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gjjod wishes to me of oM ‘ 400th, F es tival.


of C.R.G.S. from le world, sending


y[)u will allow me^ edition, to Old! they inay' be,! heiri school; now;


Jy personally, biit; them 'hav^ men-l Advertise^and! letters,)! shall;


II


b,/ vjhicl, you have* s ipol and the


ch


•ateful to all who; 1 nake the festival lion, j I have,


fuUy awpre that an^ for jyears to ‘ 7 6 shall radition


ILAUp: <?>


I f


ichoo]


ING Willi


sing ntly :hat


Cfi pARDY, thOroe IRoyal ISSUE So many wrongs' acting )p ic;


To Ii j ro (3


t


ncil hyas told ght.


i shortly, Clitheroe


hs in jthe' Woone-i liton-iterrace and Jistrl' :ts.


me ihv'plveslthe re- arid ' extension of


a iClitheroe improve the the southern nils to be re-,


avjare we salaries, on the


Jt the past year.) weeks, and


:(nordtion'Festival i Sir, for the|


received /letters


■make a right,. and tWt the' Government, having rejected the 'Old people's claim for better


OPINION!


. ance of how to confuse the issue. Mate no, mistake, , dis Tory


procjedure is devilishly deliberate and; . dangerous, for with (he ■wealthier section of ! Toryism firmly! in the saddle, and quite incidentally in vindictive mood, there is a real danger! of the yaribui sections of the! people, including their parliain entary repraentatives, being used as pawns |in a revival of the 'Old Tory game of divide and conquer.


jmayy obcasllms dur-| Arid recbnt ughoj


■evferal times of, the 5ch,bol will.; ;ej- this. 400th;|


, findings of the special parlia- ' mentary committee seti up for the purpose; a substantial salary . increase for M.P.s was not only justified but was so long overdue. But) ihe 1922 committee of wealthy I Tory back-benchers thought otherwise and the t Gqvenment surrendered to their


able evidence, and indeed on the hreats) fi


'"wishes I and dictates ! of the w e a 1 t;h 1 e r sections 1 of the community. !


i


COMMON READINESS I !


I


cracy, | as represented! by a Government, which is only: too obviously subservient jto ' the


;: Arid as we have a continuance of the pge-long struggle I between democracy, as represented by the H oum


of Commons, arid pluto-,


The Archbishop of York (Dr. C. Fi Garbclt), accompa Castle on its way to Clitheroc | Parish (jhurch.


, I ■ :E.B. ■ 1


points I raised by yourj . corres- ponden s, assuring them I that I confine! myself to these only from consideration of sj^e. My reason | for !entering upon this correspondence was to object to the alirtoo-common readiness to believe | without evidence, and retail as fact,, apy propaganda


Sir,—JVIay I reply td a few


ISchool Renjaih© tiepitage, )S|iys r .


“Our,!schools,” 'he declared, “ are intended to pr,o.dt)jc.e


(iitizensi who love freedom and yet fepebt lawfulniit^^^ How idifferent are our methodg'f to! those tbf . totffi^ countries where education is regarded^as being triSst ^fff ct- Ive when;schoolboys'be'pome obedient and'eervlle Pibph~ol


grotin'ds had deptjr of ;20O feet.i lubjet't .to the' rock! Jig found isatlsfac-' itage, at ■-which test' Buld be carried out J a ch :d In the near!


*mar of the i'Water- ^mlttjee, . Councillor, reported that; fhe borehole Corporation’s


intended to reduce the prospects of friendship, with Russia. Mr. McCielland seeks' to spread the belief that, for whatever' teasons ' Russia 1’ entered ’’ the war, they were! not ’’moral’’ onek. He , should know that she 'did not “enter"; the'war, but Was the victim of aggression, thk the Germans invaded! Russia in the night, without warning, rin-d that only after more than, three years, fighting '.on Russian soil were the last 'surviving invaders; driven back: oyer the frontier Mr. McCielland would do be,ter to concentrate less , on “ morals;’’ and-more on truth.


j


incll Is convey its m Ciitheroe resident |ven a motor hiower the Corporation’s


irtment.


