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i Kendrew, Adj. No. 1 T B League meets at; 10-10 a.m. ,


6 p.m. OA.School) : ! Sermon-tecture on: Malta, ras


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Sunday^ ■ io-30 a.m. indijO-O p.m.:


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Soloist at Evening Service : MISS RUTH i|TOf:NSON.


Methodist f Church (WESLEY), CpTHEROE.


10-30 a.m. : i6-0


Sunday, j|n. 31st. N. GREEN;


REV. W. HJ TOTTY.


REV. p.m.


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MAEBIAGE.-f-At:St. Nicholas' Ohurtto, on Saturday, a iwedding ttok


between^_M^


Roy" Edmorids,-'eldest’;BOii of Mr. arid t MTS Edmonds, 4, Montrose Park, B i^


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(toe organ; The (bride was attende^v S sisters 'Miss’ Nellie -Mnswoi-to^d : M*-s 'Walter Dribspn.- The. bride word a [ white satin dress with wreath dnl veil.,


ol. The Vloaf KRev, CJU. Magrath) ofaciated,:'and-Mrs, A. Birtwell w^.Jat


’ arid Mr. Dennis -Abranis, groomsmm. ,-shoe by' Master [Ke'ith\ Abrams.


The dresses^of I the attendants wdre magenta taffeta' -telth head-dresses j of silver leaves. (. All- carried ivory-backed Prayer Books! Mr. John Harrison, toe bride’s :brother-in-Iaw, was best nun,


As trie bridal'party left flie church, the , ■bride was presented (with a sliver horee-


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EDITOR’S POST-BAG “ IMPEBIALISM?” ,


F STR because there are some o^iono ex


pressed which.muSt prove many. The views cxpr^ed by ^i^de


Thnes ’’ is the event i of. the week to, me and I read every Itoeof it with geMure —I ; should say almost eyen^^ line,


Sir,—Receipt of theXlAdvertiserjand


I t to k 'a word of reply to . istib idealist, Mr. Carey Ixird is not out


writers are not ueoessaifiy the qxpr^ slon of the editor i or staff Md the paper remains piolitically' unbind. But


of place. In his article of Janimry ,15. he reprimands ' American ^ a t io n l^ s for Ideclaring .Britalh’s vrar ama to be Imperialistic, i Mr. Lord denlM^tois yetlat: the same time excuses My pM?!- blllty of its truth by, sa^ng , t ^ im­ perialism in America' tcmay. dws n ^ stand at a lower ebb ; than it does m


Britain. He ^ys:-y O! Not once but many, times has Mr.


n hurdhill made.it' clear that we want


othing out of this'- war except the complete/ destruction of . aggiKsion


tOf course, that is what Mr. Lord wMts tool but he would made toe s it i^


S d 'a pe'ace that will endure perhaps for all time.


ful: races .and now.iall she wants is peace to get the mwt fTom her v ^ t conquered teniiton^. 1 * Time after^time Mr. Lord overlooks Christian prmcipl^ which hold out to lis the greatest p^sl- bilitles of intemaitipnal peace pnd b ^ bherhood by 'I urging- us to dest^. toe whole German race. Naturally he ha^ no: belief In Sodalism..or. he would understand that Pascian could have been, destroyed in .both Austria and Germany


wlon clearer: by quoting Mr. Churchill s h she wants by wdmng against peace,


olds, “what we have we hold. • ^ a In simple* language,: Bntam-has got


the ; reactionary gOTemments of t o ^ countries against t le Social Democrate. Speaking of bur blinders after 1919, he


assistance from Inperiallst Powers to it not; been for. the says:—


sumption that [militarism w^ at an I It - win be .remembered that the,: Lau-


as: Almost every: step was taken bn toe end.


■


anteed by Britain] and Pr^nceion con­ dition there',should, be no .revival of an ' AustrdGerman Customs union. It was


’’sanne loan to Austria in 1932 was guar-


weU known that D'oUfuss used the loan , tol build up toe Heimwehr for a threat- the conditioh tihati the loan


democratic government only, men .me way would i not have 'been. clear__to ' Fascia -to take control. Had Au^ria


^


remained demooratlc we would hfve I seen the uriity of German and Austn^


Social Democrats Iwith a vast majpn^ over any reactionary parties. [Instead,


the .Nazis Were able to build up power whic iri .the Pascidt government of |.A^tm'


de h had been] enabled 'toi destw d mocracy with tSe . help of [Western tremocracies, so tl at w.e must now des­


and, at toe Isame [time, Mr, Itejd would have us condemn to annihilaton toe truly dembqratio Section of the | German


and Austrian rac^. Stbokton-on-Tees:


