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Oulton Parish Magazine, 1895, February

The Annual Confirmation will take place in Oulton Church on Monday March 25th inst. at 7 p.m.

Preparation Classes will be held at the Parsonage, on Monday, 7 p.m., for men; Tuesday, 2-30 p.m., for women, and 7 p.m., for boys; Thursday, 5-30 p.m., for girls. Classes will commence Monday, February 11th inst.

It is hoped that many who have not yet been confirmed will take this opportunity of coming forward to publicly rededicate their lives to Christ, and to receive the confirming or strengthening grace of the Holy Spirit.

All who wish to he confirmed are asked to send in their names to the Vicar as soon as possible.

Lent commences on Ash Wednesday, the 27th inst., on which day services will be held at 10-30 a.m. and 7 p.m.

During Lent there will be daily service as follows:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: 4.30 p.m.

Wednesday, 10-30 a.m., 7 p.m,. Friday, 10-30 a.m.

The forty days of Lent are kept by the Church as a season of special self-denial, self-discipline, and prayer, and we trust that very many persons in Oulton will be found glad to avail themselves of the extra week-day services provided during this season.

Here is an extract from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, which may interest some of our readers :

"Oulton, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Rothwell parish, in the W.R Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Aire and the Leeds and Normanton railway, 1mile E.S.E. of Woodlesford railway station, and 5½ miles E.S.E. of Leeds, is a pleasant place, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Leeds. The township contains also the village of Woodlesford and bears the name of Oulton-with-Woodlesford. Acreage, 1,143 of land and 31 of water; population 2,776. The manor, with Oulton Hall, belongs to the Calverley family. The Hall is a large and elegant edifice in the Grecian style, rebuilt in 1851. S. Richard Bentley was a native. The chapelry is conterminate with the township. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Ripon: net value, £282 with residence. The church was built in 1828-30 at a cost of £12,000 bequeathed by Mr. J Blayds, is a fine structure in the Pointed style, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire. Woodlesford was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1870. There are Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels, large stone quarries, and a charity producing about £220 per annum."

Society for providing Homes for Waifs and Strays.

We have been able to hand over to this Society the sum of £10.8s.Id., collected as follows :-

Offertories, January 27th subscriptions-· Mr. E. Calverley Rev.d. E. Green-Price Mr. J. Farrer. .. Mr. H. Davenport Mr. P. James ... Sums under 5/-

£. s. d. 6 19 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 £ 10 8 1

Our Annual Parish Tea and Entertainment took place on Friday January 4th, when everything' passed off well. The number to tea was so large that two sittings down were required.

Hothouse plants for the decoration of the room were kindly lent by Mrs. Batt and Mr. Angus.

Songs were contributed by

Miss Dixon Miss Westerdale Mr. P. S. Marsden

Mrs. L. Calverley Mr. F. James and Mr. Heaton

Duet by Mrs. Robinson and Miss Dixon, and pianoforte duets by the Misses Bartle. Mr. F. Sharpe, mandolin, Mr. J. Morley, pianoforte, Mr. Walker, ventriloquist, and Mr. Thornton, with a recitation, added to the enjoyment of the evening.

The Incumbent gave his first address to the parishioners, in the course of which he gave the usual report of the work done in the parish during the year. The total offertories amounted to £1114s. 7d., divided as follows:­ Church Expenses, £24 14s. 3d.; Sick and Poor Fund, £11 7s. 0d.; Home Missions, £65 3s. 6d.; Foreign Missions, £6 17s. 3d.; General Charities Fund, £2 I2S. 7d. There had been 31 baptisms and 18 burials, and 1,153 attendances at Holy Communion during tbe year. The number of girls attending the Sunday School was 140; the average attendance in the morning being 51, and in the afternoon 82. The number of boys was 126; with an attendance of 71 in the morning and 92 in the afternoon. The number of Sunday School teachers was 28; 15 in the Girls', and 13 in the Boys' School, where more teachers are needed. The Young Men's Bible Class Dad steadily increased and now consisted of '25 members. Although the past year might seem an uneventful one when compared with 1893, which had seen the opening of their Working' Men's Institute, something new had been started, and they now had a Church Band of Hope numbering I10 children. Saints' Days were observed in the proper way by a Celebration of the Holy Communion at 8 a.m. The Choir had been provided with new hymn books and psalters, which were greatly needed. In speaking of the coming year, he said that it would be marked by one fact, that in 1395 Oulton would have for the first time its Parish Magazine. He hoped it would be a bond of union between the Vicar and his parish, and it would be his endeavour to make it a record of all parish news. There was one important duty they had before them in the immediate future, that was the cleaning and improvement of their Church, and he hoped that all would subscribe liberally according to their means. After alluding to the weekly offertory which was Il(o)V to he t he custom, he thanked all the Church workers for their help during the six months he had been amongst them, and hoped they would continue to support him in the same earnest way. In closing, Mr. Green-Price reminded all that this was an auspicious anniversary in the lives of two ladies who were with them tonight, and who had always endeared themselves to their neighbours by their thoughtful kindness. This was Mrs. Calverley's birthday, and the wedding-day of her daughter, Mrs. Brooke Hunt, and he was sure that in wishing them many happy returns of those days, he was expressing the feelings of all present.

The proceedings closed with the National Anthem.

Mabel. daughter of Robert Henry and Sarah Forrest.

Ida May, daughter of Robert Henry and Sarah Forrest.

Harold Harrison, son of Rowland and Francis Hill.

January

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Clergy and Parish Officers.

Churchwarden.---Mr. J. Farrer. Sidesmen·Mr. E. Boothroyd, Mr. E. Owen.

Supepintendents of the Sunday School.

Boys'.-Mr. W. H. Newsome. Girls'. --Miss Parish.

Day Schools.

Girls' Mistress.-Miss Parish. Infants' Mistress.-Miss Bell.

Parish Notices.

Sunday School.-Morning, 9-30; Afternoon, 2-0. Young Men's Bible Class.-Sundays, 1-45 p.m.

Institute .-Hours. 6 to IO p.m.; Saturdays, 2 to 10 p.m.; Terms, 3/- per

year, or 1/- per quarter

Choir Practice.-Thursday, 7-30 p.m. (Church); for Boys, Monday, 6 p.m. (Parsonage).

Mothers' Meeting.·-·Monday, 2 p.m.

Band of Hope.--1st and 3rd Wednesdays in the month. 6 to 7 p.m.

Clothing Club.-Monday, 3-30 p.m.

Yorkshire Penny Bank.-· .. Monday, 6-30 to 7-30 p.m. Village Library.-Sunday, 3 to 4 p.m.

Due notice of Baptisms, Marriages, Funerals, and Churchings to be given to Mr. J. Poole, Verger.

For sittings in Church, apply to Mr. J. Farrer, Churchwarden.

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