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:\ ®l)je /leslj^rlM ^^twmc^* VOL. 65; NO. 41 FLESHERTON. ONT.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. y946 \V' H. Thurston & Son, Publishers ^•1 A Narrow Escape Mr- and Mrs- Mervyn Crane and Mrs. Crane's sister. Miss Florence Welton had what might easily have been a serious experience with coal gas on Tuesday night- Mr- and Mrt- Crane have rooms in Mrs. Geo. Noble's residence on Bruce street and after looking to .he fire in the kitchen stove, retired for the night- During the night Mrfe- Crane awak- ened and thought she snaelled coal gas, and anvakened her husband. When Mr- Crane got up he was overcome by the fumes and fell to the floor. Mifes Welton, upstairs, was not affected. It was found that the coal gas bad escaped from their own kitchen stove- WTiile somewhat groggy the nejct morning from the effects, both Mr- and Mi%- Crane have now fully recovered from their exper- ience. â€" Durham Chronicle. I V it C.G.I.T Affiliates With United Church W.M.S. On Tuesday. March 5, the C-G-I-T- groups were affilliated with the W- M.S- of St. John's Church, at a plea- sant service in the church. The president of the W.M-S., Miss Kate, MacMillan, presided- The special i speaker of the evening was Mrs- (D--) Thomson, who spoke to the girls on the great work of the Women's Missionary Society- Five girls, .A.gnes McMillan, Evelyn Stewart, Shirley MeCracken, Elaine Cook and Mary Jane McTavish took part in the candle-lighting ceremony. Mrfe- W. I- Henry gave â- a very amu- sing reading, and the girls delighted all with a puppet show. Lunch was served and a social half hour spent. Newly-Weds Feted By Stephen's Comers Friends (By Stephen's Cornei-s Reporter) A large number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Kedge Londry Monday evening, March 4th, in honor of their son, Seymour, and his bride. At an opportune time, Mr. and Mrs. Lon- dry were called forward and an address, expressing best wifehes. was read to them by Mrs. Emerson Wright and the presentation of a 64^piece 'set of dishes was made by Messrs. Vern Wright and Orval Broderick. Seymour and Muriel e»ch expressed sincere thanks for the gifts- The evening wa's spent in dancing and cards- Friends from a ditsance who at- tended the presentation were: Mr- and Mrs. Clarence Londry of Heath- cote and Mr- and Mrs- Lome Hous- ing of Redwing. Hog Producers Desire Higher Grade Of Hogs The annual meeting of the Hog Producers' Association of Ontario was held in the Royal York Hotel in Toronto- The president. Mr- Chas- Mclnnis. and the Secretary. Mr- W- E. Tuman, each ably out- lined what had been accomplished so far. and the past, present and fu- ture opportunities as hog producers. The requireriientfe in order to hold he present export market in pro- ducing a No. 1 bacon hog, with a regular or steady supply week by week was reviewed- The great need of raising the output of 43% Grade .â- \. hogs to at least 759fc wa^ urged. KEITH CAIRNS KILLED IN BUSH ACCIDENT Tragedy entered the home of Mr- and Mrs. Geo- A. Cairns Monday when the youngest member of their family, Richard Keith, was instantly killed when struck on the head by a falling limb, as he wa^ working in the bush with Jas. McMulIen. a neighbor- Keith was 22 years of age- He was rushed to the home oi Mr. Jas- Sinclair, half a mile away, and two doctors called, who found that he had been almost instanly killed. He and Mr. McMullen had been falling a tree and it is thought that a rotten limb on the tree came loose and fell when the tree swayed- McKillop Brothers Join Father In Local Business i A business change took place in • Flesherton on Monday, when two young men joined their father in the plumbing and hardware business- These are Emerson and Athol Mc- Killop who have joined their ftaher, Mr- Ernest McKillop in partnership- Emei^on has been employed in the Flesherton Woollen Mill since Ms discharge from the army and Athol has been assisting his father 'since last summer. We wish the new firm the best of success- < SpringhiU Farm Forum The SpringhiU Forum met at the home of Wm. Johnson on March 11. It was considered co-operative and private enterprises could do a better jo±) of marketing but that it should be government supervised to see press do