_ ■ j^ E R S TO THE EDITOR The Week’s Mailfbag


lame Pan- (7)


•Rlbblesdale Wan. 30 for 0 (V.' Lower Darwen)..


■core Imly


feible F in


thej


|mcd| Ivers' bped the


|ome lond^i khen


|tt 17 .. 9 .. 21


.Tig


. w. 1 0 I 2 0 0


(


5 14 2 14 2 14 I 13


□. Pt. 1 22 2 20 41 19 r 16 3 15 2 14


•Whalley 13 for 1 (y. Oswaldtwistle’). •Darwen 8 for 1 (V[ Chorley).


Great Harwood 22 for 0 (v. ‘Cherry Tree.


SATUEDAY’S RESULTS :


i i


•Bamoldswick v. Blackburn Clerks, no playi


| . ^ ' JUNIOR LEAGUE


scored 30 without oss against liower Darwen at Church {Meadows on Satur­ day when the gam 3 was abandoned.


Rlbblesdale Wanc erers Second had


Scorers; R. Scott not out 20; J. Hall U not out 8; Extras 2; Total 30.


,,


on Tuesday evening, the village team defeated Clitheroe Parish Church team by 28 runs. J. Casson claims kevea of their wickets fori only five runs. Parish Church.—D. Cowperthwdite c M. Broadhead b Sharp 4;! J. Water-


-FEltNDLY CRICKET MATCH I In a ilow scoring match at Dowhham


.. 6 6


Ian ANSWER TO E.B.


youil {correspondent, E.B., like all presint-day speakers and writers of the Socialist Party, has to go back into- the past] blame the Tory Party for every- ■thing I that has gone wrong and says in effect “ just trust the present Government and all will be right In


Sir.-t-In his reply to Mit.HaU-DaVies. the ^lid.” I


fact I that the Socialist Government Is stumbling from crisis to crisis means nothing to him; The fact that a Socialist Cabinet Minister,' a man who has had much to say about uneinploy- ment and a great critic of the'-^ry parly (I refer, of course, .to-Mr. Two-- noots ShinweU) put more people on the. dole in half an hour than anybody else of any party has done in a lifetlme-is something that E.B. forgete or vfpmu


Of course, as E.B. is a Socialist, the the Socialist party took office as the


house b Casson 2; B. Sharpies c and b Casson 2; R. VeOvers b Casson'3; j . Tomson c Smalley b Casson 3; D. Coates c D^ Broadhead b Casson 0; B. Cowperthwaite b Sharp 1; I T. Wlgnali run out 0: T. Cowperthwaite i.c D. Broadhead b Casson 0; E. Johnson not out 2; J. Cowperthwaite b Casson O; Eitras 3; Total 2(). C. Sharp took three wickets for 12


perthwaite b Coates 14; P. Smalley b Thompson 0; W. Robinson b Thorny son 0; C. Sharp c |and b Thompson 2; G. Hornby b Waterhouse 1; J. Casson b Thompson 1; ID. ;Waddinrton b Thompson. 15; M. Broadhead . c B. Cowperthwaite b Coates 5;: K. Robin­ son pot out 0; W.l Smalley b Cdw^r- thwaile 5; T. Salisbuiyib Cowperth­ waite 0; Extras 5; Total 48.


runs; J. Casson seven for 5. Downham.—D. Broadhead o .J. Cow­


Thompson five for| 21; I D. Covvperth- waite two for 5; D. Coates two for 1.


J. Waterhouse took one for 6; J. '


TO-MORROW’S MATCHES RIBBLESDAiiE LEAGUE!


Blackburn Northern v. Citherolei • Rlbblesdale Wan. v. Great HarWood. Whalley v. Read. | Blackpool v. Leyland.' ■ i Morecambe v. Laiicaster.


Leyland Motors y: St., Annes. Darwen v. Chorley. ' Bamoldswick v. Settle.


I JUNIOR LEAGUE


Clitheroe v. Cherry Tree. Oswaldtwistle v. Ribblesdale Wan. Blackburn Clerks v.! WhaUey. i : Read v. Blackburn 'Northern, i Chorley v. Darwen. |


lor 34 1 at a


Lower Darwen V. Baipoldswick.'. MID-WEEK MATCHES! SENIOR LEAGUE •


PR Junior League :


D. Pt. a., 23 1 -19


Tuesday and Wednesday evenings: iClitheroel v. Great Harwood, i ; {Chorley v . Leyland.


;


Ribblesdale Wan. v. Cherry lifee. Whalley iv. Great Harwood, ij I Read v. Bamoldswick! Lower Darwen v. Darwen.


i i ;


3 18 2 17


' Blackburn Northern vi Chorley; ■; SLAIDBURN


Oswaldtwistle v. Blackburn Clerks. I > I , i


kept in office by Liberal support, hey tried Ito nm the cpimtry. ., ihat they failed' badly is another fact that E.B.


