Reading Observer 04-1917

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B1'Y.a.nt, :r. Carter, 'I A Chapma.n/ 11
E. 'Felga.teJ W . .Hamm ~rton, G. W.
I Wo.rburton and F. Stevena ..
ld i Mr. Butl"" mov~d & vote
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necessary which was. very cordially pa.!fl!eq, IPO!:.~
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t'esponslven()1!iI and aympa.t.hy which the

JACKSONS'

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He 'Would
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forget
help
ioners
showed
m all
th::rt.~he
thewonderful
clergy tried
sympathy t of the pn.nsb. emd con~ga.tlon in
very great sorrow which had come to him
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The assistant clcrgy also a.cknowledged the

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of thanh,
sidesmen:-

Jones. F.
C. E R.
G. C.
Masters
W. B.

CHRIST1 CHURCH.

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m&o.hUDU aro
Act, 1853.
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DO objec\ion to th.
pnJpo",,! to uraag-e . for-" tile
mm!l1liBhed ..t fortho.o~. g

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" T.IZ" fer Achi
Sore, . Ti red FaiID,'"

'i,~~;"'J=!~ip~i:.ct

TIZ is grand fo~ puifed-up.
pe.:rspirin~ feet. bUTmug

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The lV ..try meeting for ChrUt Churo.h wo.
on Tue.My evening. the Vie.,.. (the Rev.
Wan;en) pre.iding. .
Mr. G. E B Rogetll (churchw&rden) nre.ehtM
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When pot.toe. ue

the balanco of our r""'~u.\om,,d

fered with I...t if
like the p otate,
foods are the
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Before
Wright
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Q\U1ce ,~dl ,a Iba.lf of

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~lorleB HI in mo~"""..
fair helping of
em I S
ThiB 16 · the
curnt
t\\ O·thll ds of a. par·

num~r of ca.lor,lcs
tile ordufuy vd.etable.
gives th B 'nu.h;ber of
Bhllhng ~ the prlo.e
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·no.. of Jllr
t ('sc --It win
11 ed at the prisoner,
'[ he Cha.irma.n sa.ld that ;pnsoner
to the cbuge a. "'eek ago~1 but th&
n1 ftndcd him for medJcal

," aoubt aa to ~ b ether h e knew
The result of the ex.hu matlOn
h,. ha.d been pronounced perfectly sa.ne, an,d ,t,h,,,.
f~ro be must ha.\ ~ known at the . ..... ... ".• .1.. .
jOln~ ,vrong'
H e ought to be ve.y ,n aLIlK 'p'
~ e "as a.hve. for he had come ' very near
hl ~ b fe through h l~ own
<lnd
fakl11g mto cODf!lcleratlon
lU<l.t
DeeU a pnsoner for 3. week,
dlSIil'iu the enge, but pnsoner
t .... hi! a.n a.bsentee ~nd would ~
milItary f5cort.
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\ TUESDA Y.-Before I th. 'Mayor

the eb.lt. Mr J. J
IV H Smith
In

D R=KEN~ESS.

_'h thur '.A1Ire? R ogers, Cana.dtan
I"n . Dear WO(~d H ospital, was
hpl1\g drunk m ." , oklDgha.m·road on
(j;n __ B e \\' Il~ bound ave!' for SIX
otc1ered to pay the cosh , 4.1

ABSENTEES

Thoma.. .!.rthllr ,. D nd,1s, A I F . ,
~ rcen l;hlelds, ..~ r F. 'l ere charged
,b', nte.a Iil~APril 8th. and w't""
<I\\.llt a mil ry escort.

LEGED ASSAULTS

two cbugeg of u.!sa ult
Fleu rv Eterbert, of 83, Thorn·street, ttb~e~tl~~,:i~:~::
"nh bf"ln!;t Mann. Brpoks, of 38, C

',d Ph","" Smith. 61 4. Bedford court.
H ,,~ ;)t rt, of 83, 'l'born·~tl!tt, brf'lugh t a,
/ LiH ge a~tLm~ t' _Ma.na. Brooks -The cue
J'nlr ' ed till Saturday.

