■iu.,,


W ^ d i n g s NIGHTINGALE-


TOMtlNSON. j i


Iavenue, C 11 t h e r o e , ' were I married at Christ i ChurchL I Chatburn, on Saturday. ^


[Mr. Brian Nightingale, only I son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Fl Nightingale, of 5,' ■ Seedall-


third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Tomlinson, of 6. Wood-terrace, Chatburn, and


Miss Elizabeth''TomllnsonL ST. HELENS


[Mrs. A. M. Nightingale, Is a Iciltheroe magistrate.'


The bridegroom’s i mother. ' 7


[which was conducted by the; I Vicar, the Rev. E. Wynne, the I hymns “ O Perfect Love ” and I" Love Divine ” were- ^ sung. I Mr: N., Lawson was the I organist.


D u r i n g the ceremony] ‘ . J , ;;


I away by her father, was I gowned in shell-pink, cloque' [with pink and black acces-, I series. Her spray , was of [white:roses.


The bride, -who was I given


[Edwina Tonillnson. sister of [bride, and i Miss .jMabel [Nightingale, the bridegroom’s [twin sister. Miss Tomlinson [was attired in a dress of ‘ayacinth-blueji cloque ■ with grey accessories, and. Miss Nightingale Wore a dress o f


The bridesmaids were Miss


^ky-blue cloque with grey accessories.


bnd Mr. Gordon tTomlinson, bride’s brothers, were the pest man arid groomsman fespectlvely. :


bf the bride’s employers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Y.! Wilson. '


vedding cake being the gift


bpent on the IjVest Coast., . ' A m o n g the I -numerous


The honeymoon is being


from friends p f ; the bride­ groom in the electrical.


vedding gifts was a Wedge- vood china half tea-service


Bepartment of Rlbblesdale Cement, Ltd. i


Ihester, were married by the |icar, the Rev. J. E. w. Wallis, It Ribchester Parish Church, ■n IVednesday. '


' ' .


1 The bride, who' was given ■way by her father, wore a lliite ballet-length dress of Tganza, cut on classical lines, nth a cap of orange, blossom;


rid white accessories. : She arried, . an ivory - backed


II The matron-of-honour, Mrs '


JE white carnations and white leather.


gayer book and had a sheaf i


■a e-blue ^organza with a ■ale-blue picture, hat and Jhlte accessories. She had a louquet of pink parnatlons.


1 The best man was Mr larold Wallbank, brother of tie ’groom, and the grooms- fen were Mr. John Wallbank. rother of the bridegroom, and


Ir. Arthur Halliwell. brother 1 the bride.


j


|r. and Mrs. Wallbank left for Ihoneymoon in Cornwall, the J de wearing a blue two-piece ■it with pale-blue accessories.


hepieces, 8-day Pendulum


bnd Westminster Chimes., guaranteed with Service ), at


iW’S - CLITHEROE


er Watches.


IMA CLOCKS I'EDDING! GIFT [range of Spring-wound


[After a reception at the hite Bull Hotel, Ribchester,


. Palliser, sister of the biide, wore a ballet-length dress of


Irs. Mr. Harry Wallbank, of 37, IVest-vlew. Clltheroe, the son I f Mrs. Wallbank and the late llr. H, Wallbank. formerly of littlemoor-roadi and Miss tathleen Halllwell, youngest laughter of Mr^ and Mrs. W. ualliwell, of Newsoriaes House rarm, Stonygate-lane, : Rib-


irm of painters and decorat-


WALLBANK—HALLIWELL A partner In a clltheroe-


A reception was held at Wilson’s Cafe, i Chatburn,-the


Mr. ; Geoffrey Tomlinson


o r i Laiics. Combination


lOE GO TO Na


I CLITHEBOE 0.


