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ftUwnu 77th Year THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20th, 1944 $2.00 a year in advance, $2.50 to U.S.A. UNITED CHURCH CONGREGATIONAL MEETING Fine weather, a superstandard dinner and a record attendance, provided a desirable atmosphere for the meeting on Thursday, January 13th, 1944. The pastor was m the chair, and Leonard Gordon was secretary, and every organization being ready to report, business was done in record time. Nominating Committee report was adopted and for the next three years the Elders elected are : A. E. Adams, F. M. Brintneil, S. D. Boyce, Geo. Edwards, and N. S. McNally. M. Rutherford is Clerk. Stewards: Wm. Eakins, I. R. Goheen, Russell Teal, L. Gordon, W. Harnden, D. M. McLaughlin, W. Irvine. Chairman F. Harnden; Secretary and Envelope Steward, W. Harnden. The Stewards made a presentation to Mr. J. F. Wilson who had served as Envelope Steward for twenty-eight Various church officers were thanked for their services, in some cases, long and loyal. Some now serving overseas generously continue their support. Net amounts contributed from several sources were : Thankoffering ........................$1046.00 Envelopes .................................. 1594.00 Simmons Trust ........................ 345.00 Y.P.U......................................... 167.00 NOTICE TO CURLERS W. A. . 0.00 W. M. S..................................... 261.00 Mission Band ........................ 16.00 Missionary and M..................... 532.00 Sunday School ........................ 130.00 Hustlers Class .......................... 61.00 Young Worshippers ................ 17.00 For O. T. Federation ................ 59.00 $167.00 is on hand for repairs to the church tower. The parsonage debt was reduced by $300.00. a be- Total invested funds $8100.00. Every organization has a balance in the treasurey. Membership 276, died 6, removed Baptisms 13, marirages 4. burials 10. Thirty-eight wrote on Temperance examinations in the Sunday School. The minister told of the new setup, as from January 1945, of the Missionary and Maintenance Fund and the Pension Fund. The congregation favoured adopting the suggestion of Lt.-Col. Fallis that, instead of a wall tablet at the close of the war, a Book of Remembrance be commenced and that suitable entries be made from time to time, and that it be available for '-eference at any time. High appreciation was felt for the thoughtful generosity of Miss Margaret Walmsley in her bequest, the interest on which is to be devoted to mainting those services so dear New teachers and officers in the Sunday School are: Mrs. McNally, Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Irvine, Rosemary Rutherford, Hugh Grant, Mr, Irvine, and Misses Agnes and Isobel Campbell. Mr. Campbell is to teach the adult class. Mrs. McCullen is the new President of the W. A. The one disappointment was the absence, due to serious illness, of several of our most devoted people. On Sunday next the minister is to preach at Smithfteld. Mr. Partridge and Mr. Hinton will preach at Colborne and Mr. Terrill at Salem. L. E. KELLY ELECTED WARDEN Reeve L. E. Kelly, of Hastings, was elected Warden of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham at the opening session of Counties Council at Cobourg Tuesday evening. Mr. Kelly's nomination was moved by Reeve. C. R. Carveth, of Newcastle, and seconded by Deputy Reeve Harry Fowlds. of Campbellford. He was elected on the first ballot by a vote of 27 to 13, one member being absent. KNEW HIS PLACE Friend--I hear you have registered. Which branch of the services would you prefer when you are called up? "Well, I once knocked down a tree with my car. Just imagine what I might do with a tank." Rev. R. H. Rickard, Palmerston, enjoyed an increase of $200 in his 1943 stipend. Thirty-two names will be accepted for curling from January 31 to February 5. Leave $1.00 at Griffis' Drug Store before Wednesday, January 39th. j20 Colborne Curlers. INTERESTING ADDRESS AT COLBORNE MEN'S CLUB Arthur Duncan, Batawa Editor, Addresses Men's Club on Philosophy of Mother Goose The members of Colborne Men's1 Club were given one of those unexpected pleasant treats on Monday evening, January 17th, 1944, as they listened to an address that contained humour and philosophy and interest. The speaker was Arthur