6.F.N., J. HAUL. |


LAND AND RECONSTRUCTION. I Sir —r a'gree with Mr. Carey Lord


who stated In his letter, last week : “: If democracy is to continue to be a (system; of government by the


visit of Miss Redllch, a 'Czechoslov­ akian, who isl an: expert on minie. Her remarks were followed with the keenest possible interest and msm-


bers of the drama class assisted in presenting suitable illustrations of


the 'various points she made. In the Unavoidable ‘ absence of Lady Worsley-Taylor, Miss McVittie was ih the' chair. :A competltton for the best string hag was won by Mrs. Nicholson and a .. very interesting discussion took- place on post-'war education. Mrs. Pickup was elected t delegate to the ‘annual meeting of


held at Preston i next month and Mrs. Marshall '(treasurer) stated


ipajority government of the people by the pebple. It can but resist the bureaucraitlc octopus Whose tent» acles are- spreading -everywhere, Burequcrkcy is not democracy, though it'is doing .its best to mas-, querade as such.” I t is the sign of the times in which we are llvingr One could see before the war when the “hardy anhuals” ended and the system of co-opting was substituted that we yrere heading for an all­ round 'central control. There is a teason for it, too, which I shall try to explain The “hardy annuals” were accompanied by other “hardy annuals ■" “Where has the money, to come from ?” : “If you put the Socialists jin the rates, will go up.’-’ and “If you put the Tories in. they will do nothing,’’ '


he Lancashire (■Federation to be


that the Institute efforts on behalf of the Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund had totalled £106-17;3d.


OK


resident, Mr. WilUam Rydeheard, of 12 Old Road Side; BHllnRton, died last Friday mornipg after contract­ ing pneumonia. (Sixty-eight years of age, he had lived in the district t aU his life and [was employed by


obituary.—A’ well known local


railway station until his retirement at slxty-flve years (of age. Recently he" had worked as a full time fire- watcher at Langho MUL' Mr. Ryde-


he goods department at.'Whalley


ton Working Men’s Club. His wife died three years [ago and he leaws three daughters to whom sympathy win be extended. -The ii^terment took place on I Monday at Old ■Langho Churchy^^rd. [ '


|


THE LATE MISS S. PARKER.— I A staunch suppdrter of the Metho-


dlst Church, and a regular attend- er at both Sunday School .and I Church aU her life, Miss Susannah


, second birthday. ■ A daughter: of [ the late Mr and Mrs. Jaipes Parker, she had worked for many years as ■Weaver at Judge Walmsley Mill


Parker, of Bridge. End, BUUngton, and formerly bf Princess-street, died -a t a Blackburn Hospital on Tuesday, the day after her seventy-


afid followed her employment until she was about seventy years of age. The - interment takes place to-day at the Parish Churchyard and will he preceded by a service, in the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Norman Green.


1 Conservative! Club has just been completed, Mr. E. B. Hamilton defeating Mr. J. W. Wallis-In the, ■final game. Mr. F. Wiggins and Mr. J. Hall•'werp 'defeated; in,; the


SNOOKER HANDICAP. The annual ‘snooker handicap at the


semi-finais. p Y e l l ^ S W M?“WcTrl - ""


Alnsworto-j evenlng^on the; subject “An. answe'if ’’


SOCIAL HOUR.—Mr. H. Almond of Blackburn, spoke, to members ol the Ladies’ Social Hour at BilUhg-, un T esd


ton Baptist Church Mnr. sr. Mr. O. Extori, o a. ucouaajy


to an agnostic.” There was a- fairly good attendance, presided over by


. WHIST DiilyE.-Under the aus­ pices of the 'Whalley arid District Women’s War Comforts Fund Gomf mlttee, a whlsf drive-was held; last night week In the Stanley Room a;t the Conservative Club. Thirteen tables were'.occupied,, and the win/ ners were; Ladies ; 1, Miss Tonr- linson: 2, MrsJ Bl Wood;, consolaj- tlon, Mrs Chew. - Gentlemen Gunner Dougall; 2, Bombardier Price ;,corisolatlpn„-Mrs,. Altham.,


; ’


'(These were I c o m m o n-s e n s e p thoughts, blit : neither party sup­


lied the right answer—nofhlng was done. And it Was usually the


fear'of increased rates and taxes which retjurnedl the :‘do nothings.”


Now we have reached .a crisis and something has (got to be done. New


oy -that whibh is our own, |<^8ation


eh ^ revolt [against toe Social, Demo­ crats. Had the. Western Powers imposto


TiMES, E h lD A. y .


d Ea i h ,;n o t d u e a c c id e n t


KES


whb d,led Hospital, toe; effect


DMED i INQUEST SABDEN MAN.,


ON


Wien ,he inquest was resumed :pn Tueiday, at Burnley, on, George^^tour Plcfelng (37). of 2, Bury-row, Sabden, ■ ■ on January 4th at the yictoria, medical evidenqe was ^yen.to i


whilst unloading steel .plato frpin a lorry at ilapton, on November 0toi had i no I connMtion with his death, wMch, was I stand to have .been due to kidney (trouble. A verdict ,'of “ Death from, natural lauses” was returned.