•VENoloF-TIffi-SEASON” i was i written aW over the perform-


.apees of two mediocre teams at St. Helens oni [Saturday, when Clitheroje surrendered two points to a team for y|hlom relegation to the second divikt|m seems almost ecrtain.| • ,j j-l


\ ' I On fne balance of play, a two-


goal victory marfein flattered St. Helens and ill-ijewarded Clltheroe gbalkeepM W|)(^, who gave


another superlqtljye display. But la rounding offj their attacks, St. Helens ha.1 tha^ ^xtra punch tliat entitled them| t,o Ue point?.;


i Clltheroe arair| failed to apply the maxiip 7 ; count,’;; .and b; make


ithe Lxuc . chances, threw asvaj


most of : scoring aWay what is vir-


tually their la^t tihauce of ending the s e a te ^ the upper half of the CombinM^on


,


ij SHAEF' ArTACKS ; In tie first liaif, Clitheroe set


up a series of sb^rp attacks that.


■ frequently had |St.. Helens run-; ning the wrorigi-v^iy. Ftom [the. kick-off [ Baines sent Tomley ■through! with a ^rfect defence- siilitting pass, hut the centre- forward’s shot sailed high over the bar.


; ,: . ;More Clitheroe pressure was


climaxed by a iBatsell shot Into t.ne goalkeeper’^ arms, biit.-.after about ten min!u;es, St.l Helens underlined the] vital difference between! the -te'ems, whin they scored on what} was practically their first .venture! into Clltheroe’s half. A free-kiik, taken- by, Mc­ Cann, •dropped! on to Bailey’s head, arid the o ^ l was nodded past Wo[ods. [ I .


Clltheroe returned <to the


attack'aind had; long periods: of ascendancy until jttie inten'al,"al- thbug.i all theyi had to show for tlieir. efforts %iaq H crop of missed chances I by Smith, Tomley and Hatsell.


i ' FCRTHEE AHEAD [In ■ the second half, St. Helens


came more iintc) the picture. Inside-right Gu^shaw put them further ahead: wjth a simple goal in the 51st minute, which Clith- eroe’s defence! should have averted, i and :sijbsequently only some: brilliant sa,ves by Woods prevented theinit'om increasing their lead.


i j


eroe players took the eye for indi­ vidual 'merit, brothers; at i centre-forward,


Apart ifrom;Wo:)ds, few Clith­ The. [ Tomley


and Bailies was


lentre-half and played: strongly, ‘ihe best of the


'attack. But in defence, both full­ backs, Bolton: and Blake, were strangely subdp^ and never reached their best form. I


lancashiee ] p.ff


Nelson !...39:2;I


Lancaster 36! 2 . Netherfield 38- Wigan A. 37 19 Morecambe 41 20 Ashton [.. 39 20 ' Chorley i..


Rochdale Hqrwich '.. Fleetwood Barrow .; N. Bright’n Blackpool .Marine i.. Oldham .. Clltheroe: Darwen i..


COMBINATION D. L.|F;A.Pt.


2 8 131 50-60 6 9 !77 54 48 9 10 85 57'47 9 9 55 48 47 7 14 71 70 47


40 16 10 14 38 18 39 17 39jl8 39|16 3811b 39 [18 38 Tb 40113 39il2 37; 14


- Southport Bootle . 1. 37 Rossendale 37 St.l Helens 38 Earlestown 38


t ■;


in qualifying fjir me East Lanca­ shire Golf Assoclatiori han-dicap


The following players succeeded'


competitibn atj Clitrieroe' on Sat­ urday. J .! Harris 86-'15,71 nett, and J. Gj Ward ?l^-73' nett. K . . T. Watson also returned a 73 nett, but was nnsuoce^ful under the rule governing tlba The second .qualifying round 0; this compe-: tition will be held to-morrow, Saturday; wheri m d s may be taken out at any ;ime during trie


fOCIETY OF INTEREST


DEPOSITS 2% (Individ)!^)


hent-, £5,000 | liar monthly payments) 3%


Society in all cases, j j pKIPTON. Tell 487/488.


^RD CHESTER & SON C L I T H E R O E :


ERS’ PLAYING FIELD


Sir,—May I,' Itiroiigh your columns, i inquire I what ‘ is being


(done by -the Towrij Council to.pro- •Vid^’tne long-p[roiriised municipal playing field at littlemoor.


suggest that -the lack of such an amenity is killing! iff interest in amateur sport | in' the town, as there is [no atnateur .cricket or football team m Clitheroe itself.


