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GOLDEN WEDDING PARTY


PLANNED On Monday, Mr. Harold


Saturday before ' having a party at the Red Pump - Inn with about 24 members of their family, including child­


ren.Mr. Billington was bom near Ramsbottom but came to


Billington and his wife, Dorothy Sophia, of Brcn- nand Street. Clitheroe, will be celebrating 50 years of marriage. They are waiting until


CINEMA WILL CLOSE AS CURTAIN FALLS .


ON HRS WEEK’S SHOW Bingo replaces films


. The Palladium, one of C lithcroc’s iwo remaining cine mas,


Clitheroe when he was-15. His wife, formerly a Miss


Presentation


Downham is a native of Clith­ eroe and her parents ran a shoe shop in Castle Street where she was bom. About. 1922, Mr- and Mrs.


Billington went to -live at Edenfield. where Mr. Billing­ ton ran a plumbing business. Thev returned to Clitheroe


in 1937 and from 1945 untl1 1958. they took over the tun­


ning of the family business in Castle Street.


for some time at Langho Co­ lony and for a- few years be­ fore his retirement in, 1956, was the works foreman. , During the first world war


Mr. Billington was employed - 1


dinner The newly formed Lions’


Club, in .Whalley will receive its charter at a presentation dinner in the Valkyrie Res­ taurant. Whalley, next Fri­ day. Tile District Governor, Lion


Mr Billington served in the Armv Service Corps, and hav­ ing trained in Egypt also spent some time in . Gallipoli and Salonika. In the second he was a firewatcher. He and his wife have a married son. John Ingram Bil-


war


lington. who is clerk to the council at Clevedon, Somerset, a married daughter, Mrs.


Street, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Billington i a member


Brenda Dixon, who has a hair­ dressing business in Church


of the Soroptimists’ Club and Mr. Billington is a member of the Clitheroe Cricket Club


boxes in houses, shops and hotels in 'Billington.. for the British Emphea.Qancer.-Cam- poien' for.-sBeseafVb.'


collected last month; from


£108 collected A record sum of £108 was


Deputy District Governor, Lion Brian Clarke, of Lytham. The Whalley Club’s president


Also present will be the


Mr. G. Morris, will be receiving the charter.


Whalley, will be proposing the toast to the women and guests, and Mr. Philip W. Quinn, presi­ dent of the Accrington Lions' Club, Whalley’s sponsors, will


Mr. Richard Haworth, ol


reply. Guests are expected from the


clubs in Blackburn. Accrington and Preston, and the evening is being sponsored by a subsidiary company of a national brewery. The company has presented


Miss U.K.


is to open the now, Lion Super-, market, ill.-King Lane, Clith- eroe..on :Mny 21.. ,


that Miss United Kingdom. Kathie Winstanley, of Wigan,


I t was announced this week


morrow night’s programme. It will re-open on Thursday as The cinema was bought by Star Cinemas 10 years ago. In January this year, the owners approached the


.is to. close after to­ il bingo, and social-club.


council, owners of the Civic Hall, requesting a meeting to discuss the loss on both cinemas. They intimated that they would be prepared to sell the Palladium to the Corporation; The council replied that they did not want to negotiate for the purchase of. the building.


managing director of Star Associated Holdings, of Leeds, said two cinemas were unneces­ sary in a town the size of Clitheroe.


Mi-. Rodney - Eckart, Eckart, "joint


Harold Earle of the Fylde Lions’ Club, will be making the pres­ entation.


sale, as there was no buyer, but something haci to be done to prevent money being wasted. Coun. Richard Turner, chair­


The Palladium was not for


man of Clitheroe’s Civic Hall and Entertainments Committee, said yesterday that although he was sorry that Clitheroe was to lose another cinema, it would obviously be of benefit to the takings at the Civic Hall,


Delay


creased by £1,700, and tho'fact that it would be the only


Receipts last year had in­


cinema left in the town was bound to increase takings.


gress to get better films at the Civic Hail, with a shorter delay after their release. Miss M. Cullen, manageress


Negotiations had been in pro­


the club with the presidents’ chain of office.


of the hall, said she had been to the Monopolies Commision in London, and was awaiting their decision, but the closure of the Palladium had put a


Rain deterred early voters


Heavy rain kept voters


away from the polling booths during the first hour of Clitheroc municipal elec­


School . only five people had cast them votes by 9 a.m.


tions yesterday. At Edisford County Primary


Royal Grammar School polling station, with 55 people having cast their votes by the same time.


