OBITUARY •etaiy Dies


lliaplaln, the Rev. J. G. Mill­ iard, of .Blackburn. Mr.iD.F. I | Stiff, headmaster! of the


Iqspltal school, was the Irgahlst,^.


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larious parts of the' county ye're I In the, congregation,. thlch also Included [ Mr. lindsay’s colleagues at Brock- Jail and representatives of ae staffs of all departments.


lanchester Regional Hospital’ Board and of hospitals In


Reisresentatives of i 'the


If the staff lined the hospital Irlve as the cortege |left for. larleton, where creniation joqk.'place.


After "the service, members ; jl


tibble Valley Lodge! of the |l.A-O.B., Mr. Harry Battbrsby, ‘ :26, Hall-street, Clltheroe. lieja in hospital on Tuesday. |f t ’


Jmr. h. battersby A former secretary oi the


naB : been employed ■ at .fbe ^.W.S: Piggeries, Withgill,. for Jo 'years, latterly as foreman. ■ ie' retired abolit two i years BgO.: i


Irtr. BattefsBy, who was 67. er a long Illness.


lection of R ib b le s ! d a le Vabderers Cricket Club, with vhom he had won* several


Shropshire Light Jnfantry In france during the 1914-18 var, and was well known as a lernber of the ' ’ bowling


IJe served with the King’s ! , i


bo\yllng trophies, and i as a keen' billiards player.; He had been!' secretary of the T local lodge i of the R.A.O.B. j for a [lumber of years, and was ssoclated with S t . ' James’s !3hufch.


His’ widow and daughter vllliihave sympathy.!in their


I loss.! ,


|he,Rev. A. Lord. ^ j MR. R. EMBLEY


Cemetery, Clitheroe,. tq-day, vill; be conducted by the lector of St. James’s. Church,


Jmbteur gardeners liii the ) 1 l|t h e r 0 e district, | Mr.


One of the best-known


Indidied at his home yester­ day! week.


Mr. Embley, who [was 71. j j


barts of the country, and had Von i many trophies atj local Ihoi^’s.


If the Clltheroe Corporation ealth Department until his tirement seven years}.ago. He leaves a widow ^ind two ns who will have, sympathy their loss. ,


,Mf. Embley was foreman I }: I ’.’


I The Vicar of Clitheroe, the Jev.’r’S. Birtwell, conducted', le Interment at StJ Mary’s


femetery on Tuesday. | ' : iMR. F. FRANKLAND


l 6. West-view. Clitheroe. died ]>n Friday, after a long illness..- le was 65.


Mr. Francis Frankland, ■. of M ,


Imployed as a clpthlooker at, louthworths’ Jubilee Mill for nore than 40 years. He was


Mf. Frankland, who was; born; in Clitheroe, had been


Irothers, to whom syhipathy ■ Pill ’ be expressed in j their bereavement.


J’ssoclated with the Wesley Jethodist Church. \ | ■He leaves a sisO and three


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femeteiy on Tuesday was onducted by the Rev. J. Hj lichmond.


The interment at ’St.' Mar.v’s j


md out Town


■RACK at Clitheroe Girls’ " Grammar School yester­ day with her arm In a sling, after fradturlng her collar bone the previous evening, was 14-year-old Carole Ward, of “ Cartref,” Mitton-road, Whalley.


;


cricket ground at Chatbiirn- road, Carole slipped on the grass and fell on her shoulder.


While. Dn the Clltherde


Ambulance to ' B 1 a c.k b h r n ’ Royal Infirmary and Igter conveyed home.


She was taken by Coiinty *


. Board. Clltheroe Undertaking,’ the third) lecture In }the Home-Craft course was given at


TINDER Ihe auspices of the No r ti h - Western Gas


' night, when Mr. E. Jepfeoh, interior design expert of a Darwen firm, spoke | on “ Colour in the home.”


Castle - street, on Tuesday


[This cloth is fashioned j 1 the hills of Scotland .'