Many local amateurs like myself


have tried hard tb get teams to-, gether, but when j-we try to find


tR SALVEK MEDALIST


HD , CHAMPIONSHIP I


;


and Gents’ Hand- lade in our own


^ E D - | I


jS for Hard!Wear. SERVICE, j


pVITT” REPAIRS lEROE


'


I SHOE, REPAIRING, BRITAlfl.


a pitch we get no} Satisfaction. I appreciate that it takes some ■time for j a scheme such as this to be completed, bi t at least one ■would have expeejed some tang­ ible evidence ;of | the Council’s intention [by this time.


' [ . Clltheroe.;


1 ; I. sportsmaIn . /


!


there-'have been! references in the local paper about the coridltlori of the! conveniences at' [St.. James’s Schqol. ■


a wrong Impression; -I-l feel I ought to report on 'What thp '


Less the public should get


•managers havp bpeh trjrlng to Is now ^J'ver 12! years


ago! that; they[ educatiori lavatories Jsed.


do.,. It


could be modern- . i :


aut.^. autho|rlty


red'the local If,


the SLAIDBUl IN


new layatories. / This :was granted by the Ministry o f


the school [should ; receive aided status [.In ladvance of the County I bevelopirient - Plan, with a view to building


The managers asked; that! COFFEE I MORNING.^n


Saturday morning I Miss. D. Reynolds arid Miss; Rigby held a successful coffee momlrig and stall to raise ::unds i for the R.S.P.C!,A..; .■■j.B i o c e e d s amounted to over j5’14.


§T. JAMES’S SCHOOL j r Sir,-rFram I tilne to tiirie


I'


.Educa'tlon was hoped the! new would be built Now it! Is hoped th built this.


two! yearis ago. I t lavatories


ast year, “y will be


CORRESPONDENT, OF THE m an ag e r s .


Qud VADIS Sir,—Would it not have been


better if ; tljose iwho . advertisement dealing


-new, ; ration’ bobks 1 where the Eqoa .Offleq is, as the Blackburn |advertisen|ients do ? It is all yery well to body,! knowb v/here Oflioe is, .blit whaf. knows" frequently ;m “ nobody knows.”


had stated


say eyery- the iriod everybody Bans what


i have been askad (ibout half-


a-dozen times where, tee Clitheroe: Food! Office , is an^ have had to reply! that I did pot] know; I myself have , therefore asked ,


about 4ialf-atdo'zeh| tines and no one could- tell nje wnere the'Food difice is.


Perhaps youiAviil idd it as a'


footnote to this' letter : N{3BODY KNOWS,'


-;.Tbe Clitheroe [Food Office is in the Weavers’ Institute buUding at 31, Whalley-road.


KNOWLE GREEN


■at the monthly meeting. She ■was thanked by Mrs. 'Wareing and Miss R. Collins. ! The competition, for! a-jam


'


■ W;OMEN'S INSTITUTE. — Mrs; Carter, ,o f 'the [, North Western Electricity: ; Board, gave an interesting deriidn- stration on unuspal puddings


sandwich, was .- Judged ' by Mrs.- Charter, who .awarded, prizes to Mrs. P. Porresff and Mrs. T.jH. V^allbank.,


TOSSIDE


About T20 pedple- danced to the music of the Bijou Band at a dance' at Tosside Insti­ tute on Friday. The dance was oi:ganlsed. by .


INSTITUTE DANCE. — tute committee. ; 'the Insti­


issue-1 (the with: our


ll[ 10 19 12 ‘8 17 Hi ,5 21 10 5 23 4; 10 24


6 14 7 15 5 16


8 15 8 15 4 19


11 15 8 19 9 18 5 18


6 13 92 78 46 69 68 42 97 71 42 93 82 41 89 82 41 58 64 40 62.71 38 63 85 36 71 73 35 85 84 34 57 75 33 ' 53103 33 67 73 32 54 67 32 75 86 27 76 109 25 5812018


Hi’s goals that tneir inability to


Hurst Bolten. WfIMnson. r row. Newbold (trwt o Tomlinson, Cmnloy (


cup «(lnning team... Left (reserve).


’oung (captain). Davidson. Parkinson. Second Ir), Proctor, LimbertJ Holden. Bush, Walmsiey.


iiiiiiis to right arc; Front row, SAWIIY RACES wL End!


had its climax at the comes to its close mxt week.


