Wlnl Sunday, June l^ th . CHOIR FESTIVAL


10-30 a.m. : . Preacher;


8-30 a.m. : ' '


Holy iCommui>ion. Mattlns, sermon ^and. Holy Commu^oi,


THE VICAR, i ‘i


■REV. H . 'A .'B L A N D , M jA., vicar of Clltheroe


i, , .


6-30 p m. : Evensong and ^eimon ; Preacher;


^XpPErI cIL^D by CAR- Driver Fined £35 and l^cehce S u s p e n d e d fcj>r T w p y c A * ’®':'


F a i l e d t o S t o t j A f t e r , W o r s t o n R o a d j A c c i d e n t


rpHE magistrates regard ^his is;


considefedTsendtag .defendant to ■ ltd


CHATBURN METHO CFftJRCH.


Collections, for Choir Kuml tiPN METHQDlSt''


■ ■was ffned £25 for^riving a motdr. 'M s s »


Hor diis : driving for ,tivo


Mfly S(M liniliino


Sundayy Jtiue ilOth. Preacher 10-?0 a.m. & 6 pin..


U E V . H E R B E R T S ljA R K IE (Leyiand).


Special Singing by the Chlldro and ^


Choir. f


Afternoon at ,2-15 P|.m.: ' Play by tbe Scholars,


T o s s id e P a s is h F e s t iv a l, ROYLB.


“ OOOR OF LIGH'^^V Chairman! DR. CXf^TL


Collections for Sunday Funds.


School i - I


2- 3-


FRIDAYS JUNE 18(h. Children’s Hymnt.


5-0 : 7-0' :


8-0


Children's Sports Tea, bring o-wn refresh Festal Evensong. (Preacher: -The Rev Castle, Rector of Slaid Dance. Rlbble Dance


30,: 0 '.


Admission, 1/6. proceeds for Church Fun ds.


Moor Lane Churcli, CLITHEROE


June 13 h . m


10-30 a.m. REV. J. 6-0 p.m.;


E. STOREY, M.A.


MR. skUTTLEV^ORTH . (Grlndleton)


Metliodist Churtfi, (WESLEY), C L irm R O E .


10-30 a.mil:


Sunday^ June’ 13 h . •


REVLW. H. TpTTY,


6-0 p.m.; REV. Harry allen


.tnents


r. w. 3urn). Band.


on ^her left and bolding hpr'dm. Twn frl6ndS'• S&ppsr Victor and Mrs. Reta Fortun yibre


rfhbut 20 yards behind,tbein.


I straight on. .The car appeared .to be


fSrthIr over ■ The'^car'steuck Gto^ ^lifted him u i 'a n d carried blm|flve


Si ; i . was",not wearing s


striking Cross and; carrledj on at that speed.. .


jjr-; , g


i Fortun.' some 20 to ;30 the flrstfcouple.


.ejanner Victor Wyf®, K.lt., ;5aia that he was walWhg ■ wltli j'^rs.


i; g„j(j


‘ walking quite clos? pdee of the road,! whilst walking on her left. He could see ufe ouWe of the- two people In front. Hearing a carinpproacb, he


looked round and|S?w l l g h ^ the car passed hmp bfr si^-stfepped as it was comin^on the offside, and


pushed Mrs. Fobtuiv.to thellright. After the car passed, he s a < i t hit Cross and he ran-towards hiin. iic- heafd r d u l l thud. The cai» was


travelling at- a f^rly t e t spe-d Cross-examined.by.-Mr. Rpwson,


witness said he ^was wallfing approximately seven or eigh: feet from the c r o ^ of the road/


of 85. West-view,! Cbtheroe^; said


. NEAR. OFFSIDE ;FjENCBt . M'rs. Reta Fortun, NiA.A.F.IL. cook;


she ’ was walking i about tewp feet from the offside fence: As the car passed, Wyre pushed, her to the


side at the same time side-stepping to- their right. The car btiished past her and seemed to go .further to the offside of the road because


the defence, Miss Holt said s h f was ^"larmra brown-'e^^^^^


^®Mr.'a] j . Bowe^ of Ibldthe^maglstrates^t^^^


s r a p s . “ r f Burnley, wh _______ . ,


nean Standen Bridge! on May |th, when a soldier; Sapper Jam^sCt^s.


? ? » £ )« £


p V nf Glasgow,' was Knocked^dc^^ and’fatXTnjured by a car whtcii


did not stop. COMPANION’S OBDEAI-.


Brenda Holt, NJlA.F.I. cookj °f 85, West-^vlew. Cllth?^^^^^


s f e and Cross’were f®*'bfhing heme veiy ' serious case and we


vle'wlng defendant etJ his: home about'11-50 -aim. tKe.:iame .night.-


DEFENDANT’S STA P W.R: Kexmeen ■ spoke' to - Idter-


ENTS,-


Defendant a t first denied: aU J ledge o f the j accidentl. • made a -statelment: ^ '^^ilch^he


'Worston road alone In the .car. He ^ Id he' felt ^al bump j i k r Ip r s tm


said he left the S-wan-im. ton, and drove


thlpendleton-


of. the polijce, , ^ tn e s s .andj Pi.e. Benstjim.agaln 1 ^ tervlewed ,delpfidant, ajnd told him


PC Benson, who was also presmt d ^ d a n t said, ,‘T dorft remember dbihg It, but if I hadJwhat wnuld , be the conseQpences? ’ .About 5,a.m.,


but, did..not stop as ,he[thought he bad only hit the grass: verge. _^To


they had searched tbo vicinity,, of the place he Ihad sald he had felt a bump, but icould


his name, but. he llvfes Defendant accompanied thejmllce-


n ow l had a:man In. 1 d on t ta ow


overhangingijthe; roadway at the point madeiit ven^ dark. After corroborating


_________ ,2fit. [wide. Trees „


md tt a t : the road


"Witness then said “I tcld you I imd, no one in tb i car buS I remember


no .inarks.


inen to thej spot he had Indmated as havlng'felt a bumr,.and agreed there were jn'p 'piarks. Jbere.. Wlt-


8£ TIMES ^ T O C ^


I: ..■'WHATi IT- TS-::'-:;' 1 HOW' IT! STAKTED.


