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mnct Vol. 48 No. 35 Fleaherton Ontario, January 23, 1929 W. H. Thuraton & Son, Proprietors EUGENIA FEVERSHAM At time of writing the weather has taken a change for the better. The roads are not very good yet. We are pleased to report Mrs. Will Graham recovering from her illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Ward of Flesh- ' erton is waiting on her. Mr. John Park has returned from Toronto. We 'are glad to hear that Mr. Thos. McKee is recovering from la grippe. Mr. Walker Sloan, Mr. Ernie Morgan and Mr. Francis Genoe are able to be out again. Mrs. Alex. McDonald of Weston vis- ited her uncle, Mr. Henry Cairns re- cently. Mr. Sam McDonald of Victoria Corners, Miss Lucy McDonald of the village spent the week end at their father's home, 8th line. Miss Sylvia Acheson, teacher, visit- ed over the week end at her parental home, Victoria Corners. Miss Marjorie Park spent a few days with the Misses Muriel and Mae Carruthers, "Mountain View Farm." Mrs. Ed. Graham of Thombucy ac- companied by her sister-in-law, Jean Graham, visited relatives in the vil- lage. Miss Jean remained here for a longer visit among friends. Mr. Wellie Fawcett spent a few days in Kimberley. ISaster Fred Partridpe, who has spent the past month with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Partridge, Rock Mills, has returned home. We extend ow sympathy to Mrs. Geo. Lawlor and other relatives in the loss of her father, who died re- cently in Calgary. After a brave battle for his life with pneumonia brought on by the flu, Mr. Ed. Cameron of Rob Roy pas- sed away to the great beyond on Fri- day evening, January 18th. Mr. Cameron was a man highly respect- ed by his friends and neighbors and will be greatly missed in the neigh- borhood where he lived and much sympathy is expressed for the ber- eaved family. Mr. Cameron was about fifty years old and had res- ided near Rob Roy all his life. Mr. Alex. Fletcher of Regina, Sask., is visiting with his sister, Mrs. Frank Wiley and other friend? in ths vic- inity. Mrs. Andrews of Kitchener has re- turned to her home after a two weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. McMill- an and family here. Mrs. McMillan returned to Kitchener with her mother for a visit. Mr. C. Wiley of Collingwood visit- ed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Wiley last week. Our school have been opened again after being closed for two weeks on account of the flu. The former teacher, Miss Warder and Miss Dempsy are in the continu- ation school and Miss Mclntyre in the public school. Mrs. Ed. Mcean and son of Rav- enna spent a day with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smitli last week. Artemesia Council Dr. Jamteson's Speech The following report of a speech by Hon. Dr. Jamieson, Chairman of the Mothers' Allowance Board for On- tario, was taken from the Durham Chronicle and is of much interest at this time. The work of the Commission ap- pointed to cany on the work of the Mothers' Allowance Board was most fully dealt with by Hon. Dr. D. Jam- ieson, tha chairman, and the man re- sponsible for the success of the work at a gathering held in Knox church Tuesday night under the auspices of the Men's Club of the church. Dr. Jamieson commenced his ad- dress by referring back to 1918, when at the close of the war there were many who thought that our war debt ci' two and a half billions of dollars was a fUillstone we would never be abb to get rid of, but which, with the unexpected prosperity of the country, and the Province of Ontario is partic- ular, had not been half so hard on the general taxpayer as had been an- ticipated. "Progress and poverty go hand in hand," said the speaker, and it has always been the case that where there was a preponderance of wealth there had always been a preponderance oi" poverty as well. Should Do Our Duty It is the duty of those of us upoa whom fortune has smiled to do some- thing for those poor unfortunates who have sunk into poverty, and Dr. Jam- ieson thought it would be no credit to Ontario were her poor to be allow- ed to shift for themselves when there was so much wealth in evidence. It was this feeling that led the Hearst Government in 1918 to formu- late the plan of assistance to those, especially the mothers and children, which finally led to the Mothers' Al- lowance fund. The Hearst adminis- tration was defeated when the Drury Government went into power, but they had carried on the work and worked out a good many of the details which in turn, had been further worked out and perfected by the Ferguson gov- ernment since 1923. The Commission consists of five members. Of the five tw« must be women. Assisting these were local boards of five in every county or large city, who worked without pay and have a secretary and a president elected from amongst the members. Amongst the improvements in the administration as the Act her came better known were the additions of investigators.usually trained nurses who visited