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CUtheroe Advertisir 6f Times, Qctoher 30, 1959 The FERpUSON ‘LOOK AHfeAO* LIN^ “ ^ y O U K ’ A. , tlser.'and Times” fifoiri LETTER, in the "Adver- 1 I i i K '^■?;{ r w.


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and extra-slim it in our Showroc


valuer^the latest 17'


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Other new Ferguson TV ijecelvprs ir clude: 2r Table Model 508T at 79 Ohs; 17' Tabic Model 536T with VHP Radld ar^'Cns; two Consolettes with VHF Radio—


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Mr. Hariiy Cook, l a fonber Mayor of Olitheroe. 'jwho W,ent to Rhodesia, was seen by Miss R. Margaret Brennand, yrho teaches at : Beatrice School, Beatrice, Southern; Rhodesia. J mIss 'hrebnandi met Mr. Cook-and wrote to her aunt, WQss M. Frankland, of Edls- fOrd Bridge Farm, Clltheroe', dlescrlblng some of her life lil FShbdesla. !


I Miss Brenhand was looking


forward to the half-tern^ hbllday this week, when she. hbpjBd. tO: travel' up. t9« the Zanlbesl to visit iTariba. ! “ Karlba Is the most modem


ahd 'magnificent dam in the w'prld at presentr^ulte an ' achlbyemerit for Rhodesia,”


says Miss Brenhand; |“The .lake, .when It Is


formed, wiil .be the largest In the world, larger ' even than th e : Hoover dam in the United States,


. "There;has been a itiass transfer for the ;primitive, tribes, whose homes have


i been covered by the rising waters, and hordes of animals hive been rescued. . ' , MisSj Breniian'd also des­ cribes plans for ' Christmas ; activities at the? school.


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J. L. BULC0CK ;> SON .


■ |‘ I ami making up a little play for the scholars,” she says. “ About 75 per cent, of thpi children are Afrikaans arid| the accents , are quite strange, but ''Ute shall get through all right,"


^Iss- Brennand is a . grand­


daughter of the late Mr! and Mrs. T. Brennand, of Mlckleir hurst Farm, Bashall, Eaves, she, left'her hotne in Char- nobk Richard, nea r Chorley, about 18 months 'ago for Rriqdesla.


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TjUBlY yeara ago | the'Rev. I ;T. W. pastle, who received


his . theological training in Canada, was a'missionary to the Red Indians there, and


holy this former; Rector of St.j James’s, Clltheroe, St. Aiidrew’s, Slaldburn, St. Peter and St. Paul’s,' 'Bolton-by- Bo'wlandi and Dalehbad, has written to tell me that he has Just been to Western Canada agiln.


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I He returned to the Black- foot tribe, and was actually recognised and remembered


byj some of the older people there. His'letter reads:


a j four -inonths’ jvlsit tO' Western Canada,- where, ‘at thb invitation of the. Bishop of I Calgary, I undertook a mission to the Blackfoot Indians. |


‘j I am. Just returning from i


. I first went out as ;a young missionary to the Red Indians In !1906, being ordained a year later. The Blackfoot. Indians haye been without a mission­ ary for ^6me time and I was able to gather them together for' Christian Instruction and worship, and it was a great Joy to me to be able to speak to .them ahd preach to them , in ithelr own language.


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remetnbi of the older Indians ilnbbr ipe, and one old


-Octbljiey, "Iburihg my time a t Calgary


dear jsalp he remembered my first 1 sermon preached in 1907. , : ■ ;


II .'received |thei hbhou)?"Of Ibeing prjseiited by the'Mayof of I i Calgary , with ‘: a white country hatJ ,' |


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"i]hls dlsjtlnctlpn Is con­ ferred oply upon - those: who


knejy atout|th6 City when it ,w^l ,a o untry 'tpWn and cap felatp sarins of early days and personal exploits. I signed my pame Injthe dlstpgulshed Ivlslters book with the gold pen' j recently ubed by the ,Queen and: thfe Duke of, Edinburgh


j "Altogithel? I have travelled more t h ^ i5,00b miles, and among ilaces i jhaye visited are Ednbpton, j Saskatoon, (Toronto indj Montreal. Poten- ^tlally Csttaca Isj.one of the


rlohest c)un|;rles In 'the w;orld


and 'has a great future before ■ft.” i


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Church and} the


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last e:fi;enslve restora- ofj Whaltey Parish took place In 1909; [ Jijbllejs o f this, I


learn, will 1« commemorated


at the cfiurcja;on '&uhday and durfag next (iveek. I 111 a m^sage to parishioners,


the iVlcir,. the , Rev. H. C. Snape,


[indj the ' Parochial


Chdrch Council hsk, them to make ^an offering in thanks forjthe t lfesslngs which''have accrued |i;b Whalley from Its posses'slori 'of: what is perhaps


' thej lfine^ parlsp church in thelc^uril.y,


! sjioner'i or iater, the' ,orgi


bverhaulfea, Ithe


haye the church clock over­ hauled and i electric winding


' churjch re-de|x>rated,; and It: Is also}; hoped to be able to


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installed! '1 I' i'0}n Sinday, members of


Clltheroe K u r i l District Couricli htvb beeh tovlted to attpnd: hiormhg service,; at W'hlch thii preacher will be t^e -Very Rbv. H.' A. Jones, Dean of [Marjchestcr.


