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It was reported that student nurses at the combined hospitals gained a notable
success in the State examinations last year. On all three occasions every nurse who
entered the finals obtained a pass.

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Sat 11 May
WHIST DRIVE
The St. Crispin’s School Parent-Teacher Association held a successful whist drive
in the school on Tuesday.

PAPER MONEY
During March and April the Town Council sold five tons of waste paper for £35.

ANNIVERSARY
The Wokingham Methodist Sunday School held their anniversary on Sunday and
Monday, when the Mayor, Cllr. Mrs. C.E.A. La Bouchardière, presented trophies to
the successful scholars.

“BOATERS” FOR THE SIXTH FORM
Heads turned in the High Street, Wokingham, this week, when several girls walked
along in straw “boaters” with red and white bands. The girls were sixth-formers from
Wokingham County Girls’ School, in their new summer headwear.
Miss Whitlow, the head mistress, believes that this is the first time the school has
worn this type of hat. The idea came not from the teachers but from a meeting of
sixth-formers last term.
The rest of the school are not forgotten, however, for they are wearing new straw
hats with brims that are turned up at the back and down at the front. The new
headwear is not compulsory; the girls can wear the navy berets if they like.

WOKINGHAM SWIMMING POOL
Wokingham’s open-air swimming pool opened for the season yesterday (Friday),
and when our reported called earlier in the week it presented a pleasing picture, with
the neatly-kept gardens that promise an abundance of roses later in the year. The pool
itself was gleaming from its annual re-whitening and the surrounds and furniture have
had a new coat of restful green paint.
This year, for the first time since the Town Council took over control of the pool,
season tickets are available for Wokingham residents. They cost 25s. and are valid at
any time other than Sundays and Bank holidays. This is a concession to the ratepayers
that should result in improved attendances. School children can buy books of tickets
at 12s. 6d. for 20 or 6s. 3d. for ten.
Youth clubs and other organisations wishing to use the pool can do so on one night
per week at a reduced rate of sixpence per person, provided they attend in a body and
the leader has written authority.
This year admission to the grounds will cost 1s., and bathing on week-days will cost
2s. (1s. for those under 14). On Sundays and Bank Holidays the bathing charge is 3s.
(1s. 6d. for those under 14). Special evening tickets are also available for bathing on
week-days at 1s. 6d., and on Sundays and Bank Holidays at 2s. (half-price for those
under 14).
This year the pool is being managed by Commander W. St. J. Ainslie, who retired
from the Royal Navy three years ago, having been in the service since a youngster.
For the last eight years of his service, Commander Ainslie was in charge of the

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