St Andrews Church Newspapers 1951

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Newspaper Articles for St Andrews Church 1952

UNITED SERVICE AT MOULSECOMBE
Fellowship to be Maintained

Resulting from the Bishop’s call for Christian unity, a united service of prayer and witness, arranged by the vicar (the Rev. Edward L. Phillips), was held at St. Andrew’s Church, Moulsecombe, on Wednesday evening.
It was the first of its kind at Moulsecombe and the church was crowded with adherents of the Church of England, the Free Churches, and the Salvation Army.
The combined choirs were present and the Magnificat was sung, as well as the hymns. “All people that on earth do dwell,” City of God, how broad and far, “and Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven,” Mr A. E. Barber being at the organ.
The service was jointly conducted by the vicar, the Rev. H. Lionel Gatland (Lewes-road Congregational Church) and the Rev. A. J. Stuart Thomson (Gloucester-place Baptist Church), with the support of the Salvation Army. The burden of the address, given by the Rev. F. Pratt Green (Dorset-gardens Methodist Church and Dome Mission) was that association and co-operation are not enough; unity of the churches is the objective.
The offertory was given to the Brighton Social Service Centre.
Subsequently, light refreshments were served in St. Andrew’s Hall, where a discussion resulted in a decision in favour of maintaining contact and fellowship.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 2 February 1952

The London Gazette

At the Court at Clarence House, the 22nd day of February, 1952.
PRESENT The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS the Church Commissioners have duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a Scheme bearing date the 7th day of February, 1952, in the words and figures following, that is to say:—
"We, the Church Commissioners, acting in pursuance of the New Parishes Measure, 1943, have prepared and humbly lay before Your Majesty in Council the following Scheme (1) for altering the boundaries of the parish of Preston, of the parish of Saint Matthias, Preston, Brighton, and of the parish of Patcham, and (2) for constituting a new parish to be taken out of the parishes of Patcham and Falmer, all of which parishes are in the diocese of Chichester."
SCHEME.
" Whereas we, the Church Commissioners, are satisfied (1) that it is desirable that the boundaries of the parish of Preston, of the parish of Saint Matthias, Preston, Brighton, and of the parish of Patcham should be altered in the manner described in Part I of the subjoined Schedule and as delineated on the map hereto annexed and (2) that the spiritual interests of the area defined in Part II of the said Schedule and delineated on the said map would be best served by constituting it a new parish and that a suitable endowment therefore will be provided:
“And whereas we have not approved any consecrated church within the area described in Part II of the said Schedule as suitable to be the parish church of the new parish.
" Now, therefore, with the consent of the Right Reverend George, Bishop of Chichester, (in testimony whereof he has set his hand and affixed his episcopal seal to this Scheme), we, the said Church Commissioners do humbly recommend and propose as follows, that is to say: —
“1. As from the day of the date of the publication in the London Gazette of any Order of Your Majesty in Council confirming this Scheme, the boundaries of the parish of Preston, of the parish of Saint Matthias, Preston, Brighton, and of the parish of Patcham shall be altered in the manner described in Part I of the said Schedule and as delineated on the said map.
“2.—(a) As from the date of the licence thereto of a minister, the area defined in Part II of the said Schedule and delineated on the said map shall be a separate district for spiritual purposes.
“(b) As from the date of the consecration of a church within the area approved by us, the said Church Commissioners, as suitable to be a parish church or if the church is consecrated before such approval, the date of the approval, the said area shall become a new parish.
“(c) The name of the district (or parish as the case may be) shall be 'The District (or Parish) of Christ the King, South Patcham'.
“(d) The district (or parish) shall be in the Archdeaconry of Lewes and in the rural deanery of Brighton.
“THE SCHEDULE
Part 1.
“(a) The territory (shown by the green colour on the map) to be annexed to the parish of Preston: —
“All that part of the parish of Patcham which is bounded upon the south-west and south by the parish of Preston and upon the remaining sides by an imaginary line commencing at a point on the boundary which divides the parish of Patcham from the parish of Preston in the middle of Surrenden Road and continuing thence northwards along the middle of Surrenden Road to a point opposite the middle of the eastern end of Varndean Road and continuing thence westwards to and along the middle of Varndean Road to a point opposite the southern end of the walls or fences on the western side of the grounds attached to the houses and premises known as Varndean and Fairlie Place and continuing thence northwards to and along the last mentioned walls or fences to a point at the eastern end of the wall or fence on the southern side of the grounds attached to the houses and premises known as Laine House and Effingham Lodge and continuing thence westwards along the last-mentioned walls or fences to a point opposite their western end in the middle of London Road and continuing thence southwards along the middle of London Road to (he boundary which divides the parish of Patcham from the parish of Preston.
“(b) The territory (shown by the brown colour on the map) to be annexed to the parish of Saint Matthias, Preston, Brighton:—
“All that part of the parish of Patcham which lies to the south-east of the middles of Balfour Road and Ditchling Road.
Part II
“The area comprising:—
“All those parts of the parishes of Patcham and Falmer (shown by the pink and blue colours respectively on the map) (the part of the parish of Falmer being a part of a detached portion of the said parish) which, taken together, are bounded on the south by the parish of Preston and upon the remaining sides by an imaginary line commencing on the boundary which divides the parish of Patcham from the parish of Preston in the middle of Surrenden Road and continuing thence northwards along the middle of Surrenden Road to a point opposite the middle of the eastern end of Varndean Road and continuing thence westwards to and along the middle of Varndean Road to a point opposite the southern end of the walls or fences on the western side of the grounds attached to the houses and premises known as Varndean and Fairlie Place and continuing thence northwards to and along the last-mentioned walls or fences to a point at the eastern end of the wall or fence on the southern side of the grounds attached to the houses and premises known as Laine House and Effingham Lodge and continuing thence westwards along the last-mentioned walls or fences to a point opposite their western end in the middle of London Road and continuing thence northwards along the middle of London Road to a point opposite the middle of the south-western end of Garden Avenue and continuing thence generally north-eastwards to and along the middle of Garden Avenue to a point in the middle of Ditchling Road opposite the north-eastern end of Garden Avenue at the junction of Garden Avenue, Ditchling Road and Coldean Lane (thereby crossing the boundary which divides the parish of Patcham from the aforementioned detached portion of the parish of Falmer) and continuing thence first southwards, then south-westwards and then southwards again along the middle of Ditchling Road (thereby following in part the boundary which divides the parish of Patcham from the parish of Saint Andrew, Moulsecoomb) to a point opposite the middle of the north-eastern end of Balfour Road, and continuing thence south-westwards along the middle of Balfour Road to the boundary which divides the parish of Patcham from the parish of Preston."
And whereas the provisions of the New Parishes Measure, 1943, relating to the preparation and submission of this Scheme, have been duly complied with:
And whereas the said Scheme has been approved by Her Majesty in Council:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, is pleased hereby to ratify the said Scheme, and to order and direct that the same and every part thereof shall be effectual in law immediately upon the publication of this Order in the London Gazette pursuant to the said Measure.
And Her Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct that this Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the said Diocese of Chichester.
F. J. Fernau.
London Gazette – 29 February 1952

