Three at .4 the top I


MASSIVE 30-point victory ;ainst Bolton-by-Uow]an(1


oung Farmers put Ribbles- ilc joint top, with two other ains of the Ribble Valley ctball League.


int arc the only other teams who - far, are unbeaten.


Brockhall and Flexible Reinforce ’


ibblcsdale 30; Cbtheroe Grait :n;ir 1, Trutex Toppers 6; CUthcroe rammar 8, Flexible Reinforcement ); Whiteacre 8, Hcnthom Trut-x 0- unity YC 1, Trutex Topper,,' 2c- unity YC 13, Young Farmcri 7.'


:. Caldera tones 4; Brockhall 20 rutex Traks 8; Ribblesdalc la' enthom Trutex 7; Trutex Tocnere Brockhall 6; Young Farmers 0


Results: Flexible Reinforcement


rockliall..................... 3 3 0 0 G ;ex. Reinforce........... 3 3 0 0 G ibblcsdale................. 3 3 0 0 G .itheroc Grammar..... 3 2 1 0 4


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rinity TC................... 4 2 2 0 4 njtcx Toppers........... 4 2 2 0 4 rutex Traks............... 3 1 2 0 2


oung Farmers.......... 3 0 3 0 0 oldoratonee.......... 2 0 2 0 0


hileocre................ 2 1 1 o 2 enthom Trutex......... 4 0 4 0 0


The Gang’s -back .with


,a big hit


FROM the opening production number. “Meet the Lie” to the final “Riding .along” ,, Clitheroe and District Scout Council’s “Gang Show 75” carries its


audience on the crest of a wave of entertainment that Lmr breaks for a moment.


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for about eight months, will be in Langho one night a week for three ’weeks in June though firm dates are not ye t


^Clitheroe’s Youth Leader Sir Geoff Jackson, who runs the centre, has asked Billing- ton Parish Council to find a


site. He said: "We want a trial . t


run in Langho before the sum- mer holidays. We will assesss the need there with a view to making regular visits from


. September. “Since the centre was intro-


• duced there have been a few modifications and it now has a


-full-sized screen for films and increased floor area, gained by moving the coffee bar. Mr Jackson explained that


any youngsters in Billington and Langho will be able to


take part in activities. "We will find out what


activities they would like and probably arrange trips to an ice rink and to other youth clubs. “The centre is slowly deve l­


■ need for similar ones in oth er rural areas.


Liberal tribute


to M


Arisional Liberal Association M m


BERS of the Clithqroe ood in silence at their annual


EM eeting in Whalley as a tri­


bute to the memory of their late chairman and president, Mr William Kinder. The acting chairman, Mr


Campbell Hopwood, paid-tri­ bute to Mr Kinder’s long years


of service and said: “ Bill would wish for no finer memo­ rial than to see a thriving Liberal Association in the Cutheroe constituency. In his annual report, Mr Hopuood commented that-in


the present political situation, the Liberal party provided a


sensible alternative to the Conservatives. During the meeting, at the


Dog Inn, officers of the Association were elected as follows: Mr C. Hopwood chairman), Mrs V. MacMillan nce-chairman), Mr T. Cooper


tecretary/organiser), Mr W. (treasurer).


Elected to the executive committee were: Mr B. Cook,


itchell, Mr J. slater, Mr A. ^ttard|andMrJt Tillotson.


LOW MOOR CLUB SUNDAY, M A Y H*h {:


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c.So' lelf 3 production


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1. Cl) ‘ ‘Oh Boy”—Mud. 2. (8) “ Loving you”—Minnie Ripperton. 3. (3) “Honey”—Bobby Goldsboro.■ • 4. (7) “Life is a minestrone”—10CC.


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5. (2) “Bye, bye, baby“—Bay City Rollers. 6. (15) “ Nights”—Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. 7. (18) “ Let me try again"—Tammy Jones. 8. (—) “ Stand by your man”—Tammy Wynette. ■ ; ’ >* 9. (9) “Hold on to love”—Peter Skellem.


