■ 7 ? ^ r - r r j 0 f )yERTISER!


im ::


I;',"


A.R.P.’s of Great I Protect your hop But we want Qs t o r it


a friefld t3


For Gopking, it||ph For E’eatiiig it ‘^as It’s cheap'land rt Use Cras arid all


ycii


iiiortance iia the riatipn, j ; i| from ' ga|s;, is now^jthe ji win your, approbat|ori| cannot :do without: ; |


qvides A iReal Pleasure, i ipever been|i surpass^


|illc,surely bring y^u ieis|ire, pur‘ Worries i jwill be pasti.


soimdedj its doleful watnihg note, for fully 15; minutes just after noon and members of the [brigade . bashed .to headquarters' Chatburh-road,| where, too, a big concourse of I townsfolk abemhled heedless' of waiting dinners.! “ Where is the fire ? " That was what [everybody wanted jto know. The brigade did riot;turn opti it was a false alarm—a second false sufnmons Within,a few Weeks. It appears! that Ithe gale had caused,wires to cross land the Incioter, sounded. 'Now thlsj.is- - joke and It is, hjgh time the cable, or


- dressed up land nowhere to go." I recalled this| old song' on Sunday .when the fire siren from the Castle


2


wireAwere pflt'i into Such.a position that it hot-'he' inter


long distances, to; hei


speed; ana energy they can summon, thpn to heitold it is a false alarm, is inhuman and ridiculous. inie:|flfem^! would he justified ini resigning, in a body until the matter jls put,right. ' ''


:ing I'elK. .To lave the firemen dash quarters, using all the


; I i rm - ^ 1'; A emce n r


Special Offer,'a Gas Fire fixed in any at 1/- per Quarter hire.


i:'Ti i CU tbetoe Cn o • : [ ■:! '** ESXD.


1829 . t ■


ingorrorating Subscribed Capital £10,


^ Reserve Fund! Total


EVERY EAD Office


RINGIPAD L r .


pREIGN : £2,


;ITED I I UNTY BANK


,560,^28. PaldrUp Capital £2,976.428 ,176,428 Deposits - - £83,468,8):


[Assets' £98,925,408 :31st December,!, 1938


BANKING FACIUT : SPBiii4G Gardens, Manchester,


iiNCijPALioNDONiCjlFFia:' -|i 75,p m t t i l l , E.C; i l :


.iVERPOoiL Office ' ri


1 EPAklMENT I


jI|RUSTEE ' .Department


OVER 570 BRANCHES. j.!:- fpR BETfeR^


Wearp Longra,r t" :1


i c p jA irB i^ ■ iROApI .dfiri "■'


jLopksv '.ilj: Snlarter:-[f:


i spring Gardens, MancEesW,, Ciriihill, ij London, ElG, t '3 | Castle Street, Liverpool, j, 2'


jUiper Market Square, Hanlej i Cnufch Street, Lahcaster,


King Stfeei, Manchester,;': 2 Old Bond Street, Londonj.W. Dale Street, Liyeipool, 2


EVERYWHER3 3,. Wafer Strep room FREE t e c t


munidipal afliairs, slnca month after month, whether discussion is likely'or not, he attends the meeting [of the Toton Council. Usually, he is the omy membeWof the public in the gallery.; I t : was so qn! Tuesday, and Mr. Smalley is i by this! time thoroughly accustomed jto sitting in solitary isolation there.; | On occasion, he has witnessed and enjoyed pretty lively scenes, but these haVe become: tewer, and farther, between. Time was when; the Town! Council meetings were re­ ferred to as f‘ The Talkies,” but now it’s ah almost silent'assembly, I and Mr. Smalley can hardly | get ; much , amusement out of his


, .


JOHN : SMALbEY, of Low Moor, surely has the right .to be regarded as the. ratepayer'! most interested: . in


with by gales or


enjoyed thenjselves to the'lutmost, and that these pahton^ime excursions are now defin­ itely ranke^ am^ingst the'|lard3| annuals.


arrangements were, as usurii, made by Mr.lW. King, and it nust be a souice of great satis­ faction to j him to know that the party


shijut^


lijlIiJiJliiiniiAlLiJ IN


A N D R O U N b A B O U t


ART 20, 1939. 03 TO


CAE sh: COLONI


ON W,\Y PEI DLETON’S NEW VICAR IDS AND, FALLS l^TO DITCH.


L N. A. ENGUND DIRS SKIPTON HOSPITAL.


