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iJiHERE is k presence In the house,


Who's will 1 We run tc


Igl/lsdished for parents are bangs; and


Ided. i ' I


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a conntiy have: this heard it


|eek that |lt one g(ailt


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|L E Modern crowded ny


Imonow Ipr Irence of:the |y branch of Union . (if


1st time the, leen held jiri


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Ir discussion Id orphans’


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presentatlv' ling and


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Intent took Clltheroe Fire FALSE tlve Society


A boiler had become over-j heated, lapd steam was;


escaping, I which looked like; smoke. T^e firemen left after turning off the pressure.


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He has his; special chair. And Cronin-like we serve him. And obey his smallest wish. His dignity, forbids, him


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His status as our dog! JIMFEL.


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OLD BOYS WELCOME


NEW PRESIDENT Police chief takes office


rpHE close link which exists between most sections of the town’s life and Its 400-year-old Grammar School was


emphasised at the annual, meeting and dinner of the Old Clitheronians’ Association, held at the Swan and Royal Hotel on Friday.


and a gathering of about 90 Included the school’s two oldest old boys. Mr. John Mitchell, who Is 92, and his brother, Capt, Frank B. Mitchell, who wUl be 90 next month.


Members of the j Association are old boys of the school,


Chief Constable of Blackburn, who succeeded Mr. 1A. W. Lupton.


extended to: the newj presi­ dent, Mr. Richard R. jBlbby,


':


distinguished police : career was made by Mr. J. C. Cowglll, a past president, when Mr. Blbby was formally adopted as president at the annual meet­ ing which preceded the dinner.


Reference to Mr. Blbby’s


appointed c h a i rm a n In succession to Mr. W. L. King, who has completed a five-year term of ofifice. Mr. H, A. Whiteside was re - elected secretary and Mr. F. McNdb treasurer, and tributes were paid to both fo,r their services.


Mr. A. C. Dewhurst was It was announced that Mr.


John Coates, clerk to the governors, who was retiring, had been appointed an honorary life member of the Association.;


SUCCESSFUL YEAR


Association and the new president, Mr. Lupton saldthe Association had completed another successful year' and once again the annual dinner had afltorded old boys of the school the opportunity they welcomed of renewing a c q u a i n t a n c e with their friends of schoolboy days.


Proposing the toast to the


Blbby’s rapid promotion In the police force, Mr. Lupton said the honour which the old boys had conferred upon him was just recognition of his


After referring to Mr.


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CRAFTSMANSHIP A warm, welcome was


refuse the Invitation, buj; on second, thoughts he came to the conclusion that he owed so much to the old school and to “Old Matt” (Mr. C. M. Henderson, a former head­ master) that It was time he did something in return.


amusing incidents in his school career, Mr. Blbby recalled that once hla French translation was pinned , up on


: After referring to many


the notice board as an example of "inattention In’


ciask” ' ' I


not realise It at the time, the school was building our characters,” Mr. Blbby addedj


“ Although we probably dl^


normal code of behavlouri what we accepted as common-4


' “What we thought was'a Putting ;the finishing touc les


(place, we found In later llfq was not normal; we had standards and principles that were not universally shared and we have learnt, too, since those juvenile days that what we had been doing was- not merely learning, but learning how to learn.


more time and energy dodging work than we would have spent doing it, we ha^ quite subconsciously been' given the ability to seek, to find, to follow knowledge; and to master anything to which we set our hands'.


“ Though we perhaps spent ".That Is the quality, whlchj


I believe, is the one for which all of us here should be grate­ ful. It Is recognised by^us all, and thdt Is why we gather here year after year.”


IN GOOD HEART


school, Mr. Stanley Westheao paid a tribute to the head­ master, Mr. G. Hood, and said the Grammar School was In extremely good heart, as recent reports, had disclosed. While In this day and genera­ tion there was a tendency perhaps to over-emphaslse the Importance of examina­ tions, Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School had been much wiser and Its educatloii was more broadly based.


