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MAYOR ASKS'FOR HELP


Once again I have the privilege of making the Christmas Appeal for the Mayor’s . Welfare fund.


For a great many years now this Fund has enabled some


There are many who are in hospital and welfare homes,


comfort and joy to be brought to those who would not otherwise enjoy Christ­ mas to the full.


some who are elderly and lonely, and of course there are the children who for various . reasons, although otherwise well cared for. lack parental affection and


In addition to the help which is given each Christmas, it is perhaps not always appre­ ciated th a t there are calls on th e Fund throughout t h e . year from those in need of


love. . .


I have the willing help of a small committee in the administration of this Fund and we do everything pos­ sible to ensure that no-one who needs help is over­ looked, but if you do know of anvone to whom a small


urgent help.- -


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‘KILLER’ ROAD GETS TOP PRIORITY


. FROM MINISTRY Speedy start promised


Work may begin on widening and re-aligning ihe notorious stretch of the A59


trunk road between Sawley and Castile House early nex t year . . . and m the mean­ time consultations are takin g place to see what immedia tc safety measures can be.


' effected.


Calves die in farm blaze


A barn fire at Meadow


Top Farm, Slaidburn, at lunchtime yesterday did con­


siderable damage. About 60 : tons of hay were


As with everything else, costs rise each year and we need all the helr> we can get. I f


gift would mean a great deal a t this time of the year, then ■ a message either to the Borough Treasurer or myself .will ensure th a t they are not forgotten.


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your donation' will be most * gratefully received.


you can help a t all by send­ ing a donation then please do so; I can assure you that


Donations should be sent to ' Giving T )■


All contributions will be ack- knowledged through the courtesy of “The'Advertiser


the Borough Treasurer, Church Street. Clitheroe, who very kindly acts as treasurer of the fund; or a t anv of the local banks:.who willingly co-operate; or they can be sent to me person­ ally.


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The Mayoress joins * with- me wishing you a.veryjHaippy'


Please help and share in the true - joy that only comes from ‘ giving. . -' - v


and Times.' ■


- Christmas' and a prosperous New Year.


Mayor of Clitheroe. S. F. Hardman,


destroyed and two calves which had'been bought only on Sun­


troyed. The discovery was made bj


day died in the blaze. The barn roof was also des­


a motorist driving along the Settle road from. Slaidburn He noticed a smell of burning


farmhouse.


nearby farm and these neigh­ bours got some of th e stock out of the building, switched off the electricity and .called the fire


The motorist went to


brigade.Two machines from Clitheroe and one from the West Riding attended.


The farmer and his wife, Mr. and Mi’S. Will' Mitton were out


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a t the time. Mr. Mitton was a t Gisburn


were still battling with the out-' break............... . • . . . . -r_


in Pendleton Village Hall and organised by ihe Rev. D. Ley- land, and youth club members raised £27 for club funds.


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Wishing all our customers the compliments of the Season from


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1) " H e / .'if-,


Clitheroe- Four hours later the flreman


Auction Mart and Mrs. Mitton was working a t Trutex.


The Ministry of Transport’s Divisional Road Engi­ .


neer has written to the clerk to Bowland Rural Council, Mr. L. D. Telford, confirming that priority is .being given to. the


work, which will start as soon as possible."; And in a-letter to Mr. G. B. Drayson, MP for Skiplon,


who had made representations to the. Ministry .about the road, Mr. Robert C. Brown. Parliamentary Secretary, says that outline proposals for the work have already been dis­ cussed and approved, and the necessary scheme drawings


are now being prepared. The work is to be carried out by the West Riding


priority,” says Mr. Brown As soon as the drawings are


hay and saw smoke coming from the roof of the barn. The bam is joined to the •


available, he adds, the scheme will be processed without delay in order that work may be started as early as possible. Mr. Drayson had been appro-


paigned for road improvements is Sawley farmer, Mr. F. W.


ached for his help by Bowland Rural Council and by a number of individual constituents. Among those who have cam­


Giles.He said this week th at he was delighted th a t at last there were signs of progress. Mr. Giles’ fence and hedges


road. MEASURES


.the' safety -measures”now, considered: by th e : Divisional Road Engineer, and the County Council to help,prevent further


