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am,erne Advertiser and Times. M a y . February W. I9*7 _3 3N


Celebrate! 21 $t birthday Mr. S. Flack honoured METHODIST YOUTH


DEPARTMENT’S NEW PRESIDENT


president ot’ the Methodist Youth Dcp.iru section).


Department on Saturday alternoon at


Clitheroe. The venue of the meeting


is decided by the selection ol the president-elect, as it is the custom to hold it at the church which the president normally attends. This year, because of the choice of Mr. Flack as president, the honour fell to "I rinity. Ministerial and lay presidents


uKourn


He was inducted at the annual THnitv Clim-rh y Uiuich.


, 0UlKj| mectina of the


BOWLAND’S EXCELLENT RECORD


The Bowland district—which


has an average of 188 persons to each public house—has come through the past year with a clean record, said Inspector D. Hardy, presenting the annual licensing report for' Superinten­ dent G. Glendinning. at Gis- burn on Monday.


He reported :-


£ _No proceedings from drun­ kenness-


0 —No proceedings for under­ age drinking.


No proceedings for driving while under the influence


triven bv Mf. ™ck. whose theme was •'service.' He said


was a privilege and a respon­ sibility and He referred to the


that work oi the Sunday School and among young people


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fact that people could be either "stumbling blocks or “stepping stones."


long service


are chosen alternately, and the vice-president, who will become


president in 1968. is the Rev. Michael Cannon, of Oxford Street Church, Blackburn.


Some 160 members, hus­ treet


bands and friends attended XVaddington W.I.’s 21st birth­ day party at St. Helen’s School on Saturday when Mrs. A . Lupton, president, extended a welcome and briefly described the begin­


nings of the Institute. She recalled that Mrs. J. N.


Garnett, was the founder presi­ dent and the late Mrs. Coul- thurst was secretary when the institute began soon after the


end of the war. Mrs. Lupton paid tribute to the members who worked so hard in those early years and urged that the good work be continued.


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wrote this poem which intro­ duced tire evening:


Mrs. Doreen Underwood


“On this very auspicious occasion


As we celebrate 21 years.


Our hearts HU with pride and devotion


And you may find a few mingled tears.


We think of the ones who have left us,


Who were loyal and gave of their best.


SERMON PREACHED TWICE A YEAR SINCE 1680


on the start ot the Union Seminary in New York, preached the Assheton Sermon at Whalley Parish Church on Sunday, the service being conducted by the Vicar, Rev. H. C.


Snape. The sermon lias been.


preached by a different Bt., if he be then living: and clergyman each year since after- hto ^cense^the^succcs-


1680, but the remuneration of £2 has never varied. A similar custom is still pre­ served - at Downham in January, and there also, the clergyman receives £2 for his


services. In each case the preacher is


sively, as is limited and ex­ pressed, and to and for the uses specified in and by the bequest and direction of Sir Ralph Assheton above men­


tioned. FOR THE DOOR


Job 19th Chapter, 25th, 26th hereafter expressed (viz): that and 27th verses, and Colossians, forty shillings be equally divided


confined to one of two texts, j therefore tn reiorc


"And also four pounds more to be distributed as


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3rd Chapter. 3rd and 4th amongst, such poor people as verses, and on the same day as are the most impotent, blind,


the'sermons are preached cer- lame. decrepit, aged, indigent, tain charities are distributed at and unable to labour though both Downham and Whalley. formerly gainful, and not pro- The origin of these curious vldcd for out of the constant


customs with their strange con- assesses, or by tile overseers of ditions forms a romantic story- the said town, hut inhabiting The dates of the sermons with the township of Whalley.


We cannot in name them all


mention But we think of them neverthe­ less.


Though in difficult times we are striving.


In institutes both large and small.


STAND f


only min* ality tor


mths ulily


lour TV. Itioiift-rutiom


■l l iis rntlol can t 2 months • you


We will pay with a smile, for we know it's worth while


To our friends who have joined us this evening,


Then the one who started our institute


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To answer our headquarters' call.


We hope you will join in the fun.


