rh.| h-'ih:.


■ COMING ! TODAY I (Friday):


>. Bentham and Dlstritjt Mart: Spdcial Sale'


your lents


E S M A m S S \o f Comfort" Clltberoe Auction Mairt. fif Store Cattle,


Laying-oS Cattle aj: 11 B.m. TO-MOBROW (Sa urday):


EVENTS Farmers’ Aitctlon


Sale of Oeld and


Orlndleton Methodist Sunday School: !“iAt Home” from 7-45.


Furniture Sfile at Oak House, Pendleton,'|by Mr. Joseph Balshaw, at 2-15 p.m.


Bank Salerooms: Sale by Auction, Shrubs, Rose Trees etc,; at 2 p.m. Hothersall and F Fonest. . ' : > J


Methodist 'Sunday Rchool, Waddhlgton: Jumble Sale at 3-0,


Parish Churih v. lAntlgy; Methodists, Water­ loo Ground 3 p.m.


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Methodist O^esley) Church: Services at 10-30 a.m.6p.m,


SUNDAY:


Moor Lane Methodist Church: Services' at 10-30;a.m.|3 p.m. and 6 p.m. MorecaiUbe Fishermen’s Chgir.


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St. James’ Church, CJ4.S. Anniversaiy-, 10-30 St. Paul’s Church; LoW Moor: Anniversary ■ 6-0 p.m. I


Congregatlonhl Church: and 6 pm.


MONDAY) Cinema Shows add Variety :—


' The Palladium: NigbtU at 6-30 and 8-30.1 The Grand: Nightly at ( -15 and 8-30. Matinee Wednesday and Saturday, .2-30 pm.


An guabaniee


I competent:! staff L BEASONABLE


SERVICE. WHY NOT RY A LAEGEjEANOE TO SEEj OUEj STOCK.


I E IX Am a OB


BESSES, I GET INTO lOUE ENQUIRIES.


Rialto, Blackburn: Continuous from 6-30 pm. Grand Theatre, Blackburn: Twice Nightly at 6-30 ant), 8-45; '


Kmg Lane: Continuous! from 6-15; Saturday C twice at M5 and 8-30.


o-operative Hall, Whalley: Nightly. ' "


St. James’ School,;Missionary Rally at 7-30. Clitheroe Auction Mart) Sale of Fat Cattle and Sheep! 10-45 am|.


Lamb Roe Nr. Whallw, Sale by Auction, Lambing ewes, by H^ny Speak.


TUESDAY:


Clitlferoe Auction Mart: Sale of Dairy Cattle and Calves, 1045.


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Clitheroe Cricket Bowlip! Bridge Drive, Castle


Whltewell and District Hotel, Whitewell, by


THURSDAY’:


Women’s Unionist Assoc)i Drive at 7|30, Conse:


;tj Clitheroe. r^ jiN G s l HAPPEN.’?:


CL PERFORMANCES AT! k CHURCH SCHOOL.


lour last issue, had two' sentatlons ion^ Friday and l bhts! Each ! perfonnance-


Iiarger attendance than the' p, and on Monday night th e


Id maintained' the Parish. I ’s Institute’s fine reputation, i of jentertalnnjent.


s well filled, i The play, a. rlller, proved: exceedingly


le fact th a t the players had. 1 Inth’s rehearsals, they pre-


Ings, Happeii,” the play pre- | lednesday week by Clitheroe ' |rchi Men’s; Institute and | an| account; of which


Clitheroe and District sion Society, Lecture


FRIDAY:


ig and Tennis sec.: Candy Stores at 7;3(). Farmers Sale, at the R. Hitchln 12-30.:,


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itvative Club. j;; Agricultural Discus- in Liberal Club, '7-|45


.ation Military Whist ' -'!! ■


Barrow | Cricket Bowling and Tennis Club Whist Drive and Daiice.


| . t e n i j i £


(Certified FRIDA


' As we made clear a week ago, a sub­ stantial advance Is inevitable. ’The higher County demfmd determines' So


“ "Will CUtheroe’s rates go u p ? ” but of pence, the question How much will CUthtroe’s rates go up?”


lor the work of the producer- Ttlchards) who had evldentlyi mr time ndr energy In his; ake| the entertainment one, pt given by! the Institute, j | . 015 the performance, pror;


polished performances. ’This;


1 the scenes. I '


ijayers were thanked by th e W. S. Helm), and DtJ. :e highly of the help he had| dm those taking part and


' tional county budget. By order of the Finance Committee, each Corporation department has been busy this week re­ examining its estimates and If we cannot announce that )he economy axe has been wielded t( j, g'reat pwpose, we do hear reports of Quite useful pruning. Schemes that can wait a year axe being postponed and while this idelaying of needed work may not prdperly ranlc as economy, Itils


Aiuch, Lodal expeniilture, like (»uhty and national spending, tends to rise, but that tendency | is being vigorously, attacked just now in view of the sensa--


Council hav(! announced a rate increase fifte;en


C-16 p.in. Now that


Lights on Is hot r


Sale:s exceed Y, MARC:


5,000.copies we# !’), !H 4th, 1938. :


Vehicles ttHinorrow (Saturday) the Lancashire County


Clitheroe Football Qub repeat performailce Variety Concert, Social SerWce Centre, 7-30. !: -. j ;


Mount Zion {Methodist 10-30, and 6-0.1.


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Church: Service: at Services at 10-30 aim.


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Clitheroe Godf Club LUdies’ Section: Jumble Sale and Pound Stml in Old Schoolroom, Church Brow, 2-SO pm.


ootball Match, Wadc^gton v. Hasllngden St. Mary’s Kick-off 8 pm.


