1 '.j ' ' I


120 M E MARCI1 SA'


r-'


)GAL RIFLEMAN BEST JAPS ARE DEAD JAPS


COMlN.Cj^. ETOOTS.:


■,jO-NlGHT' .( F rid ay ). |'- The Hall, Lowergate: I Squires’ Ball at


' A^indleton Conservative Assoc.:; ’Whist ^nrive (Institute 7,30).| |and . Dante


(Day School,' 9.0 p.m, , i


wimingtoh Memorial j Institute,:; •'Whist (7-30), Dance (9:0).] }


nolton-by-Bowland;; Whist (7-30' “ nance 1


(8-0) iinfSchooltoom; j SATURDAY: - j j


Clitheroe and District Ht and Domestic 'Poultry Sbeiety.;


Ud Domino,Drive, 7-SO. Dance, WhaUey Assep ibljr


SUNDAY:


home safely after four yeari Bve months overseas is; Pi J r. H. Dewhurst, King’s Gwti : loyal lifles, who reached Clithenie on 'uejday morning from Bur na.j,


Another local mari to get back


; arid ivate


llh e .second j'son ot Mr. and 1: DewhuKt, ; SaiulersonS ;.-P.:


,med one of General jWJ.veil’s lllant 30,000 who fought and won


kddlngton, h e ; joined the aC , - March, 1940. His first expeile.nce V active service was '^hei he


lariri, orces


|e battle of Sldi Baraniici late |40. From the deserts of Lbya— Iter a spell In hospital sufi erlng pm wounds and shell ^ock ■ Pte, fewhurst fought In the. Syrian impalgri before returning tcjitake I r t In the i siege and-^elljf of


Jrred to €eylon, later going |dla and icventually jolmng . ^


Bbruk. His unit was nejit’


|al Wlngate'si Chlndlt Iforces .lii Tirmai nearly twelve months ago


Idezvous in Burma, they li 1120 mile march after they got out of the train atjtoc


to reach their; appoirited


-head, a journey which, ?te. |hnrst said, did not brjng la^y pleasant meinories.


I Asked


Ipanese ,prl^ners and; Wha heyi were, Pte. Dewhurst !ssail this section they hardly,, py prisoners, subscribing


If


FANA’riC'S.; he


had


fldlers themselves, by 'their flllingness to surrender and lad fanaitlclsm, left no altera: Iitjto shoot to kill. -Apart fslight touch of malaria, Pte urst has kept very well WiL.


ip .’ He added that the|L


jit ’all his ardubus' campaip |e spoke highly of the mail, Ihlch has kept up to him idly, throughout h}s long’ Overseas.


,


B But, his 'greatest. pleasurb |een reserved until Tuesday; thorn pg, and he; saw once again th


had


Jiasslve bulk of old Pendle rlsin. iut of the'valley, and then the veet sweep;of his own Waldlng'- m Pells, for then he realised thajt qi was backi homd once more..


farious times recalling fenman, Lancashire JPusillt Vllkln-street; Stuart Wlh vest Bradford: Bandsman


. ilurlhg' hls^ spell . aliroad bewhurst met several local


Jiusgrove, Hayhurst-street,: |wn cousin, Aubrey Tomlinai ITaddlngton.


•ASSING OF IRS. HOLGATE


hesday, at the Bungalow, Stand Hey, Clitheroe. Seventy-si c years bf age,’ Mrs. Holgate lost her hus­ band nearly 19 yqars ago,; and; she leaves one soni Mr. Ernest Holgate, (Vhb will received-widespread sym- bathy In his bereavement. Until] a


1; Farming circles in particular w (le sorry to;learn of the death 'Irs. Hannah Holgate, widow jof I /llllam Holgate, who died o:i We;


and had


DeW- back


had rail-


se^n many


bllef that a dead Jap was tb e, besj |Japi


'levec to


anesi un


sjrvlce, splent- period


theljr atiw froni Dewt ugh- ning.


trahs- iip tc Gen-


ren-; a.


! FRIDAY, JAOTAI^Y 12th, 1945.


ty ^ that took the


The l,959Ui day,jof’ the War. DiM-()UT:-, ,1 ;! p m. a,m.


I Sunday :.L. . i 5-48 to^-48


To-night ;....! Saturday j • - - ■


] to M9 S d / y : |;.....| 5-60.f«8j7


Tuesday, U...J 5-51 to 8-^ Wednesda;y ..] 0-53 to 8-45 Thur^y! ..,..5-54 to 8-4|4


THANKS.


Wrlglejf) hasifeceiyed the following letter from Mr. W. 0.1 Lester, [Direc­ tor of Education for .Manchester:


The Education 10®cer (Mr, H,


behalf of Manchester childnm who have been carqd for so well, during the war period, in'your area lam sure that the I majority of the cnll- drenlwill reihember'the tin.e they kpent. In the| receptldn arqa .as]one bf the memories to be treasurecl all their lives. We have had. eywence,


i " I am writing tb ' thank you ,on


not in one case; but; In VerVii maiij bl the solicitude arid'loving,


which the householders have be­ stowed on chlldrk irirevloubly known very


“I'realise .thatitli^ V un­


innate klndhbss rif; qur fellqw men k a time wheh srichfeellng,seemed


to them-l 11t has! keen .a delightful Realisation, jof ,the.


children w-as a forinidable orie, M(J jny committee are anxious that you should know ! t ow much the


io be[ in danger of | being forgotten ng school accomrnoqation for ouj


arrangements made were aipprem- ated. For all your Ijelp over staff -


j "The care [and lattentloii which ibllletlng householders haVe be­


jlng and other [school pTpbleiM, 'piease accept most!-CT-ateful thank.-,


stowed on Manchester childreh will always be reflected n the, attitude towards life of these children .them­ selves,-and I,believe we all feel tnat the evacuation, sclierie has A'' with it much]of kpo l, if something


of lnconveniencei”i ;


few weeks ago, Mrs. Holgate maln- lalned h e r : close association with [he Barrow Congregational Churqh. with which she had been connected for fifty years.; She' had been keenly interested in the


always church


Interment takes place to-aiorrow ItSaturday),; at Grindleton Parish Church, when the last rites wllJi be oerformed by the Jflcar of Ctrlndle- sted; b.V of the ch.


