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A CONDUCTOR with Ribble Motor. Services for nearly 30 years, Mr Tom Thornber, has died in hos­ pital at the age of 70. Mr Thomber, of George


Street, Clitheroe, was bom in the town and at­ tended St James’s School. He was a weaver in Brown’s Mill, Henthorn, before joining the Lanca­ sh ire Regiment. ■


After the second world


war, he joined Ribble, for whom he worked until his retirement in 1974. Mr Thornber, a bachelor, was a keen walker. ' The fun’eral service and cremation was at Accring­


sister, Mrs. Hilda Frank- land and a brother Clif­ ford.-


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THE “New-to-you” event held by Clitheroe Sorop- timists on Saturday en­ abled visitors to buy a variety of clothes, bric-a- brac, jewellery and cakes. Raffles were also ar ranged. The total raised — £185


— will be distributed to children’s charities. P re s id e n t Mrs M.


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THE third in the series of Lenten lunches organ­ ised by the Ribble Valley Council of Churches was held at 'Clitheroe United Reformed Church on Tuesday. Mr William Hol­ liday spoke “On being a Christian in retirement.”


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Barrow thanked the hel- lers, especially Mrs J. w ’interbottom and co-di-


nham WI, including dele­ gate Mrs Altham, a t­ tended the spring council meeting at Bolton, where the address was given by the NFWI’s president, Mrs L. Batty Shaw, of


By coach Four members of Dow­


travelled by coach with other WI members from the Ribble Valley. The trip was organised by Mrs Steen, of Slaidburn, the area convener.


Norfolk. The Downham party


Top marks Children at Downham


CE School have qualified with top marks for the final stages of the Ribble Valley Safety Quiz organ­ ised for primary schools by the Lancashire Con­ stabulary. Members of the team


Colours: Iceberg Blue, news


“white elephants at tne Country Fair in Clitheroe


1,1 The6 committee would be grateful for any offers of items for the unite


land, of Downham Road.


Combined mA combined se,rvl?f J?


ark the W om e n ’s Wor d


Day of Prayer was held in Chatburn by the ladies of Christ Church and the


Methodist Church. The service, in onrisi.


Church on Friday after­ noon, was led D}’ Mrs Butlin, wife of the vicar, with Mrs Bowker and Mrs


Boden as readers. Mrs Whittaker, Mrs


Giles, Mrs Black and Mrs Hudson also took part. O r g a n i s t was Mrs


are spokesman Ashley Palmer, Zoe McLean, S arah S p en s ley and Richard Palmer. Reserve is Nicola Butterworth. The finals evening will


be held at E d is fo rd School, Clitheroe, on March 25th.


Clayton-le-dale


River views A talk illustrated by


slides on the Ribble and Hodder rivers was given by Mr William Cliffe to 48 members of Clayton-le- Dale WI. He was thanked by Mrs Irene Smith.


Experiences A- Vicar of Read,, the Rev.


H. A. Reid, related inter­ esting and humorous ex-, periences in the ministry to Chatburn Methodist Women’s Fellowship. Mrs Turpin presided


and pianist was Mrs Goodfellow. Committee members served tea and


biscuits. Tribute was paid to


president Mrs M. Hircl, who died recently.


Three stalls C h a tb u rn P lay in g


F ields’ Committee is


Brewer.The theme of “Respons­ ible freedom” was the subject of the address by M r s O l d f i e l d of


Rimington. Whalley


niversary was celebrated by a large congregation at W h a l ley M e tn o d is t Church on Sunday morn­ ing, when the service was conducted by lay preacher Mr Alan Bowles. An historical extract of


Look at origins The 108th chapel an­


elephant stall. People Mil­ ling to help should contact members of the commit­ tee or Mrs Mavis Stnck


ALTHOUGH primari- *y intended as a social cvent, a supper dance


organised by Wad- dington WI made a


welcome profit of £55 for the funds. It was held at the


village Social Club on S atu rd ay and a t ­ tended by about 70 members, husbands and friends. They enjo y ed a


‘ Pleasing rate’


i ij,i,um.H,i;in


without materially affect­ ing reserves. ‘ ‘ I t h a s b e e n a


buffet supper of ham with different salads, followed by cream gateau, cheese and- biscuits. It was pre­ pared and served by WI c o m m i t t e e member Mrs Dorothy Clayton and helpers. The resident disco


provided music for all kinds of dances, from the slosh to the tango, and v a r io u s sp o t prizes were awarded.


Weekend thieves at work


CLITHEROE police are investigating two separate thefts which occurred at the weekend. Goods and cash totalling


£305 were stolen from a house in St Paul’s Close, Low Moor, on Sunday, between 4-30 p.m. and 8- 30 p.m. The intruders made off


thoroughly satisfactory year. We have maintained our level of services, our spending is well under control and returns from our in v e s tm en ts a re better than expected,” he said. Coun. Green stressed


JUST PART OF A VERY LARGE SELECTION OF


JAEGER CLOTHES * T. B. DOWSON


that the council’s commit­ tees had always aimed to be fair to both rural 'and urban ratepayers in the "efforts to maintain ser­ vices, balance the books and fight inflation.


