Carlisle men accused of attack on girl . a sixteen-year-old girl &apos;s evidence was heard in camera by Wigan magistrates on Wednesday when three Carlisle men were charged with an offence against her . the magistrates ( Mr E Routledge and Mr J Holiday ) sat all day listening to evidence in the case against John Earl ( 28 ) a painter , address given as 16 Brookside , Raffles ; Eldon Edward Cole ( 25 ) , labourer , address given as 32 Castle Street , and Lawrence Dixon ( 22 ) , labourer , address given as 87 Dalton Avenue , Raffles . the case was adjourned until August 16th because a witness from the N.W forensic laboratories at Preston , was unable to attend . the men who were represented by Mr Lionel Lightfoot , Carlisle , appeared , on remand , and their bail in the sum of &amp;pound;50 each was extended . Mr A Carr , Wigton , prosecuting said that the girl met Dixon at a fair earlier and went for a walk with him . he pulled her down and interfered with her clothes inspite of her struggles and pleas . they walked back to the fair together , and she later agreed to him taking her home . when they reached the Silloth Cafe the other two accused drew up in a van and said they would give her a lift home . she refused because she did not like the other two . lifted into van . as she was walking up the street the van stopped beside her and one of the men lifted her into it and shut the door . she did not have time to shout or struggle and the van drove off . Mr Carr alleged that all three men committed offences against the girl in the van despite her protests and struggles . the girl was taken on to Carlisle and Cole told her she had better stay at his place for the night , and there Mr Carr alleged , Cole committed two more offences against her . she was taken to the station on Sunday and given 7/6 d for her fare home . when the three were charged they all denied the offence . but added Mr Carr , evidence is available which corroborates the girl &apos;s account . Dr Robert M Yule , of Silloth said in evidence that he examined the girl on July 9 , and the result of his examination could be compatible with rape . reported missing . Constable James Armstrong said that the girl was reported missing by her parents at 1 a.m on Sunday July 9 . a search was made , but she was not found until she was seen walking towards her home having come off the afternoon train from Carlisle . interviewed , Dixon made a statement which was put in as evidence and the Constable alleged that Cole said that he had a clear conscience . Constable G Lowther alleged that Earl told him that he had not touched the girl . they had gone to the fair in Silloth on the Saturday night and his pal Lol ( Dixon ) picked up a girl . they took her with them to Carlisle in the back of the van . they stopped at a cafe and Collo ( Cole ) took her a cup of tea and some biscuits . he ( Earl ) offered to take her back to Silloth but she said it was too late to go home and she went into the house with Collo . they put her on the 1 p.m train for Silloth . the Constable added that when he cautioned and charged Earl with an offence against the girl he said he had nothing to say . used barn as playground , youths fined . five youths who made a Sunday night playground of farmer Anthony Dalzell Spedding &apos;s barn at Mill Hill , Cleator Moor , were severely punished by Whitehaven bench on Thursday . in fines , restitution and special costs , they were each ordered to pay a total of &amp;pound;5 7 s 2 d , and told by the chairman , Mr Jos D Miller , you must have respect for other people &apos;s property . you had no right to be there and , indeed , were trespassing , and damage like this is a serious matter for a farmer . William Dobson , aged 18 ; Dennis Smith ( 17 ) , of Devon Road , Hensingham and three sixteen-year-olds denied doing wilful damage to a hay mew , estimated at &amp;pound;10 . Mr Spedding told the court that on Sunday night , July 2 , when he and his family were returning home from a visit to friends , he heard a disturbance in the barn and tried to catch the culprits . three or four young men rushed out of the barn and got away , he said . found in barn . the following Sunday night there was a similar incident in the barn . I telephoned for the police , said Mr Spedding , and when P.C Vallance arrived we entered the barn and found these lads there . about 30 or 40 bales of hay had been pulled down and were scattered over the barn . much of the hay had to be rebaled and it took my son and I all day on Monday to get the place in order again . P.C Joseph Vallance stated that all five were on top of the mew jumping about and a large amount of hay was loose and trampled . one of the defendants told the magistrates we thought we &apos;d just have a laal bit of fun in the barn . we did n&apos;t do all that damage . the farmer &apos;s wife said it could have been done by some boys who had pulled down dykes before . none of the other four gave evidence in support of their not guilty plea . Cleator Moor wants a swimming bath . Cleator Moor &apos;s claims for a swimming bath to serve the whole Ennerdale rural district were put forward by Coun John Collighan at Monday night &apos;s meeting of the parish council . I feel we are the most central for the Frizington , Arlecdon and southern areas , he said . referring to Egremont , who are also in the running for the baths , he added I do not want there to be any feeling of jealousy between the two towns in this . a letter from Mr G S Bessey , Cumberland director of education stated that the county youth committee could not support Cleator Moor &apos;s claim but wished to know of developments . remarked Councillor Collighan : I feel we will get no help from the county council , except on the planning side . he thought they would get