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IN WAR


I , XO-DAr (FRIDAY) ; Oliheroe Auction Mart Co. Ltd.: Sale 1 of Geld and Laying-pfE Cattle at


COMING EVENTS.


'Newton Institiite :, Grand Dance 8 to ajn. ' {


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f"' ItO-MOEROW (SATURDAY) ; iciitheroe Soldiers’ Welfare Committee : Dance in the Conservative Club, 7-0


Iciitheroe Women’s Unionist Associa­ tion: Aiiiiual General Meeting in - the Conservative Club, Padihani, 3-0. Bale by Auction at Higher Plass-PJarm,


to 11-0 p.mj T


t Bolton-by-Bowland, of! hens, huts, I- -cows, etc. % T. H. Taylor and Son; at 12-30 p.m.


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o . ER, 4.


Ltd.


I Bank Saleroems, Clitherpe ; Sale by Auction ofjPumiture and Effects, at 1-30 p.m. by Hothersall and Forrest.'


I CUtheroe Guiders Association ; Games for Evacudes, St. James’s School, at


Clitheroe Golf Club (Ladies’ Section) ; Jumble Sale at 2-30, ii) the Conser­ vative Club,',


i i 2-30.


I SUNDAYS ! Moor Lane Mfethodist Church: Services at 10-30 aid 6-0. Men’s class, 2-0.


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i Congregational Church : Missionary I


I Methodist (Wesley) Church: Services dt 10-30 and 6-0 p.m.


Services 4 10-30 and 2-15. Sunday 1 School 2^1


- Congregatioiial Church, Barrow ’.; Missionary Services, 2-30 and-|B-0.


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Assheton Sermon at 10-30 a.m., MONDAYS


Leonard’s -Ghurch, i Dowhbam:


Clitheroe Cricket, Bowling and Tennis Club : Annual General Meeting at Starkle Apms, 8 p.m. |


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' The Palladium: Monday 6 and 8-15. I Tuesday to Friday, 7-30. L,Saturday


I' matinee 3-15, 6-0 and 8-15. [ ate GrandMonday Tuesday, Thurs- !■ day and!Friday, 7-30i Wednesday


ISETS.


le s s you Ir expert rha^treal


j . and Saturday, 6 and 8fl5. Matinees Wednesday, 2-30, Saturday, 2-15.


' Tuesday,;’Thursday and Friday, 7-30. Matinee Saturday at 2-15.


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Blalto, Blackburn: Matinee daily at 2^0. Continuous Monday to Friday


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- from 6-15. Saturday, 2-30, 6-15, 8-30. , Grand' ’Theatre, Blackburn: Variety,


Blackburn


Olltberoe of ball


• TUES:i)AY:


Auction Mart po. Ltd; Sale % Cattle and Calves. 1045.


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' caitheroe and District Agricultural and Discussion Society : Lecture i» the | Liberal! Club at 745.


thubsdav


Women’s Unionist Association : Social Evening at 8-0 p.m. at the Conserva­


, tive Club. Clitheroe !■ Borough Police FEIdAy : '


Monday ito Saturday 6[0 and 8-0 p.m. Clitheroe iAuction Mart Co. Ltd. ‘ ' Grading' of Fat Stock iat 9-30;


liito'the fighting forces by the work-* niates they, haye left behind in liidustry. The slogan foi’ the scheme Is “Make.your penny save your pal.” Some idea of the power of-Such collections can be gathered fiom the fact that in a year the pennies from a firm of six warkers cbn buy a steriliser drum; 40 work­ ers’ pennies will buy an operating utions


CLITHEUOE ADVERTISED AOT TIMES, FRIDAY, F EBRUARY Clitheroe and district are faring I T U t


obylousiy [makes an fniposslble


position for children and hosts If children are forced Into,; homes where thejr are not wanted. These three months have frayed the nerves and: tempers of many estlmr able people.” '


i i ' [Here is aj summary of some of the


tjable; 120 worker,s’ contrlb w ll buy an anmsthetlc apparatus; i-,000 contributors can buy a balance, and a hundred mo re can purchase a complete operating theatre. -. Two thousand workers giving a penny a week each c a! four-stretcher slx-seater equipped motor ambulance.


