The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-16 00:00:00

EISTE VE STRIE

ST. MLCUA CS, BRIM:LEY HILL he annual
v, stry naPettn.4 of 5.,. Micha(l's iv,ts h Id o
day maro;of,, the It T. J. Stone preAdin,t.—Mr,
L ingl .n 1 sal the a .option 01 the WOti, lyl,ffertory
had broughc i £l3B, ant with 4:Y her iece pt s made
a total of £177 5s 7d, as compateri with £92, ia t
year. He lid thit4 een stabled to pay off the 0
owing front i .st yeti-, all th • a,.,..rounts up to Calis -
Was la6t, and tit! S,la t ollicors ua to NI r
25th. There was now a halane of .210 10s lid
40 1.1 o, so that ptcTully tney 11.28, n
s 1 reu, at d iit, ;.! nr.:T.olate I v.ean al upon this
f .ot --file Ca inn to sail as 113 tnoug it Mr, M.
R.)11,a oa woulti he of gre-a service ti hi.n in a -
ringing tia tucial (natters, he had ple isu.e in re-
elJzt ng him as his war :ea or tne ensuing year..
J iligsbail he was ..ot in favour of re-A.-cl-
ing war kn.. hut under the exc-pti ,nat etre itn-
etances he moved the re-el ed.,. of :qr. Lo gl,tui
as people's wardert.—Nfr E. 117. Pears an se-so ,de,l
the m to c, w!)iO4 was carried 1011.)vvin;
gentleaten wi,re elo!tei nessrs, Psaison,
Eine, Co ,kso", illlCit, a, D ley,
an r Lelia --
(3/...C5Cu auJitcrs.
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ST:Altauttociv. C S. Wordsworth (.he
re.;coi..) presal at .he a tival vestry meeting on
Tuesday, at o.dswinf ird Cau-ch.—The Rector
ealt,d the iv,'ei.tion o!' •he meeting to the 89th
Cation, wic provided that only i CVO of dis-
ai4reern-nt as •o tie jo.nt crioice or chureOwarclei.ii,
the minisior. s 0 ch. se one and the people the
Other. Mr. \V. B. Collis sai I that was the law, but
it was v itied by cusonn. The Rector said he
th night t e tresnt custom of tile rector appoin..-
ing one and the people another a vicious custom.
Tue cl-r4yrn in w .s appoiared wi hout consultation
as t wish sof the people, which he considerad
an evil, and on th it followed another evil th it the
clerguitii might a point, as caurcl warden. so.ne
one in wilosi s:.l:cti in the pa,is'iion2rs had no
voice. He a wit n•t a:,cept tat ,Airdiout a p otest.
If lie must no:niu .te som ~ne, he 13,tould only do it
becans. he was roquire I; and he thou dit it a bad
cusoziai to tollow. If some on, would move that
two persons be appointal, and they were appointtd
wih his consent and th it of the parishioae s he
had no doubt uc an appoirvment would be satis-
factory. N.r. Colts ~aid he took it from what the
rector said ilia it wa-4 ,ompetent f r the meeting
to nominate both ward us. (T ie ReJ-or : Quite so )
Mr. Collis siii, ith his c incurrence, he would
propme that Mr. Bill and Mr. Nash he elect, d
wardens. The Rotor said ha s'iould be happy to
seco d hat. Mr Cox proposal that Mr. Voce aid
Mr. N.,sti be ap,.ointA ; anti this was seconded by
Mr. Wilkinson. It was s aced that Mr. Voce did
not wish to serve; but Mr. Cox would not withdraw
his am ndment, and the original motion was carried.
A vite of thanks was pad -ed to the retiring war-
dens (Messrs Collis and Wright), and the former,
i replying. staled that they raised th 2 year before
list £854 8s 6.1 for the renovation of the church,
and auriag tie p ist ye4r they had raised .2133 17s
6d o pay of the debt which exited when they took
o lice. The aleaunts ha I nit ben finally made up,
but the estim it 1 total receipts were £4od 2s 9d.
aa there would be about £lO °win; at the end of
the year. RAerence was made to the Caurch Army
movement an 1 its p 011106011 in the parish. The
Hector stid be did not think there twat dbe any
difficulty in getting the requisite funds. It was,
no ii übt, going to do a good work in the htech,
and when they had free .‘nd opeu churches there
would no no difficulty ab .ut it. A. vet, of thanks
to the rector closed toe proveedings.—At St. Thlmas'
vestry, on Talsd iy, the Vicar (the Roy 11. Sher-
rard) appointed Mr. Wynd:iam as his warden, and
Mr. D ,how \VAi elected people's warden. Mr.
Shari. ,rd et i 1 tha• they were progressing gradually
he te:l for t c ilteratiou of the church
At Sr. Jo ,i 1 A v-stry, on Tuesday, the Vicar (the
Rev. L. B. renley) appointe i Mr. J. Darby as his
war.ien, and Mr. E. DJakin was elected people's
warden The accounts pr seated showed a de-
ficien-y in the iu,:cnnt; as compared with the er.
pealture. The usual votes of thaalts were after•
wards passed.
OLD dui,— rho annual vestry meeting w4s held
at Trinity Clitych on Tues lay evening. under the
presidency of Mr. W. Bisano The folio wing ap-
pointments were made :—Mi it-ter's warden, Mr.
W. Bassani) ; parisitio;e:3 warden, Mr Co iksey ;
si le•men, Messrs. E. Burgess, J. Plant, J. Jo 'non,
J. Priest, J. lliudley, aad E. It Hatnmera3y. --The
aozounts showe I an adverse balance of .09 chiefly
owin: to the yenov ition of the church.—A vote of
tanks was p is-ed to Mr bliugt,y for supplying tnel
to the church during .he past year free ot cost.
QUARLLY BANE —At toe Easter vestry at Christ
Chwe i—t •.: R.ty D a ia, ViOtr presilin;—.
Mesgrs. Alfred B and Th onas Pateshall were
re elected vicar's and people's warden respect

