C L I T H E R O E A D Y E f iT lS E R A N D T IM E S , F R ID A Y . IRES?


|7-30.i Wednesday 2-30, R5. Saturday, 2-15j 6-0


^Di YORK STREET. [Tuesday, Thursday,


lardy’s full-length picture Tdc 80 minutes without a [defenders Of the out-‘


Jut I of .old .jokes like the irgeknt-major and 1


I keeping in, step! '[One ich ; Laurel’s inability to lett-right” mysteries, di^ march of a whole regi-[ •b.| Hardy’s performangei


1 the


II one and the same-4 jfsometbies even exciting. I [veil'constructed and' brilj- I by James W. Horhe. |


jie j seen: , switches Ifrom I India; still, h ag ^ or


Inture, ” The'Saint Strikes nlcture; has been adapted Iris'novel, “ AngelR cd :


tlsj will be interested'in ■xt I Mor day in a further


. chare cter of


Saint,’’j the created by


_avera 'takes an oath t o ; Ither’s untimely death and I I identity of a mysterious ■' lersoiji knowri : as: ‘‘Wald-j' ■ I Inspector Travers, a| man: Ipals who had made crime i Ian; Fraicisco,' had t^hen: fen urij istly accuse^ of jith Watdman. Suspicion I Inspector Femack. by the %s house of currency, the which correspond j with,


Ihe play :rs are headeid by Irs,! iWepdle Barrie, jona- |rome Cowna, Neil Hamll- „ Fitzgerald. ’


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Iroaija bank. The girl in- pid .one iTomray; ypss is nspech r; baffled by the


Tfor Simon Templar^ jpara- kd“ Tho Saint," a modern Jand arch enemy of j crime, played ly Sanders) | hi his p way solves the mysteries, | r inarlj exciting eplsodte, cteristic fashion allows the •


J attraetive interest; and Ise an exceptionally enter- ng, : I.


I take! full credit for the |e villain, whose identity i it pir to reveal.


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UNNE| |aND CHARiES- ■ ..'BOYER, " ' j I ; :


Jading feature for Thursday jk-end.', Irene Dunne. i gives Iherformance as Terry Mo- polneV 'and sings ta,stefully. fcr gives a polished pOrtray-


Jting 'rratrlmony; Michael leliglble French, bachelor, la iNaples to New York vyhere by Lois 01arke,'an American board We ■ boat. is I Terry 1 before the voyage is oyer,


f Miss! Dunne, and ;sound liveh (imongst others) [by penskaja, Lee Bowman, h, and'Maurice Moscovltcb.


-J^'PAir ,’' which haR been flbed bji the critics is one , n’d most brilliant comedies.


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STRIKES back.” ’The


|mpire they use [their own ire, of sl£|pstick and,subtle' plstiev Iiidlans, threats of ler Romp ications give; fine I two, comedians. i It , is atlgenufne humour they


some •eally uproarious' Bonnie Scotland,”: •


ANOTHER NEW MESSAGE.


In and Out and Round About By “Quis.” M


' fullpttertoiafrlendji »We had a very niie, biit||quiet,


T A]^CE-CORPORAI,|| ' ^ho is “som'ewhpr ■with the R.A.S.C,, has


T. RIDING, B In jFranefe” sent a phecr- He writes:


Christmas. ! For diiipjeri ttieire was turkfey, pork,: potatoes


arid |brussels


lipre brings tears to the those from emotional well-


, wltl standing that We people are most hospitable, [rhe weather Is hittdrly coldjsnow f alien,, ma t 'ihg travel difficult. Hdwever, !we are In good spirits. A few wdekis ago, fhel local ‘T.A.s’ wRr'd in the! next


sprojuts, and, of couirs dln^ I have been, up line for several weeks me, it has been a change ^rdin the bun-drum:of life hereabouts, not-


Tillage.: Imagine t: iai meeting the la: moved! since, but dro) across!them! eveiybddy.” : [ ,|


A


5, pluiii pud- to thfei front and, pelieve,


.:asked'; j I ; i : '; ‘‘Rather a poor type of the Vic­


torian :<pothlc—about 1880,1 should say,” replied the man hi blue. [


’ ’ In ‘The! Sleeping Beputy" pan- one of their gags misfired


tomlnae, at Golders Green Hippo­ drome, ^onm:d Henry ispld: “Now 11 ask you, chum, what would, you do?” And Syd Walker, laughed as heartily as the audience.!


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i A PFOPESSIONAL man who is wei: known in the East Riding


pm hopihg to gUlh; Cheerio,


[delight I had They I have


DRIVER and conductor, ptrange to. Clitheroe, liad charge; of. a


Burnley ’bus whlcli in last Friday’s ibla:k-dut took thd i fe n g turning in Moor Lane, proceeded Malong TVoone Lane and pjilled up opposite Mrj W. Fell’s shop jfpi the jWhalley- roald (or Salford) dtop. Tpere, dis­ covering their Wpereabputs, the mei In charge of ithfe vehicle; were directed to back into |shtpn-:trrrace and prdce'ed via Greenacre-street to thd irialnithorougnfab.: ' [ [


■ q t e Y were discussing. t|Ke;blackr -*• out. Its inconyeniencp And Its hazards. Said onp;|': ‘ Say What yo’ Ilk'!, but,: i> my opltilon, t’l mbon.’s |th two o’t sun, jbe:os t ' .sun only es In’t daytime-r'vhea it’sleet!"


