Hertfordshire Mercury from Hertford, Hertfordshire, England • 6

Friday May 12 1967 Hertfordshire Mercury Series BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS ETC hM MMcM'-OT hi IK loWMn Mmanr iiwW ik UimwM NUcm nom Um 1 I Mt Mrtm AK UM K(MMr umwn mWr Herts farmers' good start to show season NEWARK SUCCESSES HERTFORDSHIRE farmers began the show season id good style last week winning several of the top awards at Newark and Nous Agricultural Show at Newark on Friday and Saturday NlBlM Util wars cwuMt a xaitu it tm nnamnf mmi i altar caav Sa caiat taaeitlaat Ta ckarta tar aaticaa at a Maaainat Vartkcama Mamaa Marti aaa Daata la imaiiia atara Taaaka la aar aat Births More one-man-operated buses coming AfORE oat man operated buses may be in service in Hertford aad district by the end of this year As part of the com-coaeestioa FINN On Mar 1WC belli and Brian Finn Oakiar i raaa a tan Bb douw CAMS On Ma 10 IM? lord rnintj Horpitat Durr Fnrim and Frier Gaaw a Mmnn Joan Leslie COOOOLO On Mar Jane! ine orrem and Brace boat ol Hertford a ron Jaime neoensou rn Hay tn ttueen rllrabelh II llorpn warden Hij to Mar ne and Hindu Pederren a Melvn Mr Murchic of Crocking Buntiogford took the female Ayrshire cattle championship with his cow in-milk Crocking Gamble 07480 and the same animal went on to win the breed championship Mr Murchic had two firsts and two thirds in the Ayrshire classes He woo the Boots Perpetual Challenge Cup for the best Ayrshire hred by the exhibitor for the third time since 1962 and he also earned on the Bobbie Walker Perpetual Chal-lengc Cup for the champion Ayrshire and his cow was reserve supreme champion dairy female in the show Casla ns Farms of Home Farm Wyddial Buntiogford pfiwC'o and staff Engagements shortage ordered I oa EX-CORONER'S BOOK WILL HAVE A WIDE APPEAL a once wrote is a man whose duty it is to decide whether a person died a natural or a fatal However vague anyone may be of what goes on at a coroner's court the facts can be found in an entertaining and instructive book Open by Mr A Williams former Hertford and district coroner for 28 years The book is published by Oycz Publications price 176 It is not written ii dusty legal language and therefore it is of great interest to the casual reader Yet it covers eVery aspect of a coroner's work and should be a must for law students Because it also examines possible changes in the set-up of the office of coroner it should be of interest to lawyers for Mr Williams speaks with a weight of experience behind him Mr Williams's book is personalised and it will be of particular interest to the people of Hertford because here is a record of a man who has lived and worked among them for many years TRIBUTE TO PRESS It contains a tribute to the local Press when he says: Perhaps the local Press work to higher standards than the national papers I found their discretion infallible The police and I trusted them with numerous confidences which they never Mr Williams points the value of inquests when he describes how he arranged to give the widest publicity to the inquiry into the death of five children in a fire at Ware seven years ago As a result legislation was rushed through Parliament to ensure the safety of oil heaters Yet he thinks that reform of the jury system is overdue He points out that the jury cannot charge anvone with the new crime of killing by reckless or dangerous driving He thinks that inquest juries should be abolished because they waste many man hours He also believes that the present easy going way of appointing coroners should be subject to drastic reform Coroners should loo be subject to some system of inspection and control The office of coroner is one of the oldest of all English institutions and yet few people know of its true functions The book should remedy this and if it should bring much needed reforms so much the better HERTFORDSHIRE MERCURY ai Coaaty Pres Series Incorporating The Hertfordshire Graphic Cbeabaat iri Waltham Mewj Head OSce: PO Box 19 1 FORE STREET HERTFORD Tekyboae Heritor 25467B