Western Mail Wednesday April 28th 1926.
"The Druid" (Pittsburgh, Pa.) records the death of a venerable Baptist divine,
the Rev. R.C. MORGAN, at his home at Lankershim (Cal.).
"Bishop MORGAN" as his friends liked to call him, was born 81 years ago at
Bridgend. In his early days he was a stonemason and sculptor. The two stone lions that
to-day guard the approaches to a well-known bank in Pittsburgh bear testimony to his skill
as a sculptor.
Later he entered the ministry and became pastor of several Welsh communities in America.
He preached fluently in English and Welsh.
The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. George SCOTT, landlord of the Great Western Hotel,
High-street, Merthyr, and the oldest licensee in the borough. A native of Quaker's
Yard, he was aged 74 years and entered the licensing trade 43 years ago. He had spent 33
years in occupation of the Great Western Hotel. A keen follower of sport, he was for a
considerable period a member of the Merthyr Town Association Football Club directorate,
from which he retired only a few years back. He is survived by two daughters. Mrs. M.
DOWDESWELL (Merthyr), and Mrs. L. EYNON (Torquay).
The death took place on Tuesday of Mr. James DAVIES, High-street, Cefn Coed, who for many
years has been prominently associated with public affairs in that village. He was a member
of the Vaynor and Penderyn District Council and of the Merthyr Board of Guardians. Mr.
DAVIES, who was a native of Cefn Coed, was 56 years of age, and was in business as a
draper. He leaves a widow and a son- Mr. David DAVIES, of Holford-street, Cefn Coed.
Mr. Cyril Talworth BATCHELOR, third son of the late Mr. John BATCHELOR, a former
well-known Cardiff ship-repairer and ship-builder, has passed away at The Terretts,
Lapworth, Warwickshire. Mr. Cyril BATCHELOR was a metal merchant at Llanelly and
Hartlepool. He is survived by a widow and three children. The funeral takes place to-day
at Packwood Church, near Lapworth.
The death occurred on Tuesday of Mr. Evan REES, superintendent of the Glyn Taff Cemetery,
at the age of 59. Mr. REES, who was a native of Pontypridd was a son of
"Mervin," who was well known for his poems, and had been superintendent of the
cemetery for 43 years. He had been ill a comparitively short time. He leaves a widow and
one son. Mr. REES was a member of the Maen Chwys Lodge of St. David's Unity of
Ivorites.
The death took place on Tuesday, at the early age of 25, of Miss Winifred Maude BANNER,
Ryder-street, Cardiff, the only child of Mr. and Alfred BANNER. Educated at The Canton
(Cardiff) Secondary School and Barry Training College, where she came under the influence
of the late Miss E.P. HUGHES, Miss BANNER on leaving College, received an appointment
under the education Department of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but a breakdown of health
compelled her to relinquish her post after a year's service.
Miss BANNER was the author of a valuable treatise on the History of Weaving, which
received approval of the Board of Education, Whitehall. A member of St. Paul's
Congregational Church, Cowbridge-road, Cardiff she occupied, in turn, the position of
choir secretary, and corresponding secretary of the Christian Endeavour Society, and her
activities will be greatly missed by St. Paul's. By a coincidence, Miss BANNER was
offered on Monday a scholastic appointment under the Cardiff Educational Authority, to
commence on May 3.
Mr. William JONES, chairman of the Nelson Unionist Association, was presented with a case
of silver-mounted pipes and a silver-mounted ebony walking-stick, in token of the
members' appreciation of his long and valuable services to the association.
John Patrick