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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th, 1938 <The King Will Meet His Privy Council --Visit Quintuplets Ottawa, Oct. 25, 1938.--A history-making Privy Council meeting in Canada's capital and a visit to the Dionne quintuplets in rugged Northern Ontario will formi part of the program for the visit of the King and Queen to the Dominion next summer, it was disclosed to-day. At the full Privy Council meeting, first in Canada's history, the Monarch will sit as King of Canada, with leaders of government here for the past forty-two years. Conservatives Liberals, bearded olsters and active young Cabinet Ministers, will gathi to take counsel with their King. The meeting was suggested by the Monarch, and. conforming to his wish, the isisues discussed will be non-controversial. In another role--guardian of the quintuplets--the King will travel the Dafoe Nursery near Callander visit the famous 4-year-olds, w were made his wards by act of the Ontario Legislature three years Gates that bar other visitors will be opened so that Yvonne, Annette, Emille, Cecile and Marie may pay homage to their King in their home, a privilege that will be corded fer Canadians. But the Princes® Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, who share honours with the quints as the best-known children in the Empire, will not with their parents and a wish they have often expressed to the Dionnes will not be fulfilled. Word has been received here that it has been cided not to try the health of the young Princesses with the long journey. « The Privy Council gathering Ottawa will be unique. Never in Canada's history have all ninety Privy Councillors been called together. It will see men such as Sir Williami Mullock, former Chief Justice of Ontario; Sir Charles Fitz-patrick, former Quebec Litutneant-Governor; Sir Allen Aylesworth, now a Senator, and Senator G-eorge P. Graham, all of whom sat in the Cabinets of Sir Wilfrid. Laurier early in the century, gather in a council meeting with present government leaders. To Summon Baldwin Prime Minister Mackenzie King Conservative Leader Manion Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, former Conservative Leader, will sit at a council table for the first time. All ninety Privy Councillors will be summoned and it is expected all but those prevented by illness from attending will be present. Hon. Thos. G. Murphy of Ottawa, son of Mrs. A, A. Murphy of Edville, is a Privy Councillar, having been a member of the Bennett Cabinet. Are We Hard Up Are we had up? Read the following from the Ottawa Journal: "What a strange medley of contrasts and contradictions is human behaviour! Most of us have been talking about "hard times," < plaining. Yet comes the Dominion Bureau of Statistics to tell that last year. 1937, Canadian liquor stores took in the tidy sum of $109-000,000, or about $10 for every man, woman' and child in the country. We smoked a lot, too. Wle smoked, in fact, about 6,000 million cigarettes, or about $60,000,000 worth, and topped that off with 123 million cigars. In between, and just for fun and relaxation (we are again quoting the Statistics Bureau), we wagered $21.-000,000 at our various race tracks." Valu t Leaves When householders have gone to the trouble of raking up leaves, the latter, instead of being burned ought to be put into a neat Pile in the back yard, moistened and weighted down so that they will not blow away and in the course of time there will be a quantity of fertilizer that will make the garden glad. Somfe home and garden flowers will build up a bin in which the leaves are ' stored every autumn and, when they have become sufficiently decomposed, the deposit is returned to the tree plots or garden. That is the way to help nature maintain a normal balance-Prom the Daily Sentinel-Review, Woodstock. CASTLETON October 25th, 1938 .Mr. Ray Blakely sipent the weekend vith friends in Toronto. (Mr. Gordon Carr spent Friday with pares Mr. and Mrs. Prairie Sea Plants A characteristic feature of cer parts of the Prairie Provinces is presence of lakes with no outlet around the margin, of wtoich the soil is saline or alkiline. In such localities, plants occur which elsewhere are found on the sea coast, saich as spike grass, sea crowfoot, and sea milkwort. Carniverous Plants Most plants in Canada obtain the nitrogen necessary for their growth from the soil, but there are three families of Canadian plants which utilize the bodies of small animals for this purpose. These carniverous plants include the sundews, the but-terworts and bladderworts. and the pitcher plants', or side saddle flowers. In W/estern Ontario wild carrots are fast becoming a major scourge In some districts, roadsides and fields are now white with the bloom, of this aggressive wild weed; it is flowering in school yards, on Church property and in corners where the plow does not penetrate. The menaoe has reached dangerous proportions. At 105, Magdalena Niedzalek of Rzeszow, Galacia, has just been married for the fifth time, and despite her agesbe enjoys good health, has a good memory and scorns to wear spectacles. It is computed that one inch of rainfall represents 113 tons of water for an acre of land. Arkles. Mr. Wilson Goff is spending a few-days this week with relatives in Landsdowne. Mr. Clarence Gunter of Whitby spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. D. Gunter. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Day and baby spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W)m. Day. Mr. Jack Wolfraim of Toronto spent the weekend with his grandmother, Mrs. J. E. Wolfraim. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Grills and family of Cavan spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Papineau. Miss Eileen Whitney spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. S. A. Clarke, at Morganston. iMrs. Max Harnden and children of Vernonville spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. S. Purdy. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Slater and baby spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crisp. IMr. Bill WBlson and daughter Jessie of Westwood. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stillman. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lisle, Joyce and Connie, spent Sunday with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lisle. Mrs. Argyle Allen and son Benny spent a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Edna Waters, Campbellford. iMr. and Mrs. Ziba Harnden and Viola spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr. Norris Gleasoo, at Carmel. Mrs. Fred Moore and family spent Sunday with her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James Stark, Newtonville. Mr. and Mrs. W. Saibins of Grafton and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ellis spent Sunday with IMr. and Ms. Rex Haynes. IMrs. O'Brien of Campibellford was the guest speaker in the Pentecostal Church on Sunday morning and evening. iMr. and Mrs. Campbell, Mr. Reg. Covert and son Jack of Toronto spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Covert. Mr. and Mrs. James Findlay of Wlarkworth had tea with her father, Mr. George Pomeroy, one night last IMrs. Andrew Wolfraim and Miss Dora Farrell' spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGuire. at Colborne. Mr. Irvin Robson of Toronto spent the weekend with his wife at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wolraim. IMr. and Mrs. R. B. Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dawson had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Neil Thompson, at Warkworth. on Sunday. The B.Y.P.U. of the Baptist Church will be held on Thursday evening in the Church. A program will be, presented by the committee. Misses Irene Gillespie returned to Sichob) on Tuesday morning, after being absent for a few weeks having an operation for appendiciitis. Mr. and iMrs. Robert Campbell, Mr. Gerald Campbell and Mrs. Charles Baker of Coe Hill, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. H. Welton. The Women's Mission Circle of the Cramiahe Baptist Church will be held at the home of Mrs. J. B. McKague, on Thursday afternoon. IMr. and Mrs. Peter Bound and son George of Meyersburg attended, the Baptist Church on Sunday morning, i and were dinner guests of Mr. and I Mrs. J. B. McKague. The many friends of Mrs. David Dingwell were glad to learn that she was able to return home from Cobourg Hospital last week. She is very well and is convalescing at her parents', Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Newman. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Thurston and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Thurston, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thurston, all of Regina, visited their uncle and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lathrope, also their cousins, Mrs. J. C. Bowen and family for a couple of days. The Young People's League of the United Church held its opening meeting in the basement of the Church on Wednesday evening. The preparations for the hallowe'en concert were planned. It was decided to be held on Wednesday evening November 2nd. A sipecial program is being planned as well as comic and fancy dressing. Be sure and be present. LAKEPORT October 25t'h, 1938 Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Cox of Toronto spent the weekend with friends here. M-iss Dorothy Langford of Oak Heights is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Russell. Mr. Douglas Irvine of Toronto is visiting his parents. Mr. and. Mrs. Wm. Irvine. