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> Clithcroe Advertiser & Times, November 9th, 19S9 SIEMATIC


Clitheroe 2232k (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) Ladies are wined and dined by Round Tablets


A FORMER secretary of Chipping Football Club admitted stealing £964.50 from soccer team funds when she appeared before Clith­ eroe magistrates.


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10 similar cases to be taken into consideration, also admitted making a false invoice by tampering


with the date. ’ Prosecuting, Mr Leslie


’ ing club trophies. Some weeks later, Mrs


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Davies said Walton forged the signatures oh three club cheques. In June, she asked the treasurer of the club, Mrs Thompson, to sign two blank cheques, needed to pay for engrav-


Thompson found that the cheques had been cashed locally. After further investigation, it was established that other che­ ques had bounced. Mr Davies told the court that a firm of accountants was


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THE ladies were the toast of the evening when Clitheroe Round Table held a dinner at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawle.v, on Saturday.. The annual ladies’


Chessmen narrowly defeated


when Peter Ryan, on board three, lost in a tight end game position. With the three hours allowed for each game before the f irs t time control is reached, Alex Rajski on board two won a knight and then out-played his opponent with a masterly touch to level the scores at 2-2.


but to improve your game why not join Clitheroe Chess Club at the Catholic Social Centre on Tuesday nights, from 7-30 p.m., or even come and learn the game? The club particu­ larly needs more players in the adult section. For further details ring secre­ tary Peter Ryan (Clith­ eroe 25721).


Tudisco and his opponent both got into time trouble, each having about 11 moves to make in five minutes. Unfortunately, after a series of rapid exchanges, Vincent’s posi­ tion collapsed after a hard fight right up to the three- hour limit, giving Bury a 3-2 victory. Many people play chess,


On top board, Vincent


first when Stan Townsend lost his game on board five, but Simon Karmann soon put Clitheroe level again with a fine win on board four against a player who has always won on previous meetings. Clitheroe went 2-1 down


THE long trek to Bury was a fruitless one for Clitheroe Chess Club’s B team, which finally lost a very close match. The home side struck


evening was attended by some 70 members, part­ ners and guests and the toast 'to the ladies was proposed by chairman Alan Beggs. Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle chairman Mrs Christine McKenna responded on behalf of her members.


guests was the area Round Table chairman, Eddie McColl. Prayers were led by the Rev. Eric Joselin, of Low Moor, former minister at T r in i ty M e th o d is t Church, Clitheroe.


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that some days later an officer on Moor Lane saw a motor cycle travelling behind a bus. The defen­ dant then swerved out vio­ lently to pass the bus, which was forced to pull, in, and came into the direct line of traffic exiting Lowergate. Magistrates’ chairman


secuting, said that a police officer saw a the defendant do a U-turn on his bike round the traffic island on Woone Lane and proceed to raise the front wheel of the machine as he rode into Moor Lane. The officer stopped the rider and informed him that he would be reported. Mr Davies told the court


tewell Drive, was fined £50 for driving a motor cycle without due care and attention, with £10 costs, and £50 for driving a motor cycle without rea­ sonable consideration for other road users, also with £10 costs. His licence was endorsed with five points for each offence. Mr Leslie Davies, pro­


Mr David Yorke told Woo­ dend: “You have to be taught a lesion. You can’t go around the town doing wheelies and making a fool of yourself.”


Craig Edward Woodend was fined a total of £100 by the town’s magistrates when he admitted two motoring offences. Woodend (17), of Whi-


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found a good home, I would be prepared to let her stay, but I would like my mind setting at rest about her whereabouts.” Anyone who can help


cat now and many people would probably like to take her in. In fact, it would be better for her to have found a home than to have gone back into the wild. “ If she has already


ting feeling to have lost the cat, because I gave her a home only a few weeks ago. She was brought to me as a stray and at that time was in very poor con­ dition and needed nursing back to health. “She is a very beautiful


of 11 Greenhill, Prestwich, Greater Manchester, is appealing to “Advertiser and Times” readers for help in tracing her pet, which she last saw on Sun­ day evening, just before she was about to pack up, after spending two days with the Caravan Club at the auction mart centre. She said: “It’s an upset­


tressing experience for her owner, who works for a cats’ protection league and specialises in rescuing other people’s strays. Now Miss Loma Bruce,


and wears a pink velvet collar, wandered off dur­ ing a caravan rally at the Ribblesdale Centre. I t was a very d is ­


A PERFECT weekend turned to heartbreak for a visitor to the Clitheroe area when her little white cat went missing. Bianca, who is all white


HOLDEN —


WHITEHEAD Farmer Mr John H. Hol­ den married tra in e e teacher Miss Caroline S. Whitehead at St Helen’s Church, Waddington. The bridegroom is the


was Mrs Elizabeth Hol­ man and the bridesmaids were the bridegroom’s sis- •ter, Miss Elizabeth Hol­ den, Miss Vivien Caan and the bridegroom’s niece, Miss Nichola Breaks. The three older brides­


father, the bride wore an Edwardian-style gown of ivory silk taffeta and Swiss lace. Her tiara-style headdress of ivory satin lilies was edged with iri­ descent sequins inter­ spersed with crystals and secured a circular three- layer veil of ivory tulle with fluted edging. She carried an Edwardian- style posy of cream roses, eucharist lilies and myrtle. The matron of honour


eldest son of Mr John Hol- den, of.Winkley Hall Farm, Stonyhurst, and the late Mrs Joan Holden, and the bride is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Barry Shaw Whitehead, of Southfield Drive, West Bradford. Given away by her


the Police House, Chip­ ping, was fined £375, with £25 costs. Walton, who asked for


Valerie~Walton (41), of


called in to examine the books and found a number of discrepancies. In September, Walton


trip to Bognor Regis ear­ lier in the year. The court heard that she had, in fact, paid that money back.


