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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, April 8th, 1965 $3.00 Canada -- $4.00 U.S.A. -- 7c per copy Rev. and Mrs. R. Harris Resign from Gospel Oasis The letter of resignation of Rev. and Mrs. Robert Harris from the pastorate of the Gospel Oasis Colborne, was presented to the' congregation in the past Sunday morning service: Rev. and Mr: Harris are leaving Colborne t take over the pastorate of the Utica Evangelistic Center in Utica, Michigan, from the current pastors who are retiring to Florida after twenty-five years service in this church. Rtv. and Mrs. Harris have resided in Colborne for ten years with the exception of one year spent jn the western provinces. During his pastorate here Rev. Haiiis has travelled in evangelistic work throughout the United States and Canada. He has also i the on May 1st while Mrs. Harris and sons will remain in Colbor til the last week of May. Rev. and Airs. Harris and sons will bs greatly missed by their man? friends in this community and its surrounding area. It is expected that Key. Harr will conduct his farewell service on Sunday, April 25th. In the morning services at 10.30 he wil bring his farewell message to thi congregation and friends of th< Gospel Oasis while the evening service at 7.30 will take the form of a musical evening. Rev. Harris' talent for gospel singing ha; been greatly appreciated during his ten years here and it was fell by the congregation that a fare-veil service of this nature would be greatly appreciated by the community. He will be assisted ir ical Pel- in all inlcr-dcnominational ladies' endeavours. Their three sons have all been raised in Colborne. with the two youngest born here. Rev. Harris will leave Colborne mans of Toronto. Rev. and Mrs. Harris will be -it- c< eded by Kev. and Mrs. David V'-ican of Stoimville New York, rho will take over their duties fV. 03 SOFTBALL : :ON FORMED (;■": Sunday, April 4th, repre-s '» Ives from Colborne and (" it met in the Community to discuss the future of group this player must play for that league and one age group only: Teat the Association wifc' abide by the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Rules. This Association will include ■the Mowing communities: Col ter much discussion and because of the great amount of interest borne Dundonald, Salem, Graf Ion and Castleton, and will or- in minor softball, it was decided to form a minor softball association which will be named the "South Northumberland Minor Softball Association." elected: President Mr. Wayne fani/e Pee Wee and Bantam Leagues. At the next meeting, May 2nd at Colborne Commuity Hall, a 1.3G p.m. eac hof the above com •he° folowln ^sThedule ^rule* have* wb*ri m efe,jhteam Th" lea'ue^and ^IovIa^ tllrTl si rteti for one league of one age tarn, (b)' a boys' softball league in Midget or Juvenile. PU2LIC SPEAKING CONTEST WINNER . She took l the contest at her again first in the Speaking before a large and I vision Adv attentive audience at Warkworth j first place on Friday, March 19th, Brenda | school an Chatterson, a pupil of South I township. Cramahe School, was awarded j First place was awarded by the fourth place, of sixteen contest-, judges to Roxanne Rothwell of ants from the townships and | Campbellford: second to Steven towns of Northumberland, tak- Grey. Seymour Twp.; and third to ing part in the Public Speaking I Nancy Budd, Burnham Street Contestsi Brenda spoke on "Tele. I School, Cobourg. CN PLANS IMPROVED PASSENGER TRAVEL The future scheduling of CN trains in this area, improved long-distance travel for passengers, and a more efficient and economical running of services were items discussed by Mr. W. D. Newell, Operations Manager of the Rideau Area Belleville; Mr. J. K. Fleming, Passenger Sales Manager, Belleville; and Mr J. Norman Lowe, Public Relations, St. Lawrence Region Montreal; with Reeve George Moore and Clerk Leonard Gordon, in the latter's office yesterday morning. The objective in this area, over the years, is a fast passenger service between Montreal and Toronto; with Class "A" trains, nonstop between the two points; fast trains making only five stops on the journey; and feeder trains carrying mail and short-run passengers. It is expected that those wishing to travel by train over extended distances will travel by car or bus to the nearest scheduled slopping place of a fast train, eliminating the frustration of the long-distance traveler whose train stops at practically every wayside CN service in Colborne will not be unduly affected. Train No. 18 now stopping at 4.30 a.m. (D.S.T.) will go right through; No. 9, wes'bound, will stop at 5.50 p.m. daily except Saturday apd Sunday, 4.08 Saturday only: and No. 10, eastbound, will call at 1.09 Further information on the proposed schedule may be obtained from Mr. W. D. Newell, Rideau Area, Canadian National Railways, Belleville. Ontario. Front Page Editorial CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations on a job extremely well done were in order on the occasion of the recent Rotary District 707 Conference held in Toronto, when members of Colborne Interact Club presented a program to the assembled delegates. Letters of thanks and appreciation of the very worthwhile effort made by club members were received by Colborne Rotary Club which sponsors the Interact Club, and by the club through its president, Guy Grosjean. A letter to the club from Tibor P. Gregor, District .707 Governor, reads, in