BOVEY TRACEY: Thanksgiving Services were held on Monday in the Chapel in connection with the harvest and the extinction of the debt on the chapel, which in 1880 was erected at cost £800, of which £130 remained ten months ago to be paid off. During the intervening period, however, this amount was raised, and the building is now clear of debt. The chapel was tastefully decorated, and in the afternoon the Rev. H. E. of Newton Abbot, preached an eloquent sermon. A public tea followed, the tables being presided over by Mesdames Gosland, Piller, and Murch, and the Barkell (2), Pinsent, Dayment, Turner, Warner, and Hellier: Addresses were afterwards delivered by the Revs. H. Bassett and W. H. Bright, and harvest hymns sung by the choir. A report was read showing the money collected during the past ten months. The amount was £131 18s 10d, sufficient to extinguish the debt together with the interest.
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