july-august 1944 all souls magazine

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Arr souls, sr.'iiff,db-AfrThs-on-rHAMnsCLERGY: Thc Rw. A. L. PoND (Vicar), Thc Yicaragc, 30, Ailsa Road. POPesgrovc 4171'Thc Rrv. W. H. Wooonousr, Temporary Chaplain R.N.V.R.LAY READER : Mr. G. Mrvnn, 59, Woodlands Road, Isleworth'CHURCXIIyARDDNS : Mr. H. G. Mnxzrrs, 62^ Gordon Avcnuc'Mr. G. L. OnuIstoN. 215, St' Margarct's Road.Mr. J. A' L,rnxIN (Dcputy Wardcn), 5, Northcote Road'CIIOIRMASTER and ORGANIST: Mr. H. C. F. FLrrcxrn,21, Wcltcsley Road, Twickcnham'VERGER : Mr. E. Brsxor, 23, Northcotc Road.CARETAKER : Mrs. Br,rwrrr, 128, Haliburton Road.CHURCH COUNCIL : The Vicarfx, Mr. H. G. Menzies*, Mr. G. L' Ormiston, Mr' E' E' A'Harrison*, Mr. J. A. Larkin, Mr. C. H. Martin, Mr. G' W' Meeks, Mr' C' Murby+' Mr' A' I'Ormiston*, Mr. A. V. Parker, Mr. T. Readf", Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Larcom, Miss Foote*, MissKing* (Hon. Secretary), Miss Nugee' Miss Phillips", Miss Thomsby'*"M"*b", of the Ruw.De"anal conference. lMember of the London Diocesan confercnce.

SERVICES.SUNDAYS : Hor.r Couxuxlox, 8 e.m.SuNc MAss ,rxo Snr"rox,.11 e.m'Clrrcrrsu, 3 P.m.INT NTs' SUND^Y Sqroot, 12 (noon)

EvnlsoNo rxo Sanr'lor'1, 6 30 P m'WEEK-DAYS: Mess-Moxo,rv,9 a.m.; Tursolv, T lm i WroNnsn'rv,8 am'

THURsDAY, 9 a.In.; Fnroer, 6.45 a.m. ; Seruno,rv, 8 a'm'For additional MasseE on Holy days, gee service list in Church Porch'EvENSoNc-As arruounced.- Lrtu'rv-Wrnrqrsp.rv, 12 noon'BAPTIsMs-lst Surort rx MoNTH, + p.m, Previous notice to bc givcn'Cnuncxrxcs-Before any wcck-day servicc'BANNs or M.rnnrecs-Notice to bc givcn to the Vicar.CoNFEssIoNs-Thc Vtcen, Wrnlrso,rt, 12'10 p m'' and after Evcnsong on

FRIDAY and SATuRD^Y. Other timcg by aPPointmcnt'CIIIjRCH FINANCE.

Thc Endowment of our Church is or,ly f,321 15s..per annum' 'Those.who ygt"UP iltf,i" Ct urch arc askcd to givc libcralty in.the colliciions, to

join thc " Friendr of All Souls' " Fund,ina to t"t., if possible, a-" Now and Thcn " Bor'Forms and Bovclopes for thc Fund of thc " Fricnds of All souls' " may bc. had from thcT"oor.rrci. -Mi d. Mlrrn,'SS, Woodlands Road, Isleworth. " Now end Thcn " boxes may beott' "a itom Mias Wrr-xrn,20, BrooL Roed'MAGMINE. copics of thl| nagaziae mry bc obtrined frosr Mrr. MreKs, 68, Northcote Road.Pricc: 3d. erch; Aanual Subrcription 1/6'Advcrtiromont Menrgcr : Mil8 P. Curxr, 99' rdlorplo Rod'


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CHURCH KALENDARFor August and September.