Moulsecombe Vicar Leaving

The Rev. Edward Leigh Phillips, who since 1949 has been Vicar of Moulsecombe, where he succeeded the Rev. Brans by A. H. Jones, will shortly be leaving. He has been appointed Vicar of Iford-with-Kingston, near Lewes, in succession to the Rev. P. C. Underhill.
Mr Phillips was born in Bangalore, where his father was a missionary, and came to England at the age of six and a half. He was educated at Eltham College and at St. Edmund's Hall. Oxford. While at Oxford he gained his Blue for rugby football.
Ordained in 1935 (after studying theology at Wycliffe College), he was assistant chaplain at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, for two years and was afterwards assistant curate of Highfield, near Oxford, for a few months.
His connection with Sussex began in 1939 when he was appointed curate-in-charge of the new conventional district of Christ the King, Patcham. This post he relinquished in 1941 in order to serve as a chaplain to the Forces. During the interval between his demobilisation in 1946 and his appointment at Moulsecombe in 1949 he was Vicar of Ide Hill, near Sevenoaks.
As Vicar of Moulsecombe he has been unsparing in his efforts to promote the well-being of dwellers in that outpost of Brighton, and be win be missed, by a wide circle of friends of all classes.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 22 March 1952

MOULSECOMBES FORMER VICAR

The Rev. E. L. Phillips, until recently Vicar of St Andrews, Moulsecombe, will be inducted as Vicar of Kingston and Iford by the Bishop of Lewes on Friday evening next, at 7 at Kingston Church.
Date of induction: 30th May 1952.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 24 May 1952

MOULSECOMBE’S NEW VICAR

THE REV. WILLIAM RONALD NEWTON, B.A., has been appointed by the Bishop of Chichester to the living of St, Andrew's, Moulsecombe. The new Incumbent will be instituted early in October.
At Moulsecombe, Mr Newton succeeds the Rev. E. L. Phillips, who has been in Brighton since 1943, and has been appointed Vicar of Iford with Kingston, near Lewes.
Mr Newton, who has been a member of the Royal Society of Teachers since 1937, graduated at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained second class honours in history in 1943.

THE REV. W. R. Newton

Previously he had taken a theological course at Westcott House at Cambridge. Before offering himself for ordination he taught in Birmingham for eight years.
He was ordained in 1943 and became assistant curate of St. Paul's, in the city of Truro. During his stay at St Paul's, he had a close connection with the Convent of the Epiphany.
In September, 1948, Mr Newton was instituted as Vicar of Treslothan, and for the past year he has served as the Anglican chaplain to the Barncoose Geriatric Hospital.
He is very interested in drama, and during the past nine years has produced a Passion play at Truro and Treslothan, which has attracted large audiences from various parishes in Cornwall.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 19 July 1952