FRIDAY MAY 12 1967 Co-operation brings results (or town yiTH co-operation all along the line Hoddesdon Urban Council has shown the way to improve shopping facilities for its residents For the opening of the Heron shopping precinct in Hoddesdon on Monday has put the town in the four-star class of shopping towns in Hertfordshire None in East Herts can boast such an array of new shop buildings and now perhaps none will be able to emulate them How did Hoddesdon get into this top position It was undoubtedly as Councillor Leslie Eyre the Hoddesdon council chairman explained on Monday the co-operation and more which brought results It was a bare five years ago that Heron wrote to the council that they were negotiating with owners of properties in the area Within five months the council received first details of the scheme The of the tower block was celebrated 1 1 months ago and this last week a plaque was unveiled to signify the official opening Hoddesdon's achievement should be a lesson to other local authorities seeking to develop their own shopping areas Whereas elsewhere in several parts of East Herts developers have been thwarted at every move Hoddesdon has welcomed them The result is a pleasing development which has put the town shopping-wise in the forefront of East Herts ROAD SAFETY yiTH the road toll particularly of the young showing no signs of diminishing too much emphasis cannot be placed on the importance of road safety training Cheshunt and Waltham Cross are to be commended therefore for organising a road safety week to be held later this month During that week many activities connected with road safety will be driving and cycling proficiency tests demonstrations and quizzes All play an invaluable part in the concerted training necessary to make our roads safer for those who walk or drive on them But are they enough Can anything else be done Local authorities are clearly doing their utmost The individual has to do the with care and thought for others Nr Wkkt Min i The eneasemeni aiumintn trrn TaaMfcy John imli and Mrv Htiperi Brrirh tnlumb'j and Jean unlv daughter at Mr Mrv Manrseld Firj- 4 barley Pond Hoed Were William and Mm kn The encagemeni announced ern lraeme ron of Mr aid II William 2i Prexlair Dr Ware and Barbara daujar- at and Mrv Pooell id WaMlaad Mount Hertford STEPHEN LEE PAGE Deaths 36(1-il Thirty -three of these long hoses trill be country routes They wiB be fined trilh 45 seats a froat eat ranee central exit The aaaual report of I-oodoa Transport lor I960 says the adverse effects of toad conge-tioa together with staff shortages daring the first three-quarters of the year resulted ia farther decreases ia the umber of passengers using bus services The number of passengers carried oa buses aad coaches ia 1966 wav 197 a drop of 72 per cent oa 1965 HIS SPECIAL TYPEWRITER SHOWN IN FRANCE RICHARD BOYDELL of Hanyards Lane Cuffley has just returned from a national congress at Rouen France where he demonstrated his special typewriter and other equipment Mr Bovdcll who it 33 was the first spastic ever to use the equipment and last September he demonstrated the foot-operated machine to the World Congress of the International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled at Wiesbaden Germany His visit to the Rouen congress where his stand was the THE Milk Marketing Board A should he proud of Oliver ao Old English Sheepdog aod family pet of Mr aod Mrs Michael McLoughlia aad their three sons Edward (81 Simon (6) and two-year-old Giles of 24 ChorchffeMi Broxboorue For Oliver is a Driaka Plata (aad a half I Milka Day Milk to Oliver is the richest wiae With IE lb of meat aod a goodly ration of dog biscuits it forms ao iolegral part of his daily diet Five pm is opeaiag and each day be waits pslicntly by the refrigerator for his pin la To he absolutely ho OKLLAft On May 9 1BR7 Mansard HMrtal Rjwe 13 Allreai Ciree rut Aged year CRAY on May 1BB7 a flirt frd County llmpttsl sniffed of 48 CundaUs Koad Ware imed matacr of Jack Eddie Jv a and MUk Aged 92 year HALLS On May 