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Old folk object to


higher


rents FIVE tenants of old people’s fiats in Meadowside. Wad- dinpton. have complained to Bowland Rural Council about the new rents for their homes.


members of the housing committee this week, the clerk Mr L. D. Telford ex­ plained that under the terms of the “Fair Rents” Act the rents were provi­ sional, and still had to be considered by the Rent Scrutiny Board.


But. revealing this to


strictly according to the book, and kept in line with neighbouring authorities.”


He said: “We acted


Board to decide whether or not the rents were fair. The decision of the Board would be accepted by the council. The rents would not be


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submitted to the Board until April, however, and it would then be up to two months before a decision was reached.


that tire rent of £3.05 was “ excessive, unfair and un­ necessary.” It would mean that the rent had trebled since the fiats were built 16 vears ago. The rent did not take into account the higher bus fairs into Clitheroe and other costs. Mr Telford has written to them.


The tenants complained Civic Hall


TOPICAL DRAMA


is the basis of “ The Andromeda Strain,” showing at the Civic. Monday, Tues­ day, Wednesday. This story of a deadly


A SEAT-GRIPPING, nerve- wrenching topical drama of earth's first bilogical crisis


germ organism from outer space, proves a lethal threat to modern man’s day to day survival. The five-day crisis is


AMATEUR PLAYER


A 51-YEAR-OLD Clitheroe man, Mr Abraham Dixon, of Millthorne Avenue, died suddenly at his home at the weekend.


tiie Army for seven years, was an asphalt mixer at Limmer and Trinidad. Be­ fore that he worked at Bar- row Print Works and


Mr Dixon, who served in


driving and football. About 15 years ago. he played for Low Moor and Waddington, and won numerous trophies. Mr Dixon leaves a wife,


Jubilee Mill. His main interests were


Madge and a daughter, Jean.Cremation is at Burnley today.


Awarded judo


belts


fought in a secret under­ ground laboratory by a four-man scientific team, who pit their brains and knowledge in an almost super-human round the clock battle to detect the origins of the killer germ. In “ Raid on Rommel,”


(Thursday, Friday and Saturday), Richard Burton, takes on Rommel, the Sahara desert and a unit of untrained men to blow up the hated desert fox.


Books were her delight


ONLY a few days before her 91st birthday, Mrs Mary Pol­ lard, of Mitchell Street, has died at her home. Mrs Pollard, a native of


Whitewell and the eldest of eight children, had lived in Clitheroe for 63 years. At one period her home was in De Lacy Street. For over 30 years she was


FOUR Clitheroe youths, John Ridgway, Edward Par


kinson, Colin Wilson and Domonic Francechina, who all attend the Ribblesdale evening centre Judo classes, were awarded judo belts at the Amateur Judo Associa­ tion gradings in Wigan, on


Sunday. John Ridgway was


awarded a green belt while the others received yellow belts. Their teacher at the


centre is black belt, Mr Robert Stevenson, of Black­ burn, Mr Stevenson came to Clitheroe recently, alter the previous teacher, Mr John (Jack) Grogan, died sud­


43, was a popular instructor, and since joining the staff at the Ribblesdale centre about four years ago, has taught some 200 people the basic art of judo He was well-known in his


denly. Mr Grogan, who was only


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Buy your composts, fertilizers, peat, insecticides ant^/°^®r


] garden sundries for the coming season before V.A.T. Also rustic poles, garden furniture and ornaments,


BARKERS


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caretaker for the Robinson's when the present Castle museum premises were the offices of the Honor of Clitheroe. Mrs Pollard enjoyed a good


She leaves a son, William, and a daughter, Edith, for many years an assistant at Clitheroe Library. Cremation takes place at


book and even when past 90 she read five novels a


week. Mrs Pollard was a widow.