licatlon of a Low ler to re-licence a- ightrirhouse foUow-


1 i


T(i i


ictlyj bllcl


"s solicitors. The had been refused ncil at .their June 'anting the licence, 1 warned that , at he next six nfonths private slaughter- ices wo uld be )d tpat after that lisucn licences in


bntrol Of' meat, was • a period not ex- months, following the Council from


_ cease to have ould not be renew-


; Korean battlefields, and spme of I Us were equally shocked by Korean children being bmned to death will flaming napal n, but unlike Mr. Parker. I c insider rational; discussion, and thought, not only possible, but essential. ' : He has evidently accepted as i truth the ofiBciai propagarida on ; the causes of war. May, I give I some: facts Iwhich were ; lOt so ' widely ^vertised? ’Wh^ the war, started there was a .United Nations j Coriunission in Korea., They'Sent a telegram to tie U.N. reporting , that fighting! i had , started, 'that each side tjccused ' the other, and that they, were !


■ Many'people read, besices Mr. Parker; but some are less! easily satisfied!'as to what can be regarded as “ authoratatiire and reliable.’) All thinking; people must! have been horrified hy hoys in their; ’teens being kil ed , on


investigating! but Trumsn did .' not wait.


paid, and will yet pay, deairly for ' it. The lives of those boyri killed ; in Korea were part of the price.:


HOw different from Guatemala. As for Marshall Aid, wt halve


. ,


lousing Site No. 6, amea Hazel Grove provf, respectively.


de-sac streets on


; A number of letters are un­ avoidably held over untfl next week, '


! the State.’’


addressing i a congregation of 700 people!at.a thanksgiving service ! held at Clitheroe Parish Church to mark the fourth 'centenary , of the


The A r c h b i s h o p was school. I i . ' ;


Earlier, he had taken part in a proceskion to the Church


from the! Castle House, accompanying represents|tlves of many sections of public life and members of.the school ais they walked to ’ the church through the centre of the town. , I j


Mayor of (illtheroe (Councillor C. Chatburn), the High Sheriff of Lancashire (Col. L. Green), Rt. Hon. i Ralph Assheton, SVliP., I and the ' Hon. Mrs. Assheton, Mr. Richard [Fort, M.P., Col. l; C. Klng-'Wilklnson (chairman!of the Governors), Mr. L. Hardy :(the head­ master), the Rev. S. Blijtwell (Vicar'of,iClither.pe), Mr. W. Tnorntier ;j(chalririan .ofj the Old Clltheronlans’ Assbcla- tion). members of the Town Council arid officials; Govern­ ors, old boys, masters! and present bo)ys of the school.


' The procession included the Goodly Heritage


' Preaching from the text, “■yea,;! have a goodly herit­ age” (Psalm 16 V, 6), Dr.! Gar­ bett said, “You who" are boys of this school and you who are citizeris of this town have a


I |,


400 years ago In an unhappy reign. In days of trouble and vigorous religious strife, Iwhen two insurrections had! just been but down, and when In­ vasion was'.’ threatened I from Scotland and the Continent.


“ I'ne school was founded


on inierest you receive on investmaits in Marsden Sod, ;ty is paid by the Society. This makes the 2J% laid (qual to 4}% if you pay tax at'9/- in the pound • capi :al is never liable IP depreciatiom


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0UILDING jSOClETY 0 i '


|c ^ I RUSSEU ST.. HELSOH, LANCS. iT.ls Htl.nn tin I n c a s h i r e b u i l d i n g s o c i e t y


GET BEjST RESULTS fr^m


I^VEI^TISING


ImuA reach the niaxlmum number of people iethar 'you are I advertising merchandSe, fvlc^ or events. j To do this , in the mdst momlcaj way, it Isj essential that you find out jr-HrJ how much per , thousand Copies your ;y Is costing.


TlEp NET SALES FIGURES only certain guarantee of your costs.' oiir


_^ants guarantee you a weekly net sale bf copies, which means;! that the Advert^er is read by |at; least 25,000 people eaih


■-;■ i ; iIP |E ^ COVERAGE


uci m .wmcichi you auveriise ant and be sur» that )ir advertisement appears In, the


d ti


. Clljherpe and tlje Clltberoe and. Howland Itirlcjs Is; assured. Insist ; on'knowing w h a t you V for in ;the Important matter of circulation by ding out the Certified'; Net i 1 pers In whi


iii c Ui ^ales of iauu uy the news-


Reserves £3‘<0,C0O


■ though any school foiinded at that time would have a: long: and' prosperous!' Ute, and yet this school has sur­ vived, rheeting first in the church, in the churchyard and then in larger t)p\dings


“It did not look ds


‘ untU it reached its present home."


