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iliTNIGHT . . . ‘LAY OF BODY for


3, 1958. CARPET


£ 1 2 6 ,0 0 0 ; line improves


•si amenities ; ■ c ; ' DUCKWORTH'


iierry Tree, a former


ndi I' of th6 sewage - and ( ommlttee of Black-


ii ral, District Council, d iy week ofidclally a £126,000 sewprage age, disposal scheme Mill, Blllington.


;


liheme wiU cover the 1, Langho and Cop-


jn areas of the rural and the sewagej dis-


r,>rks will serve about iiipife. ,


I,: ' l-V.' f 1


iickworth, who was a of the Rural District for 15 years |untll said: “ I was chalr-


its - progress th ilnmittee stages


i| ,:^b m


B'i- Bju’i i:'r i


U


curing I erlod.


;he Sewage and Water ;ee when this scfieme mooted and I


have


Tough and


"the construc-


IMPORTANT PAR'D fuel sure 1 this scheme


will Ph.y an iinPortant part the developipent oj ms


XS ofld:lals.every succfess In-


of the rural. dlstr^t , ii wish the! Counc:i and


their ii.ture work." . ,T le; (halrman- ^ th^ Coun a.**


ciriJlr Harold Ryden ,f • *'. n I'f:'* ; - k \


in olosB fitting AXH to walk on and to Ir and give ydu an esti of course!


A FEW RO W A t . ‘1 'iitM : l i


58 W h a l le y get. 1 3 b


In liiBWith. May we call on yifu


Traditional and Conteiriporary designs IM3TER and WILTON carDots— AJ®?


nate tor one or mote rooms? Mo Obligationi


U’ECIAL OFFER: ILLS LESS lOA PER YARD


LTTD.


R d . - oj! - 31 C a s t le S t . CLITHEROE I ^eE. 1 3 b


i ' previously had ii ) such ilile to sewer prortsion.’’ T hiV.


aift of actor


l i e


idc^ire Area Committee of '.E.A. is organising an rkuy which diou d pro­


)E1r the tile of “Tlie Art the Actor," the Nor(h-East


activity than at the )>resent in amateur dramatics,


despread Interest, has probably never been


i-r,


,tr as actors, producers, s Managers or in sone other


a ly in this arei ; ahd winter many people enjoy ilves in local productions


ca: 5


: i/ ■ i.'. j;'t


^ 0.


All th|w sole Igloos, skin-


' (rmth in the That s wf


rid-and the driest you buy in Clarks


eoSt them-degp^ ned w th sheep-


Walk soles, tht rmo-^o^d.ed to the /eok-proo/i joip


I •'. ■ 1 ■V', I


Northfl/ght (Sheepskin lining) Black or browrt suede. 59/9 Black or brown smooch side, ,71/■ Tormoulded rubber soles.


ankle-high.\^i i i fr^g^onioulded


tn fhp with a


r ^ i : Rev. Richard Feilden, who has recently taken the post of : W.E.A. ga rising Tutor for North-


Ejast Lancashire, comes from ai Did Lancashire family. Several of his' forbears! were A [embers of Parliament for glad :bum.


C olh g Collf read


ii


■was I ridii


Afaska (Sheepskin lining)


‘ Iboney buff suede, Black, brown or DAN 5, Mp


o il LANE, aiTHEROE ■ ■ TEL. 488


I ’Phone ; Who-lk 3298


S; W: ALLEN, F.B.O.A. cipllTHALMiC OPTiat^


(HONS.) The Beeches, |


CuTHEROB Road, i WIALLEY, i(r. Blackburn.


i f t ■ i i 'i


III II


IIIitm vi ; Garages—All Types. Royal


Peg Boar n ■ 1 J l i ' j


Frefe Plans. H.P. Terins Gardfen S hW . Poultry Houses . Greeuhousw


CUT SIZES ... 7d. 'sq. fti SIZES :74d. sq. ftl


Reeded m r d b p a r d j c u t sizes ... iw. sq. ft.. S


) STOCK;i SIZES Pd. sq. ft.


