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Newsletter of the

Old Hamptonians Association Inc

President:Phyllis Marsche (Craig) 9798 2692 (h)

Vice President:Wendy Laughton (Walke) 5989 7443 (h)

TreasurerJoan Bennett (Crocker) 9547 0393 (h)

Secretary and Public Officer:Christine Hargreaves (Moore) 9772 5001 (h)

Committee:Andrew Harman 9551 3084 (h)Barry HarmanBerice Jones (McCallum) 9553 1621 (h)Shirley KeenChristine McKell

Aurora Production:Bruce Bathols 9772 8867 (h)

Mail Address for all correspondence:Old Hamptonians Association IncPO Box 410CHELSEA VIC 3196

Email: [email protected]: www.oldhamptonians.org.au

Your CommitteePatron: Dr ROSS SMITH

President’ s Report

Hampton High SchoolLudstone Street, Hampton

1935 - 1988

Issue No. 44 September 2012

DONATIONS

We are very grateful to thefollowing ex students fortheir donations:

Jack ChurchyardBob LindleyDes MorganGeoff SerpellTrevor ShortJoy SingletonGreta SmithRay VerityBetty WestPhillip Wilkinson

Now that the AGM is over, we canlook back at a very successfulmeeting with about fifty members inattendance, the best response wehave had for quite sometime. Manypeople chose to avail themselves ofthe excellent meal in the Bistrobeforehand and others joined us forthe official part of the evening. We began proceedings with aminutes silence in memory of ourfounder, Mr. Geoff Grant, whopassed away on 9th July. In his memory, we intend todedicate the House Cairn to him ina reunion in the Hampton HighReserve, now that Springtime ishere and the weather is morereliable (we hope). We will alsounveil the new seat that we arededicating to Mr. Jack Miller.We still have plenty of room for morepavers in Memory Walk so why notcelebrate your time at “The BestSchool of All”. You can find detailsin the Aurora or on our website.Our membership continues to grow,mainly through “word of mouth” andthe website. We encouragemembers to reach out to formerschool friends and ask them to joinour Association. Next year will be quite auspiciousfor us as we plan a big celebrationfor our Fifteenth Anniversary. ManyOld Hamptonians still remember thehuge dinner dance that was held inthe Moorabbin Town Hall quite someyears ago when over nine hundred

people attended. We would liketo organise another suchmemorable occasion with asmany members as we can getinvolved.Mr Bob Murray was GuestSpeaker at the AGM and we havea copy of his book,” Sandbelters: Memories of Middle Australia”,which is an interesting read. Onechapter is all about Hampton Highin the forties, when Bob was astudent, which I found quitenostalgic. In fact all through thebook, one can identify with manyof the names and places when wewere young. I recommend it to allthose who love to reminisce.All members of the committeewere re-elected for a further yearand we welcome new member,Jan O’Connor. Executivepositions remain unchanged.We were very pleased to presentLife Membership to BruceBathols, our Editor, and GrahamWhite who held various positionsand was involved in manyprojects. Congratulations to themboth.Dedication of Plaques & Cairn:Gathering at 1.00 PM, a specialDedication of the Plaques on aseat and the Cairn will be held atHampton High Reserve at 2.00PM on Sunday 11th November2012.Afternoon Tea will be provided.

Phyllis Marsche - President


Geoff Grant , passed awayon Monday 9th July 2012.at the age of 84. His funeralwas held at Holy TrinityChurch, Thomas Street,Hampton and was officiatedby local identity and formerCity of Bayside Mayor,Graeme Disney .Over 300 people attendedthe church service.

