16th
October 1942
A Singing Competition
A
singing competition held at the Willow Park Social Club, Pontefract, on
Sunday, and organised by the Club Committee, attracted 30 entries. The
efforts were judged by the pianist, Mr. A. Watson. The winners were
Messrs. Hudson, Grainger and Callear and Miss Nickling.
Drowned
at Sea
Official
notification has now been received by his parents that Acting Leading
Seaman R. Boardman, of Pontefract, who was reported to be missing in The
Express on September 25th, lost his life by drowning while
attempting to land a lifeboat near Freetown, Sierra Leone. His ship had
been torpedoed and sunk.
With
The Airmen
Announcements
have been made recently that men and women over the customary military
ages can be very useful in the R.A.F. and the W.A.A.F. To help
volunteers for such work, interviews with officers of the two services
may be obtained in Pontefract on Tuesday, in accordance with details in
an advertisement in this issue.
Tank
Effort Brings Reward
Pontefract’s
‘Tanks for Attack’ effort, which realised nearly £55,000 in small
savings in 10 weeks, has not been in vain, though it failed to achieve
the desired 20 percent increase on the figures during the corresponding
period of 1941.
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