dEkf CUtDerl) §aberti£(ec & lilnW
; Lighting . Of Vehicles g.29 p.m. to 4-46
a.nl
FRIDAY, MAY 13th, 196( 'W jackets your 6thpr hi:: WOlIld
i You’ll enjoy your spare i: as much again in a
jacket. These jackets ai,ie I i , with such easy distuKjii
they f^l so comfort! ,ble, ■ good. We have tiiem in a superb range of woi K saxonies a id che V I Come and try a fe
for
j celebrated ; “ DAKS ” TROUSERS Itbli Wonted aiid Cavalry Twill.
m
READ & CQ., iLTI) GRADE TAILORS & OUTFITTERS
K!ET ■ Telephoije:
:e ■ c inm R Q E Clitheroe 58 : 1 |:
I B B L ljunotion with W. C. Standerwiok) log.
QACH EXCURSIONS j 'rtom'
!
16. Wellgatf! WHALLEY. Bus CHATBURR, Brown Caw
i a a tb ’rn Dep.
j pin.
am. ! 10-10
Static 1 i
SUNDAY. 16th MAY •SEVEN LAKES TOUR
-CHESTER ZOO ..................8/0 —NEW BRIGHTON ............9/9 •RIBBLE VALLEY ............4/3
am. 10-10pm.
a.m. 10-10
p.m. 6-40'
am. 10-10
pm.
TUESDAY. 17th MAY -YORK & HARROGATE . .11/9
-RIBBLE (VALLEY ..............4/3 —RIBBLE VALLEY ..............4/3
WEDNESDAY, 18th MJlY —AYSGARTH, RtCHM< )ND AND INGLETON
—BLACKPOOL' i...
—RIBBLE i VALLEY anfl SETTLE
THURSbAY. 19tN MAV -WINDERMERE: AND B O W N E S S i . j ........12/0
-CHESTER ZOO ..................8/0 -RIBBLE VALLEY . ......... 4/3
Book at Local Office; : j : .
HEROE. 16. Wellgate. Tel. 176. Or at Local Agency;
. Mr. Brooljes. Park Villas, (Tel. 2219
iVoriderfiil Health Toinic VINEGAR & HOI
For all information call
STKKISTS FCR OVER, 30 YEARS JG STREET, aiTHER
» :00REirS HEALTH STORE OE
COUNTY COWfCIL
children S DEPARTMENT I /-
ter Home
She la of 6 moi Ihet't children ar^ fher.
other children rrlis
is Urgentlyl Required and her brother, HENR' ', aged
Church of England j and rjiutf be
9 11 alto needed willing to help by oHa
the
bpy of 14: years. ring a home
these are. of the Con mittee, KRBA CHILDREN’S OFFICER
bames’ Street: — : Accriigton Telephone: ACCRlNC TOt| 4069,
Avenue, Clltheroe, hbme of Mr. and Mrs, S. Wdstheadj last week raised mote than
A COFFEE EVENING at “ Crossal," C l a r em o n t
: £28. ! ! Th'e event was orgarilsed by
the Bowland and' CltherM Division Girl Guides foi World Refugee Year.
I i * i*
the mayor of OLIt IiEROE'S FUND FOR REFUGEES
Subscriptions received ; to May 11th, 1960
Previously acknow. . • • Waddlngton Methodist ! Church Women’s
V iD E S A B i OF ST
HIshHolborn, W.C.I. Wpi V.V-; bald in 1959 by the Peirl Assurance Co: • I [' I
ed(£l8 mlUlont In the Life Branches the l^ e an^ Accident Branches.j
pd! other ad.ditjlonal benefits lor! ppliicVholders Eranches.l
£6,912,846 has be:n allocated! te '
feslo per £ 10 6 ,siun --------- — Lngdom policies entitle 1 to pafticipatt lus for 195? li
difam Life Branch ,ben :issured| ori hni
e6d £mooo,ooo. Chairman; Geoqri
impany and £5 provide
uity on in full
at the ey Kitchen, T.D., M.A. eArl assurance COIiIipAny limited
i^er; MR. D.;RILE!Y, PEARB AS£ URANCE: C». ]LTD. 37. RAI-.WAY ROm . biIackbuiL
n. future vith PeARL assuranee :OND ( Fellowship . ■ • ........