OAUGHTER OF MB. & MRS Colonel


nesday, iPebijuary 8th, this time in the


. 'IJUT.Liveroool was only one of the panto, excursions which'I Mr. King ihaS arranged; There (s! another on Wed­


season. .ltd quccess is phenomenal, and, to consequence, the plan is jopen at Clitheroe station for; a restricted period;. Nearly; 200 seats are bespoken, so thatj those who intend to take up tickets should do so at once. The train wiU lea^ ['Whalley at 4-45 'p.m., 'Clith­ eroe at I 4[50,, and; will call at all stations (except iKewshoIme) direct to'Bradford.


to ijHelllfleld, thence


tales one pjl the speakers related. The best was about the man who asked a mill-owner for a job. ' ‘ I’m sorry," I the manufacturer replied, '(bit fny present staff is able to, do all the work wp have at present!” Undeteried, the applicant ^Id, “ Well, tha doesn’t need to let . that bother tha. T’ bit o’, work I’ll do won’t mek ony difference i( ”


■ tjr eSENTi at a local gathering the other A niglit,’], in common !with many others, enjoyed three good old Lancashire


fTAHEN-R nnp theje iwas the one about the mill


monthly visits !to th|e' Council .Chamber. Nevertheless;,he remalns'a faithful attender, and hik .presence Is lodked for by niembets. Obviously, Mr. Smalley Jnds these visits in­ teresting; no doubt he 1-occasionally gltehs information he might noi otherwise obtain.


-U ! ■ j n I;


paper ijshich records the doings of the R.Aj. aeroplanes which recently visited Australia, flying [from Egypt. Mrs.iAshbunier says her ieoplejat home ban hirdly realise the thHU Ihe experienced: when thousands of 'miles iway.ia townsman (Flight-Lleut. Musson) was lying ipver Perth. Thq Press cutting records


a letter to her mother—Mrs. Hanson, ;of Mitchell-stijeet—Mrs. Ashbumer ;j encloses cuttifigp from a Perth news­


IN ASSH2TON


Friday to the result of a motor acefldent late on Thursday!night. ColonM arid Mrs., Englaild had


)f Towr Head, Gargrave, died eaijly on


attendlijg a dinner party at the Griahge, Sutton-in-Craven, as the guests Cblpnel tod Mrs. N. B. Chaffers,


the company were jMr. and Mrs Hendersm, ; of Kettlewell, and Mr. Mrs. J. E. E. poirke, of Halton hear He llfleld.CMrs.! Yorke) is a dau; of Mr. !aid Mrs. R. C.' Assheton, of D ham Hall. |


I The dinner party was given in don- nection with a dance arranged bj Mr. G. W. R:ckards, M.Pl, and Mrsi'Rlckwds, for friends, in the Devonshire Hritel, Skipton ■'! ■ ' ' i ' '


| I '* I ' } .


[jCar by I IIrs.| Yorke, -^as on his way from Sutton ;o Skipton to attend the dince, followed by! other guests In their tors, when the accident pccurred..;


j Golofiel England,;;accompanied'ill his j . |


Near .he entrance to the town hi skidded, turned at flght-togles, aii1


into a'dsep ditch at the side of the I ■


' * .!


timed it, and then called the attention of the boss to the speed. He agreed the engine jwas running quickly and said: he would con-ect this. , ", Wha^ surprises trie," he adijed,' “ is that anyb([dy here has a watch good enough


operatives who came to the conclusion thaji.the engine was running, too fast,


good enouto to time a pigeon, let alone an engine I ” 11


;he doings of the avia,tors while in the dis­ trict, their entertainment' by the State Gov- erhmmt at a luncheon bt Yanchep, and again at Maylands 4?here thfey; were the guests of the president and members of the Royal [Aero Club of Western Australia.


