Ca thcroe Advertiser and Times. May 23rd, 1974


Clitheroe wants four wards


CLITHEROE should be divided into four wards for future Ribble Valley Council elections.


eroe Town Council, which ha s• been asked by the


This is the view of Clith­


Ribble' Valley authority for its suggestions arising from a review of electoral ar­ rangements. Clitheroe has 10 represen­


voters who at present use Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and .the o t h e r embracing ‘hose’ who vote at Trinity Church. The other two wards, each


tatives on the Ribble Valley Council. At a meeting of the town council it was sug­ gested that the town should be split into four wards. Two of them would each return three councillors— one ward containing the


Rent rise for club


WATT— CARTER


JUNIOR consultant in radiology at a Detroit hospital, Dr Anne Christine Carter came home to Wad-


dlngton after five years in the USA to be married at St Helen’s Church.


groom, Dr Alan Craig Watt, a medical practitioner at another hospital in Detroit, and a dozen' relatives and friends including Canon James A. McLaren, of D e t r o i t Cathedral. He assisted Canon C. P. Good- child, Vicar of Waddington, in performing t' 3 cere­


With her came the bride­


mony. Dr Carter is the only


(laughter of Mr and Mrs Horace Carter, of Spring Gardens, Waddington, and Dr Watt is the only son of Mr Grant and Mrs Claudine Watt, of Rochester. Michi­


gan. USA. Given away by her father,


the bride was attired in a taffeta and chiffon gown with lace bodice and sleeves and a lace-trimmed train. She had a skull cap trimmed


with daisy motifs and pearls, and a finger-tip length veil trimmed with matching lace. She carried pink roses and lily-of-the-valley.


Denise Johnson, of Bristol wore a dress of mid-blue satin with a lace yoke over- lav and a pink rose head­ dress. She carried a bou­ quet of pink roses and white stephanotis. As bridesmaids. Miss Rebecca and Elizabeth Standcliffe the bride's cousins, wore pink satin dresses with lace voke overlays and match ‘ing pink coronets. They carried pomanders of pink roses and white daisies.


The chief bridesmaid. Dr


Grant, and groomsmen were the bride's cousins, Mr Alan Standcliffe and Mr John Tubbs. Organist was Mr H. Dyson. A reception was held at


Best man was Dr Alan


THE terms of the rent that Ribblesdale Wanderers CC pays for Church Meadow are to be renegotiated by the Ribble Valley Council to incorporate land earmarked for squash courts. Chief architect and plan­


ning officer Mr Charles Wilson told the Planning and Transportation Com­ mittee that the club’s new rent would run well into three figures. At present the club paid £24 a year. Mr Wilson said the club


electing two councillors, would include voters who now use Ribblesdale School and St James’s School. The council asked its


s THE PRINTSH0P


said that minor adjustments and alterations could then be made, if necessary, to balance the numbers.


clerk. Mr L. D. Telford, to provide details of a four- ward system to aid further discussion Coun. Clifford Chatburn


NO '.ETTER


they did not want 30-od'd candidates at the 1976 elec­ tions as was the case last


Coun. Tom Robinson said


year. However, he favoured a


six-ward system, based on the town's existing voting areas. ” This would save interfering with boundaries and give 10 representatives each with 1.000 electors. Coun. Bert Jones favoured


THE 10th anniversary pai;l> of the Tosside and district. Women’s Group was air tended by former mcmbeis from various parts of im-


country. One, Mrs Margaret Chari . . .


wick, who used to live ‘ Quarry House, Tosside. came


specially from her home m Exeter.


expected to receive about £500 rent from the developer who had agreed to build the squash courts. Wanderers were happy for much of this to go to the council. A new fair rent could, he said, be agreed and the land let on a 21-year renewable lease.


a scheme for four wards, but felt that a complement of 12 councillors would have “ lent itself to ease of ad­ ministration.” Coun. Sidney Moore re­


plied, however: " I f we went for an extra two represen­ tatives ot'..cr councils would object and we would end up with considerably more dis­ trict council members —but we would be no better off for it.”


