'i i / ::: %' , - , , C M H E B O E A S ^ T O E R m m Ycl, 5869.. V- ' Licensed» by li,M*-': ^ v e r f lm d . TTT“ ■ ■ ' M ' “ OVER SERIOUS /HANDICAPS. ' IN E 4 ;.'^iMrs,;’ .doriricUlof; Wa s; s


: Wednesday" nfterpoon.'ln Ihe'Parish' .OhUtchvSchool. Mr. B.:e.-:-Asshe-' tpn;! CiC.; 'D.L.;> of: Downham -Hall,' presided arid was: supported on: the platform by the Mayor and Mayor- : es (Councillor and Mrs. DewhUrst), members of the Higher Education :Conunlttee and the Board of Goy- emofs,.


.•rlie;- Clftherbe ‘ fRoyal,' Gramiriaf: School: ditlrispeebti - flay;r,‘:liera/bn


Gh^irmari^ o f ' Burnley:‘ Education Oorilmittee,'; presented ;'1;he 'prizes tat


singing .;of :the. song,,,“England” (?krry) ,';by the. pupils, and .ddrlng the'ikfternoon Barbara Scattergood;


: :jThe'proceedfngnopened .with the . I P


:'‘Spreadlnr the- News" were given byj the' Preparatorv Department. A ■bopquet -.was •. presented to . Mrs.


NIB) ;' ^'.''''riv


0


doubt .that the school'had-.coptln- ued: to.’ do good work and thev; ovyed a'great deal to MissLumb'arid :hef•staff, 'They vvere:also grateful ito ithe: parents of, the. girls lbf.:the •mtefest :they had shown In the. ^chgbl’s^rii'any actlyff^^^^


Watoon by Jean Wehh., .: '■■Mi . ‘Assheton said there was no


' iGUTIffiROE RUllAL D iS ^


. ROWLAND RURAi: DISTRICT. SiijppKeg M


silj'ija- iiivv If::,.


■'HEAbiviisi'BESS’s ■■:REp6eTv:-,. ;• •fKecofd( of - ^


Activity in "; ; ■ School Life. '■ f


".■Presenting' the school’s 27th report,' MlSs .Lumb sald:-^i ',: ■ ' ■ ■


b ust-of necessity Involve’ the relation wt ii problems: arising, from, lack bf sccbminodatlon,. and of curtailment of


::^:andf.:it}cqIpjfe of ot^er- :premiBesj:cb’nlroU^’:.; ^ j tm^w lfhe Fuel and Lighting Re^stiatioti and • .;


: .. Exceptundef:Uc^hce;from;llie.LpcaiFuH Pverseei^v^y^


; not, during the[|petlp(^ :1st Novemberfto :81st. D '■’ more than 15 ewte. of ;^oal"or such lesser ^uaritity ,'as will^raise jjour stock to IJ. tdris'' (Coal’includes briquettes and i similar: fuel ^hd


• anthracite Of.slzffi riot ^ceedipg l|in.}. You may not acquire.riibfe • coke Of any, size) bi* anthracite of, sizes exceeding^^^


than: will


raise your stockjof these duels:to.4 tons. ■ -. . .. ■; - : , -: It 1 isj an ()^ence, ] against tkq ■


.these quantities ^xcepti as authorised under a licence. ' ■ .


Defence'..Regulptjbns • to exebed - • ■ t


............


SAVE ALL ThI^ FUEL YOuicAN and KEEP UP lOUR STOCK, /'-’I'i-;.'. ‘[v' l-V 1'.i ' '


‘I ,


J. S.;.KITCHEN. \ T. P. RUSHTON. J. HIWCHUPFE.


• '-Local Pi^l Overseers. '


'. '■: , I


.": ■ ; ;i DiBtri :jutioh^ 194? ](exceptHospitals ?nd ;/;;i-. ^


';: Ghe :6f the most searching, methods i of.Vdetermlntog . the progress ol any,


hold about 200 pupils,, the year has not •o: .create And, It-is encouraging to


'question: •" Is It- alive? . Is it . passive ori’Active?-.,^- It:,'content ..merely • to; accept. and asslniflate the Ideas of t bthers. or does it desito to adyarice and


een one of stagnation but ol'progress; educatlonal tostitutlom-ls: to'.'ask the


find that there are - signs’toat the s^ool'lS’ allve„ 'and that it : IS .quick to mtike 'Suggestions; svilling, to take the Initiative ’and' eager to break: fresh ; ground. • ; • ■ ■;


shewn itself inwarious ways.' In Sepj b tember the: school askOd that -it should


the - Gold we now- have -four houses: ■De'Lacy,: Derby. ASsheton and Llewel- ■ W'.-iWe'Ieel tna'tlt'is right that jhese names should be enshrined'in our tra­ dition, for they-are all connected with toe beglnnlhgs of Clltheroe, or of . the Girls’ School.


This readiness tor new ventures has t etorganised in four houses instead, of


wo; :arid so to place of .the,Blue and


uround^which Clithcroe has grown ; penry


de Lacy-builb the castle ■


.Governors) and Miss Llcwellm was. 'the first Headmiptress.i We nope in time' to’ number,'.


.add another boqse to its ;' - -" ' ■ ,


6 U t


'^j«tp'be*t(cellila^trm4f. Fori(ecitinecu‘ir>b:s?| »ni 'dUturb«d idfhM/


, lhe« U danger or dlati^aa «r coiutFpallon, alcknen^ ^ and convubieot.r


Here ii «ne unfalllog cblldreaV remedy called Dableti, which', will quickly. banllb/teeiblog troDWea


. . . . •„ ,


' arid eriiore reitful nlabti for ;bal^-and; peace for mother. MdSire tbue lateJlUlp. UbI<^.aU^(lmMlga


•cliiiiUU iiinh?*;tn:iUWto' ..nWalii* •* B«bltU-2d; tMh,«r full ti»F>blu|. M. >)»diidlu«niwS.>t.»«.