\:s F0|6TBALL season that, as far ari Clitheroe is concerned, wrong end,


To-iriprrow, ! Clitieroe meet


. Blackpool ‘ B ’ At Shkw Bridge In the la§^- horile im.tch of; tie season, and on Tpesday night they visit Darwen;


Finally, to-m[orrow week, comes


Clitheroe’s last ! game until August; a visit! to Ndson, who on Saturday made sure [ of winning


the -Lancashire I Combination, championship by idribbin®. theb: ftcaster


closest: challengers, City6-d.


SPORtlNiG SPOTLIGHT


..disappointing coritrist to the ii-exalted status ! vhich /.they 'achieved during those all- ccinquering weeks: at the begtar nlng of the season. Supporters -may find only cold poi^ort now from the fact that;eiitlreroe -were the last Cbmbinationjiclub to lose their unbeaten reebrdy but at least that period of ascendancy went to prove one ivital point, that sup­ port will be forthcimlng for a winning team.; ; ;


'Clltheroe’s position in the lower, half of the[ table, offers a


EEcjoED “ (GATES ” Record jgate feebipts when


Clitheroe topped the tombination six months ago proved that, be­ yond doubt, d ■ [ !


there has been thb rude awaken­ ing. Cliti^roe have now. lost six matches more than!, they have won, and j but fOr! Ihe - precious points gathered jsb freely . six months j ago,! they; would now again be fighting-to retain first division stgtus.. ; | .'! ,


But since .that' hileyon spell


pRC)MISE of soriie keen racing ajt the; annual: steeplechases


of the Pendle Forest and Craven Harriers ,Hunt to be held at Sawley tO-morrow is provided by the successes last week-end of several well-known; local riders


-and horses ' at the ■: Holcombe Hunt point-to-polntraces. / ,


’ Mr!. J; ■ A. Leavey,' riding Wiriijsor LOve,'a iriare iowried by Mr. . J. R. Hlndley,, of plsburn, who Is joint ma!Stef of the.Pendle Forest 'and Craven Hunt' and ebpiain p f the British.equestrian team! for. the/Olympic (3ames, coirifbrtably won! the Hbloombe ChaUenge Trophy.;,


Windsor Love is! a daughter of


the Derby -winner ; Windsor Lad, and! ihost. people were surprised last /year .when, . 1 competing as favourite- in the Adjacent Hunt’s Steeplechase at Sawley, ■ he; was beateri by Mr^ R. B. Ed-dleston’s five-year-old Adam’s Rock, which


vheld the lead all the way. i CLEVER VICTORY


The Adjacent Hunt’s Ladies’


Steeplechase !at Holcbmbe saw the Gisbum; rider, Mrs. A. E. Dickinson, on Mr. J. Hayhurst’s Persian Glory, gain a clever victory over Mr. G. W. Watson’s Copper Wire, ridden by another well-known local lady rider. Miss G. (3reenway.[


; Both (these riders were re­


sponsible for the -thrilling finish in t.ie similar race at Sawley last year. On that occasion, Mrs. Dickinson was riding the second favourite, Columbus and it was on the last


drew ahead tb pass Miss Spoon-' ley. the favourite, ridden by Miss Greenway. - | - -1


i straight'that she .


, Undoubtedly a leading -factor in the decline hasjbisCn -the club’S inabilityj t|) maintah a settled team. Weekly changes are not likely to result in a winning side, and though : ClithK'be are . in- [evitably: beset' b y ! we ighty prob- 'lems in! competing against so many wCal.tbier clubs, the prob­ lem of keeping 'an unchanged side together will-have to be sur­ mounted; if [ the club is to enjoy'


better fortunes- in Cfombinatlbn football, J ;i j ■ ■ , snooker CHAU BIONS '


Another | sport tha. has been


occupying local played and sup­ porters during the winter months, reaches its climax next'week, when Lbw. Mobr “A,” champions of the. clitheroe d id District


Snooker.; iLeagqe, ■ receive their champion,ship ■: tropiy. The


presentation will be made on Monday night after «, match in which Low Moor meet a Rest;of


; the League side. ClilCKET BEC mS


a renewed [burst of activity-on local cricket grounds, as players limber-upj for the start of a new season.- i ■' j


The ligjjiter nights ate bringing


of the. Rlbblesdale Junior League programme,', and all three, local second elevens, pibblesdale. Wan­ derers; Clitheroe anc. Whalley, will be playing! their :irst games.


