Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1915

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The---preaide.nt,.· in reuurning I.QII~I\kB,

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alford~ bim. gre!l't, p}e~u.re· ·to ,\Lgain ~ .pr.efli!ient
o~ tb.e.club. He should like to .6ay how _\:I~el1ly hli
felt.. the 10M by deitth~ ,?f . bis" old ' friend, ! Mr.
· H~ Colline, who ~a8 cha[rml9l;' ansr.~li9·'i-ight

· boW ' the ,e'I'Y~ cqmpi:en!,einent, ,diq, aU he ,ootU~ "te) .
.forward th(l interestil:-of th ),'clrib. .,-He , ..as ' 81'I'atly-,iDdebtell to Mr. J ~artin !I. :li1. ' Sutton, ;' Mr.
CoIU,WI' succ,e8S()r.' -He ' had ' gi ven. liis b Jst> ,efforts
jli" e'n(le.':vonrhrg ~tQ"fu.r,tli<1r· tile- ) nlerests ob tb& '

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olup;~ He ~,8l~ ' i;.htl'lkl}<cl · ,Mr. W~llastO~ AI)d. ~r~
Ha;y'waTd.,~ The ftnanees ~of' the club' (wliich · had

been: brouglit , 10'~ & ' cri~iii · by . $I.l war) , ! ha~. - n<>t;
bee~ ( paTtic)liat;ly :~ou.~4atin( Qac~, to' ~h~' ye~
.11110. Therefore, it did Be.em to: hJID . that . it
-reflt,ed VElty .1a:fB4liY with-r i;hosiL who, lived
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· ~rou'Ki' ,R~~ng ,if. !he , ~I!b . w~. to
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, 1~ . II: ~atlsf!lc,.ij).rJl. II!ann~r-to ,se'e;.w,li,IIot--';,pou!d·,
· done' to put, it on &. Bound'\!r financi'lil 'hasis, ,Dill"
'ing_the"summer ' ana aut'u mn bne ' might lie in a
:p,06ition .to ;hav,e a meeting,~ to. eee .i{ ~ej plan '
, could,·. bp a~vi~:- -. He I·~&d made, inlJuirie~ ,with
regard to'1tlmilar' oluJ:!ls In' larg~ , centres, and WlIB
endeavo.urins : to obtam some information/ fl'Q.IJl'
·- those ors.a-1!I8atlollB: . H:e.. na:d rath'8r ' ho~ that
his C~lU.Sin;.. ~, Ro!,al~ P~mel'; . ~p~ : WOB! .. fine
Bp9rllilm&Jl,: worud lliaV'B 6S6isted hun . '~n ilie mat~

ter. , He h!WJ. had SOJileF;tnlki with. him (thF -presi-

dent)..",bout,.t.he ~lu~,< !it i~ 'fTÂ¥i not ~ b~ . now.