Q en 4 ates.. T iA m ; JCiiWtjaHT-moN. BRONTJEX/RAFX ” 'WROUGHT-IRON I^ S .


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w a i 2i/i4 Kiilg.


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tZES.,,.. 9id.:8q. ft. to


.gDd 35, Mr. Feilden was icited at MarlBOrough o'e and at Corpus' Christl ge, Cambridge, where he History and Law and president of the Cam- ;e Union in 1943.


m|. Feilden; worked for the


Royi.l Institute of : Inter- 1 >nal affairs from January


iVugust, 1945, and- from until November 1951,


rbas a member of the Con- i erv itlve Research Depart- mrat,'" specialising in Inter- :iatibnal affairs.


:i5 YEARS AGO tajg


idiham to-morrow, lectures.


rally, which is be!


iiig! held consists


1 and experience. He |spent six years in the* profes- theatre as actor, ; stage


lecturer, Mr. Cedi Davies, lly qualified by hiS back-


er, producer, designer and painter and has played here from large theatres railway tunnel under the


ithteld Market. iliso writes for the theatre.


..xxpx.., wiir cost £m ,0(0 but the Count


Bllllngton combined ____ said:


alkiut 11 has areas


TO THE EPirOR ll-^LUS:EXAMi'-„;^-_ Sir^By giving up the U-d1u?


eMndiiatlon, parents ate gptag to find they' have given up theif birthright for a mess pf pMtage.


normal child attending any n«- mal school could pass it, without any outside coaching or help. |


'The Ill-plus exam. Is easy. An|


because there are not sufficient places,! , hence the scramblfe. Giving up the. exam, will npt make more places. The.exam.: is fair/'^d children are known to thfe eSminers only by numbers.


Whal is the alternative? All


sorU of backstairs influence lyiU creep k Pity the poor schocl- mastetf who has. to cfioose^ hb- tween ke children of bis golthfg friendd and the ; chUdren who support the Sunday School, etc., for th^ few places 'allotted. 11


their chUdren, a right to haVe the best education available'byl a- fair- kam. Now they want i to give it up in the hopb that wtot can’t be got by fair exam, nwy be got] by “ nbds and becks and wreathed smiles.’’ |


A generation ago, ', ,pa«W® fought! for equal opportunity fpr


What a hok they have got.


Nothirlg but jealousy and dis­ cord will arise from it.


“ Greeiways,” George Strfeet' Whalley.


MRS. CASTLE ,


and trie troops. If for a moment we get this matter in its true perspwtive, no one in the world


Sir, — Regarding Mrs. C^le


can blame Mrs. | Castle. ^ ; It is not generally known ^ t


Turks, who again' are at with-the Greeks. '


the British Government is at vrar with the Greek Cypriots, and, on the other hand, are allied tol'he


thrown among the lions as w y are really at war. So why should anyohe argue about cruelty?. It


In this case, our boys [be


is a‘ ba*'’n'®^ atmosphere of ww. I am a pacifist,, but I believe


!


ruthlessness, although, bom in hell .like every part of war, is the key io success. '


Britikh , Government are [trying to put down Mrs. Barbara Cattle. She knows too mudi about their buteWy' hbroad.i She ; knows


V'lNIFRED U. COPELAND. |


Whyi don't they? Simply, It i |s


national disputes is incoinpiitlble with the teaching and example, of Jfesus ^Christ:


LeUiis bA plain.'-Th(


-his Job if he. believes, In murder as a political wi


thptifehjs do ho| tally. The Bishop ought to


The proportion of Bishops wished to retain the we i;


Now for the broader


gave as -their., reason, that would prefer war to slave presume they refer to the


Union. In passing, may I say


advances thought


desires war. HoWever, we which, I must say, Is illf


that the Soviet should


assume if we , make a -v agreement with the Union we shall be made s


1 ■ If we go to war on the hand, we ^all be free.


I They* have got the pictujo of focus. I f we, have :a get-together In truthful-


' ment vie shall not be i slaves.


