From the Editors Desk
This is the 4th Edition of the Network News and we are
thrilled to announce that the date for the 75th Jubilee Reunion will be Labour
Weekend 2001.
We really want to hear what sort of celebration you want and would like you to respond
- either by coming to one of the planning meetings to be held at the school (see below),
or by sending an e-mail to us at ppfa@hvhs.ac.nz.
Although the Reunion is over 2 years away, Im sure we will need all that time! We
want a Reunion that is exciting and different, so your help is needed.
There is another Reunion event on the calender which is much closer a First
Decade Tea and Chat Afternoon on 8th October, 1999 at 1.45pm in
The Pavilion at the school.
First Decade Past Pupils will receive an invitation and information with this
Newsletter. However, if you know someone who is part of this decade and has not received
an invitation, please phone Jean Bowden (04) 567 2358 to find out more details.
The Network of those who have responded to the Join Me Up
scheme is steadily growing - it is great to hear from so many of you who want to receive
news and information on a regular basis.
Thank you to all of you who have so generously supported the work of the Association
with your financial gifts. They have enabled us to keep publishing this newsletter, assist
with the archive restoration work and put specific gifts towards the Bequest fund.
Whilst we are committed to a free membership, we do not have unlimited
funds, so your donations are important to ensure this work continues.
Tell your friends.
Keep the Network growing.
Judi Whitcher
Find us on the Internet
Check our web site out get the latest news and use the Bulletin Board to find
old school friends Tell your overseas contacts to look for the newsletter and Reunion
information on our website www.hvhs.ac.nz/ppfa/.
Join the Network
Join the Network tell your friends to join
If you are a former pupil or friend of HVHS, why not be listed on our database as a
member of the Network? If you are already receiving this newsletter by
mail/post, there is no need to do this as youre already on the database.
If you know of other past pupils who might like to receive newsletters and information
please get them to contact us by mail/post, or e-mail ppfa@hvhs.ac.nz.
Notice of Events
75th Jubilee Reunion will be held at Labour Weekend 2001.
Planning for this event has begun but
we need your help this is your
reunion!!
We want this to be a Reunion with a difference so come to our planning meetings with
your ideas or wish list. Saturday 17th and 24th July,
1999 at 10.00am in The Pavilion at HVHS, Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt.
From the inbox: Weve Got M@il
From Bryce Francis (1940-44)
e-mail: annbry@weblink.solutions.net.au
I have had virtually no contact with the school since leaving. I was a member of the
school band in those years along with Peter Carruthers and Max Wearne. Max lives here in
Melbourne and we met recently quite by chance.
We took the opportunity while Peter was visiting me recently from Auckland, where he
lives, to get together here and have a fun day reminiscing over the old school teachers,
friends and fun times in the band.
The funniest incident Peter, Max and I could recall was when at practice, Band Master,
Tommy Gray (quite a character), gave us a demonstration of treble tongueing, during which
he accidentally spat out his false teeth on the floor!
Max brought with him an edition of the Network News and a list of names of
friends from our school years
congratulations on the efforts you are making to keep
old pupils in contact
I would welcome correspondence from any who remember me. My
address is 19 Alan Grove, Woori Yallock, Victoria 3139, Australia.
I spent my life in the printing industry and my old company still carries my name on in
Wellington. My only other claim to fame is that I appear to be the only person in the
world who has written a book on the card game of 500. I have a web page devoted to this
and am getting contacts from all over the world.
I look forward to the next newsletter and will be happy to get involved in your
network.
Thanks again.
(Great to hear from you Bryce - do hope others from your era
will contact you. Your thanks are appreciated! Editor)
What are your recollections of the amusing incidents from your school years? Im
sure we all have them! Please write by post or email us at ppfa@hvhs.ac.nz with any anecdotes that you
would like to share with others.
A Students View
Extract from A History of the World by Richard
Lederer More Student Bloopers. This time
The Greeks
Without the Greeks we wouldnt have history. The Greeks invented three kinds of
columns - Corinthian, Doric and Ironic. They also had myths. A myth is a female moth. One
myth says that the mother of Archilles dipped him in the River Stynx until he became
intollerable. Achilles appears in The Illiad by Homer. Homer also wrote
The Oddity in which Penelope was the last hardship that Ulysses endured on his
journey.
Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed
him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock.
In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, hurled the biscuits and threw the java. The
reward to the victor was a coral wreath.
The Government of Athens was democratic because people took the law into their own
hands.
(Is that whats wrong with the government?? Editor)
Honours Board
Please tell us about Past Pupils who have achieved
awards and successes in their careers.
Archives
The archives team urgently require 1946 to 1952 class photos.
If you have a class photo from this era and would be willing to lend it for copying,
could you please contact Jean Bowden, 55 Walters St, Lower Hutt. There is no need to send
the photo at this stage.
School Snippets
Congratulations to
HVHS Civil Defence Team led by Rosaleen Bhan. They won the Lower Hutt
Schools Civil Defence Shield. The competition involved, site control, rescue
techniques, knot tying and casulty handling.