Hint bandage! ; * * :


i Expected home on leave. Sapper


John Lloyd Gerrard', son of Mrs. II. jGerrard, Priory' Lea, Whalley, w4s| [taken'suddenly ill, and died in a Imllltary hospital in: the earl; r hours |df Monday.- His dteath cahje as a l^reat 'shock tp ihls relatives and friends. . Twenty-four years of age, ■:iand a native of Southport, Sapper


i! Gerrard came to Clitheroe \dth his mother and igrandparent^’ in 1923,,; when they t'ook a buslneiss In Sal--


i^ord, moving to Whalley bm a feW; i years ago. [It was from the old I Ilatlonal School Iri Moor Lajne .that Mr. Gerrard won a scholarship ten-


able at .Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Subsequently he entered the borough electricity .depi rtment, completing his apprentlcesl Ip some four weeks before joining the Royal Engineers on October 4th last, i t Is about twelve months since he had


■ Kina Picture’ Hall: Wednesday . to undergo two operations fir Inter; and Saturday, 6 and ^15. Monday,


Cooperative Pictures, Wballey :> Mon­ day to Friday, 7-30 Saturday 6 and


hal trouble, and it was thought that he had made'a complete lecovery He, had many friends amo:igst the younger generation, both hi Cllthe [roe and Whalley, having tlons with the Methodist Schools. This Is the first


Of the family, will have sympathy In their great


answers given by the reception areas to Lbrd Derby’s questions [ The allowance iiow given jfor [the feeding of children Is not isufficient. Grading would lielp 'Imatters. ‘


gn buy fully- Even


bne worker can buy, with his yfeekly pennies, 50 miles of gauze


I There have been veryifew cbni- Iplaintsl from parents of inade­


pretty well under thb meat control' *


arrangements In contrast with some of our neighbours. i Without being able to rely oh the' exact cut


little to complain, about. Butchers, nevertheless, are finding the regu­ lations, with their irritating for-i malltles and allocations, a,source of perpetual worry, and.lt says much for their patience, and for their persistence, that the town is com­ ing out so well.i


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quacy of food for their children, [or of service In general.


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I . Many children are not ad6" quafel^ clothed and booted aiid [have ijot got additional clothes [for the cold wbather.'


I A great number o f : child'fen [have''returnee to their homes,


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[chieflyj apparently because [the parents wanted them [back.!


; 'If there is, later on, a fresh [evacuation,; the majority !of lihlllets.J,(Would not be. ready to


,:'recel'Ye eyaqu^es. In most in- ■[staricelb;,the -voluntaryi billeting .officers would be .ready| to


':’bfficlate again, some vhthout ' bhthusi^sm. ,■


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There have been numerous 1 complaints fn ^ h S e f f id e r s of


! parents com: children. arid and aricomiric datlon,


ml ng to see their demanding food


npusenoiaqrs pi Mosp householders realise that


the inconvenience and trouble to wriich they are put may be looked upon I as. their .contribution to the country’s effort In the war, but many would prefer to contribute to' some other .way.


assocla- Sunday casualty


In this district since the outbreak of Mrs. Gerrard, whose husband


served In the last war, and nembers


general trouble.;


I |The interment In Whalley lyard, yesterday, was preceded by a In the Methodist


Church' Church,


conducted by the Rev. Roland Holt. [Army colleagues came irom the


|]j training camp to act as bparers. Motorists who drive at light , are


, asked to make certain that their;


Annual [[ lights are masked and dimmed in! accordance with the regulations.


Eibb?esdale District Nursing Assocla-i observations from the aiij have re t tion:'j Whist Drive aijd Dance inj vealed that very many side-lamps


Iht


■ Lut some! naturalists )|ar can eat one tenth j jin a :day. He will five or - Six sa^lmon


eels really satisfied, ished that: fish and Is tream for another.”, 'advariced- Into the


: ithe 'water almost


tomach^then he stood - several! ] minutes, with ised and poised above


f' the water. Several. led oni the verge of


each'i time the fish b the last'moment. At^ nore ! foolhardy than id under the upraised, ar’s movements were ■ he eye to follow.. His. ato the water ahd a. over ihls ’ head on to* *1 of !the river banx. h thelhek and com- ig even before the-,


-d. ' h : ■ "uvrei! was -repeated,


le§;


luring the next bour lompanlons watched. ^


as the silence brokeix observed wisely :


petite! ' My mother , lot-irl wonder-what


if sne had to feed.


lannl snickered loud- alsedi its head, peered lear-sighted eyes first-


jtion-' and then In. laps ills nose told him.


s could not, for bo ted In panic, pivoted


:egs pind galloped off ering-forest..


