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CUtheroe Advertiser Times, July 16, 1954


CLASH OF VIEWS ON CLITHEROE EXTENSION SCHEME COUNCIL STAFF QUALIFECi TO


Do THE WORK-LADOUR ReferJnee Back Defeated After Council Exchanges


^LITHEROE Corpqratidii should carry out extensions at ! the sewerage works by using Council staff instead of


calling in consultant engineers, urged |CounciIIor| J. Pqrker at the Monthly meeting of the T own ^Council on Tuesday nlghL He unsuccessfully moved the reference pack of a Faiim and Sewerage Committee minute proposing ^hat phase onp of a scheme of extensions at the s e w e r a g e works be prepared byj the Council’s .consulting engineer, i


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\ 30 YEARS TYRE BUSINE?: I b EHIND EyERY


; AND TYRES ARE FITTED I BY EXPERTS ONLY.


lb moving the reference back lie wished the- Council to realise that It was not from any 1 wish to delay matters. Conservative j members had supitorted the Idea of a con­ sultant doing the improve­ ments throughout the discus­ sion,! and it was Important to realise that If the minute wasi passed, the work Would be carried through and, of course, the'inaln part would be let to contract by the consultant.


IT ’S HERE! IT’S NOURISHING IT’S SLICED & WRAPPED.


ii The Loaf that keeps its


Oven Fres iness to the last Slice.


ASK lYOUR GROCER FOR A| iLOAF


■ Made l(|)cally by:^' vers] ltd


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EMPIRE BAKERY, II li


CLITHEROE. Tel. 131. TO-DAY I


member of the Council they had had experience of consul­ tant? In other schemes and he had hot been too happy about:


! Ev^r since I he had: been a It. j '


that' the Surveyor's ; depart­ ment could [deal with the work to be done. He wds quite confident that their own staff i could do the lob. though they appreciated that they would riot ’have the same: oppor­ tunity to push the work through as quickly as a con­ sultant, ‘


CONnOENCE IN STAFF councillor Parker suggested


_ _ REFRitmtORS may be ^urchaaedi at


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ft. HOUSEH(i)LD MODEL £64/- /- . EASy PAYMhNTS ARRANGED..


GOOD $ELECnON OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, , SHADES, ETC., TELEVISION! AND RADIO.


T ~— ! . ■ 1 ! it' 8, YORE! STREET, CLETHEROE. Tel. 811


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withithe probability of a con­ sultant being employed for the iwhole scheme. In the event of defeat. It would be appreciated lf| the words "of small scheme’! were; inserted In place of “pjhase one.” j


vlous* danger was i passed wording they


matter, and what had been suggested was f done so In the belief that they would save money so far sis the town>was concerned.


They felt strorigly on the


seconded the reference back, stressed that Labour members felt the matter was not a political one. 1 [i ’


Councillor J. Entwistle, who I


speciLllst here.j The diagnosis has L jen made and I feel sure that we have the staff to carry out the extension of Our existing schemO.”


DIAGNOSI^ JIADE | “There Is rio .need' for a


rm


il !■ 3


MBILE EXHIBITlbN % II SEE the appliances


that burJ smokeless fuels^ XbOUSH SMOKE andjgiyie you BETTER heating, in the home


I j I ■A , j


"bk open] fires that bunt w'thout smoke or ’ [ soot and gire out much more heat. ■ >


He SMOKELESS HEATING STOVES that keep I j the room warm day and nl^t


'


r freestanding COOKERS that give you i I perfect jcooking and hot water


-A- COMBINATION GRAtES for cooking, ; hot water and a smokeless open fire


soirifethlnf^Elltheroe! could not afford.’ I What' was wanted was a scheme iri the region of £30.000, a scheme which in Itself; would serve Clitheroe’s need for 25 to 30 years. ^ 1


A*' i&lM(pOO! scheme, was “I ihave a fear of consul--


tants, they are apt to hang like millstones! round your neck and Clltheroe cannot afford this luxury with d rate of 24s. 6d.,” he declared.;


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being a qualified practitioner, has diagnosed that a special 1st Is not required," said Councillor J. S; Wright. Hd had understood! that no grant could be obtained frbm the Ministry _unless a full ’ and comprehensive | scheme was put forward. |


“Doctor Entwistle, while not


approach £100,'000, the sum they were dealing with at present was In the neighbour- ; hood of £30,000. They all knew it was necessary.j


While such a scheme might |


such magnitude lls being spent the very bestl advice ,we can get Is the only advice iwe cari afford,” he added.