Y^ITHEROE' had ^


embellish the interior. I The cover is a deep red Levant jmorocco. ite [only decoration—a mediiM Oicford border, front and back—, serving; to display the [fine natural grain of the leather, (yet Imparting a distinctive finish to a lovely, .dignified tohie. It is the workhf )Hr. T. Bailey, who is ih charge of the book- btoding department ati the "Advertiser and Times”:works, and a Wacher at the Accringj- ton School of Arts; ;and Crafts. The prodigi­ ous! task of illumination and lettering of somi 600' names Is undertaken' by a very capable artist; and caligi-aphist, Mr. J. L.i Higson, of Pimllco-road, now.on the staff at the Darwen Granjmar School. Mr. Higson also has asso­ ciations: with thp Accrington School of Arts and Crafts, where he [received much of his later : training arid won; several successes. Clitheronians may justifiably feel hroud that


together with fine creain'art silk. The diffi­ culty i of treating this 1 strong, hard-wearing material has beSi overcome by neatly johit- ing the; leaves with linen—a big factor in the enduring qualities of the-book. Each leaf Is edged Tull gold and headbands of red and gold


tlpn can be produced it its entlretjy locally.! ; A j 6lly party of nearly 300! Clitheron-:


such an'admlrable: voli le .as the dns in ques-


■ Ians anh;Chatbumians had a special : centre corridor train allotted to them


the time I before dinner in a go-as-you-please fashion. ;


; m. ; ■ ■


; ■ ■/. - L.


T}E-A6^EMBLING -■•*'!; Lewis’s ; eriipori


\ M :S‘ M ^ NOT; e |>ENSIVE: H &


A WIDE SELECTION IN NEW DESIGNS, j A MODERN (fIREPeXcE IS EC01S(6mICAII in the use' of Coal-


i' fhe old style range. Come and have


28/30, PARSON LANE, CUTHEROE. j ■ TELEPHONE 382.


1 ( ! ' i R. E. ; M We are Agents for the TRIPLEX and MERIDIAN GRATES. I m .. ! " .'.A f ^


-and! looks niore inviting than a chat about it !


lagh restaurant, I wherp service—and every­ thing else—was perfect. Going on to the theatre shortly before 17 p.m., they took up seats in five central blocks—all reserved, and for three-arid-a-half hours, and in the com-- pany | of; a packed , house, they enjoyed a gorgeous performance , of “ Glnderelia.” Billjf Danvers, one of the best of our comedians4 he'only needs tolshow his face.on the stage to start the auditoce tittering-had the role of J Buttons, and | kept I everybody [convulsed with :quip -and [patter, in whlchjhe made- facetious refererices to the gallant thVee hundred who, having! come man7 leagues onward, had those self-same leagues to go backward—possibly to get;home ,1 with the milk, i And “ Billy ” was only one of a brilllarit. cast,. with ^ ; tip-top chorus and numerous novelty experts. .Spectacularly and down to the smallest d.efailKthe Empire has a show that must rival‘the Lopdon pantos.:|


------- , —^„.Um,- they were served ' [ With an excellerjt repast in the Rade;


promptly at '4-30 at


behind scheduled time. I On the way, opinions of the show;and mahylof the Incidents were recalled in pleasurablel vejn, arid everybody was apparently delighted with the trip. As' one enthusiast declared,! the rose scene, thd lake with its diving belles, and the statuette dance were alone worth the jpumey. The


i i-'rr i t


nightwere en route I for home, which was reached at' 1-381 a.mJ,ionly three minutes


riTHE show over, jthe huge party were taken to Reece’s ircstaurant for supper, land [promptly on the stroke of mid-!


last Saturday when they travelled to Liver­ pool to sample the pleasures of pantomime at the Empire’Theatre, "rae train steamed out ofiClitheroe station at W5 and deposited the passengers In Exchange station at 2-40. There was .more than a! nip in the air when the party streamed down Moorfield; but there is so much I to see to the Mersey city that the weather was of no accost. Soon the visitors had divided into smalTmups, and they spent


last Saturday, by reason of the fact that the accompanying roll of honour, in bbok form, isithei'wprk 0^ two of jour townsmen. ' The volumq, which iwill 'record the names of former students at the| school who served in tl^Giieat War, is as beautiful an example of fodern binding as I have been privileged to! - Its open measureinent is 221n. by lein., leaves of best parchment skins being .'sewn


interest n the uhveillng of a memorial I tablet at the Datwen Grammar School


! intpre.st in the lore than a passing


one of the men pointed oiit that there was a lot of grass growing on the roof, and they wanted to get tie cow up eat It. "Wouldn’t it be betto for one Of you to climb on to the roof, cut the mss, and i throw it down to the cow ? ’’ he a iked. " Ehj I; we ndver thought Of that,” was the!alleged reply, the man then turning toj his c impanlons' with the comment, ‘"That’s wheer t’ benefit o’ book larriing comes ini ”


men endeavoui roof of a bulldl


ece of the visitor who, a remote village, found three ng to hoistia cow on to the g. Asked [What the idea was,


yarn was i that traditional '' have sunk: one


Padley and Venuble, Ltd., tool manufactrirers, between two and three feet


of reinforced concrete, and in time of -emer­ gency will jplace on top. HSctrie lighting


and the interior i'b ■


dancing lekson. she cried. It tu


A A


■


•five or six feet of sandbags painted.


has been iristalled


Incident qoriceming her little girl who caipe home very enthusiastic about a 'W'e’Ve learnt the, Rivita,’’ med out tc| be the veleta..


