Maria the Cook
Elizabeth Warren read in a local newspaper that Maria Kirchleitner celebrated her 100th birthday on 23 February 2004. Maria was Cook in Earl's Avenue from 1947 and moved to Grimston Gardens in 1952. Girls may remember asking her "What's for lunch, Maria?" and getting the reply "Wait and see!" She stayed until the School closed in 1967. We invited her to the reunion in Folkestone on 17 October 2004 as our Guest of Honour and she came marching in looking 20 years younger than she is, an example to us all.
With sadness we must report that Maria died on 28 February 2005, aged 101.
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Moya Kennedy
Our dear Miss Kennedy died in April 2003 at the age of 93. She taught dancing, and Cecchetti ballet in particular, to countless St Margaret's girls as well as children from other local schools. Somehow we felt she was ours. After the School closed she formed her own school of dancing, and retired at the age of 80. It was wonderful to have seen her at several annual reunions in recent years.
Maureen was a regular visitor to Mrs Whiteside, later Mrs Smyth, living in Spain, and sent flowers every birthday until her death on 4 August 2005 at the age of 96. She was not really ill: just very tired. We sent a donation in her memory, and it will be spent on new hymn books for the Anglican Chaplaincy in Calpe.
Mam'zelle Rothenbuhler
in the 1990s.
SMOGS IN AUSTRALIA
An off-shoot of SMOGS, known as SMOGSOZ is comprised of Old Girls who meet for lunch from time to time: Caroline Hardy, Lynn Perry, Gillian Hindley and Monica Armstrong. Lovely idea. How about a SMOGSCAN in Canada, or SMOGSUSA, girls?