.of the state of-this country when.^ 1931 the- National Government took


^mhaps^Eft "would like a few deta^ office.! They had a total of nearly ttoee


mUlioh unemployed 11}® mentifund was bankrupt, the building of .houses was even slower than at nresent, the balance of trade was badly against us and we had; to bortoW niohey from the U.S. to cany on at'all, ■Yes E.B. these conditions were a


legacy of the Socialist Government- of 1929 to 1931 which did, ,in spite of attempt to prove to the contrary, exist. When E B. talks' about .the means test, does he forget that the means test was brought.into force only because the Socialist Government of 1929-31 had. as r said, brought the Unemployment


CONSEBVAtlVE “ PIE.’l


hardly worth following save to provide some entertalnmeit for those of your readers who have recently become pal affairs. For my- wlth the proverbial ; convinced that the


starts several hai however, are poor


es. The majority; and aged,,and' are


has he forgotten there are more snoopers employed to-day, than ever before and for what purpose ? To add to the worries of weary housewives aM harassed shopkeepers. iWhen E.B. talks.about the.petty prosecutions for earning a few shillings has he forgotten that fte Government of which he Is so proud gave the old age pensioners a rise Of 16s. per week, a scheme that they i“ borrowed” from the Churchill Coalition, and- told .them |that If they worked after 65 (for men) and 60 (for


fund down to nil 2 , \ m e n E.B. talks about ■ snoopings


well. •


. and sections of .this country. As it has within its ranks many thousands .of


I .working people it can and has produced ' a programme that will bive security against unemployment and poverty. I refer to the' Conservative Industrial


Charter. Why don’t you take Mr, Hall Davies’s advice and buy one. If by buying you are afraid of; helping the Tory 'Party funds I would be only too pleased to send you one If you let me nave your address.


A G.E.M.A. Concert! was glylen at


laitur- Jmore Bridge 1 Rain


J


femme few


■ small the


J fund, In the


the


I I


Iscials Tthlrd curing par, in upon


ot less dow.


ambi-


vas a many


It the ed by rform iklttles mung- gment ig sty-


played celslor played s' Hall, culml- I were


. Hay-


lited on lirrange- | , Mr. J.


1. Rich; . Bland


psrs. G. t treas-


I f race); J l and W.


Judges,


Istarters. fen, and D Messrs, loyle, P. T; chief J and H. Ion, Mr.


s events


Ian. 100 r : 2, Ni fis, 11-14; b ; 3. A. ] Procter; |e.' Girls, J Brewer; lover; 1, 3, G.


•11 boys:| i; 3, a; J Holden;


teeman; ires; 2,'


W. Rob- Proctfr.


1, Olive Stanley


Beethoven Sonata for ylblln and piano, and was followed by compo­ sitions by' Debussy, j Brahms and Chopin, played by Mliss Pierce. The ylolln solos Included sever^ of Krelsler’s arrangements and ’’Songs my Mother taught me” (Dvorak). Miss Rowland, who, accompanied her songs on a Celtic harp, sdng “A Raasay Love Lilt’ and “St. Bride’s Coracle ” j (collected land arranged by Marjorie-^Kennedy Fraser), “ I wish I was a Child a gain,and “Lavender’s Blue.” | Her second group of songs from the Elizabethan ;ra Included “Sleep, wayward houghts;’’ and “April Is in my Mls- ;ress’ Face,” and the more recent


Pierce, pianist, and Miss Mary Row- Imid, mezzo-soprano.} 1


1 The programme opened with a , ; :


Fairy Song from” “ Immortal Hour," Many local people were present


ind greatly appreciated the rich musical treat afforded them;


King-Wllkinson expressed pleasure ^at the fact that C.E.M.A. concerto were to be continued, and hbped ft would not be long before Slaldburn was favoured with another visit by these artistes.


In thahklng the artlstesj Miss


IfVhiteholme, by kind ipermlsslon of Miss Klng-Wllklnson,! on Thursday evening last. The artistes weite Mr. Lawrence Turner, vlbllnlst (leader of the Halle Orchetsra), Miss Lucy.


' i “ Our, ’Erb.” to the middle classes. As [for betag, united E.B. the only


' wonder if Mr. E. Bevin 'thinks that the Socialist party is united, or was at Margate. If a war-weary nation, is


thing they, seem to be united in is equal sharing of the world's ' miseries. I


'■waiting for policies they lOok like wait­ ing until 1950 when the Tory Party is back in Westminster oncO agkln, as it will be.


^ , .TORY'WbRKER blSEASE IN GERMANY


: Sir,i-A little time ago. you were kind enough to publish an appeal on behalf of the Friends Reliet; Service In Europe. . There has been! a'very kind response, and I am now asking you to publish the following additional infor­ mation which has reached me recently, from ! the field organisations in Ger­ many, and Poland. The{ facts speak for 'themselves and will not speak to deaf ears in Clitheroe ; !


. |


I for Mrs. J. Waterworth, Was the I opener. I Produce, jumble, new and | fancy and flower stalls were among the attractions; There were also I side-shows. 4nd Ice - cream was | served in the Mission Room.' School I children gave a display of- folk dancing.—For a dance In the even- I ing the music was provided by i Messrs. O. Simpson,, R. Taylor and P. Whitfield, with Mr. J. Simpson , M.C. Spot prizes were awarded to ; Miss J. Mason and Mr. G. Williams, j Much hard work {had been done ,


by the Committee, ■syho' hope to re- l open the club this season, after a ,


lapse of several years. Somb of the i members were' enthusiastic I {enough I


to touri the village oh Friday, play- j Ing a barrel organj and collected £4. Altogether the profit of these three efforts amount t6 £72.


