Dear Bron, Many thanks for the further information on the Croucher book; I will follow it up. As far as Mr. Helms is concerned, I'm afraid I have no further information. Regards, Peter Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Tony & Bronwen Smith <tsmith@netc.net.au> To: AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:23 AM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Thompson at Scotch College >Peter, >Any further info on Mr Helms?? >Bron. > >Peter Kelly wrote: > >> I had a further, more careful, search of the obituraries in "The Scotch Collegian" yesterday and found... >> "Francis Roy Thompson (staff). Boys of the 1940s will regret to hear of the death of Francis Ror Thompson who was assistant to Mr.Helms in the Art School at Scotch for 10 years. He was renowned as an artist and won several art competitions. He had a most refreshing approach to his work, one that was much appreciated by those he taught. He was 70 years of age." >> Not a great deal of information but hopefully of some interest. >> Peter Kelly > > >