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been great. Dr. Garbett! went on, changes in the matter, and method of education had also been very striking. The kchool was founded to teach;;gram- mar, and I grammar In | those days meant teaching theiLatln tongue, for Latin was! then the language of all educated/ people and professions. It was a; kind ) of international Esperanto,' and- ediicated people when they went .to a distant land could be, |fairly' sure of finding someone who would) understand them ,lf they spoke in Latin.


While e: eternal changes.had


changed,”; |Dr. GartotU con­ tinued,” and the boM in our schools are naturally' taught manyjothpr subjects of which their forefathers would jnever have dreaint.,


Gonstant Aims “ Blit now airthat.ihas been


;


[the same, to nourish, the i minds bf the children, to . 'developl in them [their i natural} talents and facul­ ties, and to teach them to


■ tlnuity, \for the purpose and aims of the school remain


“ Yet 1 despite all these changesithere has been con-


[ live and work in fellowship • with others."


1


" You haye a ‘goodly heritage.’ You find (hat heritage In your, classroom^ and playgrounds. In your different-societies, in your athletics, drama! and .- music.” .'I


Dr. Gaijbett told the school, , I


RKET PL (TEL.- ,407/8


CLITHEROE (Two , Lines).


sponded I loyally to I that leadership.


!'


i But that heritage was' part ot one. still greater—of the


heritage of the whole nation.


loyalty and of .obligation to a sensei of) duty had [been fostered by the masters; who thought first and foremost of the welfare of the pupils Ic'om- mltted to |.their care, by past boys who! possessed gifts, of leadership!, and by the ^great mass of boys who had re­


A spirit of fellowship, of


.T iRIBUTE .to a former meni- ■


Council, ! the late Mr. (jleorge Dewhurst, was paid by pHe Mayor (Councillor |C. |Chy- burn) atlthe monthly meeting of the' iCouncU on Tuesday


Council Tribute ■


night. ,11 ■ ber i bf Clltheroe Town


silence; jin memory j of Mr. Dewhurkb,, who. serVedjlas Conservative memb ; r : of (“ (' Council for about 20 yeajrs and' was MaVor for two jejirs frbrn. 1942 to '1944.: He did not seek re-electloh to the Aldeijmanlc Bench ! In 1952 ' because of health reasons.


Members observed a| short ■ i ! ■ ,.' L


of a countryside of amazitlg- beauty, of industries in Which very, largely jthe greatncM 6f England had been ouilti up, and of ideals wh(ch Igaye English;people a love of free­ dom comblried with respect for lawful! authority. ‘ wheth^ that authority Is to be seen in the scarlet robes of aljudge oc the red bf the traffic ]lgnt' ts a motorist.”


which hal'


to produce citizens yho[lov|e freedom and yet, respect ful ;authbrlty,” Dr. j Ga: declared.


Schools’ “ Our


knows hqw! to use his : dom, who'has Initiative arid prepared to! use his respom


th e . citizen ibfifi'y- ■ !j !


three-fold heritage: you“have a|herltage|ln the school, m the country and In the Chrilstlan faith.!


can say that we. have in bur schools aigoodly heritage bit it Is part of a still greater heritage’, /the heritage of the Christian faith. No educatlo i Is a complete educatibn unless it has behind it this) teaching and exairiple of religion.


to preach about ideals we ought to! follow and|M saw nothing about the Cnrhtiaa source from which they, c ome, and strangely out of propor­ tion tbspend so muchitliae t educate people to live hei and to.;say nothing about th graat.bri'life'-hereafter.! '


Christia[i Source ! ' “ It Is s.trangely Inconsi iter t


■ generation as we did iu time, are looking for j l^ders whom- they are prepared tb admire arid follow, and It js strange Indeed when illttle is


..“ In .tliese driys, 'ybi


nger our


.said about the greatest all leaders, Christ,' the) l}-lvlng Lord and Saviour.”


the town had Inherited three-fold heritage, j ; The must preserve It, guard 1 an see that It iVas handedi oh tt those who followed. '


' Members of the schpo\ an!