CLITHEiKOE iDVERTISEI^


■ Townspeople, particularly- members of ;the congregation of .SS,. MlchUel and ; John’s Cllurch, beard, with regret of the' a'sht. of MrTNorbert


i^lWam . Bailey, I of 34 Eshton-terrace, jUltheroe.{, Mr. Bailey, who was seventy- 1 three ,years of age, had not been In good health for about . three years, and


! exactly a I fortnight before his dOath he fell In thp housQ and broke a thigh. His


; practically all his life In CUtheroO, work- ilng for nqarly fifty years as a weaver at :Low Moor Mill, giving up about {fifteen lyears ago He !was associated Ivllth S3. iMlchael snd John's Church andl was a


morning, prior tb the Intermentl a t St. Joseph’s Cemetery. ;


being a da'ughter bfl the late Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Dugan.: She was marridd over forty years ago !tb Mr. John William Hayhurst, Iwho at pi)e time kept thb Horse Shoe Inn, and who died thirteen years ago. Associated! I with the CUtheroe Congregational ; Church, Mrs. Hdyhurst was. In younger qays, a contralto! singer In the choir: She had been in ifalUng health a Ibng tlm^, and latterly ha'd been confined to bed for seven weeks. I Tw(f brothers, Mr. Thomas Dugan, of 1 West- view, and {Mr. Harry Dugan, of Corpora­ tion-street, survive per, and she leaves a json ahd d a u g h te r ,T h om a s Hayhurst, of MltcheR-streeW and Mrs. Woolhough, jpf Hasllngden. Recently the faih)ly has been most unfortuiiate. Mrs. Hayhurst l never reall y recovered from the sorrow of


Hayhurst, who Mrs. ■ J. Taylor, Clltheroe. “ Hayhurst,


Slxty|-two years/Of-age, Mrq. was a native of Olitheroe,


ier daughjer-ln-law’s father dli:d’last month. Her slstet, Mrs.-Taylor Is In poor h e a lti a t thej present time, a id Mr, Taylor Is just recQvprlng from an opera- ■tion. ,Mrs. Hayhurst’s death hAi


lailghter, HazeT Wpoinough, foui] years i igo. Onli a few. weeks since, heir sister-


Cemetery Sinclair pbrformln)


IS another vhom sir nterment


in Wednesday, the Rev. J. A, the last rites.


____________ ___ come severe;blpw to the family, with cere sympathy Is felt. [ . The took p ace a t St. | Mary’s


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business ims also! conducted at Rlpon And Knariisborough. Mr. Pate’s associa­ tion with Olltherob 'extended over fifteen {years, anc he wa: [a member and sup­ porter of Clitheroe Football Club. { Since May last, his state of health had Neces­ sitated three operations. Sympathy Will be extended j to| Mrs. Pate in her sorrow. The Interment took plqce at Nelson , last Saturc Ay. i


Serrace, and a gijandson of In je c to r


; Many Clltheroiilans will remeniber-Mr. Benjamin Frankland, of 19, Hall’ivorth- avenue, Eiersal-lane, Audenshaw, Man­ chester, who died on Saturday, after only a short HI less, at the age,of flftyfelght. Mr. Frank and was a native of Clltherbe, being the second sp)i of the late Mr.' and t Mrs. W. Franklahd, of Charles^orth-


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attended the National School, ahd later Worked as warehouseman at JubllAe Mill


utton, of I the old Clltheroe Police, He


Until he was twenty-three, when he Entered thp Manchestet City Polled Force'


(“ A ” Dlvl ilon) as a constable. {He was promoted to sergeAht,' and retired only a ' .few: years agq. Mr. Prahkland regularly visited tm by I a host will be extji children. land, is a sergeant Force, anc a brb


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j i ... ........ £79 Iry good condition T.... £89 10s. oa.


lleage 0,000 ihilee. £85


|1 mccimnicaUcoh- |un,...L...!....


£49 • '£39 = .... ! £9 =


[.... ,L £12 10s. oa. i


i oad, Golne


justified just :i6w because there are hopes—to put It no hlgher-^that the County demanii Will I e lower next year. By a declsloi. of the courts, rating authorities I are : eng!.ged In the not pleasant orlea®'task of, returning ,to railway compatles' laige sums of money they have prwlously collected upon assessments no’w founl to be legally Im­ proper, and to make ;hese big disburse­ ments, not a few Cou:iclls aye having ito levy Increased irates .all round, ' ’fhe Lancashire | County {Council Is one of them and sciniethlng like sixpence of the present Increai: is Mtrlbutable to (;hls cause. Thb violent protests made against thej gei.eral Increase is likely to curb County spendlngjto some extent and We may look f irward to a drop in the County rates y iiex tl year. Thus local authorities tvllo have the duty of , collect­ ing the county rate as well as their own will act wisely If they; curtail .their own spending for the time being, virtually spreading the 1 icreascd burden over two years Instead of one. The CUtherpe Finance Committee are attempting to do something o f : th a t kind and by next week-end we may eMect to know that the local rate has been advanced, but ibunt than seemed heavier County


demand was fli'st announced. * *


by a smalleir am probable when 1 the


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yesterday was Mr. Victor Smythe, ;the director of (Utslde brodcasts In the Northern Reg on, who v/as the first announcer a t the studio when the call sign was 2ZY and w o se voice, is well known to millions Of listeners as;the


A distinguished 'dsltor to Clitheroe


tion to Mrs. Sagar, two sisters p d a brother reside In. thejtown, these; being Mrs. J. Stone, q,I West-view,! Mrs. E. Topping, 65, West{-vlew, and Mr. E. Franklandl of Klrkmdor-road.


