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78th Year No. 1 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, TH RSDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1945 $2.00 a year in advance, $2.50 to U.S.A. HOLIDAY VISITORS Miss Verna Brock at her home at Fort Hope. Capt. W. J. Troop, Ajax, at home with his family. Mr. Ross Walker, Toronto, with his wife and family. Miss M. Lane, Newtonville, with her brother, Mr. H. C. Lane and Mrs. Lane. Miss Jean Cosens and Mr. Alex. Cosens, Toronto, with their mother, Mrs. H. Cosens. Mr. and Mrs. R, W. Greenfield with iris parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Greenfield, Lansdowne. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McDonald with their daughter, Mrs. Ted Wills and. Mr. Wills. Cpl. Murray MacGregoiy Yarmouth, N.S., with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter MacGregor, Master Bert Russell, of Scarboro Bluffs, with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown. L.A.C. Arthur Turpin, H.C.A.F., of Halifax, N.S., and Mrs. Turpin, of Brighton, with Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Turpin. h Capt. and Mrs. Averil 'Mutton, of Kingston, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bleeker, Guelph, with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Mutton. Mrs. A. McNeil, Reg. N., granddaughter, and Heather, great-granddaughter, with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bell, Victoria Street. Mr. Geo. Campbell, Toronto, Miss Agnes Campbell, Harwood, and the Misses Margaret and Isabel Campbell, Peterboro Normal School, with their parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. D. Campbell. Miss Betty Rowsome, Reg. N.f Miss Norma McPherson, Reg. N., Toronto General Hospital, and Mr. Douglas Grant, of the staff of St. Andrew's College, Auroro, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowsome, Athens, with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Rowsome. -V- PERSONAL THE WAYSIDE CHURCH Mr. W. R. Baxter spent a week with lis. fatJtes, at Brocket. • Pte. Carl Stickle, Debert, N. S. is spending his furlough at his home here. Mrs. Frank Goodrich, Morganston, visited Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Hinton during the holidays. Gnr. Glen Beavis, Shiloh, Man., is spending a few days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Beavis. A.S. Walter and Stanley Todd with their mother, Mrs. A. F. Todd, of Montreal, are home here for a few days. Miss Inez Aboud, Belleville Business College, was home for the holidays, and with her brother, Mr. Lennis Aboud visited their sister, Mrs. P. Darling, Athens. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Joslin had as New Year's weekend holiday guests Mr. C. Orser, St. Catharines, Miss Le'onie O'Connor-Fenton, Toronto, Mr. W. Everett, Palmerston, Miss Marilyn Sutton, Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby, and Mr. and Mrs. S. .Sutton, Colborne. -V- PALMER--MORTON Rev. R. E. Lemon, L. Th., officiated in St. Peter's Anglican Church, Lake-port, at the wedding on December 26th, 1944, of Marion Frances Morton, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Morton, Colborne, to James Franklyn Palmer, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Palmer, Lakeport. In a Yuletide setting with wedding music, played by Mrs. Frank Palmer, the bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore white sheer 2nd lace on long lines over taffeta and a head dress of French net. Her bouquet was a cascade of red roses and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaid was Miss Rita Turpin, gowned in pink sheer over satin and carrying bronze chrysanthemums. The groomsman was Mr. Eric Palmer, brother of the groom. A reception for the immediate families was held at Lake view House, Cobourg. For travelling the bride changed to a French Cerise dress of crepe with matching feather hat and black accessories. - v - WAR SUPPLIES War supplies must be produced in Canada. Half of our industrial production is now on war output. This reduces supplies of civilian goods. If we pay higher than ceiling prices for civilian goods in short supply we &re helping to start inflation. Like ix bomb, inflation would disrupt our f ow of war supplies to the fighting fronts. -V- Only visitors staying in Canada for ?i period of 5 days or longer are entitled to ration cards. "And I saw a little Wayside Church." --Grayson. Our Text-- "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."