"Anon." In memory of j the late Mrs, Chew . Rlbblesdale Secondary I j Modem School—
Children’s ' Efforts .
H Boothman, Esq., “ Ii^: ( memory of Miss E. Lcemlng ’’ ........•
Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School—Senior
Dept...................
Maypole Dancers, Chat bum Road District . Miss A. Bennett
.......
Sawley Methodist Church . ! .................
5 0 0 ,31662 10 3 J. ENTWI8' H’LE. Mayor.
Mayor's Parlour, Clltheroe,
i THISWEEK| ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN
Wisely and slow— they tumble who riiin fast.:
Snaletpeafe
1376 2 ? (
10 2 0 1 0 0
.60 0 0 1 0 p 4 5 6
ook i
J.TJ. jjevldge Road, Blackl urn, chairman of Scales Funeral
■R. FRED SCALES, if 449, service Ltd.; since the com-
oany was formed at t ie be- elnnlng of the centur;r, died at hts home .on Saturday.
I f father; the latfelMr. Wllilam Scales.
from an early age :n the amilv business fpundec by,
Aged 81. Mr. Scales worked
company and Mr. Fred Spales Was made chairman—ii posl- UOT he held until his diath.
!lnil919 It became a limited
i He was the founder pf a school of embalming wliloh he
taught In la room it the Daiwen Street headque r t jrs ! He'leaves! a widow a,n(j two
sons, Mr. William Scal6s. a oast president of the National Association of Funeral Direc tors, of “ Rockdale,” Icilthe- roe, who takes over ad chair man of the company, And Mr. Alfred Scales, of Chlciedter.
MAX DAWSON 1 tv ,>
i FTER 18>years as chairman N V A bf iBlackbum Rural Coun
cil, iCoun. Harold Eydep, Is not to seek re-electior to the office on May 21st.
Mr Ryden. managin ' direc
tor of a company 3f mill lurrilshers, has been A ihem- beriof the Council fer 38 years. His: present te:;m does
not end until next Miiy. His long service as chaiim^n is in line with a tradltioji c)f the
Council. In the 65 years s
formation it has had five'chalnhen.' The f rs
^___
;ince Its only
Solomon Longworth, shortly after his appointment Mr.! James Bullough for j 15 years. Mr.
in the Council’s area ‘ :
# ♦
Brighton, is Mrs. Je m widow of Mr Richard M.P. for the ClltherDe Sion, who'' was kille d — motoring accident last iyear
TVEW HEADMISTRlEsb Roedean School,]
near Fort, Fort, Dlvl- In a
of An MjA.; Mrs. Fort is 45
years old and the mother of four sons I and a baby daugh ter: She• w a s ‘educated at Bereden School. Kent! and Lady Margaret Hall. Qxford, where she took lan honours degree In history. '
in Kent Education Committee schools
* .
transfer of PA f licence in respect Wheatsheaf: Hotel,
from Joe Ingham kemy Pla tt was a Clltheroe Magistrates yesterday.
* * ' : - ptl
'HN the Bench at Clltheroe I ”
day were: Aid. F. Be ' i *; ' * *]
Magistrates’ Court, Cmirt; ye ter- lenthi
rester- ............... _ . _ lam
:nett, Mr. J. C, Smith a|id Mr. J.;D. Greenwood. ■
Tpresi'ding), Miss E. RliGar- A BRING-AND-BtJiY sale
A In aid of, the sldk fund, followed by a q u iz ! Ibetween members and committee was held at Tuesday’s mbepng ofj the Women’s Co-^peratlve Guild. Mrs. E, Wilsonjpreslded.:
MINETY- ■
is ‘•1 t.q Mrs.
i-NINE on Thursday Letltla
Tam,
formerly iof The Wood Rimlngtoh,: who resides with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. G. Whitfield, of| 182, Whalle'y Road, Clltheroe.;
(Mrs. Tarn, a native of the|
Mllnthorpe district,; cm e tp this area '70 years ago. Sno Is
the ^dow of Mr. Wham Tam, who farmed, at Twlston;
until his’death at thp age of 55.
* . ! 'if irni: '
■She taught for sofne years
anent df'thd
eed
,i;heroe. John at
Court
;, Mr. died
iiiiient. served Arthur
Longworth for 12 anti Mr. Albert Evan Troop fob 20.
