Cm c r o c ZiMi (Editorial), ^ (Advertising). Burnley 422*31 (Classified) V N®ws from the Villages
All change at Wl At tin* annual im*i*tinu
t.f Wi^wfll Wl. it \\a> all c-hatip- ain on j: th e i-ommit-
tiM*. Retiring: j>n*si* 1 111 Mrs D. Hullin stepped dnwn tu take a 12-inunth break because of per.-unai commi tments . She was thanked by Mrs M. |{op- w<»od, who is also taking a break li'nin the committee after many years, the las eight as speakers’ mwiv- t a ry . M rs M . S m i t h
showed a busy ami event ful year with many mem bers working very hard in lots of different wavs VCO Mrs M. Mel lenald and ,ma*st tel lns Mrs M.
expressed thanks to the committer. Th e a n n u a l re j> r {
Dust an<l Mrs I >. Balshaw of L i t t l e Mi l ton Wl . guided member." through the election of officers;
Mrs (b Holmes i pre s i dent). Mrs II. Hackhoiise
(secretary). Mrs M. Staf ford (treasurer). Members enjoyed tea
and cakes and yames 1.*<I by Mrs S. Sharpies, bi r th day jrreetinys and posies we re given to Mrs H. ( ooke. M rs 1). < iortier. Mrs Hardman anti Mrs Veevers. At the next meeting on
December Mill, there will Ik* a Jacob's join supper and members are asked to
bring a small wrapped gift to be distributed to one another.
burn .Methodist Church omen’s Fellowship was
P ow e r of prayer Speaker at the Chat-
Helen Coles, of Clitheroe. on the subject of coping ^ ith adversi ty, dealing particularly with problems which arise when one is
a big subject which could not he deal t with ade quately iu tin- time avail able. 1 nit felt there Were
lelt alone for whatever reason. She stressed that it was
t hree a spe cts : anxiety altoui practical problems, which could lie alleviated by consulting friends, rela tives and professional peo
ple; t he more complex ‘•mot ional aspect . which ‘‘oilId involve loneliness, resentment and b i t t e r ness: and. spiritually, the taitb of tin- person con cerned. which could be a groat help through prayer and t he prayers of ot hers. She testified that she
herself had been greatly helped through prayer . Mrs < liles. who presided, expres sed appreciat ion ami ref reshments were served. The pianist was Mrs K. Hud-on.
dance at the ACM of the
Domino drive There was a good atten
Lihblesdale ( 'lub, ( 'hat - burn. After all arrange ments for the coming year liad been dealt with, tea and biscuits were served by the usual tea hostesses. Mrs K. Campbell. Mrs M. Kidywav and Mrs D. Kiley.
There will be a domino
drive today, startiny at '!■ l.*> p.m. prompt.
Nativity play
scholars of the primarv department presented a nativity play in mime,
t h« * service,
with readings by Amanda Hover and Adam Met'ally and musical items by the choir. Sunday school scholar.-
tin- organist.
tuul members of the con gregation brought gifts for the National Children's Home and these were placed round the Christ mas tree. A retiring collec tion was also taken f.-r tin- same charity. Mi' Clifford Johnson was
'Hie Service tor the first Sunday in Advent at ( ‘hat- burn Methodic ( ’hurch was conducted by the Lev. Andrew Scutt and com menced with the lighting of the advent candle by Adam McCully and an appropriate readme by Miss Anne Jiuwker. Durinj
School raised i'5k for Chil dren In Need by holding a "Copper trail." The "cop per" coins stretched three- quarters of the way round the netball pitch.
Copper trail Pupi ls of C h a tb u rn
SIMONSTONEi
Toy service There will be a toy ser
vice at St Peter's Church, Simoustonc, on .Sunday til HI a.m. Toys, in good con
dition. art* required for tile service, to be distributed to children who would oth erwise be without pres ents at Christmas.
