2003 - the DHO

From: William Wells
January 5th 2003
Sir,
2003
Letters to the Hon. Editor
I am a 14 year old member of DHO, and as most people do, I had a great time with the Coggins. I am now, however, looking for
some teenage group skiing and have liased with Bob Eastwood on the subject. He agreed that there is a definite lack of teenage
skiing for 13-18 year olds who wish to ski "Fast and Furious". I would like, if possible, to encourage young people to sign up for
group skiing. I would be grateful if the Committee could organise something for us.
Many thanks,
William Wells, Aged 14 (Ex-Coggin)
From: John Guthrie
21st November 2002
Dear Mr Price,
The 'McMillan Who?' article by Freddie Whitclaw made interesting reading, all the more so since I met and spent time with Doran
Webb on many occasions in Wengcn. I Ic said to me that he had "been coming here (i.e. Wcngen) each year since 1927, except the
war years and even with the £10 travel limit after the war, I came, spent what I liked and issued a cheque which eventually turned
up in London". He said he was "an early parachute instructor in the RAF, and used to go up on the wing of a Vimy bomber,
hanging on to the wing strut and then letting go!".
Finally, your address triggers my memory. During the summer of 1940,1 was at an Air Defence Cadet Corps (later the Air Training
Corps) camp at White Waltham airfield. The Battle of Britain was at it's height. I was in the radio shack listening to the radio
telephone exchanges between the pilots in combat. "Paddy, Paddy, a yellow nosed bastard on your tail!" A lot of shouting, swearing,
static and machine gun fire. A very, very moving experience for me, and on your doorstep.
Yours sincerely,
John L Guthrie 3 Howard Close, Mudeford, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 3HV
From: Revd. Roger Scoones
January 16th 2003
Dear David,
I'm getting ready to go to Wengen as Chaplain and what better way of doing so than to read the Journal. I have to say that it is
first class. You have succeeded in bringing it into a new league of it's own.
If anything kept me interested in Wengen between 1978 when I joined the D.H.O. and 1983 when I was Chaplain for the first time
it was the Journal. For many members who, for one reason or another aren't able to get out to ski in Wengen for a season or two,
the Journal is a hugely significant and tangible expression of their love for the place and of their loyalty to the D.H.O.
As Chaplain, on and of, for the past 20 years, it has been the greatest privilege to share in the life of the D.H.O which has been a
focal point of my ski-ing and social life. The friends I have made and the fun I have had have been almost entirely due to my
membership of the D.I I.O. The English Church in Wengen is celebrating it's 75th anniversary this season (only a lap or two behind
the D.H.O.) and I'm privileged to be Chaplain for that celebration. What a lot I owe to the D.H.O and the I.C.S who run St
Bernard's.
Wishing you a happy season ski-ing in Wengen,
Yours sincerely,
Revd. Roger Scoones
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