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COLBORNE CHRONICLE Successor to The Colborne Express (est. 1866) and The Colborne Enterprise (est. 1886) PRINTED and PUBLISHED in COLBORNE, ONTARIO II •I I Vol. 9 -- No. 10 Thursday, March 9th, 1967 7c per copy -- $3.00 Canada -- $4.00 U.S.A. A Great Canadian After a long and distinguished career in the service of his country, soldier, statesman, diplomat, Governor Gen aral Georges Philias Vanier n a message to Prime Mini-r Lester B. Pearson, H.M. een Elizabeth sajd.We send • deepest sympathy to yon 1 to the Canadian govern-nt and people in the loss this most distinguished General Vanier was the second Canadian to hold office as Governor General. . Mrs. T. Gresham, Mr. and Mrs. M. Telford, Mrs. R Chapman, Mrs. E. Kernaghan, Mrs. S. Peebles, Mrs. L. Hill, CRAMAHE COUNCIL Cramahe Council met in the Council Chamber. Castleton, March 3rd, at 1.30 p.m. Members were all present, Reeve Cochrane in the chair. The minuts of the last meet ing were read and adopted. Communication was received from the CNR re crossings. Letter was filed. It was moved by H. Bedford and seconded by S. Oliver that the Council of the Township of Cramahe agree to the installation of four 2-lamp flourescent lights with automatic control on Lot 17, Con. 3, as per agreement with the Ontario Hydro of February 20, 1967. Carried. Moved by R. Blyth, seconded by J. A. McComb, that the Council of the Township of Cramahe agree to pay the Colborne and Cramahe Centennial Committee $1,000.00' to help pay for artificial ice in the Arena in 1967. Carried. Moved by S. Oliver, seconded by J. A. McComb, that the Council of the Township of Cramahe engage Kenneth Jones as Warble Fly Inspector for the Township of Cramahe for the year 1967 at $1.50 per hour plus 10c per mile, and Garnet Reycraft to spray cattle at $6.50 per day and furnish powder at cost. Carried. Moved by H. Bedford, seconded by R. Blyth, that all accounts to date be paid. Carried. Orders were then drawn on the Treasurer as follow: D. Dingwall, postage, $15.00; Alex Rutherford Jr., re ambulance, 120.00; Township of Percy, stand-by fee, 100.00: Bell Telephone, re hall, 6.40; Alex Clark, care of hall, 15.00; Andrew Kemp, public speaking, 15.00; road accounts to the amount of $17,848.07. Council adjourned to meet the first Friday in April at 1.30 p.m. Mrs. L. Honey, Mrs. J. Palmer, Mrs. C. Reed and Miss Maude Connors, members of the Colborne Horticultural Society, journeyed to Toronto on Wednesday last with members of Grafton Horticultural Society to attend the Flower and Garden Show at O'Keefe Centre. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Smith and Miss Barbara Smith of Toronto spent the w.?eksnd with Mr. and Mrs C A. Myles Mr. Paul Island, Brampton, spent the weekend with hir, mother, Mrs. K. Island. Miss Jean Kernaghan, Toronto, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. B. Kernaghan Mr. and Mrs. Don Redick and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Johnson, Carrying Place. Mr. and Mrs. Al Dal and family spent Sunday in Toronto and Brampton visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Fraser and Shan Leslie, Toronto spent Saturday with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Horner; grandpa's birthday. Mr. C. A. Myles has returned home from Cobourg Hospital after five weeks as a patient there. Department of Highways CAPITAL PROJECTS SCHEDULE FOR 1967 Northumberland County by Russell D. Rowe, M.P.P. Northumberland A study of the highway construction program tabled in the Ontario Legislature shows the folowing projects to be started this year: Fifteen miles of Highway 30, south from Havelock, will be resurfaced. A new high level bridge over the Trent River and the Trent Canal at the Village of Trent River will be built a total of 1.2 miles including the approaches." A new permanent bridge will also be built over tba Jilt fap COLBORNE HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Ferguson and their seven children was completely destroyed by Are last Friday. No one was in the house at the time of the outbreak and the family was left with only the clothes they were wearing. However, Colborne resi-! dents rallied to their assistance, with bedding, furniture and household effects to tidt A benefit dance was quickly arranged to raise funds and Colborne Legion Hall was donated to the cause. A sum of more than $1,000 was raised. Trent River in the Village of Hastings on Highway 45. To accommodate the traffic while this is being built, a second temporary bridge over the head race wil be installed. Scheduled