TOG FEW (1) “When a child is bom” — Johnny Mathis.


.(2) “Under, the moon of-love" — Showaddywaddy. (6) “Bionic Santa” —.'Chris Hill. (4) “Livin’ thing” — Electric Light Orchestra.


. (3) “Money, money, money” — Abba. (8) “Wild side of life” — Status Quo. ’


(7) “Things we do for love” — lOcc. (9) “Keep it coming love” — KC and the Sunshine Band..


(5) “ Love me” — Yvonne Elliman.


(16) “Haitian divorce” —■ Steely Dan., (18) “You’re more than a number in my little red book"


THE Department of Health and Social Security is very concerned that a substantial number of single child families in the Ribble Valley have not sent in their claims for child benefit and urges them to do so without further delay to avoid losing money.


More than half o f the


families eligible to claim have not done so, possibly because they do not realise that their income tax child allowance is going to be reduced next April whether they have claimed or not. The Government recently


announced that over a three year period starting next April, tax allowances for chil­ dren, which are normally made to the father, are to be withdrawn by stages. The extra revenue that this


will produce will allow for a tax free child benefit payable to the mother. For the first year 1977/78 child benefit of £1.00 per week (£1.50 in one parent families) will be payable for the first or only child in the family and £1.50 for subsequent children. The child tax allowance will


be reduced by £104 for the first child and £130 for other children; for standard rate tax payers this means a reduction of exactly 70p a week in take home pay. The child tax allo­ wance will go down whether or not the mother has claimed the benefit, so failure to claim will mean the family will be out of pocket.


BRIDGE CLUB


THERE were 12 tables for th e d u p l ic a te game at Clitheroe Bridge Club. Winners were: NS — Mr


B. Hicks and Mr R. Wilkin, Mr W. L. Wilkinson and Mrs A. Brenton, Mrs L. Boothman and Mrs Russell. EW — Mr Bentley and Mr Blackwood, Mr and Mrs Johnstone. Only the EW winners made


3NT on the following hand. On the lead of the king of spades by North, West has to play the hand very carefully t.o make his contract. ' Love all. E dealer.


S KQJ3 H 1072 D J2 C J875


S A1062 H 98 D KQ108 C ASM


K


W E S


S 87 H AQ53 D 7652 C QG2


A normal ACOL bidding sequence would be— E P


S P


2 NT P P


P


W N 1NT 3NT -


P P


- W.L.W.


Hairdresser marries


LANGHO hairdresser Miss K a th le en Duxbury was married on Monday to Mr Hugh Gregson at St Silas’s Church, Blackburn. The bride is the only daugh­


t e r o f Mr and Mrs H. Duxbury, of Yew Tree Drive, Blackburn. The bridegroom, a civil engineer, is the only son of Mr and Mrs H. Gregson, of Stanley Road, Leyland. Given away by her father, the bride wore a white guipure lace and satin dress and a seed-pearl headdress and carried pink roses and freesia. After a reception at the


Millstone Inn, Mellor, the couple left for a honeymoon in the Lake District. They will live at Lyndon Avenue, Great Harwood.


Representative COUN. Edwin Gretton (West


Bradford) has been appointed to represent the Ribble Valley Council on the regional consumer council for elec­ tricity.


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GUIDES PERFORM NATIVITY


W H EN W e s t B ra d fo rd Guides visited Waddington Hospital during the Christmas period, they set a happy precedent by being the first to perform a nativity play in the chapel.


It was also the first time the


Guides had performed such a play, which was directed by Mrs Maureen Houghton, Guide captain and matron at the hospital.


T h e p la y w a s a l s o


performed publicly in St Catherine’s church, when parents and friends joined in the carols. Organist was Mr T. Cheetham. All 22 members of the company took part, nar rator being Michelle Houghton. Other parts were played by Elizabeth Iphofen (Gabriel), Patricia Crowther (Joseph), Sally Ann Codd (M a ry ) , C a ro l Heanan, E l iz a b e th H a r t le y and Catherine Iphofen (kings), Grace Makinson, Gail Wilkes and Helen Tit ter ington (shepherds).


Angels were played by Julia


Smythe, Tracey March, Mandy Thomas, Joanne Creighton, Joyce Oldfield, Jane Sharp, Anne Sharp and Melanie Compson. Collections at both performances were for the Save the Children Fund.


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“GO Victoria go charity in 77” — that’s the slogan of an ambitious local project to raise money for the less fortunate. The project will be centred at Clitheroe’s Victoria


Hotel where landlord Mr Derek Moss hopes to organise a series of efforts over the coming year. , Next Christmasjocal charities will share in the payout


from funds raised'with most money going to help the old folks..........