Sagar, of fee Clltheirof Force. In addi­


A brother, Mr. Lewis, Frank- n the Darweiv iher-ln-law I Is


Whose death we aihounced last week, took place bn Friday a t St. Mary’s Ceme­ tery, the Tev. J. A Sinclair officiating. ■Floral {tributes Were' sent by:{ Mr. Thomas S 'an e s ; Mr. Arid Mrs. J. Stones and Barbiira: MA.J and Mrs. F Wilson And Dick; Mr. anld Mrs. Frank|Lancas- ter. Dough IS and B t tty ; Mr. John Foulds and Harold; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Foulds and Family; Annie, Kate and Jbei; Bob and Ella; John, Ll)y,'Ernest and {Alice Ruth ahd Annie ;■ Members and I Congre­ gation i of the Qon^egatlonal Church; Neighbours of West-view. Mr. H. Bennett was respohslble fpr the funeral arrange­


Margaret Stones, of West-view, Clitheroe, The ln{termentl of the late


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Clitheroe lambulahce, to-Coplowj View Hospital, a man wRo Was found lyjing on, the pavement near: primrose Bridge on Monday night, was discovered (to be John Henry Woods’, an unemployed farm labourer, aged twenty-rfour, of 18, Whlns- avenue, Sabden, Woods was unable to speak or move: Ihere was ah:undam­ aged bicycle hear .' him. I t Is presumed he was taken suddenly ill when rtdlng or


After hqving b ^ n removed' in the I # I # " # ! j j


pushing the bicycle on his way {home, j ■ ■ ^


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Commentator oh many of the present-day broadcasts frohil northern theatres. iMr. Smyth’s visit i to Clitheroe was | we harbinger of a local moadcast which .mil Interest everyone. The chief character in It will be Mr; Roykl King, of Chorlw House, whose eXplolra as rat-catcher find whose many varied experiences with ;all j sorts of wild life makle him an IdeM sub­


vect for a microphone interview. Befpre


the 18th: Novembe i last, has left estate lof the gross value; bf'£1,298 6s, M., wjth net personalty £ij280 3s; 7d. ! Probate has .been granted to his brother Percy Edward B:’ewer, of Brick House, (Jhlpplng, nearPresxm, '


Whalley, formerly {bf 72, ReserV|Ol|r-road, Edgebaston, Birmingham, who; died on


Mr. William Breweh of Stotiks Hill,


ery long th a t 'lntemew will be_. con­ ducted, {possibly; by Mr, Prank North.!|it will not! occur!In tho studio but wlllijbe recorded, probably at Chorley Hous^so that outside effects cAn be Included. This Promlsek to beia-most Interesting, enwr- talnineiand instructive Item-rone t(|at ho Rlbblesdallan woi Id like to miss..


'Henthorn on medical Advlfce,'visited Blackburn


on Fridair mornlig, Mr. J. Sager, of Plnillco-road, Housing Manager for Clitheroe Corporai-lon, had the mlsfor: tune to trip over a, piece of loose wire on the Cori orAtlon’s housing estAte, , at He Wpnt home, , and acting


While on his ro :nd of rent collecting * ■; # * : ' ! ■


InfirmatWl where lAn X-ray examination revealed p fracture of his left'forearm. Mr. Sager i returned Is how


After,- treatment home, an i we Are glad to say he making ;aatlsfdctdl'y progress. !'


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of frleiids. Much sympathy ended to


town and was known his widow and three


Police P.C.


and neigh pourhooii the death of Mr. {Fred Pate, of i Blacko, Which occurred oil the 22nd February. In : his firty-slxth yeap he wAs well jinown to frequenters 'of the Clitheroe market where he j had regularly sold silks, etc., trading! under the' style of ‘Lancashire Textiles.” His .1 market


A wide circle of


friends In Clitheroe heard with fe p e t of


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osing her twmife-years-old I ferand- , n-law, M:s. Thomis Dugan, died, and


people he ird of on . Satur lay, ol


I t was \rith mu 3 * *


member Of St. Joseph’s Gulldj | Sym­ pathy will be extended to his widow, five daughters! and tWo sons. Two I sisters survive him,, one {being Mrs. T. Simpson, of Cowp^r-avenue, Clitheroe, and the other Mrs. R. Kenyon, of Blackpool. Requiem (Mass (was celebrated a t S3. Michael and John’s Church yesterday


rdslded with hCi slkter, ht 24, Curzop-street,


:he death,, a t m Mrs. Mary El zabeth


h regret' that towns- dnight


I death was the subject of an inquOst held jon Tuesddy morning. Mr, BalleV spent


driver iof the car, Jack Hlnchliffe,! of Claiflton Cottage, Waddlngton,-suffered from severe scalpflnjury, andihad to have the wound stitched a t Dr. Murrays surtery, Clltherod. The other: two youths, Jbha Waddlngtoh and Kenneth Guqi- ihlrg. both of Hove, Sussex, escaped Injury, i The car was badlyi damaged; '


serious: Injury when a sports car Jin wh ch they were riding fromiClltheroelto Waddlngton on Sunday night struck the I ijear side kerb, rpbounded across the road


planlons ■ had


Waddlngtoni youth and i two cojn- a ■ narrow- escape from


pti the hedge, {and overturned. T)he


hb : ell head first) Into, the tub. Luckily, Mrs Seedall w)is close a t i hand ahd sna ched the boy out, and AldermAn Seeiiall I rushed for medical; assistance.


spn of Mr, and Mrs. Joseph:Seedall,!of Tht Crescent, Henthorn, had. an unfor- tunite accident while at the home of his gra: idpaXents, Alderman and iMrs. W. IE See lallj Union-street, Lovt] : Moor, on Monday. Trying to recover a spoon with which he had bCen playing; .and which hb had dropped into a tub of hot; water,


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D^. Macdonald dressed the child’s scalds, and he'was takbn to Blackburn Royal Infimary. We are glad to learn that Dles nond is progressing l.well. Els accident Is the second misfortune [to bbfall the family within A;very short thne, as another grandchild Of Alderman afid Mrs. Seedall died on February 17lh.


