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COLBORNE CHRONICLE SUCCESSOR TO The Colborne Express (Established 1866) The Colborne Enterprise (Established 1886) Vol. 4 -- No. 34 Thursday, August 30th, 1962 $3.00 Canada -- $4.00 U.S.A. -- 7c per copy I REMEMBER Jim Bell Those Good Old Days When we think of those days when our ancestors were trying to establish themselves in this country, which was then a veritable wilderness we are apt to glamourize those olden days and think of them as times of thrilling adventure. They were adventurous enough, no doubt, but they were also long days of hard " bour and privation. The country was almost all impenetrable forest or treacherous swamps over which travel was impossible except in winter. Baldwin's Creek, now Bowman ville, seems to have been one ol the first settlements along the lakeshore. On the 21st of September, 1795, a Mr. Lovekin sailed from the Cove of Cork, but did not arrive in Canada until the following spring. He landed at St. Bartholemew on the26th of January, 1796, and at New York on the 9th of April. From there he came to Canada by Niagara Falls, then to York, now Toronto, and finally to Baldwin's Creek where he built a shanty and began cutting timber for substantial home. The few settlers there began at once pare for winter. They built log shanties, roofed with bark and plastered inside with mud. Each shanty had a rude stone fireplace for cooking and heating, letter written to a friend some time afterwards, Mr. Lovekin stated, "We had no one west of us except an old French trading post that a man by the name of Wilson had occupied until you came to York. There was no one on the east of us until you came to Smith's Creek, now Port Hope." During the winter, most of the settlers spent most of their time hunting and trapping. Deer and bear were plentiful, so they always had an abundance of meat. Furred animals were also numer-it required little skill to trap them. Their skins were about the only thing that could Id for money. The Indians very troublesome at Many of them had procured guns ere bold and threatening, rule open hostilities were avoided, and there is only one instance of a white man being killed by an Indian. Most of the settlers, however, were considerable dread of them. The first white child born in this section of the country we Timothy Soper, who was born i the Township of Sydney, net head of the Bay of Quint< 1795. He recalled that Ms father had once taken his grist to Kingston and several times to Napanee. Mr. Lovekin, whom I mentioned earlier, in relating some of Bis early experiences, tells this story. He and his men took a boat and went up into the marsh to cut grass to use for their beds. While Scrambled Eggs In Small Car Cobourg--A small European it went off the road near Graf-n on Sunday at 3.20 p.m. when the driver, Charlotte Cochrane, Mimico, lost control. The car rolled over and came to rest on the boulevard. None of the passengers, John Cochrane, her husband or their three small children were injured but the occupants were smothered wrth a deluge of seven dozen smashed eggs which they were carrying with th«m at the time. OPP Constable Cy Meadows investigated. Imperial Oil Awards Contracts for Stations OBITUARY CHARLES A. WILSON Charles Arthur Wilson passed away suddenly, Sunday, August 26th at Brighton. He was 84 years of age. He was a son of David and Elizabeth Wilson, and was born in Castleton, Ontario. He had resided in Brighton for the past 20 years and prior to that In at their task they heard wolves Campbellford. He was a membei howling and in fun the men start-'of Trinity St. Andrew's United mimic them. The howling Church, Brighton, held the office Imperial Oil Co. has awarded contracts for construction of its ) service station-restaurants Highway 401 to Murham Construction of Richmond Hill and Hersco Construction of Downs- ew. Work is under way. The new stations, to be completed by late November at a total cost of $450,000, will replace the temporary quarters being used at the sites near Newcastle and Ingersoll. Toronto architects Venehiar-utti and Venchiarutti, who assisted Imperial Oil architects in deigning the stations, said that the buildings "employ contemporary styling to create a friendly and interesting atmosphere both inside and out, The conical spii which towers above the bold roof line, gives each building tm eye-catching and distinctive quality. The service centres will consist of a service station, 65-seat restaurant, outdoor garden terrance, foyer (where free travel information will be available) and service area. „ increased and so did the wolves. So bold were they that the became frightened and, getting into the boat, they pulled for trie outlet. As they pulled along the lake, the wolves, about thirty or forty of them, followed along each side snapping and howling of envelope steward in the church and was also a member of Rres-qu'ile