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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 1945 $2.00 a year in advance, $2.50 to U.S.A. MR. AND MRS. F. A. BLACK MARRIED FIFTY YEARS Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Black, Vernonville, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, October 16th, 1945, with an "At Home" to their many friends and relatives during the afternoon and evening, who called to to wish future happiness for the bride and groom of 50 years. A dinner party for the family was held Monday evening at Beaton Hall, Port Hope, followed by a theatre party. Following the dinner the presentation of gold wrist watches was made to the guests of honour, for which they expressed their aprecia-j tion. On Tuesday they received many beautiful and useful gifts. The family were all present, namely : Mrs. F. S. Harnden (Hazel), Grafton; Mrs. H. G. 'Welton (Flossie), Castleton; Harold, Toronto; Theodore, at home; Mrs. F. "Warner (Nina), Castleton. There were 18 grandchildren and 3 great-grand-childen present. Mr. and Mrs. Black have spent their entire married life on the homestead which has been in the Black family for 108 years, being -cleared and, settled by John Black, -grandfather of Mr. F. A. Black, and a United Empire Loyalist. PAYROLL CANVASS PROMISES TO LEAD WAY IN NORTHUMBERLAND MORROW--SCHMIDT A charming wedding was held in the third Baptist Church of St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday evening, September 20, 1945, at 8 o'clock, when Miss Alleen Jane Schmidt, of St. Louis, became the bride of Archie Morrow, son of Mrs. Amy Morrow of R.F.D. Albion. The church was trimmed with palms and white candles. The couple was united in marriage by the Rev. Dr. Oscar Johnson, pastor of the church. The bride wore a gown of white satin made with a fitted bodice and a full skirt ending with a chapel length train. Her fingertip veil of white patou illusion was held by Juliet cap. She carried a bouquet of white roses with an orchid. Five bridesmaids wore dresses of white net and carried bouquets of red roses. One of the bridesmaids was Miss Audrey Barton, of Buffalo, a cousin of the bridegroom, and the best man was Pvt. Harrison Walter, formerly of Holley, now of Scott Field, Illinois. Four other service men from Scott Field, where the bridegroom was stationed before going overseas, served as ushers. After the ceremony a wedding reception was held in the church parlors. ; Mr. Morrow, who is an honorably discharged veteran of World War II, recently returned home after serving over two years in the European Theatre of Operations. He is a graduate - VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN of Volley High School where he was _____ ! active in musical circles.--Holley, N. Cobourg Matting and Carpet Co.1Y., Standard. %M., of Cobourg, reached 113% of Mr. Morrow is a son of the late ■Objective before Campaign opens Archie Morrow, a veteran of World Many other companies nearing ob-1 War I, and a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. jectives. ! F- Morrow. Great impetus to the payroll can- j -v ~~ _ „___, vass was given by Cobourg Matting | LEADING MUNICIPALITY Company who surpassed their high COUNTY TO GET objective of 6,900 before the loan, SHIFLD opened Monday, October 22nd. They I HunuuK »nn_i_u -reached 113% and at time of going to press were up to 115%. Consolidated Piece Dyers Ltd., Cobourg, reported 87% of its objective of 10,600--last Saturday and at time of going to press were up to 90% with many more prospects still to cover. Douglas-Pectin Ltd., did not start its canvass till Monday morning and by Monday noon reported subscriptions totalling 100% of their high objective 6,100 and still going strong. The other six large companies on payroll canvass did not report prior to going to press but indications were very favourable for a very successful canvass. Payroll objectives are the highest ever, so come on General Sales, keep up the splendid Victory Loah record for Northumberland County. Ottawa, Oct. 24, 1945 •The Colborne Express, Colborne, Ont. Second day sales in the Ninth Victory Loan totalled $85,177,900 compared to $75,006,450 second day of the Eighth Victory Loan. Cumulative total for two days is $162,660,850 against $142,851,750 at corresponding point in Eighth Loan. Objective for the loan is $1,500,000,000. At Montreal 1000 R.C.A.F. Repats who had bought bonds in England, bought $61,450 more on return to Canada. National War Finance Committee Buy War Savings Stamps: Colborne Has Won Shield Three Times VICTORY BONDS A Victory Loan shield will be presented to the municipality in Northumberland which tops its objective -^HY WE BUY by widest margin. Colborne has the honour of having won much coveted shield three times. The race for the shield has started. This time a shield will be presented to winner of race between Cobourg, Colborne, Brighton Village and Camp-bellford. A second, and similar shield, will be presented to the township or comunity, including Hastings, which goes over its objective by widest margin. District Objectives are as follows: Cobourg ..........................