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GARDEN PARTY
Organised by the Wokingham Women’s Meeting over one hundred people attended
a garden meeting and sale held on Wednesday at Devonia, Langborough Road, the
home of one of the members, Mrs. W.P. Tucker. There were various stalls and
competitions and tea was served. The meeting was opened by Mrs. B.J. Harris, Ald.
E.W. Reeves presiding. Proceeds exceeding £30 will go to Women’s Meeting funds.
The Mayor and Mayoress were among those present.

Fri 20th June
Off to Canada
MR. and MRS. S.A. PITHER LEAVING WOKINGHAM
Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Pither, of 37, Emmbrook Road, Wokingham, are looking forward
to joining their married daughter, Mrs. W.A. Kitching, in Montreal, Canada, soon.
They hope sail about the 24th of this month.
Mr. Pither, who was born at Swallowfield in 1881, has lived in Wokingham
practically all his life. He carried on business as a master butcher under the title, S.A.
Pither Ltd., in Broad Street, for 13 years, retiring about seven years ago. His wife,
who was Miss Lilly Over when he married her in 1911, belongs to a very old and
well-known Crowthorne family.
When the 1914-18 war broke out, Mr. Pither came back from Australia to rejoin his
old regiment, the Berkshire Yeomanry with which he served in that campaign. He
joined the Special Police afterwards, and became District Officer, finishing with that
rank this year. He had also been in the Hampshire Volunteers and was a member of
the Wokingham Fire Brigade from 1909 to 1911.
For 13 years Mr. Pither was a member of the executive of the Wokingham Club,
and was its Chairman in 1945 and 1946, when he retired. The daughter, Barbara, was
married to Capt. W.A. Kitching, of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals—Loyal
Edmonton Regt.
Mr. Pither leaves behind him his best wishes to all his comrades and Mrs. Pither
joins in thanking the host of friends they have made locally for their many kindnesses

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Sat 5 July
TAXI-RIDE FOR OLD PEOPLE
Wokingham Hire Car proprietors banded together on Monday to give 73 old people,
whose average age was 79, a three-hour drive. They were given tea at California-in-
England. The party as accompanied by the Mayor (Cllr. N.C. Lawrence), and
arrangements for the outing were made by The Deputy-Mayor (Ald. D. Goddard)
assisted by Miss Goddard.

DANCE FESTIVAL
Gaily clad in national costumes, members of the Berkshire Association of Girls’
Clubs and Mixed Clubs took part in a dance festival, held in the grounds of the Holt
School, Wokingham, on Wednesday. The festival, one of several being presented in
various parts of the county, was arranged in co-operation with the Berkshire
Education Committee. Dances from many counties were performed, some of them
community dances, in which the audience were invited to join.

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