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Steven Preston. Girls. Junior, Emma
Falling leaves The ladies of Ebenezer
Baptist Church Social Hour, Billington, were given a very interesting talk by Mr H. Forest, of Clayton-le-Moors, at their meeting on Tuesday. His subject was "We are as falling leaves", which was appropriate to this autumn season of the year. Guest speaker at next
week’s meeting will be Mrs M. Whitaker, of Accring ton.
Craig. Efficiency, Sarah Newbould. Attendance, Steven Pre
ston. NFU Cup and Bol- land Trophy, Kathryn Newbould. Endeavour Tro phy, Adam Bargh and Daniel White. Superstars. Boys, Steven
Preston. Girls, * Alison Bargh. Sports Trophy, Helen Thwaite and Phillip
Mellin. Next week's meeting will
be a trip to Blackpool Plea sure Beach at 6-20 p.m. The week after there will be a bonfire at the home of Mr and Mrs Duckworth, Paa
Farm.
Lip reading The speaker at Chatburn
Methodist Women's Fel lowship's recent meeting was Mrs Carol Riley who teaches lip reading. Mrs Mabel Shaw presided and Mrs Hudson was the pianist. Mrs Riley explained how
her interest in lip reading started at an early age because her mother was profoundly death. When visitors to their home could not make themselves understood, Carol would communicate their message to her mother by lip lan guage. Later, she learnt sign
language. Ten years ago, she had an
opportunity to train as a teacher of lip reading and now teaches at four differ ent places. Her talk was most interesting and some times amusing. She appealed to her audience to be helpful towards people with impaired hearing.
Over-60s At the latest meeting of
the Hurst Green Over-60s' Club, the prize-winners m
the raffle were: Mrs M. Parker, Mr R. Eden, Mrs A. Howarth and
Mrs N. Umpleby. Whist: Ladies; Mrs M.
Parker, Mrs E. Underwood. Men: Mr W. Carr, Mr J.
Kenyon. Dominoes: Miss J.
Ainsworth, Mr R. Knight, Mr A. Holden, Mr R .
Eden. The next meeting will be
held as usual in the Hurst Green Village Memorial Hall on Tuesday, November 3rd, starting at 7-30 p.m.
guest speaker Miss Barbara Bingham, who gave a very interesting and informative talk on her visit to Bhutan - the Dragon Kingdom. She illustrated her talk with slides describing that Bhutan was situated in the eastern Himalayas between Tibet and India. The pho tographs showed many beautiful temples and monasteries in the country and in the capital Thim- ps.u. Thanks were expressed by Mrs M. Bald-
win.The Lancashire Federa
tion round of the NFWI Choir Festival will be held in the assembly hall at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn, on November 7th. A report was given on
the autumn council meet ing, held at Alston Hall, Lancaster, by delegate Mrs Marjorie Ross. Tea hostesses were Mrs
r i m i n g t o n
Guy Fawkes' night Rimington and Middop
annual bonfire will be lit at 6-30 p.m. on November 7th on the Coulthurst Jubilee Field, Rimington. There will be the usual Jacob's join supper of bonfire good ies and a happy family night out is in prospect.
Dance time In spite of the wild, wet
weather, a lively crowd assembled at Rimington Memorial Institute on Sat urday evening to dance the night away to the tuneful Musettes band. A tasty pie and peas sup
S. Beggs, Mrs M. Capstick and Mrs E. Rhodes and a stall was run by Mrs B. Collinge and Miss R.
Mundy. A competition for a holi
day photograph was won by Mrs E. Slinger, Mrs A. Slinger and Mrs Beggs. The annual meeting will
be held at Pendleton Vil lage Hall, on November 17th when the competition will be for a favourite pho tograph frame. There will also be a bring-and-buy
stall.
per was served and at the close of a most enjoyable occasion the secretary of the. memorial institute management committee, Mr John Knapp, thanked those who had prepared refreshments and also everyone for their support. Spot-dance winners were
Mr and Mrs R. Hartley and Mrs D. Marsland and Mr Knapp. Raffle winners were Mrs Robinson, Mrs D. Marsland, Mrs Lord, Mr Read, Mrs Lonsdale and Mrs E. Berry.
Green fingers At the AGM of Riming
Jumble sale Friends of Read United
Special light On Sunday in St
Leonard's Church, Langho, at 6-30 p.m. there will be a special service of light. At the service thanks will
Young farmers Thirty members of Chip
ping Young Farmers’ Club enjoyed an interesting talk on travelling given by
Dawn Taylor. Dawn is connected with
involved in an exchange Scheme: w i th '.T h a i ] a h d ,■ - which involves a group of people travelling to Thai land for six weeks to learn about the country and its culture. A group from Thai land then visit England to experience our culture. Next week's meeting will
the Rotary Club and is Luncheon Club
; The Hodder Valley Lun cheon Club met at Newton Village Hall on Wednesday. After a meal of shep
be on Monday, when the club will visit Slaidburn YFC. Members are asked to meet at the church steps at 7 p.m.
herd's pie and fruit crumble Mr and Mrs G. Pye gave an illustrated talk on a holiday
in America. I t was announced that
the Newton and Slaidburn village halls over 60s Christ mas party will be on December 10th. Prizewinners were as fol
Dancing farmers At the annual dinner of
Gisburn Young Farmers’ Club, held at the Corona tion Hotel, Horton-in- Craven, on Friday, there was a better attendance than in previous years. It was a very enjoyable
and successful evening and following the delicious meal trophies were presented as
follows. "Boys. Junior, Michael
Newbould. Intermediate, Phillip Mellin. Senior, Steven Preston. Efficiency,
lows. Ladies: Mrs M. Cowking. Gents: Mr W. Worswick. Helpers: Mrs M.