Dravson, Bowland Rural Coun­ cil wrote direct to the Ministiy of Transport, pressing for the imposition of a ’speed limi t- on the',A59.at.Sawley...../ • This 'is'-likelyY: to.»be


In addition to writing to Mr.


accidents during the interval before the improvements are


made. People living on or near tne ■


road have also called for addi­ tional warning s i g n s and double white lines in a bid to reduce the hazards. There is no doubt th a t the


Parishioners say ‘No’ to club scheme


have frequently been broken down by vehicles leaving the


An open meeting of parishioners of.-Clitheroe Parish


Church on Wednesday night gave an, emphatic No _ to a proposal to provide a social club complcte/wnh bar inside the Sunday School building, in these,days more frequently


referred to as'thc Parish Hall. About 130 people attended,.of


were 12 abstentions, .with -28 people indicating they would he prepared, to be^meinbers;;<rf


.visional 1 opposed _ whom 23 voted for a bar. There with us?" ih c ^ ilS iT


on financial grounds. A proposal for an'unlicensed


.Serious ;<iyysidqratiqn. be,:2lye?v.1j


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.. , Comment CHALLENGE


OF YOUTH A pity that so few of the


County Council, acting as agents for the Minister. “We are well awave of theaccidents which have'occurred


on this section, and tor this reason the .County Council have been asked not only to prepare a scheme but to give this work


Keeping * » -


Roy who stole wallet is put on probation


younger parishioners were represented at the meeting to discuss the proposal for a social club in Clitheroe Parish Church Hall. ' , "presumably;


moral | ^The. meeting' began with the|


| ing and this received the sup­ port of 35 people.


social club was made from the floor during the 24 hour meet-


improvements will he welcomed by regular users of the road and local residents alike.


Shopping trip ends


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in court A 15-year-old Clitheroe


gui auu


girl and ber io-year-oiu clomjnnnce 0f the older mem- some speakers


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brother were placed on pro- bers of the congregation, bation by Clitheroe Juvenile Although


— j— --- dominance or uiu omei Panel on Wednesday i o r i f market.


ing a -tin of strawberries, two packets of chipitoes, a belt, a


Both pleaded guilty to steal­ shirt, three pairs of. panties and


a packet of peanuts. Insp. Gavan said th a t at


about 5 p.111, on Thursday, September 25, Mr. Cohn Scho­


field was in the supermarket


when he saw the boy and girl taking various articles from the shelves. They only paid for two


packets of crisps. He followed them out of the


store and detained them in King Lane and took the artic­


les out of their bag. Pc Cox was called to tne


store and they admitted being responsible. At 7 p.m. the same


night they were interviewed a t Clitheroe Police Station and were told the facts would l>e


reported. Birthday


to take into consideration another offence of stealing from Lion Supermarket.


The girl also asked -the court Defending, Mr. W. D. Gi cen-


wood said that the offence^ were committed shortly after the girl’s 15th birthday, at a time when she had some money in her pocket, and when they went into the supermarket, they had no intention of steal:


in0-. The boy did nothing hut fol­


low his sister’s example. Chairman of the.panel, Mr.:


T. Dugdale, told them th a t shop-lifting was a very serious matter. The girl was placed on probation for two years and the boy 12 months probation.


Mr. E. Bracewcll Mr. Eric BraceWell is admin­


Clerk’s department, and hot deputy administrative assistant,


istrative assistant in the Town ' asistated.in. las t ^week’s ■, reports, j


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CUtheroe i?arishY .


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the notice of the Vicar who observed th a t the older mem­ bers had turned'up in force to vote against having a bar.


This had clearly not escaped ................


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given very real consideration to the needs of the future. He could understand their point of view; but not how they had reached it. “I wonder,” he said, “what


He thought they had not Serious


‘ iw , 'n r 'n ld 1 few flashpoints—was tile 'pre­ ■


TT t Wpr1ne«1nv for made much of-the importance for ^ youngel.


stealing goods _ worm peoplej Q,at age Er0Up was only £1 10s. lid. from Lion Super-j spilrseiy represented.


th e Rev. J- C. Hudson, described the voting as a fair indication of the views of the meeting, adding: “What the rest of the parish feels I could not say.”


