Western Mail Wednesday June 2nd 1926. The engagement is announced between Brian Arden BLACKDEN, South Wales Borders (24th Regiment), and Gaynor, younger of Mr. and Mrs. de WINTON, Maesderwen, Breconshire. OBITUARY. Mrs. Margaret WILLIAMS, widow of Mr. John WILLIAMS, headmaster of Cwmaman School, Aberdare, has died at her residence, Graig Isaf, Aberdare, after several months' illness. Until her retirement many years ago she was headmistress of the Infants' School at Cwamaman. She is survived by two daughters, Miss Alice WILLIAMS and Miss Tegwith WILLIAMS, both of whom are in scholastic profession. The funeral took place at Bridgend Cemetery on Tuesday of Mr. Arthur HENSTON, the Bridgend solicitor, who died under tragic circumstances last week. The officiating ministers were the Revs. E.K. JONES (Runamah), H.R. PROTHEROE (Penyfai), W.R. JONES (Cadoxton), and Mansel THOMAS (Tondu). The mourners were Mr. G. HENTON, Mr. H.E. HENTON (Aberdare), J.. DAVIES (brother-in-law), Mr. PULLEN (Aberdare), father-in-law, Mr. G. JONES (Mountain Ash), Mr. J. JONES (Aberdare), Mr. D. JONES (Aberdare). Amongst the general public were the Rev. J. HOWELL, Rev. T.M. WILLIAMS, Rev. D.S. JONES, Rev. A. JONES (Angleton), Messrs. H. RANDALL, S.H. STOCKWOOD, W.. M. THOMAS, J.T. HOWELL, E.E. DAVIES, A. King DAVIES, D. MORGAN, J.R. SNAPE, H. LEWIS and Digby EXTON (members of the Bridgend and District Law Society), Supt. John DAVIES, Messrs. Michael DAVIES, J.G. JENKINS, W.T. GWYN and Councillor W.T. ACE (president of the Barry Chamber of Trade. Mr. W.S. HOWARD, Bridgend, had charge of the funeral arrangements. The funeral took place at Cardiff Cemetery on Tuesday of Mr. Arthur James HOWELL, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. HOWELL, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. HOWELL, 29, Colchester-avenue, Cardiff. Rev. D.J. JONES (vicar of Roath) and the Rev. H. WELLINGTON officiated. The mourners were:- Mr. R. HOWELL (father), Mr. T.G. PARKER, Councillor C. HOARE, Messrs. A.J. ROGERS, C. BRISCOE, Guy YOUNG, F.W. HUGHES, C. PUGSLEY, H. STEVENS, I.F. EVANS, and J. PARLIN. A troop of St. Margaret's Boy Scouts, of which Mr. HOWELL was formerly scoutmaster, attended. There will be gratification throughout South Wales at the announcement that the Rev. R.J. REES, M.A., of Cardiff has been elected moderator for 1927, and nowhere more than at his native Aberystwyth. Mr. REES succeeded the late Rev. Dr. John Morgan JONES as superintendent of the Presbyterian Forward Movement. He is on of the most able ministers of the denomination. Born at Penygarn, near Aberystwyth, though brought up in London, he has always been an enthsiastic Welsh nationalist. After attending the City of London School under Dr. E.A. ABBOTT and Dr. W.C. RUSHBROOK, he gradutated B.A., at the London University in 1888 from the University College of Wales, where, under the influences of Dr. Thomas Charles EDWARDS, he entered the ministry. Afterwards he went to Mansfield College, Oxford, where he had a brilliant academic career, receiving a first-class honours in the school of theology. After a couple of years at Pwllheli, the new moderator proceeded to Clifton-street, Church, Cardiff, where he remained for nine years. He then took charge of the Tabernacle Church, Aberystwyth. He was been lecturer in Homiletics at Aberystwyth, and lecturer on the New Testament at Bala; has served as secretary of the Connexional Sunday School Committee, and has contributed freely to religious journals. John Patrick