Top marks for the quality of teaching have been given to Lewannick Primary School by Government Inspectors.

Ambulance man Ray reflects on 24 years’ service: From tackling horrific car crashes to bringing life into the world — Ray Scawn is putting his feet up after attending to the medical needs of those in the Camelford areas for 24 years. Ray only just met the age requirement when he joined the Westcountry Ambulance Service aged 39. And now, aged 63, he has retired from the position of ambulance technician having enjoyed the various challenges over the years.

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Bad weather prevented parliamentary candidate Michael Mitchell from attending the coffee evening put on by the Stratton Liberals at the Church Rooms. The fundraising event went ahead, organised by secretary Brigit Carrick and treasurer Sandra Sampson.

Mr Harry Jeffery retired last week after 12 years as branch manager of Kelland’s Plant Sale Ltd at Delabole.

North Cornwall’s school bus service was scrapped on Thursday following overnight snow — and the threat of blizzards to come.

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Captain Hugh Craig-Harvey, of Bromell Manor, Poughill, has been chosen to fill the casual vacancy on Bude-Stratton Town Council caused by the disqualification of Mr Bill Stanley.

At Holsworthy Town Council, Mr Owen Taylor said it seemed most ridiculous to widen a road at a cost of thousands and then not send traffic that way. he was commenting on traffic signs at Cross Park directing Holsworthy bound traffic down Waterloo Hill.

North Cornwall Council has agreed to sell an industrial site to Messrs Truscott’s Garage, of Launceston, subject to the Post Office entering into a contract with the firm to buy its property in Bounsalls Lane. The site offered to Truscotts is on the Newport Industrial Estate, Launceston, and a price of £8,700 has been approved.

The Tintagel v Camelford football match was abandoned by referee Holmes after an incident with a spectator. The spectator had been persistently shouting and apparently unofficially coaching from the touchline, and finally the referee asked him to leave the ground. This he refused to do and Mr Holmes immediately called both teams off the field.

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Reduction of up to four pence in the water rates applying in the Camelford area are included in the figures approved by the North Cornwall Water Board meeting at Wadebridge on Friday. The Camelford rural district figure will come down from 2s 4d to 2s in the pound, as will Wadebridge rural district. Bodmin borough drops from 2s to 1s 9d, and Padstow urban comes down from 1s 4d to 1s 2d.

For the Camel Vale Motor Club trial in the Bodmin area on Sunday, there was a record loss of marks. Every section took a heavy toll on the riders. One of the, the fifth round, saw only Roger Wooldridge, of Launceston, get through with the minimum loss of two marks.

Norman Piper, whom Plymouth Argyle signed from Hatherleigh, made a fine debut in Argyle’s first team on Saturday.

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Launceston’s mayor, Mr Reg Allen, expressed strong determination at the town council meeting on Monday that action should be taken — and as promptly as possible — to combat flooding at Newport.

A net increase of nearly £40,000 and an increase of 111 accounts was reported at the annual meeting of the Launceston branch of the Union Savings Bank held at the offices of the bank in Exeter Street.

During the floods of the past week Mr T W Strout, of Dorset Farm, Boyton, lost four sheep. At Boyton Mill, where the River Tamar was at its highest, the water reached up to the garden and 20 of Mr Sidney Cole’s chicken were drowned.

One of the best bitches among Tetcott Hunt’s pack of hounds was killed by the 6 0’clock Bude to Holsworthy train while attempting to cross the railway line at Derril Bridge after a meet at Pyworthy Square.

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Killed in action: Marine Noel John Goodman, of 42 Tower Street, Launceston: Tel Cephas N Harry, RN, of Westgate Street, Launceston.

The public meeting convened by the parish council to consider what shall constitute a war memorial for Boscaslte was held at the church hall. The suggestion that the present Men’s Club should be rebuilt and extended received strong support, and is to be investigated by a committee. Mr E W Foster commented that it would be a pity if the hospital at Davidstow were allowed to be dismantled after the war.

Organised by the Billeting Committee, with contributions from the Education Authority, 450 evacuee children had their annual treat on Friday afternoon when they saw a Disney’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ at the Tower Cinema, Launceston. The Mayor, Ald G E TRood, was introduced by the cinema manager, Mr L McCollin, and given three tremendous cheers.

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Cornwall’s expenditure on its health services is the lowest in England — £38,390.

Speaking at the 88th annual dinner of Wadebridge Farmers’ Union on Monday, Mr E R Whitehouse, candidate for North Cornwall, advocated not only the co-operative selling of the proposed agricultural marketing boards, but cooperative buying as well. In that way farmers could save pounds, he pointed out.

Cornwall County Highways Committee are considering a scheme for rebuilding Gunnislake Bridge. A few years ago, Devon submitted a scheme costing £65,000 and Cornwall one costing £35,000; the Cornish one was approved but along came the financial crisis and the project never went through. Now, it is pointed out, that at Gunnislake there are 122 unemployed — 50 per cent of the insured working population — and the bridge scheme would be a great relief.

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It is doubtful whether there is a more prosperous church in the whole Camelford and Wadebridge Circuit that the Trewarmett (Tintagel) place of worship. Special services over the weekend marked the chapel anniversary and very large congregations attended.

Damage of £3,480 were awarded in the King’s Bench Division on Monday against the Grenville Hotel, Bude, to a guest, Mrs F E Behrens, whose jewellery case was lost when she was staying at the hotel in August, 1922.

The body of an unknown man, aged about 50, was found by a visitor near Barras Head, Tintagel, on Tuesday. An inquest was held, the verdist of “Found dead” returned, but identification is not possible.