EDITOR


scene tolerated by the local; farmers and Council.


' | iThe farmers are reluctaiij:'


to' speak ‘ because It is Duchy; property and they are te'nante


days of the “over-lord" are as dead as the; clover on thap meadow, in spite I of current! conditions.


: , ‘ j j


it is a sad reflection on theiir authority that' such a start|- ling lack of duty to agriculture is allowed.


The A.E.C. is no better and ; i [ ; Let the Duchy of Lancaster


!t;nd its bowlerrhatted oflaclals answer for their faults just as other Government. depart^ ments have to toe the.line when occasion, demands.


; A field of jweeds is only ; a


flea-bite they: may say, but; t would‘remind them that eve|i


a flea-bjte may fester If left unattended—especially if thp flesh is unsound!


- AGRICULTURALIST MORALS AND MAN


mystifying ijiiotations of “Old Timer,’’ I take it he postulates a moral purpose behind thlngls ■This may be true, but it does not spring from God. Th'e dualities of purity and We may do] so, but not moralityJ


between man and man, an immorality is wrong conduct between man land man. There is a science of morals called Ethics, ^which endeavours to formulate distinctions ber tween right and v^rong among men.


; Morality is right conduc


I Therefore iriorals begin with man and end with man. ft can, for instance, be moral right to fight] for one’s couii- try,' and yeti be indefensibly in the eyes of God.


' I Religion pertains to G6i Morality pertains 'to mai These should hot be. confuse:


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IS passed by Parliament in its present iform -dogs will be led on I certain thoroughfares their owners I are not to Iguilty of an: offence against the law; a ‘ provision :ue has opposed. |


i Sir,—If the Road Traffic Bijl ' '


DOGS AND ROADS !


’ I Le^gu ris


: including the dogs, voluntarily Iprdvent .their pets.from stray­ ing near traffic. ; Take hi” hot let him out.


It. is, urged that owne: should, in the interests of


j At . the onset of jdry weathdr ;examine paws and body ori- ificAs for. “awns.’f. the spiky {appendages of certain grass ;eeds, tyhich if not discovered


.early |may penetrate, the tissues 'With serious results,


' R. HARTOY JOHNS,


i^cretary. National Canliie; hence League.


THANK YOU ALU


; sir.—We, should be grateful i you woulould publish our most El cere thanks to the people


.Clltherpe. Chatburn and lA .Mopr for their most generoi )onse' to our house-to-hou egtion which realised £99 '


iiy member. of the Brigade be glad i to i receive any


ilope.s, that have not begu ;cted.-


W. ALSTON, Div. Supt,


I MISS P. M. NEWS AM, Lady Suflt, ! St. John Ambulance Brigade,


j: Qlltheroe. ; | | .


ouths in vain bid to rescue iman in river


!


member of a working partly, fell. Into the swollen Rlv;: Ca ,der, near Hacking Boat, t il Mcnday, tw]o Accrlngtpi yoi ths made a vain hid rescue him. ]


TltlHEN a ; {patient fro: ' r Brockhall Hospital,


|E3.


Lamb, was swept awky by tf) strcng current.! 1


'The patient, {Lester Mlchajel


Tae .two youlhs, John Radp cllffe, of: Victoria Street, and


! Frank Bryan of Holden Street:. '. were camping in tfie, viclnlW ; They waded fully-clothed imp:' the Irlver! and tried to grab ,tW patient.. L I


batiks of tlie.Calder and t ie Rlbble by police for seveial ‘ .hours blit there was no slgiijof I body.


’Watch was] kept on the


lat ir in the day and there nov see: ns little hope of recover! ig the body untiiltheiriver levels return to normal.


he:watch was called


Gllub makes hiiii life membei


,j 1 . ■ |l;l


i p j mark hls/50 years mei bershlp] of the Clither


Conservative Club, Mr. Jam Henry (“Harry”) Blbby, of j6p,.' York Street.' i Clltheroe, hasi beien made ah honorary 'life '


' Mr. Blbby, who Is now living I in retirement after ma[nyi. years in business ih^the town: as a plumber, received ilie.' ho lour at a recent meeting o£, ‘th^ Club.


member.' : ! L ' :|!M ■-I


: i ] ' : i ] n!!- | If : VELOX '■ Sir,—If I can unravel thje | : I : would remind them th4;