Will be proud of the job they begun.”


mittee member, baked and decorated the 21st birthday cake and as a token of the institute’s appreciation, she was presented with five rose


Mrs. H. Whiteside, a com­


-trees. After the cake-cutting cere­


mony. Mrs. Garnett and Mrs. Naylor (past presidents) and Mrs. Whiteside were presented with white carnations.


Tel. 22322.


I. Tel. 22822. f Tel. 3)03


The party began with danc­ in'” to amplified music then


Mr. . John Pye. of Clitheroe. entertained with conjuring tricks. Mrs. II. Banks supervised at


e s INCH L IE


originated in the will of Sir and known or reputed to be Ralph Assheton. of Whalley, constant comers to Church: which was proved in the year and that the number of each 1680.


Manor of-Downham. owning a four, and that the other forty considerable property there, as shillings be equally divided well as estates at Whalley and amongst such poor living within elsewhere.


Sir Ralph was Lord of the exceed eight nor fewer than poor that receive alms shall not


1G80 without leaving an heir number so limited aforesaid; by either of his two wives, the and that the said several sums title and the Whalley estates of forty shillings be distributed passed to his brother Edmund, 1 after the anniversary sermons while he bequeathed t-he Down- above mentioned sh all be ham property, subject to his preached at Whalley and Down- widow's life interest therein, to ham." his cousin, Richard Assheton. of I


On his death, on January 30. every way so qualified, and the the township of Downh,im.


Cuerdale. * the forebears of the present Asshelons of Downham.


STRANGERS


preachers. Sir Ralph left £70. “Sufficient to raise the yearly sum of £4 towards gratifying two able and orthodox minis-


For the payment of the ■ ^ 4


conducted by the retiring presi­ dent, the Rev. Harry Lee of the Hnslingden Circuit, who thanked the retiring officers for their work during the past vear They were the secretary, Mr. W. (Bill) Greenwood, the treasurer. Conn. Prank Mitchell, and the auditor. Mr. W. Maden. The Rev. Ronald Job- ling expressed thanks to Mr.


The business meeting was Doctor Norman Pittinger, who until recently was Lee. PRESIDENT’S BIBLE Performing the induction, the


Rev. Harry Lee presented Mr. Plack with the presidents


Bible, which, like the office, is held for one year. The Bible was presented to


the Blackburn Section by Coun. Mitchell, the first lay president


and a former Mayor of Has- lino-den. He was unable to be present at the meeting because of illness, and good wishes foi a speedy recovery were sent to


The presidential address was


LIBERAL CHOICE


Mr Plack has just retired froin the position of Sunday School Superintendent at Trinity—a post he has held since the amalgamation of the Clitheroe Methodist churches Prior to that he was superin­ tendent at Moor Lane Church. Ho has been a Sunday School worker for 37 years and is also a lay preacher with more than 30 vears' service. He is married, with two grown up daughters.


A man of great experience, of drink. *


0 _No proceedings against any licensee.


there were 28 licensed premises in the division, which has a


inspector Hardy said that


population of '4.715. He said that the last pro­


ceeding and conviction foi drunkenness in the division was


in 1964 Seven occasional licenses and


510 extensions were granted during the year, as compared with six occasional 'icenses and 292 extensions in 1965.


The Chairman, Mr. J- M.


Barlow said, "I am very glad to hear that we have had no convictions during the year.


am sure that with the help ol the licensees, the police oho the public, this record will con­


,i* u“ » *»'& v;*~ • , tinue.”


PRIVATE AUTOMATIC ’PHONE NETWORK FOR POLICE


I nneashire County Police, pioneers of the use of two-


way radio control car's and (he “ Lancon” personal radios fnry individual policemen, is shortly to have the most extensive and up-to-date private automatic telephone net­


work of any British Police Force. Much of the new system is already in use. Eventually,


senior county police officers Home Office officials and


when it is fully complete, il will cover the entire Lanca­ shire County Police area. Designed in consultation with


exiierts from both the General Post Office and Telephone Rentals Limited, the network


ns an essential feature of mod­


ern police work "Years ago Lancashire County


police were the flrst in, country to seize upon the value


will eventually enable police at some 200 centres throughout, the


county to contact each other within seconds by direct diall- ing—onlv in certain circum­ stances will it be necessary for them to go through an uitei- mediatc. manually - operated


exchange. TIME SAVER


us a great deal of time prev- iouslv wasted by the need to route calls through several exchanges.” explained 011101 inspector E. Bowden.