and she.wfll’be greatly mlssbd. The


bn, the Rev, B. Dawe, ass phe Rev. E., Jones, Pastor Jarrow Congregational C'


NEWTDt


land dance, arranged by members I t^ local N.F.S.' in aid of the Natioial of


| f6r N.F.S.—A successful'wl 1st drive


[day evening.; “The Gay Ifflneties" jBand (Keighley),; played fcr danemg. |Flremaii Jack Nowell acted as .M.C. ' ISpot prizes were won by Mr.. <1. Green- |wood and Miss M.’K'een, Mr. Alfred IWright and i partner. Fir{men i|R., iBarnes and H: Pyler directed whist. ae ladies’ prizes were won by Mrs.


pPlre Services ■ Benevolent, Fund, t


iBriggs,. Mrs. Nlchrils, Mrs,, Eowblg^gin land Mrs. Tomlinson. Gerits,: MrjJ S... |Dugdale, Mrsi Bishop, Mr. H, Dugqale land Mr, E. Rushton, seniv Supper’ was Iserved by the ladies.


jof the County Free Library, epenee in [the Reading; Rorm by the Regional iLibrarian in; October last, ] if proving fits usefuhtess to the'i co'------ - [Already it has'57 members, [500 hooks have been issued, ( 111 weeks of ,its service. Of I I'were junior fiction and 78 n; I The library .is open on Friday


COUNTY' IIBRABY.-Thel brarich


dr: enmurrity.


I from 6-30 to 7-30,, and th e . hope td'iextend the membership.


and over ring the


lace in thf Village Institute on Fri-''


store for Cllthbroe and! district music loversl 'at] ,the^ forthcoming concert, 4n i'aldl of: the Mayor of Clltheroe’s ' ex-Servlce Personnel Welfare Fund, to; te held In toe Klftg'Lane: Hall on Punday^ evening, January 21st.;, The ;honcert is to be given by the i Band; of-No.* P- Train-


An exceptionally line treat is in H' I*'


Ing Battalloh Rbyal the committee ’ i;esp


Miss Laella' Flnhebuyk. a soprano ot the first I Tank.__ _ ,Mik Fnneburg


arrarigements- have tunate in obtaining


■|UM, -


commenced] her|musical career in Ireland, and Jin' jtwo! yens had carried off: all Ithe], prize: at the Dublin Musical FesUvaJ, arid In the


! ■ ■;■ Wrs. ] | ' Methodist .-(Wesley) : I ‘.V


6t Helen’s School, Waddmgton: Fanciers’


■here’ SbiO#, :01ub .Rooni at r« Kinz Lane Hall ■ j -l i


■ear' of Whist


Mem-


y Room^, 7-0. .urch: -Services


Mobr LaM Methodist] Church: SeryiceS C iA am. and 6-0


,


; wbaiy Assembly ^Rf>oms:'. Dance. ; . sk Dton Parliapi^taly Div;slon:J Meet- St. Helen’s Schoo), Wadding-ton;


niitheroe Auctibh Mart Fat Stock, 9-^0 a.m. ,


BIONDAY: I atiMO. . y i ' ’ WEDNESDAY:


Whi te well Hotri: 'Wtist' Gisburn: Whist Drive,


Drive. 7r30l Old Vlbarage,


■ Grammar Sch^, |7tl5; Ddncihg: WhaUey Aiseihbly,


Jacob’s J;3ih.! Co-op. | Gruild 2-45. FRIDAY:


World!;


C'White Bull Hotd, ^isbu ' jW


litheroe'Labout iParty' ’(eavers’ Iiistitute, 7-J 0.


ClfthS y.FJ(J.! Clijil)'Meeting |in; the qms.


Federation: im; at


rii:. Dance, |9-0., Dance ‘''~


in ithe


oSregSnaf Churfh: Services 10.30 and 6.0.


Gradng ! oi;


(^lltheroe Education Cbmmitteei, the mariagersij of the Catholic: School have ; appointed Mr.l Riphard Briggs, MJA., a nativ; as ■'headmaster In t Mr. iF.. McNulty, who! I Mr. BrlggS; who 4? gej. is a soft of the­


Subject! to ratiflcaltion' by [ the


uccessloii to hak resigned. 37 years of


of Clttpferoe,


irs. J.'T.'Briggs, .ai cholar of the school, here up vto the age ' .he^ went; to.St. Josj


lafe iMr.j.and Is an; ' old


jold medal for! wort df dutstandihg luality. From Duhifries! he ipro- 2ceded to " Glasgow Hniversltyl ob­


luirifries,-. where he -w^as awarded a


taining! ihls degree i ris Master of Arts at'the age of 20.; jLater, he


pointmenj; at Ilford, Briggs was a. master years, and fairly recently ;accbpted an appointment at the Southend Technical; College, [in ;1932 he married 'Miss Caroline ; (Carrie) (iornwell, i of Low Moor and they


took a • training course 'in > teaching work at 'Strawberry Hill' College, London,'before taking his! first ap- ssex.


: . . . . a-:-:-. . tiete ir 14


have two! children, •■jil ;r.' , V - !j


* i t ' : # I , : I


eastern range of the cdoister] build­ ings at WhaUey Abbey, are referr^ to by the Warden ([Canon | (3. H. Lambert) in the eufrent-Issue of the-“Crosier,” the {irgan Ofi the Blackburn diocese, i After men­ tioning the greatly, iridreased use of ! the Abbey, and stiating that bookings'are now bemg take+ for 1946, Canon' Lambbrf. Ikays:


Plans'.for the restoration of the


all'that I have written abov gests more stronglyjithe great


6(’ ten.] He iph’s Coll;[lege.


attohding ; ' i L


a .M 30


and,


burn; iSpread Eagle.'Hotel, SavriOy, Arthur Foster, of; Sklptori) barker’s Aims ; Hotel, Newton; ”- Lawrence Hopwell; Newton; ThreeT Fishes Hotel,; Mitton, AlbertWplls, of Accririgton;i


' ! ; ' ■ i* - * * ■


and Jdihn’s, Cliurch held' their annual reunion at The Hall, Lower- .gate, oh Saturday. Dancing was enjoyed'' to the „ music of Mr. Turner’s' pand.l | and the:’e were games and a “ double-oiriiothing ’( quiz, [which, arqused considerable interest. . ■


The! congregation of SS. Mic;hael ! .


tress iof the Clitheroe Grammar School (Girls), was the 'spjaker at Wednbsday’s mpetlng of tie Moor Larie i Ladies’, Bright Hoi ir. Her talk, based uponithe life of Octavla Hill, ■was Very interesting, and was sincerely .'appreciated., M!:s. Sims


.l'-!, 1 ; !*' * * ' ' 'Miss W.' Lumb, MA.[ headmiST


[ . !' ;


presided. ' j " ! '■ : ’ r


* I :* * ■ ■ . V lA well-known Clitheronian, Mr.


