Musical programme
for the Brotherhood
AT Callington Brotherhood's meeting in the Methodist Church on Sunday, the service for Advent was arranged and taken by friends from the Coads Green circuit.
Janet Tomlinson and Angela White shared readings, solos and duets accompanied by Nicola Hosking on the piano.
Their varied programme was enjoyed by the congregation who joined with them in some Christmas carols.
A collection was taken for NCH Action for Children and the Children's Society.
Goodwill gesture
from Transco
AT this week's town council meeting at Callington correspondence was read from Mike Martin, Network Operations Manager for Transco after the completion of the gas mains replacement scheme in Callington's Fore Street.
It was said Transco have donated a goodwill cheque to the value of £300 to the town council to be used for the Christmas Lighting Fund. Mike Martin said: 'A job of this nature cannot be carried out without a great deal of disruption and inconvenience to the retailers and the general public. As a result I have not had one complaint throughout the duration of the works which is quite unusual.'
Mr Martin thanked Councillor Jeremy Gist for his help while the works were carried out.
Prim Raf carols
at the town hall
CALLINGTON Drama and Arts Society, Prim Raf, has a festival of Christmas music and carols at Callington town hall on Tuesday December 19 at 7.30pm.
Entry by programme available from Noakes and Habermehl, Fore Street, Callington. Adults £2.50, children under 16 years £1. All proceeds from the evening will go to The Compassionate Friends.
Danube talk
for the Guild
The Callington Guild meeting was held at the Methodist Church, Haye Road on Monday evening where Miss Louise James chaired the meeting.
The speaker for the evening was Joan Gee who spoke on her river cruise on the Danube. The talk entitled 'Music on the Danube' gave members the chance to hear excerpts from opera, organ and orchestral pieces.
Barry Higgins played for the hymns which were chosen by Mrs Gee. Tea and biscuits were served by Mrs E Hope and Mrs A Horsham.
St. Mary's Church Women's Fellowship.
Margaret Rubery welcomed everyone, including three husbands, to the Christmas party meeting on the 11 December. The Revd. Robert Oakes opened the meeting with prayers and the Carol Silent Night was sung. Mary Gardener performed a sacred dance accompanied by Yvonne Hill who sang God of Grace with Sue Oakes on piano. Paula Lovell, Sue Oakes, Diana Hambly, Margaret Rubery and Joyce Parr performed a playlet about preparing for Christmas If I only had time.
Quizzes followed then an hilarious rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas sung by everyone. The Revd. Penny Raynham read Christmas Tree by Helen Steiner Rice and Secret Santa presents were distributed.
Mary Gardener thanked Margaret Rubery for organising the afternoon's programme. The afternoon ended with the singing of We Three Kings of Orient Are with the husbands, Robert Oakes, Peter Mayall and Colin Hill conveniently taking the parts of the three Kings.
SCATS wins
major award
Stoke Climsland Amateur Theatrical Society was delighted to receive news last week that they had been given a major grant of £4,879 by the South West Arts Council under their Awards For All Scheme. The money has been given to enable SCATS to replace its failing lighting and sound systems and to provide a new storage facility for equipment.
Says Chairman of SCATS, Graham Clark - 2 years ago we realised that our lighting and sound equipment had come to the end of its days; likewise, our storage shed was literally falling apart. If SCATS was to go on we needed to replace these, but we hadn't the money to do it. So we decided to apply for a National Lottery Grant, and Secretary Kathryn Clark and Treasurer John Prescott took on the task. The first thing to do was to raise partnership funding, and together with generous donations from local and national organisations, including a substantial donation from His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, they raised £1,130. Unfortunately the Lottery application was unsuccessful, and it would have been easy to give up at that stage.
But they learnt of the Awards For All Scheme run by the Arts Council of England, and decided to have another go. They supported us, and this time we met with success. The improvements will first be evident in our next production which is our pantomime - Jack & The Beanstalk on 1, 2, 3, & 10 February - be there!
Deadline at
noon today
CALLINGTON Town Council are still appealing for potential councillors to come forward to be considered for co-option after the resignation of Michael Jacob in September.
Anyone considering applying for the position should contact the Town Clerk, Michael Williams, at the Town Hall before noon today, Friday December 22, for interviews to commence in early New Year.
Art work at
the hospital
ON Monday, students from Callington Primary School travelled to Truro's Royal Cornwall Hospital to see their art work displayed on the walls of the maternity ward and receive a certificate for taking part in a 'copy a classic' competition.
The students whose work is now displayed on the walls of the Royal Cornwall Hospital are Sophie Berriman, Abigail Mitchell, Claire Weeks, Roseanna Holman, Edward Trezise, Paul Hunt, Kimberley Plummer, Yasmin Mullard and Kerry Edwards, who was absent on the day of the visit.
Edward Trezise was the overall winner of the 10 to 11 age group with a self portrait, and was presented with a WH Smith gift voucher by John Dyer, a local artist.
One of the organisers of the competition from the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Karen Stoyles said that they were overwhelmed by the response to the competition and they had received entries from schools all over Cornwall. The main aim of the competition was to find artwork from children, to brighten up the walls of the Princess Alexandra Maternity Wing at the hospital. Karen said: 'It gave our 'Money for
Mums' fund a pleasant boost as we did not expect so many people to come and support the art exhibition.'