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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4th, 1938 CASTLETON August 2nd, 1938 Mr. Jack Martin of Toronto visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Back last week. iMisiS Laura and Mr. Geo. Wolfraim spent last week camping at Rice Mi? Mr?. Marjorie Mcintosh. Of C. E. Dawi Whitney. vith her Warkworth, Rev. Poulter of Wooler, and Rev. M. L. Hinton of Castleton. The Women's meeting of the W'es-leyan Methodist Church was held at the home of Mrs. E. Sharpe, on Wednesday evening last week. The Pre* sident, Mrs.j Benme'tt opened the meeting with a hymn and prayer. Readings were given by Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Olmstead. Mrs. Sha.rpe. and Mrs. White. Solo. Mrs. Sharpe. Mrs. Bennett gave a Bible reading and a talk. . Harnden of Tim few days. Miss Jean visiting her Wolfraim. Miss Jane end with hei at Toronto. BROWN'S CORNERS August 2nd, 1938 r. W. J. Downing is quite busy these days inspecting tomato patches. Whittaker of Toronto is spending a short visit with his son, Mr. Elmer Whittaker. r. and Mrs. Elmer Whittaker were Sunday dinners guests with Mr. j and Mrs. Bert Ferguson. ! Mr. and Mrs. Combs and family of *" I Petenboro spent Sunday at the home Hairy moo re. Mrs. R. B. Dawson has returned home, after camping at Oak Lake for the past week. Mr. Andrew Wolfarim and daugh; er Mrs. Irvin Robson, spent the week I " Mr Jas &miith_ Mr Hugh MlcManus end m Tornto. and Mr_ Ne]son Fllglh s,p,ent Sxm4ay in Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coleman are I Toronto, attending the Soldier's ' Re-spending a few days with relatives j union. end in Toronto. . Master Hugh MdManus. acoompani- Mr. Arec Slater of Oshawa spent j ed by Mr. and Mrs. David MacElhen-the weekend with his parents, Mr. < ney, attended the Cobourg Dye Works and Mrs. Slater. picnic. gCKDCOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC<X § One Lettei He Did | 8 Not Mail R By CORONA REMINGTON g ^XXXXXOOOOCOODOOOOOOOOOOO j of Mr. and Mrs*. Hugh McManus. j Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Quinn and family of Cobourg spent Sunday with j her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fer- Mrs. Harold Coffee of Toronto spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. John Coffee. Mt. Clarence Gunter of Whitby spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. David Gunter. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ellis, Bernice and Billy, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lean. Mr. Stewart Kelly of Oshawa is -spending his holidays with Mr. and i ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rose. Elsie Mrs. W. S. Dickson. I was accompanied by Miss Randall, Mrs. James Stark and daughter, Miff Moot and Miss Me, also of Donna spent the weekend at their j Fort Rrie- for the weekend. home in Newtonville. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. j VERNONVILLE Mr J. Paterson of Toronto, who has been spending some time In the East, called on Mr. and Mrs. P. Metealf on his way home. Mr. and Mrs. David MacElhenney and family, Cobourg, are spending a week with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McManus. Miss Elsie Rose of Fort Erie is pending her holidays with Harold Spencer on the birth of Friday, July 29th, 1938. Miss Reta Welton spent a few day* last week with her cousin, Miss Eil een Harnden, at Grafton. Mrs. Bill Kemp of Belleville is spending a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Tait. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lath rope spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Findlay at Meyersburg. Miss Margaret Walmsley of Colborne is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wolfraim. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gunte Miss Lenora Gunter of Oolborne spent Sunday with Mrs. David Gunter. Mrs. Moren Grills and Gene have returned home, after spending a week with relatives in Syracuse, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kemp of Belle- Mr. Lyle Erskime of Cobourg spent the weekend with his wife at her parents, Mr. and (Mrs. Harry Moore. Little Irene and Master Gordon Harnden of Carmel are spending a few days with their aunt, Mrs. Argyle Allen. Mr. W. Reid has returned to his home in Toronto, aifiter spending his holidays with Mr. and Mrs. John Coffee. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fitchett and children of Vernonville spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. McGregor. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lean, Luella and Ruth. Mr .and Mrs. Donald Ellis, Bernice and Billy spent Sunday at Little Lake. Mr. Gordon Hill of Rochester and Mrs. Esaw Hill of Peterboro, called cn Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wolfraim. one day last week. Mr. John Prater of Toronto is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lath-rope and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bowen. Mr. Percy Hopkins of Oshawa and Mr. Gilchrist of Toronto spent the weekend with the former's brother, Mr. Mertin Hopkins. Mr. George Pomeroy and daughter, Miss Dora Pomeroy, spent Sunday with his daughter, Mr. and Mrs-. Jas. Fi nd la y Wa rkworth. Castleton boys' baseball team played an interesting game with Grafton at Castleton school grounds on Wednesday, Castleton winning. We are glad to report thait Master Douglas Kemp was able to return home from Cobourg General Hospital on Tuesday. July 26th. He is doing fine. Several from August 2nd, 1938 A number from here went to Rochester on the Excursion on August 1st. Mr. Taylor of Brockville spent las<t Wednesday afternoon in the village. Mr. Parsons of Belleville spent las.f Sunday visiting friends in this village. Mr. and Mrs. Jpran-k Sherwin and family spent Sunday with . Mr. and Mrs. W. Sherwin, Cobourg. Mis? Alice Sherwin spent last week with her aunt and uncle, Mr. Mrs. West Sherwin. Cobourg. Mrs. Fred Darling and daughters, Phylls and Eileen, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Darling. Mrs. Cttffe and baby of Cobourg spent a couple of davs with her parents,--Mir -and Mrs.".T. Cowev. last-week. Mrs. Kamary and daughter, Miss Ella Kanary, spent last Sunday with Messrs. Leo and Vincent Kanarv. Tornto. Mr. Ferguson, the representative for the Farmer Magazine, was through the village getting new sulbscriprtior on Saturday evening. Misses Marjorie and Audrey Dui seith of Toronto are visiting at their sister's home. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bilcox. for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCoy of Oakville and Mrs. Wilfred Cowley of Islington spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. George Fitchett. attended th l Friday evei ing. A good time is reported by al Dances are being held each Wednei day and Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Haynes and Mrs Annie Fitzgerald spent Sunday with j often eat. more insects 'than th« Mr. and Mrs. Alex Smith at Frank- parents. Swallow? should be encour-ford. Mrs. Smith returned home wtih aged to build on barn eaves toy pro-them for a week's vacation. I viding mud foir nest mtorta.r and a Mt. and Mrs. W. Covert, Betty and 1 shelf to support nests-. Even small Carol. Elwood Moore, Mr. and Mrs. j entrance holes might be cut in barn Birds are Useful Some of the birds that sav© lions of dollars- in crops every year are still misjudged. Fruit raisers often look on rototoiins as enemies because of the robins1' appette for cherries. Yet robins consume insects hanmful to fruit crops throughout the year, and only during the flocking periods in June and July do they eat cultivated fruit to any extent. Wild berrietei, as soon as they are ripe, form -the greater part of their food. Woodpeckers are often suspected of damaigting trees (by their drillings. Each hole drilled means that the bird has located the larvae of a destructive woodiborinig insect. Woodpeckers are among the most valuable forest conservationists. With their heavy bills they capture insects that other birds cannot get. When swallows' nests are torn from the fche.eavee of barns, some of the bst friends of the farm have been turned away. Swallows, catching their food on the wing, consume vast rumbers of harmful flying insects, especially during -the nesting and moulting period? when they, like most other birds, eat little besides animal food. Young birds inside the nest Cha? Wolfraim, George and Laura, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Quinn. Ted. Evelyn and Edmund, spent Sunday at Little Lake. The Women's Institute will h»ld their annual picnic at Little Lake on August 11th. Conveners. Mrs. F. Black and Mrs.S.M. Purdy. Picnic for members and families. Sports will be run off. Bring a basket and come along. We are Glad to report that Master George Moore returned home from Coburg General Hospital on Friday. July 19th, after undergoing a serious operation for apendicitis. He has to remain in bed for a few days, but is doing well. The annual Cemetery -decoration, held on Wednesday, July 27th. 1938, proved a good success. The floral tributes were many and created much beauty on the graves of loved ones. The speakers were Rev. Duncan of gables. Snapdragon Rust Rust