James Karkeaves(68),dled yester­ day at his 'home at Whalley-road. A cottoii weaver, in earlier lyears-he was ■ nominited ;by the Clitheroe


Weiaverk’ Aisoclation for ,entry tq RuskinlCollbge. ’ All along he has


been ialUed i with the Labour move­ ment! ! A imember of the local branch jof !;he I British Legion, he served rather more than fdur years with' the East Lancashire Regiment


in th'e lastlwar.: I I ; ' 4)(: ! # ' #


, Blrthriay, greetings to Mri Robert Taylor,! 39, Woone-lane, who will be


85 oil 'Tuesday ;'; Mrs. Hightoh, West Drive, Crow,-Trees Brow, C hatburn,


who kill be 84 on the same day; Mrs. Alice I Anri Llv,esey, Eunnyslde Cottage] Grindleton, ,82.on Wednes­ day,,'arid Mr. Joseph Henriy ; Scott, 41, ’The Crqscqnt, who v^ill be 75


thatijdky; ' ' *


occukd jyesterday weeki of Mrs^ Lydia Matilda Smithies, Widow of


Afteiji'a] long


Severitykwb fefvekll I'js s


when the sj;rvlce was conducted,by the Rev! H. A, Bland.


Morniday] all S rv


k 1


SUg' need


‘But Mrs.


for! an extension of quu accommo- dalilon and for theliicidern equip­ ment of!' the exlstlrig! Con:'erence House. Under toe d!rk:tlon Charles Peers, plans' rird nov prepared; for the restoration eastern irange of the cwisteij , ings. This will include; ;h'e rebuild­ ing of the Monk’s'] Doririltory which; It Is expectea:^ ;WiU provide thirty-four single bedrooms |on the first, floor. The Ddy Room will a!ri admiraWe' (lonjference


ql Sir being


oif the bTulld-


be linked up by a corerkd pasfeage- way with the exlstlag Cfohfel:ence| House, thus restoring l ancient slype. It Is a great scheme which will not|;onlv increase!our accom^ modatlon, but -also will brlriglbackj into use||an importaat part of the Monastery. Further details of toiq scheme will be issue 1 tb th^ public as soon as possible;! ihd the bishop has already Included tiie sum of £20,000 [In his, dlocesari qppeal foi]


make Hall, large


and we hope'’ also to get chapel. The wadfe radge will


this purpose. 'l am sure t^at the friends Of WhaUey Abbey arid all those Who have Attended confer­ ences will be glad of an opportunity of associating themselves with this


Cathedral Close, B! the Warderi.” '■ ; ' ' ■!'; * ' *


The ' proposals' se . Government’s recen


I - : [1 ! I


homd week kad


* especially In the Wilkin .Wqllj knciwn


qneral took] place, on sfk. Mary’s pemete^.


*


In the t6wn,' and ri district.


than 50! yriatd, being em;aloyed: ,at Lbw‘ Moor and Sun-stree. Mills as a winder' In] later yearq she had erigaged |n home nursing, and services Ml be missed. Her husband,! Mr,.] Albert Revill, pre­ deceased 'her 15 years ag(), and she leavbsl twb


A ;iatlve of Sheffield, she llyed; In tpe borough for more


Airtelib Rrivlll (77) dk !, l27, Wilkin-street, yesterday


beeri|°^ her


^m] loss. Mon toe


mi lathy [will be given in their ■The intornSent took place;on


daughters, Rey.lfi. ’] ! ■ ' # ] * *


. The’ Regional Commisalqner has decided! that an audible tjest of the sirens i shall take place at 12 noon on Monday next. The ] test will 'commence^with the sounding of the steady; note ( th e ‘‘raldeto passed” blghhl) ter fO seconds, followed imiriec^lafqly hV toe“ aleri” signal "ter $0[seconds and concluding with, the ‘‘raidbrs lassed” sl^nql for a furtfieir ! 60 se(onds.


' ' r * *, liii


fine scheme. . Subscriptions may be sent direct-to the]Secretory, the


Board of Finance, piocbSan! Offices,. ackburri, or to


on local government will be] amplified at a cor-ferOned qf loca. represeiiitatives ■! In nlLqndqn; oil January; 25th. The cqriference w 11 be addressed by Nh; Willlnki Mmlstef of Health ffihe cfentral proposal In the White


t White Papef ■ -robably


in 'the


Enigineers, and ansible for the been lery foT the se rvices of


a boundary commiteioh' should be set up to -review thb lafeas oyocal arithoritles in Engltod ;and Waite and to rhake -any nfecessarsf adjust!- ments In 'status and bouudarleri The Government’s conclusion that a' fundamental alteration of toe structure of locril gbvernmtent h neither]!necessary nbr te^skable at the present time, an[d that the] needf


-(s lhat


sa^ ri clar glng Church, found! that: A smoke ariq a of thq bhurch pbllpe' I Tie p


'O'lei of our


fife hell


Reporters on Saturday engine rushing with


Investigating ] this, he woman, seqing heavy


towards, toe Parish


red glow at the base steeple, informed the )llce rang up the fire


staSohJ arid trie N.P.S. sent out an engine 'arid ci'ew. They soon dis­ covered that the smoke] and. glow


orlriiniated in the furnace which hbatsi the] church. The smoke was Issujrig' from a concealed chimney.


