PARISHIONERS' MEETINGS.
—♦ . - 1 ST. SAVIOUR'S, SYDENHAM. ■ ' At the annual pamh meeting of Si Saviour's; Sydenham, about two hundred people attended, and tho Vicar. the! RevH. S. Leach, prided. The annual «P«* showed that a considerable amount of epeci»l work had been carried out during the jce*- „ A new miesion room (St. Phillip's) bed bees bniit at Beckenham, which wae already prdr- s ins; too small, and preparations were sow - bsing made to enlarge the room. A towt* - and spire had been add-d Jo St. - Church, Cashmere, at a cost of over £51*. all-of which had been raised. St. Saviour'* 1 Church School and Vicarage had be«A P«u>t-, ed and renovated, and were now in un cxujT knt state- of repair. The Ludiee , Guild tuA raised all the money for \hirn mucli-ttoWW work. All the parochial organisation* iW» been vigorously carried on by a larjc bo<iy of earnest workers, and there were lh» *»••*; ciorsy.ai work in iho paush. MiaMratjea* w-jro regularly provided for the CasntaS** ~ Sanatorium and the King Georze Coronetio* - Hospital, and there were occasional service* _, at tho C'omalescent Home and St.,H«OJHospital. .The b'alance-ehoct showed tm* the ordinary receipts exceeded the expenoi* turo by £2 13e. Offerings towards roisew*?* and extra-parochial objects horn all '■*.• churchrs amounted to over XISB. The 'TttJ provetnent Fund" showed .i credit balance *j _ XIC 4 b lud, *nd the rarious funds »11 elwjf* small credit balanoes. The Bcckenbam Ml* , ; sion Room Building Fund nhowod •Bβ*" , ; penditure of "£350, of which £250 was * JM» from the Church Propeity Trustees. Tn»St. Augustine's (Ceahraeie Hi!J«) accoriß» showed that the total incomo wae £877. am the expenditure wae £8 7a lid l«ee. The'W* ports tind ba!ance-*b«y;t3 were adopted. Hγ \V. Andrews was appointed Vicar , * w«r» den, and Mr Olaf J?xob»en pariehjooetr - warden. For the Vestry sixteen muse ■were nominated, and the following wera e'eoted. — ilessrs CornY, Way, EaajOTf ' W. Harry, -Sairndtra, W. Ge«on, A. PriJ*'»i ard, Deibid?*, E. Ccc, aryl TI. Clarke. ,x»* appointmont of Mr G. E. "Wav as man wae announce. A resolution w-gft ried approving of the right of women votfflg - at parish meetings. '" »
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15263, 27 April 1915, Page 8
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