Reading Observer 04-1916

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CONTENTS OF THE PAPER.
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AnDouncement.

Oftleial Notto...

Borough
Se!l9 ons were held at the
House on Fr day before the Recorder Mr
A
Sookes The lUlt eea present were \ Tb~
Mayor (Mr L
Sutton) Mr E J ""kson Mr
Page 3 W Boulton Mrj A W Webb Dr J B Hurr~
Easter Vestr ea
Mr
R JacK,on Mr W H Sm th Mr J !
iIOOad Dg Chamber or Commerce
Catley Mr E 0 Farrer and Mr M H F Sut.!Pincbampst..eed Fa t-al t,..
ton a.nd Mr E W Ridley
Daath of Miss CoITlli
THE IBELGIAN S HORSE
Page" Tho CD.se of
mare belong ng to J ean. SOlman:
Property
and
Want.
AdYertlMmenta,
c reus propl'lctor was agam brought up It:v II
Not Gea of Meet nc" eto
00 TeFembercd hat the owner of tho borso was
Pa.Jte 5 cony ftcd of cruelty to the an mal and t
.Lead Dg Artl<}e _
orde ~ to be destroyed Mi" 01 ver D XOD how
The Secret SeE.s on
ever I ndertook to nurEe the horse frcG of charge
~o~ and COnunen~
and t e ma.tter was adjourned
Loeal Pa.ra.gro.ph.Q
Mr T Sta n on a. vetennary aurgeon reported
&uth Beru Hunt
that the marc bad made encourag ng progress and

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EASTER AT THE CHURCHES

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County Tbea.l:ro
3-hUl t wns Tribuna.l
'RcTks Appool Tl,bunal
.l'ootba.1I Latest
PaJa.ce Theatre

Page 6 B18hop of Oxford 8-t the PaIao..
Death u dar Operat on
Ga.rdoners Assoc a.t aD
Read oS' Roan! of Guard &NIl
Jew!! and t he r CuatOIIl5 (Be Dlam n B${.l.8,
\Vomen It 'York
The Case of Mr Orammer

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Poo&ba1l

Bowls

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Tradesmen 8 CoIlia on
Ch...
Wargra.Te
Morti.mt.r
T lehu.rst :Newe

Finohamprt-ead

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Page 8 Quarter SessIOn.
' Vok: ngham Ca~eraham ADd other D
News
Lat-e Ad"e;t eme»,ta
B rLh tl Yarnage.! ILnd DefLtftA

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LATE ADVERTISEMENTS
('be fa ow nS' n.d ert sement!! were rece "eel ~o late
to &pp<;a.r Jl the u8u!l1 columna All ad ..ert liP.ments otrmded flJr the column. In wh ch a.n
nou n e n enb ra c ass lied muat be banded n &.t.
ou Offices before mirJ-da.y on Fr'da.ya

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T.1REE - SE\\r.'<G ?LleHINE LIST ll"V ng ' n
..1:" IiO uct on bow to wo k a !makes of Sew bg
Macb.ines
te !'l kept