4 If67 i ford County llmpnal SaaMie of 33 Milton Road Mare dear: h'iband of Margaret and lailier Jim BUI and Joan Aged 77 ar JENNINGS On May 5 SI Michael Hmpltal Kme'd Bom beloted tfe of George A J--of 43 Soanfield Road Warbaio -mother of Be Ber To A Gladys Reggie and Rush a or lo- ed mother grandmother and grandmother paused aas Aged 1 ear Funeral at Enfield CmutuftBR May JONES On May 7 167 a home iloddesdon LouUa Agne at he late Alfred Stephen Jones bci4 mother of Much and Manor NfiSON on May 4 187 at thaw Farm Ilovpttal Enfield Charlies oelot ed husband of Florence a Mion Aged S9 year Fatten Cemetery Ma 1 On May 1 147 llert and het General Bishop Stortford John Monk peH peacefully aay after a hor ae Aged 78 year MORTIMER On May 17 htw home 4 High Street Heddrsd Cyril Joeph wtdooer of Je Montroer and father of John Fa a at F'nheld Crematorium on Uonfia May IS at 3 flower PICK FORD Mat 2 C7 home 12 Hawthorn Road HRdWC'4 a ten lone nine Hilda Mars Ptckford a beloced wile masher grjrtdrmrther pacd away Aged sear Sadly mted WACKETT On May 3 the home of her EflflnMj Fanny helmed mother ad id dear grandmother of Mau' Shirley and Audrey pa-ed pet a Aged 3 year Funer Frida 4pm Trinity Churrh Hr-lord Heath won the first and second prize in the class for a bull of any age in the Ayrshire section Mr Sapsed of Mard-leybury Farm Knebworth showed the champion female in the very strong Hereford section his Mardleybury Beauty also winning the class for cow or heifer in-milk or in-calf born before September I 1965 There were 244 entries for this a section onq association IWI 1 show were up by £109 on last year's record although there FTER seven years as honorary secretary of the tSUowBte'SS 1500-member Hertfordshire county branch of the days National and Local Government Association Mr Eric Tomlin is leaving the county council next month Mr Tomlin administrative officer in the county architect's department next month takes up a new post as chief administrative officer in the same department with Kent County Council He has been with the county council for 28 years and was among the first slat! to move into County Hall Hertford Mr Peter Fells president of the county branch presented Mr Tomlin with a wallet and cheque at the branch's annual dinner at Welwyn Garden City on Friday He spoke of Mr Tomlin's long and devoted service to the branch he had run the branch's annual dinners for the last 15 years and wished him every success in his new post On behalf of the county council Alderman Mrs Betty Paterson the council vice-chairman congratulated Mr Tomlin and said Wc shall miss him In reply Mr Tomlin said he would he Uuving the county council with a certain amount of sadness A bachelor he lives in War- ren Park Road Hertford OB Kl Cup inal specials' URITISH Rail is running two through trains to Wembley Hill Station which is adjacent to Wembley Stadium for the Cup Final on May 20 The first will leave Brox-bourne at 1204 and after calling at all stations to Stratford via the Lea Valley will arrive at Wembley at 145 pm The second train leaves Enfield at 1251 and will call at all stations to Seven Sisters arriving at Wembley at 2 pm The return trains leave Wembley Hill at 543 pm for Broxbourne and 557 pm for Enfield Society chairman A FORMER BC Correspondent i Washington Mr Leonard Parkin of Mard-ley Hill Welwyn has been elected chairman of the Welwyn Society He was one of the founder-members of the society I USED to wait near the refrigerator A rearrangement by the Mcl-ooghlios of kitchen equipment has meant that a washiag machine now occupies the spot where the refrigerator used to he aod Oliver now wails for 5 o'clock to strike by the washing machine Oliver celebrated bis fourth birthday last Suaday and on such occasions bis special treat is a bar of chocolate His weekday walk of one aod a half miles aad bis four miles hike at week-ends may well be the reason for bis healthy thirst Oliver is pictured here with (left to right) Edward aad Giles McLoughlia HR I Hospital smoking UOSriTAU Uortt flrn the Group