I first met Geoff Grant about 14years ago, when I answered anadvert for Old Hamptonians to meetand form a new association. Wemet at the hall of the Hampton StateSchool, and Geoff was the drivingforce in the establishnent of the TheOld Hamptonians Association as weknow it today. There were approx50 persons present, and we had noproblems forming a committee.Geoff was the founding President.With meagre funds available Geoffarranged for our first re-union,which was a resounding success.Nearly 900 ex-students attended.He had an uncanny manner abouthim, he knew the right people in theright places of the local council, andthrough sheer determination andnot taking“no” for an answer, he wasable to transform, through BaysideCouncil, the lower end of the oldoval, and have that made into whatis now known as the “Hampton HighReserve”.Geoff was one of the mostdetermined people I have ever had

the pleasure of meeting, and his Eulogyread out at his funeral service told howadversity was not a word in hisvocabulary. He was involved in localmunicipal affairs, too many to mentionhere.His other achievements with the OldHamptonians was in the procurementand laying of three plaques, depicting thenames names of the former Principals,House Captains, including a specialCairn with a sun-dial and listing the fourhouses of the school. The laying of thePavers project with the names ofvarious students was a masterpiece ofhis presidency.Geoff Geoff has lived respected, anddied regretted. Bruce Bathols - Editor

Geoffrey Thomas Grant7 May 1928 - 9 July 2012 Some memories from

Graeme VennGeoff had a great sense ofhumour, a fairly good golfinghandicap and his interest andinvolvement with communitylife, particularly Hampton, willbe treasured.Geoff featured in photos overthe years in the Aurora as anHHS student and a few yearsago had the lane adjoining hishouse named after his family,Grant Lane. His father was aformer mayor of the City ofSandringham and when I wasa teen, I delivered newspapersand chemists supplies to thevery large Grant property on thecorner of Grenville andHampton Streets. In later yearsthe property was subdividedand there are now shops on thetop half of the original propertywhilst Geoff built his house on the lower half where he hadlived ever since with wifeElaine.

The Committee of the OldHamptonians expressesits deep gratitude toGeoff for his untiringefforts, and offerssincere condolences tohis wife Elaine, theirchildren, and family .

Forthcoming eventsSunday 1 1th November 2012As mentioned in the President’sreport, a special Dedication ofthe Plaques on a seat and theCairn will be held at Hampton HighReserve at 2.00 PM on Sunday11th November 2012.Afternoon Tea will be provided.

It is requested that we gather at1.00 PM for socialising prior tothe dedication.

15th Birthday Celebration - 2013The 15th Anniversary of the formationof The Old Hamptonians AssociationInc. will occur in August 2013.It is proposed to hold a bumper re-union to mark this spectacular event,and we are looking for expressionsof interest as to a format etc.Please e-mail, write in, post a blog,or contact our President orCommittee members with yourthoughts.

We will advise the date of thenext reunion on our website...www.oldhamptonians.org.au, alsoby email. Local radio, Leadernewspaper and DesperatelySeeking in the Herald Sun.To assist in us advising you offuture events in this electronicage, if you have an email addressplease let us know the details sothat we can keep you informedof future developments, and tosave on postage costs.


Above:A recent pic of BruceBird at the TanglinClub

I graduated from HHS in 1967 and joined theRoyal Australian Navy in 1968. I served full-timefor 25 years and still at odd times do reserveNavy jobs.

I regularly visit Thailand from Singapore where Iam the Business Deveopment Manager of acompany, and have been to five x Anzac daysat Hellfire Pass (Bridge over River Kwai) fameand here are a couple of snaps at Hellfire Passthis year.

I am the clean shaven one with a good Navyfriend and the Defence Attache of Thailand My brother Brian (a couple of years behind mein school but so far ahead of me in other areas)lives with his wife Pam in Beaumaris althoughBrian and I and our father will have reunion inDarwin in 3 days when I join them from Singaporeand after their trip on the Ghan

News from an old Hamptonian ...in SingaporeBruce Bird


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Neil McDonald - Deceased

We have been informed of the very sad passing ofNeil McDonald, who died at the Alfred Hospital onFriday 10th August 2012. He was 74 years of age.Neil attended Hampton High School from 1949 -1953. He was Senior House Captain of Eyre Housein 1953.During his time at the school, he was selected torepresent Victoria in the Under 15 SchoolboysFootball Squad for the National Carnival in Perth,WA, along with three other students from HamtonHigh.A fine achievement, the year was 1952.The other boys were John Greig, Ken Wilson, and

John Kelton.The Squad travelled all the way tp Perth by train(changing in Adelaide).He lived most of his life in the local area.After his school days had ended, Neil continued afootball career with the Hampton Rovers, and FrankstonFootball Clubs.He was a wonderful person and will be missed by allhis family and many friends.

