The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, November 5th, 1919.

Mr Turner came to consult me on the point whether he should accept the living of Walford–on–Wye, which the Lord Chancellor has offered him. I advised him to accept it. After lunch I motored to Neen Sollars, accompanied by Scott and young James as acting–Registrar. We mistakenly adopted the more hilly route, and arrived 15 minutes late. I instituted Mr John Henson, lately Headmaster of the Cathedral School, to the Rectory. After service we had tea with Mrs Gurney, the Vicar's Churchwarden. We returned by way of Tenbury, & found it easier going. After dinner I attended a meeting in the Town Hall, and heard an excellent speech from Sir Francis Champneys, on the subject of Venereal Disease. I moved a resolution for the forming of a local branch of the National Council for combating Venereal Disease. The audience consisted of about 80 persons, of whom half were females, mostly middle–aged. It cannot be described as an influential or an enthusiastic assemblage, but there are too many meetings in Hereford, & the same people come to them all. It is a high time that another method of "raising the wind" was discovered!

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