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About 150 farmers took part in a farm walk at J. Hollingworth and Sons' Manor Farm, Coddington, on Thursday evening.
The walk was organised by the Newark branch of the NFU and among those attending were the branch chairman, Mr J. B. Jones, and vice-chairman Mr Maurice Horner.
It had rained heavily during the day, but fortunately the weather cleared before the walk was due to commence. Even then such a walk on strong land might have had to be cancelled, but on the light soil formed by Mr Hollingworth conditions soon improved, making it possible for everyone to get about in comparative comfort.
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Members of the Rotary Club of Newark at Oldham's Cafe on Monday were given a lesson in sculpture by Mr R. Kiddey, whose fame as a sculptor extends far beyond Newark. The Rev D. Campbell-Miller presided.
As Mr Kiddey demonstrated the methods of sculpting a head, he explained the technicalities of the work. The members watched closely as his deft hands moulded the clay into almost any shape he wanted.
It took him about a minute or so to turn the clay on the stand of the turntable into the outline of a head, and to explain that the first thing to give shape was the bone formation.
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The Mayor of Newark, councillor B. L. Maule, had a crowded day on Wednesday.
First he attended the luncheon given at the Council House, Nottingham, to the Duke of Edinburgh, president of the National Playing Fields Association. The luncheon was attended by representatives of civic, business and professional life, and sports and youth clubs, in the city and county.
Then the mayor, who is a member of the Nottingham County Cricket Club, went to Trent Bridge cricket ground to witness the presentation of a cricket bat to the Duke.
Finally he went to Grantham to watch the King's School Founder's Day cricket match between the school and the Old Boys, and later attended the Old Boys' dinner at the George Hotel.
Dr Denys Hine presided at the opening ceremony of the garden fete in aid of the National Children's Home and Orphanage held in the grounds of "The Ivies," Cartergate, the home of Mrs G. Hine, yesterday week. The Mayoress of Newark, Mrs B.L. Maule, was the opener. Proceeds from the event amounted to £61.
The chairman said it was tragic for a child to be without family love and affection, and the National Children's Home And Orphanage was a real home where homeless children received real family love.
Dr Hine thanked the hard-working committee for their preparations, and also Mrs Horner, the president.
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A brief history of Newark Preparatory School, Highfields, was given by the headmistress, Miss G.M. White, in her address to parents and friends at the third annual sports day and exhibition of work at the school on Thursday.
Miss White reminded her listeners of the flat in Appletongate, where the Newark Preparatory School came into being. Since then there had been a great increase in numbers, and in the last year she could report a growth in the number of pupils from 91 to 133.
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The 10th annual Open Day in connection with Hawtonville Junior Mixed School was held on Thursday afternoon.
The Deputy Mayor and Mayoress (Ald and Mrs E.T.H. Randall) and members of the District Education Committee, and also a large number of parents and friends attended, and were given a cordial welcome by the headmaster, Mr A.S. Otter.
The weather was kind, as it did not commence to rain until later in the day and therefore the full programme of physical exercises, dances, etc. was carried through to the enjoyment of the spectators.
The lower, middle and upper schools all took part, and all did well. The dances, various in character and including Morris and Sword dance, were particularly enjoyable. As usual a plaque was awarded in the Guild Games.
A fitting climax to the quatercentenary celebrations was the broadcasting of greetings between Newark and Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday evening.
This took place in the Midland Home Service programme, and the Newark-on-Trent portion of the exchange was broadcast from the Town Hall, the producer being Miss Kathleen Healey, of Midland Regional. Newark N.J., sent sincerest congratulations from WNJR in New Jersey. Local listeners commented on the excellence of the reception.
The 10 Newark participants, and the 60 children comprising the choir, had a busy time on Sunday morning and afternoon rehearsing the scripts. Half an hour was allowed for the broadcast from both sides of the Atlantic and this necessitated much attention to timing and the length of the scripts.
A salute was played by the Newark New Jersey Police Band, and at the close, bells of Newark Parish Church, which had been recorded came into the programme.
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K.A. Bilton, captain of Newark Athletic Club, won the E.W. Lees Cup for the pentathlon contest by over 80 points. The contest took place during the quatercentenary sports, run under the club's auspices on Messrs. Hole's Muskham Road sports ground, on Friday.
Two other club trophies were competed for during the evening. A cup given by Mr W. Johnson for the junior girls of the Newark club was won by M. Warriner, the winner of the girls' 100 yards. The civic week cup for the junior boy of the club with the highest number of points went to A. Bell.
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Norton Disney, the small Lincolnshire village near Newark which does not boast a cinema, had the privilege of greeting one of filmland's most famous personalities last week.
Mr Walt Disney, the famous American film cartoonist, who gave the world Mickey Mouse, visited the village last Wednesday. He was trying to trace his family history.
At the local church, the vicar, the Rev R.K. Roper, showed Mr Disney ancient monuments and brasses to the Disney family who are buried there. One shield commemorates William Disney who was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1540.
Mr Disney, his wife and two daughters are on a six-day motoring holiday.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent was given a rapturous reception by the people of Newark, when she visited the town on Monday. The Royal visit was to inaugurate the Quatercentenary celebrations and provided a most successful introduction to the week's festivities.
The Duchess was cheered all along the route of her tour and the welcome was particularly hearty in the Market Place, where a large crowd assembled. Throughout her visit Her Royal Highness was accompanied by the Mayor and Mayoress.
The arrival of the Royal visitor at the Eastern Station was awaited by the large number people who had begun to assemble outside the station yard entrance and all along Appletongate more than an hour before.
In the station yard was drawn up a Guard of Honour representative of various youth organisations in the town. Her Royal Highness was received by the Duke and Duchess of Portland.
The first official act of the Royal visitor was to inspect the guard of honour. She stopped to speak to a small girl in the ranks by the name of Valerie Glass, of Lincoln Road, who attends Lover's Lane School.
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The first pageantry in connection with Newark's Quatercentenary celebrations took place in Newark Market Place shortly after noon on Sunday. This was an imaginative dramatisation of the presentation of the First Charter to Anthony Forster, in 1549, and the producer was Mr George Bennett.
There was a large attendance in the cobbled square. The coach which drew the notables was made by James Hole and Co. The coach horses were loaned by Mr Sheldon of Cotham. The players in the pageant were all members of Hole's Recreation Club, and the 'crowd' was drawn from Newark Operatic Society and the Technical College drama class.
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The question as to how far the Vicar of North Collingham, the Rev L. Shorland Ball, cycles in a fortnight on his pastoral duties was answered at the garden fete, held at the home of Dr and Mrs W Deane, North Collingham, on Thursday.
Mrs Lowe of Collingham guessed the exact mileage- 40.4- and won the ladies' cycle, given as a prize for this novel competition. The gross proceeds of the fete, which was in aid of the funds of All Saints Church, were £311.
Lady Clementina Tottenham, who opened the fete, said it was a great many years since she had left Collingham, but she had happy memories of the village.
