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and November £228; £3,925 has been collected since the group was formed in May,
1940. A group has been formed by the Presentation Convent in Easthampstead Road.

AMBULANCE CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL
The campaign launched in Wokingham to raise £600 for a new ambulance station
and site has met with great success, more than the required amount being taken by
Monday morning. As reported in our last issue £18 was raised from a concert and
whist drive held at the Town Hall. On Friday £21 was added from another whist drive
at “Glebelands,” when a hundred and sixty-four people took part, the chief winners
being Messrs. Cook, J.C. Crawle, and W. Hibbess.
On Saturday flag selling and house-to-house collections realised £86 2s. 7½d. The
remainder was made up by voluntary contributions from firms and individuals. The
total so far received is now £676 12s.

The following articles have been taken from the Reading

Mercury and the Wokingham Times
1942 to 1945
NB Articles dated Friday are from The Wokingham Times. Those dated Saturday are
from The Reading Mercury.
1942

rd
Sat 3 Jan
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
Last Monday evening troops and their friends were entertained at the Church Army
Canteen Hut at Wokingham.

METHODIST CHURCH
A social was held on New Year’s Eve at the Methodist Church, followed by a
Watch-Night Service at 11.15 p.m.

DR. BARNARDO’S HOMES
Members of the Watchtower Society and Barnardo’s Helpers’ League collected £4
13s. by carol singing. This with other subscriptions, makes a total of £7 12s. sent to
Dr. Barnardo’s Homes

HANDEL’S “MESSIAH”
“The Cecilian Singers,” rendered Handel’s “Messiah” on Saturday at All Saints’.
Mr. Arthur Yould was the conductor, and Mr. P.R. Scrivener, F.R.C.O., was at the
organ. Soloists were Gwendoline Earl, Elizabeth Hawkins, Elsie Gibson and Marjorie
Harris.

WAR SAVINGS
War Savings in the borough amounted to £3,038 for the week ending December
th
th
13 . There was a slight increase for the following week (ending December 20 ),
$3,246 being saved. A new group, the “Rural District Council Houses Savings
Group,” has been formed with 29 members as a start.

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