St Thomas More College
1968 Old Boys
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Visitors to this site since January 21, 2008  Ink Cartridge | 22 December 2009 Emmaus College Alumni News - Issue 3 December 2009 The third issue of the college Alumni news is out. Amongst other news, the college is looking for work experience opportunities for current year 10 students, can you help? There is an Emmaus 30 year celebration on the 13th March 2010, if you missed our reunion tour, or would like to show your family your alma mater, this is your opportunity. You are also encouraged to fill out the alumni data sheet for the college alumni records, this will help them to get any general alumni information directly to you. The alumni newsletter is also interested in what you are up to now and would like past pupils to contribute to the newsletter. It would be good to see a couple of our Old Boys featuring in future publications. Don't forget our Old Boys 1st Annual Dinner, details were emailed to you and are listed below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 December 2009 1st Annual More College 1968 Old Boys Dinner At an informal gathering at Boothy's the other night, we decided that we didn't want to waste all the hard yakka put into organising the reunion so we thought that an annual dinner would be the go. Nothing too flash, just mates having a meal and laugh together. You should all all have received an email by now, (except the 7 people who have changed their email address's), but in short, we are reserving the first Friday in February every year to have a dinner someplace. This year it's at the Wantirna Club near Knox Shopping Centre. Just ring the Wantirna Club on 9801 5555, and tell them the date, 5th February 2010, and that you would like a seat (or two) at the More College Old Boys table. Make sure you leave your name too. Wives, partners, girlfriends or better halves are most welcome! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 December, 2009 Google in their wisdom migrated all the Google pages to a place called Google sites. This has caused us to lose all our front page notes, it appears that some of the 'Contents' pages are damaged but I should be able to repair them in time. Bastards! Anyway, moving onwards .... Edit: I have recovered most of it from Google cache, now to repair it! All fixed !! Yay -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh what a night !!! The Reunion photo's are in ! -----------------------------------------
Click to enlarge 25 March 2009 Paul Tyrrell's band, Up In Arms,
is playing again at the Kew RSL in Cotham Road, Kew. Ian & myself
went along last time and can highly recommend them. The beer was cheap,
the sausages were great, well worth the $10 surcharge. $10 entry with plates of nibbles or BBQ included. Drinks are at good RSL prices. Good venue, good atmosphere, great band. I intend to go again so if you're up for it, come along. Let us know on the Greetings page if you're coming. Cheers, Pete-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 February 2009 Old Boys Employment Request These
current times are hard for some and small though we are, we'd like to
think that we can help. Our Old Boys network has over 80 members and we
are asking everyone to help. We have some requests asking for help in regards to jobs. An
Old Boy is looking for a job for his son who finished his VCE at Emmaus
in 2007 and has recently finished his pre apprenticeship for electrical
and is currently unable to find work. He is looking for work as an
electrician but is willing to take on any work that is available. He is
a hard worker, honest and reliable. We can be contacted confidentially
for further details. If
you have any leads on available jobs please let John, Graeme, Paul or
Pete know so we can pass on the information and contact can be made. If
your contact details change, please let me know so I can update the Old
Boys database. I'll resend an updated list to everyone on a regular
basis. Cheers, Pete -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 January 2009 Happy New Year !! Since the reunion it has been magnificent to hear about guys catching up with
old school buddies Make the effort guys and keep in touch with
your old school buddies and let us know what you're doing. You will get lots out of it, we are ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 December 2008 The reunion photos
are all online and look great, the night was a raging success which was
enjoyed by all and the Sunday BBQ was a fitting way to cap it all off.
