Buckley Parish Church Magazine Cover"
Saint Matthew's Parish Church, Church Road, Buckley
April 1919
See 49.10 for the cover of March 1917 issue which is substantially the same as this. The three pages of adverts are the same as the above issue and July 1921 issue at 6.67. The additional adverts are at 139.70 and 139.71
This April 1919 issue contains information on: Buckley Urban District Council; World War I, including D. R. Pelly and Horace Enfield Simmons; health matters such as district nurses and midwives.
Baptisms:
Mar 2 - Joan Peters
Marriages:
Mar 1 - James Thomas Boswell and Barbara Eleanor Peers
2 - Thomas Hayes and Rosa May Fisher
3 - John Harold Evans and Annie Elizabeth Millington
Burials:
Mar 1 - Agnes Davies, aged 3 years
1 - James Hughes, aged 43 years
10 - Frederick Jeffs, aged 3 years
10 - John Dunn, aged 24 years
10 - Hannah Jones, aged 80 years
11 - Frederick Marshall Tudor, aged 13 months
11 - John Jones, aged 79 years
12 - William Peers, aged 74 years
13 - Nellie Roberts, aged 21 months
15 - Wilfred Lamb, aged 4 months
19 - James Davies, aged 46 years
20 - Emma Jones, aged 43 years
24 - Gwendoline Weigh, aged 13 months
25 - James Hughes, aged 80 years
Notes of the Month
Lent. - It was an unfortunate beginning to Lent this year, with Influenza rampant and the Schools closed, and the weather so bad, people could not get to the
Services. And on the two Tuesdays our special preacher was unable to fulfil his promise, the first time the Vicar stopped him on account of the weather, and
the next time he was laid by with the Influenza. The Rector of Hawarden has very kindly come to preach to us on three Tuesdays. And on Sundays too the
congregations have been poor, and the smell of gas has been most unpleasant, so with one thing and another we have had something to contend with. Happily
the sickness is now abating, and we are looking forward to brighter days.
The Easter Vestry will be held as usual, on the Tuesday in Easter week, at 7 o'clock. It is always good to see the Vestry Meeting well attended, for by our
presence there we show an interest in the affairs of our Parish Church.
The Recreation Society. - There is every prospect of a strong membership this coming season, now that we have so many of our sailors and soldiers home
again. The Society are spending £10 upon the bowling green, it had sunk in several places, and they have been fortunate in obtaining the services of the man
who laid the green in the first instance. If the green is well cared for it should prove second to none in the district. The Society hopes to open on the 1st May.
War Memorial£. s. d.
Amount previously acknowledged73 18 1
Offertory in Church, March 2nd 4 2 0
Mr. & Mrs. William Lamb, Drury 10 0
Mr. John Griffiths, Church Road 2 6
Mrs. David Hughes, Daisy Hill 2 0
Mrs. James Hughes " " 1 0
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£78 15 7
Will all intending subscribers kindly let the Secretary have their subscriptions as early as possible?
The Buckley U.D.C. Elections. - Great interest has been shewn in the election. In these days of progress many have felt dissatisfied with the record of the
old Council, and so were anxious to see some new life infused into it. Only four members of the old Council have been returned. It now remains to be seen
whether the new council will be able to accomplish all we are hoping for.
We hope that when they get to work they will lose no time in establishing an Infant Welfare Centre, and setting on foot a sound system of Sanitation.
The Influenza Epidemic has shewn the need of a Health visitor for the whole district. Few people realise how the District Nurse is bound by the rules of the
Central Midwives' Board, by which she is forbidden to attend any case of infection, or to lay out a dead body, except in the case of a patient (being a
Maternity case) whom she had been attending at the time of death. Pneumonia has now been made a Notifiable Disease, and consequently Nurse is obliged to
refuse to attend such cases. All will understand how hard it often is for Nurse to have to refuse to attend cases, when asked to do. Nurse Kemp is continually
on the go night and day in all weathers, and it is not possible for her to undertake more than she is doing, therefore we hope a Health Visitor may be found for
the whole district, who will be able to attend cases which the District Nurse cannot attend.
THE COLLECTIONS
£. s. d.
March 2nd5 19 91/2
March 9th3 8 8
March 16th4 5 5
March 23rd 4 3 4
March 30th 2 13 51/2
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£20 10 8
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More War Honours. - All will be interested to know that in the despatch from the Salonica Front the Rev. Colonel D. R. Pelly, C.F., and Lieut. H. E.
Simmons were both mentioned. It is much to the credit of Lieut. Simmons that, having been awarded the M.C. for his work in the Infantry, he should now
be honourably mentioned for his services in the Air Force. We hope we may soon see him home.
The C.E.M.S. - many will be interested to see the balance Sheet showing the account of the expenditure in connection with the Welcome Home to our sailors
and soldiers. We are most grateful to the Secretary for the business-like way in which he has carried it all out.
It has been decided that we shall not hold any Meetings during the summer months. We are looking forward to making a good start again in September.
THE WELCOME HOME OF THE BUCKLEY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Tea and Smoking Concert on Shrove Tuesday, 4th March, 1919
INCOME £. s. d.
Subscriptions, - as per list -
8 Subs., per the Vicar 12 9 6
3 Subs. At £2 each 6 0 0
5 Subs 10/- 2 10 0
2 Subs 8/- 0 16 0
1 Subs 6/- 0 6 0
12 Subs 5/- 3 0 0
3 Subs 4/- 0 12 0
18 Subs 3/- 2 14 0
9 Subs 2/6 1 2 6
6 Subs 2/- 12 0
1 Sub 3d 3
23 Subs per J.T.Hopwood 2 19 6
-----91 Subscripers -----------33 1 9
Surplus Meat, Groceries &c. sold 4 0 2
Cooking dishes sold 0 5 3
20th March 1919
EDWIN PEERS, Hon. Sec.------------
£37 7 2
EXPENDITURE£. s. d..
Cigarettes & Tobacco --- HarrodsLtd 2 18 6
Hire of Cutlery, Crockery and Urns -
Glynne Arms, Hawarden 1 5 0
Cooking Dishes - J.Lamb & Sons 9 0
Goods for Cooking 146
Hams & Grocery 10 2 9
Beef and Pork 11 0 0
Bread and Flour 18 0
Washing Table Cloths 0 5 0
Hire of School 0 10 6
School Cleaning 0 10 0
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1 5 6
Stamps, Cheques and Stationery 0 13 1
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£29 6 4
Balance in Hand 8 0 10
Examined and found correct - J.Tyson, 20/3/19
£37 7 2
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Author: Buckley Parish Church
Tags
Year = 1919
Month = April
Building = Religious
Document = Journal
Extra = WW1
Extra = 1910s
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