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i Lore, getting to hlk hing! “Ho’s gone now:


Ime !we started baclr e had iolilte enough


lumblk Forest Service. ■ one I day!.’’ '


bE ' entIeetain south '1 i


lOTBALL. LIVERPOOL.


od; have dropped hire Combination,


able to arrange for he champions,,^ to iridge ground to- ■ofE is at.3-15 p.m. itch, a'month ago,


,t the services 'of lined-the Royal An who is working on if I not three, new i their debut to- a former Great,


) player, will appear le; while on the ex- ick, who formerly lod, will be seen., m hope to sign a new m will be as follows. N. Other; Rhodes,


t impson: - rajdshaw and oeua. About this time of the year,


the various committees, of Clltheroe Town Council begin fb draw up their estimates for the[ next twelve


• months’expenditure, and once more It will ibe with some foreboding, sharperied by the rising cost of livr


.. ing, that ratepayers will be specu­ lating as to the rate to be levied.


'incidentally, that foreboding Is ln;| some measure shared by members of the Council since,! ciit their own


control over the demands of the . County Council, which demands form a very considerable part of the :


estimates as they ^^l* general rate


cll has new and heavy burde to I objection to peoole using torches , pass oil. They


It Is obvious that A.R.P. measures which are


layers of tissue paper, and that they . " f shall be used sparingly. There is


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expenditure can be period of years on the loan and;


it is perfectly certain that the pre 'cept fpr A.R.P. alorie


spread over a ‘ ^ I


sinkingj fund basis is not clear, but ] I will be sub-


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Etantiffi- Another dpubtful point is 'I tho^e of six evacuation areas, to his the extent to which; economies will be made on regular services. There ought [to be some'saving therq, having regard to the suspension of certain classes of work, but theire can bei no possibility of; that econ­ omy efen approaching the amount spent'pn A.R.P. Thus it is plain that the County rate will be bigger. Some kay an extra] shilling will be levied, others declarp double that sum will be the advance on a.n already heavy, charge. We rate­ payers, and with us the members pf the lo:al Council, have simply got to wait and see. Locally, we know, there


level; which


when


Balances are not Inexhaustible and, all Is said and donei the duty


of our local rulers[—unpleasant though that duty m^y be—will jin


, the long run be to riieet the expen-| .dlturej they budget *t(j incur,


* * [ * ' , Writing Ifi advance of the Maj^yor-


ally-convened [ meeting to. discuss the subject, we do not doubt thaq many! local employers of labour, large,[and small, will agree to,par-j ticlpate in the *


“ pehnyra-week


Bcheirie by which their workers sup port the Red Cross Fund. The point


essential Red Cross services to be provided for men who have gone


n l x n j] Lancashire reception areas, and


Having now examined the replies of [local authorities In fifty-two


questionnaire on the operation of thej evacuation scheme, Lord Derby, Lord Lieutenant: of the County, has ,no\y Issued a statement of the con­ clusions to which he is forced by I


The chief of those] conclusions, is that another eyapuatlon schjeme would be difficult, and [we suggest th ^ is puttlpg it mildly. Without a [doubt, many Laricashlre house- hoMers who at first were enthusl astje- about receiving, evacuated


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he Scpoolroom, Sawleyp Whist 7-0,: Danceil0-0„tp 24 qpiy | . ,


too [ bright, ani accord-


tngly, the regutatldns'hal e become more stringent. Ohose Ir doubt as to what they inust do are asked [to call at the Borough Polk e Station, where they may obtain a pamphlet I setting out the requisite inforiha


(Certified sales exceed WOO copies per lamps and fog lamps must be week).