Duncan, editor of the Bata Shoe Co. publications at Batawa, Ontario, who displayed a thorough knowledge of things most desired in an after-dinner speech, and cleverly dealt them out in word pictures to an enthusiastic audience that begged him to continue. It was a combination of education and entertainment that displayed humour of the best quality and clear-cut lessons drawn from everday life, and a generous bit of well-mastered poetry. It was Mr. Duncan's first visit to the village, but 'ere he departed he promised to return again. From the main portion of his address, which he called "The Philosophy of Mother Goose," the speakei portrayed prophecy of these simple rhymes that have been fulfilled, and [ drew word pictures of warnings against human weaknesses that be avoided by simple goodness and right thinking. Even the vast prob lems facing the present day political economy have their answers in the simple things of life. He cleverly-enlarged upon all the qualities of these simple sayings that gave them lasting quality, as they are passed down the years from one generation to another. "The qualities that made them the most widely quoted writings outside of the Holy Scripture." H£- traced the:r history arid very clearly exponed what he believed was the inspiration of them. Within it he displayed remarkable memory, thorough knowledg of a wide field in human history and the ability to maintain the interest of his audience. As he wended his interesting path through his address, he touched most of the subjects close to the heart of of the common man and, at intervals, recited verse and poetry that further illustrated his point. Within the scope of his talk there was revealed a wide range of study and distinct versatility. His renditions of poetic gems were exceptionally well given, and in response to the general request of all present, continued beyond his set time of thirty minutes. Many present expressed their appreciation individually to the speaker, who was formally thanked by Mr. John Blackhall. Those present all expressed the hope that he would return again. Arthur Duncan is a journalist and has been writing for the past fifteen years, working as a reporter on several Canadian papers, before going to Batawa, where he is now engaged as editor of a Daily News Bulletin and a monthly plant journal, The Bata Bugle," an interesting magazine for the employees of the company. DR. T. H. HOGG NAMED TO REPRESENT CANADA Will Serve with British an U.S. Members on Public Utilities Committee -- To Survey Utility Needs of Liberated Countries Dr. Thomas H. Hogg, chairman aii chief engineed of The Hydro-Electr; Power Commission of Ontario, hi been named to represent Canada o the Public Utilities Committee s' up by the Combined Production at! Resources Board to survey the «£ ity needs of allied nations and plB pronouncement of equipment Sf. liberated countries. J. A. Krug, Director of the Offit of War Utilities, will ; cpresent tli United States and act as chairman j the committee. The member f Capt. Wm. E. Redfearn business trip to Toronto. Mrs. days a Capt. Harold McCutcheon, Long Branch, spent Sunday with his family here. Mrs. Leonard Gordon spent a few days at Kingston with Mr. and Mrs. Coulter. Miss Eva Farreil, Toronto, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Farreil. Reeve Leonard Gordon, Colborne, is attending Counties Council sessions, at Cabourg, this week. I Mrs. E. O. Coyle spent a couple of Sjjays this week with her mother, Mrs. Allan MacDonald, Shannonville. iui uim, I ..-Cpl. Victor McMurray. Barric-Britain is Sir Henry Self, deputy* i field, spent the weekend with his United Kingdom representative pit (wife and mother, Mrs. W. J. McMur-the Combined Production and Resources Board. Formation of this committee is it sequel to recommendations made at a meeting of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration at Atlantic City where it was decided that the requirements oi liberated areas should be referred to the Combined Boards. The latteij body was asked to consider thesSt requirements in relation to military and civilian demands and to makt^ recommendations on meeting needs presented them by the UNRRAj Grc The Public Utilities Committee has_ been set up to make the necessary? recommendations involving the ret quirements in its particular field. This committee, it is expected, will