_______that ah accident he sustained; cent for. examination and the findings


mDh Gibson, who carried out the post-, s ortem, said that certain organs were,,


' ,


onfirmei his own opinion'that, death was due to euremia arising from a con-,


tracted ;ddney. t Answe ’ing Mr. Cash, who represented


GHIPPING


successful dance, whist and domlnp driYe w< s, held at the Oddfellws


AMBULANCE AWARDS.—A very


present. The RH. (Band provided itoe dance nusic,- and, the , aryangOTents


ce Bi igade. About 320 persons were


dhe wido v, Dr; Gibson said the fact that aeath to lowed the accident was purely ha. cbinci ience. The condition would


ve art;en injany cate.. • •• ..fV,'


antoe! new] section: of tlje St. Jyhn Ambul­ I whilst he was [it, Browshplme th; funds to


were in the hands bf the Flret Aid-sec- tioh of toe Civil Defence.Services.- (i


La Whist prize winners were as folkws. ■ dies: d, Mrs. J. Baipes; - 2, Mg. Kwalker: 3, Mis.-VaUant;i con., msj R. h enyon. Gentlemen: 1,, Mrs. J.. Hay- Turst;. 2, Mrs. R. -Marsden; 3,JHr,,J. oowers; con.,- Mr. J. Dewhurst. Domin­


d Durii g the interval,- Divisional Super-


es: 1, Mr. B. Seed; 2,-Mr. H. Freeman; 3, Mr. D.'Seed.


,' , ■ |


nfendeit W. "H. Johnstone, of Long-; ridge l ivision St. John Brigade, pre­ sented First Aid certiScatof. to candi- da-tes who passed the First Aid exaum- atton I eld at Longridge bp^ December 5th las., namely:-.


- Catering ( arrangements were, under- ■ abakeh ly the ladies’ committee. The Sirioun. realised was weU over £30. and


Hayhufet. WUllam Slaten'.Itoiiald Ken- ' ■on, Tirence Wadeson, [ RichaJrd Wells,


.Lady Elizabeth New; [Margaret Seed. Thomas Marsden, John Slater, Harry


.i , Ken'on, Frank Barnes. [


heaped to make the effont such a signal before her marriage. All her life success


upt, . 'ohnstone thanked all . who, had . ■ ' . : .


WEDDINGS DAWSON—BRISCOE.


serving in the Army, Mr. Mys,


Edisfcrd-road, Clitheroe. The .Rev. Hi Y. Burnett officiated. ■


ate ^___ , . . _


bfidef room i s ' a- former me)nbbr of [ the - I ■ ■


• The „ _ ,


Chippin r, on Wednesday week.. Tne parker, of BrowShblme Hall, brother * r


___, - .


and Mrs. Richard Bretherton, 106, St. PauTsi-street; Low Mob: who 1 ■will celebicate their: gold... wedding bn Sunday next. A famU: party I^ (being; held to-morrow a! the home, of thfelr son-in-law am daughter; Mr. ibud M'rs. S ed ^ b k of Mbssthwaitef Farmi Chipping.,: | : Born at Stakes Farip,. Chipping, 73 years: ago, Mr. Bretherton is a farmer’s - ton .arid, like his 'wife, ijs one of a family pf ten. As a young man! he [was employed as a carter ,and (cowman by the late Captain


Heurty ______ congratulations to Mi tor ®f *^6 laite .Colimel Parker. ,,It wajs


ilve-iin Clitheroe and took pp -wqri as (g carter with Messrs. Bailey Brog.. whose premises then stood- on the ! site of the present Frqei Library.: ’ In. la te r years, he was emplloyed a t Siddows Farm as laj hind mgri and I he terminated h ^ career about nine years ago In thq service of -Preston Corporation ( a t


Mr.'Brethertori inet his'future wlft. who [ was In - service 'With Mf^. Barker, j.A year; after his marriage' Mr. '[Bretherton left Browshotae 11


Sykfo. I .


Airt%xanSi' I days, Mr. Brbtherton, was 'a fulli Aid exanun- i pack of [mgre th an average ability;


AI keen footballer In hWyoftnger , i i , I i I HAR.D WORK. : ‘


Bretherton was horn a t Penrith, Cumberland, :grid came; Into tl^ls district [when she entered the sbr-- vice of Mrs. Patker twelve months


Seventy-four | years of age, Mrs-.


Dawsc n, .youngest son of Mr. and [ the late Mrs.’ Janies Dawson, of 38,


A pbpular local sportsman, now John


Shawhridge-street, Clitheroe.. was niarrled, on Wednesday,: at i.St. James’s Church to. Missjl'Edith Birlscce, only child of Mr. [and (the l Mrs. Stephen Briscoe,! o f 33,


: 1 Mri- Brefberton has had to work hard and she; [told ahi,TAdvertl^er and. Times” represenTSlive-on-Wefij- nesday that at, one- period in hey married life, (When she "had four children,' she used to take in washj- Ingj to 'augment her husban(l’s meagre wages. ' To get through her work it was necessary for her to get! up bn many occasions at two! o’ clock in the mbrrilng.. At-that time MrJ -Brethertori was earning- only 4Jd[ an hour dnd often In''winter time, owing :'tb bad weather, p*® weekly wage ariiounted- to no more thain 16 shillings.’


Clltherqe and BlackburnJRoyers. U daughter. With the excbiJtlon iGovrn!ed.in Ivory satin with.-a ]yeU


diress and -oaftying a bopatietj of pink carnations, the brido was: re-rinlte for


..


atten led by Miss Elsie Smithies, of ■ Downham,', who jvpre a gown of


mum;; Mr. John Slater was best man' and Mr. Albert [Woodcock ckrried out the.duties bf grooms-


rrian.


Calf’s Head, Worston, fchel newly marr ed couple left for the West Coast, the bride trayelllrig In al came -coloured coat with, brown ricces jorle.s.


