No. 418. Price One Penny. THE CHIPP0NG NORTON Deanery JVCagazine. 0^. 3tor ftje parishes of 4® CHUTING NORTON. ENSTONE. LITTLE ROLLRIGHT. CH ARI,BURY k SHORTHAMPTON. FIFIELD i IDBURY. SALFORD. chasti.-f.ton. HEYTHROP. MILTON k LYNEHAM. CHADLINGTON. HOOK NORTON. RAMSDEN. CHURCHILL .U SARSDEN. FINSTOCK. SHIPTON k LANGLEY. CORNWELL GREAT ROLLRIGHT. SPELSBURY. t DAYLESFORD. January. eabendAK. 1918. I 1 I Tu Circumcision of our Lord. 2 ! W 3 { Th I 4 I| I?F 5 s~ 6 f The Epiphany. 8 Tu St. Lucian, P.M. 9 W 10 Th 11 F 12 S 13 i & ist Sunday after Epiphany. S. Hilary, B.C. 14 I M 15 i T 16 1 W 17 Th 18 F S. Prisca, V.M. 19 S 20 & 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. S. Fabian, B,M. 21 M S. Agnes, V.M. 22 Tu S. Vincent D.M. 23 W 24 Th 25 F Conversion S. Paul. 26 S 27 £ Septuageshna. 28 M 29 Tu 30 I W King Charles, M 31 | Th I 5th, Last Quarter, Oh. 13m. a.m. 19ht, First Quarter, Oh. 20m. a.m. 12th, New Moon, 7h. 55m. a.m. 27th, Full Moon, 5h. 29m. a.m. W. C. HAYES, LTD., PRINTERS. CHIPPING NORTON. cgjppjjijQ. NORTON DEANERY MAGAZINE._____________ ___ _______ . Jan. Notes for the next Magazine should be sent not later The Confirmation on March 20th at 3 p.m. in Charlbury Parish Church will be taken by the than January 20th, to the editor, cobnwell Right Reverend Bishop Corfe, who is taking the RECTORY, CHIPPING NORTON. Confirmations in Oxfordshire this spring—our 5 All business communications to bo addressed to own Bishop taking those in Berkshire. the Publishers, W. C. Hayes, Ltd., CmmKO We have to thank the Rev. A. Cary-Elwes for Norton. a course of addresses on the three Wednesdays in Advent. Deanery Notes. The War.—On November 16th, Private W. J. Souch was killed in action. Mr. and Mrs. W. Souch, of Chilson, have now lost both their sons, CHARLBURY. as Corporal A. H. Souch fell in action on April 28th, 1917. Our deepest sympathy is with them. Baptisms.—November 25th, Wilfred Edwin, On November 27th Arthur Adams, of the Grena­ son of Edwin and Elizabeth Mary Huckin ; Alfred dier Guards, was killed in action. He was one Henry, son of Herbert Dring and Elizabeth of a Confirmation class of six boys at Chilson n Miriam Maudie Boddington. 1909, three of whom have died in the w’ar. Hn Marriage.—December 20th, Rowland Foster, was a fine straightforward man. Wm. Hum­ of the Army Service Corps, and Ida Giles, of phries, son of our police sergeant at Charlbury, Charlbury. has had a marvellous escape: after being wounded by a shell and buried for four nights and Foreign Missions.—The offertory on Advent five days. He is slowly recovering. Sunday amounted to £5 17s. 3d. In addition to this Miss Jeans forwarded to S.P.G. £2 5s. from the Women’s branch. On December 20th, our * * Missionary Guild is having a Sale of Work, and a Lantern Lecture by Rev. H. F. Donaldson-Selby CHADL1NGTON. on the Church in South Africa. In the state­ ment published of all parishes and their contri­ Burials.—November 21st, Ellen Timms, aged butions to Foreign Missions in 1916, our amount 78-—December 4th, Charlotte Louisa Holloway, is £27 4s. 2d. Let us hope that we shall steadily aged 16. improve. The Rural Deanery as a whole ad­ We offer our congratulations to Lieut.-Colonel vanced £50 on the year before, viz., £307 instead and Mrs. Schofield on the birth of a daughter. of £257. Jessie Empson is to be congratulated on her Charlbury Council School.—The head teacher success in getting a second class in the Diocesan of infants, Mrs. Hood, is leaving, after 12 years' Examination in Religious Knowledge First Stage, excellent work, on promotion. She has lately held in December. been an energetic teacher in our Sunday School. Miss Giles (or, as we should now say, Mrs. Fos­ S.P.G.—A cheque for £4 10s. has been sent to ter) takes her place after 12 years’ faithful work. this Society’s General Fund from offertories at celebrations of the Holy Communion on Saints’ Mrs. Cary-Elwes is to take charge of a detach­ Days and Thursdays. ment of the Girl Guides, who are to meet in the Vicarage Room. Soldiers’ Comforts Fund.