not go too low for producer or too high for consumer. The meet- ing March 18 is to be held at the home of Harry Akins. in Memoriam â- A McMULLEN â€" In loving memory of a dear father, Jas. L. McMullen. who passed away March 12th, IMS- He is gone but not forgotten As dawns another year. In our lonely hours of thinking To do this, a definite policy and some Mr- McMullen was a short distance organization will be required, back away at the time and when he re Prhne Minister King WUl Have Served Longest Term Liberal supporters and friends of Prime Minister Mackenzie King of various other political 'stripes are, on June 8, looking forward to cele- brating with Mr. King the point at which his political career as Prime Minister of Canada outstretches in time the political career of any other of the ten Prime Ministers which Canada has ahd since Confederation- On June 8 Mr. King will have been Prime Minister of Canada for nine- teen years plus a few days, which will be one day longer than the terms of Sir John A. MaeDonald. Sir John first became Prime Minis- ter on June 6. 1867. and held that office to November 6, 1875 He was out of office for almost three years to the township districts- Hon- T. A. Kennedy, Minister of .\griculture, in an address., express- ed himself as being one of his hap- pi^t days to see farmers having accomplished so much under the Hog Producers' Scheme, making use of such a grand opportunity under the Farm Products Act. which goes into 'orce on April I'st, when hog pro- iucers will have a part in controll- ing, breeding, raising, processing md marketing of hogs. In his mind it was the bigge'st thing yet accom- plished by farmers, and he was look- ing for\vard to all of Canada being organized in a similar manner- Under the Hog Scheme. Ontario :s divided into seven di'stricts. with each district electing a member to I Provincial Board, with a president. Vice-President and Secretary- They in turn, appoint a three-man com- mittee to meet with the Packers' Council from time to time, to discufes :ind act on matters relating to the marketing, etc., of hogs. THvo cents per hog will be deducted from the price of all hogs marketed on and after .A.pril 1st- Mr- George Johns- ton of Derby Town'ship represents District No. &• which comprises Grey, Bruce and Huron Counties. The Osprey delegate to the con- vention was Doug. Stephens and Mr- Ward Harri'son represented .-^.rte- mesia Township. turned, Keith was lying on the ground with the broken limb beside him. The coroner. Dr. R- L. Care- foot and Provincial Constable Harold Black, Flesherton, investigated the accident and decided an inquest w>as not necessary- Keith was one of those likeable young chaps always full of fun and wa^ of sterling character and his Iiappy disposition will be greatly missed throughout the community- Besides his grief-stricken parents Surprise Parents On Their 25th Wedding Anniversary (By Ceylon Reporter) The family of Mr- and Mr's- Wm- R- Meads, prepared a surprise event for their parents on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage, held on Saturday last. March 9th, when a large g>athering of relatives were present for the event. The cele- bration of this occasion had been planned by their two feons, Bob and Wallace, while they were fighting overseas, in collaboration with Mrs. Meads' sister, Mrs. Jean McMurdo. The dinner table was decorated with silver and pink candlete and was centred with a three-tiered wed- ding cake- The room was decorated with pink streamers. Following the dinner the bride and groom of 25 years ago were escorted to the liv- ing room, where Mr- .\lf. Bowden of Burlington, bro'ther-in-law. acted as chairman for the occasion. Their eldefet son, Robert, read the address in which he stated that they wanted their father and mother to know that they b.'lieved in their prayers and that He who watches over us has made it possible for the family to be together on thi's occasion- Kenneth, Glenn. Emma and Jun* who presented their parents with a chesterfield suite, while June pre- sented her mother with a bouquet of Spring flowers. Many other gifU were also received by Mr. and Mrs- Meads - Among those who attended the anniversary were: Mr. and Mrs. Aii Bowden and family of BurlingtKw; Mr. Robt. Meads, Will