The Vicarage,
June 29th, 1925.

My Dear Friends,

The Meeting of the Churchyard Committee, which I mentioned in the Magazine last month, was held, and copies of the letter appealing for subscriptions for the upkeep of the Churchyard have, I think, been delivered at the houses in the parish and sent to some outside the parish who have relatives buried here. We hope that soon we may know that a generous response has been made to the appeal and that we may not only be assured of sufficient funds for keeping "God's Acre" in nice order, but also have something over to put towards the cost of the new ground. The debt on this, when all is settled up, will I find, by bills that have come in, be something near £50. However, we must not grudge the money for doing this work well. It will be a credit to the parish for many years to come and I have no doubt that with a pull all together, we shall soon clear off the debt.

I am putting the letter which you have received, in the Magazine, as it is well to have a record of it.

The Bishop of Dover has fixed Thursday, October 1st, for his visit to us, to Consecrate the new ground. The hour is not yet settled but, of course, full particulars about this important ceremony will be given later on. We shall look forward to a large gathering of Parishioners at it.

Those who were at the Services on Sunday, July 26th, will be interested to know that 38 Members of the Congregation signed the Petition requesting our Government to agree, at the forthcoming meeting of the League of Nations, to the formation of a Board of Arbitration for the settling of international disputes. The Petition is, I presume, being signed by members of the Christian Churches throughout the country and it should do much good. Although, as things are now, it may be necessary for a country to fight in defence of the right, yet the message of Christianity is "Peace among Men" and it is the duty of every Christian to "labour for peace."

A copy of the "Diocesan Year Book" has been placed in the Church, on the seat near the door. It contains much interesting information about Church work in the Diocese. Anyone may take this copy home to look at it, but it should not be kept more than a day or two, please.

I remain,

Your Sincere Friend and Vicar,
D. H. CREATON.

THE UPKEEP & IMPROVEMENT
OF HARTLIP CHURCHYARD.

To the Parishioners and others Interested in the Churchyard.

About a year ago we appealed for funds to carry out the work of enlarging our Churchyard, and in response to this appeal £92/17/0 has been subscribed, in addition to the gifts of the ground and of the spile fencing and of a large part of the new stone wall. This work is now practically completed, but the cost has been considerably more than we estimated and there will be some debt on it. A full statement will be published later on.

Much has been done to improve the old part of the Churchyard. All the ground has been levelled and sown with fine grass, the surface stones have been removed and the grass has been kept cut with the machine. Everyone who has seen it must be pleased with the appearance of the Churchyard now, and, after more cutting this summer and rolling In the winter, we should have a nice turf next spring.

As far as we can at present estimate, the annual cost of the upkeep of the Churchyard (apart from graves that are kerbed or kept as flower beds) will be about £12/0/0, and we are confident that the Parishioners and others interested will gladly provide us with the money for this.

We are arranging for a house-to-house collection to be made in the Parish each year at the end of July for this purpose, and we feel sure that we shall have a ready and generous response to the appeal, for everyone will gladly help in keeping in nice order the ground sacred to the memory of our christian brethren departed this life. We trust that we may also receive subscriptions from some outside the parish who have relatives buried in our Churchyard.

Rev.D.H. Creaton,Treasurers
H. H. Hales,
H. F. Witherington,Secretary
C. M. G. Fausett-Osborne
S. A. Frian
J. W. HarrissCommittee
S. D. Hollands
R. G. E. Locke
W. H. Luck
W. A. Miles
G. R. Pope
JULY, 1925.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS.
BAPTISMS.

May 31st. Wilfred Stanley, son of Albert John and Louisa Frances Cork.

June 14th. William Richard, son of William George and Caroline Bailey.

July 5th, Ronald William, Son of Howard William George and Dorothy Gladys Twort.

BURIAL,

July 25th George Edward Rayner, age 55 years.

COLLECTIONS IN CHURCH.

				£	s.	d.
May	31st	-	Organ and Choir Fund	2	5	3
June	7th	-	Church Expenses	1	8	8
"	11th &c	-	Vicar's Fund		3	0
"	14th	-	Quota to Diocesan Fund	2	1	2
"	21st	-	Church Expenses	1	4	2
"	28th	-	Church Expenses	1	11	9
July	5th	-	Church Expenses	1	6	9
"	12th	-	Quota to Diocesan Fund	1	5	9
"	19th	-	Church Expenses	1	7	2
"	26th	-	Church Expenses	2	0	7

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