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78
H E A D IN G
O F F IC IA L
D IK E C T O B Y .
Guild of the B rave P oor Things (R eadin g Branch), 171, F riar S treet,
R ea d in g.â E stablish ed for th e prom otion o f socia l in tercou rse
b etw een crip p le d and blin d fo lk o f all ages and sexes, and fou n d ed
upon M rs. J. H. E w in g âs b ook â A S to ry o f a Sh ort L ife. â E n tirely
undenom inational. F ou nder : M rs. C. W. Kimmins ; L oca l P re sid e n t
and Hon. T reasurer, R ev . R . H art-D avis ; Hon. Secs., M iss H. Y. HartD avis, The R id g e F ield , Caversham and M iss Tims, L ock Y iew , Tham es
Side. M eetin g s e v e ry F rid ay from O cto b e r to M ay, 4-30 to 6-30 p.m.
Reading P oor Children Holidaij Fund,â Form ed to p ro v id e free
holidays and cam ps in th e cou n try (from ten to fou rteen days), to th e
poor ch ild ren o f R ea din g. In many cases boots and c lo th in g are
p rov id ed in ad dition. S u pported en tirely by volun tary con trib u tion s.
A v e ra g e atten d an ce at th e cam ps 700 ch ildren . P residen t, Lady
R ea d in g o f E rleigh ; Y ice-P resid en t, L ieut.-C ol. L eslie W ilson , C.M.G.,
D.S.O., M .P , ; Sec., A. W. A. W ebb, 191 W okingham Road.
English Church Union. â P residen t, The V iscou n t H alifax. The
Union con sists o f com m unicants on ly, and in clu d es 35 Bishops and
about 4,000 oth er c le rg y , and about 33,000 laity. The South B erks
D istrict Union in clu des th e B ranches o f R ea d in g, M aiden h ead,
W indsor, N ew bury and H enley. P residen t, th e R ev . Canon A. H.
Drummond, B oyne H ill, M aidenhead. Hon. S ecreta ry and T reasu rer,
R ev. E. H. P. Carter, 37 A lexa n d er R oad, R ea din g.
A n n iversary
usually in th e month o f July.
G ospel M ission W ork, R ea d in g and surrounding villa ges. Supported
b y v olu n ta ry con trib u tion s. M ission er, M r. R . Jones, 16 London St.
Reading Shelter fo r Girls, 41 R u ssell S treet, in con n ection w ith th e
O xford D iocesan A ssociation for R escu e and P reven tiv e W ork, u n d er
the P resid en cy o f th e Bishop o f O xford. The Hon. L oca l S ecreta ry
is M rs. B artholom ew , Park House, R e a d in g ; Hon. Treasu rer, H.
Goodman, Esq.. Tow n Hall Cham bers, R eading. R e s cu e W orker and
L ady-in -chargo o f th e Sh elter, M iss Humphries, 41, R u ssell S treet,
R ea din g.
Reading R efuge and Laundry Home.
O pen day and n igh t f o r
frien d less and fallen g irls, o r b y a p p lica tion to th e S u perin ten dan t,
M iss W hite, 60 Q ueenâs R oad.
P.S.A. BROTHERHOOD.
The B rotherhood m ovem ent is open to all men and w om en
ov e r 16 y ears o f age. Its govern m en t is d e m o c r a tic /e v e r y ofiicdr
bein g chosen b y b a llo t on ce in six months. Its o b je c t is to p rov id e
a religiou s s e r v ice o f a b rig h t and a ttra ctiv e ch a ra cter for th ose
w ho, although ou tside all the Churches, y e t realize that â man d o e s
not liv e b y bread alone.â It is n on -p olitical and unsectarian. It
has a b ook fund, in co n n e ctio n w ith w h ich several thousand volum es
are annually distribu ted .
Broad S treet B rotherhood, Broad S treet C on gregational Church
w as orig in a ted b y th e R e v . R . H. Sew ell, B .A ., i n February, 1892.
B egin ning w ith 80 mem bers, it has sin ce grow n to ov er 600. Its
m eetin gs are h eld in Broad S treet Chapel ev ery Sunday aftern oon ,
from 3.30 to 4.30. A featu re of th e S o cie ty is th eir M ale V o ice Choir.
P residen t, M r. C. S. Sm ith ; organist, M r. H erbert H arvey ; m usical