Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 16th, 1_??7 'Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) * News from the Villages RIMINGTON
Stepped in When th e s c h e d u le d '
speaker was unable to attend the Rimington WI meeting, member Mrs Audrey Peacock and h e r h u sb an d , Bill, stepped in with a most enter taining acount of their recent holiday tour in America. Their journey took them to
at Rimington and Middop Luncheon Club’s own meeting on October 29th.
On menu A pea-and-pie supper was
on the menu at Saturday’s monthly whist and domino drive organised by Rimington Memorial Institute Manage ment Committee. Whist winners were: Ladies
Arizona and the Grand Can yon, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Phoenix and Salt Lake City, where they heard the world famous Mormon Taber nacle Choir. Members enjoyed their vivid descriptions and amusing anecdotes, and thanks to Mr and Mrs Peacock were expressed by Mrs K. Briscoe.
read by Mrs J. Duerden, and Mrs B. Spencer gave details of the Christmas shopping trip to Chester on November 18th, which will leave the Black Bull Hotel at 8-15 a.m. Mrs Spencer also announced an outing to the Charter Theatre, Preston, in January to see the highly-acclaimed show, “Blood Brothers”. , On display was the latest
Birthday greetings were MARTIN TOP
celebrated at Salem Congre- books and cards. Admission gational Chapel, Martin Top, ^ 30p and the event is open on a beautiful autumn day. fromi 0 a.m. to 11-30 a.m.
Services Men’s Sunda;
— 1, Mrs D. Mason; 2, Mrs R. W o o le r to n ; 3, Mrs M. Edmondson. Gents — 1, Miss G. Adamson; 2, Mr S. Hogg; 3, Mr W. Carr. Domino winners were: 1,
services were
Morning family service was led by Mr David Isaacs, of Leyland, who, in his message, encouraged everyone to reas sert spiritual values. Bible readings were given
Mr D. Lowe; 2, Mrs F. Lowe; 3, Mr R.’ Knight; 4, Mr Pye. Raffle winners: Mr F. Mason, Mrs M. Bairstow, Mr P. Met calfe, Mr W. Wilson. The MCs were Mr A. Stott (whist) and Mrs E. Hartley (dominoes).
G ISBU RN Country crafts
At a country crafts exhi bition and coffee morning,, beautiful
played by Mrs Sue Monk in all rooms in the historical setting
publication by the Lancashire Federation of WIs entitled “Within Living Memory". The book contains experiences,' happenings, memories of work and leisure and world and local events, recalled by members of Lancashire WI branches.
of Snowhill Studio, Gisburn. man
watch su g a rcra f t? Ceeltic patchwork, quilting and
Many visitors were able to -
aui watercolour painting demon
strations and thanks were expresed to all these talen-
der
eted people for their displays. A busy home-made cake
f iven by delegate Mrs E.’
A report on the autumn council meeting in Bolton was.
stow gave details of forthcom ing events, including Salem C o n g re g a t io n a l Chapel' autumn fair on Saturday. There was an excellent
ackson, and Miss Mary Bair-
number of exhibits in a com petition for golden squashes, which had been held over from the recent produce show due to entries not being mature at the time. Winners were: Mrs J. Sherras, who also won the NFWI centenary gold medal, Miss M. Bair- stow, Mrs K. Scott. Miss Bairstow thanked Mr Ernest Sedgwick for taking on the task of judging. A competition for a photo
graph of a mountain, judged by Mr and Mrs Peacock, was won by Mrs A. Seed, Mrs
Sherras and Mrs J. Knapp. Members were reminded
t h a t th e m e e t in g on November 4th will start at 7 p.m.
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Middop Luncheon Club joined those of West Bradford, Wad dington and Sabden for a coach outing to Smithills Hall, formerly an old coaching inn. After lunch, they travelled to Bolton, where they visited the market and browsed round the shops.
Joint outing Members of Rimington and
stall together with craft stall and raffle raised a total of £340 for the Festival Hall Roof Appeal. Thanks were expressed to
all who loaned crafts and to Mr and Mrs Wilf Monk for their hospitality and for arranging tne event.
