(SIX)


Wills aiid Trusts in Peace


Deslrable.uitiainnomval'timM; consiJerapWintin^'MidlanclBank


aiid War ' to


Executdr and Trlaste? Company; as your executor or as trustee of an esUte or fund in which you are intjrested,. prevailing conditmns render sUch a step e\'cn more advisable now. A complete and efficient service is afforded by tile Company, which


with the aid of W specially trained dnd' expert staff, acting in close ’ oollaboration wiffij the organization of the Midlapd Bank, has gained an


inyaluabla’ ex^periende. ; ThiS’ experi; once bud tliei^any ijnpor«'nt.advnni. " tages'ittachmg to th'e appointment of the Compan^ to act for you are at your disposal for a moderate fee.


The hbrtefits thpi td be derived are


too numerous tc be mentioned; here in detail. They viill,.however, gladly ^ be explained by any Midland bank branch manager in his capacity a? a \ Tcpresentative oi^fhe Executor bUd Trustee Cimpany. Whatever you tell ^ him will be trejited in the strictest confidence. If at firlj you are unable to call . upon the jinana^er of the branch'


most cortvenierjt to send you


for you, ask him copy of ‘‘ The


Service oJihiA'/ijhnd Banks and Trustee Conipany ond .other informajive . literature. These my slm be obtaineci from the Head Office inPoultry, Lonlipn, E.C. a ,,


MilEiECtl


Clil! l o o k in g


tw enty -fiv e ITEMS FEOM OliB ISgU


I Two well-known Clltheronlans,


OddfeUow, Co-operatof-hls con-j nectlon with the local Spclety went


I passed to their' rest on the wthH; Mr. Isaac Schofield (,70)., a fornier|j builder and contractor, prominent


back to its pioneer_daysj-and wr some years a churchwarden at St.|; Paul’s, Low Moor; ^and/lMr. Joseph


I cow; Inn, .who ihad' been .living Ifli 1.retirement at Primrose'Mount.


Ward (64), a butcher for 36 years at premises 'in- Moor iLane, ^ .license^ idt, 20 yearStofi lihe Brpiid


I Clithferoe aiid-'disttlct, Whalleyi and'Read raised' £154 16s. Id. by^ Church Army Flag,Dai, Jhe sui^ was devoted' towards the cost of a Church Army hut in Flanders.


many ybars. Miss Eliza SfVant, who died at Eagley Bank,^ Bolton, at the age of 88. left a small legacy to the Whalley Parish Churchf’ to be,used in payment of the general expenses in the discretion of the wardens.


Formerly resident at Whalley fpb


, Bbwland 'Rural District Cpunoll were ask^ to ‘support a memorl u. ;o be presented to the Prlme.MWs ;er asking that' the Government pi


respofi^e for ahy damage done by hostile aircraft!-+-Mr. J. Finder sa^d the best insuranbe the (jovernmmt could iafford waislto stop the ylsltlilg dlrcraft—No action , was takea


•sermons were ipreached, in the morning by the Rev. G. H. PresWn; In.the afternoo.. Rev. T. W. Castle, vicar pf Ddle Head; and In Ithe evening by the Rev. E. J. M. Davies, of Waltonrlje- iDale.: The Rector (Rev. R. Rallton)


St. James’s Schools anniversaby


had asked for was' £104.


YEARS AGO E OF JULY 141h, 1916.


evening. A children M


-follo^ng from' a townsmen 'who wishes .to remain anonjmous. Tn view of the pronounced: shortage of water due to the prolongfed drought, it should be read by eve'17. user of the town’s water, and that Is more or less all our Inhabitants


£100; The response |,


war on Sabdenis manhood, a woman collector (Miss :Ruth Ann Thom[p-


Because of Inroads made by the I, , ' Ai. National:, War: Savings .Week l.crlsis.” , '■ • , I!,


soh)'' was appointed by ^ the -SabdjBn Weavers’,Asso(|Iatlon.


'


was Inaugurated in CUtheroe and neighbourhood, the object being to fix the attentlori of all classes In the: community ion the supreme lieedS of the nation In the preSen


: •'■' i !


Churchj on the 10th, the Rev. yl. W I [ ptting iperforme^ the Imarriage o;


1 ■ At Grlndleton 'llhited '-Mbtiiodisi


Mr; James W. Hargreaves; younges] son of Mr. and Mrs. James . Har' greaves, of Lane Side; Grlndletoi to Mlss'Carollne CalverleV. yy)unge| daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwar(


Galverley, of Gob House.'


Fund and St.’ Dunstah’s Home fo{ blind soldiers and sailors.' Eventi included, a flag day, aj.sraall,sale o, ’ ”• work ofganispdiby girl; students o: i\ rtthV'Graiflmar School, ,jithd an evenj


, theroe raised .over £300 for th| iLord Roberts Memorial Worksho]


'.i! ! Announced • as ‘‘ The Day, CU


others in the neighbourhood, wpre bereavpd by the war: Private Frank Boothman, of [the Seaforth High­ landers, son of! Mr. and Mrs. George Boothmah,' Bbookslde-terrace, ani formerly of Castle-street;. Driver Valentine Howard, R.F.AI; son [of Mb and Mrs; | John Howard, Hpn- thbrh-road; Rifleman James L o ^ ,


Several Clltheroe families, a]


King’s Royal Rifles, only son of M - vate and Mfs,|P. Loynd, Hothersall Square, Salford;, and Private Wm, HerbefI Doxey son of Mr. and Mrs,


Doxey, Wlsweli Lane, Whalley.


i 1, [.proceedings fended'with a ^ance on i- '•’Tthfe Chatburn-foad’cricket ground;


' ■ fIi&TaRds!'(ttesB ipSiSWfc'with ,a hosj; f'lbrtableaux on vehicles' and several [hundred characters oh foot.,,.The


I .‘--fPresentations-were made on Sun^ day. the 9th, at:St;,Mary’s Parish


: Missing, now ofBcially presumed dead, were Joseph Noble; of'Salford Bridge; James Kitchen,who. joined up from Australia.,"brother of Mrs. Barker, Mohktstreet; D. Devaney, Salford; A. Pym, Bawdlands; Hy. Brayfehaw, Standen; Cottages; :Wm. Knowles, BarroW; and G. Mashlter, Whalley.


j ’ ,


[ Church Sunday $chool to Mr. B. E, Jones (secretary); and Sergeant IS .