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bishop spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. Mrs. Wjm. Spears, at Salem. Mr. and Mrs. A. Beatty and son of Grafton, spent Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. Winter. Mrs. J. Oliver and Mrs. WelwotSTf of Colborne visited Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Warner on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. D. Orrock and Mr. and Mr Thos. Cuthbert spent the weekend in Toronto. Miss Shirley Orrock, who has been spending the summer here, returned home with them. ON THE EXAM PAPERS "Etc. is a sign to make people Believe you know more than you do." "A sheep is mutton covered with ">St. Andrew is the patent .saint of Scotland^." When is the best time for picking apples? On Sunday afternoons w" the folks is in church. Sixth Maple Leaf Contest The annual Public Speaking Contest was held on Monday evening in the town hall. The hall was well filled and the sipeakers were very interesting and the subjects were varied. There were twelve speakers. Mr. Andrew Wolfraim acted as chairman. The winners were as follows: Frances Honey, Little Lake, "Pioneer Days in Our Little School." Donald Kemp, Castleton, "A Visit to the Museum." Rena Mutton, "David Livingston." Each contestant received a book, and the boys knives. Between numbers a chorus was given by the Public School. Another chorus by the Public and Continuation School, a three-part song, "Now the Days is Over." A song by Ruth Lane, Jean, Haynes, Carl Moore, Edmund Quinn, Sonny Yardy. accompanied by Master Bert Bowen, "Have You Seen a Little Duck." leeches were given by R. B. Daw-Rev. M. L. Hinton and Mr. Andrew W'olfraim. Mr. Dawson presented first prize. Ir. Chas. Quinn. Reeve of Cramahe Township, second prize, and Miss Harriet Bowdiitch, President of the Women's Institute, the third priife. The concert was closed with "God Save the King." The coldest town in the world is Verhoyansky, Siberia, where, on Jan. 15, 1886, the thermometer read 90.4 degrees below zero. $215.00 in Prizes Will Be Awarded by Travel Bureau and Railways of Canada Montreal, September 15.--The old-fashioned hobby of collecting brightly colored maple leaves has been put a cash basis with the announcement that $215.00 in prizes will be awarded in the sixth maple leaf contest organized jointly between thee c^Ji^itk% Travel Bureau, the Canadian fSCclff-Railway and the Canadian National Railways. The contest, now in its sixth year, is an effort to attract Canadians to the hardwood forests, the leaves of which will soon be tinted beautifully by autumnnai frosts. In addition to the cash prizes, the railways are offering the inducement of special excursions and cheap return rail tickets to encourage city dwellers to return to the simpler joyjs of their forefathers. Hundreds of Canadians have been gaining a new appeciation of Canada's forests as they searched the woods for leaves big enough or pretty enough to win a share of the $215 prize list. Interest in the annual contest is growing, a keen inter-province rivalry having sprung up. The honour of producing the most beautiful leaf went to Ontario for the first time last year, New Brunswick and Quebec having each won twice. British Columbia has had a monopoly on the largest leaves in past years, last year's winner being 21 by 22 inches with a surface area of 248.3 square inches. The rules' are simple and can be obtained fromi all railway offices. Leaves must be gathered in Canada and sent from a Canadian point but there is no restriction as to nationality of contestants. Each leaf must be mounted on separate card and forwarded flat between two pieces of stiff cardboard, accompanied by sheet of paper five by seven inches on which are written the name and address of the sender, and the date and place of gathering the leaf. Name of contestant must not be written on the card on which leaf is mounted. No entry man contain more than three leaves, though -a contestant may forward as many entries as desired provided each does not exceed three leaves. Damaged or broken leaves will not be eligible and all entries must be forwarded post paid or express prepaid to Canada's Maple Leaf Contest, P.O. Box No. 21500, Montreal, Que. Canadian artists who will be judges of the contest, which closes on Nov. not enter into correspondence with any contestant, and no leaves will be returned. The prize winners and other leaves will be arranged for exhibit across Canada. Employees of the Canadian Travel and of the two railways and their subsid'aries may not enter the contest but members of their famil-s may submit entries. With Jack Frost already at work coloring the leaves, the annual treasure hunt is on. There are five prizes for the most beautiful leaf: $100. $40 $20, $10, and $5. Two prizes of $30 ind $10 are given for the largest ie force of the w rule is felt most and Pacific coasts, on the Great Lakes, and nd in Canada n the Atlantic the shores of >ver the prair- Weekly Letter from Home in the form of a visit of THE EXPRESS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED by that absent friend or relative $2.00 per year in advance; $2.50 to United States Only $2.00 from now until Dec. 31, 1939 New Things Are "News" Every member of every family in Colborne and community is interested in the new® of the week. And no items are read with keener interest than announcements of new things to eat, to wear or to enjoy in the home. 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