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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30th, 1945 $2.00 a year in advance, $2.50 to U.S.A. MRS. W. E. EDWARDS A life long and highly respected resident of Wicklow, Mrs. William Elwood Edwards, who before. her marriage was Bertha Mae Chatten, passed away at the family residence on Monday, August 20th, 1945, in her 50th year. Besides her husband she is survived by one son, Albert, at home, and two brothers, Mr. E. Chatten, Port Huron, Michigan, and four sisters, Mrs. Ida Smith and Mrs. Joseph Parting, Wicklow; Mrs. Jennie Murphy, Norwood and Mrs. Bv Ament, Grafton. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. William Sterling of Colborne at Wicklow United Church on Wednesday afternoon. Interment was at the Union Cemetery, Colborne. The pallbearers were Messrs. G. Findlay sr., G. Finlay jr., M. Knight, H. Tunney, C. Judd, W. Gillespie. FORMER COLBORNE M.D. BURIED AT COBOURG Dr. Latta, a former well known and highly esteemed doctor of Colborne, who died at Kingston General Hospital, was buried in the Union Cemetery, Cobourg, on Saturday, August 25th. Dr. and Mrs. Latta removed from Colborne to Kingston some years ago. He is survived by his wife. Rev. W. P. Woodger conducted the funeral service at the Cemetery Chapel. CAR TURNS OVER Samuel T. Johns, of Burnamthrope Road, Islington, was killed Sunday morning when his car turned over east of Colborne while he and his daughter, Helen, 19,- were on their way to Belleville. Provincial police report that the car left the road, swerving back onto the highway where it upset, landing upside down. Miss Johns was taken to Cobourg General Hospital with minor injuries. Buy r s War Savings Stamps ! BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS The Choir of the Colborne Baptist Church spent an enjoyable evening at the Parsonage on Friday last in a social way. During the evening the choir presented a piece of silverware to the organist, Mrs. N. McKinnon, in appreciation of her work at Anniversary time; also a similar gift to Miss Dorothy Baxter, of Hamilton, for her valued assistance both at the Anniversary and previously. Mrs. C. Teal read the address to Mrs. McKinnon and Mrs. D. Church made the presentation. Miss Shirley Chatterson read the address to Miss Baxter and Miss Alice Rich made the presentation. Refreshments were served. SOFTBALL AT NEW PARK On Monday evening the first soft-ball game on the diamond at the new recreation park on Victoria Street was played between Grafton C.Y.O and Brighton, the CY.O. winning If to 5. The players all agree that the new diamond is in good shape and will be real fast by next season when the grass grows after being seeded this fall. There was a record crowd at the game and all were favourably impressed with the appearance of the grounds and expressed the opinion that this will be a great asset to our village in the near future. The proceeds of the game amounted to $19.84, which was divided equally between the two teams. The C.Y.O generously contributed their half toward paying expenses incurred in erecting the screen and benches. Today's veteran is able to use his re-establishment credit to pay premiums on insurance issued by the Dominion Governemnt. Under Canada's rehabilitation plan, veterans may use their re-establishment credit to buy, build, repair or modernize a house. POST & PEACOCK Friday and Saturday TOILET TISSUE........................................ 3 rolls 14c SEEDLESS RAISINS.................................. 2 lb for 35c CHOICE PUMPKIN .................................... 2 tins 17c COWAN'S COCOA, 1 lb tin................................... 23c FRESH GROUND COFFEE, per lb.........................35c CHOICE QUALITY TOMATO JUICE, 28 oz. tin 11c TOMATO and VEGETABLE SOUP ............ 2 for 19c CREAM CHEESE, V2 lb pkg................................. 19c FLY COILS.................................................. 5 for 10c PARKER QUINK.................................................... 15c PENCIL PADS ................................................ 2 for 5c PENCILS.......................................................... 