[Fbl owing a reception at [the ' ' -I T ! - ' AI E T B A im S e COEFS


roads, schools and houses, etc., are urgently heeded, arid local authori­ ties are faced -with the cost of them. No. wbndfer there: are towards 300 local i authorities cryjrfg out for reform In the - basis '6f our rating


( n cf the Air ’Training Corps falls on i■ Febnj ary 1st, and to mark the occasion I a Ctoi rch Parade will be held on ;Sun-


system. It used to be a common- sense question to ask, “where: shall we find the money ?” To-day It Is ^ regarded, as out-of date to ask such | a.question. I t is answered by, “We. now know where,” but the place Is never revealed , and it remains a dead secret.- -It is the: present ,


system of a wr.bng basis of rating ! which is the obsirudfcion in the vcheels of progress. Here are a > few glarmg


examples of ■what local authorities


have to contend with : t Educatiph held to Ransom.—During


the Board of Education, and landowners received the gift ohtbf the public purse of no less toan( £218,477'. It was ■agri­ cultural; lor vacant, land—land which despite its value, was exempt from con­ tribution, to local Itaxation. | mManchester; Unemployment and road


orily acdtored under the autoonty of E3SAY OOMPEnnON;


g The Commandant-has sent hisi.con- wraJtu atlons (to Cadet R. Marrinan, pehose "entry in the recent essay epm-


p titi-m for toe ■ North-West area was cpnvwlace(i fifth- congratulations are alsp


pr the prize sKPuld he made at the Iquae^ron Orderly Rcom.


Monday: , ‘ ' Tuesday; she years 1934-3]!, 105 sites were compul­ Wednesday:' Fridiy-


Uaking.-lJn August, 1929, toe works for c nemployed Oommittee of the Man­


port to Pailsworth, as one °f h®, J schemes.' This [was to give work for 450 men tor ,'five years. Total expense was t to be £667.000.; Of this-total, no less


hester, Corporation decided upon the extension ol a by-pass road frcm Stock-


(-cintinued from previous colunm)l


han ieil7,000 t?as tor toe puich.ase of land. In other words-, the public had . to pay the lari-d(dwner £260 for every | man to be eva^oyed. before tbe ma™g j of the road could; proceeds And when ; these schemes are complelted, up-go the rents and ‘prices of.surroundiRg land. Hulme^ Slum' Clearance.—In; 1939, the Manchester City ' Council .had to pay £57,000 'Jor eight acres of land for housitig .purposes.'; In a debate,-it. was the Dabour-Group that wanted to know ■vyho was .holding the city,to' ramom; and whv .such ian — --


should be paid. __ y


land -which costs more than £7,000 rto acre naturally! results in a loss which other raltepayens and taxpayers pave to make good; arid toe more such schemes are nromoted i by| subsidies the-greater -assing Into the pockets


Housing UMple on exo-rb-it-ant --- . price


'rateable valui- before 'fbe .purchase^ Poverty, and unemploymen-tjare a!mpn,7 t the results' of'i land monopoly,, and_by it


t Wesh(UH: Public Assistance Commi^ •ee.—-Tfie price paid for 10 acres of land aadjoining the Fylde Institution and Acquired 'bv : the' Lancashire . Public as^lstartce Committee was £2.200. aiA


I'S the :rake-off [dl -, S owners o f idle 'lana.


:. .. it was agricultural land, it had no,


(oe Public ..Assistance C^mjt-tees _are Jcalled into ext^tence. Wito - thelr.torst odb, as-ln thls'case, they had to^hand tuit a “dole” of rio,less th p ,£ 2,200 to


have a -bite of bread.- - j - : : Bv 58 votes to 42, the Liverpool-pity


he lOndbwners before, anyohq else.gould


Council decided bri .the '24th 1630. (to buy: 19.000 square yards of land for £20,000.-- i’lhSs land was to be used


for the erection of- fenimenit dweUingA Alderman.Logan, M.P., said that[14,000 fam lies were bn'the Corporation wait­ ing ist. in that district.'25 people'.wero living in one house, five people- were sleeping, in one bed and four Under-


lES';


19.q0 hrs.: Plight mechanics. 19.00 hrs.: Electricians.


I 19.00 hrs.: P.T., Grammar;Schoo).- , .;


19h0 tors.::-Na-vigation. *hiii *


19.15-hrs.; Signals. , , .


19.10 hrs.; Aircraft recognition.; i ' ■,!_


Orderly N.C.O.’s apd Cadets will be; provided (by “B” Plight. [ .


! ( ;■ '


- , ,' ‘ . , : '


2D.Q0 hrs.: Principles of flight. ( .. [ . [ : ■' '


| i '[


19.p0- hra.;! Caioulations, at Technical Schetol.


■ I ( • , ( : ,


ed to ’the Squadrpn. Appliqatipn. i I


( ■ !