Beside the running Vater of the bums, pashioned by expert. iftsmen for the people-


pho appreciate a beauti- a lly coloured and hard,


kearing fabric. I-B. Jacket £9/15/0 | '


Vb. Jacket and trousers £15/10/0


pLAYINCf at Oswaldtwlstle, Clltheroe Wednesday ^on


by more than 30 runs. Chief contributors to Clltheroe’s total of 85'were D. Hammond (38). R. Hope (14), anfi R. Preedy (16).;! Hammoiid also took five wickets for 10 runs.


g e f H!EV l O T


wick gained a useful 22, bglng the only-batsman to reach’ double fl'gjires. R. ..Gorton was responsible for th e ! -losA of seven Clltheroe wickets for 34 runs.


For Oswaldtwlstle, R. Borr | THIS WEEK’S ROAD SAFETY SL6 gAN


CO. LTD. CLITHEROE


Crossing a road may [be more dangerous than crossing an ocean.


Its first large-scale venture dn Saturday, June 28th, In }the Parish Church. The main item of the programme will be Haydn’s “ preatlon,” of which parts I and II will be per­ formed complete, and also’a small portion of part which Is often neglected.


rpHE Olltheroe ' Musical Society will be presenting


III.


A FTERj I;} ;Clltheri)e, Magi-; ' .stratefej ^ yesterday - had. Im­


posed a d&alty ofj. £2 on an absent defendant for. using motor ivehlcle ;; without a current.foad fund licence, the defendaiit; appeared’ In court and stated thai ITe had been waiting- at| the [wrofig door.


the Bench reduced ’ the fine against Hfinry jChiirchlll Ire­ land, farmer, FJshes and Pegs


lid-vleijy'iof hls: e^lanatlon,


;HllL,Farmj Clltherpe,' to £1. Afdefmah H. ciookj presiding, stating .that the -magistrates • had assujned thaV he had Ignored the summons.; Now, hotyeyer.jfis he had appeared, they wfiuld reduce jthe fine to


: '|[[ Ireland, !;pleading guilty to


the offence; said he| was going to sell the vehicle ;and had for­


gotten to[ renew the the }Gas Showrooms,


|he quality of his produce, le had won championships pen to gardeners from all


vas! a keen gardener} and bad earned a reputation for


feichard Embley, of 1, Up BroOks, Clitheroe, collapsed


The Interment at St. Mary.’s ! i ! ■


;khall slsted by the Noncohformist


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FRIDAY, JUNE 13th, 1952; Lighting-up Times : :


10-30 n.m. to 3-43 a.mj


.TTISTORY and tradition are to be found on every ihand


In Clltheroe. and the borough rightly prides Itself on a rich store of historic associations stretching over 800 years. But from . a. corporate point of view, th,eione pitfall of living In such surroundings Is, of course, the temptation to indulge too fondly in ]back- ward glances at the expense of still -more vital glances ahead; ; ;


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manages to resist the tempta­ tion fairly welf, but! not enough . Is, heard of the long­ term development plans!that must shape the f u t u r e destinies of the town. }


munity of ^litheroe’s nature is essenti'Mly la gradual [ and long-term (process. Housing.


DevelopmeiU; in a com­


Of course J is the key to} the whole question, and since there are still_400 applicants to be satisfied before I the town’s own housing list is exhausted. It is going to }be a long time, before there can be any appreciable expansion.


possible. ’ need for


urgency - of the housing problem, and necessity rightly demands tha t these needs ’be settled first and as speedily as


All are [agreed on the yital


tion of the town’s require­ ments in the- field of gradual expansion.


But there is, too, a a careful anticipa­


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the present, have Inevitably tended to obscure the plans for the fiiture. and too little has been!.heard of develon- ment‘ plans. How often I one hears, for Instance, Clith- eronlans } returning to }the town aftqr a fairly long absence comment “ I t hasn’t - changed much.”


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two-edged compliment ifj we were not, fairly su re , i[hey refer to the character of} the place.


That could .be taken; as a i - ! ''


ested to learn what changes and what, p o l i c i e s 'are envisaged! In Clltheroe blue­ prints for the future. I t Is time the local Council saw fit to enllghtep them.


But malny would be inter­


' A RESOLUTION expressing concern to the Govern­


ment at the present serious position ' in the Lancashire cotton Industry, and In other trades as }a result of thelun- employmeiit in the tfextlle Industry.-}was: passed at a meeting of the Cllthbroe Trades Cojuhcll on Tuesdiv.


mass ipeqtlng to be held at Manchester, to-morrow by I the Lancashire-'-) and - •■ Cheshire- Federation, of Trades Co}un- cils and fhe Textile Trades Federation. Two delegates were appqinted to represent the Trades Council a t } the meeting,.


