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•â- r A. •*â- â-  A. % h i i. 1* ». > Ik m • A ®hje /lesljttlM % jtimic^^ VOL. 66; NO. 12 FXESHERTON. ONT., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 21. 1946 vV H. Thurston & Son. PuWishcri TELLS HOW VANDELEUR RECEIVED ITS XAME (By Vandeleur Reporter) A man named Vandeleur wishes to know how Vandeleur received its name- Your correspondent received a letter Ia%t week signed by J- \V. S. Vandeleur, Wales, Ont-, requesting that, and other information about this important community. The let- ter also contained a clipping from the Toronto Dailji. Star regarding a h]acW gxoaadaog which was shot by Alex. Gilvray on Howard Graam's farm recently. We sent the item to the local papers two weeks ago and it was reprinted in the Owen Sound and all the Toronto dailies, and so Mr. Vandeleur's curiosity was arous- ed- We are sorry that we eannvit supply the information at uresc it. but we hvive written to Ottawa to find out if there are records in the Post Office Department or eisewherei and if we find out how the ''Hub of the Universe" received its name, we will make the information publl;- GLENELG ASKS OPEN SEASON ON BEAVER Reception For Soldiers (By Ceylon Reporter) The Ceylon community and fi-iends assembled in the Public School to spend Friday evening with L.AC- Joe McWilliam, recently returned from Overseas, and with Pte. Geo. Jaynes. also recently returned. Pte Jaynes has received his • discharge, and LA.C. McWilliam left for Otta- wa Satua-day morning, where he will resume duties. Mr. J. A. Kichol gave the welcome home address to the returned boyo. Mr. Geo. Banks, Flesherton, spoke for the Canadian Legion. Mrs. Claude Chisleti presented a purse of money to L.A.C. McWilliam. also a purse of money was presented to Pte. Jaynes by Mrs. Joe. Staubles. Pte. Les Edwards could not be present at the school owing to the late arrival of the Friday evening tiain. On Sat- urday a few friendJs assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and presented Pte. Edwards with a purse of money. These purses were given by Ceylon Community and friendis. All the boys replied very fittingly. Mr. John McW'tlliam gave the ad- dress of good wishes at the other Presented Cheques To Local Legion 1^45 ASSESSMENT ROLL WILL BE USED IN ARTEMESLV The presen ration of cheques by the , local municipal councils wa.s made a: ; the scftbai; tournamen: a: agrictiltural â-  park Thui'sday at:err.con of last »'eek. The cheque or" S800 from ;he Townihip of Artemesia wis presented by Reeve J. A. Davis and for FLesherton by Reeve K. G. Be::s, both of whom spcke rheir appreciarion of being able to aid in the suppljing of a home :or the local Legion branch. Comrade Howard McCauIey iras asked by Chairman J McWiUiam ro say a few words. He an- nounced that the Michell residence had been purchased and that besides the i above amounis rhe County of Grey ; had donared S2.200.00 u>ward the pirr- 1 chase of the building. He hoped that j some organi2aiion In the village would | rake up rhe task cf assisting ;n the i The Aisassrr.ent P.cl! for the T-iwn- ship of Artemeisia will remain the same as that for ld46. and the taxes will be based on last year's list Township Clerk A. B- Chard inform; The .A.dvance that the new assess- ment has been completed throughout the towndlip, but due to shortneirb of time, arrangements could not be made for the Court of Revision, the appeals, if any. making out the tax notices, etc., in time for the coilet- tion of taxes this falL Receive Applications For Pensions In Grey From Forest To Coal Bin ilRS. JAS. H. THI'RSTON Mrs. Thurston arrived on the Letitia at Halifax with her son. James Doug- .as. ar.-i was met in Toronto by her furnishing of the building and supply I The regular meeting of the Gr':'^ decorations.. Comrade McCauley scat- â-  ^_„„,,. ri- 1 \ u. •« _i •»r ..•" ^^ .!,„, „„ !,„„„ ,„ „„ f^â„¢.„„^ r,.^ ^„ County Old Age Pensions and Motn- ed that we nave to go forward and oo , •, * the job promisee the boys on the [ ers Allowance Beard was held at battlefield and assume rhe obligation j Owen Sound, in the Court House, i to those bovs who did not come back -vfr w \ri.f;r<Mmr nf n^^fviri i IT • â€" ~ t." â€" ~ ""W"'" ~- ,7'" -, . I Jir. >v . jicvjregor oi LFesuoro rusoanc a"^ci r'-^ ca~e''LS M** a^c M"^ rin'^nmySerS'lndo^'o^'^iP^^ded and other members pre- 1 F J. Thurston; Mrs; ^.urston ^- .he | ly over the ^^^^^ particular. He thought the councils 'r sent were: Mrs. W. Sing of Mea- 1 -^^^i^- ^Iâ„¢^ ^laucer. daugnter oi Cc. | W nen the trees die^i. they feS mto were wise in donating the funds and' ford, Mr. Evans. Keppel Township- he did not think the ratepayers would' j^.^. Dingwall of HopevUle and Mrs.! on '^he b^r" Mr?.' "â- f^u.