Within a five mile radius) : 100 yards: 1,1 M. Hayhurst; 2, G. Procter; 3.' A. Thornber. Egg and spoon:i L .B - Woods; 12, M. Singleton; 3, M. Gordon. 440 yards girls: 1, R. Richardson;, 2, Q. C, Keighley. Sack race: 1, H- Preeman; 2, G. Woods;, 3, G.| Windw. High jump; 1, H. Hayhurst 2, R- Richardson; 3, M. Hayhurst! Mile : 1. W. Keighley; 12, R. Richar^on; 3, R. Whittaker. . Cycle raceil 1, J- Brewer; 2, W. Keighley; 3, R. Roger- son. Long jump ; 1, H. Hayhurst; ^ A. Thornber; 3, N. HayhurM.j Wne^- barrowi race: 1. A. Thornber: 2, N. Burrows; 3, P. Lawson. Ladles race t| 1, Mrs. Ellison; 2, Miss Jackson; J,, Mrs. Holt.


-Local' events (competitors I to live ' i


Ward;; 2, R, Womar; 3, Jt Sellars. High jump : 1, R. Womar: 3j A. Park- ington: 3, I. Ward. 220 yards: ; i . A. Parkington; 2, J. Sellars; 3,.,W, Grahata (Whalley). 100 yards: 3 .- Brooks; 2. J. Sellars; 3 .1. Ward. Mile.| 1, P. F. Smith: 2. N. Howarth;' D. King. Sack race; 1. I. Ward;,' A* • W. Gregson;, 3, P. Ward. 1 ,1 In the evening there was


Open events: Long jump: L ^ ^


racing, wrestling and an interesunK tug-o’-war in which Dunsop Bridge were


victors. 1 ;i


by Slaldburn Tennis Club Commit- ! tee, a brlrig-and-buy sale was held ■ In the Village Hall on Saturday, , when Miss D. Reynolds, deputising '


Bring-and-Buy Sale.— Organised •


present conditions, almost every youth will be in danger. '


boys and girls between 14! and 18 years of age. From about 3,000. delinquents a year in “ normal ” times the figure has increased within theipast year to well pver 3,000 new cases per month. Before long, at this rate and under


"In Berlin there are about 110,000


day is not as you say representative of every section of the community without class; bias. ’The first part of that statement, I grant you, but the last' surely not even you believe, or perhaps you have not read any of your Cabinet Ministers speeches lately;; or perhaps yourjdaily paper prints only!what it wants you to know and leaves out the latest utterances of ShinweU, Shaw- ' cross,! Cripps, and the grand appeal of


Lastly, E. B... the Government of to­


wandOrs In flights of fancy that willbe hard'to match even by. a Socialist. The Tory iParty is not divided, unceftain, or dominated by one class. The Tory Party; Is representative of all classes


In'lithe last part of his letter E.B! ' ' ’


existed on promis^ lead your readers


with more promises. iPermlt me therbf for to point but one or two major items in his article whlih are likely to mis­ lead the. innbcerit. ■


two decades previc us to the war, when the British | publi:, under Tory nife, Now he wishes-to upI the garden path


interested in, politi self, I take It all pinch of salt, bein leopard .cannot change Its spots. Mr. Port forgets or overlooks the pas(;


women) they would lose it, and then' appealed to them to help: the; country by working:? Does he forget that as


;standard of life f c the masses? ' Also yoUr conirlbutor persists in


happier ” if [givenj chances. But what chance had the millions of unemployed and children who were condemned to lives of poverty and want. Now we ape asked once again to trust these people who;have continually . let the public down; Hovf, is it possible, may J ask, by mainta nlng the power of finance and capital In toe hands of a minority (the esseice of Conservatism) to provide employment and a rising


effectively examlnthe past in order to interpret this tollcy for the future. Conservatives belnve that the people will work If properly rewarded. But why after 1 decaces of Conservative, economics did we have the distressed areas and j almof t 3 million. unem­ ployed? If the people had been given their Just ,irewar 1 for making this England a land at for heroes, mass unemployment -pould not have occurred^ ! Granted, {the people would, “ be


aet us look to toe past in order to nalyse such a statement. We may


dangles before thb public is that con­ cerning rewards md happmess.' He says “ Consenatlves believe .that people will make more if they think they will be properly jrewar led. 'We think they ate happier; when they feel they can get on In life by being given a chance l . i 'What an attractive bait! But


.The first! erro:' which Mr. Port ' Sir,—Mr. Richarp Fort in his article


largest party in the House of Commas and for two years and four monto,


haveinot been in office before Is one that is worthy of one


statement that the Socialists 1929


teaching, , |


do well to support-the same practice. In order to be sure that the Instruction is given.by Christians.; Some, perhaps many, chUdren know Instinctively when they are being taught by some­ one who does not beUeve what he is


