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ADVERTISER AND TIMES. FRIDAY. JULY 5, 1935.
The Ramsgreave Method of Cleaning lasts longer!
Public Tribute to Ex-Librarian. GIFT OF BINOCULARS.
MR. RUSHT0K*S REGOLLECTEONS OF EARLY DAYS IN LIBRARY.
If you knew wliorc you coiiUl liave your smuincr
clothes cleauccl so that tliey wouUl stay clcau longer, alwaj's look fresh and feel cool, that's where you'd send your clothes, isn't it I
'A Your favourite flannel suit or your most frilly
frock are safe when cleaned by our methods—they stay clean longer because wc take out all the grease and stain, m.ike it hard for diit and dust to settle again in these siiecinl fabrics. Send your finest garments to-day—see how easily you can afford to be “ well dressed ” for the entire summer.
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Reasonable Charges for the highest class work
Regular Collections Prompt Deliveries
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Our Sale does not occur every month. All Goods offered are genuine regular Stock
Prepare for the holidays, you can buy you outfit here at a great saving.
Millinery, Suits, Blouses, Coats, Costumes, Knitwear <Sc.
COME ALONG AND SEE FOR YOURSELF PLEASE
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CLITHEROE T E L E P H O N E 2 9 3
SABDEN. DRAWING HIS OWN CONCLUSION!
^ EX-SLHVICK .AIKX’S OUTLXO. — Nearly • >0 Sahdcii ex-Sorvice inoii, accompanied by Dr. ]v:uvrie, had a pleasant outinc last Saturday to Hlaelcjiool.
morning the SahdGii Wellarc Centro had a day’s ontjn« to Southport. About 20 inotliei.s aixj children were conveyed by ‘inotor coach, and on ai*rivinn at Soutlipor.t they were met by Xnrse IVJayers, wlio sjient the day with them. They were accompanied hy Mrs. I.ancnsler (.‘•ecrelary), Mrs. Jamieson, ^frs. Haworth, ^frs. Taylor, Mr.s. }jodcn, and JlLS. Wcll.s.
WKLl'AlU'j CKN'JJtK. — Last Satunlav
annual Sunday school sermons were preached in the St. Nicholas* Cliurch
la.st Sunday. Tlio special preacher at the morning service was tho Jlev. C. i\r. Rogei'son, Vicar of Pendleton, and tlio preacher in the after noon was the 3tev. 0. Gamble, Vicar of Hahorgham Church. The choir .sang the antijem, “ The Lord is loving’* (Gnrratt). .Mr. E.
Simp.soii was tlic organist and choir master. Collections wore taken on behalf of the church and Sunday school funds.
SUNDAY SCHOOL SKHMONS. — The
IJIjrarian, wa^- on Tuesilay night, at tlio moutlily meeting of the Free Library Com- initiee. piV'Oiiled with a
liand.some pair of Zeiss liinoeidars. Tlicso were the gift of tlie CImirman ami members of tlie Free l ibrary Committee and borrowers. ^Ir. JDisIitoii was l.ibrarian for IS years and bo '•erved the Free Library Committee in all for a total of -17 years.
^fi-. I. T. liuditon, ClitboroeVs former
Committee) referred to Mr. Uiulitoifs ex tremely useful work, adding that he had
Aldf'niian Thornber (Chairman of tho CLUB DAY
IN AND OUT AND ROUND ABOUT.
Wilkinsoii, of Jtimingion, for the following intensely interesting a<count of the origin of the logeml of St. Swithiii’s: Tiie dog (lays begin on .Inly Jr*l ami conliniio until .\ngust Hill. Then on the loth, we have St. Swithiu’s -Day, and on July IStli, the heghming of St. Luke\ little .summer, a matter of ten diiys.
1 am indebted to Mr. Horace King-
such a por.-on as St. Switliin? There was, and liere Is liis trm‘, antlientie history. Saint Swithin was a Mislmp of Wim-iiesler, of great humilliy. When lie died, he decreed tliat ho siiould be buried outside bis Cathedral, ami so placed, that drippings from llie roof slimild fall on bis grave, and pa>M'is-by walk over it. Jlis wishes were observed.