‘This new system will save


of radio-controlled patrol cais- he said “These rapidly proved


their worth and ever since then good communications have been recognised as a particulaily vital contribution to kcepm*. the


force at peak efficiency. “This new telephone instal­


lation is a fully-planned system, designed primarily to meet the County’s present day police requirements but with adequate


provision for it to lie extended, without loss of efficiency, t<


meet possible future needs. Ur"ent operational informa­


does not appear, but in 1810 the eight pounds was charged upon some lands in Pendleton owned by Mr. Ellis Schofield.


How this £170 was invested Clitheroe Division Liberal


ton as to the distribution of t-hc gratuities to tbe poor can hardly be carried out to the letter" as poor and indigent


The directions of Lady Asshe­


[ere. X c rX n th eS icu n f f ien ts people cannot be expected to nf Dnwivhnni and Wliallcv. I IRo a year on the eighth, 01


perhaps better.” The record from an extract in


“People being willing for the even the fourth part of forty mo=t part to hear strangers shillings, and yet it is specified rither than their own. though | they are not to receive what


the supper and afterwards a floor show was given by about 25 members nnd their husbands in " fancy dress portraying characters from local and cur­ rent events and TV shows


The evening concluded with


the singing of “Auld Lang Svne” nnd a piece or birth day cake was given to everyone


on leaving. Our photograph shows (left


to right): Mrs. Garnett. Mrs. Naylor, Mrs. Lupton and Mrs. Whiteside with the 21st birth­


day cake.


the parish register of Whalley, goes on to state how Lady Assheton (miscalled Lady Eliza­ beth Assheton. as she was not a peer's daughter) placed two sums of £70 and £100 in the hamV of Mr. William Crombock and Obediah Chewe. as trustee, to be invested “ to the best im­


“And tha-t


ment Interest or income thereof be disposed and employed ac


the said


would alive.


was termed in 1923 parish relief. It is hoped, however, that the recipients of the money ave such as the original donors approve of were they


FOOTBALL preached


provement it can”. T h e document continues :


cording to and under the firm- a day of solemnity, and that On FV


cla Ol


tations and in the manner and form following (viz): that four


. . .


pounds thereof be annually on everv 20th day of January, paid and delivered into the hands of the said Lady Elizabeth_Asshe-


ton, after her _ decease to the | ^ ^ p| ' ’ hands of Sir Edmund Assheton


DEAN’S HAIRDRESSERS FEBRUARY SPECIAL


liore m.p.g. on lad test report: I another of the I early 49 m.p.g. Imparablc van lide petrol.” fcv/n work over


■tor estate car 157" (38,2'’ hetv/ocn


Bedford 8 cwt. I scat £8 10. 0.


l i th 67.2". Loading lh t2 0 " . Total capa- |70 cu. it.


EUGENE SET-A-PERM 2 0 / -


AND ALL TERMS’ REDUCED 3 Market Place - Clitheroe .


TELEPHONE: CLITHEROE 3811 church. . on one occasion a very


- , ^-oFl^e^hairUve muscular exponent of the texts as long as she shall live leoted 1)v sir Ralph made a


aycl.s captured


the football, and taking it with him into the pulpit, effectually prevented play until the ser­ vice was over. Then he gave the ball a kick off from the steps of the church yard. For sonic years after the preacher always started the football down the church brow, but this, alas, with many good old customs is ob­


solete. Whalley. There


The s c rm o ns arc duly at


nummv ui<


ana empiuyea u*-- day was more of a holiday than nrt mnDTlftr mid


improve­ was thrice as populous ns it now, the "Downham preaching”


vnaf/»Vt wH.1i Nl


that, at a time when Downham is


Downham and is a tradition


it u u y u i a w ' . im u x , ' , football match with the New Church lads was very usual and kept the folks away from