the homes seeHhg aid,ob- tained their family history, thei • fin- ancial standing and other informa- tion and reported to the head office in Toronto. These nurses did good vork and the administration of the Act could not be successfully earned on without them. The amount to be paid under the Act differed. To secure aid a mother had to have two children under 10 (Concluded on Page 8) PRICEVILLE The newly-elected Council of the township of Artemesia met at the hall, Flesherton, .Jan. 14, 1928. There were present Alex. Cameron, Reeve; Herb. Corbett, Deputy Reeve; and I. B. Whittakei', John A. Davis and C. L. Meldrum, Councillors. Each of the above made the required declarattion of office and took their seats. The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. Communications and accounts were read: Hospital for Sick Children, asking grant; A. S. Leith, asking to be appointed auditor; Mu- nicipal Association, as to bills; Good Roads Association, giving date of meeting and asking that delegate be sent; Department of Highways, re road superintendent; H. Corbett, ac- count committee woi-k; 'phone calls, $7.35; Lucas & Henry, claim of John Ray, car damaged on sideroad 20; By- law 871, appointing the following. F. R. Boland, Assessor; E. Warling and Geo. Buchanan, auditors; Dr. Milne, Health Officer; F. Cairns, member of Local Board of Health; R. Allen, High School Trustee; J. Oliver, W. Gibson W. J. Beatty, E. Warling, F. Taylor R. Piper, J. Watson, J. Campbell, R. Clark, sheep valuators; G. Arrowsmith Sanitary Inspector; and No. 572, to authorize loan for current expendi- ture, were introduced, read the re- quired number of times and passed. The Clerk was requested to order the Municipal World for use of the Coun- cil. The following accounts were ordered to be paid: D. R. 0., $77; H. Corbett, $7.35; Municipal World, election and assessment stationery, $46.73; The Advance, printing state- ment, tax bills and ballots, $72.30; J. J. Brown, refund, $8.28; also R. Ach- eson $2, P. Munshaw $2, H. Knig'.it $2; H. Patton, telephone and postage, $1.75. Meldrumâ€" Whittukerâ€" That the no- tice from Lucas & Henry re John Ray, damage to car, lie on the table until a detailed statement of the same be presented, the solicitors to be noti- fied. â€" Carried. Whittakerâ€" Davisâ€" That the mem- bers of this council be commissioners in the several divisions of the town- ship, viz., 1, I. B. Whittaker; 2, J. A. Davis; 3, H. Corbett; 4, C. L. Mel- drum; Valley Road, A. Cameron.â€" Carried. Whittaker â€" Meldrum â€" That the Reeve and Clerk be a committe to en- quire into and report upon the sur- ficiency of the Treasurer's security- Carried. Davisâ€" Meldrumâ€" That R. McDow- ell, D. L. S., be engaged to make sur- vey for the proposed deviation of 130 sideroad, the one made by Mr. Mc- Knight having been unsatisfactory.â€" Carried. Davisâ€" Whittakerâ€" That this Coun- cil hereby apply to the Ontario High- way Department for a subsidy on an expenditure of $12168.13, expended tn 1928.â€" Carried. Davisâ€" Meldrumâ€" That the monthly meetings of this Council be held on the first Wednesday in each n^nth durmg 1929.â€" Carried. Council adjourned Miss Grace Ramage returned to Toronto, after spending two weeks with her parents here. Mr. Neil Shortreed returned to his home here on further leave for two weeks, after his recent operation. Mr. Wm. Aldcorn visited recently with Corbetton friends. Mr. Lou Frooks has moved his fam- ily into town, to the house owned by the late Mary Ann McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Carson and fam- ily spent the week end with their daughter, Mrs. Arthur Richardson, of Swinton Park. Mr. and Mrs. Hermie McLean and family intend moving from Toronto into town and will be welcomed by all their many friends. Mr. Angus McVicar has purchased the property across the street froui his own place, owned by the late San- dy McDonald. The lower part was occupied by the bank and the upper part by Mr. John McMillan and fam- ily, who has rented the annex to the west of the building and has it fix- ed up for a butcher shop. The barb- er shop previously held there is mov- ed to the front parlors of Mr. Allan McLean'3 residence, and in which the voting is usually held. A number from here attended tiie sale at Mr. Alex. Stonehouse's last Tuesday and realized good prices. G. E. Duncan weilded the hammer. Mr. Archie McCuaig is very low. Nurse Smith of Durham is in at- tendance. Born â€" To Mr. and Mrs. .Archie McArthur, a son. Congratulations. Mrs. Neil Cameron has recently re- ceived an interesting letter from her neice. Miss McQueen, of Stayner, who is teaching in a Presbyterian Mission School at Mistawasis, Sask. She Is well qualified by previous experience to undertake this work. The Indians from the chief town were overjoy- ed at the thought of a new teacher coming among them and actively pre- pared for her arrival. Miss Mc- Queen is a sister of Rov. Donald Mc- Queen of the Presbyterian charges ot Essex and Price in Essex