■ ;■! r; ■t i ■ ■ 9I^^|pROE ADTERTISEE AND


^men tlniraistSi Prepaying foil* (iUTHEROE


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DIVISION'S H E ^ U Y


yirsl Assheton, t - I --if 1 7. l^i|. •' >ri"' -CJ j i;-


RECORD POSITION


Re-elected YEARNS USEFUL I WOI^K


. 'A ^ CUthi


Association held! last Triursday rii^ht at Padll api Corisejryatlve Club..-


Increased,meijibershlp of !128 waJ repbrteli at trie annual meeting of pe Division Women’s Unionist


•,. .j j


ot ier division had a comparably m< imbeirsbip, ;; the riatlonal^'j w( lild be doubiej It was estimated tha^ one wbni^n voter in every seveiji


in this' division Aisoclation. |


Hall, presided oveij a good attendance and, iurlng the meeting, was unalnimouS'!' ly rcielpeted President of the Association; In tiyi| anijuai report, Mrs. A^wprtri,


Mrs.i.!'i Asslheton,


is a niembet of : the of Dpwnhan.


the I rihie Minister increased


the s icyetaryj paid tribute to the untiring and inspired! eflortk for peace' made br


during the.;cjrlsls. MEMBERSPP.


“At our* annual riieetihg last {y^ar/we werelglpd, to announce that our memberr


ship had increased by , flfty-one,” Mrp. Ashwpr|;h proceeded. : " At the same time we appealed to every biranch to make further effojrts to get in toiich with people,! whd: had. not alreaify been approached arid tol make them members;


. We 1 eel! coiffidentj that this lias been attempted in every branch, as We have a great erii I increase .this year.,


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’ this vearto!make still greater Efforts yo get r meiiibers.Tand so help, to return our wriiber when the General] Election


• that Have mhde the special effort arid have been sdccessful. At the s ^ e trine we w )tild urge them all to do toelr, utmost


■comeS|.;]:i Mrs.


nnual meeting in'January, _ resigned her post "as the


hon. tfeasuijer of the Division which she had le d fof nine ^rears! We'areiglad to knov'triat sfi’e wari elected vlce-chalrmari of ti e division and so will still ytork wl);h the AsMclatlon. f Miss! 'Greenwood was elected'Dlvlslorial hon.; treasurer in her plac'!, (and iWe are lrid.eed fbitunate jtb hav( rier sdund and b£ lanced Judgmmt In Biicri a responsible post.y ;:


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" . in'i l innlovatlqn wa s y tried!, b7,. Asstclgtionjln Februaiii, wheri a irieetlrig


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Is t le. first time dur. Aslpclatlpri has hejd suclia irieeiinglnBurn .ey. : The experi­ ment .Was a great success, as it enabled theT rilembers Who ll're In the rural dlscflcta to!'attend a, centralrnie'etirig wlthout'haflng far to go. So.s.uccessful was the experiment thai; we hope to make it ejn grinuai fixture.! ' ' - j ■ | |


was organised In Burriey, at Which'our Met ibgf, Sir William Bi ass, spoke. T ^


COJffiEXmONS. !';


• In Mar’i:h.' i Read were the winners of ffie shl(£d for the skpnd. y':ar In succession.


llltheroe, Wdlham Juniors and, Read conjpbtod In the Speakers! competltlpn


WeTborilratulatb them bn their success. In trie Area Spe^ers’ cc mpetitibn held In. Manchester In .April, CJtheroe jtled wiffi,, Rouidaie ..fpr tWrd, place, Westmorland being'flRst'dnd Preston :iecprid.; I I , fouii Secrela'ry attended a special mid


most Helpful course t t Ashbrldge jfpr' orgimjsers and secretaJes In. trie sum­


mer. !.|f' l!'- '!■ ■ i , ■ ■ ■


a Aurilbr Imperial PoL'tlcal School held at Blackpool In:June, as guests of!our AssMJlritton.i A ,member, Mr, ;I^,nls Por­ ter, ggve an excellent arid detailed acpiunt of the School at oqrj WpnRen’s


Exeeffiiy'e cbfiffilttec/ineetingi In - Sep- tenber, '


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“ Weilongratulate Miis Garnett, Cljalr- ndnl of our ; Assbolaxlon, jori w ln ^g the^County Council! bye-election .held riiffiitheRoeiiln Jose, andiwlsb| her


!' inkhvorkii''


icalth and strength for this Import- ‘-"''-I ' ■ T ||


wA i held In 'Padiham,- a ad pRpvqd a-great tsuCceSS-p Mrs. Wo’rrall, vice-chairman ni'


' “ iri’Qctober, a one-d£ .y Political School


mi tefe, gave 'a nibst riiterestlng|speech pn ‘Pblitil’cs today,’;'; This ,'vas fbllbwedriy a veiy amusing arid Insti uctlve .canvassing demonstratlbri by the Padiriatn ffitoORs,


he Nbrth-Westerri Area Advisory Corn- veiy amusing


on their efforts." The Member Briss) I who was the speaker liafi a' jreat reception.


