LESSON IN THRIFT
SAVINGS FROM 14/- A WEEK Thomas Jones, English farm labourer, of Wilden, near Stourport-on-Severn, never earned more than 12s or 14s a week in his life. Yet so frugal were his habits that he lived on half-a-crown a week, saved 10s a week throughout his working life, and left several hundred pounds. When he died he made Mr Baldwin, father of Earl Baldwin, _ trustee of a fund to entertain the children of Wilden each year, provided they sang a hymn over his grave on the anniversary of his birthday. That was 40 years ago. The children have always fulfilled Jones’s bequest. Earl Baldwin is now trustee of the fund.
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Evening Star, Issue 23718, 28 October 1940, Page 7
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112LESSON IN THRIFT Evening Star, Issue 23718, 28 October 1940, Page 7
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