' I don't know whether Mr. Varah has been in the world long enough to remember the flerte" education’’ con­ troversy of .the early, nineteen hunmeds. strong exception was taken to religious “ tests for teachers.” ' It was pointed out that a; large proportion of tne schools of the country would be closea to members! of tbe Free Churches entering the teaching profession, if these tests were Enforced. I t seems


, : ' „


hard that a! teacher ■well qualified to teach secular ' subjects should. be


Churches “ common Anglican


schools in .every I little township in Jtogland ?


that if aU the churches could .and did carry out his policy, i t . would be' nec­ essary. to have_ jwo,^^.If


debarred from doing so because Ite does not belong to a particular bhurch; ■Has Mr. Varah .reflected on .the fact


cbuld, no:, doubt, ■ find ■


Newton School, I seventeen scholars. going to have tliree schools In the village, with six Scholars each ? CONGREGA'nONALIST. '


am told, has about Is Mr. . Varah


churches would wint a school each;


denon Inator,” and' Roman


village The Free


but the Catholic;'


a


Church The il)nly Hopk Of The World


SAYS w i i ^ T E R AT S.S. ANNIVERSARY


TifOST Important agency : of the -t’-A. Christian Church was' the Sunday School, said the'Rev. John J.iL. Clayton, of plaremont Congre­ gational Church;:Blalckpool, preach­ ing at Clitheroe Congregational Church Sunday Sch')pl anniversary service on Sunday n'omlng. It was Important because so much


CLITHEROE ADYEBTISER & TIMES, FBJPAY, JUNE 20, 1947 « THE CENTURY OF THE CHILDi f f


REV. J. E. ^TOREY AT ■^EST BRADFORD


Rev. J; E. Storey, M,Ai, of Leicester, a former, superintendent minister of the Moor Lane Methodist Circuit, at West Bradford Methodist Church, on Sunday afternoon, on the occa­ sion of the school anniversary.. He referred to ;the statement of


“ ■RELIGIOUS education ” was the ■•■•' subject of an .address by. the


depended upon bojjs and girls of today In ithe years that laly ahead; Theiy looked to .them to carry, on the work and ■ witness of the Church. Sti 9aul said bhai the Chruch should be “ glorious, without spot, without wrinkle or ariy^ such thing, that 'It may be holy .and without' blemish.’! That might be calleoL an Ideal for I the Church. It was more than th a t ; It wak the Master’s own conpeptlpn .of the Church; ! ' , Had that ldeal|at toy time been


realized, i.and If notl could'one say that' it was In tirfeess of 'being realized now ?- He jhoped he would not startle anybopy when he asld It had never been rreallzed In New Testament' times! i If one wanted prdof, Olio need only read'some ; of St.,Paul’s epistles, in which he took to task this church p d that church for want' of loyalty, weakness and Imperfection.


| Right 'down through history the


Ideal had remali^ed'an ideal.. He had been reading a book In which the writer said hd sometimes felt the Church was .the, most-hopeless institution in the world, lyet, at the saihe time, It Was the only hope of the world.


' ;


Church and the Gpspel out of the world,uwhat hope would there be for It ? The-best seblce we could render to the Church was to re­ capture I this vlsloh; and the , pri­ mary task wasltq make the one fellowship' to w^ch we' belonged more like that Idem. : , The Church shopld. bd gloriously


strong ln, wltnesd and in work, com­ pelling the world to look at.lt.


: a scrap what; the Church said,; thought'or djd.


In these days )re had to acknow­ ledge that was not true of the . Church. The .‘world did not care


toey had the ssjm^e: j ealoiises, sus-' plclons {and hatreds inside the


The witness of tiie Church was Im-i paired because iwe Were hot pre­ ptoed to live whole-heartedly by Christian standards. Unfortunately |


Church bs were { found In the out-, side world. , It Iwb believed in. the Church’s mlsslop tp the world, faith had to be-tranelated Into service. Faith without works was dead!


THREE REASONS.


fullest possible service for three reasons. The first {was that all that was morally arid spiritually‘best in ' our lives, was traceable to the


' 'We should give to the Church the


referlng to the horpes of Civil Servants. The previous week, when commenting on the wasteful (Sovernment. methods


common knowledge that since the end of the war the ni mber of Post Office telephone circuits of over 25 miles in length have!been almost doubled. The same ban be said of other Post Office equipment and development made necessary by the jreat publlcidemand for telephone serv ee. Surely Mr. Fort would not expect a works to extend Its plant and at the same time cut down its staff, or would, he ? Also he writes of the discomfort


he says that ’ the :e are ' 50,000 more working in the Pofet Office than before the war. In the interest of accuracy will he give the exact figures regarding Post Office de'vplopments ? I t is


.Church,! One mlgpt say thereihad.; been other influx.ubnpes at work, such lliiib ’


as being reared in a Chrlstlari home. But wa^ not {that due to the Church


The second reason was the work the Church had done and was doing for the bo nmonity. !lt was the pioneer of jinuch that was be­


ing dbne by {t he State today. Education and! 1: ospitals were two instances.