$540,000 Hamilton Township ........ 177,000 South Monaghan Twp..... 39,000 Haldimand Township .... 138,000 Alnwick Township .......... 35,000 Percy Township................ 136,000 Cramahe Township ........ 120,000 Hastings Village ............ 55,000 Colborne Village .............. 100,000 Brighton Township ........ 100,000 Brighton Village ............ 150,000 Murray Township .......... 155,000 Campbellford Town ........ 285,000 Seymour Township.......... 170,000 Canada's ninth and biggest Victory Loan begins on October 22. It will be two loans in one, covering 12 months instead of six. Its objective will exceed the record goal of $1,350,-000,000 which was set and over-sub-scribed during the eighth loan. ANNIVERSARY and Thankoffering Services COLBORNE UNITED CHURCH Sunday, October 28, 1945 at 11.00 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER Rev. W. E. L. Smith, M.A., Ph. D., M.M., of Grafton at both services SPECIAL MUSIC 11.00 a.m.--Mr. Francis DeCarrol, Tenor, of Campbellford 7.30 p.m.--The Roberts Male Quartette, of Roseneath ANTHEMS BY THE CHOIR Past and Present Friends Cordially Invited F. Harnden, F. M. Brintnell, Russell Teal Chairman Treasurer Secretary A SHORT HISTORY OF 14th COBOURG BATTERY Mobilized in Cobourg, Ontario, < the outbreak of the Second Great War, the 14th Field Battery was formerly the artillery unit of the Midland Regiment, and has a meritorious record both in peace and war. First church parade following mobilization was held in Cobourg in October, 1939. In May, 1940, the unit left Cobourg for Petawawa, and in the summe the same year sailed for Europe aboard the S.S. Empress of Australia. They disembarked in England on August 27th, and went directly to Leipzig Barracks near Aldershot. After a further period of training, they moved to the south coast as defence troops, stationed at Rye, Hastings, Brighton, Bognorregls i Southampton, and other points. Thirty-two volunteers from the 14th Field Battery took part in the historic Dieppe Raid. All of them, with the exception of one officer, lost their lives. On July 7th, 1944, the battery land-I on the beach-head in France, and proceeded with other troops of the 2nd Canadian Division to Caen, where they encbuntered their first heavy fighting. From here they passed through the Fallaise Gap to Antwerp, and through Belgium and Holland to Germany. Stiff resistance was encountered at the Schelde Estuary in! Holland, and at the Reeswald and' Hochwald Forests in Germany. Fight-; ir.g was also heavy at the Kalkar Road, at Xanten, and at their final point in Germany, Oldenburg. Most of the original battery had; returned under the various categories: before the final sailing of the entire; unit aboard the S.S. Queen Elizabeth; i October 21st, 1945. Officer Com ) manding the returning unit was Major Jack Drewry, D.S.O., who enlisted in September, 1939, in Cobourg, and went overseas with his men as a lieutenant. BSM Edward Blodgett returned before the final unit, leaving his men in charge of BSM H. W. Nelson, of Toronto. PERSONAL We should buy Victory Bonds because it's a good way to save money. Your money is safe when it is in Victory Bonds. It is not only safe, but you get twice as much interest back as you would get in the bank. When you buy Victory Bonds you are helping finish the job. Here are some ways your money helps: You are helping bring your fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles and nephews home faster. You are helping buy medical equipment to save the soldiers who are in hospitals and convalescent camps. These men risked their lives for us. Some of your money may go to the wives whose husbands have died .at Your money is also used to pay the soldiers for their work which they did in England and Europe. When you buy Victory Bonds you are helping to keep the cost of living under control. The money Canada will spend and lend in these ways is an investment in the future peace and prosperity of the world. The Victory Loan starts on Monday, October 22nd, and will last for three weeks. The objective for Colborne is $100,000. This is the highest objective Colborne has had, so please do the best you can when the salesman calls at your home or apartment. GLEN IRVINE. Note--The above is chosen for publication from compositions written by Grade VIII pupils of Colborne Public School, on the Ninth Victory Loan. There were several other good com-: