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“Rose Cottage” realised £725. The post office and general stores on the cross-roads at
St. Sebastian’s was sold for £900.
Various plots of land were offered and realised sums upwards of £425.

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Sat 17 July
SALVAGE
The Wokingham Town Council sold ten tons of waste paper during May.

PREVENTION IS BETTER
A sink and taps and two doors having been stolen from a sanitary block at Toutley
Camp, the Housing Committee have resolved that all unwanted fittings at the camp be
sold.

ROTARY CLUB
At the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club of Wokingham held on Thursday last
week, the guest speaker was Major R. Brett, of the United States Air Force. His
subject was P.O.W. camps in Korea, and the vote of thanks was recorded by Rotarian
John True.

THE RUNAWAY
Apparently quite unconcerned, a dog sat quite motionless in the driving seat of a
cart as the pony pulling it bolted in Peach Street and London Road on Monday
morning. The runaway was chased down the London Road by a man on a bicycle. It
then turned, raced back towards the town and turned off into Wiltshire Road, where it
was finally halted.

WOKINGHAM REVISITED
A welcome will be extended tomorrow (Sunday) to C.S.M. Clover, of the Salvation
Army, who will visit the town to conduct the evening meeting in the Salvation Army
Hall. Mr. Clover will be remembered as Captain Clover, who came to Wokingham 24
years ago to re-establish the Salvation Army in the town. He is now at Oldham.

GARDEN FETE
The Sonning Deanery Moral Welfare Association held their annual garden fête in
the grounds of “Sherwood,” Murdoch Road, Wokingham, on Saturday, by permission
of Mrs. I.M. Glennie. During the afternoon students of the Easthampstead Park
Training College presented a one-act “thriller”—“The Monkey’s Paw.” It is expected
that about £48 will be raised for the association funds.

STUDENTS’ LUNCHEON
To mark the end of the full-time day commercial course at the Institute of Further
Education, Montague House, Wokingham, on Wednesday, the students held their
second “going down” luncheon. This pleasant function was organised by the students
themselves and attended by about 35 people. Principal guests were the Mayor, Cllr.
R.H. Brimblecombe, the Hon. Mrs. Corfield (chairman of the local advisory
committee which runs the institute), and Mr. B.E. Scott, chairman of the
Easthampstead R.D.C. The toast to the Institute was proposed by Miss J. Collins and
responded to by the Hon. Mrs. Corfield; that to the guests proposed by Miss J. Barker
and acknowledged by the Mayor.

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