Reading Observer 06-1917

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' Dunstan's, Regeilt's

a.nd bad mild~ success ful I fhg hts before wlt.h
the Sfl m6 machme , WbH~h was one that had been

handed over to

.atJ>er
wo<keno. Ther~
l'lJ;tk, for
fO< :!t~~~R~~~:,,Â¥:~~sa~ilOr&'
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WeGley W cmen'a 0"'11 ..ruI ,tJie Adult ,S~OOI
pl=e on Tu.eOOay ~~ ):W","'l; ' thOU te,
th.".e \vas .. good mtiirt.er \ lIyjtl
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The .lad news was receIved wIth universal
gTQt at t1:1& CouDeLl Schools on M 9nday UlorDln g:

man represented the Fr ... ClbllfCht M!'lt. Kmg
WesI ..... ""d Mrs Blbbl t\l.. ~lIlt ~I. TheR ev. \V Thomas preSluo(!. Mn~ T~I,.Ier gave
u.n address, and Mr.s. Kwg r~ted.
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tjtat . Sergea.nt H J
Vlcl=ers ,(1;\ G A) had "');tA-g;;;t;To;Ji~~;,;;j~~~;;-Ct.:cc:;;:
been kIlled III FrBll'lf' by a stra)! shell
Mrs I '1
Vlckers, who ~mce her hu sband Joined up on at I

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SERGT. ·H. J. VICKERS

a.n<J ~p

v3.ritma T.,$pl'Er
a · few ..w,orlU
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sentativ.. 'poke

Resene

dlC' of " AccIdental death t hrouJ(b fal ling wIth au
aeroplane I'
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,WOMEN'S,O'Wli'.
A eomhinod \'a.\lY' of thli :Free <!lhuroh illll<1
socletv were sung

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.:loout t he week pre\'lous Ho han flm\ D It him
self and so had other officers There were a. num ber of machmes oi ' ldenhcal pa.ttern N othmg.
!:o far a.s he kne," , hl'l.d been done to the machlDe
between the two flights of the IhU:O~ officer, Lle~t a
Clark The word mentloned by the intness Nelgh \
bour 3lld l efelTed to by h un as .< peter" was the
" petot," the aU'''S}leed l.!ldlCator
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i 'he JUry. wIthout rotn"mg, at once gave 3. ~er­

On Sunday Bro. T. ' W~ <qltlw!d the
and 200
ohaIr and :i.lso rOOd the ' I"{'BOP ..'hijiit
ro
Taylor offered pra.yer P,,,,,tor
p.·.~IB!urk
are being
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g~vtl n
address .Bro P. JanM ~g u i~e'll
bemg provided for
moot each oth er there" a.iJ.Q. ' \ The W~:y :tpa.n~
N at.i0ll&i lnBt.ituto for
Mr _J_ H !!ions," MIES Ben~ett oor~ ~t the orga;., . ,

J:,2OO of tho

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fIler

effort; ..
in Reading Wi tho
town of 'a' 'I;o~s&ll d mil. tour to org..w.

peJr.on's two great

Id that all the machi"'s, of
10 qU€stlOD

fh Ing gTou nd about Is 40 a lD ..(In Frid<L) , June 1st,
p erfect. formation
Lleut Clark 1\as ,L ca.pa.ble

.ma.:tmg

m-cial

He

wh\ch the aeropla.ne

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testa.tlon baa ' acted as a.!Slstant IIUstress w the
schoQI,' l'OCOlVlng th~ ~d news JUs!' as she ''''''
Ieavm~ ber hom. fo'r the School and her.elf
brougbt tho d"'I-es.lllg mtelhgence Much ,ym.
1 _ ezpreseca4 forJIer as .... ell as ft!glet at
paUiy ~i18