--Jesus. Our Verse-- "Hail brothers and farewell, You are twice blest brave hearts; Double your glory who have perished thus, For your have died for freedom and you have vindicated us." --A Seeger. Our Sermon-- a.^^ solemly we vow in the hour o& struggle that we shall never forget them nor the sacrifice they have made. How easy it is when the conflict has passed and the world is at peace to forget that vow. No cenotaph of honour will do justice to our gallant dead if we betray the trust that their sacrifice has imposed upon us. The care of widows and orphans they leave behind them constitutes cne of the most sacred duties of the State that has called upon them to die. A town where little children have every chance to be what they are capable of being, where toil is requited with its honest due, where age has no fear of want, where justice is the heritage of all, that is the best memorial we can build to the memory of our sons who have died for a world like that. "Oh Lord of Life where'er they be, Safe in Thine own Eternity, Our dead are living unto Thee. --F. L. Hosmer. Our Prayer-- Oh Thou whose Cross is the measure of Thy purpose to save the World, make us more worthy of the sacrifice whereby our world is saved to Freedom ?n& to right, )p.id * bo :^ whose love incomparable has led them to die for us all. Amen. -->--- ANDEE TODD WAITE After an illness of about three weeks, Andee Todd Wait passed away at his home at Vernonville, on Sunday, December 31st, 1944, in his 78th year. Born in Haldimand Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Waite, except for two years spent in Rochester, N.Y., Ee was a life-long resident of the district, and the last member of his class at the old Stone School, near Vernonville. Deceased conducted a general store business and was postmaster at Vernonville until retiring in 1918. He was an elder of Vernonville United Church for some years. His first wife, Iris Devey, predeceased him about twenty^seven years ago. He is survived by his second wite, Frances Cook; a daughter, Mrs. John Neal, Toronto; two sons, Ray, of Cobourg, and Keith, of Peterboro; two brothers, Chauncey, of Wicklow, and Arthur, of Saskatchewan; also a sister, Mrs. Thomas Johnston, Grafton. Funeral services were held at Vernonville United Church on Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Wm. Sterling, Colborne, assisted by Rev. T. Nind, Grafton, officiating. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Grafton. The pallbearers were Messrs. J. T. Robson, Jos. Calnan, W. Robson, H. Harnden, James Kerr, and William Gillespie. -V- BAPTIST WOMEN'S MISSION CIRCLE The January meeting of the Baptist Women's Mission Circle was held at the home of Mrs. R. M. Bresee, on Tuesday, January 2nd, 1945. Mrs. A. Morton was in the chair and opened the meeting with a hymn and responsive reading. This was the annual business meeting. The President thanked everyone for their co-operation and faithfulness during the past year. The Motto for the coming year is "To press on, working together for the Glory of God." The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and adopted. Reports given for the year were very encouraging. Roll call was responded to with a verse of Scripture. Mrs. (Rev.) T. J. H. Rich was elected President, Mrs. S. Haynes, 1st Vice-President, and Mrs. C. Teal 2nd Vice-President. The meeting closed with a haymn and prayer by Mrs. Rich. Tea was served by the hostess. -V- Give all the help you can to your local Salvage Committee ! Blood Donor Clin^: Postponed The Colborne Bloo^j Donor Clinic announced for Friday, January 12th, r945, has been cancelled. The date of the ne^J Clinic will be announced later. T H AS K S To the Electors of Colbori „ Ladies and Gentlemen: Please accept my siii»Fe thanks for your loyal support at the polls on Mojpay in again electing me as Councillor. It will be my aim, m your representative, to serve you