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Local Wills of VILLA G E LOSES TRIBUTES PAID TO MEMBERS WANT CALENDAR £35,000 and £14,000 A F IN E M A N Men Accused of £800 February MR GEORGE BARKER Mir Ernest Watson, retired cycle Mr Thomsa Walker, of The “WELCOME” 26. Whist Drive. Cotherstone Vill­ dealer, of 50 Cecil Road, Barnard Square. Romaldkirk, who won age Hall. Castle, left £35,931 (net £35,841, national fame because of the way Theft from Camp Members of Barnard Castle SIGNS 27. Whist Drive, Cricket Pavilion. duty £9,323). He left £100 each to he climbed the spiral stairs to wind Urban Council stood in silence on 28. Dance, Marwood & Langleydale Trinity Methodist Church, Barnard up the church clock in the village, Two men were accused at Barnard Castle on Monday Social Centre. Monday night in tribute to a form­ A new council member, Mir R. Castle, the Methodist Missionary died on Sunday at the age of 98 in of stealing spirits, cigarettes, a television set, record player, 28. Jumble Sale, Parish Hall. Society, and Methodist Homes for Richardson Hospital, Barnard Castle er member, Mr George Albert S. Calvert, was co-opted at the 28. Whist Drive and Dance, Bowes the Aged. Mr Walker, who fell and broke bear skin rug and other items worth a total of about £800 Barker, a retired plumber, of 33 monthly meeting of Middleton-in- and Gilmonbf Parish Hall. Mrs Laura Addison, of 21 Har­ his leg in his bedroom about a from an officers’ mess at Barford Camp. Galgate, who died last week at the Teesdale Parish Council. His co­ mire Road, Barnard Castle, left month ago, is survived by his wife Private Leon Barnett (27) of the Army Catering Corps, March. age of 82. option brings the number of coun­ £14.718 (net £14.617. duty £1,171). Miary. The funeral service will be attached to the 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, and 1. Y.F.C. Dance. Cotherstone She left bequests of effects and1 at Romaldkirk tomorrow, followed Mr Barker, who was one of the cillors to the required* eleven. Village HaU. personal legacies amounting to by cremation at Darlington. This Thomas Trevor Findley (23) of Joan Street, Newcastle upon most' respected men in the area, I. Concert. Cotherstone Methodist The clerk read a letter from the £7,350. week the village has been saddened Tyne, were remanded in local custody for two days. was bom at Staindrop, but moved County Archivist thanking the Church. They included £100 to Cliff Col­ by the loss of a remarkable old with his family into Barnard Castle 4. N.Y. & S.W. Durham Veterin­ Inspector R. W. Simpson gave the magistrates details council for their co-operation re­ lege, Calver. Sheffield; £500 each to character. of the. charge and arrest, and applied for the remand. when he was only six weeks old. ary Study Group Meeting,, British Aid to the Tibetan Relief He spent his early years at sea. garding old documents, records and King’s Head Hotel, Bd. Castle. Both men, who are being detained by the police at Wheu he was fifteen he enlisted in Fund and the Rev. David Shep­ and up until recently he was the Second Battalion of the Durham books relating to the parish which 4. Whist Drive Woodland Village herd’s East End Settlement, and the delighting friends with tales of his Bishop Auckland, are to appear before Barnard Castle Hall. Light Infantry as a bugler, then have been transferred to the arch- remainder equally -between the experiences in countries around the Court again today. served an apprenticeship as a 7. Dance. Winston Village Hall. British Empire Cancer Campaign world. He was very well read, and plumber when he returned to the viist’s department for preservation, 7. 50/50 Dance, Daltbn Hall. and the National Institute for the could speak with' authority, and a A list of the various records was 7. Whist Drive and Dance. Middle- town. Blind. great deal of humour, on just about enclosed. ton Village Hall. any subject. Coun. R. Rai I ton Trial Village Soon after serving his time he 8. British Legion Jumble Sale and Even in his nineties he walked went into business on his own, and A report was submitted regarding Whist Drive. Cotherstone Vill­ FOUR M EN great distances. But it was his work he ran it for 35 years before he age Hall. the condition of the flagpole at on the clock, which he climbed to Dies Aged 71 Keeps Buses retired about 18 . years ago. It was Seed Hill, and it was agreed that, II. Startforth Police Ball. Morritt INJURED wind as many as seven times in an then taken over by one of his two Anns Hotel. as the pole may be resited in the Three men were hurt when a car afternoon, that won his fame. He United buses are to continue sons, Mr Gordon Barker. His other 13. Whist Drive, Cricket Pavilion, they were in was in a crash with a was featured in several national on. Coun. James Barker, of Bede future, the question of repair be Barnard Castle. lorry outside Eastfield Farm, be­ newspapers and on television. He running into the east end of Stain- Road. Barnard Castle, is managing left over for the