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Rand Aid News
Thornhill Manor elections
Voting for a new Thornhill Manor Village Committee takes place every two years if there are more candidates than needed to fill the nine available places. This year, 12 folk indicated their interest in serving on the committee so an election needed to take place.
There was much interest, discussion and speculation in the village in the weeks leading up to voting day Almost 200 votes were cast by residents and the nine successful candidates were:
• Patrick Ayling
• Jenny Brownson
• Enid Dixon
• Jaap Mol
• Evelyn Neuhaus
• Keith Perrow
• Alan Rae
• Luiza Tsakos
• Robbie Webster
Thornhill Manor Complex Manager Esmé Erasmus was delighted with the amount of interest shown in the procedure and remarked that it was good to see some newer( read younger) residents taking an interest in Manor affairs and being prepared to take on some of the responsibility of guiding it through the next two years.“ It is always good to have some new blood bringing a different perspective to a Committee,” she said.“ But, on the other hand, having six previous committee members is also good
Jackie Scott and Esmé Erasmus open the ballot box prior to counting.
as they lend continuity to the proceedings. I’ m sure they will work well together to ensure that Thornhill Manor continues to live up to its reputation of being the warm and loving place to spend one’ s later years.”
Details of the new committee members’ portfolios will be released after their first committee meeting, along with the photograph.
For more information about Thornhill Manor or a private chat, Visit Rand Aid’ s web page at www. randaid. co. za or call Jackie or Esmé on 011-608-2480.