Vicar: Arthur Napier
Offertories
My first paragraph in the New Year will consist of a list of the 1913 charities which you who are Churchpeople in deed as well as name have assisted with heartiness and generosity. The January collection, will be given towards our own parish “Sick and Poor” Fund, which (added to the Early Communion Service offertories) forms a little fund which helps towards the occasional needs of our own people.
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Communion Offertories and Churchings | 1 | 15 | 6 | |
| Jan | Church Army | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mar | Antarctic Tragedy | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| April | Bishop of Salisbury’s Fund | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| May | Temperance Society | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| June | R.S.P.C.A. | 1 | 16 | 6 |
| July | Fresh Air Fund | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Aug | Prevention Cruelty to Children | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sept | Swanage Cottage Hospital | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | South Wales Colliery Disaster | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Nov | Missions to Seamen | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Dec | Waifs and Strays | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 36 | 8 | 6 | ||
| The total amount collected in 1912 | 36 | 19 | 6 | |
Entertainment
On Friday, January 23rd, in the Schoolroom, Mr. Harry Pouncy, the Dorset lecturer and entertainer, will give a popular entertainment in the Dorset dialect, comprising a recital from the poems of William Barnes, sketches from the works of Mr. Thomas Hardy (by the author’s special permission), and old Dorset songs and stories. The time will be as usual, namely, doors open at 7, commence at 7.30. Admission: First three rows 1s. ; rest of room, 6d. ; and children of school age in the Class room, 3d.
The general Choir Practice in that week would be held on Thursday evening.
Wedding
Dec. 22. Arthur Edward Cross and Jessie