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đď¸ On This Day in Wembury — 19 October 1938
Bazaar in Aid of Medical Missions to India
On this day, the Western Morning News reported on how the Social Hall in Wembury hosted a busy bazaar to raise funds for medical missions in India. The Archdeacon of Totnes, Ven. J. L. Cobham, gave a short address, stressing the importance of supporting this practical and humane work overseas. Mrs. Cobham formally opened the sale, praising the stallholders for the attractiveness and variety of their displays.
The Vicar, Rev. C. Young, chaired proceedings, while Paymaster-Capt. L. C. E. Ayre and Mrs. C. Walker offered thanks. Stalls were run by Mrs. Walker, Paymr.-Capt. and Mrs. Ayre, Mrs. E. D. W. Church, Mrs. Hardy, the Church Working Party, and the Young People’s Guild. Tea was served by Miss Henderson and helpers from Heybrook Bay, and the hall itself had been decorated by Mrs. Baston and her team.
This small village event sits within the wider story of Wembury’s long-standing links between parish life and global causes. While the village raised funds for its own Social Hall just a year earlier, here it turned outward, reflecting how even small communities in Devon saw themselves as part of worldwide humanitarian and church networks on the eve of the Second World War.
đ Source: Western Morning News, 19 October 1938