Proposing a toast to the


Innumerable activities con­ nected with the , school outside normal hours, -to which ■ members of the staff generously gave their services, Mr. Westhead recalled that the school Scout Troop was 50 years old; and that one of the masters, Mr. R. I. Kay, had had charge of It for 25 years. He thought


Mentioning that there were


occasion'of the 50th birthday shouid be suitably marked.


the


'job of work in many directions In service to the community


sulted from the Scout Troop would probably never be able to be measured. He considered the school was doing a grand


The good which had re­


pressed appreciation of the services of the late Mr. L. C. Coles, a member of the teach­ ing staff who had died since the last annual meeting. A memorial appeal fund for Mr. Coles had resulted in. a memorial pflze for EhgUsh being offered under hls:'name.


Replying, Mr. Hood ex­ Answering the points made


' spirit spreading through the school.


J


hope that In the light'of the Wolferiden Report, something would be done to pfoVide swimming baths In Clitheroe. At present the- boys of the school had to travel 10., miles for swimming facilities.


Mr.' Hood expressed the COMMON BOND School life gave boys


experience In the art of living together, and It was here that one appreciated the value of an association like the Old Clitheronians. It was through this channel that boys'could meet a group of older and more experienced men, past masters in the art of living who were. ready to share a common bond and common


Interests. The stronger that link, as


new generations came along, the greater the strength they would be able to give to their school, enriched with the experience of Its growing young men, and the greater would be ' Its capacity^ for service In the life of the town and country.


Responding to the toast to the visitors, proposed by Mr,


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by and


* MANY NEW MODELS F(5R I960 ♦ BABYLAND'- GA§IfI£GATE


N. W. Finder, the Mayor of Clitheroe, Conn. W. Sharpies, paid tributes to the many old boys, particularly In.the field of sport, who had become national figures, and said he wished to mention In par­ ticular Cyril Washbrook, the Test cricketer. BUI,Slater, the international footballer, and Bryan Cowglll, whose tele­ vision p r o g r amme s had aroused widespread interest. '


The fine spirit of t sports­


the old; boys had been Inculcated at the school, and; in many of the town’s organ­ isations to-day old boys of the . school paid a prominent


part. They, showed’ a flue spirit of 'bublle senlce jvhlch he much appreciated.


, Mr. R. Houlker was tbast- master.


by Mr. westhead About Scouting, Mr. Hood said he had been very conscious of the tremendous value the Troop had been to the, school, and he had seen the ^eout


Dame Ellen Musson: Eminent me mber


of the nutsiiig profession dies


1


the nursing profession. Dame Ellen Musson, D.B.E, RlR.C., L1.D., S.R.N., died on Mohday at Badlesmere, Trinity Trees, Eastboumei


fiNE of the countjcy’s most distinguished memberg of


BIG RO;


was a daughter of the late Dr. W. E. Musson. of Mayfield, Clitheroe^ Several relatives reside in: the town.


i


St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, Dame * Ellen gained the gold medal and eventuaUy became assistant matron. In 1906 she was , appointed matron of the Swansea General and Eye Hospital and three years later became matron of the General Hos­ pital, Birmingham.


Bleglnnlng her training at - During the First World War,


and untU 1920, she served as Principal Matron of the Territorial Force Nursing Ser­ vice, having charge of the nursing in six mUltary hos­ pitals in the Birmingham dlstrct, as weU asl th e . clvU hospital, from which she resigned In 1923. In recog­ nition of her service during the war she was awarded the. Royal Red Cross (First Class), receiving the decoration at Buckingham Palace from King GeoDge V.


; NURSING COUNCIL


Ellen was elected ,to the General Nursing CouncU for England and Waleg, and for the next two years y?as chair­ man of the E,eglstratlon Standing Committee; In 1926 she was the first iiurse to be chairman of the! General Nursing CouncU.


In January. 1923,( Dame |j !