' TN view' of the' Gpest Nlgbt “


JL-been arranged for .tQ-morroWi week (Saturday, June. 19) at St. .Marys Sunday School, a few particular as to


wbicti hM ,


the alms and t^jects of this-admnable institution, bom of ■ the First j Great War,'hwlU'not be but of place, i ; ;: k : Primarily Too H is out [ to win mep. friendship and .'their, service fpr^^e


ben^' of others. : It .stax^, lUlFCys tout especially now, when; values which


seemed permanent are being, discard™- fbr truth and understanding, for, un- selfis^ess and fair dealing, f<?r, mm vlduill.(freedom based on a, prari®^ . Christian outlook .on bto-, ;V-lf


^und&l ’a Royal; Charter.,granted |by HM.|ithe:Kmg.',.,, .


is the signaller’s way, of sayrngT.^) It ibtgan. wlth!Taltoot . Tine S


P E i n A Y , V J U N E u , .' 1 9 4 3 .


DEATH OE MR, J.E . SMITHIES, J.P . ;• *


• ,• j *, , .” 7' MANY INTERESTS.


morning, of .Mr. I John . Edward smithies, of 2. phaw Bridge-street, Cllthreo lost one its best known townsmen not onlyico^nnected; vrtth


| , ■ ; ' r.; j '■ H


oberiei in 1915 in the Relgiab J^wp ..of; P^perUigbe, the bearest hatoifable ^ to t on the Ypres Salient. , It was ^,f®b^' to be a- sort of f


‘j-*


Clayton, it- soon secure


ma r6putation m [the ary Force g ^ ' ' f S m p “T^nd cheerfumess.


welcomed men not anfl writing material but to taae .smaq ^rengfiTto. realise .that -ibehlnd! Rie


the Eternal ReallUes; ■ j -


ness .later, vi^lte'd' thelscepe of the aiicldebt and i found tt^^tb way there was 2lft. wide^


K ^ e e n ’s : pyldeiice,; P.C. .0.®“®°° said that , on Tuesda/,^May_llth


P.w .k .


defendant called - bt __the Pi^f®® Station-;. and 'amend:d^ hm i^flrst


or six ^ rd s ' and then, continued On getting I K fast, but -slowed up if te r


statement, saying tba!- 9* the point, where the! Occident occurred he thought he'lsaw spn®®'^® ib;Jbe road and, pulUng ovei • tP*be right, felt a slight ibump. T.e thought he had 'only hR the grass je r g e Md s» carried on; Jusi. after _ The Meadows,’/The felt apqther buniB. out qf the cai;' he


noticed the headlamp was. pushed back and (it ca'm.e .off as he-.tried


to straighten .it. He' thought (little of this incidfent as the lamp^eeded straightening up every time he; used


the car: ' j !' . '


he gave. Wood a lift h ome ffom the Swan Inni Pendleton,! | t was :xaln-


daht, who (tbld.the magistrates that


r , RESTRICTED VISION. • Mr; Rowson first called^ b.efen;


• l


ing and rather a wfid night, He did not know the road very, well but, drlylijg


• the left-hand side by his headlamp. He could (see little or nothing, on


many days' previouslj, he had had to swerve (to avoid a pran()h in the roadway. (On the night in question, he drove at about* 2() to 25 m.p.h. and could see about 20 yards on


I along It 1: i daylight not


the offside. At the scene where the accident was said to have (taken place; thinking hej saw, something, on the nearside, he pulled oyer to the fight; so that! hjs two . o f side, wheel? were, oirer the crown Of the road. He never saw. any of the four peqple. The windscreen i wiper i of his car! was working and when he- looked through the portion of glass which was kept clpar, he coilld not see the offside mudguard .or; a por­ tion of the bonnet. He felt a sllg^ht buqip just as he pulled out.. He did not attach any Importance to this* bump as' he thought It was-only a stone or a branch. If Wood had


■said he thought the cqr had hit a soldier he would certainly have


stopped.


she could see Cross ht up by tne headlamp after the car had Passed She'immediately started toJrpn as the car* seemed to ;be heading straight f6r*Cross. The c^r a.ppear- ed to ’be'goirig very fast. J .I


C o n g r e g a t io n a l VU|I1 V-u. 1 13th.


WHIT SUNDAY^ JUNE. REV. J. A. SINCEA


IR .


Morning Worship at 10-30 : “ The Anarchy of the Spirit.'


1 I?; 1


Sacranient of Baptism at; plose. Evening Worship at 6-0-:


“ The amazing life story of a high- passing over S tan d en Br id g a deten- caste B ra hm a n /’


, ■ ' V. J'hMdiamp;of tiS?cair..i^re


! Sunday School Anniversary, June 20th, Rev. G..G. Gardiner, of Nelson.;


I , ., to avoid it. -.'She said that fhe car C h i i r c h . ■’ks travelling at. a fast sp4®b.. It


w happened ; if Wyre had no


the accident occurred; ' ' , ' ’ Mr. Bower; What would


stepped?-^!' am afraid b® , . have been knocked down.


The Meadows, .Worston. said hgvyas a passenger in a car brjivep by


William Wood, tractor.-dr y^r. of !'


defendant along the Per dleton- Worston read abqut-the tim.; of tne


accident. He sat next to thd driver. Two side lamps, and the nearside


1 d an t swerved to, th,6 offside: 2 n a1 over --------- -^<-1


the crown of the road.and did not come back to the nearside. Wltn^s


CLITHEROE ROYAL GRAMMAR |*bumped SCHOOL.


