EP: U-y, v v


look for wrong type


of leader, says Clitheroe woman minister


CLITHEROE Congregational Church was packed on Sunday evening for a ioint «rv.cc arranged by Chtheroe Council of Christian Congregations and conducted bv


mfniJer m,n,S<cr’ the Rcv- Kathleen M. HendPy, the town’s first womS The Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and MrsV T.


Robinson and clergymen from other churches in the town, were amongst the congregation.


This was one of a-series of


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15. In the SPECIAL lie INVESTMENT IY DEPARTMENT


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churches in the town in tun/ The organist was,Mr. Phillip


we look forward to the great festival of Christmas,” Mrs. He n d r y continued. “Even pagans are caught up in spending and preparing and even the agnostic and the unbeliever c a n n o t entirely evade the season of high expectation and


wonder if it was ' all worth while and a few would make their old cynical comments. The Puritans, under Oliver Cromwell, prohibited the fes­ tival of Christinas in this country becduse they believed it had got out of hand and itc true meaning had been com­ pletely lost.


excitement In the end someone would


g r owi n g


wonder now if Christmas is being spoiled by commercial­ isation and pagan parties," Mrs. Hendry added. ‘.‘There are others who. complain against the churches and about the magic of the traditional stories and the un­ reality of, nativity land—they say these things belong to a


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THERE was a good entry of almost 1,000 for Friday’s sale of store lambs, Half-bred ewes, £3-17-6 to


CLITHEROE MART


Sunday seemed to be a most propitious day for an adven­ ture in Christian unity. Mrs; Hendry said that at this time of the year the mood of eager anticipation was infectious. ■ “ Everywhere hope rises .as


Christian Aid, realised £33. Commenting tha t Advent


A collection, in aid of 1


able lessoning of enthusiasm as Advent comes round. Year after,year we go on. with our cards and our carols, our giving and our guests until. We lose our winter weariness and sing, joyful' and triumphant ‘Come and behold Him, bom the King of Angels, O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.’ I t seems as if, in spite of all our misgivings we really do expect someone at Christmas, we really do believe that God is in Christ, recon­ ciled in the world to himself and that the hopes and fears of all the years do meet in Bethlehem.”


far off fchildhood world cf legend and mystery and have nothing to do. with the -20th Century space, age. . “ And yet there is no notice­


There is nothing we can do sir,


All the beds are booked already There is nothing left for you sir.


“They are as busy as the Bethlehem inn-keeper;' they are not hard hearted they are preoccupied. You p r o b a b l y know Sydney Carter’s carol: ‘No use knocking on the window


decent and respectable people were asking how a birth nearly 2000 years .ago could have' any bearing on our lives and say­ ing “surely you don’t expect us to take the hopefulness of Advent seriously?” Mrs, Hendry commented:


. . . . Preoccupied , , Mrs. Hendry said that many


Jesus Christ heaven


has gone to


One day he’ll be coming back sir


,


In this house he will be welcome


Knocking on the window


But we hope you won’t be back sir


Knocking on the window— the same old way.’


On a Christmas Day. There he is again


situation in which we find ourselves, aren’t we driven t-.. echo John’s question, ’ Are you the one who is to come c: are we to expect some other?


She continued, “ In the


scene in the 4th Gospel when John announced Jesus. Took there is the Lamb of God. It is he who takes away the sin of the world. This- is he c: whom i spoke when I said that after me a man is coming who takes rank before me.’ “ This truly was Advent—


“ You will remember the


immoralities were as shocking as before, so that we could sympathise with John when he began to have his doubts about Jesus.”


i n t r i g u e s and the


“ Like so many of us John had been looking for toe wrong kind of leader. He had been hoping for a man who would assert his authority,


Mrs. H e n d r y explained


as firmly entrenohed as ever, the


John was absolutely sure that day, all the hopes of the centuries were fulfilled in Jesus. But things didn’t work out and John’s certainty gave way to doubt. Jesus did not develop as the deliverer the Jews had expected.” “The power of Rome was


to do, and that never has been God’s way with his world. “Unless we can' understand


who would tell everybody what


Jesus’ reply to John we miss toe truth in Advent. The glory of Christmas is toe helpless­ ness of the ■ child in toe manger and toe equal help­ lessness of toe man on the cross."


Lasting power


to overthrow Rome for He knew that the power of love was toe only lasting power.” She went on to point out toe


“ Christ’s mission was not


meaning of Immanuel: G„d with us—“ God in Christian Aid, in toe work of toe wel­ fare state, public affairs, the health service. the: rehabilita­ tion centres, the rescue teams at Aberfan and Florence, V.S.O. and everywhere where there is an honest effort ta minister to human need. “ As I understand,” she


your heart cries, ‘Are you toe one,- take courage, examine toe evidence, see what God is doing among us. • Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, if He’s not born in thee, thy heart will be forlorn'."


continued. “ everyone of us has toe responsibility of accept­ ing or rejecting toe God who comes to us standing in the rain, knocking on toe window. “ If, with John toe Baptist,


Filling station application


turned down


that the proposed site was at a very bad bend and on a very difficult part of the road.


road, an application for Town and Country Planning Per­ mission for the establishment of a filling station, as a replacement for the existing one at Ribblesdale Arms, Gis- burn, was refused by toe Plans Committee of Bowland Rural Council, at their monthly meeting on Monday. Councillor W. Blackwell said,


filling station within a mile, and on the same side of toe


Because there is already a


HELPING LEPERS


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WHEN Coun. Richard Turner went out to Uganda, teaching clog-making to lepers, he made many friends. One of these. Sister Anna Pia, who. works at.


the Alito Leprosy Camp, Lira, has written to Mr. Harold Duckworth, secretary of the Clitoeroe branch:of LEPRA. •


Clitheroe for their thought., and help which are deeply appreciated among toe lepers and their helpers at the camp.


changes that have taken place at the camp since Coun. Turner’s visit. The one water pump is to be replaced.by an up-to-date water supply system and more of toe land is being farmed.


