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®hje /lesl)MjiJ^tt %i^wmu. VOL. 60; NO. 42 FLESHERTON. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 19, 1941 W. H. Thurston & Son. Prop*. Sl Jean's Ladies' Aid The W. A. of St. John's Church met at the home of Mrs. T. J. Fisher on Tuesday evening, March 11, with 26 ladies present. The meeting opened by singing "Work for Night is Coming," followed by the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Cargoe read Ist John and Psalm 17:1, and then led in prayer. Minates of the last meeting were read and approved. Arrange- ments were made for the supper to Oe held on the 17th. A few items of business were discussed and the meet- ing closed wii:h the Mizpah Benedic- ^on, after which a short program o* singing and contests was giv<>n and Mrs. McDonald's group served lunch. READ THE "SMALL ADVTS*. Knit 100 Pairs Sodts '^^..Z Miss V. Nicholson of town has been particularly active in war work with the local branch of the Red Cross, since it was organized over .a year ago. Miss Nicholson has com- pleted and handed in her 1 of ocks and has also been dei for the making of and donating a" number of dresses for girls, besides considerable other sewing for tfae Red Cross. The services of Miss Nichol- son are certainly appreciated by the Society. Thanks not only goes to her from the local branch, but if the name of the donor were known, from those recipients who receive these gifts in England, where the need is so great in the bombed areas. ..-.I YO»»»»»»»»»»»<.»fr»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»«»»»»»»»»»">L»»»»» I Shop at Duncan's |pir your Hardware m^ GALVANIZED WARE Cream Quis, Strainers. PaiU, TuiA,JBoaers, CROSS CUT SAWS, AXES, S^gJ^^^'SAWS, FILES, SNOW & STABLE SH©V'ELS, MANURE FORK$. BUCKEYE BROODER STOVES and CHICK SUPPLIES OUR SPRING-PAINT SHIPMENT IS JU^'&I^ We are ready to fill! your Paint, Enam^%«ill Varnish requiremenia with Sherwin - VP'ilDfiams Quality Paints and Pc^ular Priced Lines. ROYAL PURPLE and DR. BELL'S STOCK and POULTRY REMEDIES F. W. DUNCAN HARDWARE "Blue Coal" Phone 54 | CASH FOR YOUR TIMBER Fwmers ! Why not cut that crop of large, ntotured trees and tumlhem to cash? We will pay highest oash prices for Logs and Standing Timber of all species. It will pay you to cut your choice, straight logs 14 and 16 feet long, beech preferably cut 16 feet long, as we pay extra for these lengths. Harvest your Matured Timber now and give your small trees a chance to grow into money for you. WRITE OR PHONE DUNDA1.K SAW MILLS BAXTER WRIGHT PHONE 3 >*^ V- Equipp^ to hancHe the finest service at moderate prices ; ', Our Beautiful Air Conditioned Funeral Chapel at 124 AVKNUB ROAD TORONTO, Ont. RICHARD MADDOCKS. Manager. FRE1> MADDOCKS. Associate. M«mber of th« FlMih«rton Old B ays' ft Cirls' Associatioa BATES & MADDOCKS FOrmerlv of Flesherton. Ont. 124 Avenue Road. Toronto, Ont. KI. 4344 ^ Stonn Blocked y District Roads This district experienced one of the worst storms for years the first of the week, when cars were marooned on the hierhways and motorists ahad depend upon friendly farmers to taka.thera in for one to two days. A ntntber of Flesherton people had been in Toronto for the day and only came as far as Sh«l>arne an4 some who had left T6ioptg^.«arlier, came as far north aajpoiidj^. While it had^'lUen 'lAc!win(r Slni|i^ afternoon no one siippos^^ttiiat such a Sturm was -in the ofifte^ and it came suddenly, about 6.30 p.m. with- oat any warning^. The roads soon fiUie«l^ ^Vltii s|iow, driven by a high wili^- 'ttodr whipped the snow in a mass, 'making it impossible for driv- ers to see the road, and very soon they could not battle the drifts any ^furthef and cars "were Sibandoned re they stopped.