Even then she was popular amongst her peers. At the church she was secretary of the Young People's Fellowship, a post which she fulfiled with cheerful efficiency which was to mark all she did thereafter. I remember well the first Youth Weekend which she and the leaders had planned together. The 40 or so young people had been divided into groups and given a parable which they were to act out in modern form on the Saturday evening. Jill's acting ability was a wondrous revelation.
Some people act as an outlet for their extreme extrovert nature.
That was not Jill. Others act because they are afraid to show their real selves. That was not Jill either. In her acting Jill showed not only her great sense of humour, but more importantly her ability to understand the feelings of others and to portray them sympathetically. When Jill left she went to work as a junior reporter on the Weston Mercury.