Thanks to everyone for making it such a great weekend. Pete, Graeme, John, Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Powerpoint presentation that was shown throughout the reunion evening. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This website is best viewed with Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 December 2008 The reunion night photos are finally in and I will soon have all 247 of them up on the site, gimme a day or 2. I'll email a webpage update when they are done. You'll see lots of pictures of the Sunday BBQ at the college here. Thanks to Cookie, Cleary, Green & Pluto for sending me those. Keep 'em coming guys, there were more camera's than those four! Cookie has added a 'Prequel' to his ongoing adventures on Ho Ho Island, you'll find the story here. John Green is recently back from visiting Ken Gale in Bangkok, you'll find a picture here and a few words from John. Ian Jorgensen, myself and my GLW went and saw Paul Tyrrell's band, Up in Arms, at the Kew RSL. It was well worth it, for $10 we got a great afternoons entertainment, a feed, met Pauls fantastic lady and got stuck into some nice cold ale. We'll be going along to see the band again and hope some of you will be able to join us. Paul is keeping us informed with gig dates. Get into our 'Old Boys' network, send me some information about your business for inclusion on our links page. Eventually your business will appear on Google search and may help get more business your way. (Don't forget 'mates rates' for Old Boys). Let us know what happening in your life and send those day to day photos in to share. Cheers, Pete -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 November 2008 Our reunion function cracked it for a mention and a photo in the Emmaus College November newsletter, which can be found here http://www.emmaus.vic.edu.au/newsletters.htm There is also a paragraph about our visit to the college in the 'Principals Review', in the October newsletter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 November 2008 Anyone up for an afternoon/evening out ? Paul Tyrrell's band, Up In Arms, is playing a couple of gigs at the Kew RSL in Cotham Road, Kew.
$10 entry with plates of nibbles or BBQ included. Drinks are at good RSL prices. Good venue, good atmosphere, great band. Paul Game and myself intend to trek along on the 30th November with our other halves so if you're up for it, come along. (Not knowing the place firsthand, it might be best to ring ahead and book a table). Let us know on the Greetings page if you're coming. Cheers, Pete ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 September 2008 It's almost here. The reunion is on the 18th October with the recovery BBQ on the 19th at the College. WE want to see YOU, to renew friendships and to catch up over a beer. The following blokes have paid up and are asking us who is coming, they want to see YOU, their classmates and friends! Come on guys, it's time. It's NOT too late to sign up, just let us know that YOU ARE COMING! See the Info-Pak we mailed to you for banking details OR phone one of us.
Special Guests - Terry Little & Barry Parnell Don't let this moment pass, it's been 40 years. Contact us now! We are looking forward to seeing you. Paul, John, Graeme & Pete (and all the guys listed above). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 August 2008 'The Holy Grail' An excerpt from our Greetings Page
Yes,
it is 'The Holy Grail', THE missing link, etc. etc. THE piece of "The
Stolen Strap of Robbo". And not just any piece, the tip, the end piece,
the best part, the creme de la creme of strap pieces. The story behind the picture ..... The Holy Grail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 July 2008 Cookie was on a lightning visit to Melbourne, landing at 9.00 in the morning en route from Tassie, he was picked up at Melbourne Airport for his 1 pm appointment in Doncaster by Peter Mackie. Unbeknownst to Mr Cook, Greenie, Boothy and Macca decided to gate crash and with preplanned stealth and cunning disguised themselves as ordinary everyday idiots hiding behind newspapers at a nearby table. It took all of about 60 seconds before they were sprung by a pleasantly surprised Cookie. It was a great hour renewing friendships before we left
Cookie to freshen up for his appointment. Thanks to Peter Mackie for
keeping our plans of stealth a secret and for helping Cookie out as
taxi driver for the day. The pictures can be seen here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 July 2008 Thank you to Archivist Br John O'Halloran CFC, who has sent us some photographs of the college. These photographs have been scanned from old slides, links to these can be found on the Photographs page. For those who are wondering . . . CFC stands for 'Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum' which is the latin for 'Congregation of Christian Brothers.' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 July 2008 IMPORTANT G'day all. An email was sent to everyone today, it is important that we get a reply from you as soon as possible so that we can move into the next stage of organising the reunion. If you didn't get the email it's because we haven't got your email address yet. If this is the case, please let us know now. Sixty-six emails were sent and we were getting replies within minutes. Thanks guys. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 June 2008 Last Sunday, your Reunion Organisers and their 'better halves' met for lunch. We thought we'd share the photo's with you all. Just go to the photograph's section to take a look. If you are looking for somewhere nice to dine, we reckon you should check this local winery out. Keep those payments coming in guys. If you are an interstate, overseas or country classmate and you are visiting Melbourne, let us know. We can arrange an afternoon or evening 'gathering'. Some people have reported that our web pages have been a bit 'messed up' lately. After investigation, it appears that only users of Internet Explorer 6 are affected, all I can suggest is that you upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox. Cheers Graeme, Paul, John, Pete ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 June 2008Update: More photos added Some new photos have been added guys, if you don't recognise the two mongrels gracing our front page then click your way to the photographs page for the scoop. Funds are already rolling in to finance our Reunion weekend, the payment instructions are detailed in the Info Pack we emailed to you and would be appreciated by July 31st. If you have lost your copy of the Info Pack, let one of us know and we'll send you another. Cheers Pete, Graeme, Paul & John ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 May 2008 St.Thomas More College 1968 Form 1 Reunion Details We have emailed the Reunion details to all classmates we have on our mailing list. All the relevant information for our reunion on the weekend of October 18th is contained in the email. If you have not received the email, titled as above, please contact me for a copy asap. We are still missing some classmates, please check the list below and let us know if you have any information on any of these people. Cheers, Pete ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 May 2008 UPDATED Missing in Action Greetings all. We are down to the pointy end of our search for our classmates and are calling on you all to help where possible. If you know the whereabouts of any of the following, or even know of their parents, relatives or mates, we'd like you to either try and track them down and get them to call us, or if you could contact John, Pete, Graham or Paul with any information you might have, we can take it from there. Thanks in advance for any help or clues. If you also check the photographs and spot anyone we have missed, please let us know. Our missing classmates are: Paul Van Den Berg Kevin Roach Luigi Mele Peter Flynn David Oldfield Stephen Read Located Brett Healand Located Mick O'Connell Ron Drew Neville Ryan Roger Greenough John van Den Heiligenberg Patrick Thwaites Located Peter Gleeson Henk (Hank) Van Den Berg Paul Cleary Located Chris Martin The Reunion There will be an email-out soon regarding the October Reunion with more information, especially regarding the payment details. Please keep your eyes open for this. We will let you know here when it has been sent. Thanks, John, Pete, Graham & Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 May 2008 We've added a new picture to our Mugs Alley. The Mystery Man is travelling incognito and challenges you all to identify him. Post your guess on the greetings page, there may be a beer in it for the correct guesser. Come on guys, you can do it, make up a slide show and send me the link or send in a few pictures and I'll do it for you. Happy Birthday today to Ian Scholes. Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 April 2008 We have another addition to the 'Mugs Alley' slideshow display and I know of a couple more on the way. Keep em coming guys. You can either make your own slideshow on one of the many websites like Photobucket and send me the link, or just send me some pictures via email and I'll make a slideshow for you. Happy Birthday this week to Paul Game. Cheers Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 April 2008 G'day all, a couple of items of memorabilia have been sent to us, have a look on the Sport Photographs page and the Memorabilia page. Thanks to the donor who wishes to remain anonymous. Have any of you got any items to share ? We've recently had some birthdays, namely for Gerry Bruitzman & Cookie, happy birthday to you two. This weeks birthdays are for Roger Greenough (still missing) and Paul Cleary who have theirs today, John Dauska on Sunday and Paul Tyrell next Saturday. Best wishes and happy birthday from us all. Cheers Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 April 2008 A Message from Cookie Following on from a suggestion I made, Pete has made a new page for showing a snapshot of our lives. Just click on the Photographs link for your trip to 'Mugs Alley'. I have started the ball rolling and want you guys to send him some photos of yourselves so he can stick 'em up for us all to see your mugshots. See you at the reunion, Cookie ** Another option is to make your own slideshow on your Photobucket page or similar and email the slideshow link to me and I'll put the link on our 'Mugs Alley' page. Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 April 2008 Only 18 people to go guys, take a look at our 'Missing Persons' page and see if you can help us out. Word has it that an old tuckshop price list has been found (Pies 14 cents), along with other items, we will have these on the memorabilia table at the Reunion. Rummage through your drawers and see what you can dig out. On a serious note, we have 2 questions for you all. 1. Are you happy to have your contact details passed on to other classmates ? 2. Are you happy to have your contact details passed on to Emmaus College Alumni for them to add you to their database ? (This would save you filling out the form attached to the Alumni News). Let one of us know with a phone call or return email please. Our contact details are on the Contacts page. Finally, a reminder for you all to take a look at the message below. Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 March 2008 Emmaus College Alumni (Incorporating Chavion and St Thomas More College)
