PEMBROKE DOCK GRAMMAR SCHOOL THE PENVRO

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Editorial

The Grammar School, Pembroke Dock

It is a pleasu re to record the birt h, on March 31st, of Da vid NeilM oses. We understand tha t hi s ru gb y training is already wcl] in hand.

1953JULY

A t th e end of th is term we sha ll also say good bye to MI'. Ala inMi chel, who has spent th e last year wi th us. His help has been veryvaluable, and we all hope that he has gained as mu ch as we have fro mhis stay.

Cong ra tu lations to Miss Ebswor th on her engagement to Mr. RonE bsworth, of Amroth, whi ch was a nnounced in Ja nuar y. We hope shewi ll not be in too mu ch of a hurry 10 leave us.

It has been very pleasant too to ha ve Miss H inchli lle back withus temporarily. We hope she has enjoye d he r ter m here. and th at shewill hold herself in readiness to fill in a ga p again some time . We shallbe very glad to see her.

We were so rry to lose M iss Bevan at the end of the spr ing term,We co ngratula te her on her marriage 011 A pri l 4th, to Mr. Owen Willi am s,B.A. , of Pont ardulais, and hope th at th ey will be very hap py in Stroud,where Mr. Williams has a teachin g post.

Tile Schoo l will have to face a very se rio us loss at the end of th isterm by the depa rture of our School Secretary, M iss Ma ure en Bermi ngham,who is going to Le icest er to tak e a course pr eparator y to beco mi ng aDomestic Subjec ts Mist ress. Everybody will miss her a ir of un ru ffledefficiency, and her fri endly help fu lness.

As th e Coronation of Qu een E liza be th II has been the ou tsta ndingevent of th e past six months, we tho ught it wo uld be interestin g to lookback and S CI; wha t repo rts there wen: of the first coro nat ion tha t too kplace a fte r the School "vas opened, th a t of the present Queen's great­gra ndfa ther , King Edwar d VIf. Th e on ly reference we can find to it is inPcn vro N o. 14, for Oc to be r J')02, in whic h we rea d ... T ile Vica r. asChai rman of o ur Governors, pres ente d to each boy a nd gir l in th e schoo la copy of " King E dwa rd's Realm," an a tt rac tive and well-bou nd bookwh ich the Governors had dec ided to give to all pupils in commemo ra tionof King Edwa rd' s Co ronat io n." No hol ida y ? ! We wonder ho w man yof these bOOKS are st iJ[ in existence.

We were glad to welco me Mr., G reen wood back to school at tilebeginning of the spr ing term. He seems now to ha ve full y rec o veredfr om his illness and to be his old gen ial self.

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Mrs. M. V. Jones, J.P., Pembr oke ( Chairman )R ·V . 1. G arfield D avies, M.A. , Manorbier ( Vicc-Chairrnan )\~. A. Col!?y, ssq.• J.P.• Pembroke (Chairman),W . J. Gwillmm, Esq., d.ll .E. J. P. .Mrs, E. W. K.:mp, Pembroke Dock .J. R. WiI.li~ 1Jl9, Esq .• Pembroke DO'.:k.

115. Edgar Thoma • B.A., Pembroke Dock.Mrs, Nora E. Da ies, Jl.A, eylaud.B. G. flo ells, Esq.• Pembroke Dock.E , B. Davies, q, Pembro ke Dock.Major S. J. Dic kinson, M.ll .E.• Pembroke Dock,F. w. Phillips, .& q., Pembroke ock,Mrs. R. C. Da·.'ic!i, fl.A., Sta ckpole.S. Rces, Esq., J' mbroke Dock.

Clerk : T. P 0 en, Esq., Pembroke Docie.

General Editor : Mr, E. . Davies.Literary Editor : Miss A. R, Lewis Davies .

Committ ee Members : Mr. R. Ga rlick, Mr. G. S. Shaw.Shirley I:.nglish , Brian John, GfllhilID Harper, Peter Preece.

~"TAFF

COMMl'ITEE

Headrnasrer: R. G. Mathias, I ' . B.Litt. (O.'mn).

Mir.s A. R. Lewis Davies, B.A. (Wales), Dip. Ed. (Edin burllh ),E. G. Davies, BA. (Wales .H. Ree , M.A. (Wal ).E. B. Georg«, B. . (Wa fe ).S. A. 'vans. B.Se, (Wales).A. W. W. Devereux, 8.A. (Wales)1. G . Cleaver, F .ColI .H.J . L. :Williams B. . (Wa les), n.c,r.Miss H. Hughes, RA. (Wal es) .N , H. Greenwood, B,Se. (Birmingham),K. A. Cooper, A.T.O. .D . E. Lloyd, B.A. (Wales).R. G rlick. B.A. ( .ales). .R.S.U l.S. G riffith, B.Sc. (Wa les).R. M . Humphreys, P.T, Cert ificate. AA.A.. A.S .A.Miss J. Le......is: Diploma of the Training College of Domestlc Ar..s, Cardiff.T. G. Moses, M.B-E., n.se. (Wales).I. Gri1lilhs , ll.A. (Wales). .G. . haw, B.A. (I coos).Miss J. B.ishoE' .n.sc. '(Wales); .O. M. Ells Willinms, M .A. (\ ales).M i M-. M. Eb.,wofth.U . wnn m, R;A. (Will ) .Miss E. A. Hinchliffe , LA, ( Sbeffield).

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We offe r our sympa thy to M r. E. B. Da vies. of th e GoverningB ody, on the death of h is wi fe on May ~6th . M rs. Da vies had been illfor a lo ng time, a nd we know that bo th Mr. Da xies and his dau g hte rMolly had been exce pt ional ill their devoted care.

The group wh ich we print below will no doubt be interest ing toour older readers, a lthough those wh o figure ill the group will no dou btbe const ra ined tl l m u rm u r : " E h<.: u ! Iugaccs . . ." - " Oil so nt lcs nc igcsd 'antan ? "

finally o ur best wi shes to all f o r a happy holida y. and pa rt ic ula rl yto th e part y going to France for a successful and cnjnyablc tour.

MA l.E STAFF c 1930

Mr. H. Rccs , M r. J. F. Nagk, i'd I'. S. 11. . E vans, M r. E. G . Davies,M I'. E. B. Georg e

Mr. J. If. Garnett, Mr. T . H. Jones, Mr. 11.. W. Pearce

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Morning In a Pembrokeshire Village

Pa le morn in g mi s t,like go ssamer ve il.cre eps up from the sea.

T wittering b irdste ll th eir morning tal cfr o m tr ee to tr ee.

Cool gr een wan'srelent les sly eb bup s i lent cove.

Dewd ro ps glistenon Irag] lc weba spide r WO I·C.

Sc ream of a gullthat glid es a nd wheels .The s un awakes.

Boa ts lie sleep ingo n even keels.a s morn ing br eaks.

S HE ILA RAN DELL. V!.

Poem [ro m Pem brokeshire

The sto r ied lane no longer lead s to fa rm

a nd field . no lon ger do cs it burst a nd shout

with birds and herds or mu dded co ws.

Roun d ing a g ravelle d curve. pink ro ws of

Counc il ho uses . each co m pla cen t in sur bu rba n ch a rm,

show nea tl y ordered la wns on gra ves of

ru sh ing strea m s and ta ngle d ha wt h o rn tr ees .

where o nce b ird s new and fishes swam.

ea ch r ush ing impetuo usl y, f ree ! Free

from the steel machin es of ma n.

N ow nat ure s lowly c hokes in th ick cemen t

and from a lonclv th ru sh comes sa d lament.

DEVAN P RE EC E, vr.

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October DaySunday it was -s-sharp a nd fres h with a co ld-bound wind glowing

through October, conj uring memor ies of past Octo bers-s- liviug ghoststhough bl urred now with t ime.

I remember the days playi ng R ed-In dian s mi dst the fir tr ees an dth e clear icy brook ru n ning to keep warm between the sn ugg ling mud­brown ba nks: gathering black-m outh berr ies on th e commons and thebl ood-specked scratches on ou r ca re-f ree legs; the days we spe nt in thequarries and our sec re t h ide-o uts, th e gullies and the canyons that see nnow would be but cracks in the rock-s-no more-the magic of ourchi ldhood is different now, as we arc. A ll th is a nd more doe s thi s Octo berwin d reca ll.

T h is day, then. I went out with ' my memo ry . Muffled up and wa rmI wen t, wi th my dog fr isk ing for ra bb its ; across the green a nd over thedisused ra ilwa y-l ine with sad weeds between the sleepers and the rus t onthe iron , on across th e mud-to pped fields . The ca re-f ree a ir gri pped mean d I sta rted to sing-everything was in tunc to- day, tra- Ia, porn porn .. .past the mun ching catt le with their frig htened eyes and fo ur stomachs.pom p-o..om !

A crumbling stone wa ll loo med ahead : T lea ped - .. [ -- I gatheredmyself ruefu lly f ro m the sharp nettles and stood gazi ng ponder ing sadlythe wh ile on stone wa lls and net tles, at th e gu lls wh eel ing round an dro und , glidi ng on th e wings of the win d : at some blac k-birds wisped aboutin a dis tant ploughed field looking like flakes of cha rred pap er agai nstthe back -clot h of sky,

On we we nt, my dog and I. through a creaky old gate that shutwith a final cla ng behind me-as if 1 were starting li fe anew . I felta lo ne and happy knowi ng myse lf: my ideas a nd th ough ts were crystalclear in th e air casket-all th e world was mine, on ly the b ird voices calledto the answering go ld-leaved t rees. with ic icle vo ices. My dog and Iwere link ed together by the sha r ing of this wonder ful. sec ret ai r. thissuspen ding of time, this em ot ionless lane winding. who kn ew or whocared where?

We came upon an old quarry pocked with nu me rous chai n-cavesthrough which we crept: cold and clam my wi th da mp echoes they were:my fo ots te ps seemed to wa ken the resen tfu l ai r fr om a long. wa rm sleep.wh ile my dog padded fearfully a t my sick: as if she could fee l th is placc­th e fee ling of no t be ing real: of be ing a bo ut to wake up any momen t.The silence closed in be hind us. It was a reli ef to be out in the wind­filled air ag a in where all sounds seemed t inny in compari son wi th thelu xu rio us. cushioned silence we had left behind .

Out in the lane aga in I ga the red blackbe rries in to one of my glovcs->the fingers Ic lt f unny, a ll hard and knobbly like the hand of an oldwoma n. bent o ver the end of th e arm of her chai r by th e flickerin g fire.

I swung on along the lane whic h ende d abrupt ly in a farmyard ­my dog had never seen chicke ns before a nd . un-clog- like described a widecircle awa y from the cl uck ing cr eatures. The la ne swu ng roun d crisplyand th en shamefu lly lcd into a di sappoin ting main-roa d ; I felt chea ted ,but it is a good feeling having a road all to onese lf-I had n ot n ot icedth e old be nt figu re by the br idge. I passed warily- -l knew nut why·­on the other s ide of the road and then lean ed ove r the bri dge . watchingthe week-chock rive r as it ambled green ly along. wonder ing id ly the nameof th at wh ite , gold-centred excali ber flowe r misti ng in the water.

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I wa lked on swinging my k nobbly glove now purple sta ined andde licio us look.ing ; T dim ly heard the old ma n shu ffling a long in thedis tance beh ind me - the only sound in th e st illness.

J had just passed the cro ss-roads when 1 became awa re once m oreof the sh uffling noise. It was lou der and quicker-it seemed to be rushi ngnow like the wi nd , fr ighteni ng, terrifying- it was like a nig ht mare, 'beat ing,b eat ing ; and I co uld not mo ve-could not save myself: it was beatingin my ear-drums, throb bin g in my th roat , bl in din g my eyes till I co uldno t see: a ll my sen ses we re co ncen trated on the shufflling, shuflfling . . .I was suffocating-v- I wa nted to get away-to ru u-e-I wo uld scr eam if itdid not stop-i t was a rus hing mighty wind in the dark- I-

T he n he fe ll and a ll my fea rs fe ll from me- the bi rds were sing ingaga iue-thc wor ld was rea l once more. I turne d back to hel p h im . H isforeh ead was blecdi ng an d as 1 saw how hel pless he wa s, I was as hamedof my fears.

T he one and only car 1 saw th a t morn ing b umped leis u rely alo ngand jerked to a sto p bes ide us. I helped th e old man in to it. ref used alilt my self and wa tched it ratt le off round the bend. Qui te de tachedl y Ipicked up m y gloves from whe re I had dropped them, n oting in a srup itic dway that most of the blackberrie s were do tt ing the road wit h purpl e-s­then I noticed t he scarlet s plash and hur ried ly star ted a ll' aga in.

I re membe red no ma rc till 1 wandered in to the hou se aga in-all wasun alt er ed- m y b ro ther hamm ering in the garden f r igh teni ng th e life-f ulla ir, my yo unger brother watching in undi sgui sed admirat ion, my m otherhum m ing as she cooked th e Sunday-dinner. . .

N o-on e else knows of thi s Su nday but T h a ve a new me mory now[or the f uture October ; [ wonder wh at memor ies the y wi ll leave to addto my su nny collec tion .. . ?

VA LMAI FOLl.AND VI

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The FairWe see the di stant glare

A nd fa intl y hear the musicAs the long-awa ited fair

Arr i ves with all its magi c.I ' comes to th ri ll LIS al l:Yo ung and old hear ils ca ll,

' T IY yo ur lu ck. s ir.Come and 11a\c a go ·­

Everyone a win ner :Come on, yo u never kno w ! '

Dodgems crash, people yell.Strnng a rms swi ng and r ing the hell.

T ireless ly we try them all­Swings an d roundabouts too:

First the gun and th en the balJ ..­Happil y. we stand a nd queue.

Time now fo r one last throwI luggin g pr izes, horn e w.; go.

lR E NE PLATT. I Va,

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A Pair of Character Sketches

A Country ClergymanHis na me was Hu bert, an d very ap p ro pr ia te too, for he had a

round red face, a sh iny bald head and wore pink braces. He was fivefeet ( and as m uc h as ma kes no difference) tall , was aged fifty-three andhad a woode n le g, His fa vourite hobby was inventing things and onsevera l occasi on s as I passed his hou se I heard big bangs and clatterscoming from h is wo rks ho p.

He wo u ld rise a t s ix o'clo ck e very morn in g. coo k h is ow n r ougha n d read y b rea kfas t. and then go for a wa lk - ·or rather a hobble

1 remember on e o f hi s ma d inventi ons ca used q u ite a sti r in thevi lla ge; es pec ia lly on M onda y n ights , He had rigged up, fr om odds amien ds , a machine wh ic h ran on s ix bic ycl e wheels a nd resembled nothingon earth , There was a round pla tf orm o n w h ich we re moun ted six co coat ins. Into each o f these tins th ere was st uc k a length o f wire. The sixw ire s we re joined in th e middle: to a te lev is ion aeri al. On the fr ont thereprotruded two m ech anical arms with ye llow bedrooms sl ippers fa st enedto th em ,

On a Monda y even ing he wo ul d go to hi s work ship , tak e out hismech anical mouth-m ai mer and wo uld se t all' down the village at theamazin g sp eed of four mi les a fortni gh t.

On a rr ivi ng a t th e village hall i t wo uld en te r in the middle of aWomen 's Institute meeting and if a n y of them happened to be gossipingtoo much she wou ld ge t a ye llo w slipper pu shed in her mouth ,

This lark, h owe ver , was soon s to p ped by th e vill age policeman ,wh o admitted th at he neve r thoug ht he wo uld have to take th e name andadd ress of hi s vica r,

STEP H E N BROWN , IVa.

AnotherAs he r od e down the street o n hi s an ci ent bicycl e , wh ich rumbled

like thunder, th e people used to take th eir money out o f th eir pock etsand t ie it in the ir handk er chiefs. Wh en th is was done they put on a lookas though th ey had found a halfpenn y hut lo st ten sh il lings. This vica rwas one o f the H clp- thc-church-rcp a i r..fu nds so rt.

JOHN JONES, IVa ,

Street SoundsUp a nd d own the busy wayCo me th e so u nds o f eve ry d ay :M erry ch ild ren , hom e fr om school,R acin g to the sw im mi ng po ol ,Sh out a nd scr eam a nd la ugh wit h glee,­Happy th at th ey now are fr ee.

H o oting va ns a nd scr eechi ng bra kes.Ca rs o f va r ie d hues a nd m akes :Barking do gs with hungr y howl,Jumpi ng madly as th ey growl :E r ra nd bo ys upon their roundsRing their bell s wi th sh a ttering sou nds .

ANN CA M PO O O N lc' lTIa.

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The view from my windowAs th e ex pec ta nt viewer draws asi de th e hea vy net cu rta ins o f my

ron rn, the firs t thi ng th at meet s hi s ey e is a ta ll drain-pipe, rather lack in g

in grace.Ignoring this fact. however. and a n um be r o f wee dy unkept gardens,

th e window ha s one of the m ost beautiful uninterrupted views of the townof Pembroke Dock. It is not high enough to give a full pi cture, andonly one st ree t, Bu sh St reet, can be seen , After this th e to\~n fu ses. i? toone mass of gr ey sla te r oofs a nd smok in g ch im ney-pots wit h te le visionmasts here and th er e.

The so mew ha t un si ghtl y Royal A ir Force sta t ion lie s to the extre meleft and is parti a llv shi eld ed by trees wh ic h cloak so me of its austeri tya nd bareness. The 'm ,l/,e of roofs is broken onl y by Alb ion Sq ua re C ha pe l.looki ng stately an d majesti c in s uc h su rr o und ings . To the r ight is t hcgr otesqu e [ca tu rc of th e old cemetery with its mo ss-cover ed gra vestonessur ro u nde d b v ow l-ha un ted tr ees, and in the cen tre th e old m ortua ry.

