"

THE DAISY. ,-, 

I'm a pretty little thing'" " .: 

allways cOI'n-inghvith .the~spr.in~.•~. 
In the meado\v gl'eell"}'I}l found:", 

peeping just above the grQund, ' 
And my siall,·j's.cQverdHat" ".' 
with 'l:wl}it,~ ",n,d"pinl<i~I!:1.1at .'" ,.:, 
Ji~t1e,Ma!,y ,qs y'!,u'P'ls.s,. ' 
, 'only waU, abQut the grass. 
RUTH GREEN. Prep. A~e 8 yrs. 

(Spelling origillal.-Ed.) 

EXAMINATION, RESULTS.,. " . 
Bristol Higher School Certificate; ']uiy; 1940: 

Joy Gl'ey 
with" Good" in History. 

Stell" \vilson ... 
with" GQQd" in HistQ"Y and French. 

Joan \\'al"l"ell ... 
with" Good" in Zoo!ogy,and French. 

Bdstol First School Certificate, July, i94o: 
1\1. Biddiscohlhe 'Credits' irr' Eilglish Lit., History; GeQgraphy, 
SCI'ipture, French and BiQIQgy. 

J. 
BurtQn C"edits in English, Geogr,!pl}y, HistQry, 
Scripture and BiolQgy.." 
M. Edwa"'i!s Credits in' English Language; HistQry, 
. BioIQgy,.Art. 
M. FOI'sey -... 
Credit~ in English, GeQgraphy, HistQry, 
," . F"ench ariil Biology. 
Eva Hay,vard. Credits in GeQgraphy and HistQry. 
l{, Wng , 'Credits in English, Ge"graphy, !-listQry,

F"euch: . ,,-

E. i'viQs~;"" .. : Credits itl English, HistQry, GeQgraphy, Art, 
. :'" Scripfure and Biology. '. -, 
M. SOllthgate ... 
Credits in English, HistQry mjd Geography. 
P. TQogood 
... Credits in Geog"aphy, HistQry; Freilch" 
,.B.iQIQgy. , . 
L. \Va,·re,). ,,_, C"edits in English, GeQgraphy, I-:listOl'y, 
SC"ipture, F"ench, BiQIQgy and Art. 
Bursa,'Y' tQ'SherbQl'ile ~chQol fQr Gjrls:-

E. A. BradfQrd; ,age 12. 
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VALETE ATQUE SALVETE. 

Our best wishes ..for success and happiness go with the 
pupils who left during the y'ear;


VIA.-J. Grey. 
VIB.-J. Newton, J.,Gibbs, A. Arbenz, B. Young. 
VA.-F. Will cocks, C. Williams,J. Burton, M. Edwards, 

E. Hay,yard, E. Mosse, M. Pitman, L. Warren. 
VB.~M.'Bunee, A. England"J. Garrett, N. Philipp, 
P. Thrussell, B. Eddington, C. Sehey, P. Gray. 
R.~B. Will cocks. E. Coombs,P. Gulliford, E. Elliott, 
M. Sampson, A. Sehey, E'. A. Bradford, M. Draper. 
. R. Meaden. 
IV.-E. FulCher, P. Jesse, J. Snell. 
IIIA.-G. Haneoek, E. Jungman, A. Philipp, C. Phippen, 


A. Weseott, G. Ma"shall, B. Mosse, J. Warren, 
B. Philipp. 
IIIB.-M. Marshall. 
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Prep.-A. Hirseh, U. Philipp, G. Downes, B. Spinl', G. Harris, 

J. Bristol, J. Morgan; D: Hole, D. Hool,er, T. Stevens, 
G. Stevens, R. Ha,·ris . 
. 'Also, we were pleased to welcome to School the following 
pupils:-

VA.-F. Willeoeks. 
VB.-P. Rawlings, C. Sehey, P.·Thrussell, D. Mendel. 


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R.-A. Sehey. R. Smart, E. Elliott, M. ((jng. 