2 for 5c PEACHES--HIGHEST QUALITY--LOWEST PRICES Be sure to see the Softball Playoffs at the new Recreation Park--Beginning next Week Parents, Attention! The School Attendance Act requires that all children between 7 and 16 years of age attend school regularly, and also requires a full day's attendance on opening day. Come prepared! -V- The Fall Term of Colborne Public School begins Tuesday, September 4,1945 at 9 o'clock a.m. (Daylight Saving Time) FIRST DAY REGISTRATION All students who are required to attend Public School and Whose services are required on a farm during September, should register with the Principal at the Public School on opening day. A certificate from employer must be presented. Forms may be obtained from Attendance Officer or Principal. No pupils will be accepted as beginners at Christmas or Easter. Pupils who will be 6 years old before December 31st, 1945, will be accepted this term. All Text Books, Work Books, etc will be supplied We invite your co-operation and questions concerning your children's welfare. W. G. IRVINE, Principal. PERSONAL Mrs. B. G. Fox spent the weekend at Toronto. Miss E. Spilsbury is- visiting relatives at Kingston. Rev. T. J. H. Rich is preaching at Norwood on Sunday next. Mrs. J. Lemon, Oshawa, spent a few days with Colborne friends. Miss Muriel Arkles spent last week at Karartha Park, Stoney Lake. Miss H. R. Abraham is holidaying with relatives at Powassan. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ives spent the past week with Mrs. Mae Jones. Miss Irene Ferguson, Thornbury, spent several days with Miss Maude Connors. Mr. and Mrs. F. Adams, Belleville, spent a couple of day with Mr. F. Ventress. Mrs. Geo. Lazier, Orillia, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Haynes. Mrs. Lottie Coyle spent the weekend with Mrs. Blanche Hubbs, at Bloomfield. Misses Jean Coyle and Birdie Baxter are spending a few days with relatives at Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Turney and faimly, of Peterborough, visited Colborne relatives this week. Miss Eva Farrell, Toronto, is spending her holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Farrell. Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Harris, London, Ontario, spent a few days last week with Mrs. John Connors. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Buchanan and son, Larry, of Warkworth, spent Sunday with Mrs. M. Arkles. Misses Doris Cook, Vera and Norma Arkles spent last week at Syracuse, Geneva and Rochester, N.Y. Mr. and- Mrs. Larmour Polly and sons, of St. Thomas, visited Miss Willena Keys on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Palmateer and grandson, David, Toronto, spent a few days with Mrs. Lottie Coyle. Mr. Gradyon McCracken, of Hilton,,, N.Y., visited his mother, Mrs. Lettie McCracken during the past week, j Flying Officer, Roy Mutton, recent^ ly returned-'from overseas, has JRrW*V gr< MUTTON--SCHOFIELD A pretty wedding took place ir John's Anglican Church, Toronto, at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 18th, 1945, when Irene Margaret, of the Women's Division of the R.C.A.F., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Schofield, Toronto, and Flight Sergeant John Edward Mutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mutton, Colborne, were married by Rev. G. Parke Taylor. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a street length dress of white silk jersey with matching head dress and finger-tip veil and carried a bouquet of red roses and Maidenhair fern. Her cousin, Miss Helen Schofield, was bridesmaid and wore a street length dress of light blue silk jersey with matching headdress and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Flying Officer Roy Mutton, R C. A. F., attended his brother, as groomsman. The ushers were Flying Officer James McLaughlin, R.C.A.F., D. F.C., Colborne, and L. Schofield, Toronto. A reception was held in the reception room of the Royal Bank, at No 8 Colborne Street. The bride's mother welcomed the guests, wearing a brown wool two-piece dress with brown accessories and corsage of yellow roses. Mrs. W. W. Mutton, mother of the groom, assisted, wearing a two-piece olive green dress with brown accessories and a corsage of pink The happy couple left for a trip to Montreal. KIME--LEE -erseas, has received his honorable discharge. Miss Jennie F. Mills and Mrs. Walter Smith, of Lynn, Mass., are visitors at the Mills cottage, Victoria Beach. Mrs. Arthur Howard and daughter, Charis, of Chicago, 111., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Philp last week. Sig. Garnet Haynes, R.C.N.V.R., is spending demobilization leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Haynes. Sgt. Charles Philp, R.C.E.M.E., of Vancouver, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Philp. Rev. and Mrs. Jay Post, Buffalo, N.Y. have returned home after visiting Rev. Post's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Post. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Latinville, of Copper Cliff, visited at the home of Mr. F. Ventress for a couple of days last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Haynes attended the Beatty-Brown wedding in Roseneath United Church on Saturday, August 18th. Mrs. H. Bellamy and daughters, Marilyn and Donna, Cannington, arc-visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Masters. Mrs. G. Whalen and son Bill, of Detroit, Mich., visited Mr. and Mrs. Donald Broomfield and Mrs. Arthur Danford this week. Mrs. James Shand and daughter Jean, of New Westminister, left on Tuesday after spending two months with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hay and daughters, Jean and Doris, spent a few days with relatives and friends at Peterborough and Campbellford. Miss Shirley Chatterson has returned home from a visit with relatives at Rochester, N.Y. Mrs. Glenn Chatterson and sisters Mary and Jeanette accompanied her as far as Cobourg. Master Donald Ives cycled to his home in Toronto on Monday, after spending a month with his grandmother, Mrs. Mae Jones, and a week with his friend, Arthur Turney, at Peterborough. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mutton, F. O. Roy Mutton, Miss Rena Mutton, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Irish, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mutton, and Mr. Garnet Mutton attended the Mutton-Schofield wedding at Toronto on Saturday, August 18th. Major J. C. Armstrong, H. &. P. E. Regt, who has been stationed at Calgary, and Mrs Armstrong are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Armstrong, Salem. They will leave shortly for Petawawa, as Major Armstrong has been posted to the Military Can? there. Colborne Baptist Church, with Rev. T. J. H. Rich officiating, was the setting for a pretty wedding on Saturday, August 18th, 1945, when Marjorie ■Lee, daughter of Mrs. and the late T. H. Lee, was united in marriage to Mr. Albert Kime, son of Mr. M. Kime, of Yorkshire, England. The bride, wearing white satin with finger-tip veil and carrying red roses, was given in marriage by her brother, Will Lee. She was attended by her sister, Agnes Lee, who wore pink brocaded sheer and carried roses and 'eet peas. Pte. Norman Lee was oomsman. Miss Dorothy Baxter, of Hamilton, accompanied by Mrs. McKinnon, of Colborne, sang "I Love You Truly." Don Lee, of Baltimore, and Theodore Lee, of Belleville, brothers of the bride, acted as ushers. A reception followed at the home of the bride's mother, who received wearing a dress of powder blue crepe with a corsage of red roses. A dainty luncheon was served by five nieces of the bride. For travelling the bride wore a suit of turquoise blue with black PRESENTATION TO MISS CATHERINE HART On Tuesday evening last week the ladies of St. Francis de Sales Church, Colborne, and the girl members of the senior High School class met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pendergast, Lakeport, in honour of Miss Catherine Hart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Hart, prior to her departure for Toroonto, where she is entering St. Michael's Hospital as a student nurse. A pleasant evening was spent in cards and dancing, and at the lunch hour Mrs. Ed. Roddy read and address and Mrs. Russell Harnden, on behalf of all present, presented Miss Hart with a purse of money. Catherine made a suitable reply and thanked all for their kindness. The prize-winners at Euchre were Mrs. Chas. McGuire, lone hands, and Mrs. Ed. Lee, high score. 