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PROJECT FOR


TOWN’S


YOUTH Part of the buildings at Rocfield Farm is to be opened in July as-a recrea­


tion centre for young people, with dancing and other activities. • Behind Eros—as the centre


promote recreational facilities an the town. . : . . The chairman, Mr. Peter


will be called—is the Young People’s Recreation Committee, a group of young people who Slave joined together to


Chntburn, of Park Avenue, said the committee hopes to provide different activities each night. But because they, have no


CLITHEROE PREPARES A WELCOME FOR '.


CANADIAN VISITORS'' ‘ Staying in local homes


Seven Canadian Rotar ians will be touring Clitheroe and District on Wednesday,


May 28. They have been invited by Rotary District 119. They, are visiting this country for two months under the Rotary International Group Study Exchange Scheme. The scheme is an educational activity of the Rotary,


Cinema


seats cost more


money yet. the activities will be opened in stages, starting in July with a blues and folk music session on Monday nights and soul session on Wednes­ days.


Mascot


ing a youth week in the town during June 22 to 29, when many money-raising efforts will be held. One of these will be the sale


The committee will be hold­


the Civic Hall, now Clith- eroe’s only cinema, will be increased by up to a shil­


Admission charges at


tertainments Committee heard that the Trades Dispute Council had pointed out to


of "dum-dums”, a kind of doll, which they have adopted as their mascot. The committee • consists of


ling front next Monday. A recent meeting of the council’s Civic Hall and en­


the manageress of the Civic Hall, Miss M. Cullen, that the current charges were well be­ low those in the industry. They urged the council to


Peter Chatburn. chairman: Mr. Harold . Kendrick. - adult Advisor: David Barlow, secre­ tary: Peter Wells, Treasurer; Gary Hincks. publicity; Stephen Reece, male activities, and Patricia' Barker, female activi­ ties.


Re-elected


meeting when other officials appointed were: Vice-chairman Mr. E. Frankland: i clerk.- Mr. H:- i S.‘- Boden ; i.area- parish'-.coun- cil- representatives' Mr.-T. Hud­


son and MToPrankland; -school manager, Mrs^ G.- C. "Freeman representative . on village ,'"1


committee, Mr. Hudson. hall


dow Bank, Chatburn, os now in his 15th year as chairman of the parish council. He was re-elected at Tuesday’s


Mr. G. P. Womersley, of Mea­


revise their scale of charges on a more realistic basis. The admission charges will


now be: Rear stalls, 4s Gd; centre stalls, 3s Gd; Front stalls, 3s; half prices 2s 6d and 2s; old age pensioners, is.


Motoring offences


JmrrL £3 for,;,driving ;the wrong way up York'Street.


: , .Roger.Duffy,raeed-30, of Crow ,Hill ■


Shawfold Cottage. Eccleshill, Darwen, was fined £5 for speed­ .ing, and Barry Entwistle.. aged


of Burns Avenue, Oswald- twistle, was fined £10 at Clitheroe yesterday for careless driving.. Raymond Taylor, aged 45, of


Anthony G. Johnson, aged 17, Supper


the visitors are to be entertained to supper by the Vicar of Whal­ ley, the Rev.' R.' A: Harpur and Mrs. Harpur..........


At the close of’the day’s tour, 20, of -Poplar- Sti'cet. Black-


given' an absolute discharge for using an unlicensed motor car.


■' Cottage. Worston, •, was


1 Arrangements for the visits to the:, district :have,: been - made.- by the? chairman ••rof.Mhe--Interna­


v


tional .Service. Committee; of Olitheroe : Rotary : Club, Mi-. Geoffrey Mitchell.


Page 2—Weekend Radio and Television • Pro­ grammes; Cinema re­


view; Entertainments and Coming Events.


Page 3—Whaliey news and picture; Through a Whalley Window; Prize Crossword; G e n e r a l news.


Pages 4 and 5—What to see and where to.go at


Whitsun.


. Page 6-^Country Diary; .’Round andAbout; Dis-


; trict Jottings; Readers’ ■ -letters. , ’ Page 7—News and pictures. . Page 8—Wedding reports and pictures; News of the women’s organisa-


1 . lions.. Pages 9 and 10—Classified advertisements. -


Page 11—Sports reports. Unsettled


outlook Weather for the Whitsun­


tide holiday period seems unsettled, according to the Meteorological Office in Preston yesterday. A spokesman at the centre


are going ahead for the holiday. The Spread Eagle • Hotel at Sawley, for example expects to feed about 1,000 people during the three days.


