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Overseas theme The theme of St Helen’s


Mothers’ Union meeting • was overseas work, since MU.members support fi-, nancially many overseas' workers trained in this country.


. ’ Canon C. F. Goodchild


conducted a service .and . Mrs Goodchild gave a ' general account of the his­ tory of Africa, pointing out Bradford Diocese’s links with St John’s in Transkei, South Africa, and Busoga, Uganda. Member Mrs L. Cowgill.


sp ok e abou t Kenya, wnere her daughter went to .live a' year ago. As a member of the East Afri-- can Women’s League, she sometimes accompanies the nurse responsible for visiting remote villages to


immunise children; Mrs Cowgill showed


slides of Nairobi and some of the animals in the Na­ tional Park, which she had visited while on holi­ day. Miss D. Dewrance, hostess for the afternoon expressed the thanks (of members. A bring-and-buy stall


was held in support of overseas work and collec­ tion boxes were brought to tr ea su r e r Mrs E. Chapman.. Members were asked for gifts of refreshments


. or prizes for the Shrove T u e sd a y w h is t , and


domino drive.


£200 raised A w e l l - s a p r ---------


jumble sale in St Helen’s Sunday School, Wadding-, ton, on Saturday after­ noon, raised £200 for church funds.


Gisburn


Carving crooks P r e s id e n t Mrs S.


Graveston welcomed Mr,


| J. Alderton, of Clitheroe, to Gisbum WI to give a talk on the history ' of shepherds’ crooks dnd walking sticks. He snowed examples of


his craftsmanship, includ­ ing the horns before and after shaping and carving and answered many ques­ tions. Mrs E. Asquith


thanked him. A competition for an


apple tart, judged by Mr Alderton, was won by


Mrs L. Newlove, Mrs J. Dibb, Mrs Graveston and


Mrs T. Bell. Members are visiting


the C lithe ro e Parish- Church Operatic Society’s p ro d u c t io n o f “ New


I Moon” on February 29th, the coach leaving at 6-45 p.m.


There is also a trip to ' .


the Royal Cross School for the Deaf at Preston on February 20th. The birth­ day party is on March 1st and Gisbum Gala on May 26th.


Chipping


Busy year C h ip p in g Am a teu r


Theatrical Society’s first AGM was well attended, officers elected being Mr T. Till (chairman), Mrs C. Bullerwell (secretary), Mr T. Taylor (treasurer) and


| Mrs M. Till (assistant tre­ asurer). • Committee:. Mrs D.


Chamley, Mrs R. Eids- forth, Mr H. Jackson, Mrs K. Hovle, Mrs M. Rich. Producer Mrs Rich said


the last year, had been happy, successful and very busy, culminating in three shows for the over­ sixties of Longridge and C h ip p in g


d u r in g


I ^Christmas. Two major assets had


been the stage extension built by Chipping man Mr R. Wallbank. and the purchase of a piano. She thanked Mrs Eileen How- arth and ladies of the ftind-raising committee for all their hard work and the people of Chipping for their marvellous support; N e x t fu n d -r a is in g


events are a jumble sale in the village hall tomor­ row at 6-30 p.m. and a coffee morning at the home of Mrs Rich on Feb-


Dedication At C h r is t Church,


Chatbum, during Sunday morning service, a stained glass window .will be dedi­


c a t e d in memory of George Frederick and Margaret J e f fs .by. a former vicar of the parish, . Canon Edward Wynn.


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Well attended . There was a good at­


tendance for. the-domino drive at the Ribblesdale Club, Chatburn. . Winners were .Mrs Singleton and


•Mrs Back., •: -Birthday greetings were: surig for Mrs Preston. Tea h o s t e s s e s r'were, Mrs,


- Kenyon, Mrs Barker; and Mrs Ridgway; ■


ruary 23rd at 10-30 a.m. The group’s next pro­


duction . is - already ■ under way.- “Variety Night” will be given from. May 17th to 19th in the-village hall. On the bill will, be ,a number of-- acts selected. and rehearsed by mem-- bers themselves, “Roos­ ter Roy” ;— a pop cantata


■by Michael Hurd — and a one-act. comedy; “The Crimson Coconut.” Anyone interested in


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Slaidbum


Farm manager The funeral service took


dace at St Andrew’s


Jarish Church, Slaidburn, on Saturday morning, of Mr John . William (Jack) Greenwood,' of Church Strcfit


•••■■. Mr Greenwood (76) died ■


in hospital last week, a few days after being taken ill.


joining the group to per­ form or work backstage' doing refreshments, cos­ tumes, set, lighting or production should contact the secretary (Chipping 648) or any committee member. Newcomers will be made very welcome.


Read


. tendance at Read MU to hear Mr . Ronald Swift, of Blackpool, give a talk about his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, highligh­ ted by slides and sound recordings. Donations have been


Pilgrimage There was a large at-.