She also writes of toe Special


More children have arrived, she writes, and a few of them


g u e s t s at


Clitheroc Division "ICI’s annual staff reunion dinner


r ’ v - t f - i J \ 4


and dance at the Swan and Royal Hotel yesterday week were Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Fairclough. Dr. Fair- clough is general manager (production) of the Billing- ham Division of ICI. Also present were former


works manager, Mr. D. M. Grudgings, who is now at the Heyshaih factory, and Mr. G. C. McKinlay who will soon be taking over from Mr. R. A. Smith as


Golne Festival successes


explain toe work of some of the older children—farming, needlework and helping others.


are excited because Christmas is near.


Children pray hard for their friends and helpers."


She concludes her letter: Thank you v e r y much.


children at the leprosy camp. School of Dramatic Art. . Our picture shows one of the All the children at toe camp


are going to be discharged completely healed. Treatment was going well and only a few patients had huge deep ulcers. Sister Anna goes on to


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at Pendle Junior School;; Julie, Moorland School; and Alison and Janet, toe Girls' Grammar School. •


They all attend the Watson MAYOR’S WELFARE FUND


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5 0 0 3 3 0


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Messrs. James Dewhurst & Son .................... 5 5 0 Mpl and Mrs. G. Hetherington ..................... Wm. Westhea’


Anonymous ............................................... Trutex Ltd.


Mr. J. Bentham ......................................


.....................’. ........... ............. 25 0 0 2 2 0


Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Kilner .............................. 1 1 0 Messrs. Theo Wilson & Sons ................


Drs. Rutherford and M. McDonald Smith .. 2 2 0 Mr. C. G. Roe .......................................


Drs. Cassidy, Harrison and Parker................ 3 3 0 Anonymous ........


Mrs. G. M, Higson ........................................ 1 1 0 £78 1 0


A berfan Distress Fund Donation received up to November 29.


£ s d Previous acknow. ............................ .............. 80111 9-


“Anonymous Giver" ........................ ............... 2 0 0 Clitoeroe Parish'Church ..........1.,................... 106 19 0 NALGO ............................ ................... . MAC ...................................................... . '. . . . MAC .......................


......... .................... ..■ 712 1 9


1 1 o ’ 10 0 10 0,


2 -0 O' 2 2 0 2 0 0


ford Road, Waddington, is head of sport for BBC Televis­


ion. He is well known in Clith­ eroe as a former editor of toe Advertiser and Times.


Grammar School, he joined the BBC in 1955. subsequently be­ coming responsible for present­ ing the popular “Grandstand” and “Sportsview” programmes as executive producer. He was appointed head of sports, pro­ grammes in the BBC Television Outside Broadcasts Group in 1963.


An old boy of Clitheroe Royal


“Grandstand”team, and was a member of the Sportsview unit that won the Television Golden Award for their coverage of toe 1960 Olympic Games. His duties have taken him to many parts of the world, including a trip to Chile in 1962 in connection with the World Cup.


Mr. Cowgill was in toe original


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and sale of. newly calved cows and heifers was; well attended; Quotations: best cows, £90 to £117; other cows,-£60 to £84; best .hfrs. £84 to £98; other, hfrs., •• £66 to £78; . bobby calves, £2-5-0 to £3-10-0; rearers, £4-10-0 to £11-15-0. The judges,: Messrs. H.


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AT toe recent Luther Green­ wood Memorial Festival, Colne, Elizabeth Bond gained 2nd prize and Julie Hartley 3rd prize in toe verse-speaking class (up to and including 8 yrs.). Alison Jones and Janet Bailey gained 2nd prize in the junior duologue class (under 12 yrs.). Elaine Marsden and Rachel Shaw gained 3rd prize in toe adult duologue class. Elizabeth Bond is a pupil


wo r k s engineer at Clitheroc.


The guests were wel-'


corned by the works man­ ager, Mr. C. T. Y. Cowie, and musical entertainment was provided by another member of the staff, Mr. R. Forster, and his wife; who were accompanied by Mr. Smith on the piano. Pictured above are (left to right): • Mr. and Mrs. Cowie, Mr. and Mrs. Grudgings, Mr., and Mrs. McKinlay, Dr. and Mrs. Fairclough and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.


Bryan Cowgill


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CLITHEROE had an inter­ est in the award of television “oscars” at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on Friday, at the annual dinner and ball of the Guild of Television Pro­ ducers and Directors, for Mr. Bryan Cowgill, who led the BBC production team in the coverage of the World Cup competition, received the out­ side broadcast award from


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