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Die storie oor Doring van Despatch, Piet Geelslang se spook wat die trein wou ontspoor en die dag toe \u2019n olifant weggeraak het op Despatch? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is \u2019n paar van die stories wat te lees is in \u2019n boek <span>Despatch Stories oor die Dorp en sy Mense<\/span>, wat Hannes Slabbert, \u2019n bekende inwoner van die dorp, saamgestel en onlangs uitgegee het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despatch het in 1945 dorpstatus gekry, wat dit een van Suid-Afrika se jongste dorpe maak. Despatchers het in di\u00e9 relatiewe kort bestaan van die dorp gesorg vir byna meer stories as dorpe wat reeds vir eeue bestaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Slabbert se voorwoord skryf hy, \u201cDit is nie \u2019n wetenskaplike studiestuk nie, maar eerder net \u2019n beskrywing vir die bewaring van ons dorp se geskiedenis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy het in 2013 begin met sy insameling van stories oor die dorp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeet jy van die olifant wat vir twee of drie dae weggekruip het in die digte bosse daar waar die NGK Eendrag-kerk (Glaskerk) vandag is?\u201d vra Slabbert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie <span>Colonial<\/span> of <span>Continental<\/span> sirkus het in 1966 die dorp besoek. Daar was \u2018n onderonsie met die sirkusmense en toe het laaities die olifantbegeleier met ketties geskiet. Hy het die olifant gelos en skuiling gaan soek. Nou ja, die olifant het ook koers gekies die digte bosse in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In die boek is daar ook \u2019n stuk oor die eerste polisiebeampte van Despatch, konstabel J.A. Fourie. Hy is vanaf Uitenhage oorgeplaas en die vervoerkoste van sy trek in 1951 was die aardige bedrag van twee pond (R4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dorp se polisiestasie was waar die NGK Retief-kerk vandag is. Die twee palmbome wat daar staan, is destyds voor die polisiestasie geplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dan is daar \u2019n stuk oor Despatch se oudste inwoner, tannie Lili Marx (104) en die egpaar wat die langste getroud is op Despatch, Johann en Maureen Stassen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verskeie ander interessante inligting oor skole, kerke, al die sportsoorte en presteerders sowel as \u2019n paar grappige vertellinge verskyn ook in die boek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die boek is versorg en gedruk deur nog \u2019n Despatcher, Annelize Mostert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit was \u2018n ongelooflike ervaring en voorreg om saam met oom Hannes aan die boek te werk. \u2018n Mens sien die dorp skoon uit \u2018n ander oog nadat jy dit gelees het,\u201d s\u00ea Mostert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n <b>Springbokke en spook<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit is baie interessant hoeveel verskillende sportsoorte hier op die dorp beoefen. In byna al die sportsoorte was daar Springbokke of iemand wat of provinsiale of nasionale kleure daarvoor verwerf het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlmal is nou nie so bekend soos die Doring van Despatch, Danie Gerber nie,\u201d s\u00ea Mostert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despatch het ook \u2019n spook gehad wat \u2019n trein moes ontspoor sodat Piet Geelslang nie hoef te gaan werk nie. Di\u00e9 storie word vir die waarheid vertel en was een van wyle Tom Slabbert se gewilde stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n <b>Verander Despatch se naam<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In die boek word ook vertel van die voorstel vroe\u00ebr jare om Despatch se naam te verander na die oud-premier John Vorster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019n Afvaardiging het Vorster besoek oor di\u00e9 voorstel en hy het glo ges\u00ea dit is reg, maar op voorwaarde dat daar geen teenkanting mag wees nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dag toe daar op die rugbyveld vergader is oor die groot naamsverandering was  \u201cTannie Swart\u201d hewig teen dit gekant Net daar het Despatch toe Despatch gebly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Slabbert is dit \u201cnie net Despatchers wat die boekie lees nie. Daar is al \u2018n hele paar van die boekies oorsee gestuur na oud-Despatchers in Australi\u00eb, Nieu-Seeland, Amerika en selfs na Itali\u00eb.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Die boek oor Despatch is beskikbaar by Hannes Slabbert. 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