IV.-E: Fulcher, R. r)unning, G. Aldridge, R. White 
(re·entered). 

IIIA.-G. Oddy, B. Sargent, P. Mills, S. Minchinton, 
. A. Philipp, C. Phippen, A. Sims, J. Wart'en, A. Wescott, 

G. Woodman. P.·Broomfield; D. Coombs, D. Crabb, 
M. F~\nner. M. Hares, E. Jungman, B. Langley, ' 
. J. Lewis, D. Martin. 
IIIB.-B. Shepherd, ,M. Bracl"e)" J. Holda\vay, K. Jones. 
Prep.-A. Hirsch, U. Philipp, J. Slade, A.Slade, G. Stevens, 

A. Stevens, N. Priestley, G. Downes, J. Moore ("eente"
ed), B. Spink, G. Harris, E. Pring, B. Arkell, 
J. Bradford. J. Blal,e, H.,Collier, R. Conibear; 
J. F"ancis, R. Hat"'is,, M. Jeffery.
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OLD GIRLS' SECTION. 


COMMITTEE, 1940-41. 

President Mrs. Rand. 

Chairm:11l M. Husscy. 

Secretary G. Bristol. 

Treasurer ... E. Clarke. 

Committee Members B. Davitt (Sports Representative). 

Miss le Drahc, M. Coombs. " 

Staff Representative Miss Lcwis. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

The annual subscription .to the Old Girls' Association is' 
2/6, which includes 1/-for the School Magazine. "All subscriptions 
must be paid by Jan. 1st, 1941. The" life" subscription, 
whic.h includes the cost of the .Magazine, is one guinea . 

. ACTIVITIES,' 1939-40. 

. Commencing on Tuesday, Feb. 6th, the O.G.A. has met at 
School on Tuesday evenings to Ienit for the troops: Miss 
Drake Idndly distrihuted the wool and collected the completed 
gao·ments. By the end of the yeao' 9·lbs. of khalei, navy and 

" Ail' Fm'ce" blue wool had been made into scm'ves, helmets, 

gloves and mittens, and sent to the headqua,·ters of the British 
Legion. 

Old Girls who requil'e wool to knit for the Forces, should 
apply to Miss Dral<e at 9, Bell Street, or to Miss Lewis at the 
School. 

THE SECOND ANNUAL DINNER. 

The Second Annual Dinner of the Old Girls' Association 
\v~s held on Saturday, ·Dec. 9th, 1939, at the Grosvenor Hotel; 
Shafteshury. In spite of had weather and the" hlacle·out," 
t\venty.three members attended and spent. a most enjoyable 
evening. The toast to ·the School was proposed by Betty 
Hq'rrell, and Mrs. Raad replied. At the General Meeting 
wh\c[, followed, Mrs. Raad presided and Miss Drak~ was in 
the chail'~ 

ENGAGEMENTS. 

Joan Shute to Mr. Allan Clue!!, of Pound Farm, Cadmore 
End, High \Vycombe, Bucles. 

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MARRIAGES. 

30th Marc"'"7'\\~tl)}een R,mni" Turner ·to' Mr. Deny's V. Cuthbe~
t Qu'~te~; , .. 

Miss Butcher to Mr. Gordon Lock. 
23rd March-Mary D. ,Wyatt to Mr. Percy F. Drew. 
30th March-Kathleen E. Langdon to,Mr. Gordon Barlow. 
21st April-Joyce M. Brmvn tb' Mr. Harold Pe.arce. 
26th March-Norah Jesse to Mr. R.'A. S. Cridland. 
2nd Nov.-Margery Jesse to Mr. Hugh Maxwell Lowe, B.A. 
23rd Sept.-Pearl Gray to i'lk Joseph Cecil Goulder. 

Edna Hayter to Mr. Edwin Olsen. 

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23rd sept.-Kathleen Hutchings to Mr. J. Chinn. 

4th April-Christine Bastable to Mr. Doggrell. 
23rd March-Miss Ainsworth to Mr. Kenneth Hannabuss. 
Nancy Norton to the.Rev.. C. R. Hopgood, B.A., B.O. 