^':^ Where the ntxt ton oi coai is cook- ing from is a problem about which htmdredfe of people are forced to wor- ry even during the heat of Augttot- The Rojfiftl Ontario Museum cannot help to obtain that much needed fu«l produce, but it can demonstrate, by means of its varied collections, m^iny interesting facts relating to the ag« in which most of the world's coal sap- ply was formed. Three hundred million years ago vast swamps covered much of the land. In the swamps dense forests flounshett, although the trees were different from thoBe of the present day. There were giant club-mosBei, huge hcrsetaiis. towering s«ed iems. Great dragon-flies with a wingspread of nearly three feet flew in and out among the trees- Cockroaches siz inches long scampered over *h« ground. Millepedes crawled slug object in an raise in taxes for such a worthy cause. . [ The softbaU tctimamen: resulted in; a win for Flesherton from Dundalk in i were received and dealt with the final game. Dundalk having de^ feated an aH-star team composed of i .cs ^ea^.'a I jjj^ swamps and some were qoiddy covered over by muddy waters, thus A. E. Ball of Hanov<:-r. Eighteen appiicat ons for pensions j Pf includ ing one from Ayton, one from Mea- mat knew f--.m =â- -, Glenelg Township Coucil. meeting; presentation of the evening, when a at Durham recently, with all mem- j table lamp and coffee table was pre- i Rock"\uIils"'\-aiSeieur"and^iTeThel-to". f^^ one from Markdale, three froml niinJalL V^On 15-5 bers present, granted $250 to the Jsented to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace shaw. P^^jers. while Flesherton had won | Hanover, two from Osprey Tv\p.. two ! «airv ty on l^~9 Durham Memorial Hospital. The I i-ecent newly weds, by Miss Xancv ^ "°°^ ^^^"''•^^' -^ ^P-e^idid crowd was from Proton Twp., four from Colling council also adopted a resolution to he I McWilliam and Mr. Jas McMullen". fonvarded to the Department of Mrs. E. Shaw kindly expressed her I o.xiON COUPON" DUE D \TE^ Bame and Fisheries asking that the thanks for the lovely presents to her '*-*""'^ CUL fU> U L t. UAit. son and his wife, as they were unable wrist waTh and Monday it arrived by I preventing their decay. As milliona of years went by. layers and layeik Of buried forest were changed into coal through heat and pressure, and other agencies. iar.d. but she dees not â- he circumstances of its recovery. Township be granted an open season on beaver because of the damage these animals do by flooding roads and swamps. United Church Notes Services of Worship, Sunday, Auft" 25th, as follows: Flesherton 11 a.m., Inistioge 4 p.m., Eugenia 8 p.m. Rev. A. G. Macpherson will preach on "The Master Word," dealing with the worW^ need of a Master Key to its many problems, Sunday Schools as follows: Flesh- erton 10.15 am., Eugenia 11 a.m., Inistioge 3 p-m. Everyone cordially invited. Engagements Mr- and Mrs. R. A. Panabaker, Ihreston, wish to announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Marion Margaret (Peggy) Panabaker to Mr. A. Melville H. Hunt, son of Mr- and Mrs, S. P- Hunt, Ceylon- The mar- riage will take place early in Sep- tember. Mt. and Mrs. W. F. Taylor, Flesb ertn, wish to announce the engage- ment of their second daughter, Eth^i Irene, to Mr- Rusfeell Lee. Toronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robt- Lee. Dun- to oe present. The evening whs spent in euchre and the prizes went to Mrs. Joe Stauble for the ladies and to Mr. Lawson Whitehead for the gentlmen, Thii is the last of the pre- sentations in connection with our re- turned soldiers. There was a balance of money, and it is not decided what will be done with it afe yet. There is a committee appointed to take care of that end of it. There have been seveial suggestions on the question- -A hearty vote of thanks to Mrs. M Irwin and her willing assiistants was given Friday night, also to Mr. J. A. Richards, Flesherton, for his kindly assistance. Good People Want To Come To Canada If Canada waits till all the indust- rial disputes are settled and until ev- eryone finds gainful employment (which they never will), before draft- ing an immigration program, many of the good people who would like to come to Canada will have gone else- where. In the British Isles, in Scindinavia, in Denmark, and in the Neth-erlandfe are thousands of young peopile anx- wood Township, one from Artemes- ! it. one from Sydenh»m, one from Eu- j ! phrasia and one frcm St. Vincent. i Butter Production Is Again Declining Coupons now valid are sugar-pre- i served SI to S25. butter RIO to RIS. I . .,i itr > » meat M40 to M50 and Qi. Butter Priceville Women s Institute coupons RIO - RIT and meat M-tO to ' M50 expire August -Slst. i Three pounds extra sugar will be i given before the en<l of the yeat. Under present plans tw^o extra pounds will be given on the 19th of Septem'ber and the remaining pound early