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6 I Clifhem Ady^tiser. & Tima, March 4, 1960 • ’ ' ; 1


BRIGHTER G R l(iET IS . LEAGUE’S AIM


i M o g


haye beep made yjijh ^ iriew fo drawn games by playing extra oyi — . interesting andi exciting crifikbt Bi{promis^;in


Oversi' ,,


At the annual meeting In Ocfnber. the president, Mr. E.


Hodgklnson,'stressed the need for ' brighter cricket "in tjie


deague and suggestions' were Invited. 1


I


the league ichamplons, Earby, the executive has made the following changes.


Following a suggestion from An extra; five overs can be


claimed byithe batting sjde If they are ivithln 25. runs of their oppoiients score.


M extra! flye over?' can;be


claimed by ;the bowling side if their opponents have lost eight of their wickets.


both senior ' and ■ junior sections for a trial period of one year. Umpires' are to be asked to report the tiipes of declarations.


The rules will be tried by ■ iu »n ^ !h $ c t home


And an Exp^rarad Stan^of Planneis and! your Service: ;


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K^ENKT PRICES m o


WALTS 5 8 W h a l l e ^ |R d - 3 | C a s t l e S t grf. 136 C U T H E R 0 1 h s r k l3 t ) make it a record


THE Trustee Savings Banks Association announces that


the: balancesi due to depositors and stockholders In the. Trustee Savings Banks ,in the, United Kingdom for the year ended November 20lh, 1959, i amounted to £1,405,296,f?36, and that this record reveals an Increase for the year of £92,183,908.


A NATIO|^AL FARMING NEWSPApdiR In addltlopj to the balances of


cash arid government stock held for depositor^, the funds of the Trustee Savhigs Banks include the coriiblned surpluses of the ordinary andj special investment departments which amounted to £21,192,767 at November 20th, 1959, bringing: the total funds up to the Wghest ever figure of £1,426,489,493,1 and the total in-; crease to £93.037,286,


funds of more than £93mn. was the;largest in the history of the Trustee Savings Banks and reflec­ ted the general prosperity of the country during 1959. The in­ crease in cash deposits was dis­ tributed almost equally between the-'Ordinary 'and special invest­ ment departments, n ame ly £36mn. and £38mn. respectively; and the Stock Department rose ■by more than £l8mn.


'The I .year's I increase in total T h e numbers of , active


accounts and stockholders in­ creased by nearly 260,000 during the year arid the: total of 66,000,000 transactions is the highest yet ! recorded, ' These figures ti^ether with the, large, cash .turnover of. £1,500,000,000 reveal that the Trustee Savlrigs Banks are continuing;to gain in popularity.


: A CHANGE? ployees starting or ■


devbted entirely fotheserviceofBrltishagricultur.i ■ i


market prices tpan any oper publication, in ait to-read style.


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• Sepamte editiom for different paits of the British Isles. • Pages of specialiinteres; to thb co intry housewife.


FARMING EXPRESS POLICY ' ' I ^


• to obtain for the Britip farmer market and a guaranteed position


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first place in the home the national economy.


• to insist that the minimum wag^ should be in line with th^t in other


• to pro'vide an agrlculti now availahle.


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A T ^ O N E R Y range of Personal Stationery


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turpl news service sujJerlor to anything ,500


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)UR NEWSAGENT TODAY ^ : Express” svety VI,;ek.


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verbrook newspaper—bold and lively in prcsqnta- I :


times, or both make their Ribble Motor


where the la workers to at of employmeii


JJMPLOYERS. who are contem­ plating altering ‘their em­ finishing


are being asked to plans kriown to Services in cases


ter’s buses convey d from their' place


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THBiDISTRICT ! e


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■ No new club? had applied t o ' jplri. the ■ junior sections arid ?o the league will have 10 c l u b s j n each junior section apd 12 in the seritor. Thbre will be no play-off between leaders of the respective Junior sections.


viously awarded in a knock­ out competition, will now go to th e leading team Tn the Southern section .and the p re s en t . junior trophy to winners of the Northern section.


