Reading Observer 04-1916

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Chamber Q/ Commeree
Fatality
Miso Oohill.

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'YOUR SEED~ FOR

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faet

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iTTHE ClriJReHESEa!ur
the ~at feetiv&l

of Keelincs tlto

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~.te';m"'Y aurgeon, repo~d
made encouragmg progress a.nd
ago was soun;d, but had now (lome
whlcn. he !lnKwted mIght ha.vo been
rubbmg ag&ml!J.t a box The o.ruma.l
T&lua.ble as a brood mare, &nd he was
to _purchase It for £15 to 1:l20 and
UDde~king that ,t ahoul~ not he
- ,••" . , -....... In a. fit state

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The Lord Ommpotent '(Adam.)
the V lCU •
sennon In the Dtommg was based on Ithe word.il
m Psa.lm xcv, :1. ' 0 come, let UII gm~unto the

At St John e t~re were celep tlons at

Bette)

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Soaman as to Jb purcbMe

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( EstabliShed)
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~ ATlliITrro-DruANCE

Oatalogues Gra.W

Wllha.m. Ha.Jn~letop, ~ 40, &. soldler, was
chlirgJd Wlth steiiling 141bs 7ot: of bacon trom
n
the
Depot
at Rea:9i
HePioneer
ple~ed
not guilt,..,
andg on
w:aaMarch
rcpreacnted by

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Mr Lort Wllhams

~Oth

Mr ~ Thomal!l appcared t01prosecute
TJi,B' eVIdence for tho {lrosecutlOn (our readers
Will remember) was tha.t pnsoner was seen by Rose
Holland a.nd Allred B aker l attendants at the
Pa.lace Thea.tre. to come out of the butcher s shop
OppOIM and take a brown pa.per pa.roel aero!. the
road 10 the dll'ectJOn of the Pit The prucel was
found IlD th& plt Oar
D C Henderson s:ud that he saw pnsoner to
gether With Sumner (the pit bar attendant) Slim
ncr swd,
Tpey have got tha.t parecl you gave
me th~s mornmg ' Prisoner made no re'ply but
wmked h18 eye at Sumner and shook hiS head
When Icharged pTlsoner saId, 1 I dIdo t jV.ve It to
him he IS savmgl that to shield illroself I 'W'as
not the one who gave him the bacon" Prlsoner
grtve eV1dence dun~g tbe case agalDst Sumner, a.nd
saId f~ I ga\e the oa.con to Sumner to take charge
of fQr me whIle I jwent to the ForcateI'!! to get
a. drink, and when I retnrned. he was gone
Cross-exammen He Bald It was bacon whIch he
tbe cookhouse

servtoes were held In the churches
of war ann other mterceS.llIOn
bours mc(iIte..tlon was con
StOlle Pr nCipal of
.a.nd In Lhe even ng & Ian
as uSllal 1n thQ Dnll Hall
Rose-street members of
chOir gave a.n effective
From Ma.nger to Oross
Wlt.h Howers a.nd Easter
nnd the l!IervJC6S wore ebeerlul n
The anthem a.t All SalDt.s was 'He
(Elvy) and a.t St Paul s
Awake up
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The servIce" at each
nUmerous and Included severa.l ea.rJy
of the Holy CoJnmuDlon

Dot

(Saturd&y)

..nd Mouaay .. nd

Wedll~a.1

next
Prooeeda for the Agricultural Rehef of AlheR ¥ .lOcf
tho Heat !Iond Allied Trades' Red Cross J\mn a.Da
the Royal BerkBbtre H06Pltal
See offiCial adver
ttaement.

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C and E BlfLtch ;r ForreSter and
sidesmen A Terrier of Oburch pro-

Pl"'P.red hy the R>.cto" and It

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ttl the Mmch porch .. aca.le 91
for marriages &nd but'1&ta

The

Prooch and RuS&laD. Red eros.
81ngmg wa.a gOod and brl&'ht

da.y - Mil. Y Sim.mOllda pt'Ollided
The nngel"ll on the eve ~ :Ea.ater
Day re.ng lome good touchet on l:.he

