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The religious observance of the Easter festival in Newark was of the traditional character and the congregations at services in all the churches in the town were large especially at communion.
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It is now over two years since as was reported in the Advertiser at the time the creche idea was put into effect at Southwell Minster to enable mothers to attend the early communion service.
The same idea was adopted at Balderton and there are now churches in different parts of the country where mothers are encouraged to bring their young children to church.
The idea originated with the Provost of Southwell the Very Rev H.C.L. Heywood and on Easter Sunday his Pram Service was visited by pressmen and press photographers.
The provost said: "My main object is to get people to come and worship as families and I want the children to grow up feeling happy and at home in God's house."
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At Thursday's meeting of the Nottinghamshire Education Committee it was decided to recommend to the County Council that they should authorise the acquisition of The Grove Balderton and the grounds of approximately 43.78 acres the building being required for a hostel for children and the grounds as a site for a new secondary modern school and for playing fields for the Newark Girls' High School.
The price to be offered is £8 200
The final annual meeting of the Newark Hospital Board took place yesterday and tributes were put on record of great voluntary service. Only a few weeks remain before the State takes over the hospital.
The chairman Mr R.P. Blatherwick said: "It is impossible to stand here at the end of an era of great voluntary service and prevent thought from ranging back to those small beginnings in 1813 when a committee sympathetically supported by the Town Council established a dispensary in two rooms on the site of the present Butter Market."
Mr Blatherwick said that above all he wanted to emphasise the commendable record of voluntary service performed in the name of suffering humanity for 135 years and he suggested that no-one could contemplate the closing of such a chapter without feelings of sadness mingled with gratitude and pride.
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Praise for the way in which Mr Sidney Shephard has represented the Newark Division in the House of Commons was forthcoming from Mr O. Essame in presiding over the 23rd annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the Technical College on Monday evening and in moving Mr Shephard's election as president.
The meeting marked the revival of the Chamber and Mr C.G.H. Richardson was appointed chairman.
The chairman said that Newark's industry had undoubtedly benefited from the fact that it had been represented in Parliament by one of the keenest commercial brains in the House.
Newark people crowded into the Technical College on Friday night to hear a talk by the Radio Doctor (Dr Charles Hill) on Good Health. Newark's Medical Officer Dr Scott Buchanan took the chair.
Dr Hill who is secretary of the BMA spoke with characteristic humour. Good health he averred was not simply a matter of medical treatment but of good housing good feeding and environment. Of the national health he said that since the war the birth rate had gone up and the death rate had fallen. The result was that the average age of the community had risen .
The 451 births which occurred in Newark in 1946 - the latest on record - comprise the highest in the borough. It gives a birth rate of 20.7 per 1 0 of the population. The death rate decreased slightly being 10.6 compared with the previous year's rate of 11.9.
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There was a BBC atmosphere at the Corn Exchange on Friday night when Mr A.J. Latimer of Those Were the Days old-time dancing fame was present. He delighted a crowd of nearly 400 dancers at a grand ball arranged by Mr Arthur Hall. Harold Gelsthorpe and his Olde Tyme Orchestra played.
Mr Latimer who is 74 has been dancing since 1881.
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"Get away with you!" laughed 80-year-old Mrs Ann Pailthorpe of West End Farndon on Friday when opening the door in response to his knock she was greeted by Postman Mr Stanley Foster with the remark: "A parcel from the King."
The postman was nearly right for on unpacking the box Miss Pailthorpe was delighted to discover that she had been chosen as one of the recipients of a gift of food from Princess Elizabeth.
A food parcel and a letter from the Princess were also received by Mrs W.A. Everett (86) of Lawrence Street Newark.
The former Ossington Coffee Palace remained one of the hotels in the town until it was requisitioned by the RAF during the war.
Now it has a different use. Between now and July 5 when the new system of social security comes into operation the Ministry of Insurance at Newark will take over all the local approved societies and use the Ossington as their base.
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Happy hours were spent by 150 of Newark's oldest inhabitants at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon and evening as the 'At Home' guests of the Mayor and Mayoress (Ald and Mrs J.H. Knight).
The Mayor made presentations to the oldest lady and the oldest gentleman in the room.
Community singing and an entertainment followed the latter provided by children of Hawtonville Junior School.
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At the annual meeting of the Hospital Contributory Association on Saturday it was announced that there had been a record contribution of £10 792 last year for the hospital.
It was also revealed that in its nine and a half years' existence the association has provided £71 835
This is a proud record which indicates the efficient organisation and tireless energy of all concerned.
The chairman Mr R.P. Blatherwick commended the great work achieved.
Newark Rowing Club's equipment is now equal to that of any provincial club.
Members are awaiting the delivery of four more whiffs and the same number of fours which will supply them with enough boats to train for the forthcoming Olympic trials in which Newark is to row against Agecroft Stourport and Evesham.
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Over 500 of Newark's fashion conscious public attended a spectacular fashion parade in the Town Hall yesterday.
Staged by Kenneth Kemsley to introduce the 1948 Spring fashions to Newark the ballroom at the Town Hall was transformed into an attractive salon and owing to the large demand for tickets it was necessary to hold two shows.
There were five London models to show over 100 of Mr Kemsley's new coats suits gowns and furs from such houses as Brenner Matita Dorville Reville and Spectator-Sports.
Mr Kemsley himself introduced the parade and explained that all his garments were examples of The New Look but avoiding the extremes of Paris were wearable and sensible clothes for the well-dressed woman in Newark.
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A foggy morning and the housewives' weekly wash day combined to forestall the anticipated rush on local clothiers and drapers when the new clothing coupon period started on Monday.
Local tradesmen reported only a normal amount of business. One Newark shopkeeper with an eye on the fashion trend surmised: "I think many people will conserve their meagre supply of 24 coupons until the New Look arrives in the town."
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