EUen found time to j take a leading part in the struggle to obtain registration of nurses by Act of Parliament and In efforts to Improve the education, pay an^^d pensions of nurses.


During her career, Dame


tion of Hospital Matrons, she was also aUled to jthe College of Nursing Ltd., seWlng on Its CouncU for many I years smee its foundation In 1916. Ainpng other duties she" undertook was that of hohor a^ry treasurer of the Ipternatlonal Council of Nurses!


A mehiber of tlie Associa­ ,


Commander of the Qi^der of the British Empire In recog­ nition of her work as chair­ man of the" Gen'eral"Nursing Council of England and Wales, and In 1939 she became Dame Commander of the Order, In recognition of her con­ tinued work as chairman. In 1939, too, she was awarded the International Florence Nightingale Medal.


In 1928, Dame EUen; became


In 1955 the General'Nursing CouncU placed i her portrait,


painted W Dame Laura Knight, R.A., In th e ; CouncU Room at Portland Place, London, with'those of other eminent members of the nursing profession.


in retirement at Eastbourne for some years, j


Dame Ellen had been living . Dame Ellen, who was 93,


could not. Mr. Thomas,'who er titled


-live,” /outlined the pijsslblU disarmament.


mean many things,” he said. "On the one hand It could mean banning any further production of the H-bom|b, or It could mean the destruc­ tion of existing stocks of bombs. The Russians would like a ' further interpret atlon —that of banning the use of the bomb.


"Banning the bomb <[ould


‘ " I t would not be Impossible to, get a lOOfper cent guaran­ tee oh the prohibition of weapons./ Inspectors could go around the world ebeemg all countries in the same w ay as Inspections of nuclear power stations are carried out. '


bombs may have been I made already by the United states, Russia and ourselves. It would be much more difficult to check on the ellminat on of these stockpiles,” he de ilaredl


“Enormous quantities of "If the UnitedrStatis and


ourselves were 'to cany out total elimination of bur stock.4


piles and we were not lure of Russia, we would be In a funtty position.


1 “ Control of the world \lrould


. check . eidstlng stockpiles. It would be possible to 1 check means of delivering the bomb to a very great extent.


go to any world power which cheated in this respect.] While It would, not be possible to


" It Is possible that the


bomb could be delivered by other means. I t could,' In theory, be carried by a ^lerson, who would leave it ip we heart of a great city, but this is extremely, unlikely.


s ta r t ' a nuclear war, it must be certain of knocking emt the industrial centres of Its victims, and to do this I would need a great armada of bomb^dell'very machine


"If a nation Is going to GREAT FAITH Mr. Thomas said the picture


■inside the U.N., It Vs as ar organisation which could la; the foundations for prc|fitabl£


was not quite so bisck’ ^ many people believed. He had great faith in the powei of the' United Nations tc settle disputes, and while wc did not think that d ^ annameht could be settle^


1 He explained that the re was a nuclear weapons tes s con/


dlscussiop.


ference at Geneva whlih had, cohtmued. despite mrlous plosions, to work out some


THE YOUNG CONSERVATIVES RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS


IVTEW members who have been enrolled sliice the'foung ^ Conservatives’ 'recruiting cppalgn


were welcomed at the fortnightly meeting of the CU-heroe branch of the Young Conservatives Association to the Cour


^


servatlve Clul? on Monday, by Mr. John Rushton,] vice- chairman. whppreslded.


Hulme, was the speaker, ms siibj ect being “Brltato’s place to the world.” He waS.thanked by Mr. Rtishtonl •


Mr. Ian Hyslbp, of Cheadle j :


to the Clltherce constituency to the two Young Conserva­ tives who enrol mcJst pew


manship shown by so many of miembers. j .


. They will take the form of an''expehses-'palid trip to’ Lon­ don. There the two lucky winners


will be met by Mr. Frank Pearson,. M!P. fbr_pHtheroe, who ,Wlll'arr,ahge a visit to,.the Skdek Exchang;J,a touf‘of"the Hdases'of , Parliament, dtofier


Two prizes ard being a'warded


to the House and tickets for e debate.


campaign, branches w te re­ formed last week In 'Vhalley and to Lpngridge.


