Welsh Journals

She was a native of Llandegley and lived at Llanddewi in her youth, attending Llandrindod County School. After college she taught at Knighton secondary school, and following her marriage to Mr Thomas Evans she lived at Pen Offa Farm, Evenjobb. Her knowledge of Radnorshire, its history, and its people was immense, and she was particularly interested in family history, having researched her own family, and had helped many others in this country, the USA, Australia, and elsewhere. She was well known at the National Library of Wales and enjoyment of her task and subject were always so important to her, so that despite increasing pain and illness she always enjoyed her history and research. Despite her ill health she organized a local history display at Llandegley Flower Festival last year and the Field Section will miss her valuable contribution to our meetings and discussions. Our thoughts are with Tom and Robert, Bryony and Richard. E. V. HOWELLS PRESIDENT OF THE RADNORSHIRE SOCIETY 1982-93 GWEN EADIE Mr E. V. Howells who was appointed headmaster of Llandrindod Wells County School in 1949 joined the Radnorshire Society in 1950. The Society appreciated his value from these early days and he became a committee member in 1953. The following year saw him as Joint Secretary first with the late Alderman T. P. Davies and then with Mr Christopher Newman. Then, when Mr Newman became the Society's Librarian, Mr Howells was assisted by Mr Groucott. Mr Howells carried on this work most ably until 1980 when he was made a Vice-President of the Society, soon becoming President on the resignation of Mr F. G. Payne in 1982, and he has held that office with distinction until his resignation this year. Mr Howells always took the chair with patience and understanding and the Society has been fortunate indeed to have enjoyed his wise counsel for so many years. He was a man of parts and there are those of us who are grateful to him, for example, for coming to the Society's rescue when no one could be found to organise its summer outings, indeed in 1952 there was no outing! And now we all wish him a long, much deserved, and happy retirement from the administration of our Society and look forward to seeing him at our meetings in his new dignity of Vice President honoris causa.