positions, proving that the boys and girls of the C.P.S. know of - many good reasons why we should suppoit Canada's Ninth Victory Loan. UNITED CHURCH Y.P.U. The regular monthly meeting of the United Church Young People's Union, on Monday evening, was well attended. The program was in charge of the Missionary Convener, Grace Peterson. Following this the Social Committee took charge. Several games were played and then a delicious lunch was served. A very enjoyable time was reported by all present. Those leaving the Armed Services may use their Re-Establishment Credit to buy tools, instruments or equipment necessary in their civilian trade, profession or business. God gives every bird its food-- but He does not throw it into the nest.--J. G. Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Inglis, Norwood, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Haynes. Nursing Sister Lieut. Irene Corbyn, Malton, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. G. Corbyn. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Joslin spent few days at Toronto, guests of Mrs. C. E. Metcalf, at her home in Rose-jdale. P.F.C. Alfred C. McCracken, of Hilton, N.Y., visited has grandmother, Mrs. Lettie McCracken, during the past week. Rev. A. N. Reid conducted Anniversary Services at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, West Huntington, on Sunday last. Miss Muriel Arkles and friend, Miss Doris Charlton, of Peterborough, spent the weekend with the former's mother, Mrs. M. Arkles. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harnden and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haynes and Paul spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Bellamy and family, Cannington. Mrs. Amy Morrow, Albion, N.Y., who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Morrow, returned to her home on Thursday of last week. ' - Friends of Gnr. Keith Webb will be pleased to know that he is safe at home at Brighton. He was with the North Shore Infantry Regt. of New Brunswick and served oveseas over four years, where he took part in the fighting in Belgium and Holland, crossing the Channel just after the invasion. BILL TROOP HOME FROM OVERSEAS Armt. S/Sgt. Wm. J. Troop, son of Capt. and Mrs. W. J. Troop, arrived home Tuesday, after four years service oveseas with the R.C.E.M.E. Bill was in the fighting in France, Germany and Northern Holland, having crossed the Channel just after the invasion. His many friends are pleased to see him looking well and hear that he was fortunate enough t& escape the enemy fire. Before leaving England Bill visited at the home of Flight Sergeant and Mrs. Norman Cunningham (nee Mary Tye) and was present at the Christening of their son, Ian Macdonald. The following names appear in the list of service personnel expected to arrive on board the Queen Elizabeth, docking at Halifax about October 27 : Pte. Wm. Clarey, Colborne; Pte. Wm. Valleau, S/Sgt. S. E. Cassan, Pte. W. J. Pound, Brighton; Pte. A. A. Squire, Smithfield, and Gnr. C. V. Brenton, Norham. SERVICE WELL ATTENDED The annual Thank Offering Service at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Lakeport, on Sunday October 21st, 1945, at 3 p.m. was well attended. Rev. Victor Walker, Stirling, was the guest speaker. There was special music by the choir under the direction of Mrs. Geo. Peebles, organist. Mr. W. W. D. McGlennon, accompanied by Mrs. Errfest McDonald, both of Colborne, sang two solos which were greatly appreciated. In place of the usual supper sponsored by the ladies at this time, plans are being made to hold a tea and bazaar in the church basement early in December. COUNTY LOAN OFFICIALS OUTLINE ADVANTAGES OF NINTH VICTORY LOAN Biggest Victory Loan Considered Bargain John Blackhall, Chairman Sales Committee of Northumberland Victory Loan Committee and President of Colborne Chamber of Commerce, told a meeting of salesmen in Cobourg that the Ninth Victory Loan is a real opportunity. "The record of Victory Loan bonds is so good that I expect people will want to buy all they can in this Greatest of ALL Victory "When you stop to think the United States Victory Loan, to be offered this month, is only for 2%% and 2V4%, maturing in 1972 and 1962, it seems to me that our new 3% Victory Loan is a real bargain", says Mr. Black-hall. The sales meeting in Cobourg, attended by representatives from every district, was enthusiastic. Salesmen feel that many people will take advantage of the new 12-month Deferred Payment Plan. By this method anyone can buy a Victory Bond for 5% down and balance over next twelve months. Balance can be paid at any time, and there are no month- THE WAYSIDE CHURCH COMING EVENTS a little Wayside Church." --Grayson. Our Text-- "Bear ye one another's Our Verse-- "We share each other's woes Each