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quorum, this meeting and the general meeting of the Chamber which was to have
followed, were cancelled. The two main items to have been discussed at the general
meeting were the Peach Street traffic regulations and the Chamber’s annual dinner.

YOUNG GERMAN VISITORS
The party of 21 young Germans from Bad Gandersheim who are visiting Wokingham
were officially welcomed to the borough by the Mayor, Cllr. W.J. Willey, in the Town
Hall on Wednesday. In a short speech the Mayor encouraged the visitors to look upon
the residents of the town and the council officials as their friends, and to ask as many
questions as they liked. The Mayor was thanked for his welcome by the leader of the
party, Dr. Gunter Thilo-Schade, and received a gift of flowers from Fraulein Almuth
Kittel. The Town Clerk, Mr. L. Goddard Smalley, then explained to the Germans the
significance and use of the borough regalia, which was on show, and gave them a
brief history of the town. The ceremony was followed by a dinner in the Waterloo
restaurant. At this the loyal toast was given by Mr. G. Miles, chairman of the Local
Advisory Youth committee, who are sponsoring the visit, and the toast “Our Guests”
was proposed by the Mayor. The Director of Education for Berkshire, Mr. T.D.W.
Whitfield asked those present to drink to the success of “international reciprocal
visits.”

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NATIONAL SAVINGS
Wokingham’s national savings workers were congratulated by their chairman, Ald.
S.L. Bowyer, at a rally held in St. Crispin’s School, Wokingham, on Friday last week,
when the orchestra of the Corps of R.E.M.E. gave a concert. The rally was organised
for the presentation of three new awards. To Mr. Howard Perkins of Radio Heaters
Ltd., Ald. S.L. Bowyer handed the shield for the industrial group to show the greatest
increase in membership (35). Two children from Palmer Schools collected a shield for
the greatest increase in school savers (90), and Mrs. V.M. Wicks, of the street-group
sub-committee, was presented with the cup for having 41 new members in the
Latimer and Havelock Road savings group. Badges for seven years’ service were
received by Mrs. I.G. Francis, of 49, Gipsy Lane, Wokingham, and Mr. J.H.
Kirkpatrick, of the “Metalair” savings group. Making the presentations, Mr. Bowyer
pointed out that Wokingham had 94 savings groups, with 3,137 members—34 per
cent of the population, and in the recent campaign secured 520 new members.

NATIONAL SERVICE CALL-UP
An audience of young men due to register for National Service during the next 12
months, together with some of their parents, attended a meeting at Montague House
on Tuesday last week, organised by the Berkshire Education Committee’s Central
Berkshire Area, Youth Employment Service. Answering questions and giving as
much information as possible were Mr. A.J. Alpe, of the Ministry of Labour and
National Service, Mr. F.H. Rudge, representing the Royal Navy, Lt.-Col. C.L.C.
Ward, for the Army, and Ft-Lt. L.E. Stack, for the Royal Air Force. Major L.M.E.
Dent presided, and hoped that at these meetings became better known, still more
people would attend them.

TRAMP SUPPER
Tramps, as they were known before officialdom found it necessary to record them
as “persons without a settled way of living,” are fast disappearing from our roads. But

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