caused by crowdec trains, and says ne “could not but think how comfortable the: train’s were be: lore the war." Does It never occur to himi'that the public pre­ vious to the war could not afford to


travel great distances because they t lacked the means | They had to leave


get us back to the good old times, with agriculture bankrupt due to lack of financial help, and cheap imports. Agriculture was df no interest to the Investor and spetolator, who saw no chalice of profit iiijsuch an investment. A better investment was industry abroad with! cheati!labour,-etc. A Con­ servative n)ajbrity ' as always defended class interests at-lhome and abroad- big business' and nnance. We may be chas ng “ a pie in the sky”


he seats for the I'ortunate few. Obviously,; Conservative policy would


was a staggering blow, the significance of which they found it hbrd to under­ stand. The winter of 1946-7 dealt them a second blow, which weakened them physically, mentally and morally. They leel‘increasingly an emptiness, apathy or frustration which neither the Germans nor the Allied victors are doing anything to defeat. Attempts are made to cure the patient but not to prevent the disease, j To pj:event the disease would demand an under- standhig ol underlying causes which has not been manifest so far.


“ to the young, Germany’s collapse


■ “ 'The demoralisation ; of German youth arises from one outstanding and two contributory factors.! Primarily it is due to the breakdown and'disruptlon of family life; but the apalling econ­ omic conditions and the background of an occupying army also play their part. “The struggle for mere existence,


as suggested by Mr. Port, but at least he may rest assured that we have seen under the. crust df Tory policy In the past, and found the pie’s contents df no use to the community. 'In fact, it was just filled .wiph promises.—Yours!


PELLMAN. ! HURST GREEN


Women’s Unionist their annual outlpi they went by


WOMEN UNI0: bers of toe Hurst


cambe and Blaqki


pool where they hadlan enjoyable time visiting various' ‘


Morecambe about the morning look and after luncheo i


returned home al (joul 11-15 p.m.


the incessant drudgery {without hope for the future, and the lack of parental discipline,;' care and support—these things bring about, inexorably.and in­ evitably, either mental! and physical illness or| a tendency ; to an.;i-social activity. |


has appealed to all othw organisations to help them in the njattle against venereal 'disease and! Huberculosls, which they cannot hope to fight single- handed. |In the worst districts of Berlin, one girl in every ten suffers from .venereal disease and every other ■ child! is tubercular.”


. ; Dunnow Hall, Newton. I I .


• ARTHUR FITCH,'; Newton Friends Meeting.


' | I RELIGIOUS TEACHINCt


, Sir,—I am in sympathy with all that the Rev. E. C. Varah desires, ias ex­ pressed In his sermon at the Whalley Schools Festival. But I do not agree with his way of getthig it. I lived some; four years In a tpwn which had a much better way. ! The Anglican children In the schools,were assembled and ;marched to their own parish' church bulldmg, and received religious instruction from their own: people.; &en If, as, Mr. Varah says, Free


Church people are satisfied with .toe agreed syllabus,” I think they would


“The German public health office . ! ,


dance, arrange; welcome home t| and women, wai the Assembly auspices of the ,i the meal each cigarettes and a A. Bolton, chaf Club Commlttbe, guests, ’ and


• — Hardiker, secretary, organised the trip. . - Mrs.


Welcome Home.—A dinner and to give a formal 51 ex-Servlce men


erson received ten 'Pttle of beer. Miss an of the Girls’ welcomed the William Bolton


held on Friday, In ooms, under the iris’ Club. During


responded. 'ThelBlue Rhythm Band played for danemg, and ex-Servlce personnel were provided with refreshments free. Prlze^wlimers for novelty dances were Mrs. New- bold and Mrs. J. Holden (Fairfield) ; Miss R. Ogdeniand Mr. Jas Holden (Woodfleld); mss J. Newbold and Miss J. young:!Mlss W. Worden and Mr. J. Llvesey.: 'The Girls’ Club wish to'thank Mr. and Mrs. Sandham for their kindness! In eooklrig dinner.


They mpt


1 proceeded to Black- adia attractions,


;pool. Arriving at 10 a.m., they spent ng| round the shops,


; last week, when or-coach to More-


1ST TUIP.—Mem- reen branch of toe Association had


held the'key to th ; future. We were on the verge of| an era called the atomic age. Knowlejtee was power, but power could be used In two ways.. It could bp used to bless man, Increase lhls happmess and enlarge his life. On the toher hand, it coulfi


The third was that the Church


MANY OPiPOkriUNITlES FOR SOCIAL SERVICE


be used to sprea and death over!


disease, disaster the whole world.


We could not prei ent scientific dls cevery; - ibut the gained needed tc spiritually dlsclplned..


llament of man, the world,” JesUs dom of God,'an School and In thi seeking to advam A lesson was


knowledge man be morally and


■Whit Tennyson called “ The Par-


the federation of called the klng-


Blackburn, an dijrayer was led by Barbara Hayes. The “ Consecration Hymn” was sung as a solo by Miss Audrey Horrocks. Scholars took up the collection.


1 in the Sunday ' Church we were e that kingdom, read by John


•


me the storleS of Jesus ” was inter­ spersed with readings by scholars.