I Glarke, both'of whomj had recently j . entered Into wedlock,, ,


1 Secretary, preached anniversary sermons Wesley- Church;; and


London,. Connexlonal Sunday Sch ool ' ■


The Rev. J. Williams Butcher,


— ’ the Sclopl at Clltherde| lectured th|e,


old son of Mr,'James Clltheroe, for-: merly of Shai Bridge-street.. who removed to Southampton, was onp of the cfew .to lose his life in the sinking of the battleship"Invin­ cible.” The father, “ Jim ” Cllthe roe^ fought, throughout thp South Afridan War (In which'hl's brothei' ‘‘ Jack” fell a victim to enteric) and he joined the crew of a trans­ port vessel. I


Stoker Fred Cllthefoe. 19-year-l '


i37 years; Isabella Blrtwell,*Rldingi Bllungton, 76[years; John Roberts, Wadda.View, Waddlhgtbn, 67 yeats,


' Local dea[ths recorded were Elizabeth Swales, 4,-Curzon-street,


' ' • ! ;-' j- J/5; -.Si»|l« d#M 2}1 •r pswiltr foni 1/5 ud I'creyywktrt ii


i t D O E S NOT AFFECT THE HEART


NEW ROTARY y ea r OPENS COUNaLK W. 'JmiTESibE’S PRESiDENTIAL ADDRESS NEW, .0P|P0RTUNITIE^.


j presented a past-president’s jewel te I his predecessor. Rotarian W. P. Read; warmly: thanking him fgr hls servieds.


an A, H; Todd as vicMhainnan, and thft'


; lealize the need for smrdy, protective,; vatetproqf boot-leather. :Hence.the


Nowl as lievjtr before, men who work on the land


growing- arnjy of men who wear eounliy boota^made with BEVA- Uppir leather=^thoTaiher for the bnd.|Witb all its amour-like strength it is pone the[Iess flexible and com-. fortable. 'Asrfor ecpnpmy-^mai . E ^A yourself and see bow difficult it is tOiwear this tough leather out,


'Susies. ,e/'[ BEV^Soots


crelimied \: sohriy^^lule i ^ e ’sa


thme. .. . u m


iWniMUl. ^^OaiTahnery. Ltids.'


liMsrrwji THI .


!, I


I the kindly and gracious : way ,he had 1 perfoi-med the mstallation ceremony,


’i The new President- said hls,first duly •was to thank Past President Read for


and' also to- express, the thanks, of the I retiring officials to 'Rotarian Read fbr 1 great compliment wh J


ustify that confidence. POWER FOR


nd has


I deeply appreciated „„ ________ ..


directions , are now position - of - that) ;


.


compliment but which I hope or


' ' .


1 power for .good,” proceeded. “ Its


_______


a“ The Dlltheroe___ _ ____ iieen known In ’


....... ... .....__trust 1 will respond, and rise to, as my predeceSsoi-s ha,v|e- done. When .the tims comes for toe to relinquish the: position I shall 'be content with no other [thanks than the expression that Rotarian Whites' served Rotary well." .. |.


that there has fallen to me the highest iiClub is not oniyj p


! acpejpted, and vert by plf, and the to -ot


vl - t; is a challenge lito


, j “ My duty' Is clear.' there is only , i duty for any Rotdry President and tl f whatever the!difficulties that con­ oront us and subject to the limitations; If our times, not onlyito lead the Club


s—


ment of the four objects of Rotary. l Ut, also to lead the Clufajinilts endeave ur o to spread the ideals of Rotary iamonist'


n its endeavour to approach the full'll-


members of Rotary or not. ri It is not my intention just now


forcibly reminded of | them—wheh-rih l d few weeks time, it will be my privi­


imple objects of Rotary., I may.sa; however that, you. wi


two now members. hard time i AHEAD;


ege to inltiatfr-to bur ideals— or onfe


; ] -" Pellfew Rotarlans' I pm not, and ne tor I have been, a pessimist, 'but wh ist I Iboking forward with confidence ,tb


xU SiUSE (IDEY


N w


pains, : aching pausclM and joints,, ■ pnffyi eyesjdisturbcd nights and dizzy atta^ before they can become more .


EVERtriflewithkidpeyaihnents., Reliwe badcache,.-;rheumatic


serions:


.4ltlolf(oU«'tb' tht'telurt oftha ktdnai^ to blood. ' Start'ila5ing,D6an3[braiMiiBadcachd i


■nii|»uM'ln tteh'oM l•«pfeI»n•<liWIlr _ [' ! '■ ![i;:" ,


RdhCT Pills. This special kidney j. icmedy'iclewes, 'sttengthefls/'.^d,! stimulates! the kidney filters, so that blobd i purity is restored and:ease and. comfort afe. rejoined.' You can rely


p a ; ^ men and wdnuflj. I = O O THE WOBSEB HOLE, I^ACE FRQ5)[. pURO,


upon a medicine that- has beeh Used.-. and publldy recommended by SOjO


I Son.-; 1310.96;: E!- F.- Nutter,- 13g8;7?i 1275.61. 1264 72:1 1255.12; Burgess,


Clitheroe West End: Burgess and


[ Bell and Howarth. and Son, 1251.60, 122156; Bell fend I Howarth, 1220.26;,!]. Pi Nutter,, 1215, -


! G. Cqwperthwalte,


expression [in the villages of York­ shire, 'says i“The Yorkshire Evening Post.” '


’They, still have their gift for racy '


. “ Joe Stalin!” echoed the village grocer after some 'comments.in hls shop bn, the Russo-German fight­ ing. “He’s!In a wbrset hold than


I 72;'!nW. Webster.'1153.55;/ Duggan WooUon. and Maddern,'112M0; 1046.43;'


„ sepeat; or,discuss at.!length the four


ur ' fellow-men, whether they .fere to


-to him, and to assure the members j that he would dO'all: In. his power-to GOOD.


like to express his own thanks for the ' which had been pa n


for so: ne considerable t:ime, iaccttiivities in so mtflmi;y


Rbtaiy' Club is now,


our town Us a great Councillor Whiteside


hls outstanding^ leadeghlp. _He^ woujffi laid


I eroe Rotary. Cliib, Councillor • • I -Whiteside. ;ln his I presidential address;' yesterday-week.- During;the meeting; iGoitacUlor' Whiteside' Installed Rotar-r


R


otary in warrtlme: .was dlscute^d to do—when first we joined I^ a ^ . pr, -bv-the new President of the Gllthj ‘


’


to be more correct, when we first began to understandjwhat Rotafy meant,' jj •


g On the' other hapd—we have been he mannerrifl which every member: bf


vices of our town is a matter we haye every reason tb be proud.