But despite this, preparations


Wellgate, Clitheroe are arrang­ ing excursions to Blackpool, Morecambe, York, Scarborough and Chester Zoo. . And a number of old age


Hodder Motor Services m


Lancashire weekly newspapers of the United Newspapers Group m association - with Ribble Motor Services and the Isle of Man Tourist Board.


The trip is sponsored by the


means Lerose


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Tribute to


moor, Clitheroc, was pre­ sented with a book token and a pearlised" silver dish last Friday in recognition of her 20 years * service with the Workers’ Education Associa­ tion Clitheroc Branch. The presentation- took place


secretary Mrs. A. Pindcr, of Little-


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Pmder’s long and conscientious service. As secretary, she was a well known figure to all WEA > participants, particularly to new members for whom she always had a warm welcome. Though she has now retired


said that moderate winds could be expected and that there was a threat.of rain.


members of the party are to be entertained to lunch - at- .the weekly meeting of Clitheroe Rotary Club, when an address will be given by the District Governor of 119 District, Mr. F. E. Green.


On Thm-sday, May 29, some


Foundation, which provides for, exchanges of groups, of- young business and professional men in different countries. Three of the seven visitors will’spend threenights in the area. A 31-year-old agricultural/representative, Mr.:


Fraser Stewart, will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spensley,' at Hawthorne Farm. Mr. Murray Scharf, a 30-year-old assistant professor at


the University of Saskatchewan willbe-the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Cyril Royle. at Chorley House, Kirkmoor Road. The leader of the group. Mr! Jack Veitch, who is in the


The other Canadians will stay with hosts in Accrington,5 Blackburn and Great Harwood.' -'


. ;


trict on Wednesday, the party will visit Calderstones Hospital, Whalley, where they are to stop for lunch. They will be enter­ tained by the chairman of . the Hospital Management. Commit­ tee, Coun. E. Holgate.


During their tom- of the dis­ Council again says no


will meet the Mayor of Clith­ eroe, Coun. S. F. Hardman, in the Mayor’s Parlour. After­ wards, a visit to the Ribblesdale C em e n t Wo r k s has been arranged.


In the afternoon, the visitors


Whalley Parish Council: Coun. J. H. Fell, will conduct the Rotarians around Wh a l l e y Abbey and Whalley Parish Church..................


In the evening, chairman of


to ‘open’ committees A bid to admit the Press


and members of the public to meetings of Clitheroe Town Council’s committees was heavily defeated at the council’s Annual Meeting on Tuesday afternoon. As a compromise, the council


get to know.. of committee recommendations two weeks before they come up for approval at the full council


This means the public will -


Sharpies said he/dcid not think this-went far enough.


Apathy


in the town towards • council affairs, which is clearly demon­ strated at elections, is due in part to the lack of communi­ cations between the Press, the public and the council. “This apathy would he


He said. “I believe the apathy


my questions.; I. gave him an Indirect invitation; to .apply to’ the council to attend-committee meetings, but.this invitation was completely-ignored. “If- the Press .-.want; to attend


“The editor answered none of


agreed to empower committee chairmen to reveal to the Press discussions and recommenda­ tions from the meetings.


meetings, thev can ask. Elected .


meeting - - and will be . able, to niake'.'theii-..views, known. ‘LabowvGvAld-jrmspr^WllHniitl


Press coming here "and,-staying for a quarter of an hour then walking out,-- and the foll-owing day approaching - members ' of the council ^ for.-; the, remainder of- the; information-.they: didn’t get. ’


“We are not going to have the I :U iin fe *h 'fA « syo; giYe.Che. vffi


mat-ion'two weeks earlier than at present.


request by -the public to attend committee meetings. At three-


“I , do not feel there’ is any


quarters of the council meet­ ings there lias been no-ono present except parties who were interested in gamins election -to the council.


of work. The Press has a job of ^’ork to do. in. seeing that information is given, to the public, but I would say that the Press could do more if they


We arc elected to do a job motion, :t-h^;tMfu'^.j\ic;\naor-^ counciPop^osed' •''IhgiitiaveM*


NOW PILLARBOX PLEA GOES RIGHT


lessened, in future if we imple­ mented to the fullest extent the' Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 and allowed the Press and public to attend committee meetings. “This would give the public


a better understanding of council affairs.”


be certain cases where at would be necessary to exclude the Press and public from a meet­ ing. but this was allowed for under the Act, and he trusted the discretion of local journa­ lists.