Blazing I Light Dr. Garbett said thalt thie


kindled to *■ blazing ll§ht at Bethlehew-more than 1900 years/ago, had been hinde)d down’ ‘from generatloa to generation. “ Thosri;'torches have now reached lyoi,” bje told boys of the school, “ and


torches'of the Christian; raltli,


you must carry them)or “ See that those whe come


after us," he coneludec,' “ re­ joice in the life, stiength and glory of the noblest traditions of our life and bf the faith of Jesus Christ.” \


OTljc


headmaster. Mr. L. Hardy, and the Vicar, the Rev. S. Bi rtwell. The Choir, under the leader­ ship of Mr. C. A. Myers, organ­ ist and Choirmaster; sang .the anthem “ 0 Lord, I will praise Thee,” arid the service, which was conducted by the Vicar, included: special prayers ! bf thanksgiving for the school.


The lessons were read ay the


: robots of the Stater ' Dr. Garbett went |on: [‘We


■ most effective' when at the end of it, schoolbtfys conm out as obedient and.sepiile


si/stems \ and methodi education to those \four.d totalitarian and dictafor.,.. countries)' There, tye s^hogl is used as an opportuni. stamp upon the pupils thy. form, desired by the Stati and education is regarded as


"How' different are !... se oois are lnte;idejd the procession as it leaves the


True To Its Garbett


greater heritage of the .Christian faith.jgald the _Arc ib^hbp of York, Dr. Cyril F; Garbett, when the!school returne d on Sundaycmornirig


I'TiHE heritage of Clitheroe Royal Gtammat School, wljiich began iJ.


Church where the tv.„ school was housed after royal foundation. day


prning to thdj IchWcb In.whlch it had its first home.


Council . Discussion In Private ,


lY?^HEN a Finance i and General Purposes Com­


mittee minute dealing |wlth Superannuation came up' for Conflrraatlon at the monthly meeting of CUthetoe Jowa. bouncll, on Tuesday night, pounclllor J. Parker rose to speak on the matter.)


j The Mayor (Councillor) C. phatburn), who presided, sug­ gested, however, that it would be better to discuss the matter in committee.


j ' j


j Alderman - J. H. J Sattefth- walte supported this vleyr In (he belief .that delicate points pvere bound.to be discussed


! It was 'agreed that this be pone.


WARSER’VipE I ^ '


) Councillor Parkei! was re­ ferring to a minute I proposing (hat In the exercise of: 'the provisions of Section 7 of the Local Government Sup)er- jannuatlon Act, 1953, the Coun­ cil determine .that in the) case of the Deputy Borough Engin­ eer the period Decembei;vil942, to April, 1947 (helngithe.jiejrlod the official served! > hi; jH.M. Forces) be taken Into ac.cojint in r e c k 0 ni n g |hls nbn- contrlbutory service for super­ annuation purposes.


£2,500 Rais^


:to proceed normally, for; Ithe 'first, time in iilne months. ■The tubular steel kcaffoldlng, which was erected |ln Ocedber. iof last year, following the) dis­ covery of widespread dry ] rot ;in the church, was mantled .this week.


R.€. Church Repairs iUERVICES in S3..- Michel P and John Church', Lower- gate, will once again bciable


finally: dls-


! The part of the church most affected, was behind)the 'high altar and on the fiorth wall. During the! repairs all 'the stained glass windows ;be- hlnd the altar have had t6 be 'removed.


I;;, ■;!-


i The Rector of.St. Michael’s, 'Fr. Robert' Walmsley, said on! !Wednesday that if no jnore ;dry rot was discovered ;the irepalrs were now copiplete.


with the. financial aspect'of the repairs do nrit yet know what the flnal'costjof the'eom- ipleted renovations 'will , be. They have so far raised about ;£2,500.’l he added,


“The committee dealing [


OLD BOYjs AT


; Commander Graham Black- lock, D.F.C., an old boy,] a t a ceremony In the School! Hall on Friday afternoon, when ■!old boys


fiLITHEROE Royal Gram- '-^mar School’s new memorial library, the gift of Old boys of the school, was formally) pre­ sented to the school by iWlng


many prominent were present.


by the Headmaster, Mr. L. Hardy, before Wing Com­


The visitors were welcomed


presented the library to the .school. ;


I


Old Boys’ Association 'after the war, said Wing Com-' mander Blacklocki It | had been decided 1 to ; Install a library. In comtnemoratlrin of those old boys who had fallen in the war. Not only would It commemorate the names of those who had fallen, but ;lt would also' be a most useful gift-to the school, he said.