Coun. Tom Robinson


(Clitheroe) said the small increase of only 10.7 per cent in the Ribble Valley’s rate was something that the borough’s ratepayers must appreciate. It was just slightly more than half the present inflation


rate. But he warned that the


increase would have been much greater had the council not received an ex tra £177,000 in the needs support grant from the Government.


with a portable black and white television, a Philips cassette recorder and a ladies Rotary yellow gold wrist watch. Also taken were a


"Chatbiirn • i he .N'e'w t T e s tam en t ■ lesson was read by- Miss


Jeanette van der Lingen. ' Prayers -of; intercession


Norman Yates was the organist.


were led b yM r .> Brian Slow and soloist was Miss Susan H aw o r th . .Mr


Tricks and spots ■At the Abbey senior


the origins of Methodism in the district was read by t Mrs Joy..Davenport anil


gested that really worth-1 while savings could be made in the council’s wage bill. In the past five years, this had risen from £600,000 to l%m — an in­ crease of about 190 per


Coun. Robinson sug-1


silver ring, two silver chains ana a gold neck­


lace. A- construction site in


Taylor S tre e t, was the acene of the other theft. >


- was stolen; between 4-30 n on Friday-.and 8 a.m.


ciA • petrol : motor-dnven rcular sawt worth_ £140,


E io ^ - . J h e red “Styll” saw is 18 inches long.


citizens’ whist and domino drive at Whalley, domino winners were Mr Snape an d M is s N\ Wol- stenholme. Whist: Ladies — Mrs


derson. Bolton-by-Bowland


Dancing The girls of Bolton-by-


Bowland YFC w en t through their paces at square dancing under the instruction of Mrs Bil­ lows. The boys judged ■stock and machinery. Judges were F. Dinsdale


and F. Wrathall. Winners were: seniors


_ T. H a r t l e y , M. Cornthwaite, M. Deem­ in g . J u n io r s — K- Morgan, T. Booth, P. Dakin and S. Leeming. A vote of thanks was given


by S. Aspin.


In silence At Bolton-by-Bowland


WI meeting, members stood in silent tribute to Mrs R. Crossland, who


died recently. . A demonstration of an


electric- food mixer was given by representative


Mr T. :Fairhurst. He was th-anWed by Mrs L . Thornber.


tion for four ginger bis­ cuits was won by Pr®


dent Mrs C. F. Pickles. Mrs R. Corless and Mrs


E. Atkinson.


gate to the spring council meeting, gave her repot V Next month the wsti-


Mrs R. Jackson, dele­ , .


tute will be guests Slaidburn. A whist and domino drive will be he on April 11th f°r funds.


Mayor making CLITHEROE Council’s


annual Cockle and ®u. Feast and meeting^ .


been arranged for AP 11th. The Mavor-maKjng


ceremony will be °no t .V 6th. Members wilj£«J-J the Starkie-ArmsHoje


11-30 a.m., for proces^ to the Town Hall,, where the meeting will taae


place at noon.


The monthly competi­ s ‘


..


Ran grocery business


C. Woodcock, Mrs E. Gore, Gents — Miss N, Knowles, Mrs R. San­


A MEMBER' of an old Clitheroe family, Mrs Margaret Ann Rushton, of Chester Avenue, has died in hospital aged 89. She was born in Duck


Street, where her family ran Taylor’s mineral w.ater manufacturing


company. She became, a weaver


on leaving the National School. She and her husband,


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cent. Anothe r Chthe roe


urer ;Mr\Gordon‘ Onslow ' and his staff ,in bringingJn


help balance the books. Complaint


high "returns from - the council’sinvestments - to


pleasing and will be very well received in the Ribble Valley,” he added. His only word of caution concerned a rate of infla­ tion of only 10 per cent being used in Calculations at estimates time when, at present, inflation was running at around 16 per cent. Coun. Cowgill felt that


“This year’s rate is very


as many cutbacks as poss­ ible to save money had been made in the Ribble Valley, unlike the situa­ tion at County Hall. "I only nope people


Harry took a grocery bus­ iness in Waddington Road and ran it for 25 years until Mr Rushton’s death. Mrs Rushton was a


realise when they receive their rate demands that the county precept has gone up by lip in the £1,”


member of T r in i ty Methodist Church, where the funeral service was held, and of the Pendle Club until about a year ago. Interment was at St Helen’s, Waddington.


An expert on pottery


CHIPPING . woman -Mrs Wolstencroft .told mem­ bers of Clitheroe Antique Collectors’ Club about ner hobby of collecting British pottery when' sne was guest speaker at their


meeting. They appreciated the


opportunity to handle items from her collection, some dating from the 18th century. Speaker at the next


he said. The only complaint


about the rate proposals came from Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe). It was easy to keep


down the rates when the council was not doing any­ thing, he argued.


He said it was a “grave


error” and unfair to in­ crease council house rents in order to balance .the housing revenue account. However, his amendment to relieve the ratepayers of a £28,000 subsidy on houses at the Riverside scheme by transferring the debt to the general rates fund was heavily de­


feated. But Coun. Edwin Gret-


ton (Grindleton) attacked Coun. Jones for his “dog in the manger" attitude. He said this year’s rate


levy was a remarkable achievement on the coun­


meeting, which has been changed to" April 14th, is Mr R. SamDrook, of Padiham. He will test pic­ tures brought by mem­ b e r s anti te l l them whether they have a fake or a fortune, on their


hands. A g u id e d to u r o . ■


Temple Newsam, near Leeds, is taking place in May and the club s -AGM has been moved to June


THE winner of . our first eating out guide contest this year is Mrs-Maureen Crook, of- Woone Lane,


First winner


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Clitheroe. Try your luck with our second quiz on page five —• you could win


OWNERSHIP PROBLEM :


C L ITH ER O E Town Council has had no suc­ cess with its inquiries into who owns the road under the Chester Avenue rail­ way bridge, so that re­ pairs can be carried out. L an c a sh ire County


Council has said it is not responsible, so now. - the Town ■ Council is to . ap­ proach British Rail.


cil’s part. “Rather than cut ser­


vices we have improved them and in real terms we have reduced the rates, which is truly, remark­


able.” he said.’


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