Nathan Alcorn, Jenni Archer, Holly Walker and Asana Yamamoto who have
been selected for the NZ Secondary Students Choir to compete in Canada next year.
Arun Stephens 1 of 10 students selected to tour French speaking
countries in the Tour du Monde Francophonie Competition.
Vivian Street Big Band
Last newsletter we mentioned that the HVHS Big Band (Vivian Street) were
travelling to Tauranga to perform at the Easter Jazz Festival. The good news is that the
Band won 1st prize and the New Orleans Trophy for the top Big Band in the competition and
their French horn soloist, won the prize for top solo performance. They have a great sound
and there is an opportunity to hear them perform at the Wellington Jazz Club, James
Cabaret, 23rd August at 7.30pm.
All supporters welcome!
HVHS Volante Choir
The schools senior auditioned choir is one of 20 choirs chosen out of 203 from
throughout NZ to compete in the National Final of the NZ Secondary Schools Choral
Festival in Dunedin this year. The Commentator from the Regional Competition, Mr Harry
Brown, described Volante as a skillful choir who adapted tone, posture
and diction to suit three totally different styles.
Mini-Reunion
1963 - 1966
On Saturday evening, March 13th, a group of 40 ex-pupils got together for dinner at the
George Washington restaurant to re-unite and celebrate that fact that
weve all reached our 50th birthdays! Thanks to Les Stones list of
names and addresses we were able to contact many of our old classmates. Some of us even
date back to Primary School days - Eastern Hutt and Hutt Central! We sang
Jerusalem and Gaudeamus which was very nostalgic, and finished
with the school Haka.
It was a very enjoyable and memorable evening, thanks to all of you who joined us.
Hopefully well get together again.
Carol Barker (Tusan)
Ph: (04) 5896593
Mentors Wanted
Many of you will have wondered about the Mentor programme that you see advertised in
this Newsletter. This is a programme where we are endeavouring to work with the School
Career Guidance Counsellors to provide a database of Past Pupils who would be willing to
give a little of their time to talk to students (usually one on one) about careers in
which they are experineced. Career options are many and varied these days and students
benefit from being able to discuss careers that they are considering with someone
experienced in that field, and possibly visit an office or workplace. If you would be
willing to put your name forward as a mentor, please complete and return the mentor
portion of the Join Me Up form if you have the print edition, or e-mail ppfa@hvhs.ac.nz if you are reading this online.
Internet & Business Net
Internet
Those of you who have expressed interest in these programmes will have received a
letter by now expressing our regret at being unable to continue with these at this stage.
The ISP provider with whom we had hoped to be able to negotiate favourable rates has been
unable to stabilise their rates for longer than a 2 month period owing to the degree of
competition for services. We feel that members interests would be better served by
negotiating their own rates at the time of connection.
Business Net
The Business Network is at present on hold due to lack of interest. We
would suggest that interested members go to the website where their is a discussion forum
for all.
What is that number after my name?
[HVHS Student Web Team:
please note this section relates to the printed version of the HVHS PPFA Network
News as mailed to Network members.]
Some of you will have noticed that there is a number appearing after your name on the
front of this newsletter ie: John Brown (1). This is our way of noting what decade
you attended HVHS. ie: 1 = first decade 1926-35, 2 = second decade 1936-45 etc. Some
network members have not given us their dates at school and will have a (0) after their
name. It would be appreciated if you could return the Join Me Up form giving
us details of your years if you have the print edition, or e-mail ppfa@hvhs.ac.nz if you are reading this online.
Past Pupils Successes
Please let us know about the successes of your family and friends who are past
pupils of HVHS.
Poppy Watts (Young)
Poppy Watts (Young), a pupil from 1927 - 1929 recently received a
Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary for services to Stokes Valley. This is a
tremendous honour and our congratulations go to her. She also received the Queens
Service Medal in 1997 and was presented with this by the Governor General.
Thank you for letting us know we are really thrilled
for you Poppy Editor.
Jonathan Wyatt
Jonathan Wyatt won the supreme award at the Wellington Sportsperson of
the Year dinner recently. Jonathan is a world mountain running champion and in September
last year he beat the worlds mountain running best on a gruelling uphill on Reunion
Island in the Indian Ocean. He is at present based in Madrid preparing for the Sydney
Olympics in 2000.
Congrats & Best Wishes.
Jason OHalloran
Jason OHalloran won the fair play award for his contribution to
the Wellington and Hurricanes Rugby teams. The judges said Jason had consistently shown
fair and honest sporting conduct and had been a fine role model for all
sportspeople.
Thats a tremendous reference - Congratulations
Jason. Editor
A Students View of History
Mrs Malaprop has nothing on these!
The inhabitants of ancient Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sara Dessert
and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sara is such that the inhabitants have to live
elsewhere, so certain areas of the dessert are culitvated by irritation.
The Egyptions built the Pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The Pramids
are a range of mountains between France and Spain.
Extract from A History of the World by Richard Lederer.
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