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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 21st, 1927 Cloverleaf Baby Chicks, Hatching Eggs and Six Week-old Pullets Owing to the heavy demand for CLOVERLEAF Baby Chicks we were forced to increase our incubator capacity to 4,200 eggs, consequently we will be able to supply a limited number of orders for Baby Chicks for May and June Delivery. Do not delay in placing your order if you intend to cash in on the big profits next season. If you are unable to accommodate Baby Chicks we still have a small supply of six week-old pullets for July delivery at reasonable prices. Cloverleaf White Leghorn Farm L. V. POMEROY, Proprietor Member of R. O. P. Breeders' Association of Ontario Member of Canadian Baby Chick Association New, Fresh Stock CIGARS, CIGARETTES and TOBBACOES OF ALL KINDS A share of your patronage respectfully solicited! C. A. Post 1 Door Wvest of P. O. Colborne, Ont. Salem Store Re-Opened New and Fresh Stock GROCERIES and PROVISIONS GASOLINE and OILS Cochrane & Evans Phone 68r23 TULIPS A limited number of Tulips--all colors-- now on hand WE WOULD LIKE TO BOOK YOUR ORDER FOR Tomato Plants or Sprouts All plants sprayed for blight before leaving hot house. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Crandell & Scripture COLBORNE SEEDS GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS in Bulk TURNIP and MANGOLD FORMALDEHYDE For Treating Grain, etc. EVERY FARMER SHOULD USE IT ! W. F. Griffis -uggist King Street Colbori VERNONVILLE Messrs. P. and M. Calnan, Rochester, spent the Easter holiday at home. Miiss Jennie Ives is spending the Easter holiday at her home in Col-Mr. Pegnam was over from Roceh-cster during Easter week spending a few days at his old home. Miss Susan Laird of the Stone School is holidaying under the parental roof at Bowmanville. Mr. Joseph Mcintosh, who has been spending the winter at his oid home here, left for the west again on Saturday last. Mrs. Jane Deviney, who spent the winter in Cobourg and who has just returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. John Rushton, at Hamilton, came down here yesterday and intends remaining for the summer. Misses Dorothy and Grace Parsons, Belleville, spent the Easter holidays with friends in this neighborhood. The Misses Parsons were pupils at the Vernonville school some five or six years ago and this is the first time they have paid a visit to the place of their former home. Their friends were glad to meet them again. They were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Deviney. Miss I. Broomfield, who was called Beaverton aibout a month ago 1I1K I NORHAM Mr. Charles Lee and family have moved out near Castleton. ,Mr. Carl Palmateer and family of Oshawa spent Sunday with friends here. Messrs. Allen and Willie Piatt or Toronto spent the weekend with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson are entertaining their two grandsons from, Campbellford. Mr. Isaac MicNutt and family and Miss Bernice Campbell spent the week end in Marmora. Mrs. George Goheen of Brighton is staying a few days with her mother, Mrs. McClelland. Mr. Beecher Cryderman and family of Toronto spent the weekend at the parental home here. Quite a number from here attended the funeral at Morganston on Sunday afternoon of Mr. Zufelt. Miss Lenor Isaac has returned home after spending the past two weeks with her grandparents at Harwood. BRIGHTON Dr. and Mrs. Dunnett and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McColl spent Sunday in Toronto. Mrs. H. B. Phillips and Miss Hinds are leaving to-day (Friday) for an the illness of her brother, Mr. Easter holiday trip to Atlantic City. William Broomfield, has returned. Mr. Broorufield's illness proved fatal and he passed away on Tuesday, April 5th, 1927. Mr. Oscar Cox, who is quite seriously ill at the home of his dalughter, Mrs. Jesse Cornelius, near Cobourg, is reported at time of writing to be holding his Mr. and Mrs. S. Dunnage have left this neighborhood and moved to Grafton. Mr. Dunnage has resided here for a little over a year and during that time was employed by Mr. Alfred Larry in his grist mill, near Eddy-stone. Mr. Ed. and and Mr. Percy Smith have both become residents of our village, the former occupying Miss Drinkwalter's house on the main street, and Percy taking up residence in the house recently vacated by Mr. Lowe, who has moved to Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Turk sr., who have been spending the winter in Toronto, have returned. They were accompanied by thei**son, Mr. James Turk, who intends remaining for some time to recuperate his health. We are glad to be able to report that Miss Fern Winter, who recently underwent an operation for^lappendi-citis at the Cobourg Hospital, is sufficiently recovered as to be able to leave the hospital. She is staying with her uncle, Mr. H. S. Cool, Cobourg. The W.M.S. of