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Christmas Eve at the Front

An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

Sharp reception for council's letter 6th April 1962

Northam Urban Council were accused of having an "I am the dictator" attitude by Mr Horace Ford, Chairman of Northam Burrows Committee, when the committee decided to write to Minister of Housing and Local Government to obtain more information concerning the transfer of the lease of the Burrows with the manorial rights from the Royal North Devon Golf Club to Northam Council.

The Council have still to decide how they will carry out the day-to-day administration of the Burrows but, as Mr Richards (R.N.D.G.C. Steward of the Manor) thought they would like to have some idea of this before the meeting.

If the Council interfere with the grazing then we shall have to step down on them, said Mr H Hodgkins "the trouble is that we have been too weak in the past

At the last Manor Court meeting the secretary Mr Harold Ford brought up the fact that all negotiations were going on. Mr J Harknett had tried to co-operate with the Burrows Committee and it seemed useless.

The committee decided to write to Northam Council and the Royal North Devon Golf Club about the question of contributing towards the repair of Pebble Ridge, damaged by severe gales and rough seas.

Ex Surveyor Spent More Than £1m!

Mr H J Denne, former Borough Surveyor, was presented with a silver tray and silver rose bowl by the Mayor, Cllr Harold Blackmore, at Monday’s meeting of Bideford Town Council on behalf of present and past members of the Council.

The Mayor said they wished to place on record deep and sincere thanks to Mr Denne for his 16½ years’ service. He had been at all times a faithful and loyal officer to the Council who had always found him generous and courteous. He had served with ability and distinction and had been responsible for an enormous amount of development.
The Council, added the Mayor, were grateful to Mrs Denne for the help and support she had always given to her husband. He presented her with a bouquet.
Thanking subscribers for their generosity Mr Denne said he had seen a large variety of schemes put through and he had discovered that he had spent on the Council’s behalf more than £1 million. He thanked the staff and the Council for their help.

Children’s Card Gets Royal Reply

The children of class seven of East-the-Water CP School, Bideford, made a silver wedding card and sent it, bearing all their names, to the Queen and Prince Philip who celebrate their silver wedding anniversary on November 20th.

The children, who are aged seven to eight, were thrilled to receive this week a letter in reply from Buckingham Palace. A lady-in-waiting on behalf of the Queen wrote thanking the class for their good wishes and kindly thought.