He admitted that there would


newly-elected independent coun­ cillor, Mi* R. p. Ainsworth


He was supported ,by the Questions


the dominant Conservative group, said, “I do not think the Press themselves wish to attend committee meetings. - “Some months ago, I wrote


Aid. C. Chatburn, leader of


pensioners from this area are leaving Chtheroe today for an eight day holiday m the Isle of Man.


TO THE TOP Whalley Parish Council is to write to Mr. John Stone-


house, the Postmaster General, to ask him to intervene in


the fight for a post box on the east side of the village. The Council’s request to the


Mayor is re-elected


: Coun. S.- F. Hardman; of Pimlico Road, was elected Mayor of Clitheroe for the. second year at the Annual Mayor-making ceremony on Tuesday.


. . . . . . .


appointed deputy mayor. • Coun. -Hardman, ..a retired,


Aid. T. Robinson was re­


nd I got a very non-committal reply about this, subject.


ato the Advertiser and Times,


bank manager, has served on. the council for 10.years..Speak­ ing after his reflection -lie warned against spending, the ratepayers’ money on schemes which were desirable ■ but" not essential.


head postmaster at Blackburn has met with no success, in spite of a petition signed by 90 people who live on the east side of CMthcroe Road/Kmg


•there - has. been mo post box at all ■


. The .. Blackburn postmaster visited the .village. last ■ month, and was shown round by the choinnan ’of the: parish council, Coun. J.-H. Fell.. In .' a" letter to, the parish


and pensioners have been in danger crossing, the busy read to post their, mail.


on th a t. side - of the village, .


Street. Since the Post Office moved


A group of happy pensioners,


setting out for a week’s holi­ day in the Isle, of, Man, The holiday offer was sponsored by the Advertiser and Times in conjunction : with Ribble Motor Services and the Isle of Man Tourist Board.


council fhe' sa.;d'that a great inconvenience- seemed to be caused <by having to cross the road to post'letters.


■ Common


' “Wo have sympathy with older- residents,’’ lie , said;, “but they have-to cross King-Street in’any case to collect their pen­


■


?, "Crossing busy main streets is a common- hazard tlicse days,


sions.


not confined to Whalley, and it would be completely unecono­ mical to provide additional post boxes-throughout'.the country.’ _He added that if a post box was moved 'from the west side,


Hospitals are


even; more- people would- be inconvenienced.- * Mr. J.. S. R. Shaw,, -who- has been -one' of the chief ’ movers 'behind the campaign ,'said at Tuesday’s’meetlng of the parish council: “I think we are; duty bound’ to -approach the Post­ master General.”


£100 raid ' an shop


during a meeting at the home of Mr. K. Rycroft, in Wadding- ton Road. Tribute , was paid to Mrs.


raided - a -Olltlieroe wme and spirit-- dealers - for, the, second time -in-three months on, Wed­


'Smash (and grab thieves


nesday! night............................ They:-stole £100 worth of


spirits after; breaking the Tay­ lor: Street -window of W.; W. Whiteside’s off-licence shop m


.Shaw Bridge. « Thieves: carried out. a similar •smash 'and -grab .raid.in March


Uils year..- -. -' ,


from the post: of secretary, Mrs. Pinder Is still,a member of the committee. Mr. Rycroft proposed a vote


of thanks to her before making the presentation on behalf of


WEA Is Mi's. N. Wilson, of Kemple View, Pendleton Road, WdsweOll


the Association, and it -was seconded by Mrs. M. -Balmforth. The' new secretary ’of the


' • ”


One of the first'eustomers at! Clitheroe's-neWiUon'sTsuper-il’. market when it opened this week: was-Mrs. Pat speak;>-Here;


-she it .with Miss united Kingdom Kathleen.Wjristanley./who


-performed .’the.opening oeremonyXBabyiDonnartoklngia* ride in the-basket, was quite impressed,-*oo.'


k ,v ^ i , /.Two trophies


i> .Fivc-year-old:-\Clare ■ -McFar- lane; of - SalthiirRoad, Clitheroe;. won twortrophies at .the recent Blackburn Music Festival. ’ , ’’-They.: > were s 2 t h e - Bernard- Mayers - Trophy- for the under 13~violin class: and..the;Bullock; Traphyifor. being overall - winner, - of; all * the - violin - classes.


pitals received 6,848 patients during the first-three months of this year, it ;was reported at Wednesday’s meeting of the Hospital Management Committee. Of these 3,127 were emergen­


kept busy Blackburn and district hos­


cies. During ;the same period, there


4,402 compared with 4,411 a year ago, - ; 'A total of 1,580 • patients awaited admission for general surgery,-and 1,158 for ear, nose and throat treatment.


were ■ 7,914 new casualties, and the total number of out-patient and casualty attendances was 52,219. : There were 2,961 operations, The total waitmg1 lust of


Promoted


appointed Administrative - Offi­ cer at • Queen’s Park Hospital, with ‘ effect ’ from next - Tuesday. : He succeeds Mr. B. Markham who has recently been promoted Deputy - Group Secretary,- South West Durham; Hospital Manage­ ment Committee. >, Mr. Hester is at present works


Mr. Joseph Hester: has been


study - officer : with the -United Manchester - Hospitals.