Billlngton and Langh) are' ERNEST CROSSLEY IN
IVlAYOR^ELECr CLOSE CONTEST
)Our liewcbmer wins seat
Biggest surprise of the Clitheroe Municipal I 1 election yesterday was the defeat of the
Mayor elect, Courlcillor| J. S. Wright, who told an ^‘Advertiser and jTiraes” reporter after the poll that he fou Id not be taking oh the office of Mayor.
Top of the.poll was Mr. Maxwell Dawson, who
was contesting ohly his second election as a Conser vative candidate. The retnaining Conservative
candidates. Councillor E. Crossley and Councillor S. J. Moore, held their seats. The result followed one of the quietest election
campaigns ever staged three additional polling
11-
in Qitheroe. In spite of stations, many people had
not turned out tb vote bucause of the cold, wet day. The 'csult, declared by the Mayor, Councillor J.
Entwisi le, Returning Officer, at St. James’s School at
2J p.m. wjis as follows:
M.dAwS()N (Col)-.. g.
c.Br | ithwa E. CROSSLEY I (dop.)
S. J. MpORE (Con.) J. S. vm G H T (Con.; R. GRI<|E(Lab.) . j... E. BRADLEY (Lab.| ..
H. DUCieWORTH (Lab.) Denotes Retiring Councillor.
recordec ln»the town. Lastj ' The sUte of the Council wfil -
There was a 55.5 per cent, poll,
tlve Councillors, f ve Labour; Councillors, tlve Aldermen and one Labour Alderman.
- TE (Lab.)
2512 2423 2418
2372 2291 2087 2046 2039
uuii, one of the lowest pver year’s poll was 58.43 per cent.
now be: Seven Conserva- three Conserva-
; .
was contesting Ws first municipal election, 1® the North Western Electricity Board at
the Conservative leader.
trustee md secreiJary
of.Mooi Sane Methodist Church. | The qbestlon of a |new Mayor! ^
committee of /ydermpn, j stated Alderman J. H. S a p r thwal t e"
now terefew^
Labour pm good poiWr for future
W.' D. Crltchley d( Bralthwaite’s succ
A MAGNIFICE -foment" was
presided'
_______at an aftjer-^the-poll i t was the first
his .knowledge, Crltchley; th a t a , had been defeated.
„iw Coun. J. iepcrlbed Mr. s when he
ItJT he
meeting at the Labour Rooins. - ■ time within __ Coufi. laayor-elect
They now had aJ n6wcomPr
to the Labour tearr, he before palling oni the nei
Labour (jounclllor )» speak. Coun. pralthwalte (ook the
opportunity to elxpress his thanks te 4he offlplals and to the band of helpe:’s for-the r ’ work. He was sorf^that hlp
three colleagues elected.
Mr. Gflce said
doubt that Mr. would fie elected wished to thank worked for them be back again nei declared
Mr. Bijadley who
briefly, Critehley, had
contesting
was a future.
measuTEtely well. [wd Mr.
he had ho Aralthwalte
ichleve-
when P e climate is against; is,” he commented. [
Weather to blanle for| lo\y poll I
A P P L A U S E greeted the ■ Conservative candidates,
I specially Mr. Maxwell | Daw- wn, who topped the poll, on ;heir return to the Conservative
Club, where a crowd of supporr ters had gathered.
Alderman J. H; Satterth-
waite spoke of the sadness jveryone felt that Mr. y?right ,liad lost his seat. He was, how-
lerc' not! .ygr, very proud that Mrl Daw- Kin had topped the poll.^ He had lone very well indeed. “
t year,” he
ae. too, 111 who ,We will
said Coun.j jolled Im-i siioke but; Duckworth!
said that the vlctpi by Mr. Br lth
kood pointer for thei
, ............ j ry ’achieved: Jralthwaite, who w^. his
first
! In closing •i’l'p Coun. Crltchley
three cheers for'H® s“®®®^ ful Labour candidate.
election,; Speaking: first. Councillor
Dawson said'he was over whelmed at the result, wh ch was something he had not accounted for at all. He was very, proud indeed to be elected, but was
also sad. 1
member of the,Council,” he said.
ted to those who had worked so hard and pulled together.
