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VOL. 61 ; NO. 1 FLESHERTON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1941 W. H. Thurston & Son, Props. Drumhead Service A drumhead service will be held in Memorial Park, Flesherton, on Sunday next, June 8th, at 3 o'clock p.m. A monster parade will be held in connection with the service, cqm- prised of the militia, war veterans * and Civil Guard, and an invitation is hereby extended to all members of the above organizations to meet at . the high school at 2.30 pjn., when the parade will form up and will march to the Park, headed by the . Owen Sound Salvation Army band. Members of the militia from Dur- ham will be in attendance with "B" ' Company of the Grey & Simcoe For- . esters (R) C.A. The service in the park will be conducted by Adjutant C. Sim of Owen Sound and the Salvation Army . band will lead the sins-ing. The ser- vice is being held in the interests of the Victory Loan drive. Armored Cars Here Monday A section of the 6th Armored Kept.. 1st Brigade, visited Flesher- l v ton on Monday morning. The convoy was composed of a radio car, six . Bren carriers, an armored" car, and a . special truck to provide meals for the 40 men when on the tour. There was ' also a truck to carry a field gun. The district schools were closed foi the time the convoy was in town " Rev. G. K. McMillan welcomed the men to town, on behalf of the Reeve, , who was absent. Major Back gave a speech describing the machines to the large number present and also made an appeal for recruits for the . Armored Brigade. FLESHERTON SPONSORS CFOS RADIO PROGRAM Flesherton and district is sponsor- ing a half hour program over CFOS, Owen Sound, tonight (Wednesday) in the interests of the Victory Loan campaign. Those expected to take part are Jas Davidson of Feversham, Fourth Line orchestra, Court Smith of Eugenia, Norman Sr. and Norman Jr of Markdale, Miss Mary R. Stew- art of Flesherton, Misses Genevieve Milne and Blanche Walker of Flesh- erton and the Feversham male quar- tette, composed of Gideon Eby, Har- old Osborne, as. Hudson and John Hudson. The program goes on the air at 8 p.m. The Grey & Simcoe Foresters en- trained at Trenton on Tuesday of last week and are now encamped at Aldershot Camp, Nov a Scotia. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Honer spent the Jirst of the week with Mrs. M Jamieson. Mrs. T. A. Hugnes and daughter, Miss Nellie Hughes, of Vancouver, are spending a couple of weeks vis- iting hr brothr, Mr. John Thistle- thwaite, and family and renewing old acquaintances. Red Cross Report The report of the Flesherton-Art- emesia Branch of the Red Cross for the past five months is given below. There are a number of pledges from last canvass stil unfulfilled and the committee would like these honored as soon as possible. They also wish to thank Mr. Hickling for the use of a room in his building during the winter for Red Cross work and for other assistance given. The treas- urer reports that there is $132.00 on hand at the present time. Follow- ing are the amounts received during the year to May 31st: Lewis Fisher |4, Flesherton W. I. $15, Roy Lyons $3, Mrs. M. Arm- strong $5, Harry Fisher $3, Bridge at home of Mrs. F. Duncan $8, Curl- ing Club bonspiel $49.40, Flesherton L.O.B.A. $19.36, Flesherton W. I. $10, Miss V. Nicholson $8, Ceylon W. I. $3.08, Markdale Red Cross, half pro- ceeds hockey game $7.33, Priceville Women's Patriotic Society $10. Iva McNally $1, John Badgerow $3, Cey- lon W. I. $10, C. D. Meldrum $6, L Atkinson $1. L. Pedlar $2, Eugenia L. 0. L. $5, Stanley Patton $3, J. J Little $2, Scrap metal receipts by Down & Boyd $4, Scrap metal by H. G. Black $1. . SPRING AND SUMMER HARDWARE TOOLS FOR LAWN AND GARDEN- LAWN MOWERS, RAKES, HOES, GARDEN HOSE, SHOVELS, SEEDS, WEED CULTIVATORS BE RID OF INSECT PESTS Use Our Screen Doors and Windows, Screen Wire, Fly Sprayers and Sprays, Fly Swats. Your choice of five styles of doors. OTHER SEASONABLE NEEDS Alarm Clocks, Pocket and Wrist Watches, Car- penters' Tools, Wrench Setts, Builders' Hardware Poultry Troughs and Founts, Poultry Netting, Fishing Tackle, Rifles, Soft Balls and Bats. CAR OF CEMENT JUST ARRIVED F. W. DUNCAN HARDWARE "Blue Coal" Phone 54 Equipped to handle the finest service at moderate prices '9~ Our Beautiful Air Conditioned Funeral Chapel t 124 AVENUE ROAD TORONTO, Ont. RICHARD MADDOCKS, Manager. Member of U>< Fleatwrton Old B lys" A Cirb* Association