The Rgmsbottom Cup. pre­ ' Games begin on April 16th


and the season closes bn September 10th.


600 a t Circuit Convention


gLACKBU^ vias besiqged at ■ tiie 'weqkrenri by Opi) 'Jeho­


vah’s Wltne^.who, were'hpldlng their semi-annual Circuit Con­ vention in the’ Assembly- ;Hall.


The','Witnesses 'were eqsily


irifiitlfled by , their advertislrig badges Tvhli^ they corisplbiioiisly wpite .ori 'the Impels of thely, cj^ts.


Many, were-to be seen stendlng


in the busy thoroughfaresiot the town displaying large placards advertising 1 their Internationally given public talk " 'When is God’s WW to be Done on Earth ” ijybrie h im d r^ more set out'on a s^temati|C cbyerage 'of all th e ; homes Iri'the


door-toidobr inviting th e |h o u ^ holders to their dbriventipn.


by going fipin '


DOOR-TO-OKIOR WORK Asked Why jferiovah’s Witnesses


went to all this trouble of dbor- t^ o o r work, lbc£d Congregation Minister, Mr, 'G. Woolley, raid, “ This was the 'method adopted: by Jesys and the early Christians. They found it. highly successful, as shown by the thousands that became converted to Christian­ ity. They found It highly suc­ cessful, as shown by the thou­ sand? that became converted to Christianity.".


; “ We are caiTying on what


may seem to be a highly unor­ thodox method of preaifiilng, but it is certainly haying results. In fact this is one of the reasons for the tremendous worldjwide Increase of Jehovah’s Witnesses.’


A large audience heard Mr.


Rupert Br a d b u ry , District Minister for Jehovah's Witnesses, give the public talk ''When is God’s Will to be Done on Elarth.’’


Thirty-eight new associates were baptised in the local baths.


BRIDE FOR


^ sportsman, Mr, Denis Kershaw, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kershaw, of Straits Lane, was married on Saturdav at St.! John’s Church, Read, to Miss Elfiabeth - M. Wood, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Collins, of George Lane, Read.


A ':WELL k n own ' Read


The bride wore an' Ivory French brocade dress with an


elbow-length veil and coronet of pearls. ; Her bouquet was of freesla


and lUy-of-the-valley. :


' The bridesmaid. Miss E, M. Kay, wore a mldnlght-blue satin dress with accessories and a coronet • of fresh flowers.


Best man was Mr. R,


Hlndle, friend of bridegroom. The groomsmfe were Messrs. B. and J. Kershaw, and the ushers Mr. Peter Haworth and Mr. E. D. Wood,


' > ■ The Curate of Whalley, the .


Rev. R, J. W; Sevan, officiated and Mr. J. Blundell was organist.


A reception was held at the , Starkle Arms Hotel, Clitheroe,


, and the honeymoon Is. being spent on-^the Continent.


The bridegroom Is now a representative with Messrs


. Crowther, Ltd., textile manu­ facturers, Leicester and spent more than two years with the Falkland Islands Deptodancy Survey to Antarctica.


of Read C.C. and Read Utd. P.C.


advisor with the N.W. Gas Board Iri the Nelson district.


The bride Is a home service


THIS WAS NEWS. . . 25 YEARS AG O


, MARCH 8th, 1935


T h e young i people of Clitheroe Wesley Church


gave a concert In aid of the Young Leagiiers’ |Unlon con­ nected with the National Children’s Rome. The pro­


ducer was Mrs. W. Hartley. * I *


* Total assets of the Rlbbles-


dale P e r m a n e n t Building Society were; £21,221 14s. 2d:,


the. annuar report, signed by the chairman, Mr. J. A.