6th Feb.-Irene Garretf to iWr. F. Meaden. . 
Beatrlce Thorne to Mr. Gwynn Davis. 
Grace·Burt to Mr; Albert Briclde. 

BIRTHS. 

To M,·s. Cedric Raad;!>n Feb.. 22nd, a son


. . • , John Nicholas Mowbray. 
To'Mrs. L.·Farrington (nee Kitty Mister), a daughter-Diana.ro Mrs, G. Harding (nee Pat Barrett), a daughter-Marjorie. 
To Mrs. A. Beal'(n'ee Joyce Bucldand), twin daughte,'s-

Jillian and Jennifer. 
To Mrs. Coombs (nee Doreen Tumbull), a son-Simon. 
To Peggy Cal,e (nee Coates)-(we have not been informed 

whether a son or daughte,·). 

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We regret to repo,·t the following deaths during 
the past yeat':Mrs. 
Chubb. 
Stella Pil,e. 
Fl'ed Coombs1 il) a road ,,!ccidenJ. 
I)enni~ ,Rawlings, on active_service. 

WHERE THEY GO. 
Margaret Httssey is Sect'etary to the M.O.H. for No,·th Dorset. 
Betty Ct:uise is '\Vot'king in the .Blandfon\ Bt'anch of Lloyds 
Bank. . . 
Mat'garet Coombs is in the Shaftesbury Bt'anch of Lloyds Bank. 
Barbara Follett is in the i'llidland Bank. 

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Bal'bara Wright is wOl·I,s·c1erk to 'Wessex Motors Ltd. at 
Salisbury, and has joined the Salisbury Musical Society. 
Joyce Randall is a member of the staff of the Bank Clerl,s' 
. Orphanage at Salisbury. 
Muriel Pitman is training for Post Office worl< at Motcombe 

Sub·Office. 
Florence Drew is teaching at Devizes Road School, Salisbury. 
Joan Shute has b'ansferred to Yeovil Telephone Exchange. 
Mary Fitznmul'ice is still nursing at Crane Street Private 

Nursing Home, Salisbury, 

Monica Antram is secretary to the Almoner at Salisbury 

!nlh·mary. -
Joan Green is a probationer at Salisbury Infirmary. 
Barbara Picl,fol'd is a telephonist at Shaftesoul'Y Telephone 

Exchange. ,. 
Eva Hayward is tafdng a commercial course. 
Margm'd Edwards is·at home. 
Jessie Parsons is employed at Shaftesbury Post Office. 


I{ay F"rrington (nee Mister) is leading a happy but busy life 
with her husband and baby. She tells us that her husband's 
occupation is I'eserved, and that although he has 
had two tl·ies for the R.A. F., he has been I·efused. He is 
a H onie Guard. . 

Huth Dunning is at home, helping with poultry-keeping,.dairy 

and domestic wor1<:. 

Ruth Fitzmaurice is still in. the same post-at 'Eton, looldng, 
after two babies. . 

Pamela Ol'ay is,worl<ing in a nursery, and training to become 

a child-nm·se. They have 24 children between the ages of 
3~ months and 5 yeal's, and a staff of 11 nurses. 
Mary Godfl'ey is at Bart.'s Hospital, now evacuated from 
. London. "_ . 
Nona Philipp. J udith Gibbs and Christine Williams are employed 
at Wessex Electric Company, Shaftesbury. 
MI·s. Raad has had visits from Joyce Beal and Mary Burden. 
Mal'y has taken up Art as a career. ' 

ENGAGED IN NATIONAL SERVICE_ 

Miss Gibbs is engaged in A.R.P. service at Bradford, where 
she has a teaching post_ 
Adeline MiliaI'd is engaged in poultry-I,eeping, and has been :n 
the Land Army since July, 1939. 
Ida Wl'ixon. of East Stom', ·Gillingham, has joined the 
W:i\.A.F. 
Jessie Dyl'e, of Longhill, Ditcheat, Bath, belongs to a Red 

Cr<;.>ss Detachment, and helps with evacuees at twp clinics. 