This wl^hbe presented at a I .


industry yrill speak a t } jthe meeting, at which Mr. Ellis Smith, M.P., will preside.' ^ i


Many prominent leaders in


-T.U.C. and the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation} of Trades Councils In the D. C. Thomson dispute.


pressed therriselves in agree­ ment with the attitude of the


The Trades Council '[ex­ ' i In thq past, the need? of By and large, Clltheroe


DarkwOod-crescent, Chatburn. • * „ ' ! i


A


ing line after four!laps:of the world’s most gruelling course, to win the Senior Clubman’s T.T. racbiln the Isle of Man— and to end a spell of bad luck that; has!dogged his T.Ti efforts for the’ past two years;


He flashed across the finish­


in- 1949,: I Bernard!, then 19} finished } third in the' Club­ man’s lightweight race. In 1950, however, he had-to retire from the race after falling from his machind, and last year, because of} persistent; engine Trouble, he finished the course only once in five eve'nts. i!'


Riding iln his first T.T. race |I .


was changed. Despite difficult ties caused by the loss of a hub nut, and bf his revj counter shearing off its mount-! Ing In ' the same lap and banging!about in his face for most of the 150 miles. Bernard’ was in front' all tfie way.


But on Wednesday, all this !


Riding a Triumph Tiger 100, lent to him by hjis Bradford club; he shook, off his rivals/ and, at an average speed of; 82.45 m.p.h.—and a lap of 83.05 in.p.h.—vdry nearly broke the records ?et up by world champion rider Geoff Duke ^ 194g.


was his wife Isabel,' whom he married in April. They, had postponed! their honeymoon


First to congratulate, hipi


for two months until the race week. Also there to see the race was Bernard’s father, Mr. Edwin Hargreaves, of 2, The Crescent,! iClltheroe, who was overjoyed i at .the result.


■ '■ '.’!! ■ } I WILLING ' HELPERS


was Mr.! Geoffrey! Little, of Hall-strefet, another keen Clitheroe}!motor! cyclist, who was on leave from) the Army, and mechanics from Bernard’s Bradford! Club,} ' j


Helpin'giBernardiin the pits ; ’ Perjury


. A.telephone; call from the Isle of Man to, Clltheroe after the trophy had ibeen presen-- ted, told jthe winner’s mother the news,} and the family. Is now preparing a' vfelcome for him when he! returns home, probably ' i to-mdrrbw. Next week, Bernard}will be back at his job as;a fitter at the Marl Hill site] of the Manchester Waterworks }s c h e m e at Waddlngton, but he will be off again on}hls raclhgjbike at th e ' beginning; of July to compete


Old Scoiits Can “Rough it,” Too


,]Vf,EMBERS of th branch of 'the


of Old Scouts!will month show } their younger brethren that they Sstill know how to “ roughI It,” despite their advancing years.


; Clltheroe B.P. Guild later this


learnt' whpn they/ themselves were young Scouts. }'


camp near HeysiFarm Guest House, West Bradford, and are inviting i Sdouts, and Rover Scouts to-join them In their venture; :} Its Is felt that It will be: good- fun for the younger Scouts! tO Watch their parents 7 get b^ck |to. nature.’* The Old Scouts wlir rim-their camp ln }it,he;.i nianner -they


They propose: t{o .hold a


■ fixed for } [June 28th, will be the fl{st!}to be .held by the local Ibrahch i of the Old Scouts,.:;a}nid .they extend an, Invitation !.to sjny, old' Scouts, whether | iinembfefs:./ o f ; the Guild or .not,I to take ipart in the camp. The ’ 5ecretar.v, Mr., S. PJ} Blrtweli; will pro­ vide the} necessary those wishing} • to camp.; ■


}.})■.■,;. } ,


details for join the


The caiiip, which lias been,


an Faces egation


. '^ '. 'k h te d ' perjury-, 'while';- being .questioned Iby the judge duilng' divorce 1 court pro­ ceedings , at Newcastle on


ALLEGED tol have com-


No'member 22rid last year, ,a witness, Edward Joseph Brls- combe} Plmllco-rqad, Clith- !eros, -?vas sent for trial ’at Northumberland A- s s i z d s whm jhe appeared ' at Moot Hall Magistrates’ Court, New- cas ;le,[ fin Wednesday. ' , i


noHilng to say, was allowi ’ bai; and granted Ifigal aid. An official shorthfind writ


E e f e i n d a n t i !who .hqd


the replies con.be.:


ut


read out In court questioris p by Judge Richardson aijd


Prosecuting, Jar.