As part of the College Alumni we encourage you to take a look at the newsletter and support the Alumni where you can. We have placed a link to the newsletter in our contents area. You will be able to read future issues via this link also. We also support the Emmaus St Leos Old Collegians Football Club and have placed a link to their hompage in our Links Section. Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- St Thomas More College 1968 - 2008 40th Anniversary 1968 Form 1 Reunion Our Reunion Function will be held on Saturday, October 18th, 2008. The Reunion, which is for classmates, along with invited teachers and staff from the college, will be held at the Burvale Hotel Function Room, commencing at 7.00pm. The cost for the function is $40.00 each. Further details of the arrangements, including payment details, will follow. If you have any queries, please contact any of the listed organisers. - John, Graham, Paul & Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 March 2008 To give you all an update on our teachers: We have contact details for Br Bill Thomas, Barry Parnell (still teaching at the school), Terry Little and Grahame Code. We will be inviting them along on our Reunion Night. Alan Cock's old house in Junction Rd looks the same 40 years on. We will be checking if Alan is still there. Br Bill Thomas is out of the Christian Brothers and is married and has three grown up kids. We believe Brothers Clarkson, Bilston & Robbo have all passed away. - John Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 March 2008 Got a business or personal website ? If you email the web address to me, I will include it here on our More College Links page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 February 2008 We have finally got a copy of the 1970 Form 3 Gold class photo. Many thanks to Eddie Dintini for this and for the sport photos which we have added to the site. John Fallon has passed on some shots of the college, some sport photos and a couple of pictures from Aberfeldie, thanks John. If you have any pictures you'd like to share, scan and email them to us or post them and we'll scan them and return them to you. So far we have located 40 of our 85 classmates. If you know the whereabouts of anyone on our Missing Persons list could you either let us know or let the 'missing person' know that we are looking for them. We have located classmates in Tasmania, Cairns, Arnhem Land, Netherlands and Germany to name a few. The organising of the reunion is underway and details will be published once everything is arranged. Cheers, Pete ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 January 2008 Thanks to a suggestion from Peter Tyrrell, we have added a page for you to share your stories from More College. Alternatively you could just say hi and let us all know what's happening in your part of the world and what you've been doing these last 35 years. A Memorabilia page has also been added so if you have anything to show us, take a picture and mail it to me for inclusion. We are still looking for a photo of Form 3 Gold. If you have one, it would be appreciated if you could email us a copy. We have located about 30% of the 80 or so people from our group, if you know anyone on our 'Missing Persons' page, please let 'em know we're looking for them. Cheers, Pete -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 January 2008 New photographs have been added thanks to Michael Cook and John Byers, thanks fellas. We are still looking for the other Form 3 photo and which form is Blue and Gold. If you have any sport pictures or school camp photo's etc we can put them up. There are numerous bits of memorabilia out there we've heard so if you can take a picture of any 'items' they can go up too. We have also added the 'Missing Persons' list, if you have any information on those listed, it would appreciated if you'd let us know. Cheers, Pete -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 January 2008 At the moment we are collecting the contact details of past students and would like to hear from you. Details of planned events will be posted here and emailed to those on our mailing list. If you were in Form 1 in 1968, Form 2 in 1969, Form 3 in 1970 or Form 4 in 1971 and would like to know more about the reunion, please contact us with your details. There will be regular newsletters emailed to those on our list. If you have any of the photographs we are missing from our Photographs Page, we would love to hear from you. If possible, please email them to us for inclusion on this, your reunion web site. Reunion Organisers : Graeme Booth, Paul Game, John Green, Peter McMahon |