will continue Mid-Herts discourage patients from lo fat Memonaffi amaUam hut there is to he wo proposal lo restrict smokiug hy geriatric patients MEDAL OF MERIT FOR EAST HERTS SCOUT LEADER ''1HE upper echelons of East Herts Scouts were well represented at the Imperial Hall Waltham Cross on Saturday when Mr Fordham the district commissioner received a medal of merit in recognition of outstanding service from the county commissioner Mr Balsillie At' mill A is being ww given to the ancient mill by the stream at lemsford made famous by the song Nellie Workmen are busy painting the boarding a bright corn colour and repairing windows Many people stop at the mill and stream beauty spot during the summer Late entry NOTHER late entry in The Hertfordshire best kept village competition has taken the total to 61 two more than the record 59 of 196) The village Brickendon is in the east area When entries closed there were only 56 villages entered but five late entries have boosted the total to a new record Judging will be from mid-June to mid-July Tory Mr Wilson MR Harold Wilson has been elected a member of Hor-mcad Parish Council in the Braughing Rural District In fact Mr Wilson has been a member of the parish council for some scars He is of course not THE Mr Wilson Hormead's Mr Wilson is quite the opposite of his namesake in one he is a true Tory And his middle name Pilgrim AN SELL I -mini mem one wonderful mother and Xan ho paed aay May 13 1B6S Sadly misled by om daughter grandchildren Brtchendon Her and watton-al-Stone In Imine memon dear wile and mother Dor -naed away May IB I4 remembered by her huvbaod ff daughter Julia and by ber hruf-e and tser and many flrtfM Hertford KINC Remembered of' parent langham and Arm nrth Street Njrmi who datd 24 1 01 and Mat IB lliT-Mi' ing and Ituiumer TAYLOR silent lhmg i'raured reemone of a mother Alma called re If 52 Sadly mted ium hylli and Barn BramheW WELLS Remembering dear mother and Grandma Li dMd VI 12 its: rs KuvffMf- and John Brtbnroe WELLS reaured menorte dear Mum and Nan Lily ei res May 12 2 -Heather Ilotdedon WILLEY lo Ins mem one 4 clear Mum and Iad Ada "Dad died May 16 162 and Allred 1 15 Always tn our lhK Vera and children 12 Fan street Hertford George and Ba in don WILLIAMS Treasured mem- a loving Em 7 William called to re Ma in the though' daughter and son Ware and Speaking at the annual dinner and dance Mr Balsillie said: We were originally in a dilemma as to who we could appoint as district commissioner but 1 think now on reflection that we could not have made a better choice Those of you here tonight who are members of the Scouts belong to the greatest youth movement in the world In spite of so much change in the movement which wll benefit us in the future we (in Hertfordshire) have added IS5 members which is against the national trend Hertfordshire is on the up and up Much of the thanks must go to the wives of the Scout leaders who spend so much of their time waiting for the spouse to come home from meetings and of course to all the Scoulers for doing such a magnificent job" After receiving his medal Mr Fordham said: "We in Fast Herts are proud of our work but I think any of it could have been done without the help that I have got I am very pleased to receive this medal it would be stupid of me to say otherwise but it must reflect on all the Scouts and on the assistance 1 have been highlight of the exhibition was sponsored hy The Spastics Society which is now using the typewriter controls in a number of its schools and centres throughout the country While at the exhibition Mr Boydcll's demonstration was fcjtuicd on French television During his stay in Rouen he had the opportunity of meeting a 28-year-old French girl Jacqueline living in Rennes who had corresponded with him in England about the typewriter Jacqueline who ha- lost the Use of her upper limbs through polio read an article about Mr Bovdells ahicvements in a French magazine Rouge cl trie and is now to get a machine herself After 12 years! A MAGAZINE which has made several