Swiss Visitors at Moulsecombe

A PARTY of Swiss Christian Catholics are enjoying a holiday in Brighton as guests of the Moulsecombe Youth Fellowship. They were welcomed at St Andrews Hall on behalf of the parochial church council by Mr R. H. Bean (vicar's warden) and Mr C. J. Witten (churchwarden and leader of the Youth Fellowship).
The Herald photograph below shows them with their hosts.
The visitors found a full programme organised for their benefit. On Wednesday morning they were received at the Mayors Parlour by the Mayor (Alderman Miss D. E. Stringer). In the evening there was an "international round-up."
1952 Swiss Visitors at Moulsecombe

Brighton & Hove Herald – 19 July 1952

BOYS' BRIGADE IN CAMP
Happy Days at Glynde

This has been a week of joy and thrills to more than 200 members of the Brighton and Hove Battalion of the Boys' Brigade. Since Saturday they have been experiencing the pleasures of life under canvas, the occasion being their annual camp at the foot of Mount Caburn at Glynde.
It has not been all play, camp duties being combined with pleasure, and the full programmes have been entered into with zest. The boys have been visited by parents, friends, and Old Boys of the Brigade, more than 600 attending on Monday.
The Battalion president, Mr A. R. T. Perry, was among those who inspected the camp, and while there he presented the Ernest Beat, V.C., watch awarded to the most outstanding boy of the year. The choice fell upon Corporal Kenneth Elmer, of the 19th Brighton Company.

Welcome Visitors

Rotarians from Hove were welcome visitors on Wednesday, and joined in games with the boys, who won at cricket, but lost at stoolball against the ladies.
On Thursday, the Mayor of Brighton (Alderman Miss Dorothy Stringer) went to the camp and stayed to tea, and In the evening at the camp concert, the entertainers included Captain Vernon Lee, M.B.E., M.C., an Old Boy of the Brigade, and who for many years discharged the duties of entertainments officer at the camp.
Other activities have included swimming sports, cricket, football, and stoolball matches.
The boys return from camp to-day.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 9 August 1952

Youth Party Off To Holland
A BUSY FORTNIGHT

An interesting time in Holland is anticipated by some young people of Moulsecombe, who start on their goodwill journey to-day (Saturday).
They are taking part in this year's visit organised by the Society of St. Willibrord, whose object is to make the work of intercommunication between Anglican and Old Catholic parishes a practical reality.
The Moulsecombe party of 53 will be joined by another in London, and the combined party will leave Dover for Ostend at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The first week is to be spent, on the M.S. Van der Steng.
After viewing the reconstructed parts of Rotterdam, the visitors will journey up the Rhine to Ymuiden, half of the party going by coach to Den Helder.
Many Dutch towns will be visited, and there will be a pilgrimage to the Airborne cemetery at Oosterbeek, and a trip to Arnhem.
The second week will be spent in Old Catholic homes, and the programme includes visits to a cheese market, a paper mill, and to the Royal Dutch Navy.
Mr C. J. Witten, youth secretary of the society, accompanied by his wife, has been in West Germany making contact with Old Catholic Youth there. He will meet the youth parties from England when they arrive in Holland.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 9 August 1952

MOULSECOMBES NEW VICAR

Parishioners of Treslothen in Cornwall came 300 miles to attend the institution of their former incumbent, the Rev. William Newton, as Vicar of Moulsecombe last night.
The new vicar was instituted by the bishop of Chichester (Dr. G. K. A. Bell), and the service was also attended by the Vicar of Brighton (Canon F. N. Robathan O.B.E.).
The bishop asked the people of Moulsecombe – “so numerous, so varied, and with such a crowd of children” – to be active and worshipping members of the Church.

Brighton & Hove Herald
11 October 1952

“MRS SANTA” AT MOULSECOMBE
Bazaar Raises £265 for Church

If Father Christmas had a feminine voice at St. Andrew’s Church, Moulsecombe bazaar this week. It was because behind the genial mask and the cotton wool whiskers was Mrs Evelyn Bard.
Reason for the female Father Christmas was not a shortage of men, but because the Christmas tree where Santa Claus was stationed was run by the Young Wives’ Group, and Mrs Bard wanted it kept an all-feminine affair.
Up to Thursday night, the bazaar and exhibition had raised £265 in two days.
The money will go towards redecoration of the church and replacement of furnishings and other badly-needed items.
At the opening ceremony on Wednesday, performed by Mrs D. E. Cooke, the chairman (Lieut. Colonel J. C. Milner, T.D.) said he had a particular friendship for the parish, because when he was at Preston Barracks, the church helped him furnish the barracks chapel.
1952 Mrs Santa at Moulsecombe

The Vicar (Rev. W. R. Newton) admires a toy on one of the stalls.

In addition to the stalls, run by the numerous branches of church activity, there was an exhibition of vestments and information about the church.
The competition prizes were presented by Miss C. E. Anscombe, headmistress of Moulsecombe Infants’ School.
General Manager of the event was Mr C. J. Witten, with Miss B. A. Ball as hon. secretary, Mr R. H. Bean as treasurer, and Mrs N. Q. Witten as assistant treasurer.
Brighton & Hove Herald – 6 December 1952