. C JURCai PARADE: tioThe secofid anniversary of toe forma­


Natlo: lal celebration; all Cadets.-who are able 1 re required 'bo attend, arid should assenble’at headquarters at lO.OO^hrs.'


turquilse blue taffeta. Hfer.bpuquet ' ® •^as composed of pink chrysanthe­


[■ Bi-ituerton enjoy fairly gbod healtfi ip company with their frierids


celebration.


the golden weddlrig Both. Mr. and MU


_ __u *_ __J -1


anu ----------........................ T i - weFextend to them best wishes qnd


I■ SLAIDBURN.


arranged by Miss Klng-Wllklnsoh. Inlaid of Mrs I Churchill’s Fund for the Y.W.C.A. was held in the Village Hall, on Frldriy night. Mrs. Grad- weiU and. heri party gave a i/ery


j entertainment.— a ebnejert


crowded. £26-8-6. was realised this effort. Mrs. Gradwell and her paitv were warmly thanked.


i day n:»t, January 31st. . Since this is e, :| cessful dance V7as held in the


the hope that! they will be spaced for many years to come.


surmt unted fayra white floral head-': Canada, the family are hoping j.'/»ov*v^»l«nr o InrtlinllPr. /Ill: I


jg uvin'g


_ arish Church' F.O. and' :h ^ . farnily comprises three sons—all appeared on several occasions with .^jYoni served in the last-war—a


past nine years or-so, Mr. and Mrs. B .......... ■ — associated with St. Paul’s


Since living at Low'Moor for th' rethertori have


; Ij


been. Church. Thblr


occdsiori-ally playing ■with - Preston North End in [ friendly. matches In this'dis trict. :j


I


JANUAKY 29/ 1943. TO GOLDEN W


MR. 8: MRS. R. OFF LOW


EDDING


JBRETHERTON MOOR.


ROWLAND COMMITTEE ^VOURS! DUAL CONTROL.


arice of dual control In ; order to ei^uEe religious teaching In schools was adopted by the Howland Edu­ cation Committee at their meeting, at Clitheroe!Towri\JJall, on Moriday.: ^


RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. A resolution urging the cohtlnu-


M, ^ ^ ‘ Proposing:


:; N. Wrl^'„ t said that It w'as sug­ gested that a'clause In the new


■ 'th e resolution. Major


Education [Bill wc^^uld propose the abolition of dual control. That, would be a great inlstake, for Jjoth- the Church of England and Catho­ lic; Schools fulflllqd'the wants of , parents who. desired a specific, religious Instructldn for their child­ ren. Such parents !mlght be in the minority,, h u t that did not mean th a t they -could be ignored. Not only did such parerits pay rates and taxe^ [like other people, but they had additional payments for their ovra schools and for their privileges. The child belonged to Its parents arid'no Goverrinient could rightly Interfere with a parent’s right over his child. I f It dijl. that was totali­ tarianism, -[against' Which we were fighting. [People who[ believed in c the necessity of true religious edu­


who were out to banish it ffom our schools. There [were people who thought -that religion made a bov or girl [soft, but I t v?as rather the ■reversej The number of V.C.’s who •were practising Christians proved


ation-should prepare’-to fight those


that. I ' ' ’ PARENTS’ RtGHTS.


• He was qUlte sUre that to take religion from the school would be a bad thing.


that to deprive parents of their rights to have their children edu­ cated in their own faith was unjust.


i Seconding, Mr. J. 'Watson said,


EDUCATION G()STS. NEXT


JUMP IN


SHARP RISE IN YEAR’S


;WAK1NG-UP ESTIM/ l'TES. SERVICE: -PAY.


illtheroe was Indicated ■when esti- lates( for next year’s |expendlturt


SHARP Increase (h the cost of elementary education in


Wrigiey) pointed out [ th a t , the estimate as submitted would require i preceqjt of £9,635, against a pre- :ept fer the cilrrent year of £8,500, Purthi r, should the (council make ap wa:[ service pay, a further £800


'ere-jpresen.ted to the j Education ommttee yesterday afternoon. The I Education, Officer (Mr. H'


Marct; . '


last 'year’s precept | of .£8,500, expec ed to add £45 to the balance, had I roved Insufflcieritj and there: would I be a deficiericy of £595-‘ Totafi: oversperidlng iriiounted to £4,015, but this attracted grants oi £3,375, leaving a net -wer-expendi-


Mr. iWrigle;' pointed' out that [ ' ' • ! '


ture 'of £640. Notini; chief items of overspend ing, the Education Officer said the -;stimate tor, ' teachers salaries was exceeded by|


-amourits overspent related to fuel, light arid cleaning, £80; admintt- tratlori. £66;l and iriedicai inspec­ tion,' £97. Extensions in the pro­ vision of meals cost £405, while the estimate wa^. £150, but much ot the'expenditure had oeen on equip­ ment: and would not recur.


estimation in respept of supply teachers, and an additional teacher was eiriployed. at St. James’s School from April to July.] War (bonus, fixed (by: the Burnham (award, called- for £566, which was not budgetted.; • in a - full year, the adyarice required - 03700. Smaller


i[ The Clerk (Mr. E. J W. Douglas) said that the dual system was [not an Ideal one, from many points of view. He suggested that there riiight be some limitation of what he termed “the parson’s freehold,” without Interfering with the reli­ gious education [given. Ckmtrol by the church could be a bad thing, evidently the Committee felt that the (absence of ; control would b^ very much worse. [ _ In Bowlandk they [had been, very fortunate. Without the assistance of the churches they vsrould have been hopeless, but at; the sariie time he was pleased to he able to point out th a t jn the Council schools, the' religious teaching was excellent. It ■(vouldi be very easy for him as an admiriistrator to vote for single control, but as a churchman he could [ see the dangers of such


statement and Mr. Colllnge asked where - they would be in Bowland without! the Church Schools.