Meads, Mi» Jean MeMurdo, all of Toronto; Mr. and MA- Fred Knox, Mr- and Mrs. Walter Knox. Robt- Knox, Mr- and Mrs- Leo Blakey- Billie McLean and Mrs. Sackett. all of Swinton Park. Plowing Match Locations Fixed For Three Years At the annual convention of the Ontario plowmen^ Association, of which J. A. Carroll is Secretary- Manager, the delegates, looking ahead to the future, not only eon- firmed Port Albert. in Huron County, as the location for the IMS International Plowing Match, the first since the war, but picked the counties in which the match will b* held in 1947 and 1948. Frontenae County was successful in securing the 1947 match while that of 1948 will be held in Victoria County. It was emphasized that it was neces- 'Never at any time could we ever he leaved one brother and two sis- ' repay you for all your work, worry | sary to look three years ahead bt ters, Bessie (Mrs. Walter Scrace) of j time and patience you have spenf on j planning thfe big event, in order that Todmorden. Catherine Cairns of To- j us- trjnng to make us mind our P's the proper rotations can be arranged ronto and William, on a farm next i and Q's. We hope in the days that j on- the land where the match is to ronto- and William, on the adjoining | "e ahead you will be able to take J rnke place, and so that the local or- life a little easier- We sincerel> j aranization can be set up well in ad- hope and trust that we may be able ; \^nce- One of the interesting fea- to again gather on your Golden tures of the meeting was the larg« Wedding .\nniversary-" The addres's , number of delegations from countieB was signed by the members of the all over the province to pretes their familv: Bob, Wallace. Emerson- claim? for the 1947 and 1948 mathes- farm- The people of the entire community share wieh Mr- and Mrs- Cairns and family in their Borrow- In Memoriam I returning on October 1. 1878. and Thoughts of him are always near- remaining Prime Minister for the â€"Ever remembered by The Family I next thirteen yearte. or until his death on June 6, 1891- Card of Thanks Mr- and Mrs. G. E- Ws^rling and family wish to thank their many friends and neighbor^ who have been so kind and thoughtful during their recent bereavement. "4 Future Events SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE Enjoy yourself at the Saturday night dance in Fraternal Hall. Flesh- erton tQ the Golden West Mountain- eers' orchestra- ST. PATRICK'S SUPPER The W. A- of St- John*^ United Church will hold a St- Patrick's meat pie supper on Friday, March 15th, from 5:30 o'clock, in the basement of the church, 'followed by social evening of crokinole and Chinese checkers- Admission: Adultfe 40c. Children under 12. 26c, Mr. King ha served three terms as Prime Minister. His first one was from December 29. 1921, to June 28, 1926. His second was from Sept. 25. 1926, to Aug. 7. 1930. His third and the current term began on Oct- 23. l9o5. and he has been Prime Minis- ter without interruption since then, going on eleven years. It is interesting to note that the man who held the Prime Minisser- ship for the longest single period was Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who was in office continuously from July 11. 1896, to Oct. 6, 1911, a period of fifteen years and three months- Card of Thanks I wi'sh to take this opportunity of thanking my many friends and I'.-^ighbors for the many acts of kind- ness shown me with flowers, treats- L-ards and phone calls and to all who visited me since I was hurt. Your kindness i's much appreciated. Thank you. â€" Mrs. John McDonald- RADLEY â€" Treasured memories of a dear mother and grandmother, Christena Mary Sullivan, who died March 17, 1944- Now calm be thy rest, dearest mother. For well was thy life's journey run, Arid clo'sely you followed your Saviour Till Zion's bright glory was won. The works of Thy hands shine re- splendent. More bright than the world's greate'st fame. And high in the archive of Heaven. Have angels recorded thy name- â€" Ever remembered by her Fam- ily and Grandchikh-en, Marion and Pat Stauffer. In Memoriam KENNEDY â€" In loving memory of a dear wife and mother, Mari?. Kennedy- who departed this life March 16, 1945- The midnight stars are glevuning On a lone and silent grave; Reneath s'eeps one we loved. But one we could not 'save. The golden gates were opened, An .