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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 24, 1961


COUNTRY DIARY Purpose and design everywhere


1\TY article on evolution "A caused quite a stir in certain circles. Some com­ ments we r e appreciative, others,


“ Student of Nature,” were less complimentary.


like those from


of the opinion that once the obscure implications were understood my interpretation of Nature’s methods were far more progressive than those of the Darwinist.


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were, on the Shavian, Butler, and Ib se n outlook, sar­ castic wit is not by any means unknown to me. But I do not think it becoming, at least in these articles, to adopt a style, however, tempting, which can be termed sarcastic.


Having been reared, as it


critics find my idea of evolution interesting only be­


I mention this because my


cause it shews how a man who should know better can cling to out-of-date ideas. Mud- slinging can only obscure the truth, 'but I must say his reference to Aristotle does not prove his case.


shows that he, too, can be termed old fashioned, for did not Aristole erroneously be­ llieve that the lower forms of


On the contrary, it merely


“ Student of Nature” is old fashioned. Again, like the curate’s egg, all theories are good in parts. For the present, let us therefore sort some of the wheat from the chaff in our search for truth.


from Mother Earth? Because of this, I do not say


ife sprang up spontaneously NATURAL SELECTION


is the theory of evolution by natural selection. Now, we should know that natural selection may explain the survival of the fittest, but it cannot explain the arrival of the fittest. Nor can it say if the Attest are At to survive.


FUNDAMENTALLY, we are s A concerned with the main­


pring of Darwinism, which


that natural selection acts by the preservation and accumu­ lation of small inherited modifications. He also ad­ mitted, “ if it could be demonstrated that any com­ plex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, suc­ cessive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely


Even Darwin himself said complete could an organ sur


vive? Until completed st would be useless and accord­ ing to Darwin, would therefore be unAt to survive.


o When the whole significance


selection becomes apparent with its denial of beauty pur­ pose and design, you begin to realise why after such teach­ ing the world of today is a hot-bed of fatalism. For Dar­ win’s theory, which explains ■the process of evolution as a series of accidents, is nothing more than a denial of purpose or will.


f the theory of natural A BLASPHEMY


TT Is, in effect, a blasphemy s and is just like saying a


such a thing is possible and the truth of science, then all we know as beautiful, the trees, stars, the seasons and the scenery, are the work of a blind, irresponsible force.


accidents is a process of evolving the human form If


eries of rail, air or road


disprove the theory of natural selection than “ Student of Nature ” can disprove the theory of creative evolution. But, as we all know, it is easy for anyone wishing to believe in such an inhuman method of evolution to And logical excuses for such conduct.


I can, however, no more


interest in Nature, that the more enlightened interpreta­ tion of either inheritance or evolution is based not on natural selection, but on the very simple fact that where there is a will there is a way.


I repeat, after a life-long


is a blind force, yet my reason demands that if I were to And


So-called natural selection


an intricate mechanism my reaction would be that such was the result of a creative being.


AN EXAMPLE


one were to And a watch capable of measuring the hours of day and night, it would not be unusual for one to think it had been made for a purpose.


r iT.HE example of William A Paley can be quoted. If


as Darwin was working on his theory, so was Mendel study­ ing heredity in his monastery. i And as one who has experience


Further, as my critic says,


enetics have no more proved Darwin correct than have all


n these matters, may I say g that Mendelism and his law of


the fashionable biologists since Linnaeus. The laws of Mendelism have


been exploited by gardeners stock-breeders and poultry farmers everywhere, and cer­ tainly prove that certain characteristics can be trans­ mitted to offspring by selective breeding. Why then all the fuss regarding what should be perfectly obvious?


NATURALIST Praise from the


Board of Trade '[’HE following letter has been received from the Board of


Trade Census Office by Mr. T. Rishton. secretary and manager of Clitheroe Co-operative Society:


6th November, 1961.