On e 's ev e th en tra vels to th e broad ex pa nse of Milford Ha ven . onwh ich float man y gracefu l me cha n ica l seag ulls. These arc ac co m pan iedb y th e us ual laun ch es and o the r c ra ft. nec essary equipmen t of a sm a ll a irbase . N earl y all day one of th ese la un ch es is pat roll ing th e a rea to kee pit cl ear Ior planes landing.

O n th e Pembroke D ock si de is the old pier ju tting o ut on apr omontory a nd h id ing the newer Hobbs Po int , from which th e ancientferry boat pli es her ,wa y with ca rs a nd pass~ngers to .NeY l a ~ .~ 1 pontoon . .

Neyl a nd Itself IS a sm a ll to wn c ling in g to th e hill si de . . Th ere IS

onl y one main street, w h ich climbs to the to p of the hill , w ith severa lother r oad s hr an china ofT to fo rm terraces w hic h overloo k a small cr eekrunning up by the ~:lilway, and the red brick icc-factory wh ich is nolonger workin g.

The gen tle Pr csccll y slopes lend a n eve r cha ng ing backgro und to

th e pictur e.

ROB ERT HOI M E S, TT A.

The CastleT o ne a rb y Pembr ok e, so they say.O li ve r C ro mwell ca m e one day

T o ca ptu re Pembrok e Castle .·'1S s tu rdy wa lls and turret s ra ll .l is brave def ender s one a nd all ­Al as, a lack . th ey had to fall :

He ca p tured Pembroke Castle.

Ur3\'C m en ind ee d the k ing's m en wer eAnd se rved with ze al the ir gall ant sir

Of o ld, old Pembroke Ca stle :But wa te r 110 man lives w i t h () u t~ ·

' I his C ro mwell kne w. and th e c ra f ty loutHe cut if off: there was a sh ou t- ..

~k 'J ca p tured Pembro ke Cas tle,

DAVID GRIFf7lTHS, l Ia ,

I won der wha t I would reall y like to be! A famous char acter infiction perhaps, lik e Sir Percy Blaken ey, the Sca rle t Pimpern el. wh o thrillsth e imag ina tio n wi th h is hair-ra isi ng esca pades , helpi ng re fugees fromt he French R evolution to escape to Eng land . Baroness Or czy has creat eda cha rac ter to ca p ture every boy's heart here. But so mehow I think. thathi s ad ven tures wo uld lose thei r glamo ur if I act ually ex per ienced the m.The sam e ap plies to Sherlock Holmes an d man y other great det ecti veso f fiction .

Would I lik e to be one or the legend ar y chara cters whi ch aboundin th e folkl ore of most countri es, such as Kin g Arthur. Odin, Jas on , orPerseus ? Going to the othe r extr eme. why not a grea t scientist likeBacon , Gali le e . Darwin, or Alex ande r Fle min g ? It is interest in g tosu rmi se wha t effec t a second N elson or Dr ake would have on the At lanti cP act or , if ] co uld be Julius Ceasa r , Cha rlemagne, Alex ander th e Great,or N apoleon, wha t effect [ might ha ve o n the Korean war .

A character would like to be

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These were not Leon ardo 's onl y assets. however , for he was amus icia n too , and I sigh to think of the case with whi ch l might p~ssover the hazardous road of mu sic lesson s, and of the pleasure ( w h ic hnow is so sadly lacking) that I might pro vide for others. In poetr~ alsothis a mazing man was pr oficient. I must confess I have no real de sire tobecome a poet , for from all records man y poets h a v~ suffered f.rom fitsof melancholy, but as I do not think. Leonardo was affected II) this way Lwould be delighted to possess his gif t.

But eno ugh of this idle dreaming. I am qu ite co nte nt to be one ofthe countless mill ion s who go al on g ill th eir own undemonstr ative wa y.It is co mforting to thi nk

.. When a ll is don e and sai dLn the end thus shall you findHe most of a ll doth bathe in blissTh at ha th a quiet mind."

I)AVID THOMAS, lIlA.

Shall I choose to be a great state sman li ke Ca rdina l Richelieu,Lloyd Geo rge, Abrah am Lin coln , or Gl ad stone ? What a bo ut :1 writ erIike th e imm ortal Shak espeare with his inti mar c kn owledge of humann ature, or the fam ous Di ckens, expos ing the soc ia l evils of his da y ?If only 1 cou ld po ssess some of Moli ere 's wit and Scott 's rom a nticism !I could, perh aps , be an int repid exp lore r, doggedl y tru dging nn towardsmy goal lik e Scott or Amundsen , or a test pil ot flyin g jet aircraft atspeeds greater tha n tha t of so und .

No ! l will be non e of these, I will be Leon a rdo da Vin ci, one ofth e grea test polyma th s of a ll time. Leo na rdo was one of the mostversa t ile gen iuses tha t the world has ever kn own. With his magnificentint elle ct 1 would be of immense service to th e world to-d ay·-but it is th eth ought of the colo ssal power I wo uld ha ve at my disp osal tha t thrills meth rough a nd throu gh .

I ha ve alwa ys cher ish ed a secre t ambitio n to design plan es in theclass of the Gl oster Javelin an d Hawker Hunter. With the brain of am an who des igned a worka ble helicopt er centuries bef ore the Wrigh tbr others were ever dr eamed of, I wou ld almos t crta inlv be abl e to

a ch ieve and surpass my ambi tion. In an age when mar vellous feat s ofen gineer ing an; being co nstru cted to facilit a te speedy tra vel. I, withLeonardo's eng inee ring ski ll, woul d be of tr emend ou s value. I wo uldbe a ble to help i11 the cons truc tion of the great atom ic she lte rs whichwould be so necessar y in th e event o r another wor ld wa r.

When [ rem ember that leonardo wrote a paper on the structureof the hum an eye nea rl y five cent ur ies ago , I reali se the grea t po ssib il iu csthere would be or my helping sufferers and a id ing med icine to no littl eext ent.

But despite my brill iant scient ific ab ilities, 1 would be c ne of themost outs ta nding sculptors a nd ar tists the world has ever known. N oEpstein or Spencer would ha ve to beautify the cathe dra ls o f my nati veland, for a son of Wales wou ld be a ble to exec ute any wor k necessary.Especially now, when many wa r-da ma ged cathedra ls and churches arebein g restored , my ar tistic qu al iti es wo uld be of immense va lue.

My Rugby Trip to FranceI left horne on Wednesda y, March 25th , for my destination. Agen ,

in th e: South of France. The reason for my vis it to Fra nce was torepresent the Welsh Seconda ry Schoo ls' Ru gb y Uni on in th eir annual matchagainst the French Sch ools,~ Mr. Cle aver a nd I joined th l-' rest o f the party at Cardiff. The train

journey to London , by means of a sleeper , was a new exper ience for me .The following morning We tra velle d do wn to N ewh aven , where , after a fewenquiri es by th e Custo ms we embarked on the Briti~b Railways' st~amer,. Brighton." It was a ca lm, pleasant crossing to Dieppe , a lot differentfrom our return cross ing as you will hear later on.

Our train journey th at da y was long an d t ireso me . First of all.after disembarking, we cau ght the train to Pari s. where we were met bysome of the French officials a nd taken on a sightsee ing tour by coach.After a meal, which [ cann ot say I enj o yed , because everything wassmothered with ga rlic , we aga in tra velled overnigh t by sleeper to Bordeauxand th en. next morning, 0 11 to Agcn , O UI' des tina tion.

Af ter lunch , we went to the Agen gro und, Stadium L' Arrnandic,where we had a shor t run o ut, as we were stiff through tra vellin g. Theground was sm all as regards accommodation, when comp ared wi th theleading Welsh dub grounds. II was a beautifu l ground though, a nd whenfu ll.. wo uld hold roughl y ab ou t ten thousand spectators.

. After the pra cti ce match we went by coach to a nearby towncalled Ncrac , where we were oflicial ly welcomed by the Mayor in theTown Hall. Ncrac is of historic interest because it was the town whereHenry IV spen t most of his childhood. Fr om here we tr a velled back toAgen, where we were welcomed by th e Presid ent of the Agen SporttngClub, This famous sporting club ha s produced a number of seniorintern ational s, th e most recent being Basquct who recent ly captainedFrance, a nd Ca r ibiniac who pla yed o utside-half in th is yea r' s sen io rinternationals. Here, again, we were enterta ined, but 1 was glad to gelback to our hotel , the ;; Regina," as 1 had not had a good night's sleep

since j Jc[t home.

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T he foll o win g morn ing we a ll \I cnt sho pping. I hen after a lightlun ch of a bo ut six courses, we m ade our way to the gro und.

We had the ple asure of the co m pa ny of three of th e students oft he University of Paris Rugb y Team, wh o we re playin g ag ai nst BordeauxUni ver sity in th e final of th e F re nc h Un iversity Championship a ll thesa me gro un d immediatel y before our mat ch . 1 saw quite a Jot of thet hree stude nts during our sta y, and they pro ved to be very helpful asg uides . Fo rt un a te ly for me th ey sp ok e ver y good E nglis h. On o ur retu rnjourne y we tr a velled to Pari s a ll the sam e tr ai n as th e U niv e rsi ty team.T he ir captain as ked me into the ir co m pa rt ment and quest ion ed me a bo utour m eth od s of tr aining in Wales. T he y were parti cul arl y interested inm y touch finding. a nd wished to know Illy method of practi ce , The y werever y complimentary a bo ut our ga me, and thrilled with th e exhibition ofopen Ru gb y pla yed by the Wel sh side .

The Wel sh tea m wo re black arm bands bec au se of the death ufQueen M ary. and the tea ms a nd the cr o wd ob served two mi nutess ilence before the sta rt of the ga me.

The match was 'mos t sa tistacto rv as far as the Wel sh l earn wasco ncerned. The game was playe d in excellen t sp ir it a ll both si des. TheF ren ch team on the whol e was bigger th an the Welsh , and used thei rs ize a nd wei ght to ad vantage, But the Pr esiden t of the French Rugb yU nion sa id they lacked th e finer points of t he game, so we ll di spl a yedby th e Welsh team , It was a f ast a nd fur io us ga me because of th e dr yn essat th e ground. Wh en a pen alt y o r co nve rs io n was tak en. the ball had 10be packed a ro und 10 keep it uprigh t, because it wa s impossible to makea il impressi on in th e concrete- li ke surfa ce of the ground. The r efe reesp ok e in F rench , but he m ad e us under stand him by hi s gestures.

1 th o roughl y en jo yed the game a lt ho ugh it was a vcry hard o ne ;the wea ther being ver y warm, and th e ga me the longest in which I ha vee ver p la yed , th e time being ab out fort y-five minutes each way, in cludinga Icw sto ppages for minor injuries . The spectators, so me eigh t th ou sandor them . seemed 10 be q uite a sport ing crowd, There was a lot ofsh o uting ' whi ch 1 was no t sun: was for or aga ins t us, but I think theyse eme d qui te satisfied with the resu lt o f the ga m e. We had the honouro f be i ng the seco nd Wel sh team eve r to bea t th em in Fr ance si nce th einauguration of t~ i s fixture in 1924. We wo n by two tries a nd a penaltygoal-nine po ints - i-to a penalt y goa l a nd a tr y- s ix p oints.

After th e mat ch we returned by coa ch to the hot el where wec hanged , and then we nt on to a no the r hotel whe re the official re cepti onwa s bei ng hel d .

Between the dinner or ni ne courses smothe red with ga rlic , a nd thew ines ; Red wine. White wine , Sherry a nd C ha m pa gne. I was ill [or acouple of da ys. But it wa s wor th il beca use we had achie ved the purposeo f o ur visit to Fr ance.

The foll owing morn ing after a bo ut live hours s leep, we left Ageua t about ten in th e mornin g on o ur return journey. We arri ved i n Parisabout e igh t in th e e vening. T he co untry through which we p assed wasp leasant but not as beautiful as o ur E ngl ish countryside,

The fo llo w ing mo rni ng we tr avelled on to Dieppc, The returnc rossi ng is so meth ing el se tha t wi ll a lways remain in m y memory forth e re st o f my life, becau se we were not hal f-a-mi le off the Frenc h coastb ef ore I became sea-sick. Oh ! wha t an ex pcri cnce ! lt was a roughthree-and-a-hal f-h our cr ossing. T he m aj or it y on board were sea -sick. Allour boys excluding two, and a ll the masters except one were sea-sick. 1

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WIll lea ve you 10 g uess which ma ster wa s un affected by th e roughcrossin g.

We arri ved at Paddin gton stat io n jus t in time to catch o ur tr ainto Wales. On the tr ain we h ad a coo ked meal, and th is was m y fir stpa latable me al since 1 left England . . .

Our trip to F ra nce h ad covered ro ug h ly between Iift ceu hundredand sixt een hundred miles. 11 wa s a very tiri ng journe y b ut it was wellworth i t, as every th ing went o ff perfec tly, a nd o ur hosts mad e us feel athome. T he y co uld no t do enough for us. Altoget her it was a marvell ousho liday , a wo nderf ul exp eri ence an d a great hon our.

(jRAHAM TREGlDON , VI.

The EisteddfodIn spite of much foretho ught a nd organ isation. th e p roceedings 0 11

M arch 4th last ed wha t mu st be a record time, a gross total of t hir teenhours. This did not ap pea r to affect til e enthusia sm of the a ud ie nc e, orthe st andard of performance of the co m pe titors, m ost of wh om did veryI I e ll indeed.

It was a pit v th a t it beca me o bvious so earl y in the day th atG lvndw r was bound to wi n. Perhaps, having W a ll by so wi de a margin ,and ha ving been victo r io us two yea r s in success io n, they will be contentto drop at lea st to second pla ce n::xt year. . ,

We a rc ag a in very g ra teful to a numb er of ladies a nd gent le me nfor taking on the difficult job of ad jud ica ting th e va rio us items , Mr.M athias had helped considera bly he re by ca rr ying out the s upe rh uma ntask of hearing all the pr elimi nari es in th e m us ic a nd litera r y sec tio ns .Most of the gen eral organisation was in the hands of M r. Islwyn G riffiths,who , with the help o f Mr. J . L. Williams an d Mr E . G . Da vie s, also actedas co nd uctor.

The adjudicat o rs were ;- -Musie--':"'M r. Wil fred Harri son and M iss Bett y Be van ; Poe try

Speak iug-v-Re v. L. Alun Pa ge; Ve rse Com pe ti tio ns- M iss Morwyth R ces ;Essa y Cornpct itions-> Mi ss E. A II inchl i rTe. R e v, John Pa y, Mrs. Sa ra hThomas, M r. Wynfurd Davies ; Sho rt Story Com pet ition- M rs . N or aDavies' Ve rs e Tralls!ations- Mi ss E the l Young. Mr s. Olwen Rees, M r .Henry ' Birkhead ; Prep ared Spccch-s- Mr . Wynfo rd Davies ; C:,ok.er y,Needlework, E m broi de ry, Dull-mak in g. et c.-Mrs. El eanor G riflith ;Woodwork-s-Mr N orman N ash ; A rt Co m pe tit io ns a nd Craft work-M r.J . M . Carradice : N a t ure Study-Mr. W, l. Harries ; Sta mp Co llec tions-e­Mr. J . H. A. Macken; G eog ra phy Com pctit io n-e-M r. A. Col em an ;Photography-Mr, C. W. John s.

The final sco res were ;- Gl yndwr 774 ; Tudor 60 1; Picton 50Y ;II ywc] 447 .

Results (sta ndard points in bracket s) :

MUSiCSolo Jun ior Bo ys I" The Fr og " by T homas D un hill ) : I . Tony

Hervey (H) ; 2, Lloyd C oles (P) ; 3, R oger Ll oyd (H). (G , 3; H , 3 ; P , 1 ;

T. 5). . . "Unison Song, J uni or Bo ys (" Hero es when Wit h glo ry burning by

Handel): 1, Hywcl 2, Pi ct on : 3, Tudo r. (G . I; T. I ).So l. Junior Gi rls ( .. Lullabv ' b y Winifred Bury ): l, Ann

Cam podon ic (T) : 2. Vick i F ogwil l 0 ) ; 3, Shei la Smi th en a nd Pam elaBrown (1'). (G, 9 ; H , 4 ; P, 7).

:11 la rgclan d .! ) :

(G, .!. ;

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U nison Song, Junior Girls (" Yo u Spotte d .'inakcs" by ArthurColl ingwood: 1. G lyn dwr 2, Tudor ; 3, Picton. (G , 3; H , I ; P, 2).

Solo, Sen ior Bo ys t" Bois E pais " by Lu ll i) : 1, D a vid Jo hn (P ) ;2. Graham Trcgidon (G) ; :3. Shirwcn Tucker (P). (G . 8 ; H, 4 ; P. 4 ; T, 3).

Duet, Sen ior Boys (" M y Lady G reens lccves " arr . Roger Qui lter):1, D avid John , Br ia n John (P ) 2 , Stephen Griffiths, Eric Morgan (G);J, Roy Hagga r, Graham Harper (H). (1', 2).

Solo, Senior Girls (" Orpheus wi th h is Lute" by Arthur Su llivan) :1. Kathleen Lockett (G) ; 2, Julie Nicholas (P) ; 3, Margaret Nicholls (1').

l G , 3 ; H, 2 ; 1',.6 l.Du et. Senio r Girls ( .. Mis ts before the Sunrise lly ' by T. Arn e,

arr, G . Shaw ): 1, Kathleen L ockett. M ary J e nkins (G ) ; 2, Sheila Smith.G wen Ev ans (1' ) ; J, Charmaine Ell is. Margaret Evans (Hl. (G, J : I I . :: ;1', :; ; T. 6 ).

Quartet (" Linden Lea" by Va ugha n Wi lliams ) : 1, G lyndwr ; 2,Picton : J . Hywcl . r o. I ; P, 2 ; T ,. I ).