R EAD
John’s Church, Read, at 7-30 p.m., the annual band concert will feature Burnley Youth Band. The event, organised by the Rotary Club of Padi- ham, is to raise money for charity and tickets include wine and biscuits.
Concert Tomorrow night in St
for a quiz night on Saturday in Read CE School. Inquiries,
Quiz night Tickets are still available
tel. 01282 773490.
CC event A Lancashire Night at
Read Cricket Club pavilion
also takes place on Saturday. For details, tel. Sue Light- bown on 012&2 779461.
social at Read Constitutional Club were:.'.Iiadies>— Mrs' M. Fallon, Mrs D. Fisk; Gents — Mr E. Fallon, Mrs M. Red- path. MC was Mr G. A. Holden,
Club whist Whist winners at Monday’s
who also won the special prize.
Football Readstone United Football
Club’s under-nine team con tinued their unbeaten start to the season with an excellent 3-2 victory over Fulledge Colts. This was a good all round performance, with Oliver Tyreman and Chantelle McCormack both playing out s tan d in g football. Gary Bowker scored two goals and there was an own goal. A good performance from
Appreciation At the meeting of Hurst
letters of appreciation for con- - . . . ____. . ^ dolences from the Rev. John spent in town parishes.
Green Over-60s’ Club chair- man Mrs Doris Knowles read
and Mrs Helen Hartley. For mer members Mrs Amy Isherwood and Mr Ernest Hartley will be sadly missed by everyone. Get-well wishes were
Birbeck, Miss Mary Bailey
— Mrs E. Underwood, Mrs D. Knowles. Gents — Mr W. Carr, Mrs J. Meyler. Dominoes: Mr A. Holden, Mrs D. Knight, Mrs J. Moon,
extended to Mrs Agnes Howarth who is in hospital. Whist winners were: Ladies
Kenyon and Mr W. Carr.
Mr R. Wilson. Raffle: Mr H. Wells, Mr J.
Lake District Pensioners of Hurst Green
items were dis
ry ( jffei
by Mr W. Smith and Mr H. Moorhouse. Refreshments were served
in the schoolroom. Pa s to r J e f f Jones was preacher at the afternoon
Christian Aid THE annual Christian Aid coffee morning takes place tomorrow (Saturday Oct 18th) in Sabden County Pri mary School, featuring stalls selling cakes, bric-a-brac,
worship, his theme being “Do we ever doubt about the
Gornall, of Chipping, who accompanied himself on guitar while singing “Jesus took the Blame for Me”, “He touched Me and Made Me Whole” and “Hallelujah, He arose, a lamb in Jerusalem”. Guest orgaists were Mr Bill Peacock and Mr Don Carson.
Christian life?” Guest soloist was Mr David
Jumble Sale SATURDAY'S jumble sale in St Mary's Church Hall, Sab den, raised a smashing £160 thanks to lots of donations of goods and lots of help and support. It was organised by Mrs Dee Bottoms with a team of helpers and the money will go towards December's production of Hans Anderson's "The Snow Queen" to be performed by' the Friends of St Mary's.
Coffee Morning ST NICHOLAS'S PCC will hold a coffee morning after the family eucharist on Sun day, to raise money to supply the stalls at the Christmas Fair.
New priest THE new parish priest of St Mary’s RC Church, Sabden, Fr Peter Birmingham, intro duced himself to parishioners at the weekend and said he was happy to be in the coun try after all of his priesthood
Whist WINNING hands at whist
at Sabden Over 60s were played by E. Marsden and M. Harrison (ladies) and W. Carr and J. Crook (gents). The group meets a t St Mary's Hall each Monday and Thursday and domino winners on Monday were F. Cooke, H. Lawless, J. Royle, P. Taylor and K. Thompson. Raffle winners - F. Cooke, G. Thompson, E. Bywater and M. Harrison. Thursday's whist winners
1 Green Over-60s’ Club will be in the memorial hall on Tues
day. S IMO N STO N E SA B D EN
Cancer walk A SIX-MILE walk around the Sabden valley later this month will raise money for
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paign. Mr Colin Cooke will lead
the Under-lls against Bar- noldswick, drawing 2-2. Andrew Tinker and Ryan Thomas-Fisher scored a goal each. The U n d e r -1 2 s were
Cancelled The Tearcraft coffee after-
the Cancer Research Cam- . .’ - •—i.