other's burdens bear And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear." --J. Fawcett. Our Sermon-- Long ago Ella Wilcox wrote that, "One by one we all pass on down the narrow aisles of pain." In a sense that is true, and yet it also true that the rod and staff of another they comfort us in the place of trouble. It is David Grayson who speaks in one of his books of "The utter loneli ness that can possess one on the thronging .sidewalks of a great city." "Give me," he writes, "the friendly atmosphere of a little place where everyone knows everyone else and each helps the other along the way." Somehow the burden of trouble is not so hard nor so heavy when a friend, who is really a friend, shares in sympathy with you. > Each of us has some kind of a burden to bear, some cross to carry and each of us can help also to bear someone else's burden. The hand that will lift this world nearer to God is the hand that will get beneath the load that a fellow pilgrim Is carrying and lighten it, if only just a little. Helpfulness, and friendliness, these twin virtues of a good character are part of the sum total of discipleship to Him who went about "doing good." "If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life its aching Or cool one pain I shall not live in vain." --E. Dickinson. Our Prayer-- Oh Thou who upon the shoulders bore the burden, and in Thy heart took the pain, of all the world, teach :, Thy followers the Divine Lesson of Helpfulness, we pray. --Amen. DOUBLE CHRISTENING At the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Colton on Sunday evening, October 21st, 1945, a double Christening was performed by the Rev. Wm. Sterling, when their granddaughter, Margaret Ann, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. T. A. Goulding, of Toronto, was Christened; also the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Goulding, Grant Edwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Parker, Toronto. , ANNIVERSARY SERVICES in Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday, November 11th, 1945. DANCE in Castleton Town Hall, Friday, October 26th, 1945. Minifie's Orchestra, featuring Meria Kelly, vocalist. Admission 35c. Proceeds for returned soldiers. o25x MEAT PIE SUPPER at Sharon School, V4 mile north of Little Lake on Thursday, November 8th, 1945. from 6 to 9 p.m., under the auspices of Sharon United Church. Adults 50c, children 25c. o25-n6c WESTERN PROVINCES CONCUR IN \ GOVERNMENT'S ACTION The Honourable Humphrey Mitchell announced today that telegrams had been received from the Government of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia concurring in the action of the Dominion 'Government in taking over the packing plants of Burns and Company, Limited, in those Provinces. Word has not been received yet from the Government of Manitoba, but it is expected that the authorities in that Province also will concur. Today's veteran is able to use his re-establishment credit to pay premiums on insurance issued by the Dominion Governemnt. AUCTION SALES Tuesday, October 30th, 1945 -- 600 Leghorn hens and pullets, '30 Chev. truck and poultry equipment, the property of Keith Thain, 2 miles south-east of Warkworth. Wednesday, October 31st, 1945 -- 75 head of Registered Herefords and Grade Durham stockers and springer cows, the property of Harry Brisbin, 8 miles north of Cobourg, at Coldsprings. Tmirsdy, November 1st, 1945--65 head of cows and young cattle, new tractor, milking machine, furniture and hogs, the property of Fred Hennessey, VA miles nowth-west of Mor- Wednesday, November 7th, 1945-- Household furniture and real estate, the property of the late Mrs. M. E. Downs, in the Village of Roseneath. Friday, November 9th, 1945--Livestock, implements, hay and grain, the property of Nick Cunnis, % mile north of Burnley. Wednesday, November 14th, 1945-- Livestock, implements, new milker and farm of 180 acres, with Hydro; hay and grain, the property of David Arkles, 2 miles north-east of Castleton. iy payn- POST WAR WHITE ROSE New High Octane Gasoline FIVE GALLON CANS OF MOTOR OIL (The economical way to buy oil) GOOD STOCK OF ANTI-FREEZE ON HAND Full New Line of Simms and Exide Batteries LET US CHARGE YOUR BATTERY ! Goodrich and Dominion Royal Tires A Small Quantity of Eight-strand Fence and Barb Wire now on hand NEW GREASING EQUIPMENT JUST INSTALLED Let Us Grease Your Car! HECKBERT & McMANUS Toronto Street Colborne Town Hall, Sat., Oct. 27 ALL TALKING PICTURE SHOW SCARLET BRAND The West at its Best. A picture that will appeal to audiences of all ages. ADDED ATTRACTIONS and " WAR NEWS PARADE" Actual War-Shot aa it was fought "THE WORLD IN ACTION" SCARRY ON CANADA" also " SCHOOL DAYS " a fine cartoon Adults 35c 8.15 p.m. Children 20c COME ALL (tax included) IT'S REAL GOOD