deterinirlation during the bowling competition at Bridge fete on Saturday, organised by the Hospital League of Friends.
r1 ge ete e ps
the hospitals .

' display and rhhe.-hairdo: {the 5th

-A recrwiting campaign and
money--raising ‘effort was
-launched lby ltzhe Bridge Group
of the ‘Friends of Canterbury
Hospitals at a fete and open
day at The‘Close, Bridge, on
Eifcurday. The afternoon raised

Opening the fete, the chair-
man of Bridge-Ble-an Rural
Council, C1-lr, Dr. R. A. C. Me-
Intosh, who Ll‘S also a v_dce-pat-
Ton of The Close, said that .'the
Bridge Group of the Friends
collected £220 last year and that
‘money was spent on providing
comforts, not only at The Close
but also at the Kent and Can-
zterbury H on s p i it a 1, Highland
Court, and. they made «a dona-
ition to the new Post-graduate
Medical Centre in Canterbury.

“The Group,” he continued,
“considers that it now needs to
collect, so-mewherc near £300 -and
would «1Ii1~'.‘e ito see its present
membership of 371 raised -to
400. I ‘know there have been a
lot; of new houses Ibuilt in
Bridge and I am, quite sure
there are enough people to
swell the membership lto this
target."

The chairman of -the Group.
-the Rev. C. ‘Perry, had earlier
introduced Cllr. Dr. McIntosh
and lthanked all those who
worked for the Group, especially
-those who helped organise the
fete. The secretary, Mrs. F.
Apps, -proposed a ‘vote of lth-anks
.to Cllr. Dr. McIntosh.

Apart from the sideshows -and
com'peti=t'ions, adhere was -a minia-
ture cinema, Pupils from B’-irlyre
l’rimar_v School gave, 21 -4'

(Volunteer), . ,B,_atjtaflIion The
Queens Regfitznengt «pllayedl dur-'
in§,§_t.l1e_oaite1'noon._ , _

‘talllioltle-rs: Sorfrt ld-‘tztlnks, Mrs.
I. Morgvgin  ,G. Beau-
mont; ,pa.k'es, staff. of ’1lhje Close;
homexmede . gifts. -. M-rs. WW.
Clarke an,d;Murs. ,E. Webb; fancy
seeds. . Sistefr. ._.J- . .Bryant and
ihelipers; ..sW.ee¢s;. _M=z.~s..  Apps -
and  .Wr*a'ig‘ht ;. kitchen-
ware, .M;rs.  Jones  Mrs,
I. Law-,rence;_,ja.ckpolt._ Mr. and
Mrs.; A. Milton; _ju.=m.ble_,, Miss
Willifia-ms anal‘. helpers; cinema,
Mr, J. Pu-rchese. ,

Wheel of I_on'tun‘e, Mr_ 0.
Thomas; Ibowling for a prize,
Mr. J. ‘Morgan and Mr.. E. C.
Pomroy; treasure (hunt, Graham

and Nslc-bolas Sm=i=‘th ; the
Friends’ d@la.y counter, M-r.
Pratt; rolling mhe ball, 1st
Bridge Brownies;_ guess ‘the

weight of the cake, Mrs. F.
Wimpory; raffles, Mr. Pratt and
Mr. Tur-pin; teas, M1 .
helpers; d‘an’ts, Ohitistian Urwin;
name the dolly, Mrs. Ladd‘.

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Castle fete

Villagers dressed in costumes
of the 1780’s will pa.-ravde all: the
fate organlisecl by Ly-mpne
Parish Council at Lympnel
Castle, near =Hy:iih'e, on Sa‘tu'i‘d'ay.
Ape.-r.t -from the ‘many ‘usual
types of stalllls. ihere will be a
display ‘by Police dogs, and lthe
band of lthe Roylal 'Fus'i‘li‘e1‘s will
-‘play_ ithrouglhout the afternoon.
-It will be opened by Itxhe Castles
owner, Mrs. H. Marg=a=ry, at 2‘

.m.

Cllr. Dr. R. A. C. McIntosh, chairman of Bridge-Blean
Rural Council, receives a button-hole after declaring Bridge
fete open.