TTON


'of (rib Womens Institute .was’ held in 'the SchooJiwih, Jori Wednesday even- " ' 'Ackerley presiding. After


WI. „,.*.!-The annual general meeting


'MiS) lAckerley intermed -the company o ‘ \/as '(o leave Mitton, -and, the.


rou irie! hi sine -s had been, trans.aoted, „„„'received with general regret.


of the post-war period cari bq met by.adaptation’ within the exlstin; framework and by co-ppeqatiop between authorities


second year 'she brqke all records by winning i every, riiusical competi­


tion entered.! Actihg on the advtoe 01 the judges, MlssiFlnneburg wve up her position! wi|h the Bank of Ireland -and] left! for ^ • training iff Vlenpaf,


Pp


'expectations,' she |Was singing* at engagenabnts throughopt


Hungary, , lAustrlaiJ Czechoslovakia |n |1931. this tour. Miss [Rlririeburg had the


honour to be Invited i^o stag wito the Vienna,' Warsaw; and Czech Philharmonic OrehbstTas, Her first concert in!toe British]-Isles was pt Glasgow In '193l[i 'ybbire irihe-sang with the Scottish Orchestfa. The following season ^ e j touted witn the London! Syrjipriony Orchestra


and, -Sir Thomas Instant success, .:Mlss Finileburg


in-flerion. evenings inunittee


•these[ 52


froiri ■ various' Including 'V


Prague. Her .first,-— ----- - ance was at toe' Royal Albert Hau In 1932, and I she ha's -Appeared since at most of] the!-principal London and! Provincial u6n|;'erts. ' The book­ iopen' -on Monday


’lenria,


^ropriari stations, 'Warsaw and London appear­


Beecham with his" broaijeast


[prisoners iof war in, Gejj:nany £540 .has been received by


[letter, R.S.M. N. Sheriff, Stalag 344, stated that p sent In ■ appreciation of; rendered by the War Prls,c


1Y.M,C.A; ; In' an aCco:


. prisoners,;! the 'men cojiUa; Britain, Australia,; New-2 South. Africa and;, P a 15 s 11 |,Another letter:from Trooper ’.Wlfe'- ,;of:


of: from!,; £1, to ,£15;


^rom-j 168 Z .grfypi?ealand,


ners Aid ,qd’§:ffb


i';ley, working: party E/711 same camp, enclosed £


ne. the-'


[ prisoners! of I war in| h is ! working 'party, i


the amount earned by the ; ; i ,


73,: being British


ofIthC; Y.M.C.A.,"and Includ' l e


MORE HiELP FROM GEllMAl*fr A spontaneous contrlbvit on fi'oni


mpanying; aden of


ihis- jwas; services


ing: plan: Ml morning, Jan. and all seats! ]%:


quickly sold.. All derirous Of at fending, IHerefriri are urged j tq


secure their seats:,as ;early ,as PP®r slble. All Iseats'itee; bookable at


popular prices, as will be seen, ffona tile advertitemerit whitih aPPqars


on the frorit page] ,of feis] w P®* This Is fe opportunity! not' , to' be


missed, ah(ifee' proceeds are ;fof a niost wbrfey ]fuhd,[


.Mrs. N.an ;y;Buek -x.uo- 'feee Hltchon), ®. pupil of 1


-o . f !'; ni Mrs.' TtoMer;: Stamford,


passed Grade V (higher) fw sing- ng at toe irecentjlexamiriatlons or


diisic.i ' i ■,' : 1■HI ” ! [to ! !'


iv t'


iqed by the- members: I m Clitheroe Wesleyan] Littles’ Hour, a[ gift of £9 fOs.Od


'As toe'result of 'qn effoft organ has bee


of the Bright


sent '’to Lady Cripps’ tfnlted Aid to China Fund by MrteEjF.orilds. The fiind has now rea,chedi^^'total £l',423,90O, and I of ,this £ 1,052,000 has been sent ito for relief and rehqbil.tatloni I t ’ Is allocated where the n greatest by ;an Advlsoryi Com in Chungking w;hlbh; pasi M (ihlang Kai-Shek as its Prteideit fed includes , amorig Its members fee British Ambassaden Sir HoraCe Seyriaour and Lady SeymoUr, a,s well ris Blshon Frank Hc)u|h'tori. '


Chlria worl


sum


(nittee idanle


ied


i Tfiel Bishop o f ! Bljackburri hus Accepted toe nonlnation by the featrorii Mr. R.' C.lAsfeeton, fe fee .


Rev. j ! E. ’Price aS vlbar of Dowii- ’'ami iln succession J to fee; C. Gamble. ) Mr. Price


been! a chaplain iri fee jArfey for E t l twen^ fe a f i Hte


lev.


ordained In the[ Asaph, and ^ecamj feufete • qf


Connahs Quay. He fentj to hnf hnnH later ^rvea,wltn laQ


15tli, at 10 o’clock, 11 'doubtless! be


Boblety are holdings' Utlljty arid MifeerS’. Unim. , . The!; Clitheroe


■ " ' # , . . 4 ^ p- I u District Poultry


an,tarn Poutry Show j iri ' thpir rig-lane - rooms ' tO'-morrow (Sat-


urday). There Is eritry, considerfrig


the- public■,will ,affo, patronage;’


„-„.H[facllltlete !|nn


I fare: Hibhlesdale iMargaret:, Gastel iHlgher Buck^HOtel 'Thomas 'H. Gillpra


hands! at "Bolton- sions oh Monday j


A: ,riural)er of I ,4i;


- II Jl/Civ V**^*i? 1 A^riris Glkbrirn,


byfHovdahd Ses-' 'rebhewljlceiisees


of Bradtefe Waddlngton',


ad. Of Black-


feost enboufeg-^ ■ ';ed-


PreesMn! Egypt.: Hb has been at lymorith since 1)39.


Otatch' through a dance .li’eid, m the f f i l bnW'dAv last,'premoted,by the


^ f';i‘ C lUrchyard,; fe Wedntefey, otj 'fi S


Association. ■ :.3:i ' , ’ri ■


;;


ra iscd; by the -recent mall,- -atranged by inS ffemen for the Red Cross Pn-


■ rhe’-verv excellent' total of £66 was t tolplace iiV,.St. ;'John’.. ' PlftfeLETTf-TT^e


w arvr ;PimK3tti (76). WidoW of Mr. p f * Plfelfe, who, died on; Satm'day 0^ her son, at 140,' Bail-


Head some thirty yeare;ago,


^v fe^efe^ fee fallui e : ofI 'anji:. 'crOp of ^katJ" m - ori'-pdatoesi plahted' for.


'A-terrace, Padiham,: who removed pin from Read several, m-enths ago. ffeilycafne from Blackburn to


S i t to i9«, no liflcatten itoopld be Sfton 1(0 their Couity War lAgncul.tuf ?al'Sicutive cU i littee in prddr that


thJ' i, necessary ifepection can bP -caijrifei'out.