.LESONVEN —PRUE: I N TO AN ORGANIST.—
'Die annual vestry meeting in conneotion wan tile
earish Church was held on Ta,B itty in the Untirt,h
Schools. The Rev. C. C. Nation, wno presi led,
taid that there was a little busiaet they wanted to
do befo.e th,, ordinary work. It was to make
a pres ntation to a raluable worker in the
parish. and they wiehe i to recogn.se his valuable
services. That had tan the for,ii of an address
and a purse contaiaing over £2O. subscribed by 28
members of the church upon his resigning office.
He hal much pleasure in presenting toe orga.uist,
Ir. E. Holgins with the memorial and purse.
Mr II idijk.us suitably replied. The Chairman
proposed a vote of thanks to the o ui.ch wardens
and si.lesmen for their a rvices. He pointed out
that ci ring the past year an organ h.id been placed
iu thei ehurc u, and he though. that it was a church
tha, w ‘.l wo:t.ay of an orAaii. They had raised
..C.lOO towards deiraying the cost sill leaving
80 t rabed Tne lei ions had not realised
ziey did laq year, and the oolectious did not
indet the :equ.realents ot the church. He con—
sidered ihat to keep the cur h in order thwy tied
no ou4ht to have an in.:.o.ne of (ems (lean £2OO p r
anwina. •tr. giasetty said the total recei.,
amounted to .21 0, expenses £211.18s 4d, leavi ig
an di bit cc of t; &o 5s id. _racy i• •
deip. tvti‘l4:l hank to tau exteut of .uout .tauB 8, ICU.
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factory, inasmuch as there had been about £l,to.
raised for the Church during the year. The
lowing were elected : Minister's warden, Mr. Reay ;
people's warden, Mr C. Moseley; sidesmen, E
Diem, B. Hingley, C. E Bloomer, G. B. Hingley,
H. R. Ker, H. A. Ward B. Summers, T. B. Young,
G. T. Grove, J. Siviter. G. Disney, J. Hodgetts, E
Thompson; members of the Burial Board. F. D
Lea Smith. H. R. Ker, J Siviter. Mr. J. Wright
was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the dean
of Mr. Grove. Audit, rs, W. Somers, C. Bloomer,
S. Goodman and Trewalla.

BROMSGROVE.—At the annual vestry meeting at
the parish church of St. John tbe Baptist, held on
Tuesday, the Rev. A. E Seymour appointed Messrs.
R. Rordell and J. Green as vicar's wardens.
Messrs. T. Billingham and G. Nicholls were re •
appointed parish wardens. The Chairman read a
letter from the Earl of Shrewsbury, giving his con-
sent to the removal of the Talbot monument in the
church to another site to admit of the shifting of
the organ, which is being repaired; and a resolution
was passed giving consent to the removal of the
monument, and the shifting of the stained-glass
from the window in the aisle to the window over
the north porch, rendered necessary by the removal
of the organ. The Chairman stated that the col-
lections on behalf of the i•rgan fund last Sunday
realised £lB 16s ocl, and of the £350 required
for the repairs of the organ £240 had been suL-
scribed,

DVELEY.—The annual vestry meeting of the
Parish Church was held on Tuesday; the Rev Dr;
W. R. Cosens presiding. Mr. Charles H. Oakes
was nominated vicar's warden, and Mr. Joseph
Ru-sell was chosen people's warden. The Chair-
man suggested that a Church Council should be
celebrated It was deemed necessary to raise funds
for the enlargeuieut of the ir 8 Int vestry. On the
national holiday there would be a special service in
the Parish Church. at which 150 musicians would
give their services. The "Hymn of Praise" would
be given, and the May. r,lCorporation, and dissent-
ing minist..rs would be invited. The usual votes of
thanks were given.--!-At St. John's, on Tuesday, Mr.
Burton was chosen vicar's warden, and Mr. Wood-
house people's warden.
ROWLEY:—On Tuesday, a meeting was held in
the vestry of the Parish Church, under the presid-
ency of the Rev. C. W: Bsraard. The followine
officers were elected :—Minister's warden, Mr. T.
flanks; people's warden, Mr. E P.:wtriss ; vicar's
shlfstuen. Messrs R. W Allen, D Beas!ey, W.
Blades, J. R. White, and U. Willa nd : parishioners'
side-men Messrs. R, Marls, W ifatel, P. 0 wen.
E, H. Hickm al, and A, J. S uith rhe accounts
showed that the expen 'hare was ..C.100., and income
£222. The balance dud to the bank was £27.
CRADLE! HEATH —On Tuesday, a ineetiag was
held in the vestry of St Luke's Civireh the ltev.
id. S. Lenny (vicar) presiding —fc,r t'te purpose of
electing officers for the ensuiti4 year. Tb follow-
ing were elected vicar's wsrdeu, Dr. 6, anctish ;
people's ward*.m. Mr. W. Willem's. £he finaucial
statement showed that the r,,ceiptl. were eearly
sad idnt to meet the expenditure