Huddersfield Daily Examiner from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England • 9

Huddersfield Daily Examiner Monday October 13 1986 Telephone Classified Advertising 538321 All other departments 537444 Death of ex-teacher Authority launches big publicity drive Timetables ready for new bus services RETIRED Greenhead High School music teacher Miss Winnifred Townsend has died at the age of 84 She was a committee member of Huddersfield Music Society and a committee member and honorary life vice-president of the Huddersfield Glee and Madrigal Society Miss Townsend lived in Marsh before moving to The Bell House old home Wilshaw two years ago She was a member of Huddersfield Samaritans for more than 10 years ley Wednesday October Moldgreen and Al-mondbury Thursday October 23 Holmfirth and Meltham Friday October Lepton and Shepley Saturday October Marsden and Slaithwaite Mr Beswick said distribution of timetables had been held back so that the maximum amount of information could be included A few services are still not finalised for example those in the Huddersfield area which cross the boundary into South he said loans supply safe despite Gas NEW symbols will appear on the side of West Yorkshire buses following the deregulation of services on October 26 Along with a logo of the Passenger Transport Authority an outline of the county divided into five Metropolitan there will be three other symbols as appropriate A bus in the palm of a hand to denote that the company receives financial support for tendered services two elderly people and a child to denote concessionary fares three tickets to denote Metrocard Saverstrip and similar tickets are valid Clr Michael Simmons the chairman of West Yorkshire Passneger Transport Authority said: "The symbols should remove any doubt from the minds of passengers as to just what is acceptable on each service "At a time when there may be quite a bit of confusion in the minds of some people it will help to make life a little easier and will demonstrate at the same time the important role of the Authority Split Helping to boost trade ROSEMARY HOWELL has been appointed business improvement services adviser in Kirklees employment development unit She will work closely with the Department of Trade and Industry and other national organisations to provide a valuable contact point for local firms telling them of regional national and European assistance schemes available to Kirklees industry Mrs Howell holds a BSc (hons) degree in business administration and previously held an information post at Pontefract Health Authority She is based on the fifth floor of Kirklees House Market Street there was unlikely to be any shortage of cash for mortgage applicants Mr Roberts the general manager (development) said building societies had been taken by surprise by the scale of the recent TSB share issue Then around £15 billion was withdrawn from building society accounts to buy shares But it is expected that much of that money will return to societies this month as disappointed applicants for shares have their cheques returned HUDDERSFIELD area building societies say they are geared up to avert a mortgage famine when British Gas is sold off More than £15 billion is expected to be taken out of the economy when British Gas comes up for sale later this year Much of that money will come from small investors raiding their building society accounts But Mr Derek Roberts of the Bradford-based Yorkshire Building Society said TIMETABLES giving details of new bus services which will take to the roads of Huddersfield from October 26 are ready for delivery to every home in the area During the week beginning October 20 the bus and train services guides will be distributed thorug-hout the county And the drive to get local people Buswise will be backed up by a Metro Show Bus-tour of all outlying districts said service promotions manager Mr Mark Beswick A distinctively-liveried Metro Bus will be packed with timetables and leaflets covering each individual he said Additonal copies of the network guide will also be Show Bus Mr Beswick said the Show Bus would call at a different place in the morning from 930am to 1230pm and in the afternoon from 130 to 430pm on each day during the promotion On Thursday October 16 it will be at Birstall in the morning and Gomersal in the afternoon Friday October 17 Roberttown and Thornhill Saturday October 18 Mirfield and Heckmondwike Monday October 20 Hightown (Windy Bank) and Kirkhea-ton Tuesday October 21 Skelmanthorpe and Hon- Mr Roberts said he expected the effects of people rushing to draw money from their accounts to buy gas shares would only be short term Halifax society