, 3'rer l£30 v aS realised tef,,St. Jofe’s


late;, has


VlC( ■tim.e vote


deaboh A acting as the


__


-presidents asiqecre of i.thanls jkerlqy tellers


Mrd Alrely was 'elected president for 194i! fed I Mrs Jackson, Mrs. Lancas­ ter ’and'|Mite Hornby were e ected -Miss Barron wHi con-


meetirig tbririinated. H r iT B U R N


Le®n I fed held in toe Qhurch Initltute on Friday was very suc- cet sful. 1! Nefely 400 people were pr( sent,'' and dancing was enjoyed


ary and treasurer.d A was given to Arch-, and Mr. Dugdale for After refreshments


to whom


lay: jai ,t Bt. Mary’s Cemetery, Burnett Officiating.


* * Illness,


s had lived aquletjllfe. She ooriil] se rv ng


yte_a_r_ s of arid ]daughier,] to whom qge. Mrs,


will I be ] given] In their |, time ■ of sorrow! | Ti.e fui


, s[ervilng in t^ie R;A;.F ' . ' 0 whom -sympathy


Mr Robert I Smithies, at her home. It; Gmtok-sf;reet, . Clljtheroj


death


Joseph , Ramsdale, R.A.S.C., ■ whose home Is now at 6, Stamford-place, Clitheroe, was the first of the local meni to arrive home from Burma-- The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J’.RamsdkqJ 36, Statlon-road,'Padi- ham, he imarried Miss . Hartlqy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.'J.'Hart­ ley, Stamfbrti-place, in -1940. ;An ex-regular'-soldier, Mr. Rainsdale was lemployed by' Messrs.] Bratoy,' haulage pqhtractbrS, ' before : being ............;he colours on' the out-


'So far as we can trace. Corporal


recalled break of.!


that tragic campaign luntU 'the Dunkirk 'evacuation. ,. [' ; '


her, 1939i He wjaS


in France by Septem- and fought; tbroiigh


,194i; Corm. Ramsdalfe sa,w;serylce In-' toe 'Syrian campaign i before taking part In the fighting] in Libya.: Iri the-following; year, he- was drafted to India, ,where; he; served' 'Mh General 'Wingate’s forces iti |toat country-'in Assam and In Burma.


Posted [tq the Near East early In ,. ;, -


’tetO; matchwood. : A nearby village was simply


|| |


fit, Corpl.] Ramsdale; told bur I re­ porter that he had kept ’ In-! toe best of |health during this long period overteas in varying climate's. His ; most unpleasant recoUectlons were of ! me devastation'cauted by the great [ tyclone which struck Bengal ;lh| October, 1942, and ,| the visible eiftdence of toe ravages of famine-that he saw iri; Calcutta;. Whfen tlfe cyclone hit 'the camp, tents and trucks were completely smashed, ! big motor lorries being lifted "up Into toe air an(l broken


: Hnl BY • CYCLONE. ^ , Looklrig [bronzed and remark^ly


: both nillitary and civilian stores was eri|)|rmous;


flattened but of exis^rice, jarid the amount of damage done to


!


Corpl. Ramsden said ■was; chlefiy due i to '..merchants In the ' Punjab holding up .stocks of rice until the prices wkre too high ter ^the avefr age peasant ;to pay, he stated that seeing the emaciated bodies lying in toe slrie-streets of Calcutta was one of the most distressing he haci ever .witnessed. In many cases dogs’'Interfered with tfie corpses. at one


Speakirik of toe famine,; which


fighting another. Like :ir


and snarling


had no dfflclal reception, but when the; ship docked various voluntary services abtending !to the mep’s comfort I from' the dockside and during'tl|ielr train journey to the depot were really splendid.:


back fro:It


st of 'the men; who came Burma, Corpl. Ramsdafe


looked ifl,tter than he had expected after four years of strict rationing, and ad(jed .that the;":amounit of stock ffieblayed In ' the !| shop win­ dows. Owlrig service four only -2:


He saiq the people In this country |


years, Corpl. I Rariisdale 1 days’ leave] instead of 28,’


vVris' a ’ ple'asant surprise, totthe fact that his overseas 13 a few-weeks" under toe’


but we enjoyarie experi(


nRIND ^ Mis? Haven;” day to-ihorri many fr


I; called;


writes a repo-rter,


active for her agi. ' Indeed, when onl her on Weclnesday, dvertlser and jTlmes ”


Miss Humphreys Is remarkably


cele ; orates her 90to blfth- . . . .jw. We join with I her .**emls -Iri (ohgratulatlons.


she] answered the Idoor.


dl& not (Jrea'ri for one moment that this waq thq lady [I had wme ’to see. Sh 70—and


When ] she teld indeed Miss Hu: could not alternat


__ ihreys, I'simply illleveflt, but I: had no .ve. 1 The fact was 'there.


; dii not.look mulh over a yopng-looking 70] at that e that she was


my faculties excqpt that ’ 11 have difficulty Inf reaillng, and: li have been unable] to, (fbtaln 'any


added with eye.'


dwn regularly to


-Miss-Hum


Hey, taking 5lowland, a


______ . . do her shopping. ttendsj cl urch ! regularly, - Inks noth


some friends. Born,. nelr cjuildterd,, Surrey,


notheil twICnty,


ss-jtiuraphreyts always does her horisewirk arid visits Clitheroe:


;


nd. then walking ■ for piinutes ' to visit


ng of walking' to Saw- a bps to Bolton-by-


Miss Humphreys !came tq Bolton- by-Bowland in -' September,'/H893.


She and


By QUIS,


mHERE wak a little Christmas pud- e 1 ding Idft over: .from) New Year’s


She waC lady’s mald’to Major.M. N Wright’s grindmother, and, retired


in 1912 'coming,to live at Grindle­ ton abcut 27 years ago. , ! ,


days” tverclln reality better than ■the pK sent; Miss Humphreys said


.that people Able nowadays. , was cqnslderably less,


{ TH()SE iGOdp OLD DAYS AskCd waetoer- toe V^otod old


feat iri some waiys they were, but ■ I be more comtert-


iThe cost'of living As'a girl,


fee’ rrimeriiberedi'one im'an; wh(f krned]l2s.ia week, with which he had to keeri a wife and family of tori crilldrfn. 1‘Food was mu(ffi


•cheapeh h()wever, and mostfaml- jj


which


3le ones, after i his many » ^g ndes


trust that triey will |be, very | saldi,' -;■ i ! ,


DEATH FOLLOWS FALL.


