Deaf Southern Star: 2016 (Vol. 38, No. 2)

Some of the items featured in the St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre’s ‘Deaf Southern Star’ (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2016) newsletter:

David Loving-Molloy has made contact with all Catholic schools (primary and secondary) in the Palmerston North and Wellington dioceses to discover whether or not they have any Deaf or hearing-impaired pupils. I have had a good response and there are a number of schools in both dioceses who have indicated that they have one or more hearing-impaired children on their roll. In the 2nd half of the year, he will switch his focus to the Wellington schools—which have a bigger number of Deaf and hearing-impaired.
Mary Fifield celebrated her 70th birthday in May. Doreen Howell of Wellington who is 100 years old passed away in May 2016.

Can you help?

Ann Hanley

Bryan Thompson

Clare Holtham (McIver)

Clare Holtham (McIver)

David Loving-Molloy

David Loving-Molloy

Doreen Howell (Forman)

Doreen Howell (Forman)

Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

Evelyn Seymour-East

Evelyn Seymour-East

Jackie Davidson (Koat)

Jackie Davidson (Koat)

Jackie Overall (Smith)

Jackie Overall (Smith)

Marilyn Welham

Marlene Rush

Mary Johnson

Myrna June (Bright)

Myrna June (Bright)

Roydon Seymour-East

Roydon Seymour-East

Steven Johnston

Steven Johnston

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St Dominic’s Catholic Deaf Centre

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, CDC2016-38-2-MJN

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