....,______- - ir— ■ -■ ^itiyqllooi foTetlihneei, dlinbcei, disturbed ilomadi, «tlkM wi«l Im«


<oI teething trouble. >gwect.UaUag,’p»mplIa act|onv


yetiab>elateljr;sarelonwa;tbc.aa»At’ 4elieajB baby.- Cuoraoteed free from opIaUeand Jtupefjrlog dmge. Edfectlve not ionly for teething tnublei, but for eon*


sj' PVERif roolher knowrhoW oroii ina ppevltb^ k«br ;


blime-ii it aov wondu tbit be U rctlieii and |muble vheohhaumi'are botiawdlleh and leader t : U carev tg'Qoi taken,be^may «ei fcTetUh and nerrooi, and/


sehtatlves'. are: nowrmaribers: of this body; and we. hopeytlmt- the school win . thus be enahled to pul forth Its point


Tjhis i change in toe. house system,has been accomplished by a retofganisation ' of !the: Sohool.'Ctounon.?,House repre-


of: view’With, greater effectiveness, -j


o'iplck peas at Skelmersdale. Torrem , forth ,to' work clad to ground Aheets;.


ments of , the year was the School Har­ vest' Camp; In, August. 34 - ghis and t seven mistre8ses:went for ' three weeks


tiai rain beat at tunes upon the tents, and the campers .•were forced to go


-we are grateful to her, to the head cook;i MiSB -Oonnle, Race of the Boys’. Schobl, :'and to-ithe' mistresses . whose, efforts contributed .-.so greatly , to the success of i the camp. -In all, .60,000lb. of peas were picked by the- school. ,1 It I is, cheering also to notice, the-


but the health and spirits of the girls was excellent. .This was due„I-belfeve. to' the admirable.arrangements-fnade by; toe camp organiser, Mis^.Lloyd, and


, ft j'" '• , *r,? 7 f -.vr rejuvenate Ybu? HAIR WITH STEAM, TREATMENT.


It is a teal tonic to the hair at this time of the yeat^ giving it neyr,health and twealing aU lost beauty. EUGENE WAVING (and all methods)


Sole Licensee CHRISTY NATURAL* WAVE COT, , ' . W A L S H ’S!


I Ladles’ .& Gents’ 7. PEESTON NEW ROAD, - .Hairdressers.' • BLACRtKlK-’


.'


sto' toi: parents .:Jor' thei . unfalllngi b


seachers play their part But any Iystem of education which s Worthy of


Players of Shakespeare’s ."Richard,II’’, t and Shaw’s i' Saint Joan.” ' Debates—, 'taufiction with the.-Boys’ School-rhave


atCd by performances by the- Osiris Jwo- of which -have.been iheld In .cpn-


«son' on: current, events. ......” ------- ' -atrol - for.' ,


i ken place. ’There have been Interest­ tng lectures-on Russia anddhlna, and, lhe Sixth Form is now having a weekly


gtress,' but the" hockey -team: have, shewn, wreat keenness,. and last sea-son they,


Y M C A


IS A MOST. RESERV IN G CAUSE, WORTHY O F . YOUR SUPiPOET. HELP TH E IR EFFORTS IN 7 ' EVERY POSSIBLE WAY;


: Space’kindly given by T. Satterlhwalte & Son, Clltherbe.* ;■ -


ong to the fact--that they are .fully t ccupied, and often widely .scattered, roey-are no longer ablfe to play hockey segularly; i The Association; mowever, vtill functions. and last- month held': a Hall


pon three out of . the - four matches t layed. Our Old Girls are playmg ioeir part m' the War effort, and ow­


ery' successful dance in; the ■ I


School


I WAR-TIME ACTIVITIES. ' t Our special war time . activities, con-


■nterested in:la lecture recently-.'given, ,1


H a v e Y o i u i ; N o t e p a p e f , P r i n t e d : .. i; It adds dignity to your correspondenccy . Se« i


Window? ! foTL quality.‘--~Ready in one hour, j 6, MABKET place, CLITHEROE, — TeL 407-8.


fmue; On three nights a week. Mis-; sresaes and iGlrls :nre .watch, in the ichool, and thie Fire.GuardS: rtereimuoh,


a orsley-Tayior apd. Miss aarid,^ valu- - bie ,-admtionB:.hav8'been mate to , the lLibrary. Interest' has also been stimu- •


ltocreaslng:,:toterest ':in:; the'Study.' of- ■his be done? By what mi ans can wS literkture and- of contemporary.- prom lems. ''Most forms -now'have- reguiar,' elect books and. read' for tnemselves, and ■


sibrary-periods in which;.they learn, to ' ■ Lend my report with th s.query, for W owing r.to - the .kindness■■of- Lady ■


’btitts- pprents' Into even iclpser) contact with tot school? ‘


' i ,


it is a question oMundameitalamiMr^ , anee'and it is, il belieVe. to tooj^utlon


: ‘ After presenting Ihe i rlze?, Iftoj Watson addressed the g rls, strespj Ing the importance ami value ,pf ‘'curiosity.” iThe other daVv wnen


; -


of: this nroblem.. that; we,,si .piffd: dcytoe, our: bought and energy,;in thp coming-


year. MRS. WATSON ON “ Cll RIOSITY.'”