®!)ACHti)ttot


iaiibcttiiStt«:®iincs Lightin ; of Vehicles: | . 10-3[R . n i. to 4>30 a.m.j


PRiDAT, ijuGUST 3rd, 1956


irpHE ! lorry Sawley


tentlon on ' most dailgei roa,d In the


deists land have been and deman


in ! the rlvlr at again focuses,at-


■Ousiplece of main area. ,


fhat must be the j


. r|or ;years now, local '.resl-


local authorities pleading, urging ling the powers-


that-bei to do something, but so ]far withe ut result. |


Higher] U ) the road above


Saijvley • : Brow I considerable work !has been done and tbe road Is'now much more] cap­ able of deal ng with the heavy I flow of traffic that jplies throughput the; summer be­ tween the great Yor.j;shlre industrial towns and the] Lan­ cashire coait resorts. I


ous stretch remains. Years and .years jago—r.ire |years than we cf ie to i cmember— the excuse used to be that a wonderful iiy-pass was being planned. ! how, no doubt, it is tht credit saueeze. ;


But this ouch more dshger- LOW FALLS! INT ,


d'ekths before;authorityiacts?, This week the | driver arid his' mate wefe able to scr^ble fr^e. By a stroke of good for­ tune they V ere almost unhurt.


Must thee be a number of But what If the vehicle had


been a edaeh or a ’bus full of palssengers? . What chance would th^y have had? i


The who' e, melancholy his­


tory of the highways of this country is the old, old sthry Of “too little 00 late.’’ Is It too


' miich to k that in' this par­ ticular ins ;ance the authori­ ties will .''■'remember; . the ChurchllllaA adage and'mark their plans^“Action thlsjday?”,


' , I . '


the Rev. James Luke, of ISouth India,, • jihO was staying in Nmojl ;| Much of his work is dpnAin the. :rural areas of Iildia aJid he is consequently iriterested in all agricultural .topics. •'!■■ ■ ! ■ ' !'■,'] .


very] interested visitor to the Cfltheroe Show was


; He was very; Impressed with


trie cattle he kw and; aston­ ished tha; many ; of.] these


animals, produced six or. seven gallons' of milk a day, com­ pared ■wltf, amounts measur­


able In pints produced by cows In his own rountry. In rpeent ybars, however, there has been an effort ih India to itnprove the breeding of cattle by im- rting pedigree stock,


iMr. .Luke referred, .to . the


religious I sects in India who puld not kill cattle, allowing them to]live to .a very great. and to die a riatural


diath. 1 .; . I This tended to.'over-popu-


' whose commercial value was ml,' particularly as suitable fbdder 'wbs always scarce.


'lute; the] country with! ca.,ttle '; |. Earlier! l|i the week Mr. Luke


•had visltt [arms.


d several Bowland !#:


tONGRAfrULATIONS to Mr.


•Mancheatbr University. Dr' 'Wrigley is the son of Mr. H. wrigleyi^the Borough Treas­ urer, and Mrs. Wrigley. '


|,A'T.Iah'Wrigley,bf,23, Buc-. cleuch -Avenue, Clitheroe, who has obtained' his Ph.D. at


RIVER: Drived: I ^Mracle wte Are alivr”


AFTER somersaulting thret: times down a, steep banWng irito the River Ribble at Sawley on Monday, a lOrry,


laden ^Ith MO crates o^t Cmpty beer bottles, larided on all its four wheels on'the bed of the swollen river—Wit,h the d 'iv^r and his m^te ^till in the roofless cab. .


) :


Bradfo'rd, whose foot was, trapped under the clutch pedal, was froediby lilsmate. ^'raldSnow, aged 35, of Chaijterls


The ^drlveir, Lewis Fea::nley, aged 43, of iWUson Road, Wyke,


■Road;:rower,Grange, Bradford, as the water raced thrpugh the battered!, cab.


After thelfi amazing escape,


the two meii cllinbed up the steep banking tbithe road and walked !to S iwley' Post Office, suffering only from a few cuts and bniises:'and| shock. j


The'driver, who afterprds


said “It is'!k'ihlracle wp are still 'ffllve,^’! !'w!as nursing a badly-scraped foot—the ;:esult of his mate’s Efforts to free him from thb cab.


