Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1918

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Mr. Councillor Roland Howell'. Imlt)Ollnlr. plan for
sition of lIr. J. Wat'bul'toil, seconded by
Yr. F. Read.
Mr. BuH..!' · annountled that be had &acured the I18rvices 01 ' a ' lady Tergel', ... ho
would take up her dnti.. -on June ht.
The meeting tenninated with a -rote . of
tbink8 to the ficat' and a8si.tant Cle~y,
proposed by Mr. W:' E. Butler, 6econ ed
by Yr. J. Warl.>urton; and carried
lth
acclamation.
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Mapy's E ,ter V(' 'y was lJ"hl·.-!l"
"tuesday eveniDg;; The Yi
~ltev . R~ ~ ~l ck.
1&111 uRlr) presi ed, an
IUbnl! tb~ prl$,
. n,t '''''4lr~ tile R~"II. n ,
a rdler.. Killl'" ]:J .
Ilf. SieDDlJl!!" If. R. Walk' r , !.Jr. . ,I(}. 'I~JU
" ul'oJJle' ... orden}, J)r.
n~, Mr . .tr. W.
;Wilder fr. O . ",Vcll., e ,
'l1he Vicar I).~i~ II. ~ m Ilirtic tribute to
olbe late Mr. <joqdaU, ".
",ao, he .nld, n
4levoted lIOn or' St. Ma ., a den'out lind
:inlmblo (hur' man, 811 • ¢hristUiu.
H aving c(}nsen~ to
'pJ the office fi8
,. ic:ar's wnrden, IMr. 1. H . Wilder \fa
:Il()millated (or tlint ,,()I;i i 11, ' the Vicnr obrnul! thnt be fE,we f
lUUily II
• 'lolIlC YMr
wjtb st. Mary's r run
lInd been of the rentE
.Ip to thc eh
.s_l1'lroehiil I trPn8urer.
to
Mr. Wildcr s.~id he w
«arry out I\,e duties ()r
Dr. I'dc(' I>r<lpq cd \h
t . G. Fitlld lIS people'
th at lie h~d for .nlony y ~1
V1ul!ftl of the 1X"~
' tion io t
mtifltlldiol1 or
Iho ho\(,- ppri h.
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?h·. Well~ ~ecOn ed HIe p
!!i ti on, "'hich
... a8 ·rorri~d \lila i1U()UI!l~
. :Mr. Field said !t11nt t 011& it I(II\'C lliln
.loo ~ure h~a il) i<~ ncOell. til 1X>5itipn, he
did not WI~h it fo he ' n.rded liS a Iiie
appointul ()llt. Of COlli <e, (I)Vl)J1I' 10 tf~ , rel(Tetted a';ath or MI'. U
11 . he hod been
the ..ole ~t\Urcbwardea d rinl!: fhe PilISt fey
month s, and he therefo
eo}oilinll.v i .....J.
• ('orned. the nppoiJ t lll~ot of Mr. Wilde,' 88
hill' wllCflgue. if hod 'bee 8s!!'Oclqted with
, , r. '\V;I".-r i'n l n roch; I aJrojrs fur rome
time, lind he knew him· t
mosC·,dllillg
wor~er anti e,'er ljen(J..v
bii!p whenever hi s
.erv lcea ~OO'o )ledtled.
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'rho ViNlr mid he \
~I'~ tbey w('r~ all
.ery glad It.hnt lit. !"i8d bad ooUllented to
~orve. for another :reu. ;In ¥r. }·i.-Id · tb y
d 'a splHldi<l organieerl
MOas pro"ed by
lhe DlQl'k~1 Slic~1'S
atte~ed tbe
art'D,Dgemente he !tad
n4 in -cCVIllection
• willt. tho II'reat ~erde at ·t.· Mary's 00
Pntb1 qllllny. · '
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• Mr. ]<'j'e1d 'I\nlm~ itted JI
nod
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ith one 'C:SC8\l'
,Mid Jle waH II'lm ~ .sal'
lion theY sbofed a baldn
on ibe oredlt
.ide. The l ell pti n ""811 All . iJlt.' eh urch
. expeo .~ but ,'eD UUII'e tle deficit of hUlt
year . btlll bW't 8U~t8nt · II· tcdured. Th\!
