Berkshire Chronicle Reading 07-1919

_'......Ull'" i)i\'iaion' of thill AAI!oeiatiOft
The Lord Ii ute ftn ft t

Colo I 1.
lebrook~
M. L . P orte r wpm
co mnlltt t"'fl

divi"HHI

II

ncl

beaam(' t 'n lmaod r.
membership rose to j ",t '>ver
~ io lanllUI')"; 1918, _hen Mr: 1 • .F:.rml't

took ov r the 8eCre~ry8hi~ ;"bieb JlO"t
he bas remnined. and ~rf.or~ rlrcmd,.
IIIlti~ ac1:Q.rily.

Much useful worlr htV! been

done ",1th rt'prd to soldiel'lf' back PIlY, gra·
tu.iti , etc., nnd ma.D)' d6mobi 'Sed men '
hay&- t
n to than.k the Ail8CM;tation for
*lI.eir ..ble
iRtane&. Br:m h
have ~n
lormed. all o~cr the coody. ond th nO DI ,
bers w~ appeu how the ' me • 1'811 ip u'" tt)
lut monu',
~=~: No.1 has club in a. 'lU"i>.hlnll;
~
while , the
are i<rlr mel,.
.1b4 pt'$JIlI
n! 1<l1l&I1, boi
to eeWre Jlew 0
befo~ tat
winter.
membership ilt 870.
Re&ding '0. Il (C4versilam and Readmg
V.~ra ) hope to ' raise. tom ll~t membership (4tO') to ov r 600 ""ith the rebInl
of aernce members dori.. the ~ ' te ..
m,lIth+They ba,-e a li&na, ~
~"' increa.&lill in &t.reagt.h anel
lIQ.
d'"l to the untiring enel'lT of the ..Dd-

.

_steE,llr.
lL Percy.
Win
r ha'l 8M memben.
lub ;

tables.
e.

hey

.nth a ~
full-aislid billiard'

two

poeI!MS

ry numlJen 510, an.d hall an iJlq:air;1

one ' of the main streeta. 1Iihl.eh
doing
VI\....t amount 01 'It' rk. ~ ha"
1I0t yet; been Occellllfnl in obki:Jaiq: premf
a cIab.
M idenh d is altO oCthe o14e8t branches,
~d 1iAa. .. l!OOd ,dub. ney abc> b v.. a.
band and'" fports uotion. Th me
... hlp'
otlca'

nI\lIlbitrs. 462'. _

.

•

• BraekJltlll br neb was' formed in Ma ...,b.
nnd ~w boa~ts 0 a member hip of m.
Ttl y avo a first.rate cl ..b.
Wal 'ngford 1s a woll-orga}lise<l bran ch.
and
01dJ., entertajn.mt'nts, 'wh ist ' .drift!\.
dancell and pam. They bave a 5Plendid
clUb, with a ~ billiard room. ttiid It
bave bovling and tennis gNt'1l8.
EYer:!
membf.r-of ",hion tb~ are ~is attacllell
to the -Rifle Chtb.
,
t
Wantage, which nllIDbem 170. ~~
open
new pr mi
a n club, ana '-"
two
ilIi rd table'), a grllM P~lIO. can!
tabl , etc.
_
Woiingham. al,'I() rnn a aueceealol ~11Ib,
and \h, i-.; IDem berskl11 is 1
" ,
Abi don branch h as .. c b in a ,pn
£10\ ' iog conditi01l . ,Their ,mem bershiJl I ,

150. )
HwagarfOl-d hope shortty , to open . 0

III'W

club......bieb hos been promi cd b.. lbe tow II.
They have 1':> members.
Did ot, with n membersllip of 11 5, hau
been prOlrjj d a club in lhe nea r f.ptar".
t ris forml'd on June stll. and al read,.
is 1 sh'OlIg. They: are T
act ive. anli
have boullht a hilt, which is in the conrS!'
a club.
have a clnb in the r novlltot1;
and it i intended to open it
lnd. ').'h8Y have 7 mllmbent.
Pall\(l"?~'rn!, nd WhitchurdJ. fonned 'o
no club ¥ yet, IMlt a !1/'
66 members. 1 •
B!~~~::~"'bien
'
of the most r
'c,
bl'Ancbes, has, 4G mempprs

*-

0t

1-

oa8

and Sandhurst; {with " me

30, are look~ f~&rd to
a !lhlb. whieh hAl,
n pro .

I'·BI'U1.-nn.

no c
bas yet
members.
The total number ot menVlel"B' was
at th ...
1UDe. sad by thia time p
ably e
_ 5.000.
The number of
membe... in the Reading bra'ncb' alone ftI
thll first fort~ght of JUly is 61.

:::!a0r

,

FEDERA'PIO
OF DISCB~RGED
,
SOLDIERS AND SAILOns.
'rbe ~iIII! Branch oJ the' Fedemtio n 0
Dis ..,-pd and DelllOhilieed ~r8 au
, 0111 W1I8 started in J aD tI&I'Y. ms, 'lfi
, view t" loohn(f oJl8r the iufe1'e6ta 01.
ohtlrpd and demob.i.used men ae
pelJ.!QqM, grUuities, btu:k 'PIIiY, etc. "
first m.eetUt~ WM'9 he)d o."t u.. Mnquis 0
Lotll8 aDd 00n.si«ted of _W'henl about ~
JD.I!IIltbeMJ. From that small mnnbeT th.
bl'llnclt. gl'8W" t.) 23tt memt. ) t Gvembe".

and

JlOW'

numb61'!1 o>'4!r 1,250.

nelS Of an Anmlymolls

d~OT, p

. the kind.

.
in
were- fitted out.. club, Bnd
theso contain billi&rd, card, rMding and
'!J'itiQfl' NId other l'OOI1\6. Ext~lI6iV& Rlu--.
noo. ha.. been oo~. nd if th fuadi
are I'orlheomiDg it ill h~ hortly 1jo .tart
& baod
Milch. u.wfal work has .beeP d
t IIX·~ men by tM fed
tiox..
-and now tnt tIu! rnle6 ha.n been m
to admit officers it is Likely th t the udvi·
ties will be fouther i~d .

CI'08S St

,
t i.ing
lerunt t
time offici .. l
in'" I-cbf'mrte~t agnin~t
chit~t for t
o. I, Eq
c ' ion mu.t
np"ly iqg for

>rlbJhty of

bon .... ith our
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