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WEDDING
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A qUlct though pret~y "cdu mg took p l]~e ~ ,
Holy 1 nmty (,1mrch1. Braclmell on Easter 'ton
da.y~ when UIIII EdIth Lewendon
yo mgt t
dlLUghter of:Ml' and Mrs J Lewendon
!\e
road . Bra.cknell was marned
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Hall RAMC, oon
Mr
V
torl~ Austraha" and
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Post Office, Dracknefl
lI a
lWt~ (VIcar) peHormed the "''6m,ony.
w""lglvcn away: by her father
jR~i~I~~d~~~n~J.:
wa.s the bndeama.ld, and lI-lr
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best man Lee -Corpl T G
at
early peTlod of the Wal' but bR.8
IDva.hded h ome to N etley where has
servmg on the IR A M C 15t~
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REGISTER
Local GO~l'1Iment
~e that th~ Nahonal
clate n aliso p omted
p<lwe1'6 by which they
- .o"_,E •..• Coll>ncil t o go Crom
enqlllrtes for peoDle of
to Droduce t he ir cards
t ho oolle,:, could be

C<ouh,dql'<>

to 'eo Supt Godd.nl

would undcrta.ko tha.t,

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WESLEYAN CHURCH
aJ l&rge attenda.nce. at the lt7 1.L
Church on Good Friday A number of
tlclpa.ted m a. tpublic t el. which was
a. spl Bndld concert :M.IS9 Alder
a.nd 1the Rev A E Adaml!l, of
prel!lfded MISS Colborn was a.u
and Ih er rendenng of When
droml Croaa and 1 Sunshme
muc\l enjoyed I Mr Pmnock 8
'Vorid and U ;Remember no\v u l_lcre"_'""-r
attentlvelv 113~n ed to, as were

There

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and' Nearer, my God, to Thee

Mrs MeHon ga.ve ... CaJvary
1!I61ectlOfL In goOd atyle
Ree

Thy c.... I clmg

The local hmqch
a.U:z::illary to t he work
WaJfs an? Strays
m the Town HSLtl on Mem?y.

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and

and

Mn ~ Cnsden was at her
Shepherd I' s.nd Tho VOlC:6 of
Scott gave
reCItatIons '~:~•• ~j~~!.~!::1 1

ablhtT

The

and :

church fJllld,

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enkrtaln
afternoon
In the

BeH.uty'
and
an B ' were caplte.Uy ~ted bv
The h a ll ~ :l.<: l;Qmfortably filled
frequent testImony bv apof the ~rform(U]ce Mr
aa atewa.rd while Mrs CraIg nnd
g<3.va conSiderable MSlstance and
,!,OSJ!?n81~'~ fo r thF) !ale of mallV tICkets
J Wa.rd were on d tlty a t the
two plays Mr R Maunce
bumo,r..", soDsa 10 front of the curtain
a.t hiS dlSposal rendering Ithe

.h<71foo • deJImt of
£10 Me"", D M Davies
BJatch. were re-elected churchwardens

I Murdered
H "r
qua
fitly
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to a.
little ditties
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FOOTllALL
On Frijla,. afternoon Hlm!t JllIlIDn played Bear
Wood Jnnlors and were defft&ted by 5eTen goale to
fou, On Monday they oppooed Twyford 1IUDl. . .
and.. loat by 9 to 1.
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War Workmg Pll.rty

EASTER VES'l!BiY
The Easter Vestry was held lD tM Church Ves..
try on Tueeda.y mOrDlnl, t.bf'l Redor preSiding
The o.ccounts up to Eaat.er were presented and

HURST.

sopply of

pru::es realIsed -Fa.t COWl and helfe l!i Sr'Ikl l, ell
from £19 to ~4
calves were pIe 11 fut ~el! r ~
from 23K to £4 2" 6d The sheep tr Ide \\ ...... ex
ceI?tlOn a J1v bi lsk la.mba soIlIng to 52:; \ U1 Il le~
to 1103a PI~ were more In dema.nd pOi kcrs seO
mg from 39a to 68s sl:.oreH 178 6d to 29 ~ btl
and hat hogl'l and SOWII £5 28 6d to.£8 ,n '" f.
was 3. good an-Tound lIupply of poultry ",h ch s \I
extremely well hens from 2s 5d to 4~ ~ 5 t
cq erCIS 2s ga to 43 3d nnd pullets 28 Qd to
!'is Id
Eggs fetched from Is 4d to h 6d I t r
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FRIDAY AND EASTER

THREE G'REA~ GIFT SA1<ES
forget th& three grea.t gift sa.les Ib the
Cattle Ma.rket and Town Hall IteadlD~ t-o~ay

