Wednesday, April 26th, 1961. THE TEESDALE MERCURY TEN CONTESTS IN These are your Candidates for Tuesday, 9th May ELECTION FEVER BARNARD CASTLE HITS for instant, endless, cheap hot water R U R A L A R E A BOWES PARISH Barnard Castle Urban - Startforth Rural - Barnard Castle Rural RETIRING CHAIRMAN SEVEN CONTEST THREE you FACES KEEN ELECTION SEATS High Etherley, a miner; Havelock Hamstcrlcy (two nominations and retiring member; Alfred Jack- Whorlton, motor and agricultura Out of Barnard Castle Rural Albert Holmes, 10, South Road, for one seat): Frank Featherstone son, 29. South Cleatlam, retired engineer; Reginald White. Holm There will be five contests in simply District's 25 parishes, ten will High Etherley, a miner; Edward Collingwood, Hollin Hall Farm cafe proprietor; Hilda Leonard, Lodge, Westwick. district manager, the Startforth Rural District Front Street, West End, Staindrop, petroleum company. have contests on polling day in McCardle, 75, Low Etherley, a Hamsterley, a farmer and retiring Council Elections on 9th May. housewife; Albert Lock, 6, Corona­ Winston: John Mervyn Dickin­ just under a fortnight’s time. dairy manager; George Patterson, member; Andrew Jameson, Jessa- These will be at Barningham, 42. Red House Estate, Etherley, a mnie House, Hamsterley, a retired tion Gardens, Staindrop, textile son, Station House. Winston, rail­ can’t The outcome at Evenwood and Boldron and Egglestone Abbey, wayman. Barony, where there are five miner; Norman Summerbell Raw, dentist. worker. Toft Hill Hall, Bishop Auckland, Headlain and Langton: Alan Westwick and Whorlton (two Woodland: Joseph Jobling Rutter, Bowes and Gilmonby, Holwick, seats, will be awaited with inter­ a farmer and retiring member; Fletcher Stephenson .The Green nominations for one seat): George Glencoe House, postmaster and and Hutton Magna. beat est for there are eleven nomina­ Joseph Stubbs. Mount Pleasant, Healam, retired and retiring mem­ Thomas Hodgson, 4. Hallgarth,/ retiring member. At Holwick, two ladies, Mrs J. tions for the vacancies. 167, Toft Hill, a retired miner and ber. VI. Archer and Mrs M. H. Bell, Among the candidates at Even- retiring member; Reginald Tallen- Inglcton: William Bousfield, East- will vie for votes for the one seat modern wood is Mr John Bell, the retiring tire, Caldwallis, 280, Toft Hill, lea, Ingleton. retired and a retiring against Mr A. Tarn, of Crosthwaite chairman of the council. a coach builder and retiring mem­ member. arm. Mrs Archer previously con­ In the adjacent Etherley parish, ber. Langleydalc and Shotton: John BARNARD CASTLE URBAN tested Mickleton Parish in 1958 but where there are three seats, nomina­ was unsuccessful against Mr T. W. Evenwood and Barony (eleven Denham. Dent Gate. Langleydale, Randal Herbert Allan, a retiring Wm. Smith and Sons, Grove tions were deposited by seven candi­ nominations for five seats): Bertie a farmer and retiring member. Shearwood and Mr T. L. Atkinson, dates, including all three retiring member, a jeweller by trade, who Works, with which he has been who this year are returned un­ Anderson, 16, South View, Even- Lynesack, Softley and liutter- came to the town 14 years ago from actively connected since 1934, after members. wood, an* insurance agent; John knowle: William Finlay Dowson, opposed in that parish. At Middleton-in-Teesdale, two of Bishop Auckland and since his arriv­ training as an engineer at Bedford Something akin to election fever Bell. 57, Wellgarth, Evenwood, a Wham Cottage, Butlerknowle, a al has taken an active interest in the and Sunderland. A founder and the existing members are again retired miners’ checkweighman and Durham C.C. employee (plant las struck the parish of Bowes and standing. They are Mr J. Gwillim affairs of the town. Mr Allan has past president of the Barnard Castle Gilmonby, where seven nominations gasi retiring member: Thomas Clarkson, operator); Wilfred Liddle, 2. Victor­ been secretary of the Parochial Rotary Club, of which he was and Mr C. T. [.owe, who are join­ 15, Swan Street. Evenwood, a retir­ ia Cottages, Butterknowlc, retired were received for the three vacan­ ed by Mr A. D. Hope and Miss Church Council, a member of the treasurer for seven years. He has cies. The three retiring members, ed miner and retiring member; John stores manager and retiring mem­ Rotary Club, and president of the also been chairman of the Rotary- M. Redfearn in the fight for the George Hordon Denham. 11, Glam- ber. all seeking re-election, are Mr G. three seats. Chamber of Trade. International Committee. Mr Smith Longstaff. Mr R. L. Close and is Terrace, a retired civil servant Copley Lane (five nominations Mr J. Hartley is seeking election George Arthur Carter, a retiring was instrumental in the re-constitu- VIr A. Zwigelaar. Opposing them A. W. Moore and retiring member; Thomas Dent, for two seats): Arthur Beil, Sunny- again at Staindrop and also at the member, and a Barnard Castle tion of the Old Folk’s Treat Fund are Mr J. R. Alderson, Mr J. T. Painter and Decorator 10. Glamis Terrace, a machinist; dale, Copley, insurance agent and hustings will be Mr A. Jackson, businessman who is well known and is a keen supporter of local Allison, Mr R. A. Hillery and Mr Herbert Hope Hall, Church Farm. retiring member; Sidney Elliott, Mrs H. Leonard and Mr A. Lock. throughout Teesdale. A former charitable organisations. R. Spooner. 