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Wrantown-on-S,p�l':

No. 14. DECEMBER, 1942. '

Editor-Ada lmray. Advertise,ments-Christine1 Tulloch.

Editorial.

The elephant is a kindly creature and, contrary to expectation, he is not clumsy in spite of his bulk. He is �ociable and inventive and his outlook on life is decidedly democratic. Like mankind he is blessed or cursed by the 11 herd " instinct, but his great fame I ies in his memory-he never forgets.

Many interesting things might be told of elephants did space permit. The point, however, is that we our­selves are elephant-minded-we will not forget your appreciation of our Magazine which, produced in these present difficulties, is perhaps not quite what we would like it to be. Until that good time when bathing

beauties once again disport them­selves on the banks of the Spey, when the Red Cross penny is spent on sweets, when the only Guar9 is the Old Guard, when wartime restrictions. wil I ha.ve disappeared with the barbed wire, we, for our part, will endeavour to overcome the present difficulties of the times and continue to produce our School Magazine. ·

With a hope that the day may be not far distant when the bel Is of peace will ring out their joyous tidings and with a speedy au revoir which our brilliant radio fan might interpret as

11 Ta-ta for now," we trust you will give this number the attention it deserves.

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SCHOOL

Condit ions in school d,i r ing the past year have been as normal as wa,r - t ime cond i t ions can be. A few evacuees have arr ived from time to t ime and a l most an equa l number hiwe departed. We ha;� .

. s t i l l between · forty

and f ifty of these war guests with us and they f i t i n to the scheme of th i ngs admi rably.

Shortened hours dur ing mid-winter owi ng \·o ·' surnmer-t ime and', black-out arrangements wou ld appear to be the only re.al brake on educat ional progr·ess . Nevertheles-s, there, are other d istractions who,,e effects may be very re,a l .

The a im has been. to make a v i rtue of necessity and to contrive that the many war­a, id · schemes canied out in school exe.rt bene­fic ia l inf luences on the pupi ls themselves.

Paper s.a !vage, for example; has laid con­t inuous responsi b i l ity on the boys who carry on this very u,,efu l work. Week after week, they col lect, weigh and hand over to the burgh col l ectors a substant ia l quantity of waste paper .

I n the food product ion campaign, technica l course .pupi ls. have .shown adaptab i l ity and, under the wis·e supervis,ion of their inst,ructor, Mr Charles Grant, are fast becoming capab le gardeners. Th is year, over three tons · of potatoes ·have· been gatr·ered from the s0hoc, I

. p lot: The sen ior · g,i ,rls, · too, cul tivated c,u i 1 ,; successfu l l y a sma ! I vegetab le, garden.

Economy in the use of mater ia l gave l i tt le prospec't of craftwork en,te rpr. ise· dur ing the past yrnr. At the end . of session 1 94 1 -47 . however, such irigenuity had been appl ied :·c 1 he use of ava,i lab le mater ia l that the art af'd benchwork classes, assisted by Pr imary and I n ­fant depa,rtments, were ab l,e . to ')r'lvide a n at­vz.ct_iv� _exh ib i,t ion of work on Pr ize Day,

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· Dur.ing . . the h.ary_e_st sea_son, many boys , and several . g i r l s ' have been busy he lp ing focal farmers to secure the i,r crops.

NOTES.

An examp!t; of st,eady, unswerv ing eHort is found in the schoo l 's col lecting for the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund. Dur i ng session 1 94 1 -42, Miss Paterson, treasure,r for the school 's contr ibutions, sent more than £ 1 00 to th is most des,e.rving fund.

The schoo l branch of the Nat ional Savirgs Assoc iat ion, too, achieved outstanding results fo,r the same session under, the treasurers.h ip of Miss Al.anach . Total de.posits for the year exceeded £ 1 OOO. Dur ing the " Tanks for Attack " campaign this session; the school bran,ch was one of those which exceeded the i r targe t , t h e total for t h e period being £26 1 9s 3 d .

There was t h e usual large tu·rnout of parents and other members of the publ ic at. .tl-e 1 942 Pr,ize Day ceremony, when Dr I . C. Monrn, t,he ,recently appointed County· Medical Officer, made his fi rst publ ic .appearance in Grantown and gave an able and instructive address. Mrs Monro presented. the pr izes.

Dr T. Maclaren, Di rector of Education, was a lso ,present and made a w itty and insp i r i ng speech , Undoubted ly, Dr Maclaren has made a niche for himself at these Prize Day cere­monies .

* . The Harvey Dux pr ize-wi nner for last

session was Hugh R . Tu l loch. Dr Fawcett's Science pr ize, the Mathematics pri z·e and the F .P . C l u b's Engl isb. F.rench and Lat in pr izes went to the same · pupi I . Ada R . I mray was prnxi me, access i t and Cathe,rir,e C. Mac­kenzie was wi nner of the F . P , Club's GE'r man pr ize .

As mentioned above, one of the features oi Pr ize Day was an exh i b i tion of work. A col ­l ection was taken on beha l f of the Grantown War Comforts Fund .

Du·r ing. the past year, certa in charges of staff have taken place which former and pr,e ­sen,t' pup,i ls must reg,ret.

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Miss Ed i th M Lawson was c!osely as-, sociated with the Grammar School · and played a foremost" part iri i ts va,rious act iv it ies for many years. She ·was a pupi l from the earl i est Pr ima,ry to the h ighest Secondary stage and­was a member of the staff for twenty-one yea rs. I n, her departure, the school 'has lost one of i ts a b,lest and most loya l teachers.

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On, leaving to take up a teach i ng appoint­ment in the London area, Miss Lawson re­ceived! a gold wr istlet watch as a parting g ift from the staff and pupi ls .

Mr Robe-r t W i lson, who left at the end of last year to join tl-,e staff of Aberdeen.

-Grammar School, had a l so p!ayed an i mportant ro l e in. the school's affa i rs. He w i l l long be remembered, for his leadersh ip in athlet ics and for his ind·efat igable work in the orgar.isa­t ion of that l ively band of former pupi ls, the Old Guard. He, too, was the recipient of a parting g i ft from the staff. and senior pupi ls .

Mrs - Maclaren., Revack, has replaced Miss Lawson. Mr J. S. Thornton, from Oban High School , has taken over Mr W i lson's duties as c !ass ica l master.

Mr Thor,:iton has a l so undertaken the post of sportsm-aster for the sen ior boys, and even in these · days of a l l - round restr ict ions there is no lack of enthusiasm on the athletics s ide of school l i fe . *

Miss Masson organ ises the senior g i r ls' games and physical training.

* * * Whi le records of former pupi Is are confi ned

to the F .P . co l umns of the Magaz ine, i t is f itt ing that mention be made here of that numerous body of forme•r pupi ls who are va l i a ntly p lay ing their various parts in the nation's war effort.

* The school sa lutes t'hem and is proud of

their ga l lantry .i;d devotion to duty. We re­member espec ia l ly the relatives of those forme.r - pup i- ls who have made the supre,m-e sacrif ice and ext-end to them . the sympathy of ouoi ls and staff.

CERTI F I CATES GA I N E D D U R I N G SESS I ON 1 94 1 -42 .

Sen,ior Leaving Certificates have . been ga i ned by the fo l low ing pup i l s-Ada R. l mray, Catheri r,e C. Mackenzie, Ruth A . . Mathieson, Hugh R . Tul loch .

Junior Secondary Certificates - Mary S. M'Wi l l iam, Mary • E . Templeton, · Shei la R . B i rn ie , W i l l i am · Gordon, James A . Grieve, I sobel G . P . Lobban, N ina , F . Macdonald, Bar­bara Macaulay, F lora Marsha l l , I a n C . M ' l n ­tosh, Mar ion Grant, Al ister G . Surtees. -

· Day School Certificates (Lower) - I sabel Cumm i ng, Vera Dann, Cathe.r ine T. Sutherland, I sobe l · E . Calc'er.

Char les O l ive E.

Grant, Whi te,

MY F I RST ADVENTU RE IN T H E A I R .

On. the day o n which several o f u s local fel lows, being A.T .C . cadets, were to make our f i rst f l ight, we rose fu l l of enthusiasm ard impa t i ent for the appoi nted hour to arr ive. As "le were l iv i ng on an ae-rodrome at the t ime, we had to r ise early, wh ich meant that we had about an hour to wa it before we cou ld prepare to take the a i r .

T h i s hour wa,s probably o n e o f t h e longest we have experienced, but eventua l ly we were ordered to get re.ady. When we had donned our f!ying kit we reported to the warrant officer, wl-o ass igned us, one to each 'p lar.<e . Then we, set off across the f ie ld i n d i fferent d i rections to report to the capta i n of ·ou r a i r­cr.ift, and soon we were ready to take off . Dur ing the short wa i t, howev�r, whi le · the engi nes were being" warmed up, a strange fee l - _, ing of exc i tement · came over . me . I cannot exp l a i n it , but I kr.ow that · i t w.is caused by my ig norance of wh�t was before me. At any rate I d id not get t ime to th ink abou t it because with a cheery wo.rd from t_he p i lot, we began to race across' the ground, stead i ly ' i n ­creasing the speed, a n d before . I rea l i sed i t, w e

we,re a i rborne. This h a d a l l happen-ed s o suddenly that i t took m e a few niinu·tes to under"stand the s i tuation-. Acfua l ly - at th is t i me I was sort of spe l lbound, but soon I con.tented mys�lf that it wasn-'f i mag inary, an:J

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re,laxing, bega�. t o t.ake, a g reat i nterest i n a l ! �hat was going on;

Beh ind me sat the w i re l ess operator, t,rans­m i tt-i ng and receiving messages i n, a ve,ry bus i ness - l i ke manner. Think ing J would l i k e t o find out w h a t w a s pass i ng between h.i r:n a n d t he grnund, I put o n a helmet, a n d fee- l i ng q u i te confident, s ince 1. cou l d then r·ece1ive at the r.at·e · o f t,en1 words per m i nute, I " p l ugged i n . " T o m y ·ho.r.ror, howeve,r, a l l I could hear coming. over was a buzz, sent so fast tha,t I fe l t rather gu i l ty a,nd . qu ick ly turned my attention to the n.avigato r who was sitting .across from me. He expla.ined seve,ral th ings to me with a, fr iend l i ­ness which made, m e quite at home, a n d then p r,esented! me with a large br ight ly-coloured map on wr.ich I had to find the pos it ion of t he a,i· rcraft. This was easy as the map· had a l, I

· hi l ls and lochs marked on i t . A very i n-ter,esting stage of the fl ight came

next when we s ighted a convoy on the ho,r i zon. I t was a n i mpressive• s ight see ing these boats stea l th i ly p loughing through the· waves as if noth ing would stop them.

I n a short t ime• we a rrived at our dest i nation, and after ci-rc l i ng i t once or twice, made for home. At th i s po,i n1t the fun and thr i l l s began because· the crew seemed to be much happ ier now. O n the outward journey i t had been p. !a i n s a i l ing with no morn twists and turns than a car has on an ord inary run. But now th,e p i lot, who was a ta l l , heavi ly-bu i .lt fe l l ow about twenty-three, · a l though h e cou ld have passed for three by the manner in which he p layed with th_e k i te, ·started d iv in;i, c l imbing and ba n k i ng, presumably for my benefi t . · This sudden change· had taken me aback at f i rst, s ince f lyi ng leve,1 is so much d ifferent from stunt ing . When he put the a i rcraft i nto a d ive, I fe lt as if I was to go through the roof, and h a d to hold ,on to the seat, and then when we began, to •cl imb aga i n I could have sworn I was to, !,eave through the floor at any moment. All tr ese s·ensations seemed to make e,ach one of us take on a da,r ing att i tude and after this I cou l d not get ·enough ,thr i l ls .

Whe,n we were, about th i rty mi les from home the p i lot ca l led me forward, and aft.e,r exp la ;n­i ng some o-f the instruments, to ld me· to take over. I do not remember exactly how I feH, but I changed places with h im, and the,re I was g·r ippir,g the control column. I n my ex-

c i t-ement 1. piressed i t forward, the n pu l led i t r ight bas: k and leve l l ed out aga i n . W i th a few words of caut ion and· when he had advised me to handle the cont,rols I ight ly, the pi lot turned away and began ta lk ing with the rest of the crew. Fee l i ng on top of the world, I stee, r,ed t·he a i rcraft in the- d i rection of the station, never ha.vir;g fe l t so proud o,r so happy befor,e. Soon we w·ere ove,r l and aga;n and I re: uctantly had to change p !aces once more . Then to f inish off the f l ight we did _some hedge­hop.p i ng, unbe·l i evably poss i b l e to anyone f ly ing for the f i rst t ime, and which at f i rst se n t a co l d shiver up my back.

We were now approach ing th·e a i r-f ie ld a nd when we rad c i rc led i t, we g l ided down and made a perfect land ing . Then havi ng th.anked the orew for making the j ourney so p leasant, I set off across the f i el d to tel l my pa ls a l l about i t, and with m y m i nd made up t o fly a.ga in.