As part of the reiirulttog


branch are chairman. Miss Elaine Turner; ylce-chilrmp, Mr. Jdax Edmondson aid Miss Lois Parkinson; iHon. ire^ur


The officers of the ^Vhallej


er, Mr. John Hill, ard Joto; hon. secretaries; Miss ■. ennlfe: ’ Jones and Miss Ann Klrktaaiu


for the winter months was ar­ ranged aiid’ wlH tak; 'place fortnightly to, the Censervai


A programme of actlyltleii tlve Club. Whalley..


to the " Pendleside Daii y ” window at the' Womtn’s Institute Country Housewife exhibition . at Preston last week is Mrs. A. Capstek, president of Glsburn W.I.


one of the most successful at the exhibition and was arranged by the Garstang and Clitheroe group of InstlMes,


This particular window was D OR US Succeed w h k e others cannot


“UEITAIN Is a second-rate I power,” Mr. Hugh —- ^ told an audience ht ia United Nations Association public meeting In CUtheroe Town Hall on Monday. But,


said Mr. Thomas, special cori’esi)|)ndent at the 10-nation disarmament conference, as a great second-rate power, we could play an importaiit.| altaosf indispensable rolu m world disarmament. We |couldJsuceeed where greater nations


^ speech “ Four minutes to esi of attaining u i'


International political ■^effective control of tests.


What was most encouraging


about the conference, was that it was nearing agree- mept, a thtog almost uPknown In recent years. Russia had agreed to'havq nuqlear inspectors Inside her country.


success the whole attitude of the! world will-change,” the speaker continued. “There wlU be a feeling that the first step towards complete dis­ armament has ■


“ilf this conference Is a I ■ ■: been taken.”


that Russia really wanted complete disarmament, since she! could conquer the 'world more easily by economic and Idealoglcal means. Constantly Mr.| Kruschev advocated dis­ armament. 'Whether or not thU (was pure propaganda we could not know, but we could asshm'e he would carry out his protalses if the occasion arose.


Mr. Thomas said he believed


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from America. There the people were afraid of another Pearl Harbour. Apart from that, America could afford .the. burden of cost much better than Russia, They could produce bombs more cheaply than Russia, but they were afraid that perhaps they could not compete to the


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economic field. I


had played an admljiable mediatory role to bringing America to discussions. It seemed certain that America would not have attended the disarmament conferences >or the Summit but for the con­ tinual insistence of Britain.


The British Government New AT ANY TIME


weapons could take place at any time, without regard to :any particular political situa­


Elimination of n |u c le a r


tion. Elimination o f : armed fo rc es and conventional weapons, however, was not quite so easV It would be more difficult to bring about; con­ ventional disarmament than nuclear disarmament- while there were., s t i l l vast


differences of opinion and idealogy which occasionally


, exploded -violently. “I I have faith In the peace­


ful* future of; the world. Past history shows that the Russians are not . really a


•bellicose race.. They do not attack people. In fact, they t h ems e l v e s have been attacked many times. They defend themselves brayely and courageously.


disarmament. We cannot afford to keep spending money on arms, both nuclear and conventional, and we would welcome disarmament.


•j Britain, of * course, seeks


I not lor peace. That Is the job of the politicians.


' ‘I America also would like disarmament.' although there are certain opponents of disarmament, particularly the Army. The Army can -be excused, however, since It is their job to prepare for war,


, nations of the world, not for­ getting China," ■will come to agreement, and /I am.i con- ' fident'that Britain .will play a


VI am convinced ..that .sooner or later the great


■leading 'diplomatic ,Jole . reconciling the differences betwe«i nations. ’


iThomas a n s:w e r e d - many questions.,


jpollowlng-^hls addfess,,Mr. ,


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