“!l feel that w!here a| sum of;: [; ; G t e e n a c r e , S t t e e t P W O ® *


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J V IX Tu e s d a y . k 0 I i/ D OKE I BS S Fuels FeueRATI ON


ley, leader ; of the ' Labour Group on the Council, did not think they would be entitled to a grant. He was also con­ vinced that there was nothing political about the matter, and he wished that Councillor, Wright would not get “per-[ sonal.”


Councillor J. W. D, [Crltch-;


■reasonable and p r a c t i c a l ! manner If we are going to! avoid a crippling burden on the rates,”, he said. -


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officials and staff were quite; capable of dealing with thej scheme.


BROAD ISSUE MANCWESTER rPhofw! EASt 1331 i ; WaneeinR Director;; R. M, DIXQt.1


G IG A N T IC ‘ $RECrACLE-<-200 PERFORMEB^ NICHTLY a* DUSK horn 23r4


SumlByi). 9-45 in )uly, 9-30 In Au^.


mented, “The broad Issue! is ■whether this Is dorie by the consultant or whether It Is done-by our o'wn department.


Councillor W. Sharpies com­


meeting we were informed | by our Surveyor that he could do ■this iwork. Therefore. I do not see any sense In' getting other people to do It when our department can do It! I feel we should, give this Job to our depaiftment.”'


'At • the , last - committee


BOOK NOW: ; Colosul hyrillahiihi Sound'anil M


MHlUuEillllatl I rHnft Miniature Railway » Chliaten’i Playgrojind ARAIIQrM^NT DAQN: • boating •ICamIs arcAde


- ■ . L . -tHE; LARGEST OPEN AIR STAGE IN THE W •


uilo EOM


d a n c in g Saturday*.6-30 “ OLDE.TYM


TO ALL Visitors iH* the gardens .Limited number of Qrandtttnd 6e«tt.l Adulti 2/6


ti. On Uia'Pinworkt liland. ORLD.


^^THERE'8.ALWAYS ADCAT 7AA CRAND AQUARIUM SQMETHINjlNEl^INTHE ■ U n C A l


iGuarinteed OeiU' 1/6, Children l/». Belle' Vui li^st 1331).' fcUU Open 10 A.m. dallyj


Children 1/6 ('Hinbered And reteNed). I S " i Every Tuei. and Thur*. .


W R E S T K . I N iW


EDS. 7-30 ! 1 SATS.


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■general ' practitioners.” I he added.


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he felt the best way of getting | the job done was, to employ a ; specialist! “ Our. own staff are :


Alderman' F. Berithamj said i


and that is the best policy to : pursue; The main difficulty before uS Is whether we should have- a specialist-doln^ the ;, job-or our-own staff., I think that with this amount i;Of:’


“ I feel. It Is a specialist job, i j ■;]


anced scheme, and to , ap- i proach .this matter In a!


“■What we want Is: a bal­ ’ He bellved that their: own;


niinute. Councillor P a r k e r suggested that there was ob- in It, for If it


in Its present would be faced


i Coining back to the actual ' ! i, , I Councillor Parker said'that;


setting [up another depart­ ment, and when the lob was finished,: they would! be left with Increased staff.


;


Council wanted to [obtain the best advice for the cheapest cost. He had (felt, after listening , to the Borough


Councillor J. Ha.ll said the


• Engineer, that he was ff^lrly confident that he and his staff


convinced that the proper method scheme was by a


of such [magnitude consultant,


be any loss of control ;i nothing can be Council’s


“ I do


not think [there need the


done without agreemerit." !


he had been assured that schemes must-go [for inquiry to the Ministry. A full scheme must be submitted to .them, and a scheme must be' sub­ mitted which covered a period of at least 60 years! The con­ sultant had advised .that about one-third of the total scheme would carry them over for the next 20 years, and the cost would ’ be about £30,000.


OnI.the question of policy,


lieved that through [the resolu­ tion .the^ were acting in the best Interests of thk staff who bad had so many Jobs pissed to them by the Cpuncll that they were fully occupied.