FRIDA'^, FEBRUARY [ 16th, 1910.| tlon. In case Of an air raid. It Is a ----------i-------- ---------p —— ------- : Government Instruction ihat head-


Lights oh vehicles to-niorrow (Sat­ urday) 5-47 p.m.


switched off immedlatel;!, but side, and rear lights may be Irept burn­ ing. Another request by'the Chief Constable Is that the public shall take note of the monthly test of air raid sirens, fixed for-Monday next, at noon.


*? r Mr. Exelby further asks that the I and car drivers, for the reason that


are nor


public shall be more careful in the use of torches. Unless their light is is flashed directly on the ground, it becomes a. miniature searchlight in the sky, visible., for miles. There­ for^'!'pedestrians must not wave heir torches or carry lights which allowed to give an upward glow, must they wave torches at ’bus


drivers are momentarily blind- The Chief Constable asks that heslshali be masked with two


; and thereby saving their limbs, he jj^g jjgjjj.


have cost nearly two million Po^ , p'n the pavement and keep It steady in Lancashire. How much of that


; All think that there should be medical examination of children, preferably befpre evacuation. Adults should also be required tP show a clean bill of health.


*[.l, \ And here are [some of the general


conclusions reached by Lord Derby] after examining all the evldence[:—!


Another j general evacuation


ori the lines of ; the present scheriie would not' be welcoriied by the reception areas, rand might well be a failure In many .places. ' ,j


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' Difflcultleg of admlnlsterln’g ia compulsory ‘


jscheme, with billet-^ ,


Ing [on' private [ householders; would :be enormougi and It Is' difficult to !see how it could possibly be a success.


1 'With regard to' the chiliiren, the [scheme might have, been


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more appreciation given to [ the householders, and ,lf cleanliness of tne children could have.been assured' and ill land dirty children not billeted in priyate housbholds. !


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Where the children haye re­ mained in the receptiori rireas -health and h'abits'show great


i. Improvement ,and It is a' great 1 pity [when they return to ! their I ! former environment.


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householders-unused to dealing with; childreri.


Tl|ere is a great strain ; on ■ ' | [ |


I Frbm the parents point of view therb are also difficulties, from


I'clotrilng to the breaking-up of ' family life, and it is easy to see I why many parents have brought the children home when aiipar- entl^ there . \bas no immediate j danger of air raids.]


: * j * . This year, by the generosity of the


N.F.U. Committee, the; proceeds of the Farmers’ Ball were deyoted to charity, and Mr. Ilany Cook, the secretary, now informs us that £41 was realized. It has been decided to allocate £25 to the British Red Cross Society, £10 to! the Finnish Red Crpss Society, and ,£6 to. the Entertainments and comforts fund for the Lancashire FuSOers now


stationed In Clitheroe. I -V


' - ' ^ ^ ^ On Tuesday, Alderman Thornber,


The Knoll, was taken to a Black­ burn nursing home, where he is to undergo an operation as soon as strength permits. ' He[ was’making


satisfactory recovery from an attack of bronchitis, when, last week-end.


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trict, Mr. Frank LongWorth, J.P., was on Monday elected vice-presi­ dent of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Chairman and manag­ ing director of Messrs. Thos. Long- worth; cotton manufacturers, Black­ burn, director of Messrs. S. Long- worth and Sons, Ltd.,[ Whalley, and Messrs] James Williamson and Sons, Ltd., Lancaster, Mr. [Longworth is vice-chairman! of the Blackburn and District! Cotton : Employers’ Association, arid was! a member of the textile delegations to Ipdla in 1933 and 1938.:


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Oldest memper of .thri Methodist


Church In the Nelsoii circuit, Mrs. Betsy White, of Narfowgates, Bar­ ley, was 90 on Tuesday. A native of Gloucestershire,.sheI bps lived in Lancashire for oyer! jSO years. She has nine children and; ^16 grand­ children. Her husbarid died in 1915.


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speedy restoration to his normal state of good health;


exception will, wish him a rAe)..nrnt.lnn to his normal


■ Well known in 'the CUtheroe dlq- j I' n_5^1 t-vi;_1


16, To Organisers of all Social Events.


ordered, housewives have had very I Times” anb secure ydur place in the I __ .