■time after she had been‘toiawered, the- little, girl toas :Quiet aritethen. turning to', her -.mother: again,' she asked, “But why does -: t ?V:i • She cqnsldered .this was a w iry...pertto-' etit question and one .W


traveUlng in a train, si e )ieard a little girl ask her mo.thir a series of - questions {whlph- wer i, all, care­ fully answered. . For ■ * pmc: httle


methods. qf.- dealing, with incendiary, bombs ’


by .'Miss Evelyn, Garnett ‘pn. the. .riewCst ,


i irdblems of a school ln.jydr time—also ;ontlnues, pnd the'task of: Mrs. Ogle.r ihorpe,' the cahteeri oi-ganiser,, is mure


Pne'lbf. the ‘iha|or rduous thaq lever.' Owing to- the fact


- the Schools to the Y.M.CA. Mobile .curiosity,- as to .‘what.;mE de. the lid PrdvislDri'ofi meals—


mi 'TThe ' War "Savings' Association s akes steady progress. :: The .'.tote,I 6avings jfot the yqar were .J5769 16s. ■


d.' : £36:$s: 0A'was-subscribed by:


.Canteens,land' £34 '8s. Od.: to" Mnj. Churchill's: Aid',to Bnssla -Fupd. i;


! cover; the ;law of''gravltj ; i ithrough watching a .kettle' bollli! g,i land his


“ Llttle.,glr'.s should not' ask quest­ ions''oL “Little girls shff ito be supn' And not beard.”:-. Thqs,«s ^he grew, up, she tended to legar 1 icurioslty as : a gtave.' ifault,' but with the passing of tlnre she placed 'an ehtlrely dlffefent value upon- the word; ■


Mrs.-’Watson' recalled th; it iher own mother,.; vrtio!had aMainils 'of; sto girls,:, did .not: encouragiquestloita and very often would,si y ito them


D v .asking ourselves all tl lough life; 6 shbuld'go


■ hlstoead, Isaac Newton:i ras-curious bnd ..his: curiosity, led :h :tol to.; dls-,


-foundation or. .all . sclditlflC: dis­ covery. Because an anp e feU upon


After- all,” curlosl y.(:Was: the


tconoemed to !forge, strop; links te; tween the School andhomf How efln


the child’s cxpwl^e.


upport and help.- , In t o ; important!, L on:' Alice Waddtagton; Jop,Wa^.[ tusiness of education; both parents ted] ts name -must! lead to a: u liflcatlonipt


, graiiiuuei ■


S lw Haworth; , Jean ,Thompson MargiirCt-Dent;,Rlta,.Pickles, Nancy Sumner.;;. ■ ■ ,.;i


' FORM PRIZES.


' SCHOOL harvest CAMP. 1 One of the . most interesting .^exnen-


up; Lord Derby: laid the foundation stone of oar Grammar. gjchqol; Mr» Asshcton.is the first chairman of its


that,i al&ough we: now_ .have 288 glrip h to; a toulldlng which was: ,designed to


out and' tb Kbtrlctlons. on travelling. Lam happy, however; to'be able to say


To make a=schbol report In war time m ls,apt’to.be aidlscouraglng tosk. forlt


; chool ■ activities: owing; to ; the, black-: ®,


the 'IvUddlb.. and:. Junior . Schools: sangfv French songs, whilst, , two othep, .songs, ’“Lost Time” and


Mbr&aret JSewln and Joan paveh- porti gave, a .dialogue;In:Latin; en-; titled • “Sexteth. 'goes to School'." ;,


.•that :we.:ri'ow'have 325-'pen


dinner;'iBg!ster,i )he; hall ;ls to accommodate: uS; alt ope we'ii have ibeeri:. oplfeedv ifflnher, -m.i/two;. keSoiri.,, ‘ evolved muijh Work'for the


; dinner duty,each day;, But - i ’ - :: /C ;'":;/EXAM/:ftEK^^


.labour in connection with .port of the food from toe hall,’


■


ochool, 'Certiflgato ..Exam: i one, pB£smk"ln . AjpflUed :;k! I>Eni .nine:' pupils—


btaming . distinction., In ~


although'shC did not'begin ‘ until she entered Sixth Fo: i 'sent infer the School Certii ,i


hberOld'^lish'.-Text ; ^ ! . ; tlrictioir:. to" medieval: ;lail fui C literature; ■ ted : was,'' to-Jul;; Eriglite.-


to!s::year. retolved a prae, iass-I: ltettie;'firial honou ■


CoMtahc^ftehalgteen! College, •London,' and .w every success'in. their futuri


-regret .that'.w'e;heard of;.ll e death .of Mr., Alderman iSeedan who "wpst mntll


’The;‘ye ar/’hasH.brought changes but', losses.- It ;v?w


■


Mr. HelmywHb had been-to" ■Vicar 'of'OUtoeroe and for -


recently,- a member ol :toe Body Of toe; School in^Septemi


to go to .Whptlngton,We-1 ire grateful for, alKthattetoas done, fOi s hlB.


.fell'......


and to' Mr,-’'Dland.':-who: Si qceeteJMr; Helm.’:'as'.:Vicar 'Of.'Oitoen-e;!]Indeeto • through. Mf. Bland’s.;klnto 3sS:!,we [.ate


Id' — —T.-i sof as Vlcd-!L)A«.-)«— ^


ii-,


r too, by the- thought oCf.MSgtS fetiremeflt.- '-‘Miss Shted; aor - twenty-BVe .years at , h. that no schbol’.has eve


more fafthfully bya mistres !• .mteew


nd I am not exaggerating .cnVvhftV 'hoB AVPr I


able to hold pur Prlze^Iv ng- 'to jtlds deried/


lugbt i


-we: Shan .toot ,'llfehtly forge t ., ,„,™. owe to her. Her many frier dsmSy like


whose'■ generosity: .courage, apd-.spung jud^ent we tould :a]w,ayi


Shand has, kindly, arran each vear a prize:tor ste k W ^ a u


welcome another ndw; mtai iber of top Staff, Miss-Brown,';B.A'.t(()xoW. who


teaches E n g l i s h , i ; ;


TEACHERS AND PARENT ;,/[:/ „ „


-.:':'lri‘,-conolusi'dri,' I ' must ,|;litek| Mire Facon, the senior >miStress, whps,eiskffl, l lu organisation has so nonsitetaoly;


