South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 28 October 1939
Marconigrams
The Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt. Rev. Leslie Stannard Hunter, was received by the King on Tuesday.
The Rev. Geoffrey Surtees, new Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Hoyland, is to be instituted on Friday, November 10th.
Overhead (“somewhere in South Yorkshire”): “Oh yes my husband’s in A.R.P. He’s in a damnation squad.”
Wife: “I’ve just put your shirt on the clothes horse, Jim.” “What price did you get?”—”Blighty.”
The Swinton Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society last year sent £5O to the headquarters of the Society.
The death occurred suddenly at Blackpool on Saturday of Mr. Henry Richardson, a former Wombwell tradesman. He was 70.
A number of local people are attending a Moral Re-armament week-end at Ilkley, from Friday, October 27th, to Tuesday, October 31st.
Wot wit the Magotty Line be’ind us and the Sig-fryed Line in front, and this ‘ere E-comic warfare—it ain’t ‘arf goin’ ter be a ruddy war!—”Blighty.”
Mrs. Lydia Taylor, of 26, York Street, West Melton, near Rotherham, who died on July 11th, has left £.12,916 10s. 2d., with net personalty £5,920 Is. 10d.
Mr. D. V. E. Dodsworth, a well-known Mexborough resident, prominent in South Yorkshire Methodist circles, celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday.
Mr. W. H. Simpson, aged 74, who has been chairman of the Old Denaby Parish Council since its inception over five years ago, has intimated his intention to resign.
Mexborough Urban Council on Monday decided to levy a rate of 9s. 6d. in the pound for the current half-year. This is an increase of 3d. on the previous half-year.
Hemsworth Rural Council have recommended for acceptance the tender of Mr. Roy Worrall, of Swinton, for the erection of a scavenging depot at Moorthorpe, for £2,900.
Dr. S. P. Bhatia, of Mexborough, was married at Rotherham on Saturday to Miss Ruby Violet Warburton, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Warburton, of Mexborough.
Last week-end an old lady presented a hundred pounds in gold to the British Red Cross Society. She made the gift, which is worth almost £200 to day, in person, and it consisted of 80 sovereigns and 40 half-sovereigns.
Fifteen boys who on the outbreak of war were at their farm training centres preparing for life in Australia under the Y.M.C.A. Emigration Scheme, have decided to go to farms in this country and “do their bit” for National Service.
A Brampton sailor who is serving on the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, has been regularly writing to his parents since before the outbreak of hostilities, and in a letter received last week makes humorous comment about the lying allegations about the “sinking” of the warship disseminated by the German radio.
Men and women of the Army, Navy and Air Force and members of the Regular Fire Brigades and Police Forces who may be blinded in the present war will be cared for by St. Dunstan’s. This was arranged before the War in a series of Conferences including representatives of the Fighting Services, the Ministries of Pensions and Health and St. Dunstan’s.
The annual meeting of the Coke Oven Managers’ Association will take place to-day (Friday), at 11-45 a.m. in the Royal Station Hotel, York The annual dinner should have been held this week in London, but was cancelled doing to the war. There are two candidates for the vice-presidency Mr. T. P. Carr, Yorkshire Coking and Chemical Company. and Dr. S. Saunders, ‘lmperial Chemical Industries. Mr. F. White, South Yorkshire Chemical Works, Ltd.. has been re-elected secretary, and Coun. P. B. Nicholson, J.P., Cortonwood Colliery, treasurer.