Welsh Solo, Junior ( .. Y Gel ynuen ' t rad . arr. W. R . Lew is ) : I.Janet N ichol as (P ) ; 2, Vic ki Fogwi ll (T); 3, Jacq uel ine Godfrey (T) a wlShei la Smit h (P). (G. 5 : H. :; ; P. 7 : T. 2 ).

We lsh Solo, Sen ior ( .. F fa rwel y Wenno l ' by Tawc I oncs ) : I. JuanLewi s cn; 2. Julie Nicholas (P) ; 3. Va lrna i Fo lla nd en. (G. 2 : P. J ; T. 3).

Pi a no Solo, Junior ( " A nd the Dawn" by H . Col umba tt i ): I. JeanF lavd l (P ); 2, Da vid T homas (1') an d Ke nne th MacG a rvic 1H.) ; 3, RitaR icha r dson (H) . ( U, 3; I-t 2 : P" 3 ; T . 4 ).

Pia no So lo, Senior I" Ta mbour in Chi nois .. by E . P. Che dc villc a rr .A . Moffat): 1. 'M ega n Harr ies (G ); 2, A nita J O"I1I1 (/ J) ; 3, MarjorieW ill ia ms ro. (G. 2 : P. :2 ; T . I ).

Vio lin '<>010 ( " Wa vclets," minue t by Murray): I. T ony He r veyI ll); 2. Pat Kava nagh (P).

Choir (" Corne ever sm iling Liber ty " by H a ndel ) : I , I l ywcl : 2,Picton ; 3" Glyudwr ; 4, Tudor.

POETRY-SPEAKI NG

Choral Speech (Chorus (rom .. The Rock" by T. S. E liot): l ,T udor Seniors; 2, Pi cton Juniors ; 3, Picto n Seniors. ( G . 2: T , 2 ).

Junior Girls ( .. An Old Woman " by R . S. Thomas ) : 1. Da vidThomas (1') ; 2, Robert Ho lmes «n . 3, Mi ch ael Willis (1'). (GI3,fI , 19 ; p . 4 ; T . () ).

J un ior Bo ys (" C ynddylan on a Tracto r" by R. S. Thomas) : 1,Da vid Thomas (1') ; 2, Rubert Ho lmes (G ) ; 3. Mi chael W illis (T ). (G, 5 ;H , 10 ; 1',8 ; T 6 L

Se nior ( " Poem in October " by D yla n Thomas): I. Sheila J oh n(U); 2, Va lmai Fo lla nd (T ) and Br ian J ohn (1') . ( G . 4 ; H , I I ; 1', 4 ;T , 9 ).

We lsh, J unior ( " Y Cwni ngod ., by I. D. H ooson ) : I.. Ei lioua HenrvtG }: 2, Janet N icho las (1') ; 3, Gi llian Richards CI') . (," 19 ; H , 12 ;P , 10 ; T , 10 )_

W elsh , Sen ior ( .. Darn alla n 0 Argoed " by T. Gwynn Jones or.. Menywod " by Waldo Williams ) : 1, Marga re t Nicho lls (1') ; 2, J oanLewis (T) and Gwen E vans (T) . (G, 1 ; P, I ; 1' , 4 ).

ESSA YS, ET C.

II ( A Vi ew from my Window ): I, R ob ert H olmes (C ) ; 2, Va le rieRichards (H); 3, Lil lian Ri cha rds (1') , R o ber t Ferrier (G), a nd A n nFerrier (G). (U, 5 ; H , 11 ; P, 10 ; T, 5).

III ( T he Character I sho uld l ike to be ) : 1, Joyce W illough by (T) ;2. Jennifer J ones (G) ; 3, R o bert J on es (1') . (G , v , H , 6; P, 'l ; T, I ).

LV (Leisure ) : J, Vi cki Fogwi ll (1) ; 2, Pa u line A rmitage (T l a n dJea n Dev ot e ( f ): :1. Gill ia n Richards IT) . (G,) 4 ; II , 14 ; 1'. I I : ' 1", 5) .

V ( A Chapte r from my Autobi ography ) : I . \ ....cndy Lees (H) ; .~ .

Ch ris to pher Sxyrrne (1' ) ; :1, xuza nnc Brown «(i ). (e" () ; H. 4 ; P, g ;T , J).

VL t Convcnt ion ) : I. J oh n Brooks (II ) ; 2, George Le wis rr) ;3, Peter Pree ce (G) . ( G, 2 ; H, :i ; P, 3 ; '1', 2 ).

Short Story, Op en : I, A nn lJ a vid (P ) ; 2. Val ma i Folland (T ) : Y.She ila Randell ( I I). «,j. g: H. )) ; 1', <) ; T . i. .1 ).

Pre pa red S peecl: ( Arc ihc in te rest s or the co m m un ityhci ni; ser ved by the dc man.is " I' th e defen ce departmen ts 011

I. k o v lI a g~a r (I I) ; > () ;"id John ( P i ; 3. (i<'uq:" l. ew is ( t ).

II . 2 ).

OR~ (;J NAI. VlmSE

II ( T he Cust lc } : 1, I)avid Grill iih s (1') : 2. 1) :1\ id M ichael (i l);3, I\la ry Jo ne s «(il. ( e j , I ; H . 7 ; T , I ).

III ~Strect Sou nus j : I . Ann Campodon ic (T) ; 2, Jennifer Jones(e,) ; 3. J oyce Wi lloughby ( l"). ( 11 .4 ; r , 6 ; 'f. J).

IV (Th" Fair) : I , h c nc Pla lL (i-» : 2. Dav id E va ns ( I ) ; 3. NormaEvans (H ). (C , ;\; H . 7 : P. 3; T . 2 ).

V ( '1he Road ) : I , She ila Dono va n (H ) ; 2, Suza nne Br own (C,) ;3, RuLh Cole rri. (G, 6 ; IJ, 2 ; P, 5 ; r . _').

V L (A Poem from Pcmbrok cshi rc ) : I , Shei la Randell ( II) ; 2.Vulmai Folland (f) ; 3, De van P reece tT}. ( G , 3 ; 1-1 , 11 ; P , 4 ; T , 2).

F rench Tra nslation : I, G raha m Harper (II ) ; 2. An n Da vid (P) :3. Megan H a rr ies (Ci ). ( II , 2 ; 1'. 1 ; T . 4 ).

Gcrrnan Translarion : I , Ad ri en ne Thomas (1') ; 2. G o rdo n R ickard(G ) : 3., Awcnu J on es (G) a nd Di an a M on k (II) . (C ). :1 : Ii . 3 : P. 2 ; T. 4).

Welsh Trunslar ion : I. Margaret Mcfia rry (G: ; 2. Doroth y Thomas(e ,) a nd Joa n Lewi s (1'); :\. Margare t Phi ll ip:; (H ).

ART

Juni or : ( .. Fire-ligh te r, " o r " T he Fami ly at Breakfast " ) : 1. Vick iF,)gwi ll ( I") ; 2. G eoff'rcy Beni son ( 1') : J. Pa uline Armitage ( fl .

Senio r ( .. Hou se -break cr s " o r .. Tree-Icilcrs " ) : I. .' ;lCphen Jnrnes((' ) ; 2. George Lewi s ( f ) ; J. Sh irwe u Tu ck er (p) .

Oren ( .. The Vie w [rom m y Wi ndow " or An y Local Scene) : 1.P-:ler P reece l(i); 2, Jo hn I indcn burgh ( If); 3. Gretel Cha rles ((i).

Collect ion or Pa int ings : I, Shc il:\ Randell II.) ; 2. Pau lin e A rm itage('I") : .1• Jean M an ni ng (T),

( (j . n . II . IS ; P . II, ; T. 21 ).1 inn Prin tin g : I . Steph en Jumcs (P ) : 2. Sl<: phen Ja mes (1') .

WOODWOHK"11 and III (S lll ~d l Toy) : I. Rober t Fer rie r (e ) ; 2. Brian ,Jon.:s (I-I) :

3, Michael W ill ia ms (T) .IV (Small SIO,,] o r An)' Arti cle for lise in a Ba rhroom) : 1. Stephen

Brown (II) .V and V I (Tea-I ra y. O f Bool,rack . or Kn ife [10\; ): I. Grah am

Treg ido n (ei) ; 2. J ohn Da ', ies ( Pl .( G . .1 ; II , 2 : T, 1 ).

H

COOKERY

Junior (Wels h Ca kes) : I , R it a Rich ardson (H): 2, Ro semaryA ndrew (0 ) ; 3, Joan T homas (H).

Junior ( Rock Ca kes ) : I, Barb a ra T ho mas (G) ; 2, A nn Ferrier (G ) ;3, Linda Devote (1') . (G, 15 ; H, 7 ; P, 15 ; 1', 5).

Middle ( Sa ndwich Cake) : 1, J ohn J o nes (G); 2, Penelope Green h owCO ; 3, Joan Lew is (T).

M id dle ( Sa usag e Rolls) : I , Pa t Ka van agh (1') ; 2, Su zanne Brown(0); 3, N an ett e Brickl e (1') . (G, I S ; H, 6 ; P, 12 ; 1', 17 ).

Sen io r (Swiss Roll ) : I , D orothy Thomas (G ) ; 2, Megan H arries(0 ) ; 3, M ega n H arr ies (G).

Se n io r ( Madeira Cake) : 1, Dor othv T ho mas (G) ; 2.E li7:lbct hGriffiths (G ); 3 N o reen Jones «( i) . (G . Ji ; If , 5; P, 16 ; T, 12).

NEEDLEWORK

I[ (Toilet Bag ) : I , Mary J ones (G): 2, Gwynet h James (1') ; ~,

E lizabe th Stamp (1') .III (Appliq ue C ha ir Back) : I. Pa t Flowers (H} ; 2. Marina Wat kins

(0) ; 3, Barba ra T hom as (G ).( G. l) ; H, 3 ; P, 4 : 1', 5 ).

Open (Eveni ng Bag ) : I , Do ro thy Thomas (G); 2, Pat F lowers (H) ;3, Sh eil a J ohn (G); . (G , 4: P, 2 ; T , I ). .

M id dle a nd Se n io r (Afternoon Apron): I , V icki Fo gwill (T) ; 2,M argaret Thom as (1' ) ; 3, D oroth y lJ ph iIl (1') .

M idd le a nd Seni or (Sun Suit) : I. E lizabe th Griffitbs (G ) ; 2,N oreen J on es (G ) ; 3, Do rothy T homas (G).

(G, 20; H, 4; P, 10 ; 1', 10 ).E mbro idery (Cushion Cover): I .. Jan el N icholas (1'); 2, M arina

W atkin s (0) ; 3. Mi ch al Lumsden (G ) a nd Ri ch ard Re es (H.l.Embro idery (3 Handk crc h icvcs ) : 1, J anice Phillips (1') ; 2, Joyce

Phillips (1') a nd Ka thle en Hu gh es (C) : 3, G rete l Cha rles (G) and YvonneMans el l (G) .

( C. 25 : II, 6 : P. 14 : T . 19 ).Feltwork (Writing Case) : 1. J an ice Pi cton (1') ; 2. Jovcc Ph ill ips

(1') ; 3, Barbara T homas (G),Feltwork (Kn itting-need le Hold cr ) : 1, E liza bet h Griffiths (G ) ;

2. K athl een Hu ghes rG) : 3, A nn Fe rrier «(1) .( 0 , 19; P.2 ::T,2).

D oll d ressed in Nat ional Costume : I , J enni fer Jo nes (0): '1 AnnBainbri dge (H j ; 3, Penelope Green how (1') . ( G , 2 ; T , 2).

K NITT!NG

Junior (Baby's Bo nnet) : I. Mar v Jo ncs (G ) : 2. Gwynet h James(1') ;' 3, Pa l Grccnh ow 0 "), .

Junior (Pa tchwork T ea -cosy) : 1. Yvon ne M ans ell (0 ) : 2. Jen n iferJones (0 ) ; 3. Pat R o berts (G) .

(0,2 1 : H, 5 : P. 6 : T, 6) .Sen ior and Middle (Tenn is So cks ) : 1 J oyce Phillips ( 1') : 2, A nn

Sm allb on e (a) ; 3, Eira Br ickle (T ).Se nior a nd Middle (Fa ir Isle G loves): J. M egan H ar ries (G);

2, Megan H arries (G) ; 3, A nn Sma llbone (G) .( G. 20 : H, 3 ; P, 3 ; T , J3 ).

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CEOGRAPHYII ( P icto ria l M ap of Pcmbrokcsh irc ) : 1. O ill ian T eagu e (1'); 2.

Ke nne th Tho mas (T ) ; 3, R oger D a vies (1') .111 a nd IV ( P ic to ria l Map of Aus tra lia): I, David Tho mas (1'1 ;

2. Ann Fraser ( I) ; 3, M oire Ca ro lan (1').Y (Pi ctori al M ap of Wales ): J, D avid Williams (1'): 2, R alph

Davie s (0) : 3, Mary Griffiths (1').VI ( Account of Industries in Pcmbrokcshire ) : I , G raham Tregidon

(0 ).(0, 14; H , [4 ; P, 20 ; 1' , 23 ).

MISC ELLANEO US

N ature Study . 11 a nd III (Illustrat ed N atu re D iary ): L MargaretReyn ol ds ( 1-1 ).

N atu re Stu dy, IV (Collect io n of [ 2. Winte r T wig s ) : I . R ol an d,";mith (1') : 2. J ean De vot e (T ) : 3. Mich al Lumsden (G}. ( G. 5 ; II. 4 ;P, :; ; 1', 8).

Photography, Co nt act Print : I, E r ic M or gan G ) ; 2, A nn Srn allb on e

Ph o tograph y, E nla rgement: l , A xel Sch ro eder (1'): 2, Al an Ber­m ingh am (PJ ; J, T er ence Pan ton (T).

(G, 3 : T , 4 ).Book-bind in g, Juni o r : 1,. Jud y McNau ghton (T) : 2, Dor een Harr ies

(1'); 3, C hris to pher Law (G ).Book-b inding. Sen ior: 1, J ohn Cor nwe ll (H) ; 2, Sn i rwe n Tu cker

(1') ; 3, Joan Lewi s (T).( G , 1 : H, 4 : T , 2).

Stam p-co llec ting , Juni or (Collec tio n de p icting th e life of QueenElizabeth 11): 1, Dav id T ho mas (1' ) ; 2, Barbara Thomas (0) : ) , JohnCa rr (1'). .

St amp-coll ecting, Seni or (Collec tion depi ct ing di sco veri es o f lands ):1. David Will iams ( 1'); 2, Graham Tregidon (O } ; J , David James (G).

(o, 2 : H , 6 ; P, 4 : 1', 1 ).Table Decorati on: 1, R osemary Andrew (G ) : 2. Pa t Kavan agh (P ) ;

Mary Phillips (1'): a nd Jan et Sa unde rs (G ) : J, J o yce Phillips (P l. (G. 22 ;ri. 3 ; P. 14 : T. 2 .~ ). . .

House Drama Competitionf or the first time thi s yea r . th is compet ition was sepa ra te from

th e E iste dd fo d and took pl ace o n tWI) n ights, Thursd a y a nd Friday. th e27th a nd 28th March.

T he (irst pla y " By Whi ch We UI"e" by Mi ch ael Clark wasperformed by T udo r House . Th e scene was a village in Ce n tra l C h in a in1948. T he se t t ing wa s ve ry go od a nd the ac to rs kept the ten se atmospherethrough out the pla y. Th ose taki ng part were George Lewis. Mi ch aelO wen , Pete r Willi ams, D evan Preece, Dere k Co us ins a nd Ni gel A lb ury.T he pr oducer was Devan Pr eece and Pete r Willi am s wa s stage ma nager.

H ywcl House present ed " T he Mayor of Toro ntal," a co medy b yG wen yth Jones. T he sett ing was in a Ma yo r's hou se in E astern E uro pe .A t all times th e actors were mas te rs of th e deli ghtful co me dy, th e y playedit with ju st the right amo un t of rest ra int. The players we re Ro y H aggar.We ndy Lees . G ra ha m Harper , Jill Bloomfi eld, Eileen Her vey, N ormaEv a ns . K arl l ees. Kenneth M acGar vie an d Cha rmai ne E ll is . M argaretEva ns produced the pla y, Sh eil a R an dell desi gned thl; set , a nd J ohnLindenburgh was stage man ager,

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Friday even ing open cd wirh Gl ynd wr's pr oduction o f " Song in th eW ind " by Patricia Bevan-Parry. The action took place in th e kitchenof a house in a remote Welsh vill age. The rapt a tten tion o f th~audicnce

was sure test imony to the s ki ll of th e company in unfolding th is drama .'G eorge Jones, Dorothv Thomas. Kathleen Lockett. Sheila John , EricMorgan and Peter Preece were the player s, a nd production was by PeterPreece .

The final production was Picton's" The Missus 's Hat " by DouglasG . Fisher. H ere wa s a rough and tumble. farcical comedy in the kitchenof the Garncus farmhouse. There wert: laughs ga lo re. but the playersfound ditliculty in keeping :1 tight rein OIL th e enjoyment of the a ud ience .The cast was Da vid J ohn. Julie Nicholas, Jerem y Gordon . John nav iesand Cyril MacCallum. Brian John produced the pla y.

The adjudicator was M rs. Ma gdalene Morgan . Shc ga ve manyuseful hints to actors and p roducer s, the most important of whi ch wa sthe necessity of ch oosing a play which was w.:11 wi th in th ~ scope of theactors. Her final placing was : I. Ifywcl House. 75 points : ~ , GlyndwrHouse, 60 points : ~. Picton House..~O points : 4. Tudor H ou se , ·1\ points,

Looking at the competit ion in retrospect , We can sa y lhal it wasm ost su cc essful . particularl y Irorn th e point o r \ iew of new people taki ngpart in the pla ys . Each hou se had new takni to otte r and these peopleacquitted th emsel ves ve ry well. Valuable exper ien ce is to be ga ine d fromsuch a competiti on . an d we look Forward 10 an even high er Sla nda rd nex tye ar.