] Mr. Himpson Clancy,] 6, Seedall-’ avenue, Clitheroe, died! yesterday morning' in Blackburnj' Infirriiary. He was 58. On December .16th he fell from a ladder [whilst, clefeing at the Brewri] Cow! Inn,


windows Moor-Ia'le.'


WESLEY (pWkSEAS MISSION ]


Wqdriesday. -whbii preachelr was' the


Circuit Rally was held at! the Methodist, (Wesleil) Church; on the ; special


The'annual Overseas Missiopary e bill oiganlsed by toe British Rev. Willans gave ■


to fee imusi; of Eddie McGarrys ba ld. Meml ers’ wives, took charge of fe e!' refri ishments. The gross prfeeedb were about £90. H .,


RsnferS he.d another of-their wHsh drives in , the Church ; Insti- tu;e| on Tuisday. Play dt .nine tahlbs was "upervlsed by |Mlss B.


RANlOEis’: E F F O R Y , ^ e


ACREAGE FOR


Htl^ad, and prizes were[wn W M' S] J.' Smllh, Mrs. Bleazard, ;Mrs.


Hi tfleld, 'Miss M. Tomlinson.; 'Mr. H to lLM r H.!Nixon, Mrs. Croab- dalb Mrs. 'Vllson, Mr, F. Mercer a rd ’-Mf. P. Harrison,


made -the


toes


WillansJ' B.A., m fepresentatlve of the British'' and Foreign ' Bible Society m Burma. Divine service in the afttenoon was followed' by a oin tea, and iri fee evening: the £ lecture entitled


Rev. jHarol;! C-


to-day added. iri-the- 'accept


had a garden and' kept a pig, helped 'considerably,’ she.


r>Tir1 Iriinf Q 'niJT


[thinks thd modern generations taste for jfez and swing is terrible, and she lls contemptuous |of .toe moderi girl., All fels lipstick, ,powde: dn'd paint, Bnaoklpg and drlnklrig isn’t'gqpd for [them” she


rivlnb it iristalled after top,war.” Nevelrtheless, Mlsg Humphreys


Iri my house, but I'intend


lldne lifeito moderation In all things arid tc plferity of exercise and, fresh air. • ‘ I


says. ’ ' .] i' ImIc


/S 'Humphreys... attributes her '■ ' ] . ! • :


and erijoyrrgood film and de­e- aftener i f , I


w/alkei, arid still am,” she said. She has'vlsited; the cinema [quite often 'ri'goo


[was always a] very, kren


clared; “[il would go 0 lived ,n piltheroe.”


but she mine, earth, an;


,: an


extensively on tfie Continent. She hofl n< ver -toavelled In an aeroplanOj ■ as been inside' a ! coal-, have been! under the It Is my ambition. If I


Miss Humphreys h s ' travelled


rOn thb'Road to! Mandalay.’’ 'I'The Chairman w-as Mr. T. Gi Rumsam, WhaUey! who pr-islded; over, : an 'atteridfece that wfe.vqry pleasing, 'oonfedfeing fee wntry. conditions. Collectlfes. which were ] for Oyer,- sqas' Missions, shriwed a substantial Increase over those of last year.; ]


have- the]opportunlty, ; to mfeej a trip la trie air: before; I die/’ she declared;


SO C IA L D]


21—RE. 'Concert in 'Kipg'Lane Hall, 7-39 p.m. I


,, JANUARY: ] ,!: '-, ih


; PAYMENTS . 26—Tifeidej 1945!


CROP FAILURES.


applying for the acreage, which; jas recently mnqunce ,


ilbtice regarding |the| method'of] .


■ ss land in which one or more,of


srowing of whjat.i'rye and pota- fonharvest in 1945, will be_ issued ue! course. In the; meantime,, it i bri ' stated thit as m previ'ous


m respect of land devoted to;


pecified crops l ave been sown but] wriich, contra Y ,to ireasonable,


p a S t in OfJtoe failefeprop; ■afeoufe lt may hato to be; replanted; • with! toother crop fe ■ suchj cases,


MT fo'ibe plougiedhm, .wi lfeot! rimtoarilv be fnel glble'tor afeeage;


expectfedns and ’in bandryi the crop las failed ancl;haS|


26—■waddlngton Civil Defence.; TOist Drivk, and, DanCe; in; aid' of the Holmfirth; Disaster iPund.,.


Dancje. ::


Institute:'Ifency. Dress ;['!


26-N!wteir: Whist Drive and Danc|e. 31--C!;ithetoe Labour Party: Meetmg Labpur Rqoms, 7-30. ' ■


' FEBRUARYj: ] ’ i


2—Gisbuih tod Distrife! Y.P,C.; Social 'and Dance. :i


5.10-<!lltheroe Royal Qramniar Sch’l Drarilatio Society; toU! present 9 “TbyOnly:Way.” !,.


2-NJWton Institute:,felance.I —


Clitheroe Branch. British; Legion; 9 [Annual Ball ■ , . ! ] ; , ;


10— K.Kardus and his Band a(- Chat ' I burri! Church'Institute. I i ,


hOTeVfe a spectel recommedd^pn bvTtod Pounty Agi icultural' Ex^feve Gommittfe, after (nspectm^^ll.^fe


I' 23—Gllthetoe Borough - Ppllce: Annual Balll'! King Lfepi feU,. | .


