Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. Includes letter from the vicar W B Chapman to Badsey & Aldington (sympathy to relatives of late Mr Henry Johns and Mrs Perkins). Badsey and Aldington Vestry meeting (tributes paid by Vicar to work of Messrs G A King and G A Jones as Churchwardens and as Sequestrators; nominated Mr King as minister’s warden and Mr Jones re-elected as parishioners’ warden) and Annual PCC meeting (reports by Miss Sladden, Mr King and Mr C A Binyon; Mrs Savory elected to Diocesan Conference; Mrs Ballard, Mrs Major, Mrs Sparrow, Mr C A Binyon elected to the Ruri-Decanal Conference; Mrs Cole, Mrs Byrd, Mrs Reed, Mrs Crane, Mrs Floyd, Miss E Sladden, Miss Allard, Mr J Major, Mr M Savory, Mr R Knight, Mr G Crisp, Mr Harvey, Mr Cleaver elected to PCC; Mr D Agg, Mr A J Brazier, Mr J Major, Mr M Savory, Mr P Sparrow, Mr W Hardiman, Mr F Cleaver, Mr Floyd, Mr R Knight, Mr Williams, Mr Byrd, Mr Blake, Mr G Moisey elected sidesmen); Mothers’ Union (names Miss Sladden, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Reed); Sanctuary Guild (thanks to Mrs Idiens for renovating altar frontal and to Mrs G A King for restoring white frontal embroidered by Mrs Hunt in 1885). Wickhamford Vestry meeting (Mr Lees-Milne nominated as minister’s warden and Mr G Agg re-elected parishioners’ warden) and Annual PCC meeting (reports by Mrs Cooke and Mr Lees-Milne; Mrs Cooke elected lay representative to the Diocesan Conference; Mrs Hill, Mrs Collett, Mrs Sheppard elected to the Ruri-Decanal Conference; Mr Sheppard, Mr Parry, Mr Willis, Mr Newbury, Mr Sturt, Mr Pearce, Mr Daffurn, Mr Southern elected sidesmen; Mr Caswell thanked for repairing the church door). Reports on village organisations: British Legion's Women's Section (Standard to be dedicated at Badsey Parish Church on 7th March, Mrs I Knight Standard Bearer, Mrs N Cook and Mrs Ockwell escorts; report by R M Barnard); Infant Welfare Centre held in social room of The Wheatsheaf (report by E H Idiens); British Legion Men’s Section (Chairman Mr J Major welcomed Reverend W B Chapman; discussion of war memorials in Badsey and Wickhamford churches for those who fell in the 1939-1945 war; report by P Sparrow); 1st Badsey Brownies (fund-raising whist drive names Mr W Hartwell, Jose Wheatley, Mrs Geden, Mrs R Rouse, Mrs F Wheatley, Mrs W Bennett, Mrs Sandford, Mrs Willett, Mr C Hall, Mrs E Perkins, Mr B Blake; report by Jean Rouse, Brown Owl); Women’s Institute (President Mrs S B Carter; minute’s silence for relatives of late Mrs Kinsey and Mr T Perkins; names Mrs Reed, Mrs P Hall, Mrs W Sparrow, Mrs Savory; report by N E Keen); Wickhamford Memorial Hall Fund (Mrs Batty gave consent for Flower Show to be held at Wickhamford Manor; Badsey platoon of Home Guard gave a donation; report by A C Welland); Nursing Association (report by I M Brady). Baptisms - Jennifer Newbury (Wickhamford). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley; C Savage & Son; H Robinson; H E Wheatley; C J Bird; H Floyd.