Sunday, August 6th.-TRINITY IX.Sunday, August r 3Ih.-TRINITY X.Tuesday, August r 5th.-THE ASSUMPTIONOF B.V.M.Sunday, August 2oth.-TRINITY Xl.Thursday, August z4th.-Sr. BARTHOLOMEW,

A,M.-Sunday, August 27Ih,-TRINITY XII.Sunday, September 3rd. TRINITY XIII.Friday, September 8Ih.-NATIVITY OF B.V.M.Sunday, September roth.-TRINITY XlV.Sunday, September r 7th,-TRINITY XV.Thursday, September 2rst.-Sr. MATTHEW,

A.E.M.Sunday, September 24Ih.-TRINITY XVI.Friday, September 29th.-Sr. MICHAEL AND

ALL ANGELS.

devot-i_gn and a_ happy corporare spirit. Thehrendhness, krndliness and gaiety of these villagepeople were a wonderful rrrbure to their religion.It was with great sadness that I heard, whilston holiday, that Fred Phillips had been killed inan air crash. He was one of our keenest and bestchurch loys. He was so strong and so good. Hehad written to me frequendy. and he alivays cameto see me when he was on leave. I rememberthe last time, it seems only a few weeks ago.I said, 'See you again, Frei," and he answerJ,"O[ course." How true his answer was I WhenI came here he was only a small choirboy, andbefore he was 18 he ;olunteered eagerly andreadily to become a pilor. He gaine6l -his 'wingsrn Canada, and he served at Gibraltar, belorerecendy returning to England, since when he hasbeen on many bomber operations. Now he isnumbered with rhat finesr company of Englishmen and boys, of whom we should irv not t"o be- entirely unworthy. Ir is not easy to Lring com.fort to his parents, but we do'offer thelm ourheartfelt sympathy,- l also _record the sudden death by flying bombof Harold Baxter, the father of one of "our oldBrigade boys. He is a victim of this new formof cruel and indiscriminate attack. Living inSouthem England and the Greater tondon irea,it is probably permissible to srate rhar the soundoJ th9 .!.yrng bombs . passing and rhe crump oftheir falhng is not unlinownlo us. Many oi ourmothers and children are evacuated, and our con.gregations are depleted. lf we have found theseattacks somewhat worrying and disturbing. atleast we should be proud th"at to some extent weare sharing the dangers and discomfort of thefighting Services, _and through the wastage ofenemy material and labour easing their burden.Tremendous events have happened since Iwrote last time. Rome has falien and a longadvance has been made in Italy, our RussianAllies have carried all before thim. the secondfront has opened.and promises well. Three greararrnrcs are pressrng on. evenls are moving fast,and we all have oni great hope that before "wintercomes victory will be ours.

Yours affectionately,ALFRED PoND.

NEWS FROM OVERSEAS.Anrgun Munry has sent me a most ;nterest.ing letter from Normandy. He describes thecountry as being very similir 1o England. though

VICAR'S LETTER.My dear people,

I have recently returned from a most peacefuland happy holiday on the lovely Quantock Hillsof Somersetshire. Bagborough, the tiny village inwhich we sraye{, possesses a glorious old church,most beautifully restored and redecorated inrecent years. Here, for forty vears, the Catholicfairh has been raught and practised. With apopulation of some 3oo people, it was a realinspiration to see aboul roo people present at theSunday Sung Mass, The service was beautifullyrender-ed, and there was a real sense of simple


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the long lines of poplars by the roadside are quitedistinctive, and the white farm buildings are veryattractive. Theie ate not many French civilians,so there is not much opportunity of learning thelanguage. I-le wishes to be remembered to allfriends at All Souls'.ALBERT CARNELL is a captain in the Indian

army. He thanks you for the parcel, "lt is com.[orting," he adds, "to think that, even at such agreat distance, I am not forgotten, prayer andfriendship forging the necessary link across theseas."ERIc BIsHoP, from lreland, writes very appre-ciatively of the parcel of music, which he hasreceived from you.Brnr KINc, in Sicily, tecently spent a leave ina particularly beautiful spot, with swimming,sailine and canoeing in the daytime and dancingat night. At one of these dances he met PETERSourHcere, looking very fit and cheerful.Arrnro Jores describes very vividly the lovelyItalian countryside. But the thing which strikeshim most is the piety of the Italian people. Headds, "At street co(ners one finds small shrines,each with its figure and flowers. In the homesthere are many holy pictures, figures of theMadonna and Child, and memorials to the fatnilydead. The churches are beautifully decorated'each one like a miniature cathedral."HERBERT MULREADY, in the Navy, is most

