Welsh Journals

OFFERTORIES AND COLLECTIONS AT ST. MARY'S DURING JANUARY, 1901. ENGLISH. Jan. £ «• d. 6th, 8 a.m. 0 1 11-30 a.m. 0 19 6-30 p.m. ... 0 6 6* 13th. Sam. 0 1 »» 11-30 a.m. 1 0 »i 6-30 p.m. 0 10 20th, 8 a.m. 0 1 »i 11-30 a.m. ... 3 4 it 6-30 p.m. ... 0 5 »7th, 8 a.m. 0 2 11-30 a.m. ... 1 3 it 6-30 p.m. ... 0 7 Total (English) £847 WELSH. £ ». d. Jan. 6th, 10 a.m. ... 0 9 6* i> »> 6 p.m. 1 1 10 >> 13th, 10 a.m. ... 0 6 »> 6 p.m. 0 19 »> 20th, 10 a.m. ... 0 8 94 »» i> 6 p.m. 0 19 84 >» 27th, 10 a.m. ... 0 7 3* >» jj 6 p.m. 0 18 Total (Welsh) £$ » 3 Average per Sunday ^3 9/. od. The collections at the 11.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. services on Sunday, January 20th, were given as a donation to the National Schools. Total, £$ 10s. SUNDAY SCHOOLS AVERAGE ATTENDANCE, JANUARY, 1901. Welsh Adults and Infants English Hirael ... 254 95 5o 399 BAPTISMS. January 6—Mira, daughter of Richard and Grace Jones, 28, Fair View Road „ 11—Hilda Rose, daughter of Tom and Emily Mitchell, 5, James Street „ 13—Arthur Cecil, son of William Arthur and Emma Elizabeth Roberts, 4, Gordon Terrace MARRIAGES. January 23—John Dixon, 3, Bryn Difyr Terrace, to Amelia Brown, Carnarvon Road, Bangor BURIALS. January 22—Oswald Price Jones, 7, St. Paul's terrace, aged 4 years and 7 months „ 23—Hugh Pritchard, Penrhosgarnedd, aged 59 years ,, 25—Emma Susan Ada Thompson, 2, Gordon terrace, aged 4 years and I month ,, 26—Jane Hughes, Penrhosgarnedd, aged 77 years ,, 26—Elizabeth Townsend, Abergeldie, Upper Bangor, aged 68 years „ 31—Hilda Eleanor Colls, 35, Caelleppa, aged 11 years CONFIRMATION. A Confirmation Service will be held by the Lord Bishop of the diocese in Bangor Cathedral on Saturday, April 6th. We shall be glad if all those who intend offering themselves as Candidates for the sacred rite of Confirmation will forthwith send their names to the clergy of St. Mary's. Classes for Candidates will shortly be held of which notice will be given later on. THE WELSH SUNDAY SCHOOL CONCERT. A Dramatic Entertainment will be held at the Penrhyn Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 27th and 28th inst. when the St. Mary's School children will perform the Operetta entitled " Madam Muddle's Dream " written by W. L. Rooper. Reserved Seats, 2/-; Front Seats, 1/-; a limited number of sixpenny tickets have also been issued. Mr. Lloyd Hughes has been indefatigable in his efforts to train the children in their various parts and we assure our readers that there is a real treat in store for them. We attended one of Mr. Hughes' practices once and were astonished at the marvellous way in which some of the children went through their parts. These concerts which are now regarded as an integral part of our cycle of activities have always enjoyed a large measure of popularity, so much so that the promoters last year were not able to accommodate with seats the numbers of people who applied at the door the first night and were obliged to repeat the performance on the following night. Mr. Lloyd Hughes and the Committee, to obviate the crush for admission on the first night, have this year arranged to give two nights to the entertainment. But if we are not mistaken the demand for seats will be quite as great on the second as on the first night. We therefore recommend all who can