His own success he attribu Coua Crossley said he pre
ferred to think that Labour had merely regained what
"We have lost a very^ good ■ I
“ He has gained this seat [ '
The successful Labour candidate, Mr, G, Bralthw^te. who ^ ^
SIDNEY ll. MOORE SEAT
tljey lost in 1958. i It.was. he thought, more | difficult to maintain ; a majority on the Council than to [fight to the top In the first place.
Much good wop had been
done, and they vyere all very gpteful for this, I :
polling stations laffected the vote. I think the -weather was t6 blame for the low poll. Perhaps In time, [when people get used to them,; the new stations will mehn a higher
i“ I do not think the new ppll,” he said, j
"Without a doubt this has bien the best election I have
teughtj” said poun. Moore. “[The organisation has been really excellent.”!
all who had helped. Ap pl au s e [greeted Mr.
I Coun. Moore also thanked
fright, who said " I shall srtalnly fight again, but next
time I will have a base job, helping' with the organlsa-
■ .on.” 1
Talking|^dn^t notice speed
"WHILE talking to a passen- ' O' ger, James Gregory Row land, aged 24. of Hill Cottages, BoIton-by-Bowland, did not realise the speed he was motoring In Chatburn Road, Clltheroe.
A f lol lowlng policeman
ilalmed th e ' defendant was travelling ,at 45 m.p.h. In a •)ullt-up area at Clltheroe laglstrates’ Court yesterday,
B5. , ! Motorists fined
I?OR contravening Clltheroe traffic and parking regula-
motorists at Clltheroe Magls- irate’s Court yesterday. Douglas Raw! aged 35, of
;lons, fines of £1 each were mposed on the following
31ay ton - le - Moors; Francis Hubert Clough,! aged 55, of Blackburn; Li z z i e Aimie Gteenbank, aged 49, of Wil tons Farm, Cow Ark; John
;
/hen Rowland, ’sald to have irevlous offences, was fined
i GEORGE iC. BRAITHWAITE
' I f f ‘ ’■ 'v
FOUR SUCCESSFUL CANDroATES V»' • ^
SHEARING SHEEP TH EXPERT WAY |
New Zealander | demonstrate
PERHAPi local sheep hive what the advertising! n ^ would call “ shearabillty,” at any rate,; Mr. Godfrey Bowen, New Zealand’s champiofi sheep shearer who visiW Clitheroe Auction Mart to give a demonstration, under the auspices of the British Wool Ma r k e t i n g BoaW, yesterday, sheared' a sheept in 65 seconds flat—one of his best times since coming to Britain for this, his second
visit. ' : i j
or to watch him on televisloii Is!one thing, but to see perform In person was quI b another.
| In
Sheep men from a wide area the North
the “ second sitting.” j o f ; England
packed the sale ring and as many more waited outside for
speed electric shearer wM outstanding but what hn-
His control of the , high
pressed watching farmers most was Ms fascinating knack of handling the sheet). To straighten a leg or turn the head, Mr. Bowen merejy pressed the appropriate nerye centre ■with one or two fingers and the sheep reacted In an uncannily mechanical way.
I
• The fleeces he produced, needless to say, were as near perfect as possible. All the time he was shearing he gave
craft, his work was effortless and looked so easy. He told the crowd that he had been
a running corhmentary on the finer points of the science. As with all masters of a
shearin Shearing for 22 years and still fomi^
found s ip
took five year’s ^hlp
t things hings shearer; to make t to o an
apprenilce- average
l learn!
eap! av
! InteresUngi to local mers were his comment? shearing hill sheep ;i
special comb to allow . slight coat to be left;to tect
sheep.grazing Iniex; places,
J h a for a . pro- iposed
far- on
1 lit QUALITY LOWEBEb
j Mr, Bowen; was not -. -with the traditional; B; iway of marking fleeces,
ifleece, he said, andl ln : Zealand plastic ear tags inow used all ^ver the [coi
lowered th e ! quality! ol
! importance of shearing 'Clean wooderi floor to e: i foreign matter from In the battle against made fibres, which the Hi Wool Board ^ a s flghtln was most Important the'
He also emphasised fie
SOUTH COAS"r HONEYMOON A MEMBER of the choir at
Moor Lane Methodist
Church, Mrs. Annie Hloms, bf 5, Curzon Street, CllPeroe, was married there on Satuto day to Mr. George H. Hetherlngton, of 66, Hayhunt Street, Clltheroe, a bell ringer at Clltheroe Parish Church.