I ’lbuGHING in ^nly hiv i.<


5 irritatlnk Euhdly night,


Is telling this story against himself .(says tile Yorkshire.Evening Post.) As he was driving home!one after­ noon i he saw an elderly country wopaan standing beside: the! road, obviously wilting for a ‘bus.»Pulling up,; hd [asked her if she! was going into Dipffield. She,said “Yes,” so he told hep to get intU the car, as Drif­ field was his destination too. ‘ Arrived there, the man pulled up


at his pwn hduse. “Now I suppose you can walk the rest;of the way,” he said. The woman alighted. “I’m Surejltl’s very good of : you,” she began. | “Don’t mention it,” said the Samarjtan. Dropping' her voice to a confidential whisper, the old


party went on: “Noo you can rely on me, sir; I shan’t say a word.”


' ■ ' ’ . I 1,’ Romany ” | com-;


'NCi’riCED in this week’s Twenty- VjaQre Anrrt on onnonnuoYnonf,’


of the


Years Ago an announcement passing of Mr. John Bowker


(73),! df Moss-street, a ^’character” in his lay, ^hd, because! of his dim­ inutive stptufe, was; familiarly


known, as “Little laskle.’’ When the late,Colonel Asplnall Offered! a sum of mopey to the borough for baths,


public assem- I or any purpose agreeable to the


wv iq irrltatlnk to A speaker. Corpofation; conditional to the clos- "sermon at Weslty Church, lastJ Standen Hall, a meeting was held, m^ted on the prevalence j of ppughs:| question,


in St Mary’s School to consider the - ____ ’’Jackie” was In the audl


that before beglnph g hls, discourse and ap ln s t the offer, Uad had them ^ “re alriana umiiauuu., H?[suggested;I encej ancl.after iriany nd imitatiori!’


thfe congregation: good [blow!’ and then settle down. •mB gigantic icongrsgatlpnl laugh-


I ox&sm had expenaed Itself, the preacher proceeded’;o annouiice his


Inbly iresponded, anfe when the par-


; , nrid lin : humorous: :Styl^ |He cam ,4^ jegularly to London for twenty- topig ■visits to Clitheroe as ai drive home-truths li.anunoffenslve flyg years, has been telling some-


4’Romany” speaks simply and ear-^ nfestly, in a heart-tc-heairtjfashlon, a


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irianrier. A phrase which: rnost of, ,tiimg about the trials pf North Sea S e congregatiori would take [home ^ t h [them had referenc4 to [God’s


now for a lone neutral-ship crossing without the benefit


goodness to manktiid In all w® see qj a! convoy. because they are [priceless.’’ j


f art d^ler. At the end d£ Iterm, ;fate contrves'in de- lio interfere with the pre- neetlngi 'This comedy of I mlshabs provide an un- lyable play. . i '


CINEI\[A, BLACKBURN.


I daily, 2-30. 'Continuous go Friday from 6-lSj Sat-" i,, 6-15,|!and 8-40.


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yilC SPECTACLE AT i RIALTO. ■ i [:.'■'■!


lies aJ something, nevf in ilnment, is the attraction, at Blackburn, this week-end. features: the new American ! "back to back,’! along with


yD FIDDLE," described by


ling in love, agree to sever. live enf agements and nieut tlx me nths. Meanwhile b go inti seclusion toido the brk of I ais life in painting. Eumesltnbther name!and is


tSree'decades in pereonal jand seem- iiiglyj more youthful attire. “In the old [days I men I at s xty Ifeoked like liter'ans. Woiriejn! tjt fift^ were old,


allusion to the chariges w^ch tikeri place during


o r they were accounted old. But na’sdadays—well, ypri can pardly tell tlie [pullets from


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['ANOTHER prop^het. Monn fTprmnrvv’<


II AUies will be yictprlous In the com- ing 1 literary | figure,


Ing-year. ■ [ ■ I ■ : ' From his exllp In the United


Utates'he forecasts the oyfeirihrow of Mp;l| rule an'dj.trie trlupiph- of c^mpcracy In Germany' Commonwealth of peacebl xilsirig from; thfe European “When I spoke! last,”


with a nations


criaos. ■ [Mann


]ln thi supporting feast are fOllver and a' new discovery^


jits from the [ pen of Irving: ] is a highly realisftc story I's search for a girl j to play 8 of a best-selling novel; and fens wh^en she is fouhd.: ! Henie’s , sunny brilliance, bwer’is gay i-omancing,! and p’s slhgihg combine to make noubtedly one of; the! fllms of


lAS F VIRBANKS, eEVEi, bii’e, 1 SETS”


STARS JNE.


