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March 28 1951 The first train-load of Fish Meal Plant left the Farrar Boilerworks last week for shipment to Canada and erection in Louisburg, Novia Scotia, for Louisburg Fisheries Ltd. This order was booked by Mr J. E. Palmer, managing director, about a year ago when he flew to Canada and secured the 150,000 dollar contract in face of keen American and Norwegian competition. o-o-o-O-o-o-o The Duke of Portland, KG, and Mr Sidney Shephard, MC, who between them represented the Newark constituency in Parliament for 28 years, were presented with tokens of appreciation of their services at the annual meeting of the Divisional Conservative Association, on Thursday. The gift to the Duke, who, as the Marquess of Titchfield, was Conservative MP for more than 21 years, was a silver and tortoiseshell cigarette box; and Mr Shephard, the Conservative member for seven years, received a silver salver. o-o-o-O-o-o-o The former YMCA Hall for Officer Cadets at Newark's Bowbridge Road Camp becomes a Methodist Church on Saturday. In 1935, the present premises used by Hawtonville Methodists were opened, and the promoters designed the building to meet both educational and ecclesiastical requirements. Now a site for a permanent church is being negotiated, but in the meantime the work of the church is to be transferred to the YMCA Hall, Chatsworth Road.

March 21, 1951 Easter Day, next Sunday, is at its earliest. Recent bad weather has damped holiday preparations, and Newark traders report that business has been slow during the pre-Easter period. A cycle dealer blames the weather for a drop in his usually busy Eastertide trade. A dry cleaning firm in Newark has found that chilly days have deterred people from preparing spring and summer clothes. Clothiers say Easter is too early for customers to buy - they expect more trade before Whitsuntide. Because of the early holiday, bus companies are not running the usual number of coastal trips, but football specials will operate and it will be possible to go by bus to Cadwell Park motor cycle races on Easter Monday. o-o-o-O-o-o-o A concert with a nautical theme was presented by Barnby Road School scholars last week. Mary Kemp and Michael Vamplew were travellers on board a ship that travelled through space and time. The school chose a sea-faring background because it recently adopted the oil tanker Stanvac Canberra. Scholars write regularly to members of the crew. The first item on board the SS Barnby Road, comprised songs by the senior choir, a number by the ship's band and a Hornpipe danced by seven small girls. After a mime, there was a physical training display. When juniors had recited Big Steamers, the ship sailed for the land of fantasy.

March 14, 1951 Soles and heels are not only Mr William Setchfield's living, they are his hobby too. After a day's work in the business his grandfather founded 70 years ago, this Newark cobbler spends his spare time with a pair of special shoes, on whose soles he is working to pinpoint rivet pattern. Unlike the shoes he has been with all day, these will never be worn. The pattern on the pair just finished took Mr Setchfield's three months to design and execute - 2,518 brass rivets were used in the two designs. This is the first completed pair. He has previously nailed a lighthouse pattern on one gentleman's shoes, but the pair with the Dresden lady is the real beginning of a private collection of pinpoint shoes. Mr Setchfield sketched the outline from an embroidery pattern, pricking out the design with an ordinary pin. Holes for the frail 22 gauge rivets were made with an awl and the pins were hammered almost flush with the leather. o-o-o-O-o-o-o The cost of running Newark Parish Church has increased in the last 15 years almost three-fold said the Vicar, the Rev G W Clarkson, at last Wednesday's meeting of the Parochial Church Council in St Mary's Rooms. In 1935, £493 was spent. By 1950, the figure had increased to £1,124.

March 7, 1951 A spectacular fire fighting demonstration was held in the Market Place on Thursday evening to stimulate further recruiting for the Auxiliary Fire Service and other branches of Civil Defence. A large crowd watched the firefighters and ambulancemen at work. Assistant Divisional Officer L. Jowett gave the running commentary during the three incidents, which included simultaneous rescues, one from the Town Hall and the other from the roof of Messrs Curry's premises. o-o-o-O-o-o-o Mr F. M. Laming, of Nottingham University, said at the Newark Amateur Operatic Society's dinner last week that nothing was more soul destroying than television. He had recently given a lecture on opera to students between 18 and 21. One of them had seen four operas, and one none at all. Counter attractions such as television were responsible for that lack of interest. o-o-o-O-o-o-o Women are more forgetful than man says Mr E. R. Jimson, Superintendent of the Lincolnshire Road Car Company's Newark Depot. The depot's lost property register confirms it. Not that men do not sometimes err. A pair of football boots and socks, a pipe, a shaving outfit and a bicycle pump are some of the items left on Newark buses recently, presumably by men. With the ladies, headsquares, handbags and gloves are the most popular "line" to find their way into the lost property department.