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Fage Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27th, 1927 VERNON VILLE Jan. 25, 1927 Miss Emma Grant, Colborne, visited at her sister's. Mr. William Gillespie, last week. Mr. James Wier, Belleville, spent the weekend and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Robson. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Waite entertained a few friends on Thursday evening last, Quite a number of our people are" on the sick list suffering from the prevailing severe cold. Mr. Robert Litster has been confined to the house for a copule of weeks and Mrs. C. B. Turk has not been able .to assume her customary duties for several days. We hope for their speedy recovery. This week (Thursday night) the members of the Association have accepted an invitation to join their sister society, th6 Epworth League of the United Church, Colborne, in a social evening. The visiting society have been asked to provide the program part of the evening. A real enjoyable time is to be anticipated. A small party of friends enjoyed ■a very pleasant evening at Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Harnden's on Thursday FEBRUARY ROD AND GUN th Mr. George Cornelius front road st is visiting at Mr. Oscar Coxes'. Our vicinity will soon have every-ing in the line of accommodations (1 provisions for every contingency-at may arise. A boarding house is test addition. Vernonvillp Farmers Threshing While Jack Miner is well known for his interest in the breeding and conservation of wild fowl, comparatively few know of a remarkable farm almost in the suburbs of Toronto where all varieties of wild geese and other water fowl are being bred. This interesting place forms the subject of one of the articles in the newly published February issue of Rod and Gun and Canadian Silver Fox News, in which George Hebden Corsan Sr. tells how he raises the wild geese on his farm at Islington. The article is well Illustrated. The contents of the issue include many fine stories of hunting and fishing. The regular departments relating to angling, guns and ammunition and the outdoors, contain a great deal of good information on their particular subjects. Rod and Gun and Canadian Silver Fox News is published monthly by W .1. Tavlor Limted, Woodstock. Ontario. 600 OF 1,000 ACRES PLANTED Mr. Thomas Honey, superintendent of the Northumberland and Durham Forestry Reserve in Haldimand Tp., went up to Toronto on Tuesday to confer with the forestry department there. During the past three years over 600 acres of the 1,000 acres of the reserve have been planted with tree/a, mostly pine, also some soft maples, elm and ash. A start was made in planting the reserve in 1924, and in 1925 there were 225,000 trees set out, while in 1926 there were 155,000 set out. Mr. Honey took over the superintendencey of the reserve in January, 1925, and is getting it in good shape, the trees having done very well since they were set out. bring back to their society some- j thing interesting and worth while. ■ After the reports had been heard an effort was made to introduce some ! 01 the songs now so popular in large j gatherings of young people but every-body had a cold and their vocal mac-j hinery had gone on strike, so an ad-j journment was made to the social j part of the evening's programme and the masticatory organs were soon I _______j held their annual meetingj brought into requisition and no fur-one day last week at the home of tier suspensions were needed or Mr. William Robson. which was at- j made until everyone declared they tended by most of the shareholders., had sufficient. An interesting feature We have not been favored with a j of. this part of the meeting was the report of this meeting but under- ■ bf.king contest among the teen age stand that last year could not be! girls. A prize had been offered for classed among the best year*. Three j the best dozen doughnuts. Miss C. M. y.ars ago we remember reporting that ' Robson was the fortunate girl in the a dividend of 37% had been declar- contest and won a handsome pair of e,i to the hareholders. Last year was ' ehina cups and saucers presented by a bad vear for dividends and owing] Mrs. McLauchlin. A contest is held lo much wet weather threshing op- ! once a month and the next one will erations were greatly delayed, which be for the junior members expense and less pro-j Quite a number /of Vernonville people are banking on the Oyster j Snpper to be held at Castleton on rriday night, under the auspices of j the U. F. O. This Is an annual event, I which is regarded with more than | ordinary interest because from the I first the management has conducted j it in such a way as to secure and hold 'he stamp of approval and satis- j faction from the public. \ • Motor car traffic in this vicinity j has been very intermittent for the! I past week or two. From Grafton to' Vernonville the Valley roiad is in ! very fair condition, but from Ver- . < nonville to Gastleton no cars have ! been through now for several days \ \ and it is doubtful If it is possible^ to make the trip now by motor with- j ■ out resorting to several pull outs from old dobbin, and when tha!