,\ow, was there ever
clergy of the diocese decided lliat it was no fit place for .sucli a saintly prelate. So they made arrangements to disinter the body, and bury It. afresh, within a mag- iiiliccnt tomb in the Cathedral. When the day arrived, sm-h a downpour of rain occurred, as had not been known since tbo llood.
A humlred .v»'ars later, the ’file ceieiiioiiy was postprmed, but
it rained all that week, and all the next, ill fact, it rained for forty days. At the end of that time, the line edge bad been tiiken ill! 4-veryl»Kly‘s entbu'iasia. So they left the .Saint where he was and there lio still lies.
Oriental Laiiguag's at Oxford ruiver>ity, who hi ' t week vl-ited Ciillieroe to take part in tliO (irammar School Commemoration Day celebrations, contributes most interesting information conceniing a eur>o upon liis family. 31r. Dewliurst a.^^ks for liglit to lie thrown upon the subj<“ct. and a*, there are many who vividly recall hi< family t luy may be able to assist him in lii< search for detail'.
!Mr. IL Paget Di’whurst, Profc^xir of
always performed liis duties in a very gracious manner. Ho was always willing to give bomiwers ailviee in the selection of their books, ami ilieir appreciation luul been sliiiwn in tlu’ magnilieent I’espoii'e tf) tire rfquc' t for >ubscription‘':. lie hoped ho would live long to enjoy the n>e of tho binociilars.
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(Councillor .Satterlhwaite) said he ma<le the pn<entati«ui' on behalf of the town>jicoj>lo generally,
-.Mr. Kuslitonks ieeor<l of service at tli*? Free Library was one of which he might justly be proml.
In making the prosentation, the Mayor
JAibrnrian he ]ia<l ]>layed a groat par t in the education of the townspeople, and moro particularly he had assist'd in the develop- nient of tlie lihrary movement in the schools. His work had lieen liighly appreciated, nml
He liopi'd that Mr. Hushton would always be able- to s<*e' pleasures tlirougli the proper end of the gla-^^es nml that Ins trnnbh's
w«)uld always be seen tlirough the wrong cml.
Congenial Work.
.said: I must hist thank you for the kiml expressions you liave made in regard to my .service at tho Library.
In the course of his rejily, Mr. Ilushton
and i)Iea>nrabio^ par t of iny life. To liiul an occupation in youth tiiat is congenial and to be able to pursue it with good healtli, may be reckoned ns a gift in life the value of wliieh can >caively be «‘stimated. This has lieen fnllilled in my life ainnngst the book.^ and the renders in the Clitlieroo Free Ijibrary, and I may tell you it was with deep regret that 1 found it necessary to make the severance. There arc very few of the borrowers of hooks left who were tlicrci when 1 lir>t took up the duties -17 years ago in what is now the Mayor’s parlour and prob ably the* borrowers regretted mostly the change. Their friomlsbip 1 particularly value: but not only they Imt members of tlie I.ibrary tliroiigli succeeding generations have be(.*n equally kiml nml from tho numerous expressions and letters seemed gesminely sorry to lose mo.
It lias been a big
fii>t asked tti take up <Iuty at the Library. 1 was the yminge'-t of four young men who worlvcd timiiM* the foremansliip as a printer ot the late ^Ir. James llobiiison, librarian, a genth-man who ilid much to give Clltlieroo a librni'.v many yeni*s before much Inrgci Lanca'-liire towns thougJit of nflopting the J.ibrary Act.
I romemher, as finite a young lad. being
'Ipm ]'airweatiuu*. iinck? of niir two prom inent medical men of that name: and Mr. Janies^ Hartley, a well-known naturalist. Mr. Fairweatlier was then a reporter ami shortly after left the town, ultimately seeiiniig a good post witli Moots, the (diemist<. Mr . Ifartley was rather a sliy man. ami did not care imieli for the work. Tlie result was that after my first night at the Library. 1 bceaine deputy to bntli Librari.'in and Assistant, and the Assistant only attending on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, ns extensions were made. I was more olten at the Librai'v as deputy for Mr. Mobinson than was Mr.