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A W'A.R ALPHABET.

A i s for Ado' f who th.inks he is s mart, To war he has g iven, l i ke Musso, his heart . B's fo,r B r i tan.r, ;a, st i l l ru l i ng l'he waves, And s ink ing tre H u n, 'cos ,he m isbehaves. C's for commun'que, brief and lacon ic, And a l s,o for Church i l l whose style is a ton i c . D i s de.fe.at, and t h a t i t w i l l come To the Axis ' t i s certa i n-pe,rhaps down the

l u m ! E i s for Ersatz, a subst itute food, Bu t even· for G2rmans- -it's far too good 1

F i.s for fr.ee,dom, democracy's goa l ; Mi ners w i l l he!p, i f they g ive u s the co-a l 1 G is for Goebbels, " A cruise·r," he.' 1 1 draw l , " Was sunk by o : ; , a i rmen," but do · cru isers

trawl? H i s fo,r Hes.s, f i r s t Naz i to I I sk ip/' We know w:hat i t me·ar,s when rats leave a s,h ip 1 I i s for I nd i ans-at . ? so handy, Shows tr.at a l l I nd ians do not fo l l ow Ghandi . J is for ja, which pa•rty men utte,r; When Goer i ng says guns a re be Her than b:-1tter . K's for M e i n l<ampf- i t reads oddly to-day; The -isms have a.I I be<:ome ,-wasrn.s they say !

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L's for Lu ftwaffe-<2,nce so dar ing; The Batt le, of B r ita in-st i l l they're repa,iir i ng ! M, was for Mun,ich in, the good old times; But now i t means both mun i t ions a nd m i ne,s. N is fo r neut, ra !-wh ich means, if you're s ma l l , Being bombed , sunk, i nvade.d, one by one, that

is a i l . 0 is for o,i I and for o ranges too, Both very sca rce i n, a country or two. P is for p i l ots, on land and on sea , W'rp figh t for the,i r count ry and you and me . Q is for Qu. is l ing , but th i s is no t i me, To t,e l l of a, llraHor, in a nov ice's rhyme. R is for R i bbentrop; Ax is or pact, He s igns them, in turn•, in h is qu ick-chang ing

act. S is for Sch i ke lgrnbe,r-what's i n a n,ame, H it l er o r Fuehrer-al l " st i nk " much the same! T is for- tar.ike'r, whose ca rgo of oi,I ; Once sa fe ly across, w i l l scorch German so i l . U is for U-boats, which we hope w i l ! soon be; In fa.et, as in metaphor, b lots on, the sea.! V is for v ictory, I ' I I te l l you st ra igh:t, We w i l l atta in it, if wea l : pu l l our ws i;iht . W added to R,A . F. o r to R . N . , Rem,inds us that women a re equa l to men. X is a we1apon, by Ge·rmany sought; But we know it w i l l a lways be X = O ! Y i s for ye·l l ow-the co!our of Japs? But don 't be too hasty-f i rst look at your

maps! Z is for ze-ro-th is shortage of coa, I ; We'd be· j ust as warm at the " ruddy " North

Po le ' K. B . , V I .

A HOU DAY ON A H ERRING

C U R I NG STATION.

My fr iend and I we,re inv ited to spend o u r ;,umme;r ho l idays on a herr i ng cur i ng station in Shet l and . We went from Abe,rdeen to Lerwick by t.he s.s . " St Sunn iva," tak ing about f ifteen, hou rs fo r t're journey . How tr i m and smmt she looked, pa inted a l l wh i te, but trave l l i ng i r; he,r was not so jo l ly i f you wene no t a good sa i lor.

At length, arr iv ing at Lerwick, we dis-

embarked . Our .hostess was there to we lcome us and soon we· we re' rac i ng a long i n a rather anc ient tax i over a very rough e,oad to Gremista , wh ich ! i�s about two m i les from Le.rw i ck . Aft,e.r a short t ime we ,reached our dest inat ion and ente,re d a sma l l garden, er,c los i ng a wh it·e woo'den bu ng.a low with a gay red ·roof.

We stood i n, the garden and surveyed the scene. In front, and b'elow us, lay the cur i ng stat ion; beyond that was the str ip of sea which d iv ided the ma i n is l and from the, I s le of Bressay, wh ich lay oppos i te to th is part of the coast and formed a r.itura l harbour w ith a southern ex i t at Le,rw ick and a northern one at Scot l and Po : nt . On e ither s ide of us, a lmost as far as we could se,e, lay othe,r stat ions with t're i r cha racte rist ic f ' mounds " of bar,re ls. As we looke,d, dr i ft.e rs ,cam e steami ng across the loc,h and out a t the no rthern exit, on the i r w�y to the f is h ing-grounds, wh i le, behind us, the sun went down beh ind the treeless h i l ls, leav i ng a path of purp le and gold on the water a nd ma k ing a magn if icent s ight.

The station on which we stayed was l a id out in two d ist i nct parts, the l iv ing quarters and thei work i rg ones. On a leve l wi th the bun­ga low and· form i ng ,rough ly three sid es of a squa re were the cook-house, the men's s leep­i ng quarters and . the women's huts. The cook - house was a communa l feed i ng centre• for the ma le emp loyees, wh i l,e the fe ma l e em­p loyees wro l ived three in a hut ( th ree g i•r ls_ ma king a " crew " ) had a stove in each hut and were therefore respons ib le for the ir ow'n mea 1s. From the l iv i ng quarters steps, led down a steep slope past the foreman's l itt le house to a we l l -d rained , mod·ern , concrete- la id cur i ng ya rd, to the . left of wh ich stood the sheds for p rov id ing cover not ' found on many stat ions fo r _the g i r ls when , , gutt ing," and to . the r ight, t'he store of ,empty ba rre ls wa i t i ng to be f i l led .

The next day we were up ear ly and we,nt in our host's ca r to the, f ish market. When the boats came in,, the sk ipper took a samp le of the f ish i nto the, market.. Buyers exam ined sam,p!es a ,nd, know i ng how many crans the dr i fters had, could caku l ate how much t'rere wou ld be in the d ifferent c !asses. The her­r ings we re bought and the dr i fte rs went over to the, var ious stat ions to de,l iver the catch. Wh i le they were sa i l ing across the loch the •

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buyer telephoned to h i s . foreman and told hi m y,}1a·t dr ifters were coming over and how much lierr ing to expect. . We.' hunied back froi;n the marke-t to see ;..,hat was happening on the station. At the land'i ng-·st.age, a few dr ifters were t'ied up and the men were busy un load i ng the, herrings into baskets which were put on bo'gies . E ight baskets to a bogi e, and four baskets equa l one cran. N·earby stood a tal lyman who marked down the .number of crans un loaded f,rom each dr ifter, because the sk ippe,rs on iy est imate how much they have. The noise of derricks ard the shouting of orders minglea with the screams of gul ls as they hovered around the boats, trying to match a tasty bite.

The bog.ies were run on ra i l s up into .tr.e sheds· where. they were emptied i nto " far lans " or wooden troughs and spr ink led with salt . Two g i1r ls from each crew stood behind them, gutt ing her•ring and sorting them as they d id so irnto baskets o,f I I half- matties," 1 1 �atties/' " fu l l -.matties " and " T. B . 's . " As the gut knives are very sha,rp the g ir ls protect the i r f ingers b y w inding rags round them. The g i r ls a re dr,essed in we l l ington boots, o i l sk i n ski rts with b ibs, and handke,rchiefs cover the i r heads .

The th i rd and most expe,r ienced member of th·e crew, the packer, took the baskets, emptied the m i n,to a square wooden tub and sprink led them with salt . Next she packed them with salt neat ly i nto barre.ls and p ick le was poured in. Tl)e p ick le was made of sa!t and w.ater, which was tested to see if it conta i ned the � correct percentage of sa lt . The ,ends were fixed on the barrel- s by tr.e men and then they were left for a few days . A hole was then bored in e,ach barre,! and mor,e p ick le was pourecj in to replace what had been absorbed by the herr ings. Now a bung was p laced in each hole ar,d the ba,rrels were ready for export.

The, he1rr ing guts, after being p laced in, barrels, were taken, awa,y at the end of the d ay to a gut-factory on B-r,essay to be· used to man.ufactu-re a·rt if ic ia l manu res and oi ls, the.re.­fore there was no unp leasant smel I from. them, w'hich ,might be expected on a curing station.

Some· d·ays a! I the g i r ls were out a t work and some•t ime,s only a few, the remai nder loo k i ng aft.er the huts and . prepar ing the food. Women employees were recru ited from many pa.rts of the main land and from the ne,ighbour-

ing is la nds, so that, whe,ther at work or at p,l ay, they were n;iost intelestirig . rn, �ummer ships came in at Lerwick three or four times a week from the main land, ar.,d in this way ·they received papers and thei r ma i l qu ite• regu:a, I ;. Sundays we•re ve,ry peacefu l, for no boats go out; they gene,ra l ly l i e up and the men rest· o r go ashore, a n d on t h e station nobody d id any work.

We spent a p l·easant hol iday there and v i s.ited many of th.e surroundir,g. v i l lages and 1 ochs. One thing that struck us most, was tr. a t when trave l l i ng about the is land we hardly ever lost s ight of the sea because in many p i.aces it reached fa r i n l a nd . When w e lef t Lerwick, with i ts qua int cobbled main streN a nd its p l aces of h istorica• I interest, we looked back with happy memo•r ies feel ing that we knew j ust a l i tt le more about on.,e of the grea,t ScoUish i ndustries.

E . S.; 1 1 1 .

A B.AGGEPYPE WEL COU DE H E BLOWE A N D SOWNE

. . (Chaucei).

Having both racked and wr,ecked m,y not i nconside.rab le quantity of g rey ma.tter in a desperate attempt to f inc:l something which might i nte,rest o r amuse you poor sou ls who have been coaxed, cajoled or b!ackma i l·ed into pu: chasing this magazine, I have had' to h.ave re.sou rce to matters dea l ing with p ip ing. No, I 'm not going to publ ish the, sti l l secret mi.nu 'es of Ye Smok inge C l u bbe, the p ip ing •refe.; red to is the mus ic produced by that most mysterious of musical instruments (t,hough some, �eath,ms would ca l l i t ·- an - offe;.,ce 'ag.a i nst civ i l isat ion ) , tr. e Scottish bagp ipes .

1 . a l l ude.d above to certa in " heathens " who sa id nasty th ings about Scot land's national mus ic . WeH, I suppose everyone, ev'?r· the Sassenach, i s ent it led to h is opin ion, but I wou!d take g reat p leasu.re in persona.l ly assass­i n,at ing a nyone, who says that .p i pe, music is · noth i ng more than a suc.ce,ssion of gr.oans, sque,a ls ,and g runts such as ·are emitted · .by th2 common or ga rden cat in i ts last th roes.

Se-riously though, there never was invented a bet'te,r i nst.rumen,t to l ighten the hearts and

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feet of weary men, to st i r the so ld ier to deeds of heroism on the f ie. Id of battle, and when the battle· is over to br ing a tea r to the eye of the surv,ivor with l aments fraught with g r ief for the braw lads who have. fought the i r last f ight . Yet th is i nstrument can equa l ly we•I I set t·he feet dancinQ in, the gay abandonmE:nt of a ree·I or strathspe,y.

There is something about p ipe music which f i ts in and h·armonises with the t,ramp of ma,rch ing men with thei·r swi ng ing k i l ts and which br ings before th,e m ind's eye of the absent Scot the amethyst, heather-clad, h i ! l s of his homeland. I ndeed, i n every corner of the earth where a Scot is to be found, there, you w i l l hear h i m put h i s heart i nto h is chanter a nd p lay, th ink ing · al l the wh i le of the g rand mountains and g l eins he may never see, aga,in .

Unfortunately, however, I th i 'nk that the ha lf-Sassenach i nhabitants of the Lowlar,ds p iay more and take morn of an interest in p i p i n g than: we o f the H igh lands d o , w h i c h i s truly a g reat p i ty . Just to i. l l ustrat.e that statement; in a few years there w i l l be pract ica,l ly no p ipers i n th is d istr ict, the va l l ey which gave its name to the famous Strathspey.

At the moment . w e can muster four and a h.a [f p i pers in the Home Guard Band ( I 'm the ha l f ) , . and when we can keep each other out of the various refreshment palaces in the v i l lage for long enough we do our best to keep a,l ive the most ancient music of a l l .

A. G. , V .

THE QUARTE RLIES.

Write ! w,r,i te ! write! On, th1e b lank wh i te paper. Oh ! see !

And: · I wou l d that my pen cou ld answer, For the· questions bamboozle me.

Oh ! we l l for the lucky boy, Who thinks trhe exams a l l p lay.

Oh, ! wel l for the clever g i rl, Who learned i t yest,erday.

White! wr i te ! wr it,e ! The busy pens wr ite on.