Put aJ, pirelminajy Aimouiicement of your event] in the “Advertiser arid


Feb. 24j—Waddington Methc dist School; I ' Jijunble Sale and pound StjalL


Social Dlayy to avoid clashing. 1940


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Feb; 24--Methodist (Wesley) Church ; ! ; Entertainment at 7-30 p.io. ; [.


Feb. 28—Congregational Church: [ ■ ! I'Annual Tea Party.


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Feb. 2^Ajt.P. 'i^ist Drive and Dance I ; in the Conservative Club. | |


i.Mar 5 & 6—Clitheroe R.G.S. (Girls): ! display pf Euro;)ean Natlmal: Dances. I. •


Mar. ]1—Nlswton ' Iristitvte : Grand i I (joncert and Leap Year ! . Dance. ,


; 1 Hotel.


Mar. |13—Moor Lane ahool ; Old 1 Fashioned Tea Party.


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Mar. 14^1itheroe Golf Club (Laddies’ ’ Section); Bridge Drive at I the Roybeck Cf.fe, 7-30. i


Mar. 16—Dramatic Perfcrmance


May 29. I, Sp, and June 1—Moor__ Lanehi Methodist Church Baziar.


duced by Mrs. Irondell) i mij thie (^hurch Instituie, Chatburh.


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She was employed I In the winding department at the! ole Albion |Mill| ^dWer'at Broo^


Sympathy


two sons and daughter The Rev.


I St. James


be glfen to Mr. Aspdeh anbhls in their lo'ssi


H. Y. Burnett (Rector of j


’s), officiated at the InterT ch took plac3 on Weqries-


day ini St. Mary’s Cemetery. .


I * * *!= .A former member oi! the Bororigh


Band, Mr. Thomas' Hargreaves,! of 12, Turner-street, Clltheroe, passed away bn [Sunday after a shortj ill­ ness.! Tnirty-six years of a^e,‘i he was [employed at tliC' Ribblesdale Cement lyorks. The iiitermenli took place yesterday at S^Mdry’s (jqme- tery, the Rev. [H. Y. Burnett officia­ ting, j : General sympathy wfii' be [ exteiidedi to his wife, and'| three children In their beiieavement.; i


' • ! 1 ' * ■ * . * Her ;ma|ny friends in the borough


learned, ■with deep regret ibf||the passing, on Wednesday morning; of [ Mrs.! Ada' Bradley, vvife of MrijKlt Bradley, of 19, Newtop-streetJ Cllth- eroeJ:! Foyty-flve years of age; |She was the daughter of Mr. Toni Haw-i orthi andj'i like her father, was iyery closely, associated with the Moor .Lane Mejihodlst Church.! A|t£jilo):-


More locally, Mrs. H. Snape, of St. I'ess by trade, she was .at one time in [ , Gavaghan, 6. Hayhuirsti-street. Cll- Sonk, ; of ( King-street. For many


Paul’s-street, Low Mbor,! will attain f the ^mploy of Mr. George iWilklnson her eighty-first birtnday tomorrow, formerly; of Moor-lane,, and later and on Suriday, Mrs. Margaret worked for Messrs. M. Hartley,.and


.1 more,su®esMulif.there:had'been theroel wlll:be‘sevent5l7felght. Our years; Mfs.; Bradley carried op . a * KiieiTioeo ’ Tier VinmA mif. lfailinff


■ less vlsitVrig by ' parents land j greetirigs and good vhsnfes to both. 1 ladles’ ; dressmaking and tailoring ;


The irinnual ball, promoted by the I '


cause hours, in the


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Clltheroe ’ Coriservative ; Association, and postponed from, November be- of wartime restrictions' on etc., then in force, took place club assembly


room last Frl-


day night. 'The company riumbered upwards of 200, and a; pleasurable to the


Tingle’s Orchestra.


milslc of Mr. F. Blowers, and


plants kindly, loaned by the Presi­ dent Of the] Club (Major Aspinall, J.P.), had been advpntageusly dis­ played by the Sockl Committee, members of which shared the duties of M.C. Thq Ladies’ Committee, to­ gether with pounclllor if. Wilkinson, undertook' the cati!rlng arrange­


ments! | [ ! Closer co-operation between


evabuation areas and reception area's might have solved many difficulties that have arisen, although [ as the scheme [is a


hoWj the evacuation areas could veiling in the direction of Whalley forecast such things as numbers | road. Promptly takeriihom'e In the car, Mr. Slater w^s found to be suffering from bruises on the right side and shoulder.