From th e -chair;. th e ; Vicar, Results


Vicar out-lining'-the preliminary steps begun 18 months ago ill Canon A. F. Clarke’s time and


culminating in the decision to call a meeting of parishioners so that-they could-make their views known.


. The views expressed and the results of the voting will serve as a - guide to the Parochial Church Council when they meet tonight to make a decision. But having regard to the solid


trust deed of the Sunday School most carefully he. had'come to the conclusion that there was no moral or other valid reason against having a bar on the premises. - “I f I had thought there was


And having examined the


I would not have allowed the proposal to proceed,” he said.


Secular


vote against having a licensed club i t can be taken as a more or less foregone conclusion th a t the PCC will drop the idea—at least for the time being.' A surprising aspect of the meeting—which generated a


veto regarding the use of tl'.« building. After talking to people it seemed to him that there, was-a great deal of con­ fused thinking about the whole


The Vicar had the right of


issue. The hall was used for many,


secular purposes and if i t was right to do that, why was a bar wrong?


and 19 were familial-with the inside of. public houses and many . parents, - would- rather


Today, yoimg people of 18 „


their sons and daughters enjoy­ ing a .-drink under adequate, supervision rather than in .a


PUThe Vicar quoted from the trust deed the terms of which said,- among other things, th a t the building could be used for ‘any ■ club or society formed


, As- i t : is, the - proposal1 is not likely to proceed any farther; a t least for the time being. - for although Wed­ nesday evening’s decision was not binding on the Church Council, they can hardly disregard it.


This is not the place to


discuss the pros and cons of the-social club— the argu­ ments, anyway, seem to come down to traditionalist versus modernist—but a t least the suggestion pro­ vided food for thought.


' Perhaps the real problem these days is the lack of understanding and com­ munication between the generations.


youth hard to understand, but in. the - past this-dif­ ficulty has been resolved by ignoring them: “Children- should be seen and not heard ”, and all that. But today, for better or


Agei ha s always- fouind ‘ ■


worse, youth insists on being heard, and on having op­


inions. ' While we might -not al­


ways agree with them, they have every, right -to express them. And youth,, in turn,


must listen to its elders. That’s really w h a f dem­


ocracy. is' all about. I f anyone should believe


for the church or Sunday School and for any other pur­ poses which the Vicar may think necessary or desirable. The Vicar advised the meet­


the position will be in another 10 years when many of the older people will not be here; will the young people still be


ing th a t even so,-the Bishop had overall -control and the Vicar must - carry out his


Continued ou-Page 12


• Perhaps the - old-fashioned, intolerant attitude- towards alcohol in such circum­ stances js the right one, and


the Church has been deg raded by the social club pro­ posals. ho would do well to reconsider,,


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perhaps i t is not. But it’s a healthy sign


th at some people a t least are questioning established values, and -that others are


prepared to defend them.


for two years and his parents were ordered to pay an advo­ cate’s -fee -of 15 guineas and witness expenses 01 - i i . -H-e


He was placed on probation


pleadedi-not-guiltyi"-'.-' , ... Solicitor, Mr. W....D.- Green- t wood" said' ithat,at..ll730:rt)-rn^.onv 'TUC5dayr-~ September^—30. a> Clitheroe shoe repairer was


serving a customer in-his shop. The boy came in and asked if he could , buy a pair of shoe 1&C6S.


th a t the boy visited the shop about six times for different things. He-twice asked if he could use th e toilet which was


in the backyard. Wallet


came back and told the shoe repairer; th a t it was not work­ ing properly. When he went to look a t i t the repairer found th a t ’the top had-been taken off the cistern and the tap had


On the second occasion, he


been turned off. He returned to the ■ small


kitchen in th e workshop where the boy was drying his hands with a towel. At about five minutes to. one, the shoe re­ pairer put on Ins jacket which had been hanging up and found th a t his wallet was


missing.


jacket was hanging up within his sight except for. the two or three minutes be went out to the ■ toilet. He reported the matter to the police. In his evidencej the boy said


During the whole time, tne ■ ..


repairer th a t he would need a deposit for the boots..


