Buntingford
Sale
On Monday last, Mr G. Scarborough Taylor offered for sale at the George Hotel, Buntingford, the freehold property situate on the Market Hill, and formerly occupied by Mr J. Marvill.
Bids of £50 and £25 carried the bidding to £475 at which price the property was sold to Mrs H.L. Baker, of Buntingford.
The late owner was Mrs F.J. Robinson.
A Motor Smash
On Wednesday afternoon about 2.30 p.m. a Ford Ton Van collided with a small Calthorpe car at the junction of Baldock Road.
The Calthorpe car, driven by a lady, was coming down the lane, and the Ford, driven by Mr Cecil Charles, of Cottered, was taking the turn towards Cottered.
Both the front wheels of the Ford were smashed off, and the radiator and wing badly damaged. The front off-side and the rear nearside tyres of the small car were torn off and the wing damaged.
Fortunately none of the occupants of the cars were hurt. Traffic was held up for some time.
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Westmill
School Entertainment
The children of Westmill School gave a very successful entertainment on Friday in last week to a good and appreciative audience, in the Village Hall.
The first part of the programme took the nature of a ****** Troupe, and the boys acquitted themselves very creditably, with John Miller as Interlocutor and Charles and Ernest Pegram as cornermen, supported by Keith Bright and Edward Rayment.
To help in the singing, several girls dressed as pierrots gave a striking effect on the stage. This part concluded with a small sketch, entitled "The Ghost," very ably performed by the cornermen and Keith Bright, as ghost.
The second part was miscellaneous, chiefly devoted to the performance of the infants, which was capitally done and elicited continued applause from the audience.
Kathleen Jackson gave a monologue in a very clear and appreciative manner, followed by a song by Violet Miller, so well rendered that an encore was accorded her.
The last item was a sketch, called "Who's Who?" performed by four girls (Hilda Reed, Elsie Bradbury, Alice Miller and Florrie Moule), all of whom gave a very good account of themselves, though the acting of Florence Moule as the servant, "Jemima Anne," brought round after round of laughter and applause.
A capital evening concluded with the National Anthem, and a hearty vote of thanks proposed by Mr C. Hummerstone to Mr Harvey and Miss Hankin was most warmly responded to.
As the entertainment was given in aid of the Nursing Fund, the sum of £4 1s. was handed over to Mrs C. Hummerstone, the secretary of the Westmill branch of the Nursing Association.
Buntingford
Cake Tea to Inmates
Through the kindness of Miss Lushington, of Buntingford, all the inmates of the Poor Law Institution had the pleasure of sitting down to a cake tea on the 24th ult.
They thoroughly enjoyed it, and cordially thanked the donor for her generosity.