To-riiorrow sees th-; beginning


o f Upper-Rlbblesdale, the steeple­ chases at Sawley, Can ■ always be relied upon [to produce excite­ ment and spectacle, and given fine; weather .to-morrow, there seems no reason why 'last year’s record .attendance s.iould not be surpassed. , ,


One of the chief sporting events


Low Moor Have Maximum I Points


In League Contest


^ L I T H E R p E and district amateur football champions


Low Moor are heading for further honours in .the league’s new com­ petition, in which !the top four and the bottom five clubs play amongst themselves,. the winners of each section irieeting in the final of the competition.


Thanks 'to- a 6-1 win at Chat-


bum on Saturday, Low Moor head' -the top; section, with 10 points from five gam'es. They have! scored 27 goals and con­ ceded only four. '


'Local rivals' Billington and' Calderstones met tit Billington on Saturday, the hospital team winning . by - the odd goal in seven. ■


[ Leaders of the lower section,


Langho have secured 11 points from seven games, having scored 25 goals and conceded 14.' They won biv three 1 goals to two- at Chatburn on [Saturday, whilst Slaidburn had the satisfaction of winning their last home match 2-1 against Grammar School Old Boys,


I ' / In the Accrington:Combination


on Saturday,, Whalley continued their winning ways'with an im­ pressive 6-3 win against O’.d Accringtonians. - ;


DOUBLE VICTORY


FOR LANGHO Catholics 2; Langho 3.


Langho won four points in their match at Catholics’ Sha-w Bridge ground on Saturday—they played off ’ an outsta&^g Amateur League f i x t u r e : competed, in • the league’s- ifil^cbmpetition,at


advantage,' scored three- goals in the first half. Catholics found tie wind made all -the difference, and scored two goals, through ■ Punchard and O’Hagan, after the-


the same time. ; • i, ;. Langho, who had the wind


resumption. : :


■Y^HEN Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, football


a man short for a recent match at'MaghuU, near Livetpool, Mr, S;' Brierley, fire chidf at 'the hospital, volunteered to make up the 'team. He took part in the match, and, although he is over 60 years of age, he ndt only had an excellent game but also scored


one [of the goals, i . ' ■ ■


On Saturday, he again played


for the hospital teairi -when they were a man short for their match with Billington, arid although he did not score a goal he enjoyed a good game.


,


. ! ■ f Mr.-Brierley had not played


football ■ for some 15 years, but before; that had played for 'the' hospital .team over a period of 26 years. In his schooldays, he playra for Manchester School-


.boys.i and afterwards played for Nelsdn' Amateurs and'■ Burnley Tyadrismem


Mr. Brierley is' interested, how­ ever,} for he is an all-round sportsman, - and last season he


It Is not onlji in football -that


played -with the hospital cricket team! on several occasions, and


if .thCy are a man short in the team I he is willing to play, this season. He also plays badminton regul; rly.


SLAIDBURN WIN The;re was little at Stake to


Slaidburn 2; C.E.G.S.O.B. 1 I '


SPIRITED GAME i


i .1 M


Slaidblirn’s last home, ga'me of the sewon, but though both sides were j below' full strength,, it proved an entertaining game contested with plenty of spirit. The visitors took the lead when McNai) took advantage of a defensive slip, but within a


H matter] of minutes'Slaidburn had the chjance .to equalise - fj-bm a •penalty. Riley failed with the ■spot kick, but shortly before the totervaj Ingham was brought .down m -the penalty .area, and this' tii^ie Bush made no mistake from the spot, to put Slaidburn on levjel terms. Withiri five minutes of the resumption, Ingham, put , Slaidburn ; ahead, and forj the rest of the game the home side retained the initiative.


were


Hurst Green Witt Trophy In


Combination Debut Hurst Green 2; .Padiham Ecs. 0.


pO E What is probably the first ' -time in the history of the


Aocijirigton Combination, the Walmsiey (jup has been won by a team in its flist season 'of Com- bin’ /.lon football. The tcani is Hurst Green, who have had a res markablc run of success since they entered the Accrington Combination at the beginning of the season.