. On Saturday a.ftern09;\l ~olu! ' "'~G . seell
issning from ' a wmdow M)OI11lll& the CM-pal "t
! Qll \t"'fd "C~?'~
Toker'. Green , a nd UPOIl 1I\t~lIratW1 It""""
men
0 a
I'rodu ',ccm ~:S:'~~~'t ~)';t::: ,;"" :~:~;t~:
13.
cll culal
found tha.t t.Iie vestry W86 ",h~r ¥1IJly. willihg helpers qUlekIy rendel'8<i' ~Jt,."c:e "'):'b,e
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y ...letter
ten' !.Hpopul.lr
'!'8 a nd teacher,
chi ldren \n1.11
D;J.t ewhom
bet., I\ was
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the
lClsl!I ofboth
a most
Reading Ell'1> Bn~ade were soon-'Oll' the ~e,
r~::'f.~:~b,:~
III close CI,n t ::tct c, e)" :nnce hi S dep'2.rt ure for th e G
and what IDlght have ~ a ~oii ~ ~toI'
:-e
front It sceIll5 l h ILt &:lgt V I( _ _r S, wpo hlld U
was 1IN81'tad. The doors 11-114 ""tariQr of~the
r~ldly dC'VelolJOO m t.~ a. tine soldierl y N CO...
chapel were slightJ;v dJJ.mq.1;8!!; liU:t ~ it w"lO,;POSlneLbo,dl' [ hail' been bacl< for an elghL days' rest and as re. li '~~:I~ih~~~;~~;t~"
SIble to hold the
~ i/au:iJ Qn ~uD9'>y.
I turnmg to h15 batt"IY when he met b~ deat h
A certaIn "'P-ount Of d""ll...,ge JIIIlf
"'1,,-,
I H~ 'TI a.s bUried with lU ll mlh tary bODours III the
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ever , to the chaIrs, ta.l!\$&1 ~e'rJ, .@Q(Jl
g13.veY iL ld of au a.dJa.cent ChUlCh i
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cloth, ha.rmomum , etc , a.l8P :tJle raf~l. l 'l:.he
The Is~ M.r H J V1C~ ~lS waa one of t he best ·
Appoo.l Tribunal 'ias da.mage \S fortunat ely "'! er!'1tp.~' ~~1
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kn~Wl1 'of "t he Berh County teachers
Â¥.e W:l..5 I
tra med at.. Cu lh:tm, and first ca.me to \YoKingll,tm ~
ReaiIjrig" 011 W
m 1904 to the Blltlsh School, Milton lOad, under i
chtfuman, _Ided,
POTATO SPR4J:-ING. .
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Mr V Frypr, remonng lD 1906 with t h e staff I
W. D Rawlins.
To further the ca.mpaign of potato &PJ"8I9'lll&
an d scholars to the new ""Ve:scott road Council I ths :;;,i;l-;;;,~,;j;;;tih,;ttli
Collebrook,;'jt:;art
Mr J w. WaJkbr, I a-very largely attended liree~ng r*..n~~ :It
cchools, "here he has :::e l'ted e\ Cl rsillCC H e r
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Mr. A.
Balmore Hall on
, e"oQ-;IlS in last
m a.tle a.... s~8Claht,y of a.l t. ,Uld a.~:' I S t.ed Mr H r-.J.,. "O'" I..na,,,,.
(Mr. C.
Chafbers). week, when the
~r .' s.
Barkas With the ru: ~ cb,sbe~ of Lb~ CO:.5.l t"
One
ba,uwi",..) n,,,,,'h<,,,nm611l<,m"""
CodNclL. \
of the most recent of bls domgs 10 thHS spHere was
~P'",!,I"'!A'" tho mihtary'l
R. Whitley . Mr. F
and
tbe delivery "pf JQmt lectures wltb Mi Balkas on
tho folloWJ.llg ~ I
supporting hIm -dn the Pl~~~b~:':;!~:
of the Town Co~ c'l Was art ~ach1D:; Ito the Cq,u nty t eachers at. different.
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!'<rIC Rollo (pI'6Sjdent )1
7':;';~:;'iiI;;;
Thursd.y evenfI1~' the centres Him self n. ca.pa ble 1<1.1 tust .Lr1d ttcachcl .
ment Holders·' A"(>CL.tl~); ~~
ve,pu"y-."",yor "
W T. Marlml m the hI:5- P'~.Ilt.at.lon of hi' s ubJ ~t:t (p;as1.e1 qrawrn g)
present · Aldermep, E C ' .. as eft'ectI-. o lind tnl!l'!h appreciated
"fie wa..')
(trea~urer),
ID~rv·ey.J~~lbs
&,a,;,,,t,l and P S~le, Co"nc\llol~ G al", a most u"ful l!1,ember of the ehollj of All
(chairman), T. C
S Medea.lf, E S }Vb. le,-, S<Lmh;' Pn,nsh Chu rch, and bemg fond of m u slC
while &DlOn~
Bodle, A E· Pries~ nnd T sang 10 5f:vera.l of the performa.nces of the'l;Vokmg
ftuential 1 esidents Dr<.",,;it'
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Borough dfficl&is (Messr.'l halU ,.c:boral Socletres
of Cavershnm (Rev . R.
1':+"n ....1
ele!k) and C. W. Marks
.Mrs VIckers has lecer\"'ed Eeveral letter~

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Rev. R H Hart--DaVIB.