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10. (4) “The tears I cried”—The Glitter Band. 11. (16) “Get down tonight”—KC and the Sunshine Band. 12. .(14) “Swing your daddy”^-Jim Gilstrap. ■ 13. (—) “Papa ooh mow mow”—Sharonettes. 14. (20) “Hasta. la vista”—Sylvia: 15. (12) “ Skiing in- the snow”—Wigan’s Ovation. : ■ 16. (11) “Philadelphia freedom"—Elton John Band.- 17. (—) “ I wanna dance wit choo”—Discotex and the Sex-O- Lettes. ■


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18. (5) “Fox on the run”—Sweet. 19. (—) “A little love and understanding*?— Gilbert Becaud. 20. (—) “Love like you and me”—Gary Glitter.


■ , ■ ' . Last week’s placings are in brackets: Tip for .the Top: . ■


“Wombling white tie and tails” — The Wombles. LP of the week: “Take good care of yourself’ — The Three Degrees.


Chart Compiled by Ames’ Record B a r . 7 ■


; J.A- MacMilian, Mrs B. M


PtaLr members o f the r ” “Uve committee will be by the various


oping in the Ribble Valley, and as the first in Lancashire it is being closely watched b y county officials to gauge the


* Th e sh ow is a whirlwind ride through a sparkling world of song and dance — in two and a half hours the audience is t ra n sp o r te d to New Orleans, Trafalgar Square, the land of Oz, China, the Wild West, and Wimbledon


. .


Common — to name but And the show makes the


most of its huge variety of themes with a startlingly bril­ liant array of costumes — all


- made on a budget of £10. The hundreds of different outfits are a marvel of colour, bright­ ness, and originality, from the beautiful clown’s costumes and merrymakers' disguises in “ Mardi Gras” to a live Rudolph the . Red-nosed rein­ deer — with antlers.


But really it is unfair to pick


out a few — and the audiences this week will be able to see for themselves all the work of the wardrobe mistresses and their numerous helpers. As usual the standard of


performance is high through­ out — and it is all done with the enthusiasm that gives gang shows their great appeal.


Once again this year’s show


is a complete sell-out — and the people who flock to the Parish Church Hall will find that the show lives well up to its reputation. There are big production


numbers with 50 or more boys singing tuneful and popular songs in unison.


SKETCHES There are miniature musical


dramas — complete stories of the Wizard. of Oz> Aladdin, Pedro the fisherman, and the Wombles are all presented with big casts. • There are smaller musical


numbers featuring solos by some of the younger boys. And there are the sketches


by the older Scouts and lead­ ers, making up for the inevit­


able absence of female perfor­ mers by some hilarious female impersonations. Several of these items — notably the “girls” choruses of “Second­ hand Rose” and “Oh Johnny” have a truly polished touch.


Unfortunately some of their


impact was lost on Monday’s first-night audience, which was at times slow to react and could have given the players more encouragement to over- come th e ir “ first-night nerves.” But Gang Show 75 is a great


achievement and a spectacular entertainment for everyone. The only thing to be said to


those who are missing it is “make sure you get some tickets next time!”


Death of church trustee


A TRUSTEE at Trinity Methodist Church, Mr Robert Slater, of Bolland Close,


Clitheroe has died at the acre of 67.


Mr Slater, who was born in


Clitheroe and was a member of a well-known local family, also held other offices at the church.


; In his younger days he


worked as a typographer with the Advertiser and Times in the Market Place, and was later employed as chauffeur and gardener for Dr C de L. Short. During the war, he was


similarly employed at the Sun­ shine Home for Blind Babies at Southp o rt., His wife Elizabeth, whom he had known from their schooldays, was a cook.. Mr S la te r , a fo rm e r


member of Clitheroe Toe H, leaves a widow and a married daughter, Mrs Marjorie Dut­ ton, of Burnley. C r em a t io n t o o k place at


Burnloy.


ROBERTSON — GOLDSMITH


Pictured after their wed­


ding at St Peter’s Church, Blackburn, are Mr and Mrs Neil Stuart Robertson. The bridegroom, a civil engineer, is the only son of Mr and Mrs Ian Forbes Robertson, of M o o r la n d C r e s c e n t , Clitheroe. The bride, for­ merly Miss Marian Helena Goldsmith, a medical secret­ ary, is the second daughter of Mrs Margaret Goldsmith, of Hurstwood House, Rutland Street, Blackburn, and the late Mr John Goldsmith. The ceremony was per­


formed by Fr M. Waters and Mr Peter Rose was organist. Mr and Mrs Robertson will live in Accrington. Photograph: Stephens and Latham, Blackburn.