, vHcitk , ' ."v- ! [! , '.■'.MARCH:; ■


2T-(NWton'lntotnte!'’[^®t]& Dance tommerclal Hotel; Gisburn:;What p Drive and -Dance fc)r ; Welcome ]| Hoipe Fund.. ; '


jlitheroe Wednesday C.Ci: Annual Ball] King Lane Hall.: . J '


,


--Skipton Conservative . Association: ■ tWaqdingfon Branch:—| Annual .[t^ist Drive.; ■ ; !; ■ j ' ' '


:-13-WhiteWell ' and , Dms-o.p Rridge '"WYlS.: Yriilst Drive. Whitewell


13-The feu. Lowergate:. Danc^ . ; I


mav, be bciught weekly .throughout the year and^tuck on ;al c i^ that has the


appropriatjeJ number' o) jpaces. ■When irstampslliave‘befe


»re sent to ;he 'hetoqbtotoi's^-Wfl“"S House, 35M60,-Grays Inn Road, Lon­


don, W,CjL|and a licence comes along in due coarse,


rTHE amount of tte dog. licence has 'A varied from :tlme to time, though it' has befeP at the present figure (7/6) for many years, j Prpbably the impost had its origin ;ln (jthe,- Forest Laws which wfee formulated at WinchMter under a PaVllamftit of Canute. These laws, onerous pnd' oppressive,, -were designed! to preserve vast (tacts p( country, tor the -piegsure of the. sove­ reign, and ,iany' persqn was dealt w to 'whose dogk chased or killed a i-forest, wpich then iwas not


provided


lMastiffs c ..ounds pf


ermitted ould be


and greVhorinds were not „ -to ' residents within the


, I i


in' fee cjrufel manner called “ilawing or |expedi‘tati-cn.”t' 1 The ’ unfortunate ahimial wak made incapable of'running by tosivirigltoree-claws or the' -terefepi cut off wife a 'chlseL, Exemption was sornetim- a grarnted | bn • the: paymen-t cf fine, ■ Wliich becqme. [general, as the


kept as guardians of the home ■they -had first "been’ mutUated


a forest,r but-the;, termer ■.............. __i], i fei to ' ori: men o


a . severity of fee .laws'was relaxed.


•which’ civilians-.re.twtoltd their:hitaerf andi fields as soon as their locality has been lib feted,-Often homgstoave been- wrecked by , shellji.flre. but' It, is to


' The British soldier In , Holland-.has been surprised at] the, speed: With


'-■ , ],• ’" - (; ^ ' i; 1-


.common si^t-.to se§; inhabitants mak-, ’ing. 'at ileaa'bhe, Iroom •febiteble,,,re-


'up. In piahv.'cases' Weal -farmers^ even ■:wheri’'feelri'prem;ses were 'occupied by ■the military, returned at regular ;nte;M vals' to] teed and |tend their livesiock. They lose no time getting to.-the:r fields.- evei though- that ominous Siign, “Dahger-r(nines,”Us'’-cWse at hand.


tllmg -fee roof, tend' gener'ally tidylpg' DUTCH LOSE NO .TIME,


mud,’ and I am ready te progress.' I haven’t electric


have many improvemenls “ I am- —..... , _ ,


I will nqt-deny: that,” she lot an!old'‘stlcri-


A Express.”


........... ,!Vi officer at an operational H.q!'heard fee bomb [spfettefegj^^d got into a cpllar. 'Later, his Me,


ply-b tion ol of course)


Is related' iri 'the,, Dally ' was the s'apie bomb,;


of the country, shed. ■ ■The bomb 'way


c


it landed In garden.


DO not fcjrget 'thatidos licences are new one -1 efe .Jalanuarv l:ist,' -Most of uS


'!*‘l , ,


now' duri. No, matter. If you -only took one dut somfe itime jin December, you '.were under an obligfeon ’te get a y i1 - ,


fe'lssue, but it is;ndlusri grumbling.- ■


think tha-’ aa{ these li'ttV slips of paper should ru: run for a I year fr-om the day


'


eers’ Olutois working hard tending, out ficencK fori the'thousands_of cards


I note triat the staff of the Tallwag-


that are po iring into the office unfer S iLtetoent iscriemt which


offlcL checked U toe


mother’s hbuse in quite ' .‘ti ’ - -


over-his wifbs house, t werit on to his Mother


another part gdt (into -tool-


landed eventually! a long


CMB coincide: ice ,(no men- times ;or place, permitted.


miles away, tering fly bomb had w;hiqtled overhead and ih-ad drfmn her under fee:kitchen


a neighbours boy drifted jin to tender greeting and good ,wishes] fqr the New Yeai-.' The|,lgdy of'the';house returned the compliment, of; coursd, -then, asked: “Could yoii eat some plum pudding.9 ■ face took' on a' dubious , he inquired, somewhat


_,.xious’ I '■•All rigt.c,


hastened to home-made”


Highly a:n she said, j . then, I’ll; hkve some 1" ' " „ ve. Durlrig the morning of Monday,-


f _ ’'eibsentees ha: been posted on one '


following notice Intend-id fir


e the nfeice boirds'of a; chafe in; Glasgw:! !


miuer; uuete'must be a lot of In this district \yho [dearly lovejtoeir


“ If absence mskpsi the hear :nider[ fe; ' '


church.”]


drin’t like'btllty puddingjr ’ , “ Used, h;s would-be,hostess reasure hiiri: “-No,’ it’s


ry: “ils it utilityf’ adding'“I SAYB Denys 'Iri the' "Evening ,Ohi)o- s nicle;”;' A ,fmend, assures me ttet


another in a Mtnch&ter bus queue:- “iThere was ’such|ia bad fte,lMt.


he heard one woman, say : this to


night that’ my 'hJsband-found pupqff under a tram, ittis back’has been hurt, collar-bone bwl eii, | and two ribs smashed, so I’ve kept him In ped for the morning.” ] i ]


“Wlndihover” vert aptl; ' ,'' ' -beautiful and riteful little falomi ■Kestrel. Nobody feo has once s; It [engaged in jih characteristic iiove Ing watch' on; tbp ferth .beneath -Is; likely to mistake it] tor any- othir biM. 'Happily thei'E'feWel Is still one [of; M .....—J---------- -- T---,


xA'S is sometime'the case wifh['lof5l T i . jL names for , birds, the ,t)tle of


the fairly comnfe objects of ulie wii


string, motionlfes extept fbr.quvermg, wings and .balapoirig action


countryside, hanfegj as it were in (he ___, as if suspindhd on an invisible,


mouse og vole;peihaps a hundred feet


on! the "good work done;by]toi srirn Owl at night, Mice and voles-fwm the greater part'of ts diet, jand it is one of] the' fanner’s greatest ifrlenda’ It,Is


■!niK>re, below. ; ’ ' ■ , During fee day,! the Kestrel carijles,


\ni.


trrie' that, vehy rarely, a Kestyel will take a[veiry'|yamg chick,; but such' ■lapses In no I way' obsciire jthe great value of the spuoiies as [a whole, gnq It; is [folly to Mndemn ter touch; a reason.'As well (xmdemn thfe world of honest Ipien because, pow and itlnen, one [of their huinber turns burglari . (The Kestrel Is vm rightly pititectec!


people grow; ' " Yes, I aril; In 'full possession of


tacles which can give me benefiVl'Mlte Hutpphreys sate IS: a bit' awkwarq-r-I have to let other peoplq read my love letters. T still get


■ 1 ---------T-ri t, ----------


hem,] you know,” .she a mejry twinkle in her;


Joint Secretaries. RMILEYMrtMTONfxi. . — H[——


1— 1 IN and;


)N’S oldest resident, Humphreys, I of j‘Ye


, •


L TIMES. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1945: HOME


BURMA


CLITHEROE SOLDIER’S s t o r y ! OF CYCLONE a n d f a m in e


I


REP( CPL.


by'Mr. an lands, Clii


News ,Wi


TED iMONE)


Ij Ml


MISSING CAMBIEN^.