Festive party Tin* Simonstone retired
villagers’ Christmas party will be held in the old school on December loth.
stone with Head Wl meet
Decorations Cuest speaker at Simon-
ing was Mrs Carol Kat- cliffe. who demonstrated the art of niakiny Christ
mas decorations. Winners of the competi-
t ion fur a h a n d -ma d e Christmas card were Mrs Kat hleeii Ba rnes . Mrs Karbara Kushton and Mrs Ili-tty Kddlestone. There will be no meet-
iny in December . The m <• m b e r s ’ n e x t get- together will be the birthdav partv on Januarv l!Uh.
IREAD!
Race night Load Cricket Club is
holding another race niyht at tho pavilion tomorrow at >p.m. As the last one was such a success, mem bers are hopiny for good support. ’Pickets are avail able from committee mem ber.- or at the door.
Whist winners Winners at Monday eve
ning's whist drive at Lead Con>titutional Club were: Ladies Mrs D. Sliuyer. Mrs M. Ib-dpath. Cents --- Mr- L 1 leiiwooil. Mr (L 1 )eariny. S p e c i a 1 p r i z e u a s
YFC m<-t <»n Monday night to take part in a mock auc- t loll nf equipment . Ii Ve- stock and land. Thanks \\eiv expressed
Mock auction Members of Slaidburn
will be a visit to Cltra- frame. Cl itheroe. mem ber.- t<i meet at Slaidburn and Newton at 7 p.m.
to auctioneer- Rachel ( 'ap- -tick and Joim Whitwell hir sup]dying etjuij»m<-nt. Next Week'.- Uleetiny
awarded to Mr.- M. LiT:- le>. and MC was Mrs 1 .ah:in.
Friendly Circle enjoyed an outing: to the Hay Horse Hotel. Oshaldeston. for a first rate three course nn-al in p l e a s a n t and hoim-ly ,-urroimdinys.
First rate meal Thirty members of Lead
will meet at the 1'mted lb-formed ( ’hurch. lb-ad. when the .-peaker will yive a talk, entitled "Something a bit different.” There will be a supper and a Mall
(>n Tuesday. members
with ;i Christmas theme. On December 11th at a. in., a fami ly
Christmas service will be held ami. nil Chr istmas Eve, Mrs Marjorie Smith will take the Christiugle. service at 5p.m.
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Leaders needed Tlie Read -1th Brownie
Back, which meets on a Monday ev en in g , will sadly have to be disbanded after Christmas.
and Kathy F.dwards are retiring due to family and other commitments, after HI years' service, and they are appealing to anyone who might like to take over their roles, as lead ers. in the New Year .I f anyone would like more information, please con t a c t Fa t F i r t h (U2S2 TTSSIIll).
Buth leaders I’at Firth
Youth club Read Youth Club are
holding a drop-in evening nt 7 p.m. next Thursday in Read cr icket pavil ion. Ideas and suggestions for next year 's programme
will be welcome.
Sunday school There will be mi family s tT v i c i1 a \ Si J o h n ’s
( ’hurch. Road, on Sunday morning, hut the children will meet for Sunday school in church at 1
la.in.
Coffee morning A coffee* m u r n in y ,
urbanised by St Jo h n ’s (.’hurch Mothers' Fnion members, raised well over iMiiO.
Memorial plaque The Rev. H. A. Reid
was present at a ceremony at Lead C’F School, alony with staff and children, to d e d ic a t e a p l a q u e in memory of the late Jim Hlundell. J im <iied e ar l ie r this
year, well into his SUs. and he had been involved with the school and St John's (.'hurch for most of his life. He was once the care
taker at the school and in recent years piayed the piano for morniny assem bly. His sister. Mrs Mary Hitchon. and brother. Mr William Hlundell. were both present at the cere mony and the children
s a n y J im's f a v o u r i t e hymn. ' 'Je su s Hids us Shine.”
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ents. the children, ayed between .-e\eii and nine. baked the
......lies to take to school and sell to their fellow pupils and teachers at -<)p each.
taken to the Yorkshire Hank to he donated to the appeal.