Census of Distribution and Other Services for 1961


Dear Sir, I write to thank you for com­


returns to be received in this Census (they reached us by the same post)—the forerunners of more than half a million others. The early return of completed forms would greatly reduce the time and cost of the census operation and we sincerely hope that most other traders will show something of your own expedition and efficiency.


Yours was one of the first two


appreciated. Yours faithfully, R. Edmond.


break down.” How then before becoming


the mechanism of the body, with its light recorders, trans­ mitters. chemical retorts and so forth. To claim all this as the result of accidental selec­ tions or chance is ridiculous. There is purpose, design and guiding intelligence every­ where if one has the eyes to perceive.


How much more wonderful More visitors Your co-operation is greatly


pleting and sending in your cen­ sus form so promptly.


iwws, famine relief


yyiTH sir William Hayter’s support, a special fund has


been opened this week to help the people of East Africa, where several simultaneous emergencies are causing human suffering on an unprecedented scale.


cans face starvation in Kenya as a result of drought and floods. A similar number are affected by famine in Tanganyika. At the same time, thousands of dis­ placed Ruanda tribesmen are pouring into Urundi, the Congo, Tanganyika and Uganda. In each case, British administered terri­ tories are involved; the fact that they are near to independence neither makes things easier for


Five hundred thousand Afri­


THIS WAS NEWS . . .


25 YEARS AGO November 27th, 1936


I p . and MRS. TOM ROB- J~


celebrated their golden- wedding. An address from the villagers congratulating the couple was presented by


’JL INSON, of Downham,


Mr. R. C. Assheton. * & *


sent by Major Aspinall, of Standen Hall for the annual ball of Clitheroe Conservative Association.*


FH e King Lane Hall was decorated with flowers


« *


them nor lessens our responsi­ bility. All this adds up to a claim on


i our compassion that cannot be


adequate to meet the situation, and the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief feels justified in taking the unusual step of


gnored. Official aid has not proved


opening a special fund for East Africa. Stop-gap help amounting to


-■*- for the Coronation of King Edward VII, Mr. Lau­ rence Hardy, headmaster of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, agreed to produce a pageant in the Castle grounds.


A S part of the celebration--


F l ITHEROE schoolchildren ^ were to receive a week’s holiday for the Corona­ tion celebrations. The Educa­ tion Committee also agreed to make an appropriate gift to each child.Kf * *


'SPECIAL services were held at Clitheroe Parish


over £30,009 has already been sent by Oxfam to the troubled areas, but available funds are now exhausted, so that it is necessary to appeal urgently to all who believe that human beings must not be allowed to starve.


ing food exist. Money is needed to buy food, to meet distribution costs, (in some places American surplus food is at the ports) and to provide se-ed that will secure the next harvest and thus end the famines. Donations, large or small, may be sent to the address below;


Reliable channels for distribut­ East Africa Fund,


Oxford Committee for Famine Relief,


Barclay’s Bank Ltd., Albert Road, Colne, Lancs.


(REV.) GEOFFREY W. PETTS. Regional Representative.


For grazing LAND bought by the Town


' v 175,000 overseas visitors came to Britain in September, the British Travel and Holidays Association says that this figure brings the total for the first nine months of the year to just over a million-and-a-half, an increase of nine per cent, on the same period last year.


ANNOUNCING that more than


be used for grazing purposes until proposals formulated by the Development and Town Planning Committee a r e adopted, it was decided at the monthly meeting of the Coun­ cil on Tuesday.


Council at Edisford is to


the control of the Waterworks and Estates Committee.


At present the land is under


Church for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The Bishop of Burnley preached in the morning, and in the evening the Rev. W. H. Waller, late of Burma, was the preacher.


FO G clamped down on RibbVesdale, and It took


two and three-quarter hours to make the bus journey from Clitheroe to Accrington. The last coach from Manchester, which left at 10-55 p.m., arrived in Clitheroe at 4-45 a.m. next day .


