The funeral took place at Burton cemetery of Mr. Walter Toon, who lived at 39, All Saints' Road, Burton. Mr. Toon, who collapsed and died In the street after watching a football match at Sheffield, was employed in the stocks department of Pirelli Ltd. . . - Prior to Interment, a

The tuner's! of Mr. William Alexander Wheway, aged 54 years, of 20. Lower Outwoods Road, Burton, took place at Burton cemetery. The service in the cemetery chapel was conducted by Mr. J. Grundy.

At the club show of the Yorkshire Canary Club. held in the Princess Hall, Bingley, on Friday, Messrs. Sharpe and Winfleldale, of Moira, won the award for the best bird in the show, with an unflighted clear buff hen against competition from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. _

i , - , • st,,, , = - 4 , 4 „ ill rt t It f , • r * ~ *• , i , , . : A l ' TROPHIES AND AWARDS won by members of the Wisteria Ward Men's Unionist braloh were on view at the annual meeting of the branch, held at the Shakespeare Inn on Thursday night. Seated are Mr. M. A. Jones (t

Schoolgirl knitters throughout Staf. fordshire are entering the National linit-a-stplare Competition (Schools section) organised by "Woman " for the knitted squares submitted V! ~ t ories ceceived are ultimately twin , : handed rner to the S. to be Wined up Into cot coverlets fo

BURTON ALBION NOW FOURTH IN BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE Worthy Victors After Slow Start " WELLINGTON" Aden Villa At the 60th minute of this game l against a Villa side that was much better than Its League record suggests, anyone impartially minded would have ventured that Burton Albion wer

BARTON WOMAN TO BE COUNTY STANDARD - BEARER Mrs. J. Roberts, the standard-bearer of the Barton - under - Needwood British 'Legion, women's section, was winner of k the silver cup and badge at the qtandard•bearets* enninefltfen, held at Uttoxetee, on Sunday. Mrs. J Roberts is now

About fifty members of the Burton Motor-cycle and Light Car Club gathered at Derby Turn on Saturday night, for a new kind of social venture attempted by the club. Members were dressed not in their best clothes, but in their oldest, for the occasion was a "Tramps' supper." Old to

Swaillisicote A.T.C. 4, Civil Service Civil Service 5. 8.T.8. 4. Pirelli 0, Working 51eil's " B" 6. Tuthury InF•titute 3, linbirch " A " 6. Robirch "B" 2, Stapenhill U.N. "13" 7.

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