. ■'While thej were being given


cups of tea; more than; 8[) had stripped


onjthe road,|com-


t file Post Office, Tries arid cars


pletelj( blocking! through tra­ ffic.


hedgerow ajm |the wagrin in the rlirer anjd were searching frantl|ally frif -.fb


Drivers ha i seen the bfoken the occupants. 2(|-MINrTE!iSEABCH


■ The! bank the river wa: sfrewn wltl crates; shed |by


rolled I down Thp' <5Parp


llejadlng down to beer


thelisteep liicllne. w organised


the lorry as it as


,by P.G. J.Sq^denTofWurn: It went on f('f yo'minutei until news came' i;haitj.the twri men were s a f e . ' | '


The. driver salld later that at the time rif tlie.accident he was pAssing a narrow p;


ged down the'eriibankrqent. HAULED OUT


a cattle wagon at i t !of the-winding


road.! His .Wheels slipped off the road an i1 hiS; wagon plun-


the swollen riverIthe following day by a w hch,! operated oa the opposite ibhhk, so that


Thb lorry wa's; hauled jut 'of


traffic on thri main road would not.be interfere'4 with. ,


I since cbtalnlng his B.Sc.


lithe' University; of'California;, f jOS Angeles, ahd next .Wed--


three., years pgo, ihe has been engs ged In chemical rcr, Search at Manchester Umverf yity Rec'ently he accepted a Ipost doctorate Tellowshlp at


hesday he end twd


l^tay in Af(ierlca' for. 12 moiiths. HINliLEY‘,;Of


fA'


panada b merican


■ ■ had [several successes at & B.


: jwlth Rea lhall Waterloo ! the cow-tin-mllk, borri ' 1951, clas-i; second!with


efore taking up his post. He expects to


sails for Montreal to of three weeks in


Rea4,!


the Royal Lancashire. Show'at, Blackpool this week.


*1 They included second prizp III in:


; hall Lily ::V in the fcoW-lfi-mllk .born athr 1952 class; pecond With Reidhall Lady ^alnut XIV hi' the helfer-ln-mllk,


'born aftsf. 1953, I clasp; and !fhlrd wi:h Readhall jStraw- berry VH In the heifer-in-calf., born afte r August, 195;, class.


H. Taylo)', of Halsteadp Farm, Rlmlngton, secoijd in the Guernsey Bull'class; born ip 1955, with Julie’s Robert -qf Kllmestoi


! Another success was that of ' *


' ithe cha nplonshlp lonk fain ■and MrsjDugdale 'also had the I reserve. ! Her si'ccesses. In .the Lonk 'sheep casses were: 1st .ram,, 12nd shews or' oyer; 1st,. ram ishearling: 1st raip lamb; 2nd iewe: 3rd ewe shearling-; 1st, ’ ewe lam|). i


iTlfRS; E. E. Dugdale, of Dut- r ’-*- ton, won,’ the 'reserb' charaptoishlp In th e lohk sheep section at, the Royal Lancashire Show at I Black.- pool. ■ '.The same anltnal, wop


.- ' .-: THIS I WEEK’S ROAD A ball


SAFETY SLOGAN may run into the


road, y t you must not !


before' Read-.'


the accident occurred; has been the] subject' of many complaint^ In the past. , Nar­ row and twisting it.stbtches from Sawld Brow to Smithies Bridge.' ; y |


The stretqh of road where


subsidence has pccurred after heavy ,'ral'n, and!large, cracks have appeafeili in '.the road surface. ; ! j ] ;'


During !tqe .past few!! years Single line ^raffle hab been


in operation for weeks at a, t|me following! the appearance of the cracks.


Footnote:


.came to r,ejSt riverjbed.'itr' running ahi burning in th


Sund{ iSchool a light


successes


'SEVEN Sun lay bhool teach- *^ers and yoiith workers in the Clltheroij Wesley Circuit have been successful in pass­


ing the third part of .the Sun­ day school teachers’ Dlploina Examination sponsored] by the Methodist Yriuth] Department,


This particular! exam'ina.tlon was based ph: Church Doc­


trine. The Jtjwo 'Previous ex­ aminations Were! on and Old Testaments. : ;


burh,! have ha?se!d with flrst- class hohouriMr.' Marsh ’.lav­


Mr !'H.- Marsh, Chatburn, and Mr. G. |H.;iiander1| Slaid-


ing .a t ta in t! .the 'highest marks' in'thk Cohnexlqri. ■'•■!M'rs.'.Ef JilMar^h, Chatburn,


; Miss 'L ' Dljgdale, Cllt'' eroe, and Mrs. E{; Cowperth'vvaite,'


'Clitheroe, !pWs,ed; with second class horioutA; ■ Otherl sucess- fulA'cahdldate were ^liss P.