help from Ennerdale R.D.C , if that council agreed there should be a swimming bath in its area . in old market ? the clerk , Mr Ian Brown , recalled that it had been suggested that the old covered market might be suitable . proceeds from the pending sale of Bowthorn recreation ground could be devoted to the cost of the baths . it was agreed to forward the suggestions to Ennerdale R.D.C . it was decided to ask the R.D.C to adopt a by-law prohibiting parking on Cleator Moor Market Square . Coun Collighan said there had been an improvement on the square , where the buses were now parking at the rear instead of in front of the library . broke windows for daftness . the quarter-inch thick plate glass window of a confectioner &apos;s shop in Whitehaven Market Place was shattered by a blow from 24-years-old Edward Orr , 3 , Cart Road , Ginns , late on Monday night - the first day of his annual holiday from work ! the crash was heard by young P.C Fallowfield , walking home in civilian clothes , said Supt Edward F Nixon in Whitehaven magistrates &apos; court on Thursday when Orr pleaded guilty to the damage , and to being drunk and disorderly . with him was William John James Cavanagh ( 26 ) of 41 , Fell View Avenue , Woodhouse , who admitted a breach of the peace . P.C Fallowfield showed the men his warrant card , continued Supt Nixon , and questioned them about the incident . they became difficult , refused their names and addresses , and a passing motorist was requested to find assistance for Constable Fallowfield . P.C Benn joined him , and Orr , who was by that time aggressive , was arrested . Cavanagh tried to interfere with the police and , before Orr was taken into the police station , he had become violent . I did it for daftness , I can n&apos;t remember a thing about it , Orr said , referring to the broken window . he was ordered to pay fines and damages amounting to &amp;pound;15 and Cavanagh was fined &amp;pound;2 for breach of the peace . new minister for Wigton . the Rev Ferdinand Arnold Nicholson , at present congregational minister at Tillingham and Steeple , Essex , has been appointed as new minister to Wigton congregational Church , and he takes over his new living on Sunday Nov 5th . before training for the ministry at Edinburgh University and the Yorkshire united independent College , Bradford , Mr Nicholson , who is 70 , spent nine years with a Hull firm of chartered accountants . he has been a minister to nine churches having been called to his present church in 1957 . Mr Nicholson was chairman of the Cornwall congregational union 1943-44 , youth and education secretary of the Cornwall congregational union from 1938 to 1946 , member of the council of the congregational union of England and Wales from 1943 to 1947 , President of the free Church federal council at Looe , Cornwall from 1939 to 1945 and at Deal from 1947 to 1948 and he is at present President of the Maldon and Dirk free Church council . in freemasonry he is at present provincial grand Chaplain of the province of Suffolk and a past provincial grand Chaplain of the province of Cornwall . Mr Nicholson , a widower , is to be married on August 14 in Workington to Miss Laurie Taylor , elder daughter of the late Captain John Taylor , for many years harbour master at Workington . Boltongate garden fete . the annual garden fete held in aid of the Boltongate Church funds last Saturday was again a big success and it brought in &amp;pound;178 . it was at Quarry Hill by permission of Mr and Mrs G E Shaw . the fete was opened by Mrs M Peat , of Silloth . she was introduced by Mr Shaw and thanked by Mr R Brame and Miss Grindley , and also presented with a flowering plant by Miss Brenda Messenger . buttonholes were presented to other members of the committee by Jean Armstrong , Gillian Robinson , Christine Moore , Hazel Carruthers , Sylvia Temple , Anne Tudhope and Audrey Armstrong . the fancy dress carnival comprised three classes for the prettiest , comic and most original . it drew 18 competitors and was judged by Mrs Peat . the goods on various well filled stalls were sold quickly , teas were provided and children &apos;s sports followed . holding on . painter Joe Jackson , aged 41 , rode a pedal cycle up Egremont main street with his small son clinging to his back and holding on to him by the neck , Whitehaven bench heard on Thursday . when Sergt Holdsworth stopped him and told him he would be reported Jackson , who lives at 9 , the Crescent , Smithfield , replied : I am going to see the Inspector . you have got it in for me . Jackson was not in court when fined &amp;pound;1 for being one of two persons carried on a pedal cycle not adapted for the purpose . curious visitors to Frizington main street on July 11 were seven cows , subsequently claimed by farmer Mossop Irving , of Steele Bank . he said he had been unable to repair the fences in the field where the cattle had been grazing because an accident had disabled him , said Inspector Tom Gresham in Whitehaven magistrates court on Thursday when Mossop was fined 30 s for allowing the animals to stray . local weddings . there was a large congregation in St Joseph &apos;s Church , Cockermouth , on Saturday , to witness the wedding of Miss Brigid Elizabeth Ball , daughter of Mr and Mrs E Ball , of 41 , Sullart St , Cockermouth , to Mr Derek Cameron , son of Mr and Mrs J E Cameron , of Townscroft , Dearham . the Rev Father Tootall officiated . given in marriage by her father , the bride wore a gown of French lace over taffeta , a waist-length veil and coronet and carried a bouquet of red roses . there were four bridesmaids , Miss Freda Cameron , Miss Mary McKenzie , Miss Eleanor Waling and Miss Margaret Ball . two were in lavender and two in blue flock nylon over taffeta . all carried prayer books and flower sprays . 