Mrs D o r o t h y Hogg, of Pyethomes, Tosside, was attended by three founaci members — Mrs Sheila Tom­ linson, formerly of Chapel House and now of More- cambe: Mrs Sheila Mattm* son, formerly of Aigdcn Farm and now of Bracewell. and Mrs Ena Alderson. for­ merly of Springsidc and now of Giggleswick. Also there was Mrs Pat


The party, at the home ot , .


-Mcnston. ,Tlle social part of the


evening was preceded by the •mnual meeting, at which leader Mrs Joan Schofield thanked the retiring mem- , ™


Wood. Mrs E. Rowland a." ’’ Mrs K. Moon.


5; Mrs A. Pickard, Mrs ” ■ • i


loader, mvs B. Peel; sc .- | votary. Mrs K. Mo o n '! treasure,-. Mrs C. Blackburn:


minutes' secretary’, Mrs E. Rnwies.


Chadwick cut the anniver­ sary cake, which had been made by Mrs Peel and iced bv Mrs Moon. A toast to the croup was proposed by Mri P. Cunningham. Our picture shows both


•M a buffet supper, Mvs


Dickinson, formerly of Slaid- burn who now lives m


officers elected we e: j


Bus tokens plea is turned down


A PLEA to include handicapped children a t Calder stones school in the £30,000 free bus token distribu­ tion is likely to be turned down. In a letter to the Ribble would be a big help. “The


founder and present mem­ bers at the party watching Mp Chadwick cut the anni- versarv cake.


Valley Council's Planning and Transport Committee, the governors of the Whalley Laneside School pointed out that the children had little chance of seeing life outside the hospital grounds.


The school was saving for a minibus but bus tokens


governors consider that the young people of the school are just as much in need of asssistance as other resi­ dents of the area,” said the letter. Borough Treasurer Mr


Gordon Onslow raid the committee could use its dis cretion. Coun. Tom Rush t on likened the


children to the area's dis­ abled who had received


(Clitheroe)


,of the grounds,” he said. Coun. Robert Ainsworth


the Moorcock Inn, Wadding- ton. Before returning to Detroit, the couple are spending a honeymoon in Bermunda. Photograph: J. O'Flaherty. Blackburn.


PROBATION


A MAN who admitted being involved with two other men in the theft of £21.25 from gas and electricity meters, was placed on pro­ bation for two years by the Ribble Valley magistrates. The magistrates reached


ports oil John Pinnington (22). unemployed, of no fixed address. The magistrates made two


their decision after studying medical and phychialric re­


stipulations for probation: —that Pinnington should live with his mother in Great Harwood and should attend a psychiatric out patients department.


WHEN Clitlicroc Young Farmers’ Club was formed in 1944, Mr Brian Smithson was its first chairman. Now, 30 years on, his son John is the chairman, and both father and son were there to cele­ brate the club's anniversary


at a dinncr-ilancc at tbc Swan and Royal Hotel. Two other founder mem­


bers, Mr Ernest Holgatc and Mr Ronald Williamson, who troth now serve on the ad­ visory committee, were pre­ sent, along with several


other original members. After-dinner speakers were


Mr Steve Mycrscough, club president, and Mr William­ son (advisory committee chairman). Mr Roger C.rccn, dill) leader, responded on be­ half of the club.


Chairman John Smithson


introduced the speakers and expressed thanks to the visitors. llouqurts were presented rs Williamson and Mrs


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club leader Jennifer Fara­ day. Both old-time and modern


dancing catered for the varied age groups prosent. Our picture shows a


Mrerxough h.v assistant group of guests at the dance.


tokens. " ft seems to me that there should be pro­ vision for them to get out


(Clitheroe) argued that the children already had trans­ port. “The rates are high enough,” he said.


!cy representative. Coun. Mrs Mar y Br own, a manager of the school, said: ” I know that they have not the money to take the children into the country­ side.”


Aighton, Bailey and Chaig-


should help only those in dire need and proposed they recommend the council to refuse the request. Coun. Harry Waddington (Gisburn) seconded.


Coun. Geoffrey Ainsworth (Salesbury) felt the council


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