very long journeys came to the Mercury offices this week It is a yellowed well-thumbed edition of Illustrated a weekly magazine date April 30 containing a letter by Mr Drury of 51 North Road Hertford Mr Drury was recently sent the magazine by his sister from her bed in an Australian hospital The letter dealt with an article tn the magazine on euthanasia EASTERN ELECTRICITY KEYMATK PEEPS INTO THE PAST FOR ONLY AND IT ONLY COSTS YOU Retura Thanks Mr Ptrkfore and lami'r IhanX rrla'i friend for ihe help mp -floral innuier receHfd bereaiemeni A petal Mr stockwell Mr Holla fat ior Brmiea Produef Md Inulauon Ltd Waltham Carlisle Ward Herts and fieneral Hosplfal Turner London Hospital and She fam for care and fitter Hoddesdon Mr and Mr f1rlam siapteford llenffd like to all le and relative for ihelr kfnd rvmpaihr vhnn In a dnrlnt Hie recent li rn Kuan Thev al ihelr era: nude lor ihe rtk and atndnevv hn all la eined uh iht irajir accidr-Mr Bivhop ar at ihe Mrv Nellie Bi hana relallrev frwnd- a1 hour for sympathy and 0 floras Tribute received dur? recent sad befeaemenf Coltaxe Asoenden Mr Monk wishes to kind friends and neighbor' message of cympath and receded in her rtten' here Flat 21 Birch Green The family of the Mr snetsher wth to thank a and neifbbour for and kind messages of tjm rerelred Hoddesdon Mr Dyer and Mlchae thank all Inend and the floral mbue and kind of svmpathy recetsed Mrs and Ml Adams a tA th lo epres sincere everyone for the sympaM and card received I ad lo' Mr Adam doctor hospital and I of Hertford County all the kindness given to husband IN YEARS AGO Hertford Mercury May II 1867 St Albans: The Abbey The system of weekly offertories has now been adopted in the church instead of the old plan of subset ip-lions Last Sunday was the first Sunday under the new system and the offertories amounted to over £9 a very creditable sum 75 YEARS AGO Hertfordshire Mercury May 7 192 Braughing: April Weather Mr Wallis reports that the weather for the time of month CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL AND MONUMENTAL SERVICE Sjatnma Digutj 1 0rkn IUk4 MM TUtfHOHE WALTHAM CROSS 21364 WALTHAM CROSS 27303 or I If Read ENHEL0 4301 4404 IF YOU HAVE A TWIN-TUB IN GOOD CONDITION TO TRADE-IN YES WE WILL GIVE YOU UP TO £30 has been sensational Generali Jayi sharp frosts at night Nothing Art society show aids Toe ALLOWANCE ON YOUR OLD MACHINE PRICE WITHOUT TRADE-IN 86 9ns AND YOU GET THESE EXTRAS FREE I could have been better than the first II days of the month then came a spell of wintry weather and the month then ended with days of beautiful sunshine St YEARS AGO -q Q- a a in i i IMIuHrBIHR ItlmWy May 5 1917 County Appeal Tribunal The County Appeal Tribunal met at Shire Hall Hertford on Saturday when Mr Barnard said that for the puipose of recruiting llertford-shiie was grouped with Bed I oid-hiie and lluniingdonshiic lie staled the results of the woik of local tribunals in the three counties and said that out of every 100 men who had been before the tribunals in Bedfordshire 79-7 had been sent to the Army in Huntingdonshire 76-3 and in Hertfordshire 88-9 25 YEARS AGO MEMORIALS 3396 I ex fry Jucriptioa ia Granite Marble aaff Sloa WILLIAM ANDREWS SON LTD 8 fl are Hoad Hertford near County Ca Our prices are the lowest and work the finest in this district ESTABLISHED OVER IN YEARS double guarantee and MATERIALS DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION TO EXISTING SUITABLE POMT FULL DEMONSTRATION PLUS FIRST-CUSS AFTER-SALES SERVICE GENEROUS HIRE PURCHASE TERMS AVAILABLE Mayoress of Hertford Mrs Foster pic-fared at the opeaiag of Hertford Art exhibitioa oa Moaday with her yoaag aiece Lori Dowaer who cobms from Toroato Gardens open and Mrs Peter Hughes of l-urneaux Pelham Hall Furncux Pelham are opening their live-acre grounds to the public on Sunday in aid of charity Proceeds go to the Queen's Institute of District Nursing The Elizabethan house is not open to the public The grounds include a water garden a walled rose garden and many spring flowers and flowering shrubs