Hl\8t~r offjlri nilS,
lie ·hllli ,root plE'f\.ure In handinlf t \Jle ,rj lri, ·amounted to
t82 I •.' 3d. '
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The Viror rl!mnrkcd OD
eha.~ter of the liinl\Jlj:ial
Il"id it 11'08 yery enconra n,. to
Ute ooiJectione a~"'t.
had
by £174, III! (IOJ1l~ w h the
~e"\r, the total amo_ti..
The collections 'in all the .......!rCIII"'!
an Urcrense, tb~reb:r prO\'il1«
of liberality w bich .the .ar had
~JI continued.
Tlul sidCIIlllen ... pre appoin
St.lfary'•.- Dr. Price, 111'1 i. T. J . Pbilp,
F. TU1,br~e , G_ Hivers, 1 . Swain. J. 11.
Killfom, t:L IJ. Wild ..... 1>.11 H . S·. Coole ...
, Martin, H .
All Sainb,',-ll_rs. J.
DawkiD8. 11. J, LaWrellC6 W . ' S, Clutterbuc.!'J 1. H . Opodma.n, H. " I Bro~l) , n.
R .. J1~den W. N. NUlce, 1 ll, ' N()ble,
Pullen, IUld W. !1 BUUe".
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t. Savi~r'8.-_1if . 1.
rh, 'G . W
'J. : 4wlebee. D . 'YGa-.,
Hollow,"",
Bodd, nnd , 1!J. )10-..
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It W8I JIIeDtioD~ ~t 8t: Mnrk'j WIll:.

m8lllQrinl 111'''' to tak.· the rortn
- .tall., and it • .as U8cl~
appl
1I«_ry tnculty.
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st. Luks'8 V«.try, Reading, '\\'as lu~ ld on
WoollCl8dI1Y evenillll' ill
t. J"uu's Hall,
formerly the V.A.D. HOSpital. Preunt: th
Rev. F: J. Howal'Cl ~Vicllr), tile :Rev."!. D..
Phillips, Colunel li BintrlQn, Meesf8. F.
Jone!l and E. H. Lmnl' (eht/reh ludens).
J. D. JODes. F. H, JRIDf'I!, V. Woit, D. G.
'fnorburn, W. S. Thorpe, A. Bidwell,
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T. N. Penfold, A. CI F(}!;ter, W .-F. Spikell,
F. W. Collin8, Clmpl)lA~, BridgemlUl, etc..
:rhe Vicar eIpre.6Od plealrore that, .for
the first ti:me ' ~ JWwrt.er, 191' tbay ...ere
nble to bold their yfsrrY meet.ing tp their
own Itft 11. ' At the HIlme time tbp" milCht
. t'~l II. eense of gl'lltiftcation that the hall
hod OOen used ·to
cb exC.ellent l)\lr~.
:Major and :MnI. A bl'Rm had kindly offered
to rtefrny the ooet at 1\ brmH plat.. to be
plaoo<l in th.. hill to OOIlllU nlorate the lMt
of it havill4l' been u84id as.. .A.D. H06pital
for •• yea.rs. They ...ould welcome 81 lMtin"
ni.mor~al of tbe excellent lue to "bich the
hall hnd been put. 'l'hpy kn
the reputa.
tion which St. I.ulee"s Hn\l had enjoyed.
WiLli 1'81ftl'd to' filUlllCe'i of the pari h bo
,.'88 glad to say that, fot' inshll~e, l'OUeoH ill churoh during 1918 ,v",e £42 more
Ule preTOlIo8 re60rd y~r Of ]1114. The
I alll()\IIit of the ~o\l(.ction.s W8S .A!5M, Or
more than the ltre~iornl ;venr. S\lh6criJ>:
itropoed. . about . £10, but the g!O¢
reYenue of th"'f pori b had ne'l'ol' biifoi'e
equa.llM £78.5'. The f~wlll offering 8()heme
'which thl')' started during tho pl"l'l5l'nt ·y(>(l)'
Ilad renJi!!ed III gift. and promilles .eltiSthey asked fc*r .0UO. For t~t lie wnfl yery
Al'nteful; it l\-onld preclude ,the nrOE ity of
a)lythiD+l In the nature of a toney fllir
durin" this ),oor. · The Vicar thanked
""dous helper$. It W'a~ exfh;melv difficult
to 1I'8Uj!& Bl,liritunl progTe!:!I, but tlle congtl'gutions did k\!i!p up. to a lligh lev411 and
OJJe belienll that the seryit'e8 had been
help!u!. The. IUMIlhQr of communicant_he
... 03 not lhiakinJf ar theil' IIred numhf'r6 at
re~t.iJ'nlB, but Slmday by Suntiay-,iliowed
th<Jl' »I'Qpla did appreaiate t./te pl!'ivi~
which the chnrch offered. , Tlie nrunbElr 01
conununiCiftnts Oil Emlier Day (716) showed.
t.hat at any late they had , not fallen fur
back in their )jpiritual pl'Ogl'Pf.8.
