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qualified as a solicitor in 1958 after studying at Birmingham University, and
retired from legal practice in 2000. He was Vice Chairman and a Trustee of
the Trustee Savings Bank of Birmingham and the Midlands from 1976 to
1983 and served as a Deputy Registrar/Deputy District Judge from 1982 to
2005. He was initiated into the Ben Marsh masonic lodge in 1968 and
subsequently held high office in numerous lodges and at provincial level,
including Senior Grand Warden, Worcestershire and Junior Grand Warden,
Warwickshire. He lived at West Hagley.

433 John Colin JARVIS, JP (1930-2016) (Inducted 29.12.1969; left October
1987.) Auctioneer. Partner with Noel Thompson, (club member #213) in
the firm of estate agents Noel Thompson & Co of Stone Street, Dudley. He
joined the practice about 1962 and became a partner in 1967. Soon after
Noel’s death in 1977 he formed a new partnership with David Cariss
(member #411) as Cariss Noel Thompson, but retired 10 years later to the
village of Llansilin near Oswestry. He was brought up in Shropshire and
lived in Oswestry before coming to Dudley. He served as a Dudley
magistrate and also one 3-year term as a Dudley councillor from 1978.

434 Robert Daniel (‘Bob’) PARRY (1925-1990) (Inducted 25.4.1970; left in 1976/77.) Banking.
Manager of the National Westminster Bank, Castle Street, Dudley from 1969. He grew up in
Anglesey, and saw military service with the Royal Navy. He started his banking career with
National Westminster in Nantwich, then came to Dudley as a clerk in 1947. He served as
manager of the Halesowen branch before returning to take charge at Dudley. During his period
in the Rotary club he played a major part in fund raising and was very involved in the purchase
by Rotary of the first mobile cardiac unit for Burton Road Hospital in 1971 and its replacement
in 1975. He was an enthusiastic member of Enville Golf Club and was responsible for the
provision of a watering system to be laid throughout the course. His home was in Pedmore.

435 John HOYLE (1924-1975) (Inducted 25.4.1970; died late 1975 whilst still a member.) Borough
Librarian. Director of Libraries, Museums and Arts for Dudley from 1968
and Director of Leisure and Recreation from 1974. He succeeded Alex
Wilson (member #365) as Borough Librarian but died in post 7 years later
at the age of only 51. He played a major part in establishing the Black
Country Living Museum and also international recognition of the fossil
collection held by the Borough museums service. He grew up and started
his career in Ashton-under-Lyne just east of Manchester. He then worked
in branch libraries at Speke, Everton and Wavertree in Liverpool before
becoming deputy librarian at Burton-upon-Trent. His next post was
deputy director of Oldham public libraries - during which time he was national president of the
Association of Assistant Librarians - and finally Director at Dudley.

436 James (‘Jim’) Edward HOBBS (1929- ) (Inducted 25.4.1970; left during 1974.) Accountant.
Insolvency specialist and chartered accountant in the partnership Stevenson, Nock, Hobbs & Co
at 2 Castle Hill, Dudley from about 1960. The practice moved to 10 The Broadway in 1971. He
was closely involved in the financial planning of Rotary House but resigned as Housing
Association Treasurer and from the Rotary Club in 1974 after suffering a stroke. From about
1976 he set himself up as Hobbs & Co at 90 Worcester Road, West Hagley, close to where he
has lived from the 1960s.