Bring and Buy
CALLINGTON Methodist church held a Blue Peter bring-and-buy sale last weekend.
Katie Waterman and her two friends Leanne and Nikki were in charge of the stall while Gwen and Louise James served coffee and home-made refreshments. A grand total of £91.75 was raised for the Blue Peter Help the Aged 'Wheel Help' appeal - many thanks to everyone who supported the event.
Museum opens
CALLINGTON Museum opens for the 2002 season on Easter Monday from 10am to 4pm and will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as Bank Holidays, thereafter.
The first exhibition is 'Royal Events and Celebrations' where visitors cane remind themselves of past events and see pictures and souvenirs of past visits.
Plants and craft
THE fourth annual Easter Plant and Craft fair will be held in Callington Town Hall tomorrow.
The fair will be open from 9.30am until 1pm and features many new stalls with lots of unique crafts as well as all the usual favourites including the home made cake stall, this year raising money for NCH Action for Children.
Jumble needed
JUMBLE, bric-a-brac, books and plants are needed to raise funds for the West End Methodist Chapel and NCH.
If you can help in anyway, call Eileen Barriball on (01579) 384759.
Lenten cross
DURING Lent, Callington Methodist Church has had a Lenten Cross on display made from the branches of the large fir tree which was in the church at Christmas. Each Sunday morning a section of the church has placed items on or around the cross relating to Lent - a baby's shawl was brought by members of the Guild, bread and wine by communion stewards, hammer and nails by property stewards, a whip by the junior church and crown of thorns and purple robe by the Bible Study Group and the church stewards. On Palm Sunday the Junior Church teachers gave the readings while the children brought palm branches and distributed palm crosses to the congregation.
At the Easter Sunday service at 11am, the congregation is invited to place spring flowers on the cross to signify new life.
Office closed
CARADON'S Callington office which offers advice to the community on housing and housing and council tax benefits closed on Wednesday of this week. The Council said the closure was due to a low attendance of people seeking advice.
Diamond celebration
for St Dominic couple
ST Dominic couple Terry and Joyce Rogers have just celebrated their diamond wedding.
Terry and Joyce met while they were both attending Sunday school at St Dominic methodist church where they were married and still members. Both went to the local school and the grammar school.
During the Second World War Terry served for six years with the RAF, while Joyce worked as a land girl, milking cows and driving an old Fordson tractor.
When Terry was demobbed they went to live at Watergate Bay before returning to live at St Dominic. They later returned to the north coast. this time to Newquay to manage a horticultural packing factory, before returning to the village to join Terry's brother Vivian in the family business of horticultural merchants.
Terry served as a magistrate for 21 years and as a parish councillor for 35 years. He is still a member of the District Council and Police Authority and was a past chairman of St Dominic Football Club, which he still supports. Joyce has always been a very keen gardener with a special interest in camellias.
The couple have two daughters and five grandchildren who joined them for a family party.
Terry and Joyce are pictured above in front of one of the beautiful camellias in their garden