CHILDREN'S COURT.
Ml' J ' J Cooper and M:r W.
BOY AND IP.IGEON.
as

lawfullv kilhng " hOIDlIlg pl8.eon, cOlltr:Lryl

Dto fcnc03 8f' tne Ria1m Re~la.tlonll}

ather lIald , that .he,
igeon the
he
II" bll d HI! .en bad ahot t he
! 1 gun which ha.d been gIven .hlm

28:.1J - The bov's
V'l;! uwner nf the

pre5ellt -On, examinmg the
Hench dexnbed Jt as very-da.D$(eroul
If n. boy ,and ~id deleDdant b ad
<""ling It Without ~ Iic,ence.--D,erCl.d,.pt

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Cart-er and

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Potato .
Artlchoke

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Calorie. bbught for 1/ at tha mca named.
p'~lb.

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Pa.nnup

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Beet

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438

1.462
1, 290
1, 272
1, 016
496

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C~Vi~SHAM.

PETER'S,

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of St. II.ter' •• C.verahllDl,
was held a.t Weston Mea.d, C&versham~ on Tues...
d'y. ith? R~ctor. the Rev. R. S. S~'mey., preSldm!l'
The . churchw&rden•• Mr: L. Castle .Dd IM1' A..
W. Carter. an<i the Vestry Cl~rk. I Mr E. C.
wore on tiic plat.form., 3lld there !Were also

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o~t.ino'4 lIlO", che.plY than with
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P ':ul:. : M1' Fitch, tb. lay
waroeI;ls, other omcen,

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SOLDIER'S NARI,WW
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, The Vicar a.e!:nowled~ed

alit, were
t1 Rca.dmg
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att.empt to Jom the J'''L''''_~- LD.V
{ I")I" ~ wee!:. m order
might see ",hat cOllld be done.

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gift of the

ehR.nccl g'<'t.es; l'Iecnndlv, t h~ m.r.mbers of the
MothBl'8' Union had gl.ven' them ~wo magnificent

Miss TIpe,

Sir Percy Sa"rdeI'lSOn.j M..srs. A. C.

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St I;1\~'. V ..try w.a, held on
ing . tlie Vicar, ~e I:tev F J .' Howard, p"l&Jcli!1lg.

Mr6. Tulmll. Major WilkeR. Measr•.

A 6.ftc.en year old

l'riv~te

were elected: Mis~ Mavu&rd, Miss

There were also pr~nt: Mrf Howard,
A b I Philhp. and Mrs Phllhpl. Mi..

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warm tnbute t!o thel"late Mi!'ls
w.s ao m\lcq bel.,..,'d. They l"onld
delightful memories Iof her in the

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A f ote of thank. to the 'VIcar was carried.

READING BOROUGH

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that the other two lat .. did not ...\:

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IMi.a Guy &Dd Mrs. Newberry-who
las representlDg the Mothers' UnlOD,

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""'vens, Misa Ro .. Mg.tthl\W'. MlS. Mabel

Feoplo' who are forced'
&tn.nd
dl.Y L:oow wh&t sore, lte'bder, ~1'spi~Dg.
feeL me.n "" Tbey use TIZ,
teet. l1f:bt otr. It. keeps them In~rfect. co.ldili'o10.
TI Z IS tbA only Teme<ly m tbe world that.
a ll the poisonous ex udatIoDs whlcb ouff
and cause te Dder, &ore, tired, a.cblllg
lIlstantly &tors the palD In oorDS, bard
hUDlOnfl. It. s fin& for ch ilblains
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fortllble your feet feel ~ after USlDS' 'fiZ .
r.e\'er hrnp or dro.w up :t,our f¥8 10 paID.
sh il'ts won't tlgh~D end hurt your feet.
A box of TIZ ill always welcome at the
Get u. l flt box of TIZ now froln any cb"tt\i,.t·~
stores. Just think! a. whole year's foot'
for Qnly l /1i
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Clunv rm the one 8ule, and on.th I TeveT.Ee Inde of
the shield the anns of tho d.u~"ter abbey of
Clnny-Reading Abbey; the cOckle Bhen. had
been worked in 81h'tl. , They .were ~of maclIhficent
A,.,d b-aIlUtifl111 executerl 0'f( Mr 0 RM'l ~
London.
s~ave8 1>81'8 the initial3 of
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orillJD ," lJ on . the 8ilver
b ... of the heOdp.leco. Tb. Vlca~

