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p r e s s i n g c o n c e r n . was the fixing of


ifFS ^' rd D erby’s Visit


FIRST Aim OF £80,000 EXCEED^ BEFORE WEEK STARTED.


District War Weapons Week was officially opened : ilast' Saturday: afternoon by Earl Derby, K.G., Itord, lieutenant of the County.: The; ceremony took place at thie Parish Church School, in the presence „of it large audience. ; Accompanying Lord Derby on the platform wpre' the Mayor : and Mayoress i (Coun­ cillor and Mrs. M. French), Mrs. issheton, C.B.E,, Mr G. W; Rickards, m!p for the Sklpton Division, Mr. ' s Shaw, prospective, Labour can­


didate for the .Clltheroe Division, Lady Worsley-Taylor, C.Al, Miss


Gtoett, C.C., Mr. R. Hltchlnl Chair­ man of Rowland RuraT District Council, Mr. J. Green! Chairman; of


, CUtheroe Rural District Council, Major Tapper, Majon Watson, and members of Clitheroe Town Council and the two District Councils. ;


' Prior to the official opening. Lord Derby inspected a Military Guard of Honour, chatted with seyeral of the men, and later, standing on a dais in'the Market Place, took the Salute from the large mllita,ry and civil servftes procession which had been organised In connection with: War Weapons W e e k . | I


At the formal opening'; In St. ,


Mary's (School, Lord Derby was warmly' welcomed by the!'Mayor,


;iand later a vote of. thaiiks , 'was 'accorded to his Lordship, in which Mr. Rickards and Mr. Stephen Shaw


; wefe associated. The platform i had been'decorated for the occasion with plants from the Castle con­ servatories, and 1 the flesk gt which Lord Derby stood was decorated with the National flag. ,


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WELCOMED , BY; MAYOR. | The Mayor said it Iwas hls pieas-


Ing duty, and he felt sure the’


' unanimous wishj of the audience,; to- extend to Lord Derby! a most hearty welcome. andPto assure him of their toep appreciation of his presence amongst them. They owed.it to the gracious appr(?ach.,, p f ; Mrs. Assheton, and the gpod nature and kindly response of Lord Derby, who, he suggested, might hot havp been unmindful of the clalmS; Of the ancient and venerable borough, toe oldest but one of lall the: many boroughs of Lancashire, Their very energetic Chairman (Counclllbr


Dugdale), had convinced them aU of toe value of publicity for War Weapons Week; yet, despite that,


toe presence and support ^f Lord Derby attracted locdl attention to toe occasion In a toanne^ which was beyond mere piibllclty. The House of Stanley had had many


distinguished headsJ but he might


be. excused for saying .that toe present head had been geperously endowed by Nature In every respect,


and he doubted if atiy of his Lord- ship’s predecessors I held a be t to


record' in length, or value, of public service, or-possessed a broader or more truly democraUc spirit.


“His Lordship has served with


dlstlhction in great bffices of State;, yet I venture to think that servlpe to local Government has iaflorded


' him (greater scope for the display of ■his bntstandlng democratic prin- ' ciples, and local Government has heneflted immensely by his Intimate contacts with toe Headers of our


couiitry,” toe Mayor, proceeded. “ For the preservation of these


,


democratic principles we are fighting to-day, and we are determined they;shall survive.


’ ,' , i , . ' P A T R I O T I S M . ; j ;


We have a strong national and local patriotism, my Lord, often demon­


strated in the -p^st and again unmistakeably demonstrated-in this


. most recent effort for War Weapons Week. Men and jwomen of this borough ,and of toe rural districts; have vied with each other in their efforts to ensure success, and whilst


c It would be ^appropriate to single out Individuals, I feel Impelled to mention ithe ■ suppoi|t 'Of, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers^ They have thrown themselves whole-heartedly Into the organisa­ tion of this week,, and ,! on your behalf, I extend to them our grate­ ful, thanks, and the sincere wish that they are happy amongst us, receiving from all the! kindly treat­ ment and hospitality: they deserve.


“ AS Mayor of the bordugh Itoahk


everyone of our residents i who has assisted, or Is supporting, our effort-


Bowland Rural District Councils 'Wish me, on toelr behalf, torejprte appreciation for the splendid work


to any way, and I know the Chair­ men of the CUtoeroe Rural and


' and support of residents In: their districts. The combined efforte have already achieved : the magnificent sum of £81,617 and so It has been decided to fix a new goal of £160.000. I appeal to everyone in the district to live up to this new; ambition, and see that we are; Hot numbered in toe ranks of the oyer-: ambitious.''