00.00 aga n the veat festIval of Easter WB.!
shered n w th an early poa. ()n the bells at t.he
Pa.r sh Church pr or to the fiI'3t eillebrat on of
Hglv Commun on a.t 6 a clock There were celc
bra t ons a.lso at 7, r 8 and a.fter mat n s a.nd all
ve e as u sua lnrgely attended
lho V car was
nas sted b V the Rev A. C South~ate
Spe a.l
no few weeks ago was 80 nd but had now some mUI; c at the ] 1 a d ocl( 8erv co nelude 1 K ng H II 8
lameness wb ch he sugges t ed n gh t have been Te Deum n B fla.t and n t.he eve
g the anthem
c~used by rubbmg nga. st a box
The 0.1 rnaJ
rhe lord Omn potent (Ad m,)
The V car'
vo 11:1. be Taluable 3.8 a brood mare and bo vas I'Ictmon m the morn ng was baacd on tbe wordti
:; II ng h msel£ t o purchase t for £l5 to £20 and
Psa.lmxcv l O c o e let ssn~ untothe
would g ve an unden.ak ng thut t should not bc I nrd
At St John s there were celebralons at
worked unless n a fit state.
6 30 B a.nd 9 30 (ch ldren!! w th the !:Sua 1 0 al
Mr G P Male 1\1 ReV S r eported that the eucha I' st at 11
The Rev Mr Allen offic atcd
mn.re was 8t I lame n.ml n h S op n on m em able I At St Andrew 8 the celebrat ons were at 7 8 and
The Recorder sa d be would not let the ma.re
10 (choral) w th I tany at 9 45 ch Idren s l'ICl"\: ce
back nto Sosmn.n S pOMess on
at 3 m at ns at 11 15 and evensong at 6 30 A I
Mr Sta nton .a d he was w II ng to keep t be t h,e churches were n celv decorn.ted WIth u. v.: ealth
mare free of cost and mennwh Ie to n cgot ate w t11 of 1 I es etc 8.s befitted the fest val
Sosman as to t9 purchQ8e
The Recorder aceordmgly a.d)oumed the case
PI EASANT SUNDAY AFTEBNO@N
uga. n till tJ:te next Bess ons
Anruvenarv serv ees were beld on Sunda", at
.,.RMY STORES
Lower Caversham Wesleyan Church a nd on MOll
WIll am Hambleton agcd 40 & .old er was day an enterttL nment was g ven n the schno ~om
charged Wlth atWmg 14lbs 70z of bacon lro~ At the Sundav mommg servtce Pa.stor Stock ng
the Pioneer Depot at Read ng on .Much 30th
1 cond ct ed a.nd n the even ng Pastor Elph ck In
He pleaded nut guilty and was represcnted by the afternoon Bro R cknrd took tl e cha I' and
Mr
ort W II am.
solos were rendered by Mrs Bennett
The Rev
Mr ThumaI'! appeared to prosecute
A Pr ce Hngbe C'RVC an address on Prove bg
11 0 ev den ce l or the prosecut on (our
Snec 8.1 anthelll3 were given bv the cho r A (u 1
w I remember) ~as that p soner 'Was lleen
progr rome was presentpd on Mond av even ng It
Holland a.nd Alfred B ~ ker attendants at
:;! of a. v~ ed character and
nd dcd R. m seal
Palace Theatre to come out of the I tcher s
l'i ketcb Ow'itig to nd poo: t. on <
M rs R cka.rd wns
OppOIl te Mil ta~e & brown paper pa eel across
una.ble to be present nnd her part m the sketch
ro",d n the d r eet on of the p L The pal cd
was t.aken by Mrg Pnn t s
rhere was Q ar ge
found n t ho p t bar
n I e ce and ronny encores and the e.ke ch p a
D C H enderson sa d hat h e saw pnsone
k ed m ch a. ghter P or to t he entertn nm ent
gether w t h S mD er (th p t bar a.ttenda.nt) S m the e was a tea be wh ch 80 srtt do rn and nUo
ner fill d
The:r have got that parcel you g ve gether tho whole of the proceed n g!:l were of an
n e th s mom g
P soner made no rerlv b L enjoyable charn.cter
The follow ng contr buted
nked hLS eyc a.t Sumner a.nd shook h 9 head til tue programme -P anofort.e 8010 M s P
Wben charged pr soner 8R. d I d dn t Q" ve t to llen tt
sontrg Mr P Jnnes 'Mr R Rurket
h m h e s sav ng that to sh eld h mself I v;as h ~oro s) M ss Jerrold and Mr H R ckard
not the nne who gave h m the bacon
P soner b or ona)
humorous rec t at on :Mr B New
• vC ev de ce durmg the CRse aga D9t Sumner and p rt
m an dol n solo Min B ~1ns cornet so 0
s 1 I gave t he b on t o Sumner to tn.ke cha ge Mr T Dawson {' anoforte 8010 M S8 Ina. New
of for me wb Ie I went to the Foresters to get port In the rllU~ cal sketch
The H gb Street
a dr nk and when I ret m ed he was gone
Mvsterv
the pa.rts w ere e sta ned as follow Orns!! exnm ncn H e sa d t wal'! bacon wh ch he J ohn Tbor.:::p!'!on a. d Tom Johnson (old school
was tak 'it to tlie cookhouse
mat.t'!s and bach Ion) M essrs F H R ckard alld
Sefit Hambleton g vmg endenee ""d he had H H Newport Pr sc 10. (an old m d 6 ster Rnd
I'!een a.ct ve servlCe, nnd w tU! discharged WIth 8. pe
housekeeper to Thomllson) Mrs P nt B George
& on of 2s. 3d
& d",y
H 8 chamcter from the (ne'[lhe v to Thomps01-' ) Mr C Roeck~r
Barry
Annv W:l.S exemplaIJ N~char)lo of a. y kind hn.d IInsb manservan t to") lhompson) !vIr G B nnett
ever been made aga. nst b m He went across to 'lhe dut es of p an ~t were undertaken by :M: ss
tbe litore w th two cooks carry ng a. bath
I'Wo Phyll s Bennett
p eces of bacon would not go n the bath so he
wrapped them p mt.end ng to bnng them ov('r
h roself He went t{) the p t bar to speak to Sumner
about a b cycle '\\h ch Sumner s met mc!! lent h m
EASTER 8ERVIOFl'I
Sumner was t~ ng to another man so WItneS!!
ga.ve\h m the l'Krcc] to take care of wh fl be vent
to the
Fore!>ter!l to get a ill nk nt.end ng t.o
spe k to Sumner on h ~ cturn Du llll."o the whole
of the t me he 1 ad h ad the kev of t h,. s tores noth
g ha.d boo m ssed ron tho stores u der h s con