Scouts on warpath


MEMBERS of the Merlin pat­ rol of the First Pendle Scouts were on the warpath when they took part in the annual family camp at Bowley near Great Harwood. For the six local lads, on


their first camp of the season, were among dozens of Scouts and Cubs who disgusied them­ selves as Indians and stagedv an all-out battle as the high­ light of the camp. The aim was to capture a fort occupied by the District Service Unit — and "ammunition” was water bombs, flour bombs, jellies and mud!


. . More than 130 units from a


wide area were represented at the camp, with . over 500 people there altogether. Pre­ sent were many parents of- Scouts, including some from' the Clitheroe area. • ~ ; Other attractions . of the


weekend included* pottery painting demonstrations, mini orienteering, archery, football and a variety of. Scouting activities. And there was a colour television on hand so- that dads — and Cubs and


Scouts — wouldn’t miss the FA'cup final.


MART ‘ . -


A GOOD entry in Clitheroe Auction Mart’s Monday fat-


stock sale found a brisk demand for all classes. For­ ward were. 96 fat cattle, 119 ewes, 168 lambs, 64 hoggs and five pigs. Lightweight steers made to £25.60


(overage . X22.54); light heifers to £24.90 (£23.45); medium to £20.90 • (£20.90); uncertified heifers to £24 (£20.1C); fat cows to £20.50 (£18.10); Others to £16.80 (£14.80). ‘ - Light lambs made to 48p (44.93);


hoggs to 39p (33.67); sheop to 26p (25p); Half bred owes £12 (£9.40);


homed ewes to £10.80 (£8.09): cut- tera to 14.46 (£4.88). -


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Garden party given a


, new look A KNOCK-OUT blow has


sent St James's Church mis­ sionary garden- party reeling — but it has fought back and will appear this year-in the guise of a barbecue and sup­ per on the evening of June 6th.


The garden party was


scheduled for Saturday, June 7th, but a clash with the “ It's a knock-out” competition in the Castle grounds means that the date and format of the event has had to be changed.


Community hymn singing is


one of the main events plan­ ned for the barbecue, and all


the garden party’s traditional stalls will be there too.


The Home Missionary Soci­


ety will be represented at the barbecue by Rev. Gordon Bennett, its North-Western representative.


•


Successful year


A SUCCESSFUL year was reported by officials ■ of the Clitheroe and District Trefoil Guild at the annual meetings at Waddow Hall.


Membership has increased,


it was reported, and meetings had been varied and interest­ ing. Miss Ruth Mundy and Mrs Florrie Blades were elected to the committee in place of two members who have resigned.


Chairman Mrs Elsie Hon­


eywell, secretary Mrs Janet Ogden and treasurer Mrs Jean Bailey are to serve another year. The next meeting will be in June when a canal trip has been booked.


■


A GOLD cross was presented to Clithcroc’s first woman minister, the Rev. Mrs Kath­ leen Hendry, who is to leave the town to take up a new position in Surrey next week. Mrs Hendry, who has been at the Clitheroe United


moderator of the North West Province of the United


Judging cattle


CLITHEROE Young Far­ mers met at Mr and Mrs Fred Clark’s home, Lowcocks Farm, West Bradford, where the boys took part in a cattle- judging competition under the watchful eye of master judge, Mr W: Bargh. Winners in the class in


which seniors had to give reasons for their placings were: G. Whitwell (94 marks), J. Rigby (90), R. Whitwell (88). Juniors: A. Cowgill (92), P. Nightingale (82), N. How- arth (79). In the placings class, win­


ners were: Seniors — G. Whitwell, J. Thornber, R.


Ford, B. Smithson (50), S. Faud, K. Whitwell, M. Bristol, S. Holding (46). Juniors — I. Bullock (50), I. Chew and N. Bristol (46). Keith Whitwell and P. C ow g i l l w e r e associated in the vote of thanks to Mrs Clark for the buffet supper.


Rev. John Hudson, thanked Mrs Hendry on behalf of the Ribble Valley Council of Churches, and the Rev. A. Wilkinson spoke on behalf of Blackburn District Council. The Rev. Douglas Stewart,


lylayoress, Coun. and Mrs Leo Wells, also attended the presentation service. The Vicar of Clitheroe, the


Reformed Church for nine years, also received a cheque from the church's secretary Mr Edward Hill. The Town Mayor and


Reformed. Church, also thanked Mrs Hendry. She will become associate


. D u r in g her time at Clitheroe she has been in ch a rg e o f the United Reformed Church at Bar- row, and for the past three years has had oversight of the church at Newton. She is also interested in


youth work and has helped the youth club at the Clitheroe church to grow in membership. • Mrs Hendry has two


daughters — one lives in Purlcy and the other lives in South Wales. - Our picture shows (from the left): Mr Stewart, Mr Hudson, Mr Hill, Mrs Hen­ dry, Mr Wilkinson, the Mayor and the Mayoress.


