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Date
of birth
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11
March 1932
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Star
Sign
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Pisces
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Place
of birth
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Pietermaritzburg
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Education
(where and qualifications)
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Primary
schools – Scotsville (Pietermaritzburg); Sunnyside
(Pretoria)
High
school – Pretoria Technical,
Electrical
Apprentice SA Railway Services (1949 – 1952)
University
of the Witwatersrand (WITS) - Electrical Engineer (1953-1955, 1st
year night school)
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Family
(Wife, children & grandchildren)
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Wife
Jill, 1 daughter (and 2 boys who passed away), 3 grandchildren (2
girls & 1 boy) and 2 great grandchildren (boy and girl)
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Employment
(current or past, if retired)
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Worked
for the SA Railway Services for 44 years from age 16 to 60.
Started
in Capetown then moved to Pretoria, Johannesburg, Middelburg,
Nelspruit, Pretoria and finally Johannesburg once again.
Last
job – Chief Electrical Engineer (Infrastructure)
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Who
would you like to meet?
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N/A
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Favourite
colour
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N/A
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Favourite
food
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Hamburgers
- does not like fruit
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Favourite
film star
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N/A
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Favourite
drink
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Beer
– Black label to be specific, Scotch and water (With Ice???
_______)
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Hobbies
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Lions,
snooker at Jannie Coetzee’s place every Wednesday night
with Jannie, Neels and Vernon’s brother Ian, also does
gardening
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Interests
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Read
thrillers (books), crossword puzzle in the newspaper every day
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What
car do you drive?
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Mercedes
– 1989 model (almost 20 years old)
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What
upsets you most?
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Nothing
– mellow person.
I
think Vernon’s fellow lions can vouch for that – You
always know where you stand with Vernon. He will stand up and
speak his mind but he bears no grudges – he will have a
beer with you after the meeting.
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Which
sports team do you support?
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Overseas
soccer – Vernon is an Everton fan mostly because his good
friend in England is a Liverpool fan.
Supports
the Lions rugby team
Gholf
– Retief Goosen is his favourite player
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What
sport do / did you play?
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Cricket,
hockey, soccer, athletics, sailing with the sea scouts. Hurt his
back at 30 and decided to play golf – gave up golf 4 year s
ago
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General
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Vernon
leads a very interesting and full life. Jannie is overseas at the
moment and as a result there is no snooker at Jannie’s
place this Wednesday. When I phoned him on Monday morning he was
on his way to the Swartkop Country Club where he was meeting up
with his 2 brothers. His one brother Neville was going to play
golf and the other Ian was meeting him for snooker. They would
then have lunch together.
This
weekend he is going the 72nd anniversary of the Sea Scouts at
Kosmos in Hartebeespoort with his friend and fellow Lion Dennis
Vismus who is a charter President of Arcadia Lions Club.
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