— ------ - ^ with any accuracy.; The chief suggestion .contplped


In the answers to the questipr^, I nali'e is that evacuation shoum ’


be tarried out; ori; coriununM lines in hostels, [ camps, [ etc., where the educatlori,,feeding and


recreation of the children cou}d be Organised on . a sound basiq. The improveriierit Hi health


and habits of the children who have remained In the reception areas seerns to be most ma.rked,


* *' * ] •!'' [ ' For the third year In succession,


the mass of evidence and opinions |.Lovs‘aMenffing the Clitheroe Royal with which he has [been favoured. | Q/ammar School are today holdirig an election, which. In every detail,


;vrill be' conducted on Parliamentary lines. I Candidates are. nominated; speeches are delivered; and the walls display the usual appeals for support and political ‘squibs.’ Thl^


! children have had their enthusiasm damped by the condition and habits


thOT have clothed the children and par


clothes again. There Is Pretty by baUot. Agaffi the m^clpalpoll- ^ Satinday. general agreement that the eyacua- ffig' booths and b ^ o t boxes, have


so: returning them in old U n d finally there wffi. be thk, vote Mrs. A ■ was,a failure, and there la a con-1 everyttrihg will proceed on generally I V 1 tlon of mothers and young children been loaned by the Toto ClerM and


census' of opinion, too, that the I accepted lines. The caridldates Me ; scheme of Contributions from I John Mderton, Padiham (retiring parents put the finlshlrig: touch on I Liberal M.P.); Arthur Pollard j(Con- the scheme for children aldne.i We I servative); Alan Eastwood, jGreat know how fatally easy criticism is, I Harwqod (Independent'Progressive) but there will*be much support for jand Harold Hodgson ^ Slffidburn,


Which must be kept in* mind is that the scheme makes It possible for poislble for Us without compulsion


thC evacuation scheme has practlc- ally broken down completely,] “ Insomuch that It would be Im-


the coniilusion of one authority that I [(Federal Unionist). ; AH the 320 ' hoys attending the school have the


find more billets: compulsion i any extent Is unthinkable ,as it


privilege of voting, ris well as the 'teaching: staff of 15. i Until the poll is deblared,^ about 3-45; there jvlll be keea excitemeht arid lively specula-


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. afternoon, the entire school vvlll foregather in the assembly] hall,


will be every effort to trim of kyacuees and visiting and inter- Piaster (Mr. L. Hardy, MA.). Each estimates to the lowest reasonable | ferfence by parents, and are natuv- but there is a limit below | ally resentful in many cases where It would be fo’Jy to descend.


upme, i studiously,


under [the pi;psldency of the Head- of the, four candidates will put his


th^parents have taken them hpme^, j Mudionsly . prepared by ^opporienM^^ etlmes


yfews before the “eleqtorate”;: each .yrtu be bombarded -with questions, re^uji


A resident well known to every


* resident In his own part of the Hod- der Valley was Mr. Robert Marsderi, who died last, Thursday. Both Mr. Marsden and, his ^ori Jack, with whom he. resided at Higher Hodder Cottages, were engaged as joiners on the C.W.S. Wlthglll [and Chaigley estates. ■ . Another son Is Mr. Stout Marsden, who has [been for many years at Sagar Fold, Mltton. In his eightieth year]the iaite Mr. Marsden was formerly employed on the late Colonel Parker’s Brpwsholme estate, anh had worked'in all[ parts of the Hodder Valley. He retired about six years ago. The Interment took place at St.; Josephs Cemetery, Hurst Green, [on Monday,


: *! * * His mariy friends in Clltheroe will


sympathise with Mi’. Harry Hallows, who, married in India; has suffered bereavement by the death of his wife. The sad new^ wqs received by


S y Hallows “Advertiser & Times,” loter joined tL linotype com-


posing staff of “Thb Northern DaUy Telegraph” at Blackburn-. 'He went to Bombay, three years ago 'last November, to take i a mariagerial position in the composing depart­ ment of .Messrs. Claridge and Com­


pany’s printing works. ■ ! ,


: ,* * ■ * The death, on Saturday, of Mrs,


Grace Ellen Aspden, Oi 11, ffiblon- street, followed a brief illness. Bora in Clitheroe 'fiftyrfour years ago,


