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fc X p ENTERPRISE E S S COLBORNE CHRONICLE SUCCESSOR TO THE COLBORNE EXPRESS I Established 1866) THE COLBORNE ENTERPRISE (Establish* Vol. 4 -- No. 12 Thursday, March 22nd, 1962 $3.00 Canada -- $4.00 U.S.A. -- 7c per copy Closure of High School Next June Approved Members present, Reeve F. W. Harding and Councillors Cotter, Dove, Harnden and Roseblade. Minutes of Jast regular meet -ing and special meeting read and approved on .notion of. Councillors Cotter and Ham- A delegation from the Colborne Curling Club consisting, of Messrs. McLaughlin, McKay and Rice, met with Council. D. McLaughlin as spokesman for the group stated that the Curling Club was now re-organized with eight directors and were about to try to enlist the support of as many as were interested in curling to secure the necessary funds to pay for tho building recently . purchased from the Council and to make the Correspondence-- i From Graham Food Products! requesting a rebate of business' On motion of Councillors Dove and Harnden it was a-| greed to rebate the business tax of $387. to Graham Food Pro- j From N. & D. Firefighters' Association regarding member- ] sjilp ltee. On motion of Councillors Cotter and Roseblade it was agreed to send the $10. fee to the above association. From Dept. of Highways en- i closing cheque for $1078. balance of 1961 street subsidy. From Dept. of Municipal Affairs re school for Assessors. From C. W. Young regardfiigl the name of person who is representative of the Emergency's Measures Organization i this Magistrate Baxter cn-a cheque for 70c. N. & D. Health Unit port for month of Janu- ary. From Dept. of Public Welfare with cheque for $267.27 for account for anuary. From Water Resources Commission with report of a sanitary survey of water pollutior in Colborne Creek and suggesting that Council should give this matter serious cohsidera tion either to correct the source of this pollution or consider plans for installing a sewage disposal system. On motion of Councillors-Dove and Roseblade the abov correspondence was filed. The meeting of Colborne Council with representatives of the East Northumberland District High School Board on February 26th was discussed and it was finally agreed on motion oi Councillors Harnden and Dove That the E.N.D.H.S. Board be advised, that after considerin; the information placed before them by the Board, regarding the advisability of closing Col- borne High School at the end of Jue 1962, this Council go on record as approving the suggestion of the Board on this matter. Reeve Harding introduced two by-laws, one to set the tax rate for 1962 and the other to provide for expenditures on the streets for 1962. On motion of Cotter and Roseblade the by-laws were given first reading. On motion of Roseblade and Harnden the rules governing the passing of by-laws were suspended for this session of Council. That by-laws be given second reading wit the tax rate being set at 75 mills for Commercial properties and 69.5 mills fbr farm and residential properfh and that the street expenditures be $5000, for maintenance and $2500. for new construction. Carried. On motion of Dove and Cotter the by-laws were given third reading signed sealed and num- Moved by Alf. Dove, Seconded by R. H. Harnden That the following accounts be paid: Cities Service Oil Co., for Town Hall etc..... 81:60 United Stationery Co. , Arrears of taxes, receipts etc.................... 9.66 McGlennon Insurance Agency, for Cummings house ............................ 10.00 Toronto Hospital, taxi for sanitorium patient 9.30 Alex Rutherford Motors gas, oil etc................. 8.73 (continued on page eight) I REMEMBER by By Jim Bell REMINISCENCES When I was a little kid about five years old, I wanted a dog but my mother did not want one around so she said no. But every time that I saw one on the street, I would try to get it to follow me. My brother was home at the time and my uncle, my mother's brother, was there too. They said that the reason the dogs wouldn't follow me was because I didn't smell like an Indian, so they proceeded give me the proper scent holding me over the fire smoke me as they said. It wasn't j very pleasant but if it was. going to help me get a dog, I was willing to go through almost anything. Well, believe it orl not, the very next time that I was on the street, I saw a little j yellow dog and when . I called him, he was as glad to come as I was to have him. I took him home and, after some coaxing, mother let me keep him as he was evidently a stray. When my brother came home from work he said, "There, didn't 1 tell you that if I smoked you, you would get a dog." Another experience I had when just a little chap gave me a lesson that has been a benefit to me all my life. Of course, seeing my father, my uncle and my brother smoke, I wanted to smoke too, so one day, when I had been particularly insistent, my brother and uncle filled an old pipe with strong tobacco, got it going good and gave it to me. I don't know how long \ I puffed at it but I don't imagine it was very long. Oh, was I sick? and I really mean sick. I never wanted to smoke from that day to this. And just think of the money I saved but where that money is I don't know. I am sure that I haven't got it. Sometimes my dad would take me with him when he was working our in the country. If it happened to be a day when they were having a barn raising, it was a day of real excitement. Without boasting, I can honestly say that I never saw any foreman or boss who could organize and handle a gang of men to better advantage than my dad could. When he came out with that "Hee Haw Hee" of his you could hear him a mile and things moved. Those big timber bents went up, the girts and braces went in, the big plates, sometimes seventy-five feet long, were raised and fitted on the posts, the whole thing fitting together like the works of a clock. Never did I see even a hole for one of the wooden pegs that were used to fasten the whole structure together, out of place. It was a sight worth watching. Usually, the men were divided into teams and the competition was keen. The work was evenly divided and the team that finished first were the heroes of the day. Yes barn raising day is a day that I am proud to remember because there was not one instance that I can recollect where the work was held up because of a mistake in the framing. Like Paul Reed, in C.K.E.Y. broadcasts, most of us, if we would look back over our lives, would find that we have many blessings to count. Hon. Lester B. Pearson To Speak at Liberal Rally Today marks the opening of responsibility to raise funds j a special concert put on for the the 1962 Easter SeaJ Campaign through the Easter Seal Cam-j benefit of crippled children. The for the benefit of more than paign for the .benefit of crippled 1962 million dollar objfective 15,000 physically handicapped children, but they also become j must be reached in order to as-girls and boys in Ontario. The their personal friends. This sure every needy crippled child Service Club men in 226 com-1 child leaning on the arm of a J of the care and treatment he or munities not only make it their' service club member is enjoying! she must reecive. The Hon. Lester B. Pearson will be introduced by Dr. Pauline Jewett at a rally sponsored by the Northumberland Liberal Association on Saturday i ning, March 31st, 1962, at 8.80 p.m. The rally will be held in the Victoria Opera House, Cobourg Town Hall. Mr. Pearson, leader of the opposition in the House of Commons, will be welcomed to Cobourg at a pre-rally dinner sponsored by the Cobourg Lib- eral Association. Miss Jewett, the Liberal candidate for Northumberland in the next Dominion election, will be in attend- Dr. Jewett has announced that Mr. Pearson's visit to Northumberland will give Liberal Association members throughout the County an opportunity to see and hear the Hon. L. B. Pearson in person. It is hoped that some seating will be available as well for the general public.