I Couhcl lor B. Sharpies, be­


reference back was theip put to the vote, but was defeated.


The almendment! foil the


that he [wished'to,-mo,Ve; a second amendment to change the wording of the minute. He wished to have the words “ phase one” deleted.and the words “t p prepare ja momfled scheme and estimate for work already outlined”! Inserted. Councillor W. Sharpies sec­ onded. j ,


SECOND AMENDMENl| Counclilor Hall' Iritiinated


pointed orit that “ phase ')ne ” was a coiriplete scheme ,v|hlch left the door open for f-urther extension^.


Counclilor S. 3. | that It ■


phase Itself.


that when the minute was passed It was agreed’ that one was complete In


put to the- vote! but defeated’. The original teso- lutlon that phase one of the scheme bp prepared by a con­ sulting engineer was .then approved,


This


amendment was also was


Clarion Cyclis^ . i! ' ■ ■ [ BEST ADVICE ij


At The Steaside gUNSHINE greeted us ’on Sun- . day niomlng as (we headed


turned our wheels I down - the winding road alongside the River ytyre to - Marshaw. ( Our road then lay over Querraore, with the Victoria Tower on otur left, and down intd Lancaster, where [we stopped for lunch.


foot as we trudged I up: to the Boundary | Stone. After; a' few minutes breather at [the, top, we


towards the Trough of Bowland, where Sykes Hill put- us back b n


I t was jstUl earjj afternoon i


when we to v e d in [Morecambe. Some of lls went to| the beRch, and a fewjothers, forsaking their bikes, .took to the dedgem, cars and the Jimgle ride. StUl having plenty of time to spire, we left Morecamb^ to ride through the lovely Vale of Lune Into, Ingle- ton for tea. After satisfying the “ Inner- man,” -we pedalled our way through’Claijham to the top of Bilckhaw Bi;ow,' making our own t ^ e down the hill into Settle; where We joined up again for fhe ride tp CllUieroe.


“ SPRITE”


S.S.%nniv6«ary At Wesley Ciurch


iT'IIE-R^v. A. Price Hughes,


: of S t Annes-ori-Sea, was the preacher at the Clltherpe Wesley Church Sunday School anniversary services on Sun­ day. MrJ Hughes [ is a well- known preacher Ixith in] this country and In, America,! and was successively minister in London, Southport, Sheffield


of the Sunday School gave a demonstration, "In Praise of- Jesus’! Eirid- an augmented choir under the direction, of Mr. E. Allen, sang special music. Mr. A. Llngardi was •the organist. ■


qnd. Leicester'before going to St. Annesj , ' . In: the I afternoon, scholars


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loney .at stake we’shquld get ] specialist,” he said.


, Support; .for the resolution ] qlso came from Alderlriari J. K ; ' Satterthwalte. who- .'ibelleved ;i that.however competent their’


Wesley" Male Voice Choir, under Mr. E. Allen provided musical Items, b n d . Mr. 'W. .Hargreaves presided.


School on Monday evening, Mr. Hugh,es delighted a large audience with a lecture on his ■experiences' in America. The


At a lecture In the Sunday ’ Uollectlins in kid of schbol


funds'amounted,to more than £127. :


Councillor E. Crossley felt ■was only fair to say ■


Surveyor M akes


Companion Plaque W HEN Clltheroe I Royal


brated its fourth centenary last week strqng links be-, tween the tow;n and gown were strengthened, when, at a ceremony at thc^Town Hall. Mr. Laurence Hardy,; head­ master, present^ to the town a plaque bearing the crest and motto of the scpool. I


Grammar School cele­


the wall just.lhslde the en-! trance to the CjounclUCham-l her, and this has now been matched by another plaque,’ bearing the town’s seal, which has been fixed to the wall at the other side of the entrance, to the ChamberJ


The plaque was plkced on | This plaque'pas been de-[


signed and made by [ Mr. J. Newton Bell, ,the Borough Surveyor, who was thariked by the Mayor (Councillor C. Chatburn) at [the Council’s monthly meeting on Tuesday.


