A hospital romance which seemed like a refugee from the celluloid world of Hollywood reached its real-life climax at Groton church on Thursday.

Walter Simpson could not settle down or stick to one job, but was friendly with everyone. So it was little wonder that when he had to spend many long weeks in Anglesea Road Wing off Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital, after being badly injured in a road accident, he soon made friends with the pretty nurses who attended him.

However, one of these nurses merited as much attention from Walter as she gave him in her professional capacity. The result of the mutual attention and friendship, which soon blossomed to love, was their marriage at Groton last week.

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Mr. A. T. Dunn who represents the village of Boxford on the West Suffolk County Council, was present at the quarterly meeting held in the Village Hall on Monday, December 4.

Mr. T. C. Clerk was in the chair and there was a full attendance of members.

Arising out of the minutes of the previous meeting, the chairman reported that he had had an interview with the County Surveyor's deputy and several matters were discussed. He gained the impression that if the money is available, a Boxford by-pass may be constructed in the early seventies and a general idea of the route it would take was in the minds of the department. It is possible that some means of eradicating the right angled bend at Calais Street corner may be found before the provision of a by-pass. The construction of a footpath from Calais Street corner to the centre of the village was also mentioned and Mr. Clark was advised to put in writing the Parish Council's views on the matter. The County Surveyor's department was also reminded of the undertaking given that a footpath would be provided between the Church and the top of Boxford Lane - it was understood that this had been included in the 1966/67 programme - and the cutting back of the bank at Homefield to improve the visibility at the entrance to the estate was still considered a matter of urgency.

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A meeting of the Boxford Community Council was held in the village Hall, Boxford, on Tuesday. Mr. Ralph Tugman was in the chair, and there was a good attendance of members.

Mr. W. A. Lee reported a meeting of the Fete committee had been held and plans were going forward for a fete to be held on our own playing field on a Saturday in June, 1968. The actual date could not be fixed as there was every hope that a team from H.M.S. "Ganges" would give us a performance and it would not be known for a few weeks which Saturday would be suitable for them.

It was also proposed to use the occasion to have an official opening of the Playing Field by some well known public figure.

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A public meeting called by Boxford Community Council was held last week to appoint a committee of management for the playing field recently acquired. Attendance was somewhat disappointing but there was no lack of interest among those who were there in the plans for the development of the field.

The Trust Deed approved by the Department of Education and Science restricts the size of the committee to 13 and the following were unanimously elected: Mr. P. Kingsbury, Mr. John Boyle, Mrs. M. Tricker, Mr. A. C. King, Mr. Len Meetings, Mr. Ken Jarman and Mr Cecil Hughes.

Representing the Community Council, Mr. Ralph Tugman; Boxford Parish Council, Mrs. Tarbet; village hall committee, Mr. Colin Parr, school managers, Mr. Peter Lowe; Boxford Bowls Club, Mr. Percy Fletcher; Boxford British Legion, Mr. W. Lee.

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Last year Boxford Bowls Club hit the headlines when three of their lady members - Mrs. Hilda Rule, Mrs. Mary Riddleston, Mrs. Panks - were chosen to represent England. All three of them played so well they have again been chosen for the English team.

Now, believe it or not, yet another lady member, Mrs. Williams, of Lodge Farm Edwardstone, has been invited to play for England. This means that Boxford Bowls Club - which draws its members from Boxford and the neighbouring villages of Groton and Edwardstone and only 17 lady members - will be supplying one-sixth of the team chosen to represent this country.

This year the tournament in which teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales compete against each other is being held at Belfast from June 19-24

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