grateful lor the parcel. "ln my spare moments,"Fe writes. "l am-often rhinking of home and AllSouls', and the many ftiends I have made there."Csrus LallcH.rv is on a destroyer, which hasbeen adopted by Barnes. He spends nearly allthe time;t sea, with very rare shon leave. and hehas been extremely busy.FnBo and HARoLD PARsoNs are both in ltaly,but as vet they have not met. Harold was in thethick of it in the battle for Cassino. By contrast,when he wrote, he was spending a few days'leave by the sea. Fred has written me a longletter. with deep, sometimes disturbing thoughls,which makes one rhink furiously about- thepresent state of the Church and the future.BoB SMITH, in India, attends regularly an8 o'clock Sung Mass on Sundays. and Evensongat 6.10 p.m. He writes. "l miss All Souls' a greatdeal, wi never know how lucky we were till wemiss these things. It wotrld do a lot of peoplegood to have to go away for a wtile sq as tq

appreciate the good things of life. lt would stopall the petty arguing and grumbling."RoNaI-o LaNcHeIia, in the Navy, wrote sometime ago, "Thank you very much for the mostwelcome surprise I had yesterday, when I received

a nice parcel of music ftom all of you at All Souls'.I couldn't have received a better gift."STANLEv CLARKE, who has seen much fightingin ltaly, was most grateful for the cigarettes. Butespecially he thanks you for your continuedprayers. "So few of my comrades," he adds,have survived unhurt, that I am convinced youtpnyers have helped to bring me through safely,"ARTHUR PEARCE was most grateful for theparceli every item, he says, was most useful. Helooks forward to the time when he will be ableto retum to the Brigade,WILLIAM CLAyroN, who has been mentioned

in dispatches, spent a recent leave in Palestine.He visited Haifa and Acre, and went across thplain of fezreel to Nazareth. He afterwardsvisited ferusalern and Bethlehem. "l shall neverforget," he ends, "having seen the hills fesus saw,and having walked the paths He trod."BASIL RooNEy writes, "Will yowplease conveymy thanks to the people of All Souls' {or the verypleasant surprise I received yesterday when theirgift arrived? ., . I am sure I never appreciated'home' so much as I do now that I am far away."BILL BAXTER received your parcel in perfectcondition. After Evensong in Cairo Cathedralhe recently ran into BIL CLAyroN, whom he hasmet several times since.By this aftemoon's post comes a letter fromJogu Bennnno. The two parcels you sent hjmhave been chasing him all over the Middie Easr."Nevertheless the contents of both parcels werein excellent condition and most useful." Duringhis three years abroad, he has visited places asfar apart as Luxor and Aleppo. His bestmemories are of a leave he spent in ferusalemand of the visits he wls able to pay to the famous

Biblical places.It is good to have heard from so many of ourboys overseas and to know that all is well withthem, and that they remember us as we try toremernber them in thought and prayer. We lockforward now to their safe return in the nearfuture and their retum'to St. Margaret's and ourchurch. A' t. PoNo,


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NOTES FOR A HISTORY OF ALL SOULS'CHURCII AND PARISH.The annals of our Chrrrch may be divided intotwo distinct sections-the first, the early story ofthe adventure of faith which, in a newiy formeddistrict and in face of many discouragements andset.backs (and also some stormy episodes), suc.

ceeded, alter eighteen years' endeavour, in achiev.ing a separate Church and Parish; the second,the later record of the day.to-day efiorts andexpedients ro cope with the.many details andactivities which make for the happy and suc.cessful administration of any Church lnd Parish,The first section form5 an exciring tale for thosewho can read between the lini of the barechronological statement given in an earlier article.The second section is necessarily, from its nature,of a more humdrum character-in fact for manvyears the attention of the Church Council wasmainly devoted to finance the ever.ptesentanxiety of ways and means to raise enough tokeep solvent and to meet the variou5 expenses,stipends, wages and running charges, as theybecame due. as wdl as striving to accumulate anadequate endowment fund and to provide a suit-able vicarage. For other items of interest thechronological form is the most convenient.

rgoo.March.-The Rev. B. Hale Wortham left andthe Rev W. L. Marshall came as Curate.May. Admiral St. Clair and Mr. A. Priorappointed Churchwardens..fune.-The Rev. W. L. Marshall left and theRev. S. O. Piers came as Curate.September.-The Clergy take Sunday mom.ing cluty "at Spelthorne" for f4o p.a. in aid ofthe Curate's Fund.

rgo r.|anuary.-A. T, Williamson, the first Sacristan.of the Church died.Durine Lent the Rev. Stewart D. Headlamgave th; Lenten Addresses. (This is the first

mention of a distinguished priest, who for z5years gave up his spare (ime to assist our Vicars.)' M:rrh^-Sir G. S. Measom, who had so mtrchto do with the inception and building of theChurch, died.