Bom at Ellerbeek Hall, -


Slaidburn, he was the fourth son of the late Mr and Mrs Edward Green­ wood. In 1928 he went to work for the Hirst family at Lamb Hill Farm, be­ coming farm manager in 1935. Af ter 37 years the


family retired to Dunnow Cottage, but Mr Green­ wood. continued to do part-time work for a while


' longer and eventually came into the village to live in Church Street. While accustomed, to all


aspects of farming life, sheep were his main in­


terest. Mr Greenwood leaves a


made to the CE. Chil­ dren’s Society on behalf of members Mrs Annie Skin­ ner and Mrs Agnes Sling- er, who died recently.


Fire station


. Nineteen Scouts from the Monday night group at Read enjoyea a visit to Accrington Fire Station, where many of the ap­ pliances - were demons­


trated.


Demonstration A pottery painting de­


monstration was given to Read branch of tne Con­ servative Association by Mrs M. D aw b e r , of Clitheroe. Mrs N. Atkin­ son won the special prize.


tion held at Read on Saturday raised £45.


Paper sum The waste paper collec­


Right cards At the (whist drive in


Read Constitutional Club on Monday, whist winners were:. Ladies — Mrs B. Brennand, Mrs S. Law. Gents — Mrs D. Slinger and . Mrs M. Pollard (joint), Mr G. Law. Mrs M. Pickles won the special prize and Mrs M. Pollard was MC.


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At Friday’s jumble sale 'h e ..eld by Read United Re-­ formed! Church,. £64 was raised-


Jumble total ________j j jur._______


for the. Mitton


Humorous side S p e a k e r a t L i t t le


Mitton. WI'was Mr Keith Hall, editor of the Bum- ley Express and organist and choirmaster at St John’s Church. Read. ■


In his talk, entitled


“Seated one day at the organ,” he described the humorous side of his life in Norfolk, P r e s ton , Wigan and Read and told of some unusual musical - requests at weddings and funerals;


Mrs Eileen Weatherley,


in her vote of thanks, ex­ pressed the hope that Burnley FC would do well in the future, as-Mr Hall was a keen supporter of the team. Joint winners of a com­


petition for a musical item were Mrs Clarkson and Mrs Fishlock and a raffle in aid of WI funds was


won by Mrs. C. Thompson.. Hostesses were Mrs Haynes‘and Mrs Fishlock..


Newton


Dinner Hodder Valley Badmin­


.dinner at the .Falcon Manor, Settle, on Satur­ day evening. About 40 members and friends en:' joyed a meal followed by


ton Club , b a s ed in Newton, held its annual


-. dancing. Arrangements were made by Mr and Mrs I. Smith.


— Chatburn—


Holiday films Christ Church Mothers’


'Union, Chatbum, had an evening of holiday films on the Lake District, France and Italy,. com­


piled ' by Mr and Mrs Brian Strickland and set . to appropriate music. ' - .Mrs B. Pearce expre­


ssed thanks.- A donation was made : in . memory of


.. Mrs K. -H o r s f ie ld , a member who died • re- , cently.


• Hostesses were Mrs S. , (■ - -


,Preston, Mrs B; Quayle ;and Mrs Pearce and pian-. , rist was Mrs E. ’Parker. ■


■ A jumble sale, held, a t , Chatburn M e th o d is t . - Church raised £143 for


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Youth Club funds. It was organised by the mem­ bers, who come from Chatburn, Waddington, Grindleton, and Paythorne M e th o d is t S u nd ay Schools.


Friendship Family service on the


theme “friendship” : was conducted at Cnatburn Me.thodist / Church ,on Sunday morning by -the


' Rev. T. J. Bradshaw. . There .were readings, by


: 'Mrs-Catherine Bradshaw / •and Miss; Joyces Benson and prayers-.were:led t>y,


Club funds ; ^


:'s Mr - and -Mrs Eric Dixon.-. - * The ‘ c o lle c t ion was


taken up . by ; Jeanette; and 'David? Harrison.' Mr Clif­ ford "Johnson, was or­ ganist.


pe te p ^ 'e c t o>r. ’"•‘ion- annual; ladies’ gift weekend.


wife, Mabel, and a mar­ ried son.


New Zealand Slaidbum Young Far- ■


mers met in the village hall on Monday to hear Mr Sam Hardman, of Chipping YFC, tell of his Silver Jubilee trip to New' Zealand.


He showed slides of the ;


agriculture and places of interest and was thanked by Chris Briggs. Alison


^Parker chaired the busi­ n e s s meeting.


Wild life Members of Slaidbum


WI saw slides of Mrs Audrey Stretch’s visit to S o u th A fr ic a . Mrs Stretch, of Chatburn, showed wild life and floral


■ scenes and was thanked by Mrs Marion Parry. Mrs Barbara Steen pres­ ided.


Sabden


Back in action After a week’s absence


.due to the snow, Sabden Over 60s resumed the


regular whist and domino drives. . Domino. winners were::


( Flannagan. Gents — Mrs I. Green, Mrs I. Hill


Mrs N. Hargreaves, Mrs S. Ashton and Mrs E. Parker. Whist: Ladies — Mrs A. Denny, Mrs I.


' Raffle: Mr H. Swannick. At Thursday’s drive,


domino winners were: Mrs N. Hargreaves, Mrs I . C o t tam , Mrs N. Palmer. Whist: Ladies — Mrs N. Marshall, Mrs E


Hargreaves. Gents — Mrs I. Hill, Mr H. Parkqr. Raffle: Mrs P. Whittaker.


