Savings, schools and scouts (1916)

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Extract from Parish magazine September 1916

NOTES AND NOTICES.

WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.—At a meeting held in the Church Rooms on Monday, 28th ult., it was decided to start a " Wateringbury and District War Savings Association" for adults, that is, for all persons above school age. Boys and girls who belong to the Schools War Savings Association will, on leaving school, be transferred to this adult association. A start was made with a membership of about a dozen. This will doubtless be considerably increased as people come to realise its advantages both for themselves and for the country. It should be clearly understood that money invested and lent to the Government in this way is not irrevocably locked up—it can be withdrawn at any time should a depositor have need of it. If left in, a certificate begins to bear interest at the end of twelve months after its purchase, and at the end of five years the interest amounts to about 5 1/4 per cent. The Vicar was elected chairman of the new association, and Mr. Amos Baker treasurer. Mr. Herbert Green, the Phoenix Brewery, kindly consented to act as secretary. It was decided to make sixpence the unit of deposits—that is to say every deposit must be either sixpence or some multiple of sixpence, viz., 1s. or 1s. 6d., and so on up to any amount. If anybody happens to have £10 put by he might invest it all at once, and get twelve certificates and have several shillings left to his credit. Affiliation has been applied for. Until the association is regularly formed deposits are being received at any time by Mr. Amos Baker at his shop, and by Mr. H. Green, and on Monday mornings by Miss Harvey at the Schools.

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THE SCHOOLS.—The girls have given up their prizes this year on account of the war. The prizewinners, instead of them, received each one a card, prettily decorated by Miss Hinton and a few of the head girls with the flags of the Allied Nations, and inscribed with her name. The cards were presented at the breaking up by Miss Cecilia Livett. The following is the list :—

St. vii. Constance Stow and Dorothy French (Drawing).

St. vi. Doris South (General progress); Elsa Smith (Drawing); Majorie Rogers, Kate Ashbee and Jessie King (General progress); Edith Winter¹ and Beatrice Mllstead (Needlework).

St. v. Kate Wells, Ada Waghorn, Nellie Blackmore, Vera Andrews and Kathleen Boorman (General progress); Charlotte Huggett (Drawing) ; Annie Foord and Sylvia Stow (Needlework).

St. iv. Margaret Bentley and Margaret Weller (General progress); Ethel Maytum (Needlework) ; Ethel Wood (Nature work).

St. iii. Dorothy Curd, Ena Blackmore and Alice Underbill (General progress); Lizzie Maytum (Singing); Hilda Tompsett (Needlework); Agnes Cronk (Perseverance).

St. ii. Ruth Pickett (General progress); Enid Curd (Needlework); Dorothy Mayers (General progress); Lily Brooker (Nature work).

St. i. Catherine French, Eva Fullager and Rosa Foord (General progress); Hilda White (Drawing); Evelyn Wood (Needlework); Kathleen Bannister (Perseverance).

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BOY SCOUTS.—Camps being forbidden to scouts in Kent during the war, the Wateringbury troop arranged a little tour instead. Six scouts, with the scoutmaster and Mrs. Smith, left, the schools soon after 7 a.m. on Monday morning (August 28th), and marched via Aylesford and Blue Bell Hill to Chatham. Here a short stay was made at the residence of the Mayor (Wm. Payne, Esq.), who provided refreshments for the troops. Next a visit was paid to the German Submarine UC 5, after which a tram was boarded for Rainham, where dinner was transferred from one storage to another. More marching followed (some of it not according to arrangements) until Sittingbourne was reached, tea having been partaken of on the road. From here train was taken to Faversham, where Mrs. Drew (nee A. L. Clarke Smith) arranged sleeping accommodation and food for the party. The following day was very wet, so after a look round Faversham, we decided to go to Canterbury, where the museum, St. Martin's and the Cathedral occupied us until after tea, when train was again taken, this time to Margate. The following day was not only wet but windy, yet in spite of all we enjoyed ourselves. Ultimately a telegram stating that hop-picking commenced the next day cut short our little outing, which must be "concluded in our next." (Communicated).

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NAVY AND ARMY LIST.—Now that the Military Service Act has come into force, the Vicar wishes to make a complete list of those who have been called up and also of those who, having been passed, have received exemptions to a certain date. He also wishes to indicate, by appropriate signs against the names, those who have been killed or wounded in the service of their country, and those who having been wounded have recovered and returned to service or been discharged. Such a list, when complete, would serve as a permanent record and be placed somewhere in the Church. Its accurate compilation is a matter of some difficulty, and the Vicar would be glad if the friends of those serving would communicate information either to him or to Mr. Richards from time to time. At his suggestion the Churchwardens are reserving the space on the wall on the north side of the chancel arch for a memorial of those who shall have fallen in the war.

Notes

1. Edith Winter was the younger sister of Charles Winter killed in November 1916 on the Somme.