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June 2021 Dan McErlean Bryan McSweeney 12 Werona Street email:[email protected] Sunnybank Qld 4109 We look forward to the next Brisbane Sub-Branch meeting of the Toowoomba (St Mary’s) Brothers Old Boys’ Association on Friday 18th June in “Harlequin Jacks” Bistro in the Sofitel Hotel situated above Central Station. If it is the same as our last meeting, access to the Bistro is via the entrance off the outside courtyard up the steps beside the Whistle Stop bar. This entrance is one level above the entry level to the train station. Tentative days for our future Brisbane meetings in 2021 are 3rd September and 19th November, so please reserve them as Claimer Dates. Two meetings will again be held this year at the Headland Golf Club Buderim, with the first one planned for Friday 9th July 2019 and the second on later in the year on a date to be confirmed. Please pray for Old Boys and Friends of the College recently deceased: • Tom Hutchinson, 1942-1947, Life Member and husband of Daphne (Davis) & brother of Bill & John (both deceased) • Errol Griffin, (1948-1955) husband of Shirley and brother of Rolly (dec) and Noel • Len Shelvey, (1942-1947) Life Member and husband of Pam (Wheeler) and brother of Ron, Eileen, Josephine, Kathleen, Adeline and Maureen (all dec) • Michael Lacey, (1963-1971), husband of Anne. • Patricia (Brady) Kamler, wife of Bill (dec) and mother of Shane, Paul and Anne • Phyllis (Jacobsen) Lynch, wife of Neville (dec) and mother of Mick, Robert, Peter and Kathy • Angela (Phillips) Passmore, wife of Bill (dec) and sister of Cedric and Brian (both dec) • Joan (Lynch) Carmody, wife of Phonse, mother of Michael and Greg • Jan Parker, wife of Jack and sister in law of Neville and Michael • Margaret (Noel) McNally, wife of Paul McNally OAM Please also remember in your prayers Rev Bro Barry Buckley AM and John Morris who are recovering from recent surgery and others unwell: John Arndell, Tim Coonan, Colin Green, Joe Jones, Wally Nugent, Joe Short, Bob Sullivan, Philip Stephens, Grahame Swenson, Kevin Garrett, Syl Stower, Max Winter, Jim Hannant, Bevan Zeller & Gail (Rosenthal) Mahon. Bryan McSweeney Dan McErlean President Secretary Mobile: 0420 565 712 (07) 3345 4404 1 T.B.O.B.A. (Brisbane Sub-Branch) Meeting – 26th March 2021 Present Apologies Bryan McSweeney Pat Mullins Fr Tyrone Deere Terry Murphy (TBOBA Brisbane Sub- Dan McErlean Nat Chandler Denis McClure branch President) Greg McErlean Frank Deighton Rod McDonald Carl Betros Justin McErlean Allan Duncan John O’Neill Leigh Brady Paul McErlean Les Duncan Jack Parker Greg Butler Peter McMahon John Hagan Lindsay Reis Bernie Collins Michael Murphy Tim Hagan Alan Roney Brian Gagen Martin O’Sullivan Peter Kennedy John Stephen Terry Gesch John Noonan Barry Kuhnemann Peter Upton Gene Green Reg Oliver Fred Lincoln Philip Simpson Doug Lee Paul Reynolds Phil Lynch Glen Wiedman Jim Long Chris Wlodarczyk Dinny Madden Mick Lyons Leigh Madden Brisbane TBOBA Sub Branch Meeting at 12 noon – “Harlequin Jack’s Bistro” Central 18th June 2021 Railway Station 27th June – 2nd July Confraternity Rugby League Carnival at Iona College, 85 North Road, Lindum, 2021 Brisbane, (No games on Wednesday 30/6/2021) TBOBA Sunshine Coast Luncheon/meeting at the Headland Golf Club, Buderim at 12 9th July 2021 noon. Please contact Terry Murphy (54564340) 50th Reunion for the 1963 – 1971 Classes starting about 4pm and will include a College tour, Dinner, and cash bar. To register your interest please contact Bryan 6th November 2021 Blacka ([email protected]), Jim Nolan ([email protected]), or Frank Walsh, ([email protected]) Annual Membership Fee ($10.00) for Calendar Year 2021 is now due / or Life Memberships are available (Fee $100.00) Cheques for Membership should be made payable to the “Toowoomba Brothers Old Boy’s Association” * * * Cheques as donations towards the Indoor Sports Complex should be made payable to ‘Br. Baptiste O’Sullivan Building Fund’. They are fully Tax Deductible and will be receipted. 2 Thomas David Hutchinson (8/9/1932-10/2/2021) Errol Griffin (17/9/1939-1/2/2021) Errol was born on the 17th Tom was one of three sons September 1939 at 81 Taylor born to Mary and Thomas St, Toowoomba, the residence Hutchinson. His siblings of his parents Karl Joseph and were William and John, Irene Merita (Nolan) Griffin. they lived in Cumming He had two older brothers Street, Toowoomba, and Rolly (RIP) and Noel. The were educated at the Holy residence was located Name Convent and St opposite St Ursula’s College Mary’s College. which Errol attended for his pre-school education in the later part of World War II. On leaving the College on completing Junior, Tom In 1949 Errol enrolled at St Mary’s College which at gained an appointment to the Commonwealth Bank the time was exclusively staffed by Christian Staff, at