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Colborne chronicle COLBORNE, ONTARIO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1974 KAYECUNLIFFE, EDITOR Colborne administrators hear conflict of interest Not at all protective while still in follows them around constantly -the hatching stage, this father duck, checking up on mother's technique, now that the little ones have arrived, Allan Learmonth, Clerk of Colborne, and Dianne Lennox, deputy, attended the fall meeting of the association of municipal clerks and treasurers in Haliburton on Wednesday. Municipal planning and conflict of interest were the main topics on the agenda. Mr. Bert Kenny, planning director for the Quinte Planning area, outlined planning procedures leading up to subdividing. Bob Martin and Bob Bankosky - both sub-dividers - explained what was expected from municipalities regarding subdividing and what obligations had to be met. Speaking on conflict of interest, a minister of the attorney general specified the ruling concerned. He read the act concerning conflict of interest stating that a municipal official was obliged to refrain from discussion at a council meeting if land or business in which he had interest was under discussion. One of the major topics of interest came under the heading: "What can a municipality do to attract industry?" Mr. Ken C. Mesure from the ministry of industry and tourism said that one hundred new industries had been started in Ontario in 1974. 80 per cent of these, he said, went to large urban centres leaving 20 per cent to' be distributed throughout 500 municipalities. "The chance of industry coming to a small municipality" he said, "was one in every twenty years. The zone 5 executive elected is chairman June Carruthers, Bath; vice-chairman Brian Fagan, Trenton; and secretary-treasurer Derrick Holyoake. Percy Women's Institute Get your chrysanthemums ready... Colborne Horticulturists, tember 30 and many Mrs. Clarence Tink of out to make it a big one. anyone in the area to hear known locally for their fine categories will be shown. Hampton, Ontario. This Another highlight of the this informative talk by exhibitions, will be holding Held in the Trinity will be the last flower show evening will be a talk on Mr. Bernard Dilling of a Dahlia and Chrysan- Parish Hall the judges for for 1974 and members of growing lilies and mem- Hampton. As usual, there themum Show on Sep- this show will be Mr. and the society are going all bers are encouraging will be refreshments. PTA executive elected meeting of the South thcoming year is Mrs. meetings with the first parents are asked to at Cramahe Parent-Teachers Betty Lackey, secretary scheduled for October 2. tend, giving them the Society was held this Mrs. J. Bernier, treasurer An auction sale will be held month and the executive Mrs. Betty Oliver. at this meeting with home for 1974-75 elected. The Society will meet baking vegetables, fruit, President for the for- four times for general and sewing. AH opportunity to meet teachers. Benefit dance Scouts, Cubs need help Registration for cubs and scouts proceeded satisfactorily last week with sixteen enrolled for the meeting to start the first week in October. One of the major problems of any of the youth organizations is the lack of leaders and Don Prenctice, group committee chairman, said they are always on the lookout for anyone willing to assist. This year's leaders are Frank Kober, cub leader, with Vic Baitley assistant. Rick Edison, Scout leader. Following registration a general meeting of the group committee was held and plans were discussed for the forthcoming year. A paper drive was arranged for October 26 and the Apple Day set. A benefit dance for the Fuchs family was well attended on Saturday with approximately 300 attending the event. Reeve Delbert McLaughlin attended to Eresent Mr. Fuchs with a ank book contributed from the people in the village. Mr. Fuchs spoke of the kindness of the people when disaster strikes and thanked the clubs who arranged the benefit and the people who responded. There is no place like Colborne, he remarked. The benefit dance was arranged by the three local service clubs; the Rotarians, the Kinsmen and the Royal Canadian Legion. Open letter to citizens Write on! I wish to thank the local citizens who helped me get signatures on the recent petition to have Petront locate its refinery in Cramahe Township. Nine hundred names in four days. You are wonderful. This demonstrated clearly that there is a very strong will to advance in this area. You people are the muscle of this area and very strong ones too. We are spread out through Colborne and Cramahe and represent the two feelings of the area. It has come to pass that a small group has seen fit to impose their will on this area whether we like it or not. It is terrible to see the newspapers and this small group investigate and ridicule an industry that could help us develop the area, these not showing any evidence of wrong doing. What industry would try to locate here if it is known that this group is ready to pounce on them and give them bad publicity without publishing truth. They would be crazy to think of it. If the refinery does not locate here it may be years or never before development comes. I would ask you to do this: Write in and make yourselves heard, loud and long. It cannot be done alone. Success without effort we cannot have. We are by far a vast majority and we are not being heard. Make industry welcome and give our young people good jobs. This area is away behind the rest of Ontario for its location. It is possible for real development to come if we push hard right now. Ten minutes of your time now can change the' outlook for the whole area. If we fail to bring in the refinery, then let it be known that the area is willing to help others locate. A letter from Russell Rowe indicates a clean refinery is possible. It is his business to know. Let us bring this area up to areas such as Burlington because you know this is what we need. We are missing thousands of dollars because we are not progressing as well as thousands of dollars in government spending too. Write me and I will forward it - write your council, the newspapers and Russell Rowe or anyone else you