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Wolmerians celebrate founder

Published:Sunday | June 12, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Wolmerian Robeth Streete and, her husband, Don were also at the brunch
From left: alumni Pauline Findlay, board chair, Wolmer's Girs; Hyacinth Williams, vice-principal; and Douglas Orane, trustee, flash Age Quod Agis smiles.
Above and below: Ushers from Wolmer's Girls and Boys were maroon, gold and chic.
Keeping it in the family: Samantha and Chris Mills receive the prize for being Wolmerians married to each other from alumnus Coleen Brown Jackson (left).
Wolmerians Frank James (left) and Bruce James (second right) had fun with family.
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The Wolmer's Trust Founder's Day brunch in celebration of John Wolmer united Wolmerians, past and present, from all three Wolmer's schools in tribute to the Kingston goldsmith whose bequest of May 21, 1729, established a free school in the parish in which he died. The Wolmer's Trust was established in 1736 and the Wolmer's schools have been providing secondary education for boys and girls from the parish of Kingston and throughout the entire island. Today, the Wolmer's Trust oversees a student population of 3,500 in the three schools.

The Founder's Day brunch, held on Sunday, May 29, at the Wolmer's Girls' School Cavaliers Auditorium, was a fitting culmination of the day's activities which began with the Wolmer's Ship sailing in from Port Royal, followed by a service at the Kingston Parish Church.

emotional moment

It was an emotional moment for trustees and alumni who gathered at the Victoria Pier to meet those disembarking the Wolmer's ship. Twenty-seven students, nine from each of the Wolmer's schools, accompanied by their respective principals, sailed across the Kingston Harbour from Port Royal - a re-enactment of the dying John Wolmer being brought across the Harbour by friends from Port Royal, so that in keeping with his will, a school would be established in the parish in which he should happen to die. Port Royal being a separate parish at that time, apparently the friends or Wolmer himself wished the school to be in Kingston.