'fully Biid’'wiUmgly carrlei,


work mi'dlfflcull condltlops, also to thanki the cleaner},


tribute' to 'the"Staff who ha life, so tcheey-; - --


ightened the task of ■runniiig.|an. over­ crowd^ school:land must.vi .Iso ,PSy my


- —• -• - — '-■* qut|. thei''i 1 I;: have toe.: cook


Parry; - B-A., ' Liverpool, , ar■d ' I wot alsor----


and— 1943;


toe:flrst 'a,ward will-be r * * ~ — ilac


In her jilace we, we Icome tt Miss ■ ,


w a s * " ' W


_ _ t o I give en'^Prenchi made, in


her ■ not only to be ah ;? xebtlpna)ly ■larke-.Mteiorlai.-prtze:.,:' : .:; able teacher, but -also'to bel'.ope on M Rosemary Dean. Jean Ward,, ; ,


Ieemherved


to know Hhati'we have ttis ;mpming sent her 'a-.telSgimn-of greeting.j


rize for. Service to toe School:,‘ O Phyllis -Hornby.' Jean' Battersby


School Prize for Cookery; ■;Bet'ty«iTittermgton.. , :■ : ,;.


W Girls' Prize for Effort: : ' Jean Marshall.


|


School Prize; for Art: ■ _ , : . -Bessiei.Famworth.


school (3erHflcate-tea 'Prize: ''J; - ,-) - ■


'RnglishL • • ,. - j-’-l ': ’


Brenda:Cbates;;Dorothy,Dean; to ' Drinkwater':: Sheife ■■Fatrweatimr!,i


■ Nixon Marjory Normlngton;-. Hazel Nutter; Joan Oddie ;■ Jean Pilkington ,i Brenda Rawcllffe; Marjortei Smith, i Greta I' Smithson; . Helen^'Ibontoer,I


Home):;' Olive Knowles; Ruth Matk-| ham; i- Margaret, Mercer;; ,.lvy .Mus-; grove 1


- Kathleen Nield;; -Brenda;


Nancy Veevers; Jean Whrd, Olga, Wilding; Margaret Aspey.., Eileen.


ter; ' Helqn SiTaw;;Peggy Tittertog-j etters Jof' §uccffis to -Higher-, School


Eccles; Dorothy Joyj. Josephtoe, Kto l sack: i Phyllis Lancaster;- Mary Par-,


• .,i ■ -,,i: j


Lower IVd: Jov?fc Connell; Margaret ■ ..LewtaiBarbara Soattergood.; . , i iHd . Dorothy :,vBoothraan t .. Joan 'Tarver;- Hazel‘Thompson; Kathlpen i Thomas; .EUeen Thomas;. I ; . .1 i


FliOwet'I:' Shirley.Ainsworth,;, . . i ; ' ield Club Prize:


C !Mary.iHinchiiffe;'.;Edna Burns; . i' -i ' Slater,' Eva "Marla, t Kahn,' .Eileen


■'Joan Bristow, Kathleen Forrest, Mar- I i’garet Pearson,. Ruth Roberto, Brenda'


ertificates: for.Bonn,Work:]: . i. i


' Jackson, Audrey' Ainsworth. Peggy . Roberts,.Kathleen Sllnger.i.r ■. i i


Gymnastic Badge; :; , . . Kathleen Nield;. . Hazel. Barker.' i j H Dorothy Dean-: Doris-Laycock.. i l ,i


. lewellyn Hockey Cup: Vlffiipp Dlctfon Cup:


iWlnifrid.Bogers .Clip: ■ : i. ■ i Lower IVa.


Blue House Gold House.


Junior House Shield (presented by Mr.' th):


‘ '


-Senloc'House Shield; '. . •Blue'House.''.


"and" Mrs. Edgar Squ&wb: •Gold House.


, rise, Watt discovered th ; power of i steam, which In:its turn led ifo the.


R.ood thing the black-^ou, had-done - was to make [people loo c up more: tov.'a'rcis the tey and cu:'lqslty had


nvention of the steam c iglne^ One ■ hS: Individual nenny-a-week conr • ! '


'


'Trades Union Congress is to appeal t to unions to increase .tO'! twopence


■trlbutlonb to the-Red Cross, which amounts at present to more than £50,000:a week.


p D CROSS PENNIES DOBBLEp. The ;: General: Council of:' =the!


,


Mrs. Mercer Whlpp’s Progress Cup: L Lower, IVd.


Gardening Prizes: Senior: uppers. Junior: Lower IVs .


ockey Colours: PauUne Smith


'' j.: . ’ , [ ' • • i | i ' •


■Eccles '. Gwen;' -'Brook,' .. Constance- Alien, I : Deryn : ■ Lanigan, 11 Dorothy


na: Joyce Kenyon;-: Margaret Hamp­ .shire; i Brenda pickupl Roma pumell,. 'Upper II; Susan .Hethcrlngton; Gwyn-; •Lower. II: Anne'-Stanmorei' ' i .


'Maureen .Shovel,,-..... ..'.ncth-Rees.:' . :


- , ■ • ■' ■ i -1


Lower V;‘Jean-Riddlough. . , ;i. , ,> i Upper iVd; Marie Boothman.;


.-! ■


Higher. Certiiflcate add Prize: . Mary '.Bourn; 'Rosemary' Dean- .Mkry-: ■ Hinchllfle; Dorothy Jackstm: Cpn-


-dl. last teriri tva i •ste'’"''"’’ ■ "arid’s


'hooli i say:


r tori years some years iriiors,. left


inessifrom taking, the • July e tatmnatlon, i total' of 36 certlflcates': ga; i .University i; pbllege,'',. — tea,


and; one .girl >


and two whb had failed,loh fleates , in .‘.September, thug


ji "Joan •Schofield;.; ,


per cent, obtained' di^tlniCtlpI ; n one or-more' sul


; In spite of Jack of faclll . 'vate: - study,'- .theexaminato -have been iencouraging,.:, iS iseven candidates, passed,


il les ,fdr- pri- .llon:: results : i'ive .'dut-’Of i .he'Higher


a record i-m i_m. -Thirty- . hat subject


matlon. . ofrthese, -•33 were -successful, who wAfi preyi .’£ titori by ill-


’'’lalnedjcertl- smaktog a


patlon; one ■Arid athctoaitics,


u|mberj-vwere- - loate Exam-


■toed. TFutyi in sttedard


ity.;',for-d_ lage: and iiacedi to lchool!:of:


: 3n Jurie. Clarice -Exley. ...10 had been reading history at ManoheSt t


.ml Bedford wistetto^to' re bareer;.