Polling was brisker at the ;


called at the polling station at Ribblesdaie County Secondary School, and at the St. James’s School station, 20 people had


Twenty-nine. people had


completely new complexion on the matter. She declined to make any


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SUPPORT GROUP RAISED £1,150


IN FIRST YEAR In its first year of cxislencc, the Ciitheroc Support


Group for the Leonard Cheshire Homes has raised £1,150. Since the annual general


meeting in January, a total of £510 has been forwarded to the Cheshire Home in Garstang, “Oaklands." The income for the period


ground floor. Hie support groups are tak­


from January 28 is made up of a bridge drive at Mrs. Orris, Middlcwood, £56 12s. 6d.; a fashion show by Dorothy Fowler. £84 Is. 3d.; Catholic Social Club, £15; Inner Wheel, £20; Ladies Circle. £86; “dis­ appearing drinks," £32; Black­ burn and District Textile Assoc­ iation, £100 and donations, including one for £100, £118,


ing turns m serving afternoon tea and supper during the weekends and the Clitheroe w


next turn in June. On Wednesday, May 21


roup took its first turn in mid- April when 12 members visited the home. They will take their


sherry evening in aid of the group is being held at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Tay­ lor. Rad-holme Laund, White- well. On Wednesday, June 18, a


Circle was a deep freeze which has been installed and is prov­ ing a useful piece of equipment. On Sunday, March 18 the


Us. The gift from the Ladies’


home welcomed-its- first eight esidents, four men and four omen. They arc occupying the


Broken


bottle used in fight


In a fight in Whallcy Road


involving live youths, one of them used a broken bottle and inflicted wounds on another youth which required hospital .treatment and ( 10 stitches, Clithcroc Magis­ trates were-told yesterdaji.


coffee evening will be held at -the -home of Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Oliver. Poy House, Clare­ mont Avenue, Clitheroe. At the moment, the Knights


Derek Turner, aged 20, of Mayfield Avenue, Clitheroe, was sentenced to six months’ -imprisonment, suspended for -two years, and fined £25 after pleading guilty to unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm on Graham William Bielby.


of St. Columba are running a scrap metal drive. Anyone with scrap metal should ring Clitheroe 4131 in -the evenings.


Old folks’ still seeks accommodation


voted. Many people took the oppor­


further comment until the matter had been discussed by the Town Council. The Palladium was bought by


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Page 2—Radio and Tele­ vision programmes: Entertainments and Coming Events.


Page 3—Whalley n e w s and picture; Through a Whalley Window; District Jottings.


Page 4 — F a s h i o n s ; W o m e n ’ s Institute notes; The need for nurses.


Page 5—Prize Crossword; picture; general news.


Page 6 — Country Diary; Round and About; District Jottings; A long, hard look at our heritage.


Page 7—News; Wedding reports and pictures; Auction mart prices.


Page 8—What’s happening in the s c h o o l s ; Readers’ letters.


Pages 9 and 10—Classified advertisements.


Page 11 — T h e week’s Sport.


Star Cinemas in November 1959, . and _ was Extensively


the proprietors have organised bingo sessions, but each time they have been dropped after few months.


Several times in recent years


the Star Juniors Club on Satur­ days if a qualified projectionist can be obtained.


I t is hoped to continue with


a This wasnnual general meeting he.d in the Conference House at


tunity. of voting during their lunch break however. There were 13 candidates


standing for election. Three of the Conservatives were retir­ ing councillors standing for re- election.


Whalley Abbey. The chairman. Mrs. M.


