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P.4Y UP and avoid the unnecessary expense of going to court. That’s Hie appeal from Ribtle Valley Council treasurer Mr Gor­ don On.slow to rebel rate­ payers who are v.'ilh- Iiolding payment of the sewerage charge in pro­ test against the new rating system. .Since April, Mr Omslow ii:i.s received " literally hun-


(ireds and hundred's ” of leltei'c: Irom people objec- t in- to the separ.nte sewer­


V/7Mm RAISING OF - V V „ -isifv s ^ ^ \ "N - \ V ' , ' v V ~ is .


STOCKS DAM DELAYED


A START on the raising ot Slocks Reservoir, Slaidburn. by 25 feet has been further postponed until about tlie spring of 1977 because of a cutback in spending. The original scheme, in


Refinements have been in


1970, was for a 12ft increase. A ye.ar later came the deci­ sion to aim for 25ft, thus nearly doubling the reser­ voir's capacity to 800,000 million galloii.s.


At the end of 1972 Uio


NOT AN UNLUCKY d a y f o r t h e m


CELEBRATING 50 ve;ir.s nf happv married life tomor­ row. Friday the 13lli will bc- lormer Clitheroe couple Mr Harry Grainger and his \yite


Polly, of Hambledon View. Read. Both ore 71. Tliey were married hv the


an d she said thi.s week: ‘ Tlrirteen lias Ijeen luckv


Rev. Wilson at St Joiin'.s Church, Great Harwood. ■Mrs Grainger's home town


for us,"Mr and Mrs GrainEcr moved lo Read from Bro-Mi- lo-.v Street, Clitheroe. 23


years .ago. and nm a confec- itonery business now con­


tinued by their son Harry. .Another son, Alan, lives on


Park Avenue, Clithei-oe. Tire name Graincev i:'


senonrtnous with Read Cricket Club. Grandson.s Peter and Malcolm plav tor the dub and the ei'and- : .iicnus. like most villagers, are staimdi sunporters. Tiiere are four other grand­


children. Mr Grainger has a


hrolher. Bill, in Oswald- Iwistic. and Min Grainger iias a .sister, Mrs Margaret Hacking, of Ixiw Moor. T he golden anniversaiw


hoiie was e.\pre.ssed that the £2 million project would be completed over a three-year period ending in 1978.


Now, the annual report of aie F.vkie Water Board say.s


that due to Uie present eco­ nomic restrictions imi)o.sed on the water industry the work has been po.stiioncd until the spring of 1977.


Me.imvhilc investiga tion.s


will be marked with a pet- u>gcther at simon.stone


Hotel on Saturday evening to which 70 guests are in­ vited.


and planning are being con­ tinued. An hydraulic model of the spillway has been built and tested by the British Hydroniechanic.s Re­ search Association and it has been fotmd that a horsc- shoe-.shaped spilhveir will pennit much higher dis­ charges and allow the storage of an extra foot of water without a coireKpoiitl- ing increase in the height of the dam.


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THE congregation at SI James's, Clitheroe, hope to leam something .about the Chaco Indians of South America on Sunday evening. ■Addressing the congregation will be Mr Peter Tj'son, who works at a mission at La Pax, Bolivia. He is con- cei-ned in the development of agricullure. Ireing re.s- punsible for training the Indians to drive and main­ tain Ionics and tractors. Mr Tyson will also be


speaking at the family toy service in the morning to which children will be bringing small stocking-filler type toys for placmg aroun'ei a Christmas tree.


eluded to steady tire flow of the water and to eliminate cross-waves.


A sLirt on rai.sing the clam


will also depend on progress on the Calterall treatiiient


works .and the Ltine in'.akc, part ot a big Lancashire con­ junctive vtse .scheme. Thi.s sciieme will onahle Liiiie water to be available wliile the Stocks project is carried out.


One local .scheme which is


not bchig held up, however, ts the covering of Loweock.s Bc.sci-voir, underuaken after complaints in CUtheroe ot lusic in the water.


The job .s'noiild be com-


pletcct in January or Febni- Rebuilt


Covering Is part ot a


£250,000 scheme aiinoiineed ill 1909 which also iiinhided


provision of a new main to connect Lowcocks with the main from Stocks to Black­


burn. Tlio current .s-cbeme ha.s


.seen the complete rebuilding ot the 75-ycar-old reservoir within tile original walls.