Overflow


laces had broken and th a t was why he had returned to the shop to buy some new ones. He had lost the key to his grand­ mother’s toilet and th a t was why he had asked to use the onq belonging to the shoe |


Tlie boy-added-that his shoe|


r6The boy added th a t tlie I second' time ho used the toilet, he noticed an overflow. _ . Defending solicitor Mr. J. L.


ing' of importance. ; Mi-. Dugdale, the chairman,


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Lumley. said the boy had been visiting'the shop for some time. I t had-been a hobby and most I probably had given him-a-feel­


said the boy h a d . taken advan­ tage of his previous employer and' that he was an unmitigated liar in th a t his evidence .lust I did not.make sense. s “We are therefore, for - youi owrrgood, going to put you on probation to1’ two .years. .


New player’s debut


Clitheroe will have. a new I nlaver 26-year-old . Alan woi-


slck, ’making his debut at centre - forward m tomorrow s I game.: a t Kirkby.,,


c- Worsick, ‘ who was. - signed .


- ' Tomorrow's . t e am ; will ^ be Snasdell; • Cheswortli, William­ son; ' Kirk ,' Calver,. Eyles A.; Eyles D-,, Barnett, Worsick,| Gallagher, Moody... Substitute: Riley-or.Ashwortli..


from ■ Cheshire League . side, Horwich ‘has,.previously,,been with Great Harwood. .


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Why the minis may become maxis...


O Dolly girls front Barrow


Printworks are threatening to exchange -• their mini-skirts


’ Heavy lorries from the exca­


for maxis . . . all because of the Clitheroe by-pass.


:: And as the 50 girls leave work to -walk - along the pave­ ment to. the bus stop or to the


vations have coated the road with earth which, in. the rain, turns to a thin film of mud.


- Trevor Close, Blackburn, and Linda Burton, aged 18, of Har-


' .passing vehicles.. . Angela Holt,, aged. 19, of


■ shops and public houses for their limoh, they are drenched in-the fine spray th rown up by


vling Street. Burnley, attractive .wearers of mini-skirts, both


-said they were: thinking of changing to maxis.' Said 18-year-old Linda Bur­ ton, of Hariing Street, Burnley.


__ “I think it is'disgusting. Either they do something about the road or we will have to swap our minis for the cover-up look.


of Trevor Close, Blackburn, added, “I t ’s not too bad in summer, but in winter it be­ comes dreadful. I think some drivers splash us for fun. “Often we have just been


Dreadful And 19-year-old Angela Holt,


splashed by one vehicle and a lorry driver comes roaring up behind us and goes r'Sht through the middle of the same


A 14-year-old Clitheroe boy, who was found guilty, of


stealing a wallet and £20 cash by Clitheroe JuvenHe Pand on Wednesday,/was said by the chairman, Mr. T. g . to be an unmitigated liar.


:’2vicar;:_the_iRfi>U_>J.i. bury, who conducted the se r"


r- when they brought toys and ; clothing for the NSPCC. The ; gifts',- -weio received': by -the


attended a service a t Tosside Church on Sunday afternoon


Mothers and children


vice. The address was given by Insp. J. Ellins of -the NSPCC a t Keighley. -'


puddle.” The maxi-look won t please


the lads a t work one little hit. As 18-5'car-old Peter Hilton,


of Trafford Gardens, Barrow, put i t : “I don’t think the girls should change. We would defi­ nitely miss the niinis if the. girls -• went' ahead: -with then-


threat.” ' ;


are the root of the trouble, Edward -Braithwaite,: of . Rim- sav: >


As for-'the lorry drivers who . " , .


“We rlUl- \


would'miss looking a t all tnose nice legs, but .■ tlie work nuiSa !go .on. We; can’t, halt progress. .


th a t 'h e had been told by his mother to buy a pair of boots. The front door of the shop was open and: he touched the bell to make i t ring.'


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