Blttermann alleged while a sworn witi his wife him for grounds mis londuct, Brlscfirpbe ha'd coirmltted perjury in answer­ ing the, judge, aboqtl a lette.


i


E. IL. th3( t


Ion and ■ '.nU


oil trie


Cra itree, Clltheroe read al alle:(ed statemerit j by } Brls- combe saying the. letter hah been written by hlni, but that what w&s In it wfis “


Dfetectlve-C o n s t i b 1 e


He was sorry he ha,d -denle}d writing: ther letter while he was in court, but he was up­ set at the time. ! ']}


untrue.


given by Brls- i!-;


iss| when against


Rl


day afternoon!for 22-year-old ; ! ' ■


fid ••


ACING motor-cyclist’s /dresm came true on Wednes- vr I A f


Hargfeavds, of ___ T.- I . m


lajstyearJ As a boy, Bernard attended


i ' !


cj cling since he was a small bqy,-and both his father and- sister are also;keen motor:


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__ lulage buslnessl When he flilshed.jhls army training he. started business }on his own a<count as a motor cycle- palrer, but later went to )rk for a firm of .don- iiftors. ■ , ■ 1 ' He has been ke|en on motor


tfie Clltheroe Roman Catholic hoql, and a f t e rw a r d s irked in ' his,- father’s


h


races k Kirkcaldy, in Scot- nd, where he won a trophy


f j t Clitlitroe' '


SHOTjS IN €LIT$EROE


By-ELECTION dias been arm seddn iClitheroe by


i; . i*"ehy-elqqiiop,which has been n e c e s s i t a t e d by a yacancy|On the Towp Council. Both Labour an^ Conserva-


for It is [On tfib result of this election that the balance of powqr iiy the { Council Chamber, stands'. The .proper began t


tive,Parties wih be striving to get their bandldate “ home}” campaign


; addressed\theK! below:— ,


pn Wednesday night, wheh both! candidates r first meetings. Their c o|m m fe h t s appear


‘


night which I became an act of thanksglvln.g f i r Chlurch of England missionary work.


representation of the Raster garden .and included scenes depicting Bishop} Gre ;ory In Rome and the krlva fif St. Augustine in Etaglai d.


The pageant opened with a


Christians worshlpplnr at the Cross. •


ended .-with !. a tabjku of : ' -I


i t


by the Rev. ;G. A. Vi imam's. Vicar of Habergh un, £ nd was performed by pa:-lshlciiers of Chatburn, Rea-d, WhaUey and Habergham. , Tie readers were .the Rev. G. Grratorex. Rural’ Dean ! and vfcar of .Read, and the Rev. E. Wynne, Vicar of Chatburn.


The pageant Was‘produced MISSIONAKI RAIjXY


After ■ the p a g e a n t , a missionary rally was


Stephens, of D.


Society. for


Colne, presided, and aqdresses were


R. Macvlcar, i Rec tor dr


given Leadham, the


byl a


Church


from India, and (baiTfin J.


Bewes, Africa i the


F.P.9 .. Miss missionary ' T. F. sebretary


' Miss J. Mis slonary


Photograph shoiys a scene from the Pj


Emigrants For A (kcasi


.TIWENTY-FIVE fhotT looflxrlc


for and


mdther said: l“ I t has always been jBernard^’s ambition to will this race. He got a medal foil! flfilshihg the course last


hearing the. result, his 1


have returnefi f ron Australia to Clltheroe to cel golden wedding 9th.


Mrs.' John A.


both born Iri Clliheri spent their early life


• Mr. and Mrs. Rush'


they last}visited ijngland their silver weddi g, Mr. ushton


Rei ear:


urn l^ n ’ after


ibratC; their on August


town before } emigrating to Australia 40 years are ardent Methodists and have maintained with their Old Clltheroe:


!


Australia, Mr, Rushton were b y , Mr. and Fletcher, Who Clltheroe in 1920,


} frleids in and


Mrs. retur!