She has two small evacuees at the farm. 

n-Im'Y Lnngman is doing Red Gross \vOI'I(, 



Jessie Parsons, Betty Davitt and Barbm'a' Broomfield are 
, members of the A:F.S. 
,Miss ,Brake and Eoa,Clarke are engaged in, canteen work. 

LETTERS RECEIVED. 

SALISBURY TRAINING COLLEGE•

•

Having now spent nearly seven weeks at College, we will 
try to tell you a little about life here. In some ways it is like 
school, but in others very different. 

,We get 'up at about seven, and breakfast is at quarter to 
eiglit.. The College, itself is situated just opposite the West 
door of the Cathedral, and has gardens at the back stretching 
do'wn to the river., Before breal<fast we collect, or search in 

vain, for letters. Lectures start at ten P~\st nine, lunch is at 

'1:15; 'and from'2,until3.45 we are usually free. Lectures stm·t 
again'at 4.20 and continue until 6,50. Services aI'e'held in the 
College Chapel'before lectures in the mornings, and at 7 p.m. ; 
attendl\nce is voluntary. 

In addition to ordinary College courses there are Ranger 
m'eetings on Tuesday evenings, Choral Society on Thursdays, 
and ,Liie'rarY or Drainatics on Fridays. Saturday afternoons 

"arid evenings are free. Spare ti'me is spent either, wal1dng o'r 

at the cinema, although at present m'uch cjf it is spent rehearsing 
for a First Year Shakespearean competition. For this 
tliere are five groups ,vho each act one scene which should not 
take longer tllan a quarter of an hour. 

From this very brief account you will see that there is 
always plenty to do here, but that we can also have good fun. 

J.'GREY & LINDA BUSH. 

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Lam so glad,that the Old Girls' Association is carrying on 
in spite·of difficulties which must arise from the present situation. 


I am still teaching in East!eigh; tl]is. is my third year 
since I left College.. A new building was erected just· outside 
the town and opened as a school,. in· September, 1939. The 
number of pupils at my former school had become so great 
that a hundred girls were transferred to the new building 
together with a hundred boys from the existing Boys' Senior 
School. As I was the last corner at Chamberlayne Road, I 
was transferreil with the girls, so that I am now at North End 
Senior Mixed School. 

War brol,e out on,the day the school! opened, so we have 

never Imown it without" evacuees.1> We have a Secondary 

School with .its own, staff working on a .. shift" system with 
us, so that school seems very· full at times! In spite of these 
disadvantages, however" I am very happy teaching Biology 
and English, with a f~w organised games. 

GERTRUDB C. MILBS. 

I r~ceived 'this morning the notice re the 5th volume of 

our School Magazine'lIbout to be published. It is indeed 
. marvellous that it can still.be compiled, as it is th.e only way 
in which we Old Gio'ls can I,eep in touch with 'one another and 


with the school. 

It is ten years since that momentous day when I regretfully' 
cast !,side my school clothes and very ,Shyly stepped into 

nurses' uniform to tai(e a year's training, eventually to become 

a children's nurse. Since then r have set foot in many strange 
larids~Jamaica, Panama Canal Zone, Pitcairn Island (that 
famous island Qf "Mutiny on the Bounty"), New Zealand, 
Switzerland, and; lastly, Portugal. It wfts in this country that 
we heard of the declaration of war. My first thought was to 
return to England, but all the passenger liners \yere n'ot calling 
at Lisbon at that time, so after three weel,s of anxious waiting, 
my small charge (aged 18 months), his mother and·father and 
myself managed to get a permit to travel in a very small cargo 
boat-only 2,000 tons, In consequence we danced about the 
Atlantic lil,e a corl<! It took 8~ days to reach London instead 
of the nornial run of 2 days, and I was more than thanl,ful 
that we had no dealings with a U·boat during the voyage, 

OORBBN HARDING, 

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AN.ORTHOP£D1C HOSPITAL. 