Cross-CountryThe School Cross-Country was held on Monday, March 30lh , a ve ry

pleasant da y for running, There wa s considerabl e e nth us ia sm and thecross-country ra ces have now become one of t he most popular of sch oole vents.

Til e r oute was sl ightly vnr ied from last year in that th e st art wasby way of Bu sh Ca mp . Birdcage Walk and Ferr y Lane.

Again running together as a hou se team . with goo d packing. proved 'a m erit in the winning teams.

In the Junior. Glyndwr won . pack in g I. 2. 3, 7. 10. 1:1 , Is. a totalo f :; I po int s. H ywel were seco nd wit h ~3 , Pi cton third with J 52. andTudor fourth wi th 169. Indi vidua ls wer e pl aced thus : 1. Roy KenmiordtG ). 118 min . I sec.r : ~, Patri ck O'Brie n (ei ) : 3. Peter ( iibby (C l .

In the "Intermediate sec tio n Glyndw r we re th e leaders, pack in gJ . 5, 6,7, to. 12, 17. with tot al poin ts of 60 . Hywel wer e second with 102.Tudor third with I ~\ 3. a nd Pi cton fourth with 15~. The indi vidual resultswe re as follows: l , D erek Cousin s (T}, U;; ru ins. 16 sec .] : ' RolandSmith IP) : 3, John Ehsworth (G I.

In th e Senior sec tion Tudor wo n the team race with 16 poi nts ,onl y four counting. packin g I , J, 5. 7. Pi ct on were seco nd with 39, H ywelthird with 52. a nd Glyndwr Iourth with 6 5. I regret to say that thewatch a nd no t th e runne rs broke down in this eve nt, so no time could berecorded.

As a point of in ter est IV ': ex pect tel run cross-country events nextyear on a county basis, so th ere will be an additional interest for thosein all events who can be placed in the first se ven,

The final placings in the three sections were: I , Glyndwr, 17(,points: 2. Hywel , 2 37 ; 3, Pi cton. 304 : 4. Tudor. 308 .

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County Sports'lite sev en th a nn ua l County Secondary School Sports wer e held on

the Milford Haven Grammar School ground on JUl1e 6th in lo vely sunnyweather . Th e y we re carri ed out cxpediriously as usual. The st andardsfor events had been r aised and the age gr oups altered to conform with th eYouth Organisa tion . A number of records were broken and the sta nda rdof achi evement was a high O Il C.

Our sc hool performed creditabl y wi tho ut, howe vcr, w inn ing an y ofthe cups. We we re seco nd in three of the section s, namely, the SeniorGirls , Middle School G irl s, a nd M iddlc School Bo ys, and third in theSenior Boys events. Our Jun ior Boys and Girls were sadly behind and theymust do some hard practi ce to improve o n thi s yea r 's st andard.

In th e final to tals for all events these were the results ;--Bu ys: L Haverfordwcst Grammar, 2~01 ; 2, Milford Haven

Grammar. 249 : 3, Pembroke Dod. Grammar. 175~ .

Girls : 1, Task c rs Gramma r , n ; 2, Milford Haven G rammar, 1)2::1 .. Pembroke D ock Grammar. 78.

Sp ecial m ention sh ould be made, I think. uf certa in indi viduale vent s, Janice Ph illips won two firsts, in t he 100 yards and th e hop. s te pand jump, and a second III the 2~0 ya rd s, Jean C rutc h ley very comfortabl ywon the Middle School Discus. Derek C ou sins won a well-judged half­mile in th e Middle section . a f ra ct io n o f a seco nd outside the record,David Williams won the Mi ddle Sc hoo l Di scus and has now won the eventthree times. Eric M organ, with one first and two se conds, showed hisversatility. He won th e H igh Jump . a nd was seco nd in the rule Vaultand the Hurdles. M ichael Gibson, in Ihc Junior secti on , won the HighJump with a record height of 4f t. 9t in .

Some of the results were as follo ws:Sub-Junior (und er 13): IOU yard s -- ~ . Bri an l Iay : 220 yards 2,

Roland Wai tc,Juni or (unde r 15) : Iligh Jump 1, Michael Gibson ; Pole Vuultv­

2, Roger Lloyd.Middle (under 17) : 220 yards- ~. St (:phcn Grilfiths : 880 yards - J.

Derek Cousins; D iscus -v-I, D avid Williams ; High Jump-I. Eric Morgan ;Hurdles--2, Eri c Morgan; Pole VaLlIt- --:~ , E ric Morgan ; Our Relay teamwas second.

Senior (o ver 17) : IOU yards- I. Urian John : 220 yards-3, BrianJohn : 440 ya rds--~, Pet er Williams ; !lila yards -s J, Graham Tregidon :Pole Vault - J, Graham Trcgidon : Milc- -3. Sherwin Tu ckcr ; J avelin -- 3.Peter Preece ; Weighl -- -.l, P et er l'rcccc ; Hurdles - -3. Graham Harper;Our Relav lean) was th ird .

Mi'ddl e Gi rls: DisCLlS-- I . .lcan Crutchley: Hop , Step and Jump- -2,Jcau Cr utchl v.

Senim-' Girls : IUO ya rds J. Jauicc Ph illips ; 220 ya rd s - 2. Jani cePhillips; Di.scus --2, Gwyneth M ackcn : High .tllIllP--1. Hazel Newton ;the Relay team was th ird.

Yr UrddAt the end of the C h ristm as term a very successful party was held.

Most 01' the success was due to two gentlemen -e-Mr. Tommy Scourficldand Mr. Tom Bevan , the harpist, who h ad travelled respectively fromSwansea and Fishguard to help us enjoy oursel ves. Thi s was Tom Bevan 'ssecond vis i t to tile adran and hi s harp is quickly becoming an essential

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part of our equipm en t. Tomm y Scourrield was al ready known to someof the bo ys who had attend ed the Urdd ca mp. H.is versatilit y incond ucting N oswcithiau Llawcn is known throughout Wal es and we werep ri vile ged ' in hi s company. During the party, i tem s were gi ven bymembers of Forms V Remove and IV.

T he d a y before the term ended a me eti ng wa s held to say goodbyeto Klaus Grossm ann who had joined in many of o ur act ivities and hadendeared himself to us a ll. He was presented with the Urdd badge anda book .

The Easter term began wit h meetings de voted to folk -dancing ;:n 3qu izzes ,

The Frida y night before St. Da vid 's D ay we were honoured withthe company of Dr. Stephen J. Williams and his wife. Dr. Wi lliams isone of the for emost Welsh scholars and is the Senior Lecturer in Welshat the Un ivers ity College of Swansea. He told us som ething of thebeginnings of the Urdd Mo vement and of its ideals. Mrs Williamsentertained us with the si'ng ing of folk so ngs. .

Our next visitor wa s Miss Gwyneth E vans. M .A" H.M .I., wh o hadcome to enroll us into full membership of the Urdd. The first half of themeeting en ded wi th ea ch member repeat ing th e three-fold promise ofallegi ance to Ch rist, Fellowman and Wales.

One of the m ost entertaining n igh ts of the C hristmas term was theGerman night. Th e French night organised by Mr. A. Michel was noless entertaining. We he ard re cordings of fo lk songs from Mr. Michel 'shome di st ri ct , Limoges. so ngs by Upper IV , who had de voted a great dealof lime in prepa ring for this meeting, and a noteworthy duc t by GrahamHarper, and Brian John.

At the be ginning of the Summer term we listened to an illustratedta lk by Axel Schroed er on Germany, at the end of which he was pr esentedWith the Urdd badge before leaving for his home.

The German contingent this term has increased its number tothree and all were pre sent to be welcomed at a meeting of folk dancin g.

Sin ce then two parties ha ve been a ll cycle rides around the coast.T he first visited Freshwater East , Manorbicr, and Lydstcp, and the secondBoshcrsron Pool s, Broad Haven, where we bathed, and Freshwater West.

We are no w looki ng forward to the camp ing ho liday at Uangrannogin Cardiganshirc, and Glanl lyn on the shores of Bala Lake. There willbe 22 of o ur members attending these camps .

Tudor HouseOn th e whule th is has been a ple asant an J suc cessful sess io n fur

th e House, with a strong lead from the prefects,Tudor wo rked with considerable ent husia sm for the SdlOOI

Eisteddfod, though it failed to achieve the highest honour. However theabsence of whole-hearted team work was on ly too noti ceable .. and far toomuch depended on the eflor ts of the fe w. It is worth noting that if fourgirls could score almost a qu arter of th e total marks gained by the House,we cou ld have done extremely well with a litt le more effort andco-op era tion. The House owed m uch to Marjorie Williams and U naFlint, who did mo st of the accompa nying , and to Margaret Nicholls forher fine efforts with th e Welsh secti on. Among th e m ost laval andenthusiastic competitors were Margaret Nicholls, Valmai Folland MarvPhillips, J o~n Lewis, Sheila Smith, Vicki Fogwill, Ann Camp~doni~,Pauline Armitag e, Pe nel ope Greenhaw and Joycc Willoughby.

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The bo ys showed up wel l ill their perform anc e of the p lay " Bywhich we live," It wa s unfortunate tha t one member of the originalcast wa st taken ill Oil th e eve of the competit ion , but Peter Williams, theSen ior Prefect, sport ingly took hi s place, an d ac quit ted himself well inhi s part.

On the p laying field, the team spir it was more evident, and the boys,led by Peter Willi am s and Geo rge Lewis, pla yed with ent h usiasm inHouse matches, wh ilst the gi rls, un der the leadership of Coycta Sabido,gave a good acco unt of themselves in their H ouse mat che s.

The member s of the Lower School mu st come more into t hepicture, an d play their part in keeping up the mo ral e of their House .

We shall , unfortunately, soo n be losing o ur Senior Prefe cts , PeterWi lliams and Margaret Nicholls, and probabl y other prefects ; the y willta ke with them the good wis hes of the House they ha ve served sofaithfu lly.

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Picton HouseT o review th e act ivities of the Hou se during the pa st year is no

easy task. It ha s n ot been a scintilla ting year for us ; o ur onl y claim tofame is tha t we arc keeping up ou r tradition uf bei ng th e best-beha vedHouse in the Sch ooL I

Yet our activ ities hav e bee n ma ny ant! varie d . Woe acquittedourselves well in the stage items of the Eisteddfod . It was go od to secthe red favours welt to the for e Oil • the day .' Mu ch good wor k. was doneby the prefects and all members of the Hou se for thi s occas io n,

In the Drama Competition we pro vided the Friday evening comedywith " The Mis sus 's Hat, " and t he player s and the pr oducer arc to becomplimented for keeping the audience a t a tip-toe le vel of merriment.In the school play, ,. Judgm ent Day," we were well represented. and wecan, in all modesty, say tha t we al wa ys pla y our part in providing goo dactors for this high-sp ot in the school cal enda r.

As for R ugb y, we can do no other but han g our head s. We carry theWelsh co lours, but decora te the bottom of th e tab le. This is possiblydue to the Iac t th at as far as numb ers ar c co nce rn ed ou r seniors arc fewand far between . We call conso le ourselves with the th ou ght that nextyear. perhaps, th e' Triple Crown ' holders will be gi ven a more difficultrun for our corner- flag .

We were very sorry, a t the end of the Eas ter term, to sa y farewellto our Houscm ist ress, M iss Bevan . She has al ways shown untiringinterest in a ll our activities a nd her help will be severel y mis sed . Wewish her success an d happiness ill the future.

Glyndwr HouseThe Ho use has had a ver y successf ul yea r so far, and if we

succeed in winning the Athletics Championship we shall equal last year'ssp lendid achievement.

Thanks to good all- round pla y a nd tea m-work, the House won bothSenior and Junior Rugby Ch ampi onships Ia irl y easi ly. The play of someof th e newcomers to the School in the J unior XV was particularlypleasing.

FlRST HOCKEY XI 1952 - 53Back Row-Joan Webb , Eli zabeth Griffiths, Jo an Carr, Hazel Newton, Betty Morgan, Julie Nicholas.Second Row-Miss M. Ebswoth, Gwen Evans, Coycta Sabi do, Frances Rixon.Front Row-Marie Bearne, Suzanne Brown.

SECOND HOCKEY XI 1952 - 53Back Row-Noreen Jones, Davina Evans , Mar garet Thomas, Ann Semmens. Diana Elsdon, Joyce Phillips.Second Row-Miss M. Ebsworth, Valrnai Folland, Janice Phillips, Jean Crutchley, Mr. R. G. Mathias.F i ont Row- -Mary Jones, Jean Devote.

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FIRST RUGBY XV 1952 - 53Back Row- Eric Morg an, David L. Ph illips, Evan Evans, Edward Ridley, Deavan Preece, Roy Haggar , Graham Harper,Second Row--George Lewis, John Davies, Mr. R. G. Math ia s, Graham Tregidon , Me. 1. G , Cleave r, Peter Williams,

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SECOND RUGBY XV 1952 - 53Back Row-Nigcl Albury, Tony Geor ge, John Rouse, Davi d Williams, John Lindenburgh , Joh n Cornwell, Derek Blake,

Joseph Barnikel.Second Row-John T homas, Evan Scone, Mr. R. G. Mathias, John Will iams , Mr. 1. G. Cleaver, Stephen Griffiths,

Brian John.Front Row-Karl Lees, Derek Picton.

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School Diary6-Spring term began.

12-Visit from the Aims of Industry Mobile Film Unit.26-Margarct Nicholls spoke in Assembly on General Gordon.29-Gcrald Thomas spoke in Assembly on James Prescott Joule,

the scientist.3G-Brian John spoke in Assembly on Mahatma Ghandi,12-Concert by Rosemary Rapoport (violin) and Elsa Cross (piano).

16 - 17-Half-term.19-0pening of Arts Council Exhibition of Contemporary Painting

in Wales in the School Hall.2G-Lecture, with coloured slides, on 'Greenland,' by Flt. /Lt. R. C.

Menzies, R.A.F., Pembroke Dock.4-The Eisteddfod.3 - 7- The Arts and Crafts Exhibition of the Secondary Schools of

the County was staged in School.13- Terence Panton spoke in Assembly on Albert Einstein.16--Photograph of the whole School taken by Panora.17- The Osiris Repertory Company gave a performance of 'Twelfth

Nigh\. '23-Alan Bermingham spoke in Assembly on Joseph Fourrier,24-Lecture on ' T he Royal Navy' by Lt. /Commander Aitken of

H.M.S. Harrier, Kete .26 & 27-House Drama Competition.27- -School Admission Examination .30--Cross-country race.31-End of term.21-Summer term began.23-The Nursing Technical Officer, Miss Jones, spoke to Middle

Sch001 girl s.24-Practical Woodwork Examination-Mr. L. G. Wright, of

Caerleon.27-0ral French Examination-Dr. Garnet Rees, of University

College, Swansea.29-Practical Chemistry Examination-c-Dr. J. Campbell James.30-Raymond Angle spoke in Assembly on Karl Friedrick Gauss.

3-Practical Physics Examination-Mr. L. G. Wright.7-Practical Botany Examination (at Narberth).8-Practical Music Examination-Mrs. C. Lloyd Davies.

l l -s-Oral German Examination-Prof. David Evans.12-Practical Geography Examination-Mr. J. Oliver.

Practical Zoology Examination (at Milford Haven).12-Mr. Cooper took his Vth Form to St. David's Cathedral to

study its architecture. -13-Practical Cookery Examination-Miss D. M. lames.18-Good Will Day. The Peace Message from the Children of

Wales was read in four languages-by Peter Williams inEnglish ; by Margaret Nicholls in Welsh ; by Brian John inFrench; and by Dorothea Pausschardt in German.Practical Needlework Examination-Mrs. E. Griffith.

19-Mr. Langford and Miss Bishop, of the Ministry of Labour,spent the day at School interviewing senior pupils aboutcareers.

School NotesTh e total number of pupils in school at the beginning of this termwas 453, 223 boys and 230 girls.The Prefects are:-

" Tud?r .: Margar~t Nicholls (Head Prefect), Valmai Folland,Mary Phillips, ·Valene H eath , Peter Williams (Head , Pr efect) , NigelAlbury, "George Lewis, "Norman Phillips.Picton: Janice Phillips, Shirley English, "'J ulie Nicholas, JohnDa vies, Brian John, "Patrick McCloghrie.Glyndw r: Megan Harries, "Mary Jenkins, "Ka thleen Lockett,"E lizabeth Griffiths, Graham Tregidon, "Peter Preece, "Gerald Thomas.Hywel: Margaret Evans, "Frances Ri xon , "Betty Morgan, GrahamHarper, Ro y Haggar , *John Williams.

.. Sub-Prefects.At the beginning of June the following were mad e temporary sub­prefects to serve until the end of the summer term : Pauline Francis,Gw en E vans, Ann David, Jo yce Phillips, Hazel Newton , David L. Phillips,Derek MacGa rvie, Terence Panton.We congratulate Eric ' Morgan and George Maclean, who ha verecently passed the examination for the Queen's Scout badge. They areboth members of the 1st Pembroke Dock Troop, of which Eric is TroopLeader.Diana Jones and Vivian Rossiter have now started work in theCivil Ser vice, Diana in the Inland Revenu e office at Haverfordwest andRo ssiter in the Admira lty in Lond on. 'Va lerie Roch, Evelyn Waterman and David Roblin have foundcler ical post s in the district. '

. Edward J. Ridle y and David l . Howells are student apprenticesWIth the South Wal es Electricity Board.Marion James, Peter Astles , Ann Stevens, Sybil Jones, PatriciaDo oley, Va lerie Hett erley and Christopher Skyrme ha ve also found post slocally .

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20-0ral Welsh Examina tion-Mrs. Bevan.Presentation of Coro nation Mug s by the Mayor and Mayoress­Elect, Alderman and Mrs. Darrell Rees.