present. An 14. Supper Dance. Bishop Auckland director of London and Northern tween Mickleton and Romaldkirk. was still going strong when the old ton. because the trial being carried attempt is to be made to have the Town Hall (Woodland Ag. Soc.). on Wednesday. clock was replaced by a newer Securities Ltd. 14. T.G. Jumble Sale. Congregation­ The car driver. Paul Emerson, of model needing less attention a few out at present has proved a success. two “Welcome to Teesdale” signs al Church Hall. South View, and his passengers, years ago. Mr George Barker was a mem­ erected before the start of the 14. Jumble Sale, Trinity Method­ Company officals have decided that Ivan Noon, of West End, and Tony Canon John Lee, the Rector, who ber of the town’s volunteer fire holiday season. ist Schoolroom. Wade, of Station Houses, all will conduct the funeral service, said a sufficient number of local people brigade for almost thirty years and 15. Teesdale Male Voice Choir was captain for the final six years. It )vas agreed that the uneven Mickleton. were treated at Darling­ yesterday: "Mr Walker was a have used the service to make it Annual Concert. ton Memorial Hospital and were remarkable character, an exemplary He was a keen member of the condition of some sections of foot­ 21. YJF.C. Dance. Marwood and later allowed home. The lorry was worthwhile, so the diversion is to Cycling Club and helped to run the paths in Market Place, following Langleydale Social Centre. figure who was utterly respected and the relaying of electricity cables, driven bv Mr William Lyons, of liked by everyone who knew him. remain as a permanent feature. North East Cyclists’ Meet when it 21. Jumble Sale, Catholic School Gordon Lane. Ramshaw. He did not only live in the village, was at its peak. He was also a be reported to the appropriate Hall. Barnard Castle. A council employee. Mr John he lived in every one of us. He was The news was welcomed in the Freemason, and was a member of authorities, and emphasising the 21. Whist Drive, Dalton Hall. Green Hunter, of 3 West View, The a really staunch member of the village this week, especially by old the Urban Council from 1949 to danger to pedestrians. Several coun­ 21. Concert and Dance Bowes and Bank, Barnard Castle, received a church. people and housewives, who were 1952. cillors gave instances of residents Gilmonby Parish Hall. head injury when he was struck by glad to hear that they will not have who had suffered nasty falls. ■ 21. Whist Drive and Dance, Mid­ “Apart from the clock another Mr Barker’s widow, .Mrs Eliza­ a vehicle while gritting The Bank job he loved to do was Jo hoist to go back to the old method of The possible transfer, in the dleton. Conservative Assoc. on Thursday evening. He also beth Barker, is now aged 81, and future, of the North Eastern Elect­ 27. Whist Drive, Cricket Pavilion. the flag. He put it up for birthdays struggling from the old stop in bad he is also survived by two daugh­ received treatment at Darlington of the Royal Family, and was al­ weather with heavy shopping bags. ters, Mrs Dorothy Wray, who lives ricity Board maintenance depot at Barnard Castle. Memorial Hospital. ways keen to have a reason to fly Barnard Castle to Darlington was 28. “Northumbrian Folk Evening,” When the United decision was in Bishop Auckland, and Mrs Mary The vehicle which struck him was it. I’m sure he would have hoisted Howson, who is in Australia. discussed. It was agreed to ask the Teesdale School Hall. 7-30 p.m.. driven by Mr James David Parker reported to Barnard Castle Rural 'Electricity Board to give some Barnard Castle Arts Assoc. it for my birthday if ,he had got of Aldbrough St. John. away with it.” Council’s general purposes com­ The funeral service was on Sat­ estimate of the additional delay 28. Jumble Sale. Parish Hail. expected -for the restoration of 29. Conservative Whist Drive at mittee on Wednesday by the Clerk, urday at St. Mary’s Parish Church, Coun. Robert Railton, of Dale where Mr Barker was a member of electricity supplies following a Cotherstone Village Hall. SAMMY AND DORA Mr G. Guyll, he remarked: “This power failure when the depot is S N O W PATHS View, 81 Harmire Road, Barnard bears out what has always- been the choir as a small boy. It was Castle, died in hospital on Monday attended by a large number of sited some 14 miles or thereabouts April CAUSE DANGER REACH 66 MARK said, namely that if there is sup­ further away from Teesdale. Other 10. Whist Drive. Cricket Pavilion, night at the age of 71. Apart from friends, businessmen and council A complaint about the failure of Mr Samuel Stephenson (87) and being a member of the Urban port for any bus service in the area, members, and was followed by members drew attention to the Barnard Castle. his wife Dora (85) of Corn Close, it will be provided.” variation in the power supply which 11. Dance. Marwood and Langley- some people to clear snow prompt­ Council, he did a lot of voluntary cremation at Darlington. ly on their pavements in Barnard Startforth. celebrated