Lincolnshire Echo from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England • 3

7 Lincolnshire Echo ST. BENEDICT SQUARE. UNCOLN With which it incorporated the Lincoln Curette Telephone Lincoln 1160 London Carmelite Houte, E.C.4 Telephone Central 6000 MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1940. MAKING DO WITH LESS PETROL Many Motorists Return Coupons BECAUSE they have found they can manage with less petrol than they have been allowed, many motorists have reduced their requests far supplementary rations. of unused June-July supplemenlao coupons have been returned, and also large numbers of baste ration coupons.

Some of these coupons were from motorists called up for military service, some from people who have been 111 or injured, and some from owners of cars laid up by damage or breakdown. The spare part situation Is rather serious; I heard; recently, a motoring correspondent, of one motorist whose car tan a big end eight weeks ago, since when it lias stood motionless in the garage to which It was towed, while'the owner waits for the replacement FARMERS SATISFIED The petrol situation is so good that it has been possible to give favourable consideration to many appeals for special supplementary allowances. Farmers, for instance, have been given extra supplies for harvesting, and though there are more than 100,000 farmers In the country, the complaints and protests, following the issue of supplementary rations, are described as negligible In number." Again, public transport services having been stopped In certain special defence areas, local people now depend on their cars If they are to get to Work and live at their own homes several miles away New concesstonr- have been made for their beneiit. Readers Write to the Editor UNCOLN SPITFIRE FUND should be grateful If you would forward the enclosed cheque to the organisers of the Lincoln Spitfire Fund, 1 consider that the editorial in Saturdays Echo Js very timely and gives the fund the publicity It has hitherto lacked. I understand In a neighbouring town a Spitilre aeroplane was on exhibition In aid of a similar fund.

Perhaps this idea might be tried in Lincoln when I am certain the public would respond In no uncertain manner. Lincoln. W.V.9. The cheque hae been pateed over to the together with a letter from another who Echo. LAT effort in the book collection scheme for which Lincoln Public- Library is the centre is the dfepatch of between 200 and 300 hoiks to Lincolnshire lads serving in Iceland.

In March of this year the Mayor of Lincoln issued an appeal for gifts of books to be seat; to men in and. around the city and at. other places in country and abroad. Vp to the present about 10,000 books have been collected and distributed ten men in many parts of the world, Whilf special provision has been made lor Ideal units, parcels of books have also been sent to the national collections for troops. Several small consignments have already been sent to the in Iceland through interested people, and it has now been resolved to send a large batch to meet a need which has greatly felt by the troops there.

GOOD RESPONSE THE response Jot the public to the A appeal for books has really been excellent. It waa suggested that many people would take the opportunity of clearing out thelryprivals libraries of all but their most cherished books, and that they feel disposed to purchase books espaplally as gifts to the collection. Jin fact, it is obvious that a number of people have purchased books for this, purpose, because perfectly hew copies have been given. In addition, a sum Of large, but still quite been contributed and with this books which have been In special demand have been obtained. The tumps have shown gieat appreciation of me reading srevice provided, and severei d-t l.ments in the county have built up their own little circulating library from the nucleus of books provided the Lincoln collections.

STEADY STUDY TSSUE of the first of the school cate and matriculation examination results is a reminder to those of us who have passed beyond the Influence of the examination bogy that, war or no war, hundreds of young people have been hard at it in the past few months. The results, as in the rase of one Lincoln school which came within an ace of 100 per cent, successes, provide evidence of youthful steadiness and serious application under conditions which were by no means Ideal. Evan If the war developments were not exactly what were foreseen, they were sufficiently disturbing to distract attention from books and studies. Plenty of adults found it hard enough to keep full attention to LINCOLNSHIR St. Church, Lincoln: Miss Nora Slvinner.

eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Sliermer. Adaison-drlve, to Mj Samuel Basil Doughty, only son of Mr.

and Mrs. S. Doughty, Whitehall-grave. Lincoln. Given away by her father the bride wore a gown of white, needle run lace with white net embroidered veil and coronet of orange Her bridesmaids were Miss Edna Sl.ermer (sister) and Miss Sybil Mason, in mauve jietal crepe, and Pamela Sl.ermer (sister) and Miss Jean Dixon In rose pink petal crepe: Mr.

Robert Dixon was best man and Mr. Kendrick Gawlhorpe groomsman. The bride and fhe two elder bridesmaids are Sunday school teachers, and a guard of honour was formed by scholars. A horseshoe was handed to the bride by Miss Janet Maughan and a silver cake stand by Miss Margaret Clarricoaies, on behalf of the Sunday School teachers and scholars. Other presents Included one from the manager and staff of Manflelds, where the bride is employed.

Reephem Parish Church: Lance- Corporal R. Elvldge, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Elyldge, Stonerteld Faun, Reepham, to Mss L.

