Mrs. Abraham Will Be 80.

On the 12th. of November this year a beloved Kindergarten teacher for hundreds of boys from Feild will be 80. Mrs. Abraham (aka Miss Chatwood) taught me and other boys at Feild from the early 50's to the mid 60's. She will be having an open house at her residence in St. Luke's Home, Cottage 52, on Wed. Nov. 11 from 2-4:30. She would love to see as many boys as possible. Do not bring a gift, just come and say hello and wish her well.

I remember her as Miss Chatwood. She always had rhythm band, a big sand box and a lots of wooden blocks to play with. Sometimes she would roll up the wall between K and Gr. I (Mrs. Horwood's class) and we would listen to music, march around and sing. Later as a boy soprano I would sing with her in The Cathedral Choir under Mr. Gus Stafford, a pharmacist, who played the organ at The Cathedral. Now in her later years I still sing occasionally with her at St. Luke's on the first Sunday of the month.

Bishops College

This weekend Bishops College will be holding celebrations of its 50th. year. Bishops opened in 1959 with C.J. Grant as principal and Mrs. A. Wareham (still living) as Vice-principal. Bishops was a major departure for us at Feild as we had no girls for most of our schooling. This was the Anglican Board's first foray into a co-educational high school. It worked well as many fine students came from within the walls of the rectangular box on Pennywell Road.

From the old boys of Feild we wish Bishops a very happy 50th. birthday and hope that there will be many more years to come.

Baseball Boys Get Together

A few of the early sixties baseball team got together at The Bird's Nest for their monthly lunch. All the talk was about Billy Martin and how he is coming along after his operation for pancreatitis. It seems that after many setbacks Bill is on the road to recovery which will take a long time. He is at St. Clare's and I am sure he would like a visit.

This was my second get together with the boys and I did not play baseball with them. I'm there as a recorder of these events and also to keep all Feildians aware that the double blue spirit lives on. Donny Yetman, Doug Squires, Russ Grimes, Dave Hall (pitcher extraordinaire), Dick Cook, Chris Facey (bat boy, who says he coached and Charlie Riddle was the BB), Ian Tulk ( brought us up-to-date on Bill's progress) and Bob Noseworthy (soccer and hockey player).

Many other names were brought up at the lunch such as Suitcase Simpson. Anybody know who he is? We'd like for other Feildians who played ball or other sports to join us for a chat and a bite to eat. My e-mail address is: peter.chalker@gmail.com

There are lots of activities happening at the school as we celebrate our 165th. year. On Nov. 10th. the school will be laying a wreath at the war memorial in memory of all Feildians who died in war. Call the school for details and to see if you can help. Get involved! 722-3103

Bill Martin

Boys, Bill is in St. Clare's and we hope that he makes a full recovery. If you get the opportunity drop in and see him. I'm sure he would appreciate it.

Anybody know where all the student records from Feild went? I cannot find them anywhere. I mean the records that might date back to before the war.

News

Boys is there any more news on how Bill Martin is doing?

On another subject please check out the Bishop Feild School website for information about the 165th. celebrations taking place this year. The link is:

http://bishopfeild.6amsoftware.com/