' The Annual Entrance Examination ..for the BOYS’ SCHOCIL ^nd the GIRLS’; SCHOOL! Will be [held .■ on SATURDAY MORNINCj; June 19th, Schopl,. 'Will please attend


at 9-30 a.m, at the


intend^g candidates at that (time ?


.Applicants for the Boys’ School


should apply to the HeiKjfhaSter and applicants for ttle Girls’ School' should apply to the Headmistress.


L. HARDY (Hegdmaster).


maintained thut the car “bijushed”, past her and Wyre had to slderstep


In answer to Mr. Rowson, wip? — “bnushe


dajjj a t . thei spot: ■wihdre


police that you had' no one with you Iri the car?—I had no one. with me at the time of the bump I told them about near Worstoh. !


Mri Bower: Why did yoU.tell the i ... ness


them he had been with you (earlier in the evening?—They did not ask


Mr. Bower: Why did you not tell -


I asklng^lefendarit why he. had told, a lie. Defendant'admitted that hp had failed to tell the truth at the time.


‘of leaving the Swan Inn and,travel­ ling along the road alone In the car,


me. ,Mr, B6wer then read defendant s first statement in .which he spoke


’“ A BLIND SPOT.’’


side you had a blind spot?—Yes. Then ' you ought to have taken more care if you ’veered - to the


Mr. Bower: On' the right-hand


you take when going-over to the right?—I did not go over.,


Everyone but yourself.' agrees that you must'bave pone extraordinarily


,


■found the offside headlaihp ibent back and mudguard dinged. 'When |


this wds pointed out to defendant, he said. “ Getj in,” and they, drove


PASSENGER! QUESTIONED.! ,


W. LDMB (Headmistress).-[.centre of a countrympad., ' :Mr, Rowsori:.'Did you i-see fence on the oflsldS of the rqad?


i'1 s e a ; CADET T W S .


TO BOYS BEjT.WEEN TIIE AGES ' ; OF 14 AND. 17


: There Is a propp: ‘-Clltheroe t,and District U4lt cf the


SEA CADET^CORPS: . ... ,


i ' Further deUUs^next we^^ , Eelf could.; ww.. :----- li.'-’’, -1 ^ M / ‘^ ^ n : Then'how


I couldse”e ,the|vtorge. but:'p.erhaps ! .Y W were"absolutely; indifferent? 11. :wouId. hot; say; actually .tne:, grass


, a matt? a did' not think yPu, haq hit


: ■ You _ h?—I: could notweai* to .it- verge,


■irvou had“thought" yoii h a i ' h it Rowsoh ,sald the accident was^ ond ^ a n would l youh


I* t


so■ ^ T ’eotod nW a'ctu^ had .hlt a-manl


?-'--! c ul


If you are interested, come,to, a: eetlng ytolch is b e i^ h id Jtt thg .j,„,


z - -IdeS'd’^ th? uw- OCC .AUA l/J not


said that . defendant’s-. ,v]slqn 1 was because ithere .tyas; an accident ,14 '-.WhlcJi ■» perSbh^’Was.:wi]ied';a rln^


In reply to Mr. Boweh ! witness ■ - them, i tbijtou . qj thfe -windscreen, v - n


night. There were far too! many !ol It ’ did not ,Jollpw.;ithaj


am happen-omtlto'rMds .. —


.: Jured (that the.!P,efsoh 'dri^lng__^^ . ■r(<tohi6ltiued foot,- of (next :column)'.!;.


-No answer. COUNSEL’S ' P I^ .)


witness- said It! was dark a t ' th e ., time, although It was not raihlng. He agreed: that It was the usual , , thing vto drive a. cj?.r. a^ong


- Cross-exaiiriined by Mr: 'Rowson, ,


saw a figure in a khaki coal; oq the offside of the road, pretty, ploqe to the fence. After feellng-a bump, he said to defendant, “Pull up, y e have bumped something. . Defendant did not reply but carried str^ght on ' Before the car feachpd Four Lane Ends, witness against asked defendant to pull up. DMendant asked, “Did we hit somethlhg, but drove on. About half a (mile further on,i the car ran : out of petrol and ■ i whilst defend; int [ was filling the tank.- he (witness) examined the front of the carj and ,•


near to the offside.—I do not agree, My two offside wheels'


more than a yard, over the centre of the road.


not


have had a good view along the road for about 20 yards?—I had on the left; the llghtydld ilpt shine •towards the offside.


Wlth--your headlamp you should '


According to .you, , these people were near the -middle of the road?-


,•


"Yes ' ■ ■ Then you should haveiseen them?


—It sWnes niore Jo'the left.: ; If you turned, to the right, then


‘ Other -witnesses say they could see Cross In your hbadllghts.—Yes, but the standard of my.i car is 'between.


it'-: would Illuminate them? -r- It shines more to the centre then. -


see them because of the piece of bod^ork going .db-wn the" side of the windscreen?-^!, was not' look­ ing'at that side,


Are you suggesting you could not •' ,-


the' yb'h were turnlhg?-^es,- Slightly. . -t I was .watchmg'tne other side, for


Yet that was the side to which : , ' the ' "wbat I thought I had seen.


•Wood mehtloned the' hump three times, yet did you show the slightest


v


offside?—Yes. : "What extra degree ' o f 'c a r e : did


int? sno more tliroug'liout. tne Empire. Sfd(tetond. The Old (House !at.'.l[o^per.