Pro c e ed - have been B0LT0N-BY-B0WLAN0
Enjoyable night Members of Bultun-hy-
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Howland YFC had an enjoyable niyht visitiny
yestion niyht. Members are to meet in the villaye at T-lo p.m.
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chairman Mr 1’atil Levitt welcomed everyone and repor ted it had been a very steady year, with all enjoyable season in spite of the uncertain weather. He thanked all members, especially social secretary Mr Kddie White and Mr Malcolm Smith who looked after ground maintenance. T r e a s u r e r Mr Coiin
Da r l ington said it had been a profitable year,
with it financial success on the nice night. Mr White repor ted on successful fund-raising efforts. Officers elected were:
Mrs M. A. Bosoimet (pres ident), Mr Geoff Billows
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John Hill (captain and vice-chairman), Mr Colin Darlington (treasurer and social secretary). Mr Nigel Bunyon (secretary) , Mr Peter Rawson (vice-chair man), Mr Michael Smalley (mid-week captain anil soc ial s e c r e t a r y ) , Mr David Raw (ground main tenance), Mr John Hill, Mi- Ma le o I in S m i t h , Mr Michael Small, Mr Paul Levitt, Mr Douglas Moss (ground committee), Mrs Tina Reynolds (match fix tures secretary). Commit tee members were re-e lected en bloc.
and Mrs Rene Holmes (vice-presidents), Mr Paul Levi t t (chai rman) , Mr
With tin* help of pa r •] =
Angle on life Sabden Age Concern
Le i su r e Club held i ts monthly Incheon at St Mary’s Church Hall, when ladies from the club made and served the meal. The spe aker was Mr Martin James, broadcas
te r , an g le r and t rave l writer, who gave a talk on “Life and tales from the river bank.” Thanks to the speaker were expressed by Mr A. Shaw. Raffle winne r s were
demonstration on patch- work, with a view to hav ing a one-day class in the New Year. The evening ended with a buffet supper provided by the commit tee.
HURST GREENi
Happy night A happy eveniny was
enjoyed by those who a t te n d ed a mee t iny of Hurs t Green Over 00s’ Club. Whist winners were:
ef for t by the generous
Record-breaking An o th e r mayni f icent
Mrs M. Frankland, Mrs M. Roberts, Mr A. Shaw and Mrs A. Jones.
Five-a-side fun Youny footbal ler s in
Sabden marked National
Y o u th We e k w i th a friendly five-a-side tourna ment at Loefield ayainst St Michael and St John’s RC Youth Club. The Hi boys and yirls
formed themselves into three teams and won two
of th e i r thre e matches a y a in s t the Cl i th e ro e
ised by Sabden councillor Mrs Fi le en Lowe and yo u th club le a d e r Mr Patrick O’Brien, who said that the younystors had all enjoyed it.
under Ids. Th«* event was oryan-
and crib l ights will bo
Switched on Sabden's Christmas tree
switched on during a carol service at li-iill p.m. on Sunday evening in the vil lage centre. Vi l lage r e s id en t Mr
Harold Hrogden has been invited to perform the offi cial switch-on and a hand will lead the half -hour carol service. Tile event is organised
a n n u a l ly by S a b d e n 's Holme Committee.
Christmas fair St Mary's RC Church
will hold its annual Christ
mas Fair in the parish hall on Saturday, from 2 p.m. This will ho tho church's
first major social event since it welcomed its new priest. 1-Y Michael Kair-
clough. successor to Kr Leon Morris, who died in the summer. Children from St Mary's
have been collecting for the toy stall, ami there will He cakes and gift stalls and a huge tombola. Any tickets for tin- grand draw should be returned to Fr Michael as soon as possi ble.
p a p e r , maga z ine s and eardboard for a collection on December Pth ami loth bv the PTFA at St Mary's KC School. Arranyemcnts can also he made to have your paper collected.
cont inue to save waste
Over 60s Mrs Dorothy Houghton.