Mr Fred A. Stewart, the


Fylde Water Board's en­ gineer, told the Advertiser and Times tliat the reser­ voir will still be fed by slreains from ti.-- withering grounds, plus '^applies from Blocks. The raw water will pass through a filter plant that has been added.


•' All we Ejiall need to do


when roofing is completed will be to turn a valve and the water will begin to flow,’’ said Mr Stewart. '"The con­ nection to the Stocks main ha.s been finished.”


The reiMrt is tlie 75th and


last of the Fylde Water Board which on April l.-l


became a unit ot tlie new Nortli West Water Authority Mr Stewart is unit manager. From next April, the Fylde


v.ill become part of the Ribblc Division serving about 1,400.001) people, look­ ing after water supplies and .sewage treatment and di.s-


pos.d. Tlie divi.sion will also in­


clude Preston and DIsUict Water Board, the Calder Water Board, the Ribble Elllucnl Unit and the Lower Ribble uud Wyre Eflhient Unit and cover an 1 area from the coast to Colne and from Cohie nearly to Lanca.ster. Rivers vrill conic under a


separate divi.sion comprising the water aiithoritie.s of Lan- ca.shlrc and Cumbria and the Mersey and Weaver authority.


Youth Club fair


raises £75 ON’K of Ti’inity Youth Centre's most popular activi­ ties—the making of jewollcry —came in very handy on Saturday when various items wore offered for sale at the Cliristmas fair.


.More than 150 people


lamed up .and contributed about £75 which will be used towai-d.s rcdccoraiiiig the club's hall.


NOI' oiilv were the 85 cliildrcii from St Paul's ( ’hiircli. Low .Moor, Sunday school, looking smart at their annual Christmas parly, hut when I'atlicr ('111 istmas arrived, he was also vvearing a brand aicw oiitfU.


rile malerial for the


eriiiisim robe was raised by parents of the reholars, one of whom iiiacle up the gar­ ment.


Gann’S and dancing for


the afternoon were orga­ nised liy .loc and Jenny Nixon, ' of Banioldswick. After a parly lea. the ehil- riren received iiresenls and sang carols.


Petition to the Foreign Secretary


CLITHEROE PROTEST OVER ATROCITIES


A 104-SIGNATURE iielilion prolasling over atrocities against Christians in the central African Republic ol Cliad ha.s been sent to Foreign Secretary James Callaghan by members of St J.aiiies's Parish Church, Clithei'oc. Curate of St James's, tlie


Rev. John Taylor, brought the atrocities to the notice of his congregations at morning and evening ser­ vices on Sunday after read­ ing reports In ’’ Time" magazine, and in a copy ol the ’'Life of Pafth ” Chris­ tian new.spaper given to him by a parishioner. Ho asked them to pro.v for


the persecuted Christiaii.s and to sign the petition — a copy of which has been sent to Clitheroe Division MP .Mr David Walder — asking -Mr


Callaghan to protest in the Honrest poAsihle terms to tie pagan President ot Cliad.


• • People attending St


iimes's were shocked at tlie kale of bnit-ality going on h Ch.ad," said Mr Taylor 'his week.


His own intere.sl in tlie


Urican republic arose from •lis friendship with a .■nlaslomiry from his own home-village of Histon, near Cambridge. who worked 'here for many years.


■ ■ The coiintD' is basically


•Musluii, with only a five per rent Christian niinoriiv. U is lliosc jieople who have been liic chief sun'crer.s since President Tombalbayc of Chad ordered the revival of a '.irueliing tribal initiation rite."


.A...s Mr Tayloi iia.k cx- ............ -


pinned in the pelilion to Mr Callaghan, liia--c refusing to submit to the rites are sub- jcclrtl to vicioti.s reprisals, including being buried alive. .According to reports, more tli.in 130 native Protestant pa.stor.s and le.y Church icadeixs have been killed.


British and Europe.in


mi.5.sionarics are also being li.ira.ssed and arre.sted on no .specific eharge.s other than .sympathy with the Chris- lian.s suffering persecution.


"We don't know what can


be.done to stop this, but we .lie appealing to the Foreign Secretary to protest to the Pre.'idi’ itt of Chad 111 the stroiigc.sl terms on bohalt 01 ourselves and other Christians In this countiy,"


added Mr Taylor. Yes, we are the champions!