■ffighe Ihd tts' HPPer to' ToCi H has- been visited (by- many


&£ands,':who have


before I them, ifresh strengtih to ■Pjay. their part steadfastly and cheerfully. More' than 20 ■


haVe. been opened; and !'?’^ ;


for (those ' whd get thp •: chapee Ip use thjem../ ;/ -


hostel^. (called ®


■ITS Meaning: in . fractice,. . ’in, his efforts to further the -objects


^ i s what- is called thq Tqa.H Comp^ tio' guide -him. - Its four .pints: are. -To build bravely; .to love;.wideljj, to, thmk


for’ which Toe H exists, each member


fairlv:i And to witness humbly. Any­ one so! desirous may join the mOTement •


and share in this greatr adventure., . ' K


what,,: they ar'a' able, to afforA to addition ; .to the ■ aoptributipi^ of ife members. Toe -H is greatly assi^d .by its' Builders,' men and : women | tnem- selvesl unable to join' but w p .help .to ’matat’


.SlrfT^® mihtaumi.annual ^ufes- are 2il'6'' but members subscribe ,m aq-ditlpn


ready (to work! for 'alms,, apd.m^t ordinarily be sponsofed by jtwOfmem-


to join, a man must be over’16,.


'ebb^crlbii}g.,:an6ually lor under .Deed of Ckjvehant.-'


ain and spread , its activities by . ■ [■' " :| ' j


/ '


(iCR(is(S’'''THE'._WC[RLD..' .('j: '• l.Toc H is- established in Australia,;


(banada, India;: Ne-yf Zealand, | Spth Irica, many ■ British, Colonies,, and in


Argentina,-'Chile, BrazU and Utoguay. If has a large (ndmber of members M “


1 he .armed forces and in ships,, of the Metohant Na-vy. .' 1


• I'Thi Toc H Idea fe. being spfead. by.: : -lie establishment of. clubs; for .Service ■nen in very many places, and-!,al^ m


ridustrial centres. In these it .Spks to lieet’the needs, of Men cut .off in war- ;ime .from their homes ; and their


friends.


5®d®d. by ifqmem^ Ma^ M at.'St. Joseph’s


HURST DEA'TH OF (mR;,


Cemetery, Hurst reen, of Mr. Daiiiel Bolton, of Lambing! Clough,^Fatm, who died oh Sunday. Father M^gee. S.J., officiated Mr..Bolton, who was 55. had! been In faillnig health for-tome time..' He had farmed at Lambing Clough for many years, and, hjs death will be regretted to all in the district who knew him. ' ' He leaves a widow three sOns and two daughters, to whom Sympathy is extended in their sorrow.


the funeral’ took ((Jontinued’from jprevious column). .


.with only one maslced headlamp it ' was impossible ,td see clearly on the offside of the . road. That was a commori experience of motorists. (He! also said • he thought he saw something on; his. left.!' That, - t(to,. was .n o t : an .uncommon. experience (When driving a ' (car ati night, >


part- of pedestrians to ! take mpre care than ever.!! -Defendant -was driSvlhg hls car 6n| a very dlrty-nlght iii a dangerous place, and accord­ ing! -vto Wood was , going about 30 Im.p.h. \ That! was -not an un­ reasonable speed! having regard to the conditions: ' (In’ driving|,along the centre,, he wpS', doing the ack­ nowledged thing which was ■ the safest methbd of -procedure along a country road lii the blackout, but


been 'decided In leading'Cases that there was greatet obligation on the


-he thought the , car -had h i t ' a soldier,; otherwise defefidant! would certainly h'ave i pul}®.d up. As regards defeiidaiit’s first statement to the . police; he had been: very foolish.' like, many'perfectly honest people. Who losjt their heads, as soon as they sa’w-a policeman, ■ It. was a serious case for the .widow and children ofithe man [who,'’was killed, and it ■w.as. serlouq for the yoUrig man('whd would have to go through llfe.Jknbwing .he! iwas ,res­


' Although Woo'd mieiitioned that he had lelfa' bump, he did not say


Addressing the magistrates. Mr, those " unfOrtungte accidents;


ponsible, however unwittingly,; for the death- of (the soldier. The acci­ ident had happened on a slight bend


dark,: however close th.eyj were to tbe 1 edge of the[ rpad, (woifidi auto­ matically draw neater to theorpvm by F*oceeding as-if R -v(as; a. straight


road. !:;!•'/'■(! !!' (. :


n the roadway and anyone walking along the. roadlespecially in- < the


(!.'(;]!■■:'(. !:! When:; Mr. '.Rowson! [ pdlnt^ ( put


that' defendant a licence ,to ,carry put " Chalrmam! Mr. -H. Cook) saR . maglairates', had: cons.Mered.


'poiri'ri-'but! they had; alsh


election l ln which Mr;. DaVld Lloyd' ato'd Mrs. John Ravrllnson,' of George made, a dramatip pnterventton; -wofstori * (Old- Hall, who recently


i!.^nsider the (safety .p^|le3|rians.pulton.


'ta®: SSa''’'- tSS' Tiirierar topk place on Monday.


now beenipromoted s e r g e a n t . ■ Parllamenrin' l928. -after!' a .liye.ly by- . a. Rawlinson,:. youngest son of .Mr, reptoSeSied the. LSri^ ,.' ■Cbngratulations'to L.A]C, Nettle GREEN


o r t to g s fteniporal sbmd |


igib TO 1939. - , ' i ik'Ibbby ’’ Clayton and! a,: lew,


sur-


vivni"? taw the 'heed to recapture in peace-time tbe.qpirit of!


vears. Mn. Smithies, combined tjhe business of cabinet maker, afid, furniture dealer with, that_pf, auc-, tloneer. -IJke. hie. father, Dr.j W J. Smithies, the. (deceased .gentlem^ took an .active int&est pal, affairs. :He. ;was a laftnM adherent to the kb®ral c ^ s e and


affairs also. served: , the : Association:


club in ■ya];ipus;|,capaciUesj, and ough, h e :


: >be


leisure '.sought recreation .on; '


coiirse of - el ht the Clllltberoe Golf Dl'^.