experts say they are set to cope with the outflow of money anticipated the British Gas and TSB flotations at the beginning of the year so in planning our operations we took this into said a spokesman But local shops could also feel the effects of the gas flotation particularly as it comes during the runup to Christmas said Kirklees and Wakefield Chamber of sec-retarydirector Keith From October 26 Metro and the Passenger Transport Authority will oversee the standard of operations of service throughout West Yorkshire Metro will be split into a new Passenger Transport Executive and a new bus operating company called Yorkshire Rider which will provide services together with National Bus Company subsidiaries About three in every four buses will operate commercially The rest will be subsidised by the Passenger Transport Authority through a tendering process Mr Beswick said anyone with a query on services should contact the Metro Enquiry Office at Wakefield 375555 or call into the travel enquiry office at Huddersfield Bus Station Church pub poser Gerry Richardson the chairman of the West Riding region Dr David Lewis and the region liaison officer Mrs Anita Hallam Pictured (from left) are Mr Kent Mrs Hallam Mr Richardson secretary Mrs Sylvia Crowther Mr Leach and Mr Robertson National president of the British Textile Confederation Mr Harry Leach was among guests at the annual dinner of the Huddersfield region of the Society of Dyers and Colourists at Greenhead Masonic Hall Huddersfield region chairman Mr Simon Kent welcomed guests including the president of the Society Mr The evening public meeting at the Town Hall will ask: Why do men find the church so unattractive how can the church become less offputting and what does it mean for a man to become a Christian? In the afternoon the Rev John Richardson an advisor on evangelism will conduct training workshops for clergy and church leaders on the twin themes of reaching men for Christ and ministering to men The CPAS is launching new audio-visual training materials with the tour WHY do men prefer pubs to churches? the question being posed by The Church Pastoral Aid Society linked to the Church of in a national tour highlighting the crises facing Britain over the disparity between men and women in the number of churchgoers Called A Life the tour which stops off at Huddersfield Town Hall and St Church Rawthorpe on Friday will include a varied package of meetings and workshops £2100 TO BE WON £250 FIRST PRIZE PLUS £1 800 ACCUMULATIVE JACKPOT FOR AN OUTRIGHT WINNER Mayor opens centre new £40000 youth centre was opened by Kirklees Mayor Clr Mrs Mary Walsh The official opening was also attended by other civic leaders education officials and youth workers from throughout the district It is three years since the former home in North Road was closed on health and safety grounds The new centre is the former Foundry Street Liberal Club There will be increased activity in areas such as education and training particularly for the unemployed and disadvantaged groups The ball has been removed from the soccer match picture below Look carefully at the position of the players and use your skill and judgment to decide where the ball is Place an in ink or ballpoint pen at the spot you judge to be the centre of the ball The centre of the should indicate the exact centre of the ball The competitor who marks the exact centre of the ball will receive the First Prize plus this jackpot of £1800 If there is more than one correct entry the £250 will be shared equally and the jackpot will be increased by £100 until there is an individual winner In the event of no-one being a weekly prize of £150 will be paid in addition to the ten near-miss prizes In entering the competition I agree to abide by the decision I am over 1 8 and agree to accept the rules of the competition EVERY ENTRY EXAMINED The Huddersfield Daily Examiner Guests at the Golden Jubilee dinner of Brighouse Rotary Club held at the Auctioneer Restaurant included (left to right) Mr George Locke (district governor) Mr Derek Langford (ex-national president of Rotary) Mr Colin Charlesworth (president of Bradford Rotary Club) the Mayor of Calderdale Clr David Fox Mr David Mason (Brighouse club president) Mr John Firth (junior vice-president) and Mrs Helena Foster (president of Brighouse Inner Wheel Club) Mr Langford was the main speaker at the event attended by 110 people Name (Mr Mrs or Miss) ADDRESS I enclose Postal OrderCash VALUE No Postcode PLEASE USE BLOCK LETTERS X-THE-BALL No 965 PO BOX B44 OFFICE RAMSDEN STREET HUDDERSFIELD HD1 2TD (or ATTEMPTS GET YOUR TICKET EARLY- THEY COULD SELL OUT FAST! 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