..- [ | d It is an old [adage that destiny itself,


accomplish 'great and noble tasks,, but t destiny has flow given us an oppor­


each bf us in this comparatively small way, to the service pf. his community.


oes not oaer;all men opportunities to unity to make material contributions,


o In this life! fortunate; is'he who[|ls


make materlar contributions . to the U irogress of hls ooinmunlty. , .Surely


ffered occasional opportunities, 'to couDly fortunate is he who is given a


hls country—tb serve in, however small a wav the British Commonwealth - of Natio'ns.” ' -j


hance to serve his Rotary,: hls town, , | i


ThYi NEfl^ VICE-PBESIDEN'T. RThe new President‘'then , welcomed


that Rotarlafl J. Aspden, as secretary, would be at-his side durlnc: his year of office. No one could wish for a better executive council than had been elected and together they would play: their part in seeing that the-high tra­ ditions of the. Rotary Club;of Olltheroe were not only maintained, but made t even greater, still. The :Club was for­


a btarlan A. H- Todd as vice-president, nd: said that he'was glad to know


I I It.ls of course,!to Rotarians' a^gtet I tragedy thht the war | prevents us iixii- attempting to achieve all we :set but


. [


another successful Rotary year, it would be foolish to refuse to face facts, while piously hoping that things mav' sbon be better, is even more, useless still; There can therefore, Tor every one bf us,., be'nothing else; ahead-during -the next twelve, months but difficulties, disappolfltrnents, l and harder tliAeSf riot only ,in our Rotars', but in faUr business,' and In our Ihomes,


press miseries, fellevlate sufferings and bring about innumerable benefits. Neither did I it demand that men assume the attitude of the Franciscan, renouncing all their worldly goods. Rotary asked simply, that- they 'snould follow a simple rule; a rule wnich.had been in the heart of men for centuries To do unto others as we would be done unto,-to cultivate friendship as'a mfeans • of understanding our fellows more


domestic matters. Councillor .Whiteside said that Rotary did not demand that men should neglect their profession nr business, o r th a t Rotarians should- keep millions in their, treasure chest and strew behind them a series of don­ ations which might, in some way, sup­


ad' attended! to all. requirements. After, a reference to one or two


iven opportunities for. service which t otherwise could never have arisen-r-and


the. Club is 1 playing hls part in the several and various civil defence ser­


-■ If T may be allowed to ^dd a note to ,ypur correspondent’s observa­ tions, J would like to, call attention to a-waste of water which probably Is overlooked by the most careful consumer. : In using water from a "hot” ta p ‘It Is-the' [Invariable custom to run off the cooled water lying in the service pipe and , only put the plug in the wastejplpe wheh the water' runs hot. I t is then necessary for most purposes, to cool the hot .water from, thfe cold tap, when the water which ls[ all.oWed to run to waste when the tap Is opened, would serve this-puiTose. , The offlclffl notice, restrjctlng, the


1


r. 'F. MARGERISON, : ; the- Bordugh Engineer and Water­ works Manager, has .received' the


CLITHERpNI^’S EXfEI^IENCE. this Ud and


_ am not suggesting we are as badly placed as "that, but we might be yet, and as I shaved hundreds of times with Jno more than a tin lid. f ull of water I know It cfeh be done when you have 10 alterha,tive.


_______ _ got [our shave all right;


ilse of wfeter .which Appeared, In; the paper last'week set me'thinking of various waysTn which water can be saved, It Is not only . that water Is more or less wilfully wa3tfe'd,;but In bur .manifold .uses td, •water.[yjfe .con­ sume 'habitually fi^e' Qh 'tpn ;times more water than would’SAmply suffice if we were reaUyi.put -to It.


of living where water is'seatee;; in Mesopotamia during thfe last-.war, I will record what I had. already dbne before this offlclai noticfe 'apTpfeaiied, as it was obvious wfe; 'werfe .m'-fpr ,a shortage If rain cohtlfilie'dr to be


I DOLLY TUB “BESllRVOiB.” - As one who had some!.experience


held off. instead of .[iQurlng, all Slop, and, otherwise " used,” water down the sink o'r drain, I .got out two old "dolly”- tubs; and filled theiii with the used water. It was a little trouble, of -course, but It was Worth it.' , A sufficient fUian^lty quickly accuniulated so that I was able to water my gferden; plants and vegetables, without resorting to «iater direct from the tap. What a ttemendous saving this would effect


'[ ■ Then - for personal use we' con­ sume-' far : more water than Is essential.' 11 called on a friend a few weeks ago. It was early In the morning.and he was just shaving. His shaving “ pot” was a jug hold­ ing from three gills to a quart, and of feourse It was full Almost to, the brim iof hot water. My own shaving vessel usually is a pint pot, but more than:a month ago I sub stltuted a .cracked tea-cup holding less than -ha'W ’the quantity of water. It answers the purpose quite


If resorted to not by one Individual but . by all or most- Of Clltheroe’s Inhabitants.' ! '


■


fill , the waSh-basih' up to. the: hrlm or nearl^ so;' „Half that'quantity bf’water -21111 di quite well unless one. Is engaged In a very dirty bccupatloifl; Ir “Mespbt” all pur water, cani'e fr 3m' the Tigris or Euphrates. [ We were camped over three miles froiii the-Tigris.' The water 'which "officially" arrived dally vlas cpnfln ;d strictly to drink­ ing purposes; you had to do the best you could fc r washing. Some­ times the. feart was hot 'quite empty when they werfe starting out for, the river,-and if-you were lucky yOu could get a.'butketful for washing pun)oses.- Eve:'y evening, about half.a dozfeh of those whose duties for the day W'irp' finished, would ■ i couple of leathfer


|lISE;LESS ,IN' WASH-BASIN.-; .Then when w 3 wash, most of us


each__ _


buckets frm th^e “ horse lines,” and walk the wree or more miles to the river, fllllthelr buckets, and walk back to camp. The next morning


