Welsh Journals

OFFERTORIES AND COLLECTIONS AT ST. MARY'S DURING JANUARY, 1899. January 1st, 8th, 15*, 22nd, 29th ENGLISH. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. II-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. II-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. s. d. «i o* 11 13 44 10 January Total (English) £8 i 8\ WELSH 1st, 10 a.m. )) 6 p.m. 8th,- 10 a.m. )> 6 p.m. 15th, 10 a.m. ,, 6 p.m. 22nd, 10 a.m. ,, 6 p.m. 29th, 10 a.m. >> 6 p.m. 11 S4 2* 18 9* 94 ii 44 Total (Welsh) £7___1 7 Average per Sunday ^3 or. SJ. The Collections on January 15th were exceptionally small, but owing probably to the weather, the Congregations on that day were less than usual. SUNDAY SCHOOL AVERAGE Welsh Adults Infants 95 5i ATTENDANCES FOR JANUARY. English School Total 257 January 4th- 6th- „ 11th- „ 13th- „ 18th- „ 25th- 10th- 5th- 7th- 14th- 15th- 2ISt- 24th 3ISt- BAPTISMS, -Thomas Ewart, son of Thomas Edward and Eleanor Roberts Owen, 7, Plasllwyd Terrace. -Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones, 4, Rathbone Street. -John Edwin, son of Evan and Laura Jones, 15, Frondeg Street. -Ethel Jane, daughter of Maggie Hughes. -Percival Hastings, son of John Ivor and Florence Lilian Jarvis, 4, Penrallt Villas. -Blodwen, daughter of Charles and Mary James, 12, Friars Road. MARRIAGES. -Alexander Pringle Watson, of Park End, Juniper, Green Colinton, Scotland, to Emma Thomson, 320, High Street, Bangor. BURIALS. -Margaret Grace Watkins, James Street Vaults. Aged 4 years. -Richard Roberts, 32, Union Street. Aged 6 months, -William Francis Jones, Bryn-y-don, Garth. Aged 44 years. -Ernest Edward Williams, 43, Hill Street, Upper Bangor. Aged 26 years. -Mary Lee Jones, 4, Garth Road. Aged 58 years. -Richard Edwards, The Workhouse. Aged 69 years. -Peter Fox, Garden Square. Aged 68 years. GIRLS' SCHOOL ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT. This took place at the Penrhyn Hall, on Thursday and Friday, January 26th and 27th, and it is acknowledged by all who had the privilege of being present to have been one of the most successful ever given at the Hall. As the proceeds were in aid of our Schools, it is but right to refer to it in the pages of the Magazine. The following was the Programme :—Part I. Opening Chorus, "The Fairy Queen"; Dance, "The Keel Row," Juniors; Chorus and Dance, " Pinafore Song," 12 Seniors; Drill, " Fan Drill," 24 Girls; Character Song, "Little Mothers," 12 Juniors; Drill, " Wreath Drill," 24 Seniors. Part II. consisted of the Operetta " Cinderella," in five scenes, 1. A Market Place, Song " Buy a Broom," by Bessie Thomas, and Choruses by Gipsies and Citizens; 2. The Kitchen, Songs by Cinderella, the Baron and Cinderella's Sisters, and Choruses of Fairies; 3- A Dance at the Ball; 4. The Baron's Drawing-Room, Song by the Prince; 5. Finale. The chief characters were represented by the following scholars :—Cinderella, Bessie Williams, The Prince, Rhoda Jones ; The Baron, Mary Pritchard ; Baroness, Miss Mamie Jones ; Cinderella's Sisters, Alice Williams and Ellen Owen ; Page, Beatrice Davies, Herald, Ida Alice Williams ; Trumpeter, Jane E. Williams ; Fairy, Anwes Jones. Mr. Harding acted as Stage-Manager.