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Pariiers’ Ltd., King-street depot, Clith­ eroe, Albert Smltlj, of 3, St, Mary’s-street, LOni fridge, on Monday morning fracturbd his left leg below the knee, An employee; of PreSton Farmers Ltd., Njfi:. CJ Tomkins, of Seedle’sFarm, Waddlng­ ton, who teaches'first aid ;’a t Dunsbp Bridge ;evening [classes, was luckily Jat hand, and gave treatment to Smith, who wAs : later remqved ■ to Preston Royal Iiifiimaryiand detained.


|Jt mplng from a wagon; a t Prestbn ■ ' #. # { ! • ' ! ' |


ridd :n by! Laurerjee Peel (aged fif.teeri), farm laboArer, Stoop Lane Parin', Boltop-, by-I owlaiid, In the Slaldburn-BoRon road on Monday, A motor car driven by Wiliam' Toivler, farmer, Black Mobs, Grlidleton, struck a tree a t the side bf the road' and wa4 badly smashed. Mr. Tow er sustained j lnjurlbs iot' which :he rece ved attention from Dr.‘ Royle, and th e ! eycllst also had mlhor Injuries, I


•Alter cdmhig Iti Contact with a bicycle i ' ;


BAn cfield; Llmew(irk8, where Ne is em­ ploy id, Terrence Edwardson; Aged four­ teen of! 30, Bridge-terrace, 'Whalley, !()n Mohlay'sAstalne(l an injury to his Iqft. leg.! ; Alter treatment At Dr. Cooper’s surgiryihe was Removed honie, and bn


■C! ught between two small locomotlvfes at i:essrs. R. Briggs an(J Sons, Llmltejl,,


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l^ediesday was iaken' to iBlackbutn Ipfiimaryj In ' Messrs. ; Tomlinson’s ambilahde.


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L6w Mobb. Ha id-made or red velVbt. and adorned w th gold lettering, the frbnial evoked n.uch admiration wlibn Itjw! s dedicated by the Rev. E'Hooper on Sunday i {morning. Referring > to Mrs. Ciapnam’s gift, { Mr. Hooper ; said one cbuld. If i necessary, worship In a barfai but anything thAtlmade the house of Gqd more beautiful ' was always deeply appi eclated.


Jam IS Wilkinson, at present residing with her daughter, Mrs. Barker, Hayhurst- strett, was nlnetyrone on Monday; Mrs. EUzEbeth Watson, of North-street, Waterloo, was ninety-two on Tuesday; bbt :4rs.‘ Anne Walker, residing with her son : ildward a t thb King’s Arms Hotel,: Is


the oldrtt of trie trio, for she will be nine iy-fl've' on ’Monday next. How man? tortns the size of Clitheroe cqn


Kno vies,! 1 was bbrn at Lancaster, hCr fAthir being a tArnkey, or gatemarl, qt Lane aster Castle. (She came to CJltherbe sbmi forty-eight years ago, her husband - |h e idled In 1925-belng a gamekeepAr


on' the Browsholme Hall estate, and In lAtei 'years was employed by Clitheroe


{Ml s. Walker, whose .maiden name wAs ' ! ' ' # ■ # ■ li


oldef t persons in Clitheroe are womei); b thel: suTnames begin with W ; and thblr


iHde 'Is a coincidence. The three lrtl days occur within a week. M^s.


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hfe been! given for use at Uhlon-strebt, Jetliodlst; Church by the oldest membbr ! t ie .congregation, Mrs. Clapham, of


iA leautlful red'and gold puipit frontal : | : J Desmond Seedall, the three-years-old ^1 # ' ' #■ !i''


A N D T IM E a , p i D A r , M A R C H 4 . 19SB


No Rei usal t;b ! Ambulance.


Send


CLITHEllOE R E P p TO! BOWL/M) ' CRITICISM.!


by .the Town' Clerk of Clltheroe (Mu Q. Hetherlngton): o the Clerk )o the’Bowland Rural District:pound! (Mr. Dear Sbr,


The lollowln; letter has been addressed C. ,4. Clarke); AMBuIlANCE SERVICES.


24th 1 ultimo to the meeting! of the Watch Committee, oh Saturday morntag last, and reported fully upon the subject of the delay r which occurred between ttle time of itbe


The matter wa: also considered by the Gen­ eral Purposes.(!ommittee, consisting of ithe whole of the i members of the (Jounclli at their I meeting 1 eld last-evening,


apjMinted His Worship the Mayor, the (jhlef Constable and; myself to nfeet representa­ tives qf yofir Ctuncll to settle 'arrangements for the future,;apd perhaps your Council jyUl also appoint representatives,I and y o ir |\^ kindly let me bear from’yoq in due epursq the dAy;and tin e you, suggest for a meetljig. bfsuejh represei.tatlves. •


Borough Ambi lance was rifused, and, in order {that the! public should not be misled, have authorised ■ me to send copies of {this letter! to the ! :uperintenden; of Ppljoe at Settle; and to the respective Editors of the " OUtheroe Ad lertlser. and ' Times,” the V Northern Dallf Telegraph,” and the .Lan- cashlfe Daily P( st.". The Watch ;! Committee; at their merting


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Youis faithfully, ’ (signed) G. Hetherlngton, '


“MCIrE VOLTAGl


signed by ex-Cc unclllor A. Hallows In youj, last 'week’s Issue and notAd ;his fulsome; praise! of Cour clllor Wilkinrtn.- ' StraMC, isn’t It,; that tiese minorities of one { are always so right and just and.' virtuous? j All out of step but; 5ur Willie I