3% PER ANNUM payable half yearly is obtainable on DEBENTURES OF Huron & Erie MORTGAGE CORPORATION Issued for $100 and Over Backed by one of Canada's oldest financial institutions. Chartered in 1864 W.W. D. McGlennon Phone 20w COLBORNE COLBORNE HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS Upper School Results Don Baxter--Phys. 1, Chem. 1, Geom. l,.Eng. L. 1, Eng C. 1, Fr. A. 1, Fr. C. 2, Hist. 1. Hugh Grant--Geom. C, Trig. C, Hist. C. Bill Greenley--Phys. C, Chem. C, Geom. C. Trig. 3, Eng. H. C, Eng. C. 2, Fr. A. C, Hist. 2. Kathryn Hart -- Phys. 3, Chem. 3, Geom. 2, Eng. H. 3, Eng. C. 2, Fr. A. 1, Fr. C. 1, Hist. C. John O'Connor -- Phys. 2, Chem. 3, Geom. 2, Trig. 1, Eng. H. C, Eng. C. C, Fr. A. 3, Fr. C. C, Hist. 2. Shirley Packard--Phys. C, Chem. 3, Geom. C, Trig. C, Eng. H. C, Eng. C. 3, Fr. A. 3, Fr. C. C, Hist. C. Madeline Poole--Phys. C, Chem. C, Geom. C, Trig. 3, Eng. H. 2, Eng. C. 2, Fr. A. 2, Fr. C. 3, Hist. C. Betty Rutherford -- Phys. C. Chem. C, Geom. 3, Eng. H. C, Eng. C. C, Fr. A. 3, Fr. C. C, Hist. C. Billie Rutherford--Geom. 3, Fr. C. G Middle School Results-- Birdie Baxter -- Chem. 3, Hist. C, Geom. 2, Eng. C. Jean Coyle--Chem. 1, Hist. 1, Geom. 2, Trig. 2, Eng. 2, Lat. 3, Fr. C. Hazel Harnden -- Chem. 3, Hist. C, Geom. 2, Eng. C, Lat. 3, Fr. C. Jeanne MacKay--Chem. C, Geom. C, Hist. 2, Eng. C, Lat. C, Fr. C. George Malloch--Chem. 2, Hist. 3, Geom. C, Eng. C. Duncan McGlennon--Chem. C, Hist. 3, Geom. C, Eng. C. Fraser Morton -- Chem. 2, Hist. 1, Geom. 3, Trig. 3, Eng. C, Lat. 3, Fr. C. Betty Onyon--Chem. C, Eng. C. Don Rutherford--Chem. C, Hist. C, Geom. 1, Trig. C, Eng. C, Lat. C, Fr. C. Don Swain--Chem. 2, Hist. 1, Geom. 1, Trig. 2, Eng. 2; Lat. 1, Fr. 2. Reta Turpin--Chem. C, Lat. 3. Gene Chatterson--Chem. C, Hist. C, Geom. C, Eng. C, Lat. C, Fr. C. Ann Hart--Hist. 1, Chem. 1, Alg. 1. Lorraine McMullen--Hist. C, Chem. C. Jean Munro--Hist. C, Chem. C. Harry Redfearn--Hist. 1, Chem. 2, Alg. C Dora Rutherford--Hist. C, Chem. C, Alg. C. Margaret Rutherford--Hist. 1, Chem. 2, Alg. 1. Rose Puffer--Hist. C. Business is sensitive. It comes where it is invited. It stays where it is well treated. COMING EVENTS C. A. Post's Barber Shop will be closed from Monday, September 3rd until Saturday morning, September 8. A GARDEN PARTY, under the auspices of Colborne Chapter O.E.S., will be held Friday,* September 7th, 1945, at the home of Mrs. B. Smith, Church Street East. Tea will be served from 3 to 9 p.m. for 25c. Sale of home cooking, cosmetic booth and gift shop, lucky-number draws. All welcome. BIRTHS CUNNINGHAM -- At Briarwood Nursing Home, Worcester Park, Surrey, England, on August 13th, 1945, to Flight Sergeant and Mrs. Norman Cunningham (nee Mary Tye) of Ewell, Surrey, a son--Ian 5Macdonald. CARD OF THANKS EDWARDS--Mr. Elwood Edwards and son, Albert, wish to express their appreciation for the many acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy and condolence extended by friends and neighbours at the time of their sad bereavement in the loss of a dear wife and mother; also for flowers, and to especially thank the Rev. Wm. Sterling and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Knight. AUCTION SALES ^ -by- 1 ARNOLD POOLE, Auctioneer Phone 10r23, Castleton, Ontario Tuesday, September 4th, 1945, at 1.00 p.m.--Farm stock, implements, hay, etc., the property of W. B. Ainsworth, lot 12, con. 1, Haldimand Tp., 2 miles north of Wicklow, 1st farm west of Stone School. Terms cash. Thursday, September 6th, 1945, at 1.00 pm.--Household furniture and real estate, the property of the late Mrs. Marye E. Down, lot 17, con. S, Haldimand Township, V* mile west of Macklin's Church. Real estate: Good frame house, hydro, frame barn, 20 acres of land. Terms cash. Production of linseed oil cake and oil cake meal in Canada increased about 70 per cent between 1939 and 1942, while domestic consumption in the same period more than doubled, On leaving the armed members are entitled to transportation to their place of enlistment, or elsewhere if the cost is not greater. HELP WANTED FEMALE PEELING TOMATOES TRANSPORTATION FREE Can earn $3.00 and up per day, plus 25% bonus at end of season for those working 90% of time Canadian Canners Limited EAST COLBORNE FACTORY -- Pohne 103w SALEM FACTORY -- Phone 68rl5 A. R. NAYLOR, Manager. Colborne High School Re-Opens September 4th, 1945 at 9 o'clock a.m. (Daylight Saving Time) All students intending to enroll for the School Term are requested to attend at 9.00 a.m. (D.S.T.) for registration purposes Lower, Middle and Upper School Work Done, Preparing Students for: Entrance to Normal Schools Entrance to the Universities Entrance to Government Sponsored Trade Schools --V-- STAFF: W. R. BAXTER, B.A. (Queen's), Principal-Science and Physical Training. GORDON J. DAVIS, B.A. (Queen's) -- Mathematics. MISS MARGERY GEORGE, B.A. (Queen's)-- Latin, French and Music. MISS CLARE HAVEY, B.A. (Toronto)--, English and History. Provision made for teaching all branches of Upper School Work E. QUINN, W. W. D. McGLENNON, Chairman. Secretary-Treasurer.