first survey utility needs and the availability of equipment and the, in conjunction with other agencies of the three governments, decide upon necessary production programs. COLBORNE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE meeting of Colborft HON. GEO. A. DREW ADDRESSES SCHOOLS Toronto, Jan. 14--To-day, the Hon. George A. Drew told the boys and girls of Ontario schools that the province wanted them to have an education that would teach them to get the best out of life. Col. Drew was speaking during the inaugural broadcast of the current "Music for Young Folk" series, arranged by the Ontario Department of Education in co-operation with the CBC. The programs are to be heard every Friday at 2.30 p.m. EDT, for ten weeks. "The Government of Ontario," said Colonel Drew to the classroom audience, "wants to make sure that each of you receives,an education which not only prepares you to earn a living ing, but also teaches you to enjoy life itself. To get the best out of life it is necessary to have some understanding of the Arts, and of these cne of the greatest sources of enjoyment is an apreciation of music. "Through the music you will hear and the explanations you will receive on these broadcasts, a window will be opened to each of you looking out on the world of music. You will learn to know that music is an international language which every human being in the world can understand, for music speaks to you of [•all the things you know, of the beauty COMING EVENTS ray, Percy Street. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mayhew and sons, John and Peter, Napanee, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Mayhew. Mr. Gordon Munroe and daughters, Lillian and Jean, spent the week end at Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Norman McKim. Brighton Ensign : Mr. Clarence Armstrong, Canadian National Expressman here, has been on the sick ■list for some time. Telegrapher Ross Sirett, of the 1 ~f" nature," of "'happiness "anT sorrow. R.C.N.V.R., and his bride, were guests j It describes landscapes, events in of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.; human lives, and the most powerful Sirett, Brighton R.R. 2. j human emotions. If the three compos- „ Keeve A. T. Chapman and Deputy j ers whose works you will hear to-day Ztrnday" '5 "lMar]garet Reeve J. W. Heckbert, Cramahe were to speak to you in their own HeJ Qnl daughter of Mrs LeC( of ~ attending Counties | language, very few of you would understand a word they said, but through their music and your own iginations, they will be able to speak to you of the things they wished to describe. Blood Clinic A Red Cross Blood Donors' Clinic will be held at Belleville, on Sunday morning, January 23rd, 1944. All willing to donate will be welcome. Reserve the Date--Friday, February 11th, 1944--for a Valentine Dance, .sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Colborne Branch of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L. Further announcement later. J20 Annual Meeting Colborne Red Cross Branch The annual meeting of the Colborne Branch of the Canadian .Red Cross Society will be held on Friday, January 28th, 1944, at 8.00 p.m., in the Red Cross Rooms. At this meeting reports of the work of the Colborne Branch for 1943 will be given, and the election of officers for 1944 will take place. In view of the tremendous demands that will be made upon the Red Cross during the present year, it is hoped that all the Units of the Colborne Branch will send a full quota of representatives. All citizens of Colborne and of the community are invited. MARRIAGES Council, at Cobourg, this week. Flt.-Sgt. Morris, R.A.F. England. now an instructor at Collin's Bay, was a guest of Lt.-Col. J. F. and Mrs. Wolfraim at "The Brunswick" on Sunday. ( Jessie Guthrie, Toronto, Miss j WALKER-LEE -- At St. Hilda's Anglican Church, Fairbank, Toronto, by the Rev. P. W. A. Roberts, on daughter o Colborne, and the late Albert Lee, of Muskoka, to John Alexander Walker, of Hillside, Ontario. j DEATHS KERNAGHAN, Marion Bernice-- the Hospital for Sick Children, "At a time when there is so much gliness, cruelty and unhappiness in Helen Louise Willoughby, Trenton, the world, it is more important than Toronto, on Monday, January 17th. and Mr. Harold Batty, Port Hope, ever before that our children should 1944, Marion Beinice Kernaghan, be-The regular meeting of Colborne Twere weekend guests of Capt. and grow up with a love of beauty and loved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Women's Institute was held in t^e §Mrs. A. G. Willoughby. | the better things of life. In school . Kernaghan, in her fifth year. Council Chamber, Monday, January S Mn Arnold Seed, Toronto, and Spb-: y°u learn about our resources and! Funeral services at the family resi-10th, 1944. Seventeen members wwUjeutenant Jack A Seed and Mrs y°u know the great part that our 1 dence, Wicklow, to-day, Thursday. ' fcfcS&t. .