Old Peterite News

The Squash team played but one squash match, which was lost, two matches being cancelled by our opponents. Fortunately there is a strong list of fixtures for this term, for match experience is an absolute essential in a good squash player.

And so we end this editorial on the threshold of 1939 with a feeling of hope and confidence, hoping that it will be a year free from cares and anxiety, confident that it will be a year as happy and successful as its predecessor.

O.P. DINNER.

The London O.P. Dinner was revived this year and was held at Frascati's on the night of the Oxford and Cambridge Rugby match on Dec. 6th. It is hoped that it will become an annual event in future. The toast of the School was proposed by Mr. N. Ker Lindsay, and Mr. John Dronfield, the Headmaster, and Mr. S. M. Toyne, the late Headmaster, responded. There were also present:—Mr. N. Buck, Mr. R. G. Bullen, Mr. H. Lee Chilman, Mr. P. H. Colley, Mr. R. C. Cooper, Mr. H. G. Crawshaw, Mr. J. Dickenson, Mr. J. B. Dixon, Mr. R. Dixon, Mr. N. R. Dobree, Lieut. G. P. Eastern, R.N., Mr. J. B. Gedge, Mr. B. A. C. Gray, Mr. Noel HalliwellSutcliffe, Mr. H. Hannam, Dr. R. H. Metcalf, Mr. R. Millhouse, Mr. R. Ogley, Mr. Basil Radford, Mr. J. Reed, Mr. K. H. Rhodes, Mr. John Rodgers, Mr. J. H. Sargeant, Mr. C. E. Scholefield, Mr. J. Scholefield, Mr. Charles Shadwell, Mr. J. C. Stainthorpe, Mr. R. E. F. Tendall, Mr. H. Turner, Mr. H. L. Waddington, Mr. H. L. Walker, Mr. E. K. Wood, Mr. W. Yeoman.

N. W. D. Yardley has represented England in the Test Match against South Africa at Johannesburg. * * *

B. H. Pickering has been appointed General Manager of the Denaby, Cadeby and Maltby Collieries. He has been President of the Midland Institute of Mining Engineers. * * *

W. H. Grindrod, M.A. (Oxon.) (1879-85), having retired from the joint Headmastership of Sandringham School, Southport, in 1920 to live at Wem, Shropshire, has recently been acting as Member of the Urban Council and School Manager. 2

C. G. Rob, M.B., B.Chir. (Cantab.) , of Catton Hall, Thirsk, House Surgeon at St. Thomas' Hospital, S.E.1, has been appointed R.M.O., Acton Hospital, W.3. * * *

N. L. Hood (1880-88), M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Cantab.), retired in 1936, after 35 years as Honorary Surgeon, York County Hospital, with rank of Hon. Consulting Surgeon. In 1902-3 he was captain Yorkshire County Hockey team and has also assisted St. Thomas' Hospital in winning interHospital Rugby and Tennis cups.

Rev. A. I. Hopkins (1880-88), M.A. (Cantab.) , having held curacies in Melanesia and at Towfield Heath, has retired and is now living at Westcliff House, Bournemouth. * * *

J. N. Bamforth, O.P., sometime Postmaster of Merton College, Oxford, has been called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. He passed his Bar Final with honours in October, 1938. He is in charge of personnel research at the C.W.S., Manchester. * * *

John Rodgers, O.P., has been elected a Governor of St. Dunstan's College, London. Among his other appointments, Mr. Rodgers is Chairman of the British Market Research Bureau, Ltd., and a Director of J. Walter Thompson, Co., Ltd., which has offices in 23 countries. * * *

William Damm, O.P., is Managing Director of the Danish Civil Aviation Company. His address is Det Danske Luftfartselskab, A.S., Vesterbrogade 2, Copenhagen, Denmark. *

We congratulate R. Ogley on being chosen to represent Yorkshire at hockey. He filled the right back position.

V. L. F. Davin has passed the Army Entrance Examination to Sandhurst. We congratulate him.

G. E. L. Graham has been playing regularly for Oxford at hockey.

N. J. L. Brockbank was one of the successful candidates .at the Law Society's Final Examination.

Nominal roll of ex-cadets of St. Peter's School, York, Contingent O.T.C., who have been appointed to commissions in the T.A. or S.R. of 0.:— Date of Name. Unit. appointment. Woodcock, B. W. 43rd (D. of W. Regt.) A.A. Bn. R.E. (T.A.) 16.2.1938 Addison, H. C. B. 67th. (S. Midland) Fd. Bde. R.A. (T.A.) 1.3.1938 Buttimer, W. J. 62nd (N'umbrian) A.A. Bde. R.A. (T.A.) 18.5.1938 Stansfield, L. F. H. 0. 5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (T.A.) 28.5.1938 From the London Gazette " :—

Regular Army. W. Yorks. R. Lieut. C. D. Trimmer to be captain.

Territorial Army. 54th (C. of Lond.) A. A. Bde. Thomas Norman Boddy, late Cadet St. Peter's School, York, contingent, to be 2nd/Lieut., 1st October, 1938. 4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I. James Litton, late Cadet St. Peter's School, York, to be 2nd/Lieut., 23rd November, 1938. * *

Flying Officer C. L. Troop (Captain, Duke of Wellington's Regiment) has been promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant.