May. Two brass tablets placed in the Church,(r) "re!. the Hish Altar b A. T. williamson and(zi in the Baptistry to L. Chilton, who died onactive service in S. Africa.

The -Additional Curates'Society reduced thegrarc ot {5o to {45.M,r. Moore, Sacristan, presented a bier, sixcandlesticks, a pall, and all iequisites for a funeralservrce. Also a cope.The firstparis,lr sister-sister Edith-appointed.Messrs. Ruddle and A. Prior elected- bhurch.

wardens.July.-A Mission Room in Queen's Road rented.September. The Rev. S. O. Pjers lefr for achaplaincy in India,October.-The Church Council agreed to buythe organ (u_p till now rented at /zo p.a.) foi{rzo rn twelve quarterly payments of {ro.November.-The first Confirmation held onz4th by Bishop Barry-38 candidates.December.-The Rev. [. A. Townley appoinred

Assistant Priest.

THE CHURCH LADS' BRIGADE.It is vlith sorrow that we have to record thedeath on Active Service of a second of the boyswho relinquished their active service in the Com.pany to serve their country in the Armed Forces.Fred Phillips was one of the finest boys we havehad in the Company, serving it well with rhe$eatest loyalty and ability. Ai Acting Company.SergeanrMajor, as a remarkably cipable P.T.Instructor and as a "pillar" of the Band, he ren.dered it yeoman service. More important still.!r9 _w_aq an example to all the other'boys in hisfaithful membership and service of the Church.Cifted.wirh a good voice, he was for many yearssuccessively a member of the boys' and the men'schoir. Like many others he showed that loyaltyand a_bility, which he had developed in' rheBrigade, in the Armed Forces, and iose ro be aFlight.Setgeant-these ideals of service culminat.ing in the greatest Act of Service that man iscapable of making. With his family we sym,pathise most sincerely anj moum th; loss for atime of a friend- one of those boys who was.at the lame time, both a true leader and a truefriend of the boys in the Company, besides beinga loyal helper and friend of the oficers. In lifeand death alike a true Soldier oI Christ, weglorify God for the memory of him.

I woLrld open my ordinary notes with one o[ apersonal character -to thank you all, boys, parentsand other member5 of the congregation, for yoLrr


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many enqui(ies and kind messages during myrecent shorl period in hospital. I am glad to sayrhat nothing oI a serious character developed,and that by the time these notes are read by youI hope to be either at camp with the boys orabout to go there, '[ would also add a word ofthanks to Mr. Read, Mr. Seeley and Mr, Newman,and to the N,C,O.'s for shouldering the work ofthe Company, and so relieving me of all anxietyin that direction,

The evacuation of a faidy large proportion ofour youngel members and the disturbing eftectof constant alerts has had rather an adverseinfluence on our activities. A g6od proportion ofthe boys have, however, continued their attend-ances undeterred by rhese worries, and so wehave managed to "carry on." I hope that whenwe re.open in the autumn (the date will benotified to all boys) we may be free of theseworries and not Iar fiom the days when we cantum to our work unworried by the many restric-tions and troubles of war."Post.Wat Plans" are not iust a matte( forGovernment DeDartments. There will come tous in those dayJ borh unique opportunities andmany problems. These are already engaging theartenti;n of the leaders. for it would never donot to be ready to take advantage o[ these oppor.tunities or to comc up against the problems un.prepared,I was interested to hear that as the result o{an appeal the new Company at St. Stephen's hasalready received somelhing over one hundred

clothing coupons. I wonder if All Souls' coulddo anything like that-our great worry at themoment is the tenible state of our uniforms,which cannot be replaced without sutenderingcoupons. The boyJ themselves have come for.ward with some, but they are few in comparisonwith our needs,I was sorry we had to cancel our plans for aDisplay this year, but not only were our (ehearsalsdisorginised. it seemed quite impracticable togamble on a "buzz.bomb' {ree evening. A.l.o.RANGERS.