' , ' :


1 If we go to war, milliji: men and boys instantly l i


I slaves on both sides—ip 1 slaves.


'


will be loading boimy lai cattle, trucks- for Siberia the war lasts 20 years th cession will continue,


And the folloWlfig day Ri


your alphabet and dictlor you consign your people you are mad I


opposed to any altejatlon United Nations Charter men to do the Job are hand. . The dll-in need United' Nations is loyalty


And,.may I-add I sh' To the Bishops I say,


:(issians into


and. if Is pro-


inky. to war


leam If


ituld be of the The


ijecome lurder


ins of dispel two eup


wto 0*’ q on.


appect. who


tpons they


P- ! I I iovlel


: ecent -the


let the Bishops fake their stand, ogjcai;


3nion will


They -are still [ wrong, They, other


:e out proper


agree-, made'


irking Soviet: wes. -


Gf course, they may call them-


selvep what they please. But iji Is very significant that


for’their self-chosen title they do In I fact prefer one from pre- Ctolstian; times.


Mr. O. T.i Russell, the founder of the.Witnesses.’' Mr. WooUey does wteli to - think .that they (need defending, even though, the quibbles of American litigation arC:hls only -w'eapons, j :


Z Regarding’ ’ the morals of


geasioen Bwu “ ■ notched their four goa


authority who says, “ Russell’s dbmlneerlhg conceit and way­ ward aSectiAns became widely; ImPwn when his wife sued Ihim tor! divorce and her petition was realdlly granted."-(Horton Davies in !“Christian deviations.” S.C.M.


! I can but quote a ' reliable


Press);. [i . . sI s'. If'it be true that Mr.i Rus­


damning. i


keti himself up as ian authorita­ tive exponent of books he had Only read at second hand? .-.


i Who biit a fool,or knave would


I Mr. Woolley’s point is em- katlcally made, and so em.- phatlcaUy proves that the whole thing was unadulterated chari


latkry from the start.;.


! 4' I am happy to accept Mr: Woolley’s assurance . that the Witnesses are registered under American law as[ a non-profit making organisation.


to


‘the verV —when you don’t know what she wants


: THIS IS HER DAY. And, to make it perfect there’s a Midland Bank Gift Cheqile. Gay and cheerful and fiiendly, this is


I 5; In his fifth point, Mr! WooUey showS.itfiAt he has not


I said that Jehovah’s Witnessed are banned in m^y countriM. [


read my orginal article in which


not to of the


T. AdImSON.


the letter of Mr. G. Wo. the subject' of Jehovah


ndsses ip reply to the that you had published from an article in my magazine.


JEHOVAH’S WITNES SES _ Sir,—Thank you for


5 irlntlhg ley on 1 Wit- points


The visionless, : useless, cruel me into the arena of pull lie niU


Since you have merrily troyersy, perhaps you v of


be most kind in allowing opportunity


therk is a streak of blood fiom Malaya through .Kenya,'Cyirus, Suez and Oman to Jordan.: : T. ADDISON.


THE LAMBETH CONFEBE VCE 1


chuirch-golng public,: the Lam- kth Conference - is Britain s Moral Parliament, ! • |


, Sir,—To a largd section .of the -■ '


cerned, my references are much based on a fairly compre­ hensive report: as given - in the August 26th, 1958, issue of the Manchester Guaiidian. .. -j


to hai>^


k the official report is:n(^ “ “


yet con- very


passed without dissent, 1 only going to challenge oiie at


f^lthough 131 Resolutions


importance as cdmp^'*®‘I thd others.


were am


the' moment as being’of prifn^^y with


This Is in regard to As


reported in the Mancl ester Gukrdian, the Conference was divided in its opinion aboujt the


use, in warfare, of nuclear weapons.