BATES & MADDOCKS Formerly of Flcwherton. Ont. ; 124 Av<nue Road, Toronto, OnL KI. 4344 FRED MADDOCKS. Associate. Aided Neighbor Again Again the Maxwell district has demonstrated that human kindness is not altogether a lost virtue in these days of fast living. About a month ago Mr. Norman Mclllmurray, who resided west . of Maxwell, died from a lengthy illness in a Toronto hos- pital. None of the spring farm work had been done and only two or three acres plowed during the fall. Re- cently the neighbors gathered and with tractors and teams plowed, worked, seeded and rolled 23 acres acres of land to assist Mrs. Mclll- murray m a practical way. One day there were four tractors and three teams at work, and altogether the job was completed in four and a half days. The gratitude of Mrs. Mclll- murray was great to the king neigh- bors and friends for their assistance. War Charity Sale Feversham Thursday Plans for the district auction sale to be held in the Agricultural grounds, Feversham, Thursday, June Sh. at 1 p.m. have 'been completed. The response of the public to the request for donations of articles has been most generous, and we feel sure that those who attend, realizing the worthiness of the cause, will be equally glad to do their part in buy- ing the goods offered for sale Contributions will be gladly re- ceived right up to the time of the sale and the committee in charge will be glad t help in the matter of de- livering goods to theg rounds if con- tributors have no means of thenr own livering goods to the grounds if con- tributors have no means of their own Remember to be on hand for the patriotic program at which the Dun- dalk Band will play and at which Mr. F. R. Oliver, Minister of Public Works will be the guest speaker. . Come along Thursday afternoon; while enjoying yourself help to re- lieve the suffering of the victims of the war in the devastated cities of the motherland SHOT EIGHT GROUND HOGS BUT PROFIT WAS ABSENT (By Victoria Corners Reporter) One of enterprising young* ladies, being fond of hunting and knowing that 10 cents each were paid for ground hogs, decided to make a bit of pin money, while having an after noon's outing, and ridding the coun- try of the pests which seem so pre valent this year. She was gone about one and a half hours and returned with eight ground hogs. She deliver- ed them at headquarters and then backed the car away and started for home with her 80 cents. Bang, went a tire. It cost 75 cents to have it repaired. Not counting the gas or ammunition, she is wondering how she will invest hej; surplus cash. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Huddy an- nounce the engagement of their only daughter, Mabel Evelyn, to Mr. Neil (Bud) Phillips, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Phillips of Boothville, the wedding to take place quietly late in June at Dundalk. In Memoriam B1NNHNGTON In loving mem- ory of my dear father, Edmund Binnington, who passed away May 3lst, 1940. We often sit and think of you 'When we are all alone, For memory is the only friend That grief can call its own. Like ivy on the withered oak When all other things decay, Our love for him will still keep green And never fade away. Ever remembered by Daughter and Family. Close Call From "Juice" Accident Mr. G. B. "Barney" Welton of town had a close call from death on Saturday morning while changing a switch on the high tension Hydro line switch in front of Mr. Isaac Smith's residence. Part of the 22,000 volts passing through the lines struck him and knocked him unconscious for a few minutes. He is resting comfort- ably at his home. The accident occurred about 9 a.m. while he was pulling a handle to switch the current going south to other wires. The load on the line had not been reduced sufficiently to allow freer movement of the switch, which is said to be difficult to move at any time, and as a result the current jumped across the arc and travelled down the ground wire to the switch handle which Barney was grasping. Mr. George Armstrong, who was standing on the opposite side of the street, heard a groan and rushed across to render aid, knowing the consequences if the line was still charged. Luckil(y the switch was shoved out at the power house and the line was dead, but George did not know this, and he grabbed Barney by the boots and pulled him from the post which he was rigidly grasping. Medical assistance was called at once and the injured