The arrangements were being made by Mrs Lapage, WVS centre organiser, who said a small payment would be available if needed.
Hostesses were told that if the children boasted about the luxurious homes they came from to ignore it as the children would have invented them as a defence because they felt under-privileged.

* Alford Players put on The Possessed in the annual Skegness Drama Festival. Though it didn't win, Peggy Ellerbeck gained a special prize for 'a delightful performance acted with her whole body'.

* At Alford Anchor Angling Club's annual meeting, the chairman Mr R. Taylor, said the owner of the lake had complained about litter being left there and bread being dumped in the water. He also told night anglers they must finish at midnight.
Mr N. Farnsworth, secretary and treasurer, reported a membership of 72.

* Born in Willoughby, one of 11 children, John Moody Snell celebrated his 90th birthday in 46 Station Road, Alford, where he lived with his only daughter, Rose Priestley. Seven of his 11 sons were still alive together with 28 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren, his other three sons having died within hours of each other.
Mr Snell left school at 11 and worked on the land with horses for sixpence a day. A widower, he had been blind for 36 years.

* Items of sport equipment were taken up the aisle for a blessing at a sportsmen's service, conducted by the vicar, the Rev P.E. Mann, and Methodist minister, the Rev R.J. Hall, in St Wilfrid's Church. The lessons were read by sportsmen Mr P. Spence and Mr H.P. Daubrah.