PHONES NEEDED


THE provision of four tele­ phone kiosks on the Whalley —Clitheroe by-pass is to be sought by Clitheroe Rural Council’s Highways Commit­ tee. who are to write to the Department of the Environ­


Accrington today, and the Rev. T. B. Reid, Vicar of Whitewell, will officiate. The ashes will be interred


ment. Pendleton Parish Council


in the family grave at Whitewell.


have said that drivers were leaving the by-pass to use the GPO phone box in the village.


W/jS* luisi


tion for Spina Bifida. The money will go into a


A SUPPER dance, organised by the Clitheroe Round Table Ways and Means committee raised about £60 for ihe Liverpool Associa­


general fund and is to be used to provide a supervised central meeting place for Spina Bifida sufferers at


Netherley near Liverpool. Over 140 people were at


Bill Cuishaw Band of Chor- ley.


the dance in Pendleton Village Hall and some of them are pictured above. Music was provided by tile


supper was prepared by Mrs Buckle, of Rimington.


A meat and potato pie


IN bad weather, twenty members of the Ribblesdale School Scout group ventured up Wiswell Moor and Fendle


ASCEND PENDLE


Hill.


various points and compass bearings taken, before hiking to the triangulation point on Wiswell Moor. In a biting wind and with


Patrols were dropped at t


PARISH PRIEST, TEACHER AND AUTHOR


AUTHOR of several books on prayer and the Mass, Father Hubert McEvoy, former parish priest at St Michael and St John’s Church, Clitheroe, died in hospital on Saturday.


assisted with the library at Stonyhurst College and helped with the spiritual duties of the pupils.


in failing health since his r e t i r em e n t from his Clitheroe parish in 1966. For the past six years he


He was 73, and had been


his latest work being at pre­ sent prepared for publica­ tion.


He also continued writing,


a thick layer of snow on the ground, the party walked to the Nick o’ Pendle for a deserved cup of hot soup. One group returned to


translated into many lan­ guages including Japanese and Dutch, and sold throughout the world. They were generally of an in­ formative nature, explaining the Mass in simple terms and suggesting prayers for every occasion.


Fr McEvoy’s books were Fr H. McEVOY


ducted in Stonyhurst Col­ lege Chapel yesterday, the chief con-celebrant being the auxiliary Bishop of Sal­ ford, the Rt Rev Geoffrey |


Requiem Mass was con-


home via Howcroft Barn and Pendleton, arriving about midnight.


Clitheroe, while the other continued on to the small end of Pendle. From there they returned


Discussion difficult


a SUGGESTION that


x ». Lancashire Cou n ty Council's local road safety advisory committee should be split into sub-committees has been made by Clitheroe Rural Council’s representa­ tive, Coun. A. Westwell. Coun. Westwell, who is


home town of Blackburn, where he formed one of the judo clubs there.


vice-chairman of the com­ mittee, told the rural coun­ cil that he found it difficult to discuss local subjects with the committee. Other members, from as far away as Danven, had l i t t l e interest in problems that affected only the Clitheroe


area.


THE popularity of Clitheroe and district Scout gang show is as great as ever, -judging by the demand for


In demand


tickets. Although the show is not


until May, tickets are now obtainable from any Scout, Cub Scout or Venture Scout. A booking office for the pub­ lic will also be open at the Parish Hall after April 6th.


and the Priest at Mass,” was illustrated with pictures taken at St Michael and St John's Church and at St Peter’s Church, Stony­


One, entitled “ Children


hurst. Others contained short


essays and collections of prayers from 12th and 13th century manuscripts.


McEvoy was tremendously interested in the county of Lancashire, old cathedrals, abbeys and churches. He also made many brass rub­ bings in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Born in Rochdale, Fr Mc­


A keen local historian, Fr Burke.


ioners from Clithcroe and friends from Rochdale, among them a nun who was | one of his former teachers.


It was attended by parish- .


Work to be done


Evoy entered the Society of Jc-sus in 1922 after some years in business. Part of his classical education was completed at Campion House, Osterley, in Middle­ sex.


