The fight to retain secondary school status at Narberth was to reach a critical peak at the February 18 meeting of the County Council. For on that day parents of schoolchildren in the town and district were planning to sit in on the meeting which would discuss an education committee proposal to close the school.

First woman chairman of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs was Miss Anne Phillips, of Clynderwen.

Large crowds assembled at Tudor Square to watch the final meet of Tenby Hunt Week. The Hunt Ball, held the previous evening at Tenby’s De Valence Pavilion proved highly successful. Some 350 people attended.

The need for a proper playground in Penally was stressed by Major J. A. Naden at the Penally Parish Council meeting. A claim that the Ridgeway Road - from Penally to Pembroke - had not been improved very much from the days when it was built by the Romans, was made by Clr. Vernon Evans.

The Secretary of State for Wales dismissed the appeal by Mr. W. T. Howells, Park Hotel, Tenby, against the refusal to permit the construction of a shelter, toilets and private tea room at North Beach.

Although there may have been oil pollution on the beaches of Saundersfoot, Wiseman’s Bridge and Amroth, Tenby Council was quick to point out that what little they experience was cleared away ‘quietly and efficiently’. Clr. Harries, of Saundersfoot, had told the planning committee: “We are very concerned in these areas about beaches being spoiled by oil. There seems to be a discipline about spills in Milford Haven harbour, but not for spills in the main sea.”

Llanelli Wanderers were too strong for Tenby United. Playing at Heywood Lane, United lost 12 pts to 3. Tenby’s only try was scored by Geoff Powell.

Married at St. Mary’s Church, Tenby were Pamela May King, of the Glebe, and Peter Joseph Kelly, of Southampton.