.Mr. F. JQnl!6 wal 811sin ndminllted by U1e
Vical' n,~ hie warq n, and Mr. Lean·r was
cor(ljol!y r_l~cl(ld pario1l warden.
Mr. JA'Cl\' r, in reply, !!!lid that; £IU hao
alreads been paid ill ~ connection ~tb
tbe freeWill o1rer~ scheme
the treasurer, lIr. Foster, tboUj{h he
It'ved only
senl>ll w~lo! had jlono' by. They were ve1i1
grat~fu.l to Mr. l' 06tpr. The wer m moria,
"It!! pro~dinll' slowlv bllt 8Urely. Tl\(I,Y\
would like to tha uk tlie (]horol SoCiety for
£i Ss • • '
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)lmor Dr. AbralU a.nd Mcsers ~ J. H. JoDes,
F . H. JllmeS, W. 8. Thorpe, lind A. W .
Bidwl\ll . were r_leoted sidfi!~enA Rno Mr.
Vincent Wait '\\'lI with ftC(llnmntlOD elec~
to the v~UlI\.Dcf roused by tho departure
from tbe d-ilitnct 01 Mr. A . A. Atkinll f to
whor.e help in fillJlllCiAll matters the, VUlIIr
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Replyi~ to n yote of congratulation on
lIis election lUi 1\ member of I the Readlng
Board of Goo.rdill.D8, proposed J);r, Coiontll
K@ri8i!)gton awl 6PCODded by Mr. Thorburn
(old Ouardia.ns), th..' VJcn,- "laid he' IIhould
like tg lillY ho.... much he aUJ)l"\!Clated the
confidsnee 01 the MOP]e 9f Redlands Ward
in ('lee'onll' him, and his ~gret tlult be had
not ~he vleli,ure and privilege of Ravillg
Colonel l{(,MlngtOll a8 a I'OIleallue. He
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that th880 publio bodies did R'
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ornameqtatioD' of the New Caversh

might well bl\ e ISPent t\ bit more with good
ad,'antl\.ge.
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Mr. Hud80Q
onded, nnd ihe fl<.'<:ountli
"'ire adopted.
The Vlcar DO 'nnted ?Ir. ButJel' as biB
wartien. Mrt/~1'l~ert wrote re 19uing I the
P98ltion of peo
8 wordl!D, and
pro~
Mr. A. E. SOli ill his place. lIfr. II d80n
8eOOnd d; and t I wns agreed to. Mr
Hudson ]1ro)lO'!8( that the beet than!\' be
sent to Mr. Ollbert lor his put ~,ioee.
Mr. Huggins
jnded, and tbis W88 CIU'·
ried.
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A ehurchvotpu. meeting follo...ed, 1 the
Vicar hliinll ihe .b air.
The ecr()tQl'V-", Mr. Huggin s) pretll\nted
the report of fhe oommirtees_ ,
The follow ina: ere elected as .itlesmen :le 51'. l~ynter. Huggins. Hatberell, Oil·
bert, and }'. But! r.
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The following were eleCted M <lliCh
Council: VicRr I\ild cnra.te Md tbe ch reb""/IJ'd~ns (px-ofliolo). · and MiSil n. I
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1Sunday SCbOOl~) lfrs. Springbett (C.) . . ),
i\lr: Iltelltoe (9 ..B.), Mrs. Steptoe ( irIs'
Ciu!'», . 1is
alIfortl} (visitors),
Mr .
Rowlolld (ohilir), nnd :Mise ReedIor, iMiss
iWl).ite, and i
r5. " GHbert, .Dunins, CRdlil'lIll, an4 PaYI).,ter.
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The. ell':i t'tII n pointed ont . \il&t • he"
stnr~ed 1918 with .. debt of J/24. and e ded
.e6 fo tJla good,
that theJf had obtn.i
a
halance of £SO 0 er the )'eu's' ex
sell.
