Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1915

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R~'ad:ip-g P.ariialllen'ta.ry' Recruiting
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commitiee ' deinr~ to, cail
tbe :Â¥cfthat' your ,opportunity , v v,, 1IJllca,~ ,w
listi~g JIDder ¥In:! DerbTs
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repl l:p 'the l'C&'Ilrosser ,will be repo
L~rd~hiv .8:& IDirector·'Geueral 'Of Reeru i '
' ~l'l1e 'ClPImi-itee wish to bring the 'OI/QWi:DR
'poirib.bI ~ur ~'
" kitf.~ p.n ,1!IIli8t Ul 1Ilo G;r.onp
,: I: I ..... llt1t. lho.emw: p~ises to
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.' Tribute. ' .\1of *lie w.ork lII'w'"C)l !file ~• .H ..E.
haS p.,rfo:rmed..... "i11M'. tor ' dOe. Jl8.J'lsh
""f , <!~ , :ror: tih. I~ ten 'Iitla a JIalf [ytlars
w.ero JlIIid in ,b ~rNG1DI, Qi. ¥(edn~ le~en­
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FERGD:S ,O NS .

Orgaui.st - Mr.'.j. £. CARRA'IT.
Conductor - Mr. P. R.o :SCRiVENER, F.R.C.O.
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DOQrs open at 7. Concert at.7.SO, Carriages at 10,

TICK£TS : Area and 'Balcony St~lI., 5/-: Area aDd

Baleony Reserved Seal~ 2/6 ;', Admi.sion, 1/•.,
Can be obtained 'of !BICIUE & BICKlE, LTD .•
153. Fr'l'r Sor"';t, Re~iug, where 1\ 1Plan of the
Ball may be seen.
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(BERKS YEOMANRY),

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On ".IIolOND,AY EVENfNG, Dec. , 6tb, - at 8 o'clock.

Tick<>Ls call be obto.ined from Messrs. Attw<>lJa,: Bin, field and Co" 162, Friar' Stroot. Reading.
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. Reserved SeaQ , 2/6. Other Seats, h. and' 6d.
Soldiere in uniform ..dmifJted at h ..lf·prico.

_ISmoking permittedl ..

The proOl!eda will be devoted . til .. fun'd for 'providiIltl' Comforle, et<>-. for 'the Tfrri\QrilLi Troops , of
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BRAKSPEAH'S ALES.

BREWERS. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS

MlNER~ WA~ER

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MAlNUFACTURERS.

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THE BRhWERY•.

HENLltY-ON·THAMES.

BRANCHES AND STORES:
HENLEY; 38, HART STl<.El!.T.
CAVERSHAM; 34.38, PKOSPECT STREET.
EWELME: OXON.
HIGH WYCOMBE: 43, OXFORP STREET.
WOKINGHAM 7, P~ACH STREET

CHAMPAGNES .Aj:'MARKE'f PRICE.
PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION.
GOODS miARANTEEi:i OF BEST QUALITY.

SPECIALITY

TH>AMES VALLEY D~Y GINGER ALE.

THO MAS , W,ET:a ER ED
AND SONS, LIM1TED,

BREWERS AND BOTTLERS,
M.ARLOW.
Telepho'19 NOB. :~28 M..rlow: 639 Reading.