-, .


at' least [sfeveiixy then washed at these buckets,' ten, or ,a dozen tojia


bucket. You: can imagine what u water Ibqked like - after ten or hadfusfed. It. Aiwa;


through managed to


thfe Tigris Is a-pithy river, mid the mud which settled down In t[ ' uckets was a solid mass half ip to the tbp after- standing ■ the. flight. ' Yet we au wash and.


our


believe me,':'ypu 'boiild tell ,tiie eleventh or twelfth man was tolfer- febly.clean;;- ,'


: [;'


in Clltheroe should follow suit; But What I Mve'! related from actlial experience‘shoves whflt can be dbne .when yoii are r Jally put to It. This apart, I jam sui-e we all use—aside from that which-;- is -Wantonly wastedi-^at least- twice -as much water afe -we ret lly.need for domes­ tic- purposes. When Clltherbfe people -were depfendent on the, old wells! fori their water,-lyou bet they [made It] go mi ch‘further than It goes to-day. Loads of water, for example!, are ujed for washing-up purposed when half thfe quantity


■' hTiLE [would'- suffice.: [.: l am riot' of 'course suggesting we


would suffice. - r tru s t I have shown that there


j just one or two of us,- but everybody —to hls esSentlil needs, the saving


well- Therfe.ls ample waiter to get a lather. Aritt-'thls remlijds. me. Out in the dfeteft the only water we could getfOr shaving was out of our


arfe more Ways than one -of saving water, if every user cut down the water he] halltually draws—not


,of water raectied would astonish our loci 1: officials, to say nothing of the users themselves. When Water


drinking-water bottles. It was precious. | Most* of us had by .us a tin bf something br'other; • We [took off the lid, about the sl2e of a jam-pot cover, and say half an inch deep. We poured our water Into


RATIONING


INSTRUCTIONS , ON; REGISTRATION;


ITHE new registration takes place


1 from July 7th to July 10th.: You WW.have to register again this time, Whether you wish to change, your retailers or not. If.you do not register by July 19th-you may . not get your rations when the new books come mto use on July 28th. „ ,


t This tlmfe certain foods are grouped " ,


register with only one retailer for sugar and preserves, arid with only, one retailer for butter, margarine and


ogether for -registrations., You may b■ You can choose any retailers you like, cooking fats., , •. - ■ .


family foy any one food at the, same shop. There is no need to, go to the


ut it is best to register your,whole


same shop fori every food. HOW TO REGISTER.


at, the top of page 13 of yoUr Supple­ mentary Ratwn Book, R.R9.--the yellow book. Fill In-your naipe and address, your retailer’s name: and address, your National ^glsttetlpn number and your Ration Book Serial


MEAT—Turn to the meat counterfoil


number. (You will find these numbers on the front'page,of your Ixioks),-


funate in many ways to have such fine headquarters and they were 'grate­ ful to Councillor and Mrs. Wilkinson


ing FATS.—’The counterfoil Is the F third on page' 13 of the Yellow-Brok.


hor the’ successful way in which they manterfoil for cooking fats, since these ust be bought, from the , same , shop


partlculai's as given above.. wYou must not write'anyth. „


addresses, and given above. [


BACON AND HAM.^Tfle’counterfoil Y is at. the bottbrti of. page 13_^of the


and other particulars , as given above. CHEESE—The 'counterfpil to be used)


ellow Book. Fill In names, addresses,


p is that marked' with a .large B on Rage 25 of the General -Ration Book


sympathetically, so that with a clearer understanding we, might learnt te appreciate their problems.: joys,,.short­ comings and also their capabilities;


.pressed the hope that' during his terin o ■ ■ ■ better f a wiser and 1 ■ world.'


of office, with-God’s guidance and Mr. Churchill’s tleadershlp, happier and • easier' days! Would come, in • which


Rotary would be able to, play her-just part In the laying of. the foundations


Ration ,Book. R.B.2. ., Fill In, names; addi'esses, and other pa.rtlculars | as


B.I. or on page 23 of the Childs given: above.


In conclusion, the new president ex­ must not use this,counterfoil. ’ They j ithe blank space|below the bottom line fee-back-coyer.'


and agricultural workers entitled to the special cheese ration of 8-ozs.;per week ,


Vegetarians,- underground mmepj ' ■ • . ',


should make appllcatlon .for the special ration, or, for its renewal, at | the local Food Office between July 7th [and 19th. They must bring both the old and the new ration book? with them. Asrl-! cultural labourers must bifeng; their un-( employment cards also.


. , . [on: thfe • •' : :


t• EGGS.—If you'.-'havft’ hot yet.flegis- cered for eggs, do so at once. - Use the tounterfoil on the third spare.page of


1 ,


General Ration Book, jsage^to 'in the' Child’s Ration Book. -.If you flave air ready registered for eggs, you must not do so again. ■ - ,


he old ration book—page 14 in the:


etc., ypurself. p > floiaskyour retailers ■ ; ' [. ‘ ...3U /They are very short foils, take your, books to your retailers


l YOU should. fiJl in the counterfoils,


tef staff and have-not gfeti the tune'. i ■When you have filled in-the counter-


'and they will cut out the couhterfolls. iDo not cut .any bf them out yourself. ‘ If - you wish - tb deposit pages of- coupons with your retailers, you must


GENERAL iNSTRUCnONS.-^You land sligar are parked.', .must also fill in.the flames of yoUr new , will use; he'c.quppn


retailers ulside the front and back covers of your General (or Child’s) Ration Book.:; The name and address.


of your egg relailer-should be,written in-.must :iot; (Continued foot of next Column), Iretailer,


Trie coupons for meat, butter, mar- ! 'garinc and cbDkng fats.'ba?on apdham,


ialso f 11 in youn name and address in . the space proyided on each! page -of


'coupons.' ( .1.