That inCome m\l8 .Dot onlv be mnint ed
but incrl'ast(\, beC~use at the 18"ft 00 cil
l\Iectinll' they vo ('(\ Dl()re than.,J£'O
tra
in stipend8, lind tbere .... ere "ariou8
er
expensell which D~ at. inpvita.bly tend t . j~
creMe. He wnn~ e"eryone to r
'ee
tbe fact thAt they' hnd to rni~ more m ey.
Speaking of the Will' memoria\. the i(JQJ'
",lid thaI;. the ~u g tion "'a8 mAde' o! ha inll'
n 841a ohapel for week-doJ celA!brat Ol1$,
eto.. He htld writtln to the militAry authoriti
about the co pll'tion of. the eb~rch,
anrl 80 fllr Col. ~nI5h's reply was Ivery
satisfactory.
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ST. PETI:R'S, CAVERS·H~.
MORE CLERICtL •HELP REQUIRED.
The .imual yes r'f meeting in connl'Ction
...ith fh!\ .,~,.i~ qf St. Peter'.. CllvorshBm,
helll lit W~ton Mead on Tue.day '!ven,
iug. Th.. Recior (Rev. R. 8. Stolley M.A.)
prsided. And othqnt pr(!8ent were: Rev. A.
C. S. 8outbga~~ ~ev . W. B. Caldecott, MMe
Radcliffe and Mis E. Rad lift'e, Mc " A.
W. Cartet (rectpr'. wlrden), L. Culle (pcclple's
warden), K t. ICooke (ve irs C)efk~ J.
YO\leM, H . SiinrtloJld F. J. Wick.,
'K.
Dcncon, H. Burton, T. E. Hughes,
J.
Weston, T. II. :K:night, J. H~ Dirre~) A.
Winkworth\ F. ~. lIwrillh~ lind F . . R die.
Mr. Oast e (~op1e'a ",aroen) prc ntt>d the
churehwaroellll' aecoun ,
OlOW
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ceiph £677 4, 4<1., expeaditUre £602 45 . .LO<.f.,
leaving a balance Of £74 10... 6dl Part of tbis
baJanCl6 had .iD~e been exponded, leuirtg- a
balanoo in blind 01 .221 h. 4d.
Tho Rector th.t»~ed The Churchwarden lor
tho work they had done, and tbis the m ting
endoned.
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. The ' ~<'tor reappointed Mr. A: W.
116 hi. w\I'rden, ...hlch WII6 warinly appl.
and ~r. . L. Castle \\'as re·elected Be
l1'ardell
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On the p,1'Op<lIition of Mr. Ca,t1t>, M esr&.
J. H. Birrel4.and J , P. Har~r ,,'ere appo ted
.. auditors. It w.. remaTked th.t Mr. Ku ght.
11'0uld be very mlldl milled 1rom . the pI iah.
M~ E. Radcliffo moved "That the V Itry
appfO\'e of tbe qpsW Atained-«I... m mo·
rIAl window for ·St. John', alia requee~th.
Rector and Warde" to apply for .. hcul ."
TWI wu secof)d~ h1' Mr. T. E.
ell,
al1d carried un&llimOu8ly.
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to
Mr. E. C. CoOko tor l\is servicea as 1e.atr1
clerk. and .. lao propolJed I,ia re'election. What·
ever Mr. Coolee ~d done had been calried
out moet heartily. .
'fhe reaolution" cprdi.lly .clmowlod~6d,
The Rector lIIid at as .. parish they ~ere
"hor"banded in
air cleriw ltaJr.
The
pariwh m.ut be w<:J1ked IIDder oondittona that
...ould make for eJllQienc1'. Thllltl Ihould be a

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lent co~titpt4d,
auJfered for ~e .....t of
a'nother cura~. AI" retlult there "I'U no one
lo d,o the. work ....OII . .t tJt. 10UII. people,
and It was ImJMllliiWe {,or one DllPl to do nerythinI';. 1f tlM!ro .... IIIOre 'work than _ld
be don .. ' IOmethm. mult be ne,lected.
He
thO\Jj{bt it was onl, rirht thaC be, .. Rector,
ahOllld tell them l4i -that the pariah w ..
lU!.ri.lIl1.
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~. OO~OD • for the Jear at tbe PatMh
Clmioll. 8ahee~1 _ u.. &mGUnt of &lJIOQ

laad be_ ~ &Del _t ~ ~ CuI.al
FlUId•• A CIWt' ~ of P"- w.. cll~ to $8.

l!arbh for their ex4eedinC ,..,eJlOliI.)'.
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