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Volunteer lrivers


iv anted The Meals on Wheels


service of the W.R.V.S., which has been going in Clilheroe lor two-and-a- half years, needs more drivers.


I; takes out 24 meals, cooked tlie Ribble Cement Works canteen, twice a week. All the


a: c ill or house bound and ■vouUi be unable to cook for themselves.


Organiser


these people on their doctor’s recommendation.


about 30 people engaged in this work.


At the moment there are


centre organiser, Mrs. N. W. Steiger, or the Meals on Wheels organiser. Mrs. H. Hargreaves.


Volunteers should contact the NEW LOOSE COVERS by


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meats are kept hot in insulated containers. They arc taken to people who


v , >• „ y A street jumble sale organ-


ised by 10 Park Avenue ohildren last week raised £5 5s. for the Clitheroe Physiotherapy Centre.


The children are, left to


right: Bridget Byrne, Chris­ tine Moorhouse, Elizabeth and Alison Jones, Patricia Hayton, Jacqeline Walker, Martin Byrne, Steven Grain­ ger and Mark and Paul Hay- ton.


Shop-breaker is detained


A youth who broke into jeweller's shop in Moor


Lane was sentenced to six months detention by Clithcroe magistrates on Tuesday. He was Michael J o s e p h


George O’Rourke, aged 19, of Nelson Street, Low Moor, who had tw’o previous convictions for shop-breaking this year. In July, he was placed on


two years probation for shop- breaking and larceny. Jointly c h a r g e d wi t h


O’Rourke with breaking and entering the shop of George Heycs and stealing f o u r watches and two rings, valued at £48 5s. was Peter Northover aged 18, of Union Street. Low Moor. He was placed on two years


probation. They were each fined £1 for


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Holland and Mrs. Riley’s bro­ ther anr sister will travel from their home near the .German border in Holland to see their n e i c e marry Mr. Brendan Hillary at s t Michael and St John’s Church on Saturday, September 28.


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Children raise £2


Jayne Pinch, her five-year-old sister, Carol: Stephen Fell, aged 8, Beverley Lambert, five, all of Siddows Avenue, and eight-year-old Louise Rung, of Hodder Grove.


the proceeds of a jumble sale held by five Clitheroe children. They were eight-year-old


were not sold were given to Oxfam.


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nesday and Thursday on the pavement at Siddows Avenue. The clothes and articles that


Tlie sale was held last Wed­


Old People’s Home was last week presented with about £2


The warden at Castleford Brendan is the only son of


office at the ICI works. Clit­ heroe. and Brendan is employed


Her mother is a native of


O’Rourke and Northover were seen by Dc Derek Holcroft. Both at first denied any know­ ledge of the offence, but they later admitted breaking the window and stealing the property.


the same day,


f o rm e r employers, Telehire Ltd.


offence of stealing a car radio to be taken into consideration.


O'Rourke asked for an


guests from Mr. Edward Slinger, defend­ Impulse


home after being released they put a brick through the win­ dow “purely on impulse.”


charge of being drunk and dis­ orderly arose from a fight In St. Paul’s Street, Low Moor.


O'Rourke that he had failed to take any heed of the leni­ ency shown to him earlier.


Mi’s. E. Hall, presiding, told


want to drink, you must learn to contain it.”


Vicarage day raises £300


Sir Frank Pearson, M.P.


Old Vicarage’s 300th anniver­ sary, which is the home of Mi- and Mrs. W. H. Heane.


for Clitheroe, was present at the Open Day at the Old Vicarage, Chipping, on Saturday. It was held to celebrate the


McGowan, organised the bring and buy and cake stall and the side shows, which were manned by members of the Mothers’


The Vicars wife, Mrs F


with a coffee morning, there was a buffet lunch and a cheese and wine party and bar­ becue in the evening


people attended the celebrations and the target of £300 was achieved for the church funds.-


More than two hundred


Union and the Men’s Fellow­ ship. TTie day started at 10 a.m.


to choose his company more carefully, and added: “If you


She told Northover to learn


police cells all night.” said Mr. Slinger. Insp. -Ashworth said that the


‘All I can say is that they were fed up after being in the


drink and were taken into cus­ tody. They were on their way


ing. said that both youths were extremely sorry. I t appeared that they had too much to


offences to be taken into con­ sideration. one of stealing £2 from a. gas meter, and for stealing several keys from his


Northover asked for two


smashed at 5-30 a.m. on Satur­ day August 17. Later


cuting, said that the shop window was found to be


Both pleaded guilty to both offences. Insp. James Ashworth, prose­


being drunk and disorderly.


WATER SCHEME IS


DROPPED Proposals to draw up to 20


million gallons of water daily from the foot of the River Hodder and the Ribble


vised application to the Lan­ cashire River Authority to ex­ tract water from the Hodder at Mitton.


Licence


for a variation of its existing licence to take water from Dun- sop to Blackburn through their 30 inch main, which is now capable of delivering 11 mil­ lion gallons a day. and not 10


tion points into a single source of supply.