STRONG , SENSE QF DUTY. Turning to Lord Derby, the Mayor


AiVARNING TO ALL MOTHERS


ve he^ daig . fhlia, and take prompt steps to ‘ laxlamou injjifor.by i


trobust W'jmeii through fhe good red blood • ofl Inzmia, :n ^ o th » .


a_i_n___emic ; nrlij! have be been]en I transformed hese pilli irif|:uase-ynto thejsystem. mIn, Uie


nsigns ofati^ I’ink Pills.


The wj tcl


Disential to iple ®ie j


[T [ThouusasanndLs..., *o2 unhappy, y


Dredicine baj eresh'euWly o


f , Wniiamil Pink Pills} they generate that rUIK AiDi uepr ($CllblOlb


(trr. William! i rand Fink Pills, Is, 5d. a box


ever succeed ied like; good old if rich blood ]which is absolutely


tmcnt


be anxmlc girl. All chemists ' 5d.), including purchise tai. ,


tir the n^w blood her system her Dr< Williams feeble, into


cistress lire Icvidcnccd by dull eyes,^ pallia ahecks, a. lar^id step, fits of depression*^ l ching bapk, ^periodical headaches, and a dia* ; mother';wlll reoog^iise l)toe


ff^le, |b ooc less and nervous. ^ NThese co; editions indicate plainly ' that dhe bI6qd ;^an . supply, • and! signs, of


ees her d^teii I develops. *The anxious mother t ature is ca ling for mord'nourishmetit than ike fori proiw food.


t bout tie rao tiers have realon to be worrit aeens, fo . (augbters, espediall^ those in thdr snxmia j,' o ijiis in these trying ycab,that..


a: Many ai^hter gradtiallr droop and grow


proceeded; “ 'xour presence, my Lord is an inspiration to us. We admire your strong sense of public duly and the spirit which deter­ mines your obvious refusal to seek the greater lelshre your past great services to our country, and to our county, so thoinughly merit. Gn


behalf of the pebpfe of this borough, and of the Clltoeroe and Bowland rural districts 1 tender-to you,bur grateful thanks, and express the sincere'wish that you may long be spared to enjoy toe unique-place you have earned In thei hearts of we Lancastrians. ; And-.perhaps, on


such an occasion. I may add, Jn tne hears of our near nlghpours, across, the border, affectionately referred to as ‘ Hollanders.” ’


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LORD DERBY’S! | SPEECHj. ; Lord Derby, who received a great


ovation, expressed thanks for the


New Hats for the Mayor & Mayoress ! IT was amidst Scenes of great


enthusiasm, that Clltheroe and


cordiality of the welcome, and said that although In 'his tlme'toe had held a. good many offices, ijpne had ever appealed to him As much as


ithat of Lord Lieutenant] of the County, for It brought' him Into contact with all kinds and condi­ tions of men and-women, It had been a real pleasure to him to feel that , he was one of thbm and, irrespective of anything else, they could claim him as a i brother., At one; place he was claimed as the father ref all those who were Lan­ castrians, but he was quite content to be just a .brother.—(Laughter.) Although he could not claim';to be


unaccustomed to public-speaking, Lord Derby said he could claim that It was very difficult for him to find words to thank the people of Clltoeroe sufficiently for the kindli­ ness of toelr welcome. |It was a real pleasure to he associated with them in such a great effort—an effort all. toe greater because they had decided to iachieve I £160,060 Instead of £8O,OO0.


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NEW HATS I PROninSED. Turning to the Mayor, Lprd Derby


asked if he had q wager ^Ith some, other mayor as ito toe final amount that would be raised by Clltheroe’s War Weapons Week. On] receiving a negative reply, he generously


offered to buy j the Mayor and Mayoress a nejv hat edch if the total reached £160,000. Lord Derby further Intimated that the Mayor could have toe pleasure of choosing toe hat for the Mayoress, whilst In turn the Mayoress could!select the one for toe [Mayor.-


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a! lotig speech was not called for— there was no nepd to explain the alms] and objects of


Lord; Derby said they all knew why they! were met together. He could tell them. In one sentence what he was there for. and that jwas in the hope toa!t. In some way or another, he could help them to achieve them object. ' He knew they were all anidous to show their patriotism.:


Adding that on] such an occasion tofe,meeting.


