Choir concert

at Callington

THE Rame Peninsula Male Voice Choir gave a concert at Callington Methodist Church on Saturday September 23 on behalf of the Callington Bowling Club. The programme included several pieces which are featured on their new CD - 25 Years of Song.

The compere for the evening was Ray Shaddick. The soloist for the evening was Brian Pope, a baritone in the choir.

The choir will be entertaining shoppers at Kernow Mill, Trerulefoot during December and the Choir will be holding their annual dinner at the Hannafore Point Hotel and will complete the year with a Christmas musical feast with the Torpoint Ladies Singers at St James Church, Torpoint. The compere for that concert will be Janet Eathorne from Radio Cornwall.

To obtain a copy of the CD contact any member of the choir or contact the Chairman on 01752 813337.

Joan returns for

play and prizes

CALLINGTON and District Twinning Association headed for The Swingle Tree in Kelly Bray for this year's John Gillam Memorial Trophy boules competition.

A good turn out by both experienced players and relative beginners allowed the organisers to arrange for well balanced teams to play for the two major trophies.

Eventual winners of his year's competition were Margaret Davis, Andy Harris and Richard Lumley, while honours in the plate competition went to Keith Harris, Keith Shaw and Michael Yarnall. The twinners were delighted that Joan Gillam was able to return from Cleveland both to play and present the prizes.

Top chefs praise

St Mellion cuisine

SOME of Britain's leading chefs dropped into St Mellion International Hotel, golf and country club to sample some of the culinary delights on offer.

Top chefs Richard Shepherd and David Nichols, from the London Academy of Culinary Arts, were amongst a group of professionals who made the visit to St Mellion as part of a nationwide tour. The tour's aims were to heighten awareness of food quality, service and standards, coupled with positively promoting the industry to the budding chefs of tomorrow.

During their stay, all specialists expressed how delighted they were with the high standard of food quality and variety prepared by St Mellion's own Head Chef, Ian Crook and his team of highly innovative and creative chefs. One individual commented: 'The food presented to me here is easily on a par with that served up by the Dorchester Hotel in London.'

Susie Bell, marketing manager at St Mellion said: 'We are really pleased about their comments, it is quite an achievement for us especially with the level of praise they gave us about the quality of our food. We have two restaurants open to the public so people can come and experience the food for themselves.'

George Huddy was

the guest speaker

PAST president, Kevin Veal, presided at Callington Brotherhood's Sunday service at Callington Methodist Church, which was decorated for their Harvest Festival.

Mr George Huddy was the guest preacher, his message was based on the seasonal text 'seed time and harvest, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.'

The lesson was read by Basil Bunkum. Guest soloist, Brian Dingle with Barry Higgins at the organ sang three harvest hymns, 'For the fruits of His creation', 'God in His love for us lent us this planet', and a hymn written by John Arlott the well known cricket commentator, 'God, whose farm is all creation'.

On Sunday the Brotherhood celebrate their 76th Anniversary with an afternoon really at 2.30pm and a concert with Chacewater Carnon Vale Choir at 7.45pm. The collection in the afternoon will be for the RNLI.

Mustard Seed

ON the last Sunday evening in September, the congregation at the Mustard Seed Evangelical Church in Callington, were moved and challenged as they heard the work being done amongst the blind in Malawi, Central Africa.

This is one of the poorest countries in the world with a population of over twelve million. Of these, it is estimated that 228,000 people have disabilities and many of them are blind or partially sighted. Mrs Janet Stafford and her husband work with the Torch Trust for the blind in Malawi, at a base which started eleven years ago.

On July 3 this year they were thrilled when a printing press was at last connected up, and bible portions in the Chichewa language, and in braille were soon ready for distribution. Another project that she has been actively involved in is the provision of homes in villages for families who have previously lived in hovels on the outskirts of Blantyre, and have walked into the city for many years to beg on the streets. Samuel, who became a christian four years ago, wanted to work for god and has built 32 of these little houses.

Mrs Stafford said that the change in lifestyle and happiness of these blind beggars is wonderful, and a real cause for rejoicing in god. At present help is being sought to provide spectacles for over 400 partially sighted children, so that they can continue their education and become useful members of the community.

These can be obtained in Malawi for about £12 a pair- a small amount and yet too much for the families to pay, although each pair could make all the difference between self sufficient or being yet another blind beggar on the streets of the capital.