50 YEARS AGO December 1st, 1911


was taken by the United Tex­ tile Factory Workers’ Associa­ tion. The Legislative Council strongly advised members to vote for raising the age at which children could be em­


A BALLOT on the hall- time employment of children


ployed In cotton mills to 13. i? * $


fYLITHEROE Liberals formed AJ a new association at a meeting at which Aid. J. T. Whipp presided. He was later appointed president.


* * *


Bill, Mr. D. Shackleton, form­ erly M.P. for Clitheroe, relin­ quished his post of Labour Adviser at the Home Office.


A ppointed a commissioner under the new Insurance


* * *


HTHE REV. FRANK BALLARD A visited Chatburn Wesley­ an Church at the weekend


On the Saturday, at a well attended meeting, he gave ‘Christian answers to social questions’ and on the follow­ ing day preached at services.


I T was stated that since the


membership o f Clithcroe Weavers’. Winders and WarD- er’s Association had increaseo by 500. In November alone, 250 new members had joined.


middle of September the Home comforts!


Tha's finished thi work, and tha’s hed a good tay,


XT'S grand to be ’ome at the end of the day.


Tha kicks off thi shoes, and tha wriggles thi toes,


Get's comfy and warm, and drops into a doze,


Th’art on th’edge of snoring, when t'missus ses “Joe!


Just get us some coal in—the fire’s getting low!"


Tha fills up the scuttle, gets back in thi chair,


Th'art ready once more to aban­ don all care,


When t'missus ses “ Listen, give 'eed when I'm speaking!


All’ll bet tha’s not noticed yon kitchen tap's leaking,


And then tek a look at yon sneck on't back gate,


CLITHE FROM PO


Fade after CLITIIEROl


keeper, for shooting on both s| long range.


[ ’OR three-quarters of Clilhl Bridge on Saturday, neitl


only brilliant save the Padihl take-off to tip over a strong P


’keeper was beaten lor the fil time when Pinder's centre-cu| shot rebounded off the post hit Stanton, who was standi on the goal-line, on the chest n| bounced out.


In the first minute, the visitcl


beaten again when BIRKEl lobbed in a beautifully pla<| centre from Gill.


One minute later he ’I


ham put in an effective shot, 1 when towering centre-fonvl


It was some time before Pd


Dodd crashed a shot from m| than 30 yards, Wallace beaten but the ball hit the p-


on top and played the bet football in mid-field, but U had a hard job to break dc Padiham’s makeshift half-b; line, in which Leaver, playing what was for him a new posit! was particularly effective.


In the first half, Clitheroe w


Tha'll never get through if tha leaves it too late!”


Tha fettles the sneck, puts a wesher on't tap,


And think's “ ’appen now all'll get t'chance of a nap,”


the game in the second half, l with Pirie and Kershaw placl the ball well for the forward:! run on to, it was no surp| when the visitors equalised.


Padiham got a good hold


Tha loosens thi belt, slips down in tlii seat,


When t’wife ses “ Y'know luv, ah'm feeling dead beat,


Ah've bin round on mi feet since early this morn,


moved on to the left after interval, took a pass near half-way line, accelerated a| from two tailing defenders slipped the ball inside.


Lanky right-winger, Bray,


Dusta’ think tha could shave a bit fray mi corn?”


Tha gets out a blade, and t'wife ses "Tek ’eed,


Don't go cutting too deep, and mek the thing bleed!"


pivoted and slammed oblique, rising drive into the from more than 30 yards.


Tba does t’best tha can, and th'ev'ning slips past,


And then comes that doze thas been wanting at last.


When t’wife shakes thi arm, “ Did you ’ear what I sed?


It's time tha woke up and geet ready for bed!"


So, that has a last pipe, a bite, and a sup,


Tha locks the front door, and then swills out thi cup,


DODD received the pi Stanton had slightly more L


BUY BRITIS Q U /


Tha puts out the leet, ses “good- neet ” to the dog,


Ses “E'eh but all’s weary, all'll sleep like a log!"


Tha's been dopey all neet, now


Then tlia gets between t'blankets. and what does ta think?


lha can't sleep a wink! JIMIFEL.


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