Gh L for the look of an open book, - .And 'the chance of a day _that is gone.

G. G. , IV.

COME TO STRATHSPEY.

If you ever fee· I weary and t i red, Overworked, or it may be de,pr,esse,d,

J ust come to Strathspey· for your next ho l iday, Whe•re you' l l f i nd, both contentment and rest.

To breathe the fresh a i r, you ' l l enjoy, The scent of the tree and fhe flower,

To tramp o'er the h i l l s and the da les , You ' l l have p le·asure w i th every hour .

The many k ind fr i ends you wi l ! meet, All w i l l i ng to welcome you here,

W i l l g ive you a fee l ing that i f you ·are spared, Strnthspey you must v i s i t ·each ye,ar.

A. G., I .

COMMAN DO RA I D ON HAYRE.

I be long to B ri ta i n's famous Commandos. One p a rade morning we were to !d by our

CO., Major Wi lson, that we had a big · "stunt" coming off at dawn on the fo l lowing mom ing .

That n ight the company left the shore and j oined a convoy further out. We had an u n ­eventful j ou rney across. At exact,ly 6 . 3 0 a .m. the assa u l t barges le·ft the l a rger s h i ps for the Sr.ore.

We· had estab l ished ourselves on the beach before the e nemy open.ed fire. We kept low so as to avoid unnecessary casua lt ies. Then the sergeant in charge of ou,r section came a long afte,r i nterviewing the C: .O. " We l l l a_ds, our objective is to destroy the church . behil}d tr.e town, which is being used as an ammuni tion dump by the enemy," he said·.

We sta rted out on our way by craw l i ng a lorg beh ind a r idge, which gave us valuable cover for about qua rter of a m i le. When we ·reached the church the. se.rgeant asked me to d ispose· of Huns who were i n a trench behind a t•ree i n t h e g raveya rd. I crawled round t h e back of the· c l- urch so as to come in the rea.r of th,;, enemy. There was an explosion as I threw a M i l l s bomb into the trench. Next . we. l a id a charge of dynamite·, and reti red to a safe d istance; suddenly there was a deafen ing ex­p losion a s the church blew up.

Then we c,rawled back along behind the r idge unti I we reached the beach, . "'..here we ente.red o u r assau l t · barges and made for home.

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Next day we we,r,e told that we were go ing to get 48 hours' le,ave' as a reward for our servicEs.

D. H., I .

T H E GRAMMAR SCHOOL AFTER

FIVE YEARS OF WAR.

Whethe•r it was on account of the supper a,te, or mere ly because 1. fol l asleep th inking very deeply about school, I do not know, but whatever the cause, 1. had rathe. r a pecu l i a r dream severa l nights ago.

The year was 1 944, .and the scene, Gran­town Grammar School , but a l though the rest o.f t,he world had advanced, the same old mem­bers of classes V. and V 1 . wer,e to be, s,een. sta lk ing the corridors, inst i l l i ng terrnr in the younge,r ones, j ust as t'hey do to-day. Do not 'b e a l armed ! As far as I know they had not a ! I fai le·d i n the i r Highe rs . I cannot exp la in the i r prese,nce . T h i s i s a good example o f dreamer's l i c,ence.

School had changed a g reat deal in the last two yEa-rs. The f i rst thing which strnck me as odd was that " Prayers - " in the ha l l were now aboli shed, for eight long, wooden, tab l,es with benches a t e i ther s ide, stood in .a row along tre length of the ha l l , The pup i l s wa!ked stra ight t o t h e c l ass-rooms t o beg i,n l essons. Here I noticed that instead of the, conventiona l gym. tunic, most of the g i r ls wore the new " Auster ity " dress, that is a, hooded garme•nt down to the ank les, which in accord­ance with the regu lat ions d id not use up more than four ya,rds of u t i l ity tweed, ,and wene faste•ned w ith, at the most, th ree, wooden buttons, of d iamet,er two cen t i metres. Most of t l-,e boys, too, wore this type of c loak , and thos,e who d id, not; favoured the " short- long " trousers which had bee,n so fash ionable in the 1 940-4 l season. Everyone wore clog.s, owing to the sca,rc ity of rubber, but one, or two f i fth ye.ar boys had p ieces of fe l t na i l E,d to the soles, to p revent deafness among the other pupi ls . Eve,ry boy and g i rd canied on ly a s late and s late penci l , for paper had !ong been, out of us,e i n schoo·ls. THs method of doing lessons a lso d i d away with the need for ind ia- rubbers, which were now .replaced by " spit-a,nd-po l ish ."

I was somewhat surprised to see that every

c lassroom was in complete darkness, but t,he re-ason for th i s and for the l ight equipment of the pupi ls soon became evider,t. Each c lass­room contained an ,epid iascope, i n which the n ecessary te,xt- book was p laced by the teache·r, and shown on, the semen. I n this way one loo!<. sufficed the whole c l ass. A quart-e,r of the, cost of the ep•id i ascope was rahed "by col­l ect ing a nd se l l ing tr,e o ld, now u nwanted text­books at £5 pe,r tor, and to make up for the extra usage of fuel, no centra l heating was used in the school . Instead, four candles were p l aced in the cE•nt,re of eaoh room; a nd with these and the ir thick c loaks, the pupi ls kept reasonably warm. The teachers moved from room to room inst,ead of the c l asses, s inc,e it was d e.cided that the exi t and entrance of some forty to f ifty pupils each hour caused too much of a draught. I say every hour, bec,alise• now, as ·no lessors were done at home, the H i gher Grade spent ten hou rs each day in school, o-f wh ich one was the di nner-hour . The, boys in the science department co l !.e·c :·ed ,,the g re,ase w h i ch dr ipped from the cand l-es as they burned, and at the end of ev€'ry day poured i t into test-tubes w ith wi res in the centres, thus form­ing new car,d les, for which the senior g i rl s kn i tted nEw w icks. The !atent a nd' specific heat of cand l e grease was calculated, and , if it was found that enough candles were not pro­duced from the grease, the c lass respons· i bl e put a penny each into the Red Cross fund . A consignmer,t of three hundred candles thus last,ed for several weeks .

The school pr ided itself that i ts pupi ls we.re a lways kept hea lthy, and one of the reasons was the da i l y supply of m i l k . T o save petrol in th e car which wou 1d have to br ing the m i l k t o schoo.l, the cows were kept on the premises -o n the pitch (games were now p layed in the B l ack Park) , and th» g i rl s took i t t ime, about to go down to m i l k them, ha l f an, hour before the mi .!k was served at e l even o'c lock . The boys, of course,, r,ad the task of feed ing a nd, putt ing i n the cows for the n.ight. They were kept in the furnace, which was no longer necessary for i ts or ig ina l purpo,e .

From n ine in the moming t i l l s,even at night the pupi ls remained in school, go i ng home only to s l,eep . S ir,ce there was a sr,,aH Br it ish rest,aurant in every road of the town., a great deal of fuel was saved by a l l . D inner i n, school

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was S€rved on the tables in th,e ha l l at one o'clock, and · made . by . the g irls who took cooker)'. Those who took Languages washed up the·

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dishes, and· wer,e ready to begin, lessons ag,a i n at two o'clock.

I had a-lmost begLm to become, accustomed to this unusual procedure, but u nfortunate l y at this poinit 1. woke up, so I sha l l probably never know wha.t 'happened after two o'clock.

HOME II WORK."

M. T . , V.

When, he s i ts down at the table to do h is , homework, he can't· f ind h i s pe,n . Oh, here

i t is . He is about to start wr i t ing when he d i scove,rs. there i s no ink in i t . Whern is that ink-bo tt le? 1--,le commences to look' for i t open ing d rawe,rs, bookcases ani cupboards and d'o i ng everything but f ind i t . F inal.ly, after p u l l i ng ·t.he room apart, so that it looks l ike a cyclorne-swept area, he finds the bott le o-f ink on· the bookcase.

Now he wonde,rs ·what h e has done- with h-is pen,--he had i· t i n h i s hand a m inute ago. He then starts hunt ing for it . Eventua l ly he d is­covers that by some· mysterious me>ans i t has found i ts way i nto his pocket. He f i l ls h is per> with ink, and, in do.ing so, sp i l ls it fre,e iy over tl-e table.

Oh, what a state' Where's a blotte,r? He canit f ind, one. Off on the search -aga in, and, atte,r another hunt, ,comes back with about five and c leans up the ink . He puts the blotters andi the ink away and with a big sigh settles dbwn to do his homework .

A s he looks at h i s book he nearly col lapses. He has the wrong one. He has. left the r ight on;e i n, school . Oh, boy, no home·work to- night ! Wh.e,re's that book he, was- reading?

E . G , IV .

A W E E K B Y THE RIVER.

One day when we· we,re g oi ng a wa ! k by the r iver,_ we saw a whir lpool o n the other side. We then continued our wa lk . As we were about to turn a bend we noticed a roe-deer and her fawn, and as the w i nd was blowing towards us th,.y did rot s_cent us . Th.en, a l l a t

·. once they turned and f led. I A I N BU RGESS, Pr ima ry 1 1 .

THE EVE N I NG.

O'er the• meadow came the herd Back from the p la ins so g reen.

After tl-em came the weary laird And h is dog named Ke·en.

Ther. came the p loughman, weary a nd worn, Home· to the fi reside to wait . for the morn. Out came• the sta,rs a nd the red planet Mars, · A l ! g iv ing l ig ht to the great fierce wars.

THOMAS STUART, P rimacy I V

W I NTER.

Ere the sun hed gone to rest The clouds were g athering in the west, The rooks were cawing loud and clea,r,

. As if they knew a storm was near. 011 through the night the wind did b low, And when I _ .awoke· I found the· snow Lying on the ground, so white, The snow that had fa.l i en, through the n ight .

E. M. , I .

RED CROSS PENN IES.

Penn ies ' P@nnies ! ·Pennies ! · A l l come pou r i ng in, .

Do you hear ratt l ing? . Oh, what a d i n ! ,

They're a l \ for the wounded­They' re al I for the sore:

So keep those pennies ratt l ing · And we' l l w i n the war !

MARY M'DONALD, primary 1 1 1 .

When the big sh ips go out to sea They w i l l br ing home, something for my tea; As the· b ig steamer sai,ls on the· waves Many a man's l if.e i t saves.

BETIY C. MACK I NTOSH, Primary I I .

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Has S's fire gone out s ince the flame !,eft? i,< * * .

" Someth ing sweet across the str-eet "­whose motto?

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GOLDI LOCKS (Revised Edition ) .

O n e d a y a l i tt le gel was wa lk ing in · the woods when she came to ci t iny cottage.

But before 1. go any further I rri.ust exp la in that Gold i locks had lost her way i n the black-out

Then she saw this cottag<,. were beaut ifu l ly decorated gummy paper, and a sweet shelter stood in .ore corner.

The windows with strips of

l i tt le a i r - r,, id

Goldclocks combed out her beautiful go·lden ha i,r (a rranged a la Blonde Bombshel l ) , and re­f lect,ed that i t was a pity that Boots had run out of henna, as her coiffure was gett'ing a b i t streaky.

Then she re-floured her nose and tapped at the doo,r- . .-? Nobody a,t home

She looked a round' the room. Tre table was l aid for thnee. At e.ach p lace was set a p late of Kel logg's Corn Flakes, and ' in . the cent,re o,f the table was a p lat,e of butte r-three pats of Stork's, to be exact - and a bowl of saccha r in,. The m i l kman hadn't . come that day, so a tin of powd,e.red m i ! k and a jug of luke­warm water were placed ready to be mixed i,nto beautiful f.resh mi lk, st·ra ight from the cow­e r-tin.

B londie (sorry; I mean Gold i locks) was used· to Rice Crispi,es, so she tasted the Corn Flakes, deci.ded she l i ked th,em better, and c leaned out the packet.

Next she went upsta i rs and looked around. I n Mrs B la i,r's room her attention was a rrested by a tempting d isp·lay of l ipstick a nd real powde,r ! She s l ipped a few t r i fles into her handbag an,d c;urios i ty prompted he·r to see what make they were. A neat ·l abel i nforme·di her they were " B !ack Market " cosmetics, a famous new mak,ei. Suddenly she hea,rd foot­steps . Somebody · wa.s coming up the stai rs. The door opened and Mr, Mrs and l ittle Georgie Bl ,a i r ,e,n,t,ere.d. Three voices exc la imed s imu l taneously;-

Pa : Ah,! a beautiful maiden ! ' Ma ; The impudent hussy ! !

Georg i e : 'Gee! a blonde! ! !, B londie, d isappeared down the fi.rewatching

ladder but not be.fore she had whispered coyly ir-i M,r Bla i r 's ear, . " Telephone number, 1 23456."

C. T., IV .

THOSE WERE THE :DAYS.

Oh happy days ! Oh happy. days ! e

When one cou ld buy a .suit o' da,es, An apron o r ,,. camisole; ,Without that coup.on r igmarole, When ye cou ld buy a pound o' ·ham, A stane-o' sugar for yer j am,, An' a' the meat ye l i ked tae, ·cook Withoot that awfy ration book.

