Thanksgiving Services were held in the Wesleyan Chapel, Bovey Tracey, on Monday, in connection with the harvest and the extinction of the debt on the chapel, which was erected 1880 at cost £800 of which £130 remained about ten months ago to be paid off. During the intervening period, however, the amount was raised, and the chapel is clear of debt. The building was decorated with cereals, fruits, etc., arranged by the Misses Pinsent, Dayment and Barkell (2). In the afternoon the Rev. H. C. Bassett, Newton Abbot preached from Colossians iii, 1, 3. A public tea followed, the tables being presided over by Mesdames Godsland, Piller and Murch. Misses Barkell (2), Pinsent, Dayment, Turner, Warner and Hellier. Addresses were afterwards delivered by the Revs. H. Bassett, and W. H Bright, and harvest hymns were sung by the choir. A report, read in the chapel by Mr. Hambly, showed that the moneys collected during the last ten months to clear off the debt of about £130 was as follows: by Mr. Pinsent, Whitstone Farm, Bovey Tracey, £15 3s 6d; Rev. W. H. Bright, £7 3s, Mr. Warner, £15 10s; Mr. Hambly, £14 4s 6d; by Mr. Piller £13 1s; Miss Hellier, £4 15s 6d; Miss Baker, £2 10s; moneys handed in by Mr. Edgecombe, £2; Mr, Godsland, £3; Mr. Murch £1 10s: Mr. H. Barkell, 14s 6d; Mr. Lambshead, £5; Mrs. Barkell, £5; Chapel Trust Fund, £10, service of song by choir, £2 16s 9; bazaar proceeds, £1 0s 1d; school fund, £3 10s; chapel fund grant, £25 – £59 11s 4d. Total: £131 18s 10d: which will extinguish the debt together with the interest.
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GRO0412 Hennock: Henry Pinsent: 1844 – 1894
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