STAFF/'CHAiNGI^ :'l.


:np{.--dnly with deep


:r, joijtattied, . ted-


!rtom|o:i;the' s Inadequate,


I itting, arid


has necessitated'a tompllci.l of school hQurs.iand'hasimi : tlai- that four mistresses : si


secmB.’to,'bdto(Qtkmg well, grateful tp .!thmBoy8’..schD


4de it Cssen- iould .be on the'sehemei


> indfwe.iate


1 forjthelri ■the-trans-’ . sch()ol-’to


! the ; .Spirit.- -;.': John'Buriyari';!: .the; r fatoOte AUthoti'of ■ “PU’


gteSs,” ’6'tyfea .'hltecorivefStdri 1to' .■ g ^ 's jPrte


:#5e‘,'that;.fte'wdrid Was-to bnefCreAtor 'arid: S6; they]ffriai(iried tnat'ithere were' mariy.i go.te: in •the


jo,' oiSanise, '.Thigu, hfe


CdhterSatldn'.Ije. ovetheatd, toetwfe'eri' two'" wotoeto .-ted ;,'hls ■; tebSehnerit; curiosity ,M; to what, Was the cause


a


of .thelr--Serenlty,:anct;r;chafm.i in the'beginning, men ediUd riotiVtSu-;


:world.: .Eyeri-i'when ithe. ,:idea^cato,e to toeiri' toato there was Only .one


•led to, the 'dlribdyery of'many- -cew' stiafp,-,-Indeed, tlie'two "moat recent dtetevetteO'ta; teirondtoy WeteVthe, dlste'verleaf.Df; 'aritateuys.: 'Irr-dveW': .•w^Uc ,0f; life . the: same . thing] .wais itfnei Just as Ifcwas lri'.th'e.reaiirt^^O


p : JL n


]' T'! r : •;■■ GALLr ■ • . IN IM P O R T ^ T p a r i s h ; . YICAr '-v . :l f iM E S . : J


Wii^•.;3•■r; .TWiiUf u«w ^::49


a s S A JO ?


)E LIST IN | iiLANCASI


.being »ajSe In Qllthteoe.’Altogether there-aro lOI savtogs;gtoiip8 to toe


toeterirb of success of the “ Hava tog.for Victory” effort which is


, .'■is possible to Indicate'the


, works coricemed.- 1 These returns cover savings' actlvlf les'i to places of employment, streets, sihools. and social organfSaMonsi and . !


Boropgh,! and the steretarlea of77 of these. |iave been good enough to send to.returns of their activities, t while 6lx ■ make '.their returns


hrough the head offices ,.oI the


:i-!:;.!Ohthetoe;'the'J(lev; a A,‘iBlari M;A.; ■was officially welcomed iO; the pdrish t ot. St., iMaiy(s .- pn ' Friday)


"recentlyrariPbto^^^


was : bound down-to one particular- place;: V But then;:. of-:'course,: God . resolved to ansWer .their. curiosity


,G,dd‘,'.i ,t h ey - : Imagined ' that ]He' belonged Siriiply to one tribe'arid


.and SO"He sent His Sop, and:they would remember that Jesus whetted men’s cufloslty--when .he 'feeganiitp: preach and,to teach;, She was: per­ fectly .certain that many, men and women went ;to, hear-Jesus simply out of curiosity, and the great bene­ fit they received was brought about simply because in the. first Instance they had been curious. ,


X fault,” Mrs,; Watson obseryed.; ” “ Keep your minds;, active t and . curlou^.; ’ ;0o riot.- Wastd .,your.


“Reach For the best.’i ■


“Do not regard curlo^ty , as a


' but reach for the best and blgh-- est.';


,


tiriie, however, on IgnoblO,things, .


• In which schoolgirls:, often showed good taste In the :selectlon. of books


After paying a trlbute .to the-way


M,ts. Watoon'te’Ip.th'ait to..tnese ways glriS'were riot bnly oultivatlrig. their ttnrite but deyeloplng thefr, :person-; alltles,' ;What;:^r^ did :With''; theto lelsiite^time iriride 'riil'thedlffef ence' to them. - People who had a 'good


at", the Libraries, 'and . commenting upon- 'the "bxbellent mannen .In; which: the mrisic. 'art; ,poetry;:and s'clentmctoectloris tterevpatronlsed.


or foolish: pastimes..:, Life .to teoh peOpleriever-becamedriil or'mono-


hobby had po time for l(Ue g:osslp MnefftitAb ■ •’T-Ifn


:cbuld adopt srich-'an-.attjltude tp-


Ijie-type of educalilon; In one Of his; boO.ks, Q. K. Chesterton made One: of hils characters Bay,.‘‘:I hope when death comes,' you will, nof :feid me dead;” ' What. he meant; pf corirse, was that he hoped his splrli would be alive to the'Very :endi Ifi they


tbriousi :’We aU detested tpc.mate-.


but joy to the conimrinity jas'w.eU,' ' ’itoe two head: girls,) Mnry'.BQum


'then they would’ notonly bring added brightness to'itheir pyrnllves,'


'wards theiri.life; arid; thbir,. studies. I f ' there was ' always :Sio°*^riIng about-which, they: were, curious,


for her ittuicoa,.'iuiu for pfeSfdlhgo ' It was amouncea ■ ■ holiday would shortly be Watson’S


arid V mline: , Srait^/j.Mt^ards expressiid toottosVto: Mr£. :Wa .