I There was agreement with this ;


'in 1902 with the Balfour Act, which still stood. He thought i t.r iad worked reasonably well.' The church, however, was up' against the probleiri of finding funds tq maintain their j schools efficiently


step. I Of course, the problem was no new one. The' big break came


maintenance; |- • The Clerk reported 'th a t the


sary labour and material. ■ • It'[was decided that an expert


- Attendance a t the schools war reported to be reasonably gooc. during December, being 100 per cent at both Bashall Eaves and Paytherne, whilst , a t several of thq schools i t was more tririn 90 per cent. The average for-the distric|;


froni!the County should Inspect the premises before: any decision to re­ paint was taken; ■


„


S e r & g ko"w a ? i d T h ; > M Iwas 87^ per .


BEADING BOOM.—A very suc­


-and Messrs. D. T. Peat and J. Lrip- son supplied the music, giving their services. Mr. J. Leerming, secretary,;


Village Hall, in aid of the Reading Room, bn Saturday. Messrs I J. Simpson and H. Casson were M.q.s


wishes to thank them and .also Ml^ , M Blackburn[and Mr. F. Wood, -who played during the interval)


[


death, on Sunday,- of Miss L Jw. Deacon, of Wood Hill, removes One of- Slaldburri’s , oldest ■ (tosWents. She came from London .with iHer sister, the late Miss R. C. Deaepn. 32 years ago and was a very devqtjed Church worker, attendffig eyqw.: I


MISS ■ DEAjeON’S ' DEA^H.-^'me


Miss Deacon I was 82jy e a r s of jage. The.‘Rev. C. Kettle officiated atjthe:


service when her healQi


funeral which tobk place a t Slqld- burn on Wednesday.. Floral tributes


were s e n t ' b j i : Cousin Rose_sand Grace; Miss Rudd arid Lucy; V.


Garnett; - Clssie; Mr. and Mrs Wficock and Baby: Mr. andlWrs Hodgson. The bearers were Messrs.


T and J Cowking; H. Bond land Jj'L.. Wilson j


-iThe Village lost another ptopular resident, on^ Friday, by. the deat^ of


rie'ath it I ' A, waiting listjof wanting houses. and land costing square yard ^suggest caure .and Hew much more difficult will it retoouse the people of our tqvms am cities, with houses gone an.d the value of toe place on which they rested sUll high! To lose local control .is mqsj


14,000 21/- a effect, be to


-areas.


may mean that rural .areas wiU have to meet the high values of the city


d&gerous; it is toe eested redistribution of rating are^. (It


examples like those given abwe.; -When considering these fi®uves, ,^ d _ta. riew


of our post-war rfeconstructlqn schemes, it does seem unlntelHgeht of anyone, to


suggest that those who ■immediate reform in oH '^ jd wx a'tlon system are, troubling am t jom ^ ^


concerned- atout a Deo'Dle,’by the


ttSrwffi'not


construct until --we, rating-syatem on a


would" do.- have no answCT. But mlgm ask theriisrives:, .tinue -as before?: Uan we-^olhiito[TO


thing, which is not. of flret toortance. Such pfeople, when asked whati toej


Af ihP


tion.burdens, “'Oak-side,’’ -WhallEy.


our.we


& e f f ib s r that to take away ^ he-('people?


ourtotinf and ,taxa- for y Jocal.con- Anyone Interested may h ^ e I'^toer- ' ' '' 1 [: J • [death of; MR. J. PARKINSON..


Mr. Janies F.arkinson, of Ohujeh- street after a short illness; Aged 72'years, “ Jlrii,” as' he was knqwn n iri the Village, was Of a very bplet


4ature and *^as. greatly resp^^'^d .'__ 11 _.v n — i^ii/iTir Vtim The funeral


and' Maure.eri; Mr. kon; Bob and Mary-rfMarj^ Phyllis


tributes were sen t , by ; .Sister J/Iartoa and> family; Polly, teess and Kate; Hkrrx Jannle and Ron. Hannah, Leslie arid Jimmy: Dalfsy, Jack, Kittle :^nd Eddie;. Ron, i |a n


and Edgar:: Freddiq. Mr. ,J] L. IVllson had charge of the arrange-


ment's. ' . 1 ^ - 'I Bpltpii-|by-Bpwlaud


I DANCE.—a! successful .danc^ ’W^ I held In the Scriqql last


aid' of the Red Cross .Prisoners of. War, Fund. Music was supplied by ri radiogram.r This-proved qmte' a


in!


(ise'rs. arid .-M.C.’s 'were 'Messrs, Bleazard and-R. Parkinson. A-]-_


suceess , anq a - good 'Coinpany eriloyed theIdanclng. 'Tho organ-i


rif over .£5 has b6en forwarc ed to Red Cross Headquarters.


and bring and buy sale was h e ld jn toe Schoolroom on Saturday evefi-T


ffitenSnirient^wKich'w"^^ a party from Chatburn, consisted of conjuring tricks, .songs, - duets and Instrumental items, all Jof which were greatly enjoyed. frOshirients were-served during-the evening. Proceeds, together with subscriptions, for" Church expenses, realised'£33-3-4d.


ins Mr - N. P. PickuD presided and- ■ ttendance; The


Totty, of Clitheroe, presented prljes to 20 scholars for regular a t te ^ ^ ance at Sunday School, during, the afternoon'service at the Method.lst Churcri on'Sunday.