Sir—I read; with amusement the Tetter


! shown in that b sautiful phra^ .ln 'whlchjMr. Hallows describes himself As "the tate-


himself,, don’t you ,think?-rYdurs, 'eto„ j LO


payers’ friend.” Such a beau ous and charmh gly expressed


(Continued :rom precedit


iful, spontane- cbmpliment to


UDOHEERS.) ' e column)


proved both Irstructlve and Interesting. Mrs. Lambert li a lucid speaker, and {her


beat thlslrecord io t longevity we wonder.' I '


the Clitheroe Parish Church Men’s Institute and Fellowship, an enJoyAble whist drive wi,s held In tpe School'! on Tuesday evening, when Mr. G. Brogden supervised plaj a t sixteen tables. The


Promoted by the social commltteA of \ * '* * L


Corr oration Hlgh'ways Department. They were' mArried iiearly sixty years ago. Mrs. Walker has A vivid recoUectlon of seeli g Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, irtth their small son Edward, whfen they visit id Lancaster castle, well over eighty yean Alnce. Another of her old men orles Is wa,tchlng the return of troo is after the Crimean War. About ajyejr ago she had a serious Illness, but alth mgh rather feeble; so th a t she does not venture out {of doors, she “ knocks


abmt the house, ’ doe's a little sewing, reads her daily paper, knows what Is gbln; on|ln the wcirld, and enjoys yilreless, though not the “ h o t’’ variety, as Abe Is care !ul to explain!. Witty, and smart at rbpartee; Mrs. Walker, how In quite good hfeal ih. Is ' cheerful company; During all l er life in the borough she has been attaihed to SS] Michael and John’s Chu 'ch.!; In addition to her son Edward', Mrs WMkeff has a daughter—Mirs. A. Aire?, of Hu'ddejrsfleld—who,! as Mary Waller, will be yery well remembered by old scholars wriom she taught when on the staff of the CAthollc Day Rchool. Our sine rre congratulations, Mrs. Walker, ahd our pood wishes in advance. ,' ' * I


J. Vl/^tlPA > /IaaL a ItffT


Mr. Thomas Cqates, 17, ParsonHahe, eighty to'-morrovf (Saturday)!; and to our old i colleagi e Mr. J. P. Parkinson, See( all-avenue, seventy-five, and Mr. Edwin Wincklev, 47, , Wllkln-street, sbvejnty-iqne on Tuesday next.;


also to Mr. Rlchird Bllsborough, West- lev, who' Is s'Av inty-Seven to-day; to


adu ts;Are to be 'iresented to the Bishop of Lancaster for (lonfirmatlon at a servlte to lie Held at Cltheroe Parish Church oh VKednesday, the T6th! March, - In a'dd .tlon there w|li be a number of can­


Thirty-nine b lys and girls and five !' ! ! ;


ponlence with Lbndon will bb Interes t^ tp Is nosy that arrangements will in future- per nit J of lettdrs posted' In Clltheroe’ bef(ireTl-15 a.m(. belhg delivered In the Metropolis the s!,me day.


Tio^e of our readers who'hAve cqrres- { ; # I . I " : J ' \ ' ' ' -j '


given by Mrs, lambert, wife of Ganoh Lambert, of Wha )ey, at a meeting of the


ladles' section of the Mechanics’ Instltu- tlo r. ACcrlngton, yesterday'week.' There lyasj a i gOod attendance, and the talk


A talk on " Yorkshire Abbeys ’’ was . ; ; C Bllrthday greetings and good wlshAs A ' ' , ]


prize! winners vere: Mrs. Nlcholls, Mrs. Hlgscin and Mi'S. Blrtwell; Messrs, a T. Ormerod, J. Cook and J. 'Bridge. Dominoes were alsQ -played| prizes being


gained: by Mjss D. Akkew and Mrs. E. Mitchell.


addressed a large company of delegates at the annul! general meeting Of the Clitheroe, Division 'Unionist Registration Association h)ld last night In the Whalley Asseri bly Rooms,


Captain Sli William [Brass, , M.P.. ' ' # ' # # ^ ^ ' I


port bf the C lurch Missionary Society will be held a t St. James’s Church in! the morning, and it St. Paul’s' Church, Low Moor, in the! ivenlng. A mlssloilary rally:is to take place hi St. James’s


bn Sunday, too, special services In sup­


School on Monday evening, ■' ! j


has been awSrded a special prize for excellence I h ! ilanoforte playing a t the London Colleje of' Muslcj'examination held at Blackburn In December, last. ;She obtained 94 mirks out of a possible|100, and was the highest of all )he pianoforte entrants. . The next highest number of marks was olitalned by Miss Margaret Rich, of Chlpj lng. Both { are pupllb of Mr, ;John Qiirse, organist and choir-, master ; at M .tton Parish Church, {arid were the only pupils he had entered for' these examlna{tlons.


! Miss!Anne'Tblton, of Dlinsop Bridge ! »> ■* # 1


special visit < to Moor Lane Church' on Sunday next of the Mbrecambe [and H^sham Fish jrnien’s Choir. The ser- vicesi aftemom and evqnlng, 'Will be


More than uAual Interest centres, ihj the * ' * ■ * .


did! tes ;from some of the neighbouring parishes..


eptlrely, In ,1 heir hands, for they'have thelPbVm speiker (a soil of the sea) {and organlAt, a la® who corabliies the duties of; cholrmastei. Mr. Cahill is tb preside in' the afternoon. The' Flshefmen’s Choir ! has been heard in the air on several occasions and imjoys a Wide


popularity. . :


* A large numter bf student: from the' First Aid 'and Hon e Nursing classes' of the


T'^ # ■ '"i , { ’ ;


Clitheroe Teehi ilcal School, yisited the {East Lancashire Ro5


The Matron eicorted .the party, explaming. the various me) hods; of electrical treatni(ent3,:


& ;,:Infirmaryj last Saturday.


