Dilwyn

CEDAR CLUB - Today (Thursday) at 2.30pm, feature film Mrs Caldicott's Cabbage War. A bittersweet comedy where Pauline Collins plays the feisty female who refuses to bow down and accept being treated badly.

FLICKS IN THE STICKS - Tomorrow (Friday) at 7.30pm in the Cedar Hall, The Quiet American, based on a Graham Greene nove. Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser star in a love triangle focused in 1950's Vietnam.

CEDAR HALL - The next committee meeting to be held in the hall at 7.30pm on Thursday, January 22.

100 CLUB - To join in the fun of the draw contact John Gerrish (318633) or Christine Kyles (318526) now for annual membership. The subscription of £12 per year is divided between the monthly prize money and support for the village hall, which last year amounted to £700.

DILWYN WI - Twenty five members celebrated the New Year by combining their January meeting with a social evening at the home of member Jeanette Spackman. Members agreed to hold a fund-raising soup lunch in the Cedar Hall in March to benefit Hearing Dogs for the Deaf and the Haven Trust regional breast cancer support centre in St Owen Street, Hereford, recently opened by HRH Prince Charles. President Eleanor Wellings thanked Jeanette for her seventh year of generous hospitality for the January social/meeting. The next meeting will be held on February 12 in the Cedar Hall at 7.30pm when guest Merlys Aitchison will give a talk on Alternative Medicine replacing a talk on flower arranging which is expected to be rescheduled for the July meeting.

YOUNG FARMERS CLUB - The annual meeting of Herefordshire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs at Pontrillas focusse on the Dilwyn Branch by presenting an award to acknowledge the third highest attendance by club members to county meetings. Past president Daintree Griffiths from the parish of Dilwyn was elected as one of 40 county vice-presidents. Club chairman Ashley Griffiths reports that the club is now attempting a 40 days and 40 nights sponsored no alcoho challenge throughout this year. Tug-of-war training started on Sunday, in preparation for the first competition at the May rally. Would-be sponsors are asked to contact 0779 0779983.

RBL APPEAL - The secretary of the Royal British Legion branch of Dilwyn, Eardisland and Monkland, Edward Jones, has received a request for help from Douglas Reed regarding his grandfather ex-Colour Sergeant Leonard James Pember. Douglas would like to hear from anyone who has relevant information, recollections, anecdotes or photos, particularly from those who served with him, whether in the Herefordshire Regiment (March 1939-August 1942), the Glider Pilot Regiment (August 1942-March 1946), or King's Shropshire Light Infantry (March-June 1946). Douglas writes: ''Regarding his service with the Herefordshire Regiment, I have only managed to find a few members of the 2nd Btln who served with my grandfather and those only until approximately mid-1940. I would like to find more people who served with him in the 2nd Btln, especially during the period mid 1940 to late 1942. When my grandfather went for selection for the Glider Pilot Regiment, in August 1942, I have been told that he did so with another member of the Herefordshire Regt, apparently by the name of Nelder? I would be interested to find out any information about this person and what happened to him. I have a small collection of military memorabilia related to my grandfather's army service. At present, this consists of items from the airborne forces, connected to his service with the Glider Pilot Regiment. I would like to obtain items related to the Herefordshire Regt; for example, cap badge, collar badge and shoulder titles, and would be most grateful if any former members would be willing to part with such items or give any assistance in piecing together a clearer picture of my grandfather's service career.'' Contact Douglas Reed, c/o SOS Children's Villages, PO Box 10198, Brommhof 2154, South Africa. e-mail douglas@sos.org.za or Edward A. Jones 01544 318209.