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Sat 14 May
KING CHARLES’ PORTRAIT RESTORED
A wealth of colour and detail, unseen for years, has been revealed by the cleaning of
the portrait of King Charles II, which formerly hung in Wokingham Town Hall. This
is the first of the many canvasses to be restored, and was done as an experiment.

SCOUTS’ CAMPING CONTEST
The Wokingham District Boy Scout camping competition was held at Wellington
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College over the week-end and was won by the 3 Wokingham Group, who competed
against Scouts from Finchampstead and Arborfield. The Arborfield Scouts were
handicapped when one of their tents was accidentally destroyed by fire.

YOUR HEALTH
One case of scarlet fever, and one of puerperal pyrexia were notified to the Medical
Officer of Health for the borough during March. During the same month there were
two further cases of tuberculosis—one man and one woman—added to the register,
making a total of 76 patients suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and 10 suffering
from non-pulmonary tuberculosis.

CIVIC CONGRATULATIONS
The following telegram was sent to Buckingham Palace on Friday: The Mayor,
Alderman and Burgesses of the borough of Wokingham extend hearty congratulations
and all best wishes to H.R.H. Princess Margaret and Mr. Anthony Armstrong-Jones
on the occasion of their wedding. During the day two Union Jacks were flown over
the Town Hall, but the town flag, being under repair, could not be flown.

COFFEE AIDS REFUGEES
Two coffee parties held in Wokingham during the week raised a total of £70 for the
Mayor’s appeal for funds for world refugees. On Tuesday the All Saints’ Young
Wives Group party in the Town Hall realised £12, and the following morning, despite
the heavy rain, a coffee party organised by the Hon. Mrs. Corfield and held at her
home, Wemyss Lodge, Wokingham, produced £58.

MATERNITY UNIT OPENS
On Monday the new maternity unit at Wokingham Hospital received its first
patients. A spokesman for the Reading Group Hospital Management Committee told
this newspaper it was hoped that the contractors would have completed work on the
new building within the next two months. In the meantime a certain amount of
improvisation had to be done to enable the new extension to be used. The old
maternity building, he said, was being converted into an anti-natal outpatients’
department.

WOKINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL TOPICS
The County Surveyor has informed the Borough Council that there is no need for a
“Halt” sign in Evendons Lane at the junction with Finchampstead Road, as visibility
is “quite clear” in each direction.
The new road, running from the junction of Murray Road, and Arthur Road, in the
direction of the hospital is to be known as Meadow Road.
The Wokingham Boy Scouts have asked permission to provide, at their own
expense, a showcase in the Town Hall for their trophies.

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