county ann also a cousin of the "Hincks."' We wish her every success. Mr. Fred Pinkerton and daughter of Durham visited recently with Priceville friends. MAXWELL Mr. Douglass Kendell of Toronto spent the week end here and conduct- ed the service in the United ChurcTi Service will be held here next Sun- day as usual, but for the month of February the services will be with- drawn. Mrs. Wilbert Poole is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. H. Down and other friends in Flesher- ton. Mrs. Herbert Poole spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. Hugh Fonwick at Flesherton. Mrs. H. Cameron is ill at the home of her sister, Mrs. Geo. Spencer or Tryon. Miss Mabel Ross spent the week end with her friend, Miss Ruby Ker- ton at Flesherton. The U.F.O. and U.F.W.O. held their monthly meeting at the home of Mr. Geo. Ross on Thursday last. The annual vestry meeting of St. Mary's church. Maxwell, was held in the church on January 17th, with a few in attendance. Rev. Oldham, the Rector, presided. The financial standing of the church was presentea by the treasurer, which showed that they were paid up for the year with no debts standing. The Guild's Treasurer, Mrs. John Milne gave a report of the work, which showed they had played an active part in the fin- ances of the church. There was much discussion on improving the ex- terior of the church and a committee was p.npointed to see v/hat could be dona toward raising funds for that purpose. The election of officers ensued and the following were elected:- Lay dele- gates, Geo. Burke, Frank Seeley; Rector's Warden, Will Hargrave, People's Warden, Alvin Grummett; Vestry Clerk, Mrs. Goo. Lawlor; Sel- ect Vestry, Geo. Burke, Jesse Grum- mett, Eddie Seeley and Mrs. John Milne; Organist, Mrs. Eddie Seeley. There will be service at St. Mary's church on Sunday, January 27, at 11 o'clock a.m. CEYLON KIMBERLEY ] M'r. and Mrs. Russel Ellis attended Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hunt spent a r*'^ funeral of the letter's grandfath- few days of the past week with''^''' ^^^ '"'•'' ^r- Goodfellow. HOW TO LIVE LONG ROCK MILLS The thav/ last week took the snow down a great deal. j The school was closed here last week owing to the illness of our teach- er, Mrs. Seeley. Mrs. Lewis Pedlar spent a few days the past week with the Meldrum fam- ilies at Port Lavv-. Mr. George .\rrow3mith of Ceylon was a caller at C. Newell's one day the past week. Mrs. George Hargrave, who has been a great sufferer from arthurtit- is and has been bedfast for several months at the home of her father, Mr. Wm. T. Pedlar, was removed to Owen Sound 'hospital last Friday. We are hoping to hear of a change for the better soon. YOUR AFFAIRS AND MINE A Flesherton maid is up to date â€" wears her dresses short;, in fact, she v.'ears her classy garb shorter than she ought. At her age mother wore a skirt that swept Toronto street, or a stylish hobble held her tight from hips to feet. The grandma of this Flesherton Miss once surely wore a hustle, with yards of cloth draped over it that made our dress- makers hustle; Grandmas in the sixties wore a crinoline most gracious. The very thought of it to-day would make one cry, "Oh, my Gracious." People who live many years all seem to have a different explana- tion of how they do it. There was a picture of one old gentleman In the paper the other day; he lives in Quebec, and has reached his lOOtli year. Rugged living, he says, is the explanation. He's out and arouni! doing chares. No doubt that gives him an appetite and helps him to feel like sleeping when comes bed- time. But here's William Walker, Eng- land's oldest man, who ):elebrateiT his 107th birthday yesterday. For years he was a bricklayer, and thu: is a vocation where there is no need for bending exercises nigh.t and morning after working hours ana before them. Yet Mr. Walker quit work when , he was 84; there was a strike and I William walked out with the rest of the bricklayers in search for more pay. The strike failed, and Mr. Walker decided that he had worked long enough. On his 107th birth- day he did not even have any advice about doing chores or doing any- thing else. So there you have one man at 100 who says ho keeps fit by working and another who quit work at 84 23 years ago. Puzzling isn't it, to knov/ what to make of it? friends at Durham. Quite a number of families arc laid up with the flu the past week. Miss Margaret McMullen risited with friends at Owen Sound on Thursday. Mrs. Isman of Norval is spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Arrowsmith. Mr. Ed. Baker was sent from Fl- ora and has been relieving the past week for Mr. Percy Hemphill who is laid up with the flu. Mr. Andrew Kennedy, who has been in the Owen Sound hospital for the past week returned home on Mon- day, going back to the hospital on the late train. Mr. George Arrowsmith and Mr. Russell Purdy spent Saturday with Durham friends. Miss Vera Marshall of Durham Hos- pital, and friend, spent Friday at her home here