Wilson, shoWed. * ' j * ; *


Col. Ralph!Peel, formerly of


Knowlemere! Marior, Newton,- and brotherj of His Honour Judge Robert Peel,, addressed members of I the Rotary Club of Clitheroei upon develop­ ments In’ th^ scientific appli­ cation of fertlhsers upon the land for tl ie ' production of


better crops. *


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compulsory j restriction of home production of food­ stuffs, particularly imllk, was expressed at ia meeting of the Lancashire Executive of the National Farmers’ 'Union at Preston.


Strong Ob ectlons to any ! * I * : * Sister Mabel Waddlrigton,


of Wigan, and formerly of Queen’s Hallj Blackburn, and a frequent visitor to Cllthe- roe, was the preacher at Clitheroe, We s l e y Church


ladles’ day. *


Tennis Club.'i * * Mr. Wilfrid Crabtree was


appointed secretary of Clith­ eroe Cricket, Bowling and


* *


He Is also a playing member ■' ■; ; -


C A L I G A S It!


The housewife pictured here rang her Ca Dealer to ask 'about new Color appliances.


' models interested her,,soihe mqrCj.thah 0thj Which one did [she buy, and jn' What ofdei]


; importance did she place the rest? Complete ; simple entry fon i below-the prise is a gl^aml , modern refrigera:pr that’ll keep your food safes - ■ your family happy. A .ay^8ftee|sup| of 'Calor Gas f , it. No entry: ^ Anyoiie can end


This Is the lady ] f rang her Calorl These are the (


i[MorleySSPIui ; Iwahinr, /


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50 YEARS AG O MARCH 1.1th, 1910


TH E Concert Hall, Parson Lane, was leased to Mr.


Ernest Korrle for cine­ matograph performances.


* . . Clitheroe Wesley choir gave


a performance of the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus at the choir sermons. The soloists were Miss Fanny Wilson (Colne), Miss Rose Harrison, and Messrs. Ernest Allen and W. D. Hanson. Mr. H. N. Rowe was at the organ.


Mr. Edward Kemble Wicks,


third, son of the Vicar of Tosslde, was accepted by the Colonial and Continental Church Society for mission­ ary work In North West Canada.


• I* * Miss E. Lang and Miss ■iriouth. • '


P. M. Lee were chosen to represent the:Clitheroe Asso­ ciation at the 4ist annual conference of the National Union of Teachers at Ply- 1 ' ■ , - ' *


■ , * ' I * iJosku - Szlgeti, the famous


violinist. Miss Janey Car­ penter, soprano, and Mr. William Muidock, pianist, were the artistes at the -Eccles Concert In the Public Hall,


Chatburn and Downham


Choral Society gave their annual concert, a rqls- cellanoqus programme - being


f o l l o w e d fby a Choral" Ballad "The Banner of St. George.”


^agitator, jto prevent


idripping.


T , !iNewWoHd


the Ribblesdale League this year. ]liapor;apt changes reducing the number of


N o ttiiig h ^ laQie was choice of teacher-bride


A TEIACHER at Sedburgh


- Bowland- Cottage. Bolton-by- Bowland. was married at St. Peter? and St. Paul’s Church, Bolton-by-Bowland, on Saturi- day to Mr. Eric Dugdale, a foreman joiner and: elder son of IMr^and Mrs. J. Dugdale. o f ; Calder Fanri, Bolton-by- Bqwla’nd. . .


; ' | ! A'n' old girl of Skiptrin Girls’ '


High' Schpol. the bride was trained a t St. Katherine’s CoUege, Scrathport.


LGlven, away by her father,


she wore ri full-length gown of white Nottingham,! lace In an Elizabethan styl? ■with a cowl and low cut back. With It She wot!e a full-length veil surmounted by a coronet of orange blossom aSid pearls, and carried a bouquet of pink


carnations, Uly-qf-the-valleY and freesla.