'l never sets on the British 1 or on the |:oldurful


jseh by Hollywood for its out- preductllons. Unlvehal had' fiquajre miles I from which


llje picture, is based on the fil; service, which administers ililon [ people over thirteen:


[the setting for “ The Sini ’ drama starring! Douglas Jnr„iand Basil\Ralhbone; f, ! week to the Rialto. [ Thfi


^rsonal and governmental ^athbpne and Fairbanks por-: hers, j [the former a veteran,' i' colonial administrator and


merge icy .pita them, together. lesenta pbwei


I a; headstrong tyro in the tpt- ' are:at oddfe until an inter­


which.


arbarii O’Neil, as Rathbone^ Idonel: Atwill.las the foe of iolicy. 1 C. Aubrey Smith, .Mel-


•Pielo Is seen as Fairbanks' the iadlvidual.’’


pper land Mary Forbes have: Is.- ‘'


,ives "-of ' democraty.; ■ful proponent of gqv-i to quote the screenplay!


[rare iiiUes of the Empire. ,:; : ._ Cohst of Africa was the' lie chosen as the background lf.P.'Lipscombe screenplaj), !a


feaysj “the Itogland was wpa! reasfeurlng. Now peaii democracies for the things trie: Is the reason j fc :1s Is a really dej:


|r of Ffeance and and nbt at all


e see the ;Eur6- ctual ly fighting 1


belle-re in-1 Trils my [optimism.


Iihocra ric war.” ,. -fW m almfest exact; c(cc|)rdanc{ej with, the! Posted as to theiprogrfe^^^^ -.1 ... ji! z nruli thp'I nnotod O


transport [the ilonary jForcei| O joyages had( to


pln^, In an article; m: the |’ Shipping! World.” ‘The tremendous | pro-| gramme ihyoivedlin thfe movement


noulr, M.P.,' the Rklrilster of Shlp-j | Canada. i .


of all klndsljyerd ^iriployed Is is disclosed


by Sir John G11-:


iBritito Expedl-;] to France! over’ be made, and 174


rir. Thomas


Mann, Gerihajiiy s gifeatept Uv- believes: the


lings in this ■worlri:|are ,glvenj away. )t because they: rife worthless, but


hfe tickled the congregation with an I Intervals. ! ----


ater, dealing with bur ijmltatlons; »r,***w* —


the l ^ t two or He rarely leaves the bridge during , ' • ,1 ■ . . [ ■ . ^


the crossing and;! when he does.^t is to [sit In ap unheatfed cabm.^ He deliberately kept the cabin cold, he said, {because he was summoned so ofteri to the bridge arid thought It better to resign himself to constant


cold [than to go through frequent excessive changes of itemperature, The journey from Rotterdam to London norir takes him; 72 hours., TJie Dutch coast, 'he jOdds, nas


become as dangferous.as any. Cur- rents and winds' bring: mines In big numbers InW Dutch territorial waters. A holler In the c^go of the


.some days afterwards,to toe Dutch COElSt.


minfed liner “Simon Bolivar ’ floated ' I


But though it is “a dog’s, life” pow, this Dutch sailor has [ no j intention


of letting danger or discomfort keep him [In port. Saying he had sailed between London and Ifotterdam for 25 y^rs. he added that he Intended to' continue—Germans or no Ger-


1 mails ! IT Is always a pleasure to receiye


letters from bid CUtheronians or Rlbblesdallans overseas, i One such


which came; to hand tWb week ims from-an old acquaintance, Mx- John HargreaVes, a former Grlndletonian who is now!resident ;atil7, Kpox- avenue, Sault St. Marie, Ontario,


“I always enjoy reading toe Afl- L,


vertlser arid Times,” he writes. ‘‘I look for It as la letter from hoipe. 1 T S k V e S i X t e «


'richfeduled p la r i -k s devised rind; Never a ^'oe^passes^^t we neqr (Carried out; iri collaboration! wlto: | some promiiieiit S ta te ^m


■ “ th e moyem^ntl,”,states Sir,Jo^[ cauM of; toe Allies. . i "had to Rtarf lfm5r days from toe i imost heartily reciprocate ; ipe


bf Trade. , .


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'Meolsion that |he|B.E.Fj.|^^as ito be good wishes ,Went overseas, arid the'neefessary exterid the


[Whl^s-had to'be requisitioned arid | greaves, fitted out at very short riotlcfe.


al the fitting out ’yards', to feteve-: dores and port authorfiles! and to thej merchant |sei|vlce jfpr toelmuE': nlflcent way in night ,and day ot thfe'movemfenl


S’TUDENT' constable


that shiowing Iri his of •arbhlte.cture.—A g a te a e . lrft li


house the othfer occupant


wfent tola London| Ight arid told the


“iWhich wibdoir?” the occuparit would be weicomea y Qwlng m m w;nao^.


tpfeimuch light m s • [dovsrsj


, ; ^ ' i , mplr e


"Great [credit 1? 'due jto the meri [ "DITTER complaints ihaye'reached -1^ mn fe frriom residents in the higher


. . 'hlch toey worked to ensufee the success


to gardens there aftefe rilghtfall. According to one srifferer,jfiD:wer


part of Chatourn-road anent ffian- clous damage which is being done


teds. In which bulbs havfe been plarited, are trampled upon,


{jittuiicu, -— -■'-“ I


W s e In his own cafee, a siin has been [dlsriiantledi


y, an : , .


j irifonriatlon which j'ypuld ead to hlp^ ■ropl^.omfed byany r(:ddent f


bile It was still part of [the Board course of the uijp wuo iiu. Jl


: ' • ing a great contribution to help t|ie j ,, —= - -


top Mrs. Har i .