Tele!(rn.ms :-" Weihered.s," Marlow.
LOCAL OFF'IOE'~ &- ST,O RES:-

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«~n:ti. i.t is

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pro~ to .m.wt UDder the G~oup
b&fore 'U;i,. ' Decem"""ber.
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Though the .sa;crlfice is great It
The Chairman : lS&id 'they' ...~ all extremely
Il:rateful .'for 'the :splenilid work Mr. an«;l [ Mrs.
• groo.t(yr . than that 01 thousands
WINE 4ND , . SPIRIT ME ROHANTS ~ Boultboohadi_p0rformed. He well remembered the
&lr~y laid down their lives to
day 'when he' showed ,Mr. Boultbee round the
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a.nd /your homo from German ."". p,oh
l'<'rish. the church, and the mission hall. It
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must have b~I1 an: 8.IL,<ious time for him, but he
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felt ,f Iiat it was God's call and he resl'onded to it,
are , jealous' of , the reputation
Beanne
24/- ,per doz.
They would 1'6ver ,forget how, Mrs. Boultbee had bor<IlIgll,; we want no man fetcbed from
helped her husband. It wu . .....id that a inan was
·wa.nt" to retuTn your
Pom~ard
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what a woman made him. If that was '60 in
Milit;"ry . Auth1lrities on ~th
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.e veryday life, ' how much more was it 60 in tlie
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or an answer i III plyi ng "
St. Emilioll, a superior Dinner Wine
18/. per doz. case of a large parish, with all its ups <\1ld dO~DB
grows m'o re serious, and we
St. Estephe, an ex£ellent Wine
'alld constaut :diffioulties? They were, truly grateto recon sid er your position in
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ful to Mr• . noultbee for all her quiet a1\(l tho·
couutrv's n{){:\ls, bearing ill mind
SHERRY.
rough }Vork. Mr. Boultbee's. incumben dy at
,1.'ribunal mU8t ' considcr appeals,
Pale
lW' per doz.
Grey/riars' woul.d he gratefully remembered by
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as well as on
busine6s n grc)m,cjs,
Pale Dry
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them all for his 'truly ,spiritual work and can· 'P.l!~m~mt in a later group. ,
ven;ion of souls. The work which he had so
can only bo two replies to tho Nbction'a
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suec,'SSfUll Y CJlrried on woUld ,still 'continue. and
Willing" 01' ., Unwilling." It is
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4/- per Bottlc .. ,
t hey all )Vishcd.ilim health and strength in his
as a vol';'fteer than to run the risk
npw sphere of" labour. Mr. , ~utton t1~e1i\ an·
Telephone No. boo
llOunced that_ sllveral presentations , :were to be
ruode TO M.r. 'Mid 'Mrs. Boultbee. 'JIe 'would first ,
Tele.lralu,: ,e Fergusons,Rea«i1iog."
of a ll' present ,' Mr. Boultbee, ,on behaJI of the
cOl'lgl'l!gation, , th'e mission hall, and the. men's
s"",-;ice, with -b. oheque for -£JOO. 'together with , an
illuminated addresS and an album containillg the,
nam .... ,of 350 : Sjlbscribers.
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'1'he Rc>v. I. Sivit~r read the 'address, :which
~tat.ed lh",t th-e work of the missi"n hall h"" beeu
d""pe~ by 'Mr. Boultbee's efforls the wGrk he
had acoompl.i$hed in connection with such having
been the moom; of the salvation 1:>f many isonls.
Th" lo:ra1 way Mr. Boultbce had cadhered to the
llllincipies Dn which the .chuTch had heen founded
w"s 'be-;vond all praise, whils~ under his :gmdance
the ~en>'~ ,service w~ starled in April, 190~, and
had 'C9ntinued .ev~ ''''Dee.
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Mr. , 'Sutron ; .s.aad1re· was vet:! M"l'R~ul
Mr,
I!onit!bee for his ,p~ friendship ,during the
(;HRONTnLE.
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timo Mr. n~tbee had been :in B.eiding., I
. Frida.y. ,Decombe~ 3., 1916.
!Jr.. B~ultbeo:. who '1V!"" enthusi..aeticallY reMlVOO, .l8ald ilh1J.t £he ,penod he had. been associ-'
ated with G~T:S' was ' the.. longest .he ha:d
ECONOMY .AND 'TIlE WAR.
spen.t in any ,parish during lriB millistrY. In
looking back over ' the ten 'and a. half..years ',much
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had been achieved ,andfniuch hadl boon left undone.
, ' The war is not eomet:hing to be watched hut Many had goue to their relit, whilst many were
I!Omething to be -lil1ea~ , &nd the more th ..l the left behind whom he was 10th to lea';e. It Icould
'the I" ... .does he not 'seam "'po,ssible' to , .see such a sympathetic;
individual graaP8 hie own
<lamand 'th,u the COUJ'I!9 0 aveni!! . ..hall .o cnronn warm~~earted; and considerate people as they had
to the standard. of .. .""riat 1itory.-,,, Pan M.e.n
hoop· }fe, ha~ ,bMn . amazed at, the hig ventu{08
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which had been earn~ 'Out at ',GTey'friarr.. jI'here
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• '1 ' was the large tea 'whlOh had taken place at the
