WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

OK guys.... who can you recognise? Reckon G O'Brien has to be there. Maybe Jimmy Pyle? Sorry photo isn't better. Maybe Merv Smith might be there and maybe even Jimmy Smart. Let me know who you recognise.

 This one's not in doubt - John Kember (rolling one) with Rob Hughes. Guess we're off to dem lessons.

Top photo has got me a bit baffled. Graduation 1964? 63? 65? Maybe the background is a clue.
Bottom one I think is Neil Chapman. Whatever happened to him?
ddd
If you can help with some of these... please add where it says comments, otherwise if that's too tricky, send me an email... keasty446@gmail.com   Good onya!

TRIP PLANNING

Grahame & Fay KEAST and Barry & Annette LAWRENCE are planning a trip in 2012.
Barry graduated from Wagga Wagga Teachers College in 1963 and Fay and Grahame graduated a year later. Fay and Annette were both school librarians.
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So, where are they gonna go? Well, Annette has links to Italy! Got any suggestions of places we should visit over there? We'll keep you posted as to what's happening next.

FANNY DEPARTS

[Message from Doug Walker]

We learnt last week that Fanny Bridges had passed away recently.
She apparently lived in Manly Vale ( Di Edwards' old stomping ground) and was 83.
She passed away on the 21/10/11.
I don't seem to have any other WWTC people's addresses, other than those present.

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Thanks Doug. 
Anybody got any "Fanny" stories they wanna share? Elwin Lucas has a good one I can remember. Think Bernie and/or Janice have 1 or more too. Obviously I've got a couple... but they are too long to tell here!!! Maybe somebody has a photo we can put here????

JIM SMART 9.10.1945 - 19.10.2011

A very appropriate farewell to a great guy. A well-loved bloke. 
McKibbins, Fitzpatricks and O'Briens joined Fay and I at a "sell-out" function in Nowra. Lovely setting. Standing room only.

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I signed the register for those folk who were not able to attend and had replied to that effect.

ddd

We told a few yarns about Jim. His fishing and football got a fair bit of attention. I did happen to mention (couldn't resist) about the time Jim and Jan were discovered in the student common room, "not vertical"! Letters went home to the old folks of course. Who else was in that group? Any takers?

ddd

Thanks Jan, Jen, Selena, Em and families.

JIMMY SMART

1945-2011
Jim will long be in our hearts and minds.
May there be many great stories surface.

HOW TO REACH MEMORIAL SERVICE

There will be a memorial service for Jim SMART on

Tuesday 25 October at 4 pm

at

WORRIGEE HOUSE

209 Worrigee Rd

NOWRA

From the north… driving along Princes Highway

·         LEFT (EAST) ON KALANDAR ST AT SET OF LIGHTS – PUB ON LEFT, CEMETERY ON RIGHT

·         THIS RD BECOMES GREENWELL PT RD (Don’t worry about that)

·         RIGHT (SOUTH) ONTO WORRIGEE RD AFTER THE GOLF COURSE AFTER 2 or 3 km

·         AFTER ABOUT 3 MORE KM, WORRIGEE HOUSE RECEPTION CENTRE (BIG PLACE) ON LEFT ON CNR OF BENNETT PLACE. IF YOU GET TO THE CREMATORIUM, YOU’VE GONE TOO FAR.

·         RING ME IF YOU’RE BUSHED!  0411 386 814 (Keasty)

SMARTY PASSED AWAY

Well, we've lost a good mate. 
Jimmy Smart had been in a coma for a day or so and passed away peacefully last night. His cancers had begun from a melanoma on the bottom of his foot. 
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Jim was from Tumut. He went to Wagga Wagga Teachers College in 1963-64. He courted (and married) a lovely girl from the Riverina - Jan Ferguson. Before they married we had discussions with them as we were going to get married also. So, the 2 girls, Jan Ferg and Fay Bails, got their heads together and the Smarts got married on 23 Dec 1967 and we got married the following Saturday. 
Fay and I caught up with the Smarts again in Canada. Indeed, we romped around North America together during one Christmas holiday. Who could forget reaching Las Vegas on Christmas Day and staying at the Sweetheart Desert Bell Wedding Chapel Motel!
Of all the people we've travelled with, we've not found any folk easier than Jan and Jim. 
We've been holidaying at Christmastime with the Smarts for some 30+ years here in Cudmirrah, near Sussex Inlet on the South Coast of NSW. All our kids and Robbos' kids and the Roberts' kids and Joy's kids have grown up together. 
The 3 Smart girls live in Gerringong, Airlie Beach and Seattle. It is fitting that Fay and I caught up with Jenny in Seattle and Emily in Airlie during our travels this year. 
ddd
We will miss such a lovely bloke. Can't think that anybody ever had a bad word about him. It's been an absolute delight to have known the Smart family. I know we will always have a strong connection with them all.
Keasty  0411 386 814