In the afternoon, the hymn " Tell


were read by K and Marlari Sut " God’s Garden,” Rita Ashcroft. :, The musical pi


was under the organist and ch Hartley.; The proceeds


and the Primary hynfin “ Little sun At the evening


children sang the jeams.” lervlce the lessons inneth Parkinson (llffe. The solo, was sung by Miss


rt of the services direction of the )lrmaster, Mr.! E.


I the aimlversary totalled about £ ( 7. DOWNHAM


entitled 1’Queen ’wilhelmina and her reign,” given by Mip. Putland, a Dutch


Women’s Institute meeting last night was thaiiked on the Bacon, {seconded


est by about 40 members of Downham a t . toe monthly


--------------- D o v ’— WOMEN’S INST'TUTE—An address


lady, was listened ;o with great inter- , .


Lady Assheton presided. Mrs, Simpsonis report on toe . annual


jiveh ail attentive hearing, and proved full of interest. Dtolng the evening a parcel jof seeds from Chillwack. Canada,! -was dlstrib ited. An Impromptu sketch Wed a pleas int social half-hour. Tea' hostesses were Mrs. ' Benton, Mrs. Casson.J Mrs. D. Casson,(Mrs. S.. Rob­ inson, Mrs. P. Smithies and Miss P. Smithies.;


meeting I of the Nal Women’s' Institutes


onal Federation of In London was


CLITHEROE AUCTION MART BAKING


T I S H POWDER!


icH c ! f a t


September, and' Ocl ■£52; Hater dates, heifers for August


early calvefs.


calvinV cows. ■ Quo! £14'to £28; best others £9 to £18; best ■


of geld'and laylng-ol beforeja'falr attem prevailed for gelc


Friday .-‘-A useful


'l atloni: Geld cows, heifers, £17 to £27; ' stlrks, £5 to £ 8; £35 to £44;.' choice ober calvers, £40 to


iff cattle was offered dance. Good trade. stock and choice ;


show of 100 head


veek, 1 Mrs. Putland proposition of Mrs.' by. Mrs. C. Sharp.


rpHE function of the! Community '■•^ Service Comriilttee of! Rotary was to guide, lead andiinspire, said Rotarlan Robert ' Thompson, of Blackpool, Rotary Club chairman of the Community Service Commit­ tee of No. 5 District, In an address at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Dog and Partridge Hotel, Clitheroe, yesterday week, i


he said, that havlriglelected,a com­ mittee they should leaVe the' work to them. All should 'tak;e their part. "When some opportunity of service was put before them, {pome mem-, bers could make liandosme financial contributions, arid somq could glye


Rotarlans should hot get the idea, I '


which Rotarlans {could follow. They should do all they could to, create and foster a spirit of fellowship, so that committee^ would not‘ have divisions and “ cUqulshriess.”


SQUARE DEAL. They could see that ;the ex-Ser- ,


' holding, and was particularly well “qualified, with his family assisting him, to cultivate! one.'


! , Another sectibn, of tile commu-!


nlty to which : they should give attention was the aged; to try to make their closing days a Uttle brighter.


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They should stimulate and sup­ port local authorities hi securing


centres and places of rest for the aged; and in providing for them in housing schemes.


■ used to take a party from the Institution round, the Illuminations.


SERVICE j OF YbUTPH.


. A great deal was appearing in the Press under the'heading “ What lsi wrong with youth ?” He. personally did not think there wasi anything seriously wrong.' The trouble was, that;we had made • changed condi-. tlons' for young people ; without preparing thenv to, live In . those changed conditions. ,


;B22 to £36; In-calf and September, £231


We could not: effect tile' change we wanted siriiplyby pulliiig down slums and erCpting new, property.


Old folk should have horiies so situated that they could go out without fear of entering upon a busy thoroughfare and getting run over. 'The Rotary Club of Blackpool


vice marl got' trie square deal to which they fill felt he was entitled. The Middleton Rotary Club took up the case of an ex-Servlc{e man who had been discharged and had no pension. Two! other societies took up the man’s'case unsuccessfully, but Rotary persevered and got him the pension,: with, substatatlal retro­ spective payment. The)re were, re­ settlement cases that; could be taken up, such as that; of an ex- Service man who. wanted a' small


personal service.: . He suggested avenues of service


RECAimiEE ™E VISION' It jit were pokslble to take The


truth and dec e n c y , . Personal relatlonship.wlth God could perfect and’ make .harmonious evejy other- relationship.


Henry Wallace, the'Amerlcan poll-, tlclan, that the twentieth century was the century of the common man. ' He ■was inclined to think that it might equall'y be descitbed as the, ebntury of the child; the century In which men had really awakened to the fact that, children inattered.


The e\dl geniuses of Germany, arid Italy saw that .a long time'ago. Recentiy he lhad spoken to spirie young , Germari {prisoners, i arid theT wepb biUy now be^d^^


, he .debunked Of the ‘‘ moral ’[;;arid iriielle'cthal ”., ! filth . that jwas


shoVeUed into theibrniridS idnrbig the Nazi regime.