-■^K^^^mfW- ■ -"•^Seed, LondonTspcnt' Sunday" at H^nanes, forests-,- fi«lds, end stivar.ii; January ?0lh, at 3.00 p.m. The main event of the meeting was:! home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. PlaV m tne llfe of Canada. But far j Inter dnt gt Lakeport Cemetery, the tying of a quilt which Mrs: SJk William A. Seed. Cox had donated to the organization.* Mr and Mrs H c McDo!laid, East It was later to be given away,. Colborne, received word that their A letter of thanks from Mrs, J. G, son LAC Fred McDonald, of No. 3 Waite for sunshine box received, was W.T.S.. Winnipeg, Manitoba, is in recovery from her illness. shoulder. Reports of conveners was heard as I Brighton Ensign : Mrs. S. J. Tinson. follows : i who recently underwent an operation Mrs. Buchanan--One Sunshine box ; at Belleville General Hospital, ex-sent out. i pects to return home soon to ton-Mrs. Cook--One quilt made, quilts i valesce before undergoing another sold to the value of $14.00. One j operation. quilting at the home of Mrs, Last week the Brighton Ensign Millar, $1.50. kindly referred to "The Express" Mrs. Millar -- Two turtle-neck i having commenced its seventy-seventh sweaters, 9 pair short socks, 10 ! year of Publication, for which we say : helmets ' Thank you ! The Ensign is no child Lunch was served by Mrs. F. Arm-! either' as 14 wiU soon be in its strong and Mrs. R. J. Armstrong. Meetings held every second Monday of the month at 2.30 p.m. in the Council Chamber. Everyone welcome. play in the life of Canada. But far more important than any material j resources are the human resources J LAFAY, Mary Bridget--At Belle-of this nation. There are many things ! ville General Hospital, on Saturday, which will help in building the January 15th, 1944, Mary Bridget character of our boys and girls who Colford, beloved wife of John H. Lafay. Funeral took place from her late residence, Chapel Street, Cobourg, on Tuesday, January 18th, to St. Michael's Church for Requiem Mass at 9 MRS FORD COWIE LEAVES FOR VANCOUVER REPRESENTS CANADA DR. THOMAS H. HOGG Chairman and chief engineer of The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, who has been named n member of the Public Utilities Committee set up by the Combined Production and Resources Board of the United Nations. Britain and the United States are also represented on this committee which will survey utility needs of allied nations and liberated countries. Ford Cowie left to- day for Vancouver, B.C., where she will join her husband, Sub-Lieutenant H. F. Cowie. Before her departure, Mrs. Cowie (nee Norma Bell) was twice j honoured by girl friends and la< I of the village. Early in the w( at the home of Mrs. N. G. Cunnii ham (nee Mary Tye), Mrs. Cowie presented with a beautiful elect! toaster, and a delicous lunch j served by the hostess. On Tu< day evening she was entertained the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Rowsome, when she received many lovely and useful articles at a miscellaneous shower and luncheon. DUDLEY--MARTIN At the home of Rev. L. M. and Mrs. Smith, King Street East, on Saturday. January 15th, 1943, the marriage of Samuel Drayton Dudley and Bertha Amanda Martin was solemnized by Rev. L. M. Smitn, of Old St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The bride wore a street-length dress of Winston blue crepe with black accessories. Following a trip through Western Ontario, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley will reside on King Street East, Colborne. MORE CHILDREN'S SHOES Plans to increase production of shoes for children by at least a million pairs in 1944 have been worked out by the industry and the Price Board. PROPER HOME LIFE CURE FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Pointing out thaj; juvenile delinquency has