South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd 1944
Awarded Scholarship
Mary Cope (17) niece of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lightley, 5, Beech Road, Wath, has been awarded a Miners’ Welfare Scholarship.
Miss Cope is head girl at Doncaster Municipal High School for Girls, and is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Cope, Woodlands, near Doncaster.
The scholarship, worth £240 per year for six years, is tenable at Leeds University, where Miss Cope is to study medicine.