Briggs. •
be expressed for the life of those loved ones who have died, and a candle will be lit in their memory. This coin cides with All Saintstide. Everyone is welcome to
attend.
ton and District Gardening Club, held in Gisbum Festi val Hall, Mrs Margaret Robinson, of Robinson's Seeds, Forton, gave an excellent illustrated talk on many aspects of growing vegetables from seed. Election of officers took
Reformed Church will be holding a jumble sale in the church hall tomorrow at 6- 15 p.m. Items for the stalls should be taken to the hall from 1-30 p.m.
talk entitled "Great Expec tations - How to be a Happy Failure", by Mrs Joy Smethurst, at Read United Reformed Church on Wednesday at 2-30 p.m. Tickets can be obtained from the library.
Library talk Read Library presents a
drive held in Read Consti tutional Club on Monday were as follows. Ladies: Mrs S. Birmingham, Mrs M. Pickles. Gents: Mr G. A. Holden, Mrs M. Fallon. The special prize was won by Mrs M. Dearing and the MC was Mr Holden.
Weekly winners Whist winners a t the-
place and the following were appointed — Mrs P. Townsend (president), Mrs Jennie Gornall (chairman with secretarial duties), Mr Ernest Sedgwick (treasur er). The committee was re elected en bloc. Coffee and biscuits were
served and paid-up mem bers received an amarylis bulb to grow for next year's
spring show. The next meeting will be
on Wednesday (not Tues day) November 18th when Mrs M. Dickinson, of Oswaldtwistle, will give a. flower arranging demon stration with Christmas in
mind.) , SABDEN
Exquisite threads The new chairman of
Over 60s At last Monday's social,
Read and Whalley Lun cheon Club, Mrs Eileen Knight, opened the first meeting at the Foxfields Country Hotel, Billington, by welcoming new members and introducing the speak er, Canon Dobb, of Bolton. Canon Dobb, whose hobby is embroidery, dis played and explained how he had worked some most exquisite
ton WI, Mrs Margaret Gornall, welcomed mem bers to the meeting and names were taken for the Christmas party to be held on December 8th at the White Bull Hotel, Gisburn. Mrs Gornall introduced
Exotic places The president of Pendle
which included a panel W. Cooke and D. Houghton depicting the Book of Reve-
n m i a u embroideries,
years to complete and is his Millennium project. Also a Christmas decoration which he has been invited to work and send to Buckingham Palace for the Christmas tree. Mrs Laura Dale
ners were Mrs E. Charnley (ladies) and M. Moorhouse (gents). Domino winners:
lations which had taken 11 Jumble S a le Saturday's jumble sale at
(joint first), N. Hargreaves,
thanked Canon Dobb for- arrangedsoon, sharing his interest.
- - T-; another "mini sale" will be P ripqtlv ret
St Mary's Hall raised £128 for church funds. The event was poorly attended, how ever, probably due to the atrocious weather and so
Mary's RC Church, Fr Peter Birmingham, is tak ing to the stage next Thurs day at Preston Guild Hall. Fr Peter is taking part in
Priestly revue The parish priest of St
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from illness, and birthday greetings went to Mr John Newby, Mr Jack Haythorn- thwaite and Mrs Perkins. Raffle winners were Mrs
Edna Newmark, Miss • Bernadette Taylor, Miss Elizabeth-Britcliffe and.
Mrs Peggy Mount. The chairman, Mr Leslie
White, welcomed 60 mem bers including newcomers Mrs Ada Graham and Mrs Mary Riding and visitors Mr and Mrs Alan Beet and Mr and Mrs Alan Dewhurst. A group of members
by Mrs Dyson and given by her nephew, Mr Andrew Clegg, was fixed to the wall along with a memorial plaque. Thanks were expressed to
Lofthouse.R. Knight.; . Raffle: Mrs Daly, S.
Mr D. Sandham for his help, and coffee and biscuits were served by WI mem bers.
SIMONSTONE
Garden club Members of Simonstone
leave tomorrow for a holi day in Scotland.
Christmas Fair The annual Christmas
Fair at St Nicholas's Parish Church will take place on Saturday, November 28th.
evening to mark the refur bishment of St Nicholas's Church institute was a great success. During the evening the vicar, the Rev. Roland Nicholson, thanked Ken Hodgson, Jillian Nicholson and Jane Bury for all their hard work in transforming the hall. Chris Coe was also thanked for
Institute Friday's cheese and wine
his work. Eventually it is hoped to
provide a new toilet block. It was also the church's
gift weekend when all dona tions will go towards the ongoing work. More than £110 was raised on Friday.