“The country is In the greatest


danger in which It has' ever been placed,” Lord Derby proceeded.' ‘ It wants all the help you can give, and you dre here to give that help. May I say [one thing with which you may not aU agree, although I shall stll hold tx) it. You go to many places


and find veiy large sums of money subscribed by large firms and. in­ dustries. That Is all right, but ;I wqnt to see, more thah anything else,"a big number of [ small sub­ scribers. ; This,;to my mind, has a double effect. I t not ['only gives you the money, but It It also good propaganda, and shovjfe that you have toe body of the people behind you In the effort to raise the neces­ sary amount, i Therefore I hop: that althoflgh you will certainly plunge your big figures] collectively, yoii will have the small subscribers also, and that together you will obtain a result jthat will be highly satisfactory.” ; ; j


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SAVE NOW TO' SPEND LATER. ILord Derby added;that'he'had


been to a good many War Weapons Weeks. One Labour Member of Parliament summed up the situa­


tion as neatly as he hdd yet heard, when'he said :;


i " yL are not asked to give your ;-money; you are o^ily asked to


.He thought that statement oUght to be'given wldesp/ead publicity. The money was kept fpr the people In savings form, and would be there when the viiar was ever. There was another way of Icreklng at it ; In' one sense they could turn crime Into vlrtilfe. In these pays it was a crime to'spend money! on anything unnecessary, .but, when the war ended,! and theyi had to set the wheels' of Industry revolving again, they could spend their money, as, to do so; then, would be! a virtue. They could snend'their money on. those 'things that would provide employment which at toe end of the war,' was bounp to suffer, although he hoped it would be only for a short time. 'When they sub­ scribed their money they ought to remember that it would come back to them in'a two-fold manner: In the |form of savings fpr themselves and their families, and, (If judlciouslv spent! aftep!toe war. It would bring prosperity to the town to which they belonged. If they would think;of these things, surely they would all do theli best to make War Weapons Week a gigantic success. He wished them every success In their effort, not only for their own sake, but for toe sake of toe County to which they belonged. —(Cheers.) |


'


A SKIpibN CHALLENGE, Proposing i a vote of thanks to


Lord Derby, [Mr. Rickards, M.P. for toe'Skipton! Division, sqld that In


the! past there had been great rivalry between Lancashire and Yorkshire. That afternoon he


-brought with him a challenge from Sklpton. When they held their preliminary meeting for War Weapons Week at SklRton they fixed £50,000 as itoelr goal! hup they


reached £100,000 before they actually started, and finally raised over £180,000, which worked out at £14 Is. Hid. per head of the population. .


Mr. Rickards added - that York­


shire people often hoisted of finer mountains, !m6re beautiful hills, than Lancashire,: and that there was,no city to compa're-wlth York, no cathedral like'the!Minister. But there was one thing Yorkshire had not: get, which Lancatolre had, hnd that was a Lord Derby.—(Hear, hear.)—Needless to say Yorkshire would like to have him but they could not kidnap [him ; he was too valuable where he was. St ill- th ey


E x - P . S ! i OFFER


Mark French) attained the or: oh the first day, they were novf out to double that


said that having


they could p mentlorilng as


A NNOUNCmb] Monday’s totil of £101,020. the Mayor (Councillor


the rural areas were doing, that 'ori Saturday Gisburn Invested no'less;a sum than £3,000, whilst the little townsnlD of Whlteweil'had raised £L016. [But what'had been realised thus far was not enough; like Oliver Twist, they wanted more. “ Xou must no[; slacke-n off becausp w‘e have attained our first, objecti; rather must you go on an^ see that the Mayoress and I get; our heijv hate,” toe Mayor concluded, amldsf laughter;


to the public to Invest as much as issibly afford; an example of what said


ginal aim pf £80,000 .mount. He appealed and


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the announceinent that Mr.' Walter Leith, a forpler member of [toe Borough Pollct Force and an [exl- Town Councillor, had generously offered |to give! five savings cerflfi- cates to. the first baby bom. during War Weapons Week, and five to the second. ! I t was officially ;explalhe[d that the, jyeekJ began as [from last Friday taldnlght.


of . the [PubUci I_____ ______ _ [ j


did flatter themselves that for maiiy enturies Lord! Derby’s family hqd leen good neighbours. Lord Derby


had served' this country; well and faithfuUy for hver fifty years. He


had served as an officer in the Army, he had I served as a Member of toe House of Commons—and was said'to 'be orie[of the most popul-Ar Whips I they; had ever;; he hdd served in the House of Lords, In the. Cabinet, and [ as Ambassador Paris at one of the most importai times In our hi


ilstory. truthfully salij that ,j' - j


FOR THE, FUST CHILD BOR! Councillor F Dugdale, Chairiiiai Committee, made? ,


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jSiinay’s Civic 5 d • ; . , ' [


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I 'i !: LORD DERBY 1 INSPECTING ; GUARD OF HONOUR, UP TO £101,000 JUMP Tmi31,369


MONDAY’sl CERiaMONY BY MAYOR.


“RURAL DAY? AT THE INDICATOR.