1A ”: f )ri cheesfe coupons marked "Spare IB’’-and, for eggS those marked ."Spare '


_______ t_ _____s___i k


C.” The page df. cooking fats coupons used or deposited' with a


-


For tea you. ;t(^'acqulre • ,; ,[ inariied “ Spare JUDGMENT.] ,


E ttentfon.


, Dlscusslhg th .inllitary'sltufetioh, , • ‘ '•


isure t utj for, the welfare arid highest good of the community, ire came I with that a growing endence|bn the power and the sfehce of Christ. The longer the: llsatlom of dependence upon Him 1 delay! Id, , the harder It becake


It No secret.


;t le -Germ in-controlled- Paris Wadlo| sfidthe other'night;:-


The thli:^ strength] -that of old age. was :bmsel—judgment ■ based .upon expe dfence. That was the only iSirt'of old fege worthj living to,


[t lat; Brltata Is .Erieiflv No. 1, who ft 'lll.soonfegain be receiving primary!


“ Germany has never forgetten ' !', i;' , j


and preserves, -since they must, be bought from the same shop.


Do not-regisfer separately for sugar . BUTTER. margarine fend cook­ ill, in names,, .addresses, and other


counterfoil is I at the bottom of page 12 of the' Yellow Book,other


as your butter and margarme. SUGAR And PRESERVES.-The


Fill-In names, partlculai-s as


' of the Bachelors’ Club, It ,to recalled; , He be; a biggish sum he would drive 'a vehicle;aIong! Rotten Row.in Hyde' park :ind get E way.'wlth It. He was readily “ take;i,’-’ 'because, though,


writes gossip A fimbus Jfeke of Lord Charles Bereslord was on i fellow-members


lors’ V dll I be revived after, the war, don Evening News’


will te together still at the St. Jame^s.. but I


closed The doubt If 'the Bache­ a! “Lon


i anybody I may ride; In Rottfeh Row, none save thq Royal Family, fliay


appohted tlm; for Lord Charles’s iglg; fell ..they ifaw.-were-riders and i the v/ater cart; f Back' In' tfl'e club ’they iwfelted - him; ' He 'duly came, :stlll In disguise, to claim hto bet. [He had' ibeeh, temporarily, the drlvei) of the water .cart. . Ill


; drive. - Meiabers .lofeked; In vain-flt. the


(Co^inued.froil ,a-precedlhgljolumn).. SAVED When Yp^ j ^ e P at To It


JULY CAN BE


LOOKING BACK YEARS AGO


IXEHI


14th, vlcai nister, :the V


OUR ISSUES OF JULY Toth, 1891. j


Chat)iim Paijish: Church, bn the ■ by the Rev. R. D. H. Gray,


io ln ^ 'ln Wculock to Miss Kate StitcTfle, of ebatburni In the afterr noon, Mf. Hy I Rawsthprne,; second son bf ■Counqlllor Rawsthome, ‘of Cast|e-[street, ;JClltherbe, was united Blanche Taylor, late infant


! In the! morning, P.C. Ban^ village constable, was reld! ■


I . _


schotlinistressj atChfethurn. #. :*■ '*


Mary’s Parish) Church, Clitheroe. on the 15th, .Of Mr.' John Duckworth, of the* firm of Messrs.-Duckworth and I Eddlestohfe.' cotton' manufac­ turers,! Blackb'iini' and Clitheroei- to Miss* Ruth SuteUffe, eldest daughter of Mr;[and:Mrs. W. Sutcliffe, White Jilohl Hotel, Glitheroe, The cere­ mony was flxfed for lla.m., and. the guests assembled at that hour; It tranfeplred, however,.that the bride- i5rbom!had oyerlboked the fact that ;he ibmins had • to be > published In Blackburn asliweH as Clithferoe. In consKquence ] of his : residing! at Blackburn, and he therefore did not produce the heoessary certificate.


, awkwaild delay occurred in ectlon with the marriage at St.


die (th(


Tw3 weddings were solemnized at


iromiscubusly, they secured the a irivllege to visitors by ticket Issued


advance. • * * * ,


[ncrease in rates of pay. . . i ' * #


' j [


mittee recorded an, application by he sergeants and constables for an


The minutes of the Watch Com­


nent of Nuisance Inspector for the wrbugh innum.


Mr. Thomas Davies was selected rom 22 candidates for the appoint-


at a salary of '£65 per


:3awson to present plans for[ thfe^ iionversion of ;certalh ' houses' In 'Mies-and Grlmshaw-streets !lntfl :nddel lodglhg-houseB; : . 1 '


Permission was given for Mrl W. - ■ " I [ * * ■ ■ '.[,i


engineers wishing 'to submit' a ilcheme for the improvement of lighting-Ih'[the borough was npt tonsldered.'


A letter from a firm of electrical


■frTITLER’S'plafes XL quest are not table in-Russia.' 7 are an enigma—!n


/get a much better oI putting.'down auperior strategy, they .put'them t


and file appear td be Itetter.tl^ othcr average fighting,kefl, put lt domr.not ■to greater>rso,nk faravew but to the Jact that -the-.GefkUn-so dierj wh.ether- : me goes .forward dr back,' Is more lafiald;


as'ls often ‘n S


“ e curate-ln-cHarge at St. Mary’s e 'Rev. A. j Gregory) .ref iised to


jerfbrm the .ceremony without cer- ;lflchte, and he, with the • bride­ groom and the father of the bride,


after a telegram had been sent-to the- Bishop, proceeded to IntetvlfeW the sufrogatfeifor the district,: the Rev George IFlelden, rector' bf St. Janes’s; 'After having the matter explalnfed to blni, Mr. Fleldeh gave hla sanctionIto the ceremony.: arid


he granted a, certificate: to tb^t effe:t. It was .then arraflged that the weddlngjahould'take, place, at


o'he o’clock.' I Th'q „ carriages, • etc'; -weri made feadyi and'some of,the guests were 'about to start for thfe chu rch when][no replY having bepn received from[the Bishop, an Intim­ ation: was gteen by the, curate^lfl-' charce to thfe effect that he:eould nbtf legally pferfOrffi thfe ceremony; The Rector ot) St. Janies’s was again seen 'and he'|:agreed to marry thfe couble,!'which he did, less than half- ari-hour remfelnlng for the perform-' ance of thfe cfei'emohy.,


■ '■!*' ' *


lln^ton, - formerly :of the Clitheroe Cirfeult, preafehed Clitheroe Wesley


,e Rev. A. Dickinson,, of Dar-i


sermons. 7s, 6d.