that.,a granted visit


to honour ,Of Mrs HEl PRIZE .LIST;


school Foundation SchoIars,f)K :: totli 4 member of- the iBoys' School ■-Constance Ridbhalghv^,. , ■ , j


wmiam iSeK.weeks E3tolWtilon;'.| . CR o s a n a ry '-D e a n '.i ; .i-. ,1


rs; Areheton’s Prize, for.-Needlework:-, PKathleen. Thomas. , ■


(shared: - r.adresa./and'td n#, .Assheton ' :


; Sunday ;;..School.; . Mr.',-i J ] . : E ^ JJamsbjottom)'! Vicar's Warderi, pre-: • aided,, and with him; on . the. plat-


ovteinVi iVheri: a: large' iuriiber;tof- Prirlshloriers,: ^assembled: ■ .-'to (be


on. behalf : ot the congregation, Mr.;’ Ramsbottom said that he was more than ever convinced that they were: very •: fortunate in ! their 'patron’s!! Choice ofi a new vicar; .He,: had. reached this conclusion not only , from: ’ personal contact, but; also from what he had heard from out-, side Clltherpe;i- For Instance, ' oB the day of. the lnduction, the Bishop bad said ,>to:..hlra,: .‘‘You are- very- fortunate In Clltheroe,'because you; have had a good man In Mr; Helm, and' you have another: one inow. ■ It Is very seldom ..that: a parish: gets tw6 'SUch' men: together. of such calibre.”


form':. were. Mrs. Eamsbottom,:; Mr.! D.1 Lister, people’s warden, and: Mrs.: Lister and Coun. 'L. T. Rushton, ’a> Sunday S.chool officer. , . Welcoming Mr. and Mrs.;’Biand


Mrs. Bland and theb daughter; would have a happy time amongst'^ them for many years, Mr; EajnsbQttom appealed: to the: cob-,


. Expressing the wish that Mr, and'- - f’regatton to;; make :-themselVes'


wofild ' riot., ttecesgarUy. 'fecrignlse! them. . If they would work with'hlin and'he ■with them, they would make' things ‘[go.’;;:'':


coh^dgatlon that.l although; theji womd-know Mr. and Mrs. Bland by sight,' the Vicar,‘'arid', Mrs;., Blgrid;


:■ :;FOBiMER'!^ARS, '7|.


,tbe‘ Revs. Thomas, Bellhouse, 'Wrlgley and Helm, and he was now. -looklrig forward to his work under Mr";Bland, Two of those vicars’ Uv'es were tbb short; for they, had brqkeri "down, under; the stfaln^OE work to ,the' parish,. . Cariofi)Wagleyj


COuri, L T. Rush ton'also welcomte. ■fe;'and'Mrs. Bland;' observing that ■ although :Vlcars might come and go, the iwork of the ChUrch and Sunday Schbol -weiit pm He himself . had, had' a • Ufethne ofj service to-The Sunday School, a service which bad giyeri btoi a great deal bf pleasure.’ He', brid served -under four vlcayS)'-


pribehalf'(if the|;Suntey.School, rionin. to: them.'' :He • reminded the- . V ' ' '


, the fact is revealed that two : . out of every nine people in the town; are oonnebted ^th some NatlflSnai Saving^ Group.


H I


At-fifsk'"glance; this[-would peem to Indicate that-thtee are many who are not helping forward the war effort- to. this particular ' form ; Second'thoughts” {which are eVeri


■ Trustee 8,avlrigs'Banks and the Post . -Office. - :It-Is not to'b'e forgotten that-through these latter media no fewerth'an 2,000 aavihgsj — ■ have been purchased past 22.weeks.,


I - A,''


parish'.eould.toave,) It .was to thq j congregation’s -hands to see' that the gl|t-was. m^de.;


»m.'’BLAro’is


; ful appreciation:: that .both he and hto Mfe."had felt :ior; the great friendltoessi and ktodhess they had met ■with • on all "sides, Mr. Blgrid said-that It had been,'the most wondeiifui: example .'’of '.LancashlrA | ■wariri-Keartedness at Its ■very best). Although he ought to have expected i


bse'rvtog thSt it' was. ve'ry dlffl-f cult forihim-to express the wonder-- '


:Courity he was -surprised by the 'warmth- and klndUness of his reception, ‘TC had iriade his family feel, at home .Immediately.- Now that'they werb beginning to recog­ nise one or two ;of :,the corigrega7 tion when, they riiet' thfem In the street, ■


more at hoirie than ever. He and his' wife . were ordinary sor.t of people.' They had a simple view of life and both of them depended fof th'el'r happiness on'frleridshlps. The more friends they had'the happier they were.


j , ■ , . ^ ■ j


;was' a t :Clltheroe,,for 'many years' blit- he did not lly'e.f long after hg lefj;,' whllsfthe.last Vicar, Mr. Helm;. had; had' :tb' leavb because of ■. Ill-' i health. Tha't was not very hearten-^


i'. In thanking everyone’for. all they .'Kad-done;' Mr; Bland'particularly "mentlonea Mr.-Ramsbottoin :for the Immense; amount ;of work, he had


School, : whilst ; Mr,: RellhouSe i restored the church.. :;Cari’on' Wrigley and Mr. Helm hadrhelped' tol free those buildings: from debt; 50’ that today Mr. Bland became Vldar tvlthout any money belris b.wfed' on'the: church: hulldtogs.


ifg tb a new .Vicar. The Vicariate; during :the past 50 years- had cer- j tatoly not been, a bed of roses.'i : ; R; Cbun'.'Rushton recalled that ithe.


etJ-Mr. 'Thomas built the Sunday i


ltohed, fori finy buildings were not worth much if there were! no : people to


!'But’that.did riot meari toi siy p that everything bad been accom- ■


- I ';