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Two of them camb to his chiirch In Leicester. One . was : a first-class vlQllnlst In the “Viennese Philhar­ monic Orchestra,'the other'the kon. o f a Berlin doctob ‘The ilatter said he used to believe a few, years ago


Ithto “ all this stuff about Chiilstian-r Ity was just bdshi!’ His fatner.and mother, told him he vlas quite! wrong and he laughed in their f dees. Now,


■having come.intojcoritact with Eng­ lish people, having seen soma of the benefits of English Christianity,' he was beglririlrig to! see h6 was Wrong and his parents right.


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what education really was.- There were those who said that education was the perfection of personality: others considered It was totMulp a child to earn his living; ' arid still others regarded it.< as preparing a' child for more adequate life as a citizen. {, ..■■{


preparation FORI t PE, { We had to inake tip ouf minds


!: ;:{ {. The perfection of petsorialii^


of the Will.'. There were some things that'had ,to be'sj^amtied' out, some controlled, and) others brought to perfection. 1 {


should not mean a lack ordlsclp- line, allowing A child what they called “ complete free pspressioii


The headmaster of Eton. sa|d (edu­ cation- was something more than instruction: It was the prepbratlori of the whole man for his life; ‘and the whole inan was! composed of mind, body and. spirit., It Involved the adjustment of a man to himself, to his neighbours, and to thfe world In which he lived, j ■ ‘


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, Mariy people had a warpbd Idea of sex questions. They thought that to discuss sex was to talk, of something Indecent. , He, had' met men and women who. Instead of accepting the perfectly natural Im­ pulses and training them, had tried to stamp them out. In consequence their lives were warped,;twlsted and


s t u n t e d . “I.!]?''


were not the things one could grasp but such things, as honour, | lovei


.The things that mattered most . , ! ' - ' ? A well-educated person should be


"a good mixer.” He should; find real happiness In the company that was about, him.;


needifor religious education. School teachers had been criticised time and time again. .It was said that they did not do much when they were at school; and-that; they .had


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j PRAISE OF TEA The State had recognised ‘ the,


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.long holidays. His expeuence of- teacherjs, taking them by and large, was, that there was no section of the cbtounlty serving It better. . Many, of them gave of , their private time' arid ! their private means | , in. the pijosbcution of their work .aT school To them: It I was not a job but'a vocation.; !


{ { that the one who was to. teach ''. L'


irellpon, In the home;, Mr. Storey quoted the saying ‘‘ Religion dannof hb triught: it can only bejeaught,” apdjsald that was true In; the sense, that, nobody could teachl religion wlho! was not himself. religious, It


.Speaking of .. the , teaching, of


w;hat religion replly metot',. wh|ereas rbll^on wab an experience and a wfayr of living. His father, never sald|to hhri “ John,;go to; church,” but i“ John,] I am going Ito .church Conle bn, old boy, come with; me.” Pprbntal example , was; of.ymuch inore consequence than ; parental talk.


Intellectual I r, {■„ PLAy I BY SCHOLARS.


ah address |to scholars, parents and friends, and the scholars presented a> play, “ OJH.M.S.” •'Written some­ what in the style of the old iriorallty plaj/jS, It had characters' represent­ ing j bad and good ' thoughts. It showed how children, loyal to; their


Ini the mlornlng Mr, Storey, gave Potato Spraying I


earthly and heavenly Kings, could rejebt(the(bad thoughts and.make the good thoughts their. 6wn. Those


■taking' part included' John, Jean, ; Kathleen arid Audrey Hoigate, Mar­ garet, iBarbaia and Robert Turpin, Qavld and! Margaret poupland, Ma­ vis Thompson, Anne Harris, Elaine .JtoCally, Dorothy .Wllklnsori, Hod- riey { Bury I and Rosemary Coates. (The| authors concept was convinc­ ingly expressed, and thb perfonri- ice-reflected credit onl the child- n, and Miss L. Rushton who; with the I asslstahce of other teachers, as I responsible for their training;


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, “ Falth:as avlctory ” wasithe.sub- jbetiof :Mr. (Storeys evening sepnori. A great need In these days,.rie sald,' was;.faith in the goodness of the toiverse : Ithat .righteoijisriess and


Mr. T.: Watson, who sang The Lost Phord.' Mr. John Cottani was at the {organ.!


1, ‘v / • Dusting: ■ ; the dew is on the leaves.


decency were the things that would last.;


£48 15s. Odl


I The.! day’s collections ' totalled I .


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. We had to teach people how to live in it. |


deal about, Juvenile dellriqulncy. (Jnei proposed “ remedy ”lwas “build nore remand home's.” Iwel should never cure It that way. Much could be done by having more clinics arid psychiatrists connected 'Schools,


with' the


nce ; on, lads who came frdm xm- s{atlsfactory homes. , One clu.b was


i farmer’s boy.” The ycuthi telzed l^trumental In getting


eI Boys’ clubs had a beneficial Influ­ one such


iouth {a chance of a job as a


the opportunity eagerly, mod, so much so, that he ( jecame pne of the club leaders. I The President (Mr, J. fi. BlUson)


anef 'made eventually


said Mr. Thompson was {associated with a considerable number of boys’ clubs and could speak with totho- rjlty of the good work they dlS.“. .Thanks to ;Mr. Thompson for his


address were voiced by Rotarlan John Lofthouse.