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ferrod to the necesslt,v
done by every cUltivnfur
phaojoed ~be fact
somewhat s.trong
metboos, not hing
treatment of SDI,&VllU".
gave , .. full
tnk"" by
disease
tory.
In apMOolin&
that either lfuia.'nmal
ladies or gentiemen

teBortsl whiCh were
p .....d
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the quee.tJon of g la.s5
etc t and nfter some
order
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Pl'Qducl'icin Com·
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"6OClies of &e. Lient N F

1st. A.lL William
qZlll'd,
Qut~ oo)umns .la.st w k t met
accJdent at'. !Wa.rren
was Iheld at the f81m
R S. P"Y1'" t he

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HIS ~fa.Jor W1'ot~. I " I am greatly dlstr.essed to
h... to tell ) ou thnt )'dur husband! Sergt

Vlcl<en, was very badly wounded by 'Ia stray

sho 11- 00 hlS W'ly - up to the ' gun pmntlO11 on the
~h , a.nd t.bat hJ) d le9, LJ1 the !e>emng vefJr sb ortly
afterwards He WilS bqrled IthIS aIte.rnoon in 0. ,
pretty Ctmeto\'y ' b,hmd a t~1I c~urch tower ncar
here, and ' 40 m en attended hiS funeraJ The men
W61:e so vl!ry fond. of huJ;l. ~ d
all ~tSS hm
mos,t tre:mendQusly It IS v,ry pa.tnful tf rqe to
bave tp 'n lte to YOU o( hIS death, and I am mdced

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very /lneved to think of the Igre~t blow It WIll pc
to ' you and YOof little glrll I" ould fO much
lih 10 offer you 'my very deep sympathy in yokr
bereavement If;.: there IS a.nything at- flU that I
can do to comtort you or aaSJst. you wl~h wform u.t.lOQ, I...hope y~m Will not ~a.il to let me kDow

Please

a~cept }!!.y verY; geep Sym~~hy'''

The CliBplam .Iso wJ'O~ :

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noon. 1I1S' frIend. ' ->.1/e puttfng a I Cl'OAS lover his
'.rhe, J4~ter Ui numbered ;iod regtstered,
aud YQ1/- ;will '.receive p:a.rtiMlars .m due course
gra.ve;,.

{rom the ' aut hiirittes I a
so ~et'Y SQrlIy for
VOG. l>bt) vcd will b,' prou to think that your
husb.nd~i";' the vory beaij he ha.d to 19lVe-hls
Hte-to save hIS COUA~lfr :J.lldl you from th'e horrors

Coroner notfd ,be tha~ w~ .ouL here mO(~. BO ell. 'Try and think
numbered but eIght of him II!' sWI alive, ~il1 thmking, of vojI In th~t

1Iccordance' WIth the. nc-w
till 8lX mont.hs after the
Wat, by
jur.tes:: were teduced in num&r to a
mmtmum of seveh. or mabmum of J,L t 'l'hel'e
was not much eVloence m the cases before1them j
"'"",d·. 1 somethmg a)?'P earJd to ~ha.ve .Bone wrong ",JJth the

tlf

machm6, w~h
result tha.t. two live;; were
sacrificed
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EmIly Ann F ozru-d, smgle, sIster of th~ dea.d
mochaJUC, who wtls nlUch distnssed, saId ,be lived
a.t Harrogate

S~o ldeutified tho.

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meeh~nic ... that 1of her bl'\>ther, WIlliam jOZard,

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EETLI!:S,

BUGS,

EE:TI"~;:; .

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to meut the

land Qf n od, where one day you wi]] meet him
a.ga;in
'God ' com fo rt
hel-p you m thiS
son"ow"
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Mr. Vlckers was an enthUStns tlc footballer and
a. member of tlie WOkinghT Tol:VO F .G_, whiell
before Uie war he
,1 Cfa.pta.ined.