Hik demise 'Q grektly a ^ d e iclrcle.! of. friends: and burf-


ness' acquaintances vvhp pathise very[ sincerely'with Mrs. Smithies'in her sorrow; 1 :-


' THE ' FUNERAL.,:


general' signs; of •


■riie interment at St: .Mai


Bv the' de'kth,-| on ., Satnrdgy:


its business •^®> i but .in PUbJlC over 50 of his |73


' METHODIST, I AMD I t BERALj STALWART. . .


I


week, brought in £7-5s,.0d,, v(hich was forwarded' as a free gift to the mtion. We add'our thanks to those oi the ladles to 'all who contrlbuced to this


Th e efiofts- organised by our.Lidies’ iildutrlc^vhas grown from a population Sectlon for. “Wings for Victory”


result. As, will be seen from an annomce-


ment . on the- front page of'.this'issue of the “A. & T." special .“Stay-at-tome dances have been arranged tof to­ morrow’ (Saturd,ay), and "Whit-Mo nday, to the'assembly room, at-the Weavers’ Institute. 'The music will be In charge of. Max B^r.'late.pf- the Joe Doss band.


th^ maximum allowances aware ed In cases of chronic illness and permanent incaitacity where the need for ca"e can


Legion has. decided to Innease


' be proved. . Similarly, where Priiceof Wales Fund pensioners who suSer from permanent incapacity are, f nding it difficult to maintain. their house-


r?creatioA on ('the -be made to them, from the Benevolent Fund of the Legion.


.h o i s r r s u p ^ ® " '^


fait- rites .were ' Perform^^toY jn e the-establishment .of the .Home CJuard. Rev W Hartley Totty.'-, T lii Chler j ^ gjjjj.ggpgn^ent in the ‘ Legion-Joto-


prWent at-tlie graveside where.the,^^ ,^^^ miiny sections public life '1^®^® 1 ■ ‘


j ] ,s. Bubb and ! metobers ; of_ tM Special (Cbnstabulary_- - attended


afong with me ®^'^®|S’cheV


the Liberal Club. The Borough Magistrates were


Mr J.' C. Smlth.Pand R(amsbottomdJlprls) -


'j:' ( ., S?.‘w‘» S r pioyees of,


ir the anmvermrji of ( • j,


Cdnstable (Mn F; K; Exelbymann nal,"' referring.,to. the sugge^ed members b# the Borpugh;'Police medal for the,ongmal L.D.V.S, F to e^ an d SpeclaVB^^^^


I' the. suggestion that a bit of rtbbpn given to ■ thd' British


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


'•w'qre members of the. Legion. British Legion Village, Kent,


auxiliariesi-its sanatorium, H. ' Golf


.Sutcliffe and Pf:. Crabtree acted As bearers. I , • * '. ■■;


Floral tributes were- sent j by : . His, loving Wife.


- Jack, Maggie a[id Kitty, .j . -Harry and Mary; ■ ' ■ . : : Bose and Netti:. ,!


-Nellie and'Harbld. . . i,


and familyt(Caniida).. ; .:,! Jack, Elsie and family. i| ■ Louie (Newbury)., ' ‘


Annie and Edgar:'-(NfeWchdmh)-^ ,, ^ . -xTr nnri Mrs. A. Howe (Nelson).. Mrs. Booth .'(Whalley.)


Mr. and Mrs:


■ Mr. and (West Bra


.Mr, and Mr. 'and .Mr. end


Mr., and M^. and Lily,; Jim


Mrs. (bhapman -ap'd Eric. Mrs. George Wilkinson.


I Louie an'd :NeviIle. Maggie. I -' .1 : . ■


Mrs. Tomlinsoij dford)


Dr and (Mrs.'Macjlonald.; , Dr! W. E. Barker.! '. Mfs. E. W- WkekS."; ’. ■ Marion .Hartley.


* :


Fred Lupton. | ., ' Jennie and Maude.


: . ;


iMr; and' Mrs.jTed Dixon;,. ^ Nah'cyJ'Bex Ad 'Valerie., All at Shaw fridge Hfouse. All at The.’Smithy.


Ian and Eleanor (Reedley). Mr. apd'TVIrs. IM. J.-Moon. . D.,Dolton—Pre- Gertrude. ! ! -


' (■ (


!- i


. . . :


Robin andj .'Lynn, Gor-don and Edna, Norman-and Belle. . ; ', .! , Mr. Treasure (Preston).! Gordon,!.Edna] taiid.'Mar.: .


Mr. McNulty and-family:.: ! -,■ . Mrs. Parker. BlrchN(Chatburn): 1 and-Geoffrey.' . !■. |,


Pbllce Force. , , Auxiliaries of


Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Tqvrnley Mr. and Mrs. The Chief


Members of Clitheroe Borough Police Special Donstabulary:. -i '■ i-- j'


,


paid at the Borough .Police Court yesterday. : The ■ Chairman o f ; .the Bencri' (Couh. H: Copk) said Mr; Smitrilesj attended to hiS; duties with trie utmost conscieritiqus'ness, . iHe tempered justice .with mercy and often said that it a mistake had to be! made! ' ' it shou d be made to the.