DISIRKir CHAIRMEN’S APPEAL AND [THANKS.


areas, assembled ' to ^ tn e s s Tuesday’s ceremony. There 'was considerable' enthusiasm when the flag over the indicator was lowered to reveal 'that the total had


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-mounted t o '£131,369. Tuesday had been set apart


specially for toe rural areas, and the opening ceremony was per­ formed by j Counclllte: J. Green, J.R, Chairman of Clltheroe Rural District Council, and;Councillor R. Hitchln. J.P.,: Chairman of the Bowland Rural District .Council.


FoUcwlng [on Lok Derby’s


generous offer to buy toe Mayor and Mayoress'of CUtoeroe new hats if the total reached £160,000 (double the amount originally aimed at), toe announcement was made that if the final total reaches £200,000 an anonymous donor had sport­ ingly offered to buy new hate for Councillor and ‘Mrs, Hltchln, Coun­ clllbr Green, and the Honourable Mris. Ralph Assheton.


THE FARMERS’ PART. Pointing out that the day had


been set apart for the rural dis­ tricts, CounblUor Green said it was a pleasure - to .welbfi^e.' so .many* people assembled tq.''Se.e the new total disclosed. They were expect­ ing big Investments from the farmers ana residents In toe rural areas, although toe total of toelr Investments would not be' shown until the following day. On that occasion a representative of his own district, the Honourable Mrs. Assheton, would pull the rope to disclose toe new figure, so that again,' to some extent. It would be “ Rural Day.”


“ I am here with Mr. Hl'tchln,


It could be: Lord Derby!


had won the respect. _ 01 Just the County Palatine, but bf' the whole'! Erigllsh-speaklng race,; for he' had three qualities th&t English' men and women perhaps admlrei more than anything elsp : he was' a great sportsman, a great


patriot] and. In the highest sense of the word, hb was a great English


gentleman.; ' , :| ||'!


Rickards tharked Lord';Derby fbr his attendance and expressed the hope that he would remain one pf the country’s ikders for ipany years to come. Lord Detoly’s ancestors helped to win the battle bf Floddeh.


;;In the name of the audience. Mr.


and he was certain Lord Derby would help'toem toiwln]the'battle of Clltherpe.—(Hear,| hear.)


!


M k. SHAW ; ON THE WAI sqld It gave;him great


R. ;Mr. S


pleasure to second toe vote [of thanks to Lord; Derby for toe ser­ vices he'was performing In all parte of! the country I during the present most difficult times. The: other day he read a letter ifrom a Marine, who was ekraesslng thanks for a gift [of moneyiieteived:- He said,“ I have put this money (Into a fund. That fund !ls -bntlrely controlled by myself] and take It from|me It will be spent; to Ithe best possible advantage;” l-hj (Laughter.) v— He thought oiir task, not as Individuals, but collectiveljf,!was to build a fund that would hb used to the-best advantage! The Marine had common sense! Clltheroe hqd common sens8 And would build up a' fund that coUld be spent, not for their Indlyldual satisfaction,but for


ithe cbmmqnal I good of I toe tomi, along with the rest of the country. There was on&jreason why he was- gra|;eful to Ml people’ who were spending toelr jxlme and energy jin getting the populace to Invest their savings!^ *All must feel ^ladi ahd


proud to read bl'the splendid efloirts being made by our relatives and bur friends bverseas who were continu­ ally sending [weapons and money In order to ensure that our 'men, 'fighting desperate foes, Iwere fully


armed and In 'good heart to fdee their task. We: owed It to them and to .ourselves'to do all-we p o sh ly could,; so that they could go forward ih toe knowledge that toe country ifcds behind! them and that nothing would be [spared Ito help them In the work they hadi to do. We could only expect from others th e : nlaxlmum effort If we clearly that we were use every [ endeavour


showejl quite prepared to ourselves.


appeal ■for; Iricreased savings, say­ ing that wheri toe men Iri toe ffghte Ingfiorces had been able 'to do their Job and the war was over, then they could withdraw that money with a full sense of having served their


! Mr. Shaw supported Lord Derby’ s


Chairman of the Bowland Council, to show our active co-operation in thjs campaign, and Ito raise as big a sum as possible, and I have Mr. Hltchln’s authority to say that-hls Council, along with my own, feel deeply indebted to Clltheroe for- allowing us to Join in toelr War Weapons Week,” said Councillor, Green. “ A vast amount of organ­ isation Is required for efforts of this


kind, and wb felt that it would have been almost Impossible for either of our rural districts to have tackled a campaign of this kind. Fortunately that work has been very largely done for us by the Clltoeroe Committees, and we want- to take this opportunity of publicly thanking Clltheroe for allowing us to Join In, and to assure them of our full! support.” ■


MAXIMUM EFFORTS. I Councillor rfltchln said that


whilst he and Mr., Green appre­ ciated the enthusiasm with which the effort was being supported, there was a danger of being too complacent- They! must not think, because they had done well thus far, tokt they need do nothing more. There was an opportunity for all, and it was Incumbent on them to rtiake the maximum effort of which they were'capable. ,


Proceeding, Mr. [ Hitchlil said : To-day we are : engaged In ,a


struggle to defend pur freedom; We are told that the road will be long and hard ; but ,we are assured by those who are capable of Judging —from our . great; Prime Minister downwards—that we shall ■ win, that Right will orevail In the end. It Is up to, us now to give an unqualified, demonstration that we are united in our determination to achieve this result.”