Woodcock, only daughter of Mrs. T. Woodcock, of Langworlh. The bride, given away by her father. attirad In pink satin.

She was attoriied by Mrs. J. Hoyles, sister of the bidegroom. In a dress of blue ua over silk, and Miss Phylls pink net over silk. Mr F.

Woodcock, brother of the bride, was best man. A reception was held In the Reading Room. St. Church, Lincoln: Miss Hilda Lowery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

A Lowery, of Hroorigate, Unco.n. to Mr. Charles Marshall, elder aon of Mr. and Mrs. C.

A. Marshall, of Daedalus, Leap. Cranwell. The bride wore a dress of love-ln-a-mlst blue sulde georgette trimmed with pink velvet and black hat similarly trimmed, Her bridesmaid. Miss Ethel (sister), wore pink crepe silk with black hat trimmed with the same shade.

George (bridegrooms brother) was best man. St. Church, Lincoln! Beryl Yvonne Stephenson, of Ripohstreet, to Ma Ine Jack Priestley, bf Brlrkyard-cottages, Brant-road. Lincoln. The bride wore a white taffeta dress with veil headc ress.

Misa Joan Stephenson (sister), hyr bridesmaid, wore quoise blue w. ih a silver Juliet headdress. Mr. E. 'toblnson was best man.

Among the wt Jdlng gifts was a clock from Hovls, Lt 1., where the bride was employed. St. MlchadV Church, Lincoln: Miss Beryl Valentine Major, of Gray-street, to Mr. William Arthur Posnett, of Christ's Hnspltdl-terrace, Lincoln. The bride, given away by her brother, Mr.

Richard Major wore a pale blue twopiece with na, blue hat. She was attended by Mu. G. Dovey (sister ofthe bridegroom) wearing a mauve dress with hat to tone. Mr.

G. Dovey was best their daily tasks a few weeks ago, and it speaks well far the nerves Of the youngsters that they triumphed, over circumstances. A good number of passes with a satisfactory number of credits hardly squares with picture of the British people with fear in their shelters." RADIO PROGRAMMES NOME tEIIVICI. news, annonncemeDU. in Norwegian.

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SahiD and hi. Band, 11.53 acwa. GODHEAD'S I Eli ESS (LINCOLN) LTD. Part of the crowd sad some of the competitors who loolc part in the bow noon. The 6nal will be played oi LINCOLNSHIRE ECHO AUGUST 26, 1940 Is competition in aid of the Red Cross at Boullham Park on Sunday after i Wednesday evening at Boultham Perk.

CRASHING THE CROSSINGS THINK it is time that Lincoln people began to have a little more respect for'thq level crossing gates. watched twto incidents tiw other day, within a fety hours of each other, and either of them might have had very serious consequences to the people concerned. The gates were closing to road traffic when twi men tried to get over the crossing by dodging them, They collided, and it Was only by scramming hurriedly back off The track that they escaped being locked in. The second incident concerned a motor bus and a cyclist. The gates were bieng opened to road hand, presumably beraosa something had gone wrong with the electrical the near side southern gate stuck after moving a few feet.

By that time traffic was moving forward, and bad it not been tor the very prompt manner in which the driver of the bus applied his brakes a cyclist would have been pinned between his radiator and the gate. Both these Incidents would have been avoided it people had not been In such a hurry. THE QOSSIPER A.R.P. IN MURAL ART Misa Olga Lihaianii is the Kr-gHsli artist to paint mural decorations in an eir-raid headquarters. She has just Snished a series for the Club at Pancrae A.K.P.

Headquarters, Camden High-atraen Miss Lehmann told a woman reporter There are paintings of wai dene in airraid kit. anti-gus dress and complete with Steel helmets and brassards. Fire lanterns and respirators are shown So a shelter marshal, and trrnch A GARDEN PIGSTY A pigsty, such as can he erected in any suitable garden or on an allotment, wilUbe one of the exhibits at National Vegetable Fruit and Flower Sleow, which next Wednesday. The sty had been constructed entirely from second-hand material, and demonstrates the different kinds of material which can be used for the purpose. Two pigs will he housed and the exhibit has been designed to encourage the small pigkMMr.

Mr. R. 8. Hudson. Minister of Agriculture and Fishenee.

will speak on the opening dag; WEDDINGS man. Among the gifts was a china cabinet from the bride's colleagues at Clayton-Dewandre, Ltd. All Church, Lincoln; Miss Ivy Llngard. of Horton-street. Lincoln, to Mr.

Frank Tasker, of Grantham, son of Mrs. H. Lusby and the late Mr. J. Tiukar, of Bailgate, Lincoln, the bride, groom, a member of the Grantham Force, is an old boy of Lincoln School, and has played football for Blue Star Rangers and Lincoln: Corinthians and cricket for Clayton's C.C.

