Great Scot - The Scotch Family Magazine - Issue 150 April 2017 GS150-ONLINE Version_FA | Page 53

Enjoyable EMG
lunch ends 2016
in style
A large gathering of 240 members of the East
Melbourne Glen Chapter and guests filled the
Boarders’ Dining Room with laughter, fun and
plenty of camaraderie on 16 December 2016, at
the EMG Christmas Luncheon.
The lunch was preceded by convivial drinks
out on the lawn in front of the dining room.
In an entertaining address, guest speaker,
OSCA President Doug Lording (‘64), updated
those present with news of the exciting
developments taking place on the Scotch
campus, such as the new Design and
Technology Cube. He also spoke about OSCA’s
year, and what was in store for the Association
in 2017.
There was a wonderfully happy vibe in the
dining room, with everyone enjoying the delicious
lunch and appreciating the company of their
EMG friends.
Anniversary celebrations for the
Hewsons and Smiths
Saturday 10 December 2016 was a day to
remember for two couples whose marriages,
at that date, spanned more than 139 years in
total. Verna and Don Hewson (‘38) and Greta
and Lionel Smith (‘34) returned to the Littlejohn
Memorial Chapel at Scotch, the scene of their
marriages in the 1940s.
Lionel and Greta were celebrating their 69th
anniversary that very day. They were married in
the Chapel on 10 December 1947. Verna and
Don had already passed that milestone: they
were married in the Chapel on 2 October 1946.
It was a nostalgic and very happy occasion
for the two couples. While in the Chapel they
received warm congratulations and a blessing
from OSCA Chaplain, the Rev Graham Bradbeer,
and then walked down the aisle as couples,
just as they had done so many years before.
Emerging in the sunshine, they gazed out on a
school that was very much changed from the
one Don and Lionel knew as 1930s schoolboys.
Don, a retired GP and a former VFL footballer
with Melbourne, and Verna live independently in
Balwyn, and enjoy travelling and an active social
life. Their sons Drew (‘64), Neil (‘67) and Ian (‘69)
all attended Scotch.
Lionel is a retired manager. He enlisted in
the AIF during World War II, reaching the rank of
Warrant Officer, Class 2, and serving in Palestine,
Syria, Lebanon and Papua New Guinea on
the Kokoda Trail. Lionel and Greta now live at
Rosebud.
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