PRIZE GIVING.-^The Rev.. Wv [H;


Missionary meeting Was held m toe Schoolroom on Monday evenly, when there was a fairly good gaih- ering : The Rev. W H. Totty.aavj a very . Ihteresttng ;,ta’k [ on “Home Missions in-Town.^d Country.


lecture;—The annual Home


^jy gyacuees remained in the area. P The' I5 Clerk also reported that Mrs.


r i r t


holme I School, who had resigned her position, had decidecl


hillips, headmistress-Of Thorny} to carry on with her work there.


school meals, the Clerk sald. he ha^ made provisional arrangements for :


I SCHOOL MEALS. ■ | In regard to the provision of


scheme would be, put tlon as early as posible. , Lleut-Col.


ment had also :V)i,rn. -burn, arrived, into .cmerau and the ■ ■ ;


Act contributions and £165 on loan n charges in respect of shelters were


A saving of £284,oh War Damage o t e d . .


I : in


Further larly j c


at


forthcoming said additlorial of


Turning t respect


for the provision of meals, particu- on extensions [to the kitchen


expphriiturq was


t i e Ribblesdale School; SERVICE PAY. '


waritorvicelpay, Mr. Wrigiey point­ ted brit that [fi've male members-of


Dealing wjth! the making up of


i 52 ^ r cent. . I . Clfief itemp in th !£16',510,


■ adiriinistration, -£980, with income ■


estiriiated


towards which-there was income]


of £10,255:


of '£475; medical irispection, £910, with‘income] of £540; provision of meals ' £8,250, with income of £7]495;‘ loaii chargp, £3,200,_^ with


question of qxterior painting a t the jorwaraea Council Schools would have to considered, dnd he pointed out th^ ■ ^ ■ difficulty of obtaining .the neces


forwarded to some ■ years


income of over income £9,635. In moving


achieved. |


£1,669. : Expenditure was. (Estimated to be


ambition to'se-e [the] balances of the authority iri a more healthy state,


ward, confidently [to. having the i pleasure of I proposmg a reduction in the rate for the poming year, not| a cbpper or two, but something: well wofth while!’’.Couriclllor Cook pro


“ As a result, I was looking for­ ]■


ceede'd. “ Hence blotv to receive th


making up Co(|>k said, cost £1675


Government grapt of £800 to this Education Authorily.! This is now


conveying meals from Clitheroe to there be a law, or riti order, to beqe- several schbls. Some of the equlPr '


had offered toe use of a kitcneri, , large companies but the- County Authorities had


a hut was being considered. ----------r - - v-


owing to the ^ortness of .toe term, one day at Whitsuntide.


decided to grant the schools a week and two days holiday at Easter aifd


After some discussion, it was j summer holiday is to extend from j ]


t•22nd to January 4th. I t was aecldeq ,pgij e—Whist and Dominoes, Paris;-. Feb. 6—Fad ,e -Gisburn,


July '2nd- to -Aupst 6th, and toe , Christmas break from December j


'holidays until a later date, wlto |a view- to the holidays coinciding with the harvesting of gralh crops.


SAWLEY o leave the fixing of autuirmal , to avoid clashing.


------------ -------- Hajll, Gist


Feb 12—British Legion: Annual Ball — ■ ' Inflrmarv Effort:


„ Dragon, Dbwnhaml


eb. 17-19-20^Royal jGrammai- SchooL I


iComedj'-jthriUer:; Cottage To Let.” - I


Feb.- 20—Clltheroe [Division Women » i


DdncK .-Wliist Drive ( uriionist Associartion: Annual


F 1, Meeting at' Padiham. .R.E. Band]'-


Feb. 26—Annual Police Ball m Kinb, Lsme Hall.


eb. 21—King Lane Hall: Concert bs I


„


Mar. 19—Clitheroe Anqual Bal


b.Cliff.- .


match with Morecatnbe Services. Clitheroe team will undergo chanees, and will -therefore be;


0T11 ro^Xbrw & Services


nmorrew


■ [’When thd (teams at 1 Shaw Bridge,


• inten'.il. An lerson; failed to convert a ”


, were ffitce: spot kick.


were beaten bv six Wltoriandin^ttbarMycMk play^^ centre-forward, acc ^mplishsd tbe . na_ trick. Several e4sy scormg_ ‘d aw iv. and,


Butler and [Mycock Chatoiirn. Dole' and


Oriatbum. ' " is


Wednesday C.C.: King Lane Hall.


UpOTBALL !tq>


former Clitheroe assisting Clitheroe


in their, return - • 3. Tlu; several


„Sephton- Klnjber and Tobin; Young.


