The appeal to the people of the Bude area to help the people of Kosovo by sending an aid convoy has produced “a most remarkable response”. So great has been the reaction to the appeal by Bude Rotary Club for the ‘Convoy of Hope’ that two lorries will be leaving from Bude.

Residents of Launceston’s Dutson Road area claim that pedestrians who use it are in fear for their lives. They voiced their concern at a site meeting attended by Cornwall divisional surveyor Paul Allen and Launceston country councillor Mike Nicholls. About 300 residents of the area, including many living on Ridgegrove Estate, have signed a petition calling for urgent action to improve safety for those walking along busy Dutson Road, where there is little pavement.

Children from Windmill C P School in Launceston have been very busy writing poems that have been entered in to a Young Writers ‘Up, Up and Away’ competition.

Regular visitors to Launceston Station pre-1966 will no doubt remember seeing the locomotive hauling the London bound Atlantic Coast Express, a Westcountry Class Exmouth. The nameplate, plus shield and class name scroll, sold at auction recently for £32,200.

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Nearly half a century of song with Tintagel Orpheus Male Voice Choir — that’s the record of 74-year-old Ted Littlejohns. Ted, the choir’s longest serving members, joined 40 years go when he was in his twenties. He still plays a major role — when the choir won a trophy at Cornwall County Music Festival at Truro earlier this month, it was Ted who was the soloist.

Eight teachers from Budehaven School have written to the Editor to put their case in the teachers’ pay dispute.

Conservatives in North Cornwall have put forward only two candidates to fight the county council elections in May. The party, which declared its intention to contest council elections under a political banner several years ago, is fielding North Cornwall Tories’ former chairman Bill Budge at Altarnun and another party member in the west of the constituency.

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At the annual meeting of Werrington Parish Council, Mr J A Mann was re-elected chairman and Mr W H Rowland vice-chairman.

Camelford Fairy Queen, Susan Wills, and her attendants, Jackie Griffin and Tracy Bone, were chosen as the Best Fairy Queen group at the annual Queen of Queens competition organised by the Altarnun Carnival Committee.

Mr P Grylls presided over a meeting at North Tamerton when it was unanimously agreed that after a lapse of 11 years, the parish sports day would be held this year. A committee was formed and officers elected were: chairman, MR B Axford; joint secretaries, Mrs L Axford and Mrs P Trenouth; treasurer, Mr G Jose.

Mrs W Pearce, the oldest founder member present, cut the cake at the 21st birthday of Egloskerry Women’s Institute. The cake had been made by Mrs C Treglown and iced by Mrs F Francis.

Mr H W Bluett was welcomed as a new committee member at a meeting of Stratton Rabbit Clearance Society. During the meeting the chairman (Mr W T Axford) and hon secretary (Mr W E Hicks) each presented a very favourable report, both financially and operation-wise.

Liberal A (T Chapman, G Francis, C Tout and T West) won the Launceston and District Table Tennis League by four points from Delabole (E Pryce, R Molloy, L Hughes and S Biddick).

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Fourteen acres of prime grass keep were sold in lots at St Dominick on Wednesday night, and fetched upto £11 7s 6d per acre for the period to November 30 next.

The Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales resumed consideration on Thursday week of a claim by the worker’s representatives for a reduction in the standard working week from 45 hours to 40 hours.

A tender for the building of eight dwellings — four houses and four bungalows — and eight garages together with sight works at Woolsery was criticised at Bideford Rural Councils meeting last week by Mr W T Harris. The total cost was £23,641 and Mr Harris thought it “disgusting” that as much as £3,000 had to be paid for dwellings.

The once weekly bus service to Bolventor was withdrawn after operating last week.

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At the Church Hall, St Stephens, Launceston, a new WI Group was inaugurated by Mrs Shearne, VCO. The St Stephens, Boyton and Canworthy Water Institutes were formerly members of the Dunheved Group. They will now, with the recently formed WI of Egloskerry, form the new group.

Tredethy, near Bodmin, home of Prince Chula, Chakrabongse of Siam, has been accepted by the Civil Defence authorities as an ambulance headquarters in the event of war.

Mr S Mitchell, of Bridge House, Camelford, has had a calf born with five legs there being three complete legs at the back.

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Died of wounds: Pte Leslie Kenneth Maunder, Bush Cottage, St Ann’s Chapel. Missing: Sgt Harold C Philp, of Luckett; Mr Bert Littlejohn, 115, West Street, Hartland; Mr L Watkins, St Breward. Wounded in action: Pte T Furse, North Lodge, Polapit Tamar; Pte R T Polmelyn, Crackington Haven; Col W Walters, Liftondown; Sgt J T Baker, Poultry Court, Werrington Park.

Warrant Officer Reginald John Philp, DCLI, of Bude, has been awarded the DCM for gallantry imn action against five Tiger tanks in Northwest Europe.

Sgt Alan Seymour Gynn, RA, of Launceston, has been awarded the MM for gallantry for action in Italy, and Major Richmond Ambrose Gorle, of Northlew, has gained the MC.

Working at Penrose Farm; St Breward, on Tuesday, Mr Thomas Uden, 65, was attacked by a bull and received fatal injuries.

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A schoolgirl named Westlake, of London Inn Yard, Okehampton, saved the life of three-year-old Roy Johns by pulling him out after he had fallen into the river by the Dartmoor Steam Laundry.

Mr Wm Brock, who died at 8, Morwenna Terrace, Bude, last week, aged 89, used to be the driver of the old horse mail coach before the advent of the railway. He also used to drive the famous Parson Hawker from Morwenstow to Launceston to catch the train to Plymouth.

At the suggestion of Councillor J Harvey, Launceston Town Council are to investigate the question of the cattle market being used as a free parking place for the town, although some members feel that it should not be used in competition with local garages.

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The last meeting of the Holsworthy Urban Council for the triennial term took place on Tuesday. Mr T Oke, chairman of the water committee, reported they had been considering the question of a more adequately supply; schemes had been considered and favourable considerable had been given to provision for a further reservoir at Eastacombe to hold 1m more gallons of water, which involved the necessity to purchase about one-and-a-half acres of land. Mr A G Metters opposed the scheme, contending the council was wasting money on a desert. “If you are going to spend money, spend it where a supply can be assured,” he said.