■ i , . ejoURT' 'TBIBUT’ESi ! '! J Trtoutes tO:' Mr. Smithies iwere


. . The Magistrates’ Clerk (Mr. J. H. should be, cared for by her maternal R-amsbottom) 1 spoke!: ! of ! K[r..i aiint; saying' on pofe •■Uun ':One Smithies’s great work as!,chairman ''.bccaslori that the child ,would be of.trie Juvenlle Panel,’ arid Mr. p.. quite all right with the (materrial Weeks, on behalf of the advocates,: aunt.


advantage: of the accused.: T h ey , the child’s mother, had indirectly deeph'. regretted hls passing.- [ ■ !’; expressed a ■wish that ! the (:girl


- ril


"Other reiallves and trie:ids oi.tlie child’s mother! gave


and the! Chief Constable, for, the ' The child’s paternal riynt 'said 'police;, associated theniselves'.iwitih that if she came to live'(with her,:


' (


Smlthles’s Constable.


■ ; ■ !


these tributes, the Chief; Constalfie . the girl would share a i: bedroom making 1 special . : note ! of 'Mr.' with her - own little girl | who .was service as! ' a


.COLLAPSED ■ ! !:-:''j- IN MOKEPATEBE P IT ir iT


malritairied that the gim and’her mother had. visited her quite; ;frq-


In answer to Mr. Weeks, witness I '* ' , ■ DIED at ■niE HOME OF iFRii^DS .brotrier’ qhe"' was not. frlbndly with quejitly,; Up to th e . deqth- of; her


al two. years’ older* The child ;:was passloriately fond of her (;iousln;arid had asked; to stay wltl\her .during her mother’s lllivess.


' .. .i. .' j-


! ; [


_. Brewn.' ■ ( ; :'. , .j (jphstable, ll,egulars and the Olitheroe! Borough


Mr.'and Mis. J; Hargrea-yes; Rex (and ,-'1 i


! i (,• : !'


: ,: Mrs. jPinder -and! family. 1 and Kathleen. I -, • ’ Mrs. Holgate and family


; 1 |


j


• Ernest, Beattie and family,. ’(mfiia).' Dick and ;i^w; Joe,


. :


Toni,and]Lily (Nelson). , . . :l


Mary, Leslie and phildren; ■' : i Ether and. John: '


(


’LIS'];T OF WREATHS. j


I P S ' Thompsori, P.S. Grant, p .l . ■


eSv p r TWO AUNTS


SEEK TO ADOPT G IR L -


DIFFICULT PROBLEWr FOR JUVENILE PANEL


;'t!>IVAL.claims for the custody bf -■(A’ a'lO-years-old! orphan girl.were


... i on,Wednesday.


! , ! '


.. -■ ■ husband, who were represehted by ., '!


T h e 'clalnis were .made child’s - maternal


aunt., a - ' ■


The maternal aunt said .the girl s ■ father died in Jahuary.,:194), whilst.


'■appeared., ' ' t : ' r . ,


.-witness, i The girl’s mother had never expressed a wish In ;io many words that she' should have the


her mother died last month- When her mother was tqken.Ill:'the child lived- with witness and! another aunt, 'until her mother’s death, since when she had lived with


'about ! the ! girls’ paternal aunt adopting" the child was vhen [the


'her father’g 'tolster :for , ibout: a month In May, 1941;! w ie n ‘ ithe child’s ■ brother was 111.! -(toe'fbst time she (witness): heafd anything


she will be all right.” Durlngj;the past three ybars the girl’s ' oaternal aunt had seen the girl several times, mostly,'when,, she and her mother had callbd; at ’ her aunt’s home'. !)The girl hbd stajed with


child; but had often said “I :am not worrying about her, 11 .kmow


[ I


paternal aunt anff her husband, had , seen! her quite a lot receptly j-and'


aunt’s ’brother told her bn the day of the < mother’s funer£ 1.


, The


her gifts of chocolates,, sweets land m'oney.


witness said that the (child had been sleeping in the sama rOom as


In ! answer .to Mr. Backhouse,, ' j , : ! herself and her husband, her bed;


’Witness had a son,'in the Forces and when he, caine home on leave he would probably sleep .dpwnstalrs or at an aunt’s, as.he .had done previously. : The wholef,- matter would be rectified when Alterations could be- made to the house. That .would have been done, now but for the war. T h e child would then have a\room to h'erself. ,


arrangemerits for the girl t() sleep in the same roonv as me lodger.


■ Mp'niER’S WISH. I evid(ehce :that


being screened’ off. Other aCcom-' inodatibn was taken hy; a wbman. lodger, and they were going to make


had made' a big fuss of hbr. giving ;1 '


Mr.' H: Weeks, and' by the child^ 'paternal 'aunt and her tusband, for whom Mr. T. J. Babkho.use


heard by a Clitheroe Juvenl|-,e Panel ’: '


the her


were! occupied tuta] on Tuesd Olubj'held a w Jefiqs 'was the by; Ladies


CHAtBURN 1ST, DRI


'Knbck-'out prizes were won by Mr. HonSfall arid partfier.


__ Jihibert, cons. Mrs. G. Sharp, flbajtlng;- Mrs feleazard. Gents.; Pye, Mrs; C. Wilson, cons. Mr. ercer, Jloa[;Ing, Miss J. Clark.;


PE.--Twelve tables t-the Church Iristi- ly, when the Girls’ list drive. Miss P .! M.C. , Prizes were : Mrs; Wilsop, Mrs.


the! INr.^iS .'held: a whist drive on; Saturda(y night! in the Church In­ stitute,! the proceeds being devoted to th e , N.F.S. I' Benevolent Fund.! Twelve! tables were used, the prize- ( wlifners being !_Ladies: Mrs. Hat- fleljtl. Miss F. Bamber, cons. Mrs. WfllPP. (3cnts.t Miss M. Castle-! house- Mr. F. Ylates,. cons. Mr. Wm. Tomlinson. Knock-out,: Mr. ’J. Hojiate and Mrs. J. Robinson; Mrs. J. JI. Lewis and Mrs, Spence.