'tgtaAfcle, - Slaldburn, afid Miss P. E; S.! Kinder*, sawley,


Mr/ and I Airs;: Marsh ■'tave


now left: Chqtburn' and r side at Maghull,|nearLlvefpocl


■ led b y the|[Rev.i Kenneth d; Lane, ,B.A.,,iB.If.j . ’ ] ■


Classes ihj preparation ! for the lexamlnatlon have been


When.thq lorry upright on the engine was still there was 'cab.


Driver’s wire heilps boy


crash victim


WHEN! a -12-year-old boy ’ ^ cyclist was In an accident


'with a car on the Glsburil-' Skipton road on Tuesday, the wife of the driver, a nurse, rendered hrst-aid to his cuts and bruises and th n took him


to his home In Nelson. The boy, Malcolm David


Bullock, of 4 Dalton ^treet. Nelson, was cycling with a party 'of friends when the accident occurred.


■ The “Good SamarLtap” was Mrs.' Washford, wife Waller John Washford,


Shllllngton Road, Gfaven- hurst,! Bedford.


the boy to Gisburn Police Statibn where the police pro­ vided the flrst-ald kit.


i Mr. and Mrs. Washford took


of Mr.- of 24,


U.S. competition unfair to cotton isays Mn Fbrt


British tottoni exports; Mr. Richard Fort. M.P.! foij.Cllth-' erqe alleged in .the House of Commons last week. !• |


'THE United States’ Is un- fairly competing- i with


• ■ ■ ! • i


the Board of Trade (Mr; A.- R. Low) to protest to jthe Umted States about the granting of exbor.t subsidies ;bn cotton,


:ie asked the President of textiles. .


taken- up the proposed policy of the umted States Govern­ ment to subsidise I exports of, .textiles by making a {ormal. prbtest to G.A.T.T iln Geneva? Mr. Low: I do j not j think


Mr. Fort: Has the. Mimster ' 1 !' !


the time has yet c ipie for that if lit should-ever ome. (The United States .has not


yet published the 'lyact details of these export subsidy pro­


posals. It Is expected that it niiy do So before [the end of this month, and I think we should look at the details first. Mr; H. Wilson;[ Yes, but


will the :Mlnlster say: whether


export subsidies w ilch kre not matched by corresponding subsidies for prodf l5tion|ln the home market are an Infringement


here, will he tak ; action by rajlslng this matte; | at (Jeneva,


•dyawal of these mbsldies or ceJmpensatlon In some: other part of Anglo-Amprican trade


and deihand, eithe r


relations ? iMr. Low: I.hoh'e the!House


will not think that we Intend to be backward in We attach great .t() it.


GAG


FQR VALVE Recoi^er: “I canliot be leii


CLITHEROE man was among four former e;ifhployees of It! Blackburn


Quarter Sessions on Tuesday after admitting thel and other articles while they Were working there,


Mullard (Blackburn) Ltd., who were jailed a :fts of valves Thomas Duckworth, aged 40, jof Lim? Street, Clltheroe,


who began work at Mullards In 1948, was jaijed tor 18 months for stealing 1,000 vahes jand other articles. He;asked lor three other offences to be taken Into consldera.tlon.


of Greenslde ‘ Avenue, Black­ burn, a ■ worker at Mullards since’ 1953, was jailed for 27 months On charges of stealing 4,200 valves and other articles. He asked for three other off­ ences to be taken.Into consld-' eratlon.;


Raymond Starkle, aged 33, ' ■ •


Herbert Street,' Blackburn,, commissionaire at Mullards from last September, was jailed for 27 months- on- charges; of - , stealing 1,600 valves. He asked for two other offences to,be taken into con­ sideration.


George Edward Ooherty, of Eric White, .aged 25, of Park


Road, Blackburn, Who, began work ,at Mullards-in May last, year, was jailed forWx months . for stealing 3;000 valves, j


Scholefleld- Allen', Q.C., 'M.P., said he wished , he could trqat the matter .wffb 'hnlency.