[ I* * . * ■ . 'When crossing Moor Ijane, near to I voluntary one it Is difficult to see . I tor, of 8 4 ,------------^ .


the Social Service CJentre. on Sun­ day night, Mr. John Thomas Slater, a retired railway ■Worker, residing at 11, Kay-street, was knocked down by a motor-car which, driven by Mr. Charles Parker, a hauliage cbntrac-' Chatburri-road, was tra-


w I ' ■ business] alt “ Ler home, but ] faffihS |


health compelled her to relinquish her work. ’The Rev. J- E,l Storey will I officiate at the interment, which will take place on Saturday I at St. Mpry’s Cemetery; Mr. Brad­ ley and Mr. Haworth and hi^ family will yeceW the sympathy pf many friends iri their great trouble. [


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day Light broadcast featurp, listen­ ers had the pleasure of hearing the voice of [Mr. Cyril Jackson att old boy jOf (Jlitheroe Grammari Spnooli and son] of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jacksonj of Little Moor-rokd.[ '| Mr; Cyril Jackson, appointed somri time ago as [Education Officer] Jpj the North Regional Station, jgaye' a graphic and most interesting des­ cription of a visit to an [anti­ aircraft defence unit. Mr.[Jackson


has'a vofee well suited to tlie micro­ phone—pnd his “story” w ^ meaty, as well Ps informative regarding [the | way I in !whlch the men, always on the rileft for'’raiders,: manage to beguile the monotonous hours. * *! * i '


leg-and [concussion, David (63); of 4, Branch-road, was ! cofiyeyed in Messrs. Tqmlln- son’s ariibulance from GlsbUrn to 1 Skiptonj Hospital, yesterday morn- I ing.,; He was found in the


Suffering from a fractured[ right I Burnley,


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hind! Ivy Cottage, Glsburf, ^ 7-30 [a.m., by Mrs. Franklanfii. the occupier, and had evidently, ;been there sbme time. .Seeingj that the man| was seriously injured]; Mrs. Fraqkland immediately summoned the jViclar (Rev! A. W. Bariiford- Jones),[section leader of tpe special constables,, who| rendered; firrt[ aid and. summoned poth ambulance [and ! police. !. It is thought thiai ppwell must have been; taking aj short cut' froiri Back-lane i into Burnley-road In the harkness, when.he fell over 1 a fence! and dropped a distance of 10 to 12I feet into the yard- ifithough not in [a fit'statq to explain ijust what aptually happened, the] police managed to establish his] Identity.


* ers of ClltheroL i Rotary


Club rind the associated [[inner Wheel I Club have adopted f’j the Lowestpft minesweeper, ! [ ‘‘ Lord. Colllngwood,” thub-[making [them­ selves iresponslble lor the j regular siiprilylof knitted; comforts,[Cigar­ ettes, tobacco .sweets, etc!. [This is


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; too;! [' — Mace at the! I' ' stocked by ALL GRCROCERS EMPIRE Mrs. Jane Firth, of-11, Milton


avenue, Cllthere'e; left £5,285 Tis, 3d,': with ,fiet riersonalty £5,055! lOsl 7d, Among many personal ! bequests she left] !£200, her housed; hold'! and personal effects (not otherwise bequeathed) and a share: In[ihe'fesldiiq toner step-daughter, ■ Mabel Johnbon, 'arid by codicil she stated, “ 1 deslrg to show my gratL !tude to Mp^sI I [Johnson for- the kindness arid unremitting attentio 'bh^ has shown tojme,” and left'?hqr


a further £600.' ;|


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in Sunday’s refional A.R.P. exefi.; ci^s, Clitheroe Ip a receiving areja.