Mr. Edmund Parker, junior, the bride wore a pink grosj- grain two-piece with a headj dress of nylon and tulle, and carried an ivory-backed prayer book with a spray of orchids and stephanotls!
Given away by her nephew, j
■wore a blue and white two-j piece with white accessories,; and her niece, Miss Eileen; Smalley, who wore a mauvci two-piece with white acces
In attendance were her sister, Mrs. J. W
®l>®f®’’-
sories. They both had head dresses and sprays of white' carnations and llly-of-the- valley.
bride’s nephew, was best'man, the groomsmen being Messrs. H. Kendrick and A. Musgrove.
Mr. - Vincent Parker, the The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. R. C. Broughton, and the bride groom’s 13-year-bld nephew, Mr. Norman , Hetherlngton. was organist.
was a reception at the Sun Inn, Waddlngton, and later the newly-married couple left
After the ceremony there
for a honeymoon in Bourne mouth, the bride travelling In a cherry suit whh matching accessories.
were an electric coffee per colator from employers and workfrlends of the bride at Holmes Mill, a cut glass vase
Among the wedding gifts
: Mr. and Mrs. Hetherlngton •will reside at; 66, Hayhurst Street, Clltheroe.
from the employers of the bridegroom and his work-j friends on the Corporation,! and a companion set! from' Moor Lane (ffiolr.
i quality of wool should on Improvingl
irltlBh This the
happy
, were ujiltry.
New
, bn a iXcluile leces. man- rltlsh
the
ig> It the
leep
i shear over 450 sheep in a nine-hour working day. After the demonstration more than one local shpep farmer was heard to comment “Aj/e, Ah could do wl’ yon chap just fer one day!” !
Mr. Bowen! said he could
Excellent ye for I locsu
W.E.Al bran
secretary, Mrs. A.! Finder; treasurer,. Miss A, Wilkinson; committee, Messrs. R. Gibson, J. McFarlane, R, Wlcldfar, E. Wilson and! Mesdames M, Weaver and N. Wilson. Mr. H. Sykes was co-opted.!
Officials elected were Chairman,
I Mr. K. Rtocroft; .
the branch! had i.had an excellent year’s activities, and the treasurer’s report Indica ted a much Improved financial position, '
The secretary repbrte;d that to
1960-61 was discussed mid It was hoped [that the highly appreciated class on Eastern philosophy, (Under thb Rev. R, J. W. Bevan. would con tinue and [that classes in astronomy, apd current affairs might (be arranged..
The class programme • for
ising tutor I for Nbr ;h-East Lancashire, reported )n the national conference held at Brighton.
Mr. R. R. Fellden, organ ' i
the name "j Workers' tlonal'AssociEitlon” In
He stated that I the con ference had 'decided tp retain Educa- splte of
the fact that In some quarters the to/ord | “worker|”; had Implied polltjical associations
'on Wednesday when; they learned their boys were to, be
!/T*wo parents broke down at ! ■
Boys sent to remand home *• Clltheroe Juvenile ; Court
'sent to a remand home for 21; days for a report as to thelij; suitability for admittance to|. to an approved school.
court how the boys, with q. friend, had broken into Bawdf lands Garage, Clltheroe;^ and stolen the £2 5s. float from the till there. They galnPd entrance by forcing a toilet/
Insp. W. ’Taylor teld th^!
window. All three boys asked for
Leigh, aged H iof Horton-ln- Rlbblesdale; and Alice Hay-- thomthwaite, ;aged 21, of Salterforth.
■RURNLEY RESERVE goal- keeper, Jimmy Purnell,
FURNELL FOR NEW YORK!
whose home is at 21, Hen- thorn Road. Clltheroe, goes to America next week as a mem ber of the Burnley team visiting tfie United States for the American I International Soccer Tournament in New
York.
Royal Grammar School, he has been playing with Burnley P.C. and as a professional
An old boy: of Clltheroe I since he was n .
another case of larceny from a shop to be takeii Into con
sideration.