MOTHER . told me this dmiislng incidenf. (^nTinpmint^ hpr lift.Tp trlrl tuVin


,TN a leiter to “The '__Trikes," a correspond- -•-


found in Moffaij’s' translation of the eighth Book of Daniel ” ; Lj


entj wopderS summary


---------- of events In 1938 “ is not !'


whether ethe the'


. master of craft (by no irirce of arms shall hp gain! his 9reat powdr); he shall make monstrous claims and prosper in his


' .Then'shall Ue a King who Is defiant, a


: policy, destroying his powerful foes. ! His ; designs: ‘ shall be directed agairist the isacred. people, j and he shall ply! his jintrlgues successfully : he shall plot proud i plans and run many When they are off


thelr guard.


gerous (adds the corfesporident), but if you read until the end of thq ----- ' find that the fate the stroke from lo human shattered.”


Biblical prophecies and knalogies are 1


centre of Blackpool: Is proceeding apace,' and it Is expected thto jby the 'end of March all the buildings will hrive been^cleared. This will be followedjby thi start' of the Blackpool Cor­ poration re-bulldlng scheme! upon which close on £200,000 will be ! spent in providing a modem shbppriigl centrej toith frontages to Corporatlott-stree^, Church-ktreet, IVest-street and Marketrstreet. Within the next month it is proposed' toi make application for permis­ sion to borrow the necessary capital, and the scheme will provide for 22 shops with a central arcade and offices above; The arcade will extend from Church-street to West-street, and it is proposed! to'have an undeiground car park, entrance to which wlll|be in West-street, Along with building development : it is intended id carry four streets surro


; produces sound waves :or " frequencies,” I and plays its tunek by the mixing of the waves totheir source before their rimplflcatidn Into jauolhje music., lAs!a result of this highly Itechnifcal mixing process it Is: claimed appfoxl- Imately 260,000,000 varieties of tone colour] are !available; w[ith'thkm(ckn be reproduced tones 'of the; cathedral qrgto, syniphony orchestra |or dance band, to i ay; nothing of a vibraphone, IchrineS, torii-tom, Xylophone, etc. : Very [properly this orgai is called the outstanding imuslcal discovery of modem trines. Colin


. . -*■ that i'has .no pipes, ifeeds olt wind; it


Mann, who |ls pfatog the iristrument atithe Rltz this week, was, at the rige of 17, official English accpmpaplst to the Anglo-American Musical Conference at' Lausanne,'


works.'”


“ Arid whrit did " He dozed off arii perfectly ri^hf.'”


“Yes,” replied 1 .


SAID the you give thj


American!pollcq sergeant: “Did prisoner third degree ? ’’ the constable, ‘‘the whole


he do ?” d said, ‘ ■yjes, dear, you are


(Continued foot of next column).


lead to considerable relief of jtraffio Congestion. ■pi the Ritz Ciriema at Prieston is an organ


out urgent widening'of the mding thb site, whitoiWUl


■ two .'warehouses, tv[o hotels, 'and a bazaar on, the old market site iri .the


T SEE that work in , demolishing 22 shops, dan­


of the Ipng was that “ by hand shall he be


chapter you will i best ild for that purpose. Messrs.


new idea.in air-raid shelters. ! Boilers of the Lancashire type are being used in iSheffl


rpHE third masterp entering


: Both Colonel England and Mrs. 'Yorke I were pinned underneath the car,|^nd


I • ■ 5 u,


I helpers vrho came to the scene. | I jColon ;1 Erigiand and Mrs. Yorke, <


‘Skipton Hospital! Colonel England |had a broken; jaw, a broken thigh and a firac-


to time thp engine.” One! of the men there­ upon produced ! his timepiece. " Time an engine I be ejcclaimed, ".Why, that watrih is


Inform


!' ' were exfricatled with difficult:'] by I j othei members' qf the party, i and ously strlously hurt, were taken !tc'toe


ihvl-


ture ojE toe skull.' !Mrs. Yorke’s inj qrles were a tooken jaw and a broken anlue.


