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COLBORNE CHRONICLE, March 12, 1970 Page 3 Colborne Chronicle Established 1959: Successor to the Colborne Express, (Est. 1866) and the Colborne Enterprise (Est. 1886) Published every Thursday at the office of publication King Street, Phone 355-2107, Colborne, Ontario. n Advance In U.S.A. $4.00 Second Class mail registration number 1810 Kay Cunliffe - Editor VOLUME 12, NUMBER 11 Same old Friend With this issue, the Colborne Chronicle steps into the age of whirring computers and new printing methods as an affiliate of The Cobourg Sentinel-Star through Northumberland Publishers Limited. The Chronicle, of course, will remain a local voice in the Colborne community. For a time, you may recognize some material which has also been published in Cobourg, but this is a temporary measure to help the Chronicle make the transition t' mgh the production changes. The Chronicle will continue to be operated in Colborne, but production problems will be shifted to make use of new facilities installed in Cobourg. The computer in Cobourg can set as much type in a few hours as our typesetting machine in Colborne could do in a week. We shall miss the clang, clang of the linotype and the swish of the old press. We'll miss a bit of the smell of the ink, too. But these are new times. And we are in the electronic era of transistors and circuits and pulses. It was 1866 when the Colborne Express was founded; and 1886 when the Colborne Enterprise was established. The Chronicle, founded in 1959, is the successor to an honorable tradition of over a century of service to this community. We shall continue to do our best on your behalf. We hope you enjoy the new look of your old friend, the Colborne Chronicle. OUR TRAVELING POSTMISTRESS Mrs.Sprules writes from Mexico Mrs. Shari Sprules, Colborne, is on her way to Expo Japan and sends the 'Chronicle' an account of her journey so far! From Toronto, via Chicago, via St. Louis and New Orleans to Merida, the fifth largest town in Mexico. We arrived the final day of Mardi Gras and the natives were in traditional costumes. Mardi Gras is no longer the celebration it was in the '30s, there are more local dances and less floats. To Uxmal - where the soil is much better than in Merida, we passed fields of sisal, the mainstay of this area. It is seven years before a plant produces, but then a crop is yielded eight times a year. From glimpses into the thatched small huts, the Mexican life is 'year round' camping. Women walk with baskets and pots balanced on their heads, and they appear more amused over us than we are of them. At the market, one cabbage is cut in slices for sale singly. Having a ten dollar bill changed into pesos brings a very wealthy feeling. Coffee is 40c. but a refill is included. Milk, is boiled (no pasteurizing yet) and at the hotel of course there is a bottle of drinking water. Streets are mostly one way and very narrow with motor cycles and more motor cycles, and lots of mini cars. There is very little traffic on the highway and cattle frequently pop from the bush to cross the road. All tne stock I have seen is very thin. Limes are served with all meals. At noon I ordered tea, it came along in a sealed bag plus a pot of hot water. Underneath the dinner plates we had copper plates instead of place mats. This afternoon we will see the ruins of Uxmal, within walking distance. Since we came to Mexico, it has been mostly looking at SPRING WILL SOON BE HERE - COME AND SEE OUR NEW LINE OF SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING Girls' Dresses size 7-12 $2.79 Mens' S.S. Shirts - $1.89 - $2.89 Boys' S.S. Shirts . - $1.99 - $2.99 Terry Cloth Outfits size 2,3,4 - $2.79 Pinafores size 2,3,4 - only 990 Ladies' Shifts size 38-44 - $3.59 Model Airplanes - at yA price Pull Toys . 570 - reg. 890 F.E.A. GRIFFITHS CORP. COLBORNE THE STORE OF QUALITY Mrs. Sprules is at extreme right on visit to pyramids ruins. Today we flew over to Cozumel, an island off the coast of Mexico in the Caribbean Sea, and enjoyed the beautiful white sandy beaches and warm sea water. In the May aland hotel, thatch roofed cottages, the mosquito netting canopy descending over the bed at the pull of a cord, intrigued us. My room mate went to the Merida main post office to mail a few sisal bags to Canada. Turned down at four wickets, the clerk said "Tomorrow" so home she came with her parcel. Apparently customs has to check each parcel before it is accepted for mailing. We watch dolphins play each afternoon. At night the breakers lull us to sleep. This is a paradise in the sun. Tomorrow we go back to the mainland. 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