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· Welfare Association ... The We lfare Committee's year began with an air of enthusiasm whe n Mis s Ken tish spoke at the we llattended Annual meetin g. Mr . Ma lkin was re-elected as p resident and was ably as sisted by the vice-president, Mrs. Mennie. Mr . Bell once again proved to be a most compe tent treasu rer. It was ve ry gratifying to find ex-student, Neil Toyne, standing fo r and be ing elected as Secretary. Miss Homes and Mr . Ladd capably fi lled the po sitio ns he ld by the staff . Th anks must be extended to th e R.A.A.F. ba nd w h ich offi cia ted at th e an nual garde n pa rty . It was a most enjoyable afternoon with th e p roceed s fro m the af ternoon tea go ing to the Jane Carrigg Fu nd . The d ressing rooms provided by the Wel fare Commi ttee proved to be a great asset du ring several ha ll p roductions and we re appreciated by the ca sts. Once aga in the Fair w as a g reat succes s. The We lfa re Committee and the student body extend thei r speci al than ks to Mr. Pro w se, Anna Jurkiw and Ken Milsom w ho worked fo r the Fair th ro ugh the co-ord inat inq co mm ittee . Added incen tive to work yet ha rder for the Fa ir came f rom the purchase of the tracto r bought from las t year's Fai r proceeds. The tract o r has a lready p roved invalu abl e . As " Str ua n" goe s to press We lfa re for '6 4 has o ne mo re impo r tant fu nction to pro mote : the Mannequin Parade. It is ho ped that this year's sup po rt fo r thi s occasion w ill be even g reater that it w as last year. THE FAJR Hud dl ed a rou nd a small table in the co rn er of a rat her large roo m the five st ra tegists p lotted the ir moves in wh at w as to be the biggest manoeuvre of the year, F-Day. " Let's hope for fine co nd itio ns Jack ," the leader of the group sa id w ith co nce rn writ 62 ten clearly on his face." Do n' t wo rry, Alf, w ith o ur we ll-eq uipped battle group, being some five hundred stro ng, we sho uld be assured of s uccess regardless of condition s." It w as th is type o f optimist ic ou t look which boosted the morale of the fr owni ng, frustra ted five . F-Day w as se t for Oc tober 3rd a t 1100 ho ur s, a t im e some months away at that stage. We had the raw m aterials of an atta ck fo rce b ut training was essentia l. Th ese five hu nd red un p repa red rec rui ts we re abo ut to be sub jected to a concen trated ca m pa ign w h ich, it w as ho ped, wo u ld p repare th em fo r F-Day. Per med iu m o f adver tising poste rs an d verbal ac tiv ity a t th e weekly meetings o f th e T.P.T.C./ T.I .T.C. gro ups the d octrines we re sp read- m ind s were being geared to think abou t F-Day. Ve ry gra d ua lly ou r supplies we re be ing bui lt up . Within o n ly a fe w days of F-Day we we re st ill insu fficiently eq u ipped. Batt le g ro up leade rs we re rushing abou t fra nti c with wor ry. The re w as an ov erall sig h of reli ef whe n su pplies eventually got throuqh-c-every thinq was se t fo r F-Day. Earl y on October 3rd, that al l im po rtan t day, o u r ar my was s trategical ly posi tioned. Leaders scanned the horizon for s ign s of the invasio n forces. It was ra in ing, v isibility was bad. The a ttac k was set for 1100 hou rs. At 1030 hou rs the f i rs t invasion fo rces were sight ed . Mov ing in swiftly, Sile nt ly, and a rmed w it h Lib ra- Sol idus-Den ari us type weapons they came. Ou r group, not to be ca ugh t " o n the hop", moved into acti o n. Five hou rs o f fierce figh ti ng saw th e o p posi ng forces hast ily re treat. When the smo ke cleared away at appro ximate ly 1630 hours our tri ump ha nt army stood a mo ngst the debris. We had wo n another ba ttl e . - Ken Milsom, Ann a Jurkiw
Exit Group I.T.C. 3A ••• FRONT ROW, BETH MONTGOMERY, NATALIE DONELLY, LEON GELLlE, ANNE STIRTON, Mrs . P KENNEDY, Mr . K. MUTIMER, SUE ODGERS, SUE PEARSON, MARJORIE CHAPMAN, MARILYN WATSON. SECOND ROW: VALERIE EDWARDS, YVONNE CULLE N, CHERYL MARCHESI, MARY HANCOCK, ANGELIKA REIBNEGGER, PAMELA BJ LL, ELIZABETH ROWAN, GILLIAN NIXON, SUE MURPHY, SUE BAINBRIDGE, LESLEY GI BLETT, PATRICIA LATHAM, BACK ROW: MARGARET HUNTER, JUDITH BROWN, GLENDA McCOMB, DOROTHY TROTMAN, BEVERLEY TREGEAR, CAROLE YOUNG. JANET BERRH:, ELAINE RAMSAY. WYNETTE WALLACE. 63
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