I THE “ IMFS.” : In blltrierPe, GrPat Harijvobd anti Whffiley,


In [the autumn, a Junior Imperial Le igUf! mlssloner i fora ,ed new branches


Tl ese, with Padlham, a p Increasing mPmbWshlp and provtag Uv| and til isla; tic branches. ' Tlw circulation ot ‘|lome a


is npv^ 403, this being or last year ' for liOT work;as secre ex cellmt paper.


'Member addressed elg ejghf qlso.


: A rs. , “Mte. Lq/^rsbn, M.B,


We thaik Mrs! Hodgkriis iary foR this-very


.“Dutlngthe>y6arl04_^


1ms ] (vere lield and 2 OmakeRs addressed .


M„„.oian increase of 41 ____ and — r


educatibnal r Rpt" soclAls. meetriigs.


Staff- the


laffrier,' IMrS.: Hcaden, Miss R. - - 'ss Campbell an 1 Miss ]wade have 4 Hioti-inriRiJ! OI U vClo ,


Division trirough


.ociatlori in theri branches, sorry !to lose


it, and] the, Agent E.. Mrs. Grt


gory, ibln-


': bfflUieeRs. Wic:atc for their work for


~ Mrs; Lawson from


U health, arid -we We


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who. are very'much W be congratulated I 1,,.


— ’■ — (SirWm. after tea,


“Sfeven of theteadlham Juniors; Attended, ■ j ■. > I"


3,422, as against 3,294 in 1937! an! Increase of USijJ We congratulate the branches


“Our; tdtai paying membership is now [|j| was polhfM ^ t . that i f , eveij^^


to all our volu: Uenialh aiid'ji in office work.


:ity to ;thaffic; J


I , : I TBIBIIT] ; "iWe wouid l


Leonard lUng- yilklrison who has audited our, accounts y


wish her, mahj and activity in " We offer.


.


itary speakers, and to Mr. [fs. Blrhle for their help iroughout the year.


' ---------' -----^ to :, pbemieb.


cominittee jniembers for their unceasing .workiduiing'.the'fyear, for


Their ; untiriri| working for a: elections, reg| efforts, speak'e but 'npt least, and collecting appreciated.


this Assoclatiph would not be, able to carry on the wpjrk it has so much at hea!f t. efforts and loyalty In


_________ our branch officials' arid them


d taklrig part In' all local istratlbri, money-ralslrig s’ competitions, and last,


'in making [new members subscriptions; are; greatly


. Mr, Neyiliel Chamberlain,'Jthe hCrrors of war were averted^:


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He'saved us f :bm war then.;] It Is for us all to help him to save us from war in trie future;by shij^Wngihlm that we areiall willing and ready to serve our. country


by’iat once enrdUlng:for National Service, and so show l.thb Wdrld What is the strength of Democracy and the spirit qf


Britain.” , . ' j . ! i I I ' ' ZEALOUS ' officers


; Moving the! adoptl6ri';Of the report and balance sheet, j Mrs.' Asshetbn congratu­ lated .the brtoches right rieartily upon the increased :mem.bqrshlp. !j They could beljustly proiid of ]bpth! stateirients, and shbithpught the Association! was lucky to have Mlss -Gjeenwoo!d as the divisional


treasurer.’ .Mss Greenwood had always taken a^keerti interest In their activities


creditable, pOTofmjffice,’ as the competi- tlpn was a stiff one: arid covered a wide ;arqa..:,Shq Weht on to Congfatulate Miss ! Garnett upon wri\riing'the Cbunty Couri]- cll! election, i When they knew she hail accepted’nominatlpn they had not the sU^test doubt as to the result, for theiy knew how pppularrihe'Was In Clitheroe,


itlbn,'Mrs! Assheton Raid she! was exceed­ ingly pleased: to see that their team had tied for third ffiace.l This yras a really


Possessing e vices to the


Juirior Imperial League,'who said that he had not hem i into' a Division whege he hari receiviri |So' much, help' from the Woriien’s Association as hadiheen his ex- perlence In'the Clltherpe' Diylslon. ■ She ,w^ glad.to' see that so many educational meetings had been held in the different bririchep! j !!| - 'p; '4 .


the moriey the Po lit:ical had heard


Mrs.' Assh


qqprlence, jMiss Garnett’s ser- Courity would be useful. '


etbri proceeded : to say that spbnt on sending juniors to iSchbollwas well spent. She from, the organiser of the


anrif.at ope period, performed the secrcr tarlal dutles|| jin'the speakers’ compet-


“jin Septemfier last] this country faced the greatest! crisis since the dark-days of 1914;! Tb rough the inspired and nri- liring .'effoi'ts of Our Prime, Minister,


;e to take this opportuh-'


____ Jar sincere thanks jto Ui. willingly for, many years,


yearSj pf renewed health ^orecambe.


REVIEWED ,


lo y


the.suppdrt and:loyalty,'of all the mem­ bers of the Associatibn. She was indebted to them, and i|;o jMfs. Asshetoh,’Mfs. Howsln and Mlsi help, and alioJ)Vlrs imagnlflceht .‘iwork Division; 1 Tnefr CO


ilf


Gfeenwood, for their Ashworth for . the


;made what'woulp ;be into a very pl^as'ant


members!


li.er as their.ciialrmaijiVMlss Garnett’saldl Ithat whatever srie h ^ done would not have been possible unless she had hpd


Thanking trie 'ipempers for re-electing i VICAR OF CLITHEROE’S PROTEST.