Albion in 1948; but the next year elected to Brothers. He became friends with John Gurney and take a position at the Toowoomba Foundry. He left fellow classmates christened them ‘Aida and Elsie’. there in 1969 to run a mixed business at Scarborough for five years. On weekends he collected tolls on the On completion of his Secondary Education Errol Hornibrook Highway Bridge. joined the Southern Electricity Authority of Queensland as an apprentice Electrician in For the next few years Tom had a range of positions – Toowoomba in 1954. His father was a Foreman and Teller with Mayne Nickless, Credit Officer at Gow’s his elder brother, Noel, was an Administration Wholesale, Parking Supervisor at the Strathpine Drive Officer, resulting in other employees calling the firm Inn and Delivery Serviceman for frozen foods from ‘Griffin and Company’. Wattle Products. After completing his apprenticeship, he was then a Then followed a return to Toowoomba where Tom licensed Electric Fitter and Mechanic and with a joined the counter staff at Jack McCafferty’s until the workmate Terry Morgan, the pair travelled to New company was absorbed into the Greyhound Bus Zealand on a working holiday. While there he met Company. He then became the School Crossing Shirley Dietrich and the couple married in 1966. Supervisor at St Saviours until retirement. On his return to Australia in 1965 Errol settled in On the 22/4/1957 Tom married Daphne (Davis). The Tamworth and joined the Peel County Council as an bridal party was John Hutchinson, Kevin Lee, Electrician. He resided in Tamworth for the Margaret Morgan (Morrison) Cynthia Hayes (Davis). remainder of his life and stayed with the same firm, The couple were blessed with six children – Michael, becoming Manager of the Peel Cunningham Council Helen (Young), Peter, David, Elizabeth (Dittherner) North Power covering the area from Northern NSW and Jonathan, ten grandchildren (including triplets) to the Queensland Border at Goondiwindi. He became and one great-grandchild. an Honoured member of the numerous organisations in Tamworth. Tom was a Life Member of our Association and regularly attended our Brisbane Sub Branch luncheon Late in 2020 he suffered a serious illness which meetings. Following a period of ill health he passed to resulted in his death on 1/2/2021. Errol is survived by Eternal Life on 10/2/2021 and was interned at the his wife Shirley and children Mark, Libby and Redcliffe Cemetery after a Requiem Mass offered by Rebecca and their families. Their eldest daughter Rev Fr D. Thottathil at St John Vianney’s Catholic Angela pre-deceased him. He is sadly missed by all Church Manly, Queensland. including classmate Rev Fr Kerry J Costigan. 3 Leonard Shelvey (2/2/1932-3/2/2021) May 2021. Honorary Life Member Jack Davis also A Life Member of our turned 90 recently. Association, Len was born on the 2nd February 1932 to John Coyer 1940/46 James Joseph and Elsey John attended St Mary’s College between 1940 and Margaret (Beitg) Shelvey. 1946 and has been as active member of our His siblings were Eileen, Association since its Post War reformation in 1949. Josephine, Kathleen, On leaving the College after completion of his Junior Adeline, Maureen and Year, John undertook an Electrical apprenticeship at Ronald; all now deceased. Electric Shop, Russell St Toowoomba and remained there until he moved to Burness Electrical for 2 years Len was a student at St Mary’s College from 1942 to in 1966. 1947. His parents had moved to Toowoomba to give John then joined the University of Southern the family every educational opportunity. Queensland for (25) years working in the School of Engineering as an Engineering Assistant and then Like his elder brother, Ron, he was a good athlete and Operations Manager, before being appointed the opening batsman and captain of the 1947 year Under University Safety Co-ordinator from 1990-1992. 15 A Cricket team. He was also a member of the First Then until 1966 he was employed by Skill Share, Fifteen Rugby Union team captained by Ray Drew. providing Workplace Health and Safety Education. Some of his classmates were Peter Auricchio, Brian John has also served as a part-time Instructor and later Gagen, John Mullheron, Reg Murphy, Ian part of the Training Committee with St John’s Miebusch and Laurie Walsh. Ambulance for 15 years. On 16/4/1955 John married Faith (Morgan) and the Len’s father was a Stock Inspector and it was not a couple have (5) children – Michael, Bernadette, surprise, that on leaving the College, he took a job as Andrew, Marie and Elizabeth. The couple live in a Jackaroo on the Mt Margaret Station near Quilpie. Springwood. This experience led later to his appointment as Officer in Charge of the Department of Primary Jim Long Industries Toorak Research Station, near Julia Creek A Life Member of our Association, Jim attended St in 1961.