- stance' i: Rldehalgh (distinction to' wbat-it was 12 to ‘15'years ago; :- HazelTBowker;- ,.ConSttace; Burton,' •.Bessie! Famworth; 'Ella Green; .Mary,


S;Tte ':atteridarice,i at the Sunday chool' today ivas -bnly one-thlrd'bf


whilst, church' Attendance was very' 'small compared to. that of .20 years CUliATE^NE]^^


■


; appeal'for' a curate.; He did so, but the onlV'answer, he got was, “We can’t afford It.'-'. Five years ago'die- appealed to. the Church Council, but got.the same answer,' and the: last words Mr., Helm said to him were' “Keep, hammering away for- a . curate.’’ ‘.‘I am bringing this before you' to make Mr.' Bland’s


was editing 'the’Parlsh:Magazlne lat the time, and he received a letter from Mr, Bellhouse asking him to


• Forty years ago Mr Bellh'ouse broke' down In health. -Mr, Rushtori


i"; '


•done to expedite therindu'ctlon ang for his: help ever since. “Mr. Rushtori; shares with me a common view: Of the purpose of a parish,” Mr. Bland continued. “As regards the question of assistance, of coursp I am laii too new to be.able to form a very definite opinion,” he added. During the last nine years he ha)I done his share: pf money-raising. ' He. tbb. I had built a hall and had had the task of equipping,a new .parish with' everything It needed. He was riot exa;ctly tired of money- ralsjng; |but at the :same time he was tired of having It hanging like a mlllStOne round his neck, and lie was most grgtefnl to come to A; parish where at least the buildings •


'were free from all financial encuni- brances.j .He felt .that he owed : everythtag for that to , his pre- decessbrs.


, ®'\. ,


■u: be Ope large family, with, all its ' different orgahisations working as one; arid conscious.of that unity: with God as the Father..


.stay in Olltheroe a' little more easy t!rian:i has been tl\e- Jot of: .thosei vicars, who:: have • laboured-::In the' parish- during: the past 50 years,” Coon. .'Rushton iponttoued.-. He had contended for many years that the work of the parish was’ a job for; two men.:' Such were the calls upon : the. Vicar today, especially. with dally ^services, that one toan could not fulfil-the Job and. give proper attention to the Sunday School."'


i ! nursery OF CHURCH,


' take 'the place of the 'older .generation?” i -


' As the Sunday. School-declines SO will the Church.*?Who will


,'Scnooli and In many-iother ways*. 'Would be the greatest; gift that the


more St. Mary’s.wouid’he a parlsh' to bo, proud: of In 'regard,- to Its! attendances, at church:'and. Sunday Schopl. He 'knew that they could -command:large audldhces at'enter- tatoments i and: other, .social gather-; Ings; - bttti It *waS attendance - at phurch and Sunday -School’which .really mattered. Although perhaps •his welcome-had':not been a* very heartening; one,' he r wanted Mr Bland to 'understand It. was none the less sincere. He wanted Mr. Bland, to feel .-.that aithough there , might not be. any buildings .to erePt there was something else to db. ■When the war-.was' overr they-wouW have, to welpoipe back their, young' people whom nthey -hoped 'to-..see' taking ithair 'places to church ■ and Sunday School.' ,'A' young, curate to assist' the Vicar' In taking, the chpreh servlcd.s and in the Sunday


that he would -not break down.,In', the prime: of Ilfe as 'other Wlcars! had 'done; .: Then perhaps once


wanted them to consider earnestly the .question of;- providing- that t assistance wh-lch would enable him


o carry on for many years, and so In welcoming the new Vicar, he-


. ‘'The Sunday School is the nursery of the Church,” Coup. Rushton declared.- “Come' 'to church today and see how many • young-people, there are-present,


'Vicar;.: from his mother,.who was secretary of the Mothers’ Unions ih the diocese. But all the o'pportunl- be tle.<i. would not be there If it had not


union of spirit and to the bond of peace could a parish hope to be an effective: missionary agent', amongst the people where it existed. His task at Sti Mdry’s was to play his part In forging a weapon of human beings subject to the wlll of God to be /Used by. Him In Clltheroe. He had been told pn all sides of tne particular opportunities there wei}e waiting to-be grasped.' He had beep told, and he believed U, that If they all got together there .was. nothing of‘which Clltheroe: people '.could not make a , success. He had-heard of Its reputation for years before he ever' thought he'v/ould become its


Qnly If It were bound into one


sors. He^new only too well that opportunities ^ not come unless they were maaff , Whatever success-, might, bless' his ministry a great share of: It, perhaps In God’s eyes; the I lion's .share,- must go to Mr. Helm. Some people sowed and j others reaped..- He pruyed that God | would bless their work together, i and he- prayed also that none of | them would ever forget the great; sower who had just gone from that place. I


en for: the work'of hls predeces- | -.i.


'had been to' many; places, and had , been : extremely . lucky • in their ! friendships, they 'had never- met .


t In a short speech;Mrs. Bland said hat although she'and her husband ,


ne&s th a t ' thev -had received in Clltheroe. yihen one-arrived at a ndw place, one always felt very forlorHi. but that'feelWg had only o lasted for a very short time on this .


with greater, friendship and. kind-. |


was , afraid she would not have much tlme to do all that she might 'like to do In the parish, but she; would try to take as much Interest: i


ccasion.!: With a; small, daughter | and a large house to-look after, she I


'to everything as she could. ■ Shci hoped' that they would always looK' upop.theivlcarage as a place where, they coujd go and find a friendly: welcome. . '■


'■ ,


].;):■■!■:' '.J.'.' ■ ; . ■ i ! ! OUR DESERT PILGRIM.


|


Mrs; .Holden,, speaking at a Red Cross 1


prisoners of war, at Guildford. Sur-; rey, said he always-carried a cop.r, of Bimyan's “/Pllgrlnfs Progfass, ■:


; f General Montgomery’s sister. I Christmas Fair In aid ori


.epeaklng In Lonten.'Enrl de -la p Vvarr disclosed .that In a six months


^


70.098 TONS OF BOMBS ON •'


'FARMS. ’ ' I • Aeriod. 70iODO tons of bombs fell bn ten^andS; in' a SoutoUas|t county.