I left schooi ,iast:summer after having t;'k~n SchooLC~rtif, 
icate.. I. was' sorry"to' leave, liaving'spent three very happy 
Years.-there. 'I was,'however, very keen ,to start my n~'v lif~._ 
I had two months'· holiday. during· 'vhieh·time I learnt to drive. 
helped· in a·siildier~' canteen; and played a great deal 6f"temlis. 

On Sept. 27th I c~ll1e,here, to st,!rt ,york as a probationer 
at an Orthopredic Hospital. The hqspjtal'i$ very mpdern and 
built on an open-air prinCipJe. ,It is all 'Oil Ilje ground fioqr; 
so' all furnitur,e, Js on ~wh"eJs and can b~ p.~shed in~tdd of 
carried, which is a 'great s'avin'g. Theioc are abput' s~~e.rit)~ 
beds and about thirty nurses. . , . 

, .. >\t .fl'rst-Tfound I]ospitallife.-'ery tiring·and so sfrange as 
to be almost'frigh.t!,ning; but after a month I'am getting mor!, 
used to it. It tool< me a long time to·get·used to being'called 
11 'Nurse"! As'soon as 'I; arrived, 'before·1 had-even been into 
the· wards; I;'was called' H. N u'rse" by everyone,I met. It felt 
all wrong without my cap and overall oh. ' 

Th~' ~nifprm.. is ,simple and practicat We wear brown 
overalls"stocldngs and shoes, stiff white collars and cuffs and 
starched caps; they are most complicated. 

'There are'a great many forms of entertainment. Dances, 
socials, E.N.S.A. concerts and cinema shows talm place .every 
week in an enormous massage hall. Sometioles well·known 
radi,'Q stars come do\vll and entertain us. 'T~ese functi61~s .aye 
gre,,'t fun and give a great deal of pleasure: 

.. There are many' social amenities for th~ nurses as, 'well. 
We have a very active sports club, and for a small subscription 
we have, badplinton, folk dancing, table tennis, dances, and. in 
the: summer, 'lawn tennis. We 'have quite a considerable 
:'njount,oHin,e off (Juty ea,;'h da'y, and it is acolllplete ch'ange 
to 'b'e able to spend soriledf it playing ga)11es, 

nhinl', ,vh,m I settle down here, I shalJ'!il<e it very mu~ll. 
j;'firid' the workextrerilely i'nt"resting. and.the cliildre'n I have 
to 1001< after lirii sweet and cheerful. Little.liits of Imowledge 
g~i'ne(i f~om biology" :Ies~ons are already c'o~'lling)n useful; 

~~reci!\.Ily at the I<;ctpres. 'The nUI'ses "re all ypung '''~? ~~ry 
rm::e: ~Ith(jugh we I~~ye ,our owr:t srpaJI he~rooms, we are hl~e 
bne ,great happy f,!~lIly! I find that 'the one drawb"cl< to 
IlUl'sing"so fm', is having to get up at six o'clock in the morn


ing"' . 

" I hope this Ch"istmas Tel'm Ims st'arted off well,,!'t the 
High School, with no colds 01' Infectious diseases, and I \visll 
you all the,;he.t ,of Iucl< throughout the whole of-th.e C:ooling 

yem·. ELEANOR MOSSE. 

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NA~'BALA MISSION, P.O. MU~lBWA, 

N. RHODESIA, 
9th October, 1940, 
We arl"ived at the Mission at the end of May, after an' 
interesting journey of over 9,000'miles. After living'here for 
five months, I will tl'y to give my first ,impressions of the 
country and the WOI·I<. Rhodesia is not so tropical looldng as' 
I expected. It reminds me very much of some wild wooded 
parts of Engl"nd. We arrived at the end of the rainy season. 
June and July' were quite chilly months, the temperature often 
dropping to 35° P. in 'the early morning, though it rose to the 
eighties at mid.day. September and October are the hottest 
months of the year. We get a lot of wind which blows the 
dust about unpleasantly, but the I'ains will soon start and last 
until Aprjl. It does not rain all the time, of course I 

The Mission is over 100.miles from the railway and town. 

