Monthly parish magazine, price 3d per month. No Vicar’s letter to Badsey parishioners but notes about the church fete in the Vicarage garden; Harvest thanksgiving; congratulations to Mr & Mrs E Smith on their marriage, the bride, Joan Cockerton, having rendered faithful service as a Sunday School teacher; organ recital by Mr J Gilbert Mills in November with Mr Henry King as soloist; Sanctuary Guild; Mothers’ Union; Men’s Fellowship. Vicar’s letter to Wickhamford parishioners (diamond wedding congratulations to Mr & Mrs J W Mason; at the end of the PCC meeting at Leystones Café, Mrs Mason presented with a book by members of the PCC and Mothers’ Union). Reports of village organisations: Women’s Institute (Mrs Caswell appointed Sick Visitor; Mrs Sadler reported on work of the Canning Club; Miss Sandford passed her test; speaker thanked by Mrs Shelley; “Twenty Questions” team comprising Mrs Carter, Mrs L Byrd, Mrs Hurman, Mrs J Keen, with Mr M Savory “knowing all the answers”; Mrs Seers, Mrs Carter, Mrs Pratley, Mrs Sparrow winners of a gladioli competition; report by N E Keen); British Legion Women’s Section (Chairman Mrs Harvey spoke about the war memorial to be placed in the church; speaker was Mrs Chapman who gave an entertaining account of life as a Vicar’s wife; thanked by Mrs M Savory; report by R M Barnard); British Legion Men’s Section (details about the proposed war memorial; report by P H Sparrow). Extract from “A Message from the Bishops assembled at Lambeth”, read in all churches on 10th October. Marriages - Edward Edgar Albert Smith and Winifred Joan Cockerton (Badsey); Rachel Elizabeth Astley, Joyce Brotherton (Wickhamford). Burials - Eliza Emms (Badsey). Adverts placed by: T E Wheatley, Poplars Garage, High Street; C Savage & Son, Builder; H Robinson, Manor Dairy; H E Wheatley, Butcher, High Street; C J Bird, Cycle Dealer & Repairer; H Floyd, Hairdresser, 27 Bridge Street, Evesham.
