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» !W rvasmsam ^i^ppp mm (7«^. ;; VTEDNESDAY, JANUARY X 198< THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Furniture Sale Two Full Weeks of Bargains â€" Feb. 7-14 On February 15th our prices must advance, as manufacturers' prices have ak-eady gone up. Compare our prices. Don't delay ! Buy now before our stock is sold out! 1 only Solid Walnut DINING TABLE 10^^ $35.00 Sale $20 1 i;irch WALNUT DRESSER Uarfje size' mirror ' rc'^. $21.50 Sale $16 r.ircli WALNUT DRESSER 22 in. top, reg:. $14.50 Sale $11.50 o^ce this (landv BREAKFAST SUITE in pfrwn and cream cnanicl, hulYct. extension table and 4 chairs, re^'. S39.50 Sale $31.50 BEDDING 1 only Bur! Walnut Bed 4 ft. 6 in., reg. $27. Sale $17 1 only Steel lied, 4 ft. 6 in. reg-. $15, Sale $10 Other beds from $6 and uy. Springs â€" $4.50 to $12 MATTRESSES Marshall, 1 only 4 ft. 6in. reg-. !$2S, Sale $22.50 Mar.shall, 1 onlv4 ft. (â- > in. reg. $13.75. Sale $11.50 ^ odlv reg. $20. V'crv â-  Special $14.75' Congoleum RUGS • 3 only 9x12, reg. $10.50 Sale $8.75 Other sizes at reduced- price Congoleum MATS 27.x54, reg. .55c Sale 30c each REXCLEUM MATS 27.\ 54, reg. 19c Sale 15c LINOLEUM 1 end piece of 4 _\ds. wide, reg. $3.X50 Sale $2.95 per yd. LAMPS 33 '/i% discount off all the lamps in stock We have a real good assortment of used furniture for sale including : exten- lon tables, side board, dressers, beds, sev/jng machine (White), console vic- , victrola records 15oeach or 2 for 25c., kitchen chairs, drop leaf t^ble, and y other articles at ridiculously low prices. Emerson J. Bennett Phone 78 We Deliver Modern Funeral Services At Reasonable Prices "â- ^^ THE ft^HERTON ADVANCE I PnWU&hed on Collingrwood street, i Flesherton, Wednesday of each ! week. Circulation over 1000, 1 Price in Canada |2.00 per year, : when paid in advance |1.50. In i U. S. A. f2.50 per year, when paid in advance |2.0U. W. H. THURSTON, - - Editor F. J. THURSTON, - Assoc. Editor THE BKER PROPOSAL*^ There seems to be no reason for doul)ting t)-,at the Ontario Govern- ment intends to bring into the Legis- lature a new measure for the promo- tion of the .sale of beer throughout the Pi-ovinco, though up to the lime of writing the deciaration.s of Premier Henry that such was the intention of the Government have not been given effect. The brokers are already pro- moting stocks of corporations dealing in beer, and in their circulars have intimated that the gallonage of beer in the Province is likely, under thu new act, to be increased by many millions of gallons annually. How Ih? drinking of so much extra beer can help to promote sobriety in the Province, and tend to curtail automo- bile accidents and reduce lawlessness are matters which , in view of past experience, may well receive "'o most earnest attention of the legislator.'*, EKould the extension of the traffic be really proceeded with. village. The Division criticised ad- versely the proposal to extend the sale of intoxicating liquor in the Province L.VTEST PORCINE WISDO.M Agnes Macphail says Canada has less need for titles than a pig has for .=kales. It will no doubt be argued, however, that a title enables a man to cut a fine figure, which no pig on skates even yet succeeded in dqing. â€" Toronto Star. EDITORIAL NOTES UNHJIE liAHV RA( E More than one prolific mother' \f laying claim to the largo fortun'j left by the late Charles Miller, an eccen- tric Toronto lawyer, ts the mother y/Yn, in that city, gives birth to the largest number of ciiili+ien in the ten ycar.> succeeding his death in l'.)2'l. But as even the best of lawyers have been known to leave a loophole in their wills for other gentlemen of the cloth, to fight ovt^r, the winner cannot be declared until a suit, brought by the aunt of the late Mr. Miller, row in court, has been disposed of. This relative would fain deprive the ladies of thyeir novel competition by asking that the estate be given hor as the neai-est legal relative. The potential fortune winners arc therefore having an anxious time. A despatch Crora Ottawa says there i:; 1^ be a probe into radio condition.-;. The best probe that could be made would be to fire the whole commi.^- sion, which has made the problem and let us have independent broad- casting as we had it before the com- mission was appointed. Then th? various stations did try to attract listeners and provided good programs. The commission appears to be indilT- crent to complaints. Now we are told that the commission purposes going to parliament this session foi power to charge the license fee if you have a radio stored on your premises whether in use or not. In the words if Uncle Jo^ the head of the com- mission would evidently say, "I need the money." If this should happen it might be in the otling that the worm w,)ul(l make a rear attack. HIGHWAYS ARE OPEN NOTEWORTHY PRESENTATION A feature of the annual meeting of the Grand Division of the Sons ot Temperance in Toronto recently was the presentation to Mrs. Tho«. S. Sproule, widow of the Hon. T. S. Sproule, former Speaker of the Canad- ian House of Commons of a gold medal. Mrs. Sproule has for M years been a member of the Order and a warm supporter of the cause of temperance, she hnving joirod the Order in Flcsherton as Miss Alice Flesher. She was the first lady of Parliament to banish liquor from the hannuft table of the Speaker. The new officers elected are headed b;; Rev. W. R. Clemonts, D.D., as Grand V/crthy Patriarch, formerly of thi? Helow zero weather has been ex- perienced in this district during the past two weeks, ranging down to 2-1 below, many mornings the therniom- elcr registering 12 and IC below. With winds experienced last week the road.