has reduced the seed yield and lowered the ornamental value of snapdragons on the costal area of British Columbia for many years. Complete failures have been reported by some of the seed growers. As a, result of investigations at the Saan'chton Pathology Laboratory in 1(9:36 and 1937 it has been found that copper containing sprays proved more satisfactory than sulphur treatments as preventatives of snapdragon rutet on Vancouver Island. This supports a recent investigation in England, but is contrary to the common belief that sulphur compounds are superior to copper as rust preventatives and to the (recommendations by several plant pathologists for the control of rust in snapdragons. "MOW, I'll be out of town Monday i>l but I'll be back Tuesday morning and I'll call you. Maybe we could io to a show that night. Would you like to?" "I'd love to go," she smiled up at lim. "That's a bargain then. I'll call rou Tuesday. Good-by." Big Jim Spearman pressed her hand lingeringly for a second and was gone. Constance Miller walked back Into the living room after he had left and wondered what had happened. There was a strange loneliness about the place and yet a peculiar cheer, too. She felt somehow both the presence and the absence of his big wholesome personality. "And he's going to call me Tuesday morning. . ." she whispered to herself. "Sunday. Monday . . ." she counted them off on her fingers "Only two days!" "I believe he likes me a little--I honestly believe he does," she told her mirror as she stood in front of it brushing her hair for the night. "And just think, two weeks ago I didn't know him. I didn't even know him." With the languid, preoccupied motions of one who is thinking of something else she finished her toilette at last and slid into bed. She was so sleepy yet so incredibly happy. "Tuesday . . . Tuesday . . . Tuesday. She wished she could stay awake all night just to think about it. The words floated around in her brain, now distinct, now dim, now distinct again. "Tuesday . . . Tue--" Down, down she sank into the land of Nod. And when she awoke it was Sunday and time to get dressed for breakfast. 'Day after tomorrow!" That sound-so much nearer than Tuesday had the night before. "Day after tomor Sunday jogged along somehow. Breakfast, church, dinner, a long after-piano and books, peaceful, informal, servantless supper. Leavings from the midday feast--chicken and dressing, sliced veal, jam and bread and butter, tea, scraps. Delicious. And then Monday. Less time for dreaming. A hurried hour of piano practice, then the lesson and afterward more practice. The afternoon was filled with golf. And Tuesday--Constance decided to break her engagement with the dentist to stay home. He might telephone while she was gone. She practiced a little, then went to the window and looked out, she did not know what for. The teie-hoBe--bell--rang suddenly, sharply. '1th s start she picked It up, her heart beating strangely. "Yes?" Her voice was athrill with expectancy. "Hello, Conny, this is Margaret. . . ." She could scarcely restrain herself. A tide of disappointment swept over her. That telephone bell rang again and again and each time she flew to it certain that it was he, only to find that it was some one else. The tension became unbearable, and that night she cried herself to sleep, one moment certain that he had been killed in some way or had fallen suddenly 111, the next moment certain that he was a flirt and had completely forgotten her. Wednesday she decided to telephone to his office. But she hung up the receiver just as the operator asked for the number. "No, if he can't take the trouble to call me he may go for all I care." (That was one of the moments when SEE IT TODAY! PRICED TO SAVE YOU MONEY! W. J. 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"While there may be 70 or more modern and powerful tractors in operation on a busy day. double that number, about 140 competitors, will use strong reliable and well-groomed horses, the cream of the plowing teams in Canada. A horse show is a special feature of the Match," said Mr. Carroll. We helieve, said Mr. Carroll, "that His Excellency will watch the Blowing contests with knowing and |een interest, and should he decide to .nut hiB hand to the plow, there is BO dOUbt a furrow strniEht. balanced a&a well packed, will follow him across the field." NEW WRINKLE |N EGGS Picton, July 17, 1938--Eggs with a corrugated shell are being laid toy a Hampshire Red hen owned by J. N. A. Dulmage of Milford. The hen started laying the odd egg several weeks ago and has contributed quite a number since. The eggs are heavily