mUlt be token hy
before the potato·
Any fOod giving

mand wl lth havmg been
mums n.t

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churchwa.rd.tts· . • taves. The her Pieoe of tho
.t.ve' oonl.&ined the r.rm8 of ih old Abbey of

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~he Is.dv repre!'Jel'lta.tiV~8 were three-

"---',-~~.-J School teachers &nd St!. Agtj..• G",ld

J. Rip,dale aeconded. a.nd 'the motion
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repre.

c;h'~h;,~~~~~c;~1 ahoulli
the 12conSIst
sIdes·

p , the accounts~ whIch showed B b&lance

'I'd cHurchwarden. of' £16 7,.
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left; the balance, Mr ,.~oger. exp a.me 1. was ue
elected
mC1"Ca.'56 In the cost of coa.1, which was
to the Vlcar than In normal t!lnes. He moved the
accounts. ,

chilblains.

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Sou~g,.te. D. W" Jenkin'~ • D' I Pla.nt. J. H.

i , ,,'r"~u. A. R. Joyce. C. Krught••

J . T. Woodley.
. Fount'J1hl H . SlIl:!mond~, A H. , Cook. l

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Gastle rderred to the Bevere losses which
t he paIll!!h ha.d sUlltained in the p ast year. par-

ticularly mentioDlDg tho deathsi 01 Mr. W. B.

,v.ilhruns, Mr.

F. Kmg!tton. Mr~ Radcliffe, Mrs,

Dryland Ha.Jam and Mr•. WlIll\worth.

lie had.

:Vmcent Wait', A Foster, Bidwell, J. H """""'"'however, Bome !nore pleasD.Xlt \ ~vcnts. to record,
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J . H. ",Jones. W. 1. P enfolu.
foremost among whlch. was the acquisitIOn of ,the
chancel to St Peter'.'!, whlch was due t.o Mr
H Leav~r and F JODes.
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Ca.stle'~ energy. Other rm.provm'nents WhlCh had
, MI'. S eym.our~ (who ha3 been. caJ1ed
'taken
place were the cleanlng of the churchv.n.rd,
on agam elected Vestry Clerk.
the ! erectlOn Of notice boards, ~e renova.tu)n of
The Vlcar, In a. brIef re~um',
the organ a.n4, alteratIODs iD' toe scats The rebeen d'urmg tho past year a real
ce!Ilts for ' tho r~a.r &mounted' to £534 lOB 4d.
line.. and umted feehng
'<:0)lI!tOgal,10I1. an~ tho expjlnditure to £487 OS·17d. I
The report was &dopted
~ nd It might be .... d tb,at
The Rector 1iCfcrred to the serious lOS:!Ie8 whIch
tlon the abnormal weather'
had taken place dunng the yu r, wlilch he was
gl ~ga~lons had peen good.
were ,;,idely regretted. Tiley h t d an , .lid"
men h ad bet!n ca.lled up for

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made
gre.t ••crlli.. It
mate Splrltual progless, but
tion the flict thnt tke 'Easter

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their' c.letlcaJ BtalI m t ie person of Mr.
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t,hn.nked
the Churchwardens,
C... Ue &Dd Carter. who had done thClr
with great devotIon t o duty
J!e.rcy Sanderson seconled the vote of

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bered 703 It might b6 ls;ud tha.t
church WM gomg on satbft.coorlly.