' ' ,NO LjENIENCY | The Recorder, -Mr. Sydney


“I regret! that you men with


your 'previous good character and records] 'should stand In


!the dock charged with Ing from" your emplpyers,


“Not oncp did It comi yoiir minds .to’ stop tl


think you, poherty. most to blaipe.”


The Recorder said he


be 'falling ln*is duty ,ln “en­ couraging peoplO In trudt to


' take part in wholesale plunder on their employers;" ' I


The Recorder said to Doher­ ty: “l i regard'your offences


with the utmost .gravity [and I think I have ibeeii as lenient as possible with you. the man


, with the keys."'. ' ; AN ADVERTISEMEIjlT


Detective Irjspector J. (p’Don- nell sffld' Doherty had] three


-sons.- His average wage with overtime had been £11| 15s.


r e n , had earned £11 i5s. on flay work and £18 13s. on night shifts,,!


'Duckworth,'with four child­ I ’ •


le it .his.


are the


whom I believe to be a very good flrni, treating thelij em­ ployees-extromely well.


!


could earn between £11 9s. on Aay work and £ l 1 5s. I at night.': i White, the only single man,


j Starkle, father [ '


could earn £12 6s.! and £16. lls.


-Doherty saw ap advertisement which offered K)s. ■ eqchfor hew radio valves. I New valves (iould not be obtained] legiti­ mately at that prjee.


I Mr.; W.. (3. . Morris 'said I ,!


'^400, the advertiser sent £25 -{-well below the : stipulated


j “Doherty fell frir Ithe temp- tqtion. For the Iflrst load of


price.” Mr. Morris said; that was i ! ’


flow Doherty anjl the others who knew hlm'cqme to be In- ■lolved.


Teams Ribblesdale W. (v. Barnolds-


wlck)—K. Ecclek R. Scott, K. :b. Standring,^D. Hitchen, W.


Birch, H; Washbrarik, A. Mus- jrove, G. Walsh, p. Parkinson, W. Washbrook, Hilton.! VIeet ground at l|-30 p.m.


;iProctor, J, Cook.! L. .Dixon, P. Gorton, K. Wlnckley, A. Proc­ tor, E, Preedy, D.: Cowpefth-, walt'e. ' ■ ' j ! ' Whalley (v. Sklpton)-^.


iDi


Garratt, F. Webb, G- Topham,. B. Tattersall, T.lWallbank, T.' Ibbotsoh, R. R. I Bowman,' J;' Blrkett, K. Sharpies,'G. Ire­ land, E. H. Nutter; ' Whalley II (v. Skipton I I ) -


L, ,'Bradley, A. Hfilllcar, G. Thornhill^ R. W, Gann, B-'. Emmett. K. Hartley, A. Green­ wood, K/> Wlnterbottoih, R. SykeA j- Gooderham. B. Var- ley.'-


- ‘i ' ;' : Golf Jottings


I day, the" Vriterans ^ d .the Bogey Competitions. 'The for­ mer Is open to'members of the


rpWO. amuial riomhetltlons '*-! wlll.Ae held'at Clltheroe Golf Glub to-mofroW, SAtur-


‘Club who,are over 50[years cf [ake.''


' •!


lOldswlck)—K. I Holdfen, K. ewhurst, I. johnson, K.-l


Ribblesdale W Iliriv. Bar- - ' l l


this matter, importance


Ilf an infringement is showA of


are not GiA.T.T.


LI’ft?


Wl ECKAGE OF BEER "CRATES ON BANKING


BOYS WERE


ARRESTED IN BREI “Menace tq Country,” one told


to the whole country,’’{ said Col. R. G. Parker, presiding over Clitheroe Juvenile j Panel on Tuesday, to a 16-ycar-iold Clitheroe boy, who had been arrested In Ireland after ab- isconding from a remajod home at Boothstown.


'T HAVE already told you what this town thinks of you. You are gradu4ll| building yourself up into a menace


j:


jold boy, "Both were accused of stealing 20 bars of chdeo- ilate, ,i Ine bars of ;cho]colate biscuits, and 16 packets of bis­ cuits, worth £1 2si 2d.J from a mobile canteen at. Edls^rd iBridge .