: “ It is not good that the man should ; be alone.—Genesis ,11., l8.,iI ,■:;! .


,M,A.) uttered a protest agaii^t |the'ffiW-'' iise of the BIbUcal passage iaup|pd:'above


i T. the Parish Church, on Sunday eveni , ■ Ing, the Vicar ! (RCv. TV.'8. JHeim,


she did, fof the operation and help a very difficult job one. ■ ' ’


land Miss Greenwood, tributes being ppldi u the services they


Mrs. Hoyrslniwas elected vice-chairman. honprary treasurer.


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rendered to’ the AsMclatlPn. ;Mr. If KlngtWilkffisi


accept! the-posltlb for a further iweli


i again to be tb tlve on the mittee, and, Patchett, I was Women’s Advisory Committee.


Cheshire anp r'wescroorland: Provincial Council. Mrs. Assneton. and Mrs. Riley, were noiffinated :ks Representatives to be elected by the Cpunpil. Miss Garnett is Relation’s representa-


Miss Campbell arid Mrs. "Whittaker were elected delegal|es to the Lancashire


t ■cial Executive Com-


ln| dpmpany; with Miss appointed delegate to the.


I CLITHERdE’S LEAD.


! had been] to a meeting In the Clltheroe Division, phe |lld| not'feel a stranger to


given by jMlss! Sbencer, Secretary of the Central Women’s Committee, who ,sald that although] it] was the. first time she


; that part of the jvorld, as her grand­ father’s people came frorii Burffiey. In addition! !,she had ^nown Mrs. 'Asshetori


!creased its mbmhebhlp arid' slie' would! jfatu:


, and Mrs. Ashv^orth foir a long time. ' She was pleased that] the Association had in-


I doubled. ! One 'eiectoiri in the members of the. Association and!they had


:'(Cvery reason to itlnctlon.


; X,- _.A tontinueq support. An election ; offing 5 she did not know whCn,'


femlnded, the now a; big feiut] she hoped'they


was that there since 1918; thbn kind of: dIstuRbi world.


tion their was In, the but it was bouridj tb be within two years. The election, wh6n|it did come.lwould'be a vital one! She kne\R that thememberS had beeri told[tljia(! every elecUPri siriCe 1918 was a vital one, but; she thought this latest statement] tb be' true. The fact ......... had Ibeen very llttlei peace had always been some ape 'or unrest In the


..........._____ If '■'VITAll


war had bepn| a did not


persuade tneiri that, the next election would be of 'vital Importance’to this of ithe seriousness pf


Every ,eie Jtion need


country in vllw. fbrqlgn affairs;


Qne ithing abtolutely necessary, was that'Britain shquld have a united arid experienced Government. She did not tffink that sutaqlent istress was laid at trines on the 'word ‘•experieri?.ed.!’tiTh^e; were) times when they'cou'ld, perhaps,' afford to make! egpqriments, but this was ley did not want a


!:Mrs.; A^eton added her. personal


thanks to the officers who had worked so well'during the year. They were the backbone i of | the | Association. Ihey carried on, In season .and out.of season, wfth fhelrl meetings,* which involved a Iqt of I work l|i organisation and In making thfe necessary arrangements. .They h made excellent progress under the splen- did and irispiied lead.of Miss.Garnett and


whose perseprence land efficiency could not be .ateeteed too.ihlgrily,; Mrq. Ashi-r worth! went out in all sorts of weather to the meetings|of th e ;different branches, and it was.ithat! personal touch which erikbled then! to meet with sucri.' con­ tinued success.


with the assistance *of, Mrs,, Ashworth* ?ho


' - ~ . Ams. assheton i PRESro^Ti


(Fence), land] seconded bj (AlthSm); Mrs. Assheton was unanimous­ ly le-Dlected President of the Assqciatlori.


On the proposition of Mrs. Hodgklris by Mrs! Jessph


Mts. Hbdgklfis said it jwas a privilege to move the resolution. She had worked with Mrs. Assheton since 1916, and knew of. the many and varied organisations wffichlhad hfer subport! and IriteRest.'Mrs.- Assheton never spared herself;' and they couid'piot hai]e a better or more enthusi­ astic president,'■


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' Expressing: j thanks j 'for the continued tayalty of the members, Mrs. Assheton said sriq was willing tb;do her best to help return Sir 'VVllHam Brass to the House of Commons. She knew that she would not call ripon the members of the Association in vain when the time came. " i


| MoVlng the'reappolntment of Miss Gar­


nett :'as chaiRffian,''Mrs. R. Greenwood,;pf Whalley, said Miss Garnett was, a: great asseTto the.iDivislon! ] She was always cheerful and full of enthusiasm, and even Ready arid willing to riblp the menj-] bers and officials whenever she could.