22-Presentation of Coronation Propelling Pencils by the Chairmanof the Go vern ors, Mr s. J. L. Jones.

25 to June 3-Whitsun and Coronation H olida y.2- Coronation of Her Ma jesty Queen Eli zabeth II.5-Mr. Mathias took most of his Vlth Form Current Affairs Class

to the ~.A.F. Station to hear a lecture by Dr. E. Newman, ofLondon University on ' Russian Foreign Policy since the deathof Stalin.'

6- Coullf y Secondary Scho ol Sports at Milford Haven.Ja-Trip to Skomer, in cha rge of Mr. George, Mr. Devereux and

Mr. Michel .Start of W.J .E.C. Examinations.

3-Scho ol spo rts,6 to 9-Trip to Somerset, in charge of Mr. Mo ses, Mr. Elis

Willi ams , and Miss E bsworth,Trip to the Ne w Forest, in charge of Mr. Greenwood, Mr.Lloyd,. and Miss Bishop.Trip to Stratford-on-Avon, in charge of Mr. Garlick.

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Coycta Sab ido has begu n her uuiu ing as a nurse at th e Ca rdifGenera l Ho spi tal .

'1 he foJlowin n hav e been transi'ert"l;d 10 o ther schoo ls : JanePri tch a rd , Daphne ° Da \ics. John Brian Davies. Michael ~ampllllg,Rosemary Michael, David Michael. Ba rba ra ( ji ll. Pau l Laing , Br ian R oo t,E ili ona H en ry , Edw ard Ha zeldcn. ,Valerie Roch has d i s t i n l! u i ~hd he rse lf in a nothe r way recently. Sh ee ntered fo r th e competition fur . Miss I'Ci1Jbr o" eshire: and was placedth ird bv the iud ges. 't he St:hool is very gr'l ld lil t ,) I WO Old !Joys I'M genero us g lflsrcccn tl v. Re v. Lewi s G . ' Tucke r has p rom ised to gi\'C ,\11 a nnual pru:c t.oth e va lue or £2 :!s. 0;1.. tll he a wa rded as the Head mast er th Inks lit . J h isw ill be a very we lcome aud itiol1 to uu r pri.'c l is t.

The othe r gifl has been ma ck by Mr. J , II . A. Mac:"c i1 . li e hasgi lcn us a la rg e, we ll..ho und 1:' 2,1 C<l py or the Hib lc, wh icl: had t'OI I1 Cdow n to him f rom his fam ily. , .Since Ch ristmas iou r more Y<l un ~: {;..:rnJan stllu..: l1 ls ha ve ,lull1 eu, ustcmporarily. A vcl .schroe der . 1'1' Wicsbadcn , spent the wh u lc of the springterm WIth us. and at the hcgilll1 illg. o f the summe r ter m we welcomedthree inur e. Dorothea Pa usscha rdl uj' Sladc II ,1111 bu l'l,:. G er trud Adamc tz,of V ie nna , a nd Hans Ahrens, or l .o we r Sa xouv. . .We were int er ested to re ad carli ur III the ye<l r tha t M r. I . V.Haines had been appo inted Principa l or ()IJ\;C I1:S Ro~a.l Co llege . inTri ni dad. lie sai led to ta ke up hi s appointlllent .In A pril. M e f:/ a llleswas Biology Maste r here [ror n Scptember , 19:;~. ,to .J uI!", [<)46. WIth aninte rval (or war scnice, when he was with the Mi nistry o] Supply . Heldlhere for Gow erton Gramm ar School. lat er going 10 C a rd iff High School.where he remained unti l A p ri l.

Wc congra tulate M rs, G wen Audc rxsohn ( Il ~ ~ Ja mes}, who wasEnglish Mistress here a shun time ag'l . 0 11 the hir th of a dau ghter,Alethea Jane, on April 2nd.

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HO('~EY

' I he hockey sea ~, ' n wa~ lI1 0st enjoyahle and on (he whole Iai rlysuccessfu l. the li!SI . s":C-'. 'I1:1. and th ird teams secur ing many will~ . Anumber or players in the 211d a nd :;rd ;(1 \ showed 1I 11~ch pr0 I1 11s<: ' asf uture valuable llIellllwrs or the (j/~I team . Keep it up. gir ls!'1he most hard-foug hl and enjoyable games were those aga inst Kelt,tadics. one of the mos: i',>rmidahle iadles' sides in Pcmb rokcshire. Thefirst team were vcrv proud to have a win o ver them. T he lst and :'nuXls proved victo rious over thcir (l 'J ri\ als, j\,l ilforJ Ha nm (j ra1l1 l1lar.school. Our first deCeat a ga inst a s<.:l1Ool C;.![l1 C in the second Icrm. whenwe met Ca rdigan away . Durin '~ th is g~\mc' ( iwcn Eva ns, in a valiantaltempt to score a goal , br oke her thtlmb , and . eon seque~ lly was a lit ofplay for the rest of tho.: seas:JlJ. ~t the end ,of the Chnstmas term the1st Xl played a le:~m of boys, All er a h c ClI C a nd htlanous mateh thebovs were great ly shocked to li!1(1 thelnselvcs i" sers by two goa ls to one.A 'match was arranged between the Stair and the 1st X I, but after tenminutes play a heavy shower or .-a ill dre nched the playe~s and sc.a t tc~edthe specta tors. Th e gjrls ' enllll:siasm was uam ped an u theIr uetermlllatlOll

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Nov . 8-Tenby G ramma r Sch ool .Nov. 21-Coronat ion Schoo l ..Dcc. 6-L1andovery Grammar Schoo l .Dec, 13- Milford Gram ma r School ..Jan. 17- Coronation School ..Jan. 24-Tenby G rammar Schoo l ..Fe b. 7-Milfo rd Gra mm ar School ..Feb. 21-Cardigan Grammar School ..Mar. 7-Coronatio n Schoo l .Mar. 14- Tenbv c. P. School .Mar. 21-Coro;la t ion School .

3rd XI results :Jail. '3 I- Coronation School ..Feb . 7- Tcnby C P. School .Feb. 21-··-·Saundersfo ot c. p. Sch oo l ..Feb. 28-Tenby CP. School .M ar . 211-Saundersfoot c.P. Sehoul .

Other matches:9-- Fo rm IV v Tc n by c. P. Schoo l Horne Los t 1- 09- ls t X l v Boys' Xl. .. .. ... ... .. . .. .. .. .... . .. Won 2-1

IO- Is t Xl v Staff Lost ()_··O26-School (Mix ed) Xl v Staff .. . . .. .. ... .. .. Lost 4- -2Th e Hou se mat ches were played in the Eas ter ter m. Throu ghou t,

good hockey was played and the goa ls that were scored had to be we llfoug ht fo r. Tudor were the winners. with 5 poin ts, G lyndwr having "poin ts, Picton 2, an d H ywcl I.

HUGHYFirst F ifteen

Record :Played Won Lost Drawn Pts. Fo r Pts. Agst.

22 7 13 2 147 12()Af ter quite a successful firs t term .. the seco nd term was ra ther

d isapp oint ing. The openin g ga me aga inst Tenby G .S. (away) was lostinex plicab ly by II po ints to 3. whereas ea rlier in the season the Schoo lhad defeated the same team by 32 points to nil. (This result was unfo r­tunately omi tted from the list of res ults in t he Christmas issue of thePcnvro.) Th e next game against G wendraeth G.S. was more heartenin g.and bot h backs and forwards played very well to hold a st ro ng si de to apointl ess dr aw. No do ubt the retu rn of Trcgidon after his successf ulgame aga inst Yorkshir e the previou s Sa turday ma de a great deal ofdifference. Subsequent absences by T regi don for tri al and In ternat ion algames bad a bea rin g on team play, but that does no t explain a ll thedcficicnccs which games agai nst Ha vcrfordwest, Llan dilo and Ca rdiga nG ra m mar Schools reveal ed. It was always felt tha t the school for wardscould hold their ow n aga inst a ny school side and game s versu sGwcndraeth , Llanclly (away) and Carrnarthcn (home ) pro ved this ; butthere were 100 many ob vious weaknesses in the backs where bad marki ng,high tacklin g, poor passing and a lack of rea l determination were themain faults.

Place kicki ng conti nued to be wea k, and a la rge nu mber of kickableconversions and pena lties were missed.

Michael Davies and John Gi lder left at the begi nn ing of the term,and th is temporarily disorgani sed the fr ont ro w. Even tua lly ShirwcnT ucker and Dudley Da vies, al thou gh OIl the small side, settled do wn in

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and hopes was hed away. They lost by six goa ls to nil-their grea testdef eat of the whole season.

In a va in attempt to achieve a victory over the Stall", a mixedS~hoo l team played them in the Eas ter term. It was hoped that the fo rce01 th~ boys would counteract that of the masters, but the Sta ff pr ovedVIc tOrIOUS once mo re.

Frances Rixon and Marie Bcarne played for the Pernbrokesh ircSeconda ry Schoolgi rls' XI, and Eliza beth Griffiths, Marie Bearne, Bett yMorgan , Ha zel Newton an d Gwen Evans were present ed with hockeycolo urs.

We were very sorry to have to say goo db ye to our capta in Cov etaSa bido , who played a consistent game th roughout the season. 'She ' hasen tered th e nu rsing profe ssion and is now at Cardin . All the memb ersof the hockey teams wish her th e ve ry best of luck .

. Ist XI : Joan Ca rr, E lizabeth G ri ffiths , "Coyeta Sa bido (captain),Ma ne Bcarnc tsecrctar y), "F rances Rixon, Betty Morgan, Joan Webb,Hazel Newton , Suzanne Brown, Gwen Evans (vice- ca ptai n), Julie Ni cholas.

" Old Co lours .2nd XI : Ann Semmens, D iana Elsdo n. Margaret T hom as; Valmai

Fo lla nd, Jean Cru tchley, Janice Ph illips (ca ptai n), Da vina Evans, MaryJ ones, J ean e Devote, Noreen J ones , Joyce Phill ips, Nanette Br ickle,Ann Ph ill ips.

3rd XI: Barbara G ill, Pat O'Brien. Pauline Armitage, DelphiaWelham, Rh ona Gassner, Irene Edwa rds, J oan Lewis, Ann Wooln ou gh,Margaret M\:G arr y, Janet N icholas, Awc na Jones, Mary Phill ips.

T he following represen ted the Sta fl' : M r. S. A. Evans, Mr. Lloyd,Mr. E lis Will iams, M iss Hughes, Mr. Devereux, Mr. S . Griffith , Mr. Shaw,Miss Ebsworth , M r. Humphreys, M r. Mathi as, Mr. I. Griffith s,M r. Willi am.

lst XI results :Sept. 20-- W.R.A.C., Manorb icr ..Sept. 27- Fishg uard G ra mma r School .Oct. l l-e-Whitland Grammar School ..Oc t. IS- Narberth Grammar School .Oct, 25-Carmart hen Grammar Schoo l .N ov, I-Lland overy G ra mma r Scho ol .N ov. 5- Ketc Ladi es .No v. 8-Tellby Gra mmar Schoo l .N ov. 22-Coronatio n Scho ol ..Dec. 6- Lla ndovery Gra mmar School ..Dec. IJ- Milford Grammar School .Jan. 17- F ishgua rd Grammar Schoo l ..Jan . 24 -Tellby Grammar School .Jail . 28-Kcte Lad ies .Feb. 7- Milford G ra mmar School .f eb. 21-Cardiga n Gramma r Schoo l ..Feb . 28- Mi lfor d Seconda ry Mod ern ..Mar. 14-Taskers Hi gh School .Mar. IS- Ketc Ladies .Mar. 2 1-Narber th G rammar School ..

2nd XI result s :Sept. 27-Fishguard Grammar School ..Oct. II -Whitl and G ram mar School ..Oct , IS- Coronation Schoo l ..Nay. I-Llando very Grammar School ..

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TI~is was Ihe lir s( Season i n \V hi~h it WilS po ssible to g ive the~el,;ond XV .a rca.son abl c numbe r o f g,trncs. Ii is hoped to cont inue thisIn t uturc. 1he fr~al a n:llys is s hows :1 satisfac tory result and if the playw~s. not al wa ys ot a hi gh st andard. there were sc vcral o ccasio ns wh enSplTtt , en ergy and toughness were not lackin g.

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Junior XV

In th e last issue of The P cn vro , th e progr ess of th e Junior XVW:lS co vered in detai l u p to De cember 6th . 1952.

The new year open ed wi th a narrow v ict o ry over T enby GrammarSchoo l, followed by the long-anticipated vis it to Cardiff to play CardiffHigh SchooJ for th e first t im e . Unawcd by the reputation of ouro p po ne n ts we wer e qui te satis fied to retu rn victors by l l pts , to 6.

Our earlier defeat a t Gwendracth was avenge d by a 12---0 vi ctoryat hom e.. an d was follo wed b y a resounding win over Whitland. Thisga me, played in a ga le. was remar kable for two things: of the 41 pts,scored . 39 ca m e from I .~ 1ries all sco red b y th e threequarr cr line.Secon ::lJ y, th e l":1.ct that onl y o ntO tr y W:lS co nve; tcd W:l S n ot ent ire ly ducto the ga le. but rathe r ro some r~.lh cr in ept ki cking.

A \,icto rv o ver Ha \'(;rf ord west G ra m ma r School was followed bythe return m<lt~h wit h Ca rdill" H igh Sc ho o l. This game. played beforean a ppreda t ivc cr ow d, on th c HarJeq uins (j ro u nd. pro ved a hard-foughtbattle. Despite th e atrociou;; I.'O nd it io ns . both s ides tried hard to playopen football eve n perhap s wh en s uc h attempts might ha ve beenconsi de red ' the wr ong poli cy.' Still. spectat ors witnesse d the tre:lt th eyhad been. pr om is.:d.

In th e next ga me at I.b ne.lly we were defeat ed narrowly, ch iefl y .by adopting w rong ta etics. Open football a t all cos ts will alw:l ys befruitful. By foilowin g th e o ppos ing sid,;s kid and ru sh , mauJing game.the Juni or XV has a lways been on th e l os ing end of SlIch :11l aborli\ caffair.

Be ynon. Blnkc, Lind cnbu rgh and T. George sho we d promise in th efo rw ards. K . Lees at se rum-h a lf while do ing useful wo rk in defence, wasinclined to run tha t extra st e p or two too far before se rvi c ing his ou t-half.S . Griffiths the ou t-h a lf pl ay ed quite wel l in a ttack and hi s k icking wa sgoo d, but he must sec to h is defence if h e is to p rogress. Erie Morganas centre or wing impro ved g reat ly in the co u rse of th e season an d is aprom ising player. J oh n Williams as captain played well in the back row,and whenever n ece ssary in the threequarters. Cornwall and Picton a lsoimproved as th e se as on progressed but they too , must lo ok to th eir defence.Panton at full -back p la yed well in all games. a n d with a little moreexperience should develo p int o a useful player.

The foll owing pl a ye rs repres en ted th e Scco nd X V : J . Williamsrcapi.) , K. I ces. N . Al b ury. D. Blak e. D. Beynon, S. G r iflith s. E. Morgan.J. 1 indenburgh. .I. Tho mas . .J. Co rnwall. B. J ohn , D. Da vies . D, Williams.T . G eorge, T. Pant on . L. Senne . D . Ho well s, D. John . J . Harnikel .T . Rouse,.I. Ell sworth . R. Da vi es . .I. Th om as , D. Pict on. K. Grossm an , D. Stewart.P. Mct.il oghri e. O . .LuHes . G . I ta rpcr. F . E van s, S. Tucker. N . Ptullips.L. Ridley. V. Ro ssiter.

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t?<It position and both d id very wc] l in all subsequent games. D e vanI rcc ce and Peter Preece both pla yed WI:II in th e second ro w OJ] occasio nsWI th DC~fin ex cell ing in loose pl ay and Pckr in th e line-out an d [atterlylJl co vering work. IJj the ba ck row G <,:orge Lcwi~ had SOnle e xcellen tg~mes . wl.th Roy U agger. Norm~n Phill ip s a nd Ow en James doing quitewe ll as WJng forwards, (J erald J'hom as as hooker was not al wavs a t h isbest . but few hookers had the better of h im in the t ight serums. Thiswas a Iigh ; pack . but _o n times it showed gr eat li veliness a nd e nergy.

Of the back s J rcgidon was ea sil y th e best . b ut unfo rt una tclv he~Ia yc? in on ly . fo.lIr!c cn out (If th e twen ty-t wo games pl a yed. Vicc'­captain John W. D~ vJ e~ (lid not pl:ly so well du ring the second half ofth e season as th e firs t half. P eter Wilfia nJ~ was the bes t a nd m o stconSJ stcn t. of the Ihrccqu artc rs, whil« h an Eva ns.. ("i. Harper a ndD. 1.. Phdllps. though la<.:k ing in e:\pe:rience, pl a yed qu ik well . Eva ns ispo te n t ia lly a g00(! cen tr e, b ut hi s def" nce nee ds tigh tening up . and hemust no t fo rget tn ar he has a wing m all outside h im to carr " on themo vem ent when he ha s bea ten hi s o r posite: num ber. .

V . Ro ssit e r. at Iull -bac ~ . gat.ne d i ll (· I.,Hl f i dCI I'-l· as the seas on<\(ha Jlc<; ~1. but h e lef t halfway lhrough t he term 10 j. ,ill the Civj l Ser vi<:e .

.C1. l., I rcgidon pla yed jn all the W..S.S.R . lI. tria ls a nd a ll the:s~a~o ll s In te~natJ()ll al s . S . Ci. l. e \Vi s a ppeare d in th r,; Wc~t Wales v. Mid.Glarnorgan 1 ri al , and was re ser ve fo r rhe final tri al Wales v. 'Jhe Res t.I rcgidou, ~_ewJ s. .I. W. Da vi es. T. P. Williams a nd G . 1'. Thom as playedIII all the Cou n ty ga m es l or sea so n !952 _ 53.

