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Woman of the week;Ena Joyce Collymore-WoodstockCEM1M.NE and judicial hi'tory wan created locally this week, when Mrs, fcLna Joyce CoIJvmore-Woodstock, bamstc -el-law, aat for the Iinrt time as Acting Resident Magistrate m the Civil Division of the Resident Magistrate’s Court, last Thursday morningShe became the tint woman Resident Magistrate ever to sit on the Bench in Jamaica. Thu was another first in the career of u young woman who combines the two demanding worlds of homemaking and career.Ena Collymore-Wood-■stock was born in Spanish Town, daughter of the late Frank Augustus Collymore, station master Jamaica Government Railway. She was educated at St. Hugh’s High School 1929-38. In 1940, she entered the service of the government, as a typist in the Resident Magistrates’ Court Department. Those were the war years, and when the call came for women to serve their country, Ena Collymore was among the Jamaican women who joined up with the Auxiliary Territorial Services.From September 1943 to June 1946, she served as a radar operator with the ATS, in the United Kingdom and Belgium. On the cessation of hostilities, the bright-eyed “ATS from Spanish Town decided that a career in law was what she desired most. She therefore undertook a course of studies and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, London, in January, 1948.Her driving opirit and competence made her popular among fellow students in London at that time, and (he wet elected 1st Vice-President of the Inns of Court Students Union, and also treasurer of the West Indian Students Union.She returned to Jamaica in 1948 and was appointed a Deputy Clerk of the Courts that year. She was later confirmed Clerk of the Courts for the parish of . St James, and in 1954, the Acting Governor, with the approval of the Secretary lt;or State for-the Colonies was pleased to appoint Ena -Collymore-Woodstock to be Assistant Crown Solicitor, with effect from March 18. 1953.In both the appointments — is Clerk of the Courts and Assistant Crown Solicitor — Mrs. Woodstock created precedent among Jamaica’s career w'o m e n Recognition of her competence was paid, and deservedly so, by her compatriots in the Legal. Department. who were present when the first woman R.M. took the Bench last week.With typical compe-- ’ tence. Ena CoIJymore-Woodstock combines the demanding world of Law with the equally taxing responsibility of being a homemaker and mother. In 1951, she married Victor Woodstock. Govt. Administrative Officer, now in the Ministry of Labour. The Woodstocka are the parents of three children, two girls, aged fonr and eight months, and 1 boy, aged 3.As if that were not work enough, the attractive dark-haired Mrs. Woodstock also finds time to be a District Commissioner for Girl Guides, chairman of the Civil Service Housing Company, member of the Pariah Councils Services Commission, and an active member of the St Hugh's Old Girls Association. Such is the energy and competence of Ena Collymore-Woodstock, a young woman of whom a people can be proud.•i ••urns' . « • i • • • • . I —j*
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Kingston Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Sun, May 17, 1959
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