Thae were the days, I mind them weel, Nae p i nch nor .shortage, did ye fee l ,

. N ae lack o ' matches i n -the shops, Nae queuin' up for acid d rops, When a' th,e srree,t lamps .wer,e a l icht, Tae g u i de, ye,r P'ro.gress in the nicht, An' naebody ne·ed' tae care .a hoot· For drawin' bl.i nds or blackin' oot.

Thae wer,e. the· days o' peacefu' l ife, Nae n.ee.d less worri,es, endl.ess str i fe, But d i rma 'fear, for we,e l we ken: Thae happy days w i l l come aga i n .

A. R . , I l l .

A JOB TO DO.

Last n ight as I lay d reaming Of a job that was to do,

I seemed to see them streaming From the east and we,stward too.•

These boys and g i r l s from U.S .A. , From Capetown to Peru,

As far away .as Hudson Bay; The,y've a ! I a job to do.

And endlessly the stream ran by, They've come in thousands -her.e t·o .faght,

And all with one accord they cry, " W,e're here to keep· the home·lan.d r ight ."

These vo luntee.rs but yet untried, Are, �ome J<:> save a lie•ri tage,

For which the i r fathers fought and d ied, The sacrif ice none yet can gauge.

· And when I woke a•t br.eak of day, A dre·arh, and answer there and' then,

I saw such manh0od 0n ,i t� way, To quenich the hopes of -.w,ic�ed' mer:i.

S . C . , I I .

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OUR SAYING GRACE.

To save the matche.s Please keep a, taper.

When you l ight the fi re, Don't waste- pape,r !

To save sh ip space; Home products a .r,e good.

P leas,e cook fhern wel l . Don't waste the food !

Be careful with the b lack-out, It keeps us safe at n ight .

But oh ! p lease do remember, Don't waste, the· l ight '

As b itter winter hastens on The frost w i l l numb our feEt.

Though coal is B rita in's treas�re trove Don't wast·e the hea t !

When peace. a g a i n spreads o 'er t h e ea-rth, The brav,e one's world we must not mar

Wit.h selfish wants and petty hates :. Don't waste the wa,r.

E. M'B . , I I .

A FARMER'S ADVENTU RE.

Late i n autumn many years ago, a_n o ld fa.rme•r and his wif.e were dr iv ing hom.e from merket w i th the i r dog-cart we l l laden with the i r weekly provisions. On the way they cal l,f!d at a neighbouring farm where the,y were supp l i ed with ,a two-ga l lon pa i l of buttermi lk . As they jogged along they were conscious of a bright g l!re behind the,m, and, th inking a car was - about to overtake them, tbe o l d farmer drew h i s · pony to his own side of the, road and wa-ited for the oncoming car to pass. On look­ing round, howeve,r, he d iscovered that there was no car. The g lare he had seen was actua l l y a f ire .blaz ing in the back of h is own dog-cart. Fortunate ly h i s pony was a v·ery qu iet o l d beast and he was able to d raw h im up quickly. H is wife and he j umped out and u nyo.ked-. the pony from the dog-cart. Then the .. , farmer's- wife remembered the buttermi l k . Using · t h e crook o f h e r u mbre l l a , s h e managed t0, -·drag fhe· pa.ii away from the . flames and to pl,l,t , the f i re .out with the· butte,rmi l k .

For. a short t ime t h e farm.er w a s puzz l-ed as to1tbe• origcin of the f ire . T.hen he ·remembe,red tha.t it . .was. Ha l. l owe'·en and .. that some• fro l i c-

some boys had bee� throwing squ ibs dange,iously near as they drove past, an(l one must have !arided among the paper parcels and s et them a l ight .

THE MOON.

One starry n ight, The moon shone bright Above the deep blue sea.

E . M., I l l .

Away out there upon the waves, A ship awa ited me . . That starry n ight The moon was br ight, To gu ide me on my way. The church bel ls rang, The people sang, And a l l was very gay.

SHE I LA M'N I COL, Pr ima ry· I V .

A LESSON.

Two l i tt le boys p layed truant• from school, And had an accident with a mule . Th-e mule-man was going to a sa,le, But went to school and to ld h is ta l e : " The reason they a,re iate for school, They learnt a lesson from a mule, To tr ick, to l i e, i t wi l ! never pay; This lesson they have learnt to-day."

S . B. , I .

THE MOON LOOKS DOWN.

The moon looks down.· Yes, ar,d i t - h-as looked down on this eve rchanging world for thousands of years. What cr anges it must have w itnessed r What strange, incred ib le stories that cold, sh in ing orb could te l l if i t cou ld ta lk and m a n cou ld hea,r i t .

I ts w h i t e rays wash over t h e rol l ing p la ins of Canada, and g ! i ster. on the snow-capped · peaks of the Rockies. It causes the great, _ green ice-wastes of the North Pole to g leam l i ke stretches of emerald.

The moon turns the _vast expa n_se of the

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At lantic Oce.in into a sea o{ mo l ten s i lver, a nd it sm i les l i ke some guard i an, a ngel on, the con­voys of merchant sh ips, courageous ly p lough i ng the ir way through danger- i nfested wffete-rs .

Im the w ide , fert i le p la ins of the · Un i t,e.d Stat;es, the whe<1•t f i elds change i n,to seas of waving go lden, g, ra in .

The moon looks rat.her d isda infu l !y on the skyscrapers of the modern c i t ies of the• U .S .A., but sm i les w i th approva l on, the o ld-wo r ld , adobe houses of quai nt Mex ican v i l lages . I ts beams m.,ke l ig ,ht and shadow on the decks of ocean l iners, ro l l ing g·ent ly at anchor i n N ew York ha rbour, and they l ight up the far­famed Statue of Liberty.

Through a hazy shroud , i t looks down on t he wonderfu l panorama of the Anr·Es, w i th

- the i r tower i ng p.eaks and volcaroes t ra i l ing the i ,r smoky • banners . /I ts l i ght g l imme•rs on the du l l wa te.rs of the Amazon, a nd it looks down on, the foetid swamps , or the den6e, impenet­rab fe u ndergrowth su rround ing that ·great r ive· r .

F,rom the sta.rry dome of the heavens, i t seres romant ic South Sea i sfa nds, w i th the i r l uxur ious banks of tropica l f !owers and p l ants, and the long fronds of pa l m tre•es waving i n the n ight breeze .

The mica amorrgs,t the •sand of No.rth Afr ican dese.rts g l.istens i n the- rays of the moon, wh ich a lso show up bomb-craterrs i n the sand, or some wrecked machines of war ..

i t' looks dow;,, on the war-scarred p la i ns of Russ i a., the paddy-f ie lds and shadowy. moun­tai n passes of I nd i a , and the conquered lands of Europe and As i a .

The moon a lso looks on two sma l l islands , wh ich a·re only t iny portions of the un iverse . Her-e, .are no waving pa l ms or tropical .f' !owers, no ro l l ing wheat fi.e lds or ·towe,r ing mounta i ns ; but these two is l and s are loved a nd defended by ·a peop le who wG>u ld sacrif ice the i r l ives, t he i r homes, the i r a l l, to keep the i r native country from the hands of a grasp ing nat ion . Perhaps the moon may see them as very ordi na ry is l ands, but to us they are eve,ryth ing worth fighting for, these· is l es of ours .

M. M., IV .

Why is E , L so fond of danci ng?

OBITUARY.

Artrdre.w Cruickshank, Ge,rmiston, S9·uth Africa . Con .tempora r i es, and former �school fr iends

in ,pa.rt icu lar, w i l ! much regret t ree pass i ng of Andrew Cruickshank at t he age of 63, a nd w i l l du,ly sympathise w ith his w ife i n her great loss.

After se rv i ng h is apprent icesh·ip i n the Gran.town. branch of the Roya l Bank of Scot-

. land, he went to South Afr ica i n 1 90 1 , and, ad might be expected by thos-e who knew h is ster­l ing character, d id we•I I i ro an exacting pro­fess ion . Pract ica l ly the who le of h is bank ing ca,ree,r was spent i n towns on the Re·ef i n the vic i ni ty of Johannesburg . F ina l ly he be·carne manager of the Germiston branch of the Sta ndard Bank of South Afr ica, and from_ th is i mportan,t post he h,d ret i red only a month when he ,rece ived the f in.a l ca ! I on 2 1 st Decem­be r, 1 94 1 .

Andrew was one of the f i rst, if not actua l ly the fi.rst l ife- member of our c lub, a nd ma i n ­ta ined a l i�e !y i nterest i n the do i ngs of former pup,i·ls, whether they were recorded in the School Magazi ne or e lse,vhe-re. I t was a p l easu,re for h i m to meet a local man w i th whom re cou l d ex.change rem i niscencE5 of the days of h i s youth in Grar,town . H is heart was

_ i n the H igh lands, a nd, whenever possib le , he · and h is w ife, a charm ing Austra l ian lady, s,pernt the i r overseas !eave in Gran.tow� . The i r l ast v.is i t to St,rathspey was in 1 939 . H is as,hes now l ie in l nvera l lan in the same- hal lowed ground as r is much respected parents. -

CHARLES MU N RO.

Joh,n Cawson I ll ingworth, Castl-e R,o,ad, Gra ntown .

Lawson 1 1 1 ingworth, sergeant-·obse,rver in the R.A . F . , has been off i c i a l ly reported k i l l,ed whi l e on an oper,at ional fl ight over Germany on 1 6th Septembe,r, 1 942 . He wao on ly 20 years of age . For h is country he cou !d do no more .

Lawson1 has met the unt ime ly de.ath of many f i ne, and ga,J lant men, and h is end was i n, keep­i ng wi th an adventurous youth shared w i th ma.ny k indred sp ir its . H is fr iends w i l l not forget the happy t i mes spent in h is company on the p laying f i e lds andr on the h i l ls . V iv idly there w i l l recur to· them ca mp f i ces_ at Loch

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Morl ich and stormy n,ights 'on, Brae:r iach, wher,e bis roving sp i r i t see;med to find ' i ts ·t,rue e lement.

The Old Guard · cherish his me.mory, · and honour ·h is death. In the i r name we .offe'r to his mother . and brothe,rs the poor tr ibute of our sympathy.

Hector M. Macgregor, Cambrae., Cromdale. W,e deep ly ,regret to record the dea .th of

Hector M. Macgregor, engineer officer in the ' Merchant Navy. He had been rel eased from

the forces to do essentia.! work, and, , i n order to · g a i n sea. ' experi.ence, was se.rv ing in the· · Merchant Navy.

On his last voyage back t_o this country h i s ship was assa i l ed by storm and enemy action. Hector became• se,riously i l l , · and, i mmediate· ly h.is sh ip made port, was rushed to Greenock I nfi rmary. An opera t ion was performed, but too la,te to save his l i fe. He d ied on 2 1 st De,eembe,r, 1 94 1 , in his 2 3 rd year . .

He was the only ·sor, of Mr and Mrs Mac­g,r,egor, Cambrae., Cromdale, to whom we extend our profound sympathy.

SC.HOO•L SPORTS, 1 94 1 -42.

G I RLS This session saw our· hockey imp.rove con­

s iderably, due to the constant pract ioes held unde,r the supervision of M iss Masson.

I n. th.e three seven-a·-s ide house matches Revoan prnved the most successful . This yea r fo:r the f i rst t ime we held m ixed matches in which . both boys anq, g i r ls took part . With the help of the boys Roy (capt. Ada l mray) was the w i nner, beaJing Reyoan (capt. Naomi M'G i l l iway) 3 - 1 and Revack (capt. Mary Tu l ­loch) 1 -0.

On, the 1 3 th: December the first X I . p layed Dufftown at E lg in, being beaten 6 - 3 . · Un­fortunately the· Games Capta in (Ma.ry M'W i l ­l i.am) fel ! , in jur ing h e r knee, a n d despite pa i n conti.nued to· p lay unt.11 .,inoth�r fa l l forced he.r to re.t i re.

A return match played l ater showed much i mj:irov1?,rlie.nt i n our play. A lthough Grantown. team pfayed we l l they pan icked i rn . front of the . . goa ls a nd the· resu� lt ing s�o�e w,as 5 - 1 i n favour .of Dufftowri,

The in.t.e1r-hous·e Overhead bal l was won by Revoan, as wel l as the· senior inter-house! relay·; the j unior •being won by Roy: The lious� ch.ampions, senior and jun ior, were both df Roy and so· he lped th is house to tr iumph over the other two in ga ining Bai l i·e Milne's cup for · the• g i r ls· .

