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E X P ENTERPRISE E S S COLBORNE CHRONICLE Successor to The Colborne Express (est. 1866) end The Colborne Enterprise (est. 1886) Thursday, February 18th, 1965 $3.00 Canada -- $4.00 U.S.A. -- 7c pi opy CONTRACT EXTENDED TO APRIL 30 New Canadian Flag Raised In Colborne In simple ceremony before the Community Hall on Monday, February 15th, at 12 noon, the new flag of Canada made its debut in Colborne. Children from the public school were assemlbled to see the lowering of the old and raising of the new, as were some adult residents. Rev. James A. Kiddell, padre of Branch 187, Royal Canadian Legion, opened the ceremony by prayer, and the Red Ensign was lowered by Comrades George Blyth and Roy Packard, while 'Retreat" was sounded by Wavne Ring. The Canadian Flag was then raised to the tune "O Canada". Simultaneously, the old w lowered and the new raised the Federal Building, a short d tance away. Mr. Blyth addressed those e sembled, and was followed by Reeve George Moore. Thanking those who attended the ceremony, the Reeve pointed out that the flag "here flying proudly" is now the national flag and will represent our country at heme and abroad, on land and sea. "It will gather tradition as it flies". Rev. R. W. French pronounced the Benediction and the ceremony ended with the playing of "God Save The Queen". PRESENTATION TO RETIRING PASTOR A very pleasant evening spent in the Baptist Church last Friday evening when the young people held a Valentine party after their regular meeting. They played games while the adults gathered to surprise their pastoi Rev. James Gibson. A splendid program was care fully planned which opened with prayer by Rev. McFarland o" Port Hope Baptist Church follow ed by a humorous recitation by Mrs. Muriel Little. Then Rev. McFarland brought greetings from the Trent Valley Association of Churches and spoke very kind words to our pastor and members and friends. Mr. A. Dance showed several movie films. Then one of the young people of the community spoke of the wonderful friend Rev. Gibson had been to him and all other young people. The pastor was taken by surprise when he was called to the front and Mr. Lee spoke on behalf of the church in a few well-chosen words of the worth while work our pastor had accomplished while on this field. Master Johnny Hetherington made the presentation of a lovely wrist watch from the congregation friends. > Mrs. Anderson took a picture of the presentation and presen tation and presented Mr. Gibson with a hand-painted picture. Very dainty refreshments were served. This gathering was closed by singing one verse of Blest Be the Tie that Binds and prayer b; the pastor. Rotary Clubs to start Interact Clubs in their area. Our four speakers will be Guy Grosjean, Lee Plue, Jack Hill and Tea Langdon. Several Other members of our club plan to attend the conference. The one hundred .dollar prize in our bingo has been divided among Mrs. T. Lee, Mrs. T. Gilford and Miss Gulliver. Each one filled their bingo card. The members of the Colborne Interact Club would like to thank the public in their co-operation in making this bingo a success. We have cleared enough money to set up a fifty dollar scholarship. We hope to make this telephone bingo an annual event. As of the month of March, club meetings will be held on the first and third Sundays of the month, subject to change. The next meeting will be held at Colborne Town Hall on February 28th, 1965, at 7.45 p.m. COLBORNE INTERACT CLUB The Colborne Interact Club met at Brighton Legion Hall at 7.30 p.m., February 14th, 1965. Fourteen members were present. Mr. Haynes and Mr. Grosjean represented the Colborne Rotary Club. Several of our members volunteered to help out on Parents' Night at E.N.S.S. Our Interact Club has been invited to take part in the programme at the Rotary Conference of District 707 at the Royal York Hotel in March. We shall send four speakers to urge other LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Editor, Colborne Chronicle Colborne, Ontario Dear Sir: I thought perhaps you would be interested in noting in your paper the following bit of information, which should be of interest locally: I have just been informed by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, t h e Honourable J. Wilfred Spooner, that a joint application for a ?rant from the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Col borne under t h e Centennial Grants Programme was approved by the Province of Ontario on the 28th, January, 1965, and has now been forwarded for approva' to the Centennial Commission in Ottawa. The project is the construction of a community centre at a net estimated cost of $17,020, and this sum, subject to the above-mentioned approval, will be provided as follows: $10,080 by the Township of Cramahe and the Village of Colborne, $3,460 by the Province, and $3,460 by the Government of Canada. I trust the above may be helpful to you. Yours sincerely, Russell Rowe, M.P.P. (Northumberland) Special Meeting of Colborne Council, January 28th Members present: Reeve Geo. T. Moore. Councillors Blyth, Ferguson and O'Neill. Mr. Ian Butler of Proctor & Redfearn reported on the amount of work completed in respect of the installation of sewers by McCoy Construction. He stated that there were 2800 feet of sewer mains to be laid and 166 sewer connections. Reviewing the work completed he estimated that it would take from five to six weeks to finish the mains and assuming the service connections would be left until the frost of the ground he estimated it would take about six weeks to instal these. Mr. Bob Morton of McCoy Construction agreed with t above estimate and said that would be very hard to do a good jo!) on service connections when the ground was frozen but that they could put from three to fv outfits to work as soon as tl frost was out. Council discussed the above and decided that it would be necessary to extend the time for completion of the contract but that there would b^e