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June 27, 1951 Evidently looking forward to their fortnight's camp in County Durham were members of the Newark WRAC Platoon TA. The girls - all volunteers - set off by train on Sunday morning. Among them was 2/Lieut Dreda Jessup, of Long Bennington, who commands the Newark Platoon. o-o-o-O-o-o-o The question of Newark absorbing Balderton and Farndon in the Borough was mentioned when Newark Rural District Council met yesterday. The council were discussing the County Development Plan as it applies to the Newark rural area. The Chairman (Mr A. A. Eddowes) said it was a matter of personal opinion, but Mr C. Knott (Balderton) declared later: "Balderton is provisionally not an independent village." Mr Knott referred to Population And Industry in the plan, saying he was not happy about it. He quoted the following paragraph: "The population of the rural district in December, 1947, was estimated at 11,170. "The population forecast for 1971 is 13,700." o-o-o-O-o-o-o Four-year-old Christine Collingwood was excited at being chosen to present flowers to the Mayoress of Newark, Mrs J. A. Markwick, and a buttonhole to the Mayor at St Leonard's Church garden fete on Saturday. She handed a spray of roses to the Mayoress, curtsied, and then approached the Mayor with a red rose for his coat. But Councillor Markwick already had a red rose in his buttonhole, so he removed it and handed it to Christine, with a kiss, in return for the new one.

June 20, 1951 Doreen Etches of London Road Congregational Little Church, was crowned the Newark Sunday School Festival Queen on Saturday. Her attendants are, left, Dorothy Baxter, of Muskham, and Pauline Tindale, of Elston. After many rumours the report hath it that the Clinton Arms Hotel, Newark, has been sold. That means the end of an era and the departure of a local personality, Mr Clifford A. T. Lawrence, the debonair owner. It will be difficult to imagine the historic hotel without Mr and Mrs Lawrence. It is 25 years since the young foreign-exchange broker made sufficient money to become a hotelier and, after touring the country, arrived in Newark with his chauffeur and bought the Clinton. Four cases of swine fever infection are reported from the Newark area. The first case is in Scarrington Lane, Aslockton. Out of 23 pigs kept there, one died and one other was affected. On Thursday, there was notification that the disease had been noticed on a Thoroton smallholding, where 42 pigs were kept. Five of the animals died. Later, one of 16 pigs at Holme Lane, East Stoke, died; and two pigs on a smallholding on Bullpit Lane, Balderton, where nine are kept, were affected, but neither died.

June 13, 1951 This week is Recruiting Week for the Newark unit of the Sea Cadet Corps. The unit is At Home to parents, friends and anyone interested at the Motor Torpedo Boat - Training Ship Onslow - every evening after 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday after 3pm. Last night the District Officer, Lt-Comdr. J.E. Taylor, R. N. V. R. paid the unit an informal visit, and saw the Cadets in training. The week's first event was a demonstration in the Castle grounds by the Attenborough and Long Eaton Sea Cadet band on Saturday afternoon. o-o-o-O-o-o-o After meeting for two hours on Monday the Parochial Church Council of Newark Parish Church decided to convene a public meeting as soon as possible to consider the future of Newark's Mount School which since 1770 has been run by the church. The meeting heard a plea from the Diocesan Director of Religious Education the Rev. H.M. Jenkins, that both the new secondary school, to be built in the Lincoln Road area, and the primary school should be aided church schools. o-o-o-O-o-o-o A bronze plaque on the front of the Saracen's Head Hotel, Southwell, recalling that King Charles I stayed there the night before he surrendered to the Scottish Commissioners on May 5, 1646, was unveiled by Col. G.H. Vere-Laurie, D.L., Chairman of Southwell RDC, on Wednesday. The idea of the plaque first came from the Duke of St Alban's. He passed it on to Lady Hicking, who gave it to James Hole and Co., owners of the Hotel.

June 6, 1951 The employees of Arthur Richardson and Son Ltd, wholesale grocers of Sherwood Avenue, Newark, are pictured outside the premises on Saturday morning prior to the annual outing. This took the form of a trip to the festival of Britain attractions in London, and the Newark party joined other branches at Nottingham. Newark Amateur Operatic Society have formed a Patron's Committee to work outside the society, in order that they can make an impact on the cultural life of the town. This was announced by the chairman, Mr J. H. Woodall, at the annual meeting on Wednesday. Mr Woodall said that the finances were in such a healthy state that it was time to give some of the funds to charity. The society has 91 members and there is more than £300 in the bank. A sub-committee has been set up to investigate the possibility of producing plays other than those of Gilbert and Sullivan, and there have been discussions about giving younger members coaching in elocution and deportment. A memorial bronze plaque on the front of the Saracen's Head Hotel, Southwell, which recalls when King Charles I stayed there, will be unveiled this afternoon by the Lieut-Col G. H. Vere-Laurie, chairman of Southwell Rural District Council. A second plaque, in oak is being placed in the interior of the hotel.