,, We are not told what, p:


tioh were for and against It is to me an appftlling


■opor- war.


tacle that almost with the brkth that voiced the feeling of the proportion, of the b: shops wlio were in favour of retolning the weapons, we are told' that ■ wair as a method!of settling Inter-


spec- same


Recaptured


rp v o patients who reported missing


Calderstones Hospital on: day were detained in Trough Road, Dunsop Bridge, at noon' on Monday by I'.c. F. Roberts of Slaldburn. '


were from Sun-


PEEPS INTO THE PAST so YEARS Ag


A opened by Sir William


Items from our issue of September 29th., 1933 THREE - DAY : bazaar,


Brk DlV the


ss, M.P. for the Clitheroe slon, raised £-1,548 for


, decoration and renovation lit. Michael and St. John’s


Church. * * * '


Electricity was introduced Chipping. The switching- ceremony was performed Chalgley sub-station by -Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun.


Manley, i * I • ■ * ■


Ians : to! deal with the mail! and parcels at


irlstmas were already being,


de by the Post OfiQce. * ! * , *


He lejcjti di!


wi t '


^ir William Brass,! M.P. for itheroe, began , a three-,


k k visit to his constituency. ’ was giving j a iclnema mre ■ in various : districts


icrlblng his tour of Egypt. * I * . * ,


1 mission Church,. Sabden,. ended


, Synott, who was res- nslble fot the mission,, and


;h a crowded service; In ! schoolroom. 'The gev.


oc les for some years! at i the Whltew;ell [Hotel. The sale ' is the innual- she;ep sale


Ir. R., Hltchen, auctioneer, nducted jone of;, the best


Murray! took pai/t.;- i i ! ♦! ■* # ' i .'


jiganlsed [by .Whltewell !ahd • strict Farmers Ltd,,- iahd , 100 store! ewes were, sold ;at >1 Ices pf; flvfe to, six, shllUng's ilore thanithe kevlous yeat.


LEVER’ similar terms.


■ 1. A universally definition of a Christian who worships Jesus C


God. , Since the teaching of


reP^P


i l| specified, not Communist countries, but those countries bf [ the British Commonwealth which debar them.


|


i Ij particularly mentioned the iruling in' 19*17 of the Supreme 'Ooiirt' of Ganada' that the jeliovah’s Witnesses “ were not a ;religfous body." ;


During ihe.war, English courts


acted on the same, assumption in dealing with .^Conscientious ob­ jectors from their ranks.


earlier parish


Plunged con- now


me my .on


I deal’withMr. Woolleli’s para- graphs as he numbered ihem.


jfirist is


Witnesses is entirely bai the denial of this truth,


icoepted : One as'


Jjihovah’s ed upon how can


banned in Russia I was alsOj aware.-


But that the! Witnesses are '


thought of the men of the Krem-j lin ; politely demurring from accepting their, application fo;j registration in Moscow as.! (what was, it?) a “ non-profit making organisation.” -S-[* ■ ■.-


And I positively chortle at the


; thb only bheque that reaUy lives up to the occasion. And it’s easily translbrmed into ‘the very thing’ she wants, because any Midland Bank branch will cash Gift Cheques bn sight tip to t ie value of £10. 'Hiey’re ea^ to buy, too,


• because anyone walk into any branch of the Midland Bank and buy tiem over the counter up to any amount. The cost! is 1/- plus, of course, the amount you intend to give. Full detailfi of this unique Midland Bank seriace are contained in a sjieoial descriptive leaflet which is yours for ' the asking—or for the writing, if you prefer.


Anyone can give—and cash— m id l a n d BANK GIFT CHEQUES


i! ■ . Mo availaiU; 0»/< ChepMfor Weddir^a. Ohriatm aa and ganerdl purpoaaa. HIDLANd IbANK'LIMITED • HEAD OFFICE!-POULTRY. LONDON, E.CL2. [


. o: Finally, may I say that I personally would be happy tO discuss the Scriptures reverently with Mr. Woolley or' with anyp one! else, for I myself have muc


to learn.


they then ' be called C.------ . Non-Christian or anti-iphrlstian would be more accurate


! iristlan? epithets


I JOHN. S. p!aRRY, i Rector of St. James’s


; .


This correspondence is now closed—Editor.


i


I DIATHERMY or ELECTROLYSIS


Superfluous Hair, Moles, Warts, pennanently removed.