Submitted by Allen E Kelton

The old Hamptonians Committeejoins with Allen in the passing ofour condolences to Neil’ s family .

All girls - Hampton Primary School Grade 6B - 1945NOSTALGIA Photograph supplied by formerHHS student Graeme Venn.

Graeme now resides in NSW, and writes...”Whilst not Hampton High School as such, from humble beginnings atHampton Primary School in the mid 40s, most of these students, including me, then went on ultimately to HHS,though many transferred over to Marriage Rd East Brighton High when it opened.In the 1945 grade 6B photo of the girls, most of them also went off to HHS the next year. My sister Dawn is the laston the right of row 3.

During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, “How do youdetermine whether or not an older person should be putin an old aged care home?”“Well,” he said, “we fill up a bathtub, then we offer ateaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to emptythe bathtub.”

Gotta love us seniors “Oh, I understand,” I said.“A normal person would use the bucket becauseit is bigger than the spoon or the teacup.”“No” he said. “A normal person would pull theplug.Do you want a bed near the window, or do youwant the bed next to mine?”.


Individual Brick / Paver - Your donation of $40 entites you to have your name engraved into a brick / paver as a lasting recordof your valued support. This will be permantly installed in the main pathway at the Memorial.Engraving det ails: Please print clearly in block letters, max 32 characters. One character represents one letter, number,space or punctuation mark. Please copy this form and forward it to Pavers Co-Ordinator, (see below) together with yourremittance.

Are you ordering One Paver Two Pavers Three or more pavers

(if ordering more than one paver please return all orders together)

Enclosed is a cheque for $ _____________

Contact name: ................................................................................

Address: ................................................................................

Phone: ......................................... Postcode ................

Engraved Brick p avers ordering information

Simply fill out this form, and return itwith full payment to :

Old HamptoniansPavers Co-OrdinatorPO Box 410CHELSEA VIC 3196

Cost s: One p aver: $40 each. Additional p avers: $30 each.

For more information on the Pavers project, please refer to previous issues, or our web site www.oldhamptonians.org.au.

Memorabillia for SalePennants $10Commemorative Certificates $ 91988 edition Aurora $ 4Caps [baseball type] $15TeeShirt s [new design-collared]

$30Wine glasses[etched with motiff] $ 8Box of 6 $40

Postage extra $8 for most items.Glasses may be extra.Please cont act the Secret ary, orsend us an email if you desire topurchase any of the above items.

Stage 1 of the Electronic Scanning of the old Hampton High School archives hasnow been completed. This includes all of the original editions of “The Aurora” producedby the school, and class photographs of students.This has been a massive project and we thank the members for your donations inbeing able to support the scanning over the past several years.A number of CDs have been prepared covering overlapping years.

CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4

Numberof Copies

Amount enclosed $ ......................

Tel No: .........................................

Send this order to Old Hamptonians Archival CD, PO Box 410, Chelsea Vic3196 , together with your remittance for the total amount being the CD number xNumber of Copies reqd . Please do not send cash in the mail.Name ...........................................................................................................

Address ........................................................................................................

.....................................................................Pcode ......................

Archival CDs - Our history of Hampton High School

The CDs are available in thefollowing groups :-

CD1 Years 1920s to 1945CD2 Years 1940 to 1955CD3 Years 1950 to 1965CD4 Years 1960 to 1988

Orders for CDs are now beingaccepted. Each CD is $10 postedanywhere in Australia. Dependingon your response, a delay inprocessing may occur .Scanning will continue as wereceive new material, and will beadded to the CD archives. Thesewill form the basis of Stage 2 forrelease at a later date.

If paying Subs, CDs, Pavers etc by Direct Credit, our Bankers are :COMMONWEALTH BANK of AUSTRALIA, CHELSEA BRANCHBSB 063 - 118 Acct No 1042 9536 Old Hamptonians Association IncPlease advise us by email or telephone so that we may track your payment.