Appropriate venue


AT Clitheroe’s Friends of Fur and Feather first annual meeting the choice of venue, quite aptly, was the Dog and Partridge Hotel. *


About 30 people attended


the meeting and were given an illustrated lecture by local naturalists, Mr and Mrs Tom Lord, entitled “Down the Ribble.” The talk and slides por­


trayed the . flora and fauna along the banks of the Ribble, from its source to the estuary. A vote of thanks was given


by chairman-secretary Mrs Ida Grad well, who was re­ elected for a second term. In a report Mrs Gradwell said that the Friends had raised nearly £100 for animal charities in their first year and hoped to do even better in the next 12 months. Also re-elected were Mrs


Kathleen Wakling (treasurer), Miss Livesey (minute secret­ ary), Mrs Mary Bridge (social organiser), and six committee members: Mrs N. Ashworth, Mrs A. Preston, Mrs O’Sulli­ van, Mrs Jean Mancly, Miss N. Briggs, and Miss Caulwell.


Covering expenses


PROCEEDS of a 50-50 (lance held by the Ribble Valley Sports and Recreational Advisory Council, totalling about £12, will go towards expenses-of the June sports week. The dance, at St Paul’s Par­


ish Hall, Low-Moor, was the second such event to be held by the council. And it proved so successful that a third is now planned for May 30th at the same venue. 'A junior disco dance is


being organised by Whalley members of the council next Tuesday, at 7 p.m., in the Old Grammar School. The next meeting of the


sports council will be an open one,, a week tonight in the ROSLA block at Ribblesdale School, starting at 7-30.


FINED £50 For driving a car without


due care and attention David Arthur Prince (29), of Bolland Prospect, Clitheroe, was fined £40 by Clitheroe magistrates. He was fined a further £10 for not having a test certificate. Prince was stated by Chief Insp. T. J. Sumner to have been involved in an accident with a van in Whalley Road, Langho.


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minister at Purlcy, one of the biggest United Reformed Churches in the country.


Young Farmers show skill .


CLITHEROE and District Young Farmers Club held its


annual calf club.competition at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Saturday, and Mrs Elspeth Walder, wife of Mr David Walder, MP, presented the prizes. She also helped to judge the girls* entries with Mrs S. F. Myerscough. Mr R. Williamson presented the boys* prizes, their classes being judged by Mr J. Bal- shaw and Mr H. Horsfall. Fine weather added to an


enjoyable day and the young fa rm e r s wish to thank everyone who contributed to a successful event.


Results: Jennifer Faraday award


— Janet Jolly. Senior girls (Hansel and Gretcl cake) — Susan Gill, Jen­ nifer Faraday, Susan Hartley. Juniors (decorated Swiss roll) — Elaine Hargreaves, Julio Barrow, AnnGrcenhnlgh. Landscapepainting — Neil Haworth, 2 and 3 Janet Haworth. Senior girls (floral arrangements


in basket) — Janet Jolly, Carol Dent, Jennifer Faraday. Juniors (miniature flower arrangement) — Jackie Gill, Margaret Colhnge, Janet Knowles. Knitted hat — Janet Jolly, Susan Gill, Carol Dent. Shortbread — Cath Birch, Ann France, Janet Jolly. Decorated waste bin* — Ann France, Carol Dent, Janet Jolly. Boys (calves 3 to 6 months) — J.


Walmsley, A. Bristol, A. France. 6 to 9 months—F. Spurgeon, M. Bris­ t o l , D. Whi twe l l . 9 to 12 months — J. Faud, F. Slurgeon, P. Moorhouse. 12 to 24 months — M. Bristol, P. Wood, A. Bristol. Preston Farmers Tankard (beef


c)ass to 12 months) — A. Gill, I. Bullock, P. Wood. S.'F. Myerscough Cup (calf shown


by junior) — J. Faud. Res. A. Bristol. Bibby Cup (three calves) — J.


Faud. Res. F. Spurgeon. Champion class, M. Bristol, Res.