. The foll owing players represen ted th e First X V on one or moreo<.:~a~ l o ll s. :. G . L. Trcgid 'm (capt.) .I. W. Da vies (vicc-ca pr.j , D. I..PhIllIps, r. P. WIlli ams,..S.. o. l :cwi s. 1'. Freece . D. Pre ece, o. 1'. Thomas ,R. W. H aggcr, N . R. Phdllps. I.:. J::\an s. G. Harpe r. S. Tu cker. E. RidlevO. .Iatn.es, E. Morgan , D. Dav ies• .I. l.indellburgI1, D. Ho well s, M. .10;':R . Davle~..D . John. B. J ohn , D . H CYIl O Il . D . BJah":, T. Geo rg e, V. Rossit erand J. Wilhams. ' .

Full colours wer e awa rde d l\ll . W. Da vie s. T. P. Williams andS. G . Lewis. Half Colour-, we re a\l' arded (0 G . 1'. Th oma s, .

Detailed re sul ts were as fo llows ;_Jan . 10th -Tcnoy Grammar Sc hoo l (away) .Jan . 24th --Gwendraelh Gra mm ar School (home) . .Jan. 3l st-WhitJand G ra mm a r Sc hoo l (h ome)F eb. 7t h -L1andi~o Grammar Sch ool (awa y)Feb. 14th - ·Haverlordwcst G ra m ma r Sc hoo l (humc) .t:cb . 21 st - -Cardigan Gnlnl rn,n Sch ool (<I \I'al') .F eb. 2i'i t h - -U a lleJ!y Cira fllma r .Sc huo l (a \l',ly) ..Mar. 7th- -LIandil o Grammar Sc ho o l (ho me ) ..1\1ar. 2 lst ---C" r ma rth.:n (jralllmar S--'1OI,,1 (ho m e)Ma r. 25(h Old Bo ys (home) .

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I 274 6 1

As las t yea r, we give, without apo logy , a n ana lysis of th e 274 po intssco re d. The three-quarter s p rod uce d 205pts.. th e hal f-back s 12pts .. whi lstthe forwa rds contributed 57pts . Alo ng the th ree -q ua rte r line. from lef t 10right, the ind ivid ual contribut ions were: :n. 29. 36. 89. the rem aining 18poi nts coming from the full-back positi on . On ce again it is evident thatthe '; old -fashioned ," cla ssica l sty le of play pa ys di vidends . Forwards andha lf -backs m ust be conside red su bservien t to the th rccqua rters. T hefo rwards must get the ball , a nd , via the hal f-b acks. give it to the scori ngmach in e of fa st-ru nni ng centres and wings .

Desp ite the accent on attack. it sho uld be po inted out that thedefence onl y conceded 6lpts. in 21 matches. an av erage of barely a scorepe r match . This. of course, is a sound a rgument for the old cry that• attack is th e best defence.'

Du ring th e season 82 tries were sco red. of which onlv 14 wereconv ert ed.

The fo llowi ng have represen ted thc Co unty XV durin g the season:M. Joy (capt .), D. Cousi ns, R. Davies, S, Ebswort h, G. Reynolds.D . Weal e, D. Ste wart , D. T homas. G . Thomas and John Thomas.

T he a bove, wi th the underrnentioned, have represented theJ uni or XV: C. Harken . C. Ma ck en , N , Thomas, G, Rickard. R. Smith.

HOUSE RUGBY

Junior

J louse Pla yed Won l ost Pts. foor Pis . Agst. P!s.

G lyndwr .................. 3 3 0 58 3 6

H ywel .............. ....... 3 2 23 27 4

T udor ............... ...... 3 2 12 23 2

Picton ..................... 3 0 3 0 40 093 93

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G lyndwr .................. 3 3 0 56 0 6

Tudor ..................... 3 z 24 9 4

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Pict on ..................... 3 0 3 6 65 098 98

Once again this year, G lyndwr House rem a ins un beat en , bothSenior and Junior XV 's ret ai ning thei r respective House Cham pionships.

I t is pleasi ng to record the improveme nt of the new Hywel House,part icu larl y in th e Junior Sec tion.

T he resu lts of the championshi ps a re given in the tab les below :-

G. Wa inwr ight , D. Jrom , D. Evans, n Pascoe, D . Ph ill ips, M. Gibson .G. Jones, M. Rampl ing, Dav id E vans, D. Picton, B. Constance andP. G ibby .

The fo llo wing old co lour s have bee n awarded" dales ": M . Joyand D . Cousins.

The following ne w co lours ha ve been awa rded: R. Davies..I. E bsworth , G. Reynolds. G. Rickard . D. Stewart, R. Sm ith . N. Thomas.D. Wealc, G . Wainwright, D. Pascoe and J . Thomas.

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A weak ened side ran ou t easy victors agai nst the Co ro natio nSecondary Modem School, whi lst the last game of the season versusCarmarthc n res ulted in a luck y, narr ow wi n. In thi s game the centre sseemed com pletely ou t of for m. possibly due to a n • en d of season'feeling. Never theless, many promising moves broke dow n and co untlessscoring chances were frittered away .

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Sept. 13-ReSl of the Co unty .Sept. ZO--Tenbv G.S. .. ..Sept. 27-Ardwyn 2nd XV ..Oct. 4-Haverfordwest G .S. . .Oct. l l-e-Havcrfnrdwest G .S. .. .Oct. 18- Cat erh am School .Oc t. 25-Whitland 0 .0. . ..N ov. 8-Carm a rl hen G .S. .. .N o v. 15- G wcndracth G .S. .. .Nov. 22-Havcrfordwest S.M.S. .. .N o v. 29- Ha vcrfordwest S.M .S. .. ..Dec. 6-Uanelly CiS . .. ...Ian . 10-Tcnb v G.S. . ..J an . 17- Card{IT 1-1 .5. . ..Jan . 24-Gwcndracth CS ..Jan. 3 1-Whitland O:S. .. ..Feb. 14-Ha verfordwest G.S. . .Feb. 2 1-Cardiff H.S. .. ..Fe b. 28- L1ane lly G.S. . .Mar. 7- ·Co ronation S.M.S. .. ..Mar. 21-- Ca rmarth cn C .S. .. .

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Our First Rugby International

G ra ham Ll oyd T regido n . th is seaso n 's F irsl XV ca pta in has b rough thonour \0 the .schoo l and hirn sclf by bei ng the first boy fro m Pembro keD o ck G ramma r School to be awarde d a Tt!gb y interna tional ca p.

Treg id on wa s reserve back for the Welsh Seconda ry Schools ' reamagai nst Fran ce last season . a nd thi s season he pla yed in a ll II1T( l ':

Interna tiona ls and on e Rcprcs entauv e gnmc, The games were :Janu ary 101h. versus York sh ir e a t O tle y. Los t ().. ().Ma rch 28 th , versus France a t Agen, Wo n 'l- -(r.

A pri l l It h , versu s En gian d a t turdit f, Won 1:< O.The represe ntative game was aga ins t the Welsh You th XV :11

Pn ntypool Park o n Februa ry 2:':1 11 . whic h W3S won by <lpIS. 10 n il.Fo r the York sh ire ga me. Trcg idon was selec ted to pla y at full -b ack.

a nd it says much fo r h is vcrsat il itv tha t he se tt led do wn to h is newpos iti on immed ia tel y, a nti pla yed so we ll tha I l ; . W . A bbott in theFebruary issu e o f th e peri od ical . .. Ru gg.:r " described h im as the•. o uts ta ndi ng pla ye r in th e mat ch."

Tregido n a ga in appeared :I, full -ba c k in the Wa les v Res t, F inalT ria l in Feb ru a ry . and afte r th ree differ ent outs ide hal ves had bee n tr iedin the game. he wa s brou ght ba ck to h is or igi nal po sit ion o f o uts ide hal fto pl ay against the We lsh Yo ut h :l l Pou typ o o l, This proved to be a wi secha nge w h ich transfo rmed the team, with the result tha t a ll threesubsequent match es were WOI I com for ta b ly.

Again st France , Trcg idon pla yed h is best ga m e e ve r. but ag ainstEngland h is pla y re cei ved a m ixed rece p tio n fro m the critics . a nd a lthoughnone ga ve ser ious adv e rse co m ment. S(Hl1 C thoug h t (h a t he overd id th etact ica l k icking. T he t ru th is th at T rcgi don p layed \ cr v intel lig ent ly

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in deed. and va ried hi s pl a y as any good o u tside ha lf sho u ld d o. TheIWO Wel sh ce nt res that da y, wi th plen ty of oppo rtu nities, negl ected twogood wings, a nd Trcgidon ri ghtl y t r ied to g ive th e wi ngs the opportun it ie sthe y deserved.

T regidon is a natu ral r ugb y player who has maste red the basicsk ills. He ki cks accura tel y wi th ei the r fo ot ; he has a safe pa ir of ha nds ,his coveri ng is ex cellent and he has an eye fo r an opening, H e is ind ee dthe com plete i ugby player a nd s ho uld do we ll in firs t class dub rugb y.

Ther e have been . howe ve r. o ther rugby Internat ion als wi th sehou lcon nectio ns, but witho ut exception the y lea rn t their n igge r el sewhere.F. G . R. Hu zzey pla yed on t he wing for the Welsh schoolboys (under (5)agai nst E ng la nd in 1931. wh ile st ill p la ying for h is previous school v-EastE nd. Pembroke . In J 93~, the la te Eric L Wi lliams. w hi le pla yin g fo rthe Corona tion Sch ool. plavcdI n th e forwards against the Engl ish School..bo ys. W ill iams. unfortunate ly. was ki lle d in a n ai r cra sh in 1940.

W. .I. A. Da vies who W<lS E ng la nd's ca pta in du ri ng th e " gulde nera ' o f Engl ish rugby bet wee n the yea rs 1919 and 192 \ is a n o ld bo yo f th e sc ho ol. a lt ho ug h he lea rn t <I ll hi s ru gb y in Eng la nd. Davies wa scapped 22 times be tween 191 3 a nd 1923. an d is still consider ed 10 be th egr eatest o utsi de ha lf E ngla nd has p roduced. He has a lso had the grea tdistinction of cap ta inin g En gland eleven ti mes wi tho u t once bei ng on thelosing si de.

The othe r sen ior Intern a tion al is Erni e Finch, now teach in g a tthe local Secondarv Modern Sch o ol . a nd who pla yed seve n tim es (orWales wh ile playing fo r Llancll y R .F .C.

I. G. C.

CricketThe seaso n has bee n q ui te a successfu l o ne to date, Fi ve m a tch es

ha ve been played, of which four ha ve been wo n a nd one lost.Resu lts :Ma y 2nd--W hit land G .S., home. Wh itland 31 ( Preece 2 fo r 7 ;

Be ynon 3 fo r <) : D. O. Ph ill ips 3 for 2 ; E. E vans 2 for 4); School 56( Tregidon 29, C. Macken ) 2. ).

May 9th- Narbe rth G.S., away . ( Bo wen -S um mers Ho wl, Ho und I).School 39 ( M. Joy 10 ) ; Na rbe rt h 10 ( P reec e 4 f or 4 :: Beynon 6 f or 3 J.

Ma y 1.6th -vCa rrna r thc n G.S.. ho me. Carrnarthen 68 ( Pr eece 3 fo r14 ; Be ynon 2 for 10 : E . Bro wn 2 Io r 4) ; School 56 ( D. O. Ph ill ip s 11 .0.

13, M. J o y 10, Beyn on I I ).JUlie 6th- Ha ve rfonJwest ( j.S.. horn c : Sc hool 56 ( .I. Da vies 19) ;

Havcrfordwest 53 ( Beyn on 4 for 19 ; E . Br own 3 fo r 15: J . D a vies 2 fo r 9).June 13th ---Whitland C.s., a way : School 110 (E. E va ns 19,

D . Cousi ns 15, Beynon I I i : Whitlaud 42 ( J . Da vies 5 (o r II ; Be ynon2 for 1 J.

The following bo ys ha ve re presen ted th e School: ' P o Preece (capt .),*G. T regi d on (v ic c-capt .), J . D a vies (scc .), P, W ill ia m s (committee) , D .Be yn on, D. O. Phill ip s, E. E vans, M . Joy, C. M acken , D. Cousins,E . Brown , D . Williams, J . J o nes , J. Carr, J. Co rnwa ll, T. Pant on , S. Brown,G . Reynolds, E. Scone, "'O ld Colo urs.

Tregidon a nd Preece ha ve been select ed to pl a y for Pembrokeshireaga ins t C arrnarthenshi re at Lla nell y on June 27th, a nd T rcgidon ha s be ena p po inted captain o f the Pc mbrokcshirc Xl. .

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OLD PUPILS1 ASSOCIATIONPresident : R . G . Mathias , Esq .. M .A ., s.uu.

C ha irm a n: 1. 'J. A . M acken . Sccll: ta ry : J. R. Po wcl]

lrcasurc r : M . G. Thomas.

Cornrni uce :

Mrs. J. II. A. Macken , M iss Ka t h lee n Rouse, Miss M a r y Ph ill ips.W. J. C. Price.

Magazine R ep rcseuta tivcs : W . O. Carr a nd 1. H . A . Macken.

In the introd uct ory remarks to th is pan of th e magazin e lastJ anuarv. a ra ther s tupid erro r was made . The Pcu vro is published inJanua rv and Jul y, a nd not in Janua ry and Dec em ber, as s ta ted the re .

All a ppeal was made in th e las t issu e for prompt pa ym ent ofsubsc ription s. as it must be clear to a ll readers th at it is - cr y diffi cult todear the exp en ses of printing the magazine unless a large n umber o fcopi es a rc sol d , The number of reci pients of the January Pcn vro who haveno t vet sent in th eir subscri ptions is far ' too large. Copies of th is issuea rc being sen t to a ll 0 11 o u r l ist of s ubscri bers , but We sha ll not be a bleto se nd copies of the nex t iss ue to thos e wh ose su bscriptions hav e still notbe en re cei ved.

We apologise for certa in er ro rs wh ich ha ve been pointed out tous in M r. West' s artic le in the last Penvro , and take fu ll responsibili ty furth ese.

T he first error occurs in th e section of the article headed ,. Social.'H erc v thc Wellscs of Burton ' should ha ve read' the Webbs of Bur to n.'

T he second erro r is the sta te me nt th a t Da vid Griffi ths was thew ell- known stage and film actor C live Brook, T he stage na me he ad optedwas in fa ct E . E . Clive, 1\11'. West o bta ined th e facts fr om M r. J. Y.Phillips, o f Tcnby (formerl y of Pembro ke Dock ), wh o is a connecti on bymarriag e of Da vid G riffiths. We qu ote f rom Mr. Phillips' s letter . . ." T he mi sta ke you me n tion has been freq uent ly made , and I can inf ormyo u pos iti ve ly tha t D a vid's s tage name was E, E. C live, hen ce th econfusi on. He was [o r some yea rs with the Boston (U.S,A.) Repert o r yCompany. an d also in films. Some time back, nearly fo rty yea rs ago, a filmcalled ,. Over the R iver,' bv Ga lsworthy, in wh ich D a vid appea red withRonald Colma n. was shown ' a t Pembrok e D ock , a nd l we nt to see i t. Anexcellent a nd lif elike ph otograph of Da vid was ex h ibi te d o utsi de theci nem a. and during the film th er e was a 'close- up ' of hi m which wasunmist ak able." M r. Ph illi ps adds , .. I unders tand that both Will a nd D a vida re dead ."

Honours ListOne Old Bo y figured in the New Year H o no urs List, an d three in

the C oro na tio n Ho no urs List.A t the new yea r Edwa rd J . Gi bby (19 19 - 23), who has a long

recor d o f public ser vice to his c redi t as we not ed in the last issu e ofthe Pen vro , wa s a warded the O.B. E.

. Alderman W. J . Gwilliarn was mace a 11.'1.8.£. in the CoronationH o nours L.ist. He has rcc cn tlv had another ho no ur conferred up on hi m,3S he is to receive th e Fr~edom of the Bo rough of Pem broke, inr ec ognition of his lo ng an d dist ingu ish ed service as a m ember of theBorough Council.

Al fr ed Road , Cn.E.. Chief Inspector of T axes. Boa rd of In la ndRe venu e , was created a Kn igh t in the Coronation H o no urs l. ist. T h ismust, we feel su re, be the first kni gh th ood co nferred upo n an Old Boy.

The th ir d nam e figuri ng in th e Coronat io n Honours Li st was t ha tuf W . 1'. J . Cox (J 932-38 ).. wh o was a warded the H.E.M ., Ci vil Di vision.H e is a rada r ch ain in stall a tion e ngi neer with M arco ni 's WirelessT elegr aph Com pa ny, and wa s previously [o r eight een m onths on thetechn ica l sta ll' uf the 1.l. B.C.

Obi+uaryWe learned wit h regre t of th e sud den death , at th e cou n ty Gene r a l

H osp ital o n M a y 8t h, of J ohn George J ohn (19 I:\-J.~ 1 . at the ag e of 52 .He was it nati ve uf Carew. but had lived in Pemb rok e D ock. for man yyea rs . He se rved as an appre nt ice shipwr igh t in ' ·I.M Dod , ya rd , hutaft erwards jo ined th e R.A .F.. wi th which he served for 28 years. Weoiler our very si nc ere sym pat hy to his fam ily,

We have re cei ved th e fo llowing note [rom the Re v, l .cwis U.T ucke r. .. I was reminded a Icw da ys ago th at [) i\\'id Mi lward was a boya t th e Int e r. Ju rin g the t irnc th a t h is brot he r.. · Rev. .I. P. M it wa rd-s -wa sminister a t West ga te. Da vid first en te red the C ivi l Service ( Post Office,Liv erpool ), a nd then th e minist ry or the En glish secti o n of th e Pr esb y­terian Ch urc h of Wales . He di ed in N o vember last yea r, qui te sudden ly,of coron a r y thrombosis. He wa s min ister a t Aberfa n, ncar M crthyr. "

The dea th occurred a t Ru isl ip. Midd lesex , last December, ofTh omas E. D e vonal d ( 1916 - 20) , formerly of Lake Ho use, Larnphey, a tth e age of 48. H e lea ves a widow a nd one so n. He joined th e R o ya lAir Fo rce SOOI1 after leaving school, and (or some years before the la stwar he was em ployed in t he R .A .F. Records Office a t Ru islip. In ! l)3l)he was recall ed to th e se rvice, bu t conti nued to wo rk at R ecords as aWarrant O fficer. On his dcrnobi lisati on h e too k up his wo rk as a civili anagain. We offer o ur very sincere sym pa thy to his famil y.

