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A RENOWNED local artist:


Mr. Leonard Barton, of Mitton Road, Whalley, whose. paint­ ings /.received world recogni­


.- Mr. Barton retired to Whal, Icy. 12 years ago, after .com­ pleting 26 years as principal of Lancaster and Morecambe Col­


a similar position -at Cam- bridge.


• For a period after- this, he was, assistant headmaster at Eastbourne College of Art. Mr. Baron was" an Associate


of the Royal College of Art, a Fellow of the Royal Society- of Arts _and a past president of the National Society for Art Education.


ORGANIST MORE than £50 was raised at CUBS LEND A HAND


accompaniment played by a scout lcadcr;


A-concert of songs, recitations, violin ducts, a clarinet solo and numerous items was given by the Parish Church cubs to about 60 parents and friends in the' hall on Monday night- The songs were sung to guitar


Procecds of IMS will help to


. provide a Christmas party for : about 30 patients ,at Calder-


.. cake stall-raised further money for the party.


stones Hospital who arc visited by .church members every Wed­ nesday evening. Refreshments -. were served, and a bring and buy stall and


. me second Christmas fayre held by the .Clithcroc branch of the National Federation of Old .Age Pensions Associaton, at Stanley House, Lowcrgatc This sum is larger than’that


raisdd at last year’s'fayre, and it will go ..towards ;the upkeep of Stanley House, There were various stalls selling Christ­ mas goods and gifts* cakes and sweets. Refreshments. . were served'. " Several- .members- -of :.,thc


.Ward,. Mrs. E. Penny, Mrs Crooks, Mrs. Childs, Mr. J. Parker, Mr. L Allen, Mr. Scott and Mr. R. Penny. About 45 people attended the


event and a small social was held in the evening. . Mrs. Penny, secretary of the


branch, is shown in the centre of the photograph together with other members of the committee and helpers.


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PUPILS at three -Chipping schools are to get three days added to . their 1972' summer holidays . ' . . thanks to next year’s Preston Guild. Mr. E. J.-Fox, No. 5 Divi-1


have three days’ holiday, and parents wanted the children at the primary -schools also to have a holiday so that families could go to Preston, to see1 the


Guild processions which take place every 20 years.


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W. -MacLeod were- MCs for the evening .during which a carved buffet was provided and the resident band played The evening closed with the


traditional singing ■ of *Auld


• Mr. MacLeod, Mr. R. Slater, Mr. Scott.


at’ the back, from the left; Mrs.. W. MacLeod, Mrs.- Grant-Townsend, . Mr. S. R. Knight, Centre, ; Mrs. - P. Gower, Mrs. M. Knight. Mrs. L. Scott, Front,- Mr. Stuart


Lang Sync.’ Pictured at the dance are


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Arthur, Mr. M. A. Bhuriun, Miss D. L. Breedy, Miss -J. Sanderson, Mr. A. Sectanna,


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of Pcndlc County Primary School, Clithcroc, for the elimination . of the September


A -request from the members


Hendry Introduced the opener, •Mrs. J.- C. Kenyon, of Glebe House, Slaidburn. Mrs J. Pindcr proposed a . vote of thanks, a n d Susan Pindcr presented Mrs. Kenyon with a flowering plant. The stalls did-a busy trade


NEW T O N Congregational Church raised £130 for church funds with the annual fayre and a whist drive on Saturday. The Rev, Mrs. Kathleen M.


in cakes, toys, drapery, hard­ ware and stationery.


women, .Mrs; W. Ecles, Mrs. G. Metcalfe. Mrs. H. Town- son and. Miss J. Rushton; men: Mr. Capstick, Mr. 1. Hanson, Mrs, Bairstow and Mr. S. Clark. Dominoes: Mr. J. Pindcr,


Mrs. E. Rushton, Mr. E. Ncwhouse, Mrs. J. Metcalfe,


dcr and Mr. J. P. Rushton. as MCs. Prizewinners were: Whist,


and 10 whist tables were in operation, with Mrs. J. Pin­


In the evening. 14 domino


THE following nurse's - > at Brockhall Hospital have suc­ cessfully passed the October examinations of the General Nursing Council: Final: Mr.. D. L.. Allison,