Mach ne Need ell of every known P&~

n "SVlck
Scnd add e!lS ~d post-c.a d
n Y Ba. c you ho l'3 of worry - Fortesc eo Bros
J t \ 1 West Street Read ng

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Wei re .. ret to lelLrn tI at Pr vate Maur co De ne

youu;est &on of Mr and Mrs W Den.ne Embrook
hu 1)oon wo nd6d by Iihrn.puiI: n the egs
P tc
Deane an old 5t P a ul k cho rboy was very popu
Jar a.t home before the war aDd much ayIUpn by
both
h ill..:'~D"e 8

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DRILL CLASSES
By the patr at 15m of Mr

IT C My D6 and 1fr
Brad e a. olaaa of dr n nat uct on has beea
rangeid and held n the

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WHEELS
75 6d complete '" th Eadie COaBter 17s
'W t.b
FA.t:1 e t.wo speed 2,,'\s w th Sturmer Arcl et'
three speed 28s
Send Cor Pr oe L 8t -For te cue
Brofl Ltd 1 West Street Read Dg

Captlt n Ross gave Hambleton a good character
Pr Boner was acqu tted

KIDMORE END
PAR1SH COUNCIL

TWYFORD"

Th$ annual Par sh CounC1.l meet

The .4genb6 fa the R em U a" ObMrver at Twyford
Are J W CHURCH NAwl&gflnt etc Stat on
road M'ElMrs WYMAN and SONS Railw&1 st.a.
tion Bookstall e.r.d MessnJ W H SMITH and
SONS 1 Sta n ond

FOOTBAlL.
p fl.yed on Monday

8.t 8t&nlake Park
a.nd rebllitoo n awn for Twyford by n ne goals
to one

OONGREGATJONAL SOCIAL GUILD
.A t&CTed conoert W8.6 g'lven by tb~ glC$ party
n the Schoolroom on Wednesd.y n last W~)
a.nd e;oD..8 sted of qua.rtet.Lel! tr 0 5 a.nd .pees wh C
';I;(lre well rendered Mrs RichardlSon Mrs V go
!-[ 55 P OUlter a.nd Afr Lee sang and M 88 Ado.
Clatwort..by Tee ted
The Rev C Morga.n pre
• ded Tb e: WiI.i t he 1ast ODe of the eees on wh ch
hu been a groat eucce6S

GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER IIER'VICEB

The SBJ''\" oes on Good Fr day andJ1Ba.&ter Sund8.~
at t lie Par sb Cbu!'Ch were on the wbo e
attended.. On Easter Da.y H oly Commun on was
celebrated at 6 30 a. m 8 a clook (cbora.l) &rid &.fter
the morn ng sernoe The V car tbe Rev R W
B A.cwo tli offie ated at all the ~rv}(:ee
The
olOll(!ct. on s on Easter Day were d v de<! betw~en
the Br t sh French and lWsa an &!d Crosil
30c at e8
The 8 ngm... WM good and br .,ht
throughout the day M 98 M 5 i mmonds pres ded.
d.t the organ The r ngers on the eve of East.er
and on Er...stcr Day re.ng some good touches on the