Chfe;.pel [Sunday School anniversary Cfellectlchs totalled £51


-lit ■ [ *'


__minds of the local populace for softe considerable' time was ;thfe[ closing of the' Castle because of the; rowdyism of Wsltors. A'deputation from the,Town CouricIlThtervlewedl col )nel Robinson;.and, though they!


subject! which'. had exercised- * ! ■ - i


didf ' gro


' and continuous downpours for long periods [And [ve are now only just past mldsijimmer.


EMBANKMENT HAY FARMERS.


contlnilatice of of allo’vlng far crops {:ro[vlng ments.] Last


L.M.5. The


,.M.S. R


farmers offer;


that this' number will .be substan­ tially 1 icr^eased aS every bit of grass is reqifireb-for[use as silage to. feed


thtoj-ydar 'i t Is anticipated


year vallei


way he y Should statloEirifester.


apply to the nearest MARTINS BANK.


an int 'riifl dlvldend of 7i per cent, siibjec; tel infeomfe fax, for the half- year eflded 30th.June, 1941, pfeyable 29th Inst , being at the same rate as for the corr spondlrig nerlod last year.


- MafUn^ Bank Limited announces LONDON CLUB STORY.


Bachelors’ Club, Mayfair, has doyn. Many of Its members


FOR WAR.TIME MEASURE.


illway .announce the their wartime policy iners to harvest hay 3n railway fembank


approximately 440 themselves of this


the


Tie ijarishlohers' of, St. Saul’s; their Sunday


School, all the services being well


Low Moot, on Sunday, celebtateq anniversary of


' fhfe Re,v;W. S St.| Philip’s,! miinloh was: morning prfej


attended. Thfe special preacher was sephferd, M.A., vicar of Nelson. Holy Com-, administered pfior to, er and sermon, and In


thi'afternobn Mr. Shephard, con-; dufeted a scholars’ service. Ifl the evening; Mrl'S. Fell, junr., took part in]theiservice, and the:choir-added to'the pleasure of the assembly with an|: excellfeht , rendition- Of the anthem ” 0. |GIveThahks/[ Mr..'X


olfertories aihounted to £32 16s.;


thfe text:' “ 'They go from strength to. Strength ’: (Psalm 84.7), the Rev.


ERyiCE’( THE WATCHWORD, keachingjin the evening, from


Wl Shephard spld. thls 'phrase represented, the normal life of every! child born Into the world. To. grow from strength to strength vtas the


: Is -i plenjtlf bl4-nf ore - .than sufficient for all purpbse^lt'ls of course! a dlfferer t matte; -.' But that will not happen again, much before next Chrlstnias, unless there are heavy


not recetee a promise that' thei jnds would-i ;agilri. :he


chool m v .


opened!


ffer-the borough, showed, that 53 eaihs .were registered' as against,


The quarterly report of Dr. J. X 'raser, Medlcfel Officer of Health:


98 births. !


In apartments at Henthorn-road ' and working as a tape]: ati thfe Jubilee Mill, met with a bad accid­ ent on the 16th. A wheel over the, size box not working satlfefacterily, fle was kneeling on the box for the


William Thompson, a.-young -mair


'purpose of taking down jihe; shaft when he slipped into,the .bolllhg s: ze, both hls legs being 'badly scalded.


-.1.'.; | - . S t.! James’s.: Day . and:. Sunday '


School serntons- • woffet preached .by i the Rev. R. L." Jones (Rector of Slaldburn) and the Rey. G, Flelden,, C(Olle.ctlotis''to,talled‘ over £50.; [The •'


bustomary prpcesslon' took placfelln tie afternoon from Salfcird Bridge to the top,of,W^alley-rofed) thence tb.the church,


■mally welcomed to hls now.paator-^ a te a t Mount Zion Primitive Meth­ odist' Chutch at: a “ rfecb^ltToii meeting’’..held,on:,the 15th[ ■


‘ The Rev,; James Jackson was!for-,


taking oferi were Messrs. Wm. Cross,. George Coleman, W®: Luker, X-L., galley,. A. Lahdles, H.. Wooler,! and ■


’rhose-


Councillor A.''Roberto. ‘ ' n'Cricket results: Settle 165 for 5)L OUtheroe 64 (fo'ri 9). ii'WhaUey 66* Pjadlham 127.. Downhfem'32. iCU-v, tfierbe BiGlS. 124.- Lbw-Mfeor (neW- -


ly-forpied I club, captalneil by , J. packing, 41, a VillageXi (captained by Cawley)j,34.


gate., iron moulder, 39 years; Joha Brown, Stfeelarids, Grlndleton, 75 'jlears. . . i..


- ',! ■


Sermons at'Low IMPRESSIVE


Chuircli SERVICES; SHEPHARD ON VITAL ;WORK AMONG YOUNG-


ed one. Why were so many people ; ifrald of doath? There were those ; vho said (they were ’not afraid;; )ecause death WPS tafeyltable.. .:Buli ve needed; something more than. ;ha’t. We-;must realise-.that, death Was the opqhing of a-door: Into.'S. fuller and higher, life. Confidence only came when we studied our. past and carefully compared our present • 'state with the steps we had taken.? i; Such .wa^' the -course-.whlCh God had ordaked for all creatures:, lb ; was the child’s ..rightful herltagfe,t: How much) did we .care for those children whi


ras a time in which one could look ack upon ihe path which God had


pm God- sent?