-Vngel's voice said come; It was the .-^ngel calling, Xcw she has entered honie- â€" • Sadly misled by Husband, Daugh- • and Son. i * â- -.? UUOOR ST. CENTRAL LOCATION Our convenient location is readily accessible by the city's leading auto- mobile and street car thoroughfares. Bates and Maddocks K , FUNtRAL CHAPEL 124 Avenue Rd- :. , KI.4344 Premier Drew Wishes F. R. Many Happy Returns of Day -•^t the opening of the day's bus- iness at the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday of la^t week. Premier Geo- k- Drew took occasion to di- rect attention of memibers to the Opposition Leader- Farquhar R- Oliver- whom he described as a vet- eran of the Legislature though "today he is celebrating only hife 42nd birthday-" "For 20 consecutive years he has sat in this House," said Premier Drew, ''and it has been not a result of any machine politicsf but because of his own merits- He represents a healthy industry (farm- ing) and is a worthy representative of that industry- It is a pleasure and a privilege of wishing him many happy returns of this day" Former Libenal Leader Harry Ni.x- on- \vho is dean of the Legislatwe with 27 year^ of continuous service, echoed the Premier's sentiments and ; warned the Premier that greater I honors would "before long fall upon the shoulders of the now Opposition | Leader" | Mr Oliver described himself aS a "farm boy just tryinjr to get along down here." The greatest benefit he had experienced, he 'said, had been the associations in the Legislature â- hat he had made during 20 yeai-s. and this wms reflected in the kiiuiness the Premier and the others who h<id spoken kind words to him. "It will be dilficult to rise tomor- nv and flay this Gk>vernment after its lender's nleusant renr.ivk*.'' he said. "However, a night's sleep can work wonders." â€" Globe & Mail, Died C.-^IRNS â€" Suddenly by accident in .-Vrteniesia on Monday. March 11, 194fi. Richard Keith Cairnfe. son of Mr, and Mrs. Geo. K. Cairns, aged 71 ye:irs. Funeral service Thiirs.. March 14th. in St- John's United Church. Flesherton. at 2:30 p.m.. .- ,tor'>'en*^ in Flesherton Cemetery Chapel. HAZ.AjRD â€" In Flesherton Mon.. March llth. 1^46. Edna .J«»n Teeter- beloved wife of Guy Hazard, aged 56 years. Funeral service Wednes- day. March 13th in Cedarside Bap- tist Church at 2:30 p.m-. interment ire Flesherton Cemetery Chapel - MoLOUOHiRY â€" In Artemesia on Monday. March llth, 1946. Marion Eliza Bowes, beloved wife of the William McLoiighry. and mother of Elliott and .\nnie of Gait. Mary (Mamiet, Jame? and Burt it- home, and si<^^er "* Vv«. .T-'''i Wrvf,rd of Flesherton Servic' --n Wi^.lresdny. Msrch 13th nt 2:30 n-m. Interment in Markdale Cemetery. fUUiokd im^iia^Hiekt SewUe benefits THE WHOLE community Regular employment and pay envelopes moke for carefree families â€" for prosperous communities â€" for "good times" for employer and employee alike. The National Employment Service, with offices in more than 200 cities and towns across Canacla, serves the needs of both employers and employees â€" and the local N. E. S. office takes its place in importance to the community among the time honoured com- munity institutions â€" the Post Office, the Court House, the City Hall Without National Employment Service, the worker is left to his own initiative to find a job to support himself and his family. The employer may be un- able to reach workers he requires. National Employ- ment Service is the clearing house through which employer and employee are brought together, so that both may have their free choice of the entire employment market. National Employment Service has 5 main functions: 1 â€" Organization of the whole employment market, and bringing together employers and employees ; 2 â€" Collection of information on employment prob- lems for the xise of Government, Management and Labour; 3 â€" Admiiusiration of Reinstatement in Civil Ein« ployment Act ; 4 â€" Dealing with Unemployment Iiisvurance Benefits; 5 â€" Dealing with Out>o£-Wozk Benefits for Ex-Sezvic« Personnel. Mdta MluM^thm Local Oftkm of National Emphyimal Smvic*. H k ihorm to aorvo yovr nomd$, md thorn of NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Dominion Labour Department HUMPHREY MITCHEU A. MACNAMARA