AGAIN


not] the time, half-and-half deal with forel weRe united, b it in some cases they had beqn hammered into unity like a black- th would hammer bits 'of metal, 'in was the result Pf ro


kln^ of Government to Ibn! affairs. Other countries


thlb country juriitj natural


iGPternment vjlth tRadltlori behind It to deal with


emergency will


' Grivbrriirient kriew from experience what were the vital needs ot,this.ebuntry. ' llf, they \had gone] Interfering here and interfering there in the past few years, we could have: been, in all kinds of trbubie.\ We dolnot want a Government that vrill chase dangeRbus hares In every possible direction.” "I:PREPARED. , Urging the : meim


BE


duties which members' of the Association were asked to perform, and gave some useful: hints on electioneering. . The Prime Minister | (our equivalent to the Feuhrer) could ;|not win an election by himself. He had toibe supported,by-the. people; he could rot get a 90 per cent, backing, as dl^ * the leader In some countries by suppressing the.oppositioh;:


advarice tor ari elbctlon. Miss. Spencer stressed the Impoijtaric’


ribers- to prepare in e' of the various


; organisations as tlieir's could scarcely be ’ ’ 0 1)1


the vaiu'ehf vdluritjer work and freedom. The lmportance]of the work done by such


In eonciuslcjn| Miss Spencer stressed


over-valued; so long as people got to­ gether, and took] an interest In public life, so long would We le free.


Johnson, who pReslded over the meeting vtolle the eiectiin of officers Was in pro­ gress, was propqseil by Miss Garnett.


Ariother: asset was rier election to triP County Council. . .Soriie people held that politics and County Council work should


not] be mixed, but It was a great advartr tagb, from a political point of view, when they had an official familiar with the activities of the County Council. , ' *


tM resolutlph which jwas carried unani­ mously. - ;j


itkrs - Man(^ers, of Padlham, seconded .!■'


hagen’s— One of : the biggest zoos in Europe— 3'


outbreak of foot-And-mouth disease. i


Thanks to the speakeR and ;to Miss


A vote of thanks to ' the Chairman i lterminated the-proceedings.


has been closed down owing to .an Copen­


'more than three iiyeirs. Tpe British average age, according to radio: statisticians, is five years. • i i


'i.


in Berlin, Germany now: numbers eleven and: a half million registered radio listeners, while the average ageljof jsots is stated to be not


; According to the ialjest/Statlstlcs, compiled,


to rpri all Pver the place seeking advice: because of Its jriexperlence. The present


afford to have a Government that has the Bltdatlon. We


arise, and, wp need] a canriot


stronger in the end than any;other kind of.;unlty.


growi.h, whi hlch: proved much ‘"We! never, know when An


since the eqd,pf the cruclal|oiie, ]arid they any. I argument to


ELECTION.


mfeiribers. that they had on to maintain, and, 'offid give the; Associa­


feel ! proud of the dls- In regard tc the future, Miss Spencer


: more thari 3,0()p, j and' if the riiembership all over ithe Icquritry was up to this standard, the total membership would be' In seven of the wpriien Clltheroe Division were


like to congratulate : .air concerned very heartily.,; They! h'qd a'membership of


Follpwlng the iieeting, an address was i ■


on will beasked to ■ if-honorary auditor months. ; ' !


In']: the Clitherpe Aifipteuf. .iPpefptle^ Society’s production, last weefc.'ofd’j'Vffi- tbfla and;Her Hussar.!’*' : 1 Before beginning his sermon, the Vicar Referred to thp 'passage of, Scripture the skeond chapter’'bf Geriesls,' depllhg with trie stoiTT.'oLthe creation.; He;said:! 9■When ! read the idtet lesson justlnoW


MISUSE OF ' “Ti'.iTfrV-


■HOb .T TO FRT;'!!! ITEMS FROM •!OUE. ISSUES OF-


i Four rioirilriatioris ibf .twp vacancies on . the Bokrd bf'Guardlaris were: John Hart-' ' ley,' Criatbufn-road ;ffiriqmas Lord, Castle


;qtReet:''ffilz,abeth-,lE!''IhornbeR,'Easthairi- !BtRjeet:'EdffiriridT. Welch,'^


! !■ The Guardians abolished the old-estab­ lished, ticke


riilsuse of these words;: ydth all their beautiful and solemn'assoclatloni |The stage was never Intended to be the rn'eans ofi making use of'Hply ScrtpJ;uRejhi -that


way.”


alone,” used In the„last act during .the scene in which Janezl urges Vikrorla!’tb


The Vicar was alluding to the-words; It is not good that (the) man should be


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.marry. ,! !'■' " !"J'' '' " " '.' . f ' ' ! When, on, Mondly, the matter! was


bfou^t to the attention of MrJL; Uatdy. .(the producer), he said he prefeRred; to. make, no comment saye to say triat the words used were those in the prffited libretto of the play supplied by the pub-


Ushers. ’ '"


“This play,has been'giyen Iniseyeral Lancashire, towns this-season :tdsf,' rind Where Ihave seen It the libretto, as


^not conceivably be levelled direcllyj at the CUtheroe sbclety; But It still was a pro­ test—and he stuck to It. 1 ! !


