Narberth Rural District Council boycotted the ceremony inaugurating the £98,000 West Wales Crematorium at Clynpattel, near Narberth. The RDC did not want it in their area and had all along opposed the siting.

During their ter-centenary celebrations, members of Molleston Baptist Church were to make a pilgrimage to Roeside - the birthplace of the church.

Templeton Carnival Queen was Miss Barbara Morgan, attendants were Jill Morgan, Tegwyn Davies, Ruth Davies and Dorothy Davies, with pageboy Nigel Mason.

Twenty high-powered craft zoomed from wave-crest to wave-crest in Saundersfoot Bay for the first Pembrokeshire Panorama Powerboat Race.

New chairman of the Pembrokeshire county branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales was Mr. Meyrick Hugh Jeremy, of Llanddewi Velfrey.

Scottish soldiers in camp at Penally complained because 30 shillings had been ‘voluntarily’ deducted from their pay for the regimental Christmas box.

Tenby’s new £29,000 Post Office was open for business for the first time. There was no tape-cutting ceremony, no speeches; the Mayor merely went to the counter and made the first purchase. He was served by Mrs. P. M. Gibbon.

Despite the weather, Tenby Fire Brigade organised their carnival. The carnival procession was headed by the Swansea East Display Band. Carnival Queen was Miss Shirley Ford.

At the De Valence Pavilion: Pop dancing to The Atlantic Rollers.