Noblett, said the committee had had a successful year. The -building committee had


F. Buckingham. '>• - ■ s ■ V'The .-fourth:. member .*oF-theirjp- team was Mr. h . Pearson. < ' Labour also had four candi­


CoThey were Coun. J..' Aspin,;


dates: Mr. L. H. Allen. Mr.'and Mrs. R. Penny and Mr. J. ■Waterhouse There were three Liberals.


un. J. A. Barnes and Coun.JC.'d-.


Mrs. B. Bradshaw, Mr. A. Cooper and Mrs. M. B. Newell. Mr. R. P. Ainsworth was


standing as an Independent, and Mrs. G. Sainsbury as a Ratepayers’ candidate. ..


Young Farmers


to visit Russia and America


SOME DAY THE GRASS WILL GROW WILL BE READY? NOW is the time to make sure you have the right


mower for your lawn. With modem machines, grass- cutting can be a pleasure—and it need not cost all that much. We will take your old machine in part- exchange.


Come and see our selection of mowers—without any 1 obligation to buy.


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Jean Thompson and Mr. G. Whittaker, have been chosen, | ilong with two more young farmers, to represent Lanca­ shire on the National Federation’s Silver Jubilee award | scheme.


Two members of Clitheroe Young Farmers Club. Miss


-three autumn weeks in America ■living with different young fanners’ families. She will take a- plane from Gatwick airport -to New York, and from there she will travel to Iowa and ■Wisconsin.


Miss Thompson will spend


in Russia at the same tune. This trip was organised by the Educational I n t e r c h a n g e


Council. PANEL


London Ah-port to Moscow via Berlin, accompanied' by other members from different coun­ ties. During his stay, lie will visit Leningrad, Kiev and Dol-


Ho will -travel by plane from


tava. The selection panel members


were 'Mr, J. Parks, Mrs. A. Clark and Miss J. La-ycock, who have all been to America on similar occasions.


arranged by the N.F.Y.F.C., through Intergrad. Jean, will represent -Lancashire, ,together with another girl and- two boys-


The trip to America was


Glitlieroe man fined


A 32-year-old Clitheroe man, William R.-( Sutcliffe, of j Whal­


ley Road, r was fined £2 by Clitheroe 'magistrates yester­ day for using a motor cycle combination without efficient speedometer.


Retail:


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Workshop:


TAYLOR STREET, CLITHEROE.


Tel: 2066 .


Sutcliffe was seen-in Edisford Road, Clitheroe,--.'by ‘P.c., Thwaites. The' motorcycle’s speedmetef wris'.registeriiig' '20’


Chief ■ Insp.- • G-. -.'•Wilkin - said-


mph while statinary, and Sut­ cliffe was .told • th a t .he • .would be reported.


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in a letter-to. the. court Sut­ cliffe slid he did not realise... he^iwas •committing'- an- offence. .


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TELEPHONE: 12681 *1 '♦'Vila ' * \ m r 't N&- L - ffh eth tS S ' r % ' 3 George will spend two weeks


Club hears wigs talk


use ariq care of wigs and hair pieces was given to Edisford Park Ladles Club in Edisford County ' Primary School on Tuesday.


A talk, on-the manufacture,


of wigs' were demonstrated by Mrs. Codd, of Blackburn, and her assistants., They showed that there was a “wig for every occasion”.


Various types and colours -GONE Barrow grandmother of two, Mrs. Sarah Bulcock


raced out of London’s Post-Office tower and. hopped nimbly on to a motor cycle on Wednesday rooming in her bid to be a winner in the Transatlantic Air Race.


Mrs. Bulcock—‘Tin 23 more than twice round”—


entered the commercial airline section, which carried a £5,000 prize. Her reason: “Just for fun”.


Normally, Mrs. Bulcock leads a quiet life looking


after her 91-year-old mother. She hadn’t been on a motor cycle since she had a ride on her brother’s machine when she was 14 years-old.


No. she wasn’t frightened at the prospect of a


hair-raising ride to London Airport to catch an 11 a.m. BOAC flight to New York. “It’s the quickest way to get


there,” she said. Still, she made sure she had a firm grip on her


driver’s waist as they roared away from the tower into


London’s busy traffic. Mrs. Bulcock also planned to have a motor bike


waiting at Kennedy Airport to whisk her to the Empire


State Building official finish line. But things obviously did not go smoothly, for she


recorded a time of 14 hours 6 minutes 54.51 seconds for the journey, which the organisers said was one of the slowest in that section., After clocking in, Mrs. Bulcock intended to do


some sight-seeing before making her home run at the end of the week. ■*.


