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1949 Jan - Aldington, Badsey and Wickhamford Parish Magazine

Description

Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. Named personnel on front: Vicar, Rev W B Chapman; Badsey (Churchwardens, Mr G A King, Mr G A Jones; PCC Treasurer, Mr C A Binyon; PCC Secretary, Miss M E Sladden; Wickhamford (Churchwardens, Mr G C Lees Milne, Mr G Agg; PCC Treasurer, Mr G C Lees Milne; PCC Secretary, Mrs E Cooke). Includes separate letters from the vicar W B Chapman to Badsey & Aldington (thanks to Mr Henry King for carol service choir training; Mr & Mrs Floyd moving to Norton; sympathy to relatives of late Mrs Harrison and of late Miss Pansy Hutchings) and Wickhamford (Mothers' Union meeting, Mrs Heather presented a prayer book to Mrs Pearce; Sunday School annual prize-giving by Mr Pearce and Mr Sturt, tribute to work of teachers, Miss Cox, Miss Lawley, Miss Avis Colley; Mr C A Binyon to talk at January meeting of Men's Fellowship on Reminiscences of a JP). Badsey notes: Mothers’ Union; Sanctuary Guild; Men’s Fellowship (Mr E W Sturt; Mr C E Miller, headmaster of Prince Henry’s Grammar School; report by M G Savory); Sunday School (prize distribution by churchwardens Messrs King and Jones); Youth Fellowship (return table tennis match against Scouts; D Edwards beat C Andrew, G Jones beat C Perkins, D Brazier beat L Grinnell, B Jennings lost to K Mitchell, M Salter lost to J Bennett, D Barrand lost to R Sandford, N Harris lost to J Andrew, T Sparrow lost to A Vale); missionary boxes received from Mrs Harvey, David Rouse. Reports of village organisations: Women’s Institute (21st birthday party, 90 members present including Mrs S B Carter, president, Mrs Byrd, president of Bretforton WI, Mrs Berry, former treasurer now living at Malvern; aplogies from Mrs Caldecott, president of Offenham WI, Mrs E Carter, former president; first secretary and treasurer, Miss Jones, invited to cut the birthday cake made by Mrs Whitford; Mrs Savory, on behalf of the Canning Club, presented Mrs Sadler with a fruit set; competitions won by Mrs Pratley, Mrs T Perkins, Mrs E Mitchell, Mrs F Sandford, Mrs R Rouse, Mrs F Haines, Mrs A Reed, Mrs E Wheatley, Mrs R Hartwell, Mrs Jennings, Mrs Floyd, Mrs A L Byrd, Mrs A W Sparrow; report by N E Keen); British Legion Women’s Section (branch meeting at The Bell Inn presided over by Mrs W Keen; competitions won by Mrs F Barnard, I E Homans, Colin Harwood, Terry Brotherton, Miss P Keen, Mrs C Haines, Mrs T Keen, Mrs W D Sparrow, Mrs Plimmer, Mrs Waldren, Miss B Collins, Mr D Harwood, Mrs Simmonds, C G Beechey, John Clarke, W Hartwell, Mr D Jelfs, Mr V Barnes, Miss L Hartwell, Miss C Barnard, Mrs F Barnard, Mrs Dungworth; Mrs Warmington presented with clock by Mrs W B Chapman; report by K Cleaver). Baptisms - Roger John Remington Powell, Gillian Norma Grove, David Glyndwr Pritchard, David George Caunter (Badsey). Burials - Maud Naomi Harrison, Edith Pansy Hutchings (Badsey). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley; C Savage & Son; H Robinson; H E Wheatley; C J Bird; H Floyd.

Year created
1949
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
18.8 cm x 24.7 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Magazine bound into a black volume with other magazines of the period; only the magazine for January in each year includes the front cover
Donor or Creator of Records
Badsey Parochial Church Council
Provenance
The Vicarage loft
Nature of Acquisition
Permanent loan
Accession Date
2022
Access Conditions
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Attached Documents
Reference
1158/SJC/NL/Z