Reading Observer 02-1920

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 ,

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\T HE Rev. R. G. FAIRBAIRN'S EIGHTEENTH
ANNIVERSARY.

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17th~ : ,1 920.

FE B RU ARY 17th, 18 70 .

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GOLDEN
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remai ns ill Que ch urc h fo r

yefT'S it is a. fa.i rly g()od iu di calion both of
po plll:nity a.nd . the dikit!II l:Y LI[ h is work.

I Re-~d illg ;!;;
I Cba)w1. alld

K in~'s·rr)ad

m inister ! at.

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B a}ltist

has tille<1 !t b a.t otti c(> ever sin ce. in:
cn'a~ i ll ~ t ho membership from 500 to something

, h e i ll la.y c1ai ll i do buth o f t hese ll O .... Il €'
k nows the Re y. H: t :. F ai rb"I! .' IL ~ L\ . . pa st n'l'
Dapl i:-;t ( 'h'l pel. will l H 'i'>~i h l.' do ubt

lil t" 660, T h e aclh-i t ieiol of t h e ChUff·h spread s into
tll t> yi ll ag e-.. ; ,.t' HUI-:;t. ..\.sh;t.IlI pst ea.d, Eas t an d
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. :streatl e.\+ a nd SI· he d1E'-ld. on . T.()ddc n ,
) 11'. lfa id lll in, . rL' rtc h t'_~ hi ;; l Bt b .
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am t If'l "e I:' a H "'r lll'os perous :\Iiss inn ~ 1.nt i OIl in '
t h i ~ \\"0f'1\ , all d i ...; wid e l.\" POpU !'II· lint ~ i l n"·+ ~II'et) 1 IInul' l· tho? c Lt arge o f :Mr . R obert _l ack .

~()Il . Tb €'! ill !'o t i.ill i inn al work
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0·i the church is \!e-r'\'"
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,· mi!l..l"'r~ fl Ye\, 150 memhel'i' .1 Tbt'l K ill.l!';;; +rnad
.. n ,1I n f ho nour num bers ·237 , "-or whom 33 feoll

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Illi ' W al" ,

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:l nd 1111~ tot al 1'\1 the rol l~ nf lil l(,
y ill a"ges Il umhe l"s 700 .
TIl e ch1lrC' h ill Kin)!·-,,·roa d da,tes rrom 1640. a nd
t h t' n'l',mh nf t h e dlllrch a ro ·hoUI inter~ tiTl g · ;ll1d
a ml,,.:i ng- .

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O nc illl'id 1' lIt rerers{o a m ot.i on In" a ·

Ill.e!llllt" . ,·,f the dlln'dl ill . P1U:ita d:t.~'s t l.l ·a ~: 1 }·~tt.'
()! C(' II " Ul"t' 1'1' p;l,,":ed aga lil st (11
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long.

H rjwoy er , t h e m nl io ll

i" ll lld ll" l llin;! 11111 .t1i sfa.,·olll' , ;;Ir m ll ch .S/) t Gat l he
: mor e" 'I f t hl' 1II,,11 IW \\" :l.'~ excpmmnrH cated. H e

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There is on I." (l ll e other - pa~· to.r ~ n t h e
, h i s ~(lry of the cfl1l rch who h os ~)ea.~e n t.ba prc::e ll t

r,h a Yiour.

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Rey . J . .U,n :i9,
who 1'e m:lI ned for 29 y er.n;: , an d M r. Fa.lrlllurn.
·h as a n ey e l]pon t hi s r'ecOTd . .~1r . F a ir ba irn h n...'"

Me. and M".- J ob T heo bald, of 79. P~II S reet. Readi ng. celebraJed their
~ol de n w e ddi~g on T u.,day in last week. ' Joitr. T eobald has liv ed n earl y the
whole o f hi s life in- Rea ding. H e co mm e n ceS bu iness as a grocer in Pfemi ses

a01a t

h e pre~en t ti rpe carrie s on a

potato rnerch;:m t an d h acon

urer in S o uth a mpton !S treet_

where t he Genera l Post Off ice now s t ands,

~h ol esale

hus iness of

~ \v . S:Jrg-cnl , R ca ditl/::".

to t he
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Mr. T~eob .ld is a well kno wn member 01 the Li eral Club and serves ,on the
Committee. The whole fam il y of Mr. and \ Mr ; . Th eobald, comprising nine

RENE . WEBBER,

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~u:! mbers of I:is own

chu rch , bu t with

~. ho}n he has come ill cOll t act. E nte r in g
Co ll ege a.~ n. !;tnde nt i n 1887 he rem ain ed
un t il 1890, i ll t h a t yea r going to Sa lem ,
T h e re h e hod n Ye l'y slICcel'Sfll l t ime
ch a p el, a ccomm fldat in g Slim e 1,600 p eo ple,

I;een n member of t he B apti st.. U n ion Coull cil an d

Ba.pt i~t ~1i ~siollil l'V• Commi ttee for
some
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r emarked .Mr.