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CLITHEROE BEAT BURNLEY IN QUIZ MATCH


WHEN it comes to foolliall, Burnley is in the First Divi­ .sion .all right — but for sheer brainpower the Masterminds of Clitheroe are top of the geiicJ-al know­ ledge league. Tliough playing on Uie un­


familiar Keirby Hotel round in Monday's chal­


► " " fy / / .......... i f ' >■ ■ v-i /$> j/'


lenge match against Burn- le., the CUtheroe teams scored repeatedly, cheered on by two coaclrloads of sup­ porters. A brilliant perfonnance by


Tetrahedron contributed to a decisive victory, enabling t' Masterminds to retain the ’’Ashes" for a second


year. Unluckily for the Brains


of Burnley, who won one game and drew another out nf a toLil ot seven matches, they were never In the run­ ning. Tetrahedron — Mr Mike


1 jtf law k * outfitters


CASTLl STREET. CLITHEROE. Telephone 22293.


Fielding, Mr Tan Gott and .Mr Brian McDonald — were oiicked up by Downham Women’s Institute and Chtli- sroe Probus Club, also in rood form. Only Whalley Mothers'


Union had something of a struggle, losing one game and drawing another.


MISS BARTON liohls Ireland, Mrs Johnson,


Putting the qiicslions were


tlie compiler, Mr Colin Lewis, and Mr Jeffrey Bur­ rows for Burnley, and Clith- croe reiir&senUitives Mr Cliarlc.s Wilson and Air John Hig.son.


1 : the tir.st round, Bui'ii-


ley Calder Roiuid Table lo.-t to Probiis — Mr Kenneth Williamson. Mr Jim Bame-s and Mr Eraest Tolson — bv 14 points to 15. Downhan Wi — MLss May Barton, .Mrs Ellen Wright and Mrs Adeline Croft — defeated the Department of Health


the Ashes for the viclorions Masterminds of Clitheroe. Mrs BtiUar. Mr Tolson, Croft, Mrs Wrialit. Mr Hudson, Mr Williamson.


Mr Fielding Mr Colt, Mr McDonald and Mr Barnes.


and Social Security I2-6- Teiraliedron beat f*'®


Keh’bv Antediluvian Soclcn iKAS) 20-14 — a .soniewli-i eiiiban’as.sinc moment .Mr Fielding, who i)i'lonR.s to botli teanks elected to play lor Glithrt"; After a close came, wi'”’'


ley MU — Mrs Barbara Johnson, Mrs Sylvia Irelan ind Mrs Elspetb Butler ' vent down to Barden Son West by 19 to 21.


The two highest-scoribS ,


teams on both sides th went Into tlie seml-nDi“^


Tetrahedron beating Barden 20-10.


Whalley MU had another


close-fought conte.st, ending in a 12-aU draw against K.AS — chosen to compete after


a knockout with the Round Table,


In the final, Tetrahedi'oii


on CO again faced KAS and achieved another clear win 4y 31 points to 14, despit Uie fact that Mr Briai -McDonald answered a ques­ tion for a team member ol tile same name on the op-


po.smg side! On behalf of Burnley


FestiviU and the Burnley Exiu-ess, joint organisers of the contest, Express general manager .Air Ken Nighlin- g.ile thanked the ofliciais iind presented the "Ashes’’ to Clitheroe. They were accep­ ted by the Rev. John Hud- -,on, chairman of the Parish Jhiiroh operatic and Dramatic Society, which or­ ganises .Ma.-.terminds in con­ junction with the Adveruser


Minister to look at Calderstones incidents


THE Depai't-inent of Health and Social Security thi.s week nromlscd to probe complaints about the be- havlour ot patients at Calderstones Hospital who arc allowed outside the hospital unsupervised.


The pledge came after


Clitheroe Division MP M v David Wnidcr raised the


subject during Commons


questions. He wanted to know what


new catogorie.s of adult patients were being admitted to the ho.s-jital and what catogoric.s were allowed out­ side unsiipcrvlsed Replied Dr David Owen. Parliainentarv Under-Secre-


ol incidents of vandalism, indeccncv and tresnass which, were it not for the tolerance o» the local lxjou- lauuu. misht well have be­ come maUCL-s for the courts and the noUce." Dr Owen recognised that


increase in Uio number VALVE


FOR MONEY


yOUK Clithrroc Advertiser and Times will cost 5p —


an extra Ip — from Thursday. It Is the first incrcasB


since April, 1972, but a step which reluctantly has had to be taken because of escalating production and


material costs. The price of newsprint


alone, for instaiHc, lias doubled. IVc hope, however, you'll


menial hospitals someUmes put stress on the local com- mimUv:


"But. broadlv


tui'y tor- Health: *' No new caLCsoncs o* natient are bcinc admitted, and Datients sU'e allo’.vcd ouU':idc Uie lios- pUal un^nnL'rvi.^cd onlv at the discretion ot a resnon- siblc medical otiiccr.” But Mr Walder nrcsscd


his noint: " I must brine to vour notice the local sitiia- lion and ask whether vou are aware that in Uie last


TJ months there has been


Plans to control patients


AFTER Uilks with the senior manaKcmenl al Cal- derstones Hospital, Wiiallev parish councillors have .lurccd to wait and see whether improved outdoor supervision of patients is successful.


In a slatemcut, Conn.


Basil Greenwood, chairman of the parish touncU. says it


has been decided in the interests of l>oth sides to allow a period of time in order to see the clVcet of new measures to increase the i-ontrol over patients’ movements.


• • A further mcctins: has


been arranged for the Sew Year to renew their effee- tiveness.’’


Coun. Greenwood calls on


villagers to report any incidents involving Caldcr- stones' patients to the duty nursing ofliecr at the hos­ pital and to any parish cnuneillor. “ U will be of great assistance,*’ he said.


At the hospital tiHks


Co u n . Greenwood was aceompanied by five mem­ bers of the parish eniineil and Mr Jim Holden, clerk.


12tli victim of bypass


A TWO-MILE section of the Clitheroe bypass was closed for several hours on Sunday evening as the road claimed Us 12th victim In the four years since it was opened.


The man who died was


Burnley licensee Mr Norman Marsricn, a front-scat pa.s- .sengcr in a car driven by his son. Bryan. Mr Marsden was trapped


in the wreckage of a Vaux- hall Victor after a collision with a Rover 2000 near tlie Elker Lane Bridge. His wife, Margaret, was


taken to hospital with chest injuries and his son was


ti'cated for shock. The driver of the Rovej,


.Mr James O'Oara, of Pres­ ton, is ’’ satisfactory" in Blackburn Infirmary with lead, back and pelvis In- iirles. His two passengers. Mr Martin Brennan and Mr John Quinn, were also in­ jured.


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DRAUGHT BEER AVAILABLE FROM STOCK


4 l gaHs Tlicakslons Bitter £6.12 2 galls Lees Biller £2.72 + 77p dcp.


Open to 9-0 p.m. each weekday to Christmas \


.'-peaking, there arc good re- c lation^liips between local


• T will look at the soecific indrients mentioned.” he


ommunlUcs and hospitals. •


continue to look upon your Advertiser as good valnc for money, keeping xou in­ formed of all that is going on in the area FOR LESS THAN A VENNV A DAY. And there arc few thing-


cheaper than that in these inflation-hit Ihncs.


age charge—cspcctnlly fr. u those in niral areas whose homes are not connected to main sewers.


"They all ,«ay Uic'y have


not paid it before and do not see why they should now." Mr Onslow told our reporter.


He has replied pcr.sonally


to many of tlie letters, and the treasurer's depai'traent has been working overtime for .some months, with the result that many hrc '' de­ cided to pay the charge after all.


But a lot have not, and


it is these people to whom Mr Onslow is appealini; in


order to avoid costly and unnecessary court procedure.


The council has no juris­


diction over cither the amount or the method of charging, but is in the in­ vidious position of collecting the money and payinc it over to the North West Water Authority.


“ Any 'shortfall’ in col­


lection has to be made good out of the general rate.


either by borrowing or the


use of other funds from the ratepayers.” In refusing to pay the full


amount, the rebels are stop­ ping repayment of the rate relief rebates they are en­ titled to under conce.ssions made in the spring Budget.


Thc.se cannot be author­ ised until the full rate de­


mand has been paid. And for rural ralepayeits


not on the main sewer, the rale relief grant is, in fact, comparable to the actual sewerage charge being de­


manded from them, Mr On­ slow pointed out.


Tiff cotmcil, he said, was a lot further fonvard tha,n


most authorities in the pa>- ment of relief. "We have already cleared in Hi® region of 10.000 out of 17,000 rate rebate cheques. We are hop­ ing to get the re.st done b> Christmas." he said. Mr Onslow, however, had


a word of thanhs to those who had paid their rates in full nnd for the'r patience in w.aitlng for rate


rebate cheques.


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