Coalville Times – February 1914
Coalville Times At War Friday February 4th 1916 (Issue 1248) Page 1 HUGGLESCOTE PATRIOTIC SOCIAL A patriotic whist drive and dance at the Hawley Institute on Wednesday night was well attended. Mr J. Cooper, of Coalville, played for dancing, and Miss Edith Bott, of Coalville, was much applauded for her songs. Messrs. Wright-Mason (Ellistown) and J. H. Dean (Hugglescote) were the M.C.’s. The M.C.s for whist were Messrs. E. Darby and D. S. Moore, and the excellent prizes were won respectively by the following: Ladies: Miss Aust 181, Miss E. Wright 174, and Mrs L. Smith 172. Gentlemen: Mr A. Pegg 175, Mr G. Geary 171, and Private Wildgoose 170. The proceeds were for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Comforts Guild. Page 2 FURTHER EXAMINATION FOR ARMLET MEN BEFORE FINAL EXEMPTION Mr Thomas asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he was aware that local recruiting officers are summoning men who have been previously rejected under Lord Derby’s scheme to submit to further medical examination, and whether, having regard to the fact that these men hold a white certificate which states that they presented themselves to join the army, but were not accepted on medical information, they will be exempt under the Military Services Act? Mr Tennant, in a written answer in the Parliamentary papers, says, “In view of the many decisions which had to be hurriedly reached and the desirability for greater uniformity, a fresh medical examination will be necessary.” Page 4 DO YOU KNOW THAT An aeroplane passed over Coalville at a rather low altitude on Saturday,
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