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branch helped to run the event, including Mrs. , F. Wil­ son, Mrs. Addison, Mrs.


societies throughout the coun­ try, and exhibited continuously- for well over 40 years in the main ; London and provincial galleries. However, he had not


He also belonged to many art


ber of Blackburn Photographic Society. A widower for two-and-a-half


included organ-playing and photography. He was a mem­


painted for about a year prior to his death. Mr* Barton’s other interests


years, Mr. Barton is suivived by two married daughters, A service was held yesterday at-St. -Mary and All-Saints’


PASS EXAM-


f iv e 'student nurses at Caldcr- stoncs Hospital, Whalley, have been successful in the final' exaamination of the General Nursing Council in the nursing of mentally sub­ normal. They ' can now be­ come staff nurses. They are Kowle Erskine Bar­


Church, .Whallcy; prior to cre­ mation; at Accrington.


imnlv Air m-fl'ment. These arc John T. Tomlinson and Davjd


ker, Maurice Oldham, Arthur Tyson, Fcstus Nnamdi Egbo and Elizabeth Nancy Nixon. Four pupil nurses have com­ pleted their course and can now


Barton /was a student at Black­ burn School of Art, where he. won a scholarship to the- Royal' College of Art in London early in the First World War.


A native of. Manchester. Mr


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— latest proposals to Lancashire' County


. some of those present at the dinner and dance organised by Clithcroc’s Mayor an'd Mayoress (Coun. Sidney Moore and Mrs. Moore) to repay the hospitality- extended to them over the past 18 months, and to which members of the public


' were also invited to attend. The five local government


come, to fruition what' will' happen to the offices "held by the civic leaders in our picture? It was a thought which passed through the minds of


RDC), who was accompanied by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Luke Porter.


Swan and Royal, was attended by more than 100 people,’the Mayor and -MayorcssI, being joined by members of the town council and representatives',of various, walks of life in the town.


The dinner-dance at the . \ ’


were the- Mayor of Burnley (Aid. D'Parkinson), the Mayor


Among other civic leaders


_thc left: Coun. F. Clayton (chairman, ' Clilheroe RDC), B. Duckworth (chairman, Blackburn RDC), the Mayor, Coun. D. Coulstori (chairman, Longridge UDC) and Coun. J. Porter (chairman • Bowland


leaders arc all members of authorities which it is proposed to amalgamate. Seen wth their wives are, from


of Nelson (Councillor Alan Ffoulkes-Evans) and Mayor of Colne (Coun. Mrs. Margaret Craddock). 1


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Fell, felt that residents’ privacy might be at-stake if such a scat were provided. Moreover, it could become a subject of vandalism, being in an isolated spot. Hence the • residents’


and enjoy the view of Whalley Nab. . .The chairman, Coun. J. H.


opinions should first be sounded out.


THE views of residents of Green Bank,'Whallcy, are to be sought before the Parish Coun­ cil agrees to the provision of. a public seat in the area. The. Rev. E. S. Joselin told members of the .council that shoppers who went home that way would appreciate a scat on the bank, where they could rest


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-people in hospital, and (hose who live at Castleford. The money for the ■ gifts


WHEN Clithcroc’s. Mayor and Mayoress 'give, up their office next May, one of the hap­ piest memories . of their two- year term will be the Christ­ mas visits they made to dis­ tribute gifts to children, local


for -costributions to the . fund which is deyoted to helping Clitheroc .people at all times of the year, although the calls on it arc heaviest; at Christ­ mas if no one is to be left out. -


Christmas away from their families that little bit happier by sending a donation.


the Bo ro ug h Treasurer Church Street. Clithcroc, and will be acknowledged;


It should be addressed to


• hoping to take Christmas • greetings to the St. Denys Home, Clithcroc .Hospital, Castleford, Brantley ' Meade. Blackburn Royal Infirmary.. Queen’s Park and Accrington Victoria Hospital. You can help him., to make


Once again' the Mayor is


comes from the Mayor’s Wel­ fare Fund . . . b u t: just - how many presents he wilt be able to distribute this year depends upon the generosity of/the public. . * . Cou». Moore is appealing


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