PEEPS INTO 25 YEA^ AGO


Extracts from our Issue of July 19th, 1929 ’ I


,


iJiHE,annual holidays b?gin to- . night, and Clitheronlans wUl


go away f a r , ha ir ie r .thyn ,they, have done, of -Hate, olthough[


present stresses ;knd' strains’ In, th e , cotton industry which a[ month ago were not thought to: b e , too serious, have in the last few i days ! robbeli thej i annual! Jaunt of much pf Its i fcarefreei pleasure, i The iholiday!-purse, however, does riot seem I to have suffered much, as £16,269 has been drawn out from banks and! mill' holiday clubs as compared] with £16,309 last year.


In view: of the prolonged


drought, ■ this yMrs official In-i spectlon of i the Caitheroe] Water-[ works had! greater sighlflcance] and, interest' t l ^ , for! triany! years. The Committee’; found the lower les'eryolr full, but the level of the!higli^ reservplr had! dropped ■ considei;abIy, : [It- was agreed that thpre was need for care but no clause for alarm.!


makers . had £, . -providential escape at , Billington I while. Journeying home irbm Blackpool! in a char-a-banc| 'which [caught' fife , on Longsight-road, Billing- ton. There was , an ! electrical fault in the.englne,: and I within a, matter pf miniites -thb coach was a blazing inferno. 'The fire b r ig a d e were handicapped ’ bjr


A niimber of Ejumley iollday-


but with assistant they' fcoupled up their hoses w Colony main. ,water,


considerably the .drought.


the v^lcle.! No anb -was injured. to prevent ;the fl


large petrol tank


quarter of a, mile the brigade Just mmiaged ■e:,reaching- the ' a t.th e tear of


.th the’Langho aWay.,1 -In this


' Moore of" approach to a


could handle the lob.| ! »CONTROL RETAINED Councillor F. Dpgdale was,


staff might be, they could riot give their full time to the scheme.! It would mean


Rural lairman Coronation Garden


W\J IS W E L L now has a i ' ^ attractive and permanent reminder of thd Coronation iri the form of a Coronation garf den, opened led on I by


chairman of Glitheroe Rural Cou n ci l, situated


Councillor


of WIswell : Coronation Comf- mittee, who presided, stated that the village enjoyed as good a programme’of Coronail- •tlon celebrations as any, In the district! and the commlttefe felt it desirable to have some permanent memento ,of thp occasion. Various suggestions had been made, and then 1^


entrance to the village. Mr. J. R. Hl^on, chairman


near


was (agreed to ^transform Intp a garden a,piece of land which had been an ejf^esore. ,


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arid events were' held ,to help pay the cost. [


Work began jin the-spring, ^ 1.


receive a grant of £10 tor wards the cost from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England.


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the help he had given In the garden were expressed by Mij. Hlgson, who added that Miss M. Leach, the village school . mistress, and the children hat promised to keep the garden tidy and in good repair.


Thanks to Mr. F. Shields for


had always-had an affectlor for and a general Interest iff Wiswell, and had been very pleased to witness the marij improvements in the vWage.


NATIONAL HERIljAGE Councillor Green said hi


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barn owls which he used as rat catchers in barns and lofts.


Royal King with two of the “The preservation and up­


keep of hundreds of littli villages like Wiswell! is our national heritage. I hope thli country will never fall to up­ hold Its old j traditions Ir maintaining these old and beautiful placek. bearing In mind their original archltec. ture and environment.’’


friendship and comradeship which had characterised all the Wiswell


The splendid spirit oil


the work for Coronation celebrations, werei


commented on py . Mlss Leacl^ In proposing a yote of [thanks to Mr. Green.


Mather paid wonderful work


Seconding,


Hlgson as cha; committee,.


Mrs. yj. A! tHbute ito the done . by MrJ


rman of the


at his home, Chorley House, Clltheroe, after'a serious Ill­ ness. The son of a iClltheroe postman, he began his work­ ing life as a weaver, bh?lt !was not long before the! study of vermin and their destruction whlchh ad hitherto] occupied all his spare-time,! became his full-time occupation. His premises ati Chorley


House were, celebrated for thb collection of. wild animals he captured in a lifetime spent In the countryside. Iti was not at all unusual to find badgers In one cabin,' foj^es In anotner, and I young hares,] rabbits, hedgehogs and even young rats, with" which he trained his terriers, housed In various boxes about the buildings.


WITHOUTFEAR ,he


:exterislve digging, he! captured badgers with his "fere hands, and he would grab hold of a rat as cheerfully las most people would] pick up a kitten.