J. Faud.


Landscapes bring £42


THREE landscapes by local artist Elijah Cawthornc were sold by auction this week for an average of £42 each. .


The paintings were part of


the estate of the late Mr C. G. Roe, of Rossendale, York Street, Clitheroe, which was b e in g , d i s p o s e d o f by auctioneers, Hothersall, For­ rest, McKenna and Son. Anti­ que prices on the whole were high, said a spokesman for the firm, with inlaid mahogany foldover tables making £77 and £131, dressing tables averaging £56 and a Welsh dresser fetching £140. Eight Copeland plates made


£52 and a Royal Worcester jug and pot £56. A mahogany bureau bookcase made £280, an inlaid chest £196 and a brass-faced long case clock £301.


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.Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, M a y j th , 1 9 7 5 '3


Survey into h o u s i n g s


- needs ,


A SELECTED number of householders in the whole of the Ribble Valley are being invited to tell the Borough Council about the houses and the area in which they live. What they have to say will


help the council formulate its


housing policy for the whole of the valley. Whatever com­ ments are made will be kept strictly private. * The survey, concerned with


the older properties, will be conducted by council officers on the instructions of the Housing. Committee. An examination will be made of the inside and outside of the house and the area sur­


rounding. The council hopes those


people called upon will co­ operate. The official who calls will have a photograph- identity card and househol­ ders should ask to see this. Emphasis is made that they


will not be carrying out a snooping exercise.


/ Along with this physical


examination of property there wilLbe a social survey ques­ tionnaire. The council wants to know residents’ views about .the houses in which) they live; their neighbour­ hood, and what improvements they would like to sec. All this information* is vita]


to the council’s attempt to assess the need, for example, fo r rented housing and specially-designed housing for the elderly. •


, Council tenants outside


C l ith e ro e have already received questionnaires and these people are asked to return them quickly. The on-the-spot examina­


tion of houses began in Lon- gridge on Monday, and look­ ing at the valley as a whole will take about two months. All the information will be


sifted and a report and recom­ mendation made to the Hous­ ing Committee later in the year.


Talk7 by


stewardess A STEWARDESS with Brit­ ish Airways European Divi­ sion, Manchester, Miss Vir­ ginia Shuttleworth, spoke about her work to members of Clitheroe Evening Townswo­ men’s Guild.


• Wearing her smart Hardy Amis-designed uniform, Miss Shuttleworth explained that her job could be just as mun­ dane as any other, and was not the romantic one that people often imagined. Mr Roger Boyrno, planning


senior officer at Manchester airport, showed a travel film. Mrs M. Sadler thanked the. speakers. Chairman Mrs M. Sutcliffe


thanked the nine members who took part in a sponsored slim, raising £33 for the mother and child project in Lesotho. A stall organised by the


social studies group raised £9.21*. Members were urged to support a forthcoming wine and cheese evening at the Starkie Arms, next Thursday.


Grateful


CLITHEROE Physiotherapy Centre is grateful for dona­ tions of £10 received from the North West Meccano Guild and £2.50 from Trinity Mod­ ern Wives Group. .


Safoden mill scheme goes up


AS Sabden has entered the Best Kept Village competition this year, Coun. Miss Alice Alston has asked the Ribble Valley Council to speed the improvement of the Cobden Mill site in the village. When Miss -Alston asked


what would Sabden be getting for all the money being spent on the scheme, Coun. Mrs Stephanie Dow (Grindleton), Planning and Transportation Committee chairman, replied that a lot of money , was being spent on;repairs and landscap­


in g , and Sabden would appreciate it. . The minutes, which were approved without further comment, showed that adap­ tations and repairs to the mill would now cost £11,500, an increase of £400 on the origi­ nal tender and that the cost of landscaping alongside the brook has gone up from £2,500 to- £3,050. It has also been agreed to spend some surplus money on additional fencing and gates, landscaping, and architectural costs.


