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On Monday evening the annua.l meetlDg uf

tbe fRea.d1.ug and

Mr. H. T . Pugh (hon. trea.surer) . Mr. R. P .
Lunn (DistrIct Sooutmaat.erL and Mr. F. W.

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~ecial. Order or Ready-to-Wear.

OF EVERY DEB<fRIPTIqN:

PROMPT EFFICIENT SERVICE.

advantage of 'the present fac4ities by booking spec;ial Dressmaking
and Tailoring Orders NOW.
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Large·Tin (lib. net) 8~ D.
FRESH- HERRINGS tin
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New Spaghetti
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Good Tapioca· ..
Pure
Real Sardines in. Oil
Green Split
, .PeasGood Rice· - Pure Loose Cocoa

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Jottings: "Speed/,!, . _~

~fll Our tec~r asked us ~n school Jastwel!kwhat V-E-L-O-C-I-~-J

was and lhe new boy what)as just come sed it ,'s the thrng what l jOt~ ,
·drop hot pl«tes Wl,th and/ather.. ses il tS the speed whi~h brings r"u"d
Ti"t days and Mundy morn;ng.s.yer and mother sed thaJ if he did hot
speed off IdT-.Lapgstons he wIIld miss lhe Pick~ of 1M O'lJercoais ther,.1
E verybody IS sdying how good Langstons Overcoats are ant.ll fa/h er
ses that if is the finn who, do not play fast mill loose with the price~
alld they ",usl be a gpO<! sluJp if they have been seiling DVercoats Ion
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to the rising price of fur and increased wages Felt Hats for - . " .
Men would .cost more ~han ever. This is undoubtedl~ quite
true~ but Langstons' have. :at the moment, A ~VERY LARGE ' - , . . .
STOCK~~tiff felts from 7S. II~. ~ soft from 7s. 6d. - ~nd . '.
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, The report. was adopted, as was a.lao the
finanCial statement SuPmitj
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ciation'
Di, trict.presented
Commissioner
(Mr. SchOC?ls
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CUpfithe
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ltfar tin H. F . Sutton) nnd Mr. R. J. Tyrrell . •p l Ellat I
From tho local troops 502 scouts served 0+ ' tCouDcll
wer e serving in H M. For ces, 49 wer e, killed or
died on service, a na 19 gained hopours or
a.wards. At the commcncement of the pr~sent s<,~~~!i::g~~j:~i~
year t.h e Exoc.uti\'6 Committec decided to make /l
a specml appeal for 1£1,000 to enable the AB80Jtiation to extend its programme. The appeal
w as Inuheh ei:l by a pubhe mccting in the Large
Town H a ll, 'which \vJ.a a gr~t success, and tbia
was follo'}'ed by written appeals for fund.s .l I1.'be
s~uts took a share ip the worl[ "-1?J 'a greeing
to' work and to give a ll monies earned fiG... the
appeal fu nd. By this means nearly £401 wu
added to the list; £565 has been subscribed and
it is hoped to. r eachl the £1.000 by the end of
ihe prese»'t cale ndar year.
The como:tittee
tende.r its best thanka lto ita numerous sup;p<l:rters, to t he Reading j Education Committer for
the use . of the offioos for meetings anq. for
other special facilities. to. the acoutmaater~ and
cubm18trcsses for their untiring oft'ortel. to
tr,in and h ~lp tbe scouts andG cubs, and ~the \'ot~
dlStrict officers who have carried 'out l.beir wluch he
r eepective duties with unfa.iling zeal and devo- ,'

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, Frve officers ha.ve llcfllgned a nll 44 have been
enrolled . _K ing's ROd-d , Blue Coa.t $chool and
Broad Street 'l 'roops have recorrtmenced after
temporary susp ensIOn du ring tlle war.
Twol
troops-Greyfrl ars and EngJeti eld- Ilave CODtinued to .. cllrry on\" during the ~nee of
the wa.rrant officers, Ilnd gr eat praise IS due to
PahQI Leaders Lawrence and G ~ldm g for keeping the fl ag fi ying. The scouts and . wolf cubs
still dlSplllY the same k eenness in workmg for
proficien cy badges.
Five bundred and six
badges, covering 4S subJects, were earnedJ and
issued during the year as agalMt 411 f o~ the
prevIOUS year
For some time it. has been felt
that a. untfotm an<t hlgilcr standard of extqpmations for badjrcs should be held. and after
many months Of consider ation a Inew scheme
h as been adopted and will be put into opera.tion at ooco. Tohe association desire to place on
record their iappreciation and sin cere thanks to
the many ladies and gentl6men who have given
up t.heir time to examine the boys in their'
work and to issuo cer tificates for t heir baages.
In December. 1918, the Interna.tlonal Comm.i~
sioner (Mr. H . S HarriS, O.B.E) attended ati
h eadquarter!';. a.nd addrossed a. meeting ~ of
scoutmasters nnd appealed to t hem to raiBe
f un ds for the uufortun ate troops of BCOUts in
the c1evast.at<ld &.roos of Europa..
The loeal
troops an d pa.c~s cbUect.ed by ooncerlA and
work £25 16s. 5~ During .t h e summ er months '
scoutma.sters made J arra.ngements for tbeir
fK!Ou t,8 to atte~i;l C3."lps for va,rylOg per:ioda of
8 to 14 days. About. 450 boys took adva.ntage
of these arrangements. For t he winter month.
the committee have a p\',roved of the csta.blrab·
a. Scouts' 'F?ot all JA&gue. I This Ihaa
. taken up quite enthUSiastically, and ~
every Sat.urday thr oughout the seallon
10 to ,12 matches will be pla.yed. TWo silver