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P A,RISH COUNCIL
The a.nnual Par sh CollOC I meet ng was held on
Tuesday n last week
present
Mesus LI
Trench er J S mmonds F W Napper R. Prank
I n and A W Brooker WIth tbe Clerk Mr J
Cook Mr L 'l'reacher was unan maus ~ e ected
cha rman and Mr W J S mmonds v ce-cha rman for t he enm ng yeal'
Mr L N BaJd""n
? nd 'Mr J Conll tt were appo nted overseers Th()
Counc 1 d !;cussed seven1 matters t'ilspecl ng re
p:1" s a street lamps vacuum t&nk Ilheet t&rr ng
and water ng and a precept was drawn on the
o erseers for £25 A sta.tement of IlCCOuntil pre
~e D ted and passed by the Bud tor W84 read by the
.... ha nltn
Mr J Cook Wa.$ re-elected clerk to
the Counc I a.nd us stant ovcraoerr

DEiTH OF LIEUT DAVIS
I t I'! w th much regret tblkl; we announoe the
death of Second L eut Antony Hugh Da.TUl wbo
renorted, to hav-e Qed from wounds reo6wed
n the fitrh L ng
n Meaopota.m a
Hr Hugh
Dav $ was 8. Twyford man horn n the v I age and
wa.s the youngest SOn of the late Mr Lawrence
Dav s of M I House Ilnd of Mrs Dav I He WAS
educawd at Chelte nh am and was a good &11 round
athlete
Soon a.fter t.he oommeneement of tl1e
wa.r bo en L8ted n t he Publ c School CorpI'! &nd
. !te some months reee ved a COlDlDl8S on m t.he
Dxford and Bucks Light Infantry
He marT cd
Mabe the da. hter of Mr 3.nd MY'll Ba.tten of
Read ng
The great-est sympathy s fe1t for h s
wlfe mother aDd all the other members of the
f.m 1,. A memor al eerVl06 wa.s beld on Thu~y
afternoon n last week n the Par sh Church A
gaCJd. number of peo!)le were pt'esent be!; detl roem
bers of the fElm ly The r;:f!nr 00 was conducted by
t he Rev R W H A-cworth (V car)
A Un on
J ack waa draped over the Litany desk upon
wh ch some wreaths were p. a.ced
A be. f muffled
pen.! wu rung upon the bells preVIous to the ser
TJC'6
The lIel'V 00 was chorfl.l
M 53 S mmonde
12.!0II ded a.t the or &n &nd played the Dead March
The Laat Poost was BOunded by some buglers of tbe
deoeawd s r eg' meut

held at

EASTER VESTRY

The Easter Vestry was held n the Church VeS
try o n Tuesda.y morn ng the Rector pre81d ng
The a.cco n.s up to Easter were pt"eS4'lcted and
shcrwoo & defi. c t of over £10 Me!;st'S D M Dav es
and H B atcli wero r C--f!Ie<:ted. ehu chwardens
and Measrs C Rnd E Blft.t ch J Forrester a. d
P Wal£ord s d!!smen A Ten cr of Ohurch pro
THREE GREAT GIl!T S~Llli
p erty bas been proepa.red by t.he RectoI' and t
the three great g ft was Tf!solved to:fix n U e church pOTCh n. sca.le or
fees cha.rgeable for man ages and b r 11.15
nf All as Fund
Cr088 Fund a.nd
to be held n the
Ha.U "Wail ng
and "ednesday next

A ma.kh between TWyford Jun 0f'8 and Hurs

J U lUOrs W8.8

Ill;" l ' Q

the Church
Room
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There
waro prce
en t onMessrs
d ck AUwr ght and Cn. s Mr
ste.,en and Mr Fred PaM ck
man a.nd v cc-cba rman
and Mr v.; I am Chown
oveneeTfl for the poor

THREE C-'ltEA1: ,,1FT SA t.F,s
Do not forgr.t
u hree grea.t gift galel!
Cattle Market all Town Hall Rend n$l t c..Qay
(Saturday
bond lt1: day and W('-ullQ~ay next
Proooeds for the Agricul IT;), Th::lief of A I es F !l t
the Meat and All ed. Trades Red Cr0l!l8 Fll"nrl A. d
the Royal Bt1rkshi~ H()fip tal
See offie al adver
t scment