ih ^ g e , etc., taovlng on tpjthe laboratoiy. Operating thea ,res, X-ray, sun, ray depart­


ments, ' and thence to the | quarters, kltchAns,; laundry, etc. TOeThfor-


ofj thei studen hearty I thanks'to the Matron,


niatlon; receivec was most usOful. On- behalf 3, Miss Harrison expressed


description of the mbnkA, their trials, privations and the work they did took,


her audience I ack to the | times wnAri England was a pastoral country, ' I ,


pondent sp delightfully, candid arid modest. When' the time; :omes, Mr: Hallows wafits us to Back the lot-7 Labour and 'fory—all except Councillor Wilknson, the. gallant hero ivho doesnjt vote wit r the rest. ’The modesty! Is


And it is so; refreshing to find a 'corres­ ' Town Clerk.


turn put, whlcl according tb press reports of I the proceedl igs at the nieetlng of your Sanitary Comirittee Is repeated, my (Com­ mittees desire me again to point out that th? Borough PoJlce Officer who received' the original message as toithe stating that qc understooc attended to the occurred, was cf refill to add unable to get £uy ambulanc^, We will turn o,iit for you If My CJoihmittee’ feel that In Is )iof right td allege ; that


been some misindcrstanding. wWith regard; m the allegailon that there


epresentatives'the opinion that there'bad as a refusal o: the ClltheroA Ambulance to


area ih which the accident accident,, after


?ou are stuck.” view of'tlm it the use of the


, let us khow.


ing arrangemer t between your Council and the Borough Council for the use of {the Borough Ambulance on behalf of your Council , was mAde, a numbeb nf yeaVs ago, i t ; was not red iced; Into wr tmg. - By ithe course of time ibat arrangement has becomd vague and unce-tain, and thsjt'Was whatjthe r Mayor meant when he expressed to Press


As you are ajWare, at; the time the exist­ i 1egrettable ace dent at Paythome on Ithe 1 submitted i'our letters of the 16th and 2 ultimo and> :he arrival oil an Ambulance.


THE SOCIAL DIARY ' To prganisers ol alij Social Events.


Put a Prellmlnaiy Announcement of your, ^ event iln the " Advertiser' and Times ” and se(!ure your place lb the Social Diary to avoid clashing.,


Mar. 24-yWomens’' Unipnlst • Association, [_Meeting, 7-30 p.m. i . .■ ! .


May 4,


Sept 3-jBolton-by-BowIand Agriculture I Soc. ' I Show.


Nov. 26-Congregatlonal i I Work, Visit of


Whalley


Sept., 17-"Slaldbum ■ Agricultural Society’s { Show, to be held at, Newton;


: I Protest.1


PARISH GGUNCIL ON! INCREASED ’ COST OF LIBRARY SERVICE.


Bamoldswick Should you be '


Council {against incr ;ased County i ex­ penditure has been forwarded to: the Clitheroe Rural District Council with a view to {that authority passing on; the complaint Council.' After


A vigorous protest by Whalley Parish to the, Lancaslre County


forwa!rd to thb District Council a resolu­ tion In the following te rm s :


meeting directed


to what We regard ,as'pot merely unwise but completely unneemsary expenditure, so far Asjour Own tqwnshlp Is concerned. “ Fpr .pome yeays, thanks to ithe


ever lncfeas)ng demands of the County Council .{on latepayets generally In Its area.i and calls for the exercise ilm- medlatelir of the most rigid economy. We would especially (fall your attention


“ This Imeetliig views, with alarm the i,


generosity of Lady Wbtsley-Taylor, J.P., C.C., public IJbrary i accommodation has bebn iproyided and;'appreciated at quite suitable preihlses In! Station-road, which also had the virtue {o' being centrally situated. Without; reference elthey' to


discussing j tfie matter at their on . Monday, the Parish CoilncU the Clerk (ifr. H. P. Alrey) to


The MORRIS EIGHT Gives You the


Gomfoi^ and (Performance Dt a cig i^ar for the Cest and Economy of a Small Car. ' ‘ '


OVER 170,000 MOTORISTS HAVE PROVED IT I '' J ■ 'J -


I meets [the economically Inclined the whole waj !only '£ 6 .


iMOnitilS 'EIGHT costs so iUttle to Petrol Consumption over 4(1 m.p.i i ......... toithe skill of Morris Engineers and thje


tributf of speiilallsatlon, You can’t beat It I


th e clrcunstances, we consider quite lun- neeessary land, there lore, wastefuli ex- pendltUrAi We ask that this protest should be forwarded to the County


ybur 'Coqncll br to | the Parish Council, the County authority lias for this purpose acquired other premises, the maintain-, ance iof ■ vhlch will !cc st the ratepayers apprbxln ately; £100 per year. This, In


Council With the suggestion th a t If! we, and local authorities generally, are to be reAUyjhelpful In ;lo:al administration; we' artd they might In future be' consulted In subh matters as the duly elected repre- sentatlveA of the peome.’! ■ -


when: thA local rating authority: "was askefi t( 'assess for trate purposes I the


local representatives „we may as well surrender our seats on) the local Council.” Mr. Varlqy added, ! ‘[The whole of {our Parish'Council was vot indignant when first acquainted with the change.”- j ;


“ If we{are to be ignored In this vyay as ' ■ I


sept to the local Couhty Council repre­ sentative,' Lady Worslfey-Taylor.


t Mr.iVarley said that the first Intimation ohe Pbrish Council received of the change


: |


CbUncll, Mr- R. T. Valley who Is one of, the; l^ a lle y representatives on Clitheroe Rural District CbUncil, told an Inter­ viewer tpat: £100 might not appear tp be a parlcularly larAe sum, so far aS County expenditure Was concerned, but If It was a ,straw Indicating the way {the trind,!was blowing. It justified attention being called to It with a view to “ halt ”, being! called Irnmedlaltely.