(N.F.M—The Chatbum branch ofi


charity during the last 12 months.; The! Church, Chapel, Blackburn Infirmary, Chatourn 'WX.S.^ PrisJ oners .!oI War, Cbktburn and dist^ cjt| CJomforts dale a Nursing again received whilst


iIRLS’ CLUB.—No less than £3l0(-9s.! has been - distributed . to


riorJ GnTnfnrt.a’ Pu-nd arid RlbblCS-: Association


Y.M.C'.A:, and! £5-5S:*to the Red Ctoto iand St, John Rffial -Pennies


£10-10k. W - i '( r


two guineas each; was given to- the


have


was started, '£48-10-6 has bee-n fdHvarded to rieadquarters. At a wplSt! drive held, at “ Ashcroft.” by iri ipermisslori of Mrs. Robinson,, ,-jterday Week, 17 tables were in ],


clTatge of'MlssIF. .Jeffs. During an Iritdrval, Lady Iwdrsley-Taylor, the " lunty organiser,' was introduced Miss M. Rigby, the village or-


garilsef, and gafve a' review of the spldndld 'workjdone by the County


the!hands!b£ the Girls’ Club, and as'pa Result o f (monthly collections, , de iNovember, when the scheme


burn’s iruterest in .the Red Cross and St. John ! organdsatloh Is in


_,,URAL PENNnlS FUND.—Chat7 l .


took place; amid: period the pensioner will be m£ dicaily regret-and sym- boarded and 'pension fixed at toe_mte y’s Cemetery, on. approp::!*!® to the actual degrp - "wKen. '^^resentatives : of j Sblement found, at. the- Board,


---------- ..'months. - At the expiration . or ,this oj dts- »


special makes Service Legion


would'"cover the lot.”:Oerta«Jy oyer 50,;per crat: or the first volunteirs and nearly 100 per cent, of! the inst.ructors


doctors, '.nurses,- settlers, . stiff ' and


with its hospital.


that when.a mMi or,woman.pepiohed for puhnoriary troubles has con meted, a course of treatment in. a ianatorlum,; maximum pension wiH.be paid,


The Ministry of Pensions, has-decided


iiler, and! the workshops and home at Douglai iHouse, Boupemouth. H Gc remment.prqposals'go'through,


of a hu, idred or so in 1927 to close on tWo thdusand. Its future is bound to Be' affeited'.by new social legislation, ■ds ls the new branch for women from 'the Services 'at Nayland, near .Colches-


............ .. •


tuberculosis' patients,, both civil, and military,i will be treated on a scale Aever qclntemplated |in !the past. The Ministny! of -Health-plans to give econ­ omic. assistance to jsuflerers. Just as •the L^iOn-has tried to do for ex- iServicd ]inen by 'meafis of occupational


iltowattes exceeding, those of a soldier,


3s suffering from TB., d] by 'mass-radiology, will hate


jfae^ to actonimodate : the numbq-s Which [will be enabled to accept treat­ ment ' toy these fiiiancial. provisions. Th’e


'.ailor jor airman..who has, a 100 per ; ieht: (feability pension'. , The Goverh- nerit mil even pay ■ school fees , fir :hildreii nnd'hire purchase of fumitu: e - layiitepts. There iWiU, not be enough


in thiflj field, and use should' be mace of itM experience. r Several local authorities, who assuire


fuJly.rand hopes,to .play its pan. 't iasRdone'sa great work as,a pionen- ,


are I Legion is . studying the positioa,


fop teims. at, Nayland, Hall, which has been-Ket aside chiefly for their benefit and will be ruii on, the lines of Legion Village. The -Legion has decided lb takeltliese cases from any distance at ithe saine rate of payment as is usuallV paid ph the area where they llvA and to arrange .transport. This offer mdiild be: made.'.knawn to local authffi-it'ie;, evpr^here.


esponsibility:, for :'tuberculer womei ':t npme from the'Women’s Auxll- Spirvice.' have applied to the Legio i


. Thkl British Ir^ion Poppy Factor r .camd'bf age on June 5th.. Fifty-of thfe disablied poppyV workers are now busy- on work for! Production.


f the Ministry of Aircraft ,


64, alley Road,, Clitheroe. ALF. WOOD, ' ' To-nig’ It .


g i i t e r t i ■ FRID4Y,


'•, though Jherc ' movement of


, ’than' a year ■ndt likely to Ribblesdme


. '.frotn strtets the clrctms


■The couptrys ftoiri' neighbj equally lure'


•io :rio'te .thi been made


-. arrangetS tv,


lainment o. Tri.e!'tniatees Music BJeque


■! tn th'e!-9astli arous.ei'.conslL


: erited ('.N.P.SI ; Blackpool. ■ Monday,! m'^


' Mary,’’- I an ; ' excellepl suppoyt of full ”


We! liavd tJil ' Ludlow Co:


- Ing cir Ministry about'


day for pU : ■ ent on par;


will'! prove To-morroi


; supplies.. com^riBO oU all applipatli Forms of al b e ; 'avail iblel June 12;’'


'which : tp t(heyj to id ,h :


.’■'paraffin this form,


^ r a l Pennies section, as well as a fbrief 'account of some of the marvellous 'woHd carried on by the Red Cross-and St. John organisa- tipri. : Mrs. Robinson, of , Manor Hpuse, presented the I prizes to : Lkdles : 1. Mrs.' Demaln; 2, Mrs. Johnson; cons. Mrs. Clark. Gents; 1,1 Miss Tomlirison; 2,'Mr. Andrews. cpns.T Miss A.' Rawlinson; Special prizes were won by Mrs. Lewis, ■'rs. l Hatfield; Mrs. .Beckwith and. rs IWUsori. j Grateful thanks are


,£27-10s. . ' ! OBITEAET ;


extended to ^11 who gave so gen­ erously and ’helped in any way to blrlrig- the total of the efforts to