EYE AND DUNSDEN

FOOTBALL

On Fnday &ftem60u HUN!t. Jnn on pla.yed Bear
Wood Jnn aT! and were defea.ted ~ fieven goaJs to
PARISH COUNOIL
Monda'!. they opposed 'l'wyford "Jun on
'fhe ILlInual p"rish Co oc 1 meet ng ....as held a.t. four
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the Ha.
Bonrung Common on Wednesda.y April and lo't iby 9 to
19th.. There weN) present Me&rs W L SauD.
de.. J PO'U.n<l 0 Cox A H W'6~ T Cant!
EASTER AT THE CHURCH
Jun a..nd F H. Stannard If.essTS w , L. Saun
An early peal by the rmgera UlIhered 10 the
den and John Pound were Un&n moully re-elected
chll. rman and vlCe~ha.trman respect vely for the Easter Fest val ILIld 88 t was a180 St George s
cnsu ng year and Messrs Wa.lter Ford and ThomRs Day the fla.g of 8t George floa.ted from the Church
Amongst the beautiful decora.tlonll m the
Cane \ n overseers for the p001"
Messns A tower
H "e la and T Cane
un
were a.ppo nted church were many ~ce rosell There were three
managers for tbe Pla.y Hatch al otment.s tb@ cclebrat ons of Holy ommnmon at 7 8 a.nd noon
Jfl.t£er baing d@pt1f..ed to nct unL 1 the return of At tho 11 a clock
oe the kyrie was tha.t of
Mr A . . Ma.skell who s obro:a.d on active serVioo HopkinS The usua.l Easter hymns were flUng and
]Iel3S1"S John Pound and Wa.lter Fitch were also
there were processIOns The Vicar preached n
appo nted. trustees for the poers la.nd allotments the mornmg and the Rev J W II ams m the
A cheque was dra.wn to meet a.ocount& amount ng evenmg :l\-lr A. Dav18 was at the organ
o £1 128 lld Tbe quest o~ of the stilea on the
foot,.~h lead ng to the Boon ng Common achoOl
was Lrought to the Coune s not ~ by Mr Cox
EASTER VESTRY
and t W'08 declded. to &ppo nt & snb-oomm ttee
Th 'II Was held at noon on Monday the V car
consUlt ng of Mel'!~n Pound Cox and 8t&nDard preslding Mr Harcourt J Roe the VIcar I'! war
to eone der what repairs are necessary a.nd to hlLve aen ho.vmg reluctantly felt compelled to reB gn
t e work earl' eel out
Me&8Il1 We 11'! Can$ &lid
the Chalrman I;":ve abort r eports on the vanom the VIcar expressed h! grateful thanks for t~e
chlLr t ea of wh ch they are trustees for the n servIceS rendered by h m dunng the past five yea.rs
and appomted Mr Ernest Bowyer .f'S h s warden
format on of the Council
dunng tb,.e com ng year
Mr John White was
ttnan mOUldy re--elect~ pansb warden and the 101
lOWIng cho!en &8 s deslnen MeSBr8 T Barcus R

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Our .tIIn • .,d workroom l.dUtlcl
.rc BUch th.t they caD com
~'-eto (wben nece ....r:t:)

MOURNING

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B gga J Chalker b ann' B Stafford T
Tncker H Walden W West J Webb and Jos
The churchwa.rdens a.cconnts Ibowed a
the White

EASTER VESTlIIY
The Easter Veltry meetJng
held lD
Pari3h. 1E1L1l on Monday morn ng The V 0&1" th.
Rev d ~ W&ylen waa n the chalr S r Walter
Ph 11 Dlore and Mr E Doble were re-elected
churcnwardens afber S r W alLer bad cxp a. ned th&t
he w ,bed Mr Dewell to act e.-' b Ii deputy when
he CQ,ldd nq.t be present
Messrs Ne gboour
H stead Nlc1iolson Townsend and Dewes were
a.ppo nted s c esmen
The an,nual balanc6 sheet
was reid and adopted It showed a. SI,t .sfactory
be.lan06 n band
Mr Mardon en. cd I\ttent on to
the 1'C60luuonl passed at the Easter Vestr es he d
n 1910 and 1914 ro the ere e;t on of 8. cstry tbe
restOTat on of the s de cha.pel and the proper ve n
t lat on a.ud wa.rm ng of the church and sa d be
thought Lbo work sho ld be caITlOO out 88 e.
m mar al to thotle from t.hat par sb wbo had fal en
n the 'f8.1' a.n.i to those wbo were serv ng tbe l'
countr-v' l He very generously Offered to he ed the
I st of s:aboonpt ons for the work w th 0. donat on
of £lOQ for e.ach of h s two sons who were too
young to JO n the Forces of tho Crown After
lengthy d amISS on It was dec ded tllat &
.bould be ar,ph-ed for a.t (lnce for the work
that a c r Il' ar should be drawn up expl& n ng
matter n.nd ask ng for suoocnpt onl and sUPpollt,
t be ng unden tood tba.t the work would not be
carr ed out t 1 after the cone us on of the war

