DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE
The Fenny Compton people have been holding a weekly sewing meeting in the National Schoolroom to make garments for our men at the front. Rather more than £10 was subscribed by the villagers and this amount was expended in materials. It was decided to send the articles to the Mayor of Warwick to form part of the county contribution. Accordingly on Monday a large parcel was despatched containing 15 flannel shirts, 26 pairs of mittens, 22 mufflers, 18 pairs of woollen socks and 10 body belts. Another parcel will follow in a week or two. The work has been done under the auspices of a small committee composed of Mrs Guest Brown, Mrs Alfred Knott and Mrs Sidney White. This is the second effort from the people of Fenny Compton. In July Mrs Dickens inaugurated some sewing parties and a parcel value about £11 was sent to the Red Cross.
Banbury Guardian 17th December