COUNTY i l c m i N 0 ; S ^ I O N 5


''magistrates at the Clitheroe Copnty,Sessions, ■on Monday, that there are '16 premises 'licensed for. thC sale oh.lntoxlcants. ‘! The pennltted hours for sale or supply of . intoxicating liquor on Hceinsed bremlses are: tfeekdays—


110-30 pm. " Sundays, Christmas Day . and Good Friday—12-30' pm. to 2-3q p.m.; ;7 p.m. to 10 pm.' ■


11-30 a.m. to 3' pm.; 5-30 p.m. to


census is' 6,389.. Excluding [Calderstones Institution, the population is',3,920., Based on


nhabitants! . One-hundred-and-seventy-nlne • ipfflcial visits to illc'ehsed premises were made


non-residents). One was convicted. :Two licences were transferred (luring the .year., There are six registered clubs, and from


tI Two persons were proceeded against during conducted, i ■ | ■ I. ' ' he year for drurikehnesq "(both males and


outside observation made! by the Police, the clubs appear to' have been well conducted, i; There, was no application for a new licence, o i The alterations sanctioned for the premises


f the Dog Inn! Whalley, had been carried licences, and one music licence.


out according to plan. Application was made for the renewal of eight music and dancing


i BLACKBURN LOWER DIVISION


Swalts.stated that there'are'ten premises licensed for the!sale of intoxicants, all;fully licensed houses. The permitted hours tor sale; or supply of' intoxicating liquor on licensed premises are: WPekdays-rrlWO am. to 3 p.m.; and 5-30;pm. to lO!30'p.m. Sundays, philstmas Day arid Good- Friday—12-30 p.m. l to 2-30,p.m;: 7 pm. to lO p.m. -Noinew


hicences were granted during the year, and i •


o licences surrendered on the ground of redundancy, etc.],.


225 inhabitants to each fully licensed house. ] The licensees of two fully] licensed houses were proceeded against during the year tor breaches of the Licensing Laws, both of whom were convicted. ]_


I One-hunffied-a'rid-sixty'-six official visits to d licensed premises were made by,the Police


i


i No persons were prpceeded against for drunkenness during Uie year. Two licences Were transferred.; ThreP music and dancing licences were granted, and application was made for,their renewal. ’ , ' ]


and 76 during hon-permitted hours, and with g the exception of the two. mentioned, all were


uring the :year4*!-90,.dufing. permitted hours, enerally found to be.well conducted, i,


' downham.


i CHdIR eitORT.—The !annual whist drive And dance in aid of St.! Leonard’s Church choir, was held in the schoolroom; on Friday night.ThP Vicar (Rev F. T. Bradshaw) and Mr. G. Hornby were M.C.’s for whist and prizes were woni by^^adles: 1, Mrs. G, Limbert; 2, Miss*.M. Tomlinson; con.; Mrs. M te. Todd. Gentlemen: 1, Mr. N. Windle;. 2,


HE MAY DRIVE AGAIN


day removed a motor driving dlsqualffica- tlon from John Cecil Fenwick,: residing at 92, Tulketh Brow, Preston, who, twelve months lago, was fined £5 and; had his Ucence Suspended for five years i for a motoring offence.


Clltlieroe County Magistrates on Mon­ i ';


court that Fenwick was a branch mana­ ger eiriployed by a firm of outfitters, and beforel the offence for which his licence w removed in January 1938, 'he had


Mr. IH: E. Scott, of Keighley, told:the driven 35,000 miles without: complaint. as


And Miss M. Hayner. Refreshments were Iserved The attendance was increased for W the dance. Mr. A. Taylor’s band, Chatbum,


r. Wm. Jackson;! con.,! Mr. J. HolgatC] ‘The ]" sitting ” prizes were won by Mrs. M. Parker


as in attendance and ‘‘spot” prizes were won by Mrs.,' R. Hbrnhy and Miss D.


Winckley;' A cake given


added £1 Is. Od. to the Won by Mrs. T* Robinson., The proceedings Iwere very enjoyable.


by Miss F. Tarver, proceeds: and 1 was


He wai Considerably handicapped In busi­ ness, living as he did In Preston and man­ aging |a shop in Blackburn. In addition,, he had to visit Bradford once a week.] It was a|serious matter for him that he was debarRed from driving a car. He bore an excellent character.


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. Mr.'LCe suggested that the magistrates, would now be: taking the right course If' they removed the disqualification.- An application was made at the en j of six


I chair. I After the usual buslhess meeting, Mr. Hlggson, a member of thei Lancashire Fed­ eration Musical: Committee) conducted com­ munity singing, bcgmnlng with ‘‘Jerusalem.” He went on to demonstrate howi a descant to a .well-known tund could be sung, and gave Ullustrations of various old Engllsh sdngs with a trieir distinctive features. i Miss-Bottomlex,


meeting was held In the School; when the nCw ' president, Miss - Ackerley,iwas In the


;.py03lAN’S IN8TITUTE.j;r-The" ^bruary


thanks to Mr. Hlggson, which was carried *ith acclamation.' Tea was then served by the ! hostesses, the new committee, after Which the ! newi programme was discussed and' the!social-half-hour was spent playing


fter the talk, proposed A hearty vote ol musical gomes. i j, i 'I


■Hungarian, bank.notes; Now she Is his wife. ; I 'T ' !'! • ! '