There art! two EUI'opean missiol1m'ies here besides ourselves. 
I live in a.tinY'whitewashed bungalow with a thatched roof; it 

reminds In~,()f the tiny white cottages at home. 'It has only 

two rooms. J\'ly,ldtchen is outside,.and isjust a round native 

hut with a thatched roof. We ,have a: lovely site facing the 
Nambala Mountains, a 'fine range 3 mileS" from the Mission. 

J'here -is a big citrus ofcfl-at'd heTe, arid oranges;lemons and 
gO"apefruit gl'O\v in abundance: Vve can grow all the English 
vegetables'and'most of the flowers. eRoses do well here. The 

countl'Y just now"'reminds me of.. May -in England, with fresh 
gl'een gl'ass, and flowers spl'ihging tip everywhere. The birds 
and butterflies are beautiful. ~Thel·e.al'e.a few wild animals,btit 
they are I'm'ely seen. We sometimes hem' hyenas and.jacltals 

at night. There is a boys' school here. We have 49 boys this 

yem.. -They save vel'y hard to pay theil' own sehoo,l fees, and 
are tl'emendously I(cen to lear·n. During the long winter vac. 
we held a two months' coul'se fol' the wivt!s of native teachcl's, 

teaching them pl'actical subj~cts they could hand on to the 
viJlage women. I took clas!'cs in H,Ygiene, First Ai~, sewing, 
lmitting and mending. It was my first experience of teaching, 

but I enjoyed it ,all. All the women were married and six 
I".ought their babies. It amused me yery much to see them 
picl< up their babies and run into school for classes. One 

night they ~ave acanlp~fil·t! concert for us. It ,vas a lovefy 
moonlight night and we sa("ourid abla~;ng:fire of tree trunlis 
and watched them dance. I was sorry to see them go hQme. 

Now I have medical and other worl< to interest me, an.d 
the days pass quicldy., 

1\·lissionary worl{ is fine. I could wish for-'no better; and 
it is a great privilege to be able to ·'dosomething, however 
small, for the people of Africa, who, I, am sure, aI'e wOI·thy of 
the b~est 'ye can ~ive. 

The best of'luclc to you all. NANCY HOPGOOD. 

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MEMBERSHIP, 1940·41. 


~lrs. N. C. Raad 
Bristol, Georgina 
Drake, I<athleen 
Dunning, Ruth 
Edmunds, W. . .. 
Horrell, Mrs. Bctty ... 
. . (nee Burr) 
Millard, A. 
Mitchell. l\luriel ... 


Baher, Hetty
Badow, Mrs. G. . .. 


(nee Langdon) 
Broomfield",Barbara ... 
Buckerfie1d, Miss M. 
Burden, Janet 
B~rton, Joyce 

Bush, Linda 
Chinn,.Mrs. K., ... 
(nee I;f utchings)
Clar!,:e, Mrs. R. ... 

(nee Rigler) 
Clarke, Ena ... 
Coombs, MargaretCoward, Winnie , 
Cridland, Mrs. R. . .. 

(nce Jcsse) 
Davitt, Betty ... 
Drew, Florence 
Dyl\e, Jessie 
Fanner, Ivy 
Farrington, Mrs. L. ... 

(ncc Mister) 
Fitzmauricc, Mury ... 
Fitzmaurice, Huth ... 
Follett, Barbara ... 
Georgci Mrs. H. . ... 

. (nce Clarlte) 
Godfrey, Mary 
Goulder. Mrs. ... 

, (nee Pearl Gray) 
Gray, Dorothy ... 
Gray, Vcronica 
Gra)" Pame1a 

Greene, Miss K. A. 
Grey. Joy . 
Harding, Dorcen 

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Life Subscriptions. 

