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A LAURENCE HARDY ros8- bowl has been pr.esented


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festival In a Gilbert and Sulli­ van solo class.


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Mayor’s Parlour at Blackburn yesterday week.


;■ i .. The Mayor of Blackburn,


Alderman W. A. Henshall, handed over the trophy! It would be a ‘lasting reminder to everyone of Mr. Hardy’s won­ derful work,; he said. :


j, Mr.': J. R. Higson, chairman


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ll/Iayor attends guild dinner


■pOR’TY people attended the ■*:, .annual dinner of St. Joseph’s Guild, held in the King’s Atros Hotel, Clitherbe, on Saturday. ; Among the; guests were the


Mayor (Councillor J. W. D. Critchley), ' and the parish priest of SS; Michael and John’s if.C. Church, the Rev. Fr. Hubert McEvoy, S.J. .The loyal toast was 'pro­


posed by the chairman, Mr. W. Cornwell, and the toast to the Guild by Mr.; W. Taylor, to which Mr.^ R. jAsriton re­ sponded.


j , Mr. 'W. Wrigley proposed the


toast to the hierarchy and clergy; Fr. McEvoy replied. The toast|to 'the visitors was


proposed by Mr. J. Wrigley arid responded to by the' Mayor.


I '{ • Entertainment was provided


by Mr. Sami Bridge and riiem- bers of the Guild. Mr. ,K. Sherllker was ithe accompan 1st. • ■ ;


It Is to be offered at the next I ,


DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES? .


_ Excellent production of Peter Paii


“D P you believ; in fairies?” When Peter Pan asked this traditional ([uestion at the Parish Church |Scnool yes'j


terday evening wWk during ’a performance of “ Peter Pan ? Uy girls! of Clitheboe Royal Grammar School, the rbply canie loud and emphat ic. . . “Yes.”


j /


and the: excellent] acting by the .young members!or the cas that even the adults joined;in the spirited leiponse.


For some time now the


school has followed the excell lent policy of choosing a playi for the seniors-one year and for the-juniors the following year. . ^ '


' In this Way many pupils are


given a | chance to display 'their skill on the stage—an undertaking* that must do much to give them poise and polish. At the samb time their enunciation and diction ;is improved, too.


Gwendoline WUsoii as Pe'tbr


Fail and ' Irene j Hay dock ris Wendy.


Peter was always ■ sprightly .■


and elfinllke With in ease I <Jf manner: and a slight ai r' of mischief -that brought trie right touch of Puckishness to ; the part.' !


! !, | , , : | Wendy was in turn; serl'oiw . ' .


- This year It was the turn of the younger element. And what a good job ttey madejof;


this Immortal falby story by- J. M. Barrie.


' The whole production was'


nothing less than mchantlng, scene following'scene In; a; charming extravaganza which Included many ffalnty and; delightful dances,-ktaged with precision and poltsp.


OBVIOUS SKILL As the I plot unfolded and


new stage sets were revealed there were gasps of adirilra-- tion from; the audtence at the, realism of; the scen^ery and thC; obvious skill and ,care that had gone Into thC work of Its preparation.


How else could i uch results


be achieved? That ,painstak­ ing'attention to detail was also obvious throughout the whole piDductlon and It speaks volumes foy the work of the producers that not one child forgo,t her lines or showed the slightest trace of hesitancy.! '


indeed, | they al positively


exuded an infectlms enthur slasm that kept thb plot mov­ ing at a cracking] pace. So n a t u r a l and ^ntarieous were they! that one felt they could hardly believe it- was only play-acting.


The acting honours wei^e •naturally enough


shared by JONS FOR SUEZ D ^ H Oil sanctions threat, says M.P.


POU.R reias'ins why British troops came! to a halt in their race dowp the Suez Canal were given by Mr Richard


Fort, M.P. f(T Clitheroe, In an interview with an “Adver­ tiser and 'Times” reporter,Wvhen he paid a brief visit to his constituency last week-enql .