Iji-hls haijdllng of animals 'iblthout fear. After


owls he had I reared i for deal­ ing with rats and| mice In dark lofts where It Was diffi­ cult ,:tq’ set traps.


Mr..’ King I sometimes used j


research purposes, and was a prominent poultry' keeper, noted! as an exhibitor and Judge of bantams, game stock [and utility breeds.


He ! bred mice for cancer ,


side could do all manner of things vflth wild and domestic animals. On: one occasion he persuaded a dog, a rabbit .and a ferret^all e n e m I e s—to drink from the same saucer.


JThls man of the [country­


burled at St. Mary’s Ceuietery, only a few! hundred yards from the house In [which he was born, and surrounded by the countryside he loved.


On Tuesday. Mr. King was • 3^.®


by ! ■ two sisters and four • brothers, wh6 will have sym­ pathy In thfeirlqss.


A bachelor, he Is survived


THE PAST 50 YEARS k e b


Extracts from our issue of . JuIY ilSth, 19(H [


gEVERE , criticism has


I - been levied this week against p e ... provision', of Unebrlates’ reformatory; j at Langho. ' Built


■ at a cost of] £84,000 ■ |tb accom­ modate 120 inmates, only seven' cases have'been admitted since it was opened three months ago.


0 Complaints of excessive-num­


bers , of tramps in the district were made, at the | Clltheroe Board of Guardians! meeting


this week.. At lain out-bf-the-way' place like Staple Oak, Dunsop Bridge, on [the Trough of


Bowland route; one member said that no fewer ithan 319 vagrants lad called In l3 Weeks.


The Rev. J.; Hancock termin­


ated his ministry as iPastor of the Mount : Zion [ Primitive- Methpdist Church to' take up an ! ' ppointment in the Isle of’Man. e -.was succeeded by the Rev. W .' irdwn, of.Lowlck, Ndrthumber-’ and. ’ : . '


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I A severe storm brokd over’the district causing considerable loss to farm stock.! A.bam fire at aigher Elker'iParm, BUllngton,’ vas attributed to lightning.;


Time-cribbing, th e j 'T r a d e s


Dispute ;.Bm,| and I excessive noisture in weaving sheds were ! imong the matters deMtl with ,


by Mr. A. H. jCottamJ sectetary of the local 'Weavers’ Association, at a half-yearly meetirig held in the . Concert HaU and presided over by-Mr, . W. H. Seedall.! The


statement of I.accounts' showed fhat £482 had been paid out to operatlvee .during, the!, past ' six


. irionths through mill stoppages. J(bl)Frjtt2ier Sc


6, MAR^T PEACE, J CLITHEROEf ■ .T^- 407/8 (Two [Lines).


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, You.mqst reach the maxlmunl number of people ’WheUier. jyou are adveHlslrig! merchandise, servlfces or events.. To ,d'o this w the most ecpnimlcal way, It: la essential that you find; out


ex^ -ly h^w much per thousand Copies your pu|&lcity la costing.


j AUbiTEli NET SALES FIGURES


are the only certain guarantee of your costs. Our accountants .guarantee yofl ia .weekly net sale of 8.000 copies, which; means I that -: the Advertiser


& [Times is read by at least .25,000 people each week,


■ i " 1 • ' ; ' • COJVffLETE ed vE J^G E


of j Clltherpe and .the Clltheroe and Bowland Districts is assured. Insist on‘knowing what'you payjfor In ;the Important-matter of circulation by


findlng 'oul'the 'Certified Net'’Hales of the news­ papers In which you advertise and be sur» that your advertisement appears iin the


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Building Speiety is'paid by the Society. iTiiis makes the 2J% mterest [paip equM to 4}% if you pay tax at 9/- in the pound and your capital is never liable to depreciation.'


you receive on investments' in Manden '


A M A R S D E N £ ssetii 1 I


5,340.000 '' I I / ^UlLDING SOClETYA


...... , '- I I I !. ErMisM tS.O I ' ! ) .