Two g r r ls were lucky enough to qua l i fy for the Ca.irngorm Badge, Ruth Mathieson and Ada I mray, but owi ng to pr,esent restrictions w i l l not rec,eive the .ictual badges t i l l · after the war:

BOYS House riva l ry was very kee.n especial ly be­

tween. Roy and Revoan. The strugg 1 ·e for the 'School Cup was expected to be hard a nd bi tte.r. · The results of the Footba l l Houset

matches tur1ned out in Revoan's favour,, Re­vack being .second. Success. was ma in ly due to the gran,d te,am-sp i.r i t in the . Revoan. house. The. next event on tr.e sports ca lenda·r was th.e' Cross-Country and never before has there been such a sp lendid f in ish to any school r.ice. After cove,r in.g the set course a nd with about one hundrnd yards to go, the capta i n. of Reva.ck · (Al ister W. Jack) and the Acting-Capta i n. of Revoan (Wi l l iam 0- Smith) dashed shoulder to shou lder towa rds the tape, bursting thrnugh it .it prec isely ' the. same moment. He,re aga i n Revoan scopped up the points.

Roy won the Hockey House matches w i th great ease, the g i r l s in the i r team be ing ex­ce l l ent p l ayers. K. Benson, capta in. of Roy, a,nd one of our f inest batsmen, . had the best cr icket team, and was a!most sure· to win the cr icket matches " hands. down," but, owing to " luck " and magnificent Held ing, Revoan again tri -umphed. Roy now requi red to w i�

- the -rema i�,i;g three events on, the· sports ca lendar to beat Revoan, and when they won the tu,g -of-war exci-tement , wa51 at fever p i tch . The, yea-r l y Sports were eagerly awai ted. When they came Revoan won the Senior Championship and Roy the Junior . The fate of the Cup was now apparent, and i1 w.is made.' certain. when Revoan. won the I nter- House Re-·

lay Race . ,.

The Schoo,I Footba l l 1 st X I . a lso . p layed several games aga inst the .irmy units ·in the district, · the result being two games. to· one in favour of .the Army. The School Cricket XI . a, l rn p layed a te.im of Former Pup i ls, "'.'.horn

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tt,.e,y b�,t. The.• enthusiasrn· for,· g3m$: \vas v,ery h igh , la5t. y�ar, and., it. has .. el{,ery p.ossjbj i i ty. of; be,ing� eve,n h igher this. year.

dead.heating,. in . · thee Cross�Cpun,try:. . Thll..­Ho.ckey House. marches; a.t, p resent .. being p layed, ha"'e r.iot been decided, althoug_h Re­voan has defeated. Roy and Rf!,Vack has drawn with Roy aft.er a we.H foug_ht-o.ut game.

· Re:voan.- has/gQt . away to a f lying starUn . '.he, new,, season, hav.ing won both tpe footba l l House· matches· and the· Cross-Co.un,try, Lewis K i;n.na ird ( Revoan) and Dou.g las Gibson. ( R:>y)

TH.E OLD GUARD. _ _,_ ___ ._ -

W. G. Si, v'.I .

OLD GUARD MEMBERS 1 942-4 3 . V arry Fraser, , B .Sc., Mondhuie, fl ight- l i eute,n, ,.

. /ant, Royal A i r - Force. I\ / Off1te- Bearers. Jatr ick Garrow, Advie, sergeant, . Roya.I Air ��orary President-Captain Frank C. Hendry, Force .

. M.C. , O.B,E . ; major ( ret i r,ed). " D " Coy . , ' Joffu Cameron Grant, The Square, · s igna l man, /1 st Batt . Moray and N a i rn Ho.me Gua, ·d . // Roya l . Corps of S igna ls .

l H0111ora,ry · VicesPres iden.t -. ,Tr.o.mas: Hunter, l Mirtin Grant, H igh Street, corpora l , Roy.a .I M:A., B .Sc . ; major " D " Coy., 1 st Batt . Air Force. .

/ , ' , · • tj)<!Y a y and N3irn Home. Guard. Qor.la. ld . Gunn, Cast le Road, sergeant, Seaforth

1 Presi'cJent - James Temp l.eton, M .A. , The v H igh lande- rs .

/ Lodge, Cast le • Grant; sergeant, Roya l /)6 n Ho lmes, Craggan , A . B .. , Royal Navy . . A_0i llery.. . JraSer I nnes, Cast le Road, supp ly-ass.istant,

1 Vice>"P·res ident - Angus Mac!<intosh, Du:1 - Royal Nava l VoJunteer Reserve :

i/' na i n · Bridge) war-rant off ice·r, Royal A i r t,Ef6rdon Jack, Cas t le Road , a i rcra.ftsman , Roya.I Force, . / Ai r Force .

Seoetary a-nd , Treasi:Jurer - Robeirt W,i i son, VA lasta. i r Lai ng, H igh Street, trooper, Recon-M .A . , Aberdeen ; s·econd l i eutenant, na issance Corps . Jun ior I nfantry Train i ng Corps . /,k.exande:r Led i ngha m, H igh · Street, a ircrafts -

. / WITH THE FOReES. man , Roya l Air Force: ,r , )Y--i'l l i am Led ing ha m, Kigh Street,. sub- l i,euten-':la mes A l lan, M . B . , Ch. B. ,

CBa l l intomb, capta in.,

/ ant, F l eet A i r Arm / Roya l Army Medica l orps . ., L-Wi l l,i am Macau lay, B .S� . , Lettoch, se.rgea.nt,

1 A l b.ert Anderson., H igh Street, se,rgeant, t-.::>y\31 R I C f s · I Ai r Force.

· / oya orps o 1gna s . .

b I t.,.E5ona,ld . M' Beath, Station Cottag-es,c cra ftsman,

/-reg9r Cameron, Mondhui e, p i lot-o server, ,Royal E lectr i ca l a nd Mechan ica l Eng ineers . .. Roya l ' Air Force . /

.efnne,th M'Cabe, Cro mda!e,i lieut,e,nari,t, . 1 Q- 1 7 arnes, Ca,meron, The Square, coder, Ro 1a l Dogras, I ndian Army.

Nava l Vo!unteer Reserv-e . Kenneth M'Conne l l , Station Cottages; .sergt.-ack Cooke, Ba l me:nach, lead i ng a i rcraft,rnan, / p i lot, 1 st G l ider Regiment.

Roya l Air Fo rc-e . ( I an M' l ntosh, H igh Street, ai,rcraftman, Royal W i l l iam Crui ckshank , Cromda le, corpor,i l , / A i r Force . Roya l Ai.r Fo rce . t Lewi s M' l ntosh, H igh Stree<t, pr ivate, Roya l

t,Wi l l iar:n Cruickshank, Grant Road, s•ores a�- Army Ordnance Corps , s istant, Roya-I Nava.I Volunteer Re·.;erve. · · Ale_xander · M' l ntyr.e, . M .A . , Boat , of Gartei:,7 ,;0'Cancap Davidson, M .A .. , H igh Street, sub- / a ,i,rcraffsmar.r, Roya l Air F-&r<:et ,

l i,e,utenant, Roya l Naval Vo lunteer Re -I an Mackenz i e, Spey B r i dge, l an.ce�co-rpera l ;

/.' s,erve. . ' . / Parachute F

. reld Ambul ance.<

_ , •. . . . � )fi i ! l i am Fother.ingham, B .A ., Ne:hy;,r idge, K. . . . / s�cond-l i eutenan1, Roya,! Arti l lerv. Vf · M. Mackenzie, Castle Roaq E . , Roya l Na_v_y .

2,-,Dona,J.d , rras,er, Du lnain Brid_ge, signalman, Keith, , M'Kerron, High S_treet, a i rcra.ftsman, Roya l . Cor.ps o.f. Signa l s . Roya l Air Force .

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, / - . � . �m-t�r MadHrHosh, iCrbmdate, 1;iHrc.ra·ftsman, :Gordon -Temple.fen, The Lo"dge; · corpor1'! 1 , -� / 'Royal Air ·for.c:e. ·; /·'forth"Highlanoer,s. , -- - �" '

David Mackintosh, Cromdale, a in'r-a'ftsman, , ?Wi l l ii!m Thomson, High ::Street, 'storeman, / Royal Air · Forne. Navy, Army and Ai-r Force l nst i tute. 0 - -

_Donald Mackintosh, C>ul na i n-H,rid_ge, private, Dav id W inchester, Castfe· Roa'd, ·corpora l , Royal / Seaforth H ighlan.defs

,,,, Corps ·of .S ignals . �Evan Mackintosh, ,Dulna in-Bridge, corpora l , w.,n Wood, Ba lmenach, •sergeant-pi lot, Royal

Roya,I Corps of S ignals. Air Force. '

� _o hn Mackintosh, Cromdale, a i-rcraftsman, Royal Ai-r For�e.

[,, atrick M'Lean, M.A., Croft Al lan, private, / Cameron- , H ighlanders.

. !., Alasta•i·r M'Nico l , H i g h Street, ·a i r-mechan ic, ::,/_ Fleet Air Arm. l,,r'ete,r M'N icol, H igh ·Street, A.'B., Royal Navy.

Har.ry M'Phe-rson,, Castle Road, f l ight-�e.rg.e.ant, Royal Ai,r Fo,rce.

/ Prison·ers · of War. Errest Cooke, Cromda le, pdvate, Came.rpn

H ig:h- !a-nde,rs . ...F-(ank Macau lay, Lettoch, p rivate., Camernn

/ H i ghlande,r,s . ..,Bona-Id Mackintosh, Cromda le, pr ivate, Royal

. Army - Service Corps. VAl,,xander P.h 'mister, South Street, pr ivate,

Seaforth H igh landers . Jilr.i Macpherson., Castle Road, .priv.ate, Seaforth H ighlanders. Ro ')ert Ross, Du lr,a in- B>ridg e, private, Royal

'Pete-r Macpherson-, Grant Road, guardsman., Army Ordnance Corps .

Discharged. /.. . Scots , G�ards . . V Wi1_ l l 1 am M Wt l l • a-m, SoCJth Street, pnva.te, Se.a- Ge )rge Cameron, The Squa re, -Burgh Tre,asurer,

., forth H igh landers . / late p rivate,, Cameron H igh lande,rs . 'Edw in Munro, B .Com. , Station- Road , company- Ge·.).rge I l l i ngworth, Castle Road , late teleg-

sergeant-major, Roya l Army Ordna nce raphist, Roya l Naval Vo!un,teer Res,;1rve. Corps.

t'.,/.fohn Pa,t.erson,, H igh Street, sapper, Roya l � Exiles. , Eng i nee, rs. Al ,,xande,r Ca ld•er, Tomba in, telephone engin-

Roder ick Rattray, South Street, corpora l , Roya-I eer, Post Off ice,, l nvemess . Mari n,e .Commandos. Joi n Grant, B .Sc . , Roth,ie-moon, county o rgan-'

<5'hn Reid, ·Stat iol'\ House, s igna lman, Roya l iser ard agr iculture execut ive, off ic-er for Corps of S igna-Js. _,.,, West F ife- and Kinross .

tJ,r-dhk Robe.rts, late Bapt ist Manse, s,econd- ' "Jar1es Hay, Boat of Ga-rte,n, c !'erk, Messrs 'l ieutenant, Roya l Army ·Ordnance Corps . Paterson, House Factors, W;est Regent

�J6�1'\ Ross, Dulna in- Br idge, p i lot-off icer, Roya l / Street, G las,gow. / A i r Force .-- -Tn )mas Hu nter, M.B . , Ch .'B . , Woodside

'V i�tor Ross, Du lna i n- Br_ i d-ge, l ieuten·a·nt,, 'Roya l Avenue, sen ior house surgeon, - Emer!,j:ency Naval Volunteer Re�·erve . _ . _ ! / _ Hosp i tal, St,raC'a-t-hrn . _

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,,Alexa-nde,r Sm:ith, H igh Street, s 1ck-berth V Ha'l11sh J ack, H i gh Street, ·eng1nee'r, Post / at tcenda.nt, Roya-I Navy. / Offic-e,, E lg in; -pr iv.at-e, Home Guard ._

¥ngus St�art, H i.gh Stre,et, la;nce-corpora-1, Ja1 .1es Macdona ld', ·Uppe.r Rort, coAstable, " Roya-I ArtiHe,ry.

· / Morayshi· re Constabulary, Forres .

, onal d Stua-rt, Ma,rket Road, private, Roya l tv,m Mackintosh,, P.A.S . I . , Dulna in•-Br idg.e, v_ Army Med ical Corps. suirveyor, Me,,srs Ha-rd i-e & Co., Cha-rte•red te, n Stuart, H i gh · str-eet, sergean.t-a i ·r-gCJnner, Quan,t-i ty Sy,rveyo -rs, -Dunf.erm'. ine; p•r iva-t,e,

1,'/ Roya-! A i -r Fc>rce. I Home, Guard . Ylachlan Stuart, H igh St-reet, leadi ng a i rc.rafts- Co. _in M' l'lll,t06'h., 'H igh Street, eng ine,er, S i-nger J man,_ Royal Ai r Force . Manufactur i ng Co . , C lydebank; l�Ace-1Rt'ha,rd Surtees, H igh Street, a-i rbraftsman, corpora!, Home Guard .

