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THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE, Thursday, September 15th, 1960 Page Three Colborne Chronicle Established in 1959; Successor to the Colborne Express, (Est. 1366) and the Colborne Enterprise, (Est. 1886) Published every Thursday at the office of publication, King Street, Phone 44, Colborne, Ontario WILLIAM T. HARRISON -- Editor and Manager Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc. Subscriptions Payable In Advance In Canada $2.00 In U.S.A. $3.00 (Authorized as Second Class mail, Post Office Dept., Ottawa) RIDGE ROAD W.I. Miss May Van Allen was hostess to Ridge Road W.I. on Wednesday evening, August 31st, at the home of Mr. Lewis Vanwicklin. The meeting opened with the Ode, Mary Stewart Collect and Lord's Prayer, in unison. Roll call was "My Favourite Old Song or Poem", answered by fourteen members and one visitor. Mrs. Metcalf presided for a short business period and Mrs. Cecil Reed, in charge of girls' work, had the girls show their flowers and the boys their vegetables. The flowers were all so nice that each of the five girls were given a prize and two bojft received prizes for vegetables. A prize was also given for the best garden. Mrs. Barr gave a contest on several kinds of flowers which was won by Mrs. Dilman, the sunshine was won by Mrs. Lyl« Honey. The meeting closed with the Queen and Mizpah Benediction. Lunch was served by the hostess and committee. The October Editorial DON'T ADD GREY HAIRS One of the biggest single factors in adding grey hairs to the small town merchant's head is the competition provided by the great mail order houses. And it's pretty stiff competition. By means of volume buying and volume selling the mail order people are able to offer great variety in their merchandise, and sometimes, but not always, lower prices. The amount of business they are able to take out of a town would astound even the local retailers, if the figures were available. The method by which this is done is advertising . . by daily newspapers . . by handbills, and by catalogues. Without this form of advertising, mail order business would not last a week. With it they are able to take business from under the noses of the local merchants. Fortunately for the local merchant there is a remedy for this state of affairs. Perhaps he can't afford a four-colour catalogue, or even a two-colour handbill, but local newspaper advertising is within reach and can be used effectively to tell the people of merchandise values right at home. A merchant who advertises consistently need not worry too much about competition from the city. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE NEEDS OVERHAULING The Unemployment Insurance Fund is neither insurance in the true sense, nor is it a fund. For one thing the premium is not proportional to the risk. Worst feature, however, is that its "benefits" have been spread to thin that the money available to assist those who are genuinely unemployed is being used instead to make payments to people who have no genuine claim on the fund -- for example, women who leave their jobs to have babies, as well as seasonal workers. Payments are made, too, to people who retire on pension, on the entirely erroneous theory that retirement on pension is forced and not voluntary, when, in fact, it is a known and accepted condition of employment. The catch-all coverage of so- called unemployment insurance swells the unemployment figures to wholly unrealistic totals. Brides, expectant mothers, seasonal workers and fishermen, make up a fairly substantial part of the total of unemployed persons in the country. Unless unemployment insurance is re-established on a sound basis, to eliminate the features that are now undermining the fund, the inevitable price will be paid in higher taxes. One essential change is that benefits should not be paid, as they now are, to those out of work who refuse a job offer in another field of employment. If the Unemployment Insurance Fund is wholly depleted, the first victims will be those who are genuinely in need of assistance because they are out of work and unable to find jobs of any kind. OBITUARY SAMUEL T. SWAIN After being hospitalized for one week, Samuel T. Swain, Brighton, passed away in Trenton Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, September 7th, 1960, aged 72 years. He was born in Cramahe Township, June 18, 1889, son of Andrew Jackson Taylor Swain and Harriet Ives. He attended Salem Public School and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Following his marriage on December 23rd, 1908, to the former Jessie May Richardson, they resided in Brighton where Mr. Swain was an automobile mechanic and garage owner for 28 years. Predeceased by two sons, Clifford and Jack, Mr. Swain is survived by his wife, one daughter, Audrey (Mrs. Maitland Rogers), Smithfield, one son, Malcom Frederick of Toronto, five grandchildren, Wayne and Sharon Rogers, Donna, Jackson and Brian