—The Working Party has done good work. They have collected £4 On December 4th the Clergy of the Rural Deanery met at Charlbury Vicarage, 16 being 10s. 9d. at their parties, and £3 13s. has been received in donations, and £19 9s. 8d. has been present. We sent an address and a present to Rev. W. Collingwood Carter, with our best received from the Treasurer. Eighty-six shirts wishes. and 82 pairs of socks have been made, and also five woollen scarves and 80 treasure bags. The service at Shipton on December 14th when the Bishop instituted Canon Oldfield, was a Thirty-four parcels have been sent to our memorable occasion. The Bishop spoke most gallant fellows overseas; also letter and P.O. for umdly of both the former and the new vicar, and 1/6 to obtain a smoke. Nothing that we can do ot the significance of the service. here at home is too much in return for the heroic service and sacrifice they have made for us. Jan. CHIPPING NORTON DEANERY MAGAZINE. mother. He states that Corpl. Rathbone was 1918.—We would wish all in Chadlington a killed in action on November 25th. He speaks prosperous New Year. May a rightful and just of him as an excellent soldier, and one who will peace soon dawn over this world of strife I be very much missed. Confirmation.—Will any who wish to be con­ We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the firmed let their clergyman know as soon as pos­ parents and friends of these brave soldier boys. sible? Any boys or girls over fourteen are quite On account of the scarcity of paper, we have at liberty to attend the classes. been told by the publishers of the Deanery that the cost of the Magazine in future will be 1/6 * * * per year, but since this notification has been sent out other arrangements have been made for the MILTON-with-Lyneham and Bruern. month of January, and till then we can take no Baptism.—On November 3Otb, Ernest Arthur further steps. We should be glad to learn, how­ infant son of Charles Claude and Mary Saran ever, the names of those who would wish to con­ Ricketts, of Bruern Grange Cottages. tinue the Magazine if the price goes up to 1/6 from the printers, and another 3d. must be added We are glad to learn that the effort made to secure Christmas presents for our soldier boys to this to cover expenses of carriage, bad debts, has been most successful. Of course, this was &c., for our parish. foregone conclusion, because we all love to think We should like to see all the news from the that by this means we can do something to make various parishes in the Deanery, as failing this our boys realise that, though absent from us, they some have already signified their intention of dis­ are never forgotten. continuing the Magazine. On Sunday last we had the smallest congrega- The Schools broke up for the Christmas holi­ tions that ever gathered in Milton Church 1 days on Thursday, December 20th. A Concert should think, The weather was certainly most given by the school children is to be held on the winterly, and we can quite realise that it would evening of Thursday in aid of the Christmas be a sufficient excuse for keeping at home. The Presents to Soldiers Fund, and we hear that a Vicar had to tramp to Lyneh:T ~—ham in the afternoon, bumper house is already assured from the tickets and the roads were quite unfit, especially for sold. women to walk on. We hope it will be a long ♦ ♦ * time before we experience such a day. We are glad to be able to say that our Heating SPELSBURY. Apparatus in the Church is now complete, and we hope it will prove successful. To provide fuel The Autumn Gathering of the Deanery Guild in these times is no small task, but we must of Church Bellringers, held at Chipping Norton, have a fair amount of heat if we expect our people was attended by the Vicar and two members of to come to church. our belfry. The gathering was a representative one, and considering the war, was well attended. We regret to announce that Mrs. Bridges, of It is pleasing to be able to record of our own belfry The Terrace, has just heard of the death of her that in spite of reduced numbers owing to mili­ son, Private George Thomas Bridges, Oxford and tary service, can still muster six, one for each Bucks Light Infantry. He died on May 2nd, bell; thanks to the help of former members re­ 1916, whilst a prisoner in the hands of the Turks. turning to take the place of absent ones. Their He was taken prisoner at Rut, and died at •» handling of the bells tell us how well they learnt place called Sham-a-narm. Mrs. Bridges has the art in years gone by. made frequent enquiries for him since the time that she knew he was taken prisoner, but could If we may judge from the number of Pledge gain no information respecting him till this week, Cards taken we may deem that Spelsbury is de­ although 18 months have elapsed since his death.