; Anderson, Page-: Cruikshanks. . ] . met last Saturda.' Clitheroe Serviciis


goals to tore?^}W^ri chances


___ near the. .


; Councillor ; carried uns


To organi;


Kling-W ,ilklnsoh ; to . apply to only orie! section. Only ,nd


S lal^ I regulation 'would coirie _________


A. R. nimousl:


“


suggesied it might be better to piR . rjutortunato employees of sinaller up a pre-fabricated hut rather than (.oricerns have to H ilp to pay.’ go'to expense in adapting existing ^ ^jjg resolution -was seconded bv A suitable site rior such


afford to fall in [line and the Institutions Bleazaird • - y.|


put a pr s iri the “Aecure a p . ers of


SOCIAU BIARY ■riliminarj


■ ivertiser St Tiqies” and lace in the. Social Diary


^11 [social events, announcement


rs’ Meeting at, George


Feb. 12—Waddington. _ . . I ■ Whist and] Domino! Drives lU s t l Helen’s [School.


Feb. 15—Farmers’ Meeting at Higher F I Bu-ck. Waddingtoh.


and


phirig foi all th i rest ? I t was expecte i that la this country a into force


one - clriss of employees , ^ d - -—


^ud i o one e Ise. Why should -r


service Jpay, Councillor [‘This is [ estimated toi taking into account toe


to nthec\ i question of


which, in itself, w(iuld mean, if all ah increase of -


it j comes as a 3: first, estimate.


were pro'vi(ied for. 6id in the £ .’ ’^ rn ln g


compulsory!, for mbal authorities and one asks .why it [should be for


that tlhe: estimates be the Finance Commit- Cook said that for it had been , his


and having [had the support of the Council, that position had just been


he staff were in the (.Forces, and one-jwas on War Selrvice. He esti­ mated thrit the making-up of ser­ vice;] pay frdm the time the five teadhers joiried up 19-14] would be £1,67 would be due to th on riational service. tur'eJ earned iigrarit


b f ; teachers’


estiinates for the year. Mr. Wrigiey £l7p -yvas - required salaries. required


' I J ' £218.: There had flbee'n under-’-


COMING EVri SHADOl


t o -day (Fr


Dance in Chatq ' Annual Fancy 1


, - slaldburp Villa™


: Barrow Hdadina and, Dance. : '


, for Bed Cross] Clitheroe to b t t j


-: atia Laying-oi SATURUAYil


'■ ■■'SS. Midhari arid ; - Hall, Lqwergd West Bra-dforc'.^ Methodisfl Sc


•' Dance. WhSUtjl SUNDAY:


Moor Lane Mei C at 10-30 a jn .l


would be requ .red, and the precept would equal a rate of Ss. 2d, in the £ , a:'amst 2s, 73d. levied last


Mrthodisti (We^ at 10-30 a.m.J


: 110-30 a.m. aiF [MONDAY:


ongvegationalJ


: Tuesday to r 6-


The Grand: R' day, Friday,


Clitheroe Aucti The PalladiumJ


-, King Lane Picll . day, Thiirsda nesday and . ■ Saturday-Ma


Rialto. Blackbt to Friday fa 2-30. 6-0 and


■i'UESDAY:l


’ ]'blltheroe AueJ Cattle,. 10-3(1


WEDNESOi


.. Clitheroe and] Relatives’;/! Old School.|


Dance in Wh British .Legio tute.


, FRIDAY:


' Dance in Pa Dance in Ne Dance in Cl] for Bankfiej


Bimlngton' ■Whist and]


l,238l This' we


Whalley Pictu 7- 30; SaturiJ


Saturday a t | Wednesday:


0 and 8-15;l Dance in ,.Wea-4


■ FRIDAY,I GLOOq


to' 31st March, 5. 1 No payment ; teacher away This expendi-


- the past ill gloom-that!


rfiHE exho A to the I


,nexp__;t year we -were : Maintenance of schools, inclu’ding teachers’ salaries,


at |the rate of e .estimates lor


, prising. F | • jubilation sequence ' ' victories the doom'c volk have 1 fully redu(l


' but good. ■ armies in ■ to fight :


/m in d not . The war '


•. junior pal } there hasj (; Pevalibi.


- no’W;” , I tf - thought.


^ grdsp and! ofra.finall


grief in til lables,


j depresses r ' .floanboyan ' of the gl(L remarkabl Eighth A| armies ofl Atkifis ’ hi Never in f Force ac arms just patlon desfert ma


i [This alll


shcfft nioi Africa K]


, quest of! afterward


men spec


; defeated , this vasl


' delay thi And the r the maj(] handled war brol ■ proud of I ment ani the outc| : that st| warriors.l lustre to I their calf


.tory. 1 l l inspired


■ will lau] , and brlr -I t is on


' ] After •; -to dout manderl the rhef ser-v^e u|


. -f nlsh ' to


''of ther After-I


the well npw Bit! Rev. W| Dldces.it


; more fli -•■ a turnii have Mediteri.


events _ Europe


■ will b e '[ ■•'the mol , decisive [


' take. out of dictions]


, gomery. f . -in throv


their I Alexanda


. 'dreaded. w to show foq another, they heliev ginning to L precipitate! Africa the! defeat, no] advised - af tionary fod led by ari d was,: untill Here, inde| For I good resumed and has in Ihq Ind


.that we syl this inspir]


• Fatheirlandl


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