: ^ ' !Ini,attendance were’ Miss


Barbara Robinson, her slstet, Miss I Dorothy Pollard, A frlend,\ and , Mrs. Brenda Entwjlstle,!a-college friend, j


Thfey ; rirore ' fuU - length


dressps of' pink Rotttoghani lace [over: poult with headl dresses of white petal forming a circlet; with trailing satin bpwsi Their bouquets were of white carnations and freeslal


ducted by the Rector, thg Rev. !J. Savage, wlth iMlss' Bi 'Wolfenden at the organ and the choir in attendance. On; leaving thei church for


being Messrs. J.. C. Entwlstle and i K. Geldard and thg usher Mr. N. Parkinson, Thfe ceremony j was con­


bridegroom’s brother, • was bq.st j man,:


;Mri Alan Dugdale, the t h e , groomsmeri


j;*: Secondary School, ' Miss Elizabeth Dorothy Robinson, second ^daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ;T. E. ■ RoblnSon of


i f f l


A CHAT b e fo r e THE CWTECT BE(1INS


RECEIVES SE' Padihani the giant PADIHAM2; CUTHEEC


.nY the odd goal ta three, Pad!ham de/eab “ Arbories ” on Saturday. It was the v1|


Since October.


, It was soon evident that Padlham were i league leaders a good run. Their tackling wa- m a Clitheroe players, J. Smith and Brian bI ham, 'were intent on putting up a good shol club. : '


‘ Also in the home team was a i i #


elltberorilan, Fred Llmbert,- of Ctetburn Road.


Tho visitors kicked oft with


the wind behind them. "Jimmy" Siriith soon advanced on the right end put across q good centre which Booth tried to head Iri!'but ®e referee: gave a free kick^ for! a foul against Padibam.


single?


Barrie, i F a r k e r became c h a m p i o n and


Geoffrey Tomlinson ■ and Ted T h o m p s o n - the doubles phamplons m the Bibble^ dale [Table Tennis League individual


cbmpetitldn, -pldyed at the. Ashi f r i>^t ] j


k n o c k - o u t S m i t h


-Social Club, On Saturda^. _ two very close Arid


exciting ISnals B. Pafter defeated Jim Hornby' In the singles, while G. Tomlinson and T. Thompson, defeated Barry Hilton and .^Barrie


Parker in the doubles! ARDS FOR UFE BOYS


fTHE istlcutheroe Ufe Boys attached to , CUtheroe


Amorig them were the area


supervteor: Mr.' Donald Clark­ son, and ithe leaders of the 2nd Blirnley IJfe Boys. „ |


Mr. bbrihls Briggs, a leader


of the ! Clitheroe Teairi. welcoiMd i the audience and the cnaplAln, the Rey. A. B.


Macgarr, presented lanyards to the leaders of the teams In the|Clltherqe section.


a reception at the Coach and Horses H o t e l , ! Bolton-by-| Bowland. the bride was pre-- sented with horseshoes' by Master David Parkinson and Miss ;Jane Eccles. i


The wedding gifts included


a canteen of cutlery from thd bridegroom’s employers, Mri and Mrs. G. Waddlngton, and a set' of fruit spoons from hid workfrlends.


' ,


reside at 7, Albermarle Streetj Cllthbroe,


Mr. and Mrs. Dugdale will ' I i


I A typical evening’s pro-


gramnje followed. FIRST “ AT HOME”


[ The ju fe Boys have made


public i appearances but this was their; first “ At Home.”


To-morrow most of them will be travelling to Blackpool to see a ^ y s ’ Brigade display.


! ' One less to count


ton on Pendle Hill on Tuesday afternoon, Clitheroe: police went;to investigate.


When they got there they


discovered the bones were those of a sheep.


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A FTER two schoolboys had : reported finding a skele-|


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the mem b.ers 'Will have had their i2th| birthday, and a Boys’ Brigade will be started then. I This wjll be led by the Life'Boys leaders, Mr. R. Wlticklev and Mr. D. Briggs, although they'will hAve .other help. p


By September several of : , The Life! Boys were formed


at Wesley In October, with only Id members. Since then, the rae'mbershlp has grown tb 32,. so [ great has been the interest shown In the organ­ isation!