• Two of the boys, with prer vlous offences, asked for four other cases of larceny, two at Blackburn and two at Wadf dlngtoh, to be taken Into
consideration. ' I
conditional discharge and Col. R. G. Parker, presiding, comp mented that he had obviously been led into trouble by the
The first boy i was given a two older boys. ; , |
two were very serious Indeed, he ?ald, announcing that they wPuld be sent away. |
The cases against the other |
said he had been in fiospltal and had not been In a wsltlon to keep him under control. He promised that nothing like this would occur in the
: future.
-^Victoria 'Hotel, Market at Clltheroe Magistrates’ Court
and a central fiar which win give the licensee Improved control over drinking rooms. Upstairs, a former clubroom wfil be converted Into bed- rooms to meet; a demand tor residential accommodation in ^
■ These Include new tollete the town.
NEW LOOK FOR HOTEL A PPLICA'nONS to carry out
Father of one’ of the boy's
'life Irrespective 'of ' class, religions or political affllla tlons,
^ r r y ^ r iv w ho llicenc
Robinson, aged 20,! of Place, was; fined
driver, i Norman
unfounded I and ; 1; was stressed that W.E.A. members were drawn from! all i/alks of
This implication was quite
"The beauty , Prodlicts of this Famous Porii House of .: !•
Beari/y a r3 available from: |
A CLITHEROE coal [lorry Carlton
had lorry
driving when pot the holder of a current licence arid £1 for falling lo produce: a cer tificate of insurance within five days, ai Clitheroe Magis trates’ Court yeserday. |
£ I for
son was seen by. a policeman in Worston Larie oiii March 27th and issued with |a| form to produce! the dMuriients wlthm five'days at (lUtheroe Police Station. This he tailed
Insp. W. Taylor said Robin Cwkiry Demonstration to do. (
offence, but claimed Jif diiced his! Insurance note at the police, stati the fifth day.
Robinson I admitted th6 first
pro cover on on
Youth riirew A ' ' t
and breaking two Low Moor was given
17-YEAR-OLD yt, admitted throwlr
Mill , on . an abso!
' :
charge on payment - 4d. restitution and 4s Clltheroe Juvenile Wednesday!
Place, Clltheroe, were [agreeid yesterday.
extensive alterations tat the
Partridge Hotel, Wdlgate, were also ’approved. |-
New toilets’ at the ^Dog and |
police welcomed all the alterations.
Insp. W. Taylor said the Iwlfa: of
boys had been Inyo the defendant had closed their names, through some !mlsi sense of loyalty.
Insp-^ W.i Taylor s:
enlHled "FROZEN FOODS" will b j given by ; Mri. Jonek, our Hoiiie 5^100 Adyjier, in the , G^ ShowrbomSj, Castle Steeet:
oii Tuesday Next, 17th May at 2-30 p.m.
; ! p CHARLES j CHEMIST
Albert - -
! ,
5 Church Street. ■
IG M.P.S. Clitheroe
Telerihone;, Cllthep’oe 591 i
ar ich
FTHE annual general meeting of the Clltheroe branch of
the Workers’ Educational Asso ciation was held, oh Monday at Surbiton House, i ;
.p This is . . . when die Emphasis] is oi All Tilings French Hi ■ Ti’?
WE STOCK!. FRIGIDAIRE . IHORPHY RICHARDS FRIMATIC . HOTPOINT . Etc., Etc. TERl^S TO SUIT YOU.
i It rv
For local farmers, his exhibition proved a wondeijful experience. -To read about his ^exploits In th^ National Press
I
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 13, I960 i 5
:! '?
li I. lir
i
rcuth who g stones mows in
..prU 21st ihite dis- -,117s costs by
(teurt on
iiiid other
i.ved, but not dls- pbsslbly idirected
Parker, presiding, that there was, no excuse toi hurling stories about and tin it! he had been very silly. ’The briy.was given two months t ) pay tor the windows , out of nls spending money.,!
,,He was j told by Col. R; G.
TO-D/. ■
> ¥
FINE TABLEWARE, CABINETS
STYLED I'OR TO-DIAY’S LIVING SEE OVR DISPLAY
Si Leemng 17/19 MOOR L i ^ CLITHEROE '
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