Maylnir.st, the a'*sistant. With the retirement of Mr. Robinson .and the appointment of ^Ir. Ha.v- burst as Librarian, j became assistant, nml at Mr. Ifaybiirst’s d('alh received tho a]ipoinlment of Lilirnrian.
men had engagements on the particular night referred to. ami 1 well recall Mr. Iloliinson coming to me ami saying, * Veil, Isaac, yon will have to go.’ i di<l so with pleasure. The deputies at that time for Mr. Uobliison ami .Mr. Haylinrst, were Mr.
ICa<*Ii of the tlireo young
of good wi'bes to Farrimoud last Saturday when he Inrnod out with Kngland in tho T('st !MatcIi agaiii't .^outh .\frica. FarriinomI has on >evcral oi-caslotis assi'ted Clitheroo as pmte>«-innal and lie is very jmpular on Hie Chatbnrn-mad ground. Last .'Saturday udi4*n Cliihoroe were
pla.ving Leyland a visitor asked who was CIith(?ro(*‘s professional. A local entlinsiast pronijitly replied. ” Ho can’t !>lay to-day. H e \ been selected to play for luiglaud in the 'r(’>t matcli.” And certainly Farrimond has lic»>n Clitlieroe’s only professional for .some season.s.
’file Clitlieroe Cricket Club scut a telegram Llbrnrians’ Aim.
allow t<; keep tiio Library abreast with tbo times, with works on the arts, .science, travel, biogra))by and miscellaneous litera ture, etc., the aims of the Librarians llirouglinut Ibo Libi'ary’s existence has always been to iirovlde good, clean, healthy literature in the fietion class—not very easily d*nie In recent rears—and I have reason to believe that tliis mav have bad fioine bearing on the morality of tlio town, for the typo of literature young jicopic per use, inflneneos their tlionglits and does mueli to destine tlifdr cimraetor. The late esteemed Chairman (Mr. Weeks) always declared that the Librarian knew best what the readers desired, ospecinllv in Hie matter of fiellon. ami to be told, as I bnvo been told, linndreils of times, that tho books I had suggested to borrowers were suited to their tastes lias prompted me to think that 111 my day and generation. T linVb’ in. .some measure helped to fulfil llic Library'Com-
V luLt 4'iideavouring as far as funds would (Continued a t foot of next column.)
of tlio Gallipoli Association in various parts of tli(‘ country. A branch wa.s formed at Mlackbiun on June 2Sth, when there was a well attended meeting of men who had served on orn oar the Gallipoli Peninsula. Should it be de>ir('d to form a lirnncb at Clitberoo, ex-Service men in the district wlio fouglit at Gallipoli are asked to con- mnnlcate with the organising secretary of Hie Mlackbiini branch, ^Ir. K. Bridge,SO, Darwcn-strcct.
KfTorts are being made to form branches
annoy me. One such must bo the writer of a better in a London paper who discusses tho beauty of
pre.sent day women. Ho says:
People who write “ witbonc tlm book ”
(Continued from preceding column.) mittcc’imttcc s desire in its nrovisnm I
of this old town’s inliabitants. lu iou for the inimls
tion of the readers is my greatest reward. This hoantiful present you are giving mo,
To think Hint nml to have the apprcKiia-
something 1 have desired for a long time, T consider a seal set on that appreciation. I know the very
poorc.st of tho borrowers have contrihutod their mi tes” to it. and I was told of one elderly lady who had not much mo:e than her pension to live upon, contributing something weekly for several weeks. Tliis gift will he prized hv mo tlironghout life, wlioHier It be sliort n r ‘long, and after that I know my family will value
In his duties as
interesting rea<!iug. He writi's as follow': “ Moro than fifty years ago my mother’s sister. Mi-'S ICmily Paget, of Skipton. told me that tbo complete eclipse and ruin of the Dewliur>t family, who were so prominent in Clillierot' in t!io fifties, sixties nml seventies of tho la-t century, and who *<cem' to have f.unii'lu'd some vivid illustrations of the old Lnnea>liire saying, • Four genera tion'. clog'? to cb>g'.’ was due to the opera tion of a curse pronoum-ed on them which co]il(I still bo found on a tombstone in the churchyard at AHttoii
nc.ar C'litlicroc.
