THE LATE MR. HARVEY CECIL ATKINS –
The death of Mr. Harvey Cecil Atkins, son of the Head Master of the Newbury Grammar School, at the early age of 18, has cut short a career of unusual promise. Deceased had had a most successful school career, gaining high honours and distinction in the Oxford and Cambridge locals, and was at the time of his death a student at University College, London. He died on Sunday, the 10th inst., at the School House after a protracted illness. The funeral took place on the following Wednesday, the first portion of the service being read at the Parish Church. The officiating clergy were the Revs. F. A. Hill and W. M. Hope. As the cortege was leaving the church, Mr. Vickers, organist of St. John’s, played “I waited for the Lord.” The service at the graveside was taken by the Rev. F. A. Hill. The mourners included the grief-stricken parents, for whom much sympathy is felt, Mr. R. Atkins and Mr. B. Atkins (brothers), the Misses Ethel, Edith, and Alice Atkins (sisters), Mr. Patterson, Mr. H. Kitchener, Mr. W. Atkins, and Dr. Wilson; the two latter being of Swansea – brother and collegiate friend of the Rev. John Atkins.