, , Referring'to the fact that Settle


had trebled the amount originally aimed at. Councillor Hltchin said


he felt certain that what-had been done there could [equally well be done In Clltheroe pnd district, arid he appealed for everybody’s support


to; that end. ' j i i - ' (Continued from preceding column)!


country and done their duty. In thanking Lord Derby for his services that afternoon, he hdped his visit would have such an effect that toe Mayor would not only-get a! new hat, but that War Weapons Week would be even more successful than they, had anticipated.


Responding, Lord Derby said that everywhere he went In Lancashire


■he always encountered great friend­ ship. He wished the town the best of luck In Its effort, adding that nothing would give -, him greater pleasure than tb be called upon to fulfil his ■ promise and buy the Mayor and' Mayoress new hats at 'toe end of the week.


! LARGE crowd, amongst them many people from the rural


them Dally Telegraph.”,


£4^,00^ LEAP. WEDNESDAY’^ i


CERlEMC NY AT j THE] INDICATOR.!


ladles, enthrilasm


THE


Mrs, rope


RAGMEN’S . PART. ceremony of Wednesday was


’'^ptlrely and


In the hands of top


there was considerable when toe Honourable


: talph Assheton pulled' thg reveal that the total' had


been'advanced from £131,369 t i £173,694. Mrs. Hltchln, wife Councillor R Hltchln, Chairman oS Bowland Rural District j Council anod[ Mrs. F. Bentham, the deputj Mayoress, rlso todk part[ In: to : ceremony, As she" was Iridispcsec, the Mayoress of .Clitheroe 1 (Mrs. N i French) was unable to be] present )


m Y O p S S ’S , MESSAGE.': [Mrs. Bentham said they were all


very; s p ^ that toe Mpyorehs wai preverifed by Illness frbrii attendlngi She,! sincerely hoped that the Mayor^ would be quickly restored to health arid she khejv that the]? would ail share that hope.! In her absence It fell [to her lot to, read the Mayoress’s message to the wemen of; piitoerpe 1 arid' district. j'T.'"' Mayoress hadi written to her f o l l o w s ! ; I


! , !


Dear, Am. Berithqm, ; ; ; I am very sorry that I cannot ti


part liJ thb Ladles’ Day|.of:Wi Weapons Wpek; but am gla(l to hea'i that iTOu have kindly 'a&eed *' deputise for me:


! : i 'We wome 1 realise Just: as fully'


anyone else how Important It Is assist our sailors and soldiers a


airmen by supplying the arras an equipment they need. It Is sa| enough »o pave our. boys jaway the !war. buit It would be still moi terrible to think, that theyiwi short of the material they rieed.' have:all seep how cruel arid brut! our: enemies are, and,; from tt, hatred the Germans show us, wi know full vyell that If they get to' charice toCT- will treat us eve] more savap:ffiy than they ha' treated the - Poles and the oth'di peoples toey. have enslavpd. value ouij freedom too much to I It go easily, and tve women -mui. help In every; way we cari. Savin'; money arid It riding llj to the couni Is one way, Arid I hope and belle toa^t toe wpWeri of Clltheroe' a: district will [do their very best majce W^r Weapons Weel? a ve: gref]t success, and, also to carry the, good wOTK/f sdvlng and lendlrife until we hqve 'won a Coriiplef Victory. We nlUst all do 'our vei best”


, “That '


and'T nfeedl slricerelyi appeal,” _ elusion. I “ Mrs


to ask word&


DOING!


had:' Uttli speaking: ar i clrcumstkrii i expected' |tc words, ‘f l ior:-


Mrs. HI


he Mayoress’s'messa: only say that I ve:


ipport i t o . .Frehol , Bentham said In'co; !t is now ray [pleasure H|tchin to say a, le!


THEIR BEST.