Place, the Stonyhurst pre­ paratory school, and became its superior in the early days of the Second World


He taught at Hodder


War. Fr McEvoy was parish


three years, and later be­ came superior at Farm Street Church, London, headquarters of the English province of the Society of Jesus. It was due to his recon­


priest at the Sacred Heart Church, Bournemouth for


A TENDER of £1,117.50 for a new entrance to Read CE School has been accepted by Division 5 Education Exe­ cutive's general purposes committee.


Ribblesdale Nursery School, renewal of floor tiling, £260; St James's CE School, Clitheroe, boundary wall pointing and repairs, £502; Sabden Primary School, boundary wall repairs, £157. The committee also ac­


Others accepted Include:


cepted an increase in win­ dow - cleaning charges at Langho Primary School from £8.50 to £10.50 per time, to include the new extension.


Safety scarves


struction programme that repairs to the bomb-damaged church roof and priests’ house, at Farm Street were completed before he left for Accrington in 1953. After three years at the


Sacred Heart Church, Acc­ rington, Fr McEvoy came to Clitheroe. in 1956. He is survived by a


married brother, who lives in Rochdale.


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THE BREAKDOWN ON TRAILERS


DOES your breakdown vehicle sometimes break down? That’s the question Mr Keith" Marshall, of Marshall Trailers, Kemple Works, Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe, is asking garage proprietors and the like—because he has designed a trailer that he believes supersedes conventional breakdown cranes in every way. After two years hard takes all the weight on its


work, and no less than six prototype models, Mr Mar­ shall has come up with a seven-foot trailer that pro­ vides all the answers as far as recovery of damaged vehicles is concerned. “ It is simple, cheap, and versa­ tile,” he explained, “ and ft will carry anything from h


Mini to a Jaguar.” The 6ft. wide trailer con­


sists of a platform on to which a vehicle can be winched, using two detach­ able ramps at the rear. It has an adjustable stop to enable it to take any car, and the whole platform is sprung so that it tilts to accommodate the vehicle.


Formerly a sales engineer.


Mr Marshall started his business two years ago. To begin with, he specialised in lightweight trailers, and later, single and two-car transporters. But at the same time, plans began to form for the design of his new invention. The advantages of the


machine arc legion, he says. " It needs virtually no main­ tenance, it can be operated by one man—and it can be towed by almost any vehicle.” It is an improvement on


i trailer’s axle — whereas a I conventional recovery vehicle


breakdown vehicles in another way, too. The weight of the vehicle being recovered rests on the


rear springs. Great care has been taken of the safety aspect of the -trailer also.


up a vehicle recovery operation, too. It can move a car in a few minutes, and recently rescued an ex- Army Champ vehicle from a muddy field in only 10 minutes. “ It had no back axle and had been stuck in the mud for two years, but we soon got it out,” said Mr Marshall.


The trailer should speed


Marshall lias subjected his recovery trailer to rigorous tests — and it passed them with flying colours. Of course, there were some headaches for him during the design stages, but they were all


Using an old vehicle, Mr


possibility too that the trailer will be featured on BBC Television’s “ Tomor­ row's World ” programme.


eventually, thanks to his ingenuity.


s u rmo u n t e d


there was no suspension unit available on the markec that met with the trailer's needs. But Mr Marshall had an answer to that one. “ 1 simply designed my own,” he said.


One problem was that Next step, now that he


has patented the trailer is to find suitable sales out­ lets — but there are plenty of people interested in his invention already. Mr Mar­ shall has told the police, and motoring organisations, ' they arc all keen to mors. Tbore w *


and tencm


t


seas market that Mr Mar­ shal has in view. “ They say that the world is your oyster, and it is the export potential that I shall be concentrating on."