[not: the: j|husbtod 'or of Mts. 'Yorke were as serious ['as they were ascertained to be. Colbnjel England | died an hour or! two


ji Mrs. England went to the dance to 'rlends of j the accident, but It was i thought! that the Injuries of her


[iafter aijlmlsslon to the hospital. THE FUNERAL.


The: remains of Gblonel England were ■ r- , .


iGargraie and Blngley: Parish Churohes. The, Craven Harriers’ Hunt and j the


crematqd on Monday a t ' Bradflord, followltg which services were hell at


Pendle Forest jHunt. with .which Co onel Englan 1 had ’ hunted regularly, tore represe rted a t the| pargrave Bervlc |, at Iwhlch ;he Rev. ,A. :C. Blunt (vicarvi re- iWar


!! The family mourners 'were: Englanl (widow), Michael, Angela and [Norma England,' JBSS'-Sprri’tler, Mfs:' W. Fox, ar d Mr. T. R. Fox (Dkley).,


" I ' . I


Yorke. Halton Place, Helllfleld, andfMr. J. R. Bindley, Blacko, toe Joint Masters' of toej Craven Harriers’ Hunt; Mr. 'W. B. pender son, Kettlewell, the Hunt Seprq- tary; I Mr. J. Lawson, toe Huntsnjrin; Mr. lauid Mrs. W. Heaton, Mlddlewpod, 'Cllthetoe, and Mr. T. H. Moorby; of Nelson representing the Pendle Forest Hunt; Sir Russell and Lady Horfiby, Barrac oughj Mr.' ■; Robin Grfcnwpod, toalle^i Mr. H.-fendley, Nelsolr.Mrs. J. L. Macalpihe,. Closes Hall, Bolton-iby- Bowlard ; the. Hon. | Lady Wilson, Esllon Pall : [ also representing Sir! M a tt lew Wilson Bart.)’ Mr. G. W. Rickards, M.P., and Mrs! Rickards;' Mrs. S. F. Marrjrier and Nr. Peter Marrlner, Thorntonjln- Craven; Mr. and Mrs. T. Howafth, Whittington Hall, Klrkby Lonsdale; p d Mrs. end Miss Wilkinson, Bolton-hyr


C)the::s present Included Mr. J. E. E.


' Several Army officers and 'ex-officers attend :d and there were representatives of varl )us Gargrave organisations as weE


Bowlai d. ■ ! ' ' ' ' : '


sis a la :ge number of personal'friends I j i


(Cqqtinu^'.frora nreceding column)', j ! A IROPOS of the formation of an /mtl-


Burnley and' Nelson,; via Colne, the! Other night, gDt a first glimpse of a globule Of;light in the sky above Airedale while yet he was Oil the Lancashire side of Colne. This means,' hri sug jests,' that the searchlights, :wh[ich appeared to be operating from the northtor noyth-w;st, of Bradford, perhaps Bailapn Moor way, must have a ” throw’’ of at leiqst eight 01 ten miles, and that on a clear night their p: ejected beams'can be'seen 20 orT25 miles.; At first sight the:blur of light lirid; the apaearance of , the. moori partially rip-] soured' ay watery clouds] but kqowlng that the! mo( n icould hardly be in that part of ^He skyj the motorist looked'frir, some oEier. ek- planatle n. Soori the Ifeht began to nlove, aipd presently a further beam was projecto, making ' another blob In thg' sky—plainly a searchil >ht operating. ■ ’The riiotorlst then r^ called haw, during the suriamer. he'sat waWhj- Ingia I erformance in the; open-air theatre at Scar lorougli while searchlights, operateil from Sherbum, 12 or 13 miles away, threw beams (Verhead. Then he reflected on the need for this night trainlrig arid qent.a klndlji! thought to the men who are givriag theri] winter evenings; in the cold ;and wet-to thif imports it work.”