When they wfint


. , - - In the ago, They cic'se link


n were e, and


cconlpanled David ed "'to'


out to Mrs.


Wilson-street.i where Mr. and Mrs.. Rushton' arq no\y their guests.


Wilson are slstersl belig the daughters ofi th e la ;e Mr. 'Oswald Rowe} a well-known Olitheroe coal} meijchart.


FRUIT [fAiIm EI


Shepparton, l a t e r he poultry fa/rmhig. some years ago.


ton was a fruit farmer , near Victoria,


For many years


itrapsferr He


In Australia. : Sh tiny community


He -has seen grfiat


Mr. Rush- and


and Mrs. Rushtop firs ; went there. Is how a city, with the biggest fruit caniring unit In the world.


ipparton. a wrien Mr.


does not appreciate ! the beauty of the town’s gas­ ometer, built since his last


be returning to: November.


stall ” on Clltherofi market. Mr. and, Mrs. Rushto:


founder of the fir. ■ I ts t “ I COURT HEARS OF T IB T I,


ADMITTING entfirlrig. a cellar at the,Pendle'}Hote!,,


Chatburn, and stealing a crat coni alnlng 24 bottles of 'glngejr ale, valued at 16: ihllllngs, Frank Brisco (27), 10, yictoria street, Accrington, w^s|}gran ted -i cfindltlonal discharge at Clltheroe Maglstra{;.es jCoutt, yestirday. He had} toi 'mak-; restitution'for "the bottles no; recovered,


. ! j}’ ■


Cool: told the defendant, that as he had kept out of for :i long time, heiv/^ Cone Itionally' dlschargt of mon,


good ths.


It was behaviour CASE -MISSINliil


licet see, Mr. E. Dawspri, in- ■spfec ;ed his cellar anfi checked his stock, Later, as a reSult of isomcthlng said, he a'gam visi­ ted the cellar and! found a cratfi. .of ginger ale!} ,'was mlss .ng.i The empty} case was evertuaily found on the car


on Friday. About 8} p.m., the park.. .. [’ !: ' ' Tte police, were Informed,


and later, Brisco wa^ | seen walking! towards plltheroe. He liad'several bottles lin hls


!pock;t and admitted! thijfiwing !othe :s away In the fields and !givlr gi moye, to people, on the


was stated that a member of I a which visited the i hotel


Brisco icoach


Presiding, Alderm;in} H.


trouble fpiild bfi :edl to be


claims tp have | been the ■ ■


visit to Clitheroe. Mr.: Rushton, Incidentally,


Australia in


penny wiU


startling changes since last he visited .Clltherofi,’. althoi gh he


But he has founi no


retired langes


d to Mri Rushton and Mrs. arid live In


the Abbey groundjs. Tie Rev. J.


leld In of


TOWN’SSURVIVAL ON IT1ES


HSays \Hr. Trimby


^LITHEROE jpust' attract visitors if|{ it wais to


sufviye, as' a}, tpwn, , and revenue-prqduciiig amenities must I be increa^fed, said Mr. Richard Trlmby, \the Labour candidate, at a| public- meet-'


ing -a^ the Labour! Rooms on Wednesday nighi. 1 * i ! Mr. iTrlmby wis referring 10


the .heed for development of did! hot believe had got to do nc trie national : against It, .}.


'“[ I think it Is


Cpuntll to try triqse dllficultles.


the ! further


Cjlltheroe. He -hat |a Cfiuncll [thing because {tuklon: v/as


[he duty of a:


d overcome We have got


to make opportqhlties td ?ur- moiint. these dfiflculties}’! he commented.


, 1 i !


!: [..GOOD ilksis j{ :“;Lopk, at thi; countryside


aroqnd'Cllthero; Isn’t} that a good basis on which to' con­ form with- Natufi in orde; to attract people th Clltheroe? We,.want them Ito stopU-not


pass through—s^d they, will stop if there Is'f stop for',” he adcii


omethlng to 'd.


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posltlfiri, Mr. iTrimby I said Labpur believed; 1 In building houses to let.' ‘ We are not,” he ] stated ".agiqlnst people owning their ovrij homes, but we realise—more than the Tories realise—tt at there are thousands of pec pie who for one reason , or i mother-will never be In ;a position to buy a house. It Is -tlherefore the responsibility off the 'local authority, to provide houses,' for them, as a scclal act. f Our policy [is to build, more ripuses, and more houses for letting purposes.” !


