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Former members and present Rangers and Patrol Leaders of the 3rd Newark Company of Girl Guides had a happy reunion in the Barnbygate Assembly Hall, on Monday evening. Over 50 members were present.
Mrs D.P. Blatherwick recalled the past history of the Company which had been in existence for 30 years. The present Captain, Miss Nicholson, said as a child she had thought that to be a member of the 3rd Newark Company would fulfil a great ambition, and she hoped the present members would carry on its great traditions.
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There was a happy sequel to a romance at the Newark WVS Darby and Joan Club last Thursday, when two of the members were married at Christ Church by Rev C.B. Bardsley.
The bridegroom was Mr George Bilton, formerly of Balderton, who is the conductor of the Darby and Joan Club Glee Club, and the bride was Mrs M.A. Palmer of Carlton Road, Newark. Although they had been members of the Darby and Joan Club almost from the beginning they got to know each other better when the Glee Club was formed just before Christmas.
There was a festive atmosphere at the Darby and Joan Club, on Friday, when the members had a special tea in celebration. The wedding cake, given by the Deputy Mayor (Coun Ernest Randall), was cut and handed round.
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One record was broken and another equalled at the Magnus Grammar School Athletics Sports, held on the School playing fields, on Saturday.
The school record for the under 14 hurdles was reduced by S Collier to 11 2/5 secs. The previous record was set up last year, when K Ogden covered the distance in 12 secs. C G Windsor, competing in the hurdles open event, equalled the record of 12 3/5 secs set up by G K Saxelby in 1943.
Local ballroom dancing enthusiasts competed at the Corn Exchange on Thursday night, when a Grand Dance Waltzing Competition and Cabaret were held, under the auspices of the Joan Thomas School of Dancing.
The children's dancing competitions attracted 65 entries. Miss Adela Roscoe, British Professional Ballroom Champion for 1937, 1938, 1939, and Mr F. Fitzgerald were the adjudicators.
A feature of the cabaret was a speciality act by Miss Jean Bradley, a former pupil of Miss Thomas, who will shortly be making her West End debut. Each of the acts were cleverly devised and the costumes made a colourful spectacle. Alf Marshall and his band provided the music.
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A short time ago deposits at the Newark branch of the York County Savings Bank reached the £1m mark, and to celebrate the attainment of this figure a luncheon was held on Thursday at the Clinton Arms Hotel.
The chairman of the Local Committee, Major L.C.B. Appleby, presided, and among those supporting him were the mayor, Alderman J.H. Knight. The luncheon was served in the Pelham Room, where a similar function took place in 1928 in celebration of the bank starting business in Newark.
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The Newark Archaeological Committee held its first annual general meeting in the library of the Technical College on Thursday evening. Dr A.R. Bowen was in the chair.
He expressed his pleasure in seeing so many members present and said that membership now totalled 46. Several lectures on Roman Britain had been arranged, and excavations had been carried out on the Fosse Way during the year.
After the meeting the chairman welcomed Professor H.H. Swinnerton of Nottingham University, who gave a fascinating talk, illustrated by lantern slides, on the "Iron Age salt works on the Lincolnshire coast."
One of Newark's oldest business houses is to be closed this month, when Miss S.W. Jackson and Miss D.R. Stagg retire from the exclusive dress-making establishment they have carried on for many years at Madame Cooke's, Market Place and Chain Lane.
Miss Jackson joined Madame Cooke in 1904 and 10 years later became a partner in the concern with Mr Vincent Robinson. On the death of Mr Robinson, she took over the business and has continued to supervise it ever since.
Miss Stagg had been working at the establishment for five years before Miss Jackson came, and had been attending to the needs of Newark ladies for over half a century.
The two inseparable friends and business colleagues are to live in their retirement at Miss Jackson's home, in Winchilsea Avenue, Newark, and many people who know them in the town and district will wish them every happiness.
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At the inaugural dinner of the Newark and District Table Tennis League, at the Rutland Arms on Thursday night, Councillor A.A. Jones, a vice-president, said that after 25 years in the town in contact with many local sports clubs he had never known such enthusiasm for any game.
Tankards were presented to Mr S.R. Foster, a former secretary of the league for 10 years, and to Mr Baker in recognition of service to the league. Mr Baker reviewed the season by saying they had an all-time record of 33 teams participating.
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At the annual dinner of the Newark branch of the British Legion, held on Saturday night at the Barnbygate Restaurant, two members were presented with certificates of life membership by the President, Col R.A.G. Stewart.
Capt H.P.G. Branston, a former president of the branch, was one of the members honoured. The other was Mr W.H. Henson, another stalwart of the Newark branch for many years.
Returning to his native Newark for a holiday with his wife, after an absence of 11 years, the Rev George F. Banks conducted evensong and preached the sermon at St Leonard's Church on Sunday night. The previous Sunday he was preaching to his own congregation in Ontario, Canada.
A son of the late Mr and Mrs Banks of Appletongate, he is staying with his sister, Mrs Albert Lacy of New Balderton.
On Sunday night he stood in the pulpit of the church where as a boy he sang in the choir. After the service he chatted with members of the congregation and greeted many of his boyhood friends.
About his home town he commented, "I find many changes in Newark today. Of course the town itself is much bigger. There has been a lot of building and somehow it seems tidier than it used to be and more organised."
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The Malt Shovel Inn, Northgate, Newark, has been granted a seven-day full licence. The house has previously carried a beer licence only.
The demand in the first place came through the pub having darts and dominoes teams. Everything is done nowadays to encourage other activities in public houses besides that of drinking.
The teams visit other houses to play, taking their womenfolk with them, and there they are offered all sorts of refreshments but when other teams visit the Malt Shovel Inn it is not possible to offer them the same hospitality.
This proves to be a source of embarrassment to the teams and the landlord. Mr George Parker said he had been licensee of the Malt Shovel since 1945, and he estimated he had between 80 and 90 regular customers, men and women.
The inter-county speaking competition sponsored by the County Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs for Nottinghamshire, and organised by the Newark branch of the National Farmers' Union, was won by the Lindsey team in Newark Town Hall on Saturday evening. The Notts team came second and Kesteven third.
The attendance practically filled the ballroom, and a large proportion of them were young people. The teams were introduced to them by Mr J.B. Jones, chairman of the Newark branch NFU. He said it was important that young farmers should learn the art of good public speaking.
The subject chosen for the Notts team was "The cow is the mother of prosperity."
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A party of 60 Sea Cadets from all corners of the United Kingdom arrived in Newark on Friday afternoon to contest the quarter finals of the Sea Cadet Corps National Boxing Championships at the Drill Hall.
Earlier some 2,000 cadets had assembled in Nottingham, and the young contestants had dispersed to the other quarter-final centres at Derby, Leicester and Sutton-in-Ashfield. Among the Newark party were six cadets from Northern Ireland.
The Mayor of Newark (Ald J.H. Knight) was present at the contests later in the evening. Other distinguished guests included the Admiral Commanding Reserves, Vice Admiral Sir Wilfred Patterson, who inspected a guard of honour from the Newark unit.
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A capacity audience at the Technical College on Friday night heard a feast of Edward German's music, when the Ransome and Marles Choral Society presented the concert version of Merrie England.
The opera has an Elizabethan setting and the story concerns a romance between Good Queen Bess and Sir Walter Raleigh.
The chorus work, under the guidance of the society's conductor, Mr W.R. Roberts, was a feature of the performance.
The Ransome and Marles Choral Society was formed in May 1949, and has 50 members.