£350 raised.


the Mayor’s Parlour, raised more than £75«for'Christian Aid,’,it


Last week’s coffee morning in i > > KLul * t s. l |j l


for ■ the ,-same; cause, brought'in more • than £280. ■ '


was reported .this .week. , »- -Hie house-to-house ’-collection


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Hillary Wood Wilkinson, who took part in the Clitheroe Cricket Club dancing display at the Parish Hall on Saturday. Chatting with them beFore the curtain goes up is compere Bill Taylor. ■


Sixty-five confirmed


confirmed by the Bishop of Burnley, the Rt. Rev. G. E, Holderness, a-t Whalley Parish Church on Wednesday. The church was crowded and


Sixty-five candidates were


after the service the candidates and their families were served with refreshments in - the


wanted to.” • Only Aid. Sharpies and Coun.


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OBJECTION TO. COUNCILLOR’S^ f^ Y l! APPOINTMENT "


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Clithcroe’s only Labour alderman hit out on Tuesday at the appointment of a newly-elected councillor: as* vice-


chairman of two of the most important council committees. Aid. W. Sharpies said he dis­


agreed with Tory Councillor H. Pearson being given the vice- Oliairmanships before he had even attended a. formal meet­ ing of the council. I want to stress that I have'


nothing against Coun. Pearson but 1 feel-that he should not have been appointed vice- chairman of the -’e-velopment and town planning committee or the finance and general purposes committee. He is a brand new coun­


A tap on tbe window


cillor. yet he may be called upon to preside at these meet­ ings if the chairman is un­ avoidably absent. “This is not sour grapes on


Carried


Mussel Feast were carried. Committee chairmen and


The recommendations made at the Traditional Cockle and


ments Coun. J. A. Norman. Aid C.- Chatburn; Development and Town Planning. Conn. J. Blackburn, Coun. H. Pearson:


vice-chairmen are: Civic Hall and .Entertain­


Estates. Markets and Fairs, Coun. S. F. Hardman, Coun. C. F. Buckingham. . Finance and G e n e r a l


my part, but I-felt it necessary, to make these observations."


sleeping peacefully in her quiet house in The Sands, Whalley, whe^j she was woken, at two-’'o’clock one morning by a tapping on the window. Terrified, she called her


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daughter-in-law Mrs. B. Speak, and together, they drew back the bedroom curtain.


downstairs bay window, was a youth, who ran off into the dark.


There, on the roof of the


police, and shortly after F.c. George Penlington arrived at the house, the doorbell rang.


Mrs. Clapham called the


Purposes, Aid T, Robinson, coun. H. Pearson; Health and


Farm and Sewerage, coun. S. J. Moore, Aid. W. Sharpies;


old Stephen Peter Clayton, who said, “I suppose It’s me you’ll be after,” clitheroe magistrates heard yesterday. Later, when charged with


Standing outside was 18-year-


Highways, Coun. J. A. Barnes. Co'un. R. Turner; Housing, Conn. L. Wells, Coun. C. F. Buckingham. Museum, Coun. C. F. Buck­ ingham, Coun. W. Hargreaves;


acting in a maimer likely to cause a breach of the peace, Clayton apologised for the


Parks Cemeteries.. and -Allot­ ments, Coun. W. Hargreaves, Coun. J. A. Norman; Public Library, Coun. R. Turner,


School. Arrangements for the re­


freshments were made by Whalley Motheis’ Union


Watch Committee.’ ■~3f


trouble he had caused. “I realise how-stupid it was,


and it will not happen again,


he said. Supt. T. B. Nicholson told


Coun. S. F. Hardman. The Mayor and-the aldermen


that there had been no crimi­ nal intent in-Cay ton’s actions. Clayton, who also lives m


the magistrates he was satisfied


are. for the ttaefbetog, to deal wlth-ali-matters referred "to the


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The Sands, pleaded guilty. He; was bound over in the


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