Mr Roland Fonl and Mrs Nora Hargreaves were the
domino winners at Sabden Over tins social last Mon- dav. Whist: Ladies — Mrs I.
Hodgson. Dents — Mrs K. Marsden. Raffle: Mrs I. Hodgson.
Mrs K. Ford and Mrs Amy I'arkinson. T h u r s d a y ' s w h i s t :
l.adies — Mrs K. Charn- ley, Mrs K. Ford. Gents — Mrs Gladys Walmsley and Mrs K. Marsden. Dominoes: Mrs Ivy Cnt-
tam. Mr Jimmy Royal and Miss Bernadette Taylor. Raffle: Mrs K. Charn-
Enjoyable year Friendly match At tile annual minting
lev. Miss Kdith Hayes. Mrs Millie Mourhouse and Mrs Amv I’arkinson.
Teams from the two vil lage primary schools met
Mary's RC School had another match on Friday, when the juniors comfort ably heat a team from Altham Primary School. The infants playing their first-ever match, however, came out on the losing side.
las t Wed n e sd ay for a friendly football' match, which ended in a d-H draw. T h e t e am f rom St
WHALLEY
Annual meeting There was a good atten
dance at the Whalley Wl
annual meeting when Mrs M. Day gave a report on the year’s events and Mrs C. Fames read the finan cial statement. President Mrs R. Mans-
ley thanked the committee for its support throughout her first term of office. She also thanked all mem bers for making it a very successful year, as several new members had been welcomed over the past six months. The commit tee was re-elected and Mrs Mansle.v was re-elected for a second term. Notice was given of the spring council meeting at
Southport on March 11th, and the date for the annual 'dinner is January 11th. —Mrs J. Ronnan gave a
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people of Waddinyton and West Bradford helped to break all records for this y e a r ’s Roya l B r i t i s h L e y io n , W a d d in y to n Branch. Poppy Appeal. The total to date for the appeal amounts to iM.oOD. The collection for poppy
Ladies — Mrs Cicely Hol den. Mrs Fthel Under wood. Gents — Mrs Helen Hartley. Mrs Mary Jack- son. Dominoes: Mr Bob Wil
son. Mrs Mary Whalley. Mrs Hleanor Jacques. Mrs Alice Bolton. The raffle was won by
Mrs Mary Whalley and Mrs Helen Humphries. The club will hold a
sales was i\S20, an increase of i'l-H) from last year , which is a reflection of the uns t int iny ef for ts by a dedicated team of collec tors and. also, the clubs and pubs of the area that r co-operate with selliny poppies.
Other monies were from |
the collection at the com bined Remembrance Ser vice held at St Helen’s ( ’h u r c h . th e s a l e of wreaths, events held dur- iny the past year by the Wadd i ny t on B ra nch . includiny a clothes’ sale, cheese anil wine, watewe lour paint iny raffle and. of course, some yenermis donations.
GRiNDLETON:
Advent carols St Ambrose ( 'hurch.
Gr indlcton, was full to | bursting on Sunday eve- j n in y lo r th e p o p u l a r ; Advent carol service. A J J - s t ro n y choir of
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the Advent yospel. and * le s sons we re r e ad by Bar ry Housley. Donald ;
Wilson. Alan Rowntree, Alan Hol l inywor th and Denis Jury. Many visi t iny cleryv j
from tin* Ribble Valley Council of Churches also a t t e n d e d the se rvic e . Oryanis t was Mr John Pve.
NEWTON
Good crowd The Cnited Reformed
Church. Newton, held a Christmas fair in the vil laye hall on S a tu rd a y afternoon, opened by the Rev. ( I. Rodyers. There was a tpiod crowd
of customers for the vari ous stalls, and afternoon teas were served, helpiny to raise nearly i’-KM
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Jean Howard. Y. Hickey, Neisha Archer . Mrs J. Lewis. Mrs T. Archer . Mrs M. Beattie.
Raffle winners : Mrs E. DUGDALE (MERCHANTS) LT0
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