Roya l Ai r Force. · D0:1ald M' l ntosh, H igh Street,· -eng i nee,r, Messrs Rober-t Sµrtees, H ig h -S'treet, trOG>l:)€1', Roya l Tulliis b SoniS, -eng inee-rs, C ly$h,a-nk ;

Armoured Corps , priVl!,t-e, Home• Guard.

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GRAMMAR SCH�yMAGAZI NE

John Mi l ne, M.A., H igh · St• reet, • company '-1.Aarr · I l l i ngworth, Cast-le _ ·Road, mess.en�er, / office�, Nationa l Fi·re Serv ice Col lege , Post Office, Gran,town; cadet,. afr trai n ing

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Sa,ltde�

n, Br ighton. . . �

�o•rps. . Wishart M i l ne, H igh Str,e•et, telephone eng in - -I oy Phi'm· te Sout'- St• t t' p t v ,1s r, n ,ee ., pos man, os

-ee,r, Post Office, G lasgow. Office, Grantown; pl'ivate, Home Gua,rd; Bruce Munro, H:gh St-ree·t, . student, 4th year corpora l , Ai r Tra in ing Cor,ps.

medici ne, Glasgow U nivirrsity; · cadet, U Michael Rona·ld,on., Grant · ·Road, messeng,er, nivers ity Trai,ning Corps.

John Ste,phen, Altcham, student, Stow Col lege Pos•t Office, Grantown.

of Engineering, Glasgow. • Gregor Ross, Du!na in- Br idge, eng inieer, Messrs

'., Alastair Surtee,s, H igh Street, er.g ine·er, Post Ross & Co., Du lna in-Br idge .

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, Office, London .. - Hug h Tul loch, Grant Road, st-udent, Al langle,n

, School , G las.gow; pr ivate, Home Gua,rd. L,, F'.lerbert W,right, High Street, student, 2nd year

engineer:i ng, Aberde.en Un,iv,e.rsity · cadet U niversity Tra in ing Corps.

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Local .Members. I 1 · Alastair Grant, B .Sc. ' farmer Ba l l,i nluig; I' p,r ivate·, Ho·me Gua

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./ Hug·h Came,ron Grant, The Squar,e, c lerk, Estate 0.fficei Grantown; S'er;gean.t, Air Traoin i ng Corps.

IN MEMORIAM.

J O H N LAWSON M . . I LL I NGWORTH, Cast le Road, sergeant-observer, Roya l · A i r force, 1 6th September, 1 942, aged 20, in a i-r operations over Germany.

J O H N M. LAI NG, M.A. , H igh Stree-t, private, Seaforth High landers, 30th May, 1 940, aged 26, a•t Z i l l ebeke, Be lg ium .

RONALD W. SCOTT, Advie, signa,lman, Royal Corps of S i gnals, 20th ·May, 1 937, aged 1 9, a t _Jubblepore, I nd i� .

FORMER PUPILS' CLUB (

MEMBERS.

·'.P1iss J . Ala.Aach, Faebuie, Cromdale . 1..>1Vl iss J,ean Burgess ( 1 0 Cast'l e Road ) , Sti r l i ng .

, .. _ ames BeH (Cromd9 1 e ) , Hudson Bay Coy., / Canada'.,

&Mrs B rooks (May Smith ) , West Hart l epoo l . JJorn B . Burgess, The Larches; A.C.2, A i r

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; Force Reg irn.ent.

b··'f.'ts J . B. Burg-ess, T he Larc_hes. -:- ..J)Mrs Macke,ni ie ( J . M. Campbel l ) , Aber lour .

· A. J . Cameron, Fo_rest Road; cNporal, Recon ­i n,iissanc,e Corps, Home Focces .

'''Wa l te r Cruickshank, Cra igdhu . ''' Mrs Wood ( J . Cr,u ickshank) , Se�field Lodge.

tyH. G. Cummi ng, Pai: ley. 1 1)/vrs H. G . Cumm'ng (Mais ie F i ndlay), P.a,i s ley.

JM'ss V. Campbe l l (Norwood) , N,ethybr idge. R. Campbel l (Norwood) , I n.vergo.rdon .

'-"''Miss M. Cameron ( 'ate Badned i n ) , London. /A,�,iss Margaret Cru ickshank : Hazel Bar,;k,

/ - n.ur�e , C . N . R. , N ewton· Mearns . 1 Mi�s C,· Ca�ernn,, Dunira. VM.rs Davici'rnn, (H. Surtees ) , O.a.fnaspidal.

,/M iss M. Davidson (Tombreck) , Perth.

- VHamish D ixon , Mhor i l e . . o;$

,.,M rs Hamish D,xon, Mho r i l e . v!pl iss J . 5 . Duncan, Dundonnachie .

. v,;t'm· Duncan, 28 High Street; N .A.A. F . 1 . ;· James Duncan, Abe,rdeen . C, J a n Forbes ( late Connage ) , 2 / L.t. W.A.A.S .C . ,

West Africa . -'"Duncan F·raser, Aberdeen. · .:.'; ss M. Fraser (Mondhuie) , E lg in . vMiss ' J . Fraser (Mondhu ie ) , Drumnadroch i t .

YMiss H . Gray, Boat of Garten. · . l.rMiss N . G i l i i es, P i tlochry. 1>'1/11; A. Glass, Revoan . vfAiss I sobe l Gunn, Cas t l e .Road.

Miss D . Geddes, H igh .Str.eet . &-Mi·ss Ann Grant, Grey House, N ethybridge. l/M,iss M. Grant Is la Cottage '-'''Mrs Grant (M. ' cumming) , c'omhi l l .

''' John 5. Grant, Rockmount. "'� J . A . Grant ( Re idhaven), Middlesex. tJl'rs A ' l an Grant _ (M. J . . G i l l ies,), H igher

/u l lochgribba:-

t,JA1ss Margaret C. Grant ( H igher ·· Tul loch­gr ibban ) , Dal las .

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, Jl mes G rant, Dr i· I I H a l l House; L.A.C. , R .A.F . , / Ceylon.

11-v\·rs J. Gran,t (N. Duffne.r ) , Dr i l l H a l l House. VT. H unte,r, Rosemount .

. J· M-rs T. _Hunt-er, Rosemount.

N iss Netta t-Junte,r, Rosemount. �:1Mrs N. Tod (M. Hast.i low ) , Madderty, Pe.rth-

. / sh i r,e. ,/Wa ! ter Hast,i low, Pa lace H otel . .. iArs Gray ( B . Hepburn) , The Squa-re.

:;!M iss I sobel J ack ( l s !a Cottage ) , l nvemess. , '.ll' iss M. K i ng, Wood.bu rn P !ace; lance·-cor­V / pora l , A.T.S.

�l?\ iss A. K i ng (Woodburn P lace) , Aberdeen . c...Miss E. Ke ith, B i rchview Terrace. • l.Miss Mina Ke ith, B i rchvi-ew 'terrace. 1.,M iss E. M.. Lawson, London.

ci'-[)r Mabel G. Lawson, London. r_;,, •ss Doris La,ing ( B,enmore) , I nverness .

'( Harold G. Laing, U lve,rston, Lanes. • Mrs Squi-res ( I sa Moyes) , O ld Post Offi _ce, '

Norton D i sney, Swi nderby, Lines. '''Mrs Mutch (L. Duncan), 28 H igh, Street . '''M iss E . Mutch (28 H igh Street) , I a n Cha r les

, Hos.p ita,! . 1/i,ete,r Moir ( Roya l Bank) , N a i rn . ,:, ,rs Geor.ge Morrison · ( Rachae,I Campbel l ) ,

.. /. London. 1/ /'j'rs Fred Mun.ro (Gert ie Lawson), Venezue la .

·�Chas. Munrn,, Palace Hate ' . _ ' ' iss J eanette Muma, ' Heath Cottage.

, ,· Miss M . Scot,t Macgre.gor, l 00 H ig h Street. ',;,,{1s . S . Mackenzie, Gow11nlea; L .A.C. , R .A.F . i)'lrs Jas . S . Mackenz ie (B . Robe,rtson.) ,

/ Gowanlea . "''S i dney G. Macgregor (46 H i g h St-reet ) , Fort

/ W i l l iam. ''1v\}s Macdouga l ! (.I . Mac lenna n ) , Craggan. '(,Mrs Macla·ren (She i la Macdouga l l ) , Crag � . '/J'· Macph a i l , H i,: lview; sergt . -obse:rver, R.A. F . ,

, / p risoner i n I ta ly . '''Nliss I sa Macphai l , H i l lview. ,;Wls Frias.e r ( Da i sy Macpherso n ) , E !g i n . ,:yf;m . R. Macdouga,11 (Craggan), Sr,eHie ld . "'tj1s M'Ar�ur (M. J . Grant) , Transvaa l . /,Miss Mabe,! M'W i l l iam (S i lverda l e ) , E l g i n cD9Aald M'G' l l ivrny, I s l a Cottage; sapper, - R.E. , M . E . F.

•tMrs Mackay ( I . B. Grant) a ig lynne .

;p,<i'ss C . M . Mackay, Cra ig lynne; nun;e C . N . R. Rigmore Hospita l , I nverness.

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,:�wm. Macgregor, 46 H i g h Street. f!jiss Mona Mac!ean (Nethybridge), Shetland

. I s les. · Miss Mary Macdonald (Aviemore) , . Wes;t of

r Scotland. 1 if iss Sarah Macdona l d (Avi emore) , I nverness . v'Vlrs John Gr.ant ( Beatrice M ' l ri·tosh ) , Dune

f f.erm l i ne . '<,Miss ·H . Maclaren, Stra.thyre, Perthshire;

Lead i ng Wren, W . R . N . S . Miss Marga,re-t M'Pherson, Br ia,r Cottage;

_ I L .C.W., Photograph Section, W.A.A.F.

VM iss . I . C. M ' l n tosh, Congash Cottage.

\ Hug�

om�:��::�

ie, I s la Cottage; p riv;ite,

''' Miss M. M. Pyper ( Riveirsda l e ) , Dundee. '''Miss E . M . Pyper ( R ive,rsda l e ) , Dundee. �.iss M. Paterrnni, Parkburn. � is s Jean M . Pat-erson, Parkburn.

JJa'mes P h i·l i p, Strathispey Hote l . ':fl· A . Robertson, "Broughty Fe;rry. ''W. R. ·stuart, " News " Offioe . JMrs ·W . R . Stuart , " News " Off ice . '/}rs Sch,le,ppi e (B . Meldrum), l 00 H ig h

./ S t>ree,t . 'Miss W . Shaw, l Chapel Roa d . t,,Ai ss C . Smith ( Bena l de r ) , G lasgow.

7w. Te,mp• leton, G l,enwhe•rn. f Templeton, G lenwhern . .

'vMiss N . Templeton, Glenwhem. ·.Miss M . Templeton (The Lodg e ) , Aberde,en .

tp/D . A. Mitche l l ( J . Templeton) , The Lodge; L .A.C.W., W.A.A. F .

VMi ss Beat.rice Shand, Castle. Road; Lance-/ Corporal , A.T.S.

')Dr Jas . W i l l i ams, Stonef ie ld . t,.Pf.rs Angus (E . A. Wood) , Ba lmenach. ,ifiss C. Wi nchester, Castle Road. ;;Miss E . Webste-r (Cas,tl ·e Road E . ) , l nvemess. t,Mrs Barclay (L . Hast i l ow ) , Achna.gonaln.

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B U Y YO U R

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F.l>.'S BALANCE SHEET, 1 94 1 -42.

I NCOME. Cash in Bank l I 1 1 / 4 1 · · · · · · · · · · · £49 ·o Cash in Hand 1 ! 1 1 /4 1 0 5 Subscr ipt ions-

2 at 1 2 /6 · · · · · · · · · £ 1 5 0 3 0 at 2 / - . . . 3 0 0

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£53 1 0 EXPE N D ITURE.

Advert i s'ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £0 5 Magazines £2 l 6

Postage . . . 0 1 1 6 ----- 2 1 3

P.r izes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 1 8 Postages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 2 Cash in Bank 3 1 / 1 0 /42 . . . . . . . . 47 0 Cash on, Hand 3 1 / 1 0 /42 . . 0 1 2

£ 5 3 1 0 J EAN M . PATERSON, Treasure•r .

Ex.amined and found corr·ect. WM. R . STUART

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NOTES ON ANNUAL GENERAL .

MEETI NG, ETC.

Owi ng to war condi t ions there · w i ! I be no Annua,I Gme,ral Meeting.

The School Magaz ine w i l l be sent to mem­bers of the F .P . and Old Guard Clubs who a, re with H .M . Forces, a lso to l i fe-members of the F . P . C lub .

The Club gave as usuaJ thre,e pr izes-one each for Engl ish, Modem, Lan.guages, and Classics.

Subscr ipt 'or.,s .f rom civ i l ian members o f both Clubs are now due for 1 942-43 and sl-,ould be· pa i d to the t reasurer, Miss Jean. Pate,rson, Pa,rkbum, Grantown-on-Spey. A balance sheet

Jor 1 94 1 -42 is pr i nted in th is issue.