ICollege, Blackbuijn Prior t(|' jojiniri'g


was' emqloyra in


was" mlsslrig,!! belleyed, tb 'be!] a prisoner (^f; war.: Corpl. Cambieni who was,attabhed qo H.Q. Staff, has recently beeri serving -in Greece, after beirik in Italy ■ for several months. ; Twqnty-three years-| of age, Cp}. Cambien joined, the Forqes- .three and! a half !years ago. An old boy of the Cathollc[Schbol, he com­ pleted his leducatlin. at St. Mary’s


____ dmbnd pamblen, RAP,, ithe Forces.


„„„ __r - . ,— -1 the office I _ Messrs. Green' Bros., cotton manu­ facturers, Whpey. A skilful’Pian­ ist. he had 'taken ;3art ini m'anyj of the Hall, Lower-


soon, be lecelyed! NINEIY


G R / iN SHE L


YOUNGpl


the!prodtctloibs ini gate, anc, his many , friends iyvill hope th.a; n^ws i'of his safety iVviU


R I I toL E TO N ’S OKS


TO-MORROW o


,D LADY 20 YEARS


jllAN SHE IS


HeaH Office: Park ftom announce the OPENING] of


OE Messrs.! VARLEY] E A s s e t s £ B esenfes


Investirienfs accjepjed in thd Sharo. and Deposit De]iartments. ^ FullriartUuli'


iarge funds avallabl; )N !MORTGAGES] aterest J |alculgted balances


' frqih &iCo.


AT] 4i^ on


for ADVANCE with


riionthly ,i-


I t


received [on Wednesday Mrs.' J. ptobien. Bawd-; leroe, that their only scin,


^ I V E '


S p p l iU t y u


'm ACCOUNT A MOST


Convenience


AT THE TRUSTEE S. SIMPLE AND CONVl


IF NATIONA|[j:;SAyiNGi. YOU HAyE NO-T


I PEN one:’Yp-DAY at] YOUR


AVINGS BANK • ENIENt FORM -


N ACCOUNi;, AL BRANCH


OUR SAVINGS WILL BE :-i| [ AVAILABLE WHEN REQUIRED, EARNirfGilNTEIlEST*'AT 2J PER CENT. HELWNG TO WIN TIhE WAR.


SAVINGS


UNDER] DIRECT GOVERNMENT] CON|rBjOL. Chiircb 3l> Clitbri^dte Branch.;:ntepagef;. i HAlyOLD.’ 1?. BUR'


-by law,'blit its best protecUori.:1sIItk record, known- to 'thiose who live ori o, by the'’larid, as toe greatest of all pu: feathered; “moui ers” by day,


fel-a,te|,


labdirij it,' too.] ' stories: • , I


sriggestten was made that all should]- rfe-a,teLfeeir furmiestj-experim'ce-of -the -; year,' [and 'to be 'I strictly ;toeraololis! ' Here]are ,thj first thre6j .


tie. “ Yorkshire Evening - Pos - f e


..(Would'hang it up,”, she.poltited put,- VNo,’l 'replied! the child, My mummy!


•a li’


a large iolleotion ofi'trdes as we. know .it now.. I ,] ■ jl]


.pered to me that if I was careful about! it 1 Cbuld' have hkr daily milk;supply; from] ;toeh ’-.doc rstep. Little - did :She; knowi .feat ■


ousewlfe, I “was going, awayj ter a; few days. Beote she .left she'whis-j


doorstep." ' -: ,! ' ■ ] , [ ’ 1' i " ! ■' There had toi be a [ cojnmerclal traveller’s story- .-He-said fea| toe iwas- ' 'recently motoring; over-’ fee Shap; It


wifelfe-e milk nan to put it rin myi I bad already ferpngedi


' The. “commereial” stopped asked!' “Can I help you ?” -■ ‘'Yek.” said .fee clergymkn,


cad. take that sign away.;’ ■ TT


ijPiFTEEN MT’s HAVE DifeD , ] “ ACTIVE SEliVICp'


The death in action In.'Ita, J R; Jf, Macnamara, Chelmsfor


Mi.-i;. tel nqmber lives ‘ on tltese,:-( 'aidione


. of


’ourteen 'were a Liberal.


said: “’Th’e war must teinferin-T end; fee customers are beginning talk’back,” |i - : : ,


THE • WOR5I (TURN’S. a restaurant; a . waiter.


m the other


acti^ W e ' t b ' r i t e e' Conii


toud,| brills hwfe.Mye


CoriseiY the


V of


was 'cold and; wet.. ,Ai clbrgyrtian,; somewhat bedraggled, was'changing a! ■car .wheel hear ltd tha .t qliiar has fee sign,'“Bfeware-or bi


____ . . . . ‘f-you )N •ervi llva^^


xital hem,,- o f


Col , ’■ tivd'


I Km if


' 7'I'Which istlng I” ! I and!


!


I -A teacher jir a kindergarten iSohcol* kid a 'six-yea:'s-old pupil ha.d -drawn! a teaclotlh conplete with a wartime; pole. - '"You have not drawii d loC-p on; -fee' ctoth .wife which yopr mummy;


toafigs -'it up by tfe hole," | ] |j ■ •[■ - '“iMfe-next door] neighbour,’ related)!


"toi:-


I I


■ YURMG a 'hilt'ter_A,}JrUtier,4t.)a-i . iciifrilffias '1 afty, j (wntek D larist 1


' 11^.' t to


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8