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the party will spend the day at Oxford. The following evening they will attend a social
at Earley, and on Wednesday they are to visit the Berkshire and Reading Fire Brigade
headquarters. That evening they will be officially welcomed at the Town Hall, and
then attend a dinner at the Waterloo Restaurant. It is hoped to arrange a factory visit
for the Germans on Thursday, and the follow evening they will attend a normal
weekly meeting of the All Saints’ Youth Club. The second week’s programme
includes visits to Windsor and London, and a passing-out parade at the Army
Apprentice School, Arborfield.

MEMORIALS HOMES FETE
Due to the generosity of the family of the late Alderman Philip Sale—a mayor and
freeman of the borough of Wokingham—the town council were able to build a home
for elderly people on a plot of land near the centre of the town, said the Mayor, Cllr.
W.J. Willey, in opening a garden fete in the orchard at the rear of the Alderman Sale
Memorial Homes on Saturday afternoon.
The fete, he explained, was to raise money to provide a television set for the
common room in the homes. Among those present were the Misses Constance and
Dorothy Sale, daughters of the alderman to whose memory the houses were erected,
the Hon. Mrs. Remnant, wife of the Member of Parliament for the Division and
several members of the council. After the official opening the Mayoress was
presented with a bouquet by Mrs. E.M. Windebank, who on that day had been a
resident of the homes for exactly two years. In addition to the usual stalls and
competitions there was a dancing display, and pony rides.

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DARTS CLUB OUTING
Members of the Victoria Arms arts club enjoyed a day’s outing to Brighton on
Sunday.

CRICKETERS’ DANCE
The Wokingham Cricket Club held a dance in The Bush Hotel on Friday last week.

SALVATION ARMY OUTING
Members of the local branch of the Salvation Army enjoyed a coach outing to the
Cheddar Gorge on Tuesday.

NURSERY VISIT
Members of the Wokingham Horticultural Association visited Messrs. Sale and
Son’s rose nurseries in the Barkham Road, Wokingham, on Friday last week.

WASTE PAPER
Ten tons of waste paper were sold by the Wokingham Borough Council during the
period covered by the latest report of the Borough Surveyor.

STUDENTS’ LUNCHEON
Students of the full-time day commercial course at the Institute of Further
Education, Montague House, Wokingham, held a luncheon on Wednesday, attended
by the Mayor, Cllr. W.J. Willey.

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