St. Andrew's Church are holding a special Easter meeting to-day. Members of Grafton Auxiliary are to be present and will assist in programme. The Presbyterial Mrs. W. Roberts and Mrs. A. E. McLauchlin of the manse are both expected. Special Easter service was held in St. Andrew's on Sunday. The pastor took for his text, "He Is Not Here He is Risen," and delivered an appropriate Easter message: The special musical features were a chorus by the juvenile cftoir and a duet, "Love at Home," rendered by Miss Grace Parsons of Belleville and Mr. Arnold S. Robson. An unusually large congregation was present. We' regret to report that Mrs. Robt. Litster is again confined to the house. A doctor is in attendance and we hope for her speedy recovery. Mr. T. C. Stuart of Bimidja, Minn., is visiting his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stuart and other friends in Brighton and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Macklam went up to Toronto on Tuesday, when Mrs. Macklam went to the General Hospital for a serious operation, from which a host of friends hope to see her speedily recoverd. The many friends of Mrs. R. Y-LeS-lie, who has been quite ill at the Clarendon Hotel, and under the care of Nurse Fife, will be glad to know she is recovering quite satisfactorily; and was able to accompany Mr. Leslie to their summer home at the Point, this week. MORGANSTON Miss Mildred Massey and Miss Edna Carr were both home for Easter. Mr. Frank Massey returned home from Winnipeg on Saturday of last iMr. Wallace Turney and Mr. Grant VanBlaricum have each purchased new sedan cars. Mrs. Frank Goodrich, who has been very ill for the past week, is some better at time of writing. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Fitchett attended the golden wedding of their uncle, Mr. B. Stewart of Brighton. The Ladies' Aid of the United Church meet on Thursday next under the direction of the new officers. The farmers are busy putting in the new crop. They found a great deal of the clover and fall wheat hurt by the frost and cold winds. Mr. Percy Moore and bride returned home on Friday evening of last week. They were received by the usual noisy crowd of boys. The new boiler for the cheese factory arrived on Saturday. The cheese-maker anticipates no trouble handling the milk the coming season. Our Easter services were sadly interrupted on Sunday, as the Rev. J. Beckel had to attend three funerals. Something very unusual for one Sunday. EDDYSTONE Mrs. C. Turk is improving slowly. Mrs. T. Wilton attended Church here on Sunday last. Miss Darling is spending her Easter holidays at her home. Mrs. Dowler spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. C. Turli. Mrs. J. Harnden is s lending a few days with Mr. Andrew Harnden. •Miss Eva Bradley spent her Easter holidays with Eddyston: friends. Mr. H. Stewart is engaged for summer at Dundonald at Mr. Onyon's. Miss G. Coffee spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Coffey. Mrs. Asa Harnden an I Mr. L. Harnden spent Sunday at Castleton at Mr. Cecil May's. Mr. and Mrs. Rusk aid son of Midland spent the weekend with their daughter, Mrs. V. Harnden. Miss S. Weat has returned home, after a few weeks' holidays with her uncle, Mr. C. Howard. Mrs. J. Joyce has returned home, after spending a few months with her daughter, Mrs. Stackbouse. Many interesting developments are being divulged in the Customs Inquiry, among which are the supplying of beer to Toronto hotels during, the enforcement of Mr. Raney's O.T.A. Honours 75% Pass 60% Sr. IV-- % Arthur Smith........ 75 Gladys Turk........ 74 Clarence Fitchett...... 72 Robert Robson........ 71 Frances Roddy........ 68 Sr. Ill-- Violet Kerr.......... 77 Jr. Ill-- Melvin Robson........ 84 Sr. II-- Joan Dunnage........ 95a7 Ralph Smith.......... 74 Herman Francis...... 72 Jr. II-- Esther Harnden...... 80 Reta Fitchett........ 69 Harry Warner........ 56 Sr. I-- Jennie Warner........ 86 Myrtle Smith........ 83 Douglas Deviney...... 81 Albert Belmont...... 7G v Albert Turk . . Albert Turk Ralph Turk..........79 Wilfrid Francis........60 Primer-- Hazel Sanford Jennie E. Ives, Teacher Thursday evening last and thi meeting proved to be one of the best yet. The topic for the evening , "If 1 Were You," and it gave a good The annua executive meeting of opportumtv {(M. the committee the Vernonvi le Sunday School was cnarge Qf a ramme t0 prfisent held one evening recently The reports | spmethln ori inal and out of tne " evening. The follow- presented showed that the work had i ordinary for t been well sustained during the year. With the one exception of the superintendent, the officers and teachers remained the same as last year. The former assistant superintendent, Mr. James A. Deviney has now been promoted to that of superintendent, while assistant is the former superintendent. Everett Warrow of Colborne has rented the Blacksmith shop in our ing were