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There was a Knightly interlude in the last session of the Conference. When Molly Parkin from Manchester stood up to ask a question, Ken Hatcher congratulated her on attending her 25th RHA conference. Commented the gallant Sir Dan Pettit : " Ah, Mrs Parkin, I calculate that you must have been-five years old at the first one ! "
Other anniversaries were celebrated, too. A great deal of singing accompanied by champagne seemed to be directed, during the Conference dinner, towards Harold Russett from Bristol. Does the Association arrange its dates to coincide with Harold's birthday, or does he " negotiate " his birthday to coincide with the conference?
There was a little poetic justice around too, if you could call it that. In the e golf
competition the special prize for endeavour, presented by Road Training Suffolk, went to Ken Rogers from the Eastern area— who earlier had been having a go at the Training Board for lack of endeavour in the right directions I , The golf trophy this year went to G. R. Cook from the Northern area and the second prize to Laurie Payne, West Midlands chairman, Mrs Bleach, from the Southern area, won the ladies' prize,