". THE FAMILY ^piEnf, In-his belief,; a parish should-


they ..were beginning to feel


certlflcates luring the


«*M K. , .iln.-facli, the: only time when the


. ■than. couriterbalarice .this, the 3,000 'mark .-^a», passed, on three occa- Storis; .In. addition, driililg the same


; 1,200 mark was hot rteched was • during' the holidays, bijt to more


•period, .depositors irierdased their '‘weekly sOvtogs to'the iTtustee Sav- 'tags Banks; and, Post Office Savings :Banks .hjr an average of ,£1,300, 'While puijchasers'of the Various War Bonds bought, these at--the rate of about" £850 a week, which gave a


' :totoI ‘ry?S^!Gavtog”:fQr.toe town of


it, as he had known Lancashire for ! ;mansKyears,'.he'.was; bound to say that after nine years away from the


East Lantashlro Area wJ ich stlinu- 'lates'.theisavtogs moven i 'towns.


to pat Itself on the back^ roji::


somewhere near £4,000 i we ” : That Clltheroe has s( me reason is disclosed he Nofth-


ek, ent In ten


, there ar.e large numbers who give ■Valuable: help to thel movement through the'Joint Stock Bimks the


* ***V 1 UK/


.a corrective to this4istlimpression for to addition to thte® who use' .the Sayings Group as their medium,'


allowed to the Brains Trust, act as


B R I T I S l N


support toils afforded, will -foim .toe nlicleus of


y y


i; There will be the .usiialj Christmas Ntreat for- Ithe children of membets. i aSiea of children, 14 yeajre and underi hshould be 'given in at once at Legion


eadquarters. ^ j ■ . Pteiily evacuees.’’.


tog to* Christmas hymr s, let us remember that He ivas bom in a time of great oppression andisuirenie tra- gedy-llke ours. There were SecuUons, ! poverty, cruel Herod, was a quisling and


W i'>ire listen to the old ^nes and I on .. •ni* A


in’s Section':-:^' M U V 4.W JI/W W M


wars, per- diotators ; the' Holy


" THE DBAF CAN DO THEli BIT! mHandicapped in other w6y>, the deaf


'■■i v .y V


wan - has tee advantage is , tog;: 'At'toe desk‘or the ben ioscharged from the, forces


'twar on account of ear'.tn •omy of ex-$ervice deaf is a


-an totervT^°” ouuu:


.Ex-Service Fund.■ V V V G.The.' secretary of this


.pn .'works in friendly c(-operatim ■wito other bodies, notably thi Deafened


constant concern to tlm-Le providing them with the apparatus as -an aid to; hi


about a hundred applica,tlon! a month. Most dear ex-Service men hive found work they'can do in the ’’ar effort. "Where a man has had previi us experi­ ence of * job. and needs no instruction, • his detoess may be said to be a,posi- ,


5,000 cases on hi ms books and


eoffrey Leggett, told too “J< that he' has


iund, Mr. lumal," in it present Jeals with


-


LHl Tui


tive. advantage to an emiloydr in, some cases.


,-i'. V V' V .


‘ found who, though stone peal--------- - • 'to catch up'with the arrears it a speed Laigla


returns btouse' of shortage ', Luckily a'former IncomeitaXj


of,staff. clerk was was able


trate on toe kind of work t familiar with, as much iheat..-.


I t];:.-,!-.' :■ ■ 'Y V :W ;


nade to half a day as usua|lly took a II


I he was way was


■ tax forms and leaving him o . week,.".


'that-suipnsed the bank piai ager. By , Simply-putting him in a roon,


with the coricen-


, i 'The deaf suffer in many| different ( wayaThey mire many of the pleasures . bf' life." ■The'Legion has tried over and


• a little suspicious of people around him, ' '! ! "


■ THE DWliTHERIA PERIL-


■ tlonbf yoiing'children Sgainst dlphth^ rta. Lists liDuld be prepared: of all


.under, five- has 'been much slower thp o^ t /Of :sohoolchildren, although ui® , est tUne to toununise o child is im-


parents to persuade thete to have un- . W


"mediately Mter its first birthday.' ‘ ■ I0 'ujuiiunisaiiou u* Min.w.M..


'bhUdren- te their districts between one and five yeaisof age who have not beeri Protebted,'and special visits paid to the


ew ; months i Health Visitors should concentrate on securme the; Imrauntea-


: i-Tiiei Minister of Healfh his!suggested t to local tetoorltles that during the next


b. certain' bank' -which is i luch used ay Army officers, for insttaci, got into


rrears-with its customers’ iicome-tM ■ ■ ■ . . .


orepe vt Eheisi ■sooThtra .C


.axesav'visiin a


-over'agate tb have their rates of pen­ sion rtoedj and has achieved a certain ■ amount of success]^ If the deaf man is


who wQUIon’t be If toey had the same affliction? He gets far less'.sympathy than - the blind, yet his 'case may be as sad.


depque Theredoth


IE 1u


aiwasn


orker. He doesn’t waste t r ; a' war- t .bn: with the job. As 33,000


ime gossip- ;h he gets men -were n the last uble, this matter of 'ton. In a necessary


“HraOD A QUISLING.’’ "Says Lady Apsley, Chaim an of our


' , .' ' ^ ----


■t. M l^ 6


'TTiHE dtecds held at the 7 leavers’ In proceeds


Women’s Section tender tot nks for the ■ ■ ’ - • •


-l-stitute'last Saturday! and'on Wed­ nesday well attenfled' and our


-MO yl 1 Welcome expended when the


ring the.


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