part "Please accept my personal thanks and convey them to the members of your Interact Club for the splendid presentation at the recent District Conference in Toronto. Past President, Herb Taylor, who represented the President of Rotary International, was of the opinion that your Interact Club presentation was undoubtedly the best;" and from Chairman Peter Suttie and co-Chairman Tom Degeer, commenting on the remarks of the Governor's representative, "We think his judgement was extremely sound. . . .your efforts on our behalf made the total job of operating the Conference relatively easy." In much the same tone, Past Governor Robert E. Day, wrote, "Your presentation was excellent and during the evening of the Ball I spoke to quite a few Rotarians from our District who were extremely interested in Interact after hearing what the Colborne Club had done." fn this day and age, when we adults are prone to judge teenagers by the actions of a few as a motley throng of ne'er-do-wells, it is refreshing and heartening to find youths of this calibre do exist, ft is, perhaps unfortunate that the wild ones get a great deal of publicity, so now the Chronicle extends its congratulations and its belief that the future will, alter all, be in safe keeping. These young men are dedicated, as are Rotarians, to the principle of Service above Self. They come from the communities of Brighton, Colborne and the rural areas in the East Northumberland Secondary School District. More power to them. COLBORNE PERSONALS Ft... Lt. Douglas and Mrs. Dawe from Val D'Or, Quebec were in Coiborne for a few day's and vi-'• 'ed Mr. Dawe's mother who was in Cobourg General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dawe and family, Scarborough, spent. Sunday with Mr. Dawe's mother, Mrs. r. and Mrs. Gerard Beaudry Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steeves attended a Social Credit mee Peterborough on Saturday ning and afterward had lunch l Robert Thompson M.P., and Br members. irnh; avis Islington, is vv days with Mrs. A. Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. D. Gilchrist and lames Whit/by, Mr. and Mrs. B'-ian Gilchrist, Oshawa, were Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. Reg Lovell's, Cedar Street. Dr. Harold Quinn attended the annual convention of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto for three days ast week. After his 5-year ab-ense from Canada he found it ileasant to renew acquaintances imong the 3.000 persons in attendance. Early this week he flew :o_ Vancouver on business. Mr. William Dawe, Scarborough, spent Friday in Colborne -vith his mother, Mrs. A. Dawe. Mrs. Davis returned to Toronto with him. rs. Verna Hodge, Mrs. Ethel Palmateer, Mrs. Ellen McGregor, Mrs. Ileen Cotter, and Mrs. Marguerite Marcellus spent Tuesday afternoon at Riverside Hospital vivsiting Mrs. Jack Mutton. Mr. and-Mrs. Chas. Teal, Bonnie and Ricky, spent Saturday in Toronto and on Sunday afternoon visited Mr. T. J. Hetherington, Belleville. Friends were pleased to see Mr. Alec Hardie out once again for his mail during the week. COLBORNE INTERACT CLUB Colborne Interact Club met at the home of Ted Langdon in Brighton on the 4th of April. There were thirteen members present. Our speakers, Guy Grosjean, Ted Langdon, Bill Brundage and Leo Plue, delivered interesting and factual speeches to Rotarians attending the convention of District 707, commemorating the 60th anniversary of Rotary International They gave their speeches at the Royal York Hotel on the 27th of March. We hope that they may have influenced several Rotary Clubs into starting Interact Clubs. Members of the Colborne Interact Club would like to thank Colborne Rotary Club for providing us with dinner at the Royal York Hotel. Members who attended enjoyed themselves tho-j roughly. It was decided that our club would start a membership drive since many of our members will leave the club upon their completion of Grade XIII. Through this we hope to have an active club in the year to come. The next meeting will be held at Colborne Town Hall on Monday, April 19th, at 7.45 p.m. --Ross Mutton, press representative. EDEN U.CW. UNIT III Unit III of Eden U.C.W. held their meeting on Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Gordon Honey with six members present. Mrs. Honey was in charge of devotions. Meeting opened with Hymn 247 followed by the Lord's Prayer in unison. Mrs. Keith Stimers read the Scripture, Mathew 16: 18 and 19. Topic, "The official agent of Missions', which is in the church. A clipping from a paper, "Missionary work among the Lepers in Formosa", was given. Prayer closed devotions. Mrs. Lyle Honey Unit Leader, conducted the business. Treasurer's report was given. It was decided to hand in $20.00 to the U.C.W. Plans were made for the monthly meeting in the hall. Roll call to be an Easter verse. A film will be shown and Mrs. George Armstrong, ErMlle, will give a talk on her trip to Florida. Plans were made for catering at Mecking's Sale on April 21st. Mrs. Honey announced a coffee party will be held in Colborne United Church on April 22nd under auspices of the Auxiliary of the Children's Aid, Port Hope. May meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Elmer Whittaker. Meeting closed with the Miz-pah Benediction. Electrical service is now avail-abble to 95 per cent of the farms in Ontario including thousands in remote northern areas. To serve its rural customers, Ontario Hydro operates more than 49,000 miles of distribution line.