.Mr. I)ewliur''-rs lejter makes most
(Minmemorates tlie death, at tlie age of 2-1, of a young man named llulcock in the year 1S7I.
It
that gift was but a small recognition of what his ' ‘-I'viees bad meant to the town.
ivy to surh an extent that it was not possililc at first to read it, but eventually 1 was able to (lecyjdier the inscription, whicli l> followed by tile following extraordinary text:
'rho inscription was covered with
Iiard for me, the Lord >ball reward the doer of evil according to his
wiekodne.ss.
’flKue men the sons of Zi’niiah be too
is taken from 2 Samuel 3-Ji.b and in the origmal Hebrew the same word is used (ra'aii) for * evil ’ as for ‘
wii-kedne.ss.’ TIio local >extoii informed me that tlic young man v.-as killed in a pnblielmusc brawl, but lie could not name bis assailant or assailants. According to my aunt ’s version of the in cidents. the death resulted from injuries ivceivi'd in a light witli one of my uncles at the time of an election.
1 have never seen tliis kind of inscription .anywhere else or heard of one.
'J'lic text
tlio branch of the Mulcock family, to which this young man belonged, has become oxtinet. They were. I believe, the family who owned long ago tlio mill jii>t aliove Shaw Bridge on the way to Four Lane Knds. Perhaps there may be people still living who can throw further liglit on the matter. Ap parently . the young man died some time al ter the alleged light, and it seems to be clear that there was no prosecution for inan'langhter.
I think that
ascertain wbetber any inquest took place, ami if so wlietber blaim? wa< attached to any one in the matter.”
bay for the
lir.st time in h* r life this week. With eyr-, full of wonderment she turned to lior motlier and 'aid, **I.ook, mummy, what a lot of shredded wheat!”
A little girl, aged three, saw a load of It ought to be possible to
(•lection in 1^71. Imt one took place. 1 believe, in L'^iW. or in l':^7d. when the late ^Ir. Ilaiph As'lieton was olectoil ^rember of I’arliament for C’litlieroe.
'rinro was no
tool; advantage last Monday of an ojipor- tunitv of vi'i ting .Mitton and I .succeeded in iimling the tombstone in (|uestioii.
I
AT HURST GREEN. A POPULAR FESTIVAL.
By “QUIS:
‘‘ Th(‘ intcre.'ts of your read< rs arc so wide Hint jicrliaps >ome of tlicm can iicij) to .'olve a little ju’oiilcm Hiai lia.-- oltiu jmxr.led me. \\ by is it tiiat Mime parU <)f Lomion are lull ol Irnid'oiiic men ,th<1 jirottv women and other parts apparently without Hitin? I have i-arely .scon a pretty woman on the Di ' t r i rt line: you have to go on the Picca dilly line to 'ce beauty.
standard of beauty, say, in Norfolk i-: very high, while in Lanea'hire it i< astonisbiiigly low.”—W. '1'. JL, King*s-ro:id. CheJ-m.— Obviou'lv tile v.riter ha< not >tudied liis Ijanea-sliiro loilc.
.'similarly, the
Laiicasliii'e girls will hold liielr own with 1 eprc>ciitaiives from any lownty. The.v might not go in for tin- olaborato make-up wliirh may or may not a>si't the beauty of the travellers on tiie Biceadiily line, but Hicir natural ciiarm and their beauty is equal to that ol tln^ women of any cli>irict ill the country. I pi'ofoundly ili'agrcc with the writer‘> comments whiefi T coii'ider ea*'t a stigma on the C’onnty I’alatine, and are certainly an hi'iilt to ’ our girls ami women.