April, 1988, an invoice for £109 was paid from dub funds. This same invoice, with the date altered, was then presented for pay­ ment again 12 months later. Mr Davies said Walton


Mr Davies said that in


had stressed throughout that she was the person solely responsible and that the £109 had later been paid back. The court heard that


there was still £309 owed, which would be paid back by the end of the month. Mrs Carol Maher, in


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In t o a c t io n to a id p o o r


A GROUP of Clithcroe pensioners went into action on Saturday to raise money for some of the world’s poorest families.


the local branch of the Old Age Pensions Asso­ ciation joined forces with members of Clith- c ro e S p i r i t u a l i s t Church, Greenacre Street, to hold a coffee morning and raffle in Clitheroe Mayor’s Par­ lour and raised £142 for Action Aid Week.


Several members of


Ethel Penny said that the fund-raisers decided to hold the event after learning that a flag day in support of the special w e e k h a d b e e n cancelled.


money will go towards improving the water supply and environment of families in a commu­ n i ty in th e T h ird World.”


She added: “ The


Clitheroe Mayor Coun. P atrick Shepherd in action at the tombola s t a l l , w i t h t h e Mayoress, Mrs Mary Shepherd (third right), f u n d r a i s e r s and visitors.


Our picture shows Branch secretary Mrs


Prize cash for bright rural


end of November, after which 25 entries will be selected to attend a three- day business course in January. The top 10 candidates on


the course at the Cranfield School of Management, Bedfordshire, will each receive £1,500 for use in researching the viability and practicability of their


regional d irec to r Mr Roger Ward said: “With continued pressure on fanning incomes; alterna­ tive countryside-based enterprises — whether a- griculture-related or not — will contribute greatly


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COMMUNITY charge payers in Clitheroe will face a bill of about £3 per head for the services of the town council. At the last election there were 10,821 people on the


Clitheroe electoral register. The town council has estimated that it needs a total income of £37,000 next year — the first year when the community charge will be implemented — and £30,000 of that figure will come from community charge payers. The community charge is calculated on the amount


maids wore taupe velvet jackets edged with cream pearls and tiny cream satin rosebuds,. matching moire full-length skirts and headbands of taupe velvet decorated with cream satin lilies and dia­ mante. They carried Ed­ wardian-style posies of cream roses and satin' lilies, sprinkled with dia­ mante, to match their headdresses. Nichola wore a full-


length dress' of ivory taf­ feta and lace and carried a posy of satin rosebuds. The b r id e g ro om ’s


Nowell and groomsmen were the bridegroom’s brother, Mr Peter Holden, and Mr Bernard Cookson. Ushers were Mr David Holden, the bridegroom’s brother, and Mr Paul H a ckw o r th and Mr Timothy Baines, the bride’s cousins. The ceremony was con­


nephew, Mark Breaks, was pageboy. ■ Best man was Mr David


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the register, the choir, directed by Mrs Jean Hartley, sang “For the Beauty of the Earth.” : The bride, a post-gradu­


at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley, and the couple are spending their honeymoon in Turkey. They are to live at Stonyhurst. Photograph: Jeremy Makinson, Blackburn.


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Needing . a name


THE new Sid d ows Avenue flat development is still short of a name. The Ribble Valley


ever, took a different view. There were two suggestions, that it should be named after former Clitheroe Mayors and be called either Aspinall or H a r g r e a v e s Co u r t . Another suggestion was that it' be named simply Siddows Court. Coun. Bert Jones said:


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mitigation, said that Wal­ ton regarded herself as a respectable housewife and it was difficult to under­ s t a n d why she had behaved as she did. Wal­ ton had been secretary of the club for 12 months before anything had happened. The court heard that in


August, 1988, a club bar­ becue raised £310, which was given to Walton to keep. Other, events boosted the total to around £500. In October, 1988, Wal­


admitted stealing £855.50, money collected for a club


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ton discovered that a per­ sonal loan she had taken out was due to be repaid over 18 months, not 12 as she had thought. She suc­ cumbed to temptation and used the money to con­ tinue paying the loan. Walton intended to pay back the money in full. When a further bill


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came, the defendant pan­ icked and, in a bid to buy herself some time, wrote further cheques, including a forged one to the parish council, which.bounced. Mrs Maher said it


looked as if Walton had frequently and systemati­ cally taken money from the club, but this was not the case. She had made matters worse by trying to cover up the crimes. The court heard that her


husband was total ly unaware of what was going on and, when he found out, took steps to pay back the money. Mrs Maher said that Walton expressed her apologies to the club and stressed that she would never do it again.


Hallowe’en party fun


THE recently formed youth council of Trinity Youth Club held a suc­ cessful Hallowe’en party in the Youth and Community Centre and raised £40 for the Children in Need appeal.


Carol Williamson said: “It was a very good evening where everybody enjoyed themselves.” The club meets every


Tuesday night at the centre from 7-30 to 10 p.m. and holds a disco on Friday nights.


around 50 youngsters aged between 14 and’ 17, fea­ tured limbo dancing and a hot dog stand. Youth, work e r Mrs


vided by the club and all the guests had to wear something orange in order to gain admission. The social, attended by


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