increased over 100% in some Canadian cities during the past two years, Labour Minister Charles Daley, of Ontario, in an address in Toronto said that a proper home life must be afforded all children in this province. "Too many children are permitted to run wild," he said. "In many cases both the fathers and mothers are £fway from home and Lhere is no parential quidance. The youngsters roam the streets to all hours of the night." The Labour Minister was of the opinion that the men and women who drink too much should have the Indian sign put on them. "I don't know whether they de that nowadays but men and women who spend all their time hanging around beverage rooms should be made subject to stricter control." Mr. Daly warned Ottawa authorities that if the Federal Government fails to bring in a national labour code, Ontario will have to deal with the situation itself. "Only one province out of the nine was opposed to a national labor code to include all industry." He said, "At the Ottawa conference Quebec spoke against it. I can understand why Quebec does not want a code to cover all industry. Quebec is a low cost great country. One of those because of the satisfaction that each of us can receive by hearing good music in our homes. It is not merely something which enriches and widens our horizons as the years go on. "The artists who will play for you could not possibly visit each of your classrooms, yet by the magic of radio they will be heard al lover the province every Friday afternoon for ten weeks, and Mr. Fenwich will be able to explain to you the meaning of each selection, and help you to appreciate its beauty. I hope that all of you will enjoy this series and feel that it has given you a better outlook on the world of music." "Music for Young Folk" has as commentator, G. Roy Fenwich, Provincial Supervisor of Music, and Isi-dor Scherman is the music director of the series. R. S. Lamport, Supervisor of Educational Broadcasts for the CBC, acts as consultant. RECOGNITION James R. Finlay, former senior producer at CBC's Toronto studios, has recently been appointed to the newly-created post of Managei of Station , CBL. Mr. Finlay has been responsible Province, and they feel that they have for many of the corporation.s most an advantage which should be pre- notaWe broadcastSj began his radio served. But Ontario is a big indus career in the technical fieid with trial Province and we are not going to permit our standard of living to be lowered if we can help it." Buy r \ War Savings Stamps Marconi in Montreal, and joined the program division of CBC at Vancouver in 1937. He was born in England where he received his early education before coming to Canada in 1937. am. Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Cobourg. Mrs. Lafay, widow of the late Jas. Ryan, was well known in Colborne and Vicinity. POGUE, Mrs. Jessie--In Cramahe Township, on Monday, January 17th, 1944, Jessie Gartshore, widow of the late William Pogue. Funeral services at her late residence, Dundonald, Wednesday, January 19th, at 2.30 p.m. Interment at Walker's Cemetery. ROPER, Cpl. E.--At Fort Front-enac, Kingston, on Thursday, January 6th, 1940, Cpl. Ernest Roper, of the Midland Regiment, in his 59th year. Interment, with Canadian Legion honours, at Pine Cemetery, Toronto. R.Q.M.S. James A. MacGregor accompanied the remains from Kingston to Toronto. Cpl. Roper will be remembered by many old Midland Regiment men in this vicinity. CARD OF THANKS IRWIN--Mr. Fred Irwin and family wish to thank kind neighbours and friends for assistance at the fire, which destroyed their machine shed and implements, last October; also for generous gifts since received. MILLS--Mr. W. R. Mills, Kathryn, and Mrs. R. J. Blair wish to extend their heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the acts of kindness, messages of sympathy and beautiful floral offerings received from their kind friends and neighbours during their recent bereavement. j20x IN MEMORIAM McMURRAY--In loving memory of my dear son, Pte. Clark E. McMurray, who was killed in action December 6th, 1943. To-day the page of memory turns Back twenty years and two, The birthday of the one we loved, Now absent from our view. He went his duty to perform, Answering his country's call; And in the cause of freedom fought, And bravely gave his all. --Sadly missed by Mother and family.