The Hurst Green ; captain, Johriny Young, cheered on by a big following of Hurst Green sup-' porters, was. presented with the cup by the chairman bf the Accrington Combination after team's 2-0 win over Padiham Reserves in the final at Peel Park, Accrington, on Saturday.


fought, and, though Hurst Green were! dri top of their form, Padi­ ham provided stern opposition.


’The' game' ■ was' always keenly [ FIRsT GOAL , Tl^e first goal of the match


came after 30 minutes, when inside-left Davidson shot from 20 yards; The Padiham goalkeeper managed to stop the M l oh the


line, I but 0 . Wilkinson made' 'certain with a drive -to the back, of the net. -


; • .


minutes of the match,/when Hurst Green’s F. Bolton beat the centr^half to score a picture goal.


play, there were few Scoring chances before the last ten


Though there was some'h'aid Thbughi Hurst 'Green’s co­


ordinated play was a delight tb watch, special mention should be made of centrerhalf W. Tomlin­ son, from Chatburn, -who played brilliantly.-■


Over 60, He’s StiO Alice LANU’’ (PaJladlum);


; screen fan-' 'itasy, Mr.' : Disney, turns out . to be 'happily free


-wheh a film is adapted from a book. For though Mr. Disney has added his own [ inimitable toilch to this full-length,cartoon, the story! and incident of the


of those im-’ pe!ff ections which are' cu;s tomary


In Disneyland


^ N apprqprlato marriage of imaginative,talents is responsible’ for ^®V«htful adaptation of “ ALICE IN WONDEE-


•


. This . collaboration 'between a master of literary whimsy. Lewis


Carroll, who published “ Alice in


Wonderland ’’ over, eighty years ago, and a ■ ' r master 0 f


(--------------L _ _ ...............


i i


drama, and there are excellent supporting! performances! by two Frenc.i actors, Maurice Teynac


and Gerard Landry, as Riviera villains.


*


rather incredible anyway provide the background


the factuaj pages of a newspaper,: ' aeem


KING IJANE ,


American tics, which'ial- ways;


* Was A Communist For! The


even. In 'to


i


tofflCT well acted by a least of little-known, players. Frank I Love­ l y fias the leading role ris' an P.B.I. agent who poses 'as: a


book ts faithfully, preserved. The result is, ,a Joyous, j 75-minute parade of those f a v o u r i t e characters, .the Mad Hatter, .fhe White Rabbit, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat, and the rest bf the delicious Cariroll menagerie which Alice: encountered on her journey Into.wonderiafad. Disney h|as created a deilghtfifi paval- cade of [ endearing} cartoon characters, and,, as usual, employs Technicolor and » number of . tuneful melodies as further attractions.


GEANDj -the ( p r o l o n g e d American p t r u g g le


: -The last chapter In


between palefaces arid redskins is-recounted! in “ Thd Badtle of Powder Elver,’’ a llve y Western


which pursues • -the currently popular Hollywood habit of putting the case for the Indians


in i. more sympathetid light than of yore. That grand player Van Heflin steals iactlng honours as a


famous frontier scout whose understanding of the Indians led to the signing of -the toa l peace treaty. But’ before the treaty,


there -was one despejrate 'battle against -the I Sioux . Indians, • a stirring encolinter that provides a rousing climax ,td the film. Yvonne de Carlo, Jack Oakle and Preston Foster are alto featured in leading, roles. .


“ Night Without Stars” has


David ParraC as ait ex-soldier! recovering from war wounds at' a resort In the South of-France' Who stumbles across to intrigue far removed from the peaceful sunshine of its background. ; It all begins when Mr. Farrar meets a beautiful -French girl, - Nadi Gray, and becomes intolvCd 'wit.* an i underground gang arid the girl’s mission of vengeance against the traitor responsible for the; death of her husband during ■the war. T h e result :s an enter­ taining-blend of romance and


Amateur Cricke; )e B iwlers Made A Spectacular Start


/^LTHOUGH thunder, showers . /did their; best tb upset the first day of | the Ribble Valley Amateur Cricket League’s, pro­ gramme on, Saturday, the rain


did; not prevent a start to the season, by team..


