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IMPRESSED BY ST. CRISPINS
A party of Dutch journalists said on Monday that they were particularly impressed
by St. Crispin’s School, especially the first-class equipment in the practical
departments. After inspecting the school and watching several classes at work, the
party were entertained to tea with the head master, Mr. E. Bancroft.

“SMOG CONSCIOUS”
Although generally afflicted with “smog” many Wokingham people appear to have
taken heed of the London Medical Committee’s recent recommendation on the
making and wearing of masks. One of Wokingham’s three chemists has, for the past
two or three weeks, had a much greater demand for gauze, and has had to send for
further supplies.

METHODIST ANNIVERSARY
The Wokingham Methodist Church anniversary was marked on Wednesday by a
concert of sacred music, given by the Crowthorne Methodist choir. Before the
concert, the minister, the Rev. H. Ogden, received gifts in the vestry. The concert was
presided over by Dr. W.G. Templeman. Supper was afterwards served in the
schoolroom. Over £70 was collected, and this will go towards re-equipping the
schoolroom with modern tubular-steel chairs.

LADIES’ BOWLING CLUB
The Wokingham Ladies’ Bowling Club broke away from the traditional dinner
when they held their annual prize-giving in their pavilion on Tuesday evening. The
function began with a whist drive in the afternoon, and this was followed by supper
and a social evening. During the evening the club president, Mrs. E. Thorpe,
presented, on behalf of club members, a powder compact to Mrs. D. Beard, as a
memento of her year’s county presidency. Other trophies and awards were presented
as follows: Club championship, Mrs. L. Thorne; handicap championship, Mrs. V.
Hoar (runner-up, Mrs. P. Fry); three-wood championship, Mrs. E. Johnson (runner-up,
Mrs. D. Beard); pairs, Mrs. R. Banks and Mrs D. Beard (runners-up, Mrs. R. Kennedy
and Mrs. P. Fry); knock-out pairs, Mrs. R. Maryon and Mrs E. Johnson (runners-up,
Mrs. V. Hoar and Mrs. L Thorne); triples, Mrs. V. Smith, Mrs. E. Paine and Mrs. N.
Gear (runners-up, Mrs. E. Thorpe, Mrs. R. Maryon and Mrs. D. Beard); rink, Mrs. V.
Smith, Mrs. R. Kennedy, Mrs. J. Bass, Mrs. L. Thorne (runners-up, Mrs. E. Thorpe,
Mrs. R. Banks, Mrs. E. Johnson, Mrs. P. Fry); novices cup, Mrs. R. Maryon (runner-
up, Mrs. F. Hopkins).

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BOROUGH COAT OF ARMS
In London, early this week, the Town Clerk, Mr. L. Goddard Smalley, received
from the Royal College of Arms the coat-of-arms granted to the Wokingham Borough
under the Letters Patent by the Kings of Arms. Immediately after receiving the coat-
of-arms Mr. Smalley took it to the printers where it will be photographed before being
returned in time for the council meeting on Thursday.
Even the Town Clerk himself has not yet had an opportunity to examine closely the
arms, but the design is understood to be the same as the last proposal made by the
council, viz., a field of acorns on a patent shield, with an ermine chevron representing
the royal house in the forest, in the apex of which is a Tudor rose (part of the arms of
the two Queens Elizabeth). Surmounting the shield is the customary helmet (visor

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