Bonchurch,
Isle of Wight
July 30th, 1929.

My dear Friends,-

I have again to write my letter for the Magazine away from home, but I am sincerely hoping that I may be fit to return to Hartlip at the end of August. Mr. Ball is, I am glad to say, kindly staying on till then.

The promised statement of the accounts of the fete must again be held over as it has not yet been possible to hold the meeting to present and pass the balance sheet, and, of course, it would not be right for it to appear in print before it has been put before the meeting.

It has been arranged for the Sunday School Treat to be on Friday, August 30th. The children will be taken as in the past two years, to Sheerness. As the Sunday School is not meeting during August, will parents please tell the children that a notice will be put up on the Board in the Churchyard by Sunday, August 25th, giving full particulars about the Treat. I feel sure that parishioners will respond to the appeal which is now being made on behalf of the Church Council for funds to defray the expenses of the Treat.

We have a collection in the church each year for St. Mary's Home, Stone. A short account of this useful institution has been sent to me for insertion in the Magazine, and I am including it this month. I hope it will be read with interest.

I remain,

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

ST. MARY'S HOME, STONE.

It is quite possible that many of our readers have never heard of St. Mary's Home, Stone by Dartford. It is a Home where girls and young women, who have gone astray, are received and trained for useful work in the world. St. Mary's Home is most lovingly and wisely cared for by the

Wantage Sisters and has 47 inmates. There is a very happy and homelike atmosphere: the girls work hard and have plenty of time left for play. In addition to learning fine laundry work and domestic service, other industries and arts are taught - needlework, leather work, bookbinding, and other handicrafts. St. Mary's Home is entirely supported by voluntary subscriptions drawn from the two Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester, and is managed by a Council representative of both East and West Kent. TheSecretary is the Rev. J. S. Pettitt, St. Mary's Home, Dartford, who will gladly receive subscriptions, and there are some thirty Hon. Secretaries in the county who make known the needs of the Home.

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTER

BAPTISM

June 2nd - John Henry, son of Charley Edwin and Annie Philpot.