! i The, first a,nd most important, Mr. Fort said, was that we


had achieved our principali'objective. We went In fp achieve a ,cease fire between the Egyptians .and the jlsraell they had In fact ceased firlrig.


Secondly, j there was the


threat to thb unity of the Commonweajltri, now fully revealed ;by j.the Canadian Foreign! Minister. •


Thirdly, ourj ambassador in


Moscow'had wjarned us to take very seriously. Indeed, the threat of Ru ssla to send volun­ teers. We djd


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problems wi frpntlng the the Conterv Fort, 'said:


WORRIED very worried


arms being sent ey . knew how was, as they


le big number of through the


It was beyjjjnd dispute, they If the Israelis


- thelf war, the jEast would'have 15, with Russian ling the Araps.


_ the difficult


(ich were con­ cernment and ,tlve Party, Mr.


,take 'into a'fcourit the. very difficult econiirilc situation of the country lesultlng from the shortage of petrol and other oil products. 1 : “ Ideally, t ie Anglo-French


“The Gov|rhraent had to


A WHALLEY ifamlly,. Mr., ./and Mrs. John (5arr. and


their two young chile.ren, flew out to Kenya on Wee nesday. There Mri Carr Is to take up


a job as assistant cattle mana­ ger on a big, farm!


Until leaving Wliall :y, where


his ! home ;was at 2 Alrey Houses, Wpodfleld’ V|iewi Mr. Gaft was employed : at the Milk Marketing Board’s cattle breeding centre jin i Mltton Road.


'


forces' ought to stay In Egypt! until that section of opinion in' the United ptates who welL understand puf feasons for acting as wk ;dld begins to make their Influence felt forc­ ibly' on the U.S. admlnlstra- - tion. ■


'i . ! 'l ,. '! . “The '’r e ep t pronounce­


ment by President |ll'senhower [ about; oil supplies) suggests


! Mr. and‘Mrs. Carr will not be completelyi out eif touch with their Irelatlves for Mrs. Carr’s brother lives jbt ly about 100 miles distant fpoin where the Carr family, will be living.


1 It was in 1953 that Mr. Carr


set up a record by!visiting 43 farms In on,e day! when the centre’s staff was jdepreted 'through Jllriess. '


For this he was presented


with a cheque at a meeting of the Centre’s Adylsory: Com­ mittee.


lylnced we acted details of our


beglnning to and


that this influence ■was already be fell..’!


Ing Mr.,


In additiori to America tak- an easier line Fort thought


about oil, that the


Government miist Lave firmer undertakings! from the United Nations about; clearing the Suez Canal thari it bas had so


far, together with a rather clearer idda about Its future international contrc l.;


In these circumstances- he


thought that the British and French Government wquld be justified In wlthdrawln'g their forces from Egypt, though he felt that a striking mree ought to be kept. In 'belrig in the


Mediterranean to deal with possible trouble In the future in the Middle East. ;


He thought thatir any other


Conservatives' woulp; support this Interpretatlon-of ithe pre­ sent , situation, though he- pointed out that the^ decisions made the previous day by the British and French Govern- inents had riot been announc­ ed and cquld riot be until Parliament! reassembled.


Family fli( IS to | '


and gay, plunged Inio a*world she didn’t quite understand, yet getting Immense enjoy'p ment out of the whrile expefit ence._,, ,! ! ! "I '


; Both these young actressei


behaved! themselves like exl- perlenced troupers and gave an excellent lead thftt the rest of the cast were nbt slow!to follow. I ' "! ' ,


| r Margaret Taft as the Vll[


lalnous Captain ;Hook had another! Important role,, In]- deed a difficult role for a girl. But she triumphed completely and- managed to llmpart a dark streak of villainy Into


the story, j ■ ■ - | ■ 'I Mr. and; Mrs! Darling, the


parents, were miore ;han cap] ably portrayed . by Winifred


K 1 r k h a-m and Jacquellrib Beauifiont.; .