wrinkled and carry a longitudinal shape. Ask ■'Co-operation In Weed Campaign Every person owning a square foot of ground should be interested in weed eradication, says Ontario Department of Agriculture in open'ng a determined drive on weeds. A determined drive to wipe out weeds in too|th country and city is being inaugurated toy the Crops. Seeds and Weeds Branch of th-e Ontario Department of Agriculture. Educational meetings which have been attended by officials, weed inspector? and interested citizens have been hell in every district of Ontario. Weed inspectors have been told to be firm in enforcing the Weed Control Act and to use good judgment in all their dealings with the public. However, to be successful, the campaign must have the enthus-iastn backing of every householder and farmer, officials pointed out. Judging by the interest displayed and letters received by the Department of Agriculture, weeds vail be fighting a losing battle this year, with complete eradication the goal of the Department One neglected patch or plant this year may lead :d serious imfes-tatr'on next year. Oare.lCiw and indifferent citizens ca,n do much to undo all the good work of their neighbours In fighting the weed menace. A weed Inspector Dweebs the assis* tanioe of every Individual. Give Mm your support. Make you* comimunity free of weeds. They are enemies to agriculture, public health and to the "uorative tourist .business of Ontario. Weeds have no place in a progressive community. Prevent them from going to seed. Every weed destroy**! means death o thousands of weed seeds. Will you, Mr. Citizen, please do your share in this worth-while campaign. the Ivertisements Ih Theobald's Savings Store GROCERY SERVICE STATION Gas -- Oil -- Grease -- Cor! Oi! OUR PRICES ARE LOWEST Give Us a Trial and Be Convinced Victoria Garden Beauties Bring Joy to Thousands Thursday was a replica of Wednesday--only worse, cumulative tension and disappointment adding to the pain. Then came Friday and with the evening Jim Spearman appeared, cordial, debonair, conscienceless. "Mighty glad to see you again." "Well, where shall we go tonight?" She had not spoken a word as yet. "I--I don't think we'll go. . . ." "Why, Constance, you promised me tonight." "I did not," she answered with spirit. "I promised you Tuesday night and Tuesday's been gone--a year 1" 'But I sent you a special delivery I explaining that I'd be detained and I asking you to go tonight. I only got j ick an hour ago." "It--it didn't come." "Well, I mailed it I put it In this pocket and mailed It Monday night at office myself." He slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out-- the letter. There it was stamped and I scaled and addressed to her. Limply he dropped into a chair--a g, pathetically crestfallen man. j "Well, what on earth do you suppose I I mailed that night anyway?" It was all over. All the suffering I and suspicion and doubt. Conny I laughed the happiest rippling laugh. imagine," she said, "but I know one thing--it wasn't my special delivery." "Well, after we've been married a ! ew years you'll find out what an ab- | ent-minded old man you have for a msband." He said it In the same I cheery way he said everything else and with the same certainty--and he was right. Hours later that night she turned over and over In joyful restlessness. I "Once explained, how understandable the ununderstandable is," she sighed happily. SHIRLEY TEMPLE, darling of movie-going millions, summed up world-wide opinion in a sentence when she said of the Empress Hotel gardens in Victoria, B.C.: "They're beautiful. I'd love to stay here a whole year." These and other choice gardens of the British Columbia capital will be thrown open to public view for a full week starting May 1 during the eight-day garden "estival held annually by the olorful city. Garden week in Victoria has become an institution whose uniqueness attracts thousands of visitors to Vancouver Island every spring. The gardens at this time of the year are a glorious riot of bloom because in that western city the favorable weather gives year-round golf and flowers which cannot be surpassed for size, variety and rich colorings. In addition an entertaining programme has been planned by the management of the Empress Hotel, sponsor of the event. There will be flower shows, talks on flowers by world famous horticulturists, and many informal parties. The above pictures show Shirley Temple in a favorite spot in the Empress Hotel gardens during one of her recent visits; a visitor showing her son floral sculpture at its best; and a view of the famous ivy-covered Empress Hotel itself.