I will gn:iraiitn> that came to CliHieroe on any week-oufl lie would I think if our friend from Chel'ca
G!o!|( estor-road. Kingston Hill, ."iriiris y. Dr. C’. do Simitt a>k> me to a'<urt. reader^ that he will always be cleliglited to
he.ar from oM IrieiuL and to welcome tliem at hi ' new abode. Dr. .Sliortt .add> his regret that h(' wa' not .able to
c.all upon all Ids friends before he left tlie lov.n, hut he was called awav hnrriediv.
he more than >atisfie(l that his v.anton remark.' were very ill-founded. Writing from his new home. “ Fa-teroft.”
l l .n .B . ” vviiic- a mo' t int ' re - t in g note upon that wily bird the (o n ic rak e . ' Jle
I have not liear«l a ' ingle cral:t‘. imr have I s]»oken with anyone \vl:o ha ' , t h i ' .^ea<on. Called hy 'oiin* «'onntry people “ Tho Drake and Hen ” its nest wa- nm' tly fr)iind in the meadows, and U' a lad I followctl the nmwing ma*him: on its joi inny ronml and ronml, unti l but a small ' t r ip oi st:indiiig ici'a'S r< in:iine«j. Not unti l then would tlie coru- erake tal:<‘ to wing, 'ceming to me like somo lialf-grciu u. part ly n athored ehieken ot a tawny colour.
' t i i tes; 'rwenty or tl i ir ty yi ars aiio the corncrake, 4)r landrail , was faiily common in BiliblcMlale, and 1 well iMiiemher at th a t tiiiU‘ we haci one in onr front meadow every summer. Tlii> *elii>ive bird is v( ry lare in t!ie CliHieroe di'tri<-t nowailav'.
In fact i'lie inodirn moving-
nnicliiiu' lias killed ofi' th i ' bird, for almo-t invariably the egg' or young l;av» been dc' t rovcd. and «''pecially this the en.-^e in early half 'ca'ons . Many ]uoplo will him-nt with le.e the p a " in g cjf .n bird wliO'O p'O' i ' tent call wa< a icainie of o:ir country life, oven tliongii wo miglit have -aid siune sweltering sinioner*' night ns we to " e d ahiuit nnahii* to sleoji. •• Drat Hint Crake: J wi'li it wouM 'h u t up.”
Fence, \vriles this week to say that tliu inlormation lie gave me last wc« k regarding tlk? Dunn fsnnily residing at Church Stile JIousO, Slaidbiini, wa', ho is afraid, in- accnrat‘\
Mi r . W. .1. .Marlin, of Hoai'toncs Cote,
writleii Mr. .Martin th!' week ' tat ing tiiat llie lamiiy which resided at Chureh .Stile House in ISdS wr.s nametl Bunn.
.Vn old Slaidhuni losiflont lias
record of Sir Henry Dmin, wiio was Lord Mayor of J.«mdon, is theroloro tiiat ho was lorn in Barson-laiu*. This
inf.irmation came from the late A!d*nnan William
'Ihe only
Hardacre who in Ids boyhood knew tho Dumi family.
Nortli Begiiinal Children’s Hour on .Alon- (lay when one of tbo'c taking par t in a riniicasliii‘(* ))layh‘t was Mi*'. Tennant .^mitb ivho^ U producer to the Wlinlloy Playois! Needless to say. Mrs. Smith, wlio‘ i ' a 'most accomplished amateur, was moro than equal to tlio par t allotted to her.
visit my old school too rarely, but 1 have loft my thoughts bcliiml there to atone for my t ruant Iiody. ^ly education was ex tremely classical, ami extremely useful. It seems to bo the fashion to-day to decry one's education, to t reat it as 'Oinctbing no moro lasting Hiau the teens during which it i^s conferred. But mine, besides giving mo my life’s backgrouml, lias kept popping in ami out of its foregromul, helping mo in emergeneies, and like tlio liour-notcs of tlio B.B.C., recalling me at intervals to safe nml certain realities amidst tho babble of views wbieli
be.sets the ears of a newspaper corrospomlent.”