' : An: Ataerlcan furniture lAagnate, ion a visit to Budapest* fell In ^ove wlffi the plctur^of a girl which appears on the


The report presented by Superintendent The population according to the 11931 ■ • I . .


the latter figure there are 301! inhabitants to each of the T3'j fully licensed, houses; !wlth i three beer, houses added, one for every 245


by the police during the year, 138 dunng per­ mitted hours and 41 during non-permltted hours.' The premised were founp.to be weli


essional Division within the Church Police . •Division for. the year ended December, last,


s Presenting his annual licensing report and Statistics for. the Clitheroe part of the Petty


. , I • • ' ! Superintendenti W. Pagptt‘:'ihformed; .the '-IIBI


district' on . the , 11th; but were 'most noticeable In the Blackburn and Bolton areas.


Earthquake./shocks were!,felt;.ln th^


tive Club billiards handicap, W. W. Whiteside beat R. Coates.


In the: final pf the Clltheroe Conserva­ .


:W. Houghton, of Westlelgh, Hamhleton.' ■!


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At Gllndleton Parish Church, William Chew, ofi Bolton-by-Bowland, to Mllllcent • Frankland, of Slaldbum.i >;


, Wlttoh I Blackburn, in the fourth round of thei iLancashlre Junior Cup i com-


• petition. i


iAccordingly the Post Office officials sent It forwardito Whealey. neanOxford. Not


envelope from a letter originally Intended for a I gentlemani' at' ThornleyrWlth- WheaUey (near Olitheroe)'* but the post­ man tori that district could not find the rsori ito whom It was addressed.


In our office window was exhibited an


]• The population according to the 1931 Census, is 2,255,! and on this basis there are-


•there 111 ! It went on to Thornley,' In Durham: then to Wheatley HUl, finally returning: to Its original starting;point. Altogether it was possible, to count 25 stanlplngs. Possibly there had' been


our path.” This was a comment on the result of Ithe CUtheroe-Brlerfield match— the fourth meeting of the teams, at


‘The! briers are‘-finally removed from


the !l4th, A wedding took place, between Mr, Richard Bridge (of the firm of Bridge and Sutcliffe,:Clltheroe), and Miss Ellen Grace Houghton, second daughter of Mr.


At St.i Mary’s Church, Hambleton, on


by the Rev. Father Kartell, S.J., Thomas Cawley]to Sarah Ann Thornber, both of


Also at SS. Michael and John’s Church,


more, for the flap of the lenveldpe jffas Io4.! ■ .... N ; ' ‘


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MMbers of St. James’s Mutual Improve­ ment: Society made a departuRP from thdlr usual procedure by. inviting lady frtends to contribute short essaSiS'desig­ nated “StrayLeaves.”. - .These.wereread by ]the secretary,iMr-i S, GlatKe.; I,- i • .


-‘‘Memory ”, was ithe Utloiof .a! lecture glven to the St. Mary’sM^I.S. by the Rev. S. H; Haslam; -M.A; headmaster! of the Grammar School


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gave : an'ientertalnmeht i In . the Sunday, School; under the presidency.of,the Rev; G. iT. i Buchanan.!: I. Etchlbltlons pn the horizontal bar, Indian club swlngffig, etc., were: given by: Messrs. L. Kennedy, j. Buller, E. Metcalfe andHR. S.: Hacking. The 'programme; Included selefctlohsi by Mri J. Douglas’ band; vocal Items |by Miss Dlckenson'.'Mr. 'Wt'R. Dugdale and Mr. W.iWells; violin and concertina Solos by Mil. H..Forrest.and Mr. J.iLofthouse; and a recitation by Mr. Peter jjCennedy.; Mr. J. "Wt Hayhurst was the accompanist. In a concluding, farce the characters wete portrayed by Messrs. H. |R. Hacking, J. RoWe, 'J. BuUer; J. Lofthouse, "R. Rarkln- son, R. Hanson and'E. swales.


I The ' St. Mary's Gymnasium. iSoclety: i -i ! ■ ■' , ;!-.'i ■ 'i . '! : '■ \!


TAKE THE ollijIfllEGS


Energy that SenHs You Bounding up Feoi>i(! who BTUother to death'iJtc because


Cottagers Vegetable Society—thei Society waA tormed'ln‘1871-^a balance In hand.of about £17-’was rfeiJorted.


hp|50lnted' were Mr.- -S; Swales, president; Mr. [Thomas Penny, vIceJchalraiAn; Mr. Sam Brindley,;. secretary]; Wlnckley, treasurer..


_ | recorded.


months—in July last, .but the view, was :|thto expressed that it wjis prenmture.


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If Superintendent Pagettjsald heihad a irepbrfc from theiPreston Borough Pollcq. Fenwick was well known, and his bonduct iSInCe the offence had;been favoulable In lev^ry respect. iHe had po.objection,W ithe disqualification belngjremoved.


i MITTON.


Deaths: JohnlHltchen,! Waterloo, aged Henry Cox, iCoplow Infirmary, aged The deaths Of five children were also


and.iMr. R. . I .