Miss Joyce Hatcllffe was bridesmaid, and Mr. E. Rust 1 was best man. Among the gifts was a tea service and cake stand to the bride from the Lincoln Co-operative Society's fruit department. St.

i Lincoln: Miss Florence Ivy Coulsou, of Nelthorpestreet, Lincoln, to Mr. Stanley Clifford Ellis. The bride wore a satin dress, an embroidered veil, and a headdress of roses: She was attended by Mrs. Kathleen Bootbright (sister), Miss Grace Ellis and Miss Jean Briginshaw, who wore Victorian style dresses of white veiling over Vermillion taffeta, with hats to match, Mr. Edward Ellis, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.

After a reception at St. Botolpb's Halt the bride and bridegroom left for a honeymoon in London. Among the presents was a coflee table from the bride's colleagues; at the Lincolnshire Publishing Company. FOR THI FORCK2. 6.30.

Rhythm Club pmonta Life Story of Bix Beidtrbockr, by. raeoroa. You Met Ann.ltef 7.30. from the B.C. Millurr Band.

9.15 Want to be an Attor. 9.45, InaambU and Esthesr Onlcman. A LETTER FROM LONDON HEAR, writes oar London correspondent, that many Members of Parliament intend, as they have indeed been urged by the Government, to get into close touch with our local defence services during the short Parliamentary recess. The Regional Commissioners have been advised by the Home Office to give the fullest possible co-opeiV tioh to M.P.S. Key Ministers, on the other hand, will stay'on the job without relief.

A long week-end is the only possible rest for them and as there ore only two in the recess there is not much scape for holidaying. There is. too, a strong belief that the Prime Minister rvill have some Ministerial changes when Parliament meets again. So that, coupled with the work nicy undertake in their own con- Women And Hats come from millinery and "that is why the Chat Exchequer will not agree to an ing of the tax so far as wome slituenctos, M.f’.s will have this constantly in their minds until the House sits again. and other articles of fur will 1 Who Will Go! IJLCENT gossip has said that Mr.

Chamberlain and Lord Halifax will shortly leave the Cabinet. But will they Past experience has shown us that there is nothing more difficult titan getting a Minister to give up his job and anything other than voluntary resignation in these two cases might bring serious trouble into the Conservative ranks. A strange position when one considers how everything these two and even admired for has now been shown to have a false basis. Another Minister whose name Is the subject of similar rumour is Mr. Duff Cooper.

Like Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, be has found fortune fickle. Re won regard for his strong principles when he resigned after Munich, and much was hoped from him when lie joined Mr. Churchill's Government. But he has shown himself autocratic end lacking In elasticity.

He has failed to realise that, while surrendering eeriain of their liberties to Win the war, people demand the more resilience from the Government in return. Home Guard Shootings PERHAPS some of the M.P.s who find themselves la contact with the Home Guard will investigate the circumstances in which people are being killed through failing to pull up their cars when ordered to stop. I should be the last to quarrel with a Home Guard exercising his powers to fire on an escaping Fifth Columnist hut, until this country la actually invaded or until it Is. actually shown that Germans have landed hy parachute, there is surely some way of avoiding these unfortunate shootings. No fewer than 10 people have been killed, most of them through fatting to hear a challenge to stop.

LIGHT FROM DANCE ROOM AT CONINGSBY INN Licensee Fined at Horn castle When Louis W. W. Gudgeon. Leagate Inn, Conlngshy, was summoned at Horncastle on Saturday for having a light showing from the inn after blackout on Sunday, August 4, Special Constable Parker said the light came from a room where dancing was going on. He had warned Gudgeon three times about light from this room.

Air. R. Chatterton (tor Gudgeon): You object to dancing on a That is not the point. I am dealing with lights, not dancing. Mr, Chatterlon said tills happened only a few minutes after black-out time, ft would have been better tf Gudgeon had been reminded of the time.

Gudgeon was fined 10s and 5s costs. Thomas Toyne. who had a light showing from an old-stove in a greenhouse in his garden in Foundry-street, Horneastle, was fined 7s Gd, For leaving her car in Horncastle Market-place without immobilising It Eileen M. St. Aubyn, of Somersby, was fined 10s.

Mr. Chatterton, for Mrs. St. Aubyn, said she had not known that, in addition to removing the ignition key, she should have locked the car doors. BOSTON FUNERAL OF MR.

J. TAIT There was a large attendance at the funeral at Boston on Saturday of Mr. James Tait, a former Mayor of the borough and a member of HoUand County Council, whose death at the age of 65, at tJttoxeter, was reported in the Echo. Among those present were the Mayor of Boston (Oounculor 11. P.

Clark) and bers of the Corporation. Alderman Vv. H. hunn (representing Mr, H. Butcher, M.P.), WVBro.