A LANCASHIRE BUILDiNG SOCIETY Chltt OHIctiji, RUSSELL ST.. NELSOH. LAwicS. Yet:. NeUon 3IH


TO GET BEST RESULTS f rom


Mr. King,'Who ■was 51,'died : The village was fortunate to Town Topics ; ; i


Plans Tb Improv^ Clitherde Water


water supply to the southern area of the; town is to 'be re­ commenced shortly, Clitheroe Town Council was told on Tuesday night,


j


placement ard extension of water, mains in the lYoone- lane, Eshton-terrace! and Henthomidisthets.


The scheme involves the re­ .works Committee, The chairman of


F. Dugdale, alio reported that drilling ,on scheme at tt ga th er i n g


pumping (Jould be carried out might be reached In the near' future. ’ [ : I


[which .test The ■ Council Is [convey its


thanks to a,Clltheroe resident who has given a motor mower for use Iri the Corporation’s Parks Department.] !


Moor butcher ito re-llcence a private slatighterhou^e follow-. Ing the decontrol of'irieat, was. granted for ai perlbd' not "ex-, ceeding six months, ifoUowlng a letter' to' the Co'unCll from the butcher’s Solicitors. T h e ' appllcatloii had been refused by the Council at .their June meeting.’Granting the licence, the Council y/arned: that at the end of the inext six months no further! private!slaughter­ house licences wiould be granted; and that l after that period .all I! such licences In force would cease to have effect and would not be renew­ able. . i- ■ I ! , . . ’ :.


The application! of a Low


Henthorn Housing'Site: No. 6, and Lilac nanied


Two cul-de.!sac istreets ' on Grove, respectively.


the Water- Councillor


reached a depth of]200 feet,; and that subject .to] the’ rock strata being found satisfac­ tory, the stage' at ■


e Corporation’s grounds had


the; bolrehole


O H K ; on p! - Clitheroe ’ ' scheme to improve the


The garden is the Whalley


Monday : Jairies Green,


CLITHEROE LOSES ITS MOOra ^PIED p i r a ’


■


sniall Incltjent, that-can shape the course ’of a whole lifetime. For Royal! King the incident came early. /'When! he was seven, -a-pet! hen! and some chickens were, killed ;by a rat.


m a NY'; people know from persbnal experience the


and a ferret, and! the rat quickly paid for its folly. But the boy’s ^'vengeance' was .not appeased by that. He grew up to continue a ceaseless cam­ paign against the vehnin as a professloni’al rat-catcher, With nine dogs! and 30 ferrets help­ ing him kill rats In the fiplds


Young Royal acquired a dog


arid farms of Rlbblesdale at a rate. of. 5,500 a year. Mr. King’s death on Friday


morrilngi i (announced in our later editions last week), brought to, an end the career of] a modem Pled Piper whose skill had' benefited fanners and landowners for a quarter of; a century, and been respon­ sible for the destruction of something In the region of 100,000 rats and i countless other vermin.


READERS’ OPINIONS


; SCHOOL GREETINGS Sir,—I ' have, received letters


from Old Boys of C.R.G.S. from all! corners of greetings and


Commemoratii shall try’ to n as several of tioned the


the viorld! sending good wishes to me


on i the ioccasion of! our !;400th. m F e s t iv a l . ’ I


Times” in,their letters', I shall be 'grateful If you will allow me to send, in this edition, to Old Boy', wherever they may be, greetings from their school” now


iply pbfsoilally, but them ;haye -men- Adyertiser' and


that the Comnlemoratlon Festival Is ended.


; I ■ ’ 'l l thank ;you, Sly, [for; the


manner in [which | you have mentioned the, schbol and the festival on ihariy oimasions: dur­ ing . these ’recent I weeks, and Indeed throughout the past year. I am deeply grateful to all who have.helpeditoj make the festival a memorable occasion, j I have been reminded several 'times of the fact thatj thej school will still continue (after! this 400th year and I am fully aware that the school will'stand for years !to. come. I; hope th it we shall prove worthy [of bur tradition and trust.


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Headmaster, Clitheroe R o y a l Grammar, Schtjol. |,


! LAURENCE HARDY. '


CONFtJSING THE ISSUE Sir,—You ’will; be aware we


were discussing, M.P.’s (salaries, but apparently' acting ! on the assumption that so many ■wrongs


make a right, and that the Government, having rejected the old I, people's claim for better pensions, .has a valid excuse for rejKting! all other claims, how- eve^ - Justified. /'■Whalley Nab” gives a truly masterly perform­ ance of how to confuse the issue.