Swain, three brothers, Howard, Salem, Cleland, White Rock, B.C., and Harold, Man-yille, Alberta. Funeral service was conducted from the K. Snider Funeral Home, Brighton, on Friday, September 9th, at 2.00 p.m., with the Rev. W. E. Sayers officiating. Interment was in Salem Cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased, Francis Purdy, Toronto, Jack Usborne, Amelias-burg, Don Swain, Ottawa, Jay Swain, Brighton, Mac Usborne. Colborne and Elwood Armstrong, Cobourg. Friends and relatives attended the service from Rochester, N.Y., Toronto and Ottawa. OBITUARY STANLEY HAROLD MacDONALD (Shannonville, Ont.) Stanley Harold MacDonald of Shannonville, Ontario, w known retired general merchant died this Saturday morning, September 10th, in Belleville General Hospital. He had been patient in the hospital for two weeks, but had been ill eight and one half years. He in his 66th year. Born in Thurlow Township, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Allen MacDonald. He lived all his life in Shannonville area and operated a general store there for 32 years. He retired June 29th, 1959. He was a member of Shannonville United Church and i life member of Eureka Lodge, A.F. and A.M., No. 283, of Belleville. Besides his wife, the former Olga Garrison, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lee (Bernice) Grills of Belleville and Mrs. Marjory Coyle of Colborne, Ontario. , Service was held on Monday, September 12th, from the John R. Bush Funeral Home, B ville, with the Rev. Lawrence Leafloor officiating. On Sunday evening the r bers of Eureka Lodge, A.F. & A.M., held a memorial service at the funeral home. Castleton WMS The W.M.S. met at the home of Mrs. G. Carr, President, with sixteen members present and Mrs. J. C. McKague, 1st Vice-president, in the chair. Mrs. H. Allen reported on School for Leaders which was held at Whitby on August 15th to 19th at the Ontario Ladies" College. Worship was under the leadership of Mrs. E. Jones, on the subject of "The Unity of Christ's Church". The Scripture was read by Mrs. V. Pomeroy. The new study was introduced by Mrs. G. Papineau, the theme for the year being, "Into All the World Together". Mrs. Papi-i based her talk on the word "Ecumenical" which might be defined as concerning the christian church throughout the world. A true Ecumenical Spirit is a spirit of responsibility for others, acted Upon by the church, which has one work and that the proclamation that God has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ. The World Under the Cross" and "The Turning World" are ro new study texts. Mrs. G. Welton and Mrs. H. Allen gave a skit contrasting an Ecumenical Church with a non-ecumenical one. Mrs. D. Arkles closed the meeting with prayer. .Refreshments were served by Mrs. G. Carr and Mrs. D. Dingwall, Jr. Hustlers' Auxiliary The Hustler's met on September 7th at the summer home of Mrs. Ross Teal at Little Lake. President, Mrs. E. Thompson, opened the meeting with the W.A. Motto which was followed by singing the Theme Hymn in unison. After welcoming the twenty-two members and two visitors present, Mrs. Thompson turned School", read by Mrs. A. Dale for the Devotional. Hymn 112, "Jesus Loves The Little Children", was followed by the scripture from Proverbs 22, verses 118, read by Mrs. R. Pacey. The theme was "Going to School", read by Mrs. A. DDale which concluded with prayer. The Devotional closed with hymn 243, "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus". The minutes were read and approved and reports received from various conveners. Thank-you notes were read from Mrs. Quinn, Miss Doris Cook and the MeNally family. A get-well card was circulated for signatures to be sent to Mrs. Quinn. It was decided to have a rummage and talent sale in the Sunday School Hall on November 12th, beginning at 10 a.m. Mrs. W. Baxter read a letter from Mrs. E. Thompson's nephew, Rev. Hugh Becking, from Angola. A contest was conducted by Mrs. A. Dale. The President then thanked the hostess, Mrs. Teal, Mrs. Dale and her group for the pi?»-gramme and Mrs. W. Williams and her group for the delicious lunch. The meeting closed with the Theme Prayer. On August 31st, 1960, an historical plaque commemorating Samuel de Champlain's Expedition of 1615 through the Trent waterway, was unveiled at Trenton. This plaque is one of a series being erected throughout the province by the Department of Travel and Publicity, acting on the advice of the Archaelo-gical and Historic Sites Board of | Ontario. Participants in the ceremony, shown left to right, were: Mr. Douglas Whitley, President of the Trenton Chamber of Commerce; the Honourable Bryan L. Cathcart, On- tario's Minister of Travel and Publicity; the Honourable Senator W. A. Fraser; Mr. Elmer Sandercock, M.P.P. (Hastings West); Prof. T. F. Mcllwraith of the Historic Sites Board; and His Worship Mayor James MacDonald of Trenton. JEWELLERY Watch Our Windows and Come In for Gift Suggestions E. M. RIMMER Phone 349 Your Local Jeweller Colborne