- became almost blocl^fjd to motor travel. On Friday night five trans- port (rucks were left stranded in Flesherton after bucking the drifts between Dundallt corner and this village, in all ISVii hours being con- sumed in the trip. Light cars could make the trip, but the loaded trans- ports had difficulty. When the storm cleared up on Monday the Ontario Department ot Highways despatched two of the road plows to properly open the road foi traffic and they experienced heavy going between here and Dundalk Three quartei-s of an hour was spent on the cemetery hill in town and with other drifts l>ctween there and Inis- tioge, five miles took up three hours of time. Dundalk was made by evening. Cars can travel on the Collingwood gravel as far as the townline between Osprey and Arte- mesia, and as far west as Ceylon. Tuesday morning truckers came up from Kimberley by way of the Valley Road with thrte tons of stock and did not have any difficulty enroute. It is the intention of the County Roads Committee and the Ontario Department of Highways to open up the highways from Singhampton to Flesherton. the plows to start work this Wednesday morning. There arc onw heavy drifts on this road and the plows will have plenty of work in accomplishing their task. Ci-operatioB Logically Follews Felk Sci^ools (Continued from Last Week) Countryside Beautiful There is every evidence that On- tario has definitely passed out of the pioneer stage and is rapidly assuming the attitude and appearance of a ma- ture "country. The people of the province, rural as well as urban, are developing a sincere interest in things of'boauLy, and this should be encour- aged in every way possible. The Ontario Agricultural College is doing all it can to foster an interest in beautifying farm homes and the countryside in general. One of its activities in this line is the conducting of free short courses at tlie College which are open to men and women of any age. Beginning of February 5th there is be'ing given a one-week shoi't course in floriculture. This will include in- struction in growing of all kinds ol garden flowers, as well as house plants. Then beginning February 12th there will be a course relating more particularly to landscape gard- ening, including studies of all kinds of trees, shrubbery and perennial flowering plants and the proper use and arrangement of those for the best effects around faim and town homes. This should be a real opportunity for all persons interested in develop- ing more beautiful home surroundings and a more attractive countryside. Warden Taylor Watched The people of Singhampton and vicinity waited on .Warden W. II. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor at their homo, .Singhampton, on Monday evening and presented -Mr. Taylor with a hand- some gold watch and Mrs. Taylor with a hamlsome bouiiuet of flowers, all rcrompanied by an address. We will irive more details next week. Defeated S^. Mary^s 5-4 I'le.-iherton's senior N.H.L. team de- feated St. Mary's seniors 5-4 in an axhibition ganie in Markdale Monday evening. Si. Mary's team is the Owen Sound .City League scnioi .hampions and are to enter the first round in the O.H.A. intermediate play-downs, while the second place team, it is stated, will enter the .sen- ior Northern Hockey League. Cairns, McCutcheon, Phillips, Johnston and Sled were the goal-getters for Flesh- erton. It was one of the fastest games played this winter. The St. Mary's team must have felt their defeat keenly as no report of the game appeared in Tun'sday's Sun- Times. This Friday evening the Rangers of Owen Sound will play in Flesherton at 8 p.m., vf'ith the usual admission being charged. This should be a real contest, as the visitors are highly rated as a team and a big crowd will likely be on hand. Grundtvig has heen called the father of the Danish Co-operative Movement, not because co-operation was taugrht as a subject in these schools (it was not), but by teaching the fundamental principles of educa- tion for life co-operation followed naturally and logically. Tha great Norwegian poet Bjomson said: "The Danish folk schools, taught the people how to make excellent butter without e.ven- mentioning the word butter.' The same might also be said of co- operation. The first Folk School was establish- ed in Denmark in 1844 near the old German border in northern Schlesvig. One of the main objects in establishing it there was to strengthen the Danish culture of that region in opposition to the German influence of southern Schlesvig. Following Denmark's disastrous de- feat by Germany in the war of 18C4, when she lost over two-fifths of hei territory and population, the original school at Roddjng had to be abandon- ed and a new. school set up across the Danish border at Askov, now the most famous Folk School in Deninark. Denmark's defeat in 1864 was even more cf-ushing than on that former occasion when she was the ally of Napoleon, but instead of having the same effect and causing economic .