NEWS FROM THE . OUTPOSTS.

Maior Hunter has succeeded Major Hendry in command of the · St,rathspey C.ompany of the Home Guard'. It i s to the cred it of these, two officers that the !oca l _ c9mpany is one, of the most efficLent Home Guard formatiorc in the North.

N\ajor Hendry, who ret i red under the age l im i t, has . had a d ist in:gu ished earner as a sai lo,r, so,ld ier and author. He w i l l be remem­be,red by many of our young men for the keen i nterest he took i n, school games.

J a mes Al lan, B a l l intomb, now serving w·i th the R.A.M.C . .i n En.g land, . has been promoted captain,:

Albe-rt Anderrnn., Higrie Street, who has attained. the rank of sergeant i n the R.A.F . , is stationed i n the North of Scotland .

George ·came,ron, The Square, d ischa,rgec: from the a.rmy after susta,i n ing wounds in the Ba,tt1 l e of the Somme, has succeeded . h is father,

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the la,t.e Mr D . D . Cameron, as Burgh Treas-ur,er a nd Cromdale Distr ict C lerk . ·

Gregor Cameron, Mondhuie, at present in the Transvaal, is t ra ining as a p i !o,t-observer. Before the war he was employed in .Edinburgh Royal' l nf i rma,ry.

J ames Cameron, The Sguare, i s act ing as co,�.e'r on a s.loop in Eastern wate•rs.

Ernest Cooke, . Ba lmenach, capture,d during the German break-through i n Fnarce, i s a pr isone•r of war in Stalag V I 1 1 . B, Ge•rmany.

Jack Cooke, Ba lmrnach, formerly of · tr.e Clydebank Po' ice Force, expects to be · s·e.n.t ove,rseas ve·ry rnon to complete h is. tra ining as p i lot-obse·rver. Jack was probably the f in.est athlete- tr,at scl-ool produced .

Wi l l i am Cr u i ckshank, Cromdale, corpora! i n the R.A.F., has "r some t i m e been. sta,troned · at a North-east aerodrome.

W i l l i am Cruickshank, Grant Road, was store-

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keeping on: board z,n a i<rcraft car,r i e,r . He had a spe.ll ' o't l e.ave' a fter

. return i n g ' from a cruis,e i n

ea,stern wat-e,rs, and i s now ag_a i n a,t sea·. Duncan Davidson:, : H igh Street, after

grnduati n,g at Ed inburgh U n iversity, spEciahed i n: radio- location:. La.t€,r he was commissioned to an: aux i l iary cru is,e•r i n' home• wa:ers.

WiH iam Fother ir,gr.am, Net_hybr idge, '2nd l i e:utenant in a l ight ant i -a i rcraft bane,ry of the R.A., ' has b-ee n posted to West A. fr ica.

Donald Fraser, Dulna i n- B r idge,, of t.he Corps of . Signa,l s, a·fter a, ! eng'hty pedod of se rvice i n l cefand, h a s been dr,afted to i mportant duty in tih€· London ar,ea.

Harry Fraser, Mondhuie·, formeirly govern­men,t c iv i l ,eng i neer i n Malaya, was com­miss i o ned iri the R.A.F. ·Before the fa l·I of S ingapore he was moved to Batavia i n Java. S ince, Februa,ry 28t lc no news of him has be,en r·ece·ived.

Patir ick Garrow, formerly of Advie, after re:g-u la,r se,rvice with the R .A.F . in Aden,, was drafted home. He, i ·s a se,rgeant, a,ttached to a No,rthern aerodrnme.

J ohn Gra�,t, Rothiemoon, is county organiser and agricul tur.a l executive officer for W,est F i fe a nd Ki nrnss . . Last A,ugust he married ano.ther F . P . , . Be,atr ice, M' l ntosh,, Achosrich, former_ ly a teacher of dom,est ic sci,ence i n Eng land . The i r fr i ends i n both c lubs send the i r warmest con ­g ratu l.a,t ions a n d bes,t wishes.

john Came,ron, Grant, The Squa,re, recently sort ing c le rk and tel,egraph ist i n the Post Office, i s tra i n i ng with the Corps of S igna !s i n the North of England.

Martin Grant, H igh Street, corporal in: the R . A F. , sha,red i n: the r•etreat from Burma. He i s ;,gain at ,an I nd i an station, . none the wo,rse except fo,r the loss of h is k i t .

Dona ld Gun:n, 1 Castle Road, stat ioned in •he, North wi.th the Seaforth H igh landers, has been pnomoted serg,eant .

John Holmes, Cra.ggan, i s a n A B . o n board H . M . S . K ing George V .

T homa!> H untm, Woodside Ave,r,ue, i s sen ior hou;e swg,eon at Stracathro Eme,rgency Hos­pita l . H e s,pec,a '. ises i n orthope,d ic surgery.

George 1 1 1 ingworth, Castle Road, form�·r ly �ava.l teleg,raph,ist, has been undergoing· treat-

111ent . for a leg i n,j 4ry, a nd has rece,ived his d ischarge.

F,rase,r I nnes, Cast.l e Road, is a supply assis,tant at a nava! depot i n t,he squ_th of Eng l irnd.

Gordon Jack, Castle Road, who was for some i ime, a c lerk a•nd te, legraphist · with the Post Offi.ce, f i rst at Kirkwa l l an:d then, la,tter ly at Aviemore, 1-:as gone to i o i n the' R .A.F . His brother Alasta i r voluntee·red for the R .A.F . wh i l e st i l l a,t school . At present he is sti . 1 1 on deferr,e d service.

Alasta i r La ing, H igh Stre,et, i s attached to a reconnaissance corps i n the Home, Forces .

A i exan::/.er Ledi ngham, H igh Street, .a i rc;raft­m a n with t!-. e R .A.F . , is stat i.or, ,ed· at a Norther,n aerodrome . .

Wi l l iam Led i ngham, High Street, sub- l ieu­tenant in : the· F le,et A i r Arm, is do ing instruc­t ional work in Eng land .

F,rank Macau l ay, Lettoch, wl-.o has been in German hands s i nce. the, fa l l of Firance, has used h i s spare t ime, to study, even: getting up ca,rly i n the momi ngs to obta,i n the, necessary qu ie·t . H i s perseverence has b_e e n rewa,rded by pass i n g the " members " examination of the I nst i tute of Bankers.

W i l l i a m Macaulay, Lettoch, formerly in the Green Howards, is now a sergeant i n the Corps of S ignals, ar,d is attached to an: lnd ia·n d iv is ion i n t h e Midd le East .

Donald M' Beath, L .M.S. Stat ion:, a crafts­man in the R .E .M .E. , is quartered in t he North of Eng l a nd.

Kenneth M'Cabe, Cromda le , l ieutenant in the 1 0 / l 7 Dogras, i s stationed in the Punjab . i\s a serge,ant i n the Scots ·Guards he· saw �e,r­v ic·e in Norway. ' H e was later wounded at Tobru k .

Kerine,th M'Connel l , L .M.S . Station, is a se.rgeant-p i !o t of the 1 st Gl ider Reg i me nt of a i rborne troops . At p,resen t. he i s a,ttached to home forces. Orig ina l ly , i n the S·eaforths, he served for a time as anti -,a i rcraft gunn:e,r on me,rchant ships.

James Macdonald; Upper Port, o f the Mo,ray­, h ,.re Constabu la,ry, has been transferred to Forres·, but ,expects soon to j o i n, t h'e R.A. F . for f ly ing duty. H is brothe, r W i l l i a m was se,rving in, the R .A.F . when he was k i l l ed in -an accident.

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I an M' I ntosh, H igh Street, after l,eav in.g school worked! as a f i l m operator w ith E . N . S .A . He- i� now 'a ,rad io me·chan i c w i th th e R .A . F . i n the · North of England .

Lew is M ' l ntos·h, H igh Stre·e·t, has be•en ass igned to store- keeping du t i es at an R .A . O .C. sub -depot i n Eng .Jand .

A l e,xand:er M' I ntyre, Boat of Garten, after qual ifying as a w ire-1.e.s.s oper,ator, has been posted to a n aern.drome i n the fa r north.

I a n Mackenz ie, Spey Br idge, is sNving i n Eng land w i th a f ie!d ambulance sect ion of the parachute 1,roop,s . He wc,s attached to the R . A.M.C. i n France, a nd was evacuated aft.er the. ,ret,reat to the coas.t .

K e i t h M'Kerron, H igh Street, w ith the R.A . F . , has been doi ng spec ia l train ing for commando work. For some t i me he was i n th e We•ste,m l s. Jes , b u t is now i n the sou•th­west of Scotland .

A l e·xa.nd1e,r Mack intosh, Cromd a l e , aircraft­man in the R .A. F. , is stationed at a nortrern aerodrome .

Angus Mack intosh, Du lna i n- B r idge·, se rvi ng in the nort.h-e,ast as a p i lot i n Coastal Corn. mar,d, · has be.en promote d warrant officer.

David Mack intosh, Cromda le, and a i rcraft­man with the R .A. F. , is stationed i n the N orth of Eng l and.

Dona,Jd Mack i ntosh, Cromda le , capture d dur ing the evacuation from Greece , is a pr isoner i n Sta,l ag 1 8A, Austr ia .

D ona ld M ' l ntosh, Du lna i n- Br idge, Seiaforth H i gh lande·rs., i s stationed in the North.

Eva n Mack i ntosr , Larches, Du I na i n- B r idge, corpora! in the Royal Cor ps of S igna l s,, is serv­ing in Eng,land .

John Mack intosh, Cromda le, i s an a i rc raft­man with the R .A . F . in the North of ErigLand.

Pa-trick M 'Le,arn, Croft _A l l an, after te mporary serv ice with the R.A . F . , transfer.red to the a·rmy, and is now tra i n i ng wi th the Cam.ernn, H ighlanders .

A lasta i r M 'N icol , H igh .St-r-eet, is se,rv ing i n East Afr ica as an a i r-mechan ic w i th the F leet A i r Arm.

Pe '.er M ' N ico! , H igh Street, an A . B : i n the . Roya l N avy, i s in home waters. He saw act ive

s·e·rvice on �he battle1Sh ip N e lson . H e was o n boa,rd the destroye,r H .M .S. l thur ie,I when she.

rammed and sank the I ta l i a n subma r i ne Cobal to .

Ha rry Macpherson, Castle· Road , fl ight sergeant i n the R .A . F. , has been fo.r some, t ime at a Northern a,erodrome.

I an Macphe,r·son, Cast!e Road, took pa,,t with the Seaforths i n the· Madaga�ca,r campa ig n, and acc,ompan ied h i s battal io n to the East. H is m ind of.ten turns to h is nat ive, h i l ls and burns . A turbanrned bookse l ler offe.red con­solation i n the pages of " F ifty Years with the Rod in the, Scottish H igh l ands," but the· pr ice was beyon d the s lende r mean.s of a- H igh land p·rivat·e .

Peter Macp·herson, Grant Road , is serv ing in England as a piper in the Scots Gua.rds .

W i l l iam M'W i l l iam, South Street, who is sta1"ioned in the N orth, was prevented by leg i r 1j ur ies from accompanying h i.s un i t overseas.

John M i l ne, H igh St-reet, has been with the N . F.S . s i nce the outbreak of host i l it ies, and d id ve, ry good work in the " bl itzed' c i ties ." Af.te.r pass ing examinat ions with g re<at d is­t in.ct ion h e was promoted company officer, and is g iv ing i,nstruct i o n at an N . F . S . co ! l ege i n, the South o f Eng lar((!.

Bruce Munro, H igh Street, passed the th i rd yEar examinat ions ( Pathology and Materi-a Med ica ) in med i c ine at G la;gow Univers i ty. He is a member of the U n iversity Tra in ing Corps.

Edw i n Munro, Stat ion Road, has been pro- ­mot·ed to company sergeant-major in the R.A .O.C. S i nce the evacuation from France he has been attached to Home Forces.

John Paterson., H igh Stree t, a,fter .a. long spell w i th the Royal Eng i ne.ers i n l .celand., has been t,ransfe.rred· to the West of Engfa.n.d.

A lexande,r Ph i m iste,r, South Street, a pr isone.r of war s ince Dunkirk, is in Stalag XXB, Ger­many. H e seems to be er.joy i ng fai- r ly l ibera l treatment . For some t ime he· relped with the dist,r ibution, of food ./

Rodeir ick Rattray, South Street, is attached to a commando of the Royal Mari nes. He fought at Dakar and D ieppe.

Jack Re1:d, L .M.S . Stat ion, Corps of S i gnals , i s i n the South o f Eng land .

Frank Roberts, former!y of the· Baptist Manse, ha,s been t.ransferred from the Lanca-

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s h im Fusi l i ers to the R.A.O.C. As an. inspec­t(),r of ordnance officer his eng i nee-r ing train i ng stands h im in good stead.