Letter from MalayaUni ted Pa ta ni Estate,

Sun gci Pa ta n i.Kcdah,

M ala yaF ebruary 2 1st, 1953

Dear M r, Edit or.

JI1 res po nse to yo u r re ques t. [ wil ] tr y to gi ve yo u an idea of wha t1 do out he re.

T he da y starts a t either ,)..,0 a .m . 111' ().JO a .lI1 .. de pending 01 1

wh ether 1 inspec t the muster : J usu a lly do th is twice a wed.. whe n I cal lth e names m ysel f so th at I get to kno w the people we ll. A t 6.G I check.m y weeding must er as d ist in ct from th e ta pping, and then check tha t thosetappers wo rk ing o n o u tly ing d ivi sio ns a re on th e lorry a nd o n thei r wa yby 6.15. After th is r go !o my o ffice and ha ve a c up of coffee, sig n thepr e vious day' s wee di ng account, an d make a not e o f cos ts an d a mo untsof wee d ing don e.

At a bo ut 6.30 m y real wo r k begins. I cheek the weeding mu ste raccoun t for the da y a nd note t he p laces where they arc working. M yjob then is to lin d o ut if these arc co rrect by going round the fie lds . I

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usuall y go to one side , and send my car wit h a dri ver to the othe r side .While I am checking up I have to chec k for di seased trees, a nd for mymain worry, " {all an g." a partic ula rly vicio us weed; thi s norma lly ta kesme until abo ut 9.30, when it is ti me fo r breakfast.

Aft er break fast I wander off to a collec ting sta tio n and chec k inthe crop from that area for the day. I usu all y check one station eve ryday and receive the lat ex myself; by do ing thi s 1 can keep a d ose ch eekon th e figures. Th is jo b over I so met imes wander off to the clearingsaga in or wander th rou gh the old r ubber, checki ng whethe r all the treesha ve been ta pped. I usuall y finish at about 1.0, when 1 am norm all y veryhun gr y. A fte rnoon work cons ists of check ing al l crop books and payin gout a few adva nces or sick benefits ; th is usuall y ta kes from 3.0 to 4 .30,when my wo rking day is over.

T his is not a ro utine, but a fa irly typical da y. Sometimes I spe nda ll the tim e in the old rubber and chec k t hc clearings aft er co llectingt ime. Eve ryt h ing is left to me as regards th e program me of work, and 'no one grum bles as lon g as everything goes wi th a swing.

J am in cha rge of th e " Ho me " Di vision , wh ich consists of ~ , 5UO

acres of old rubber plan ted up befor e Ino., a nd just, about at the endo f its lif e. a ltho ugh o ur di rectors do not zsccm to hold that view. l amtapping ever y other day , with a three mo nth s' resting peri od after ever ysix months' tappi ng. My crop is a bou t 40 [0 45111. per ac re per mo nt h,which is very low ; to be reall y efficie nt the crop sho uld be a bo ut l 20Ib .,but o ur trees arc nearl y useless. .

My othe r ch arge is the rep lant ing . I have 2 13 acres planted ~n

] <}" U a nd 263.5 acres plan ted in 1949. Thi s a rea will he ill ta pp ing Inabou t th ree yea rs time, a nd should boost my crop up , as it is all h igh­yield ing first class stufl. T o keep thi s going I have about one hundredlabourer s. an d at present fo ur Ferguson trad a l'S as well as a 0 2Ca tcrpiliar. . .

I do no t th ink I ca n say much more about the clear ings wit ho utgo ing into grea t det ail o ver opera t ions, bu t you can well imagi ne. that1 am kep t fairl y busy. T here is not much more abo ut the tap ping either,except th at the lab o ur ers tap 300 trees per ta nk. . . .

Wh en the la tex is coll ec ted it is ta ken to the Iactory. where It IS

diluted wi th wa ter an d coagula ted in ta nks, which a rc divided int osections H in. thi ck. The coagula ted lat ex is th en roll ed in a battery ofroller s and comes o ut }in. thick, 18in . wide , a nd a bo ut 5ft. lon g. T h isis th en run thro ugh a tr ou gh of wea k paran itrophcno l, di vided into twopieces an d h ung on rac ks to dry, When dr y it is placed in a smo ke­hou se ' fo r five da ys, sorted , a nd packed in bales or 2501b. INc do notdo creping he re, but some of the estates, nearby do so . . 1 he factorywo rk is becomi ng very importa nt now si nce the syn theti c rub ber hasco me into ser io us competi tion .

. Fo r my pleasure 1 usuall y listen 10 th e w.i rcl ~ss a ~1(j sOllle t i n l ~sgo to the pictures in the local tow n. We get an English picture a lice JJl

ten da ys.. th ou gh it is mostly either cowboy or Flash Gordo n stuff',Pen an g is on ly thirty mil es away, but I do no t go in ver~ often; oncein two months is enough fo r me. As a matter of fa ct I li ke the lo nelylife. and am q uite happy. I ha ve two fine Alsat ians, so spe nd somet ime tr ain ing the m. Wh en it is dr y 1 pla y ba dm inton wit h my localsta ff', and am no rmall y as leep by 9..'U at night. I find r have to keepthes e hours or my wo rk seems to slip.

On Su nday I ta ke th e day off, with the exce ptio n of mus ter. 1spend th e day hunting wild pig with some of the mo re energetic local

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sta ll. T he day is p re tty hecti c, as they neve r seem to need food , andonly stop at a bo ut two in the af ternoo n for a bite. I am ha rdened to Itnow and can compete with them. I have been within sixty ya rds of atiger bu t could not sec the joker; the fellow who saw it was too scaredto shoot.

Wc go out in parti es of at least ten guns , becau se of bandits, a nda rc not allo wed o ut at nigh t. So fa r I ha ve no t had any tro ub le wit hbandits., but 1 always go a bo ut f ully a rmed and with a poli ce escortwhenever 1 am anywhere in the jun gle or in th e rub ber.

T he positi on is much better now since Templer took ove r, an dwe sho uld see th e wo rst of it pas t by the end of th is yea r. I loo k afterall the Special Constab les on the esta te , which co vers 15,000 acres in all .T he Government has given me the rank of Hon . Inspector , but I do notreall y do mu ch poli ce work ; [ ha ve on ly been out on two n ights sincer ha ve been here. mv posi tion bei ng to reli eve the regul ar officers sothat they ca n get on with the job of ge tting rid or the ba ndi ts.

I ex pect to be on my way home th is time next year. as the Companysee ms to be cutt ing dow n to urs to Ji years instead or 4. I thin k 1 sha llbe keen to feel a co ld breeze b v th e end of the year, thou gh I dou btwhether r cou ld stay at ho me aft er this li fe. Here lif e is very open wi thplen ty of responsibility, and there is no time to get bor ed. Th e jo bis rea lly a twent y-fou r-h our one , as there arc somet imes tires in therubber or fizh ts in the lines to mak e life in te res ting . We get a gene ralins truction f; om the Head Office, and except for periodical visits by theGe ne ra l Man a ger we a re not bo the red if we can do o ur job prop erl y.

Lan gua ge is a big wo rry. I speak Ma lay fai rly well, but Tam il,the So uth Indian language, I find very difficult. but am mas te ri ng itslow ly.

Please gi ve my rega rds to all the Staff at School; I am lookin gfo rward to bei ng ab le to pay a visit next year.

Yo urs since re ly, f RED A. HU GH ES.( l!):I~-l-l)

News of Old PupilsT revor Gwyther ( 1947 .. 5 1l. who en tered Un ivers ity College . London ,

wit h a Sla te Scho la rship in Octo ber , 19.'i I, passed a ll h is exa minat io ns atth e end of his first year the re . We lear ne d this fact 10 0 lat e fo r inclu sionin our last issue,

T udor Lewis (1944 - .'il ) last Decemb er passed (he exarni nation foracceptance in to the Ordnance Sliney De pa rt me nt o f the Civi l Se rvice.He was placed 4th in the who le cou ntry.

Whe n Inez Threlfa ll (194fJ - :)I ). who is doing a cou rse inOcc upa tional T he rapy at Li verp ool, ca lled in Jan ua ry, she ha d justpassed one of her fina l cxamina tio nsv --A pplicd Psyc hology . She then hadano the r eighteen mo nths to do .

John Nei l (1939 - 43). who is em ploye d wit h the Al vis Mo torCompa ny at Cove ntry, was one of the ap prentices selec ted to be mad e aFreem an of the City of Covent ry whe n he completed his eng inee ringap prentice sh ip some mont hs ago.

W. J. C. Price (1936 - 4 1) has been since last December' second inco mma nd' in the Plann ing an d De velopment Depart ment of thi s sec t ionof th e Sou th Wales E lectr icity Board. wh ich cover s Pembroke. Ca rd iganan d Ca rma rthen .

John W. Blencowe ( 19.'>5 - 42) was awa rded the degree of Ph .D. ofthe Uni versity of Lon don at th e end nf .lanua ry fo r a thesis on .. Factors

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Affectin g the Susce p t ibili ty of Sugar Il cct to Viru s D isea ses." He hasbeen fo r som e yea rs a Scie ntific Office r at th e Roth arn sted Ex per imenta lStation. a t Harpcnden in H ert ford shir e, and was recently promot ed to th era nk of Senior Scicn tj fic Officer. a t an agc three or four yea rs younge rth an the n ormal.

Raym ond W illington (1938·42) was se lec ted to pla y for West Wale sv . Gl amorgan in th e Welsh Youth Rugbv Uni on tr ial mat ch held atNeylan d on January lOth .

It was rep orted at the en d of Ma y that G o rdon Parry (1937 - 4 3),who is on the staff of the Seco nda ry Modem School a t H aver fordwest ,an d is a lso a member of the Nevla nd Co unci l. h ad sub mi tted an essa yin a co m petitio n for one o f ten feilmvshi ps cr ea ted by the U ni ted Nat ionsto give peopl e all OVc[ the wo rld an oppo rtu nity to vis it the \.l.N .a.Headquarte rs in N ew York . l lis essay was selected as one of the twobest essays in th is co untry. No two fell owships. will be awa rded 10

co m pe tito rs fro m the same co untry. T he pri ze-winn ers arc offe red afr ee return [o urncv to N ew York. an allowance of 12.50 doll a rs a dayfor their 1,0-davs stay . a nd Iacilit ics for study ing the wo rk of the t InircdNat io ns.

Olwcn Thomas ( 1945 - 4R) has passe d he r final exa m in at ions :IS aState Register ed Nurse.

David Picton ( 1943 - 47) is now in G loucester , working as a firemanon British Railwa ys.

Jean Macken (1946 - 51) passed the 2nd Part of her Sla te Preliminar yExamination last Oct ober. a nd is now working at a sana to rium in Bris tol.as part of her tr ain ing.

.I. H. A, M ack en ( 1920 - 27) was a ppo inted H eadmast er of Water­stone Sch ool in J an uar y.

Harold Mathias ( 1920-27) has been a ppo inted Headmaster of theCou nty Primary School, M iddl cwich, Ches h ire. It is a m ixed school ofo ver 400 pupils.

Fr ed Pier ce (1926 - 31), af ter teachin g for e ightee n yea rs in Bed ford.and be in g most of tha t t ime on the sta ff of th e Silve r Jub ilee Sco nda ryMod ern Boys' Sc hool, wa s mad e Headmaster , as fro m Januar y 1st, of th eCo unty Secondary Mod ern School at Po tton , in North Bedt'ordsh ire. Thi snews co mes 10 us from Wynne Parr y, who adds. " It is school is m ixe d.and most o f th e men seem to be either pure Welshmen or me n wi thWel sh associa tions. Two of them ha ve link s wi th Pembroke Dock , butnot wi th the School."

J ohn R. Powell (1938 - 44) look lip h is a ppoi nt me nt in Januar y asH eadmaster of the new school at Sa dgcs to n.

Marion Jenkins ( 194 3 - 50 ) is co mpleting her th ree -year co u rse th issu m me r a t th e R ose Brufo rd Co llege of Speech and Dr ama. She hasbeen a ppointed to teach Engl ish, wi th speech and drama. a t a secondarymo de rn school a t Welling in Kent.

Lesli e C. Davi es ( IQ38 · 46) has been appo int ed Libra ry Ass is ta ntat Uni vers ity Coll ege, Swa nsea . and will tak e up her appo intmen t therea t the begin nin g of Augu st. S ince April. 19S1. she ha s been Assistantin Cha rge of th e Ghan I. Ilmin ster. and Crewk ernc br an ches of theSomerset Count y Librar y.

We had a visit a t the end of February fr om Lawford 1. Siddall'(1920 ,. 27). Il e is now Headmaster of Wo od Vale Mi xed Primary andInfants School, Norwood - ·- in th e L e e. ar ea , close to th e Croydonboundary. It is an ex perimenta l school, to wh ich entry is limited atpr esent to 280. ll.c has th ree child ren -e-n boy of 18 wh o ha s just gone

into R.E.M .E. , :1 g irl of 16 at Roscb cr y G irls' Grammar School. Epsom .a nd a b oy of 13 at Rcigate G ra m ma r Sch ool. wh o is a cho ris ter at St.Paul's. He liv es at Rciga tc, Surrey.

Ivy Garlick (1'141 - 48) has hccn appo inte d 10 teach G eography atFa irfield H igh School for Gi rls , D ro ylsde n, Ma nchester , beginning inSeptember. She did her degree course a t N ewnh arn Col lege, Ca m br idge .

John Powell (1944 - 47) has been tran sferred to Swansea as aM an ager (on probat ion ) fo r the Mayp ole Da iry Co.

M rs. Gl en isc Watkin s (nee Wa rd Da vies, 1938· 44) took up dutyin December as N ursing Siste r at a R oyal Ordnance Facto ry a t Bridgwaterin So merset.

D ouglas Thom as ( 1929 - 33). who se rved in the Army during th ewar, was late r commissioned in the Regu lar A rm y. We heard a fewmo nths ago tha i he had reach ed the rank of Major . and wa s sta tione d inG erm an y.

C pl. Der ek Welby ( 1946 - .'i 1 ). of the Welsh (; ua1'ds.. look part inthe Co ro na tion pr ocessi on on Ju ne 2nd.

William G. Smith ( 1949 - .'i I) is the Englis h Editor of a newperi odical " Si gma: ' publi sh ed at Universit y Co llege , Ban go r. It representsnot onl y th e U nivers ity College. b ut a lso the two Train in g Co lleg es a tBan gor.

We re ceiv ed in Ja nu ar y a le tter from .Iill Field ( 1942 - 48 ), whono w live s in Readin g. She works in Barclays Ba nk there. This is avery large: bran ch, necessit atin g. as she say s. the usc of the mechanisedbook-keeping system. She had then been for o ver a year a supervisor inthis department. Her yo unger brother Da vid is sti ll a t school inReading, and is siftin g the G.C.E. at Ad van ced L evel thi s slim mer. Hepassed in seven subjects at the Ordinar y Level in 1951.

Mrs. Beryl Bevan s (nee Ma y, 1927 - 33) is now living at Newquayin Co rnwall, where: her hu sband, who has a co mm iss ion in the R.A.F.,wa s tran sferred las t au tu m n.

H. J . D ick man (1921 ·24) has been for some t ime now D epu tyCle rk , Finan cial Officer, an d Rot a ry O fficer of the Ha verf'ordwest R.b .c.

When we last heard Ir orr- Pe ter May nard ( 1940 - 48 ) he was aSergea nt in the Army Education Co rps. He had recentl y bee n toBlandford in D or se t. for a mon th' s teach ing pra c tice. He fou n d th at theofficer in ch arge of these cour ses was Ca pt. E lmer Jen kins (1938 - 44 ),whn ho lds a regul a r com m ission in the corps. Wh ile he was the re hemet a no ther Old Boy. who had also come to take the course . Th iswas Cliffo rd Rob er ts ( 1942 - 47 ). who is an A.T. D.

In an a rti cle in the ' Sunda y Express ' of January 11th by GwynLewi s. discussin g the standa rd of int el ligen ce of the chi ld re n li ving on thehou sing esta tes of th e Atomic Research Es ta blis hme nt a t Harwell, theauthor quoted at len gth th e op inio ns of the Headmaster. Fr ank J . Den zev(1931 . 37). On e sign ifica nt remark of hi s was .. The co unty rat e fo'rscho la rsh ip -passes to th e gra mma r schools is 20 per cent. : mv sch ool las tyea r ob ta ined 62 per cent. passes. that is five out of eve ry eigh t childrentak ing th e examinat ion passed ."

Doroth y Roblin ( 1939 - 44). who com pleted her traini ng as a teacherat Redland Coll ege, Bri stol. in Jul y, 19)2 . is n ow teaching a! Mead sInfants School, Milford Ha ven .