■ At the first meeting of the


,, He paid tribute to the work of Mr. Arthur Whiteside, sec­


of the Old Boysi'Association, said that It was. with great pride that the: Association handed the library over td the school.


Mr. W. Thornber, chairman : ') j; ■


; The commemoration week Jiad been a great onej , and they wished to thank ; Mr. Hardy for all his efforts. ;


.1 I :• ! ; I ! ■ I I i


retary of the Old Boys’ Asso­ ciation.


mander Blacklock formally .


t• Mhe


the the


th e r o c Parish was part of ithe


for what? On a l avail- I p


pensiojns, .has a valid excuse for rejeptmg all other olahiis, how­ ever Justified. “jWhalle^ Nab" gives P truly masterly, berform-


^


^ ] I ARdffilSHOP WALKS IN C.R.G.S. PROCESSION £122 PROFIT, BUT4-


tUTHEROE F.C. WARNS “GAjrES MUST GO lip ”


of Income over expenditure amounting- to £122 l4s. 2d. last season, the club. faces-a debit balance of £150,|accord- ing !to the annual financial statement Issued this week.


ALTHOUGH Clitherbe Foot- I ball Club had an! excess


! ' ' : ’ ! 1 Exam., Successes Pose A


Modeni -Sohool iProblejn Handicapping 4ttempt3 To Form • Adyanjced Ihstrudion Grojips, Says H ^d


ipfllS yekr, as:a;result ibe transferred from


the ibalance sheet, the club’s auditors state that the profit on the year was only |reallsed as a result of the substantial contributions paid over to the club by Its supporters.! i


Ini a letter accompanying


Supporters Club ceased some mopths-ago with the isuspen-- slon of their weekly lootball pool, and the audltbrs' add that unless this source of revenue 'can be .repfaded it does not seem : possible-.that ■the Football Club will'! be able; to continue without Involving Itself In substantial financial commitments which it cannot pay unless the gate money, can be Increased by |at least £300


The main Income i of the £1,698 SPENT , .


to £1.698, against £2|,472 the previous season, wages arid salaries costing £.715 com­ pared with £1,026 ; the pre-' vlous year, travelling Expenses £394 against £732, and rent,


Total expenditure amounted


■bers subscriptions and dona­ tions increased to £538 from £411.


{


'theih further would be to! have an all-amateur team, a devel- vopnient which neither ithe committee, nor he felt sufe, the!public, wpuld want, i: [


expenditure, (Mr. 'W. 'Wltton. secretary of the club, said costs had been cut to a ralnl- murh. .The only way to reduce


support all round If we are to keep Combination football In Clitheroe” he;added.


“We must (have far better i


Gjsbuifn i^lapfrighl Thanks W.L


IA 'PLAY wjlUen by a Ols- burn famer’s wife, and,


first performpd by Rlmlngton’ Women’s Institute, of which she! is a meknber, has been published In ^ acting edition for i Women’s) Institutes and other groups, following re­ quests for; Itri^ publication. ;


gan'writing in her spare .time after joining her local Insti­ tute’s drama class.


women cast,[Is called ‘Proud Bondage’ ( p u b l i s h e d by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd., at 2s.),i and its' author Is Mrs. Myra Harrison, of Little Tod- beri Farm, Olsburn, who be­


Tpe play.l with an all­


Mrs) Harrison acknowledges the! encouragement she has received from hdr colleagues of the drama’ clask..


In a foreword to the play,


writes, “ have given country­ women the opportunity .to dis­ cover and develop ithelr own! particular talents,; each ,of which are equally Important.” Mrs. Harrison adds: “Writ­


“ iyonien’s Institutes,'’ she


and one ate 'my


ing (las provided'for me a new absorbing Interest, and


which I feel I am fortun- In being I able to enjoy In own home.”


I'VC'EATHER readings!at Chatburn School last


rainfall of 3152 Inches. ' Rain fell on 19 days and the wet­ test day was June: 15th with a fall of .89 Inches.' The tem-


b ra in in g June month show a total June


perriture-was -highest at 86 degrees on June 3rd, the low­ est temperatjire of the unonth being 41 degjrees.