The High School for Girls, Shaftesbury. , 
North End Farm, Motcolllbe, Shaftesbury~ 
9, Bell Street, Shaftesbury. . 
The Firs, l\iilbourne, Malmesbury, Wilts. 
96, Old Heath Road. Colchester, Essex. 
Mill Farm, Teffollt, Salisbury. 

Manor'Farm, Sutton Waldron, Shaftesbury. 
Higher Parl., Mere. \Vilts. 

Shaw, Olive (\Ve should be glad to hear Olive's present address) 
Young, Bett)· ... Cannfield Farm, Cann, Shaftesbury. 

:Annual Subscriptions. 

Antram, Monica ... .. Woodsford," Victoria Street, ShRftesbury. 
Baguley, Joan (We should be glad to hear Joan's present address) 

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"Little Contcnt," Barton Hill, Shaftesbury. 
Salterton Farm, Woodford, Salisbury. 


liThe Studio," Shaftesbury. 
High School for Girls, Shaftesbury. 
The Nurseries, Mere. Wilts. 
clo Mrs. Atldnson, Coin St. Ald\vyn's,


Fairford, Gloucestershire. 
Training College. The Close, Salisbury. 
Twinwood'Farm, Hinton St. Mar)', 


nr. Sturminster Newton. 
Four Winds, Blandford Road, Shaftesbury. 


56, High Street. Shaftesbury.
33, Coppice, Street, Shaftesbury.
Tanyard Lane. Shafteshury. 
Chapel Farm, East l{no)'le, Salisbury. 


"Cae Rhys," Old Boundary Road, Shaftesbury. 
205, Devizcs Road, Salisbur}'. 
Longhill, Ditcheat, Bath. 
Compton Abbas, Shuftesbury. 
"Inglewood," Brimstage Avcnue, Behington, 


Wirral, Cheshire. 
The Nursing Home, Crane Street, SaliSbury. 


< 

The Rectory, Semley, Wilts. 
19, J\lampitts Road. Shaftesbury. 
18, Lucas Avenue, Exeter. 


, 

St. Bartliolomew's Hospital. 1

.. 

Coombe Lodge, Salisbury Road. Shafteshur}'. 

59. St. James, Shafteshury.
Whitefield Nurserv, Elibanl, House, Taplow, 
. Maidenhead, Berhs. 
High School for Girls, Shaft('~bury. 
Training College. The Cluse, Salh.bur)'. .1 
Tinher's Farm, Furneux Pelham. 


nr. Buntingford, Herts. 


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Addresses of Other Old Girls. 

Andrews, Miss 
Barrett, Hilda 


Caudlc, Bertha 
Claridgc, Mrs. l{. .•. 


. (nec Jesse) 
Coate, Fredrica ... 
Cole, Joan 
Cruise, Setty ~ ••• 
Doggrell, Mrs. C. . .. 

(nee Bastable) 

(nee Mahhcws) 
Shutc, Joan "', 
ToaJe,.Miss'M. 
\Varren, lilian 

Watts•.Edna 
\Villfams. Jeanne 
\Villis, Sheila . 
Wright, Barbara 
\Vright, Mary 

108, Oak Avenue, Todmorden, Lancs. 
Borough Hospital, Shirley Warren, 


Southampton. 
St. James, Shafteshury. 
120,.Lansdowne Terrace, Parham Down. 


Andover, Hants. 
St. James, Shaftcshurr.. 
Broadoak, Semley, Wilts. 
South Hayes, Queen's Hoad, Blandford. 
~hinor Farm. Penselwood. 

London School of Economics, Hou~hton 
Street, Aldwych, London, 'N. 
M.A.I.. Usk, Monmouthshire. 