However, it is the over­ At present Mr Marshal!


is helped in his work by Mr David Eaves, of Plane Street, Blackburn, but soon he hopes to go into pro­ duction, probably turning out about 20 trailers a week. “Then, of course, I shall


have to increase my work force. I shall probably employ a further 10 men, he explained.


Marshall has a feeling that there may be other similar ventures to store.” .


As to the future, Mr


Bigger rebates


COUNCIL house tenants will get improved rent rebates when the “Fair Rents” scheme comes into operation, clerk and chief financial officer Mr Alan Butt reported to Clitheroe Rural Council’s finance com­


mittee. Rent increases of from


50p. per week were to have been introduced on April 1st, he said, but beca-’se of ttie freeze these were being oostponed until April 28tli. The council’s “ Fair Rents " had been forwarded to the rent assessment officer for aaproYsA. 1m added.


Broke window


A DRUNKEN man who broke the window of a Clltheroe hotel after being refused admission told the magistrates that he was dis­ gusted with himself.


Kenneth Brian Smith (30)


of Manchester Road, Nelson, admitted being drunk and disorderly and was fined £5. He also admitted damaging two panes of glass, for which he was fined £5 and ordered to pay £4 restitu­ tion.


did not really remember anything about the incident and was disgusted with him- *elf.


In court, Smith said he


25 lose jobs


ATKINSON’S, the Clitl«r^ highway-equipment nia ’c


have laid off 25 of 1 workers. The men and women we1®


laid off on Friday., Atkinso —who reported record e:


quiries in Noveinber 1' salt-gritting . machinery--


this is due. to “ general organisation. ”


Company secretary, ^


W. Huddleston, said tn was no further laying prospect.


a


shire County Council, a novel feature -recently intro­ duced is the presentation of white scarves as prizes to senior citizens participating in the road safety quiz com­ petitions being held through­ out the country.


OF the very many and varied roa'd safety activities carried out by the Lanca­


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Scouts must find new


district HQ


AN APPEAL to find a suitable building in Clitherci for district Scout headquarters, or land mi which to build, has been launched by the local Scout Council The council, which lias al­


ready opened a fund towards the cost of headquarters, has been negotiating for pre­ mises near the town centre for about a year, but the talks have fallen through.


Mr J. N Clayton, secre­


tary of the Council, ex­ plained that they are now looking for an area of land roughly large enough to ac­ commodate a modern de­ tached bungalow, and pre­ ferably in a central position. The type of building used in this case would probably be a single-storey prefabricated


structure. But the Council is also


prepared to consider reno­ vating an existing building to provide a workshop, rooms for meetings and social events, and storage space for trailers, canoes and climbing equipment.


Application has been made


to the County for help to finance the venture, which


has recommended the scheme for a priority grant in the region of £2,000 next year.


would have to be found by the Scouts themselves, and various fund-raising events are now being planned.


The rest of the money


and cheese evening at Clitheroe Parish Hall early


The next event is a wine


Around the coast


.


THE lecture and slides that Mr and Mrs T. Lord pro­ vided at their talk to. the Clitheroe Naturalist Society worthily upheld this season's high standard of lectures. The slides and the lecture


on catching and marketing lobsters and crabs taken from the Welsh coast, be­ sides being interesting and colourful showed some of the rigors and problems fishermen face. Slides showing a swarm of


bees on a garden fence were unique. The making of a country wall of sand and stone in Pembroke showed the work put into the walls, which are compulsory when road improvement schemes are being done. These walls beside giving


headquarters would be by 400 Scouts in tlie


U April. Pari of In,? of the Scout ganc show / May will also go to the !tin? Mr Clayton a deled that


which includes Chatbu™ Whallev, Langlio and


dington, as well •,* ciithcr^


LADIES’ CLUB


THE speaker Edusford Ladies Club w.i., Mrs > Chadwick. nf C'HhW where the top:.-- was making of fabric p'-rum-,*


choose from, such as .seen.-; buildings, animals, plan-';


grShe said that thne »-S4, eat variety of subjects'-,


leaves and Elizaimban ccv tumes.


liked to make pictures pa centrat.ing on .studies aj’j embroidery, there was a5 u n l imi t e d choice r1 materials such a, sheix pebbles, seeds, wood, naiil and pieces of fabric.