to the best of mffebility. Wishing you all a R-rffopy and Prosperous New Year, I am, Your ^sincerely, JOHN BELL THANKS Fok SUPPORT To the Electors of the Villa # of Colborne Ladies and Gentlemen: | I wish to express mb sincere appreciation for your generous support at thf polls on Monday in again electing me to serve as Councillor for the year 1945. It will be my earnest endeavour to serve the interests of the corporatiotffto the best of my ability. Wishing you all a lilppy and prosperous New Year, I am, Youjrs sincerely, FRED HARNDEN. I THANK YOU To the Electors of Colborne Ladies and Gentlemen: I am indeed grateful for your generous support accorded me at the polls on Monday in electing me for my second term, and to one and all I sincerely say. "Than* You." * ^ _ _ ____ Wishing you all tht^ compliments of the season, Yoilrs sincerely, DELBERT McLAUGHLIN I am, THANKS FOR SUPPORT To the Ellectors of Colborne Ladies and Gentlemen: I wish to express my sincere thanks for your loyal and generous support on Monday in electing me as Councillor. It will be my endeavour during the coming year to merit the confidence you have placed in me. Wishing you the compliments of the season. Yours respectfully, H. G. McKAY THANKS FOR SUPPORT To the Electors of Colborne: I wish to thank you all for the splendid support acocrded me at the polls on Monday in electing me School Trustee. It will be my aim to serve the Municipality to the best of* my ability and to merit the confidence you have placed in me. Wishing all the compliments of the season. Sincerely yours, WALTER G. HARNDEN SINCERE THANKS To the Electors of Colborne Please accept my sincere thanks for the very generous support which you acocrded my candidature in Monday's election. I will endeavour at all times to do my utmost in furthering the best interests of the electors on the Board of Education. % Thanking you again and wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Yours truly, J. F. HAYNES APPRECIATION To the Electors of Colborne School Section: I appreciate very much the confidence that you have placed in my humble ability to represent you on the School Board for another term. I shall endeavour to use my unbiased judgment to your best interest in all matters of decision coming before the Board. VILLAGE ELECTIONS 1944 Council Re-elected W. G. Harnden is New Trustee I sincerely thank you. GEO. W. LATIMER Considering the snow storm and the poor condition of the roads, there was a fairly large turn-out of electors at the polls on Monday, January 1st, 1945, when elections were held for Councillors and School Trustees. The Reeve, L. Gordon, and Public Utilities Commissioner, W. J. Onyon, were reelected by acclamation. Following are the results at the polls: Councillors-- la lb Harnden, F.........143 106 McKay ................127 109 McLaughlin ........102 88 Bell......................113 79 Harvey ;............... 33 25 (First four elected) School Trustees-- la lb Latimer............119 96 Haynes ................124 96 Harnden, W.......106 78 Theobald ............ 28 41 Greenfield .......... 37 28 2 Total 59_308 44_280 62--252 48--240 23--81 COMING EVENTS No tea at Red Cross room Friday afternoon. The room will be open for work on Tuesday afternoon. -V-- Thursday, January 11th, 1945--Round and Square Dance in Brighton town hall, under auspices of Brighton Agricultural Society. -V-- NOTICE ! 2 Total 45--260 29--249 40--224 33--102 19-- 84 (First three elected) HAROLD KNIGHT AGAIN PROMOTED Harold Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Knight, Wicklow, now serving in Great Britain with the R.C.A.F., has been promoted from Fit. Lieut, to Flying Officer. His wife and daughter reside at Grafton. DEATHS ARKLES, Mrs. Austin--At the residence of her son, Mr. Lewis Arkles, Percy Township, on Thursday, January 4th, 1945, Sally Tucker, widow of the late Austin Arkles, in her 97th year. Remains resting at J. M. Black-lock's Funeral Chapel, Grafton, until Saturday morning, Jnauary 6th. Service will be held at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. GiUespie, Grafton, at 2 30 pm Tnterment at Eddystone Cemetery. ATKINSON, Francis Lawlor -- At Brighton, on Friday, December 29th, 