' Mr Moss said no dates had been fixed for specific


events but he hopes they will include a mini-market behind the pub and a football match. “We decided it would be better to group a number of


events under one name and pay out at the end, rather than hold several individual efforts,” he said. “Our customers are a grand bunch of folks. They all love having a laugh and thought they might as well raise money and have a laugh at the same time'/ There were certainly plenty of laughs on Christmas


Eve when the barmaids dressed up in St Trlnian’s uniforms to launch the project. Mr Moss had the enviable job of playing headmaster


complete with black cloak, mortar board, dickie-bow tie and a cane.


' To start the fund-raising ball rolling a toy donkey that Derek and his wife Beryl recently brought back from Spain was raffled and raised £16., All the money will be put in a big whisky jar which will stand on the bar until next Christmas. PICTURE: The barmaids (from left) Susan Marsh,


Susan Rutherford, Gloria Rennie, Marsha Wood-with Derek and the raffle donkey.


Operated


Ribble ferry A .C O U P L E who w e re tenants-of Winckley Hall Farm, Stonyhurst, for many years, Mr and Mrs Henry Holden celebrated their golden wedding yesterday,


Now living in retirement at


Vale View, Higher Road, Longridge, they were married at Swinton. They soon moved


to Hacking Boat Farmhouse where they operated the ferry over the Ribble. They were at Winckley from 1934 until 1970.


Mr Holden (76) and his wife


A l ice (73) celebrated the anniversary with-a Mass and Papal. Blessing at Our Lady and . St Michael’s; Church Longridge, and a''reception fo r friend s at Chequers Restaurant. ’They have three children; and. eight, grandchil­ dren. .


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. Circle with the proceeds of. a "carpet of coins” in Clitheroe. Red Cross ch ie f Mrs


Veronica Weld-Blundell, Mrs Phyllis Billington, of the Blackburn centre and Mrs Kay Hudson, wife of the Vicar of Clitheroe, organised the party with plenty of helpers.


The club was formed by the


Red Cross about eight months ago and the party was their first. After tea they played charades and joined in carols led by a choir from Clitheroe Girls' Grammar School.


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P o s t O f f ic e s and when completed should be sent in to the local Social Security O f f ic e . Families already) receiving family allowances do not need to claim. They will receive the new child benefit automatically. In some cases by having their current order book overstamped with the new rates in February. “ It is possible,” says Mr F.


Pilling, manager of the Social Security office at Accrington, “ that, incredible as it may seem, more than half of all the single child families in Hynd- bum and Ribble Valley who should have claimed, have not. yet done so. Some people may not have appreciated that their tax allowance is going to be reduced regardless of whether they claim Child Benefit and that they will be out of pocket next April. Perhaps they will now be persuaded to let us have their claims without further delay.”


Ladies’ Circle housebound


GRANNIES were treated to a special Christmas celebra­ tion at Langho . . . thanks to the St Leonard’s Guides. Some 30 grandmas and a


few friends enjoyed a glass of sherry before sitting down to supper with the Guides at St Leonard's School. Games and carol singing followed and the Guides rounded off the even­ ing with a rendering of “Go tell it on the mountain”. During the evening the Rev. P. H. Dearden, Vicar of


St Leonard’s called to thank the Guides on behalf of their guests. The party was organ­ ised by Guide captain Mrs Barbara Cooper and her assis­ tant, Mrs Lilian Hargreaves. The 18 Guides who took


part in the recent "Gang show” at Brockhall Hospital received their entertainment badges and four new Guides — Debbie Kitchen, Kim Jungbluth, Doreen Bonnick and Susan Williamson — were enrolled from the Brownies.


All quiet


DESPITE temperatures well below free z in g over the Christmas period, it has been relatively quiet on local roads with Clitheroe Police report­ ing only two minor accidents. Bright sunshine brought


many sightseers and walkers to the Ribble Valley. The road over Pendle Hill was lined with cars on Tuesday and walkers on the fells enjoyed s om e o f th e c le a r e s t panoramas of the year.


— Drifters.


(17) “Daddy cool” — Boney M. (10) “Maggie May" — Rod Stewart. (12) “You make me feel like dancing" — Leo Sayer. (11) ‘/Somebody to love” — Queen. (14) “Lean on me” — Mud. ( _ ) “Here’s to. love” — John Christie.


(—) “ I wish" — Stevie Wonder. (13) “One fine morning" — Tommy Hunt. (19) “Substitute” — Who.


Last week's placings are in brackets. Tip for, the top: 'Smile” — Pussycat. LP of the week: 666 — Aphrodite’s Child. Chart compiled by Ames Record Bar.


THE accent will be on youth at the next central event to be held as part of the Blackburn • diocesan golden jubilee celeb­ rations. It takes place in Blackburn


Cathedral on Friday, January 14th, beginning at 9-45 p.m. and finishing at 8 a.m. next


day. wt & g e e » | : , g S


ACCENT ON YOUTH Between 600 and 1,000


young people aged from 14 to


21 are expected to take part in a night of hectic activity, including drama, mime and music. About 200 adults will also be present and the event will end with a service of Holy Communion.


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