Whittaker, with 42- points won the Stableford Foursome com­ petition in the Ladies’ Section


Wins foursome Clegs and Mrs. M.


of Clitheroe Golf Club on Sat­ urday.


apply for a variation of its ex­ isting licence to extract water from their two Durisop bore­ holes and one at Footholmc, by amalgamating the two abstrac­


million gallons as anticipated when the main was built. The board also proposes to


The board intends to apply


that it has decided to await the report of the Northern Technical Working Party, set up .by the Water Resources Board to investigate water resources in the north of Eng­ land. before formulating a re­


Rural Councils objected to the scheme, which was proposed bv the Fylde Water Board. The board has now toid them


have been withdrawn for the time being. Both Clitheroe and Bowland


V s l ip * i i i w S A,


BILUNGTOIV FAMILY FOR HONG KONG


A reply to an advertisement in a Sunday newspaper has led to Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Bailey leaving their home


| six years. ' Mi's. Bailey, who has been busy making cotton dresses to take with her, has mixed feel­ ings about leaving England. Her sister and brother-in-


law run the Bilhngton Post Office and her father lives in Blackburn.


Language


out there they are hoping to make friends easily as there Is a large English and American community.


Interview


tisement. her husband had a replv requesting him to attend an interview within 48 hours,


and was offered the job in no time at all.


Wlialley Church Players


also said to' be leaving the district, is in fact spending a few.weeks abroad.


OVERHEAD LINE PROPOSAL MEETS


OPPOSITION Proposals to erect a 33kv overhead electricity line from


Whalley to Clitheroe were referred to at the meeting of


carefully, or placed where they could have as much cover as possible. I think it would be all right.


meeting, however, was that the electricity board should be asked to put the cables under­ ground, at least in areas of open countryside.


amenities of the countryside, we must also consider the cost, towards which we have to contribute.” The general feeling of the


"As well as considering the


“I know we do not want these overhead lines any more than is absolutely necessary, but we must take into account the cost of putting them under­ ground. “If the pylons were spaced


■the part of the line in the Bowland area to be put under­ ground, but the board claim that this will triple the cost. Coun. R. Williamson said:


reported a meeting between representatives of the council and the electricity board. The council have asked for


Bowland Rural Council’s plans committee on Monday. The clerk, Mr. L. D. Telford


up the cost on one hand, and out amenities on the other,” he added.


also objecting to the pro­ posals.


over wayleave, so they are not out of the wood, even if they get planning permission.” Ciitheroe Rural Council are


application as three separate applications with each of the three authorities concerned, "We want it dealing with as one application”, he said.


Clerk, said that the electricity board was trying to treat the


Mr. T. P. Rushton. their


run .the line, had objected to the scheme. "There may be difficulties


county p l a n n i n g officer pointed out that the Girl Guides Association, over whose land the board proposed to


Mr. N. W. Davies, assistant


said that , the electricity board would’ always use the cheapest method for putting in lines. “I t is a question of weighing


Mr. L. D. Telford, the clerk,


won’t be taking part in “Who Goes There.” Mr. Peter Service, who was


that he is not in fact leaving the district, as was reported last week in our story about WhaUey Church Players’ next production. But for personal reasons, he


Mr. Peter Dadswell tells us


her first flight in an aeroplane, Althoueh she is s l i g h t l y apprenhensive about it all she is glad there has been no time to be talked out of the idea. After answering the adver­


For Mrs. Bailey it will be


been busy studying pamphlets on the city and have found that the cost of living seems to be about the same, though the salaries are higher. Though they know no-one


two-and-a-half, so it is likely that both children will soon pick up the language: Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have


in Hong Kong and there are long waiting lists for the schools, but she is hoping that her five-year-old son Mark will quickly get a place. Their other son, Paul, is only


Education has to be paid for


furnished flat and every two years will have three-and-a- half months leave. The Baileys are hoping to stay for about


with the Hong Kong Tele­ phone Company. He was a technician with the G.F.O. The family will live in a


They are going by ah- from London next Thursday. Mr. Bailey has got a job


m Pasturelands Drive, Billington, with their two sons for Hong Kong.


Chaplain says farewell to council


The Rev. Walter Allen,


vicar of St. Leonard's Parish Church, Downham for the past 15 years, and recently- appointed chairman’s chap­ lain for Clitheroe Rural Council, attended his last council meeting before his retirement next month, when he led the opening prayers


said that when he came to this area from a big city 15 years ago ho really appreciated the smaller body.


hoped Clitheroe Rural Council would continue in their fight to stay as a local governing body. He concluded’ “I wish you well in your efforts to get what I feel is the basis of English life—Local Government”.


He went on to say that he


Allen served with the King's Liverpool Regiment in the first world war and was awarded a Military Medal.


Pioneer


number of years in Canada in the northern part of British Columbia doing pioneer mis­ sionary work.


After the war he spent a


he was appointed rector of Lower Crumpsall From 1940 to 1943 he was at St. Hilda’s. Old Trafford.


After returning to England


blitz in the second world war. with the parish schools being reduced to rubble.


This was badly hit by the


St. Peter’s Church. Levens- hulme. Manchester, and after 10 years there, moved to Down- ham.


Mr. and Mis. Allen are to live at Southport.


Money for Biafra


ranging from 10 to 14, raised £6 2s. 6d. for Biafra by doing odd jobs for people In Barrow.


Barrow Sunday School and called their efforts the Barrow Congregational Church Teen­ age Tasks for Biafra. I t ran for a fortnight ending


They, are all members of the


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