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we know he will take in the problems that face the borough with all too great
frequency.”
At the end of the presentation an informal cocktail party enabled the many people
present in the hall to personally congratulate Miss Wescott and Mr. Bridges.

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Sat 15 Oct
CAR PARK IN WOKINGHAM
“In Disgusting Condition”
Unless something was done to improve the surface of the Denmark Street car park it
would not be used as widely as the council had hoped, said Ald. N.C. Lawrence at
Thursday’s meeting of the Wokingham Town Council, when he described it as being
in “a disgusting condition” at present.
It was reported that the cost of carpeting the park with tarmac, installing drainage
and outlining parking spaces would be £1,600 and the council had before it a
resolution that the question “be left until the Borough Surveyor is completely satisfied
that all consolidation has been achieved.”
Ald. Lawrence urged that some provision should be made immediately for the
benefit of people walking from their cars to the entrance. Coun. E.W. Goodchild,
chairman of the Highways Committee said that the worst area was near the entrance,
and he would arrange with the Borough Surveyor for something to be done to ease the
position.

NEW FACTORY
The council approved plans for a new factory in Fishponds Road—off Molly
Millars Lane—for Wokingham Plastics, Ltd. and resolved to make application to the
Minister of Housing and Local Government to borrow £17,000 for the purchase of the
Denton Road factory site from the same company. The council also agreed to borrow
£54,000 for development on the Commons Road estate.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER FOR JENNIFER
Wokingham Girl Is “Miss Press Ball”
A tensed and expected audience of 500 waited in the hushed silence of the Town Hall
on Friday last week as a panel of star judges chose vivacious 17-years-old Jennifer
Snuggs, of Stanley Villa, Oxford Road, Wokingham as “Miss Press Ball” 1960.
Thousands of autumn leaves cascaded from the roof as the judges reached their
decision, and Jennifer stepped forward amidst deafening applause as Mario Fabrizi
and William Hartnell of TV’s ever-popular programme, “The Army Game,” placed
the specially embroidered sash of office over her shoulders.
Also on the judging panel were film-producer George Brown, his wife Tina, and
lovely raven-haired Marie Devereux, currently starring with Dirk Bogarde in his new
picture, “The Singer, not the Song.” Kate Fabrizi, Mario’s wife, sat in as chairman.
While the audience waited for their final decision, model “Christine” displayed the
£100 ball-gown created by Penti, of Gun Street, Reading, and made up of hundreds of
yards of autumn-shaded net, that the lucky winner would receive, together with a
cheque for £50, a diploma for a week’s holiday, a complete modelling course, and
many other wonderful prizes.
A night to remember
Ticket prices were higher than for any previous press ball, so that the committee
could make the night one to remember.

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