§ Saturday, June 15, 1963 I — . . . ------. — ... FUNERAL OF HIGHLY ESTEEMED VALE VICAR T H E funeral of the Rev. E. O. T. Lewis, Vicar of Xlanblethian '* with Cowbridge, took place on June 5. The previous night the coffin ; was received into the Church . of the Holy Cross at Cowbridge, where the Vicar had preached SIX PRETTY Gli ; on so many occasions, by the JUDGES l Rev. J. J. Thomas, the Rural Dean of Cowbridge, and the IX PRETTY GIRLS gave fou Rev. D. Childs, of Penarth. S Llanharry Welfare Hall on Sal The funeral service was held girl was required to fill the role « at the church and later cre- for 1963. ’ mation took place at Glyntaff, In the queue for queen at the f Pontypridd. special dance organised by the j The largest congregation carnival committee were the ' which can be remembered filled Misses Eileen Price, Kay Dens- ; every seat in the huge church, combe, Ann Piper, Glynys ; the gathering representing not Rogers, Teg wen Joiin and Avril j Í only Cowbridge, but the rest of Neate and eventually, amid j l Glamorgan and the Princi- loud acclaim from the twisting L < pality. teenagers who thronged the Over sixty robed clergy from. floor, 19-year-òld Avril Neate , various parts of Wales weret was chosen for the royal role. present, led by the Bishop ofr SASH A CROWN ’ (the Right Rev. W.i A close second was Miss Teg- ! G. H. Simon), the Bishop of- wen John who is to be regarded ; St. Asaph (Dr. G. Williams), t as a reserve should the neces- .. the . the> sity arise, and the two attend- /1 ; Very Rev. Eryl S. Thomas (whot ants chosen were Miss Dens- ; read the lesson), the Assistant* combe and Miss Rogers. • , the Right: Coun. Trevor Lewis, chair­ Rev. T. M. Hughes, and the1 man of the Cowbridge R.D. | o (the: Council presented Miss Neate | £ : Venerable J. G. James). with the sash of honour and »J. I Many other denominations' placed the crown on her head. ’ were seen in the congregation. Coun. Lewis congratulated z ; The fëirge number of lay members of the carnival com- t ’ mourners were led by the Lord mittee on their enterprise and z ? Lieutenant of Glamorgan. Col. earnest endeavours to give the i Cenydd Traherne, and Mrs village a field day of fun and t Traherne, and the many civic frolic each year. | I . representatives were headed by FLOWER GIRLS . the Mayor of Cowbridge. Aid. i Edward John, J.P. Adjudicators were. Mrs. I. | J After the service at the Tilley, of Cowbridge, Mrs. Rita 1’ r church, the cortege left Cow- Burrows and Miss Anita « 3 bridge for Glyntaff, where yet Howells, Tonyrefail and Coun. J 1 l another large group of Godfrey Lewis, Ystradowen. j * i mourners had gathered to pay Music ’ was . supplied by the ] j their last respects to their Fortunes Band of Usk. On the j k - friend. previous evening during a j t 3 The service at the crema- dance for the under 14s the j * 3 torium was conducted by the music was supplied by * the j 1 > Revs. J. J. Thomas and D. Talbot Green Senatones. * \ Childs. The Carnival Queen’s flower :j] The family mourners were: girls were selected by Mr. and

The Reverend Ewart Lewis, Vicar of Llanblethian with Cowbridge, EWART OWEN THOMAS LEWIS died suddenly at his vicarage on May 28. Bom in 1914 at Whitland, he was educated at Llandovery and Oriel College, Oxford. After his PRIEST ordination, he served in three parishes in the diocese of St. David’s before coming to Cowbridge in 1949, first as vicar and then as rural 1914 - 1963 dean. Few realised at the time that they were seeing the beginning of a most distinguished ministry, but the careful observer would soon have noticed abvious marks of distinction ; there was the cautious slowness of the scholar, the ability to make and to keep a wide circle of friends, his many interests—his fishing rods, his gramophone with its great VICAR OF LLANBLETHIAN WITH COWBRIDGE trumpet, his records, his books and, most important of all, his simple 1949- 1963 piety. All these were to grow. He bases his pastoral work on his love of people and, as a parish priest, he turned often to the past. RURAL DEAN OF COWBRIDGE It was not that he ran away from the problems of the present because 1950- 1962 few were as aware of them as he—it was rather that the past held so SECRETARY OF THE STANDING LITURGICAL COMMISSION many things he loved, not merely fine buildings or the learning of divines long since dead, but the unhurried pace of parish life. Not for OF THE him was the latest development or the latest fashion in parochial management, he refused to be rushed because his work demanded patience, the patience of the pastor caring for the individual. As secretary of the Liturgical Commission all his learning came into full play. He had always been a serious student of careful ability. He had worked on Augustine for many years, he read wisely, read almost anything—novels, biography or theology absorbed him and he had the CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS lucky gift of being able to remember what he had read. Now all this was directed to one end. Very soon he became thoroughly con­ COWBRIDGE versant with liturgical developments at home and abroad, and his 5th JU N E, 1963 memoranda guided those who have the task of reforming our worship. He told the story of the beginning of this work in his book Prayer Book Revision in the Church of Wales. It is given to few of our priests to have so many gifts and to find a place in so many hearts. Requiescat in pact (From The Times newspaper 7 June, 1963)