Association announce that the Liberal Candidate for the Whalley Electoral Divi­ sion of the Lancashire County Council, comprising the Clitheroe Rural District, at the elections to be held in April, will be Mr. Campbell Hopwood. of Wiswell. Mr. Hopwood, who is 44 years


of age, married w:th two chil­ dren, is a chartered accountant and is secretary and financial controller of a public company with headquarters in the North-West. Born in Stockport and educa­


ted at King Edward VII School, Lythnm, he has always lived in Lancashire and Cheshire. Before coming to Wiswell in


1962 he was a founder member and Chairman of the revived Liberal Association in Povnton, Cheshire, and became the first Liberal councillor elected to the Parish and Rural District


Councils there since the war. Shortly after coming to live


in this constituency he became honorary secretary of Clitheroe Division Liberal Association. For 20 years Mr. Hopwood


has been 'a Reader in the Church or England, and licen­ sed to the Rural Dean or Whal­ ley for service in the Whalley


Deanery. Mrs. Hopwood is a Vice-Presi­


dent of the Wiswell Women’s Institute, and is a Marriage Guidance Counsellor, serving with the Blackburn and Dis­ trict Marriage Guidance Coun­


cil.


cations officer. an officer dials a call ttnough to me at Hutton on a matte1 which may be better dealt with by a colleague in anothei department, I can now hold the call momentarily whilst i transfer it automatically to the right


tion will mainly- continue to be flashed both to pohcc stations and to officers on patiol u> radio. About 340 of the county s present patrol vehicles are now radio-controlled, as are 2o pei


cent of nearly 250 police m°l01 cvcles Another 160 of the latter


are now equipped " '‘V i / c o n - “Lancon" (for Lancashire C


q u a r te r—without any


assistance _ fr o m exchange operators.” The heart of the new system


is a large, fully automatic


These extremely lightweight l wo-wav transmitter A-eceivci s enable officers to keep m touch wdth their colleagues even when K n g remote loc8Uons;


exchange, capable ot scivmg 300 extension telephones housed in a special room at the County Police Headquarters, Hutton. Some sixteen racks of complex wiring and other equipment already occupy f iF ^ m ’lers


of the length of the 70 x 10 exchange room—and there is provision for more racks to he added in the future.


The intricate wiring of this


exchange, involving nearly 8o miles of wire, took Telephone Rentals’ Engineers over 4,500 man hours to complete. It re- quired some 28.500 separately soldered connections and incor­ porates 187.000 precious metal contacts. Meanwhile. 09 “private wires" extending over some 040 route miles were provided by the General Post Office to connect this exchange and those of other county police establishments, some of them


as much as 50-60 miles apart. First of the "Dependent” sub-


divisional exchanges, basically


similar to that installed at headquarters, was brought into operation at Lancaster simul­ taneously with that at Hutton.


ESSENTIAL


Lancashire’s former Chief constable. Sir Eric St. Johnston,


who became H.M. Chief Inspec­ tor of Constabulary only


recently and who played a lead, ing part in setting up this vast private telephone network, re­ gards efficient communications


ctibularv) personal ladios. f Van driver


takes blame for crasli —lined £5


Alec E. Taylor (24), a sales­


man, of Castle View. Clitheroe, was fined £5 at Gisburn on Monday for driving without due care and attention. He


pleaded guilty. Ml- J- R- Pinder. prosecutin


was driving towards' Castile's Bridge, three miles on the Clitheroe side of G'Sbuin 12-50 pan. on December 8.


heavily-laden lorry, behind which was a mini-van.


PULLED OUT Mr. Pinder said: "The ram-


van pulled out to Mrs. Hockett expected that


when the driver saw hei he would pull back to his own side


_.»• thp road, but the \an seemed to go out of control and careered towards hex.


the van collided with hei. The impact was so great that both vehicles ended up on the M-'ss verge, and both drivers received


“ Mrs. Hockett braked, but


slight injuries.” Mr. Pinder said, that PC


George Poole interviewed Ta> tor and took a voluntary


statement from -him. In this Tavlor said he was


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ClHe saw the car and braked to draw back But


the van skidded I01!"'31''' ” " c he lost control of it. It was


mining heavily at the time, CLEAN RECORD


Mi- W. D. Greemvood


defending, said that Mr. Tay­ lor. a single man. had been driving for six years, and had


The corner at Castile s clean record. ,


Bridge, he said, was a very difficult stretch ol' road, and had been considerably greased


bv the heavy rain. ‘ Mr Tavlor made one great


mistake. He under-estimated


-the length ol' the lorry he was attempting to overtake, which


was about 30 feet." Mr. Greemvood said that


control ot the car.