REPAIRS NOT JOB OF


COUNCIL MR- E. MARSHt writing in last week’s Advertiser and Times^ is right — Smithy row, Hurst Greeq is a car-spring bashing pot-holed lane which should be mended. But it is not as simple as


that. Roads which have not been adopted by the local authority are no responsibility of the local authority, despite the fact that they may, as in this case, be a public right of way. And even if the local authority wanted to make them good it is powerless to do so. There are quite a number of


such roads in this borough: s u r p r i s in g number in Clitheroe itself. If there are a number of houseowners along an unadopted road, it can be a complicated business handing it over to the public authority for maintenance. However, as Smfthy Row now stands, it is the responsibility of those whose land abuts the frontage to keep it up to the standard that they themselves require. Therefore, if Mr Marsh was


an owner or a repairing ten­ ant, he might find that if the road was troubling him, the only person responsible was himself. It is true that he may not


find many tangible- services for his rates. However, if he scrutinises his demand he will find heavy impositions on the rates for education, health, police, and fire service^ all of which he may require to use from time to time.


RIBBLE VALLEY RESIDENT.


AN OLD CUSTOM


CLITHEROE town council­ lors attended the traditional cockle and mussel feast at the Starkie Arms Hotel on Monday evening. Time was when the feast


preceded the appointment of the several committees and their chairmen and which, in the days when both main political parties were strongly represented, often produced a lively verbal conflict at the annual meeting of the council. Now that the town is only a


parish of the RibbleValley Borough, Monday’s gathering was really just a perpetuation of an old custom under the chairmanship of the Town Mayor, Coun. Leo Wells. At the business meeting


after1 the meal it was agreed to recommend. that Councillors Clifford Chatburn and Tom Robinson be elected the council’s first representatives on the Board of Governors of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. -


Plastic flowers


FACT with fiction was the theme of Clitheroe Flower.


Club’s demonstration on Friday by Mrs Wilkinson, of


Blacko. She showed how to use plastic flowers along with real flowers and fresh foliage. Mrs Norris gave the vote of thanks. Members were reminded of


a coffee morning with tombola and cake stall at the home of Mrs Jessie Dakin, Church Street, on Saturday.


BRIERFIELD SHOWROOMS NOW COMPLETE.


BEAUTIFUL BEDROOMS and KITCHENS PHASE ONE OF OUR ALTERATIONS AT OUR


VISIT THE MOST MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF BUILT-IN FURNITURE


Canoeing down the river


EDISFORD Bridge was invaded by about 250 Scouts with canoes on Sunday for the annual “ down the Ribble” races. The Scouts from all over


north-west England congre­ gated on the riverbank at Edisford ready for the 10 a.m. start. There were classes for


Scouts under-13, over-13, and for Venture Scouts in slalom, touring and white-water rac­ ing canoes. A small number of “ touring double” canoes also


took part. Although Clitheroe and dis­


trict Scouts failed to come away with any prizes, they were well-represented in almost every class. All 25 Clitheroe Scouts who set off from Edisford completed the course and most were well up in their classes.


The course was slightly


longer this year, finishing at Ribchester Town instead of Ribchcster Bridge. • Clitheroe was represented


by four Venture Scouts (Richard Fox, Paul Tomkins, Bill Eldridge and Tony Bush) and by other Scouts from the troops of SS Michael and John’s (8), SS Mary and Paul’s (8), Ribblesdale School (4) and 1st Pendle (1).


Tkriller


A YOUNG journalist’s relent­ less. search for a murderous gang of former Nazi SS offic­ ers forms the plot of a fast- moving thriller, “The Odessa File,” showing at the Civic Hall all next week. The film, based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth, stars .Ion Voight and Maximilian Schell. <


Travels of a> vicar


THE globetrotting vicar of Whitewell has returned to his


peaceful country parish after a hectic three weeks in the USA and Canada. During the trip — his 15th


to the two countries — the Rev. Arthur Higginson vis­ ited 10 American-states and three Canadian provinces. He preached in five churches, celebrated Holy Communion in another two and shared in a s e r v ic e at F red e r icton Cathedral. His travels by plane,


Greyhound bus apd double­ deck train took him to New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal and Bos­ ton. In each place Mr Higgin­ son. Stayed with old friends and spent time sightseeing.


He donned a hairnet and


paper hat in Deerfield, Illinois, when he visited the Sara Lee bakery — the largest and most modern in the world — where Danish dough is made by the mile and the ovens are 110ft. long. The vicar also visited


“ L AM B S ,” a home fo r retarded people, where the patients are given new and interesting things to do every day. Mr Higginson’s last stop


was Hartford, Connecticut, whore he stayed'with Mr Jim Brown and his family. Mr Brown was a parishioner of Christ Church, Glasgow, when Mr Higginson was on the staff there and they found much to talk about. The trip was financed by a


bequest from an old and dear friend.


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