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WItlST DRIVE
A wh It dr'Ve took place n Southend School on
Elt8ter Monday th~ proceeds of which ILre to be
en to the local Red Cross WOl'k: ng ~rty
A Poulter and C Phill p. mado a11 ' the
Ilr aogements and tho former acted a8 M C
The
p oceed8 are est mated to amount to over £5 'l"he
pr zew nners 'Were as foHow -Lad es 1 M Ss
Roh n80Â¥: 2 Mrs G Woo ford m yste y Mrs C
Sm t h 1Gentfemen
Mr S Chapma n 2 AIr H
Perry mystery Hr G Woolford

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with'" 3. houra notice

MONDAY -Before the Ma.yor (Mr B

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C lfylne)

DRUNKENNESS
J .....'" Stuarl of the A S 0 charged with he ng
drunk n tbe Rectory road \Vok ngham on Sun
dlLY pleaded gu ty - P C F'ost4lr stated bh& faets
Ho aft. d he fo nd pI'ls<)De r e.t 9 p Dl In the. road
drunk -Jr ned 5s

WEDNr:BDAY - Before Mr H C Yylne ""d My
E M StUI' es

YESTRY

favourable balance o( aorne £24
Moot on be ng
made ta the BUcce!! of he free will offenng scheme
the V ca.r touched upon work wh ch would oe
needed m the churchyard A mbscnpt all I st was
thereupon started and some £5 prom sed
The
meet ng closed WIth thanb from the V car and
Parish W lU'den to all who had ass sted n t h l} 'fork
of the church. The Vicar also expreflsed b B thanks
to the churchwardena for placmg at h s di/5poeal the
collect ODS on Easter Day

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MEETINGS

CM!~DUN ~OLDIEru!

The al1nual vestry meet ng for the ano ent paT fib
of Wokmgham was held on Tuesday even n'" n
the Town Hall
'rbe RootoT (the Rev B Long
pres ded and tho attenda.nce wa.s small
Mr J H Byard (derk) read the not ce conven
nl the meeting and proved due publ Cf\.t on
The accounts were preeenWd and passed
The Rtootor read a. letter he had reoe ved from
Mr S 8 MeJ.V'llle n wh ch that gen lernan Sa d
bhat oWlng to advano ng yean he was not desU'o !I
of 8eE'k Df re-e eel; on as cburchwarden for the
Berks div II on a poet he had fi lad for the past
t wenty weare
Tho Cha nna.n expressed regret
tha.t t.hel par fih was Ice ng fTom f~1 nil' health one
whom at looked upon as a.n ea nest and devout
CONCERT
Chnst an a.a well as a nne ad En ... 1 ali gentleman
On Gbod Fr day the ann veuary meet ng "faa
!\ vote 0/ condolence COUpled w th tbe gratetu
held in the Wesleya.n Schoo room followed bl. a th a.nks of the Vestrv f or h s long sen ce )Vas
tlacred. concert
The Rev' Mr Musson presided passed to Mr Me V1lle
tI e
at the ~onoort a.nd SODP and ree tat ons were
J..lr E A Hu~y_ for the tmm fl.nd M'r H C
Ml8S QodWLD waa the accompan st
Mylne
the Wilts D 'V18 on were re-i!lected
ehurchwardena and each thanked the Vestry fJ'r
the renewed confidence ehOwll A tbilm
VD3TRY MEETING
Mr H A Hammond who haa as 6 desml\n for
The East-er Ves~r'y meet ng wa.s held on Tuesday
even n~ the ~v G F Coler dge (V car) pres d· AOveral yean! lay readt'!'t n.nd 8.ltar a.t tend8.nt n. so
n
connC<ft on w th the C EMS served tho plLr h
m!;"
T.ne churehwa.rdens presented thr r accounts
The Vicar elected Mr R C Deane as h 8 warden and church w th the utmost de at on was ap
n SUooe8ll on to Mr Me v leer. acb
and Colonel H nde W8.S elec:bed r,o.p1o s warden po nted
Thil ooe8tnen were aU re-e ected
The V car an WR den for the Be ks d v s on
The
Vestry
then d scussed thG tev 8 on of fee
nounood that the total of the East:er oft'er Dgs
Wa..<! £89 lOs
&id and he des red to the.nk the and I; was dec ded that 8. n on n&l cha rge of l s
be made Ifor add t. ona.l I.Ilscr pt onl'! on or nlstora
par sh oners s ncerely for the r g ft
t on of .. tombstone
On tbe: propos t on of Mr F' N A Garry L
PAJI.IBH OOUNCIL
was resolVed to cbarge the lium of £1 Is fa
A meehng of the Par sb Council was held n pac ng a. monument w tb n the 9hurch the 8arrne
the Schools aD Wedne.d~';1 n laat I week
Thoe fce 8.S s n~w pa d for II. a m lar memor al n tbe
members present were b!.eSBrs E A Upcott S churchyard
Youlden W C Portehmoutb J W Uoughby
Johll8 H E. Ifould P Y S!:tea.r C Lov"lek
J Pa.1'Sons a.nd H Wa.tts (clerk)
Mr E A
17M elected ehlllrm&n for the ensu ng y~r
S J Youlden &8 v ce-cha. nnan
The
vn.r ous co nm ttees were elected
The 0 ersee a
aro Messr s Ifould H Ovl¥' ]un a.nd W J r Elr
sona
The add t ana represent3.t ve trustee for
B ann ster schar ty 18 Mr iF Y Spear