SCHOOL


beep so successful without the co-operatldn!of Mr. Hardy, to whdm they,;’cjwed a great deal.


they had been able to present library to the school, but appeal )would not 'have


r. A.' Whiteside said that old boys were proud that


reniarks thankk to the staff of the! school, jparticularly the older members, for their ad- Ylcri and help, ■ '


He also coupled with these


this ,400th centenary has been celebrated.” ;


' ,


added by other old boys, Mr. J. Bland, Major R. Hargreaves M.B.E., a former president of the] old boyk. Dr. J. H. Falr- wea,ther, and Mr. H e n r y Forrest.


Farther' t r i b u t e s were


secretary of] the Association, added his tribute, comment- In'gJ “As ojd boys, we are definitely proud of the way


•Mr.'J. |C. Cowglll, the first Commenting on the, reduced:


Clitheroe were.relegated from Division One of the] Lanca­ shire Combination, bpt mem-r


£740 compared with) £1,223 In the-previous seasop when


eroe, to the Grammar i^cl schools, militates advanced these are


The same thin


sufficiently! optimistic to lleve: that !we shall, one see scholars of Rlbblekdale staying on! at school to 161 or even; 17 years of age,, andjsuc- cessfully' taking well-estrib- llshed' advanced couisris,” added j Mr. phadwlck. -j


“Despite! all this, we


pupils were .building a large greenhouse which would take three, )or four years to com­ plete. j Work on this had been deliberately spread 'over the years '


At (he present time, the


, Reviewing the past year!, Mr. Chad|vlck' reported .that when the! school resumed after the


This


many obtain tlon


sumnier ' holiday, 125 schol8rs-^66 . boys and girls'7^ were admitted. provided a four-stream entry, in addition to , handlca)pped children who were acebmmo-, dated In a group undbr a specially-trained teacher, |


new 59


rates, repairs and gro)und ex­ penses £182, against £215 In! 1952-53.


Gate receipts, dropped to


, “An Intake of this size,. which' now appears to be In­ creasing year by year, pro­ vides Iqulte a problem wlthfiur present; accommodation. 'The numbef on'Toll In eleven of our 15 forms is how In excess of the Ministry of Education maximum, despite our strictly restricted admissions.”


variety ' of; practical activi­ ties In; all of which all- the children took part. “ Worid- work,! metalwork, housecraft, and ' needlework have been practised for a long time, and the standird and variety j of work In these subjects Is I well known.’,’ |


PRACTICAL ACTIVITI In'ilie school was a'


firmly! established at i the school, and a kiln there was In regular use, said Mr. Chad- wlcki^j . i ■


Pottery I had now become • '


garden site has progressed anticipated, and the whble site is now] in very good sha pe with many experiments progress, i


The {development of the


new as


in


tribute toll the work: of part-tltne !, groundsman,' Mr, Budyard,' .who' had removed from (the rpral science groups the. tasks pf lawn-mowing


Here,: Mr. Chadwick


repetitive', routine, duties has _s6 made available to


scholars more time for sclen- tllic study; and experiment.


, , . . . . the


Rowland Rector resi


Smithies, I Is ..to exchinge livings with the Rev. T, Castle, a /former Rectoi Slaldburn,'iwho Is at present Vicar of Cautley, near 3ed- bergh!


fpHE' Rector of Bolton,l-to' ■ Bowland, the Rev E


/


Smithies has been at Boitdn- by-Bqwland for almost four years; He)began his minisby as assistant curate at St. Cuthbert’s,! Darwen, In :l93(), remaining [there for five j ears before taking up . a similar-


A CUtheronlan, the Rev.


posltlbn at St. Peter’s. Black­ burn.;


Mr. Smithies moved to a rural area,'.becoming Vicar of St. Mary’s, Newchurchrln-Pehdle, in 1937. iSeven years' later saw him ! relinquishing the living to take up an appoint­ ment at Rufford, near Ojrnis kirk, ; where he stayed :or more !than| two years.


From ah Industrial area, i. FROiw NORFOLK


took',him lout- of. Lanca.ihlre and Into , Norfolk as Rectirof Theimetharn, and later ) as Vicar! of jWlcklewodd for) a period !of jabout' three iyears. He then left Norfolk to rmrirn to his native district as jRec- tor of Bplfon-by-Bowlanc.


Mr.; Smlthles’s next inove


period the Rector' of! St. James’s, Cllthefoe.' He later became .Rector of Slaldburn before moving to Southern Lincolnshire In 1947 to take; over the living of Tallmgpn St. Lawrence, near Stani'tord. In 1952 he became Vibqr iof Cautley.