R to theiorogrfess of the war. j ja5(; y?ar. brilliance


s I


he lAdmiraity jarijiitoe [War Office, I terday ®ecemter 18)| we hpaxd ^ problems ly: a department of tllie Ministry Winston ChurchUl speaktog on t g


around and about us: “'AU the best | During his last voyage he had had


wlrelessed to him no fewer than 8U out strike In [ithe 1890’s, over the warnings of floating mines across qn^gtlon of [‘local disadvantages” [ I hlri eburse. Sometimes fr,esh warn jng ij^/ere coming at three minutes


------- ----- - - j: ,,,, on I -towards the fend of the long drawn-


In the ,cotton industry. As far as I can' remember, the local em­ ployers claliried that because of the situation of jciltheroe triejj were; at a disadvantage compared with


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entitled to rpduce wages by, I tolnk. This toe bperatlves


5 per 'cent, reristed. Mr. [Shackleton


him the sucifessful negotiator [when he left toe' ftouse of Conimons for WhltehalUliM


conciliatory manner which [made had toe suave [ I - ' The [“ Strir ”i writer says: “ Hum­


bert Wolfe [rias the sole survivor of the men wlio formed the Mlffistry of Labour.,: i t was an entertaining


I room [In trie Home Office In 1916. They formed itoe new Ministry with a staff of te'ribut of bits and pieces of toe Bpalrd of Trade fmd other departme4ts.|;


“Wblfe


enon | : Iri whiskers holder did!


-as certainly


Whitehall. ,d his Ion ot appear


That he v|ab a poet am seemed toe! complete However become Ministry reputatloi Servant ?


such a


as The Pferfect I Civil brains | anri


,ty iSecrel Labour


______ during the in Mr. Lloy4 Gfeorge’fe


memoirs tljere Is reference to the f : ‘ Umberto’[ onj such


as [that of maii-pd’|yer In Umberto”] ■was


“ Iri a tribute in [the |“ pbsferver,” for whlcti: [riewspapey Spinbert 'Wolfe wrptje; book


teen I years,; [Ivor B ro ^ says; “Outside tofe iMinistry of ,Labour he will be reiriembered mairiljyas a poet: Thfet official correspondence


jeal m le.’’ vviuv-u , ^ . .l


.1 foi( four-


to ni) way] affected his! prose style was I shown by toe [ grace ^and humour of his memory BboutjChlld- hood to : Bradford, where he was brought up as a Yorkphlre; boy of


ve DeeuiItaUan JeWsh . w I t i S t e s s M f S S i f l


let I a Yorkshire Clurfstmns,tohoggantog ,


story which Wolfe would tell: one over an hour!or so. W. C. Bridge- man [(later [Lord Brldgemari), a die-haird Tot , John Hodgfe, [the Labour M.P., [David ShacUetoiil an, ex-weaver,find Wolfe met In a tiny


cotton manufacturers in other parts | Sunday school land: Children’s of Lancashire, and were, fherpfore,


Brockman, M.A., thankedithe choir for J_totMly (lenlfes that these benfelltsi their splendid programme^ , ;


ented the prizes for regular attendance Corner. I The Vicar,' the Rev. J. D,


lor regumi ai/icusuuitc are d'erivfed from the|grazir|g[of toe


: cpn„ Mr[ Etherington. A special prize 'i was won by Mr. Edgay West. Mr. J. i Dewhurst moved a vote of; thanks to [Mr. and Mrs, 'Wade. The [affair realised


I £3 15s. Od. : : ‘ '


phenom- Ills [side cigarette-


fit iri there, plaiyynrlght


coriOTlty. inari ' ever


ary of toe d galried a


wedding I of much local interest took place! on Saturday in| St. James's Church, [Lower Darwen. between Mr. Harold Eastwood, of 48,iHambledon- view. Read, and' Miss Ivy Tomlinson, of 12, School-lane, Guide.; The Vicar, the Rev. William Home, B.A;, officiated. The bride, who was given away by her brother-lri-law, Mr. James Mallinson, was attired in a petrol blue ensemble, and carried pink carnations. Mr. John EastooDd (cousin of the bridegroom) was toe best man. A reception was held in toe Emporium Cafe, Blackburn. Mr. Eastwood is a Tormer playing member of the Read cricket teaml and on taking up employment at Langho Colony be­ came a playing member of the Langho


Colony team. [ j '• (Continued from preceding Column)


acadeinic success: to ! Wadfiam College at Oxford, ! and on to


WhltehaU.’’ / ! | ^ Umberto, [indeei, wasc I TirVinoft irlpnt.Vi will hft t


Hum- ANOTHER; well-kn|owri r4 TTTQ


i autbotv whose death wifi be regretted


I by older membfers i of the Clarion Fellowship was Mr! A. Nell Lyons.