Mr. Kirk of Berkley is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. C. Muir. M'r. and Mrs. Alex. McDonald of Weston, Mr. Jack Cairns of Mclteer, Mr. Stevens of Toronto spent the week end with Messrs. F. D. and Geo. Cairns and families. Mrs. McWhinney received word about two weeks ago that her sister, near Tara, had passed away and on Friday received another message that her brother-in-law had died. Mr. J. Chesney also received a message on Thursday that his brother at Dundalk had passed away. The sympathy oi the community is extended to both families. Mr. Chesney and son, Stanley left Saturday to attend the funeral which took place to Walkerton cemetery on Sunday. Messrs Walter and Fred McMaster of Portlaw spent the week end with their sister, Mrs. Thomas Stewart. Mrs. Oldfield of Thornbury is vis- iting Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. Dillon. Mr. D. L. Weber and men are home for the winter after completing tha Hepworth school. Mr. Ed. Baker and Mrs. Otto Bak- er of Vandeleur visited recently with friends in this vicinity. Mr. A. B. .Andrews has gone to Meaford to take a postion as barber. A congregational meeting was held in the church on Friday evening, but owing to the weather, the attendance was small. Mrs. A. E. Myles and Miss Myies entertained the Ladies' .4id at tea on Wednesday. The ladies are start- ing their chain of teas. Mr. and Mrs. Haddon Hutchinson ot Flesherton spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fawcett and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hutchinson. Mrs. Burritt is in Barrie to see her mother, Mrs. Abercrombie, who is ill. Mr. Otto Baker spent Saturday with Mrs. Ferguson, who returned to Van- deleur with him to spend the rest of the winter. A number from here attended the hockey match in Flesherton on Mon- day night. VICTORIA CORNERS PROTON STATION Mr. Clarence Meddaugh has gone to London to seek a position. The best wishes of his friends go with him. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meddaugh, who were recently married, have taken up house keeping in the old home, and we extend a welcome to the young bride. Mrs. Medduugh's brother, Mr. Irwin of Dundalk is visiting with them at present. Mrs. Brown of the Sault was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Still. Miss Jean McCannell of this vil- lage, who is teaching in the Old Dur- ham Road School, had a week's holi- days, owing to the school being clos- ed because of illness of her pupils. Miss McCannell spent part of the week visiting at Creemore. Mr. Robt. Acheson is ill at pres- ent. Mr. Simpkins from Toronto Bibi° College preached very acceptably in the United Church on Sunday night. Messrs. Joe and Wesley Orr are home from the west visiting their mother. Mrs. Milton Bannon is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Johnston, of Markdale, who is ill with the flu and pneumonia. Last report from Detroit is that Lawson Lockhart is much improved. Mrs. Quigg is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Ludlow. Kingsly Gallagher and Robert Ludlow went to Detroit last Satur- day. Ren Acheson went there from Toronto last week. No service on Sunday at Inistoge. This year's weather is quite differ- ent variety than most years. It is some time since we have had such heav->' Tains in January, as there were' l.cist Thursday and Friday. Fields are flooded just like the spring thaws, but sleighing is very bare and the blow of snow on Sunday did not help it any. Miss Vera Moore is attending th-' government • courses given in Dun- dalk. ADV.\NCE ADVTS. P.\Y Subscribe for The Advance NOW- ADVANCE ADVTS. PAY ;^^^Up-to-date SERVICE <^- AT ALL TIMES FL ESHERTON BARBER SHOP *%'v>v-.",f<":~x~:~X'<j«*«:~>->-K'«>«K'<~K~X"K~:' '4 G. H. WRIGHT, Prop, <^ Bates Burial Co. 122-124 Avenue Road A spinster encountered some boys in the ol^ swimming '.lole, minus everything but nature's garb, and was horrified. "Isn't it against the law to bathe without suits on, little boys?" "Yes'm," answered freckled Johnny, "but Jimmy's father is a policeman, so you can come on in." TENDERS WANTED CAME BACK TO LIFE. Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to January 31st, 1929, for 25 cords of hardwood 18 inches long, mostly maple, with some beech or birch, bo^lywood, to be delivered at Proton Station public school not later than March .31st. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. â€"ABE SHERSON. '? â-  . " " Sec.-Treas. of Board, The death at Stratford on Monday of last week of Mr. Reid Lewis, a former Walkertonian and brother of Mr. Andrew Lewis, Hanover, recalls an incident that occurred in Water- loo Co. 77 years ago, prior to the re- moval of the family to Walkerton, when the parents we.e advised by medical practitioners in attendaiwe that their first-born, a bright little ohap of one year, had succumbed to the illness and, as a consequence, it was to:iderly laid in a small coffin, in the home, ready for burial. 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