I ' MOTORIST MAYOR mayoral car,


■DROMLEY Council, Kent, Is ,


to ..stlfirid spend £.31147 on n I


Wesley: Church had'a n open evening, on Monday, when 50 parents and friends attended.


• _ , • .


Women will join m


in Clltherqe Congregational Church to-day to take part in the 74th Women’s World Day of Prayer, which 'wi ll bring Women of . 150 countries' together in prayer.


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YEOMEN of every‘de'noml- together


The Women’s World Day of


Prayer, as It Is konwn to-day, has grown from small prayer groups In the 18th and 19th centuries Into a world-wide fellowship. _


ORDER; OF SERVICE


'It Is sponsored by the Depart­ ment of ! United Church Women, who, each year, ask lyomen of a'different country to choose the theme arid prepare the: order of servlcq.


service comes from Canada, And the theme is “ Labourers together with God.”


•5^-’


World heAdquarters of the movement are In Ne\v York.


he Punchard brothers, who


■ite last year’s doubles iunpibus, Were out of thri 1 ipetition fairly soon. T


u ipcHUOri are G. Tomlinson,' Thompson, L Dixon and' Parker!


llctured hero befqre the HOLD UP!


Road, Clitheroe. on Tuesday aftpmbon, police had to


,


outade the main shopping ar& of Moor Lane otherwlBe the whole centre of the towq would have been congested.


ijuckllv the lorry stopped


’TC-atoREOW’S MATCHES: Blackburn Combination


‘Chatburri v. BrinscalL )litheroe Amateur League


Lov, Moor V. Chipping. Hucst Green v. Waddington. Sabden v. C.P.A.


atpe: |


■WTHEN a lorry’s back axli ' I ' collapsed In Whalley


dlirirt trafific because of thri hoW-up.'


, I


pushed ithe ball out ori the left to Francis, who put the bah behind.; .


the ball hard against Aspden, It r^oAnded and was then sent OT« the ’bM for a goal kick. ■


• but Wallace cau^t It quite easily. !


Plrider, getting away down the


middle, pushed the bah to Fran­ cis, who put it back to Finder too quickly when challenged and the mslde trian shot wide. I


(bar for ' 'cleared.!


in a ,powerful shot whldi Aspden raved weU by putting lover the comer, w!ilch was


Clltheroe had a fres the right. This was ri


j turn headed' to Erancii [centoq-forward raw , deflected for a comer i put . lnj l jy Finder ani cleared.'


feet centre, Francis w Fedy headed to Finde


,, . ■Wheri Green sent oi


, by Green, but: Fkanc. Just over.


; |


ee kick on wqll taken headed


PERFECT CENTRE


OT a per­ is offside, r, who In i but the ils shot fhlch was I AspdeA


. P ^ ^ am were given q ■ free kick on the edge of thb penalty area. The 'kick was taken by Leaver; !who drove In a powerful/ shot past Wfdjfice who not moved. ! ■


; ! This year the order . of


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'Arlbiorough Street Works, BPRNLEY I teleuKone 2312


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KING STREET, CLITHEROE. TEL. 1042. -


and a year’s supply This brought cheers from the


.home supporters, but 'these r.


Prom 130 yards Finder crashed


shot and Wallace attempt by the ground forward.)


From a coi|


Allen,: on Padlhain's left, put in a good shot from the'wing


• Moments later, Allec put be­ hind from the wing when' in a good position.


Thw Feely got ,aWy and. Shortly after. Frauds drove


CLITHEROE’S


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changed t j referee cause he' hi free kick.


.. Pa On re


ineffective , AIjLEN goli .WlUgershctl


was rifbL checked a p l ; Finder alf but he. was hq did so j gone as h e ]


: Green, dof


on the rlghtr handful foq Interesting i


'At the oil


with tlmelj;| Cfitheroe ail bdll .went oul


The Pa


up the gamql faster and' f


: Aspden ea header from I


'. Moss handll centre of tlu taken' by Ld. Several ClL


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