Grigor Ross, D u l na i n- B ri dge, w.as employed in 'a n. a i rcra.ft, factory in London. Transfo,rred to G-�antown he became se-r iously i l l . He 1 s once aga, i n engage.d( in the fam i l y bus i n�s.=, and has much, improved i n, hea l th .

Jack Ross, Dulna i n - B r idge, has been com­miss ioned i n, the R . A . F . as a p i lot officer. He has been assigned to techn ica l work in the far north.

Robert Ross, D u l na i n - B r idge, a prisoner o f war s ince Dunk i rk, is i n. S t a l a g V I 1 1 . B, Ge·r­many. I ntense cold made h i s f i rst w inter a trying one. H i s spo rt ing tastes f ind out l e t i n box i ng, at wh ich :1e represents h•i s camp as cru iser we1i ght, but a quarry engine c l a i ms the most of h is t i m e .

V i ctor Ross, Du ln,a i n - B r idge, now promoted l i ,cut.enan,t i n th,e R.N . V . R . , is m i ne'°weep ir,;i i fl, northe,rn waters .

A!-exande,r Sm it'h , H ig h attendant, R . N . , i s serving Ma r ines i n I nd i a n waters.

Street, w i th

s,ick-be rth the Roya l

R icha,rd Surtees, H i g h Street, r·ecen.t ly ser­ge.ant in the· Metropo l i tan Pol ice, i s row i n the R A F .

Robert Su,rtees, H igh St, reet, foirmerly o f the Soui h.end Pol ice Force, is tra i n ing i n· Engl and w i th the Tank Corps.

�ngus Stua,rt, H i g h Street, l ance.-corpora l i n the R .A. , i s stationed i n En.g land .

Dona ld Stua-rt, South Street, who tra ined as a ma le r,urse before the war, i s attached to a R.A.M.C . un i t in fr is count, ry.

John Stuart, H ig h Stre·et, sergeant in the R . A. . F . , was on opeirat ions over Germany as a rear-gunner . He has recently been transferred from Sco,t l and to Wales .

Lac.hlan Stuart, H igh Street, has been posted to a n R .A. F . squadron ir, I nd i a . H e appears to f ind s-ervice there· veiry congeni.a l .

Gordon Temple-ton, The Lodge, corpora ! i n the Se,aforths, accompanied h i s ba.tta l ion to the East, taking pa,rt e•n rout,e in the Madagascar cam,pa,ign ..

J ames Temple-ton, The Lodge, sergeant i n t h e R.A. , h a s for some t ime, been do i ng spec ia l duty w i�h Scott ish Commar; d .

W i l l i a m Thomson, H igh Street, is wo·rk i ng w i t'h N .A.A. F . I . in Aberdeensh i re .

Hugh Tu l :och, Grant Road, l ast year's Grammar School d ux, i s t2 k i ng a technica,I c:>u-rse at A l l a,nglen Schoo l , G lasgow, as a pr·e­l im.ina ry to studying e•ng i ne-er ing at Glasgow U niversity .

David Winchester, Cast!e Road, corpora l i n t h e Co rps o f S i g n a l s , h a s for some t i me been stat iored in, the North of England .

Herbert Wright, H igh Street, comp leted h i s fi •rst year of e,ngi ne,ering studies at -Aberdeen Un ivers i ty . He passed in mathematics, p-hysics, chemisiry and eng i nee.r ing drawing, ga in.i n;g second c :ass cert i-ficates i n the l ast three. H e, is a. membe,r 0,f the, U n ivers i ty Tra,in i ng S:orps .

Ewan Wood, B a l mer.2ch, sergeant p i l o t i n the, R.A. F . , tr,a i ned i n Rhodesia, a n d i s n.ow f ly ing in the M i d d l e East.

.Alexande:r Cameron, T,he Squa,re, corpora l in tl-e Reconna issance, Corps, and forme-r ly of the Royal Fus i l i ers, is attached to Home, Forces.

W i ! l i am Duncan, H igh Street, is a N .A.A. F . 1 . i nspecto r i n the North of Scot l and .

I an Forbes, formerly of Connage, has been commiss ioned to the We-st Africar., Army Ser­v ice Corps.

J ames Grant, D r i l l Ha l l , l e a d i ng a i rcr.aftman i n the R.A. F . , i s stationed in Ceylon . Escap­ing fro m S ingapore befo re i ts fa l l , he reached Ceylon v ia the Dutch East I nd i e s .

Don.a id M'G i l l ivray, H igh Stre,et, sapper, R . E . , i s serving w i th posta l u n i t in the Midd le East .

Hugh Mackenzie, Cast l e -Road , fo rmerly o f tr.e Go,rdon H igh !ande· rs, i s r,ow with the com­mancos . H e took part i n the ra·ids on N or­way.

Alexande,r M'Pha i l , H igh Street, sergeant­obs.e-rve·r, was s,erv ing with the R.A. F . i n the Middle East . He fe l l i n to enemy hands in. October, 1 94 1 , and i s at present i nterned i n Campo P.G . 5 9 , I ta ly .

Marg aret Cruickshank, Grant Road, is attached to th-e C iv i l Nurs ing Reserve a ,t Meernski.rk Hosp i ta l , Newtonmeams .

J.ess i,e Frase·r, M .A., Mond·hu i-e, forme,rly at l<elso, i s teaching .at Drumnadrochit , I nver­ness-sh i re .

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22 GRAMMAR SCHOOL MAGAZ I NE

Marie J . Granit, Tu l lochgr ibban, and N e tta R . Hunt,er, Woods, ide Av€,nue, have enre·red o n th,e th i rd yea-r o f the i r course at Aber.dcen T,ra i ri-ing Centre.

Ma, rgue.r ite K ing, Woodburn P lace, lan,:,e­co,rpora l in the A .T.S . , is stat ioned in Shr: ip­sh i-r,e.

Dor is Lajng, H ig h Street, has be,en tra-1s­ferred from K i rkwa l l to the Post Office at l nve rnes·s.

. Edi th M. Lawsor; has resigned her post i n the Gramma,r Schoo! to take u p duty i n l(in ­don. She is staying with he,r s ister, Dr M,: :iel Lawson,, who ho,lds an administrat ive p Jst u nder the Mi n'stry o -r Hea lth . Miss Laws.en's long attachment and devoted, service to ,he school and commun.i ty made her departure a re-a l sonrow to a l l . We .can only wish her ev ery · happiness and success in: the new l ife: she· :1as chosen.

Ma ry Macdon.a ld, Aviemore, who ga ined :,er d ip loma .at th e Glasgow Schoo l of Art, is en­gaged in na t iona l service. She has been appoin·ted inspector on the staff of the Aero­nau.t ica l I nspect ion D i-rectorate, and is at present attached to an a i rcraft factory in the West of Sco t land. Her s ister Sa rah is on the t-empora ry staff of I nverness Telepehone, Ex­change.

Cather ine Mackay, Cra ig !ynne, is serving wi�h the C i v i l Nursi ng Reserve at R igmJre Hosp ital , I nverness.

D iana Mackintosh, Du lna in- Bridge, com­pleted he•r studies at the School of Domest i c Science and the T,ra.i n i ng Centre, Abe,rdeim . She received' an. appointment under Moray Educat io·n Committee, and is teach ing i n schools nea r Fones .

He len Macla ren, forme,r ly of Ca rrbr idge, i s attached to a west coast base as a drive·r w i th the Roya l Nava l Motor Transport .

Mona M'Lean, C roft Al lan, has been appo inted county instructo r .for da i ryin,g, etc . , fo r _the Shet land I s l es .

. Ma rga ret M 'Pherson, Gran t Road, has been ass igned to photograph ic work with the

• W .A.A. F . in Pa is ley. Mabe·! M 'W i l l iam, M .A. , South St reet, on

the s taff of E !g in Academy, is tak ing a lead ing part in r u nn,ing the E l g i n G i rls' Tra i ning Corps .

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E l i zabeth Mutch, . . H ig h St reet, who t, ra ined in E d inburgb Roya l I nf i rma ry, is r.ow a sister i n, the· I an Char les Hospita l , Grantown.

8€.atr ice Shand, Cast l e Road, is on duty as a driver with the A.T .S. at a Nor,thern stat ion .

Soph ia Smith, M.A., N ethybridge, completes he,r course at Aberdeen Tra ining Cen,t re, t his Christmas, and wi l l ,probably take up duty w ith I nverness Educa t ion Commi ttee.

J anet Temp l e.ton., The Lodge, now Mrs D . A. Mi tche l l , · is serving wi th the W .A .A .F. i n -Aberd€ensh i re .

Ma rgaret Temp 1 eton, The Lodge·, afte-r com­pleting I-e r tra in'ng as a teach-er of domest i c sc i,ence, rec€iv€d a pos.t in Yorksh i re . She has now t ransferred to Linksf ie ld School, Abe,rdeen.

We have g reat p leasure in. congratul at i ng the fol lowing F . P . 's who have ma rr ied du·r ing the past yea r :-Da isy Macphe,rson ( Mrs Fraser ) , Kath:eer, Mutch, (Mrs Aston ) , Janet Temp l eton (Mrs Mitche l l ) , and' Beat r ice Mac­k intosh and her husband John Grant . We wish them every happ iness and good fortune.

To a l l members of the Old Gua,rd and F . P . C lubs, at home and beyond the se.as, we send our Chr istmas g reet i ngs and best wishes for th·e N ew Yea r.

R O SE C O N F ECTIO N E R .

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Agent for K unzie and· Fuller's Cakes.

25 H I G H STR E ET,

GRANTOWN=ON=SPEY.

DIXON & BAIN H O USE PAI NTE RS,

· GRANTOWN=ON=SPEY.

· . COOPER & CO.

SPEC IALl�3TS I N

· GROCERIES and PROVISIONS . I "'

JOHN KING

Successor to J a7:1es K�rr

CJ)hotograph ic and Dispens ing Chemist

21 HIGH !,TREET · Grantown - on - Spey.

Telephone No. 6 , T degrams-Herr, Grantown-on-Spey.

C. H. WRIGHT Str(Jiltllupey's Leading Tobacconist

and Fishing Tackle Maker

32 High Street

GRANTOWN .. QN .. SPEY.

Wh.oResafo.

· ANGUS STUART, Bookseller, Stationer, Newsagent and Printe r,

GRANTOWN·ON•SPEY.

XMAS ANNUALS CARDS

CALENDARS . ETC

* BIRTHDAY

AND

CONGRATULATORY

CARDS

'Pb.one 96. Retaiit

DUNC A N DAVIDSON, 81 H IG H STREET,

G RANTOWN=ON=SPEY,

TOBACCOS CIGARETTES

AND CONFECTIONS.

R AV E L R I G BOARD RESI DENCE

Woodside Avenue

G R A N TOWN

' Phone 208

Mrs J. MORTIMER , Proprietrix.

. Frazer s Quality Pfill Sol�e Your

The Right Angle �n

Clothes Problem Q1iality is 110/ rationed at Fi-azers. It has al7vays been of tlze highest standard, and that is why in these days cf clothin.;:· co11po11s, . that .Jmowledgeahle people buy at Frazers, where tliey are sure of getting the best possible value for their coupons.

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! J W ar=time Clothing . In choosing Tweeds or Suit­ings for war-time wear it pays to select materials which will last long and keep their good looks. You' fl r;et them at Frazers I

Frazers of Perth, Ltd. , Grantown-on-Spey

34 The Square,

Gran town-on-Spey.

.' .1 • •

Phone 1 2. :

V

PHO,.E IHI,

The Leadin� Shop in Town For FRUIT and

PROVISIONS

M' lntosh ·Bros. AT

44 Hi2h Street Van T_ravels all Country Districts.

M . D . C . MACKENZI E Family Grocer and Confectioner

POST OFFICE

NETHY BRIDGE

All Best Makes of Chocolates

Agent for Fullers Cakes

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WM. M'GQEGOtt SADDLER and H ARNESS M A KER,

1 7 H I GH STREET,

GRANTOWN•ON,SPEY.

Sporting Goods, Travelling and Fanoy Leather Goods, Pocket Books and

Purses, Etc. , Etc.

$·elected with< long _ experience of the trade and qualities. Charges moderate.

Repairs lt1 all Departments.

Seafield Lodge

Private Hotel

Central and com-enient

on fringe of pinewoods.

Five minutes' walk froin

GOLF - TENNIS BOWLING

T R OUT & SALMON F I SH ING

GAR AGE,

Excellent Cuisine. Person.a.I Supervision.

P roprietrix-J . CRUIC KSH AN K ,

" UNDER THE SHA.DOW OF

CAIRNGORI'I "

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R�tbi,brid9c fiotcl

Phone 5,

N ETHYBRIDGE

Situated at the foot of the Cairngorms. --Ideal Hotel for Mountaineers. --· Facilities for River and Loch Fishing.

Golf - Tennis. .. --Excellent Centre for Motoring.--

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