- ^'sThe- Power House and Eimiberley ^fcre -^irithont bread and Mr. Rbbt. Ferris and his team of horses were brought into service and replenished the supply Tuesday^fternoon. Snow plows worked on Monday south ol Flesherton, but 'could only go two and a half miles during the afternoon and went back to Owen Sound that evening. The provincial plow came from the north Tuesday evening and remained in Flesherton for the night, resuming the bucking of he drifts Wednesday morning. The road was finally opened for traffic by noon and all the marooned cars had been released and brought home. The highways to Kimberley and SinghamptoB are closed to traffic this Wednesday afternoon, and the McCauIey plow is stationery with a broken reverse gear, caused ^rom bucking the heavy drifts. They had opened the road as far as W. J. Chard's hill. The drifts east of the Feversham comer are especially high and no doubt the task of opening hatt section of the road will be diffi- cult. Repairs are being rushed on the broken plow. The Hydro lines in Proton Station and in Proton Township are dead due in a break in the wires and people were forced to go back to the oil tamps. Red Cross Supplies A shipment of Red Cross goods was made recently by the Artemesia- Flesherton Branch of the Red Cross, which the officers were pleased to receive from members of the branch throughout the village and township. The shipment consisted of: 147 pairs of socks 3 pairs long seamen's socks 11 turtle neck sweaters 6 sleeveless sweaters 6 seamen's scarves 7 pairs two-way mitts 4 helmets 36 quilts 10 girls' blazers and tarns 10 girls' tunics 3 girls' pullovers 10 girls' blouses 38 girls' and women's dresses 27 boys' shirts 10 boys' pants 5 boys' pullovers 6 pairs children's mitts 45 pairs children's stockings 6 suits men's pyjamas 5 layettes Store Owner â€" What did the cus- tomer say when he refused to buy that suitcase? Son â€" He said when he boujrht a bag he wanted to see some cow hide i in it. . Store Owner â€" So. what does he take us for â€" magicians? Curling At Diodalk Afbe- a period of over 25 years Dundalk witnessed a curling, bonspiel on Wednesday evening of last week, when four rinka of the Flesherton Club visited their sister town to the south for the evening's pleasure. The Flesherton equipment was used to mark out and pebble the ice in the skating arena. With four Dundalk rinks and four from Flesherton there was room and time for two games fot each rink. Several of the Dundalk players hav* been curling in Flesher- ton this ^winter, headed by former Flesherton residents, W. G. Kennedy, A. Sinclair and Wm. Miller, bolstered by several good Dna^alk curlers. Dundalk is a great bowBnS town and the bowlers seem to take well to its sister game, curling. A curling club has been formed in Dundalk, with the hope that an addition may be erected to the skating rink for the pursuit f this fine winter game. The visitors were treated to coffee and sandwiches and were royally entertained. Brok e Boue In Neck Mr. Jim Harrison of Flesherton received a broken vertebrae in his neck on Saturday evening in a motor accident which occurred north of Markdale. Jiai is in Owen Sound hospital for tieatment. He was rendered unconscious from the im- pact, and his condition was thought to be serious. Pte. David Graham was the driver of the car, owned by Mr. Harrison, when he suddenly came upon a transport stalled in the snow on the highway. At the same time a car rounded the end of the large motor vehicle and Graham was forced to send the car into the wall of now at the side of the road. At the same time the rear of the car swung around and struck the front of the truck. It is thought that it was when Jim struck the top of the car from this impact that caused the broken vertebrae. Police mvestigat- ed the accident and the driver was absolved of blame, as it was stated that what he did was the logical thing to do. look Over Bakery Mr. Arthur MacDonald of Acton took over the Flesherton bakery, pur- chased a couple of weeks ago from Mr. F. Pinder. Associated with Mr. MacDonald are his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Scarrow of Toronto. Mr. Jack Small- man is the baker. We are pleased to welcome Mr. MacDonald and his staff to the village. HEPBURNS VOTE FIRST AND LAST IN LEGISL.