Reading Observer 02-1920

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.THE READING OBSERVER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1920.

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P .......... nta ion 'to Mr. R. J. Locke, Reading Industrial Co= perative SbcietK.
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.°t~~~en~~b;'s; .
top, the very
golf or long ' walks.
from llS/S to '21/-

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.~ad;es' Cloth \
to lace, smart fit, reliable quali ty,
r~duced to 11-

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num ber of Ladies'
DERBY BOOTS,
late, which we are
~t 115/_ pair.

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good ,send off. bu J sorry to '

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pairs, J oC! ' Ladies'

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jO! cQJ'(t.y ' wear.
liellvered when
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or Garden wear ~
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~in~ing dispositio,n" he

Having such ,a . g,enial and
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close connection with him which tlie] had pn',m"H
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, .o!':"'.Ladies' 'Brown
SHOE.S, Suilable I

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manager of thel .local Co-opera.tive tailo~ing ~epart­
men.t. has not elt,rel y severed hiS c,onriect~on ,,",lth I the
Society, but has taken a post as comme!'l:lal traveller
in the same 1irl e o'f ' business ~ the ' tai l orln~ trade. '

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It was indeed a happy assfmbl Y at the Co-

gi ve Mr. Locke

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T~e presen,a't ion was in th,e shape of a gold watch
suitably inscribfd.
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C\"ESTIFYING to the esteem ' an~ respect in
II Mr. ·R. J. Locke was held for lth.lpast ten
or thereabouts. with th e R'eadlng Industria
opera~ive Soeitty was the prescnttition made t
bv his fellow workers on T uesda evening i .

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Ladies' BROWN
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styles,
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redpced
40/-,
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CRICKET LEAG:UE MEETING.

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~ HE Photo depicts the smoker and prize di,;tribu~ion
'\ , of the Reading and District Cricket
III which took place on' Saturday in last week
George Hotel. A large gathering
whom were Messrs. W. A.. Mount.
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H. Stebbings. J. Phillips. G. Horler. Jack
CraWford. and G. Goodman .~ A letter of apology
received from Alderman Cox. whose wife was ..r,·c"'.0
. ill.
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The chair was taken by the League chairman
J. M. Wright).
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Mr. .G. T. Feltham opened the p~,oc~edings
piano so lo and after t hat things went with a
Mr. "Taffy" Mills came in for many encores
the evening and among his songs were "I'm on
Staff. " the song of a"" Demobbed" Staff Officer.
.. Casabianca." an il1ustration of a toper trying to
. and 'mixing va rious poems, He also told a: few
which vastly tickled the visitors. Miss , Doris
was very well received with some recitation .
were encored. Sy d O'Callagban was ·· ·~IDI,laud,ed
his hum orous songs. Mr. Westrnancourt. of
sang .. Pay Day." Th e other artists
George Horler (Rea3ing's stalwart back).; Mr.
Dun-an, and Mr. Lion el Spa~k s.
Mr. W. A .. Mount present';d tbe cups to
successfu l teams and in the' course of his speech
marked that he was pleased to see two of the
winners were in his constituency. He had
cricket a lot and once managed to knock up a hundt~d
ru'ns in an indings. but he had been missed twice.

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could say he haJ never
bowled
the chairman
(he had never PI[ yed against him). H
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the winners and hoped the runners-,up would try and
win tbis year:
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very, pleased to see
Mr. Mount then! that evening' but was sorry ~e had
to leave so ear]~. Mr. Mount was a grand sportsman.

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and had lIiven t?,e cups £or many yearr. I He hoped
that tlie Wednes8ay SectIon of the League would· soon
be resurrected. Be could remember the days when the
.. Percy Cohen' l Challenge Cup (a cup which was
played for by ~e winners of the Wednesday and

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Saturday Leagu) was won outright 1 by a certain
Wednesd~ club -he would men'tion no ilames.
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Mr. :;tebbin s seconded.
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Mr. Wrigh ,aid that the Parks and Pleasur.1
Ground Cpmmittfe were taking up the compl'aint recentU
ly made regardink cricket pitches in the parks. Any.
body whb h~d Iplayed cricket knew the futility of
playing on ' a ba~ pitch - one ·· never knew where the
ball was coming:-I,
Mr. Maker lproposed a vote of thanks to the
artistes and also to Mr. Frederick Ford. who ' haa:
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. The pnze.WlOncrs were as' follows :---DIVISION j A•
Winnerf : - Wokingham London Road
Run;ner~-up : --WoklOgham Magp,,;s
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tWinners : - Delta C. C.
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not on ly of Reading but also of t~e district. at
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in their forward movement.

Among .his many duties Mr. Smiih is General
of the C.M.T.S .. Joint
Secretary wi·t h Mr. C. H. K. Marten. of Eton
the Hi storial Association ,
the Bishop's nominee .on the Diocesan Conference rel,\-eserltnlli the Church Teachers of
the Diocese. is Steward of the Greyfriar'. No. 1101,
of Freemasons. and sidesman of Sf. Giles Church.
the long school j ~urneys. by
which at least ' hi s scholars enjoy an annual

,cnd manages the St. George's Club in Castle Street

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!forth at ti.e call of their country.
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J.:rds who succumbed in Engl c. nd .or elsewhere to hospital
as the result of their wounds.

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was unveiled on 'S unday by Lt_-Col.
Buch Jqan: Dunlcp. h:mself ,n old soldi .. and the fathecof
soldiers, ~nd a full . reJort
the proceedings appears 'on
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and with ' Mrs. Smith organised

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their country.
the names embrace these wh.o actua1l y fell ill active
. service, and does n et include those of the equally brave

Mr. ALBERT SMITH.

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Long though the list

exhausts Ithe list of those who died

and as it is said that it is the

are looking ' to Mr. Smith to lead them a. step

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;interest not only t o t he r~ !ativcJ of .t he seve?teen gallant
'men who~e names appear ,therec n, but to the whole of tht>
'Jommuni~ of Lower V/hitl ey• from which" ~hese men went

of an annexe to this school. He
~ f the boys school th ere in
of both departments.
of the Teachers Associatien

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The rccompanyi~g picture of a memc rial .brass ~a.blct
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in1 St. Paul s Church. Lower Wh,tley. IS of
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Coming to R eading in 1895, Mr. Smith was ao'pol.nt,ed as an assistant teacher

,The new president is a man o.f many

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busy man who finds time for more activity the

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widely known among local teachers hoth i~ regard
I work as h end-mast~r .of St.
Giles !'lchool and as an ardent advocate of modern e~,"cationaJ ideas.
at Battl; School. and a lew years iater first
proceeded to St. Giles 'in 1904. and became
1906. During the war he was appointed

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election of Mr. Albert' SmIth to

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TO' THEIR BRAVE DEAD.

the elementary 5cHo11 tea.chers.
Association.

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Considerable satisfaction has been fe~t ·

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