CHATBURN


mind the severe whiter,,'! Icorisider this total Is! really; phenonienal,” Writes Mr. T. Dewhurst; superinten­ dent and secretariy of {Blackburn Royal Iriflrmary, in a letter to Mr. A. Bradshaw acknowledging receipt pf £92 108; Od. from jChatburn, Downham and WorstonI Inflhnary Effort Committee. |He adds: " Your Committee Is to be hetotlly, con- ^atulrited on raising srich a'.Aum. ^ould you please convey to aU con- qemed: the ;very sincere thanks of the Board of Management for; their continued generosity. ' It Is most Encouraging tO know we {have such whole-hearted support.” ''


Infirmary Thanks. —‘f Havlrig In i; £8 A TON COAL. Mri ShinweU, Minister of Fuel and


power,!has asld that it Is hoped to Import; 600,000 tons o f ! American, qoal In' the autumn. It would cost, he added, probably £8 a'tonJ.


Soothe Ski, 1 '


. Itchipg .and fieiy tohnent of jectema or ' timUar akin troublea; and can lead to iutous skin di>ocdeif.|. Get ibeedy tellcl hy! {using DOAN'SI OINTMENT-I- ' made espetdaUy to. tootlie pain' and irriti- ■


'ISCRATCHD4G won’t'*r^cvc.jthe',


I jiilei]. Used!aucce)is{fuUyfotnvet4n!yeMii,!! , I l/5,,J/fK, Ask your .Ckaiji/^ for' !


IJO A N ’S OSMTi “ ■


' and combat infection.! , This , .splendid ' antisepdc silt^ li a|3o'fine for'jnl4nr'CTD,| ’ burns, bruises or .Insect-bites! and; for) : ending tb,e nagging discomfort'of external-;


don,(protect Inflamed akin aiiJ to prevent :


]|»r the Relief of Paii]| in toe relief oil pain.


called ‘ Alocol 1—an -antaold highly Valued' ip^UACHB.TOpTHACiiD, by the me-lical profession for Its eootiung


unique.in combining the -highest■■quality 1 ■Take'Alasil i/oi{;f asipliriliHa with another Imuortant constituent.’


and preteelive Influence on the Stomach.(T ; matic


; wjuu aiiuuuoi jiuuurmuc 9 me-lica profession fo


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This Bolentlflo combination has the resultlof making ‘Alasil ’, tablets, gensraily aooeptable,'


.aptlon of’Alocor allows theBalh-felievih'?'' properties of CAlasU’- to ■opei'^cq.'.'.mdre'


eyep to.those wjth sensitive digestlons.'with-' oht .unpleasant plfteiieffects,' Moreover, toe '■


throughout - th,9 . 'coiintry who’' have -'116 W' dtflnltelyswltqhed! to ‘Alasil .Next time,; take ‘Alasil’ tablqts for the relief of pain:— atid. note .the .dilfepenoo. ■ ;


.The double-actlori: effeotlverieas of ’Aiasll ‘ { tablets has made thousands of enthusia.sts,;


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. .‘Alasil ’ 'tablete toe onscicu nc.'


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' LES3NE93,. SCIATICA .. .PEMODIC PAINS.


: DUiolveion''LUongue ■ ■ ^ or'ln'Vv^Jar; ,


' ‘Alftsll’Tablets ate easyio : take . . . any time . . . an; r-


. where.' They break up at once on the tongue or (n water, and are (therefore Qulqklnto;lon.| I


' ; l.'S. 1(11) &j2/io .Including' FurcMig Tax, ' d( all Chmisls,


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IpESULTS have amply , conflrmed- tte* .success of the ‘Ovaltihe’ Research'


Laboratories Iniproducinq'toe latestadvarice' 111 the relief oti naln. . ‘Ain.,,))'


k Ec^rlbed (by . yoctora Every,hi«i«


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BootSanjr'’ -COLDS & chills, rheu­ iPAINS{ SLEEp-


ft! Advanced Medical jScience puts Results! Mm ig f i r


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[ Telephone 5869. . . ; ^ ' ! SILVER CUPS, GOLD ANW SILVER MEDALS Again, we were hearing a great l i


Should be done more frequently'than w®t spraying —every 10-14 days—and early in the iTjorning when


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Earthing np the , rows ; well helps| to p rom the tubers from Blight. I


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The N.A.A.S. will help you. Get advice from your i District I l lT {Officer.-


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At the afternoon; service, Mrs! aywood sang “ Behold thb Dawn,” a,nd [the soloist In the eyenlng was


the disease appears.j s Early in Juries;; L, |


PRAYING is the best insurance against Blight but it cah’t be Idone properly if i^ is left until


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Spraying and dusting machines should bp overhauled an'd materials ordered; or arrangements made with a contractor. '


V'; In June or early Jjily: . In late July or'early August:! ■ ■ I'. i ' ; '^1. - . I' , ' ' ' i . ,.! ■ |


It is time to giye the first application-t-before the plants meet between the TOWS.


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Further applications are advisable-to iprotect new growth.


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. jin' every school bow> adequate, , provision: Was madq for '{religious {educaifori, arid it was rdeb^ised


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'{religion must know jsqmething about it.


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