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Class reunion 50 years 1960 to 2010 Hyde Park high school Carol Franks Let me start off by congratulating you on the great job you are doing in orgainizing this reunion! Unfortunately I will be unable to come to South Africa to attend the celebration. I would have loved to meet up with everyone. It will be a blast! I must say that when I originally heard from Ronny about your contact with him, it brought back so many memories of Hyde Park School and my classmates. A lot has happened since then - how the years fly! Please keep in touch. I would love to hear how the reunion went and possibly get some photos. Thanks for all your time-consuming hard work. Best regards, Carol Handelsman (nee Franks) CAROL HANDELSMAN (nee FRANKS) Education 1966 graduated from Wits. BSc. 1968 graduated from UCT BEd. 2007 Certified as Irlen Screener Career 1969 – 1977 I worked at St Vincent’s School for the Deaf for several years before starting a family after which I worked part-time at various high schools, teaching biology, until I immigrated to Canada with my family. 1977 - 1979 I was engaged in private tutoring in Toronto. 1979 - 2006 I worked at the University Hospital of Alberta as the Education Coordinator and Group Psycho-therapist in a Psychiatric Day 2006 - 2010 Treatment Program until I retired after 26 happy and productive years. I retired from full-time work in 2006 and have since been working Carol and Neil Personal part-time as a tutor and Irlen Screener diagnoses individuals who suffer from a perceptual disorder called IrleneSyndrome. I have been happily married to my husband Neil Handelsman since December 1966. In June 1967 we went to Israel for six months where we worked on a kibbutz as volunteers. On returning to South Africa Neil attended the University of Cape Town where he completed his MBA and I completed my B.Ed in 1968. We then left South Africa and moved to Toronto where we lived for almost three years. In 1977 Neil’s job took us to Edmonton where the weather resembles the North Pole! I worked fulltime since arriving in Edmonton and I loved my work which involved running therapy groups for adults and young adults as well as enabling them to continue with their core school subjects and providing educational upgrading for the adults. The Day Treatment Program is for outpatients who commit to completing a four-month treatment to deal with mental disorders such as depression, anorexia, bipolar disorder etc. We have made a lovely life for ourselves here in Edmonton, not too far from the beautiful Rocky Mountains. We have three lovely children, all born in South Africa: Alan (40) worked for many years in the field of financial advising before returning to school to complete his BA in Environmental Sciences. He lives happily in Vancouver where he manages a bike store and is keenly involved in alternative transportation (bikes rather than cars) and preserving the environment. Danya (37) is married and living in Boston with her husband Jed Shugerman and their three children Leor (8), Zachary (6) and Noa (4). She is a fulltime mom but will be returning to work as a physiotherapist. Rodney (34) lives happily in Montreal where he is completing his PhD in Education, after having worked for five years as a teacher at an alternative school for high school drop-outs. p Sports and Interests Neil and I love spending time in the Rocky Mountains where we enjoy hiking and nature. Our family joins us there for either summer or winter holidays. We both are members of the Edmonton Bridge Club where we enjoy playing duplicate bridge. We subscribe to the local theatre as well as the symphony, so we are kept busy with a rich cultural life. Since Neil and I have been semi-retired we have travelled extensively to South America, Russia and England. We have also been able to make frequent visits to Ronny and Heather in Toronto and to our other family members across Canada and the United States.
Class reunion 50 years 1960 to 2010 Hyde Park high school CAREER Nicky Frootko 1961 ------ 1972 Two year "rondloop"-----deck hand on a small Israeli cargo boat, out of Durban March 1961,carrying various cargo to Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius, East African and Red Sea ports and eventually Israel, followed by travels throughout Europe. Wits Medical School - Houseman and Senior Houseman at the old Jo'burg General Hospital. Conscription-----Medical Officer, South African Defence Force ---- Simonstown Naval Base and Air Ambulance Unit, Katima Mulilo, Caprivi Strip. 1972-----1983 Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals ----- Nuffield Department of Surgery and GreenTempleton College, University of Oxford. Formal training in Ear Nose and Throat / Head and Neck Surgery plus higher surgical training, after acquiring the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and an Oxford Masters Degree. Some training also in Liverpool and Edinburgh. Appointed Clinical Lecturer in Ear Nose and Throat surgery at Oxford, developed new techniques for Middle Ear Reconstruction and had lots of fun working with surgeons in their operating theatres in Boston, Miami, New York, Antwerp, Nijmegen, Tubingen and Bordeaux to name a few. 1983------2005 Whipps Cross University Hospital, London. Appointed Consultant Otolaryngologist / Head and Neck Surgeon and retired as head of this department in1999 but continued in my private practice in London until 2005. Photo with Helen in France 2005 to date Retired to Plettenberg Bay and living the life of Riley PERSONAL In 1970, Sue Lovell and I were married. She was a year or two behind us at school and an expert show jumper. I believe she was the first girl at Hyde Park to be awarded full colours and that awful red blazer (for netball). I didn't know her at school and we met on a blind date in1968, soon after I returned to Jo'burg from an elective student attachment to a hospitalin Los Angeles. It was on this blind date that we found ourselves at a bash on the Wits campus and the band leader and vocalist was none other than Ralph Hesketh-Mare. Apart from Jack Kabak, he was the only person from our matric class that I had seen since leaving school and he changed the lyrics of the song he was singing to welcome us to the party in typical Ralph style and with that big smile of his. How sad to hear of his parting. We have four children (three boys and a girl) all born and resident in England and we have all travelled extensively and enjoyed to the full what Britain has to offer. No grandchildren yet. I continued to play tennis and cricket until I retired. My eyes no longer see that moving ball so well and I now walk regularly on our beaches and in our forests -------- nothing too strenuous mind you, for the social life in Plett can take it out of you and your liver given half the chance. My life long interest in art has now extended to the life drawing class and having progressed somewhat I find myself accepted into the large and colourful artist fraternity here. Sadly, Sue has Alzheimer's and is now in the end stage of this fatal disease. She is in a private Care Home in nearby Mossel Bay that specialises in Dementia and I have chosen to continue to live life to the full and to visit her regularly and oversee her care. The children also visit regularly from Britain. On the brighter side I have been very lucky having found a wonderful companion to share my new life with. Her name is Helen and she is an author and a very accomplished artist. When we moved to Plett my art interest soon brought me to the door of Sheila Cooper-Collins (Morison) who lives in Sedgefield and earlier this year I met up with John and Mary-Ann Glynos. What a treat it will be to see all you other scoundrels again.
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