Make- rio mistake, this Tory


procedure is devilishly deliberate ‘ and dangerous, for with the


! including their parliam entary representatives, being, used as pawns in a revival of the’old Tory game of divide and conquer.


we^thier section of Toryism fimiily in the saddle, and quite incidentally in vindictive mood, there, is a real danger of the various sections of -the people,


archbishop wa


Arid for;!what? ; On all avail­


able eviderice, and indeed on the findings Of the .special parlia- meiitary Icominittee set up for the [purpose, a substantia],salaiy. inerpse for M.P.s was not only justified but was so loiig overdue. But|.-the 1922 committee of w e a l t h y Tory back-benchers thought otherwise . and the


Govenunent surrendered to their threats.; ; And as we have a continuance


of the age-long^ struggle between democracy, as represented by the House of Commons,land pluto­ cracy, as represented by a


Govjernment which is only too obviously; subservient to the wishes rind dictates of the


w e a l t h i e r ’ sections of the community. - i


COMMON READINESS Sir,—May I, reply, to a few


points raised by your corres­ pondents, ' assuring them that I


, confine myself to these only from consideration of space. My reason for entering upon this correspondfettce was to ’object to the ! all-too-common readiness to believe without evidence, and retail as fact, any propaganda intended to .reduce the- prospects of friendship with Russia. Mr. McClelland seeks to spread the belief that,'for whatever reasons Russia “ entered ” the war, they were not ’“moral” opes. He should know that she!, did not ;"enter” the war, but .was the victim of aggression, 'that the Gerriians I invaded Russia in the night, without warning, and that only! after more than three years, fighting on; Russian soil were the last I'sui^vivlng invaders driven back oyer the frontier. Mr. McC/lellarid would do better to cone'entrrite less on "morals,” and-more on truth.


■ M ^ y people read,' besides Mr. Parker, but .some are Jess easily satisfied as to what- can be regarded as " authoratative and reliable.” -All thinking people musi have been horrified by boys in their 'teens being killed on Korean battlefields, and some of Us riiere equally shocked by Korean! children ’being burned -to death will flaming napalm, but unlike Mr.;_ Parker, I .consider rational discussion, and thought,- not only possible, but .essential. He! lias evidently accepted as


trutli Lhe offloiai propaganda on the causes of war. May I give somri facts which were not so widely- advertised? 'When the war. started there was a United Nations Commission in Korea.. They sent a telegram-to the U.N. reporting ithat fighting had


started, that each side accused the other, ’and th at they were investigating, but Truman did not -ivait. How different from Guatemala.' As for Marshall Aid, we have


paid,! and will yet pay, dearly for It. The lives of -those boys killed


in Korea were part of; the price. - 1 ■ ■[''<!■


, ■ B.


avoidably held over until next week.


A number of letters are un­


The Archbishop of York (Dr. C. F. Gg ■ [Castle on its way to Clitheroz Parish


School Has Ri ; j Heritagej


irpiHE, heritage of Clitheroe Royal Grad I Church where the school was houa 'greater heritage of ■ the; Christian faithi


when the school returned onj l^unday. lul ;! “Our schools," he declared, “ are Int


■ citizens who love freedom and yet How Idifferent are our methodtr'to t) wHintrles where education, Is' regarded'


( lye when schoolboys be'come[ obedient [the State.’’ ■..■' ■!'


■


addressing a congregation of 700 people a t , a thanksglylng; service held sit Clltheroe i Parish Church to mark the', fbtirth centenary of -the] school.


I The Ar c h b is h o p was! ! ; ' - i [Earlier, he had taken part!


iri| a;procession to the Church; from the Castle ..House;: accompanying representatives’


of many sections of public life and members of.the school ais they walked to the church;, through the centre of the town. • '


!


Assheton, Mr. I Richard ..Fort; M.P., Col. L.[C. Klng-'Wilklnsoff (chairman of the Governors); Mr. L. Hrirdy :(the head­ master); the Rev. S. Blrtwell Tear [ of Clltlicrpe); Mr.l'W.' Thorntier (chalrrilan .of !the Old dlltheronlans’ AssOcla- tlbn), members of the Tdivn t Council and officials; Govern- ’ ors, old' boys, masters and present boys of the schoolj


! The procession Included the , Mayor of Clitheroe (Councillor; C.! Chatburri). the High Sheriff: of; Lancashire (Col. L. Green),' Rt. Hon. !Ralph' Assheton,: iMjP., and! the';'Hon. Mrs.'


