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At the funeral at All Saints’ Church on Tuesday, the Mayor and Mayoress (Cllr.
S.L. Bowyer and Mrs. E. Ratcliffe) attended with members of the Corporation.
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Sat 14 April
OBITUARY MISS M.T. HEELAS
Granddaughter of John Heelas, a founder of the Wokingham firm of Heelas and
Sons, Miss M. Tyndale Heelas, A.B.W.S., died at a Reading nursing home on
Saturday. She lived at Burcott House, Wokingham, for many years.
Miss Heelas was well-known in the art world and had exhibited many water colours
in London and Reading. Cremation was at Woking on Wednesday.

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Sat 21 April
THE COUNTY LIBRARY
The Wokingham branch of the County Library will be transferred from the Town
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Hall to Montague House, Broad Street, Wokingham, as from May 1 . Books may be
taken and exchanged between 5.30 and 7.30 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays, between
2.30 and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesdays and between 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on
Wednesdays.
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Sat 5 May
MISSING IN KOREA
Hopes ran high in two Wokingham homes this week that their sons, reported
missing after recent action in Korea, would get back to allied lines, or at the very
worst, were prisoners-of-war. On Tuesday, Mrs. M. Allum, of 11, Commons Road,
Embrook, received a telegram to say that her eldest son, Arthur John, aged 19, was
missing in action with the Gloucestershire Regiment. Private Allum had been in the
Army for one year. A pupil at Ranelagh School, Bracknell, he worked previously at
Shire Hall, Reading.
Private Edward S. Rose (19), of 65, Rose Street, Wokingham, was due to be
demobilised in June and had written to his family telling them how much he was
looking forward to coming home. He had been sent to Korea with the
Gloucestershires after serving in Germany. A telegram saying that he was missing
was received on Wednesday. Edward Rose attended Palmer School, Wokingham, and
before being called up worked with Hosler Ltd., Wokingham, as a plumber.

OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL
Members of the Wokingham youth organisations relay lit by Ald. F.S. Perkins at
Shute End, to the Festival bonfire in London Road. As the Mayor, Cllr. S.L. Bowyer,
plunged the light into the fire, a great cheer arose from the vast crowd assembled.
Wokingham’s part in the Festival had begun. Prior to the bonfire-lighting, a service
was held at All Saints’ Church, and from the church people went to the Market Place
for Community singing, led by St. Sebastian’s Band. An accident occurred at the
bonfire field when Mrs. L. Gaines, of Bear Wood Road, slipped and broke a finger.

NEW LIBRARY OPENED
Wokingham’s new library at Montague House, Wokingham was formally opened
by The Mayor (Cllr. S.L. Bowyer) on Tuesday. The chairman of the County Library
Committee, Mr. S. Freeman, spoke of the difficulty of finding suitable
accommodation in the past, but said that now Montague House was being devoted for
further education, the much-needed library facilities could be given to the people of
Wokingham. He also paid tribute to the work of the late Miss M. Harwood and of Mr.
C. Hawkins (Deputy Town Clerk). The Mayor of Wokingham, who was accompanied

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