among the numbers programme: Solo, "My Dear Homeland.," Mr. Arnold S. Robson; ' " "If I were a Member of a School Board," Mrs. James A. Deviney; Recitation, "Which Kind of a Man Would You Rather be?" Mrs. James T. Robson; Address, "If I Were a Millionaire," Mr. James Deviney; Reading, "Wealth," Mr. J. T. Robson; Ad-"If I Only Had the Time," Miss village from Mr. James Kerr and has Jennie T Reading, assumed charge. Mr. Warrow comes y, AddregSi „If j Were 0nly My. to us highly recommended, and we \ gelf„ Rev A E McLauchlm. bespeak for the new proprietor the j The memberB o£ the ass0ciation goodwil of the vicinity and a fair [ were p.eased tQ have ag a ^itcrr, share of the patronage. The fact that Rev Mr Downg Qlf Centreton) wno as. Mr. Warrow has been serving an ap- j gured them that he had thorougnly prenticeship with a first-class mech-■■ enjoyed fhe meeting and wag pleased ?J^P?re°n °f..!!r_ W- Gtt Graf ■ to observe so much evidence of growth ?r?i„ ofh= End Pr°£ress since he had made a former visit to one of the meetings. The next meeting of the association is to be held Friday evening, April 29th, 1927, when the members are looking forward to a^ specially interesting occasion, a visit from the B. Y.P.A. of Eddystone. The members of the visiting association will present the programme for the evening and both the visit and the programme that will be given is being regarded with much interest and pleasurable anticipation. All are cordially invited. The maple syrup of Colborne is in itself guarantee of his ability to do satisfactory work. The new blacksmith ckles the job single-handed and as r as we can see this is the only ■ason that could possibly be attributed in his attaining to that fullest ss which he deserves. We have observed that the maximum ' success in any undertaking is only (;n'nr-'i by taking out at the outset le right articles of partnership. There was a large attendance at the Young People's Association meeting Mends a ^ood flour SNOWDRIFT 9* Standard cfQuality Since 1653 Expertly milled from the choicest Western hard wheat of unvarying high quality. It gives great results to discriminating cooks. Try it. : for another year. This be one of the best years for the makii I and wholesome ar ! reported t reral of this delicious ■le. At the first xpected and the I first make sold as lars a gallon, but as the season ad-I vanced it improved and a big run of i sap was had, and there was a cor-: responding drop in prices. It can now I be obtained at one half of the open- I The outlook for new seeding in ! clovers is quite promising in th:' | neighborhood. It was feared thai the ! frosts Sold and Recommended by I. PALEN - - Colborne Mrs. S. M. PURDY - Castleton ould play havoc with this valuable and important crop, but apparently it has come through in pretty fair condition. Fall wheat though shows signs of having suffered considerably. Farmers are all busy on their land these days. The soil and the weather conditions so far have been very fav-crable to speed up the seeding operations. Many pieces of spring wheat are already in. The season is considerably ahead of last year and if the present favorable weather continues seeding will be off in good time. . at A. C. CORBY MONUMENT DEALER Brighton, Ontario who has been unable to attend to business owing to illness, wishes to announce that he expects to return home in a few days and will be pleased to attend to any orders with which he may be favored. Please call, write or phone A. C. CORBY Brighton BANKING FIFTY YEARS The Profit Lies in the Finish IT PAYS to market cattle with the proper degree of finish... A quality product always commands a premium and is readily saleable at a profitable price. If you have stock which needs a little more time for finishing, and the feed is scarce, see the local manager of the Standard Bank. It is a simple matter to arrange a loan to carry the stock unitl a favorable market warrants a profitable STANDARD BANK OF CANADA COLBORNE BRANCH--C. A. Bryaas, Manager Branches also at Brighten, Castleton, Cobourg, Grafton ANTHRACITE Lehigh Valley Coal Name-Stands for Quality This Coal is sold in all siaes. ORDER NOW WHILE PRICES ARE LOWEST . Also Pocohoctas Soft Coals for Domestic Use J. Redfearn & Son C.P.R. Telegraph Office. Issuers of Canadian Pacific Railway and Steamship Tickets Gar Load of Wire & Gates CHEAP FOR CASH FULL STOCK OF IMPLEMENTS AND REPAIRS AT REDUCED PRICES We handle PLOW POINTS and SHOES for ALL MAKES of Plows. Full Stock of BINDER TWINE on hand. JOHN REIVE King Street Colborne OUR 18-inch SURFACED ROLL ROOFING makes an excellent Barn Roofing, being nailed every 18 inches. It offers special resistance to the wind. A carload of the Mineral Surfaced 4 in 1 Shingles, Sheathing and Building Papers to choose from. PRICES RIGHT ! Will exchange logs for roofing material. Custom Sawing done promptly R. H. TYE Box 358 Planing and Saw Mill Phone 307w