, ,


spectacular a Clitheroe


; Playing on [their home ground


at Four Lane; Ends,''Veevers had Downham all out for a -total of 19. Five Downham! men failed


to score, and no ope reached •double figures: Two iriem} .Gi' Tbiilinson and


H.. Barlow, shared respbhaibllity for the' dajnage, Tonllirisbn made a stoiy-book start to the season by taking riye wickets for five runs, and Barlow was equally effective in taking five for 10.


Thanks chiefly to' 16 by N. Cook


and an undefeated 13 by F. Howarth, Veevers. pabed Down- ham’s score without trouble Their final total-Was 53 for three. This year there are 12 clubs to


■the league, the newcemers being Church Bank Milis (Cswald twistle).


' , !/ ’ Sabden, who have lieen cham­


pions to the two years since the league .was formed, will be all out to Secure a hat-trick to -what


promises',to be a higlTy interest ing season. ] The league is fortunate


retain Mr. R. Asshetdn, M.P., as president, and has a new chair­ man to Mr. J. A. Pickup, Wiswell..


of LEAGUE CHANGE PUTS GLUES


ON EQUAL FOOTING [ —Cricketer^ Toldi


“J LOOK for more friendly riva.ry this season, not only


between team and team, btit be­ tween clubs bn a reasonably] equal financia footing,” said Clitheroe


Cricket piub’s new chairman, Mr; C. E. M players held ground


at the Chatburn-road m, Wednesday nigljt.


m;t. Musson .was referring io


■the' retednstitu-ted Rlbblesdale League, [which now comprises ten clubs, instead of 18 last [year. “ Wealthy clubs, many of [them old friends,, whose teai'ms attracted spectators simply be­ cause of -their expensive/ pro­ fessionals which' poorer efubs could riot afford, ; have gone,” said Mr.' Musson. “For thelgiod, I think,’}, he added.


] I They i lad -brought few, if My,


genuine supporters with, ttem, and 'to/recent years' , they had


■ceased .to be .the main lattraction to local cricket fans, who,, if they


■Wanted to watch ! the ■ “ staxs ” ■went to .the Lancashire .liaque. ‘ Our 'best ‘ gates ’ haile 1 been provided by such clubs as! Great Harwood Read, Padiham,] etc., and Jack Dyson, of . Read has proved .a]-bigger dra-w than!-nen paid foul--times his wage,’] said the chairman. • ',


; I


I The .’-present, more compact league'would be a greatflllh to


issdn, when he welcomed at a pre-season jsociai


cricket itself, and to clUb finances to particular, if spectators were encouraged to' follow their clubs


around as was doqe to the Lanca­ shire League.. Mr. Musson mentioned that it


seemed unlikely -thab the emb would run a khock-oit competi­ tion^ this year, but ■ several evening matches/ riad been arranged with somri of the clubs who played to ['last jfear’s coin- petition. Net practices were [to be held each Tuesday and Thurs- •fay, and- it - was' hoped ' -that members -wquld'. avail. [themselves of the facihti'es. “ The clrii provides you-'-with the'best equip ment dnd all .that we. risk is that you practice and play with an enthusiasm worthy, of a club -that


.has- been 'In. existeriije for 90 years arid ari honorabje member of the . Rlbblesdale leagUe for 60 years,”, said [the chairman. I


■ Mr. Musson welcomed' to the club Clitheroe'sinew professional, .Allan Entwlstle,' and ori behalf of


’ officials of -the [club, .wished'the players a happy and successful' season. "•, ■ i[


' , j' Foolnote,-7Th'e. meet rig, -which'


since.its inception,a few.'years ago has become a popular annual social event to reuni-tlbg' players, on the eve of a new season, seit' ereettogs 'to -Harry i. Smithies, Tony Rudgyard and other yourig regular players now riervtag to the Forces.


■ Communist Party member '-to' keep an eye on industrial sabot- age in -the American steel town of Pittsburgh. , He, has .to! .endure much prejudice’ from his family and friends who do not know the real, purpose behind his jparty membership, and the fllrii finds tense excitement in hiri piigit


when the; Communistslat last discover that they have [an in­ former in .thelrmldst. ! ,| ,!