'■“A (Olieague who returned by car from ■ ] ,


a gate:^7filch communicated between the old road and Pimlico green. It is shown on on old mai as '“


tion on these questions, or any one of them, wUl be-Welcomed,


'


in the i orthem part of the town. “Hey’'jlsJ an enolc sure. Who was'” Sir. Richard” ? And ‘ again,' i i that self-same, district, there was


“Knowles” (or knoUsl 'mean small hills or uiounds but why the prefix “Knunck ’f? Sir Rid ard Hey Farm, off the'Chatbum old fbad, is faririllar to most residents—


Herald ’’ gate. 'Why? Informa­ '


•/A; I osslble, information ion the derivation! cf the name Knunck-Knowles. The


A LDCAL correspondent!will welcome, if certainly:


Post ’’ isks how far'can the antiTaifcraft skarchlphts, so busily practicing now, throw their shafts of light. He says: ■/ !. ! ■; :


Aircraft Battery in CUtheroe, a cor- i espondent in the “ Yorkshire Evening


iferred to Colonel England’s line record and his high sense of iThotigl a stern I disciplinarian, he beloved by his men.!' He had been a friend, of Gargraye, and had entfered ifuliy j : nto the life of the! Craven district.'


4uty. wris toe


:bad.


cqr fell


____ , peen


SEVERELY INJURED. Norman A. Engldrid, D.S.O.,


EPIPMANY’S The Instltp


Rev. Edwarc Prindletori-lri- able Intepps’ week’ whe: assembled a' were prekeni tliri of St.


some time ci sejctlon 0^ tl represented.


ishop 61- Bljackbiimi Institutes Rev.


tlon and Induction of the Hurford-Jones as Vicar of Whalley, aroused consider- in the district last night a large ! congregation


w^iere the new 'Vlcafjof Pendleton was fpr rate and, in addition, every church at Pendlerton ,\yks Tire full service of In­


All Saints’ Church. Thefe nirimhefs of the [congregp- idirias’s Church, pt. Annps,


stitution was'performed by the Bishop of Blackburn |(Dr. P. M. Herblert), who aqcompariled ithe Vicar, fhe Rural Dqdn ®ev. W.j H.| Helm) and tlje Churdh •Wardphs,! first (to the font, then to the chancel'kte|j^,i and afterwards to toe pulpit, praVpri ,desk, lectern[ and the. Lord’s Table ' appropriate scrlpiture betiig rtjad. FoUdwlng prayers, toe[n4^ Vicar


knelt'before the Bishop while the Deed bf Institution vf^'read by toeBlshop. There fbllowed toe Induction into the tempor­ alities of[th,e benefice, a ceremony per­ formed bj] the Rural Dean, In the absence ■" the Archdeacon: of Blackburn (Vep. : The; joint patron' of toe


Ej. Nevpnan)|. Ifylng (Rev. alley),! ejclt!


t)ie Churfch tbe Church the church, Ing the dooi carried out,


I L; dp L.„. .Cfi'i^jtlai


E. I Hurford-Jones. IN, FAITH


worsfilp. If we have any mind to ot think there can be any


ilan faith that does notj


1 We must go to Him upon our knees]. Is it-not for jthat' kind of idea that we have-


lln every I village and'lri'e-fery tcwn.a \Parlsti Ch!urch-[one house in fee village which; belongs to no man, but to God, different [to: look at from any other


IweUlhg place,! set apart In a very special way?!| I


1 [:: [ . ! ■ [


I sometimes say that fee Parish Churcb] is the only house in the village


': that has thb right, to the name of j public jhouse. That is what i t^ .


It belongs tb ithe whole' community. Everyone have their rights within lU and ,• all are equal wifelh its doors'feoauae all come as, members of the family oflGod.


'H.j W. Butterworth, Vicar bf ;lni


splnall, : a :tompanled the Rural Dean,


ig ' also for Major J. R. ardens] ] and-; members' of


iquncil to the entrance bf 'here the ceremohy of lock- md then re-opqnlng It, was


tpe church, ossesslori.


iharked by ri deep.sense of reverence, arid was of a riios


“ inspiring character,. ESSON IN FAITH.' In his [serir


that he did no the signifies


'nlieanlng of! ijellglous life. ; Tfeey lyoqid recall toe! three wise men and toe story of their lotigj Ijoumey |ln response to a


'Sign they h ad i^n In fee sky, which they ufere conymesd meapt],a, message froth God—that lo ig journey over mountain and plain, tl-rough rivers a id through rbeky ravlhqs courting the s'ce rn of toetr fe: '


friends, wh cn


hase they were entering upo'n. When th lought what a wild goose ' ' "


of these Elethlehem, are there sbi •toe trouble or so to find In their pa:


it Issued In endeavourfrigi I "Contrast


they realised ;hat those men: started on t journey, to t end of which, toe cost o., which,,and t i^ duration of; \|vhlch to e r did not kno’V, they would begin to unfieif s|and what faith in God meant, and how “ ■ ■- a| great striving and a grea.t F':^'. , ,: !' '-'! '.i’k ..


n your minds' the journey !C mqnjto see the Babe oi l^h the fact that'so many--{- e here ?—do not even take


of! walking I a hufidred yardp le reality of toblr religion Shi church. Reallzd that thos;


men show top [meanlngiof falfe asfsome- thing Intensely personal.