Speaking, of ,}}the ' housing' \\ r ''


higher, the bai higher the rates.} ‘poUcyj.had bee:


the bank rate, the candidate- remarked that Icjcal authorl-' ties financed their services by borrowing money, and they, had to pay Interest on It. “ “


Deploring the 1 Increase in


They had encourfiged borrow­ ing by, local authorities }at a cheap^rate. } j


The L: hour the reverse.


rate.


The the


the }municipal cemetery,: Mr Trlrpby declared I himself lii favour of this pMject. I


shotuld keep “ right on top of that! chalfme -ri committees


thelij departments, SUPeIrfLUOUS I SPENDING


■ “ III:days of afisterity, cuts should fie made all round, and any | -superfluous spending should be cut ofi;, locally as well las nationally,” said Mr. Trlmby, adding &at he felt that a “ wise CpUncil” could have kept the 9d. increase off the i|ate.


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upon} the by-elect on, arid the', strength of trie respective parties in the Cou}ncil gave an


I h e eyes of tto- town were added “ zip” to tl.e contest.


:not what he noij I was it Sharpies said a: it wds what


ing time,"he left pis friends and went Intfi thfe hotel cjellaf. ■He took the prate of ginger ale arid carried it to the car park, , where ' he filled hi? pockets with bottles.


gave: some of tfie bpttles fiway and ;then started to walk to­ wards Clltheroe. throwing more of', the bottles into a field on the way. I


! The coach had left, sb he


drinking so much, 1| worilfi notj have happened ” sa id Bris :o,


[."If it had 'not Licence Offenjc6


T)EREK : ALBOn ! (21) Spring Gardens. Vvheat


.Magistrates' -Court! yester when }he [pleaded} guilty driving an! unlicensed m van. I


while ion, leaVe -from Forces,' he borrowed the from h is . father tp take wife .to Blackpool. [He did look at the licence.*


He told the Bench


ley, was granted sin, absc lute discharge on payment of shillings posts atj Cllth


,iroe to


itor


that .• the


Ivan his not


four been for


Brisco said helwakNa mpmber of a yvorks trip. He drank a lot of beef and, towards [clos­


In a statement tojthe piillce,


keep personal! the- fight, beqaluse it was id and did, what Mr. id did, but they repre-


Hq hoped thai they would lies out of


democracy, ward? were neces­ sary. : I t would ensure a balanced repretontatlon . in the to*F*i-, ■ ■


better - town—beqijtlful :a!s It was. Labour couldi administer the - town bettejrl.-thari’r th e ' Torlep,} as -they, had what’ the- Torlep I had notflyislon. and Imagination;


biitfieroe: Theji wantpd a


cillor.} J . . Entwlstlfi spoke In suppoft of the candidate, both


SPEAIGERS’ TRIBUTES CounclUof J. Hall-arid Coun­


paying; tribute to Mr. Trlmby’s qualities.


,of about 470 applicants' tor house?,: disclosed | Councjlllor Bntwlstle, who Is chairman of , the; Housing Comriilttee. All the people who applied for,


llpcall' ■ dutrieroe had, a Valtlrii list*


houses would get them as they Wpcorvoirl fVwatvi }'-


TrrIfV »


:the effect the n ationaland IritetnE^tional sltuatlori had on affairs: I In Clltherde. showing- how a}changeln these matters, h a d . a' corresponcllng effect


Cbi(nclll.or-.'Ha,ll


,-;,! ■ - . ,


.


Trimby were:— II Wards: In the[ Interests of


'Sented that maitered. Other points made by Mr.


asking for Edlsford to be developed to r some years,.


‘ Edlsford: Labour had been •


favour of more publicity on Couricil affairs, and In} the mattjer of adnilifiitratlonj felt , ,


Mr. Trlmby Was also in Touching on the subject of


tbe Town my firm Socialists


c u t h e r Sharpies, candidate.


TORIES S ir UP - — M l " . S h a r p l i e s


tbis election deppnds tbe balance of power iln


belief win }it


oe,' tbe


Council, and It iis that if the will not be


too good for the ratepayers of " l^Ir. Bernard


told a public meet­


certain.. Socialists said that if they could gPt a majority they would brook no Inter­


ference; that:to him was the “writing oin the wall.”


the Counefi hp Had made ;it his job to} give conscientious service; he had done that with all [the } thought arid energy hp could command. Serylng on the various coifi- mlttees, he was s ble t</ gain a wide experience and know­ ledge of [local government. Md,} having } gained that knowledge,! he! ffiit ' he was even bettpr fitted to serve the jtown. } 1 .


