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Inadequate sign posting at Newark's Beaumond Cross confused Monte Carlo Rally competitors when the cars passed through Newark early on Monday morning.
More than half the 69 entrants who started from Glasgow on Sunday afternoon took the wrong turning as they approached Beaumond Cross.
A number of the cars were held up by the traffic lights at Beaumond Cross and it was here that police officers and spectators had a busy time trying to keep the car drivers on the North Road. Such signposts as are erected cannot be clear indicators for the stranger because many of the competitors went astray.
As the powerfully built Monte Carlo-bound saloons travelled down Lombard Street, they forked left by Beaumond Cross, along the short stretch of road which joins Lombard Street to Cartergate.
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Meeting last night, the Suppporter's Club of Ransome and Marles FC heard that their new appeal for funds to put football on its feet at Elm Avenue was going well.
The immediate target of the appeal is £500, but it is hoped that a much larger sum will be raised by January, 1951.
The appeal is a boldly conceived move to prevent the end of Midland League football in Newark.
With the attraction of Third Division soccer at Nottingham, gates
fell at Elm Avenue week by week.
As a consequence players left Ransomes because the club could not pay attractive fees. So more games were lost and attendances fell even lower.
Honour was done to Archdeacon J.P. Hales, the former padre, by fellow members of the Southwell and District branch of the British Legion at their quarterly meeting at the Crown Hotel on Monday evening. Voting unanimously, they appointed him a life honorary vice-president.
The chairman, Major J.K. Lane, said the archdeacon had been devoted to looking after the interests of ex-servicemen. Captain S. Cooper, the branch president, said he had known Archdeacon Hales for 30 years and looked upon him as a real comrade, a Christian gentleman and one who had always maintained the highest ideals.
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Both Caunton and Collingham young farmers' clubs will be represented in the county public speaking championships to be held in Newark later this month.
They tied in the central area eliminating contest in the Castle Hall ballroom on Monday, both scoring 71 points out of a possible 100.
The Caunton team speaker, Mr G. Marsh, took as the subject the change over to T.T. Milk and the fact that milk is no longer in short supply.
The Collingham club took as their subject whether a farm can be worked with one type of tractor. Their speaker Mr Norman Wells considered the merits of small, medium and heavy tractors.
The individual junior eliminator competition was also held on Monday, when the winner was Mr P. Boddy, of Caunton, who talked about the de-horning of cattle. He was awarded 75 points out of a possible 100.
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Hawton Junior Club, the only one of its kind in the county, held a party for the members on Thursday. The evening was held in the Church Hut, which had been specially decorated for the occasion.
Twenty children sat down to a home-made tea provided by Mrs H. Hollingworth, Mrs C.A.T. Lawrence and Mrs E. Pykett.
The members contributed items and after the concert Mrs Lawrence welcomed Mrs C.E. Parlby, who congratulated the club on its progress and afterwards opened the silver mine collected by the children since the church fete was held in the summer of last year.
It is understood the children will use the money to buy something for Hawton Church.
The centuries-old religious ceremony of blessing the plough was observed in Newark Parish Church on Sunday morning. The church was chosen because it stands in the centre of one of Nottinghamshire's chief agricultural areas, and farming families in various parts of the county were represented in the congregation.
The plough that was blessed by the Bishop of Southwell, Dr. F. Russell Barry, was a single furrow horse type. It figured in the procession from the Market Place to the church. Figuring prominently in the procession were young farmers from the Caunton, Southwell, and Tuxford clubs as the plough team, with Mr W. Weatherall (Tuxford) as leader.
The Vicar's sermon was on the theme of hard work as an essential part of the Glory of God and the anthem had the same motif, for it was the first chorus of Handel's The Messiah.
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The Newark and District Farmers' Ball on Friday night was one of the most brilliant social functions which the Town hall has witnessed in recent years.
Everything was prepared on a lavish scale. An awning over the carpeted steps at the main entrance declared the importance of the occasion, but it was not until one stepped into the hall that one got the first real glimpse of scene that awaited the eye. So completely had it been transformed that it almost seemed as though a magic wand had been used.
Well over 300 people attended, the guests of honour being the mayor and mayoress, Councillor and Mrs B.L. Maule.
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Following their meet in Newark Market Place the South Notts Hunt had their most successful Thursday since the war.
The colourful scene in the Market Place was watched by a large crowd, of whom children, still on holiday from school, made a good proportion.
The field was a strong one, with a good number of children mounted, and more members were in hunting pink than have been seen for some time.
Hopes have been expressed that the gathering in Newark Market place will become an annual event.
A young girl, dark, slim and attractive, known to millions of cinema-goers, stepped out of a large green saloon car at Ossington Hall on Saturday morning. Unrecognised by the small crowd who had turned out to watch a meet of the Rufford Hunt, her name was Jean Simmons.
The film star arrived with Mr W. Hanson. Wearing a short coat of mink over a black dress, Miss Simmons was looking pale as any girl might after dancing until the early hours.
The previous night she was a member of Mr Hanson's party at the Rufford Hunt ball, which was held at the home of the Earl Manvers at Thoresby Park. For the ball Miss Simmons wore an off-the-shoulder gown of gold brocade - the same dress she wore for the Royal Command film performance.
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The floodlit tower of Upton church made an effective picture on New Year's Eve. The illumination could be seen for miles around and was much admired.
The lighting was repeated on New Year's Day and will be seen again next Sunday. The innovation is to mark the 700th anniversary of the opening of Upton church.
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Owing to licensing restrictions, the toasting in the National spirit ceased at 11.30pm, when members of Newark Caledonian Society and their friends met for the New Year's Eve Hogmanay dance on Saturday in the Castle ballroom.
However, the party was voted a great success and 180 members and guests joined hands at midnight to bring in the New Year with Auld Lang Syne.
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For the first time for 30 years, hounds met at Southwell yesterday, when there was a large gathering of members of the Rufford Hunt on Burgage Green. At one time the Saracen's Head Hotel was a well-known venue for meets of the Rufford.
A large crowd watched the hounds move off to the first draw.