Chapter, No. 144 Royal Arch-masons. Surviving are a son, Mr. Gerald E. Wilson, Kingston, a daughter, Mrs. M. E. Wagar (Roxena), Selkirk, Ontario, four granddaught- Six Nurses Engaged By Counties' Health Unit lot of furies at seing them, ers, Myrl, Linda, Rosemary and escaping. The men did not ven- Erin, and grandson Andrew a! ture to land until the wolves had five great-grandchildren, retired into the thick woods, even Tn€* body rested at tne then they kept a big fire going all Snider Funerai Home, Bright, night to frighten them away. , Funeral service was held August 28th from Trinity United Church with the Rev. B. B. Snow officiating. Interment was in Castle- At 12 noon on Friday everyone lined up for their hot dog, coke as much corn as they could It wasn't long after 12.15 when most of the children were rn and butter from ear to ear. With all the equipment packed away for another year, the three supervisors look back on very enjoyable Dr. C. M. Horner, Medical Officer of Health, reports that the Board of Health has accepted the application of six nurses for the staff of the Northumberland and Durham Health Unit. They arrived during July and August to take up their duties. Two of these nurses are working from the Bowmanville office: Miss Vilna Velox, who had previously received her basic nursing education, including midwifery, in England, has nursed also at Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals and in June 1962 completed the year's course in public health nursing at onto. Miss Lorraine McFaddeh, also from the Toronto University public health nursing course, had hospital nursing experience in KitchenOr, Toronto (and Los Angeles. Miss Joan Archibald, University of Western Ontario, is working in the nortri Durham County district from the Millbrook Office. She has done hospital nursing in Hamilton, Montreal, and London, Ontario. Miss Hannah Browne and Miss Mary Louise McClelland working from the Campbellford Office. Both are recent graduates of the University of Toronto public health nursing course. Miss Browne has had previous nursing experience in Newfound- 1 . land and in the Department of Pf»ter. Frank Hamilton, Arthur Veteran's Affairs hospitals, and clark and Ed- SoI<™" at South Peel Hospital. Miss Mc--- Clelland's basic nursing education was at Royal Victoria Hospital1 Montreal, and her subsequent experience included a year in the hospital at Whitehorse as well as employment in industry as well as in hospitals. Mrs. Beatrice Baird, who has been placed in the Cobourg Office of the Health Unit, came from Trail, British Columbia, where she had been employed as public health nurse for some years. Her professional education was at Grey Nun's Hospital, Tn Regina, and at the University of British Columbia. ' Season's End for Colborne Playground Colborne playground for 1962 came to an end on Friday, August 24th, with the awards for best attendance and behavior. These were won by John Ferguson and Lorna Lee (Juniors), Cathy Ferguson and Jim Baitley, (Intermediate), Betty Ferguson and Victor Baitley, (Senior). The program for this week was carried on as usual. On Friday morning each supervisor had a group for a small Tabloid Mwt, during which Mary Latimer took the seniors on nature work; Karen VanMeeuwen took the intermediates to her home for freshie and Diane Htfn- Successful Swimmers This years swimming program has drawn to a close for another year. The successful candidates eceive their awards at the Colborne Playground on August 24th were: Beginners: -- Mike Cummings, John Hogg, Marlene Hogg, Cathy Chatten, Frank May, Mrs. B. Cotter, Mr. B. Cotter, Helen Mc-Kome, Evelyn Massey, Angela Casey, Frank Casey, Danny Hess, Bob Field, James Massey, Sharon Rose, Dianne Whaley, Roger Whaley, Ardith Tingley, Bonnie Coakley, Betty Baitley. Juniors -- Victor Welton, Brian Troop, Lee Cammack, Anne Casey, Catherine Massey, Susan Myles, Larry Carr, Steve Walters, John Hogg, Marlene Hogg, Elizabeth Casson. Intermediates -- Randy Ryans and John Armstrong. Senior -- Leslie Gary. Progress Being Made on Bell Dial System COLBORNE--Dial switching equipment is now being installed in the new telephone building in Colborne in preparation for the introduction of dial telephone service late this year. More than 1,500 terminals, each representing a telephone number, are being installed initially in the building, located on Percy derson had the juniors plod up: Street, the hill to her house for kool- J All the equipment being install-aid. I (Continued on back page) -TO OUR FREE WAV OF LIFE... ... OWR RIGHT TO WORK AND BARGAIN.. Woman Attacked Trenton--A young woman was attacked as she entered her car Monday by a man wielding a 19, inch knife in a municipal parking lot. i Mrs. Frank Miron. 26, struck at the man with her purse and suffered a gash in her left palm, i She then screamed and blew the horn of her car. The man ran to another car and sped away. I