Disco night The Holme Committee


at Sabden is holding a disco for the village teena-


ing “The Mobile Disco,” the event is for 11 to 16- year-olds and begins at 7- 30 p.m.


fers on Saturday in the Whalley


Potato dishes Potato Board represen­


tative Mrs Moss demons­ trated to Calderstones


1 Retirement Fellowship various ways of cooking, s e r v in g and makin~ s im p le d ish e s w i t potatoes. All the dishes


were raffled. Chairman Harold Tun-


/stall gave preliminary (notice of three outings, ! the first being to Trapp Forge on the evening of Apnl 10th. Arrangements will be announced at the next meeting on February 28th, when Mr W. Taylor will speak about Holland.


Popular sales Nearly' £300 was raised


at-two jumble sales held in Whalley on Saturday.


Members of the Ladies


Evening Fellowship of W h a l ley > M e th o d is t Church ' organised their sale ■ in the church hall, which raised £144.


. ' . Y'Lancs : iethodist School. Featur­ Burn'ev<028 ^ 5-222 j (3 h 2nd Feb.’J’u a r , '-nleVStreet Bl P e t e r Qa _ OF 6000 I >NIOs ; v


This, coupled with £40 . raised on Thursday even­


:total of £184-for. Fellow-


• ship funds. The other jumble sale,


organised by the 2nd Wnalley Cubs, Scouts,


; Brownies and Guides in W nalley CE School, raised £150. .


Embroidery A talk on church em­


broidery followed Whalley Mothers’ Union commun­ ion service in church.


The speaker, Mrs D.


Anderson; of Billington, showed some slides of her own work for many churches in the area, in­ c lu d in g B la ck b u rn Cathedral.


The vote of thanks was


given by Mrs D. Duck­ worth and refreshments were served. by Mrs G. Davies, Mrs M. Dent, Mrs Duckworth and Mrs J. Bradley.


The first rehearsal and


discussion for the forth­ coming MU pageant will take place on Monday in the school.


Successful ■ There, was a good at­


tendance .at the AGM of the Abbey senior citizens, Whalley,: held at the Old Grammar School. A suc­ cessful’year was reported both socially and financial­ ly and an additional member was co-opted to the existing committee. Winners at the whist


drive were: Ladies — Mrs F.~ Jolly, Mrs M. Flack. Gents — Mr R„ Sander­ son, Mrs E.- Howarth. Dominoes: Mrs M. Duck­ ett, Mrs A. Sutton, Mrs N. Curran, Miss M. Birt-


well.


Jumbulance Standfast WI had a talk


on the Across Jumbulance by Mr I. Stones, who showed slides of many places abroad visited by disabled people using their mobility allowances. Mrs E. Harrison re­


ported on the. resolutions, meeting at Longridge and the competition for a holi­ day postcard was won by. Mrs K. Bond and Miss E. O’Neal. The speaker was thanked by Mrs K. Hope.


NEWS . Langho


ing at a nearly new and coffee evening, made a


MU officers All officers and commit-'


tee members were re-, elected at the annual meeting of St Leonard’s! Mothers’ Union, Langho.


Enrolling member is


Mrs Hilda Ainsworth, sec-, retary Mrs Nancy Camp-:


•bell and treasurer Mrs Rachel Pemberton.


The meeting, attended


by about 40 members, fol­ lowed a short Evensong se rv ic e conducted by licensed Reader Mr Clif­ ford Holt.


A f te r the me et ing,


m em b e r s e n jo y ed a Jacob’s join supper and in­ formal get-together. •


Afternoon tea An afternoon tea meet­


ing at the home of Mrs Anne Paley was attended by 22 members of St Leonard’s MU, Langho. -Enrolling member Mrs


Hilda Ainsworth led pray­ ers arid there was a raffle for the flower fund. Mrs Paley and. tea hostess Mrs J o s e Bradford w e re ' thanked for their hospi- . tality.


i . Bolton-by-Bowland


Rearing calves Members of Bolton-by-


Bowland YFC met for a talk on calf-rearing, by Volac. representative Mr Douglas. He advised them of precautions to be taken ana different types of feeding systems.


The vote of thanks was


* given by Stuart Aspin. f i n a l arrangements


were made for tne club’s coffee evening tomorrow and for the disco a week on Saturday.


Clitheroe C, had a win by the juniors 3214-24, but the seniors lost 39-31.


The quiz team, away to


Dishes to try A . cookery demonstra


tion was popular with Bolton-by-Bowland WI, whose members were able to sample the dishes made by Mr A. Wood, of H a rrop F o ld G u e s t


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• Mrs C. F.i Pickles pres­ ided and a silent tribute was observed in memory of member Mrs Phyllis Crossley, who died re­


cently.- The competition for a


napkin ring was won by Mrs J. Holt, Mrs E. Al- lanson and Mrs H. Pick­ ard. Final arrangements were made for the annual whist and domino drive in aid of cancer research on February 17th.


, Members decided to go


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