F4urter Day were diVided between

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Messrs Huntfn a.nd Bon 8 weekly sale 1011 II ...
d&y, the followmg bemg some of tho I pn~ I ~ I

l~. ~n~E!r ~~I~~'on

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Mn &Ild Mr. ( Ilham actmg .. cate,er'

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AND EASTER BFlR'VIOEB
Frida.,. e.ud F..a.tten Sunday
were on the whpltl well
Da.y Roly Communion was
o clock (ehor&l) &nd ,..{ter
VlUr, the B.ev R W

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DRILL OLASSES

EASTER IlERVIOES
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The aervt08g at Holy Trinity Part'lh ChuN!h on
Sunda.:r were a.a follow -HoJy Communion at
815 & m a.nd afte.r moflnng .pra.yer matma and
evensong Tbe Rector vreached both mormng &nd
CV6Dlpg and the coora.l part of the servlces waa
well rondered The church was ooa.utiCuIly decor

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patriotism oC Mr II C llylne Ilnd
Brodlel .. ala&i of drill mstrucilon hur been a.r
rangcdl and held In tho Drill HaU tWice weekly
Sergt Hand beiDg tho lnstructor
Many wen
by Mrs Bennott
h!loYe up to the preeent, availed themselves of ·th 8 1
gflve an addresa on
adrmra;"bt. mea.n8 of flttmg tbelDEiel'f cs for their
anthems were gwen bv t'he chOlr
oountr; a aervlOO should tbe need a.rlse
All men
progt-n.mme was preaented on Mondav evenmg It are mVlOOd to the c11l.66 whether H,t.te!!ltOO. or other,.. se
W (lS of u. varleCl character and mcluded '" muslca.l
@ketch OWlDg to mdlspO!!ltlon Mrs RICka.rd WlL3
unable to be present and her part m the sketch
was taken by M~ Puntls
Thf'll"El WIlS 8. large
Tile
Wft, held on
Iluo'hence and many encores nnd the sketch pro the acnoolroom ROsc street on WedoG5.1I:l:1y Il.nd
Mr W 0- J efferies
voked mnch laughter PrIOr to the entertamment took the form of a 'soCla.1
A Vi!ry lntuOi tmg progr amme was
thet'e was a tea to whIch 80 sa.t down, a.nd alto preSided
gether the whole of the proceedmgs were of an carried lout SelectlOns "' ere pla ved. by the GUild
enJoyable ehl\l't\Cter
The follo'Wmg contributed orohest ra and 1:10 pI&noforte 1010 by Mu,s Yalden
reCIta.LI ns 'yere gnen by Mr T M Welch ana
tn the programme -Pumoforte solo, MISS P
Bcnne,tt, 8On~a Mr P Jones Mr R Burkett Muter G Jefferlea and BongR by Mr s Anderson
Bnd
M.i, s Yo.lden ReCreabm<:nts a.nd ga.mes con
(humorous), MISS Jerrold &nd Mr B. Rickard eluded
a p lea.aant evenmg 8 cnterta.lDment
'humoroU!!~) humorous r eCitatIOn Mr.1H New
port mandohn solo Miss B Mills comet solo
PASTOR'S SOCIAL
'Mr T Dawson '{Jlauoforle Bolo M1SS II na New
At th" Su'tlqay School Milton road on WedOc.6
port In tbe mlllHca.l I!Iketcb
Tbe Hlgb Street day ev~nlDg So fOoe la,1 meetmg was held by the
Mvstery' thf'l parts were 8uatamed 80S follow ;;- congrega.tion of the &'ptlst Chur(:h
Refresh
John Thompson o.nd Tom Johnson (o,d sc}j,~1 ment. wera prOVided by the lady membera The
mates -.nd ba.chelonl MesSl'fI F H RlCka;rd a.:pd Pnator Ithe Rev W J Lush gPove nn addr.esg
H H :Newport, pl'1SCln~ (an old ma.ld, Sl':'Iter and &Â¥- Mr, ~ Blako honor:l.ry trel13urer of tho
church 'read the finanClnl Atat.emont which was
homekeeper to Thompson) Mr9 Puntl!,
of a. IIlt:isfaetory eho.racter
Dunng the evcnm g
(nephew to ThoIP-pson) Mr lJ Roecker
songs w-ere sung by Mrs A G Han Misses KlrkDv
(In,b m_erv&nt to Thompson), Mr G
D
!lalc
and
D
Walden
Mr
P
Sa.Je ga.vo a. read
The dutIes of plamst wero undertaken
mg Tllere was a large attendance and a very
Phyl11ll Bennett
pleasant. \ evenmg was spent

