It is regretted that, inadvertently, some errors occurred in our report, published last week, of successes by pupils of Bideford Grammar School in the recent Higher School Certificate and School Certificate examinations.
The complete list, corrected, is as follows:
July, 1946, Higher School Certificate: R G Berry, P C Fulford, R M Johnstone, R E Sawtell.
Fourteen boys gained School Certificates: D G Bradshaw, T Bromell, R Crisp, R Friendship, B P Harris, V W Harris, J G Husband, K O Johns, B V H Lesslie, W G G Mills, P A Newbury, A G Pidler, R H Trickey, A J White.
The Bideford Town Council resolved that in consequence of no boys being allowed to attend the Bideford Grammar School on the foundation, according to the terms of the endowment, the Charity Commissioners should be informed of the facts, with a view to an inquiry into the subject.
Western Morning News, 2 May 1871
Bideford Town Council meeting - It was reported that no reply had yet been received from the trustees of the Bideford Grammar School in reference to the misappropriation of the endowment, which led to strong expressions of dissatisfaction, and the Clerk was requested to give his opinion at the next meeting as to the best steps to be taken to compel the trustees to administer the charity in accordance with the wish of the donors.
The North Devon Journal – August 10, 1871
A meeting was held, pursuant to adjournment when, in the absence of the Mayor, Mr Alderman White and Councillors Heard, Tremear, White, Down and Pollard. The Clerk having reported that the
One of the gifts from the Old Boys of Bideford Grammar School
being handed over to the retiring headmaster, Mr C W Stephenson, by the president of the Old Boys Association, Mr Tom Bonetta, at a social gathering.
The staff presented Mr Stephenson with a picnic set and, at morning assembly, the last day of term, boys of the school gave him two picnic chairs, a picnic table and a pair of garden secateurs.
The gifts were handed to him by school captain John Duncan.