Goodly Heritage J ['Preaching from the text,


“ lYea, I have. a goodly ’herit­ age ” (Psalm 16 V, 6). Dr. Gar- bett sa!ld,'“!You whb are boys


of this school and you who are citizens of this .toym have la three-fold heritage:' you haye a heritage In the school, In the country and' In the Christian , faith. ;- ' 'i ' '!' ■


- ! 1'


400 years ago in an unhappy reign. In driys of trouble 'and vigorous'religious strife, when: two insurrections - had- Just: byen put down, and when In-; yrision was threatened. froinl Scotland and the Continent.; !’


i| “ I’he school was founded


! :[ : “7i . did not ] look \ osj thoiigU dny school foundedi


! at that time would: have a\. : loTip; and’ prosperpus life, ! arid yet, tjiis school has sur-, : vived, meeting first- in the:


.: church,' in the churchyard. : and then in larger buildings^ ' until .it\reached Us present: \ heme”


- I


' I WhUe external'cHangeslha^' been great. Dr. Garbett went, on, changes In the. matter-and . irietho.d of education had also been very striking. The school was founded to teach gram., mar, and grammar In. .those days meant; teaching the Latin tongue, for, Latin ,was then


the language of all educated people and professions. It was a kind' :of International' Esperanto, I arid' educated people when they went .to .a distant land could be. fairly sure of 'finding- someone who yyould understand: them:, if! they spoke in !Latlri. . ,


. '


Constant Aims ■


j


. schools are 'naturally taught [ many other subjects of which their forefathers would never have dreamt.,


[ “But'now all that has beeri changed,” - Dr. -.Garbett ■ con| tlnued,” arid the boys In our


of a cou beauty, oj


very,larp Englarid, and ..of English' dom -cor for lawfu •that autli the scarlf the redi which ha


to ’produl “Our[k


freedom'^ ful ; auth declared,! knows hi dom, wh | preparedl ibllltyJ


r:-,,jQrm,^i : landed most


.educatl totalita country t$ usedl st'ampj


1 “ l/oil systeih


. out as| robots’


)'erid ofi


. ' br. Ga can'say I schools ;al


It Is' pan heritage’, I Christian Is a conip it has: bel and exaif


to. preacj ought tc nothing source fri and stral tiontb'^Sir educate-1 and to,;sa .gre.ater.'l!]


Ch^tip “It is;


!::“ in . generatlo time, rire whom tl]


.saldaboij leaders. Lord and


admire strange


' Membe


the tov three-foil


must pre see that I those wh


B'lazingl Dr. G f


kindled Bethlehel years,: ag down: fi generatio nave nbi told boya you must!


torches i “ Seel


a/fer1 foice


■r the same, to nourisfi the, i minds of the children; to.


. tinuity, for the purpose and aims, of . the school remain


:. develop, ' in them [ their [ .natural talents and facul­ ties, and , to teach them to


| j


“ You haye a ‘goodly heritage.’. You find that heritage in yoilr. classrooms- and playgrounds, in your different societies. In your> athletics, drama | and music.” i ■


I. Dr. Oarbkt told the school, . : .


loyalty and of; obligation to la sense of duty had ] beep fostered by the masters, who thought first and foremost'bf the welfare of the pupils! coni-' mltted to .their care, by past boys who possessed gifts...of leadership, and by the [great mass of, boys who had re­ sponded ' loyally to [ that leadership. - [


.'I’ But that heritage'was par,t bf one still greater—of the heritage of the whole nation.


i A spirit of fellowship,; qf :


.TxRIBl ber


: live and work in fellowship [ with others.’’


“ Yet. despite all these ‘ changes there has been cort-


and p| traditid the /ail


headmasi the Vlcan The chbl ship of 1 1st and anthem ‘I Thee,” a f was cond includedl thanksglf


The lea tl


Council; DewhursI


Mayor burn) at|


-of. the night. ; Membe!


[■;[ •


. was Mayl 1942 to 11 rerelectlcf Bench 11 health r f


.silence DewhursI Cons6rva| Council 1


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