choose or get signatures. Stand up and show everyone how it is. Don't be led by a newspaper and a group. This is our area so lets get what is ours. Get others to write. It won't happen without an efiort. Yours truly, W.E.BRIGGS. Presbyterians uniting in St. Paul's Church Presbyterians from Lakeport, Colborne and Brighton, Will be uniting at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Lakeport on Sunday for the 90th anniversary of the church. George L. .Douglas, BABD, Spm, MS and B.D. will be the guest speaker for the special service and music will be under the direction of organist Margaret Barnes. Mrs. Frank Martin will be the guest soloist and renditions will be given by the choir. Following the 11:00 a.m. service, refreshments will be served. Castleton Mr., Mrs. Cliff Yates were in Toronto for the weekend with relatives. Mr., Mrs. Harold Forester were in Toronto for a couple of days last week. The Community Club met on Tuesday night with 15 present to start their fall activities. President Mrs. D. Gillespie was in charge and plans were made to cater a wedding, then euchre was played. Mr., Mrs. A. Young of Hamilton spent a couple of days at their apartment here. Mrs. Tom McCoy, Bancroft, is visiting Mrs. N. Warner a few days this week. Mr., Mrs. Lyle McCulloch, Brighton, were Sunday visitors of Mr., Mrs. C. Inglis. Mr., Mrs. RusseJl Ferrier, Scarborough, also Mr., Mrs. James Rusk and Bruce of Toronto were Saturday visitors of Mr., Mrs. Eric McKague. The Senior Citizens Friendship Club met at the town hall on Monday evening with 20 attending. The Percy Women's Institute met in the Community Room of the Warkworth Hall on Tuesday afternoon With 19 members present and one visitor. The president, Mrs. W. J. Honey, presided and welcomed everyone after the summer holidays. Roll call was suggestions to help the local fair. The consensus was to advertise by word of mouth and to attend. The minutes, treasurer's report and correspondence were read and dealt with. There were several invitations as follows: A workshop in Colborne; A Bake Course in Brighton; The Fall Rally at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Campbellford on Oct. 16 and a bus trip to Midland and the Stephen Leacock Shrine at Orillia, sponsored by the Warkworth Senior Citizens Club on Oct. 9. Several "Thank-you" cards were read. Further business included final plans for exhibits to the fair on Sept. 21. The W.I. entered several exhibits in the name of the Percy W.I. They also plan to entertain White School Women's Institute and West Seymour W.I. in October. The Standing Committee Conveners reported as follows: Mrs. G. Carr for Agriculture and Canadian Industries told about her trip to the East Coast and the Lunenburg Fishery operation; Citizenship and World Affairs by Mrs. Gordon McCubbin. She spoke about the Fair, stressing the interest in it by attendance and also mentioned the egg situation. Mrs. Frank Atkinson for Education and Cultural Affairs read Waste Not, Want not, giving a few timely hints on saving food in these days of high prices; Mrs. G. Young for Family and Consumer Affairs gave a very informative paper on machines to control Diabetes. Mrs. W. Sykes for Public. Relations reported for she and Mrs. B. Budd having visited the Community Nursing Home in August. Mrs. P. Honey for Sunshine and Flowers reported having sent some cards and flowers and also had visited the Nursing Home. Mrs. George Carr said that she had three orders for Quilting. Mrs. Earl Nelson will be visiting the Nursing Home in October. The women of Percy WI will look after the delivery of Meals on Wheels for the month of October. Happy Birthday was sung to five members: Mrs. G. Carr, Miss M. Whyte, Mrs. E. Nelson, Mrs. C. Young and Mrs. C. Seeney. Pennies for friendship were collected. A gift was presented by Mrs. Alex Lockhart to Mrs. A. Ward on the occasion of her 40th wedding anniversary. Mrs. P. Honey also presented a gift to Mrs. Ward from the UCW and read a poem to her entitled "Good Housewife." Lunch was served by the hostesses, Mrs. W. Sykes and Mrs. Rosa Hawkins, who filled in for Mrs. G. Clarke and Mrs. L. Blakely, assisted by the committee. Mrs. S. Lawrence thanked the lunch committtee. A birthday poem for Mrs. Papineau On September 15, Mrs. Maude Papineau, Castleton, marked her 95th birthday at the home of her niece and nephew, Maude and Hazard Allen. On Saturday, a few old friends gathered for a birthday party. The following verses were written by a friend and neighbor, Miss Laurel Arkils: Birthday Greetings I looked at the calendar - what did I see? September the fifteenth as plain as could be That is the birthday of Maude Pappin, my friend So another poem to her I must send. This friend of mine is so nice to know She calls on the phone every day or so; She never has any sad things to relate And on local news she's quite up-to-date. Believe me this gal of ninety-five Keeps as busy as bees in a hive. She dusts, sets the table and believe it or not Is very handy with the dust mop. She manages her meals when her niece is away She goes car riding manv a day; She's very particular to be in style And gets a permanent once in a while. This friend of mine is good and true She's read the Good Book thru and thru And when the Lord calls her to go "up there" She'll find ready for her a golden chair. Euchre winners were -ladies high, Dora Lamont; lone hands, Marie Inglis; consolation, Orma Calberry; men's high, Ted Black; lone hands, Andrew Kemp; consolation, Ethel Fitchett. Mrs. Ethel Black, Brighton, spent a few days with Mr., Mrs. Norman Fitchett. Mrs. W. Reid, Toronto, spent a few days with Mrs. F. Warner. Mrs. Muriel Scott and a friend from Oshawa spent a day with Mr., Mrs. N. Fitchett. Mr., Mrs. George Warner spent Saturday at Delhi. Brad, who has been working at Delhi for the past six weeks, returned home with them. Mr., Mrs. Fred Pap-pineau of Detroit and Mrs. F. Harnden, Grafton, visited Mrs. F. Welton on Sunday. Mr., Mrs. Kingsley Welton visited his mother, Mrs. F. Welton during the weekend en route to Toronto from their honeymoon in Vermont. Victoria Street has a new look now This town project has been under v that the bridge has been completed, construction for the past months.