-it.Tgnation, as before, it had the op- posite effect. With all thought of military conquest and power aband- oned for all time, Denmark devoted herself with renewed energy to re- building hersejf as a nation. ' National Awakening The Spirit of a. great national awakening, which â-  had been slowly smoldering among the people since 1844, now burst forth in full flame. With all thoughts of military suprem- acy gone, the thoughts and energies of the people were directed along the lines of supremacy in the arts ot production. Agricultural progress instead of being checked as on that former oc- ;asion in 1814, went ahead by leaps and bounds. The first co-operative :redit societies were established, steps taken to reclaim the Jutland Heath, nnd Folk Schools sprang up in many larts of the country. Faced at this time with a land that had become unproductive thl;ough poor farming practices, Denmark made a decision which subsequent his- tory has shown to be a wise one, namely a decision tO" change from a policy of grooving grain to one ol lairying and swine production. She 'hanged just in the time previous to the fooding of the European markets with cheap Australian and American wheats, and from that time to the present Danish farmers have been the pacemakers in the field of agricultur- il progress. When the Folk Schools in Denmark which were, and are today, privately owned, were started, the movement was opposed by the church, the big mterests, the king's advisers and mil- tary classes and the writer, George Brandes. Today, however, the schools have the whole-hearted support of the church and are subsidized by the gov- ernment to the extent of $200,000 annually for 61 schools, and a furthei •Amount almost equal to this is given in scholarships. The complete course at the schools :s of five months' duration and the whole process of this spiritual awak- ening y.'hich is so much a chara.ter- istie of folk school teaching takes olace in that time. Some of the -tndents return for a second year, which is taken at the continuation Folk School at .Askov. Others go to .me of the many fine agricultural x-hools, and some return to the gym- nasium or high school and complete their academic training with a view t;i entering the university. While it is the Folk School System that attraits so many foreigners to Denmark, we must not overlook the fact that the Danes have a very excel-j lent public and high school system as well. These schools maintain a very high standard indeed, and it is inter- esting to note that they do it with a niinimum of examinations. The Swedish ^Folk Schools The Folk Schools of Sweden are patterned on the Grundtvig concep- tion of the Danish Folk Schools and follow the Sam* ge.ieral plan of edu cation for life rather than or a voca- tion. While having the same object- ive as the Danish schools they differ in some details, one of the big differ- ences being that ^ Sweden 90 pet cent of the schools are owned by mun- icipalities, counties, co-operative soc- ieties and so on, while in Denmark 90 per cent, are privately owned. The Swedish schools give a greatei amount of the elementary sciences in their course of study and have a tendency to emphasize the practical a little more than the Danish schools. In spite of these minor differences, the Swedish schools appear to be just as successful in achieving that spiritual av.-akening that is so essentially a product of folk school teaching. Probably because Sweden is much more of an industrial country than Denmark we find many mofe young people from the industrial regions at- tending the schools than is the case in Denmark, and in this connection I particularly want to mention the Workers' School at Brunsvik. Brunsvik will always stand out in my mind as a fountain of inspiration and I only hope that I have been able to bring some of the spirit of Bruns- vik back to Canada with me. Bruns- %'ik is situated in the heart of a lumbering and mining district and the majority of the students were from these industries, while farmers sons and daughters made up the balance. Here were 200 young people between 18 and 30 years of age who had taken time away fi'om their occupations to come and study. They were not studying how to become more efficient in their chosen vocations, but instead, were studying how to become more efficient citizens and how to lead a richer and fuller life. Many of the young people taking vacation courses at Brunsvik were doing so with the object of going back to their communities and *cting as leaders in study circles and discussion (jroups. - â-  ; One received the impression at Brunsvik that here was a school that was at grips with realities and was dealing with essentials in the matter ox education for life. There was an ^liveness and enthusiasm ahout this school that was very stimulating indeed. Another Swedish school, differing gi'eatly from the Brunsvik in setting and constituency, was the beautitul cloistered school at Sigtuna.' In visit- ing Sigtuna one had the feeling that u this beautiful place with its cloist- ered, atmosphere it shouW not b? difflftjlt to awaken people spiritually, and yet you were conscious of the feeling that this school was dealing with fundamentals. In its own way it was just as great a fountain of in- spiration and idealism at Brunsvik. Enough of the Swedish Folk Schools for the pi-esent. I mention these two particularly because they were out- standing, not only among the Swedish schools but among all the schools wr- visited. .