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.. \\The n one r iw iews one' s

F'ai ril.'li l'n t o OUl' represelltnt i \'e~ " i t'~ r emarkable
~mv few a re the o\l b t a n d in.g episodes if one h a~
lIVe d a hap p .... a n d ·cont e nted h fe. Tf nn e m eet s
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w ith n. cat aSt rop h e or t\\'o-~V~ll--. " sbt ugg ill g
hi s should ers good·natu redly Jeming to landicnt e
a nd was in
,ch\ln:h l n: em he rsh ip rose d llri ~lJo:" ~ i s mill istr~ that.- it wat> all in the d ay' s
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5.00 t.1 80Q. I I] ' 1902 MI'. Fa lrh al rn ca me to tl t lil'l" hun d s tbn.n ours,
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da u g h te r o f ) 11', A, H. . \Vehhc r . 211 . O n ,.; R oan , R l::ldin" <I "et1 1;l
n o w Jlcrfo r m inl-: in t he D ru ry 1.:1I1l' P allto m imc , " Ci nd erclln,';': a;;d whl;
l n kill~ pn rt in 11.'1' CO':lcert t.hi;;)·ridn)· C\·e l l in g , 1 .-\l ~o the r picture in

children (fiv e son : and fou r daughters). I are li"':'ing, an d the y have a lso ten

gran dch ildren.

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lalL'(I' re pe nted i ll .~ckclot h
ashes a lld wn:« rethe eh u,'ell on p t:omi se o f good he·

II :ul m i e t ~d l~

Mr. and Mrs. J.

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FANCY DRESS BALL,

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hU IIIOU]; ; 'l ll l!. the re ,11" 1) fi H: de lightful child re n w it·h fln :dJlII Hl a·ll ce uf
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H .lld t hose wh o go
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" tr ;.! hul"l"o t. wlr'I - ... crlred fl compl et.e Sll c('el!~, The

was takl'lI ' III .\ i l,IH by e\·cllillg

~et_;lIIl d (·lI!l n'l"~ IIf t he H e;l dill;.! Temper-In oe Choral

11I li(:)" ",n! ni:.ts,

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A ll iI n " t"; I JIl I ' . wlr" :'C n ch t c]IOI \ {)]t:e \\ ,IS
ll'a "d I"~ t b e fu\l ('.-t ,uh illl t.age, an d who was Te-

.Ih~· programm e

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s, ·atcd ill tlte irunl
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' lll1 ~io..:iall ;111. 1 ~u I1I1 \]dol'. t he :'oLI.\· "1" ;lIIJ :,\l ar(' I't'~"
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TftC' fir sl ha lf of t h e progra m me. a s o n j he pre ·
.j,, " .~ t·\'clli ll!!· "; perfllt'l la llce. was that be[Hlufu l
·;tl l t a lfL of ~, Coh: ritlge-T:t.ylor ... .-\ T ale of O ~ d
upall." ha ,.:cti Olr a p ocm by Alfred Xoyes. T he

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1 J"(" hl ,~tra . rl'CI"uited fl"lllll the front. ra n ks of local

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11\\ illi..' til illdbpti~itintl \ l i~ - K ~rl ~' \\" 1\0 d l t'~' .wa~

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h(' ful1e,.t use o f t heir excellen t
~\"ork to t.he '"lui·

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111(' (;o ml m·!OI·. ,
Cnt Jt C"rL
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' la::;L - week

(ja m es Crocket in " D a ddies ," )
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1. 200

fad wh ich 1eilt·d ~ b~'ea t l'l"t! d it

th o wC'IIIf,('n: (If lhe R€a~t~11ij:~OI'Ough Pol i c~
FIll"cc . . TIlt.' l'nliLo! Ill ll~t al so be ~~gl'nlnlated on

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tire ex n· lIent ~t'H l illg ar ra uge ~ eIlL~.

Xcarly eYer)' line in th e play

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h ll ntfll"OUS ; ill fad ) the ':llI d i ~ ll ce ll n:

d uf i lj~

a slum p

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wer e

heFt la ug h ing u nt il t heir s.id es. !iterah.t ach e . "D addi es " is a.. con~edy
whtch req u ires tue yery best acti ng ,
!rot b ll fh xme ry ; an d so. R o bert
C',llrl ncidgc , wb,? person ally super ·
vises b is COm paJl)' nex t. week, ha ~
chose n such 0. cast e as is. se ld om seen
in th e pro\" iflcc s.·

cn::ry lIig' h t

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their d uol'S teJr
patr0n,t ge. I
There is a n extrto rd ill itry \Ha lth

IlI"OI1'; ll

u i cOlll cd y runni ng
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Ti~e t o t he fall of tI e Cl\I"ta lll; t h ~ re
il-' j ust a. little p atbo ' w h ich ~e n't ::S t o
hei~ b le u
t h ~· 11r i lia nce 'o f
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is t. h at.. .. en~ry ma ll '-'\\"t~ Ihe, ',\'01'16
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Miss CYNTHIA MURTAGH
in the Chllrmin ~ Comedy" D.ddies" at
the Count y Thea tre. Next Week.

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