increased expenditure for a resident en ring the extra time. therefore moved bj Councillor Blyth, seconded by Councillor Ferguson, that this uncil agree to extend the time for McCoy Construction to complete their contract, with the ex-surface restoration work which cannot be completed weather conditions, from February 28th to April 30th, wit the proviso that McCoy Construe tion absorb the cost of a resident engineer after February 28th. Carried. On motion of Blyth and Ferguson council did then adjourn. Regular Meeting of Colborne Council, February 8th Members all present. Minutes of last regular meeting and special meeting read and adopted on motion of Councillors Ferguson and O'Neill. Councillor Blyth 'suggested that council should go on record in expressing their regret at the passing of Sir Winston Churchill and their appreciation of his wonderful services to the Commonwealth and to mankind. This was Ken Mills and Wm. Irvine addressed council expressing the hope that some action might be taken this year to build or improve the sidewalks on Kensington: Alfred and Elgin Streets, sc that the public school pupil; would not find it necessary tr Local Rotarians Attend Trenton Club's 43rd Anniversary Sixteen memlbers of Colborne Rotary Club travelled to Batawa on Monday evening to take part in the celebration of Trenton Ro. tary Club's 43rd Birthday. The dinner and meeting took place in the new Recreation Hall at Batawa, a beautifully laid out and well-equipped building, very suitable for an occasion such as this. Also Honouring Trenton Club at the meeting were members from the Rotary Clubs of Belleville and Stirling and the Mayor and memlbers of Trenton Council. Tom Hetherington, president of Trenton Rotary and a former Colborne resident welcomed all to the dinner and introduced the head table guests. The guest speaker, Lt./Gen. Howard D. Graham, a man with a most distinguished career in the service of his country, a former mayor of Trenton, now president of the Toronto Stock Exchange, gave a most interesting talk about that institution. The Toronto Stock Exchange, he said, is second in North America only to the New York Exchange, and second in the Commonwealth to the London Exchange. Each day about 10 to 12 million dollars worth of business is transacted, amounting to 3% to 4 billion dollars a year. The Toronto Stock Exchange is, however, a non-profit organization, dependant on fees from members for its operation. It polices the activities of those engaged in its business. best to watch expenses closely At the same time, he said if they were to get suitable teachers they had to be prepared to offer sal-aries^that would compete with Reeve Moore thanked Mr. Armstrong for coming and expressed the appreciation of council for the efforts of the board. Mr. William Cameron, Plumbing Inspector, spoke to the council regarding installing sewet connections to homes. In the first place all installations must More on back page ■alk o the s it'Tvr MooT* a-sured the delegation that when the plans are marie for thi-- year, that council would inspect the area and do the best they could. J. C. Armstrong, sents Colborr thumberland Districi Board, told ( the problems the work of the Bo; them that their •e appreciative education and we ho repre-East Nor-£igh School CURLING NEWS By your Rolling Stone A. E. Haynes The Board of East Northumberland Secondary School challenged members of the teaching staff to a sudden death game on Wednesday, February 10th, at 9.00 p.m. The Challenge Cup, which was kindly donated by Mr. Jack Armstrong, is gold-plated and is neither contemporary nor period design, rather it could be called utilitarian! At any rate, the cup must be unique in the annals of local curling. The hard fought contest found the teachers winning by a score of 21-15. It's hoped this challenge will be. issued every year so that the Challenge Cup will not sit mold-ering in the staff room at the High School. The ladies sent one team on February 10th to the R.C.A.F. cluh in Trenton. They won one game and lost one. On February 17th the ladies are holding a Friendship Bons piel. Teams are expected from Cobourg, Hastings, Trenton and the R.C.A.F. club in Trenton. Re suits in next week's paper. The men are looking forward to a Hootennany Bonspiel a.qani I this year in March. Further details on this later -- watch your paper and also the notice hoard! in the Curling Club for details. : PERSONALS Miss Muriel Bell and Mr. Bert Bell of Toronto called on Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis on Saturday afternoon. Miss Doris Cook entered hospital in Peterborough on Sunday for an operation. Dr. H. A. Quinn is home on two months vacation from his post as Senior Geologist for the Government of Saudi Arabia. Miss Anne Self, St. Lambert, Quebec, spent the week-end at the home of her parents. Mr. C. E. McMullen, Lough-breeze, fell on the icy street in Trenton last Wednesday, sustain, ing a fracture of the hip. Mr. B. J. Davis of Whitby visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis, on Wednesday. Mr. Walter Williams was taken to Cobourg District General Hospital on Saturday morning with gastric trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Teal, Bonnie and Ricky, visited Mr. T. J. Hetherington, Belleville, on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Campbell and girls, Have-lock. Mr. A. R. Davis of Burlington spent a few days visiting his par-Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis. Mrs. A. R. Davis stayed for Friday evening and Saturday. Mrs. Ruby Oke returned from Toronto on Sunday. She was accompanied by her cousins, M}r. and , Mrs. Frank Oliver. Mrs. Oliver remained for an extended Miff an he week SUPPORT THE HEART FUND and Mrs. T. J. Cuthbert and Mrs. Len Oke spent 'eek-end with Mr. and Mrs. Loir'Scholes at Sturgeon Lake, j Thdy enjoyed ice-boating, Ski-■ dooing and other winter sports. i Mrs. George Pethick and daughters, Carol, Ruth and Dawn, | Ottawa, were jecent visitors of Mrs. Frank McGlennon.