\Thd Chairman ! of 'Whalley Parish i , f public library premises at Whalley I'was


newl? acquired premises, That 'was a real Aurpitlse and was regarde'd as s(iaht courtesy. .


A copy! of the resolution has also peen'


t h e . Read Congregational Church on Wednesday en te r ta in s a large audience at' the Methodist School, submitting an excellent programme In happy style. Mr. Frank Parry, of Blac eburn, occupied the chair. ’The first p a t of the,entertain­ ment consisted of a comedy, “Mrs. MAgg’s S fiver Weddiig,” a bright pleie thUt 1 wa: richly en oyed. Afterwards, the Read ladies submitted a programme of I miscellaneous ItenA, including songs, duetq, apd humorbui numbers. Refresh­ ments wbre served !diirlng an interval by ladles of proved a


•Rushton.


to'all who’ had contributed towards the excellent' result; wqre voiced by Miss


the congre ;atlon. The evening very pleas: n t one, and thanks


______ Th enet ip for churdh funds, atr


oceeds, which were ountod to about £7.


service was held In St. John’s Church in thb morning of Ash tWedneSdAy. All the scholars of the day ichool pttended. ,The service |Was cohduqted by Ithe Vicar. There"were also services mortitog and evening,! . ' ■


whist drive-and da ice was heldTn! St. John’s qchoolroom in Shrove Tuesday. About twenty-three ;ables wete occupied, the T O winnersibling:


coiign, jMlss M.;' V (halley And Mrs. J. Wallbank; Messrs. 'V. Shoesmlth, sfenr., J . ! Shotomlh and Miss E. I Shoesmith (deputising). D h ! music for dancing was.'supplTed by Mu 'HardlkAr., ■ : As a result of this effort' the choir lundsl will benefit: py £5 12s^ Thanks! pre dqe to


J, Myers- ' j- 't' '


thfi late Mf.iRobert l^rner, 12, Mitton View, last'.iFWdfiy: set 6alll% Shenghal, whefe he Is tb 'take UP a post as super|vlsor -lp the C.P.4' ®P*riitng woris. applfcanb tor the pbritl a"successful dareer! gt Clltpero|': Technical stqpled weaving and


Mr, iHarold Gamer, eldest' Aon of Mrs, and ----- 'I---- -— '-'. {',


I There; Wdre] fifty ittlon. Mri .pamet had S the iBlAckburni and B chools, ' ' where! he


plnning., i " . WBIST DRIVE.-4-A ; very enjoyable | ■ ..1


HURST GREEN. CHILDREN’S SEI ,VICE.+-A children’s


WEST BRADFORD. ENTi^TAINMENT.f-Lady members of


was greatly enjoyed; Senior scholars opened vdth 'the s|'ng, “ Good Evening,’! and similar Items] which followed were “We’re all; good pals,” and “ Safety First,” sung by the boys, and a song and dance by Ithe girls entitled, “ One Hundred Years from Now.” i One Of the most' attractive items, “ The animals went In,” vyas extremely well done by Joyce Atkinson,' Audrey Horrocks,': Jean Parrish, Connie Heap, Florence Holgate' Gordon Macfariaije, Joan White, Victor Fuller and {Whhe Healey. A further'song, " Bubbles,” iwas sung In splendid f Ashion by Gordon | and Charlotte 'Macfarlane, Peter! and Pamela Muir. Joan White and Irene' Fuller. , One of the most popular action so n ^ was'“ Llttle Old Lady,” In which Jean Robertson, Iris Merton', Eleanor Hewitt, i Nora Bartlett and- Audrey Horrocka took part. {Eight juniors wAre warmly applauded for executing la daijce very cleverly,.the clifidre(n cbncemiid being Joyce Atkin­ son, GeoffrAy Little, Willie Healey, Audrey Horrocks,. iDorialci Robertson, Florence Holgate, Peter Mhlr, qnd Connie'Heap. A donkey iMd itjs antics cp sed . much amusement; In another capital Item In which those taking part I were June Hanson, Charlotte and Gordon Macfarf lane, Audrey Hqrrocks, Dprothy Hop- wood, Ctonnle Heap, Irene Puller, Gordon Dennett, Victor Fuller and WUhe Healey. The first iihalf ol the programme', con­ cluded with the action sqng, “ The old woman wh'o llved In a shoe.”. This Iteqi was extremely vtell given j-by Ah®® Horrocks, iDonald ‘Robertson, Florence


“ At HomeS,;’ held In connexion with,the' Congregational Church, on {Friday and Saturday ^'yenings There [was ah ex-' tremely large 'attendance,'I on Friday over by Mr. 1'Wm. eroe. The children lus programme which


mentewer'e provldM by the children and the Aerials Concert Party a t the annual


evening, presided


Grlmshawj pf Clit gave a miscellanei


all whoigave'the ip:lzes And' those {who helpbd to.make the !ffort.pucp A success.


