Page 974 - Reading Mercury

1964
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Sat 25 Jan
WOKINGHAM SOCIETY
Support for the proposed Wokingham Society is growing rapidly, it was reported
this week after a meeting of the Founding Committee. A sub-committee has been
considering possible alternatives to the Rose Street-Peach Street plan for improving
the traffic situation in the town. Other plans include a survey of the scheduled
properties and “environmental areas” of the town. It is hoped that a public meeting to
inaugurate the society will be held in March.

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Sat 1 March
VEN. ARCHDEACON H.T. SHAW
A former rector of St. Paul’s Church, Wokingham, died in Westminster Hospital on
Thursday last week. He was the Ven. Archdeacon Herbert Thorndyke Shaw, who
retired in 1962 and moved to Edenbridge, Kent
Mr. Shaw obtained his first degree at Keble College, Oxford, in 1925, and became a
Master of Arts four years later. He became a deacon in 1926 and a priest the following
year. From 1926 to 1928 he was a curate at Newcastle, and then spent three years at
Whitley Bay. In 1931 and 1932 he was at St. Cuthbert’s, Newcastle, and from 1932 to
1937 was Vicar of Copmanthorpe.
From 1937 to 1945 he was Archdeacon of Grenada, Canon of St. Anselm in
Kingston Cathedral and Rector of St. George, Grenada. He was Archdeacon
(Emeritus) of the Windward Islands in 1945 and from 1944 to 1946 was examiner
chaplain to the bishop of Antigua, and held a similar position to the Bishop of the
Windward Islands from 1945 to 1948.
It was in 1946 that he returned to this country and took over St. Paul’s Church,
Wokingham. He was also one of the chaplains to the Wokingham Hospital.
He is survived by his widow and three children, one son and two daughters.
The funeral was at Edenbridge on Monday. A Requiem Mass was held at St. Paul’s
Church, Wokingham, on Monday, conducted by the Rural Dean, the Rev. F.J.E.
Britnell.

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Sat 27 March
BROWNIES
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The oldest Brownie pack in Wokingham—the First Wokingham—celebrated its 45
anniversary on Wednesday. They were joined by Brownies from the more recently-
formed Sixth Pack to give a demonstration to parents who attended the open meeting.
Miss S.B. Denis de Vitre, the Divisional Commissioner, appealed for more Guiders to
help meet the demand for adult help. The film, “The Guide Log,” was shown.

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Sat 6 June
WOKINGHAM FETE NETS £240
A profit of about £240 was made at the High Close Dr. Barnardo’s Home Fete and
open day in Wokingham on Saturday. Part of the money will be used to send the girls
to the seaside for a fortnight in the summer and the rest will go towards the cost of a
new handicraft centre which it is hoped to build fairly soon.
The fete was opened by blonde cabaret star, Miss Vera Day. Entertainment was
provided by two Nigerian dancers and favourites with the children were the clowns
from the Ford Motor Company who visit the fete every year. There was also a fancy
dress competition.

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