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EDISON, GEORGE GERARD At the Kingston General Hospital on Tuesday, December 31, 1996. George Edison, beloved husband of Rose Marie Puffer of Lakeport. Dear father of Rick and his wite Cathie of Colbomne, Peter and his wife Nancy of Trenton and Debbie and her husband David of Colborne. Also missed by 10 grandchildren and one great granddaughter. Special uncle to Norma Surano of Whitby and Barâ€" bara Guthrie of Oakville. Following cremation a memorial service was held at the MacCoubrey Funcral Home, Colborne on Friday, January 3 at 2 p.m. Spring interâ€" ment Lakeport Cemetery. In memoriam donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. GORMAN, JOHN PHILIP At his home in Colborne on Wednesday, January 1, 1997. in his 85th year. Jack Gorman, served with the Royal Canadian Artilery in overseas combat WW 11 Retired at 65 from CN also retired at 75 from Guaranty Trust. Will be sadly missed by his wile Lois, his children Peter and. Shirley, Mark and Bev, Kathy and Brian and Keith and Linda and his step children Bob, Rick and Jan, Randy, Gord and Karen, Donna and Guy and his grandchildren Peter, Sherl, Kelly, Krystal, Jeremy, Laura, Alan, Kyle, Matthew, Jason, Luke, Ashley, Poter, Lisa, Jeremy and Elizabeth and great granddaughter Melissa. A funeral service was held at the MacCoubrey Funeral Home, 11 King Street West, Colborne on Saturday, January 4, 1997 at 2 p.m. Interment Salem Cemetery. Friends called at the funeral home on Friday from 35 and 7â€"9 p.m. Comrades of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 187, Colborne gathsred for a service Friday eveâ€" BNCUDLGN .m Thass wishina PE 2 wian al 1 ning at 7:30 p.m. Those wishing may make memorial donations by cheque to the Salvation Army. Deaths SCHURMAN, NOREEN LOUISA At the Port Hope and District Hospital on Sunday, January 5, 1997 in her 89rd year. Noreen How!, wife of the late Herman Nichol Schurman. Loving mother of Richard of Cobourg, Nora Campbell of Hamilton, Jean Myles of Bewdley and Joan Bell of St. Catharines. Sister of Willam How! of Califoria.‘ Mrs. Schurman will also be missed by 13 grandchildren, . 21. greatâ€" grandchildren and. 2. greatâ€"greatâ€" grandchildren: At Mrs. Schurman‘s request there will be no funeral or visitation. Those wishing may make memorial donations by cheâ€" que to the Canadian Diabates Asâ€" sociation or to the Canadian Naâ€" tional Institute for the Blind. Arranâ€" gements by the MacCoubrey Funeral Home, Colborne. 905â€"355â€" 2820. THE fi: LUNG ASSOCIATION , Reeve Stuart Oliver last weekend denied the sugâ€" gestion that Cramahe â€" independently of Colborne â€" had any plans to join forces with the eastern municipalities. Mr. Oliver pointed out thatâ€" Cramahe _ "has Colborne surrounded," in a way that geographically links their destinies. L That being the case, he asked, "Why would we talk about amalgamation with By Eileen Argyris Despite information conâ€" tained in a story in last weekend‘s Trentonian, Cramahe‘s reeve says the township is not considerâ€" ing amalgamation with Brighton and Brighton Township. Report of amalgamation not true: Oliver Cramahe not looking eastward, says reeve Merger ‘Township amalgamation." PESoiome He added, that is why Cramahe is currently working toward the estabâ€" lishment of a municipal planning authority, or MPA â€" as distinct from a merger â€" with Haldimand Hamilton, Hope and Alnwick Townships and the village of Colborne. MPAs are a new planning tool suggested by the provlncial governmen(. that will see . small municipalities band together to share the cost of a fullâ€"time planner, thus eliminating the need Mr. Oliver acknowledged that "there is a small porâ€" tion (of the township popâ€" ulation) that looks to the cast. "But most (Cramahe resiâ€" dents) residents look to the west." The article stated, in part, "Brighton mayor Bill Pettingill says he personâ€" ally favours retaining the status quo. Failing that he wants the province to lay down ground rules for Quinteâ€"area municipalities to determine the best route to take on the amalâ€" gamation highway. Right now there are several options, . including a Brighton, Brighton Township and Cramahe anybody, with Colborne being there?" There was no mention of« Colborne in the Trentonian‘s frontâ€"page article entitled, "Amalgamation â€" too many options." See Merger, page 3 for many development applications to wait for the nod from Queen‘s Park. "That‘s what we‘re workâ€" ing on," Mr. Oliver conâ€" firmed. Colborne and Cramahe have begun discussions on a political merger three times in recent years but, each time, negotiations have failed to lead to amalgamation. The most recent round of talks ended last summer. continued from page 1 without