Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. No Vicar’s letter but Badsey notes: Annual Parochial Church Meeting; Church Fete and Gift Day; Mothers’ Union; Sanctuary Guild; Men’s Fellowship (record attendance at Mr C E Miller’s talk on the work of the Control Commission in Germany with emphasis on education; report by M G Savory); Choir (annual dinner for adult members and ringers at The Royal Oak, thanks to Mr & Mrs L Mustoe; choir boys entertained to tea in the parish room, thanks to Miss Wixey, Mr Laurence, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Marshall, Mrs Turrell, Mrs P Hall, Miss Hall, Miss Smith, Miss Angela Chapman, Mr G Crisp). Wickhamford notes: Men’s Fellowship (Mr K G Johnson to speak in March); Mothers’ Union; Sunday School (Miss Barbara Willis welcomed as a teacher, previously recipient of a special award for “good work as a scholar for several years”); Sanctuary Guild. Reports of village organisations: 1st Badsey Boy Scouts (Scout Variety Show; participants – June Bennett, Dawn Haines, Mr W Capaldi, Mr G Temperton, B Hurman, A Rose, A Sears, C Evans, J Jelfs, M Stewart, H Wheatley, R Salter, G Young, R Jones, A Bennett, M Young, G Evans, T Knight, J Bennett, D Brown, A Vale, J Haines, K Mitchell, B Grinnell, G Corbett, M Salter, K Knight, R Hall, E Salter, R Sandford, R Martin, J Andrew; Cubs’ sketch produced by Mrs Hurman & Mr G Jones; show compered by Scoutmaster, Mr B Blake); British Legion Women’s Section (annual party at The Royal Oak assembly room prepared by Mr & Mrs Mustoe; games and dancing to the music of Mr S Allen’s amplifier; report by M K Cleaver; Women’s Institute (February meeting, Mrs S B Carter announced that Mrs Chapman, Mrs Pratley, Mrs Savory, Miss Ella Jones appointed vice-presidents; evening’s speaker, Mrs Nightingale, unable to attend owing to a bereavement; Mrs Savory took over as Chairman; Mrs A Sears appointed chairman of a sub-committee responsible for members’ night; Mrs Carter gave a talk on “Meals in other Countries”, thanked by Mrs W Sadler; Mrs W Sears won the parcel; report by N E Keen). Baptisms - Patricia Ovard, Glyn Llewellyn Cyril Lewis (Badsey). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley, Poplars Garage, High Street; C Savage & Son, Builder; H Robinson, Manor Dairy; H E Wheatley, Butcher, High Street; C J Bird, Cycle Dealer & Repairer; H Floyd, Hairdresser, 27 Bridge Street, Evesham.