The boy appearbi before the Panel with another 16-ydar- ,j j I , ‘Both boys admitted i the


offence and asked ifqr ifoiir other offences to be! taken Into consideration. ,


■a knife’value 2/6d. {fniii the Queen’s Read Nursery School, and £2 frcfli ah offertory box at £t. Hubort’s ;Roma]n Catho­ lic Chlirch at Dunsop Brljdge.


^These .Included .tjiq the]ft of


Inspedtqr'W;:Wriglit prose­ cuting, ’ |ald ! that wen the


owner^,riA thi* moblld tanteen at Ed'l^qrd Bridge dls'coyered that thA? canteen hald ! been broken Into and the door left he informed


ICjV tni


was received' that had been detained Ireland! in connect


police. On July'19th In^o'jnatlon ■O


hiboys fay in


offences commltteri there. DUBLIN-ARjRi^T'-


viewed In Dublin by pIs. Prole who told them he Was Ih pos­ session of warrants iqrTheir arrest. They web j hrdught back to Clitheroe arid'charged.


bn Monday they iwdre inter­


Both boys were Iry at a remand home fi


custody .waiting


, removal , to an approved school at the!time of thelir escape, added the Inspector.! \ ;'


‘Clitheroe boy’s home circum­ stances were poor.


Inspector Wright !said the ! A . .


■bn the 2’?th Jupe it Clith­


eroe Juvenile Court he had been sent to a remanoTiome


awaiting committal tlj Ian ap-. proved school after Admitting a series of thefts in t|ri,town.


DAY IN GAGjL


On July 30th at Kihilhe Dis­ trict Court( Dublin, j he was;


sentenced to -one] dqy’s Im­ prisonment on two 'Prises of housebreaking and A'as then


arrested and brought |ri Clith­ eroe.


'] ■„The other boy, bMj the In­


spector was a former gtaiiamar schopl pupil. His .previous


convictions included the tak^, Ing of a motor yehiclq bthout the, pWher’s, consent and store breaking and larceny I I:


He was due to appear later


in the day at Church juvenile Court for .sentence In ponnec- tlon with the theft ql ]a cycle.


back to the remapd | home from where he will bpllsent to an approved School.


The Clitheroe boy vas sent


only this one chance of pull­ ing yourself , together. liThat is when you are at the iriproved school.


Said Col. Parker, “You hav'e


LAST CHANi : i !;!! 1


''


are going to a Roman! Catholic approved school and|!]yet you have stolen £2 from a;collect- Ing box at one .of; your


“As a Romai) Catholic you churches.; ! | '


a boy of your lellgior. 11 hope they teach you to; be honest,”


“That is the last ^traw for h (With


j' i • ! ■ OBITUARY The death took place In


MISS E. BLADES i


hospital on Saturday of [Miss Elizabeth Blades, of 52a ^w- ergate, Clitherqe. She was 48.


Miss Blades, who wfs a


native of Clltheroe, had {been In ill-health for some time. She was formerly employed at _ Ghalgley Dairies, where she ! ^ ■ worked for 13 years.


Michael and John’s R.C, Church, Clltheroe.


Sympathy will be exhnded


to her relatives In thel {-be­ reavement.


The funeral, at whlcl. the


Rev. Fr. -E. Burns, S.J., officia­ ted, took place at Whalley Cemetery on Tuesday. , i.


Hotel, Castlegate, Clltheroe, for the past two year4 -Mr. Frank'! Chapman, a bachelor living irf-retlreraent, dieej sud­ denly liilhis room at thejhotel on Saturday.


A resident at the Redi Llon


MR. F. CHAPMAN} :


l: . Mr. Chapman, who w^s 73,


came to Clitheroe from- Coven­ try. He was a native oq Acc­ rington.


I A keen snooker player, he


often'played at the Clltheroe Conservative Club, of fvhlch he was a member. ' r


Sympathy will be extended to his relatives In their loss.


Cremation took plade at:: Skipton on Tuesday.


. I | • MRS. M. iC. PAYTCIN


The first womaih lay preacher In Clltheroe,i who had preached at all the Jleth-, odist Chapels in the district, Mrs. -Margaret Chester I|ayton (nee Carus), died' In hospital on Friday. Mrs. Paytoij, who had been in 111-healtii for, some time, was^aged 46.|]


A member of^ well-known:


Clitheroe family, Mrs. Ray ton' went to live in Wll^hirq upon! her marriage In 1950.