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ours t~is after-

Wp burietI bun I With nitlitnlW

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Se.gt J . E Cotterell, of the Roy.l Berks, ata,ged 33. "ho had been- reCently livmg a.t D o\ er. tached ' to a. M.O. Coy. is a.mrlDg the killed.
H e was a FI!'!t ~r Mechame.
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l'l'OW'''setld
\Valter I N~Khbdur, wmking foreman w ' UDder .u.a.vl~i .mer. ~ ~(J.t:CLt on May ! th W"ftl8 conste.wn.t'd ..a.t Wa;rre.o Farm, saId he fin1.
the duc.t~g il> ra.tlon party to \b..ia CC?~~ 1U the

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NEWBURY BOROUGH
'I'M I)tjb!.aay a.ppjl&ied """'i""""ully agam.rt. the
aeu>p£ion g~
.July 4tl. to W. C;, 'ratkl~ ~, ""

ijJ! July

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etc.-Not to be """"'It up
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The (allowing ~~~~~:i..l\;
l\!'i1lrpent ba.ve been
Killed(Llt\ut,
P te P ~'1>iC~iOfe,
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P te. G H
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Empire Da.y was ~~:~~~~i'n,~~
schola.rs
as..mbhng iI
sence of pa.rent.s and irien,ds. ' ;oo·ben1

progra.llllI\. wa! gone
our he'p mages
hoistin~ the fta.i>:;

song. • ll'l.g or Brltaill .. ;
of t h& Empt.re"; song. ..

ma.chllle about 8 o'dook on Frida.y mornihg It trencl}.es He was a. VAry smart soldier a,J1d
w~ comJnS f~m It he south west. it ~rcle~ round quickly .n5ell. lle 'served ~I a. ~y lust pnor to
threo or four tllDf" ana then landed m th~ upper the' 6Ulb,..itk of t1i. war an a.t th~ age of 19 was
field of the (iIol'lIl' l -Witl)ess was the first to ,peak
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borough. . He ' Io~ated tb. 'way by the m !Ii' and
WltOeas directed bun .
The mechaniC remarked
th~~ he thought one of the ruddtr ropes was
WTgng, but QD trymg It It was found to be all

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10 Reces~nob:il " ;
Ruuia.n.
" God &v"s the Kmg ..

--F'llNJ;RAL OF A

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known

Tracy, of Woodcote
wounded 8oldlers.
t heJ,r fiQal 'trlbute t o
Arnon~
t h e. numerous. '::~:.i'. ~;~:b~ ;;
conLrtl:lIlt.ed
by, the
v.
any 6&llors engaged
: monv the soldiers

ill

Wokmgha.m

a sch?ta.r b ot} a.t the

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Wesl0Y<lD Sl!Itd.;y School
d the We'fott-road
CouncIl School. at tho outb~ of the w .. beld
the rank of mU SIC!a.n In the. ba.ud oi t~e King s
LIV~).PQol Regunent On th6 Reguneot g . nng to
the fr.of1t h e was em:pl01e~ las :1[ stretcher-bearer
and wen,t thruugh the I""'tle of Mons '11Il~ was
wounded a.fter t.he battle: of p t6 . fallmg --:into a
German ,1)[t' and ' ~pil"ng bls footl whIle Ieadmg a
stl'C~r ' p&lty ~t mght After
month. ill

ISOWj

h os~~ q,t homo \he \\-rus fot' a. +lme

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moutal _b&l1<1 and played on lCcrultm [tOUl1l
he was~ em ploy~

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inst.Tuctor of recrUIts,

C\irUtm.. I..t ,he

decidOO that nQthlng
t he scheme for a.
ILnd frUIt: liS It
holders and "illa."i-.
utmost to-.... j'd.