The world today is full of feople who are coritenli to think of thb Cbristirin faith as sc feetbing that Is there arid


that otfe something attractive selves are


people 'possess, and at that,;in its wafe is rathef to have, hut they them|-


and to works,’’, thri


they are prep deal to make fe. prhnarlljy femethlng] we It a cost, stilt ;he bid Goipi re


onger, but


(witicise the way that it ■ ^ Bishop went ori. :


‘ Nobody can have h a t !the Christian ■ | prepared jto stairid outside


died to gb through a! good It their own.


faith nlfeni^ unles^ [Alllthough '


'1 story Is! not d story any iresfents a factidear to us


. ..


he [coming i tale we h p’erlence of DU


SFIRI


•vise meh ]s ffbets what they do. jffer their girts, gifts feat afe


“ ’Thenseoh _


____ _ lecause we have made it our own, so feat


dhrlst Into toe \vorld Is no heard, but Is-a living ex­ own hearts and lives.


' OF WORSHIP. iw the living fali;h of feest


' , ■ ■!'-- . i-i ■ ! Thej _ tanglblb


'but -which are bnly symbols of; the offer-1 ing they really riiake, namely,' themselves;


Rui


;ave[' mariy China'and Japaj


members forjhdt bears'as Chari


pnslaught on Greenwood, 1^" letter of


weU-attendfe mebtlng ol the Aighton. Baileyi and Chalgley brdneh of this Association wasj " eld in'the Abemhly Rooms oh Tuesday.! rs. Riley, bl Padlham, was the speaker, and ' ‘-‘'brmative detailslrelatlve to ' and with the latter nation’s! Celestial Empire. Miss S.


WOMEN’S UNIONIST ASSOCMTION;—A


GREEN. ■


wood recenfi; to the pressure Whalley prqvipfed programme.!


'dslgned that position, pwing othei duties. Friends from


at delightful musical


and dmice[promoted by the HurstjGreen and district: InfimiEiry Committee and held on Saturday,fet( the Assembly Rooms, [was a most successful effprl, £32 10s. having been for-


IHesmondhalgh. arid R. Llvesey. Further prize­ winners were; Mrs. Singleton] Miss M. Hay-


(Continbed foot of next column).;[


Wbded to I tfe Blackburn Infirmary as a result of the (CO ribbed, effort. Forty tables Were occupied for whist and an addltonal number atteripe I the dance. 'The follo^g Were successful competitors : Ladies : Mrs. H 'Dewhursti, Mms N. Singleton, Mrs. L. New- bold, Miss E.I Ainsworth, Miss G. Newbold; Messrs. R. Bailey, R. Marsden, D.iNuttall, B.


INFIEMABY EFFORT.—The Whist drive


Drston, wrote acknowledging :s from the coririnittee and services over a [number of . of the branch; Miss Green-


BREAD


AND SATISFYING ■ TO T l d ; LAST ; CRUMB. . .


GOOD FOR : EVERYBODY I


TAYLOR & HUGHES


! IDEAL BAKERY, ! I CLILHEROE.


'(Continued from preceding column),


band played for dancing. I The; commlttei: thank all donors of prizes, etc', supporters am all who contributed in any way to the sucoesi of the effort.


hurst and Mr. Shbesmith.' Mr. J. Hardlkerii I [ 1 ;!


a gift from God, It Is also have to grasp at and, even e to make our bwn, so that


any conception of unles


o'ccurrlng during the season o9 Eplphan.. It was obvlcjusly suitable todtlthe begiri- nlng of ain jwlmlnlstry sho'dld be at the spart of a New jYear, and he'tliought that In toe stqr:| pf the Eplphaiwj was to .be found a,,[wonderful example :bf the Irinbr


on, fee Bishop observed ; think they ought to miss ce of such a service as that


tjh'e Vicar afterwards tolEiig bell to slgrilfy ! his takliig The whole service was


' i“ If| that is why we have our Parish Church, you will see what vakt-import-, ance feust attach to the man who, under God, is appointed to look after that House and to cafe for its worthlp, and to! bring people to fee fee truth [that Isienshrlned there and- help [them to find feelrl own way, like the wise men of old following the star of Chiristlan faith, tb fee Babe who I is still ! their loving ,frlendfand saviour.' j . :',!