What.of those children who had. ■Just beeh'bOrn? Tyhere wquld , they be in, say, twenty years” time, and what would Be;the; state[of their minds; the desires.: of their I hearts? [


It was frlghtfully’.'lmportant, iiar-


nbrmal course'of. the spirit .as well as of the'body.l First of all,-we had th ; strength:: of youth,, which was innocfence-^hbt the same thing as Ighorance. [ By baptism, children be lame inheritors of the klngdbni of heaven, fend: Irl their early yputh came jthe' realisation of the reality oflGod, ' ‘ [‘ [


The strength of maturity could beJ sumked up iii the word “ Slervfcej,’[| which should be the. wfetcbwdra of every adult person and; - certfelnly of every adult Christian,


rt;


UnfortuhatfeiV it was not so, but tnetlme was) coming when It would have-|.to -bfe,l especlallyvTjVhen one thought of the compfexlty of the problems v hlch would arise out bf ti e war and ■ Its legacy . of hate; People of goodwill would be needeil, ahd there jwfes only one goodwill—


| )dwill.’’ iPeople; would havo to 'flfed. ' ,.|| :


:


toe that [they were all children )fle- Falthfer—elementary Chrls- I teachmfe which we had not yet


tlcularly so, for those'now, living afl!<l to whom- those children would look, for guidance.. They could direct the- little feet tb!p,eace„br to dealth an'd-; destruction, in theory, the Church, welcomed the children Info her: fold, at baptism; but whose business was. It to look[after them 'aftefwatds? People seemed always to -have pre-i


suraed that It was thfe'parson’s job, That was hot so; '.it .was a job for the.laity. i-Everyope Who had been baptised, and confirmed had made vows to be faithful to God; until death. [ ! ' ; . ■


'[ '


would , keep In touch I with both ichildren and parents. 1 .The 1 last; generation knew Tittle I about--the


Christian gospel, and, today there, were-iiinumerable people who re­


garded Sunday only , as a holiday- Their excuse wus-that after work­


ing all week they needed; a holiday, [But the,spirit neaded far more,re-. creation than'th, body, land injh^


iUfeMs be augmented by PsoPte Wh?; had.the strength, that the Psalm;


'last analysis it was the spirit which: i counted. Children needed sponsors : fend .Sunday school teachers could :hot do all the work. 1110 staff tfl^ti


jrvlce ’vas a high calling, and itrengtli was the realisation and ighltloi: j-that the powers' gteen


IS; were nfet for our own use and


'spoke of. I t meant hard but!very iheefessary Work. Ktler had stooped ito, every -iibssible evil, yet no t: so ■many years, ago-he was a baby in. -his mother’s arms.. Someone; had


[misdirected hls, steps- God forbid Ithat anyone should cast • i that, reproach upoii ‘ aiVY ohe;Ptufl‘; r ,


1 . : ,TT’S[. A':CEE'r,![, i . / . i . “One thtog we are, assured;: thaU


'Hitler and hls vUlalnous crew W


-be delivered td the doom and shame which Is thelr'due. and.we'oursem-


[shall - have the ihad something to, do With It. —Thfe.:. Prime Minister. - ■ -'


dreamed of the day when: every, • church would have ah organised, body of voluntary workers who Would he entrusted with the spirit-; ual .welfare of the children on the. church’s baptismal, roll, and ; who


' SPIRIT COUNTS MOST; (The preacher went o.h to say he


1 Deaths: [ Thomas Smith, Lower- '1


I .hravei'y- is in part! mechanical. It Is. iorced/ lt'ls -HobfoUk ;choIce'. [I'Hihe FaUs, be Is “FortltJf -iI-shallTbe'WeU; if - tee: ifes^feontirluk fo


of,what lies behmdi than .what'/lea in- Front df him. , In)‘other words,;his


. penetration kto; tlielt Country;., .Aftk


rio^tefelr' own 'uhtirtee "bfeck erid” ,of,[that achieved^ hgalnst|ifli :divlM' oseand. nothing [to gam, by. Hitler’s


France,? are . rirdVtagf empty.*'’’rap l Russians .know .te'dv have everything! to,


are to-day under least aUowed to tl mot think aloud le: ' Gestapo. ■ Hitler.


• the" world'- !-thi


•3 must-f feedm T a “ about tee almost


hit 'Hitler aslh dmltT!


very well iittlng, jtjhfe, enemy: hard; (in France, where}-.tea prdperty ■destrdyed is wholly FrenchJ and'the clvUlr killed are mostlyi Frenchmen: - 'T™ Nazis do-hot care tw6.hoots about that. But we are damaging mUltary objec­ Itives,- it ,1s said.- Perhaps we are. iBut


German,/partlculai i other language;


ard-ehough,. ln...di " hit........


f o not hit thfetii


'ar froifl- ired .fchar£Miter,|df d Berlin, soil.- ■ In


1 'Concern, and It can ,pfe endedjtokortpw, ; in -tee:;Comparatlv5 sense.iby jhlttirig G them blows at 1 tel I heoft, t that to: m


matter.' If the War Is going- to' last uptll 1951;- as well ItlmayFas a military goiiig


f we smash'the Genpan clvUianmofal in Germany:'the war Is over, andJiose military o ibjectt!ttvles!-lm. “


v e s ,France wo.ri’t. ____


- ermany, 1 am all for hlltlng them-to ! Germany, ;By almtog. at Mqsoow,


Hitler to out|for|:fe^ spectacular •but : oulek and paralystog / bloW [at 'ltee


-Soviet regime.! - ij ■ ,i


. I am conWe^d be will fan/! Bfet eveh If he! succeeds, the ate not aoWfl’


annihilate, ttie Rutoiari


i ' ifo'r., th« followi': ,


he begins to present ten


'dnB out,


there are- ktUI ten! million tfe ,.


illlon '-’are accounted


i That tojlf Stalin sticks It And-presum- mbly;he will stick Itjbfefore qllowlng the , Nazi usurper to mdunt hls[own;ped-


, -estEa.' Russia :stm:lias''great ,distances : ! behind Moscow. IDne oft our-Wsdlflg


. and When, tflfe -nny before le tniiit


Btdr ' arid ' turn InBte'adrtefeyllddk:, is-a Hun. Evep™ the other Wayj rof . turn,- on > Hitter,


Busslans;Wou}d loc


all, if IiUved-myself uildfer some' fotfelt- tarlan regime I tediMiprabablt the one I was uMelv the one -l- Khfew, to ,tee-one some feew qomer was. ofiem Ing me. ' The Russians -, under Stalin were never thei abJCfet slaves the.HikS ........................ler,! Tfley.afe iat a iiThe'iHun 'riiust- . e be heard by the


o-as': hdpirig' the


I ,thelr., :rii8sters.. :hlin for what he


n hlm'asia llber- f■,"Ihe.Naids*'n|^'


hopfe so.-- MeanwhUfellt is up. tojiusito, ■


accept Hitler’s pi. against ithe ;Russia Tidy win-hold!'"-


__ _ _ ,,,theend.-'| WeiaU we:can.'!Mysfellf


ary ‘ successes army-'as' fihal.