\TURE The Ontario Legislature's two Hep- burns, by virtue of a change in the Conservative seating arrangements, now have the first and final say in a recorded vote, it was revealed in the division over the motion to adopt the address in the JLiegislature. Premier Hepburn, bu custom, al- ways votes first. Laughter rippled over the House when it was seen that the last member to be called to vote was J. deC. Hepburn of Picton, the Conservative member for Prince Edward'nLennox. Card of Thanks E. C. Pedlar and family wish to sincerely thank their friends and neighbours, for the many acts of kind- ness and sympathy expressed during their recent bereavement. -^•J i^M ? FRESH AND CURED MEATS SAUSAGES We DELIVER BAIIEY S FLESHERTON. Ont. ^HONE XVP MS » »» l>i ) i >* > ' "i f Kttlttttttt**'*'*****-^*^ *"*^*-*^^^^-'^" ^**'^*****? <MMM>^.^^<.<~^^-^<w^.><.*<â-º<MMM^<â-º.>,^^^M^.^.^.^.^.^<~>.^^M^^^ ^ays F. R. Ofiver is Best Speaker h House Warm praise for Hon. Farquhar Oliver, M.P.P., for South Grey, and newly appointed Minister of Public Works for the Proviace, is expressed in the* Windsor SUr of last Friday. J. J. Dingman, the Star's representa- tive in the Legislature, in his regTilar department "Legislative Lobby Chat" makes special reference to Mr. Oli- ver's speech on Thursday, as follows: Hon. Farquhar Oliver is known tc be one of the best speakers in the Legislature, and his maiden effort as minister of public works Thursday afternoon was in his usual clear and apparently effortless style. He is o spell-binder, but his voice carries well, his enunciation is distinct, his ideas are logically presented, and he gives the impression that he knows what he is talking about. Compared with some of his colleagues, he is a Demosthenes, and the three public school lasses in the galleries may have received an unduly favorable impression of Queen's Park orati>ry. In appearance Mr. Oliver is thick- set and burly, but it surprises most people to learn that he weighs about 300 pounds, with a height of about five feet nine. By actual measure- ment, his wrists are as big as the ankles of some six-footers, but his hands are nt>t unduly large. He holds himself erect, and has no mannerisms when speaking â€" due in part to the coaching of his political mentor, Miss Agnes Macphail. He has occasional gleams of humor, but on the whole is on the earnest side. There was little' chan^^e to be funny however, in a speech about the woes of agriculture. Mr. Oliver emphas- ized the loyalty of Canadian farmers, and their eagerness to aid the war effort in every possible way, but pointed out that whereas labor and industry were operating on a cost plus basis, farmers were being asked to produce foodstuffs at less than cost. A strong farmers' organiza- tion was needed to correct injustices, he said, and suggested the different treatment given labor and industry was due to the power of organization Mr. Oliver has no sympathy with proposals to cut down production of foodstuffs in Canada. He pointed out the imminent possibility of Japan entering the war against us, which would prevent or limit the flow of foodstuffs from New Zealand and Australia to Great Britain, and make Canada a more vital part of the war machinery than she ia now. Obvious- ly, farmers could not te asked to keep on producing food at a loss, but he thought it should be made possible for them to secure a fair return, and ensure a surplus for time of need. He would much rather face a crisis with a full larder than one sparsely stacked. Send in your Renewal Now Future Events PERKINS DRESS SHOPPE Presents Spring Fashion Review and Tea. Friday, March 28th, 3 and 8 p. m.. Town Hall, Dundalk. Admission 25c. Proceeds donated to war work. Hair styling of Models by courtesy of Neithercut's Beauty Parlour in Dundalk. Keep the date of Monday, April 14. open for 'big dance in Fratenal Hall, Flesherton. The _ dance scheduled for this Thursday evening, by the Eastern Star, has been indefinitely postponed on account of the storm. Dance, Eugenia Orange Hall, Fri., March 21. under auspices of L.O.L. 1118. Good music: lunch, .