. toed with ' r -pTrlbrity - the rema ; distributed!-


■


. .Local! Fuel that ! thi necessary c 'theappica< ;( ation .wliic!


will be th'e Locb


i customers;'!| Mr. AtthJ


ak|


• pbgt it, Jnal box rieqr'


this! hoii


'i With 'tJrave I '


BRITISH ILEPIPN NOTES


00: Vfh'


)MING SHAD(>WSl


•rO-DAY ' list and DCminol


Barrow .Reamng


['./SATURDAY TjCgion'Dance ih :V


pjffice ;at 'Whailey | Sunday:


^ ,m . i and 6-p p.w jM'ONDAY:


/I


, (school. : ..Inesday. . , lipgion Dance


Dance in N^ Dance at W


. . (TVesday ti - . io-o and 845;; -


..Tpe Palladlii


■ Whalley !Pictury l‘7-30; SatUrdayT Rialto. Macjkbur' to.'Friday fron 6-Oand8]0. ’


■ Saturday (at 6-( ' Wednesday at L


'The Grand] Mo • day, Friday,:


TUESDAY: . OUtheroe Alictioi


“ Cattle, 10!30 aJ hatbum Churd Dance, 8(p.m. I


'Sale of Country I Puniitnre by Ba 2-0: p.m. I .


WEDNESDAY!


nce at ■Whal| Friday]


Tosside Parish Clitberoe Ituctid •and Layuig-oF


■ Wednesday an| . 8-15: Saturday


. por Lane M(ethoq C 10-30 p.m; and 6


P tot Ll-SO am. aij ;atrick Ludlow’s ;


vi


'Stl Leonard’s Ohur_ M ' .Sermons: Servicj


ethodist CWeslew M 10-30 am. and 9 ongregational Cb


Clitheroe AuctioriJ - T^o Ooncerts at jplay, ’.'Michael ;


week, rdcel’l acknowl 2' local ;scr “The! Sjrog for Vlctjry,’!


.1 The clique


f ^ y? ■with a


tIhE ! LATE ; MRS. ADA > CLAYTON.' The funeral of Mrs. Ada Scott Clav-r~


■Vfoohe Lane, .Cliiheroe, took place on etotuiday, at! 'Grindleton Methodise Church,- the. Rev.' J. JV. Sinclair per- . irhilne the last’rites. ■


were! sent as follows:— ; Her loving-Husband,, Rene, 1,Walter.,


dnd Barbara ; , ' Jack.


WreMhs and ’other - floral- tributes ...


Grandma- (Low.'Moor). !'|-. ; ■■


ham,! near Lancaster, the, home ' of .and her daughter. You didn’t go to trieads,: wliete he wss.Aakp, after he - gjaekburri'ito enquire


collapsed In ihetoulpit wMrprw^ Meto^ist Church ,Mo^


<3h1irSh‘;ta5whllh''hi\as?an


■ Announcirigjthe -.Pariei]s decision. ■ the, chairm® (Mr. ,H;!;eopk).-ii8aW'


___________ _______ sisters Vdld '


,


country !as a ; lo^> preacher; of. -t'®:! mate'mal aunt and her husband; JlUence- and.: pow’fer? 'He; had,--vi^ted; .


'' ' - ■''' ■'"


prfSlderit of Conference, Mr. Tomlinton [ settled out of cemrt. An adoptlop was widely known throughout. toe order - would be grapted ; -t^e


lt '9fas an unusual and dlmcult case; which would have b{en better


’


■Waller. Anple. 'and-family. : ' ■ !' jMk, Mary,i.an'd family. ■ '! : . '


■


■ Mr.' and Mrs.’Jos. Stones and Mrs. :Si.-iT. Coates. ! ■


iord). . ' . i I ' ('Molly■Stott'arid Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Birch:-’-';!" ■ ; , ■


Mr. ' arid'' Mrs. Holden. and family (Kemple':'7iew). >


Mrs. Charles Shaw. .' Cousin Maud. ■ ' ■ Gladys’ (Great -Harwood).


■ Miss Susie Blrbwell.., ■ ' .{Mrs; Carter.’ ' ■ ■


to'n):’'.'


■ Mr.. Hy. Btonett had. charge of the rrangemeiits;! 1 .


gatlonal'Church.


[Yonrig Xiadles’ Fellowship, Oongu- , ,,,0


. „ ' „ , ' L


Mr.. and'Mrs.. J. Wright and family- Mr.- and 'Mra. Kenyon and familj-


^ ,


’Merids"! and ■,. .Neighbours .' (Woone L an e) .' ■ ■-


' ■ ' . .'


iMi-s: Althmri and Barbara (Gnndle- .


„ . i . I :


•iom, Maggie, and family- 1 ' ! ■. Jim, Belle, arid- family. »


Hncle Richard! anp Aunt Annie. ' Emily and Besitle (Longridge). Mr. and Mrs. Aspin (West Braa-


: ' • 1 ton. who died on thei.lst inst.- at. 6S,i


, Sir Klngd , !'warm thi


■


- effort. The


■


(' their splen' "Wings fo


have


j. have now; I. Honour!: ' 1 ’ Air. Baid u 1' Fox Street! 1 please noif ■i!\vbrk Is eai


. i mously re 1 ’Inner W1 ' Bttfefeting,' . ’Veever^ wl : Mrs: Simit| ;. treasufer.


![ , ! Mrs. J.


: feerlso 1'. ' 'organ - ■


■,■'■


l.iltiwon % !( (!


.i'!^ Frizes


« drive. "'•of "th


. AUerx ;alteady 0 ilMrs. Colei


. - th e new s | -hers pf t |


- “Rural Dia the ‘■Wld


a ^ i f t to ■school c l of-'Clithd


, ■' you to t | ;; value 3 -tf


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