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COLBORNE CHRONICLE Successor to The Colborne Express (est. 1866) and The Colborne Enterprise (est. 1886) Vol. JO -- No. IS Thursday, January 18th, 1968 7cper copy -- $3.00 Canada -- $4.00 U.S.A. and Abroad MRS. MARY ANN MUTTTON DOWN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE TOMORROW This hill o fice encloses Cbllborne's fountain in Victoria Park, following the recent exceptionally long spell of subzero weaitlher. The fountain had been kept i noperation and ice gradually built up. Opinion is divided1 as to whether damage to the structure is likely to result from the weight of ice. Time alone will tell. It does, however, make quite an attractive spectacle, especially at night when coloured lights at the base of the fountain and overhead in the park are reflected in the ice. Mary Ann Down (Mrs. .1. W.) was born Mary Ann Mutton on January ±9th, 1868; one hundred years ago, at Shiloh in Cramahe Township. She was the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. John Mutton - one girl among six boys. Mrs. Down and her ninetyjyear-old brother, Herbert Mutton of Toronto are the only members of the family still living.. Mary Ann Mutton married at at the age of twenty-five, on her birthday, January 19th, 1893, John Wesley Down and went to live on the land where she is now residing. She lives alone, and very independently, in a cosy house trailer close to the home of her son and his wife„ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Down. When asked where she spent her honeymoon, Mrs. Down said, "We just came home to the house on the farm where we were going to live." When this writer visitetd Mrs. Down ,she was lighting he roil space heater which, for some reason, had gone out, and she had things well in hand. IMr. and Mrs. John Wesley Down had three children; Arthur, Frederick and Evelyn. Arthur Down is the only surviving member of these three. She has two grandsons; Wesley and Frederick, and eight-great-grandchildren, Catherine Patricia, Jean, Nancy, David, Saiudar, Louise and Richard Down, This grand lady of 100 years has lived1 all her life on the farm with the exception of a few years when she lived in Brighton Village. Her health has always been good. The number of times she has been under doctor's care are very few. RADIOS STOLEN A soft drink bottle was used to smash the store front window at Edison Radio & TV at about 3 ajm. on Tuesday morning.The marauders Mien stole at the radios on- display in the store front through the hole in the glass. A resident of the Gordon block in which the Edison store is located, was awakened by the noise and went out to investigate. She was just in time to see a car being driven away from the Scene and immediately phoned Mr. Edison at his home in Lakeport. Officers of the Brighton Detachment, O.P.P., were called and are continuing the investigation. Loss is estimatd at over $300. A reddish or brown car was used and it is believed that three men were involved. HOUSE BURNS A house at Grafton formerly the Station House, purchased a few years ago by John Watson of Graifton and converted into a two-family dwelling, burned to the ground early this week. Loss is estimated at ?1 :Q. COLBORNE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD INAUGURAL MEETING The inaugural meeting of Colborne Public School Board for 1968 was held at the school n January 15th. Members of the Board for 1968 are George W. Latimer, Charles T. Philp, A. Duncan MeGlennon, Harold W. Ham-den .Mackenzie Haig and Peter Koomen. Mr. George W. Latimer Was elected Chairman' for the year and Mr. Mackenzie Haig was elected Vive Chairman. Committees are as follow: Finanbe, Philp and MeGlennon; Repair. Haig and Koomen; School, Ham don and Latimer The Secretary-Treasurer r ported that most of the necessary approvals for the proposed addition had been received1. The curent accounts were approved for payment. --William J. Troop, Secretary-Treasurer. LOCAL BUSINESSMAN DIES A longtime resident of Colborne, in business here for some forty years, Everett W. Row-some passed away at his home on Wednesday, January 10th. A short time ago Mr. Row-some suffered a severe heart attack, but had recivered sufficiently well, to return to his home, and had spent some time since his hospitalization in his dry goods store. He came to Colborne from Athens, Ontario, and purchased a bakery business at the present location of McArthur's Home Bakery. After that, for some wears he was engaged in the grocery business, and from that moved into dry goods at the store next fo Griffis Drug Store. She has always been a great hobbyist and always busy. During her late eighties and nineties she compiled a Mutton family history entitled1, "Ours to Remember", including a history of Shiloh and pioneering days there. Mrs. Down made beautiful hooked rugs, mostly of her own design, dying the material for each one. She knitted, crocheted, and did wicker basket ■work, and was always ready to give a helping hand to anyone seeking advice, from helping to paper a room to hemming a dress properly. Since the age of ninety she has crocheted lace tablecloths for each of her six great-granddaughters. For twenty-five years Mrs. Down taught a Sunday School class at Wooler United Cfcurch and was ery active in a large Mission Band group at the Stone School called Gospel Senders Mission Band. After the age of sixty, she, with many experiences and mishaps, learned to drive a car which her husband had ppur-chased in 1927. This past Christmas many of Mary Aran "* Dowarts neighbours received notes of Ohristmas greeting in her handwriting. These notes will be treasured by all who received them. To honour their grandmother's 100th birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Down are entertaining at an "At Home" for her. The name of her book, "Ours to Remember" couikl be said of Mrs. Down by her neighbours; this grand lady Of 100 years, whose smiling face and hearty laugh is something to remember. BLOOD DONOR CLINIC Tuesday, January 23rd COLBORNE LEGION HALL 2 to 4.30 and 6.30 to 9 p.m. UNITED COUNTIES WARDEN Reeve W. Thomas of Cob-bourg was elected Warden of the Counties at a meeting of Counties Council held on Tuesday. He is the third Warden to be elected from Cobourg in the r>a-t 100 years. COLBORNE PERSONALS Mrs. J. Ryley 355-2548 A baby shower in honour of Mrs. PhyLis Chapman was held Wednesday, January 10th, at the home of Mrs. Keith Clark A most pleasant evening was enjoyed by everyone. F. T. Ryley of Park Street has kit on a tour Of duty as part of an Operator Engineering Equipment Study Team. He will be in OFB, ChiUiwack, B.C., for a period of three weeks, then in CFB Winnipeg, Man., for another three weeks to finalize and write up the specifications of the Operating Engineering 'Equipment trade. The children's Brownie meeting was again cancelled, due to the icy and almost Arctic conditions of the last day or two. Many ice-laden- branches have fallen, causing a hazard to pedestrians, even though the glittering trees do not look dangerous. The Rev. John MacKechnie, the new minister to St. Andrew's in Brighton, St. Paul's • in Lakeport, and Old St. Andrew's, Colborne, Presbyterian Churches, has taken up residence in Lakeport. * * * * Mr. E. W. Rowsome, owner of the Dry Goods Store on King Street, and a well-known resident of the town for many years, passed away after a short illness. Mrs. A. W. Cfeishohne, Ontario St., spent the past week- -end din Toronto. Mrs. CMS-.' holme is on her way to visit" a cousin in California for several months. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Pacey, Bolton, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Port Hope, visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom McDonald and family on Sunday. WO/2 and Mrs. Cecil Oliver and boys, Stittsville, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Packard. We are happy to welcome Mrs. Jean Ryley as our local news correspondent, starting acquaintances etaoi netaoin aoi this week. Readers look for news of their friends and mSm quainltanices in the area through^ the medium of the local weeklf; paper. Just give Mrs. Ryley a call, or leave wour news iter.if „ at this office.