College. Paying a fine tribute to ^tonyluirst, ^Ir. Jeffries writ(‘s: ** ^feanwbilc J liad gone to Hoddor, the preparatory scliool for Stonyliurst, and in due course to .'>tonyliurst itself. Its name is familiar to all. Stony- l iur' t is a beacon of tlio Nortli. Its gaiMens .ami avenues, its eaglo-crowiied towers and its many-wiiulowod courts, the treasures of its sacristies ami libaries annuallv draw crowds of siglitseers.
j have been ‘able to
" i t l i tile t Rtonn College oO Jlnsic, London, a t tlip Hlackunrn centre, the following can didates were sncccssfni. Siiceial congralu- lat.ons are dne to Mi-s Klsic Smithibs, of L\ndene, Uowidiani, who was awarded the diidoina of associate A.V.C.M. of tlio
College, with honours. Jliss .Smithies is only lonrteen years of age:
Aliss dessie Smalley, Chaigley, Primary ■V
a
it. To tho':e who. without my knowledge, promot(Ml this testimonial, my thanks arc
especially due. and to all other members of tbo Library and members of the Committee, who Imvc contributed to it. and to the Chairman, Mr. Aldennnn Tliornber, Hn^ sub committee. and yiv. llavgvoavcs, I offer my dQop(’st and boartfolt thanks.
A distinguished old armchair club colonel Once started to edit a jolonel.
But tho silly old ass Hadn’t much brass,
And cried: ” Tho expense is infoloncl.’*
Jack; Are football referees poorl.y paidP t 3oe; No. but
tlicy.liavo got to whistle for
heir money. .
-Uaster \\ illmm lulmoudson. Chatburn Pre- paratory grade, pass with honours.
Miss Moionco Bury, Victoria Hotel, Clit- lieiHio 1 nuiatv grade, pass with lionouni.
I* l>ass with distinction.
Aliss Uorotliy Ainsworth. Thornlev, Prepara- tory grade, pass with lionon'rs.
Piinoipal of the t letoria College, P r . ' j G Cooper, P.U.C.O., L.R.A..M., A
cte.
Uio aliovo imndidates were preparexl by 1
teacher oU
Aliss Lizzie JInudsIcy, Higher Hodder Pre paratory grade, pass with lionours. Ihc examination was eondueted ,bv tho
Miss Elsie Smithies. Uownham, diiiloma of assoeiate witli honours.
At tlie .Imio, 10;)r>, ON'ainination in iiiaiio- l i '- V.'K tln-’oiy, lield in connexion
paper conx'sjioiulont, who h n s ju ' t puhllshed a book “ I'miit Fveryuliero ” (Hutchinson, refers to his education at Stonvhur-st
Mr. J . M. N. Jefirit’s, tlio famoii' news
was not the former eollier’s friend, ami tiio monov lias been returned. Many AVbalhn- people listened In to Hio
ju' t iiad a very unusual exj)«*rienee. Forty years ago a collier liorrowed li)s. from ii man named Turner.