man was moved to the home of Mr. Smith, where he re- mained until Saturday evening, when he was taken to his home. J. C. Harrison's Mill Burned At Priceville Fire of undetermined origin but thought to have originated in cedar sawdust ignited by a spark from the boiler, completely destroyed the shingle and basket-bottom mill of J. 1C. Harrison, Priceville, shortly after noon on Friday. The mill had shut down for dinner a few minutes before 12, and less than 10 minutes after the hour, Mrs J. McDougall who lives nearby dis- covered It on fire when she went to her woodpile. A bucket brigade wa." hastily formed but their efforts were unsuccessful, and in a short time the mill was reduced to wreckage, noth- ing except the hoilpr remaining. This is a heavy blow to the owner as it comes at a time when only the cedar had been cut, and the mill yard is filled with logs, as well as many more in the bush together with considerable custom sawing. The present mill was well constructed and fitted up and replaced an inferior one lost in a similar way five years ago. Future Events Watch for full particulars of big nijrht in Flesherton QH July 1st, in aid of Red Cross. A play entitled "Bringing Home the Bacon," will be given by West- side Choir, Owen Sound, on Monday evening, June 16th, in the church at Eugenia, under the auspices of the W. A. Candy will be sold. Adtais- sion; 26c, children 15c. OPTICAL Coming next Tuesday, June 10 from 1.30 to 5 p.m., at the Munshaw House, Flesherton D. Campoell Guard your eyesight. In Memoriain McMULLEN In loving memory of a dear husband and father, Mr. Alex. McMullen, who passed away June 5th. 1938. No morning dawns, jio night returns But that we think of you; Those left behind are very dear. But none replaces you. Ever remembered by Wife and Family. People who travel along on a bluff are riding for a fall PLAY AT PRICEVILLE A concert will be given by St. Andrew's Presbyterian church in the hall at Prkeville on Friday, June 6, when a humorous play "Crazy to Reduce," will be given along with other musical entertainment. Admis- sion; adults 25c, children l5c. The Advance Observes Its Sixtieth Birthday , With this issue The (Flesherton Advance celebrates its dOth birthday 60 years of service to the people of Flesherton and surrounding dis- trict. During that time many chang- es have been made in the mode of living of our residents and just as great changes have been made in the physical appearance of our streets, many of which our present citizens remember. This paper was establish- ed on June 1st, 1881, by Mr. A. R. Fawcett, brother of Mrs. H. Down of Fk-sherton, and on August 1st, 1888 the paper was purchased by W. H. Thurston, who was at the helm for just 50 years, turning over the editorship to the present editor on August 1st, 1938. At this our diam- ond'anniversary, ,we wish to acknow- ledge our gratitude and appreciation to the many reporters of The Ad- vance who have contributed from the neighboring villages and communi- ties down through the years to keep the public informed of the news from their districts. We appreciate very much their services. Following is a contributed survey of those in Flesh- instituted at Woodford and Holstein. One had been in operation at Price- ville for years. Tremendous strides have been taken in the marketing of farm products siiu-e those days. Dufferin County was formed that year, and Grey County, lost the vill- age of Shelburne and township ol Melancthon, which went to make up the new little ''postage stamp county." Auctioneers licensed that year in- eluded some family names still known in the district: Geo. J. Blythe, Murkdale. Alex. Brown, Priceville. Robt. Davis. Flesherton. R. J. McCoy, Markdale. Geo. Noble, Markdale. R. H. Perigoe, Osprey. John Speers, Feversham. A, S. Vamlusen, Flesherton. J. M. Webster, Artemesia. Businessmen in Flesherton sixty years ago included some of whom our younger generation may never have heard. Glance at these: "W. F. Doll, the original jeweller. W. J. Bats, funeral director, later . Kimberley Women's Institute is holding the annual concert and dance on Monday. June 9fch, when Christ Church A.Y.P.A., Markdale, wiirpre- sent their play "Tempest and Sun- shine." A good orchestra in attend- ance at dance. Admission to concert adults 25c, children 15c; admission to dance, 25c. DANCE IN FLESHERTON Springhill Red Cross will hold a dance in Fraternal Hall, Flesherton on Friday, June 