A lover of poetry, shh had


had many of her poem| pub­ lished In the Press, cjne of them, printed In 1949, 'ivas tribute to the late Dr. D. Stan­ ley Falrweather, a former Cll­ theroe lay preacher.


Another one, composed after'


a holiday In Clltheroe and dis­ trict with her husband, ap­ peared in last week’s Issue of


‘the “Advertiser and Times.” Mrs. Payton had reluctantly


agreed to take a rest from her duties as lay preacher about six 5 months ago. on niedical advice.


S


aughter, to whom th4 sym- athy of a wide circle of rela­


She leaves a husband .and


tives and friends will be ex­ tended.


ji


Cremation took place at 'Skipton on Tuesday. ■ • |


OLD FO|.K MAROONED FJ


“Lake”! surrounds bungalows


piEOPLE living in{ about 12 old folks bungalows in ' Lilac Grove, Henthpm, were marooned by flood water on


Wednesday evening] after a day of torrential rain. Foytun- ately the downpouif abated somewhat just as the wateil level reached the top! of [doorsteps.


I


of gallons must havepoured Into the foundations, and many Df the elderly resldfepts becams considerably alarmed. |


No water actually entered the bungalows, but hundreds i The threat to the bungalows


Was averted: chiefly: i by Mr. S im Lockley, of | The Haven, Henthorn Road, | who] discov­ ered a culvert. iHe .ihanaged tci raise the' manlfole cover a:id the water got avray harm­ l ess ly ., ']


Corporation workmen had


meantime sent- fqr lihe asslst- a:ice of the FlrelBrlgride. “It. was abopt an hour fjefore the p imp: arrived,” jone ; president


stated;'- ;|! ' ' ' ' “Everything wqs held up by


rid ta'pe. Officials qtlthe fire station'had to cbntpiit a man, In Chatburn! who hqd to cori^ tact headquarters at; Accring- 'ton.'!!{ !' '. I |;!|- -


; “Thqy ‘ sent a |majn |: all that -


way to see If ,a pump was really necessary.j- Then he] re­ ported, back and at [last ; the pjump arrived;” |


m Ikes: oi(,.LAvyNS ■Water was ibc u t ; i foot deep


ajll rouhd'the house|s.|r Set(eral, old people had to jbe carried through ' the water ]to their t ombs. They hadj heeri Out, and on returning found their. V ray barred bjy .water.!.


a display of plptiiresi In the North West Gps Board shoiv- rooms In Castle Street} Many of the pictures are qnlarge-,


A SPECTS of the'worl oLthe R.S.P.CA.,are featured 1ft


* ments • of thqse produced- as evidence in R.S.P.C.A,; prose-, cutlons for cruelty to animals.' The society, of which -Mrs. Mi De.whurst^.of 128 Pimlico Road; Clltheroe, fs local •seci'etary; j 3: holding a flag day to-morro,w;;


more difficult, as they had no first-floor bedrooms to i; which ! they could remove themselves and their furniture.'


Their plight was all the


thorn district said,that the . clay subsoil I had jheid ithe. water so that lawns became miniature lakes. ' But) there were no reports of] water


Other residents in th'e Hen-


actually eptiering houses, ' > ' ' ' ■ ■ j. ' '■


In the Waterloo area an ■ ■ '■


anxious watch was kript on • Mearley Brook. However,; it! kept ! within bounds, {though' lower downstream it; burst over into the fields behind the Catholic Church. ! i-


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climes -wlil le qble t i compare fhelr ieathfr:luck with Ithese reports: ! Friday;! Hbtj arid


gtormlnl evening


; Saturday showers. ;


Gale and;stqfni In. evening. ' Monday: Wet and windy. ■


:■ Sunday: CttoUdy.,


Oyercast. Minor and: cool.


,. Tuesday: Fine but, coqL “Wedneadah iTorfentlril} ^nd'


continuous ialft':. ery./,U.',r!'';


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9'a.m: M6faday‘-^;r94 inches of rain fell In Clltheroe,! accord­ ing:, ito ire'ciords taken by :the Borough; Siiryeyor's.;;: Depart­ ment.


*nDBING:-‘tfie ’» eek-end'- ffom:',9-'aim, Saturday to


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This,;wasihri’wettest period


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