Chairman again "1 1 Paul Arbon of Carnaby Road Broxbourne who during the war was station commander at the RAF station at Hunsdon was elected chairman for the third year at the annual meeting of the National Association of Estate Agents in London on Tuesday He was also appointed to serve on the Estate Agents' Council a voluntary body set up to control estate agents Chamberlain whose oils have something of the delicacy of a water colour to the boldness of Victor Askew and Allan Eck-ford or the assurance of John Culpin Water colours are always relaxing to look at with the design less rigidly controlled by the medium Note the excellence of A Davies especially in Cambridgeshire Farm" and Fbb by Bcresford Johnson The powerful and well-organised colour of William Mills is aMM impressive among the abstracts while Growth Form" by Whomsley with its restrained colour arid evocative forms is possibly the best painting in ibis group There are a number of entries hy the less skilful produced one feels for the pure joy of it and this frequently communicates itself to the observer If some fail to master the necessary eleaaent of composition or colour they still produce a work of nocerity aad strength that many professional paintings lack Valerie Collyer has some charming drawings and Tompkins has an interesting collage aad there are many other interesting entries which should not be missed The exhibition closes on Saturday (CROWDS attended the opening of Hertford Art 15th open exhibition on Monday at the Corn Exchange Hertford when an increased number of artists were exhibiting their work The exhibition which is in aid of Toe contains over 240 exhibits from 55 members and 60 non-members For the first lime the Welwyn Craftworkers' Guild displayed some of their work The exhibition which closes tomorrow evening was opened by the Mayor of Hertford Alderman Foster who was accompanied by the mayoress Introducing him Mr A Davies chairman of the society said that in the past the society had alw ays donated the exhibition takings to a charity and this year the committee had decided upon Toe as it was such a deserving world-wide organisation The mayor said that he was delighted to open the exhibition 1 have attended them for many years and I would like to congratulate the artists on their excellent Over the past years since the society came into existence it has not only given great financial assistance to charities but has also given lots of pleasure I am sure to people visiting the Mr Davies also welcomed to the exhibition Mr Colin Campbell Press relations officer for Toe An art critic This year's exhibition is the usual comprehensive selection wc have come to expect Professional and amateur artists exhibiting side by side to the benefit or both The overall standard of over 200 exhibits is high and many arrest attention In these circumstances it is difficult to give fair coverage to all who deserve it Henry Moore's sculpture naturalfy attracts attention with its quiet authority and it is good to see his lithograph showing ideas for a reclining figure Portraits are a very demanding subject and there are a number of distinct merit Those of Goss show a sensitive and successful search for the personality of the sitter As always landscapes are popular and many have a professional accomplishment There is a wide variety of technique from the efficiency of Trevor Hurry now to your uoarost Electricit Eastern NIGHT OR DAY WALTHAM CROSS 23449 or MURRAY SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS 234 HIGH STREET WALTHAM CtOSS Our wdl-knowa sympathetic service and 5 rest rooms are always available at our new premises Abo at rm in Parade Gt CambrMfe Road N1B TeL EDM 15 May 8 1942 HertfanbUre hi 1659 A resident of Little Berkhamp-stead received a letter recently from his American firm in which extracts were given from a book called England published in 16)9 Hertfordshire is described as: famous for good air and fait Houses of gentlemen and wheal A rich 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