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a fprmef jWarden Abbey, wjlf be the the' even:


■A CLI' •^ .In to thb; Isle Bob Geldatd, is i shortly


'The Venerable Q. J. Stranks, Alrchdeaiola bf, Durham; and of Whalley


preacher in *■ ,


ETONIAN Is going hotel business in He is Mr. tells me he


Man, who


taking . oyer ■ the


Hotel Bidthn^a. in Ramsey. MK Geldarfi, wpo held the


' pantomime i Company, havtog takeii: pan; In many of : the piMiictlons ! therl presented annually a; The Hill. He had also }be,en a ! member of the Clftherbe A^ateiir 'Opeijatlc ai|d Dramatic Hoclety, ■ j 'At the e id pf, the war,: Mr.


rankjof captMn in the Army, was a t one} tlpe a| well-known m'ember of; the • Catholic


Geldard had; 15 years’ Army service-'to his credit, and" In 1952 rejoined, because he'felt that Army! life shlted him.


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IN AND AND


OUR COUNTRYSIDE '■ ' ■ ■'! -j 5' 1- ■ " " ■ ■


IA T, last' .lt seems there are increasing signs -that we


are to see eflectiye . action in preserving and restoring , oiir natural heritage.;: The threat has reached. ia danger polnV mainly. thfbugh igfioifance and indiflerenqe,':


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to accept polluted rivers and .polluted air!: as of; no great


For the majorltiy have come


importance. ’ I Now, of more recent orlglii, we 'have- a


poisoned countryside. To I be conscious of these


things, ■ however, ;ls not enough or anjr guarantee’that we; are prepared to take action, . . ! j ."!'


Ho*ever, during the past


month or so there have been encouraging tlgns In official circles; which | certainly point to a ' more’ civilised outlook. But progress jls bound to be irritatingly ' Slow for as 'we haye | come to ' know we will tolerate the| most’ stupid; things, knowlhg full well all the, dangers they present to the! : Individual and our civilisation. |


Air! pollution! not only


spoils} our countryside but also, we are. Informed, causes and hgravates all sorts of bronchial trohbles to which we In} Lancashire and York­ shire are particularly subject. Smoke' abatement and the


enforcement Of pollution laws will therefore' no doubt find many sympathisers, but. we still, to show} our, tolerance, permit the equally unsocial habit; of polluting mbllc places of , amusement ‘ and buses ;Wlth pbhdxlous smoke.


PUBLIC PLACES


^po cry out at the pillars of pollution in town and


country and a,t the same time condone . smoking in pubUc


places is oriel of the contra- butlons of ourlspecies.


The most ehcoufaging sign


regarding wh^t can best be termed our scorched .earth policy Is' the ; Increasing awareness that there Is something -ir|ore' Important than - the lijunediate cash return froin any plan, be It in commerce or Agriculture, Nature Isj very, very


tolerant. She' will co-operate and on account of her, principle of . striving towards the good, she allows enormous credits.^


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■ She will, however, not be pushed beyond a certain point. Then it is she calls a halt and we fihd It impossible


to escape |the suffering caused by Istrainlng her resources too iar. Now it would seem we have


By “NATURAUST” Spray mania threat to wild li£e


In va: people beef have oiir fo:'i


-We :iavp"seen It take place


iijious fields, and. many are convinced eggs,


rot


an d ! some vegetables! the taste enjoyed by


■ebears. DUKE’S PLEA .


TN a iepeht speech, the Duke of, Edinljurgh appealed to


scientistsand ' v e g e t a b l e growerk -^.to, “ Please spare a thouglit for their tase.” !


, Of cpurse,.as we all know,


we. must produce more when there are more, mouths to be fed. This Is where the danger lies, and’ the f a ' rm e r s ,


encouraged' by the '.scientist. In order to get ;hlgher returns, care (ittle for the ■ deeper consequences.


)Ye sBe as a result of what


appears to be a suicidal plan of . sdraylng, large areas


rendered untenable for cattle.


Coun. Bentley chairniati for an^other year


fjOUN! B. ' BENTLEY, of ^ Glsburn, was re-appolnted chairman Of Bowland Dlstelct Education Sub-Committee at the annual meeting in Cllthe­ roe To\m Hall on Monday.'


Coun R, Williamson was


re-appolnted . vice-chairman The ■ j’eslgnatlon of Mrs Charnlby, a , West Biding County Council representaj tlve, w£ s accepted .