T. Kit wood. Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Lincolnshire and vice-chairman of Holland County Council, brethren of the Franklin and Harmony Lodges of Freemasons, Boston, C. Boyce, president, A.B>C. firotherbood and South Lincolnshire Brotherhoods Federation, Bro.

H. E. Eharpis (rsprssenting First Principal of the Royal Arch Chapter), Mtt E. Armes fPump Square Methodist Charch). Mr.

W. Mablesoo (Boston and District Association), Messrs. L. Baines and A. Mother (Boston Rowing ClubL Mr.

W. G. Walker (secretary, Holland Agricultural Wages Committee), Mr. L. Gethin (secretary.

Holland Partners' Union), members of Boston Own Brotherhood, members of Holland County Council, j.W.Bro, E. F. Mare (W.M. St. "Lodge Of Freemaious), Bro, C.

D. Whatton, Bourne (Here ward Inspector Grice (Eastern Sea risEsriss; Committee). W.Bro. J. D.

Carpenter (W.M. Whitgift Lodge of Freemasons, Croydon), Mr. G. W. Harrison (Men's Own InsHtuts).

Bro. T. R. Wing (Mark Master Masons), and Mr. A.

H. Pape (preaidsnt, United Brotherhoods of the Boston CATHEDRAL SERVICES Tuesday. 8: Holy Communion. 9.45; Matins, li: fntercaesion. 4: Evensong.

FOUR KINDS OF LOAF TO-DAY From to-day housewivaa mar buy only four typos of loaf in England, and live in Scotland. A few years ago certain police for 1 ha 4 a spiked grill used to throw act a road lo stop motor bandits in tl cars. Such a grill could be put i action by a Home Guard Hashing signal to comrades further along HEAt). and I admi: it surprises ,1 tliat Sirs Kingsley Wood's lluam advisers consider tlie largest yield revenue under the Puri base Tax are on those articles the maximum tax has been Imposed. This will meet with a good deal of criticism when the Bill is discussed in the House next month and women's organisations, as well as the organise! millinery trade, are protesting vigorously.

They also say that fur coals almost prohibitive In price. Women M.P.s are to press the matte and a number of men Members wi! support them, The point is not likel to rouso the heat that the threat to tax books did, but to many women it is at least as important Sir Oliver Lodge RECALL vividly a talk 1 had with the late Sir Oliver Lodge some years ago on the question of messages from who. as he put it, had passed over." He described them as being like longdistance telephone cal's in which the voice and accents of the one who had passed over were very clear and convincing. Sir Oliver said that this faculty cf communication was one that could be developed enormously and was one. of the possibilities which had never been fully realised, much less encouraged.

He maintained that it was no more developments in the scientific world fantastic or impossible than many that were once unthought or and which, when first mooted, were regarded as crazy. It was impossible to meet Sir Oliver without being impressed by his sincerity, insight and scientific attainments. This war is more than a challenge to our armed strength. It is a test of the Character of our people. It is the ultimate test of the courage, endurance and the spirit of sacrifice of a free nation as opposed to the despotism and dictatorship of our The call has gone out for huge sums of money to help to win the war.

The response has been good. But an even greater effort is needed. Here is a test of Character. To save more means sacrifice. It means giving up personal pleasures, it means confining ourselves to necessities, it means cutting out self-indulgence.

The people of this Country can do it many are already doing it. They have dedicated themselves to a great Crusade. Every one of us must join them now. Save regularly week by week. Go to a Post Office or your Bank and put your money into Defence Bonds, Savings Certificates or National War Bonds or deposit your savings in the Post Office or Trustee Savings Banks.

Join a Savings Group and make others join with you. Jsmui by The HaUanal Savings Committee, London From day to day In Lincolnshire A collection by Wools! hosrpe ftchoolchiUren. organised by Mr. Ijmertnu Kirkstead aul of the fund, garden tele was liold oii the ifganised hr irtd the. i Jti.

ami Mrs. il Dance. A dance held in Kirkby-on-llain church room on the troups. Corporal Weslw and Mr. Maltuv steward supplied bv Mr.

H. Wlial and Mr. Winn heMer (Uougln was M.F-. was i Halt ham it. Helpers Ponton Pr the school Denton Merchant The, death (ieeson, of Saxilby Visitors.

Salvutinn Am tv haml Bowls Cup Won Market Basen Mr. J. Village Raid air raid ring ii at Mark Mr. P. .1.

Timn Mr. A. Bla key crops from i as a coii! 1 ted in favour tinned, and seven against lien lying question. Mr. Tiim tlie warni villa Res.

Ih would contii jKlsjtiou Market as- Have your Eiderdowns Re-covered in your own choice of new season's material. Ask for patterns. A new service giving wonderful results at remarkably low cost. The Lincoln Overs, 3. Saitergate.

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