£130 raised

The effect that industrial growth would have on the area and the need to be prepared for the changes it would bring were referred to by Mr Peter Mills (prospective candidate for the Torrington division) at a Conservative fete at Westward Ho!

The fete, held at Vicosa, the home of Mr and Mrs Leslie Braddick, and organised by Bideford town branch of the Divisional Conservative Association, realised about £130.

One of the attractions was a bathing belle competition. Winners were: Miss Annette Twitchen, Miss C Blackmore, Miss Joan Cox. A junior fancy dress competition was won by: Sally Dymond, Craig Chapman, Carolyn Hooper.

In charge of stalls and sideshows were: Mrs Broad, Mrs V Gilson, Mesdames De. Ryche, Bird, Lemon, Langdon, Lewis, Beaumont, P Lewis, Boyer, Hill; Messrs Taylor and Davis; Miss Carolyn Blackmore, the Misses Marlin, Mary Little and Christine Northcott; Messrs L Bramwell and M Blackmore; Mrs V Justice, Miss D Robinson; Mrs T P Keene, Mesdames Oke, Saunders, Clements, Little, Lyle, McGann, Ackland, Eastman and Twitchen, Mr Twitchen Among those attending were Viscount Lambert, Mr Percy Browne MP and Mrs Brown, Capt W H C Daniel and Mrs Daniel, and Lady du Cros.

The full Gazette article is dated 14 August 1964