309. Manningham Lane. Bradford, Yorlis. 
Writh Farm. Melhur\' Ahbas. Shaftcshury. 
c/o Ca_pt. Anthony. Hazelbury Brian, Dorset. 
Hord Bridge Hotel, I£onl, Bournemouth. 
'83, Twyford Green, Shaftesbury. 
The George Inn, H:n'cock, Chippcnham, \Vilts. 
Sutton. J>hcheat, Bath. 
SUOI1)·hill. Bruton. 
Salishury Street, Sh:tftcsbury. 
Council Houses, Semley, 'Wilts. 
Gillingham. Dorset. 


14, Mitchelmore Hoad, Yeovil. 
'46. Hospital Street, Nantwieh, Cheshire. 

U 

The Haven," Stirling Farm, 

Nether Compton, Sherbornc. 
Mayficld, Keln Hoad. Newbur)". 
High Street. Shaftesbury. 
Brooli:side Farm, Sherbol'l1e, Dorset. 
78, Wyndham Road. Salisbur\'. 
Stourpaine Manor, Bl:mdford', .Dorset. 


Drewitt, Setty 

Ellis, Doroth~, 
Gibbs, 'Miss E. F. 
Garrett, Joyce 
Hamblin, I<athle'en 
liart, 1\lary 
Hayter, Joan 

Hobbs. Joan 
Lool" BerylLoO)" Chnstine 
Maidment, Joyce 
Minney, Glad)'s 
Shepherd, Mrs. R. 

.,. 

... 
.., 


N.B.-The Secrctar)", Miss G. Bristol, North End Farm. Motcombe. 
ShaCteshur)'1 will be pleased to"receive items of news of any members of 
the O.a.A., as this is onc way in which we may all Ileep in touch with onc 
another. 

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Hurding, ·j\\rs. P. ..~ CrO\vn Hotel, FOritmell,.Shaftcsbury. 

(nee Barrett) 
Hardy, Alma 14, St. James, Shaftesbury. 
Hayward. Eva Gutch Common, Scmley, Wilts. 
Hicks, Ruby Lydford's Farm, Shaftesbury. 
Hicl,s, Freda ..... Lydford's Farm, Shaftesbury. 

HiscocJc, Dorothy 
Holmcs. j\1.iss 
Hunt, Yvonne 
H ussey. Margaret 
Lewis, Mlss'M., 
Lodge, Molly 
l'Iilcs, Gertrude 
Mitchell. Doris 
Mitchell, 'Mavis .. . 
Morgan, Mrs. J. .. . 

(ncc Gray) 

Mosse, Brcanor 

Pic),ford, Barbara 

Pitman, Muricl 

Randall. Joyce· 
"Ryall. Mrs. 

Strangc, ~Irs. D. 

... 

(ncc Burr) 
Tuclccr, Mrs. M. ... 
(ncc Perrett) 
Tuflin, Mrs. H. B. ... 

(nce Cordery) 
\Villis. Olive .. . 
Wrixon, Doris .... . 
Young, Mrs. H. . .. 

(ncc Clarkc) 
Young.l\bry 

,Cowherd Shute"i\lotcombc, Shaftesbury. 
Endlcvale, Parhstone. Dorset. 
High Street,' Shaftesbury. 

'58, High Street, Shaftesbury. 
High School for Girls, Shaftesbury. 
Whitehousc Farm; Motcombe, Shaftesbury. 
102, The Crescent, Eastleigh, Hants. 
Manor Farm, Shroton, 'Blandford. 
Byrlton, Wyke Road, Gillingham, Dorset. 
Littledown, Shaftesbury. 

Rose Cottage. Hindon,,·\Vilts. 
Coles Lane,Farm, Cann, Shaftesbury. 
The Green, Semley. 
Crippleswe1l. Tisbury,.Wilts. 
Ivy House. Beckington, Bath. 
Bimport, Shartesbury. 


Red Housc,-East J{noyle. 

2, Gloucester Road, Dorchester. 

21, Coppice Street, Shaftesbury. 
l{ing's Arms Hotel,'East Stour, Gillingham. 
Harthill Farm, Seniley,' Wilts. 


Nurse's Home, I{ing's College Hospital. 
Denmark Hill, S.E. 5. 

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