Miss! Tomlinsjm (Cert.) 2, St! JAMES’ ROW (Off S). Jamek’ Street) BURNLEY. jTei. 6678


Hours; Mon., Tues., Wed., Frl., 1 to 6 p.m;


Saturday by appointment. Chimney Sweep


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! ell did not ,(^im any great


knowledge of-«}Iebrew and Greek, then the admission is, of course,


-was continued, but oii P the. wisdom of these I *


^Following the weU-me


oier,. Wigan last we^ who had an outstandffig


rlghthalf, was moved rlSit, Davidson going t


left as W. Smith was ^ r -Cross switched from


ighWialf, and Joluistob


hack to left-half. J Oondltions were ideall


aoccer. The pitch was I


lent trim, and a fref blew .. across the ground


! Southport were first | and Cffihlifie pronused i hot handful for ,S ^ . , WaUace |Wlth ,a hard i which the visiting keen found the post in fine!


li CUtheroe broke awaf liome ’keeper had to


Wareing’s feet to til ^theroe centre.


I The persistent hoij kept probing for an ^ d varied their apph fotelligent use of long I


passes. f


, 'Southport seemed liM on top, but they hadL let-off when a defendel a Davidson pass behP comer, with Wafeing I


Davidson's well-pli kick was dropped byj


■ ’keeper, but scrai^ before a Clitheroe fof pounce on the chanc


The fast-moving hJ


had the CUtheroe de^ extended and often ■visiting backs and . footed as they movd smartly from man tol


After nine minutel


! centred accurately tf whose headed pbSs wa the half-volley by whose well-placed Wallace no chance.


A minute later, Sou


two up, when Lee pu lovely cross -whiclj headed brilliantly intf


Southport were nl


top. The Clitheroe ■ played none of the cohesion of the 'WI and seemed a yard I the slick, fast-movinl


“ Trips By BLACKP(


Each MONDAY, I WEDNESDAY. TMUl


Olsbum depart U- Cbatburn' „


CUtberoe Whalley ..


i} '. FRIDAY, until 241J Hie recent practice <1 80UTHPC


Sqi I


I S0UTHP|


Each MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, THt FRIDAY, until 24


Glsbum depart I t Chatburn .. Ciltberoe WUalley


For d e ^ ls of tb


other tbeap enquire at Station Official BaUway A g


book in


Chan ge at. BlaM P re s to n ih e a c l^


‘ I


LONDON M|


10!


Items from our issue [of October 2nd., 190i


■jlTISS PERRY succeeded kl-Mlss Harper as a^lstant mistress’ ut Sabden Council sfchool. Miss Harper, ! who was about to be married, was presented with a silve::, cake basket by members ( f the filaptlst Young Women’s Bible Class, at . which shk . was cb-t'eacher with Miss Foster, ol Whins House. ,


^ ^ , 1 T P T ^ IP _ I ,


Members of Sawley iRoadlng Room, at their annual general


.meeting, re-appolntedi Mr. W. R. Holgate as chairman;


With Mr. G. Lord treasurer. * * }-


, * . : * A petition, -bearing many at St. -Mary’s


signatures, was presented, :tp judge Hans Hamilton re­ questing that he shoujd hold a court at Clltheroe.every six |weeks instead of quarterly.


Clitheroe 'c'entr.al i were * I \


beaten 2-1' by Bl(ickbum Rovers In a ftlendly match at Waterloo. Clitheroe’, was Cross; Whlteley,


team Eccles-


toni Manders, Stijahah; Car- ruthers; Bates, Briggs Banks,


Dodd, Hudson. .* * *


Mr. J. H. Greenwbo'd re­


signed the post of tfeasurer to ' Cllthetoe Rural' District Council. -Notice was‘given to aifoblht Mr. C. L. Bddeniln his stead.


' ' 4>3S OLD! iDUii: u- <...


Tris CHlI


, A lock-out of . Lanpashlre


Spinners forced sevem' local Jnllls to close temkrarlly.


Ask tc rooledi


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