“ Detective Story,’’ concerns qne


action-packed night to "a ! New York police station, [portrayed with a savage power sufflclent to earn the film an “ X ’’ certificate. ChieflYltls notable for a[dtoma- tic ...tour ,de, force b y / Kirk Douglas as a tough detective .whose hatred , of,..' crlriitoals amounts almost to amapiri. The exposure-of his; wife]‘a | former association with 1 a disc; doctor /provides the man. but subsidiary incident 'are ;no less dramatic, as when (burglars make a break ’two cat


, dqm'. Although .the power,bf Mr. Douglas’s performance I looms- large over the picture, ili does not overshadow the acting of sup­ porting stars Eleanor. Parkbr and William Bendlx.


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VVHALLEY m-andbsj i i o f . World . War [II is


grapnically'told to “ The;-;Frogt men,” which has Rich'arki Wld^ mark.as the'young leader;pf;an American team of frogriien in-the' Pacific war against the, Japanese. The problems .confrorttog Mr. Widmark include Hot only -the invasion o f a Jai-occupied island, but a more .personal quandary of how to follow in the fpotstep? ’of ■ his predecessor; ■' a •leader Whom' the men idolised.


'Dana Andrews and.Gary [Merrill lend excellent support in the action-packed entertainmbnt.


“ Show Boat” make?'ario'mqr


screen excursion, this time to-a brand-new coat of Teohiiicolor. Though-the new crew eptobtaes the talents df such well-known players as Kathryn Graysbn, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel,'.arid Joe E. Brown, the old charm !of this vintage musical play still depends largely on the evergreeri melodies of Jerome Kern. Th'e storir bon- cerns a Mississippi show boat! of 1890, an-d more partlcilarly the lives and loves of those members of the ^ :p ’s company wlio pro-


iVided' the 'chief -source o r entere tatoment for the settlers bn the upper reaches of this vast river.


Clarion Cyclists At Force ^ill


_^N early 'start on Sunday gave us time'.to set a comfortable


pace by way lof Wiggles]vorth rind on to Settle,' -where a short halt was called [ before wri headed further up Rlbblesdale. [At Horton a .; burst tyre brought ; ; us , to a sudden stop; but fortunately a replacement inner tube was available so we were soon Ion our way again. At Ribblehejad jWe branched off on to a tra[ck which


.led.us under the railway iliaduct and on to Broad Rakes at the foot o f !'Whernside for lunch.]


In the; afterrioon weirAraCed


our tracks' for' a short distarice then, leaving our bikes at a farm set. off on foot to Blea Moor. By a coincidence' this route, planried six riipnths ago for this date, took us past the scene of the recent rail disaster, and though .the lines had . been j cleared, .; wrecked carririges still! lay toere,' iwhile a large gang of] workmen toiled ^to replace twisted rails and' splin tered sleepers.'


’ ' j ' A little further on,-near ithe


entrance to the tunnel,! we met Force Giii, arid walked up its course, pausing at each of the many delightful waterfalls it creates on its passage, the! spray from-two of them forming rain­ bows in the spnlight.


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vie struck out across the open, moorland, making a bee-ltoe for theifarm, where -we had left our. bikes. A following wind ;arid [ a rriri'dowri the [valley'.meant veiy little work for the next few.mUes and we were able to get'brick to Horton before it was time to stop for tea.


(Reaching the last of the falls, ' [' • ; [ We appeared to have so ;much


■tinje to spai-e that a further halt ■was called . to Settle, but just to prove how w^-ong we were, [a bottom bracket spindle sheared to-two soon afterwards, rind in­ credibly enough, not-only'tvas 'a spare availablri from ariother member, but yet a third member prodiiced a 'hammer to remove the; cotter 'ptos'l Luckily we had the i benefit of summer-]ime’s extra hour of [ daylight, and -it wasn’t until after passing .''Wig- giqsworth that ;we had to light- up,! Clitheroe being reached be­ fore ten .o’clock]


I , I ! Hext Sunday]-we"climb [lien4y-


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