6th, in aid of the Telofrram British War Victims' Fund Tickets to he drawn on Red Cross quilt and school quilt. Good music and lunch. Admission: 26c. THE LATE W. H. THURSTON Editor for 50 years erton at the time of organization: History has been recorded in the pages of The Flesherton Advance in a remarkable way. This business of getting out a paper each week is a continuous one of associating with "commonplaces." Largely it is a pub- lication of the trivialities which make up daily life in a community and district. Only occasionally do the highlights arise. But in retrospect it is amazing to realize the span of this publication's life, and the manner in which these things add up into the story of a people. There is a permanence and a substance about this unfolding ol history in a rural agricultural com- munity that is reflected in the columrrs of the more-than-three- thousand issues of The Advance. When the late A. R. Fawcett of Thornbury instituted The Advance on June 1st, 1881, he was a young man, himself.z W. H. Thurston, a Kim- berley lad, was a journeyman printer on the Toronto World; and his bride-t.v-be, an attractive younjj school teacher at Portlaw. W. H. Thurston purchased the business from Mr. Fawcett in 1888. Most of those in business at that time have now quietly slipped off the stage, one by one. The curtain has fallen; theii act is done but the play goes on ably supported by the sterling char- acters who succeed them. In 1881 this district was served by a narrow gauge railroad, the Toronto, Grey & Bruce, struggling along and trying to negotiate a lease for the G.T.R. to take over and modernize the line. The agreement was signed, but never implemented, as necessary legislation was denied. Eventually the line became a part of the C.P.R. system but that was in the future Artemesia's reeve was Warden that year; none other than the late T lr W. S. Christoe, prominent Flesher- fconian for so many years. The Depu- ty-Reeve was Thos. Wright; while Euphrasia's reeve was Robert Myles and his deputy was J. Boyd. Osprey sent W. McGirr and A. Mclntyre and Proton, J. Middleton and J. Abbott. Monthly Fairs were held in those days, where live stock and 'articles of agricultural productions or re- quirements" were sold. Nor was any person allowed to "cry' 1 or auction his goods on the prounds, or within half a "lile >* the Fairs, which lasted from 9 a.m. until sunset. During the year 1881, Fairs were F. J. THURSTON The present editor moved to Toronto, the firm now being. Bates & Muddocks. John Wesley Armstrong, J.P. and- Division Court Clerk, father of the late Mrs. F. H. W. Hkkling. ,Frank Cole, grain merchant, liv- ing at Flesherton and operating a grain elevator at Flusherton Station. His brown horse was a familiar sight for many years as he drove out to- work each day. His daughter, Mrs. Chas. Stewart, is residing in Mark- dale. Aaron Munshaw, father of Mrs..G~.. B. Welton. The Munshaw House ii= still a landmark. William Barnhouse and William. Clayton, two English shoemakers:-, good citizens, good parents, and; devout men. Mrs. Bulmer, photographer, cour-t^ ageous mother. Her son, Thomas, 'is residing near Markdale. Dr. W. S. Christoe, doctor and druggist, prominent in municipal andi church life - - a strong, dominant personality. Dr. T. S. Carter, long a beloved family doctor for the community. John H. Heard, carriage builder and blacksmith: a progressive indus- trialist in the day of small industries.. Solomon Damude, pioneer tannery operator. 'Wm. Strain, implement dealer and? builder of a large business block on the hill all traces of which an*- long since gone. W. J. Bellamy, Township Clerk, and still with us, honored as one of the oldest citizens and we are gla* to say, still in good health at the age- of 86 years. Has been Clerk for 6t years. A. S- Vandusen, bailiff and auction- eer and later magistrate and insur- ance agent exerting a strong in- fluence for law observance among, the younger folk a couple of gener- ations ago. M. K. Richardson, important mer- chant, and outstanding citizen for many years, served as M.P., and pioneered in the Children's Aid' So- ciety in His later years. He ItveiC respected and died regretted; W. E. Richardson, popular drugg- ist,, and brother of "M. K.." His son, Charlie, still carries on the family tradition at the old stand one of the few family links with those early days. R. J. Sproule, general and grain (continued on page 4)