MORE BAR'CAINS
Last y<;ar's price 1 /8~

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Tota! 'No. of Scouts lmd Cub •...... 1,251
No. ~'pf ~Warr&nted dfficers' . ........... 81

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TI}e committee's I annual , report, ' which was ~; <loun.
r ead by Mr. MARSH, stated t ha t the move- and Coun
men t contrnued to make good progress. The lution was
a.nnua.l census t.aken r ecently su pplied the fOI.,
lowing mtereJting information ....!.
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No. 'of Troops ......... " ...... ... . ...
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Scouts (including Rovers) ... 926 623
" . W olf Cubs .J!... . _.... ......... 325 214

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given
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appeaJ
the sinews
of war,
whlchforwaea ;.
la.unched laRt spring, Ilnd 11. was hoped to l'raiBe quired
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the r emainder of what WWI still r equir ed b y
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mi:!ans of e.n .afternoon a nd an eVJl.ning conoert
t",- b e gwen shyrtly .. Princess Allee aT. ' th~ Earl
of Athlone, with the ChIef Scoutmaster (Sir R.
Bad; n P O'YeH) , ha d I promised to be present. J
were ]\"ery much indebted to Mr. Rivera. !
, proprietor of the I " Reading Standard ," for ; ton ,
he had dono in promoting t,h ose concerts, time
and th ey w,er e n.lmo ~t cer tain of success \ u a I In
result of ' the efforts ! he had made ,up fO the crowdi,. or}]~Ai~~
pr ~ent time.
In conclusion , the ' ChairmlLb
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voiced the t.hanks Qf the Association to tbe
otpoers for their sei-vicC8. and paid a warm
tribu te to Mr. Marsh, the hon. secretary. for
HIS va luable assistance.
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was carrjed th.rough la.at a ut'umn ; they Iwere
now in eve~y sense an assobiation complying '
with headquu.rter regulations: and they 'could
claim to be a very fl ourlshmg body. Excellent I'
progress ha d been made With < the (!ub packa ..
and the scout- movement generally had develope d wonderfully during the past year. All ,
through
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8ooutl::na.sters
away . theythe
h adwar,
beem Wlt}l
workin
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the great,.. ,
est difficu lties, but he W ag ' glad to eay that '
t heir I numbers now were grea.ter than ever
fore, the fi gu res s)lowing an in creaoo" of fifty
per cent. pverJhose of last year . . There were '
almost unlimi d pOSSibilities of development
and, With the view :of extending their ~ork.
they! had taken the P1ubhc intp thclr· confiden.oe
and given them a.n opportunity of learning .
wh a~ t hey 'were a.tt emptlOg to do for \.he good
of the boys~ p.nd, therefore, for the good of th'e
State. 'l"hey were extremely grateful for the

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Ma.rsh (hon.> secr etary ), }fr. Dryland Haslam,
j im. , wr.ote r egrett.mg malllhty ft!Lattend . !
'rhe CHAIRMAN said they wc.rC !meetlDr for
tho first. time;! under the new constitution lfhicb

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Sutton. ( Others present were Mr. Leonard
Sutton, MaJor Porter, a.B.E., Mr. \J . Buill,

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llall, under the presi4ency or hir. MartiD

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Mr. Pugh . Election
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president' had always been h Efld by the C nty
Comm iSSlOner (Mr. J . H . Benyon), but b had
resigned that position owmg to preesur ..of
pubhe work H e would suggest that tbey 11 lould
defer the ' election of president until If new
County COmmissioner ha.d been appomted.
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The other officers we re elected 8.8 previo B:Vice-presidents, Colonel I.eslie W,i1SODL M.P.•
Mr. Howard Palmer &Jld )Mr. A. W;. Hutton •
'Mr. Martin Su'tton; vic&eha.irman,
treasurer. Mr. H . T. Pugh; district

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8.ssiAtant sOOt:etary, Mr . .G. Lam~

G. Sutum, Mr. W. E. Simkins.
a.nd
E. F. €1hutebill were
elected to
Committee; and the
following were
members of the Asaoci.tion: The -Rev.
Stoney (Vicar of Ca.vet- . "~;';nm"n;ll
sham), Colonel
(Mortime r), Ma.jor Dunne 10 ' _
(Wokinghrrm),
. C. T . ..,Thorp (Mortimer),
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Mr. Tyrrell and Mr. W . E; Collier.
Tho N DOd of a Sports Cround.

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To the Editor, "'-'RZADING STAND'AJlD.
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eateemed Vicar of 6l1lnntlld this ~ar~ Nflcbel hli ':"'!"we.
jubilee. It It ..... In ...... tln• . to Do... talat be .. the I 'teh·t , r~:;:'~~t~~~~ .• nee
Mtieth Vicar of Shlniklld. It Jiu ~ to me,
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peet, be thought, of more football pitch.. being
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It was. a~reed to write ~o Jhe Town Council

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HUlllle APPClIITIEITI.

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.cleimed"--ft1erybody 'happyi that:s th~ remit 0'1'" the Pair.hirie direct Im ethod.

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another, 30 "every good pot and .
deserves a ..g.obod . shine
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and scullery. 11..00 K 0 N
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The urgent need of a sporte ground for the
scouts Wa.8 railed by Mr. BRAIN a.nd

FAIRBAIRN.
Mr. PUG.I:I oa.id that the mat~r bad been
brought to t.he notice of the Parb and PIe..
aute Grounda Committee and there waa a prO&-

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