Castle, replyiJ,l~, than.b3

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only1 for
once hi s Joyal
ox:ceed~:~d~~p~~t~;~;J~; a&l{i Mr Carter's actlOn In obt.a.lllilig possession
:U" had
Phll1ljJS
of ,t he chancol was of'lIlcal culable valu e
church .ould have a. Icura.te more
~lr Cn.rt.er also returned tha.nks to the R-ector
Vicar ,p.nd con gn:gntl'On , ~ H e also
SpWcing of tbe st.te o! tbe chUrch, he said that
cbllrch-wu:rdens and alI Itlie other

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tha.nkful to say tha.t tho
In spite of

?f'-·,~t~h~:c jO~~in~~;W.'~

the Rector, and

It tvlUl m a most dl1a.pldatcd condItIon, and unl e:3s
somethmg was done very qmckly they would be

aSljontzhe-d a.t the amount of work tha.t 1'89..ul.I'ed
to be ca.rned out All the pms on the r oof were
rotten, and the heatmg &n-angementsl would have
b ••cen to He added t h"t I he h~d been try·
to do s~ethmg to prov ide for the future of
church . Two sums of £50 h!l.d been gIven
tho £100 thus .btamed had been mveBled
3 per cent. Indtan Stoc.k In thlB l way an In.
crease of £6 per annum h<;lQ been secured The
WElle,
stock had then been prel'Jentedl to the Ecclealas.
He thB1jketi
tH;al Com"mlflsionerB. who bad met It ,vlt h a g!ant.
offermg' l,wbteh
of £107, ~ve:!ltid at 4 per cent.~ prodUCIng a. ,t7am
nominated ~lr
a.s hi S w.a,r den ,
of £ 4 55. Fer annum TherefQre the tota.l gum
.. tribut~ .tQ the
that gentleman
t o the church benefice!!! wag some £10 Ss per
the w prlC of. the
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T
a.n'Wm In perpetuity He h ope'd to rD.13e another
'Mr. \ J one. ' sUltably replied.
. Ur \ E. H. Leaver was aga.11) ehosen ....~n1.·. £100 durmg the coming year
The Rector nommated ' Mr . Carter t\D.d M.r
warden, and J the Vi~r th8nked hun
CÂ¥,tIe as. churchwardens for the ensulDg yea.r, and
valua.ble aId in h IB'- ca.pacity of
tlielr .re·electIon wa3 u naDlm.ously agreed to
~elJor 6f thJl exchequerj
, a.rem,• .KDlghts and Bmell were re·elected
Dr AbrllPl, Me'''''1 Jane..
'idl~Irf.;:r~~.' .ndltors
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Bidwell and Atkins were re·elected 'a
TrInity Was held , Th,. conc1ilded the busme•• of the
1fr Carter proposed & ,vote of thanks to Mr
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Rev. II. !Elton the P a.rocpial Church meetm.'(
9pqk.e for h~s ~indne88, gener~sltv and goodnes;
then
In hlS capaclt.y as vestrv c1er~
He a.lso ,vlsbed
prcaent The prmcipal ' bUs1nel!lS Jbeinlt the electIon
to 6Xpre$S h us ~sh for Mr. Cooke's hf),pp lDe~s In
and R ' E . A P aroobloJ CIluroh Coun'cil,
the
fut.uTe
a.fter
his
forthcommg
ma.ITiage
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!The Rector ~oC!ated hlm!elf W'!th these rewc.rdeJl). C.
marks, and, saId that ],!r Cooke had' been un.
W1llkins. G. L., Wick••
spa.rin~ to himSf'!;lt in~ can'VlQ.~ out b lS dut ies ; few
o~ thelll knew how mucb he had' doD<\'
G. ~ Wern·
IMr. I Cool;e having rephedJ
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\ Mr. Cn.r1iet seconded,

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