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THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE, Thursday, December 29th, 1960 Page Three Colborne Chronicle Established in 1959; Successor to the Colborne Express, (Est. 1866) 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) EDITORIAL IT'S SNOW TIME FOR ACCIDENTS The wondrous world of winter (for children that is) brings a complete new set of hazards for the young and active child. Sleighing, skiing, skating, all have their attendant dangers. Perhaps the greatest danger is in going to and from these sports. The early darkness which descends so quickly catches many youngsters still dragging their sleigh home from their favourite hill. Parents who dress their children in dark clothes are adding to their danger. Bright clothes are best, but if your child is equipped with a dark coat invest a few cents in a colourful scarf or better still sew on some reflective tape or cloth. The Ontario Safety League offers these additional suggestions for the winter wise parent: 1. Always teach your child to sleigh ride on a hill free of obstacles, and where the end of the run won't wind up on the street or road. 2. For skating, encourage a supervised, approved rink where possible. If a frozen pond is used make sure it's tested carefully by an adult first. Point out to children that the skate blade is as sharp as a knife, and should be treated with the same respect. 3. Make sure your child learns to ski properly, and conquers gentle slopes first. Ski poles can be a help or a hazard. Be sure they are used properly. Northumberland Farm Forums Canada should spend more money to assist underprivileged countries, was the almost unanimous opinion voiced by the Ontario Farm Forums members when they discussed A FOOD THRU WAY on December 12th. As to the ways in which the increased funds should be employed, there were a number of suggestions with educational and food programmes topping the list. / Morganston and Co b o u r g Road Forums agreed that technical education and aid were of utmost importance and offered a more permanent solution to the problem of the underprivileged countries than the mere establishment of an international Food Bank. Through the introduction of better farming methods with wider exploitation of natural resources the countries in question might eventually come to solve their own production-demand problems. Either bring foreign students here to learn how we farm in Canada or send experienced Canadian Farmers to the countries themselves to establish better agricultural methods, was a further suggestion. A food thruway, Mount Pleasant maintained, offered only a temporary solution. However, Trent Valley thought an international Agency distributing surplus produce would certainly be effective at the present time, until the underprivileged nations had learned how to cope with their own needs. Even afterwards, if it proved successful, it might be maintained as an International Surplus Food Bank. What would such an organization mean for Canada? Not only would it dispose of the present surplus, increase production demands, promote better international relations but also would enable the individual farmer to profit more and more from the sale of his produce on an ever-expanding market. SNOW MAROONS 1000 Colborne Residents Come To Rescue JEWELLERY Watch Our Windows and Come In for Gift Suggestions E. M. RIMMER Phone 349 Your Local Jeweller Colborne More than 1,000 people were stranded in Colborne Thursday night after a freak storm dumped more than a foot of snow along Lake Ontario's northern shore. Travellers abandoned their cars by the hundreds along Highway No. 2 and took refuge in restaurants, the Legion Hall, the Fire Hall and private homes. Jammed Solid Estimates on the number of stranded ran as high as 4,000, but police said so many spent the night in their cars that an accurate count was not possible. The local Legion reacted quickly to the emergency, ved hot drinks and food and found temporary accommodation in village homes. Dozens took shelter in the Town Hall and almost 200 packed the lobby and lounge of the 24-room Queen's Hotel. By midnight the main street was jammed solid for two miles in each direction with an estimated 500 cars and 70 trucks. Not until 4 a.m. could highways department snowplows fight their way into the village and begin untangling the colossal snarl. Tie-up Cause One department official said the tieup started about 10 p. when the street was blocked by an accident involving a tractor-trailer. Many drivers, finding the driving lane blocked, swung into the other lane and quickly blocked that, too. / "It was more of a traffic jam than anything," said a provincial police officer. "The snowplow couldn't get moving because of the stalled vehicles." As word of the jam spread, villagers rallied with offers of help. Mrs. Charles Wood, wife of the hotel owner, said the hotel was filled by late afternoon and at least 500 had to be turned away. She said most people