I p rR S t h /S s e n t k e n S y years of the present [c^


Mr. and,Mre. 'A.; Wadd, 2, East-street. Supper was served and Mr, Monk pre­ sented the prizes to Ladies: jl. Mrs. M. Dewhurst: 2, 'Miss Tomlinson: con., solatlon.-iMrs. J. Barker.! Gentlemen : | 1, Mr. Middleton: 2, Mr.j A. Ward:


U' O. TPflsh..«;l-rAPt; I ir. - a


coming ladies’ effort at the pongrega-1 concerned he says that the pqlntsi tlonal last


TEA AND PRIZE DISTRIBUTION— Last Saturday the atmuallteaiand prize distribution took place in! the c. of E. School. The concert was [given-by;the Padiham Co-operative; Male Woice Choir, conducted by Mr..G. E. Holton. Mi-s. Brockman, the [Vicar’s .wife, pre­ sentett m


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skipper who has.plied people wmiremembrir Mr. Shsckle ^ i - ............................


for a mess of pottage?”: The in te r - ' ruptlon was electrical.! Then the meeting laughed uproariously,' but


finally negatived the offer,


In the afea, qri by the police, who ^ v e been acquainted of this wilful and wanton damage.


FTHE severe ; thatjthlsi


frost Is a reminder s the time of jthe


plumbersp “har' rest” thanksgivii^. '


IJT was a bitteply cold night, wlien, i


ringing of the turbe'd


shortly before 10-30, the repeated • telephone bell rils-


house hot a dozen miles from therpe. The one who answered .’phohe vpas assured that the ries- sage waS fbrjtpe ears of “the ycjpng master” only.


the occupants of a farm' Cll- the


; Tlie young; master was arodsed. [Bastily dontllr|g;his,dressmg gpwn,


he descended tlie stairs and lifted the receiver: from/ the' instrument. In response to his “hefio!” a femin­ ine voice, apojlogetlc at disturbing ills slunibers,! asked If he would be so good as to send a dozen eggs to the vicarage. 1 !


Tne [young iman, his suspicions ! I


confirmdd by' the mirthful “ ij'ack- ground,’’ prOtjaptly “said thlpgs,’J and! there was an outburst' of


laughter. The call had come from a party : | ■ I i


of people assembled at a hillside farm- jin Order to get “ his i own back,” t^e young man requested the revellerd toi sihg for him. “Sure!” They sang, an|d the unseen listener was! so Apprepiatlve that, like (Dllver Twist, he ! a^ked for more|-and more. And the “choir” responded, until h!alf-an-hour had elapsed, when the “[audience” said “Good­ night, land.a liappy New Year/’ Re­


“Wait till they: get the bill f(!)r the call!’ We’ll see who has the last laugh.” '


I Pla!yright, WAo was' deputy of trie Ministry of '


thb congregation! should! have “ a ; say, he rose up and excitedly aske^^ rfecalls to a[ writer In'the “Are we golng. to sell our birthright;


fTHE death of Mr. Humbert the distinguished Poe|t| [ and secre-


* ...g,,..,,.. . . . 1,111 1-1,„ I YEAR' for the New Year to his panshioners,


BY THE VICAR OF LANGHO. of Langho.Jn a greeting


rriHE I REV. H. TOWNSEND; IB.A., -fe Vicar


through the Whalley Deanery iMagazme says:


one that before the year has run its i course, we may, please God, have come to the end, of the strife and bloodshed I which is ihow devastating Europe. Only the future will show whOt this


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year 1939 hasi meant to the I6ng| record of life which! we call history. | We are | too near, to the swiftly moving'events I within in to I understand its meaning arid assess US values. During the years of the Great! War we had a [somewhat dlin idea' that we were living in days | such as the! world had never known, and as we .thought would heyer know | again. We were iri a measure stuimed by the events'of the moment,jand it was difficult to realise’! the full Eiigniflcance of the hour. [During the 21 yfears which have passed we have seen now many false judgments were made, 'and how many incofrect; conclusipns! were arrived at by all of us. The same^is true to-day. Tp'e amazing


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lOur Vanmen colie :t on MONDAYS They will be pie;


it'


series of events, most of .which were un­ dreamed of as eveji possible; twenty years ago; are making us think desper­ ately. The whole moral spnse of the world has been strangely mpved by the things that are happeriing and by the things that [have not' happened. We are Hiving through greater imovements | than we know. We are seeing history


' We are thankful to find ourselves alive, but Jwe must all be! wondering what thel New Year will bring ? In these circumstances I' think Psalm 39, verse 8, may be an ..appropriate motto j


being made.: , ' ' : text for 1941),: , ; | j


“Now Lord, what is my hope ? Tiaily my hope is even in T^hee.”