38, Zetland Rd., Barnard Castle Evenwood. a farmer and retiring High Summer Hill, Woodland, retir­ Both councillors at Gainford are chairman of the Urban Council, on Stanley Stewart, a retiring mem­ Farming Connections. member; George Heaviside, 2, ed coal miner; Albert Wilson Fryer, which he has served for the past 27 opposed this time. Mr J. Allison and Oaks Bank, a clerk; Dennis Linsley, ber and chairman of the Public Apart from Mr Allison, who is Mr F. Peart are faced by Mr W. “ Rosedale,” Copley, club and years, being the longest serving Health Committee. A Scotsman Bucks Head Farm, a farmer; Harold credit sales agent; James Kenneth a cafe proprietor, the six other McCrickard and Mr A. J. Harvey. member. He advocated the purchase by birth, has lived in the town for candidates have a close connection THE Mason, 9, West View, Evenwood, Sowerby, “ Ashcroft,” Copley, in­ Other parishe s where elections for the town of the castle gardens about 14 years, is married and has with agriculture and five of them a colliery storekeeper; George surance agent; Albert Twentyman. will be held are Toft Hill and in 1958. A former president of the two children, and is employed as a are still actively engaged. Mr Hillery Stokeld. 2, Alpine Terrace, a 53, Linden Terrace, Copley, grocer Lands, Forest and Frith. Hamster- Barnard Castle Meet, he is presi­ monumental sculptor. Mr Stewart the oldest of the contestants, now NORTHERN groundsman; Joseph Todd. 43, and agricultural merchant. dent of the Teesdale Billiards ley, Copley Lane. Westwick and Wellgarth. Evenwood, a miner. is prominently connected with the retired, declined farming some Whorlton. In the latter parish the Marwood: Arthur Preston, South League and has many other local Labour Party and has twice prev­ while ago. retiring member is not contesting Ramshaw: Joseph Hannon. 5, View. Marwood, farmer and retir­ interests. iously contested the Durham Coun­ Automatic return of the retiring ECHO the seat. Gordon Lane. Ramshaw. a clerk. ' ing member. Eric Trice Close, a retiring mem­ ty Council election for the division. jnember will take place in two of BARNARD CASTLE RURAL Toft Hill and Lands (two nomina­ Middleton - in - Teesdale (four ber. who in 1958 was elected County During the war years he served in the parishes where no nomination PUTS YOU WISE NOMINATIONS tions for one seat): John Leslie nominations for three seats): John Councillor for the Barnard Castle the Royal Navy. More recently he papers were deposited by noon on Armstrong, Calf Close. Morley, an Gwillim. 59 Leekworth Gardens, Division while still chairman of the has taken a prominent place in and Thursday. These are at Brignall and Bolani, Hilton and Morton Tin- assurance agent and retiring mem­ Middleton-in-Teesdale, railwayman Urban Council. He is a member of is currently chairman of the Romaldkirk, where the respective BEFORE month: Joseph Christopher Town- ber; Jack White, 77, Manor Grove, and retiring member; Andrew Davy the Darlington Hospital Manage­ Barnard Castle Playing Fields members are Mr E. R. Green and son, Emmerson House. Hilton, a Cockfield, an education welfare Hope, Middleton House, retired ment Committee and chairman of Association. Mr Roy Walton. farmer and retiring member. officer. butcher: Clarence Thompson Lowe, the board of governors of Barnard Alfred Ernest Stoker. A bank STARTFORTH R.D.C. Cleatlam, Streatlain and Stainton: Forest and Frith (two nomina­ 7, Hill Terrace, road transport con­ Castle Grammar-Technical School. manager who moved to Barnard NOMINATIONS Clifford Sykes, “ Craggknowle,” 12, tions for one seat): John Gibson, tractor and retiring member: May Over the years he has been a staunch Castle from Richmond in 1950. A Stainton, assurance agent. School House, Forest-in-Teesdale, a Redfearn, 3, Masterman Place, campaigner for local hospital facili­ native of West Hartlepool, he has Barforth and Ovington: John Cockfield: Lawrence Corner, 35, schoolmaster; Thomas Surtees Wal­ spinster. ties. He is employed as a cost worked in various towns in County Graham. Barforth Hall, farmer and Front Street, a fitter; Henry Dow- ton, 7. Victoria Terrace. Middleton- Neubiggin: Gilbert Cyril Wat­ accountant at Glaxo Laboratories. Durham and the North Riding. Mr retiring member. son, 37. Front Street, a club stew­ in-Teesdale. a retired farmer. son, Garth Head. Newbiggin, farm­ Robert Elliot. Came to Barnard Stoker has consistently advocated Barningham (two nominations for ard; George Watson Linton. 10, Gainford (four nominations for er. Castle in 1953 while serving with the the development of Barnard Castle one scat): William Stubbs Metcalfe, AN D AFTER Bleak Terrace, Cockfield, a retired two seats): John Allison, Westwood, Raby.