The village football club was being reorganised. The vicar was appointed president, and a person of particularly vacuous countenance was proposed as secretary. “ You know how to take the minutes, of course, James? ” asked the parson. The secretary grinned. “ Yes, f know,” he replied. At the next meeting the president announced that the secretary would read the minutes of the previous meeting. The secretary produced his notebook, and stood up. “ The meeting lasted twentylive minutes,” he said, brightly.
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Evening Star, Issue 20135, 27 March 1929, Page 14
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78Page 14 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 20135, 27 March 1929, Page 14
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