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COLBORNE CHRONICLE SUCCESSOR TO THE COLBORNE EXPRESS (Established 1866) THE COLBORNE ENTERPRISE (Established 18861 Vol. 2 -- No. 40 Thursday, October 13th, I960 $2.00 per year in Canada -- $3.00 in U.S.A. Firemen Fight Blaze Ten Hours Fruit House Destroyed I REMEMBER Reminiscences of Colborne At 10.00 p.m. on Wednesday. October 5th, the Colborne Fire Department answered a call to McKenzie's Fruit House on vision Street South in Colborne When the firemen arrived !hey found smoke pouring from he frame building. Five lines )f hose were immediately con-:entrated on the building. The iense smoke hampered the firemen from entering the burning building at the start of the fire. The firemen fought the blaze for ten hours before bringing it under control. Some firemen stayed on the job until the following noon hour to make sure the fire did not break out again. Fire Chief Ted Lee suffered broken bones in his right foot when he fell through a platform on south side of the building and a number of the other fire- Hustlers' Auxiliary Meets at Home of Mrs. I. R. Davis Mrs. J. R. Davis was hostess to the Hustlers' Auxiliary on Wednesday, October 5. President, Mrs. E. Thompson opened with W.A. Motto, after which all joined in singing the Theme Hymn. After welcoming those present, Mrs. Thompson read a poem, 'Take Time To Live.' Mrs. W. Baxter took charge of the Devotional, using 'Thanksgiving' as her Theme. Hymn 161, 'Now Thank We All our God' was sung, then the Scripture from Luke 17: 11-19 was read by Mrs. S. Skinner. Mrs. Baxter gave the Meditation, reminding us of our many reasons for Thankfulness. Prayer followed. The minutes were read and approved and a report received from the treasurer. Further plans were made for the Turkey Supper on Wednesday, October 19, in the United Church. On October 27, Mrs. Rose, a Dominion Council Representative will be speaking at the W.A. District Meeting in the Church. Mrs. Taylor spoke on the General Council which she recently attended at Edmonton. She explained briefly the function of the new organization, an amalgamation of W. A. and W.M.S., having the new name of 'United Church Women.' Mrs. H. McGillivray read a poem, 'The House by the Side of the Way.' Hymn 277, 'We Plough the Fields and Scatter' was followed by a contest conducted by Miss Vera Arkles. Mrs. Thompson thanked the hostess, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Baxter and group for the programme and Mrs. H. G. McKay and her group for the lunch. The meeting closed with the Theme Prayer. SPORTS Colborne always very sports conscious. As far back as I can remember, they have been very interested in baseball. I could not recall the names of all the players on the old team but with the help of Charlie Bro\vn, I managed to get the most of them. Here is the line-up. Jack Carter and Art Chapin, pitchers; Will Southam and Gene Maybee, catchers; Archie Brown, first base; Charlie Brown, second base; Alf Brown, third base, Billy Hill, short stop; Bill Car-nall, out field; Fred Smith in centre field. This team beat Cobourg for the trophy or em-1 blem, whatever it was that they played for, one year, a feat of which they were justly | I Then for awhile, football was' the favored game. Not the kind I they play these days but good I I bid fathioned football where I it was a foul to touch the ball with y<>">- bancts the goal tend-i e£ *xcepU '. lie could use his men suffered from bruises and I hands, feet or head to keep the sore eyes from the dense smoke.' hall out of the goal. Another The building which was full! year U was lacr°sse- Gene c , . . Mavbi-c whose l;ither had a of apples and a number of ma-; hai.yncss' shop was an expert chines was estimated at about j player and by his influence, a $17,000 loss. ' Colborne had a good lacrosse team for a while. Some time later, they had a flourishing cricket club. So flourishing in fact that they had a pro coach for a while, so I am told. I don't think there was a Dominion Day July 1st) came around without a celebration when I was a Kid. Booths in the park. No cones, hot-dogs or cokes in those days. They hadn't been invented then. Lemonade was the big selling drink, that is in the park. There was lots of other stuff in the hotels. Then there were races, all kinds of them. I remember the first bicycle race I ever saw. There were three safety models. They were something like wc have to-day but heavier. These were ridden by outsiders. Then Thornton Huyck was in it on a high one like Earl Thompson rides in most of our parades. On one of the rounds about Victoria Park, Thornton struck a stone, went over the handle bars, then got up and won the race. Th«ve used to be horse races on the jce at Lakeport too. The marsh would i.e covered with ice sometimes two feet thick. A vehicle was used similiar to the racing sulky of to-day with runners instead of wheels. They were as exciting as one could imagine, (continued on back page) Colborne Baton Team Wins Trophy The above ten girls proudly display the trophy which they won in Junior Fancy Drill. This team known as the "Colborn-ettes" took part in the original 8th Canadian Championship Competition held in Simcoe on. Front Row--L to R--Carol-October 4. The group has only|ine Harnden, Pam McDonald, been formed for a month and I Caro1 Kenny. Back Row-i, to it was their first competition *-Jean Aus"n' J"dy c™?- ..... bell, Bonnie Ball, Gwen Patis- m which they took the champ- on> Cathy Kenny Pam Arm. ionship in their class. strong and Dianne Henderson. COME TO THE ROTARY BINGO Saturday, October 15 COME ONE, COME ALL! HELP ROTARY HELP COLBORNE Town Hall, Colborne