unlucky to lose 4-3 to Hun- coat, as they played very well. Goal scorers were Chris Holland, Joe Waller and Steve Treanor.
more than 30 people in the walk from St Mary’s Church car park a t 12-30 p.m. on Sunday, October 26th, and the group are looking for sponsors or anyone else wish ing to join them. The walk will be officially started by Mrs Sandra Fletcher from White Hill House in Sabden. Anyone wishing to know
hack of church. inviiaiion
bacK oi cnurui. I n w i t a t i n n
thanked for organising such a splendid outing together with tne driver of the coach and Beryl and Joyce who arranged a raffle. The next meeting of Hurst.
enjoyed an excursion by coach to the Lake District. First they travelled through Gar- stang and Camforth and along country lanes to Silver- dale, Arnside and Milnthorpe e v e n tu a l ly a r r iv in g a t# G ran g e-o v e r -S an d s for refreshments. After visiting Coniston Water the party began their journey home via Hawkeshead, Ambleside and Windermere. Tea was taken at the Calderbank Hotel, Oakenclough, near Lancaster which everyone eiyoyed. Mrs Doris Knowles was
Gardening Club, Bolton-by- Bowland, Mr Andrew Shaw introduced guest speaker Mr Barry Watlunson, of Hesketh Bank, who gave an interest ing talk on patio plants. He illustrated his talk with
Patio plants At the meeting of Bolland
Parry suggested a message of congratulation be sent to Dunsop Bridge WI for its 50th anniversary. Congratulations were also extended to Mrs Anne Swindlehurst who won the WI Craft Trophy at the Hodder Valley Show and Mrs Steen came a close second for the Hodson Trophy. An exhibition to celebrate
P re s id en t Mrs Marian
slides of spectacular plants and also brought along many interesting species for mem bers to buy. Thanks were expressed by Mrs Nancy
Cornthwaite. ’
the WI movement’s 100th birthday was also on view at the show, the material gath ered and mounted by a Slaid- bum WI member. The annual dinner, organ
ised by Mrs Mary Parker, took place at the New Drop
Mrs Shaw were thanked by A kitchen gadget stall Mr Shaw.
Hostesses Mrs Bacon and pleasant evening. ’ ■
gramme and arrangements were made for the Christmas party to be held at Middle . Flass Lodge on December 10th.
The next meeting will be on November 12th, featuring tips
Dinner dance
Discussion took place funds. regarding next year’s pro-
HOLDEN
Harvest Holden Chapel held its har-
on how to grow sweetpeas vest thanksgiving services and dahlias.
Members of Bolton-by- presented bowls of fruity and Bowland YFC held their produce, which will be distri-
last Sunday, when preacher for the day was Brennand, of Wrayton. Sunday school members
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annual dinner dance at the buted locally. Moorcock Inn, Waddington, They joined in the service during which a cheque for by singing “All the Nations of £1,000 was presented to the the Earth.” The choir sang SuperScanAppeal.
Awards were presented by and at the evening service, presidents Mr and Mrs T. "God be with you till we meet
“Praise and Thanksgiving’
Armer to: Thomas Whitwell again.” (junior boy and stockjudging), Collections were taken for Tracy Woodward (junior girl), chapel funds and organists for
tions), Tracy Woodward and Scott Mason (public speak ing), Rebecca Whitwell (attendance), William Lancas ter (boys' effort), Sarah Wil son and Heather Dakin (girls’
(Howard Salver)..
Inn> when members enjoyed a raised money for institute
BILLINGTON
tist Church Social Hour, Bil- lington, on Tuesday afternoon welcomed guest speaker Mr Nigel Birch, of Edgeside Bap tis t Haiti Support Group, Rossendale. He showed slides and spoke
Haiti talk Members of Ebenezer Bap
tion for children who would otherwise not receive any. It provides sponsorship for St Joseph’s Home, a refuge for former street boys, many of whom were as young as three .or four when they started to live rough on the streets of Haiti, where they were prey to drugs, prostitution and crime of all kinds. The chil- dren get a good education and plenty
of.food in a homely atmosphere.
about “Helping the needy people of Haiti”, through this group, which has been in exis tence since 1989 and is involved in three main areas of work. The group provides educa
Wings of Hope home for phys ically and mentally handi
Another project is the _
capped children. These chil dren would probably be left to die if a home had not been found for them.