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J. S. P. Phillips, Commissioned Pilot Officer, 608 (F) Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force, has completed his training and was awarded " Wings " in August, 1938. * * *

T. N. Boddy has been appointed 2nd Lieutenant with the 13th Light A.A. Brigade, Territorial Army.

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A. Mackintosh, who is the North London Area Manager for Charrington's, the coal distributors, has been promoted to be Captain in a mechanical transport unit of the Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Forces, Midland Division, attached to the Air Force. O.P. SQUASH.

In the North of England Squash Rackets Handicap, at Harrogate, S. G. S. Pawle was runner-up, beating another O.P., J. Biggin, 3-1 in the semi-final, and in the previous round beating the Yorkshire Champion, H. S. Burrows, who 4

I was giving one point, by 3-0. Other O.P.'s competing were ■ -• T. B. Bridges, T. D. Ambler, M. Hollway, K. J. Jarvis and

D. Lund. H. S. Burrows won the Yorkshire Championship for the third year, beating J. W. Willows (Sheffield) in the final at

Halifax by 3-1. An O.P. team beat St. Mary's Hospital by 3 events to 2 in a match on the hospital courts. A. V. Mackintosh (O.P.) lost to W. R. May, 4-9, 5-9, 9-10. L. C. Hatt (O.P.) beat G. Warden, 4-9, 9-6, 7-9, 9-6, 9-4. R. Ogley (O.P.) beat G. Percy, 7-9, 6-9, 9-4, 9-7, 9-3. N. R. Dobree (O.P.) lost to C. W. Coplans, 6-9, 9-7, 8-9, 4-9. B. A. C. Gray (O.P.) beat G. W. Harris, 9-2, 9-3, 9-5.

The Editors wish to thank the numerous O.P.s who have sent news of themselves and other O.P.s, and have thus increased the interest of the O.P. News column. It is hoped that other O.P.s will continue the good work. The Editors would also be grateful to receive informative articles on travel, professions, hobbies, etc., from O.P.s which would interest present Peterites, and in this connection respectfully draw the attention of O.P.s to the excellent article on " Sailflying " in this issue by S. R. Sproule.

Will all those who wish to play Hockey for the Old Peterites against the School on Wednesday, March 29th, please apply to Mr. K. G: Chilman at the School as soon as possible.

To the Editors of " The Peterite." Dear Sirs,

At the end of last term, it was necessary to cancel the Old Peterite Rugger match v. the School. This was partly owing to the state of the ground, but was also owing to the fact that there had been only six applications on the part of Old Boys to play. We should like to take this opportunity to point out to Old Boys that teams can only be raised if they will apply, in good time, for places in the various teams, and that the teams should not have to be raised by invitation. The dates of the various fixtures (cricket, rowing, rugger, hockey) are published in " The Peterite," and names should be sent in to K. G. Chilman. 5

As regards the rugger, Monday appears to be an inconvenient day, and in future it is hoped to fix the Old Peterite match on a Wednesday or a Saturday. In that case, it is hoped that Old Boys will be able to spare a day from club rugger to play against the School. Yours faithfully,

K. G. CHILMAN, K. H. RHODES.

MARRIAGE. SEABORNE—COX. On March 30th, 1937, at St. Nicholas'

Church, Newbury, by the Rector, Canon W. L. Cooper,

William Lionel Seaborne to Helena May, youngest daughter of Mr. R. B. Cox and the late Mrs. Cox, of

Denstone.

BIRTH. TURNER. On September 14th, 1938, at St. Mary's Nursing

Home, to Kathleen, wife of Hugh Grant Turner, son. ENGAGEMENTS. WILLIAM TOULMIN (South Iran), second son of Mr. and

Mrs. J. P. Toulmin, Hexham, Northumberland, and

Margaret Clarisse, younger daughter of the late

Christopher Walter Hayes and Mrs. Hayes, Coombe

Dingle, Bristol. DR. GERALD BARCROFT ROBINSON, younger son of

Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Robinson, of Woodside, Knaresborough, to Joy Portlock, younger daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. H. Portlock, of 35 South Terrace, Littlehampton,

Sussex, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. OBITUARY. CAPTAIN DIGBY HUFFAM, M.C.

We regret to announce the death of the above, who died suddenly in his rooms at Richmond, Surrey, on 7th October. He was educated at St. Olave's School, York, and at St. Peter's, 1884-94. After leaving St. Peter's he was in California and British Columbia, and on the outbreak of the Boer War he came home and joined the Yorkshire Yeomanry, and as a sergeant saw much service in South Africa. In the Great War he joined the Public School Boys' Battalion, but soon received a commission in the R.E.s, as he was an engineer and manager of the London Office of Adams Hydraulics, Ltd., of York. He served throughout the War in France, was mentioned in despatches and received the M.C. He had three brothers who also served in the War, also two nephews, all of whom are Old Peterites. He was not married and belonged to an old York family. 6