Ye.nrs pa"ed, tho dtiht remained unpaid, the men lost touch with cacli other. Beeently. tho borrower, now living in Wigan, saw" mentione4l in a newspaper report the name of Superin tendent Turner. 'I'liis, lie thouglit, might ho the son of the lender, and he paid his debt. But Siiperiuteiident Tumor ’s latlier
lormerly in charge of the Chiirdi Countv Police Division, and is now at Bolton, has
Siipenntomlont J. T. Turner, wlio was
a.m, ainmt lifly m<iiib''rs of St. Peter ’s Guild as'Ciiiblcrl a t the Guihl
H.ili wlieie tliey formed in jiioees'iim a i i j , headed by the Guild banm-r ami tlic- Hur.'t Gru.-ji Bra>‘s jhiml. jiroeeedcd to St. J*i i< r'- Gburcli, Stonyhul^t , to at lend Higli .Ma^s. The church liad he< ii 'periai ly d'coraluil during the preeul ing week, wlnn the (t i itouaiy of \ i '. coii 'ccration liad been c h hiated In- old .Stonyhui>t bov' ami vi-it'.r> liom all over tho world, and prc'^•nl.^l ^ luautilul and phrasing appearam-e. During tin' .Mas^ a spei ial ami ai i inoiniato s' linon was preaclkal by tin* Bev. Father Siniiott, .S.J., who^e diseour.'e was listened to with i.ijiw at tent ion by a large eongp gati«m. After ^ia^'> Hie proce.'-!i«m wa< i ' inrnied and proceeded back to the (JuiM Hall. The Guild was e>talilishcd a , oaily a- J71H, the %'i*ar in which the Colleg. at .StoiiHnir.'t Wi»-> founded by the Jesui t Fatli- r<, ami i> thus j)robai*ly oiu‘ of tin? tildc't fri« mlly ,'ocietics now in e\isl* nce, and has a nn ji!licr>lii[i liordering on two hnmirod. a very eneom- aging number for .--o '
.m.ill a (•oiiimuuiiv. Ill tin? afte rnoon the annual meeting of
all of Stonyhur.' t, along with ili-' Guihl Chaplain. Ih-v. Fa the r \V. Baith-y. S..)., ^ l . ( ’.. who pre.'ided dur ing th*' ear!i<r jiart. of the meeting. Several to a - t '
w.tc pn»- po'cd and hoimured with mu'ieai -eleetinii', ihe Bev. I’at l ier IL'etor jiropo'liig the toa-t of ” The Pe(pe.” .Major l loker t 'on t'u* toast to Hie “ King and the Boya] Fami ly, ’’ ami Fa the r Uowlaml
the Guild nicmhers was hehl, ami as tins year tlie le a ' t fell on Saturday, t!i»?re was a larger at temlanee than usual uf members from (lislaiiee towns who Pirnieriy lived in the village, ami many old a« qiiainiauees iirx again ami sjieiiL a happy time. Amniig': the vi.'itor^ Vvcre the Uev<. Fiithcr F. I). H’C’tmnor. .S..I. (Hector), Fa the r L. Bolton, Fa the r .1. P. Bowlaml, S.J. , Fallior B, .M.ijor L. <h: C. F. Bebert'Oii,
Bobiii'ou.
I’aul, wui the otca'ioii of thi;
annu.il Club Day a t Hurs t Green.
Satiird.iy hut , the Fe. i 't uf .SS. J*cter and rrlmrtly after S)-()
c Thi Thci
Tlie v; (.’bristf to tlie (•edeiut I
th a t ol ** St. I’eter ’s
( Ini ld." All made esc* ll* n t ' p ‘‘ei Ijcn and made rolen'iiee to the • vent ' *;f tlie week, and tli(? toji 'ts were well ree. ivcL 'I’ko Secretary, .Mr. H. Bolton. ieat{ the halame sheet for the past year , which 'liov.ej that tiiere was an increase In tlie e' t imatet l value «»f the prop^'rty ami fnm!< of the Guild oi l!^. 7(1.. an e\e« Ilent is 'i il t 'Ceing tlinb k'HiS I7s. llld. had heeii paid in >iek la'iielit
and L'.'U 111' , to relatives ef four deceased nicmhers and one nieiuher’s wife. The total payments amounted to L'-fiM 11'. and tiie ree'djits to £122 (''. (id. The ( ' t imaUd value of pjoper ty and fiimL anajUMts to £2.32o IS'. 3d., a very satisfactory s tate oi affairs and OIK' on which the ofiii-ers re'poi i'ihio are (]{*'('rving ol praise. .•'Several new members
joined tin? Guihl ami alteg«'thor tin: affairs are progres'ing very encouragingly.