^ becomes j to be popular vehicles of locomotion. Generally at this time of the year motor traffic is pretty well suspended for those away from the highway; '"■'■">"" "f >•• snow and heavy blows, but this year conditions are m<ore favorable and many roads with very, small effort could b put in good shape. Those could be put in good hape. Those ri-luctant to lay them aside. The . Young People's Association held their regular bi-monthly meeting last week at the usual tinue and place. No topic had been assigned for this meeting as it was for reports from the delegates to the Winter Pchool at Cobourg. Very satisfactory and full reports were heard from Miss Ethel Deviney, Mr. William Holten and Mr. Clifford Mann. The reports revealed in no uncertain way that the students had been attentive to their work and had endeavored to ■ duly If you have anything to sell adver- | ise in "The Express." The article j -ou wish to dispose of may be the ery thing someone is looking for. The uickest and cheapest way to sell is o advertise. Is Ironing Hard Work? If you have to stand over a hot stove, heating old-fashioned sad-irons, and walk backwards and forwards between the stove and your ironing board, it uih doubterlly is. But, if you use a SOVEREIGN Electric Iron COBOURG Mrs. R. D. Purdy, of Calgary, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Wil-mott, King Street West. iMrs. Robert A. Boyd, of Clinton, Michigan, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rumbelow. iMrs. Norman Bastedo and Miss Stephaine Bastedo are leaving Toronto the middle of next month for England and Paris. Mrs. G. M. Roger, who recently returned from England and has been visiting relatives in Ancaeter and Peterboro, is in town for a few days. 'Mr. Allen Fisher, who has been attending Queen's University, Kingston, left last week for Chicago, where he will stay with his brother, Mr. Winston Fisher, until fall. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Blackolck of Grafton announce the engagement of their daughter, Elsie Mae, to Mr. Morgan Andrew Hewson, son of Mr. A. J. Hewson and the late Mrs. Hewson, of Cobourg. The marriage to take place the latter part of January. Mr. Harry Field, president of the board of trade, was in Toronto on Tuesday attending the annual convention of the Ontario Tourists' Association. He also attended the banquet to the retiring Lieut-Governor, Hon. M. Cockshutt, at the coliseum that evening. Mrs. Thomas Heenan. Grafton, Miss Patronella Mulhall of Cobourg, Miss Margaret McCabe of Rochester, Mr. Patrick McCabe, Rochester, Miss Mary Tunney, Grafton, Mr. Ray Maher, Cobourg, were in Peterboro last week attending the funeral of the late Mrs. John McCabe. "The Express" is authorized agent 3 take subscriptions and orders for dvertising for "The Globe," Toronto. I .11 orders received will be forwarded■' -i "The Globe" without extra charge, j An advertisement in The Express j idensed advertisement column will j ".ikely to bring a customer for j :ir live stock or produce to your r Try it. said in Colborne by 1. PEEBLES ESTATE Service and Satisfaction in OUR GROCERIES We aim to make this Grocery a better one--a more desirable source of supply--an ■ efficient aid to thrifty housewives. We aim for--perfection in all details-- quality, prices, service and better foods for- you. Phone Your orders. W. H. EDWARDS Phone 2 East Side Victoria Square Colborne New C.P.R. Cold Storage Cars Belleville, Jan. 15th, 1927 The Quinte District Seed Growers' Society held thir first Annual Meeting here today, with a very enthusiastic attendance. Preparations were made for the Seed Fair to be held in the here on March 17, 18, 19. Speakers on agricultural topics will i deliver short talks during the even- j ing; also seed cleaning demonstrations ! will be given. The members feel sure of this new ; Fair being a success with the heartv j cc-operation in general. ' On Saturday afternoon, March 19th,. j there will be an Auction Sale of all j iseed grain, small seeds and potatoes I j on show. i The result of the election of officers ! resulted in Col. Vanderwater. Fox->boro, being re-elected by acclamation I for President: Garnet S. Taylor, of ■ Bloonifield was re-elected as 1st Vice Prsident: Morris Huff, Bloom-field, re-elected as 2nd Vice-President; jH". W. Pearson, Belleville, re-elected as Secretary-Treasurer. The following County Directors were elected: Northumberland--Messrs. Geo. Poole and R. Honey of Warkworth; S. L. Terrill of Wooler; H. A. Lafferty