kany. v- -it-lsi-BU-


elin, hag .Iwsrped 't ';' ..muirt'i'.riot


Then Hitter’s nifibfer,- is. ,up.. JilUer's dreams,of a swffttouccess, on-thfeTlries,


RUSSiA: A Hitler!s


li'f: ' THE J[


OLD SO T I I By C ^ Y


They can be " wlped'out ” once; or-eVM twice, and still cdmqJagato. PMple wlU ■ • ^perspective It instead allNtet successes to superldi^ brain-power. ;6#-foltrifelr.super-;, idhlne'ry; say mamly.


.. liWorking to tline- ' AlWays the Rutotoia


lor an early .con- ‘'^ar -as in politics.


Wtoe^fo^dbme up against


leal equlpmeiit, -Bitter’s hordes-grai ;by/ mo meafls’ so sfe^kSi ^ thelr-reiiemlte<


-a land like Russia, Ii.to ldlelto:speaK m 1 i -distances to -Hollml and Belgium: m


1 retotlon to distances -in Russia, i, 'Whllfe


. ;.Nappleon, it must] liflot be token for granted that Hitleii[can be' 8s [quickly ................... hew'asap


' finished with hls airil jy’iy’s travelsihe $111 ,, __„


__„ ____riklM; ^receives so .. he has


be wanting petrol o tod repalm from somewhere, unless-he :receivfis some urii|j!. expected, relief. Arif he.h8SgqtJagamfe.


-country Tn' Russia, proposition from - tend tod Belglul


includin'g fdc jieople,: “.We ■Bre;'di -the eve dfi g ;reat


4destroy by Are as c8301811011 ■ behind,


opies Napoleon


events may be no more successful thto J were-Napoleon’s; Ntooleon wanted the


Russians of ks daiti no more-lwanted • bis "new order” thah the Russians of


• was to Napoleon, Napoleon,'too, had'a ■ “new .order” iup nto sleeve,: but the


Meanwhile the! valOe! placed on hls paCt with Stolln has caused Japan to begin: to wonder exaptlyj&t her pact with! Hitter is worth. Japan is no friend of Russia,- but she :Wpuld rfethet ihavfe , Stalin aa.a neighbbur thari-Hitler. If ,


■ fled - with the] “nWlve soU”: he hafe ■ Already occupied - M France, iBelgiuni; and Greece. He stto hankers for more.'


matlon. ’ ApnaferitWfeltter is, nfet satlsS


tp-day want H|tler's j , ".We think of the rich soils of the Eastj", wrote iHltler to bis bible “Mein Kampf,'.'-for'thete must native foil for tee Germto


Holland, • Norway,![[Denmark,: Poland, . •Czecho-SIovakla, Bulgaria,: Rumtoffi


Hitler controlled Ruisla, hls tend hun^ ger might stretch lag far;'as Jfepanesfe possessions,' and teat would be no! . qulteiwhat Matsiiokfe'expected when h


''‘•■''joined up” with ttife Axis; -i.He tousl bewell aware


■Mussolini now !]


hat sort of- rolfe on the-Axis stage,


1 that asjt-may Mifeuoka has declded- : For the present to '‘i$alt and see.” He may, .revoke when the next hand of


going with hte weU: advertised produef tion known as tee j-’New Order.” Bfe


cards la played


ento to the' Geiriianj scheme of things, Yffierwise recent <^rman history.. Hfe ' te fertolted with Inntoerable new ideas.


HITIEK’S ■PRUSSIiANISM. | ' ' , TpHE^ is still 'Cohsiderable raiscori,- to ceptlon as Jo [what Hitter repretfe


.Jm bas not a sing)e[new idea In hlS beam/but he | te[torivalleiiL_to ;his , development oft oM| Ideas,' 'Ihere Is


^ dto. stupid PrflsSlanlai). and'from brst to last this I Austrian house patoteri


P '' d continuation ol


^ “ ^„new to. tfus Germany df -the i :H6tehj whiph - IS Hitler’s : own


fibrai sun. • o tto'cau


• - i® tt i:thev a 'tlpri, t [dtoberi


!dfefeat(. t iw- d|


Itielf.i o th


-on.'pioviaing’Tito'afmlesVover huge dlsf' tances,, .with, fell, thfelr. essential: needs — -. .'Living Joif thi a vastly dlfferefll


-hen ha tells His itler, however,


ihat It -Wafeih'-Holl The ■ Russltos H retire, leaving


-at Christmas must]be as bigife prospeci; , live nightmare to Hitler as-It actualW


but- he was still to tee frozen snows of Hussla at Chrlstmafc To have hto Oer] man armies sprawling all overfRussW


eymte.’] [They certoinly are] Bijt thi rise Nto l’ ob over by Sfeptekber, as Hltlfer does]


'Inblln^ ' ' 8'! lod


!A matl • a^ooil


iite ini which I


mbral r on


is iBHtlshrthtesi sttodli ttfeiLl] snip; off sttoteg ougl oceej


rebldeii fto 'th l


whethi what - ar ' "te


Jnechanlcal transport; has revblutlon,- toed warfare as understood say by


! the fact thati there [is no-parallelilfli , ■those -countries- with, iwar operations to


! Nazis--overran! Hollarid and, Belgium; I YugoBlavla, and Qreece. - Apart froto


;: as: It goes.[Bufi [tee Infetericfe tms ! mewspaper Intended! toi cohvfey- was


.since, to these-! days mechanised' armies . amilMlatfe,dlstmicra,ri:Qulteltrufe as to wrong. It was showing how. easily the


,-dally, neTOpapets-itee , other day was. j telling ds to forge#]aU about dlsfcncek


-revudertl good ol


tterl nt o| ' ilatel


I - 'undi


erloJ ;th1


s] mini o|.pn>| can a 'itlerJ


ft meef iple’l


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