Beetham

In Memoriam.

At the Parish Church on Sunday morning, in the presence of a large congregation, special tribute was paid to the memory of the fallen officers, Lieuts. George Gaston Nickel and Henry Laurence Slingsby. A special "Hymn for the fallen" was sung as an introit. At the close of the sermon the vicar, the Rev. A. J. Balleine, said during this great war England had drunk the cup of bitterness, and only a living faith gave us the courage to endure. One lesson taught by the war was the value and dignity and true meaning of life. And life was reckoned in the scale of the Almighty by character, which was immortal. The hymn, "For all the saints," was sung during the offertory, and the Eucharistic service concluded with the Nune Dimittis, after which the organist played "O rest in the Lord."

(Westmorland Gazette, 25 August 1917)
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REGISTRATION ACT OFFENCE. - At Kendal, on Monday, William Parker, aged 37, fellmonger, of Beetham, Milnthorpe, was charged with failing to notify his change of address. - Major Fyers, Recruiting Officer for the Kendal area, said this was the first prosecution under the Registration Act in the district. Parker was registered at Halifax in August, 1915, and came to Milnthorpe last Whitsuntide, but failed to notify his removal. At Halifax, as a consequence, Parker was down as an absentee. Parker had appealed for exemption to the Westmorland Rural Tribunal, and had obtained a temporary exemption. - "The Public money which has been spent in tracing men who have moved without notifying the authorities," said Major Fyers, "will have totalled many, many thousand of pounds." - Parker said he was not hiding, and the omission was merely an oversight. - On being fined £3, Parker said he was a married man with eight children, and asked for time in which to pay. One month was allowed.

(Lancaster Guardian, 24 November 1917)
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(Westmorland Gazette, 21 February 1920)