â- â- â€¢^â- â- 'C' Our time in Norway was so short that we had very little opportunity to .;tudy the Folk Schools there. Suf- fi,-e it to say, however, that they also are patterned after the Danish schools but are more intensely national in their outlook than either the Swedish or Danish schools. One of the things that made the "trongcrt impression on me during my study of adult education in Scandin- vviii, was the work being done- in â- study circles, particularly in Sweden. Study Circles in Sweden The study circles in Sweden are organized mainly under the .A.B.F. â€" Arbotarnes Bildningsforbund, the Swedish equivalent of the English Workers' Edacaticiwl ^M«iatiM. Last winter in th« city »f Sto«kkoiM, 10,000 young peopl« were m««tia( once or twice a week in groups of 13 Co 10. Under the leadership ia MMt eases of students who had epent some time at the Folk Schools, these young people were studying history, litera- cure, economics, the science of gOTWm- ment, labor legislation, political econ- omy, folk singing, and folk dancing, etc. In all Sweden 80,000 young people were meeting for thi* mim purpose, in similar groups last winter. Included in many of these groupa were numbers of unemployed men and women who were thus utilizing their time in becoming better citizens. A movement of such proportions as this in a country of six and a half million people is not without far-reaching sig- nificance in the life of the nation and the thought went through my mind, "Why can't we have the same thing' in Canada." It requires very little imagination te realize what the effect of this great educational movement will be on the national life of Sweden within the next few years. Even at the present time this small country is leading the way in many fields of advanced social legislation. Can We Adopt System in Canada? After spending the summer investi- gating the Folk School system of adult education and observing the results of that system on the life of the people concerned, the question now arises, "Can this system be ad- apted to Canadian needs and Canadian conditions?" My answer to that question would be emphatically "Yes," although in saying that I do not imply that we could transplant the system in its entirety from any one of the Scandin- avian countries. If we were to do that I believe the Swedish pattern would more nearly meet our condi- tions than that of Denmark. In bringing this system of edjica- tion to this country we could modify it to meet our own conditions and make su-^h a'JJustments in the course of study as would be necessary to meet the needs of a people of different rac- ial and historical background. In any case, I think dt will be almost unanimously agreed that the results which this system of education has achieved in Denmark are eminently desirable in this country. Our na- tional life at the present time is in need of a spiritual awakening. Our present educational system is not tending to accomplish that end. Its main emphasis in the past has been towards acquiring a job and making money â€" material rather than spiritual objectives, and it appears to me that , the Folk School system with its em- phasis on education for life, its emph- asis on cultural and spiritual values, is the thing we need to awaken the people of this country to a new sense of values in education. The Folk School Movement in Den- mark took root and prospered follow- ing a national calamity. We too have been experiencing a national calamity â€" the economic crisis. ,Who knows but what if the seed of this new idea were sown today, we too might experience a spiritual awakea- ing and a national regeneration out of which would come a new and greater Canada. The poultry house 20 feet deep an the Experimental Station at Harrow has always shown its superiority over" houses of shallower construction, pa,r- ticularly in exposed situations. There '. is a more comfortable condition, a freedom from draughts, and a higher temperature in a house of this depth, providing the north, east ard west walls are tightly constructed. At this season of the year high, cold winda find their way through cracks and crevices in a house which ap- pears to be storm proof and a check- up some cold windy .night on these conditions, if they exist, is a good ^^ practice. Loose windows and doers 4^ or alley-ways on the north side ai-e dangerous as sli.ght colds may lead to more serious complications and will coitainly chock product'on. ^•^•^.^c~^•^•^•^•^»v^*.^*«J•^*J>*>•^o>•^•:~^<~:~^<•<••^o<••x•^•♦^•o♦^♦♦•^<•o>♦<~^c>♦♦<•<•^^<•<♦<•♦^^^ A French audience puUetl bricks •"rohi a theatre wall to throw at the actors -when the actors themselves failed to brin;t down the house. P-Nut Butter L.\RGE JAR 25c Tomi^toe Soup 8c 2 JFor 15c Cleanser 5c TIN APRICOY Jam 25c JAR Why Pay More FOR GROCERIES AND MEATS? try Kennedy's and be convinced lO Per cent REDUCTION IN MEx\ S WEAR THIS WEEK Ken Kennedy We Deliver in To\vm Phone 37 LAUNDRY SOAP 8 BARS 25c i Tomatoes 3 TINS 25c Chase and Sanborn's COFFEE Ground while U wait 39c and 49c Lb. Meats Fresh and cured, also Fish V krei**«efi ^'^'>^^^^â- ?oâ- ^9^^<•^••^<i»^><g>^«•s><>o«•<s>•>«•<•<•«<>•«'^'