Mr. I). Matthew, Divisional


Education Officer,, reported that Miss Joan Hammond, a 24 - year - old teacher, frorn Longpott School, Stoke-onj Trent, had been appointed head teacher of Glsburn Forest T o s s l d e Parochial School, which, has 19 scholars;


Ing of school meals in thb area for the year 1959-60 wer accepted, there being ,onl one—thhexlstlng operator- each case. Mr. Matthe’


commented that they all showed a 2s. 6d. per day Increase .


■ j The County CoimcU scheme


heater for wSshlng-up facUlj- tles. In conectlon with the. school ir.eals service Is to be provided by , the Iciounty Council lihls year.


for piped water and propet sanitation at P a y t h o r n b School has been Included In works scheduled to commence In 196M i . ' ,'A latge water stc


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arriyed at such-'a point, and although it is, not my desire to accuse either scientist, cpuncli or farmer, few on considering the facts can escape blame. I


Obviously vre' are at the


cross-rpad anfi It is encourag­ ing to find ; the Duke of Edinburgh, with ; his usual candour, • pointing to the dangers confronting an age of wonderful scientific progress.


biir search (and endeavour


to produce heavier crops Is liable to overlook one. If not t h e : most essential, factor in .food'production.


j Mr. Matthew reported on


the prjgress . o f ; evening Institutes in the district and this waj accepted as being satisfactory.


i In reply to a question by


Mr. W. V^. Thomber, of Settle, Mr. Matthew said that the manager^’ scheme for Bashall Eaves &hooI was goln'g ahead. J


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given four schools, one of which was Bashall Eaves, priority for this-lehabilltatlon scheme,


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agreed to purchase‘the strip of land recommended by thb committee and the managera; Churc,h| authorities Had.


i For QUALITY PRAMS and FOLDERS, I NURSERY FURNITXJRE, all Accessories.


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JOIN OLR XMAS CLUB fo r : I


- I ! DOLLY PRAMS - DOLLS - ETC. half Cl Tenders for the transport]; Purhermore, the Govjerri-


any relation between wiping out of mlUIohs of


mbnt has ,now set up an enquiry to find Put If, the re Is the:


and this use of poison spiays. In one county, 70,000 bees


bees


were lost, and In wme a:'eas, a s} a result ! of 'this li dis­ criminate spraying; | It Imiwsslble to keep bees, w asj .everyone ’iknows, (are — essential pari; of successful .fruit farming..


i Then) again, we. are leld to


believe'that by followltig .a plain, of fortnightly,Lsprakilng of'Potatoes, the crop; can be used for seed. Little or no attention is given to what occurs to t h e ' land fitter repeated soaklngs wltl)' tpese poisons.


- I LETHAL DOSE


TDyEff the “Lancet” woi if the farmer! would dulte, so readily use sodium arsfaite


,lf the tin containing lit ; p re , the Information that! a dressing for a-lO-facrejfleld a t lOlbs, per acre was suffldent to I kill 20,000 cattle,} 14'),000


sheep or 640,000 pigs. I The pedlars 0^ drugs and


poisons have -also! shovm how easy It Is for councils and farmers to kill wayside -weeds and flowers,: and now large are'as are devoid of birds, bees and, in some cases, the smaller mammals.


- Perhaps you think It al! too


pesfeimlstlc, but we need only take a look at a recent; su' vey. Ouli of 500 birds recovered, 165 i had been poisoned, pigbons and pheasants having died as a result of chemicaL used for dressing seed cpm.


The same occurs In


U.SiA., and Professor Geli Wallacfe’s survey show^ rapid ; decline of species, blaihed D.D.T. ,sprays, experiments in this coi have revealed how conjmon e a r t h w o rm accumulate D.D.T. after tag!leaf litter.. Birds,'tlji fore, eating the worms dle.j


. From the mo u h t l i n g evidence now available, we can| say in all sincerity! that nottpnly humans but our wild and plant Ijfe are in the greatest danger.


Youth talk


T]|R. B. W. LAITHWAITE spoke about the meidlcal profession to memben, of


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A i SUGGESTION that Rih- ^ Iblesdale League ; cricket


matches should be brought forvfard by half an hour, to start at 2 p.m. Instead of 2^-30 p.mi and md at 7 p.m!; instead of ;7-'30 ! p.m. wl,l [be piit forward ta a proposition by Earby Cricket CIub[ at the annual meeting o r th e leagde at Clitheroe to-morrdw.


Settle Cricket Club: propose


that the league should piro- vlde air cricket balls, eioh side’ to bowl their own bml; any; club falling to. fulfil sny league fixture should be fir ed £5 -and their opponents awarded maximum points 'and any .team fielding less thah eleven men should be fliied up to £2.


And :" To create '! further


interest towards the: end' df the season when |tater!st among clubs in the ' bottom half of the league table Is waning. Settle suggest a coiai petition should be [ run so tha t the club gaining the


highest number of; polnte scored In the last six rnatchM, league champions excluded, shall he awarded a prize.” | I


Baxenden claim that the


present Junior league form does not provide ;! enough cricket and suggest that tpe Junior league should!ibe split Into' two sections, W for second eleven teams;-; of first division clubs and the other for clubs who have otily teams In!the junior league.


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