,n declared ihat s; ixperlence of publli she hoped thiat ln[t]


S' she would not' ti'b] say more than a fe !| [would like, however, to


say how s6r|: i* I am that Mrs. French'


Mayoress;] Well, we woi] a new hat'[' is going to provide orii deserves oii Teel; sufe !i '£200,000 1 My; bust


cannot bb here to-day, , and'I'wlrii her: a speedy! recovery,” !she ,prq^ ceeded. ’{ Ifer! letter, I think] i says aborit all that needs saying. ' know the,!w:m6n of the district a: doing their [best for War Weapo: Week, and L Just want to ask the: to keep ori lljelplng as fully as thi,.,, can! If they! do,'we shall be I sure of a triuniphant result, ' l am-to that i f |We [get £200,000, Assheton ; and; 1, as well as! ■ tl ll|each;get ainew nen can' Always do n / I hope that whoev^l pay for them,' will alAo for Mrs. B en to^ ] Shb


and unveiled ■ toe ,ni " lidp, an_._


;


as much as Ildi shall get moL


reitodri ^ everybody really trldb


figure yesterddy. 'and I am 'then fore going w ask Mrs. Assheton pull the roRb to-day.”


'■ [ "CRH™AL [STA(]iE,” . The Hortourable Mrs. j AssheUp.


■said that Lancashire was one of ,tbb


most loyal ioomatles of England] am’ the ancient Borou^ of ; Clltherr^ with Its isu-rounding jdistrictei hi never lagge 1 behind-when asked help. A ifatoflcdnt response h^^ already been made' to the Goven ' ment’s appial for [lyar Savings, b none the l« s she hoped that befo: thel bnd of the Vfbek toe prese: figure 'wouji have'been doubled, ■ “We'arri entering upon alvei,


critical stage in the warj and tlii GoVernmem needs an enormoi' amount: ofi money to enable' It carry- dii,’’ the Honourable!; Mijs: Asshetori ac ded. “ As -well as that,


■things are; setting more and iniore scarce In tro shops, so thqt thb less people buy toe better. i I j hop®, therefore, that all those i who cari wlll 'invest any'money they cari snare-in W!ar Savings, and so help toe Indicatjy, by the end of tpe week, to risbitd the top of the polo/


accompanied by | members' of the Town Council, Corporation officials! represeritatlves o^ the various Civil Defence Services and other organis­ ations hi the town, attended a civic


T


sehdee at the Farlsh Church, on Srinday momirig. In connection with wqr Weapons Week.;


I procession y a s fprmed, at St,


Jdmes’s School,; Greenacre-street] led, by the East Lancashire Regl- mlental Band; In toe processlori wbre 100, meiribers of toe No. 1 Training Battalion Royal Engineers,


apd representatives of toe Home Gjuarri, British 'Legion, St. John Ambularice Brigade and Nursing


.Djlvlslori,. the. Fire Brigade, Boy Scouts. Girl Guides, A.RP.. Volun­ teers,. Including :the Wardens, toe


'Castle Report iCeritre, land the [regular Police, At the head'of the Mayoral group walked the Chief- Constable (Mr.' F.


:E!. Exelby), who: was' followed by halberdiers and toe Town Sergeant, With the Mayor and Mayoress, were the Town Clerk (Mr. G. Hetherlng- ,ton) and toe deputy Mayor (Coun­ cillor P. Bentham).' Members of the Town Council \Vere: Alderinan J:. H. Satterthwalte, and Councillors G. Dewhurst, I. [T. Rushton, | A. R. Bleazard, W. Wilkinson, RTplmby 'rind F. Dugdale. ' The officials com­


prised toe Surveyor (Mr. P.jMar- gerison), the Electrical Engineer (Mf. A, H. Todd), the Bojrough' Treasurer (Mr., H. Wrigley)! , and they were followed by members of the : Corporation staff.' - Mr.' iVi Staridrlng,'] J.p.,[ repraserited. the County: and Borough Magls/ates, rihd at toe . rear'of the procession ’(valued . a' number .'of gentlemen


fepresen\atlve'; of the brislness interests of toe town


-I ; :


In view of -toe (limited acconl-r odatlon of toe church, numbers


ad to be restricted and ,If, ■ in onsequerice, some ‘organisations


were not'so strongly represented'as is Austoiriary on civic occasions, nevertheless the Mayor and Corpor­ ation were well supported. j


The band of toe East Lancashire !


Regiment took part In the riervlce,' with Mr. H. B. Shaw, Mus.Bac., at the organ. The' service, conducted by the Vicar (Rev. W. S. Helm)] opened with toe National Arithemi Major Tapper and the Maytjr read the lessons.... 'i'11',!' ,


[; ; ’


PURPOSE OF SERvicE. j In his address.ithe Vicar said that


at first sight It might-seerii that there was very little conriectlori between War Weapons Webk' and such a service a? that. Of icourse] If they regarded the service I simply as arioth'er episode, In an excellent


'scheme of propaganda, .tl^en the connection was clear enough, But If such had been! toe'crise. he would,. sav'at once that: he yfould nOt have been a party toilt. On the other, hand. If they regarded the!service as a means of asking God |» bless' all toe work,: energy arid sacrifice they were n}q™S to [provide' weapons of war, then' they; should be sure they understood what they were doing.


