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RECTOR'S
WEEKLY LETTER
21st (?) June-1940
Editorial.
The Rector has received a host of letters this week from the lads
away saying how much they appreciate this news-letter. Many have
asked for the addresses of their friends in other Units and these
have been given at once. It should be clearly understood that this
News-Letter is intended solely for those serving with the Colours.
To them it is sent free every week.
Short
Leave.
Dick Johnson, Carr Lane, home from Dunkirk, arrived at a town thirty
miles away. Got twenty-four hours leave and his mother went by car
to fetch him home. He is now in the South of England and expects
usual leave soon. Came to Church on Sunday for the Thanksgiving
Service.
Jimmy Leacy arrived at Preston, from Dunkirk, at 4-0 o'clock on
Sunday morning. Rector fetched him home and also picked up and took
home young Sneylham, son of the Headmaster of New Longton C.E. School.
The latter is in the R.A.F. and went to Hutton Grammar School. Jimmy
Leacy has four days' leave. He sends his kind regards to all his
friends.
Points
from Letters.
Frank Timperley, Welsh Guards, writes cheerfully from his Depot.
Says Garrison Church is very like Tarleton, so does Harry Crook.
The Rector knows this Church well. It is like our own. Ernie Ball
is still going strong as a Squad Instructor. Jack Bourne (Rufford),
writes for Segt. Stanley Baldwin's address. It has been sent. Edwin
Crabtree is still in the same old place in the South. Harry Price
has gone from South to North, a distance of 334 miles all done by
road. Kenneth Nicholson (Marines) expects to be posted soon to a
ship; meanwhile he is shooting down German aeroplanes. Harry Crook
has been innoculated and sends thanks to B.L. (Women's Section)
for gift of 10/-. Edward Barnish (Hoole) sends a note to say that
he hopes to be home on leave soon.
Hools
News.
Miss Wiggans kindly sends us Hoole news and in it includes the fact
that Jimmy Burns has joined the R.A.S.C. It seems funny to find
Jimmy under Hoole news. Bruce, (better known as Kennie) Ogden kept
his 21st birthday in France, now back from Dunkirk. Stoker Rigg,
(Royal Navy) has returned to ship after 48 hours' leave.
Hesketh
Bank News.
Leslie Bramwell (R.A.M.C.), is back from Dunkirk, is now in hospital
but hopes to be home in a week or two. Fred Carr is still in France;
Wm. Stringfellow has joined the Navy.
Congratulations
Everyone will be pleased, though not surprised, to hear that Mr.
Fred Croft, the eldest son of Dr. Lawrence Croft has been promoted
to the rank of Captain. Blessed with a brilliant and capable Father
and an equally brilliant and capable Mother none of Dr. Croft's
sons can fail to do well. Captain Fred Croft distinguished himself
at College and also as Assistant Town Clerk of Doncaster.
Apology.
The Rector apologises to Ralph Whitehead for leaving his name out
of the list of lads with the Colours. This was strange, as the very
day the list was typed the Rector received Ralph's promised photograph.
Latest
News.
We are very glad to say that John Wright's wife has now heard from
him. He is in France and for the time is comparatively safe.
Our
Continued Prayers.
So far no news has come from either Herbert Nutter nor Clifford
Hambilton. We know that all the lads will continue to pray for their
safety, and that God, of His goodness will console their parents
during their anxious days of waiting. Of the 15 lads at Dunkirk
we have now news that 14 are back in England.
Local
News.
Haymaking has now begun in Tarleton. willing workers (14 men) have
been busy in the Old Churchyard cutting the grass and hedges and
making it tidy. Church Tea Party last Saturday, No procession but
Mr. Ronnie knight kindly provided a Cinema Show in the afternoon.
Mrs. Knight gave toffees and Mr. Fred Webster gave ices to all present.
Silcock's Round-a-Bouts on the Field for the Evening. Chapel Tea
Party next Saturday. On Monday Silcock's are giving all their takings
to the Red Cross Fund. Parashots go out every night and keep watch.
George West, from Dunkirk, has had his leave extended owing to illness.
There was a special Thanksgiving Service on Sunday afternoon for
the safety of the B.E.F.
New
Rector of Hoole.
The Rev. T. G. Watkins, at present assistant Curate of Penwortham,
in charge of Middleforth district, has been appointed Rector of
Hoole in place of Mr. Dunne who died last November.
Does
he know you ?
Do you know your Chaplain and does he know you ? He certainly wants
to. If you do not know him, to break the ice shew him this letter.
You will be surprised how really friendly and homely you will find
him. Also he can help you in a hundred and one ways. He only wears
Officer's clothes to give him some standing, but he is still a parish
priest and you are his parishioners. You will find him just as "pally"
as the Rector.
Prayer
for our Comrades.
O Heavenly Father, who through Thy dear Son, hast made us all of
one family look with Thy love and Thy blessing upon all my comrades.
Help me to help them to know Thee and to love Thee more fully. May
we strengthen each other through our fellowship in Thee, and may
our comradeship one with another be so pure and so beautiful that
it may be a joy to us for the present, and in the years that lie
ahead be a storehouse from which we can draw the sweetest and most
pleasant memories of the past. This we ask through Jesus Christ,
thy Son, our holy elder Brother. Amen.
Latest
Recruits.
George Burns joins the Irish Guards on Thursday, and on the same
day Harry Cookson joins the South Lanes.
Letters
appreciated.
We would like all our lads, as far as is possible, to keep in touch
with one another while away. The Rector will supply any address
he is asked for. Remember we are still one family although, alas
for the moment we are sadly scattered.
Lighter
Side.
Why does the King of Italy regard his handkerchief as a priceless
possession ?
Because it is the only thing in the whole of Italy into which he
dare poke his nose. |