Jacqueline had a . nice touen of wistfulness that, enhanced the part. ■ ' :


i ’ ■ j i


Winifred lost no opportun] ity of creating a laugh arid


J |. The other two ■.Darling


children, John and Mlchaelj were capitally portrayed with refreshing ease by Susan Tur-i ner and Patricia Wl'gln. ! Joan Braithwaite as Liza]


the maild,;and Catripna Mac­ adam, as Nana, completed an


admirably-portrayed' household.-, ";


The lost boys were Darling ---------- ---------------a cheer­


ful and boisterous k t, admir­ ably sketched by Pye, Ka,thleen Booth Welghman, Marlon Barbara Mercer and Vlies. i '


DASTARDLY CREW Capt. Hook, of course, has


been mentioned. His villain­ ous and dastardly; crew gave him staunch and iconvlncing isupport.


: i


- They were led by Pamela Ward, Chylstlrie Flack and


Susan Shorrock as Starkey, Smee and Cecco.


Others' Included We n d y


Payne, Carole Pace, Olive Denby, Susan Greaves, Mar­ garet Wrigley, Sylvia Bullock, Julia Forrest, Jearil Cowpef- thwaite, J Ann Brlgb, Je^n Sharp, Sonia Thorriper, Bar­ bara Wainwright, S a n d r a Chltty, Diane Saunders, Nancy Holt and Jane Hartley. !:


follows: .,!


Other foies wqre played' as i


I ; • i Indians: ;; Barbarp. Horne,


Shirley Duxbury, EffMe Bury, Jean Hoyle, Patricia - White- side, Ann Redmayne.


Mermaids;' Maureen Oddle,


Kathleen Ainsworth Andrea Johnson, June Smith, Kath- ■leen Sleath:


i !•


Dorothy Blades, Carol Bailey, Jean Dawson, Christine Hud- dart. ■ ■ li;


Seahorses: J e a r West , ' ! ' Seaweed: J u d i t h Al ty ,


Kathlyp Haworth, Williams. '


(Janet Atkinson, ! Watson.!


Starfish;] Hazel |


SheOa ; McKin l e y ; Anltra Sharpies, Marlon iaumpfon, Jean \yelghman, Rutii Bolton,


Deanna Pickett,


Jhrlstine Fish: Jetaette Taylor, Helen


Richards, J^oan Braltriwalte. Peter’s Shadow


Coles. , I !;


. Pianist: ! Celia wlfmlelgh- The teachers rekponsihlb


for the production can deservi edly take bredlt for its success: Especially,' are thdy to be


congratulated on the under­ water scene which' Was en!- tranclngly lovely, wltp a nice


touch of huriiour In the ani­ mated sea horses, i


£51 thanksgiving


! A’ THANK-OFFERING Sun^ *■ day was 'held ' at Sti James’s Church, Clltlieroe, ori


S u n d a y w h e n collections amounted tri £51. The preacriers werf, in the


^


morning, the Rev. H. Water- ison, Vlcariof Wlthnell, and'lri the evening, , the yicar of


Chatburn,' the Rev., H- Hard­ man.


- fllrs. P i M u s^ o v e


A wing to an error In the- I official, .court 'ispeet at


Glltheroe Mkglstratbs,’ Court last week,; ai defendant’s ad-; dress was giveri as 32 liayhurst Street, Cfftheroe. This Is .the' address of Mrs. Phoebe Mus-' grove, who .asks us to riiake it clear that she had no cohnec-! tion with the case.


^ j i s t fined £3


0^16 Valley Vjew, Grlndletori, was ! fined £3 at : Bowlarild Magistrates' Court, Gi;lndle- tori, on Moriday.i for cycling


without a rear light and . a rejector.


■earnest Woolstencroft, i! - aged;34,' a-|fltter’s labburef,


' i Yes, it’s boom


tim^ again in


not a single worker : unemployed or even on


short-time, jClitheroe’s cotton Industry is once again in full swing.