During his three years on


other,, and servlpg on the Council is: onp of the finest forms of pribllq service, where one can:! help the whole of the community arid not just sections of lt.”| '


‘‘ We are' here t i help each


like -to see achlev-;d in Cllth­ eroe; Mr, Sharpies first referred to housln ;. Clitheroe, he said, In fela;ion: to. Its population, had -me of the


Outlining nrogreks he would


best: housing recerds In the' country. LISTS GLEIRED


see more houses b'uilt, and he would notj be} satisfied until they had pleared the waiting lists which, at tlie moment. Involved ' some 400 appllca- tlons. , , I I •


;Nevertheiess,| -he wanted: to


[not only clpared the lists,, but riad also [Started to take , dpjwn:. the .[oic;-. decrepit., properties in} the town arid bmld modern houses in their place. ! ■ ■! .


Under a Consenative policy thpy were going in the right ditoction a(nd : the time would come when they had


F O R SERV IC E IN ;


tinued, there was leeway -’to makfi up.' Spmp Socialists [Seemed to have forgotten ther^ had been]a war,


Upfortunately, he con­ • Bungalows} fpr old people


bungalow, and} thjj larger house for


that done said


Refuting


ment was plected.they found the ’ c o u n t r - y ’s . financial situation lij a sho iklng state, withj gold and ,dol!ar reserves reducing pt a rate,!i but py Marc regaining gold} an


the Conservatives had nothing,! Mr. Sharpies that when the Govern­


the statement


At present'} great ^attention Is being, focussed on our ' .; I


H■OLIDAY WEAR! : extensive range'of " ‘ "‘! ' ' .....


(


tremendous h'. we were i .dollars.


NATIONAL} HOUSING


that built during [ th- quartjer o f ) the! present year under a Conservative Govern-^ ment'thanlin any year since the.-war. 1


situation. the i nation


Of riifire houses


the Labour Govern nent when in office.”


I


said ) he was particularly Interested at the remarks of fine (if the sucefessful Socialist candid! tes at the municipal elections. The icandidate had said (‘ this is ajTlrdlcatlon of


Supporting, Mr.} H. Cahill ;


was not true. The result was the refusal of! t le . British public to ,face> facts and to take }:. the.: ^medicine deserved tor -haWns the care of; the country to a Socialist Government something like ^ix years.


entrusted tor


they Th?t, declared Mr. Cahill, il housing


Shirples said had been


SPORTS DAY AT GRR«(LET0N


proved once more an unquali­ fied. success, arid} thariks ’ to the efforts, fif, the sports com­ mittee, . a large crowd were' able to take paff’-’ln [a vartfid programme of events.


ri;RrNDLE;TON annual sports, held cin'Satutday.


- ■ ■ ! 1; : '■ ■


..Sfiuttleworth chalririan, Mr. Ji Costlgan treasurer,, and Mr. S. R. Green,', secretary.-"Wish to thahk all wHp/helped -to' ensure : the success , of the'


The committee;, with-Mr. , J, event.';' !./;,,


dealt with plolted . by the Boc.allsts and . Vtnnr W6I*0 Fol^Irxnr 4^


how again


Party time politic ends, give dragged


" I


al situation f ir Its own' and nelth}er can I for-j Party which, having


. .


whlch ,ir


........... for It


of wat tij) ejcploit the can nev-


_.as used


forgive a: the


Unforturiatelyi s a i d Mr. Cahill,: natlbnal politics had been/dragged into the local scene) ;ahd ,lt /Was therefore necessary for Co:isCrvatlveS and Liberals to j'efute the! Socialists untruths. |The facts must [bfe put' before the people so they would} realise how they fiad been misled and ex-'


"Wilson; girls: J. ;Hyland;. .Hf, Clarke, J. Green-;-,,^boys’,-threei leg race: W. j To'wler • and -J. As'pin, b; Johnson arid R. A'spln,' B. Green and 0/ Lofthquse; girls’.