\dmis- sion 26c. OPTICAL â€" Eyes tested and glass- es supplied by D. Campbell, optom- etrist, next Wednesay, March 26th. at the Munshaw House from 12 to 5 p.m. The hot roast beef and vegetable .supper, which was have boen held on Monday evening. ha.s been postpond to Friday March 21st. from .5:.*?0 p.m. in the church bssement. .Admission: adults 35c. children ^Sc. Osprey Council The Osprey Council met according to adjournment, all the members be- ing Mcsent- Th^ minut^a and pro- ceedings <ibie next former meeting were read and, upon being found cor- rect, were adopted. .As usual, the presentation of Indig- ent hospital accounts were made, and considerable discussion was held on these. As no doubt an up to date equipped hospital is quite comfortable to go when sick, why should a Muni- cipality be saddled with the cost of which year after year keeps mount- ing higher and higher. It would seem as though this one place where our Federal and Provincial govern- ments could act and give some relief. The old argument of relief again was discussed, but as usual the ac- counts presented, were ordered, paid, as with the coming of spring and summer months this problem, it is expected, will be solved. The Clerk was instructed to adver- tise in the local papers for tenders for power for the road grader, and also in the 'Engineer' for the crushing and hauling of approximately 5,000 cubic yeard of gravel on the roads during the coming season. General accounts ordered paid were as follows: H. Freethy, relief a.e. rs. Bannerman $12.74; 'K. McLean, relief milk & rent of house $7.80; Mrs. L. Smith, care of E. Miller $28. W. Parker, relief $20.00; J. Izard, relief $12.00; L. Hambly, relief $8.00; Advance Printing Co., printing a.c. $15.05; Municipal World, supplies $11.63; Dept. Health, insulin $1.46; L. Cox, sheep valuer $1.50; Mrs. W. Thompson, rent of house $6.00. General road accounts ordered paid were; Canadian Engineer subscrip- tion $2.00; Treas. Twp. Melancthon, torwn line work $4.94; Pay Roll No. 3, $120.15. Council adjourned to meet Satur- day, April 12th at 2 o'clock p.m. BORN NEFF â€" At Collingwood hospital on Sunday, March 9, 1941. to Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Neff (lola Graham) the grift of a son, Donald Graham. MaxweU United Church REV. GEO. L. MERCER, BJ)., DJD. Minister SERVICES SUNDAY. MARCH 23, 194l' Mt. Zion â€" 11 a.m. Wareham â€" 3:00 p.m. Maxwell â€" 7:30 p.m. Note: Service at Eugenia is being withdrawn this Sunday. Flesherton United Church REV. G. K. McMillan, bjv., bj>. Minister 11.00 a.m. â€" Worship Flesherton. 2.00 p.m. â€" Worship Ceylon. 7.30 p.m.â€" Worship Flesherton. Morning subject: "Be of Good Cheer." Evening subjeeH "The Traitor." Gospel Workers' Church Feversham, Ont. Rev. C. McNichol. Pastor Sunday School at 10.00 a.m. Morning Service at 11.00 a.m. Evening Service at 7.30 p.m. Flesherton Baptist Church •Minister Ilev. Fred Aabtoa Services â€" Flei*' .iton. 11 a.m. Worship. 12 noon, Bible Schoil. 7 p.m., Gospel Service. Monday at 8 p.m. Y. P. Service. Rock Millsâ€" 2 p.m.. Bible School. 3 p.m.. Worship. The Rev. C. H. Schutt. M.A., D.D., Superintendent of Baptist Home Mis- .^ions, will visit the Baptist Churches "Xt Flesherton and Rtick Mills. Sunday .March 30th. 1941. Morning service at Rock Mills at 11 o'clock and even ing service at 7.30. Dr. Schutt will also preach .it F!eshertc>n in th afternoon at 3 o'clock. .A wclcoifte for all. Mr. Roy Langford will be the special .soloist at thes«> services. Next Sunday Rev. Aahton will deal with the Third word from the Cross. Come and worship. A MMiiliiitafl mmm