of Trenton. Edward--M. B. Parks. Wood-Ben R- Leavens, Bloomfield; A. Weese, Rossmore; W. H. C. Rolilin. Ameliasburg. Hastings--R. M. Mitchell, Belleville; Glen Ketcheson, Belleville; Geo. Stokes, Tweed; R. N. Broad, Madoc. Lennox and Addington--To be elected later. All interested in better cleaned seed and better crops should see District Directors. The membership fee is only Fifty Cents a year. WINTER SCHOOL HAD AN ENROLMENT of 101 The Bay of Quinte Winter School executive held its annual meeting on [Friday, January 14, 1927. at 3.45 p.m.. ■ with a full attendance, j Many matters pertaining to the ' work of the school were thoroughly | discussed. The registrar reported one I hundred and one names on the roll. Representatives came largely from thf. three presbyteries of Belleville, [ Cobourg and Lindsay. The treasurer : rported that in the matter of finance [this session of the school had met ; all expenses, although a small deficit ! incurred a year ago had to be carried 11 nder old conditions there was always a certain amount of risk in shipping fruit. The entry of dust or cinders, or the high temperature of the car, was frequently the cause of fruit 3 becoming spoiled during transit. But under present conditions, fruit not only retains its coloring, freshness and firmness when it is shipped from one point to a other, but it is actually improved. For many months officials of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Dominion Express have been carrying on experimental work with a new type of ventilated express ear to be used in the handling of soft fruits by express to prairie points, and they have recently arrived at an entirely new-method of ventilating express equipment, which is known as the "B. C. Ventilator." This device allows the air to be received into the car through two spacious intakes located at the ends of the car at the roof, carried to the I floor without decreasing in velocity i and effectively distributed through j the lower sections of the car. Three this times a minute there is a complete than change of air, 10,276 cubic feet of | berri air per minute bei through the intakes through the exhausts type of 9New type of fruit car showing special ventilators, on the top of the -, which aid the fruit to retain its freshness. + Lower picture shows--Interior of the modern fruit car. onth, the car containing more I 8 to 10 degrees lower than the out-i thousand crates o!f straw- side air, during the entire trip. The ;, which were carried from strawberries arrived in perfect con-■ued j Vancouver to Calgary in excellent dition and the new type car is ex-,522 condition. At the end of the journey pected to greatly«help the fruit-not a single speck of dust could be growing industry of British Colum- „ ,-.......... was found on top of the boxes, and the bia inasmuch as it opens up the jtsccu out unaer lull load conditions I average temperature of the car was I entire prairie district to that trade. It was unanimously decided that the school meet again next January, ! I the place of meeting to be decided j | upon at a later date. The elections resulted as follows: ! I President--Rev. C. D. Daniel, B.A.. I ('Campbellford. j Past President--Rev F. J. Horwood, | "Muse. Doc, Bowmanville. Secretary--Rev. H. A. Bunt, B. A.. | ; Enterprise. ! Business Manager and Treasurer-Rev. A. McLauchlin, B. A., B.D., Graf-Registrar--.Miss Alice Scarfe, Co- " | bourg. , ! Assitant Registrar--Miss Lillian I Russell, Cobourg. Historian, Reporter and Book Stew ard-.-Rev, G. W. Gardner, Frankville. | Pianist--Miss Margaret Abernethv. | A.T.C.M., Bowmanville. I Executive Committee-- Revs. J. S. ' j I. Wilson, E. Harton, R. T. Richards! and J. J. David, and Misses F. Hal! i and Joy Nichols. The executive espressed its appre ciation to Rev. Dr. Brown and his 1 congregation for their kindness and j ! hospitality. j Rev. Dr. Horwood, the retiring pre ! • sident, was given a hearty vote of appreciation for his services during; I the past two years, and was -also | congratulated on the attainment of j his doctor's degree. | The secretary was also presented | : with a vote of appreciation for his {services during the past six years. | The closing services of the winter! i school took place in Trinity United j j Church on Sunday, January 16. Rev. | i Dr. Brown preached at »ll a.m., and I Rev. Dr. Horwood st the evei ONLY FOUR MORE WEEKS UNTIL HATCHING SEASON Though variable temperatures prevail this season our present flock of layers maintain 65 per cent, production in spite of unfavorable weather conditions. We would be very pleased to have you inspect our flock and see for vm.^oif their bright red combs and clear, bright eyes denoting the very best of health and vitality which will insure strong, sturdy chicks that live and-grow. 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