If only we: oould! bring Christ [into all'| life, into'every'department of| it, how different: Would all be? .flhen there


Christ is t he one hope for the world.


would be no.Ji mPre war, no more social strife!, ho iriore. evident ills that | go without


placing jthe [r^elver, he chuckled : the remedy ------


is so pathefic that we go: pn; proclaim­ ing our ills md griefs, andj looking here and there fpr remedy, when all [the time is at hand,


remedy being sought. It (afterwards[Sir) David Shackjeton, association wl M Mr.


fiahour, london


Wolfe, I finally and;irrevocably ih.; iSo I dare, bkbly [forgot to mention was )'hat wish you, even in these dark days a Happy New Year and bid you trust God ' and be not afraid. There ale many who are passing through almost unbearable anxiety and pain, and it is difficult to say anything that does not appear to fall


year will bring to us. blit whatever comes it wil be well with us il'we start the year Wrih God. I am quite certain that it will'Hot bring anything that is


no idea what


formerly M.P[ for Clitheroe,! Ip the formation of ^h a t has since tje'come that most! Important department


of [Statk The older generation of local


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official of trie Weavers’ Assoclktlon. I have a vivid recollection of a meeting he! addressed in what m s then the Public Hall (now the Grand Cinema), In Yorfr-street,


an with the[: world-back into [sanity again ar hearts.


In [understanding arid' sympathy. Yet this I think ! am surd of, that, a,l- though at the time v/e arej conscious of nothing bqt ill,' when time l)as passed, and We look back and round, we can know, perhaps rather than feed, that all things are working together for’ good. So again [a'happy New Year fo you all,


and pea(jd and joy in jyou read!


graze Thd


rTHE old question of grazing st eep i [grasses plucked out literally by the golf


• , , , . . . vlved in [one of our leading


I Iti appears from that article that itrie Cheshire Union of Golf ():rihs has been advising its memrier,,sjto


ariopt jthe system, of sheep gra ring as a war-time measure. What the writer of the article in question Jlro-


trie Unlbn was guiding thd c.ubs ebneein^d between two felternatlyes, ploughing and grazing, aiid^ [ had favouired the latter as the one I) .hat V7puld|lead to the least disturbance and loss. The Union was advl ilhg Its constituent members to a]¥OPt trie lesser of two evils. The writer ox thfe article was urging them to sheep as a patriotic eesjtili're,


who quite seriously suggest thatj! toe grazing of sheep on golf courses is benefclal, just as there ar^ fetriers -who arfe as equally convinced; that toe operation known as “ worm is detrimental to toe greens; Tliese former say that not only do sheen keep the grass nice andicl and thus reduce the necessity charges for mowing, but also the droppings help to fertilise jitoe land.l^djthus cut costs again. [The greenkeeper bn the other hard- and he'IS the spot ball of t l e ^wiiole of tM playing, members If toe course is riot in flrst-rpte cpridltlon


dre are folk still in thfe wbrld


i upon golf courses has beeil fee- IjjQQj; les.


cannot have failed to notlcelilie fine you„my dear pretagon'


1st: Of the useful sheep, ev|i' taken thp lln^ for the hole and [bund a little cluster of pellets in the way? You, loVlng the sheep anld all Its works,- ^ould never dream of dis­ turbing! the . droppings. You [would have putted , bravely over ithem,


: leaving! them to exercise tniilr ben­ eficent'infiuerice on the tfej ture of the herbage, '


« Blit It Is not only on the greens WHIST DRIVE.—In aid of the forth- sheeri.[! As tsr as golf c.ou,rses are!


il“ School, a,' whist drive was held I tnentlbned. are entirely negli^ble,|| the club- and the tempeij: of the Saturday evening at| the home; of


toe I kers, the Hoof marks cf these ose. i sheep? If i^ou did, what did you and I really say at the sight? Enough of hat II this trifling! From every feolnt of view, says the greehkeepe sheep are rianpful to courses, and what ever money Is garnered from their agisting is fully paid bac k again with InteVest, in repairing damage done [by them. There Is hot the slightest advantage irij keeping sheep, on a golf course lithsy are a shocking extravagence, ah(i| rin un­ necessary tak upon the tre


that the sheep, exerts Its mal­ evolence. When the lambs have arrived, havfe : you never jjifeen on your rounds the dear Utile' sheep playing “King of toe Castle ''on toe tpps of bunkers?. You woulc, ric; sur­ prised to know the amouri iiof fun that the greenkeeper and [ills staff get out of watching these Innocent gambolllhgs.' Did you ever [disturb sheep! lying on .the warm! sand in these bunkers surrounded [I :y heaps of their droppings? Dldi:rpp ever find your hall lying In holes in bun-


the links I it does so as a n^attfer of;! I hear that Blackburn hafee had [stern rifeepssity and not from ctolce.| most trying time with a fi ick they ,The i.tisence or presence of shfeep ori were, agisting on their course, [but 'a gorij epurse is tlje measure of they felt the time of par .Ing had prosierlty or pennllfessnesfe of the | come when toe sheep begaplto stray 'The plght of sheep .tells the rjihfe wiU be welcomed |toth[ open arms—toe club Is lU: great


i hatfif a Club keens srifeep on members arid responsible bffifelals. , .. ,


* _I • . _______________________ -l _


Club. 'visit::


EASTWOOD — t 6mLINSON. — A [the v riiortunate part , of‘thfe mfetter Mayiof 1937f we were combelled by therd fere nd shefep.