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sm, ToW'!! ~all. The Sunday 'S ch09ltreat at · 'the '
were we in imminent peril of experiencing seas,de lDvolved- tremendous org8.nisation whilst
the horron of Belgium or .. 'aplesB Serbia, they ,sn.ppo,-ted ~eir own missionary, th~ whol~
every man in this ,co'uaiiV'-wQuld , ru
, eh to day. prayer meeting, and in 1906 the men's 8Grvice
w:as inaugurate<l. The success .0/ ' the men's serdefena. hearth ana home, ; IloIld' ID[l.ke ,any Vice had been entirely due to his colleagueS, and
sacr:dices ' £01' l'es~ti.ng ~ej invader.
It is to ",them. he 'exp.,essed his heartfalt .thanl6. for
just becauSe the wa.r dol,.B not t9uch us t~etr IOVlng co-operation" not only in connection
quite' so closely that oomtitjmeBou~' pl<opleWltJl -th!'t. branch fif the work, but in everytlling
fail to ' vif:juali!!e " tl¥s ' ~rugg}~; , Tp~s to appertaimng , to the welfnre ,o f the parish. There ,
havA .been ,sPft,'- _' .J many i, of . were many otP.ers he hlld 'to thanK. In his letter
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to. the ma'fal'ane he had made reference to the
the horrors of. war. ,' Burt , &Itp,O)l.'gn we, at mmistry 0 the late Rev. S. H. Soole~ . He was a
home ha.ve very little
'Cel)t&ct . with man. whom he Jearnt 'to Jove rery muc~. He
the enemy" we a~.e IDO less -e~ncern~d , than if *anked God , that Hr. ,Soolo on his retirement
we were '!D the thick of tilei/i·ti,ghtlng . If w.e do lned to see The work continue 'l!efo T,, ' he passed
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away: ThE!!" they suffered an ,Irreparable loss
not orga.ruse so t .at we , :, ...lct 'e _ upon b,v tile death of 'Mr. Martin John SuttOn. Ho
the enemY both ' b.y 1and a.rid sea,, ' there tnanked his son; Mr. Martin Hl F. Sutton, for
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would come a tiple w.hen
Army and, what he had done for him . Both! he and hiB wife
Navy -would be .pQwerlellEt to keep ollr foes ' had always ma~ him welcome at \Erleigh Park I
at. bay.
'Too manf &r,e ,pr<>ne 'to , r.egard ' ,;,nc! h',,:dr~garded him as a closel perro»a] 'f l'iend
thlB war as B<>meti!m,g ,to be watched" :and ' m thml' JOYS. plea!lUTIl{>, and 1lOTTOWS I To Mr
not as .&GrOetning , to pe lived, wilereas the ClclloB and Mr. Fuller, the lalte' 'Ilhul'~hwaMens' r' ~~:~ial<18~'~~~~
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tha.t Vl'~'~ 'ry dep4n- -~s. u.p~n "'ow he also extended his best tJ,,,,nks ,for the "';all they
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loyally 8UPl'Orted him. M.... Callas ~s:, his
every indindual lives 'h is part, .i\<Dd .t'here warden for 91 years and had been mOst kind , Mr
is no DW.re 1mporta.nt partin the war t han Fuller had been people's warden and -rlcar'a
the question 'Of nnllonce ana economy. The warden ,all "tn one. Mr. Whltli was desarvi~g o{
war,r ungs of the Ohitncellorof the Ex. ~ similar compliment foT the wonderi!1l1 mo.nner
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10 whlClt he cam!',] on work at 'the missionl ball
cheq,n er and the Prime 'M.inister -addressed and wldch work Mr. 'Spar.row undertook lin', days
to the clilnference -of ,8: thousa.nd delegates gone .by; 'ReJ thanked also' .-till.e ' <!tidesmen, the
representing: four million wo~r.s, must suDenn~ndents 'of 'the Sunday S<lhoo'is, ana the
be 'heeded by ever:rone,
'The working teache1'8 cf . the day ,schools for their loyalty '
clas.ses ha.ve shown themseives' iro re,iidy to whilst with regard to the lAdies of the congr';
make isacri1ices in their, cOl)ntry's cause
in which thev nndertook
that we have no l1es~ati9n 'in saying that
""as deserving' of the higl.est
if matters itre' put ,to them in the right
'TO MRS. BOULTBEE.'
light they 'wilf respond. " Unfortunately
then, presented Mrs. Boultbee
.the.:Â¥" . starte.d with a . ,handica.pi bee<i:uee
. service. He'Said that · Mrs.
whiI.st Contmental n1l,tIoDs litrhmlt ' to', con·
splendid ball? to hsr husband
scription, and the ' whole of their, nationa.l
' They · adlllued Mrs., Boultj~~~~,:;. and
ullscl6.shbess inallbwing
reaources are Il1obililled, the , ~art which
at tne ,:vicarl!-ge, ,w here "she
~ur ,people have to lllav ' iii. thls', war · is
heartiest . v.:elcome to all:
IIOmethiirg ' total1~ . differ~n,t froui what ,,they
had beeIJ, led to ,- exp'e ot. '~',The,. consequence
'ie that they ha.ve n~l'ede~educa.tion as to
,the various ,pha.sesof this' waNd stniggle.
Part of that 'tlancatiQD iscQutfi.inea. in the
speecnes 6f Mr. A'Bqui.,th '&n~ 'IU, McKenna
to the, workers' dei~gates':
:',flIe 'working
clas~s have 8tili &' vi'ta.l :pa.r-t to ])1'&)' in tpis
waT In the om:a.'t'ter of ~ 'eooIliOlDY.
Large
wages a.r.e :beini
W. man;,- parifJ of
countr,Y. m'&
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TROOPER

0;0 '~teru),;llJ' ,BiIIIidad· him ·m. hi& vorlr.~'fa~e~ell
on thei,r .l~. ,ikad~~ :S~lIi't.oIL, :wner~ Mr.
1I0ult1lee tIaa ~ted:a nsg. Thnle t.nteresting

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