M arion Jeffer ies (1938 - 44) is on th e sian' of Waterst one Sch ool.We had a lon g lett er fro m Bri an C. Arthur (1940 .. 451 at the end

of January. He is in hi s th ir tl yea r at .'>1. Edmund's Hall . Oxford. com­plerin g Hon ours french thi s year. Befo re going to Oxford he spen t

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wh at he ca lls ,. a very enjoya ble an d pr ofitable year In france as a nassistant. He is returning to Oxfor d next yea r to do his Diplioma inEducat ion. In June of last year he was awa rded an Exhibition of th eGrocers' Company. -

Geoffr ey Phillips (1925 . 32) wro te us a very ' newsy ' letter onre cei ving the last Pen vro in Januar y. In the cours e of his letter he makesth e proud claim th at he was the first ch ild of a former pupil to att endth e Scho ol , hi s moth er havin g been at Scho ol in th e 1900's. He tells usth at he work s for a Branch of the Minist ry of Supply, as a PrincipalScient ific Officer at th e Signals Research and Dev elopmen t Esta blis hmentat Ch ristch urch, Han ts, Incident all y, we learn f ro m an other so urce th athe was appointed tothi s ra nk at th e minimum age possible. He and hiswife, who comes fr om (he Sei lly Isles, have fnur children . the eldestaged nin e.

Maria n Davies (I <)4 1 - 4g) began tcnchi ng last Sept ember at BarfieldScho ol, Ru mford, F arnham . SUTTey.

Mrs. En n Light foot ( ncc Goodrick. 1943 - 4H) sa iled on Fe brua ryl Srh on th e s.s. Empire Orwell 10 join her husband, Signalm an Kei thLig htfoo t, who is serv ing with the Royal Navy at T r incorna li , Cey lon.

Sylvi a Can ton (1937 - 42) left the Fo reign Office some t ime befor eChristmas, and is now a cap t ion -writer on the sta ff' of " Pict ure Post. "

Bern ard Nevin (1<)33 - 37). who has been an Inspector of theCo -opera t ive Assura nce C o. at Pembrok e Do ck for som e time. wastra nsferred a few mon ths ago to Weston -sup er-M arc. .

Roy Perk ins (1938 - 42), who is a Wa rran t Officer in the ArmyEducat ion Corps, ca me hom e o n lea ve from Tripoli with his wife inM ar ch .

W. C. Bat eman ( 1933 - 38), who ent e red the C ivil Servic e o n lea vingSchool , has been for so me time Manager of the local office of th eMini str y of Natio na l In surance.

Dennis Vau ghan ( I941 - 47) ca lled in Sch ool ea rly in May. He isno w a Lt. (E) R .N ., and is in the R. N.A. S., as an aircraf t engin eer( ground) . He is sta t ioned somew here near Pcn zaricc.

M innie Da vies (1942 - 49), who too k her degree at Ca rd ill' last June.is co mpleti ng he r tra inin g there thi s summer,

Zina J udd (1943 - 50) is complet ing her degree co urse at Bri stolUniversity thi s summe r. She is go ing to Nottingham l inivers ity nextsession to do her teachers' trai n iog cou rse.

W. R. Lewis (1943 - 5 1) is ent er ing T ri n ity Co llege . Ca rrna r thcn,ne xt Se ptember. on co mpleting h is Nat ional Service.

V ernon D a vies (1948 - 491 is completing h is two years at Trinit yC ollege , Ca rmarthen, tlus Jul y. H is br oth er Desmond (194H-5 0) isen teri ng the sa me co lleg e in September.

Mrs. Doroth y Scal an ( n0e Cra y. 1'>28 - 29 ) left South a mpt on onApril 20th for Singa pore to jo in her hus ban d, Ft. /L t. xcalan, R A .F.

Alan T ilbury (1944 ·· 50) was the first patient to be adm itted to tilt:new annex o of the Pri nce of Wales Orthopaed ic Hospi tal , Ca rdi ff. onSunday, April 12th .

Mar ion D avies ( 1942 - 4Hj and Mi ss E bsworth pla yed in thePernbrokesh ire Lad ies' Ho ckey tea m whic h heat Gl arnorgan Ladies onSaturday, March 28th.

Mr. and Mr s. G a rdener ( nee Dori s Morgan , 1919 - 24) returnedto th e to wn recentl y. Mr . Gardener has opened a tail oring bus iness inD imond Street. Hcl'orc her marriage she tau ght :H Llani on Schoo l.

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Rev. Cyr il James and Mr s. James (ncc Myfanwy Marendaz1931 - 35 ) came back to Pembroke D ock in April , when Mr . Jam es becam eC ura te in Charge of St. Patri ck' s.

W. G. Hick s (1908 - 10) ga ve us some news of himsel f in a letterdated May 18th . H e says: "On leaving School I wen t into th e Dock yardas an engi ne litter ap prentice, and when the ya rd close d in 1926 I was a2nd Class Draught sman . Afte r two yea rs as dr aughtsman at the Ro yal~i rsh ip .Works, Ca rding ton (R 101) I did five years as Chief En gin eerlor Da vid Bentley (Leicester) Ltd. , Factory Engineers. After tw o or th reeyears with Laurence and Sco tt El ectromotor s, N orwich , and Boulton andPaul (A irc raft), No rwich, I went to th e F ord Mot or Co., Dagenharn. asLayout En gin eer fo r Ser vice Station s. Mun ich pu t a stop to thi s workand I went to H.M. Office of Work s as an 'Engineering Assistant. Mea n­while Air Mini str y were seeking my service s to take up a post as sho psmanager a t Ca rding ton. and r entered th is job in June, 1939. Whenwar broke out I was inf or med tha i if I wish ed to keep this job I shouldhave to tak e a co mmission in the R.A.F .V.R , and become Officer ilcWorksh ops. Th is I did, and throughout the war se rved at home andabroa d (India ) in thi s ca pac ity. finishin g lip in 1945 as Ch ief T echnicalOfficer No . 56 M.lJ. , In verness. with the ran k of Squadron Lead er. Backin civilian li fe I worked with Handl ey Page as Design cr-Draughtsman ,and then did four yea rs techn ical teaching in a L e. e. T echni cal C ollcuca t Popl ar-s-for merly th e L.c.e. School of En gineering and Navi gation. ~ Ileft this to tak e up my present appointme nt as T echnical Editor of th eAircraf t Electri cal Division of the Plcsscv Co . Ltd ., Ilford." He is anA.M.f.M ech .E. , A.F .R.Ae.S. .

We had a visi t in May fro m Mr s. Marion Elli s (nee Thomas.1920 - 27). She has been resi de nt in Brccon for the last live years, herhu sband bein g H .M . Inspector of Ta xes there. They ha ve just movedto Lut on , Beds., to which o('Ti ee her husband has been tr an sferred. Herelder siste r, Mar jori e (1917 - 24} is a widow, her husband having beendead some yea rs. She has no chi ld ren. a nd lives at Daventrv, No r than ts.J:!er sis ter Dori s (19 19 - 24) is Seco nd Mi str ess a t Wcllin gborou gh Hi ghSchool. No rthants, Her brother Jim (192R- 34) is a bu ver wit h Joh n Lew isLrd ., Oxford St. , W.l . a nd wou ld welcome a visit fro m" an y Old Pupil whocares to ca ll a t John Lewis's Buying Office, Margaret St., W.l (behindWaring an d Gi llows). He is ma rr ied 10 a Dani sh wife , and has twoch ildren. one aged fou r and th e othe r two , who arc grow ing up bi-l ingual.

Cha rl es Raymo nd Lawrence (j9 3S - 39) call ed a t Schoo l in Mal'On lea ving school he return ed to Hon g K ong and was ca ugh t ther e b;'th e ou tb rea k of hos tiliti es. As soo n as he was old eno ugh he joined boththe Hon g Kong Defence Force a nd the Ci vil Ser vice. and served in boththrou ghout the three years and six months bcleaguerment. li e is now anExecutive Officer in th e Civ il Service, with some twelv e yea rs sen io rity.He is marri ed , but has no ch ildren. l .at tcrl y hi s work ha s been onCommunica tions (particul arl y ci phe r work ), and before th at fo r a t irnche was Secretary to Pol ice H .C). Not lon g ago he met Mr s. Burk e (n.ieMathias ), an Old Pupil. .

Jam es F. Bowman (1937 - 40) came home from Bath to live inN eyland about six month s ago. f [e has an appo intment on the sta ff of(he Coun ty Architect.

Owen John Phill ips (c. (920) is Superv isor of the Old Peopl e' s Homes<It Oakham , Rutland . H avin g begun as a clerk at Ri versid e. he has ser ved

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in a n umber o f places. ac hieving h is Mastersh ip a t Rhaya der . F ro m th erehe m oved to Oak ha m.

A letter f ro m Mr. J am es W illia ms . n .Li t!., B.A .. M .E d ., H eadmasterof E ndslc igh SchooL Co lches ter , gives furthe r news of May Sno ddy,refer red to in Mr. West' s art icle as th e fir st wo man to qua lify as aso licitor. He writes. •. My mo ther- in- Jaw was Mar y Snoddy, a pupil ofvo ur schoo l, S he took a degree at Abcrystwyth an d became Head mi stress~f a G rammar Schoo l in North Wal es . . . M rs. Pick up (as she la terbecame ) di d a good deal of p ublic work in Bi rmi ngham-poor man 'slawyer , etc-s-and started th e scheme fo r flats fo r P rofession al Ladies ofli mi ted means. The flats have now bee n erected:'

Desmond Wright (1935 - 41) ca lled in J une . On leavin g sch ool hewe nt to Tri ni ty Co llege , Ca rrnarthc n, a nd after service in the Forces. wasap poi nted to Swayth ling .J unior School. Southampton. where he has beenfo r the [13.S1 six years .

W. Denn is Carr ( 19:15 - 40) was recently gazet ted Ca ptai n in th ePem brokcsh irc Army Ca dets .

Phyl lis Callender ( J947 - 52) was chosen Queen for th e Co ronat ionCa rni va l he ld at Pembroke Dock on June 20th .

T hese engagements ha ve been an no unced since am last issue : - ­In December: Marian Dav ies ( ]94 1-4t:), of N eyla nd . to Jo hn

J en kin s. B.A ., of Pcn art h.In .Ja n~lary : Da vid Jenkins ( 1944 - 49) to Margaret Smi th. of R idge.:

wo o d ne ar Uckficld Susse x: and David E. .I. Willi ams ( 1940-48), o tPem broke, to G lenys 'Ba lla rd, ~f Bo nymacn. Swansea.

I n March: Molly Brown (1942 - 47),. of Pembroke, to Go rdonLawto n, of Old ha m, Lanes. ; and John G . Prout ( 1935 - 40), of Stackpole,to Rache l H eggs, of Co rston .

In A pri l : V io let Voylc (1943 - 50) to J efTrey Sm ith , of W edn csbury ,Stall·s . ; Muriel E lizabeth Cooper (\947 - 51) to L/Cp!. Terence Morgan ,of Mc rthyr Tydfi! ; G lcnys Marlene John (1948 - 5 1), o f Pe mbroke, toFre der ick George Woolnough , of Ipswich ; and Ma rgaret R ose ( Peggy)Raym ond (1945 - 49) to Rol and N e vill e G rcc nhow, of Pe m? roke .

A letter recei ved towards th e end of .I nne from LI on el M organ(19:1t: -44), tell s us tha t he now has an appo i nt men t as E ngi neerAssistan t (Trunk Roads J under' the Cornwall Cou nty Counci l, wi th h isheadquarters at Truro. He took up this post in february. af ter wo rki ngin a sim ila r capacity in Chelmsford for eigh teen mo nt hs . He a lso tell~us that he beca me cngaged last October to M iss Shei la Wall is, ofChelmsford .

We congratulate these Old P upils on the ir marr iag e ;- -Dec. 27- -L ilian Ma ry Boswell (1945 - 46) to T homas E dward Crockford ,

of Bu ngay, Suffo lk ,Ja n. I- D ian a Pannell (1946 - 50) to A lbert Bevan , of Ki lget ty .Ja n. 8- Daph ne E lizabeth Weekes ( 1939 - 46) to Mi chael W ill iam D ru ry

Brace. of Co shcsto n,F eb . 7-Marj~rie Cadogan Ke nnif'orrl (1944 - 50) to Cp l. R ober t F ri tz

Dc lpech , R .A.F., of the Seychelles Islands . East Africa .Mar. 12- lsobel M. Lloyd (1939 - 44) to C pl. Allen Kay, of So ut hpo rt.Ma r. 14- Ph yll is Barbara Wate rman ( 1943 - 47) to Lesl ie J ohn Gwythe r,

of Pembroke.Mar. 2 1-Margaretta H ughes 11938 .. 42). of Mo nkton . to T homas R ich ard

James Gwythe r, of Coshcston .Mar. 28- William George G riffiths ( 1937 - 42) to Nodine Mary Deveson

( 194 1 - 45), of Pembr oke Do ck .

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Mar. 2S·-Bctty Bra ce (1943 .. 49) to Derek. Lyon, of Manchester .

Mar. 28-Albert Edward W a terma n (194 1 - 46) to Minnie Ma rgaret MaryStevens, of Neyland .

Apr. T- Dorecn Anne P Ial! l!948 - 51) to D udley R aym und Lewis. ofPcmbrey,

Apr. 25-Phy llis Joh n ( 1945 - 49) , of Monk ton, tu Brian H oward Skyrme,of Pem br oke.

May 23-.J oh u Thom pson Rees (1945 - 49) to Brenda Francis Stevens , ofGolde n, Green. London , .

.lunc 6-Shcila Bun t (194 5 - 48) to Maxwell Ronald , of Bro mley, Kent .

June ()-Nancy Lo uva in Morse 11945 - 49) to Wi lliam Ri ch a rd Thomas ,uf Pembroke D ock.

June 20-·Evclyn Rose Pan nell (194 5 - 51) to Frederick Albe rt Simpson,of West Brumwich.

We congrat ulate Mrs. E leanor Eli zabeth Gwvnne (nee Bobv, e .1<) [5 ). on ce lebra tin g her s ilver weddi ng on April ·19th. She anti herh usb an d now li ve at Bank. Hou se, Su tton , .':i t. Nichola s, Hereford.

We arc happy to re co rd the fol lowing births :-

J an. 5-To J oycc (n :e Snow, 1935 - 38), wife of Roland Lloyd, ada ug hter , Carolyn Eli zabeth .

Jan. 17- '1'0 Barbara (n ee G eorge, 1935 - 4 1), wife or Matthew Arn old ,a daughter, .J ud irh.

Apr. 5-'1'0 Joan , wife of Roy Hordlc y ( l9 31 - 36), a dau ghter, Pa ulineA nile.

A pr. I I- T o Lilian (nee D ew, 1931 - 37), wife of D. F. H ordlcy l!927 - 35),a son , Timothy Nigel.

Apr. 30-To Cath eri ne (n . c Day, 1940 - 45) and .J oh n Borril l, a sen,Da vid J ohn.

M <lY 21- To Betty (n :e T homas, 1933 - 39), wi ;e of Vi cto r Grea ves, ada ughter, Sarah Jane.

.June 2-1'0 Sheila (n :c Croft , [940 - 4 <; ), wife of Wi lliam Thomas(! 933 - 37), a daughter, Elizabeth.

June 11-- 1'0 J ean (n Se Paterson . 1939 ·45), wife of Lt .-C om rnandcr (5JJ. H ogg, R .N ., a dau ght e r, Ca triona Elizabeth.

Dramatic SocietyA ll the efforts of thc Pcnvro Players a rc now conce n tra ted on the

• co m bined effort .' In co-o pera tion with th e Pembroke Arts ClubDramatic Society a nd the Pembroke Dock Dramat ic Society , the companyis bu sil y rehearsing" The Cla ndest ine Marriage" by George Co lman andD avid Garrick. Th is is an e ighteen th century comedy of manners, andwill , we sincerely hop e, be extremely en tertaining.

T he play is bein g p roduced by Mr. G. S. Shaw, and it is plan nedto pr od uce for four n ight s, on October 7th ,. 8th, 9th and l Oth, in theSchool H all. W e h op e all our re aders will advcrusc thi s widel y.

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HockeyEi ght games were pla yed in the second half of th e seaso n. Results

were as foll ows :-

Mar. 7--Have rfordwcst Y.c. Home(N evin 2, M . E bswo rth)

Lost 2-3

D rew 2- 2

D rew 2- 2

Won 5--1

Lo st 1 --5

Won 4-U

\Von 3-- 1

Away

A way

! lou ie

IO-Milford Haven(N evin 2)

Jan . 17- H.M .S. Harr ier _ A way(f. Willia ms, Deve reux )

Jan .

Jan. 24---R.A.F. .. .(N evin , M organ )

Jan . 31-- 139 Battery, R.A. Awa y( Morgan 3, Lawr ence, Mo rr is)

h :b. 21-H.M.S. Har ri e r(Shaw)

F eb. 2~-M il ford Haven 1Iol11e(Lawrence 2, Rend all , F. Wi lliams)

I -ID rewA wayMar. 14-Lamphey(N evin).

U nfort una tely three o ther ma tches a rranged were cancelled by o uroppo ne nts .

In th e very s ucce ssfu l s -a- si de to urn ament arranged by R A F..Pembrok e Dock on A pri l 25th,. in which 14 team s took par t, Penvrorea ch ed th e se m i-fina l, losi ng to Havcrfordwcst by a co rner decision. Inthi s tournament our ou tstanding pla yer was David Morris, a ne w member.

The d ub suffered a great loss at the en d of the season, whenBernard Ne vin left to take up a busi ness appo int me nt in Somerset. Heha s played regularl y since th e club was sta rted in 1948 and has been ap ro lific goa l scorer, who se place a t centre -forwa rd it wi ll be very d ifficulttu fill. He took with h im o ur best wishes for s ucces s .n hi s new spher e,and for plen ty of good h ockey.

It is hoped that next season wi ll be a vcry successful a ile. asseve ra l new members ha ve a lrea dy co me forward. An in vit ation is aga inex tended to any Old .Pupi ls or others in the d istrict inter est ed in the ga meto get in touch with the H on, Secr etary at the School,

The Cl ub is grea tly indebted to the Headmaster for permitting theuse of Sch ool grounds an d other facili ties .