Budehaven’s fire damage school is to receive novel support from a local supermarket. Staff at the nearby Safeways Store, stunned by the news of the devastation following the fire on October 6, are staging two days when customers can pledge their support for the school by donating the points which are earned with purchases, for the school’s benefit.

A Holsworthy firm has launched what it calls Britain’s first ‘super healthy’ egg this week. Freshlay Foods Ltd of Holsworthy Beacon has developed an entirely new egg for the UK market.

Despite the excitement of Launceston gaining more funding than it thought from Europe, there are worries that internal squabbling may disrupt the process of utilising these grants.

Steeplejack Dave Dawson from Port Isaac, was pictured holding the repaired and re-gilded weathercock from Lezant church. It is ten years since it was last taken off.

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There have been many innovations at St Joseph’s School, Launceston, recently, but last week there was certainly a first in the history of the school. With an increasing number of boys in the Junior School, the headmistress, Sr Helen (Innocent) felt that more organised games, catering for boys, should be more prominent in the curriculum. She successfully persuaded Mr Murphy, the school’s headmaster and a qualified rugby coach, to begin rugby. The news has been greeted with much enthusiast, and it is hoped to arrange fixtures next season.

Colleagues of the 1st Camelford Girl Guides surround Joanna Brooker after she had been presented with her certificate and badge of the Baden-Powell Trefoil Award, the second to be earned by this troop.

Sue King, of Spotlight Southwest, ceremonially unveiled the new Vauxhall Astra when she came to Launceston last week to open Messrs J B Smith and Son’s new showroom on the Pennygillam estate.

When Mr and Mrs Stuart Gaskell moved into their new bungalow at Glebelands, Callington, this week, they received a surprise champagne welcome. they found that they were the first couple to live in a Carkeek Home, and Carkeek director Chris Pearn presented them with a crystal decanter to mark this fact...and the champagne to christen the glasses!

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History was made when Ashwater Parish Council met on Monday and Mrs Jill Watts, of Fairfield, Ashwater, the first lady councillor, was welcomed by the chairman (Mr A E Moon).

Norma Taylor, Leslie Carlyon, Norman Daniel, Jackie Hicks, Michael Taylor and Pat Howlett took the leading roles in Launceston Amateur Dramatic Society’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s marital comedy ‘How The Other Half Loves’.

Marhamchurch Methodist Church was honoured by the visit of the President of the Conference, Rev J Russell Pope, who made a detour from Scotland to Oxford to perform the commissioning ceremony of Mr L Gliddon, for his work at Chogria Hospital, Kenya, as an administrator.

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Miss Una Penwarden, 17, was chosen to be the Kilkhampton carnival queen for 1964. Miss Penwarden, a former pupil of Stratton school, is employed at the London Inn.

The amalgamation of Pennygillam secondary school with Launceston college to form one comprehensive school for Launceston and district has been foreshadowed for the late 1960’s following the erection of new buildings on the college site. The building programme is due to start in the financial year 1966/67 and the new school at Dunheved could be ready in 1968.

At a meeting of Windmill primary school Parent Teachers’ Association, the headmaster, Mr W Deacon, said that at last indoor toilet facilities had been provided for the children.

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It was decided at a public meeting at the Church Hall, Lifton, on Thursday week that Lifton Silver Band which ceased to exist about two years ago should be re-formed.

On Friday, parishioners of Stowford kept the 80th anniversary of the re-opening of their parish church of St John after its restoration.

It was revealed on Friday that the new temporary TV station on North Hessary Tor, Dartmoor, will be opened just before Christmas by the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, Earl Fortescue.

Mr D H Amory, Minister of Agriculture, announced in the House of Commons that deliberate attempts to spread the rabbit disease myxomatosis are not to be made illegal.

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Killed in action: Cpl Wm Leslie George Simpson, of Sunnyside, Chillaton; Rev Geoffrey Bernard, CF, son-in-lsw of the late Rev J J Haworth, a former vicar of St Thomas, Launceston; CPO Jack Wivell, of Fore Street, Boscastle. Died of wounds: Pte Leslie Arthur John Bickle, of Mill Cottage, Lydford. Wounded in action: Pte E R Tottle, of Westgate Street, Launceston; Lieut J Gibson, of North Hill, Launceston.

Sq Ldr Samuel James Davies, RAF, whose home is at Bude, has been awarded the George Medal for his gallantry in saving the life of a rear gunner in a crashed and burning plane, whose bombs blew up immediately afterwards. He already holds the MBE.

The weekly ration of liquid milk is to be cut from two-and-a-half pints to two.

The Launceston WVS celebrated the third anniversary of their knitting party on Tuesday. The centre organiser, Mrs M S Bate, reported that during the past year their work had included 136 pairs of socks darned and 80 pairs of denims repaired for the Forces, plus 176 garments knitted for the Red Cross, 147 for the Royal Navy and 65 for European Relief.

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A man was fined £2 under an Act of 1935, at Hatherleigh Sessions, Tuesday, for driving a horse and cart, furiously.

At a Rotary conference at Falmouth, a road tunnel under the Tamar to do away with the present antiquated ferry arrangements was advocated. The cost would be about £750,000 and, it was pointed out, far better to pay men for working rather issue the money in dole to the unemployed.

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Wednesday’s General Election unseated the Liberals from their majority in the Commons. They lost 105 seats, Labour lost 43 and the Conservatives gained 148, Sir Geo Croydon Marks, the North Cornwall Liberal Member for 20 years, was beaten by Mr A M Williams (Con), majority being 172, and Mr Isaac Foot, the South Easy Cornwall Liberal Member, was defeated by Mr G Harrison, majority being 615. Mr G Lambert was another Liberal Member to lose his seat. Mr C Drew (Con) winning at South Molton by 654. To complete the quartet of local Liberal reverses, the Liberal Member for Tavistock, Mr M Thornton, was beaten by Mjor Kenyon-Slaney by 1,272.