The Rangers are still managing to meet despitefly.bombs, ind we plan our programmes so thatwe are well occupied by or in the shelter duringan "alert" or in ihe hall when "all clear." fustin case it is possible to go, we are not actuallycancelling camp until the last minute. but thelime is running vety short now

Two A.R.P, wardens gave us a very excellenttalk on war qases and what to do during a gasartack. and hive verv kindly ofrered to come anddemonstrate stirruP,Pump irill.and how to dealwith the newest types of incendiary bombs.We spent a most enioyable evening dancing onMrs. Bobart's lawn, but untortunately' owrng to

the "alerts," we have not been able to avail our'selves of her invitation to dance there again. Weare oDtimistic enough to hope that we rnay beable tl do so beforJthe evenings get too dark.MOTHERS' UNION NOTES.

We shall hope to begin our autumn meetingswith a servici in church as usual on the firstWednesday in October, which is the 4th. I hopeno one started lor Windsor. I tried to get mes-sages to everyone.The Overseas' Bring and Buy Sale at HolyTrinity was fairly well attended. I am sorry noone came to enjoy the garden. We didn't makeas much money as last year, I think, A.A.l.

YOUNG WIVES' FELLOWSHIP.Under present condition! it is impossible tosay when we shall re-open, but I hope by theautumn things will be more settled.We were very disappointed at having to post.

pone the dance, but thanls to all your effortsibout fzo worth of tickets were sold, and so Ihave sent oft {.rz to the Prisoner of War ParcelsFund, keeping {Z odd in hand to pay the ex,penses of the dance when we are able to hold it.We must congratulate Mrs. Millikin and Mrs.Horner on the birth of their baby boys and Mrs.Freeman on the birth of her second daughter.I have sent the babies a small present from us all.

JoAN PoND.P.S.-I feel I must pass on a hint I read in amagazine the other day, for I've found it the mostuseful tip I've come across for a long time. YoLrlnow how maddening it is when your ironiirg allgets far too dry and then has to be damped downall over again and left av"hile. You probablyforget ir. and then it gers dry yet again. But iIyou put a damp cloth on the ironing board andiron with the garment o"e/ the cloth you canget on with it straight away. The result is mostsatisfactory, l.P,


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.Friends of All Souls'.

May, ry44,

W-Hrsr DRtvEs. -March r4th, {r r7s. 3d.;Apfll rrth, {r r9s. 3d., and May 9rh, {r r8s. od.We are most grateful lo Mr. Paiker and his bandof workers, also to Mr. Larkin, who conductedthe Drives when Mr. Parker was ill.Npw Heu, FuNo.-This fund now stands at{r15 ,os. ld,

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Collections in Church.Church Expenses,

Whit.Sunday ... ...Trinity Sunday ...Trinity II.Trinity III.Trinitv IV^Trinity V.Trinity VI.Trinity VII. '...Week.days

Other Funds.L,ebombo Missionu.M.c.A.Metropolitan HospitalSunday Funj

PARISH REGISTER.Beplsnas.

4. Maureen Sheila Bittner.4. Angela Rosemary Richards.4. Patrick fohn Bollard.r8. David fohn Millikin.z. Richard fohn Simms.3o. Brenda Ann Hawkes.

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WEDDTNGS,fune 3. George William Haddon and VeraBetty Louisa Palmer.]uly r5. Thomas James Pigg and DaphneMary Ford.FUNERALs.june r5. Mabel Louise Wyeth.

" zz. . William Caxton Coomber.fuly r4, Beatrice Elizabeth Pincham.,, zr, Harold Baxter.R. I..P,

fr1 ry trThe Churchwardens acknowledge withthanks : -Alus Boxes.-{4 4s. 6d. From the Infants'Sunday School {r os,9d. and 8/.."GooD FRtoAy WacEs,,'-From one who hadto wqrk oq Good Friday the sum of {r ros, 9d.

SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS.If you want to buy or sell anything, if youwant someone to help you in the house, if you

have aly need or wants you may advertise here.PIANo TuNtNc.-lf you want a piano tuner,Mr. Fletcher, choirmaster of All Souls', is fullytrained and qualified.Orders may be left at 68, Northcote Road(Pop. z99z), or send a card to Mr. Fletcher, zr,Wellesley Road, Trvickeqham (pop. z7o8),


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WANERVICEYNONYMOUSWar-time business difficulties are very numerous.about them would only make matters worse.

ANDARE

Telling you

We are doing the best we can to make things appear as normalas possible. So-for Medicines, Sutgical Appliances, First'Aidrequirements-

FREDERICK swAN, M.P.S.PHARMACIST

t45, ST. MARGARETS RO^A'D(Under the Great Clock-near St. Margarets Station)'TWICKENHAM

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