Pictures by London Staff photographer Don f.lorlcy. •;<


visited a very, active club in Feniscowlcs and had gained much information about build­ ing, and running costs which would prove’ .helpful in the.


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Senior Citizen’s Club, said Miss Dorothv Taylor had agreed to formally open the newly dec­ orated rooms in the Old Gram­ mar. School at a date yet to be fixed in June.


Mi'. Lancaster, leader of tne ‘ Tolerance


chairman for the coming year, the Rev. R. A. Harpur was elected vice-chairman and Miss M. Miller was elected honor­


Mrs. Noblett was elected


ary secreteary. Mrs. Christian Fletcher from


the community council of Lan­ cashire, spoke on co-operation, co-ordination and tolerance, and showed ways and means by which all groups could work together in the service .for


- group Whnllcy and District Old People's Welfare Committee


is still looking for accommodation for the chiropody service that it is hoped to provide in the village, disclosed at the


POETRY


CLASS Mrs. M. Chadwick was


elected chairman , of .-.the Cl.Uheji'oc .^..firiinch


the


Workers’ E d u c a t i o n a l Association at the annual, general meeting in Surbiton House.


secretary, Mrs. N. Wilson and treasurer, Mi-. R. Dawson.


Other officials elected- were,


Mrs A. Pinder, Mrs. J. Wood, Mrs. G. Parker, Mrs. M. Balm- for-th, Miss D. Benson and’ Miss M. Moore.


Committee: Mi-. R. Rycnoft,


Sagar, resident tutor of the Extramural Department of Manchester University.


Thanks to the retiring officers ere expressed by Dr. K. M.


the elderly. She also said young people


classes were psychology, bio­ logy, the Lancashire New Town, and a poetry class to be held in the mornings.


Proposed- subjects for the new


should be encouraged to serve on the committee. Mrs. Fletcher was thanked on


behalf of the audience by Mrs, J. Troop. Tea and biscuits were served by the Wlia-Iley Ranger Service.


Concert party entertains


Pensions Association wer entertained last Friday in the Catholic Hall, Lowergate, by the Castle Concert Party. . The audience also Included


■ Members of the Old Agis


40 patients from Calderstones Hospital, Whalley and IS girls from Whiteacre School, Barrow, ■ Mr. R. Penny, chairman of


was a shocking case, where Turner had broken a bottle, ready for trouble, and he asked -the magistrates to take a very


Chief Insp. G. Wilkin said it


serious view. He said that about midnight


on Sunday, April 20, Turner and a friend went to a chip shop in Whalley Road. ..Bielby and another youth were inside, but . the door was locked, and Turner was told; to go away. , When Bielby and bis friend


came out and started to walk home, they -met Turner, who had broken the bottle before any word was said.


Kicked


Bielby and his friend, Turner and his friend-, and another youth who joined-them. . In a statement, Turner said


A fight took place involving


he had gone to the help of his friend-, who had been knocked


to the floor and was being


kicked Mr. J. Lumley, defending, said


Turner had- rather foolishly picked up the bottle, suspecting there was going to be trouble because of the attitude of the youths in the chip shop, - who -had, -to say the -least been rude. "He realises he should not have used- a bottle; he should


have used his fists.” Ho-said th a t the three months


detention, which Turner had served - last yeaf~ior assault' occasioning actual bodily harm had “done him the power of good.” The memory of this-had kept him out of trouble until April 20, when trouble was thrust upon him.


Drinking


officer, said that if Turner could-' curb his drinking, it would go some way to keeping him out of. trouble. Mr. J. Troop, presiding, said


Mr. J. Barrett, probation,


the magistrates were deter- -mined'to stamp out this sort of incident 'in Clitheroe. Her told -Turner. “L want to


make i t perfectly dear to you that the -01337 thing - that we can do with, yon is to give you a prison) , sentence.’!


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