complained that no radio warnings were given. Provincial police did, however, broadcast frequent warn- EASTERN ONTARIO PROGRAMME FOR SOIL AND CROP IMPROVEMENT The three -day annual confer- lce of the Eastern Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association will be held at the Kempt-ville Agricultural School January 3 to January 5, inclusive. The first day's programme will feature information on liquid fertilizer, cash returns from fertilizer application, tfle drainage, the use of records in farm management, and applied research. On January 4th field crop re-reach, pasture competitions, and hay and silage making will be discussed. In the evening, at the annual banquet, T. R. Hilliard, Assistant Deputy Minister (Production), Ontario Department of Agriculture, will be guest speaker. His topic: "You and Your Department of Agriculture." The final day is devoted to livestock production, and will include inquiry into animal breeding research, face fly control, profitable pastures, automation in the barn. Potato Growers will hold their own programme on the first day, January 3rd. To be discussed: weed control, potato clubs, modern machinery, and interpretation of grades. All Eastern Ontario farmers interested in soil and crop improvement are invited to attend. Registration is from 9.30 to 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3rd, at the Kemptville Agricultural Schoor. ings over a Belleville station, urging people not to travel. At Brighton, more than 200 stranded travellers, their cars left in ditches or beside Highway 401, slept in chairs at the Town Hall or in homes opened to them by townspeople. They sang songs and Christmas carols and "made a whole new bunch of friends," one Toronto driver Provincial police said cars were stranded all along the 12-mile stretch between Trenton and Brighton. Some motorists had to walk or hitch-hike ei or ten miles to shelter. County Milk Producers Meet At Brighton The annual meeting Colborne-Brighton Whole Milk Producers was held in the Sunday School of Brighton United Church, December 14th. Hot turkey supper served by the ladies of the church was convened by Mrs. Elmer Craig. Chairman E. R. Ireland welcomed Distributors Bruce Spencer of Colborne and Gordon Spencer of Brighton, who spoke briefly. Christmas carols were sung by Julia Banbury, a student of Mrs. Morgan Baker. The Agricultural Representative R. Banbury reviewed experiences of the past fifteen years of rising incomes, and the problem of keeping the price of milk to the dairy farmer somewhat in line. Many of the local meetings were due to growing pains and the present Provincial Bargaining Plan seemed a satisfactory basis at this time. He introduced M. T. Napper, Dairy Fieldman for the area who does the inspection work. ~Mrr Napper said" his ~job~was to check butterfat tests, see that farmers were paid according to agreement. In future he expected to visit farms as the Department of Agriculture was expected to encourage good production conditions on the farm, until the milk was received by the Distributor. The Health Group were to look after milk from the distributor to the consumer. Advertising of milk was felt to be needed. Too many farmers hurt their own business by not using more milk and butter instead of substitutes. The Dairy Princess was effective with city consumers and gave considerable dignity to the industry. H. Sharpe of Peterborough representing Zone 7 which covers all counties in the area brought greetings from Whole Milk Producers League. He discussed the butterfat differential which is the basis on which the test is used to determine the price for milk. This had been set before the last war at 3.5 which meant 35c butter. During the war it was frozen by the Milk Control Board. Now unfair advantage was being taken to sell 3.5 of cream at 6.5 to the government, by some processors. Often a high test herd would be taken on and herds at the desired 3.4 test pushed off. This seemed strange in view of the fact that much of this milk was to be sold at 2 percent fat. It was apparent that an adjustment was The speaker said all markets were open for negotiation, and price would be considered in the new year. Ill markets exist in Ontario. Distributors are protected by licence for an area. Condensed and multimilk were in competition. Some help to market cheese out of Canada was sound. E. R. Ireland was elected chairman and director with Ralph Banbury, Secretary-treasurer, on nomination of Cecil Reid and Albert Craig. All agreed that the social annual meeting had been a good idea for both food and information. INSURANCE Auto, Burglary, Fire, Floaters, Liability, Plate Glass, Etc. WILLIAM J. TROOP, JR. Phone 114 Colborne tom cook A Colborne boy, who is rated as one of Canada's top horse men, talks it over with Mt. Orab Boy, 2.02 2/5, of the Old Homestead Stables at Harwood, where Tom has worked as trainer for two seasons. Chas. and Osier Burrison take this opportunity to wish Tom A HAPPY NEW YEAR, and all that goes with it.