for completion is the overhead structure over the CNR and CPR track? on Highway 2 Eas tof Cobourg. Also scheduled for completion is the development road project in Murray Township. Likewise a pre-engineering designation has been given for two new development roads in the County system. The one from Lakeport to Colborne and the uther an extension of County Road No. 9 East of Plainville. A normal agreement has also been entered into with the Town of Cobourg to rebuild William Street from University Avenue to the Cobourg Brook Bridge. ST. FRANCIS DE SALES C.W.L Mrs. Frances Harnden was hostess to the C.W.L. of St. Francis de Sales parish on Monday night of this week. There were fifteen members present. The president, Shirley Carey conducted the meeting which was opened with the recitation of the League Prayer. Kathleen McPherson read the minutes of the last meeting, which were approved as read. Kathleen Carey, in her treasurer's report announced a favourable balance in the bank accounft. Correspondence was read by Anne Hill, who also read an article from the. League Magazine on the Christian family. A discussion and a questio nand i answer period followed. The annual subscription campaign for the Canadian Register will take place this month. An invitation was received for to have some of cur members attend the inter-church meeting for a discussion and view of the movie called, A' most Neighbours, which will take place at seven-thirty on Sunday, March 12th, in the United Church in Colborne. A motion was moved by (contnued page three) NEW STANDARD-BEARER CHOSEN ROBIN RUSSELL LIBERAL CANDIDATE ROBIN RUSSELL, B.A.. A.R.C.T. of Hamilton Township Robin D. Russell is the new^the Ontario University Lib- standard-bearer for the Liberal Parly in Northumberland: He is 25 years of age. He was nominated for provincial candidacy by Cobourg Deputy-reeve Lenah Field Fisher at Warkworth, Tuesday evening. Mrs. Fisher in promoting Mr. Russell as her choice said that older citizens should encourage and assist young people who are interested in politics. "Mr. Russell," she said, could have chosen other careers but he has chosen the rocky road of politics." Mrs. Fisher had previously elaborated on the young man's success in the field of music, having achieved his ARCT degree as a solo performer in piano from the University of Toronto at the age of seventeen. Earlier as a student at Cobourg Collegiate he performed in the field of drama, winning the best actor award in the Eastern Drama Festival at Kingston. Mrs. Fisher gave credit to Cook's School, Hamilton Township, and the rural teacher (Mrs. Donald Birney) who first encouraged Robin to take up public speaking. He was complimented for his success in this undertaking by Dr. Fred Robertson. Federal Liberal member at that time, when the student won the county public speaking honors. Dr. Robertson said that Robin should make :i career of politics. With both rural and town schooling behind him, Robin went to university at Waterloo. "Here," said Mrs. Fisher, "he was Prime Minister of the Model Parliament as well as earning his B.A." While at Waterloo. Mr. Russell also was president of crals. He was an active com-paigner for Pauline Jewett in 1963 in Northumberland i THE CANDIDATE " Robin Russell, in thanking Mrs. Fisher, said that Cob-ourg's Deputy-reeve was one of the leading Liberals of Northumberland and the enterprising proprietor of the Marie Dressier establishment. He was grateful to Mrs Fisher for nominating him. "As Deputy-reeve of Cobourg, Mrs. Fisher is one of the most prominent municipal legislators in the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham," he said, "and I must add without hesitation, one of.the most distinguished members of our party." Mr. Russell continued: "I nm delighted, Mr. Chairman, that Mrs. Fisher has, bv her nomination, expressed her confidence in the New Generation. "T am also happy to thank Dean Massev of Morganston for sneaking on my behalf. Mr. Massev is a member of one of the great families of Canada and a successful son of Northumberland. He. too. has expressed his confidence in the New Generation." In reviewing Liberal representation for Northumberland at Ottawa and Toronto. Robin Russell said: 'Indeed, we can boast with pride, in this centennial vear, that the first Speaker of the House of Commons was the member from West Northumberland. "Most of mv life has been spent in our county," continued the speaker. "Perhaps f^e four most important vears of my schooling were directed by Mrs. Don Birnev at Cook's School, the one-(continued next page)