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At the annual meeting qtjthe CJltheroe __aystem. — . t.f A -VitJUiout enougn ays eiri.


.Your fskin gets pale, flabby, often, pimply. (.Your neiVes gel jumpy—


Power] of-your blood,. ' Get;Dr. Wil iams:bra^ Pink/ hills to-day from-your chemist andlsce .for rouMcif . yow quickly this tlm^praven•blood.bmI(^ef will felicve* ■odr weary limbs and givetyou.newi hfo ana energy.


fou need is Dr, illiams j Pink Pills, ^lese wori^ i camous pills help ybU .to'make ttori’.and bett^ryfd.r. porpuscles and tbiis, increase the ; oxym


kInstead of treating a ioi.pr.<unc.cm, 'l8.”3d. a box. (triple aize'.Js; Od.): ' ' '.1, ; LOW MOOR


' LECTURE.—"! NAtritlon,” a film deAUng with: aspects -of the housewife’s food ptpblem. wlth commentaries by Professor Julian Huxley and! the Interludes by Lord! Aster, Mr. Herbert Morrison j and;, Dr. McConlgle,! was the chlqf Item of, an >


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Interesting film performance given under the I direction of Miss Crlnan, of the Na.tlohal'Mllk Publicity Cotmcll, to memr bers ! of the St. Paul’s Mothers’ Union, lastThursday evening. The programme Included other sound films Illustrating*- In an attractive way, the production, dis­ tribution And consumption of'milk,'Some of the most attractive ‘ishots” were sdehes of our quiet countryside con­ trasted with the noise and hustle iln a largelmllk receiving depot, hMlss-Crinan 111 a short talk stressed the Importanbe of milk In the diet ot everyfman, woman and child, and showed that (only by making the most of this .nearly, perfect, food could physical well-betog be main­


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your kidneys, HVeri stomach and^ bowels'Blow*iMWi lUW.Wl you tirc; quickly-ricel dcpressca. /


-WVhout wough, oxygcn-daMjngkWrpjiscU^ A


fin . nfIkV Biq alO Gfu ii '-/]


: as I cam'e, across that, same phrase in my; ;owri church, In the sacred atmosphere of , divine service, it ,did just pccuR fo,me;that itheSe were not, words tp be ml^edl arid linked ^rith comedy, lines on the stage!” i Mr.'Helni added that he knew the play riad been put on; In theatres all oyey the country.. His protest* therefore,! could


printed, has been used and actedlUpon”/; ' 'When Interviewed later, the Vlcdr Said: “ Nearly all my congregation had |seen the production ; I had seeri'it'ialso.’'But


I think you must have notlcedithpt words,' occurred which were used.'lri the ppera last week I to; introduce an unpleasant episode. I think you will agree thatil- ani justified in protesting-agalnst!';the


suffice, not only saving clerical and other expenses'but tratoririig by vagrants from ’the Ski'ptbri direction who had to pass the Institution,to the.Police Station and back, again.


tickets for admittance.t to the Workhouse at the'Po'Uce ffiatlph, aRipllcatlori "at'' .the'


jpra'ctlce,: 'of or-


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‘ Mr. W. Clough, Liberal M.P. for the Sklpton Dlylslon, announced his intention to retlrb' 'at the' end of the Parliament.


sllver-nipunted walking .stick , to ,Mr. A, ASpin, an b-f-erlobker, oh the' occasion of; his marriage.


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his, daughter, Mrs, Heyes, at 63, Peel- street; died’on the 12th, at the advanced' age of 79. A native of Rossendale, he .wasffiterrbd'at Rawtenstall.'


Mr. John Tattersall, who Resided with ]' ;, . *


‘■Mr. Jbhri Thomas Scott died at his home, 23, Brownlow-street, on the 5th, aged 58.


'dii Well known ln local sporting circles,


lyears'iis organist, Mr. 'B;: Dugdale; who] retlRlng for health reasons; was pre-' sented wlth a mahogany timepiece;


In recognition of'long service to Wad- ngton Wesleyan Church,: including 30


■ Ipresldlng at the annual meetlngiof the clltherb'e Nursing Association, the Mayor (County! Alderman j; Mercer WhIpp;J.p.)


: ol]';the-lew things that had coritlnued In the town, and he attributed Its'success to


■m!entioried that it was 22 years since Its fonriatlon. Its’ lnceptlbn was mainly due .to Mrs. Musson and Mrs. R. T. Bailey; He said, adding that the Assoplatlon was bnb


,the faet that the ladles of CUtheroe Had Joined so ehthuslastlcally In the’Work. '


’ Officer UdR. ' Macklln) stated that births Humbdred-35 agairist, 15 deaths; '


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: !ln his December quarterly report to the Clltherrie Ulstrlct Council, the Medical


o the'Workhouse ’Iffiey decided that Ins'tjtutiori' bhould


Issuing vagrants’


clithi plA'ce


bottp: mail rest, l ;ti Kno n]:a seen


was ‘ Cpu:


'■" eroe Conseryatiye] lAssbclatipn took In the Public Halilbh trie--‘’ntri, and largely attended. The M.C.’S were iijiclllors J. J. Carter and J.' Hi Rams-]