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«,ml,·nya at
the VlctOi
patrtotlc
0t-"1rII.e
aid of
\Val' Fund '\af.: Held
Me!lsrs V Wa.mer
T Kmg l acl.e(\ ~~
M P. sand dancmg wna partlClpated 11 to l tl e
of a capR.ble band pNYlded bv 'Ir Hell
nel lCk of Crowthome. The. hall W!\3 ll1c<!lv d~\:or
l.I.ted the fl~s etc bemg k ndlv lent b 'r~ r"
Lawrence s
Refreshments were pru Ide I

MILITARY DISTINCTION
W. f ougratulat.e Pte R Smith of the Berkshire
Regt, ~pon ga.mlDg tbe honour of bClng recoUl
roendeid for the D eM Pte Sm1th ts the four lh
aon ofl Mr e.nd Mrs Smith of Keep Ha.teb \\ Ol~ \

hu bOen wounded b::{ Iiihra.PllE':l In the legs
Pte
De8Jl-e J an old.gt Paul s chOIrboy was very
I.... "fome before the war and mud", 8v;",",,[1,.1
15 felt lioth for him 'aDd h}J Vuents

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T~ Recorder laccordingly adjourned the
ag"'ll till tho n6it~ ,
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630, 18 and 9 30 (children.), WIth the u, .1 choral
B , reported that the euchanst at 11
The Rev Mr Ane~ offiCiated
mare waa st1l1 lamot and In bls opmlOn mcw:able
At St 4ndrew'e the celebratIOns were at 7 8 and JDgha.m
The Recorder l!I(lJd he would not let the mare go 10 (choral). With L1tany at 9 45 children's service
back. mto Bosman's posseruuoD
WOUNDED
at 3, matms at 1115, and evenl30ng ntl 6 30 All
Mr, Stamf,on tlB.ld he was W11hng to keep the the churclies were mcelv -decorated WIth a. wea.1th
We regret to teltrn that Pnva.te iMourlco Deane
mare ~ree of cost, and mennwhile to negotiate With o! hhe8, etc , aa befitted the fC8tlval
youn:e8t son of 'Mr and Mrs W DeILDe Emhrook
G P Male, M R

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Orlee agaIn
of
WIUI
ush e~d In with an ~ly peal on the bells at the
Faneh Church prior to the first ceI~brahon of
HolV1 CommunIon a.t 6 o'clock There! were eele
brntlOJUI 110180 at 7 B and after matlDr "nd all
were, 88 1J6ual largely attended
rho VICa.r was
aSfllst.ed by the Rev ~ C Southgate
Special
mUSIc at the 11 0 clock' 8eJ'V l OO mcluded Kmg Hall IS
Te Deum 10 B fla.t, and In the eveomg the anthem

Lord'

weekly cbarl{O of

FROM

EASTER

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M~ANOE
stated tbat

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EASTER AT THE CHURCH
~I hT the nngen uahered m the

An early

EitAte:r FestIval and

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It was also

at

George s

Day the Hag of 8t George Hoated from the Church
.A..mongst the beautiful decotatlona m the
church were many rEJce roses. There were three

tower

At tho 11 0ofdock
oe the kyrie
that
of
celebrations
H oI
omm:ODlon,
at 7,'WM
8 and.
noon
Hopkma The UBOu,l Ruter h~na were sung and
tbera were proceBllonlS The VIcar J>reached JD
the mornmg. and the Rev J WillIams In the
evexung M.r A. Davl8 waa &.t the organ.

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EASTER VESTRY
Thi.....as held at nOOD on Monday, the Vicar
p ..... ding Yr Haroourt J Roe, tho V,car',
aen, havmg reluctan~ly felt ..mpelled to
the VIcar expressed hie grateful thankll
rendered bI hlm dunng the
and app~nnted Mr Ernest Bowyer
dunng the commg yea.r
1rfr John White
unarumouly re-e1ected ~ansh wa.rden, and the
lowm, Qboeen U lIldeanien MeBll'll T ot Barcus, R

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BIgII', J. Chalker, C, Grant, B

