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CHAMBER OF TRADE
The Wokingham and District Chamber of Trade meeting in the Town Hall on Friday
last week was devoted to the showing of three films by the Esso Petroleum Company.

CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL
Children from Wescott Road, Palmer, Palmer Infant and St. Paul’s Schools took
part in a “Festival of Christmas” in the Drill Hall, Wokingham, on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
NEW OFFICES
The Wokingham Conservative Association have now settled down very comfortably
in their new headquarters at No. 8 Rose Street, Wokingham. During the past five
years they had been at Denton Lodge, Shute End, Wokingham, but this was at all
times a temporary arrangement. Now in the new house they have bought, the
Conservatives have the security of tenure they have been lacking and considerably
more office space which makes it easy for the Member, the Hon. P.F. Remnant to give
interviews to persons seeking his help.

THE LATE MISS L.J. BAKER
Miss L.J. Baker died at her home, 47 Oxford Road, Wokingham on Thursday last
week, at the age of 86. She came to Wokingham as a young lady and opened a small
private school in 1889. As pupils increased, larger premises were needed, and most of
her work was done at Terrace Point, now used as a doctor’s surgery. When this again
became too small, the school moved to Montague House, where Miss Baker spent the
last nine years before her retirement in 1929.
On the foundation of the County Girls’ School, she was elected to the Board of
Governors, on which she served for many years.
She was actively interested in town affairs and was a most loyal and enthusiastic
member of Milton Road Baptist Church where her valuable service will long be
remembered. She held many different offices there and probably devoted most time to
the work of the Women’s Meeting, which she attended until the time of her death.
She supported many Philanthropic societies and was a keen member of the
Wokingham Moral Welfare Society. Despite her increasing age she became a regular
visitor at the Wokingham Hospital, and for some time she was on the committee of
the Friends of the Hospital. Her life was dedicated to the service of others. The funeral
service took place at the Baptist Church, Wokingham, on Wednesday, followed by a
cremation.

WELFARE FOOD SERVICE
Only one out of every three mothers in Wokingham and district is taking the
advantage of the Welfare Food Service and collecting their children’s cod liver oil and
orange juice from the local food office. The Ministry of Food Welfare Service invited
mothers and their young children to the town Hall, Wokingham, on Monday
afternoon, when they were given details of the scheme. Many accepted this invitation.
The Mayor and Mayoress (Cllr. W.G. Jackson and Mrs.W.J. Willey) were both
present and Ald. E.W. Reeves attended in his capacity as chairman of the local Food
Control Committee.
Ald. Reeves pointed out that milk was a child’s natural food, but it did not supply
all the vitamins that a healthy baby required. The cod liver oil and orange juice
supplied under the scheme could make good that deficiency. The Mayor said, that as a

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