W IlS

of various

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actlll!l,
clerk,
Mr W
ma.n read
letters
he
Food Controller, a.nd

4t.h, nt 2j, D,ml"iu"_tql>-1,,,,1,

M1Cb:l.el T-ull , f01 56 'rem

Palmers, aged 71 yems
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kindry enlertained
soldIers leavmg for W,,oo.coIAl ,]I!<l1l30

Mr- A J
a mectlDg of the
g a.t
Monda.y
those pret;ent mcIudod ~'J!!i~oi!.l.?!.~D . I}~~;'ill:".n;'
J Walden, J ' White

TULL:-Jl1DS

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ordered out
the Western

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JurJe&~ re~lved wll11e ootiv~g:-'-a.DUnunitl n to the ,r G IHl ri~"1n 1 Kent. \V~, 1t6t
hUllbruld of J _ EScott. Ia.te h~ .<l'n",.t"
front. Lee. ,CDrpl. E ~ 'W:[ebb, ; wbo was well . Schools, ¥or timer.

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menL, son o( Mr and Mrs Iw. Webb, 5, Carey- GRlFFITHS.- Mav 26tb,
road, h.s" ~ llotij)ed .... idled' of wounds" on
Ren.ding, '~hel Gnffitbs,
May 30,h at .. b~. hospi~'~l m France, laf~r 1Il- SCOT't.-Ou. SI\U'la.y. JUTJE

who t hus showed tbe,u, .syDl~tliy
and young f"""ly

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BAT'TEN.-(!)Q .Tune 4th, at btl! ''''i<!r,ne".
IUcts.~· :;a;n.dUlg, Edwal'd
aged fJ1 y~f3.
DIED' OF
DEN1'.-On June 4th, at
shot:, G l!orge Dent, of
)!",dslnan E; S. Webb, King's LIverpool Reg1.
Road, Rea.d.io g, aged 35

Ulted as bearel1>J
eoBlo. tncluded a

Pie
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PSgt.
'e W:
A ~~~:':;lm~~~i,b:r~3.i~Zl'ing).
t

.HIS friends, who ltve at !Portland· place,

recolved tJh e , ~lOtst. appreCla.t.lve letters from hiS
fellow ~g...,ts , amQng whom as well 't" by all
).[J,RRI.!. GQ o. ~e
ranks ,he was held In the. hti?hc!lt esteet1f for, hI t'!
n~e four liDea
right Before they started the pilot said [to the soldierly and p~n:i.l gU r' ltle,
H,,\ Officer
after
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mechamc.. " Whe* ' you w e TC in the mist I show
(Lu~ut and ACi~\ltant) wrl~
II The
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DiaTl'tiJ are huerta'! t
, petot' bobbIng IUP and down, whIch
IJ1iIJlt~a
.. elO~
bea'l: hI! name and ~eglare made. to the OrdlDIl.!')' li ;";~~ll O';';
clu.rrdbl ll G.$ adl'ectlUlllCDta a..t
like" He ' said l10 more about t ha.t The
ment
los~ "'llJ- be grea.fly felt tD thIS Comnotices i or Births
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EaJd they had a ' lfOod run from Dover at 60
throughout the fB r1g o.de, t\'fe r e hi s
a.n 4.our but at Gutldiord
m to a. DlI st they
ana smart a.ppearance were a.t al l
~~;(~~~n~~;"a:dtl~~
~il·;;a.i;4,;;;;i
started 'agaJn about a
to ntne \Vltness
splendld example to all hl F friends
part of a line after.
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helped them' to starL
seemg them
. PIe:'lle ..acoept the dee~ SJ:DI[
Thev ho.d
pilot
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the offict!~, <!offirad"l' and frl.nds of
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hand as
m thlS Uljlt, wjlere ~ bi. splendldl ""d unBIRTHS.
course of
~ork can never be re~la.cedt and ~s excel- SLOAN.-On .Tune 8tfi. at .. ~torla.,'· """"'M.
The
disPQ81tlOn Will ev~ a. treasured tl\-CDlOt'y
wife otpn-pt.
V. Sloan, ~'S'~' I (n'.
all who lind tho pI
of ma.lririg , his Re·
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Henry W.bb, of Stoke
12th Glonceotera, bas
and in. remain> were ,groul~b.~.· trom ,
Hospital, LondllJl, to
'funer..t took plare on ~~~!rjC
Stoke Row Church, the
ti!!~~::~e';~
VI"""~ the Rev. T W.

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to
the 1pllot
8a.tdbOdies
he had
H e special
actmg quart.ermafitcr
for h lSI UDltfrolD
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l1celVed
identified
01;. who
of Ithe
its lost
th.t of the 'pllot
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