, i , , |


!. “ I f this service has no other purpose thaq trying to [provide


a religions background to what is at root a ghastly and,[devil]sh business, then it is docimed't<> : failure,” Mr. [Helm went'on.


“The only thing that can justify this service to-day Is that we who strive to provide the weapons of war;


and those who-use them, shall come to care for spmethirig a great deal more than beating the eneriiy. Yori wlll'forglve me^lf I try to put the riiatter as personally and directly as I can. You, Mr-. Mayor, and Alder^ men and gentlemen of toe (Couricili Is there something you must care for: more than beatmg the enemy In, for Instance! your byersight of


!toe affairs of this town, and the energrahd work you have put lnto


War Weapons -Week ? You gentlbv men of toe Royal Engineers, Is toefe anything you miisb.care for a great, deal more toan'beatlng toe enemy In and through your service, and tolnlng?, - And you, members of toe ccngregatloi}, Is there sotnethlng you riiust'care for more than beat]- Ing the enemy!? What are .the things you dream of when peade comes again? [Perhaps you might say you could answer that questldn a great deal better If the Govern^ ment would .only declare Its .war alms, but I do' not think ithat Is true. Let us remember that [so-long as we are a demoncratlc nrition the Government cah only develop an^ -express the will'of Ite people; and; what Wei: 'want' toAay Is an en­ lightened public I'oplnlon I beforri there should be any fieclarritlon of war alms-rand :I make bold! to say that the- work and purpose! of : the Church Is to give such enllghteri- ment.. 'What Is that soniething


.which all of us must care for a great deal more than beating the enemy? I will tell you. | It Is, your soul, your own soul In relation( to the facte of life and -to your eternal destiny!; your! own soul to 'make it toe most’perclous, perfect and beautiful t t o g you knoW| how.”


! .. DEADLY; DOCTRINE, ' ! The Vicar-wept on to'say that the


malri purpose of life was to develdp a soul destined for eteriilty arid


.destined to see God : to develop!ri character.,-■


Character was, the ' opiy I thlri^ we took away with 'us at ^eathl That was why we! must; [fight Nazism to the dtoih forlthere was no more deadly doctrine


- than that which would deny Ithri Immortality of the soiil. I [I


Although In time Of war we had to submit to a good many restrictions of personal liberty, we- must see to It, when the' war was ovpr. that nothing should be allowed to Inter­


he Mayor and! Mayoress (Coun­ cillor 'and Mrs. M.- French)


lervice [kEV. Wi S. HELM On '‘SOl^miNG


jMpRE iTHAN BEATING, ENE f


■ ' [ij • I '-i


Soul-Destroying i Heresy.]


fere with the full development of man’s own personality. Was It not strange thatlnirfegard tolthese things so many people were uncon­ cerned : if they diii tiilnk about toe subject at all! they seemed more conceriied with' man's origin' than man’s desWnyvPeople would often argue; about where j we came from, but In toe heat o f battle it'mattered nothing where we bame from, but wherri we . were going; ; what we were fighting for, arid the aim, end and purpose of i t all. Biologists had said to#.we,.vrere:!flrst coutirisito toe monkey, apri^wtoi. .werebservedl the beha-/lour or ;d6me- people" he : did not think this was putting too !


; great [ a. s t ^ upon] .c'redulitjr.' iBut Canon Barry, of Westriiinster,'.-hrid. declared .that the . inbst .important- thing; was !to be called God’s sons and daughters. Tt was 'esseritlal that.jwq should faqe .toe., stern , reaUty. pnd : ultimate--facte‘Of ‘lifei '


Some people beMeved that manreply survived- through tpe race; stre'arii, thropgh his childre'n and toe chil­ dren who came after them. If they


so desired, they could believe that, but; It would not, help them'to -win the war; and If that was all there was to I It, the war would not be worth winning, for life would not be worth living. - I


- ; ARE YOU SHOCKED? -;“T'cannot help-thinking thrit


much of this soul-destroying heresy Is to be found': a great deal In


■toe Vicar proceeded, “ (Whoidled ifor Eriglarid'llves'.t arid ‘Th’


patriotic senthqenb at this time',” bte’ll


Always beian Englarid!’ What good 1^ 11- thesb' he tO'ihe forty, years hence, or when England Is a frozen waste ln an-Ice-bQund dead, and cold World ? No, I Will sirig you a better song than ithat.. I-would rather sirig ‘ John Brown’s body lies a-mouldlng. In the, grave, -but his soul igoes- marching; on.’ ! At sfhy rate.- it .has.ia-.ftiore authentic Christian note about ylt.i,and more­ over] Iri. toe Iveriiahjilar, It' Is a damn sight better jtune.


