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COLBORNE CHRONICLE Sncce--r te TWa Colborne Express (est. 1866) and The Colbonie Enterprise (est 1886) Thursday.August 29,1968 s -- $00 0\S A. see Abreea Young People Build Churches Therfc pnayjbe monkeys lizards amd rain but three local young people are taking all in stride Bob Hall Jane Reymes and Rick Westall all from Colborne A Y P A are nearing the end of their work tour in Jamaica and Guyana and have given up vacation time to build churches, teach school and spread good will Living conditions are primitive, Jane with two other workers sleeps iinthe church she helped build She Ihas learned to contend with the raih, knowing there would be no water without it An unusual lesson in biology came when she helped dissect a 6 ft Yakman snake Jane would like to stay longer, to see more of the country and people Rick also in Guyana finds himself surrounded with black, brown and red stagnant water The heat, less than expected is around eighty degrees and the humidity is sixtv eight Having completed the church now named St Martins he is teaching school with one other Can adian and two Guyanese Slow arrival of supplies and irregular attendance of the thirty to sixty pupils doesn't make the teach mg easy but still the vacation schools manage most subjects taught in our schools Rick also shows a desire to see more of the country and do more to help Bob Hall is due back to day after a busy schedule of teaching in Jamaica He has really travelled with his good work Kingston Spanish Town, Santa Crus Montica Bay Crossroads and Negril are places he has taught The people have been wonderful, he writes andi dealing with thirty five children under eight has been worth giving up vacation time for he feels and shows an interest in returning Teaching, building churches are important sec-lions of this Work Tour That young people from Colborne and Grafton, the first ever to be chosen from a rural area, that young people should give up pleasure for others.that an organization such as the local A Y P A under direction of Don Prentiss should work so hard to see this happen is something the community is proud of SPECIAL MEETING CONTINUED The minutes of the Special Meeting of Colborne Council and tax payers re Sunday Racing, and printed in last week's issue unfortunately could not be printed in full due to lack of space We print the final items now so you may have the full story It was moved by Councillor Dudley that this matter be presented to the voters in the form of a reforand-um, in the December elections There being no "Seconder", the Motion was withdrawn Moved by Counc Dudley Seconded by Counc Spencer that the By-Law perm itting Sunday Racing b i refused at this time A re-., corded vote was called for'*' Results of the vote :-"Yes"-Couincs Dudley,Spe * ncer. Teal "No" - Reeve McLaughlin Counc Jenson On Motion the Council didi then adjourn Mr Gordon Raymer was in accord with Dr Pemb-er's remarks and stated that the City of St Catherines had turned down Sunday Racing and that in any event, he felt that Sunday should be kept as a Sunday and older people should set an example The Drum Head Service in Victoria Park A Meaningful ceremony for Colborne to witness INDIAN RELICS Nine skulls were unearthed in a sand pit, plus some fragments of pottery maybe Irriquois or older Mr W A Kenyon, Curate or for the Royal Ontario Museum was ntified and will be coming to examine the discovery in two weeic.s Location though local,is being withheld so examin ation. of find * hampered COLBORNE ROTARY Twenty one members attended the Rotary meeting-August 26th The '15(5' Club draw for $100 was won by B Lyall of Richmond Hill, Toronto The weekly draw was won by Albert Dance Mrs W L Matthews and Miss Maude Connors have returned from a three week vacation visiting friends in Thornbury, Bar-rie and Toronto EXPANSION UNDERWAY Too much news and too little paper We are planning to give you a larger weekly paper with coverage from all districts If in the meantime your news is not printed please be patient, we'll get it Remember the towns Bar-B-Q, the final surge for the Community Arena Come enjoy this effort and enjoy a good meal too Drumhead Service Much planning and organization must be done to be host to fa Drum Head! Service such as was held in Colborne August 25th That all was so memorable is a credit to our Local 187 Royal Canadian Legion In Victoria Park George Hees M P gave a message from Prime Minister Trudeau and Russel Rowe delivered one from Premier Robarts The Cobourg Salvation Army Band qlayed for the hymns at the service and Rev Ware officiated A combined color part to Victoria Park for the i from the Legion ad Service The Cobourg Color Party lead the parade to the service 10 zomles of The Royal Canadian Legion were represented in Colborne A Weekly Newspaper deicted to Ccllorne and Close CcmmuniUes The Trenton Airforce Pipe Band and the Port Hope Pipe Band jloinsd together to give added color to the memorable Drum He-ad Service