Bonfire Bonfire celebrations are
going ahead in Sabden next week as usual, now a new venue has been found. Because the village car
park is no longer available the bonfire will be lit on Saturday, November 7th, on the Holme at 6-30 p.m. and there will be a fireworks
Garden Club will haye a chance to learn about pinks and carnations tonight, when guest speaker Mr Doug Cottam will attend the meeting at 7-30 p.m. in the old school.
Parish council The monthly meeting of Simonstone Parish Council
will be held in the old school tomorrow at 7-30 p.m. Vil lagers are welcome to attend.
SLAIDBURN
Card time Winners at the whist
Hogg, F. Lofthousc, J. Meyler, E. Ireland. - The next drive will be on November 18th. ■
Mystery play There will be an open
Mixture o f old and new 9 0 ’s material with good old
fashioned values
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drive held in Slaidbum Vil lage Hall were as follows. Ladies: M. Coulthard, M. Jackson, E. Underwood. Gents: J. Waddington, R Brown, J. Traynor. Dominoes: P. Metcalfe, F.
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Mason, J. Oddie, M. Parkes, R. Eden, W. Oddie. Raffle: M. Wood, R.
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Network There was a good atten
display at 7 p.m. The new venue means that the fire will be smaller than usual and members of the organ ising Holme Committee stress that people must not take along any wood. There will be a Guy
Bown, L. Dawson, J. Pye. Lucky dip: D. Lowe.
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Fawkes competition for the children and entries shoiild' be taken along on the night' by about 6-45 p.m.
i of some of the wonderful places she had visited on a Guiding holiday to Bombay
dance on Thursday after noon at Waddington Methodist Church Network meeting, presided over by Mrs Sarah Baines. She wel comed Miss Hylda Emsden, a member of staff at Wad- dow Hall, who showed slides
and back.A collection was taken for the Bangladesh Appeal. Tea and biscuits were ’■ served by the ladies and the
whist winners were as fol lows. Ladies: Mrs Dorothy Houghton and Mrs E. Marsden. Gents: Mrs E. Ireland and Mr Dan Houghton. Dominoes: Mrs Flora
by Mrs Ann Scargill, had members of Sawley WI in stitches when she described the catastrophic event's experienced on a holiday in co
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daughter. Thanks were
expressed for an entertain ing evening by Mrs P. Rat-
cliffe. President Mrs Rita
Cooke and Mrs Nora Har greaves. Raffle: W. Wright, D. Houghton and M. Edmondson. On Thursday whist win
Webb read a letter from Pendleton WI thanking Sawley members for their hospitality and entertain ment when they were guests at the September meeting. Names were taken for mem bers wishing to attend a show at Downham on December 4th. Secretary Mrs Vera Giles
gave an interesting report on the NFWI autumn council meeting held in
Lancaster. Winner of the competi
tion for a holiday postcard was Mrs Webb and Mrs Partington won the raffle. The planting of a tree in
play at the whist and domi- no drive, held in West Brad
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follows. Ladies: E. Duck worth, M. Jackson, M. Cowking, E. Underwood, G. Thompson. Gents: M. Ormiston, A. Stott, G. Parker, J. Meyler, J. Keny-
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Sabden Age Concern Leisure club hit the right note with members. JEL - John on banjo,
Entertainers Guest entertainers at
Eddie on keyboard and Les on vocals - almost raised the roof of St Mary's Parish Hall and left members clamouring for more. The Blackburn trio took
' be held on November 19th when JP Mrs Joan Porter will speak about her experi ences.
memory of Mrs Margaret Dyson, a former WI mem ber, has taken place recent ly and a plaque will be placed in the village hall at a later date. The annual meeting will
Wine tasting A wine tasting, organised
by Sawley Village Hall committee, was enjoyed by
over 40 villagers. Winner of the 100 Club draw was Mr M. Bolton.
Memorial service A memorial service for
Mrs Margaret Clare Dyson, held in Sawley Vil lage Hall on Saturday, was well attended by family, old scholars, friends and WI
members. The Rev. David Mewis
club members on a trip back in time with golden oldies telling the story of Tin Pan Alley. It was one of the club's
most successful events and Mr David Wright prop- sosed a vote of thanks on behalf of members. Lunch was prepared by
Mrs Doreen Wright, helped by Mr Jack Haythornth-
waite. Arrangements were made
for the Christmas meal and social at the Millstones Restaurant. Farewells were said to
Malcolm and Kay Dyer, who are moving to Corn wall, and had both been involved with the club. Mr Ken Pounder was wished a speedy recovery
conducted the service and spoke about Mrs Dyson being headmistress of Saw ley School from 1952 until it closed in 1975. On the keyboard Mr . Mewis accompanied the singing of two favourite school hymns, "All things Bright and Beautiful" and "The Day Thou Gavcst Lord
Ended". ■The chairman of the vil
lage hall and vice-president of Sawley WI, Mrs Joan Porter, read a passage from
the Bible. Photographs of former
pupils of the school and WI events were displayed, caus ing great interest and reviv ing many happy memories. An embroidery worked
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