'; ' A PENDLETON TRADmON.| ' “ lam so glad that ever since I came to


this diocese,, no] vicar has ever Started his inlnlqtry without the public .^servlt e of institution sucli [as we have had ton ght. I think it helps to bring home to those , who are present the soleirin bharge toe. Vicar! has! undertaken, toe need that is his for thb prayer of all his friends, that' that which tonight he begins he nay worthily efery! through.: Tt hlelps people ! to see that the coming of a new Vic ir Is not ohly an event In his life,' but Is one which matters to toe whole religious life of the parish and, therefore, to every single Individual In I t . ' ' You have fee re a fine tradition j of . earnest and dev ited men. ■'I never enter this church’wit! tout affecUoriate febught.of Mr. Fletcher, now far ayay across toe seas,' at tfie agb e f 78. of 79 still ; carrying'] ()ri that faltiful ministry that you once knew In this parish. Others, too, have conie and l ave gone, I andj have left feelr [mark, beci luse no man eyerj'strives to: do bis dutj as vicar of.alparisli without leaving behnd, often in ways 'you do not see, the In- ; fluence of his life and work.: . It Is rej ro- ; duced In the life of other people who by their


. . friendship with him, by his tea to-


,. Ing and his qxample, arri ,led to.’unc er - .;’ standjwhqt Christian life-means. If 'l his ' is true, surely It is not too,much to say . that ,GodJ our'Fatheri, is iplghtlly, c fe- , " ■- fehat we dofeere tonight. He into that future which is no Him, for past, present ind ;


cemed in .looks [on future to


future are all aUke to the.rill-seeliig eye'[ of God, reckoning up whatTt is that He i vbants'done here, fee opportunities that -! will cbme,(the possibilities feat will occur, ‘ and hoping that His servant will not 'all Him. What your Vlcqr's work Is may surely be found bn the lines! of toe story I have related. • He Is to help people to Fee feat the iriessagie of God Is feyen to mijn-; kind as something we dare not leave unpursued.


t what fersonal faife means and they are to enable it to change tlielr lives, through evcr-growliig knowledge of God in their worship, 11


I t is his duty to help people to fee t . '


So much may happen from Sir. Hurfoid- Jones coming here that he needs yc ur sympathy and your, prayers. The fi.ct featithere are many here frob toe pari sh Ih which pe has worked, shows that he'


has friends who are thinking of)Us' ministry here, and I commend him to toe people of t Pendleton, belleidng that he, knocvlng feelr needs, Intends to give of the best feat he!has, and asking feat ypu will give o{ your' best to him in order feat together’ypu may learn that,truth, which fee story of the wise men symbolises, that ; the greatest thbg b all the [world Is feat ! faith In Qbd that stirs to dotion and e p ' presses itself In worship, and: helps us to , know our Saviour and our Lord."


NO MEAL IS . . . COMPLETE WITHOUT


i :. It waspojsll " '"'''.n whet i(


(uojl feeir ]ui Would do


TESTING 'armieri,


,:a COWljgi iportions feer fed


[rear, [h afc 1jlii


ervlce.' I Mr. Ailin :ow was


V ■::


that God [has sent His Son for|our arid th a t ,that Son is in living!and per­ sonal! ^oucli wife,Him, that He [carls in- ^ dlvldually|about'our lives, then Inevtably we miist approach Him in our I worship.


iss ue in grasp sake.


living 'FC!! r:f'' !'. T IP


| : !!


'|■ i |th eManagementil . Miriday,


'-'ll' !':[' ':


•: £ ^ , land Workpeople’sl


I The w's iaccorded f ICashire £9,873 65(| ,.lbgden-ji


I Blackburn' for £126; F


B


lgravejl ilcock.P


: I'[ bbyaldtwlstli [and.Dlstifijct |


.: lOperatlcj .1-. jCoirimltte


, £21; the . [Spqrts’


12s.' 48.: Fund, £1(1: of ihe lai!: John Bro idf hrittee of| £10; the':i


[ the DarW:n| effort,:,£?!


ceeds of ,< ari


' 'Ball, '£25 I BWhalley j


£100: the "


I iburn.’fiW ! feasriostlc sc!


pled by representativa


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