Mr. Captle was . at one


Housing List ' . € u | 'B y s ' i l S u


riUTHEROE’S; housing wait-' " 'Ing tot has been reduced


during the past 18 months from about 350 to 200.


lor J. Entwistle, chairman of the ; Council’s Housing (5om- mltte.e, who told an .’’Adver­ tiser and; Times” reporter, on jVedpesday that the reduction was due , to the numbriri of houses built by the Council during the past 18 months and because some of the appli­ cants had; found housris|of their own. j i


This was stated by Council­


■ ^ir. Hardy, referred to the many old boys scattered all overi the world, to . each of whdm they ! extended greet­ ings. He recalled that he had sent out over 6,000 letters to old [boys.


lowed the presentation cere­ mony. Entertainment was provided by Mr. E. Norris. Mr. D. Hacking, Mr. H. S. Golrir mail, and by Mr. Hardy. Mr. R. |l. Kav was the accom- -panlst.;-


A concert !by old boys fol­ ; ;


were completed last yean and In laddltldn there lare );hose which have been comilelted during the ;"-’’esent year.


Elghty-frive Council' h rases


that; the j completion c f ; 30 more bungalows In the Hen- thom district should further ease the position. ■. ' I .c


Counclilbr Entwlstlf i.dded


people ■who live alone I In threerbedrbom Council hbujses to go Into {bungalows In Drder that the! th r e e-b.e d r oom houses will be avallabli! for the young [couples with famil­ ies, he stated.


“We arel trying to persuade


ifYLITHEROE F.C. announced this week that efforts held


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.raUe'd aitotal of'£200 10s. lid. A cheque for this amount has been handed to; Mr. Thomas.


on. behalf o f , the , former. Clltheroe and Leyland Motors outslde-rlght, which Included a benefit match In which well- known -league;• players took part !at . Shaw; Bridge, have


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paid the


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had Continued' inter-house competitions in work,.conduct and sport. An' innovation this year was .the awarding of a


During the year ithe school


“merlti” prize to the child who had [obtained .the highest number of credit; marks In each house. ; ■


appreciation'of the! services of the governors! of the school. He wris sure that; no - school could [be better served, by Its goverijors, and their devotion to its welfare was, he was con-,


After outlining other activi­ ties, Mr. Chadwick expressed


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vlnceq, , due iln ino small measure to the example of the


chairman. Councillor F. Due- dale. I


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Lejss Than 30 l|nemployed In .Clitheroe


England at the present time Is claimed by Clitheroe, where the number of unemployed Is now less than 30;


(ANEiof the best employment records in the North ; of


ploymfent figure since! .the re­ cession In the cotton industry two years ago,” commented Mn j ; Ashworth, manager of the Clitheroe!, Employment Exchange, on Monday.,


’’^hls Is the lowest unem- . . and the difference; is i


, upper |age groups, he added. In spite of the large num­


In the town are either physlcaly disabled or are In


Most of those unemployed d e lig h tf^ u l!


ber of people in'employment, .there Is still ample work avail­ able In certain industries. The cotton Industry ISj to tneedi.Gf weavers, and ■ prlvato<®ouses and hotels yroulff.' welcome domestic workers. There are also jobs available Iri' the building trade,


industry, and In ;transport. FARM vAcANCIES


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;o mention trades. .


■ilty of . toduatryl—cotton, only the


some -toeasure responsible for the refuctarice bf-youngpeopje


It Is this, diversity that Is to


to make their; career In the cotton industry, preferring jobs )n the light clothing industry or to: other .occupa­ tions. I '


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month, Clltheroe’s -unemploy­ ment figure was 400 per week,


Just two years ago this


due tp the recession in the textile .trade. : At one time, the fl^re reached l,i


Traces Council Meeting


;'E’tuuL support for a “Ban- -*■ the-H-bomb” meeting to be held to Clltheroe later in- the year under: the auspices of the local branch of the United N a 110 n s’ Association was pledged at the-meeting of the Clithoroe and District Trades Council on Tuesday night,.


public meeting on a* Sunday’ evening and to Invite local Members of Parliament to speak..


It is proposed'to! hold a ! ' 1


held last month by the Cllth­ eroe branch of U.N.A. to dis­ cuss the hydrogen bomb was given; to the Trades Council by Mrs. M. A. . Pollard and Mr. C. H. B. Mitchell.


A report on. the i meeting : .


. Mr.; S. Bradley, president, presided.


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