OLD HAMPTONIANSASSOCIATION INC.

Membership Subscriptions1st July 2012 to 30th June 2013Membership $15-00

All subscriptions are to be forwarded to :-The Secretary

Old Hamptonians AssocPO Box 410

Chelsea Vic 3196


1950 Form 5 - Luncheon / Mini Re-Union Barbara Hill (Cooke)

This photo is of aluncheon held inDecember 2000 at EastBrighton.All of these girls were inyear 5, 1950 except JoyCampbell (T empany)who was in year 4.There have been twoprevious luncheons,one in a restaurant, andone in a home with thesame group attending,together with someothers also.U n f o r t u n a t e l y ,Gwynneth Wittick(Edwards) who droveall the way from Euroato attend a previousluncheon died on 10thJanuary 2003, after a fewmonths illness

Front Row: L-RAilsa Archer ( Nee Murray)Sybil TaylorElaine Bocking (Hooper)Jeannette Kendall (McDonald)

Back Row: L-RDiane Jongebloed (Lovett) Head PrefectBarbara Hill (Cooke)Dorothy Singleton (Potter)Barbara Allen (McKenzie)

Margo (Smethurst)Joy Campbell (T empany)Jan Nicholls (Guiness)Margaret Frecker (Smiley)

1958 Form 5 - Boys Photo submitted by Helen Rowe (Drysdale)

Following thedisastrous fire of1957, work toreplace thedamaged schoolp r o c e e d e dthroughout 1958.This is one of therare photographswhich show theactual work inprogress in thebackground . Wehave the names ofabout half of thesestudents, but tokeep our recordsand achives up todate, if anyone canplace a name ortwo, please adviseour secretary.

From our Archives ...Aurora 2004


Some memories from and ex student Submitted by Val Mann (Nee Sellenger)

My time at Hampton High School was from 1943 -1947. It is always interesting to see the old photos in“The Aurora”.When I was in fourth form, we used to arrange a hikeon Sunday,where we got the train to Ferntree Gully,then we hiked to Sassafras, Tecoma and SherbrookFalls, where we BBQd our food, and had a picnic there.We made a fire and enjoyed the day.Enclosed are some photos of students around the fire,and outside the general store. This was probably theonly thing up there then, in 1947.The outings seem old hat to young people now, butwe thought it was great fun to get on the train and travelfrom Sandringham, change at Richmond, and then onto Ferntree Gully.There is also a photo of the 1947 Hockey Team. Severalgirls from this Hockey Team went on to play withSandringham Hockey Team for may years. IsobelCaughie made the Australian team, and went to playin England for Australia.

Hampton High School Hockey T eam 1947Back: Jackie Whitehead, Shirley Cook, Miss E D Hose- Teacher & Coach, Isobel Caughie.Middle: Margaret Bear, Val Sellenger,, Gaynor Morris,Pam McNamaraFront: Annette McNamara, Margaret Connor (Goalie),Lorna Taylor

Back: Rae King, M Opat, Gloria Sterry, ?Rront: Ann Jolliffe, Lorna Taylor, Bev Smith Around the BBQ and picnic

Outside the General Store at Ferny CreekBack: Rae King, ??Front: Ann Jolliffe, Margaret Divine, Margaret Bear, ?,Sylvia Scaraborough, Lorna Tayloe, Gloria Sterry.

Fr Left: Ian Pettit, Bev Smith, Tony Ocan,Bending overfire - Norm Jones, Geoff westel, Rae King,Front: Seated - Margaret Searle, Far Right: Ann Jolliffe

Back: Geoff Coles, ?, ,? in front of others, John Beckwith(later became Captain Melbourne Football Club),Front: Les Power, Peter Foulsom, Brian Bunning, MargaretDevine, Gloria Sterry, Rae King, Ann Jolliffe.

Fourth Form Hike - Ferntree Gully Station to Sherbrook Falls


Form V - 1946Submitted by Lyn Clarke

NOSTALGIA !! The Choir of 1936From the archives - this is the Hampton High School Choir of 1936.

Documents

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