;


klndl of language ; In the prilpR ? You .ought to;.be.:: :But believe me,


such' expresslons- as],that, are not so outraglous-•or'.'■dferogatbryr.’to'' God' and man as is the.blMphemy, which denies top sacredness of human pers6naUty;wdJ^egiects'thei.ti^nial destiny ofi-man's'toUh-'-i’-The'ionly


sense It,can be really said ‘ There'll aljvaiys bej an England ’. 'Is when . England herself Jives In the life and character of heir converted sons and daughters.! In that sense England will ! . matter, and . matter tre- meridouslyi". ' ,


. Mr. -Hplm- went on to say that


surely Wa i-had leahut - toe folly ref, such -shibboleths as “ Man ; Is the master-: of I things ”‘| and ■ Glory to man In.' toe-! highest." .'Henley’s lines, “ I am the master of my fate, i - I alri thO 'captain of- my'soul,” ' sounded qlUy to-day when,'- Jri a raoriient,: an enemy ’planp might, blow -man’s -whole '-world to smlthereeris.' He only wished (that the! service -, that i morning:: could mark the .beglnnlngref ;a.“ Back to , God " movement for the town; arid perfect some Cbnsclence lri amatter ' which was suprenfely vital to our age] and. Interest; J that the return ,


to. God . would be hot only In the secret chambers.-of ourlhearts, but in the outward expression of our Uv^ and public .worship. -The most!, soul-destroying sin! in: England to­ day Was the neglect of public wor­ ship. Our troubles ; could .b e traced to the deadly, sin ofTeawng - God out. We wtiuld never: fulfil bur destiny, perfect our character, and save our ;: country, unless we tjrqught God into.the centre of all - o.ur being, and that was In man’s own souh.


. ! , i OBITUARY THE L^TE AIRS.' E, WATSON.


! T h e ' Interment of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Watson, - of 36,; North-street,


iMrs.i: Robinson; Mr. and Mrs. J. ‘Foulker; Grandchildren at 36,! North- iStreet; Mr. and Mrs. R.-Tomlinson; ;the Neighbours, ■ !


Clilheroe’s oldest resident, whose death was reported ' in our last Issue,- took place on Friday, at St. iMary’s Cemetery, the Vicar (Rev. W. Sj Helm) oitloiatlng.' Floral tributes were sent as follow.3: From all; at home;: Bill; Maggie; Grandchildren, 24/iNorth- street; Ellen Jane;; : Dick, Alice and family; Grandchildren, Alice and P-red, Annie and Vlo; - Lizzie. Dick, Dick and Tom; - Mr. Ctoates; Mr. and Mrs, Hargreav*; Steve, Tl^ and Joseph;


! -


intertnent .of the late Mr. Thomas Hampshire, of “The|Orchard,” Mltton,- took, place-yesterday-week at Mltton I ParishClhurchyard


THE LATE AIR, ,T. HAMPSHIRE. As mentioned, in Our last issue, the


Archdeacon IP. G. -assisted by the Vicar


■


the -Venerable. Ackerlev, being of Ohatbum (Rev.


A. Ei Swallow), Floral tributes were- sent by the following:


I Eagle and Child; I Mltton Church


Parochial Council; Fred and Mary, iRed Pump! Mr. and Mrs. Oddle and ' family; Mr. and Mrs.. J. - H. RamsDottom; His Sister Sarah; His Sister; Margaret; His I Housekeeper. Miss , Dawson;-,. iMajor J. R. Asplnall;- Nephew and'niece, William and Enid; ■ NephCw and niece, Bobby and Nan; Mr. , and Mrs.i'-R, Simpson, Flora and Richard; from his little pals, Jean and Eileen; -Mr. and Mrs, A. Altham; Mr. and Mrs.-Hornby and family; Mr. < SimpSop, Mr. and Mrs. Knowles and i the boys; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Whitaker and family: The Wor- shipfill Master and Members of the .Eoval Forest Lodaet 401; Mr. and:Mrs. t E. Fisher; Mrs. Robinson and Stephen: - John and Mary Howarth; Rev. and Mrs, Swallow: Mr. land Mrs. T. Hamp­ shire; Burnley Cycling Club; Mr, and. Mrs. C, I Titterington:; Mr. A. Smith; . Mr. .Tom and Joan Monk,'nephew and , niece; Mr. Fred Monk, brother-ln-Law; j!4r. an-i’Mrs. Mercer.


! The "West Riding [special Constabu­ I lary and Police; a few friends at the .


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, - ‘.1 ' “ Are you- shocked' to hear that •


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