I ''I j ] Not since the | September


holidays have mills*' had to shut down or Introduce short- time working.


'I ! Trade, generally; jn the town


v^as e:!(perienclngj a busy period, said]Mr. J.i Ashwofth',


iirianager of. Clitheroe Em| ployment Exchange, on Tiies- day.


!i I Askbd, if the ra!tlonlng of petrol woul^ have, any Ill- effects on this present boom,


]■■' ■( ■' i


lie said that firms ! relyingl on their own transport -fleeti mights be hit wheri ratloniug comes-Irito force. |


| I i Whether the eriiployment


figures woulif be affected! 'to any great extent remained to be seen.,;


| . : - ! |


11 Out of an Insured population of about 10,(i00, less than!50,


of. ;'.5 per cfnt. .were unem- ployed. I


, j' '■The town had been extreme­


ly fortunate In the cotton trade. Although surrounding towns had been hard-hit djir-


iijg'the (pastj'year, short time wprklng necessary In Cllthei'oe.-


Mayor !400


. Councillor 'W. Sharpies was, M.C. and Eddie McGarry arid his band, of Accrington, pro­ vided music for dancing. Trie hall had been beautifully


iri the King Friday


for the Old People’s Welfare Fund.


decorated I by Gfardens. The ball raised about £il0


I '! Church Brpw


very little had been


at baO


'rp the Mayor of ' Clith,'erbe, Cpunclllor J. W. D.! Crltchlky, attended the iRlbblbsdale arid Horrocksford iSoclal Club Ball


people, including Lane Hall last


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Thieves tske


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ITSING a.^ key which they took ftpin an inside Win­


dow ledgk, thieves entered the homp of Mr. , and Mrs. J. H. Wpd, of 28 Curzon . Street, Clitheroe, on Monday


afternoon — via the back door.' ' I ' ' ■ I ^ ,


Although all drawers both, up­ stairs and downstairs, Were opened apd their c o n ^ t s ransacked, n o th in g / '^ s stolen. Watches, jewellejl7


and other! valuables were |not touched jby the thieves, v7lio


were evidently searching for money.


The break-m was discovered by Mr. Wood, a British RaU- ways lorry dri'ver,' when] lie


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CIHIO) LI, jl I It says much fbr the convincing quality of the ptoductioii ; I _ Wesley] fayre


iraises|£3|3 for church funds


A TABLeIclOtJ , embrolder- ■ ed wjith the signatures of


oyer 60 members! of the con­ gregation, jvas one of the at­ tractions at Wesley Christmas Fayre 'on Saturday.


Other stalls included fancy goods, cakes, Ice-cream, and a


parcel stall which enjoyed a brisk tradel Much to the de­ light, ontHe chlldr'en Father Christmas ■was also, present.


The Superinterident Minis­ ter, the Rev., F. A. Payne, in­


troduced the Mayor, Council­ lor ! J. W. D. Critchley, who. presided. He was presented with a buttonhole by Ian


:Porter., ; ]


, Mrs. Johp D. Hodgson,: who ;performed the opening cere­ mony, 'was presented with a spray by Patricia Hothersall.


kirs. Hodgson said: “Christ­


mas Is a time of giving and also of thanking. ' In looking:., round at these attractive stalls today we se^ that-inany thanks arerieeded for those,who have worked so hard.” Ah entertainment was given


by the Siinday School In the evening n h b Dr. B. W. Lalth-' walte preiilded.. Among;!trie items were a


fairy play |and several tongs and poems which grandma might have known when she - was a girl.' A: short film on ; car-racing was also shown.


The Fayre raised £ 3 7 3 -£ 2 3


more than !the target set for Church funds.! Last year' the , Fayre raised £264.


CAN BE THE


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30 YEARS TYRE BUSINESS BEHIND e v e r y SALE


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Be ^ im Sonfyi Clitheroe Advertiser & Ti nm, December ?, 1956


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