[need df bto. But the golfer fights [shy p4 srieep-lnfested coursfesj and


Into I neighbouring gardens and therein to do great damage. This qufestiori of fencing Is a serious one. Sheep, like lads, will get Into places where they baye no riuslne^.: Until


[Is tofei be : goes a-vlsltli(g;'ivi|ier®-1 the tferms of our- bargain yilth- the farmer to allow him to he ye [Sheep" on f the course.' Now t! ierfe [ are stretches of garden at the Entrance,


j alive 1


I ridiibt if there is a grefenkefepey I and, until the space rouric [the golf use] for I house and gardens was cumpletely


1 sheep caper jelly


who has the sllghtesi lunless served up witll irilrit o:


sauce, or with red-cuffe To him the sheep Is ife pest j


seen that peculiar that comparatively inodeyn; place, Presjton^omparatlvely, r l I mean, when you think of Clltherpe, ■ There Is dmplayed a lamp couchant. evld] entl;r I'on a green, and It holds h e r twejn lts fore-legs what sirii


be thi tberei


ton’fe [ device Is true to fa c ti: ’Thb sheep!: does revel iri couching on Ithe greferis, and It does get a!s clPsfe to thelfifeg-post as it can. On jibej old


which undfer toe editorship of the five years that the n'ew purre Sn’hort


those days [It was feead by many people who! cared! nothing for Its poUtlcs. At toe I'^me time toe paper converted many to Socially by its forceful preseritatlon of toe, case for what It efeUed the “ Under-;


dog.' Nell Lyon’s “ ffi>


uproarious Bradford His .brilliance at Bradford [ Gram-1 gj^etchfes recently, aftpr ^


a n ? S the W , ( eWteU ahS W8R a fine interpreter of Cockney I will': have seen a'perfect petworripf j


were an ever-popUls ,


.(Contini ed foot of next'[Jolulmn) much as ever.


penny. Pieces” ] feature. He|


,


S a c S ^ read [some of [hS] sriTall indentations, c a u sk t>y the Character.


I andfdare I say, presumptlv fefPresr when there was not sorie sort of v* therei, never wis a time eiy' must


e flag-post. Round' its; head Is a halo. Now wboever did


put jal'halo round a sheep’js hfeap, it most [certainly was not a corisferyfeT D........ . The re


railed off, the sheep did great dam­ age to the shrubs and plants.' This mearis a considerable souifee of ex­ pense, for the type of iferielng that Is sheep proof is hard to come toy, and [only then at a stiff p'lce. ; No Golf [Club round about:[Iere is so affluent at preient that! 1;, can lay down this; conslderablfe isuiri of money for fencing. The plain mat­ ter of fact Is that you cannot both farm and play'golf ori; toe same stretch of land.! Surely the [experi­ ence of the last forty!I:’ear's! has taught the Clltljieroe Golf Club this lesson, for up to removirif [to Staiv-


tvor ifigdlf greens. -T___s-t1 o rf P -roud deu' Hcy, 'iveWrl


He was one of the brlUlant team coufeseatHorrocksford,ypa,^dfor made the wad plagued with them, you Could


® S o u s ’in the ear^ freduenUy perceive a sco^ of sheep :In wltfi [theri' greasy bodlefe cpmfort-‘


abto squatting on the, greens' arid


mfeking the fiag their rallytopotot. Haiffe] you ever beheld the shocklpg sight! of a green a few felays after shfeep have urlriated upon Itjto dyy wefetber?' The green looks as if [it. waa suffering from a bac attack of ring-worm. Or, have.you evfer care­ fully i examined the; surface [ of | a greferi after a' wet period? -Then you


hopfs of the sheep. Hpve ypu


oyed them asi I evfer Wpfected a green ctosely after ’ sheep have nibbled,on It? Then ypu


grievarice between fariner • and golfer; either the one or the other vjas suffering fbm somfe [injustice. Outi Oldest nlaylrig member. Captain Frank MltchellJ will rem'imberthe early days at HorrockSfbid, days of extreme unpleasantness J' ist on this


very question of sheep, y?hen th® fanner went so] far as to .risistthat golf should be given rip. altogether in lambing ttoie. Trie Ooimcll of that day offered to: nle ’t him- to many ways—toey eyen 'vpnt so tor as to offer to pay for a h rid during that important Nfri®- but[ feU without avail, fend the ffaj [a fortnight [


50 stop for


I Mind you, srifeep, have-provided some brlgbt'monlents on to® course,


Whoever SaW;Bfertle. Jobe 8 .trying tp keep.his •eye ori- the.ibfeii’iand .xpt endefevOuririg to bring life toi^s focus


& t U ledi to call for :Yi


ESEAYS. PARCEL.