their 66th work in the town and was a Method­ Coun. C. Sykes commented: “The was often below the minimum ' dale S.S. (Cancer Research). Castle was made by Coun. G. A. wedding anniversary’*1 on Monday, ist lay preacher for many years. whole village is delighted about At Monday’s council meeting; the strength-. The Board are to be asked 11. Jumble Sale. Congregational Chairman. Coun. A. G. Taylor, said for the reason and if the position . I Church. Carter at the Urban Council’s meet­ when they were entertained at a ...Coun. Railton came from a long- this. It is a hard pull into the vil­ ing on Monday night. It was really party and old time musical hall established Dales family, but he lage, especially' for women with Mr Barker had given a lot of ser­ can be remedied. 12. Startforth and Boldron Churches The full council was asked to t — Sponsored Walk. wicked, he said, that some residents, concert by their fellow members of moved away in his early years, shopping, when the bus does not go vice to the town. Although he had especially the elderly, had to risk a the Over 60 Club. returning at the start of the last war 'been a council member for only a attend a future meeting with officials 18. Y.F.C. Dance, Marwood and right in. We would have liked the of the Durham County Council I Langleydale Social Centre. fall by trying to walk on footpaths The well-liked and happy old to become an A.R.P. organiser. He short time he had been very dili­ not properly cleared. couple, who have lived in the vil­ was the first local man to be signed service to go right through the gent and active. Hghways Department regarding the 18. Startforth and Boldron Churches village. But I suppose that would possible resiting of the fountain —Jumble Sale. Coun. Carter said that in Middle­ lage for the last 47 years, now have on by Glaxo when their factory The council sent a message of ton-in-Teesdale and Staindrop the 23 grandchildren and 27 great­ opened and- he stayed there until he have been too much to expect, and sympathy to Mrs Barker and her from its present position at the 18. Jumble Sale, Congregational junction of Horse Market, Market HaU. County Council cleared part of the grandchildren. They had five sons retired. we are certainly happy with this.” family. 18. Whist Drive and Dance, Mid- footpaths so that people had at and five daughters, but of those who He spent a lot of his spare time Place and Bridge Street. dleton-i n-Teesdale. least one section suitable for walk­ survive only one, Mrs Gertrude working and organising for the old 19. Jumble Sale,' Wesley Church, ing on, and he felt it wrong that Mary Bebbington of 14 The Bank, people’s treat in the town, and for Middleton-in-Teesdale. the same thing was not done in the Barnard Castle, still lives in this the local physically handicapped 25. Jumble Sale, Trinity Methodist town. area. club, as well as for other organis­ Schoolroom. He suggested that the County Mrs Stephenson still refers to her ations. He was also a trustee of 25. Whist Drive and Dance. Bowes Council be contacted to see if they youngest son. who is now 43, as the Newgate Methodist Church. Friends and .Gilmonby Parish Hall. would use a machine to scrape the “baby” of her family. Some of her said 'that he would never turn down outside of the footpaths in Barnard other children are in Australia and a request for help, and that he was May Castle, leaving the inner part to be New Zealand. never happier than when doing 10-11. Startforth & Boldron Church­ cleared by the property owners. The couple were married at Ham- something for other people. es Rogation Week-end “I know it is too late to do any­ sterley and had a three mile trip by Coun. Railton is survived by his thing about the recent cold weather pony and trap to and from the daughter Greta, a school teacher spell as the snow is now going,’ he church. Their income in early living in the York area, and by hi? Tees Valley Beagles said. “But I feel we should think married life was £1 a week, and sister-in-law, who has helped to about it and make some arrange­ their “honeymoon” was a weekend keep house for him since his wife ’ will meet during February: ments now ready for future snow ” at Gilling about a year after the, W. 26 High Force Hotel. died. The County Council is to be ask­ wedding. The funeral service will be at Sats. 1-30 p.m. Weds. 1 p.m. ed if it will be willing to give this They arrived in Startforth when Newgate Methodist Church to­ help. Mr Stephenson became a miller and morrow. followed by cremation at warehouseman with the Teesdale Darlington. Farmers’ Mill. He has suffered a string of accidents over the years, but says they have had a cheerful Mrs Stephenson. “Rows? Oh. yes. life together. we’re not one of those couples who NON-CREEP RUG “We’ve had to do a lot of hard say they’ve never had a row. But work, so we’ve never had much we’ve always had too much to do time to grumble at each other.” said to have a serious fight.”

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