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Hrwpstli Deanerp magazine. Vol. V. (New Series). DECEMBER, 1909. No. 204. GENERAL. BALANCE SHEET OF THE ARWYSTLI DEANERY CHORAL FESTIVAL, Held at Trefeglwys, June loth, 1909. RECEIPTS. Balance in hand from 1908 Subscriptions :— £ Mrs Lloyd-Verney ... 1 Miss Mytton ... E. Short, Esq.... Major Beadnell Mrs. Walter Thomas... Mrs. Adams Mrs. Morgan Jones N. Bennett-Owen, Esq. Miss Kinsey Captain Baskerville ... Major Baskerville J. R. Pryse, Esq. Collections at Trefeglwys... s. d. 8 6 1 0 10 6 10 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 5 6 1 8 £8 15 EXPENDITURE. s. d, Tea for 213 at 6d. each ... ... 5 (S To Cornet Player ... 15 ,, Hire Piano ,, Tuning Piano ... ,, Stamps, &c. 15 Balance in hand ... ... 2 £8 15 8 Tea Tickets :—Llanwnog 24, Carno 30, Trefeglwys 7, Caersws 46, Penstrowed 32, Banhadlog 9, Llandinam 43, Llanidloes 22. Total 213. HUGH RICHARDS, Conductor and Secretary. LLANIDLOES. Rummage Sale.—We are very anxious to make this Sale—which is fixed for Monday, Decemher 20th—a bigger thing than usual this year. Will our readers help hy making a special effort ? We are glad to receive anything, hut the cry annually among the buyers is " more clothes." If we could get at least one fairly good garment in addition to the usual contribution from each house it would make a big difference. The proceeds will be given to the East End Fund : a new altar cloth and curtains are badly needed. There will be various additional attractions this year for which see poster. But the admission will remain at the old figure—2d. Temperance Mission, Dec 4-8.—We hope that this is by now well known to all our readers, but in case the Vicar's letter and programme have missed any houses— and for purposes of future reference—we print them herewith. The Vicar's Letter. The Church of England Temperance Society, as you are no doubt aware, is pro¬ moting a Forward Movement throughout the country, September 15th to December 15th, with the hope of adding one million members to its present roll. I need scarcely impress on you the seriousness of the havoc wrought by intemperance on our national life, whether we look at the matter from the point of view of physical deterioration, moral decay, or spiritual backsliding. But a very small portion, indeed, of our Church people, and even of our Communicants, have so far been roused into taking any active part in the fight against the evil, although few places of its size can have seen more cases of homes broken up, promising careers cut short and men brought to ruin, than have been afforded by Llanidloes, and even our own congregation, in the last twenty years. I have secured the services of a working man Missioner, Mr. William Aplin, "The