Mr Birch by Mrs Anne Holmes and organist was Mrs C. Wallbank. Refreshments were served.
Thanks were expressed to , . > continued on page 10.
Keitn Pilkington (senior boy), the day were Mr F. Wadding- Nicola Dobson (senior girl), ton, Mrs B. Harrison and Mr Lucy Whitwell (club competi- M. Blakey.: '
WADDINGTON
effort), Andrew Bullock A u t u m n f a i t (Comthwaite Cup), Sam Read MUIU1I111 I e , , r
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were: Ladies - E. Chamley and D. Houghton. Gents - J. Riley and E. Marsden. Dominoes - Mr B. Cooke, Mrs I. Cottam and Mrs F. Cooke. Raffle - Mrs N. Harg reaves, Mrs M. Wade, Mrs D. Houghton and Mrs I. Cot tam.
Gift Day
THE annual gift day at St Nicholas's Church takes place on Saturday, October 25th, between 9 a.m. and noon.
Clothing sale DON'T forget tonight’s ladies clothing sale in Sabden County Primary School organised by the PTA. Doors open at 7-30 p.m.
farmers, girls entered a Church will be held on Satur- “Ready, Steady Cook” compe- day, commencing at 2-30 p.m. tition, winners being Sam' There will be stalls, including Read, Rebecca Whitwell, those for cakes, nearly-new Sarah Wilson and Tracy goods, bric-a-brac, plants, Woodward.
At the meeting of the young Waddington Meth o d is t
The boys were lamb and Refreshments will be avail- sheep judging at the farm of able and proceeds are for
’ Christmas cards and toys.
Mr ana Mrs Aspin. Winners church funds. . .. .. of the sheep section were:
Thomas Whitwell and Andrew M o tw o r k Bullock. Lambs: Keith Pil k in g to n an d E dw a rd There.was a good atten-
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be a outing to play 10-pin Network, when chairman bowling, members to meet at Miss Mary Bridge introduced 6-45 p.m. in the village.
Next week’s meeting will is t Women’s Fellowship
. g u e s t sp e a k e r Miss B. .ingham, fo rm e r head
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noon due to be held tomor- to Preston, which leaves row,’has now been cancelled. Slaidbum or Newton around However, catalogues are 7-15 p.m.
and lively AGM led to the election of old faces in new roles, with Mr John Parry proposed as club president, Jonty Mason elected chair man, Rachel Carr secretary and Hazel Parkinson trea
surer.Retiring president Mrs Mary Parker congratulated members for one oi their best years yet and wished them all the best for the future. Forthcoming YFC events include Monday’s bowling trip
YFC AGM Slaidburn YFC’s eventful
teacher of Clitheroe Grammar School for Girls. She showed some wonderful slides and spoke of her visit to Sinai to see St Catherine’s Monastery, travelling to Jordon and Petra to see the ancient city cut into the rocks and often referred to as “The Red Rose City’.’. She also visited Little Petra and saw. an archeological site of a townslup which flourished in 7,000 BC. Everyone found her talk so interesting she was asked to return at a later
date.Tea and biscuits were served and pianist was Mrs S. Baines. At the next meeting on
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at Altham Church at 10-45 Guest speaker at the recent meeting of Slaidbum WI was Mrs Scar who spoke about “Fawlty Towers’'. The con- . nection became apparent to
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given a china bell featuringthe WI emblem and the words “Dunsop Bridge 1947-97” as a memento t>f the occasion, and the minutes of the first meet ing in 1947r were read by secretary Mrs M. Pinder. Mrs Wetherall presented Mrs K. Metcalfe with a certificate for 50 years’ membership of the WI and Mrs W. Fox, who was unable to attend, will also receive a certificate. A cake, made by Mrs Nel
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