ON Palm Sunday, following a service of Holy Communion at Milton Abbot Parish Church, a lunch was held in the village hall to celebrate the 90th birthday of Geoffrey Willetts. Geoff has been a Church of England lay reader for more than 57 years and for the last ten years has been officiating and preaching as a reader at services in the six churches of the Milton Abbot Benefice. He was a teacher and head of Drake house at Tavistock College, is well known in the town for his interest in horticulture and until recently was chairman of Tavistock Probus. Sunday's service was conducted by the Rev Nick Law, the rural dean of Tavistock.