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The annual report and distribution of awards in connection on the Huthwaite Evening Institute (New Street) took place on Monday evening, in the presence of a large number of students, parents and friends.
  Mr. H.A. Simpson outlined the numerous successes that had been achieved during the last session, and said 205 people had taken advantage of the excellent tuition which was a feature of the Evening Institute, at which the teachers were acknowledged experts in their respective subjects. Again in hosiery they had captured more scholarships tenable at Nottingham University than any other Institute. That evening Messrs. J.W. Lee, L. Clay and E. Dickens had started their courage at Nottingham.
  In the mining section there had been an average attendance of 20 youths and men maintained, and in the safety class the attendance frequently reached from 30 to 40 boys. H. Barnes and A. Quincey had gained scholarships, tenable at Mansfield Technical College.

In the cookery department they had been able to run a cookery class numbering 30 women and girls, and of these six had passed the E.M.E.U. examination. The discipline and conduct of the students had been excellent, and in each classroom an air of eagerness and quiet application was noticeable throughout the session. They had lost the valuable services of Mrs. L. Hill, who had retired after serving continuously for 30 years, and had done so much in the management of the sewing class. He wished Mrs. Hill every happiness in her retirement.
  They were pleased to see Mrs. C.H. Coupe, who had come to present the prizes. Mrs. Gaston was prevented from being present by urgent business. Both ladies had attended during the session and had taken great interest in the girls work, and once more were kind enough to give valuable prizes for needlework and cookery.
  Mrs. Coupe then presented the prizes which consisted of useful and attractive personal articles.

A vote of thanks was accorded Mrs. Coupe for her attendance and interest ....
Thanks were also accorded the New Hucknall Colliery Company who would again give a number of prizes for excellence in the mining place results.
  Subjects taken this year, in addition to last year, are dressmaking (Miss V. Allsop) and tailoring (Miss Evelyn Buxton), Sutton. Art and lettering classes for boys and girls are also a new departure. Other subjects are hosiery, bookkeeping, shorthand, adult mining, cookery, needlework, English and arithmetic, leather work, drawing and safety course for boys in mines. Boys and girls of 14 are charged half-fees only, this matter being one that is always regarded sympathetically. The evening ended with an enrolment, and a most encouraging number of candidates signed the contract forms to attend classes.

The following is the list of prize-winners:- Mining (grouped course), Herbert Barnes and A.W. Quincey, scholarships tenable at Mansfield Technical College, Hosiery, John Walter Lee, Leslie Clay and Edward Dickens, scholarships to Nottingham University, Cookery (grade 1), - Doris Ashley, Phyllis Fox, Joan Barlow and Rosie Revill, Grade II., Edna Dickens and Gladys Purseglove. Special prizes: Mrs. Coupe's prize for cookery, Doris Ashley; Mrs. Coupe's prize for needlework, Dorothy Rowe; Mrs. Gaston's prize of cookery, Edna Dickens; Mrs. Gaston's prize for needlework, Phyllis Fox. Prizes for attendance and good conduct,- Girls: Nellie Sheppard, Jessie Smith, Joan Simmonds, Doris Ashley, Edna Dickens, Phyllis Fox, Joan Heathcote, Gladys Purseglove, Dorothy Rowe, Irene Rhodes, Dorothy Wood, Mary Wells, Lucy Bettison, Ida Mansell, Marion Ford. Boys: W. Bradwell, E. Blount, L. Clay, E. Dickens, R. Evans, H. Hoult, G. Kirk, L. Marriott, R. Murfin, G. Wright, H. Bradley, G. Coleman, F. Dyment, W.H. Frith, F. Pepper, W. Pratt, A. Archer, W. Bingham, H. Clarke, C. Blow, M. Clark, R. Gunby, L. Oliver, A. Quinsey, C.D. Stone, C. Stone, A. Tomlinson, H. Wright, R. Wood, A. Woodfield, A. Barker, D. Weston and F. Farrands.

The marriage was solemnised on Saturday at the Free Church, Huthwaite, between Mr. Edward Howard Purseglove, son of Mrs. Purseglove, of 26, Common Road, Huthwaite, and the late Mr. E. Purseglove, and Miss Lois Herrod, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Herrod, 83, Main Street, Huthwaite. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. J. Hooley (Alfreton), and Miss A. Hawley officiated at the organ and played a selection of suitable music.
  The bride was given away be her father, and was robed in pink crepe... The two bridal attendants were a cousin of the bride (Miss D. Herrod). and the bridegroom's sister (Miss G. Purseglove)...
The best man was Mr. Robert Purseglove (brother of the bridegroom). and after the ceremony a reception was held in the Sherwood Street schoolroom. The happy couple subsequently left for the honeymoon at Blackpool, ...

A meeting of the new Clarion Union (South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and District) was held at Laneham Ferry on Sunday. The Huthwaite Section delegates were Mr. and Mrs. J. Swindell, who made the journey by tandem.

Mr. T. Bradley was the M.C. at the Social Service whist drive on Saturday. The winners were:- Mr. Malcolm Ellis; Mr. T. Cutts; Mrs. Whetton; Mrs. Nicholls. Hidden number, Mrs. Taylor.

In view of the recent short time at New Hucknall Colliery a special grant was made from the Notts. Industrial Union yesterday. Three shillings per full member and 1s. 6d. each boy was paid out of the Sherwood Street Schoolroom by the Union officials.

A whist drive in aid of the Social Centre Football Club wass held at the Centre on Tuesday night, and was well patronised. The M.C.'s were Messrs. Wilson and G. Radford (secretary of the Club).

The harvest festival was celebrated at the Sutton Road Methodist Church on Sunday when the preacher was Mr. F. Dabill of Hucknall.

Although in some parts of this district there is an absence of real prosperity, conditions are much better than in some places, according to an appeal which was read at a meeting of the Parish Church Council on Tuesday evening, and which gave a moving account of the poverty of a Welsh mining township. The letter was from the Rev. S.H. Lewis, Vicar of Clydach Vale, Rhondda (Glamorgan) and it stated that about 70 per cent. of the parishioners were on dole or parish relief. No one starved but there was a great deal of suffering. In prosperous days there were three curates, now the vicar is working the huge parish single-handed. There were no men of means, the parish being made up of long streets of miners' cottages. There was a debt of £2,000 on the two churches, vicarage and church hall, on which five per cent interest is being paid. No one would lend money with the future uncertain. The heating apparatus, church and organ are fast falling into a ruinous state owing to lack of funds and subsidence. Every Friday evening 16 women collect threepenny bits, pennies and half-pennies to meet the Diocesan Quota of £127 yearly. Clydach Vale has been compelled to send out an S.O.S. for the first time, asking for small postal orders, or even a few stamps. Mr. Goodall (Church Warden) reported that he had sent a donation of £1 10s. on behalf of the Church members, and his action was commended and approved. The Rev. W.L. Boulton presided at the meeting and next year's bazaar was discussed. Mr. L. Bailey being appointed Bazaar Secretary.

On Wednesday an excellent costume representative of a "Pageant of Biblical Women" was given in the Sherwood Street Schoolroom on behalf of the Church funds. The characters were sustained by members of the Women's Own, the producer being Mrs. Bradley, to whom great credit is due for a very striking spectacle. There was a large audience, the chairman being Miss J. Kitchen, who at the close moved a vote of thanks to all who had taken part.