Oct 1961

OLD PETERITE NEWS The Old Peterite Club 70th Annual General Meeting was held at the School on Saturday, 29th July. The President, Dr. Marcus Clegg, was in the Chair. The Head Master was present and there was an attendance of 57 members.

Dr. Marcus Clegg's term of office as President having expired, Mr. J. A. Hanson (1918-21) was unanimously elected President for a period of three years.

With acclamation a sincere vote of thanks was extended to Dr. Clegg for the devotion and enthusiasm with which he had discharged the office of President of the Club for the past three years and in particular for his splendid and determined effort in raising by subscriptions from O.Ps only, the sum of over £13,000 for the extension of the Big Hall as the School war memorial.

The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. John Saville, presented the audited accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1960, which revealed a cash balance of £854 7s. 11d. and that during the year 71 new members had joined.

E. A. K. Denison, C. Frank, J. C. Houghton, F. N. Newdick, F. W. B. Pacey and D. T. Rumfitt were re-elected to serve on the Committee for a further term of three years and C. H. Lewis, together with C. W. Thompson, were elected to fill vacancies thereon for one year.

A suggestion was made and adopted that a team from the O.P. Club should challenge the School in debate.

It was reported that Dennis Blackburn had resigned as Hon. Secretary of the North-West district and that A.. P. Buttrum had kindly agreed to accept the appointment.

The Club has arranged regional dinners as follows: — N.E. dinner at the Three Tuns Hotel, Durham, on Friday, 20th October.

West Riding dinner at the Leeds Club, Leeds, on Thursday, 2nd November.

London dinner at Brown's Hotel on Wednesday, 8th November.

N.W. dinner at the New Millgate Hotel, Manchester, on Friday, 9th March, 1962.

It was also decided that the names and addresses of the Club's officers and District Secretaries should be published in "The Peterite", as follows:— President—J. A. Hanson, Montclaire, Newton Drive, Accrington, Lancs.

Hon. Secretary—T. J. Lewis, 25 Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire.

Hon. Treasurer—J. Saville, 37 Sim Balk Lane, Bishopthorpe, York.

District Hon. Secretaries : — London—R. H. Metcalfe, St. James's Hospital, Balham, London, S.W.12.

West Riding—M. Hallas, Flat 2, Woodsome Hall, Fenay Bridge, Near Huddersfield.

North-West—A. P. Buttrum, Lyndale, Marple Bridge, Near Stockport, Cheshire.

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