CROWTHORNE

fat

IN TROUBLE

Robert. Hunter a.nd George W I am Baro d Ebboson convalescent Canadi an 110 d.iers pleaded
go Ity to be ng drunk and disorder'1 n Denma.rk
street Wok ngham on Tuesday - Ev dence was
g ven by P C Ba.rnett },Ir West..on Marl n a.nd
C Townsend tl spec a cons tab e as to the p
soners be ng dr ok swear ng &nd acl.lng n a. d 8
orderly manner
W th severo.l other sold ers they
were shout ng a.nd swgu g
They refused to leave
when reque-st.cd by the constable -Both pleaded
not gui ty to '" furlher charge of ~&U t ng P C
Barnett who d eposed that B nter kicked h m on
tho th gh and Ebboson struok h m on the I3houlde
and ches ~ - Hl.an t.er pleaded n ot gw1ty to an a.sSIlU t
on Weston l\f rt n -Prosecutor a.
r~
s d ng at 39 D en mark street sa d
o e oclr prlSOnor was n h 8 shall
w fa was us ng bad langua.ge
h ill to Jea.ve
H e refu cd fl.nd on
he should

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BIRTHS

MOSS -<>n Saturday Aprtl Zlnd .t
haugh
Nortboonrt-avenu'6 Rea.d ~.;>
a.nd Mn A Ham Iton M.066 (Maud !d ,
a daughter (Mil goret)

MARRIAGES
TALBOT-BRO.A.D\\AY - On Apr! 23m

G~ e9 Ohurch
by t.be ReT F J C
</y r- I Carr 2nd Lteut Ra.mpsh re nl':"t
est 80n of the lat& J W Talbot GO C
eolnl'! Inn and 53 Clarend qn r oad To
the Ia.ie Mrs Talbot to Fra nces e I
of M.r and Mrs A fred Drnadway of 2
square Read ng By I cenae

0

DEATHS
BARtrON -On ~ter Mond ..,.. Ap I .,.~ h n
40 daya El Z8;'bOth E1 en w dOVi of A f! t
ton (late of W eElt Em nl;r s d Co
Interment n CoJ1lhlUll Churc.by
BUTLER -On Apr I 22nd at
Can er wn
T lehu1'5l-road Read ng Ann fl B I! 15 1.1
daughter of tbtl late Edward But
of
Mary 11 Butts Read ng aged 77 yAll
WOODESON -On Saturda
!\.p
22 d
Henrv Woode.on of Ceda.r V 1 aT e
h s 79th yea.r
c

IN MEMORIAM

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WHIST DThlVE
A very successful whlst dr va: ..... 8.4

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E~GCOCK,
MOURNING WAREHOUs8
64 BR.OAD STREEl

READING

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