Holgate, Connie Heap, Irene Puller, Gordon Macfarlane. Charlotte Macfarr lane, Wlllte Heale ?, Paiiiela Muir, Gordon Dennett, Fred D iwhurst, Dorothy Hop- wood, Joan 'w r ite : and Jqne Hanson. Recitations wer( well given by Jean Parrish, Florenc5 Holgate land Connie


AT HOMES.—TWo splendid entertaln-1


CLITHER LABOO


held I their 35tti The Clitheroe


{candidate, was Ithe meeting,


Clitheroe Dlvlsii the unusual cln the late Forelgnl disapproves the c{ Majesty’s Gover the niandate upj ment Was electei


unanimously: “ That this


slight gain together with individual mA: The following


b e


teprekentlng 32 sections from al Mr.' Stephen


DIVISION


GENERAL ELIJCTION WANTED R PARTY,


Saturday in Padlham, Mr. R over an attendap;


E|lvlsl6h : Lahoul: Party aniual nleeting on Cd-operatlve. Hall, 3. Thompson presiding


■lie of Seventy delegates, afifil Ated societies and


present and tddressed ,teport| showed a


the National ExAcuth e of Lahtmr in its demands for


Election to test t h ) feeling ol this |


________ _ It therefoto supports immediate General ,


Imstances und,er which !ecrfetary resigned ahd ange of policy by His lenti which was nOt which thA Govern-


iual meettog of the Labour Pqrty regrets


,i


when jthe Parliament! by Labou:' Party In ; the House of Commo: is moved a ; vote of ; censure on the G()yernmeht >for the action taken In regard tp the late Foreign Secretara, M t the M'jmber for Clitheroe Dlvlslcm supported t h ; Govern­ ment )n th'e dlvlsjon lobby. |


country.” H' [ ■ I ’ I '' I ' ' I t was reported to me meeting th a t ,


Tickle (Great Harwood) auditor. {Repre­ sentatives fron vapous parts jof the Divlspn were aipblntAdto the Executive


(Cohtlnued f torn pjrtcding I column.) ■ i ! ' '


Heap, and |a plan )fof to duet by Jimmy Macfariahe and I lenneth Hammond. In the second,half )f i the, programme the children gave th( :;play,‘ "BumPylstlltr skin” The various characters' wer& cleverly suAtalnec by Hovyard Mowle, BAryl Booth, Jack Foster, Norah Bartlett, Iris Mertpn, Brenda WllAon, Jimmy Fdster, • Jimmy Macfarlane, Kenneth HAmmondJ Audfe;r HorrockSj Joyce Kelly, Joyce Atkins; Stanley Carter, Walter I (Continued fc ot of next column.) : i


I T T "— n ' 'i i ;;;


Parker, ViAtor Fuller smd Donald Robert-1 son. {All thA cl lldreri; did extremely well i and credit Is due to Mr. andiMrs.iC. P. i Claytori who w ire responsible i for ;thelr i training. On Saturday evening,, th e : Aerials Concert Party isubmlttAd a first- 1 class programine which was greatly en-1 Joyed. I Mr. ’ll Holden, lOfi Whalley, ■! presided, and'lajalni therS was a fairly ; large attendance. Refreshments were j served by a ladtoi' commlUeeii andt'tliA i " At Homes’’ were veiiy successful.':


i ,;


Thompson president; Messrs. P Spowden : H (Padlham) arid G. [Monkmari i (Great ;


The meeting I "re-elected Mr.i R. S. ' arwdod) vice-presldAnts; arid Mr. T. ;


; ;


Chairman, after {which' thA' {delegates partook of tea, provided by.thej Padlham ; Women’s Labour'Section.


Cominlttee."' ■ ■■: H '''! . I; i ThA meeting qWsedl|wlth thanks to the


)'arto|of the|D vision, haw, the prbspectlve


. the financial year, in ihbrease bfl over 400 ibers! isolutlon


passed


iln botp Initial outlay and running costs the MQBRIS EIGHT ' . Tax Is T h atthej


THE MORRIS EIG ’! : (Tax


Two Sealer..,. 2 door Saloon (fixed 2 door Saloon (slidiij; 4 door Saloon (fixed 4 door Saloon (sUdiiii


PRICES \ include


buy and )nplntamiis a! technique;


dT 'SERIES n. i;6).' i


!1


£126. bead)


Tourer £128 i....... i..£128-


head) head)


heai) ...,'..1..^139 .i..£139


' .'£149' BUMPERS land TRAFFWORS-l .! ■ :;'i)


April 22{i-Waddlngton Rj K.iMonstre Whist I Dnve and Dance. 7—Methodist Floral Bazaar.


April 10+-Methodlst (Wesley);Church: Stain- {: er’s ”Crucifixion.’’ 1


I Trophies by Sto Wm. Brass, MP.. at the Starkle Arms Hotel.


(., i


(Wesley) Church, 1


Church: Sale of Sir William, Brass.


Mar. 13-|-Wesley MethodistChurch: (Jholr "Sermons. [ I 'V; ■ ' ^ 1 '


April 7-tmlst Drive, Cobservatlve Club,i7-30. April 84-Ribblesdale Table Tennis Assoc.; A { ; Social Evening land Presentation of


(S


M )


T h e iW e rag e Map . The man . of moderate means must


ABSOLUTS SECURITY for his money. He


and I with OPEN w: and i where his I husin POUNDS


at his ov AT ANY he ;will


! In


PEOPLE’S There are unpaid.


tave, above I all {


1 convenience. He must 1 be able TIME HE WISHES, anci he must f et ALL : his money backj POUND


must be able to add to his savings


i interest added. ' He needs ;a 'ijlEN HE .HAS FINISHI^D HIS he is received with courtesy and less involves a ; SHILLIN'G or H


by small suras! WITHDRAW


r !Iank that; is!


)e certain that FOR POUND!


UNDREDS !o f I ' ! '


AY'S WORK,! civility whether!


short, he wants: a Trustee Savin BANK-^which is mot copducted :ftjr no shareholders and the Board of


gs . Bank—THE| private profit.1 Management | ,is


, .i:


Clitheroe (Opposite the


Blackbura Trustee Savings Baiik Branch; 3, CHURGH STRIEET


HEkp Office : LORD ST. 'WEST, BL( .OKBURN ' I Free Library) Branch Managd:


Jonn R. Ezbsb2lw ;:!' i


. ^ i '! i, ! ' [■


. i-' iV i


LOW MOOR GARAGE' TEL,. i j


■'I - K 111


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