The 2ffih annual baU promoted by the


m; and the stewards Messrs} |J. Cpw-s W..DoWnham, H. Jackson,! R;. Fo|:;


J.IRawclifle, W. Dawson, Ej Swales,


’(Jmlinson, G. Hitcheri; R. To^ey! j; rt^,;an,d .H. S;jWhittaker, 'Wltli Mr. dersley and'Mr. C. Bennett! te'jolrit •dtarles., ' i ' , ' ' i"‘-


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' fbrb-ife^trrRouT: “ffijgers”! and 'a-:‘]ihumb,”l In placfiidf the.clpvenhopf. ’• Thei|ltter of


i In a litter of pigs bom at Waddlngton wab a freak, having two!" hands] ’ for Its


.nlriej brought; the-soiWs total progeny, to '154. ’-I


' - ’.I'v,-. ;j - ' ■ ’ Weavers at Waterloo Mill presented a Hurst Green, aged 80; Mrs. J. E.'E


brat'ed his 89th birthday on the 12tli, told !an Interviewer that he Was'born at Hurst Green In a 'cottage adjoining the SHlre-- burri ARms. As a child damp’s I school at Du tton


..Factory! row, Blllriigton, |73. MR. Hy. Snape, of Low] Moor, who cele.


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found I employment at j the UffiBroOks bobbin works, CUtherop, which .busriiesa


he attended' a' Lea, and lateR


; Was carried oh by Mr. Jobi 'Park|rison; - w 'Hur^].(lreen.: The fact that “Hjira^’diad Ito'slpep under a| bench |n the^ofkshopl '.accelerated a feeling; of • hompSekness; !'AfteR two years ostler at the srilrebum ; A ^ s rip was apprenticed to a shfemaker at' Mltton (Mr. T. Hampshire). But like ;tlie Eolyland lad |Who "couldn’t stand slt-| ;tlRig,i’ |he detPRmlnPd l'pn : ari'iputdoor •occupation and, succeeded In securing.ja post; as ‘ assiStarit gamekeeper’!At Clerk


; trip jmffi ,in'the following. April. It : was :hp.t limitll 1871; -however,' jthat'he, became, .engAgeji, by Messrs. Garnett as head igampkePpPr, arid'he wal PtUl eriiplbyed about the estateiby Mr, 'i^flffiam iGarnett


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to stand hard. Wear,’ . so tough aqa 5 waterp'roof th'at isliish and mud cah-’t !]


and BEVA ^ th e c for Boots ffifthavy ,


work., ^erevef men-’meet who work on the ' land, you’ll hear howBEVA lasts. Loo


harm them, jso comfprtab.l.d itljsitiftei; .11^^ .'tULCi,. UlC. XUU


(eel fcesli..'after,, the, hardest day’s, ' f iW


UPL UY. h“


U Ok ' for . iBEVAi oh ' the


]ldll,i I'whalley, during the' tenure ,bf a MrJ ’Hpdgs'dh, of LlvPjffiool, tn SP'ptPrqbeR! 6f 18.48ihe;!mlgrafed,to Low] MoprLrRrie.date being fixed in his mind by trie jurillee of


lijops. I


Deaths: Sarah Melllng, Stockbridge, entham,


When, yon’re oJi the gd all day, Un’ra la -


slant ne.^,oRftt$h|n|iigIii>' Wiih'lti.b^* . i dellcloos flavour WRIGtEY'S GUM retreiw!' ]


you, tone* yournen;es,he*j)ajon alert anlalda digestion. Both Spearmint (gai den mint)and ' P.K. (real peppermint) m sn re -


breath. Buy seyml packetato-^ ay,^nd a lm ja , keepn'sappIyhMdy.: j ,.!.i'i'ir.: e.T:2"


yon plenmnt k FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1939. i ' ( I 'n 'E ) .


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; at ' the age of elgnty-nlne. Erect of car-] . rlage, good hAblt's had’ cindufeedi to good health; he couldistlU walk .a,gpc|(l many] miles, and wasjable to read without artl- flclal aid '


hFiFY YEARS MGD ITEMS FBOOi CUE ISSUES OF, FBBBUABT 15th,


Leather^ far the Worst ■!:m Paul Odk Tannery, teeds»\


MAGNETO REPAIRS. ■il...


Also Specialists. In Repairs to DYNAMOS and Self Starters and Re-wiring of Can |


SIMPSON. BROTHERS, Limited^ (Dept. No.! 3 Magneto i Works) i


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HArt’ON-heur, Bumldyt-HABTON , ■i Thone: Padlhaffi j 14.: | r, ;


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MASSAGE & CHlROPOllYi Meeting iHoute, Sawley.


Get Oxygenffni'^OfiooiI init^.oii^llfRBj:/{l!8.


has: betn completely cut off; from , thenv- Jurt; :a8y surely] you arc slowly smotliennff i f (your blood lacka . red' corpii^lcs; ‘ 'tKccl:ct^puscTes.are y o u r /^ d y j / ' oxygen darner?. Kcd corpuscles,pic|c up the oxygei^, you b h a th e 'iii and carry,lit tO: c\'cry^ part; o i i y W ; . '


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