That is to say, hbve arranged a such as might be raid, and squads otiier towns’ to Fires, poisori ga


the local warderii ieries of ‘accidents’ ■ [expected In an ailf | will be called from; deal with , these .j[ ;, collapsed bulll-T


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irifes] casualties-j!all these 'will u dbrilt with [by AR.P. workers wh) will have been , j rushed by motir vehicles from their home depo^. Meanwhile CHthdroe’s A.R.P. squais will rest. Their,* turn comes whm some other town furnishes t ie incidents! j


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Mission sermons were preached’ on 1 Sundky last,'in the 'Methodist,Church,- ' by tfie Revs.! Ri, Holt, and H. Allen. !


home MiSSlONk-The Home


Collections were taken for Home i Mission'Work.; [ j


teachers, a social was held in the; Methodist School] on Saturday evening. 1 *rhe [Rev. H.; Allen presiding. Songs' were I sung by Mits .I. ;Dugdale and Mr. W. Holland. Other musicahitems and'; Short sketches'were given, games werei Indulged in, ad supper was served. The-] ; proceeds wero for the Sunday School! funds.';


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’Mrs.I Marsden, [wife of Mr. Prank! Mars-deri, pf [ Dale-terrace, Chatbum,;: had [ the misfortune ' to faU on theil slippL'y road and. injure her leg.! Fortunately, Mr.; Parker, Calf’s iHeadJ Worston, came along in his car, applied splints and bandages, and then con? veyed iMrs. Marsden home In. his car; Later,! she was [taken to Blackburn Infirmary where it was found she, had fractured her!ankle. • , ,


.^CjCIDJINT.-'Whilst returning home,! along Wofston-road last Friday night,:


■ -f ! ■ I .r . p' [street lights for thejblack-oit,;


borrowed [from a neighbouriig authority, ■were tested iriMoor Lane labt-night, i Thfe formerly bright, bike beacons were covered, and the result of ihe niew fitting was a


se'pulchral glovf, not putting moon- l l|h t to shame, by any means, t ut distinctly useful. We should w;!- epme a few lights o f ![ even t ils calibre Unfortunately, it was a one-night pnly performance-vrtth the possibility that the local Llght- irig Committee may decide to get s.pme fittings of their own.;


T ® RIAYpE’S WELFARE FUND . I


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an Excellent ijPffort, spong)fqd iflmt I , t3 .eviously acknowledged... 90 8 of ail by!Lowestoft Rotarians.|who


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havk :secur6d| • the adjiptton by Rptaryj Clubs all over the [country 1 of' many rnffie^weeptog craf];! using j ] that port.


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Inner j'^eel have thus jadded the ' provision o f ' lo t ted , comforts for the minesweeper to ' tfie . general war wprk they were already doing in ;helping to supply local demands I


for comforts and all concerned are to be practi:al enti


commended on ithe ; latest irprise.


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I*rhe Berlin' correspondent, of the , siockholms i Tldnirigen^ describing the


appalling conditjops m Poland said: hat “ German policemen would give, imy- tfitag to, getia^Jayi” : One Nazi ofiper Mked'if they, \yere to hold a t^e headS'Of thp wprkersto make, t^em


work. -


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: ..... j ' £93 14 ]0


A vlirld account of Ws experleaces' ;ln thb Far East was* given-by Mr.'


i Caifey [Lord to members of Clltherop Rplary Club at their weeljly asseriir bly! yesterday,' !Rotarian;J! IVllkln- ; son vvas in the' chair! and, thankb to


i tile speaker were tendered' by Ro- i tatirifi Nonnan I Taylor. ■ /!, ■' •


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• burn .Infirmary,! after, a. short illness; He'lhad been Ih bed a week, arid on Moriday it was found neceKary;to rbr mpve [him to; the Infirmary,' where an opeiptlon' was performed. .; Bom .at Whitworth, near Rochdale, he' came !tp


was j [with deep regret that' tliq villagers hkard that Mr. Lionel'Taylor] ! of “Greenside,” Chatbum, had passed ,• away bn Wednesday! morning at Black;


D^ATH OF MB. L. TAYLOB.-i;t 1 •


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.reside; at Chatburh about five years ago; and| made many friends,'being of a pleasant, kindly,; disposition. He iVas thejson of the late.Mf.- Joseph Taylor,, a Burnley colliei'y owner,; 'knd was managing director for the ■'concern. Well-known in lousiness circles, Mr.


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'and! sudden bereavement. They .are assdclated with the Methodist Church.


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•Thk funeral willltake place on Monday,- ■at I'Whltworth. . ' : ! ' ,


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