Although Mrs Cliadivct


some of her pictures, one ,-f Clitheroe and one of -jj cement works.


She showed merab-ti


Council to query bus cuts


CLITHEROE Rural Cora, cil is to query Ribbie M


Services, proposal to curd the Sunday morning Down, ham to Blackburn service.


otor


general purposes commif.es heard that Ribbie intended to discontinue the 10.14 a.m. service from Downham. mi­ ning it only from C’itheroe at 10.19.


The council's finance an!


the bus was used tv Catholics in Chatburn, w'ni go to church in Clttherc-:, and therefore the service, should at least, run fret Chatburn.


The committee fell to


ments of the Sunday on services. The company in­ tends to cancel the 8.19 a rc. Clitheroe to Blackburn and the 9.05 a.m. Blackburn to Downham. and to reduce the frequency of the Black- bum to Whalley services w hourly.


There were however, :.i objections to other curtail­


shelter to many animals are a home to many wild flowers and flora. But the highlight of the slides were the birds and birds’ nest studies of the various sea birds, on several small off­ shore islands. These showed the eggs camouflaged to blend in with the different terrain, how the chicks made use of the various objects for camouflage purposes, and how the cliff species of birds lived together in colonies. Many of the slides had


To appeal


NOTICE of appeal against a refusal of planning per* mission has been lodged with Clitheroe Rural Council by Mr William Thomas Sal;, of Lambing Clough Lane, Hurst Green.


successfully applied for per­ mission to build an exten­ sion to his home, forming an extra bedroom and i larger kitchen.


Last July. Mr Salt un­


been taken in nature re­ serves and when Mr H. Cook, president, thanked Mr and Mrs Lord he appealed for more members to join these societies and through their support enable more wardens to be appointed.


J.G. Replacement


TWO waste bins near the public toilets in Whalley need replacing, Clitlieros RDC will be told. Coun. John Shaw told Whalk? Parish Council that the M* did not fit.


A NEW IDEA IN /


Sill


FORMEl SCOUT


technic, Mr Peter Gidll of chatburn Road, Clithej lias died at the age of 31


a PRESS operator for


Michael and John's Set and was a regular v| shipper at the church.


Mr Gidlovv attended He was interested


Scouting and in ear years was a senior SccnM


contingent


In 1950 he was one of I fr om tl


Clitheroe Loyal Scout grl to go on a National Catl lie ° Scout pilgrimage f Rome. Mr Gidlow hetl raise the money for group by taking part in _ Scouts’ amateur theatric*


Men’s Club and Clithcl Cricket Club, Mr Gid| leaves a wife, Elaine, three children, Mark (I Alison (10) and Jane (£


There was a large con;


RECORD TAKING!


RECORD t a k i n g s Clitheroe Parish Hall week made “ Oklahoma box office success for Parish Church Operatic Dramatic Society.


the show, including ml bers of other operatic so| ties in Yorkshire and La: shire.


Saturday was attended the Mayor and Mayorl Coun. and Mrs Richl Turner , whose son, Jcl was taking part; the pat! of the living, Mr Roll Peel; and NODA re;[ sentative Mr Bert Willi'! son and his wife, gation at the Requiem J.l


The final performance | £2 IN FINE


, mg a car on the Whal Clitheroe by-pass, Fr[


FOR failing to dis; obligatory lights while d


; Fletcher Briggs, of Gn| ; dale View, Grindleton,


; tion.


; not keeping a headlampl a clean and efficient co:|


I fined £1 by Clitheroe ma| trat-es. He was also fined £1


] He pleaded guilty to offences.


A total of 3,100 people I A member of the Works


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