'II!lJ or .-the Jjon_ 'secret
wouTd be glad to
l-\lceiye· in , .\!ritin/i ~ s ggefltioI\B '.' from lanyone,
·-.l!.d 'iO ·obtain ·:&ome clue hOw the club coul<1 be
'b 8Uer worked; eo far' as the' club '" ",.is" con·
cerpoo. it','did M .t embrace a suffiCient ,number
people ; .. thex;e -were certaoinly no~ enough!, , usiug
the gr().und. ·
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. The follOWing retiring memb ers of the "oommittee 'were re-electetl, ·Dr. G. ·S.• Abru.m ; ' MeSBr6.
A. 'C . .Bartholomew" A. J. -Cripp's , Fran~ l;>eane,
aJ>d P. ·e. ·Fenwicke-ClenneI!.
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' Mr. Eust8()e E.. Palm~r propOBed the, I re·elec·
ti?Â¥ QI the following :'Hon. treasurer,'
o.. :tl'.
Sirllt>1l4~; hon. secret~y,,·Mr. S. S. Wollastol);
_istant secretar:!" 'Mr, S. ,Hayward; auditor
Mr. Blaxe ,Po Allnatt.
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" MI':' ' Cbll~8, ,,,ho sscpnded, spoke most hij:(hly
·of Ule servlCes Jof Mr. WoUastQn arid ' Mr, Hay.
wlU'd ..
The proposition W86 c,!l.~ied .
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. Mr. Sutton ,proposed a he!l\rty vote of thanks to
the' ,chai~an. for preaidin;g. and this was cordi.a lly .~SSed,
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,.t the
'IIOn it
,cricket
Qn' the ground, . bll,.t
clubs hay.e.
their wia,h. tQ havet the u~e
of,the praotice, nets. ·. ~·-certain : ani;Ount: of la.-,v:n :
tennis, and .cro.qu ~~ will /Io1BQ ~be J!ayea;, bpt at
~~~~~:.? ~urn,,~en~~ 0.1' 1JI1l_. '.'It .ha~e been

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J'ACOl/ij:'-,-()n tho' 17th inst., at Tho Bungalow.
'I Bray, · BIl~ks, " to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney,I' Ja-cobSj
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WHITI<.--;-On the 6th in8t., ;· ~t, Wyngar~~, Ba8i~g:
8tok~; tol Mr: and Mrs. R., W. ' Whi~a daugh' tel. " ,
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ALCOOK-HICKKAN.-"On . th~' iSth i~st., ' at Ail ,.,
ISai~ts'; Rea41ng, by the, '\,:,icar, . the l ~v. R. '
i Wick,ham Legg, M.A., llorbert James, younger
Bon of the late Georga ,A'.ICQ~lj:! of-'';M~n8field, to
Margaret, elder daughtelY' of Mr. land" Mrs;
Fre<l~~jckl.' Hickman; . pf ' Downshire '. Square,
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.DICK-GRA]«TIIU.."":01l the !~~i.h ·in8t., at Maymyo,
. 1 Burm\\, from ,G overnment 'House. Captain Alan
! M8.Il40nald' ~ick~ lOth! i Gurkhas,- to Muriel
J Ange~a,
daughter of, ~ the Rev. ' Herbert
Grantpam, . 1D;te recf:/)r . Qf: Haltoll, Bucks, and
Of( M;i8. Grantham, of l. ~tF',h.iII.on-Sea.
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Wittenberg, in '
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The 1..alance:slie t showed. r'eC'llipts "£672 Os. 3d. " Mr. ~iasBlI, of Cro.w tho,"';e, spQke on Sund ..y at
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t~ ' IlWn's meeting on H ..The Belief of Man:". 'The
and p~ymimt~ £5&1.f.3s. IOd,. l~avin l a balnnce in . "~n. · .,eoretary, Mi. C: :Fowler, g .. ye 'twOI' BOlar,
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ha.nd, 0f.,£10 168'1M.'. . l')'
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"", Wl\ich :.were, mu!ili a,pP5ec
· ·MI'. M-artiu H. j F . •Sutton .pr1>p06ed
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ROLL ~F - HONOUR.
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' tLon ofihe . rePQr);j~d acoountjl,- . :.
...ere extreQlely . g",.~fu1. to ,Mr.r..rW. ,· H~)w,~rll
The tate.lt recruits' froul Br';w,kn<\U"ino!ude IPrivate
P!ll~er i!t ' aUowing' tI)&m to' ooIl.tin.Jl<'·J -';l'hey.
Blaj, Offord Light ' Infantri; . 'Private S; ,GOd.
·-. U : aWAre of th~ !'n&nci"l \~iJJictYti~8, ~ild. .
Wilts--Regiment; · Priva.te O. Goddard, ' Field
.)t0Red _that \lOme).! means ~ould , be" , fojllld . by 1' -.<!lr\lUel ry; Printe H. Joh!l6()n, Royal . Berlt-S.
~hib~.tl1ll' cl.u,~ ""91l!-d be: pu~· ~m ,.& ."lIatisfa(\~ry
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~£, eon , of Mi. §t~, of i\f!,rlield,
ha4 . lQmed the AUBtrah..n . Col!,tlD!!,<mt,
" . ,a nd ,l!Ound bllB1B !1urn~~e ~~!ng" yea.,rr :', ':
Mr. ' Bernard A, ·Gollins secondM. "
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6ID1grated to Western A\1str.l.ha' s6me
Mr. ..8. , S, Wollaston' (llon. sec,etMljr) ml!4e ' ~n
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.Important e~atemellt with. regara-, to t,/.l~ posit,!j>1'l
CASUALTIES IN THE WAR . .
· IIf tl}6- club. They had paid the, bal~ge.. of rent
T.-ooper[ W. Rolfe, R by';'l B,or$ Gu;'rde; , Wh068
~d.ile f.or· 191'3 to th!\ extent
£~OO . . c' TPat ll;lft
, &hem entirely unable' -t o .pay:.- the 1'en~ lor. -last mO,t her !iv... at Binfield, wae woiuided on 'S.iturd'l.Y,
year. . With tha.t great 1'enerosi,ty which''- Mr. May 15th, by . 1& bullet. which Pal'iled through. the
rig1!t knee and another whioh penetrated .".ch 109
P.almer '.Iiiid alway~ s hown t~e 'l cliIb he" w3\! pre- in
turn above the knee. I He h"" been out in \ France
pared to ,o;verlook the JYhole ?~ last ye&,'8 ren~l .inoe
and W&6 one of tho fe\" who' hiLd
end excusel them the rent tblB year. . .Nothing escapedAugWlt,
injury up to '
time.-M ..... S.
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been ', more : ge~er<!qll, ' and
Iiasl hoard from a
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lt1i al)ked bim extr,emely .(Hear, heltf). They
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calculat!!d that ,the ' clu1r could be~. carr-ied on
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he: waa woun,ied
; OOB~ of about £300, M'"rt frQjD .the rent .., The
"I,':l.e~tiol}. "rose as ,. to · h~w they .QouJd ola'se that
. \' '~ .. He'. wall' P.e)leed ·to say thnt of, ..the :'140
. ipel,l'lbera who .w ere on ' the . bQoh.l17 ,·h~ paid
• &iullr ~ubzctiption8 1 or had pro~ed , tl):-do, .
\ ·~oa,.. thos~ , ·amoqnte'p tl). ~ . Fifteen hM
'fled their ' J'''sign!lti<j>DB. ,Eleven ~ad not: .n,."""",,
· .hut the<le were ''rl'~ arly, aiU · away. ,a erving
c)o\lDtry. One member had generouslY 'i p:;omiud
· £6 . ill ;n.ddition ta.•his . ,eubscription' ,o f . £1 lIs.
'Another , who gave - £2 . 28. had Qouhlfllf , that
;am~lDt , ' whilst &lIotl1er, . whilee
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£1, lB. Od.;, ha.d ~ 6ta.ted :that he.
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,....... , ralrly ."t!6t.nC,tory. T1ie. Be.rkllhiJre
)uld . ,promisep. .a
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Frederick Ayres.

.-til\b!-qhi>d . 2nd ' Lincoln,

1.111.) :apd Mrs. " Frederick
dearly loved husband
\tif: Nqrthcourt Av&nue,

in actioD~- in Flnnde;s,
" ..., ...,11l Guy.:,Bonhnm-Cartor,

Queen'. o-"'ll Oxford.
. Bon of ' the luto Alfred
and belov-ed husband of
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