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MEETINGS,

Tocker, H Walden, W ~ :Wellt. J Webb &TId Joe
White. The clmrchwa.rdena' a.coounts .howed 8.
ftlvomable balance of IOme:£24 Mention 'heIDg
VtIItl'y meetIng for the anCIent parush
made to the Inlcce:ll of the free WIll offenng scheme,
~~~~gl~~~ waa held on Tut!8da.y evenmg In
the Vicar touched upon work whtM would De
The Rector (th. Rov B Long)
Deeded m the c1iurchyard A euhecnptlOll liat was
the attend&rl06 WB8 aroall
thereupon It.&rted, and IIOme £5 p:roDUsed
The
lf By-.rd (clerk) read th. 1 notu:lI!I conven
mootIng cloeed WIth tha.nk.t from the Vicar and
m~ting a.nd proved due publ1ca.tlon
Parish Warden to all who had U8tated m th~ work
aooounta weroe preaented a.nd paased
read a letter he had rtIOOwed from
of the church. The Vicar also expreel!ed hili thanks
Mr
Belville, lD which tha.t gentlema.n e&ld
to the church....rden. for placing at his di'po,a1 the
bhat
OWIDg
to
a4V&n(llDg years he was not deAlt-ous
collectlOllJl on ERator Dar
of 1et".kln' l re-eleotoon as chu:rehwarden for the
Berks divlslon. a. poet be had ruled for the past
twenty yea.ra
The Oba.trm&n exprea&ed regret
that the parlsh W&ll 1000mg from felhng hen.Itb one
whom all looked upon kif a.n earnest and devout
CONCERT
ChnatJan. as -wen a& ... fine old EnghflH gentleman
On Gbod. :FrIday the Annlveraary meeting wat
A Tote
oondolenC6 coupled with the grateful
held in toe W eale.r~u Boboolroom, followed bl. a thanD of the Vestrv for hiS long Bel'Vlce )V8.8
sacred concert
The Rey Mr M-Ufl,SOD presided p"- to Mr Melville
at the concert, a.nd ao'nt'e and recltatlonfl wet'e.
Mr ~ A HUIlie"'y~ for the to'WU, and 1ft H C
)flSJ UOdwUl ".. the J aceom~Dl.st
~ Mylne, fO~ the wUt. Dwunon -:,rere re-elected
,
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ohurclward ~. ~ andf e&eh tIi&nbd the Vestry fpr
~ i1!ilTKi / llEE'PlNG
the renew
~JI,ftde1lQe aboWD i! tnem
Mr H ~ Hammond who bas 68 aldeStban for
Eater VOitry meeting was held on ~a,.
several
yean
lay reader and altar attend a.nt
the !bel' G l' Colerldge (VIcar) preaid,
chureh,,-ardtlns p'teI6nted theIr accounts 10 connectiOn WI th the C EMS tei'ved the par
elected llr R. 0 De.il.e 8.8 bill wardoQ..., a.nd church: with the utDtOst devotlon was at>
a.nd Colonel Hinde wa.s eleabed people's warden potnted IJ Wllooeulon to Mr MelVille, chmcb
The sidesrnen were aU r&-elect.ed
Tbe Vicar an warden for Ithe Berks d1V1slon
The VestrY then di8CU58r:d tho revtalon of fees
nounoed tbj.t the total of the ENtler offerings
wa.s £89 lOa Iijd. a.nd he d681red to tha.-nk the a~ It wasldec.lded tha.t a. nommal cba.rge of I s
be:
made for addttlonal U1scrlptlonl on, or restora
parllhlOn6l'B 11ncerely for their gltt
bon of & tombstone
On the Pr.,opOSItion of Mr 11' N A Garry It
was reaolvel:i to charge the sum of £1 la rol'
placmg 8. ~onumeDt wlthm the ohurob the SllJllle
fea e.s 111 n w pe.ld for a 8lmllar memorial ID the
cburcbyard
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ST PAULS

veJtry meet\ng of at Faula psrteh
Pan:th Room on Thunday even
Rev H M W Il.lter) pre
present Mr D l' DeDI!!
di.1~~i~'~~~r~;~~~i.
Messrs
G PhilbrIck
G
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W Deane
(clerk) a.nd
presented the ehuroh

"or t'm.
1~f~A~~~~8~~~ tonotwlthatandlng
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a.nd cberl:shed
the clee.rly loved
atld Mrs Ga.scOIllC
April 28th 1914
F or C
ber broken bearted mol
bItter the blow 5eH're
one I 10"00 liO denr
I fo.re on WI t ho ut het
.he end of t.he dlly
darknen :sti li gnth ~r
desolate way
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