1944, Francis Lawlor Atkinson, in his 55th year. Funeral from the residence of bis father, Mr. Wm. T. Atkinson, on Sunday, December 31st, Interment at Codrington Roman Catholic Cemetery. BRECKENRIDGE, Agnes M. --At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Norval Tomkins, BeUeville, on Saturday, December 30th, 1944, Agnes M. Jones, widow of the late James Breckenridge. Funeral from James M. Blacklock's Funeral Chapel, Grafton, on Monday, January 2nd, 1945, at 2.30 p.m. Interment Fairview Cemetery, Grafton. MITCHELL, Morley Hugh--Entered into rest at Oshawa, Ontario, on Monday, December 25th, 1944, Morley Hugh Mitchell, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell. Funeral from the family residence, 496 St. Lawrence Avenue, Thursday, December 28th. Interment Oshawa Union Cemetery. Deceased was a brother of Miss M. MitcheU, a former teacher on the staff of Colborne High School and now teaching at Castleton Continuation School, WAIT, Andee Todd --In Haldimand Township, on Sunday, December 31st, 1944, Andee Todd Wait, beloved husband of Frances Cook, in his 78th year. Funeral from his late residence, on Wednesday, January 3rd, 1945. Service in St. Andrew's United Church, Vernonville, at 2.30 p.m. Interment Fairview Cemetery, Grafton. The Public Utilities Commission will publish and mail on or about February 1st, a detail statement of Receipts and Disbursements for the year 1944. --- V - Colborne Women's Institute Colborne Women's Institute will meet in the Council Room on Monday, January 8th. Quilting. Convener--Mrs. C. Cook. Roll Call--Suggestions on quilting. Refreshments--Mrs. E. Irish, and Mrs. D. Hetherington. LT. H. KERNAGHAN AT IPPERWASH Lieut. Harold Kernaghan, S.D. & G. Highlanders, recently returned from overseas and spent several weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Kernaghan, Lakeport, left last week for Ipperwash (about 45 miles north-east of Sarnia) to take up his duties as an Instructor. ENGAGEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Rowsome announce the engagement of their daughter, Betty Irene, to Douglas William Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Grant, Fort Erie. The marriage to take place early in April. IN MEMORIAM KEYES--Memory's tribute to "Our Chief," the late Mr. H. S. Keyes, who passed away one year ago to-day, January 4th, 1944. We think of you to-day--a friend, Tried and true and kind, A tender heart, a winning smile, A broad and brilliant mind. --Nora Silke. MALLORY--In loving and devoted memory of John Clovis Mallory, who passed to his eternal inheritance in Cramahe Township January 6th, 1938. Soon we'll meet again our loved one, Soon we'll take him by the hand, Soon we'll press him to our bosom, Over in the promised land. Then well be at home forever, Throughout all eternity; What a blessed, blessed morning That eternal morn will be ! Just a little while to stay* here, Just a little while to wait, Just a little while to labour In the path that's always straight, Just a little more of troubles In this low and sinful state, Then we'll enter heaven's portals, Sweeping through the pearly gates. --His wife and daughter. MILLS--In loving memory of a beloved wife and mother, Josephine Elizabeth, who passed away January 9th, 1944. She had a cheery smile, a pleasant way, A helping hand to all she knew, She was so kind, so generous and true. On earth she nobly did her best, Grant her, Jesus, heavenly rest. W. R. and Kathryn Mills. CARD OF THANKS__L Mrs. H. C. McDonald, East Colborne, wishes to thank the Ladies* Auxiliary of the United Church, her neighbors and friends for the beautiful cards and acts of kindness received during her recent illness. Week of Prayer Services WILL BE HELD IN COLBORNE January 9, 10, 11, 12, 1945 at 8.00 p.m. Tuesday, January 9th--At the United Church. Speaker--Rev. T. J. H. Rich. Wednesday, January 10th--At the Mennonite Church. Speaker--Rev. N. B. Reid, M.A. Thursday, January 11th--At the Baptist Church . Speaker--Rev. G. D. Campbell. Friday, January 12th--At the Presbyterian Church. Speaker--Rev. H. L. Kennedy. The Meetings are for Prayer WE WELCOME YOU G. D. Campbell, Pres. H. L. Kennedy, Sec. Colborne Ministerial Association