Tin?
committee men for the various “ scores ” were elected and on Sunday the oflicers for tin* year were cho'cn from tl!i-":e, the rc- in.iimler to act as coinmitte«' men for tlie cni rcnt year . The hand i ( ndered numerous selections ami several song- were also well received.
tions bad been a>'eml)lod on tlu' village green, such a< swing', coconut shies, ice cream 'talL. etc., many years having
pas.scd since tlien* wji' 'lu h a variety of amusements for tiie villagt'i-s ami vi'itors. ami a-
there vra' a large gathering, members of Hu? Guild acting a ' .^LC.’' and tlui Hurst Green .String Band siippKing an excellent )iregramme of dance mii'ic. the maximum amount of enjoyment being oxtraet-.d from tlio various item'. ^ .Vn unu'ual number of ont*'vtaining at trac
Ill the evening there w.!-. a dance at which
tiioroughly enjoyable day was <pent by tbe large crowd wliicli visit’d this aiimnil and popular fc'tival.
VYent Into Trade,
A CLITHEROE OPERATIVE'S VENTURES.
(Mr. A. Garter) debtor, aged 27. said tlmb ni 102i) while following liis employment as a cotton operative lie s:ii'tainod an injury in resp(.'ct ot wliieb bo sub'C'quentlv received £'(m0 compensation. Late in 1P:U lie com- immood a mixed business at 13, Brooklumse- lane, Blackburn, pureliascd for £lo0. lb
sufl-eidit to pay trade oxpmises.” Ill tUisuei* to the Deputy Ofilcial Boceiver
giocer ,at C'litlieroe Markt't and sbortl.v afterwards a sweets, tobacco and grocery business at Dolph-road, Great Harwood. -Neither business was a success.
a time bo discontinued them. Bv earlv 193t Ills capital was exlniU'tcd. Tile examination was closed.
Musical Successes.
uas not a. success and in 1032 he sold it for about £100. He then commenced business as a retail
In an eudoavoiir to improve
busiuc.ss ho rented stalls at Hie other markets but after
delieuMicy of £200 Os. dd. wliicli lie attributed ‘-oinpetitioii and profit L ine iu-
.appearcil lor liis lirst public examination at Biaekburii Banltruptey ( ’ourt. on M’educs- Hi?^ statement of allairs .sliowed a
Francis Smith, of M'
oono-I.ine, Clithcroe,
oc« a.-iio.l feet ion I to exet (Jliief. «jf tllO' brough us ll.'t's .‘^ome 1 tin? Bi ; highly.;| its clo'’| often <i of Buil To ill
drives, jiiony loug I' tions, exiiibii I ^ill til. tradi t i ' l The
ivni'king. (.'lothin I
Ba rraek duty eng Til* re i- ing. Ian,
obtain in | inside- i outside',
have a
matircs'i b r a s ' e ' o i I
’b(‘fore pa I (juiekly in|
cliatti*’g conuiniinl |
we cros' two rank| right, wi anre stiv We or»|
awaiting which lie I the inferj iiianv s n |
nt (ms(‘.
Dre diTss.” for the front.” make a il Rocoud l."| ‘‘ losing ptinishinei fixed. a n | rigid i tlio great! oven the [ slowly ini S(Htm inf«| is armed [ in which I they oceil down the[ one’s eye I of a rifle the ]iorfci Hio wliih’i Tnusi(? and gold | in the dross for I
The
tlm m*o' i | B.S.M.h ground vl the Kingl Bight till
Tho
off wo go I or some r Drum-MaJ impressivl
road iieighbou^ inusie rcmcmhi il always h i have bee»f fUnbnppI not very | over, will arc still ”
As
of without ' goes on i r l float up us tiiat
of “ Bill-1 flashing and brae well u}i stjua n*. made h:| bayonet i | poised, ai Thus it I
no do:;! many ti.l were wiii| until. )ni ing dii: what ua In til.
roU'itl.-i (diard. I zine Giiil of ( (Hl l 'f mingicti I Barrack Older' la find to nioipi inoriiin;:: As f;)
jccoivc'i when' dividiia month' 1yp(‘ by in Funij otlier xr time attaitn'fi to I'cim on to Groniulii sor. Sill- ami th. In Ln
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