“ He fully accepts that he was res po n si b le for this


.


accident.” said Mr. areemrooj The chairman, Mi. J. - al


sm m sis!T/kis


Barlow, said: “ We all know this is a bad stretch ot road. This isn’t the first time there have been accidents."


YOUNG FARMERS HEAR TALK ON PIG REARING


Mr Tonv Walters, of Gisburn. gave a talk on “ The manage­ ment of sows” to about, foity members of Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club at their meeting in the Grammar School on Wednesday week. Mr. Walters gave advice on the reaiuio and


A well-known pig breeder,


SUBJECT TO 6 MONTHS NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL MINIMUM INVESTMENT £500.


alone, on foot and well away from their vehicles. Some 500


“Lancon” sets., each operas rtti three of six possible fie quencies and sm'vcd by 45 con-


trol points, are already in use bv officers throughout the


county. Nearly a ?c° re 0 tonal control points aic being established.


HIGH SPEED


countv’s remarkably compre­ hensive police communicjtioM


Yet another facet of the


ic Mip use of move than oU teie printer and telex installations. Tliese.1 like the new tel^hone


JU S - m&St


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im


Tavlor braked and tried to get back behind the lorry, but lo -


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feeding of pigs, and was asked mn-nv questions. He was thanked 4by Harry Whitwell


Building Social


and John Smithson. A business meeting followed,


with Gordon Whitwel. the club chairman, presiding, it


was announced that m the


quarter finals of the Lanca­ shire Federation's junior quiz competition the CiU-heroe team


tost to Pendle Forest YFC by 46 point to 37. The Clitheroe


Whitwell and Alan T ates.


evstem are linked by private lines. ‘They enable important


but frequently lengthy and pai- Hcularlv detailed instructions and other information to be


transmitted to division head quarters and other police estab­ lishments all over the county at speeds iff up to 70 words per


'"staUstics now revealed lndi-


catp that the decision to speed Z and generally make more


efficient the handling of police communications was w el_foun


ded. Last year the county bandied no fewer than 33,000 -999’ calls. 16.500 motorway


calls from the M.6.). muabi telex and teleprinter messages, 800.403 wireless despatches and


emergency calls <l.e. i™ h |


297 975 telephone calls—au 01 which had to be dealt with b> - force of just under 4,2o0


policemen and women til 11-1, i1 lllllr V.


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SOWERBUTTS « ° ° R ■ ! « „ « 3 9 2 C L I THE R OE Mr. Bryan Cowglll, the head


of BBC—TV sport, was the main speaker at the. ninth


annual charter night dinner or The Round Table of CUth-


i eroe, held at the Starkie Arms


Hotel on Friday. There were about 125 people present, including all the past


chairmen,, and all 37 members. The chairman, Mi’. Brian


Dent, presided, and proposed the toast lo the guests. Mr. Cowglll, a native or clitheroe,


replied. The Mayor, Coun. T. Robin­


son, proposed the toast to the "Round Table Movement” , to which the area chairman, Mr. Terence. Johnson replied.


The newest member. Mr. B.


Cushing, read the Aims and Objects” of the movement, and the Charter was- read by Mr. R. D. Dewhurst. Toastmaster


was Mr. H. Brown. Other guests were the chair­


man of Bowland Rm al Council, Coun. H. Eastwood, and the


vice-president of Clitheroe Rotary-Club,.Mi’.-J- Whittaker.


Some of those present at


the dinner are seen «n our picture'above. They are, left


io right, front: Coun. Wil- Uamson* Mr. Cowgill, Mr. MayoS


chairman); and Mr. Whittaker r°nand "coun Eastwood.


Back. Mr J- Saul (secret­ ary). Mr. P- Bridge, (vice-


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