Nil l i l


TEL. WILPSHIRE [48087. .


RAMSGREfVE LAUNDRY, BLACKBURN.


CLITHEROE t AUCTION MARI.


of cattle, with almost'al total clearance. Short-date; calvers, £27 to £34. lOS.; later :dates, £22 to' £27 10s!fleshy geld cows, £16 to £19 10s.: store geld heifers, £13 to £16 15s.; twihters £l2- to £14: stlrks, £9to:£1115L:


FRIDAY.---A light Show, of all classes- [.,


at Clitheroe-Farmer’s Auction Mart fen Monday,-when there was a grand shfew of over 100 head of North Country and local fed' cattle and [ upwards of-MO sheep,' mostly North Country fed. The followingrprices were made: Best black polled heifers, 9Jd. to iOJd.: other heifers and bullocks 9d. to 9id.; gradfed cows, 8d. to;83d.: other cpws 7id. to 8d.; best' North Country hoggs,. Is, to Is. [Old/; [heavier hpggs, Ifid. to ls,';( shearlings, lOd. to lljfei.: 'ewes,'8d. to fife. per,lb.: :|


lively [trade and a' complete clearanfee jMONDAY.— There Was an unusually ':[;


and 60'calves beforeASbod attendance: Best yqung [ cows £32, to £38; other useful tows, £26 to £30; plainer klnps, £20 10s. to £24 lOsil i best heifers, £27 to £32; -■otoers.’filO; 10s. to £26: strong calv.esrAOs.'" tb’CTsVr rearing sbrts, 28s: [to 50s.; young calves! 10s. toj 22s. each. The Judges, Messrs. 1. Sharp, Fence,' and T.| Titteringtbn; West i Bradfotd,


TUESDAYit-A’[small sbovrof catyie


made [the follo'Kiing awardfelfor dairy cattle: ,1, T. Robiiison, Dale Head; 2, J. Nowell, Newton, i '


WHITEWELL asury of


’ SOChAl CIRCLE.—At toe general;! meeting!of the 'WhiteweU and Duhsop [I Social Circle, oni 'Tuesday [evening, it [ was-Unanimously decided to make no.; | change in the selection of officials. ; i Thus [ Mrs, Miliar'continues as presl- ,; dent, with Mrs, [ Leemin^ (Dubsop ■' j Bridge) I vice-president; Mrs. Winder [ I chairman and Mrfe. L. Sedgwick treas- i [ urer; arid Miss A.| Seed secretary. - [;


number i of' new members, enrolled during j the year. Parcels containing; cigar-: | ettes arid knitted wear have been sent ! to local; men'servirig In HM, Pordes. ■ ' During [the coining months "the social i evening! will be held every fortnight as ; usual; ! , ';


Satisfaction was expressed’'a t the-1 . r , j ; . [[


Christmas holidays whbn the cbmmlttee ; invited [members’: children and friends! [ to. a'party at jthe 'Whitewell Hotel;: Af ter tea, games [were played, and each: child received a: present from a little , fairy idyessed. In silver, who! entered the room! in a gaily-decorated Swiss [wagon,; i driven, by a snow! rihite goat. : [ .


A bappy event [took placfe durlng the '


report thaf afteriall expenses have been paid for the; year there is] still I a sub-; stantlal balance in hand. ,! ■ . i


The treasurer of the Circle Is glad to (Continued from precedirig Column) ,


a tup that, wlto lowerfed head, was evidently .wishful to take'part to thiO “ploy”will remember trie scene tp the end of hlsjdays. Or again It wafe a convulsive moment when thfe prfesent daptalff drove off from.the tee. at tbe shortened third.] He got a low one which’smacked toto the ribs of a nibbling sheep at a hlgb velocity., Th e: astonished animal looked round [with a ‘‘ where did thfet one come from” question 1x1 its] feye, and beholding Janotoer of


Its' breed graztog quietly, neaf by,! [ ! and' mistakenly! sensing [ that there | ;[ was! ['the 'soufece! of the trOuble, [ [ promptly walked up to It and ; [[ engaged It In a duel “a ji’o.utrance.’i’ | [ ffhe! sight so[. tickled the beholders [ !' that the] game was, held up for an [ • appreciaDle[rtl:ne[’[


, ; ,


vourtog I,to tbrrijSaturday night I during the riext two moriths into an j operi: night foir aU classfei„^of mem- [ bers.i r You will be heartily welcomed ; at'.tjrie Club Hpuse,.espfefelally If yoii [ possfess -that [todlspenrable gift ;fef I providing : your own amusement; [ Meanwhile .itofe sale; of [tickets fpr i the' Dance'ori Ithfe 26to''grieB steadily; onV'arid the fiffl nitoiberb'ave'nearly [ all 'been placed out. • Should you: want one or two,' seeDarOl’d Hartley] -who Will do bis best to sfetlsfy yOur]


'wants.' '1’i ' HEAVY (NIBLICK v-i ; Trie SollaiDpmmlttee are endea- [i ' '■.• I'' 'llil-'


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