race, three and undef: R. Towlef, S. Jolly, W. Orien; boys-and girls’ race, .three to five;' M; PyCi E. Fletcher; boys’ face,/five.'to six: A. Holmes, B. Grqeri;:;.,R,, Johnson: girls' fivfi to'; Six; Green, P. Jacksori. !l*-[Jafikson; hoys', seven to eight; .H-hWllsori, D. Jackson, G. Loftholise; girls’:' J.' Ritzema, I. Jolly./'C. Susby; boys', nine to ten:! E. Green, J. Whittaker, B. Johnson;', .girls’: S. Jolly, J. Leeming. D,:Peel; boys’, 11 to 12: J. CoWell, [ J. Holmes, D. Lofthouse; girls’; N< Pennington, A. Peel; boys’,, 13 to 14: W. Towler, J. Aspiii,' D.


Results' Were;" - Boys, andi girls’-.


leri Aspiri, B.' Green; girls’ potato race:.- J. Hyland, A. Peel, N.} Pqnnington; girls’ obstacle race! | A,-/Peel.;,/!.,. Hyland, D., Heel; }


Wilsori. -£; Green/, J.,.JHolines:


.Green M-. }PepnlngtCp;. Aspto.


.goal;. ■young;


Adu!


ts: P-


’’Aitharij,' Mis., Holines; men’s ..croasrcpuntry race:-; N- Simpson. '■F.'.Coslmn;: ladies’, shooting at /goal:-’; }^s. H. Jaclcson, Miss V. ’•Gredri;.}! men, shooting at goal: ,W. ! (Holmes,! R.' Lawson; ladies’ pototo-jrace: . Mrs: Holmes, Mrs. Sltnpscin; ladiOs! and gent’s mock : shedpdbg-trlars: Mr/ Holmes and, Mrs} Holmes, Mr, s: Clarke and MrsI 'P/fe, Mr. W' Peel land Miss M,' Greph; menj weight!guessing;' Mr.'J. Shuttleworth.'Mr. T. Dug-


'Mrk j}[ja’okS.an,'MrB.’T)[ Johnson; .inafriep ladles,'80' yds.; Mrs. J.


dale; Mrs! j :


ladies, weight jguessmg: ihuttleworth,' Mrs. Smith-


yds},-race: S. Green,’C. Barlow; .yourig'j mgrriqd; ladies; 80 yds.::


SuripsOn;


!raenS;..,10|). ^dsHjtace: , N.' R;- Lawl^'j.'/jtoep’s 100.


Y6utlW|. &6otihg at! Wilson, 0j Jackson;


} boys’ rib'sCacle -race: *D.


girls’ ,skippirig.iace;,,.,M';§cii?,tt. A. Peel;. ' needle


boys and girls’ thread and race’/ ' J; Green,,and B; M. Scot} anfi W. "Towler,


SUMMER [fashions IN DREimS; AND ■■'SUITS. These'Models are now|be|ng shown?at '


JACK WARElNGfS Tel. 5502 ' 19, LORD. ST„ ' BLACKBIIRN'' {Tel. 5502


were-'also-'advocated by Mr. Sharpies, who j said he knfew of several! old people- who would w 1111 ri g 1 yi, take


s leave! a family.


.Complete Range of SPRING-WOUND CLOCKS, from 21/6 consisting of 30-hour Timepieces, ,fi-day Models, i-hour Strlking.Clocks and, Full Westnilnster Chimes, Westclox, ! Smith’s Alarm?,


RE L IA B L E a O C K S jAjvD I WATCHES !!


: NOW in s 'tock ■ / [ ' ! }


Smith’s, timit, Avia;. Rodm^ fWatches, - -all i Fully Giiaranieed and Service After Sales at


20, C A S T L E s t r e e t :* UATLOW’S


GLITHEROE - ;i


: Conservative


ing at the Conservative Club on Wednesday.


Not Jong ago. He' continued’.


) ! pUtheroe Advertiser & 'Tit\ies, June 13, 19S2 Fluctuations!


Markets rise and fall, but if you deposit your savings in the Trustee Savings Bank they will be. free from risk, earning good interest,


I and available when lequired.


® .Suras from 1 / . to £1,000 received. ® Interest allowed at !2f % and 2|% .


TRUSTEE


SAVINGS BANK 3, CHURCH STREET tiu r a E R O E


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