in December. AU unused valid meat coupons may be sent to the Se<?retary of the local Ration Board at Flesherton. They will be forwarded to the Ration .Ad- ministration to be usej to purchase extra meat, principally tinned metits, J be sent to the starving pe^lples ol Europe. Please note, only valid cou- pons are to be sent and, as meat cou- pons up to M50 expire Aug. 31. kind* ly send your unused ones at once- Ration Book No. 6 will be distrib- uted during the week of Sept- 9- Dis- tribution centres for this district will be Markdale, Flesherton. Dundalk and Feversham. All persons are ui-j geil to get their books during thati time, as late applicants will not be' The August meeting o-f Priceville branch of Womens Institute w^is held at home of Mrs- OT>e'l with 11 ladieg present. The meeting was opened with usual opening e.xercis-es. Roll call was answered by your favourite vegetable and how to prepare and serve. Sever- al ladies offered to help with War brides quilts. Miss B. Waters had charge of the program. Mrs. OTDell gave a humorou* reading and Care MacLean favoured witn selections on the guitar- Two readings followed by Mrs. W Meads and Mrs. M. >Ic- Lo-an The guest speaker. Hon. F. R- Oliver. gave an interesting talk on conditions on the farm today, sh-ort- ages of help etc- A discussion follow- ed aiterwards. The meeting closed with the benediction. FOR PROLIFIC EWES ious to emigrate and carve out a car- dalk. the marriage to take place early I eer in less populated lands- They re in September- I good people and we need them here â€" in spite of what Labour may say. and An employment agency official suggeistfe picking unemployed folks to serve on juries. Well, it's worth â-  trial, **** * ******************* ** We can supply Bulova, Elco, Tissot and Tavannes Watches "BLUEBIRD" and "BRIDAL WREATH" RINGS SILVERWARE E. I. HOLLEY DUNDALK, ONT. <***»****** ** * ** * * * ** * *** - l in spite ocf the hostile attitude of the Province of Quebec. Canada needs far more people than we can ever hope to acquire in the next twenty- five year^ through a natural increase in the present populaton and now that good people are looking for new homes we at least ought to let them know when and under what circum- stances we will let them come in. Cross-breeding of sheep for the pnxluction of strong, healthy, proli- , , ^ , , , , ui tic breeding ewes and first class given their books by the local branch' ^^^^^^. ^^^^^^ ^^^ ,.^^ ^^^.^^ ^^.^^.._ until Oct. 1st. In Memoriam Card of Thanks We wish to thank neighK>rs and friends for the cardls,-. treats and for flowers sent to us during the ill- ness of our mother aiid grandmother. Mrs. >T~'^ • srall. and for sympathy and kin-dnes^ expressed in many ways in our bereavement- â€"Mr. and Mrs. J. J Meads and "amily. McMULLEX â€" In loving memory of a dear husband and father. Archi- bald McMullen. who died August 21st, 1941. Our lips ciinnot speak how we miss him. Our hearts cannot tell what to say. God only knows how we miss him In our home that is lonesome today. â€" Sadly missed by his Wife and Family- Work has startet.! on a new public school building at Fergus, to cost i aroimd fl^o.OOO. In Memon&m MAGEE â€" Tn loving memory cf our dear wife and mother. Mrs Wni Magee. who passed away .\ugust 24 U">Si>. Many a lonely heartache. Often a silent tear. Always beautiful memories. Mother, we lovetl you so dear; You were alway^ kind and loving. We miss your helping hand; Dear mother, we hope to meet you In that heavenly, happy land. â€" Always lovingly remembered by Husband an<l Family- ry di^ion. Exp«riment»l F*ntti Service, continues to attract conSid- ei-able attention every year, not only as a means of increasing Iamb pro- duction, but also as a possible basis for the organiaition of the sheep industry for years to come. Outpost Hospitals Need Nursing Staff The Ontario Division of Red Cross is in urgent need of a dozen or more , Score by mnings Dundalk went to work on Flesher- ton in the second inning of the third play-off game in the Centre Grey SofrbaU League, and scored seven runs before the side was retired. They had shoved two runs across in the first inning, being scored when Aicheson made a three-baSe hit. Tw^o of the seven runs were homers by Livermore and Aicheson- Dun- dalk added three in each of the fifth and sixth innings to make sure of | riculture- Production now appears the game and did not take their turn to have settled back to the decline to bat in the ninth. ' indicated ior the first half of tJM Flesherton scored one in each of ! year, from 10 to 15 percent. With the first, and second innings by Dar- gavel and R. Best, the latter a home run, while H. Best and Phillips ad- deti two in the third. They were then held scorelesis until the ninth when Don Banks reached first base an an error, stole secou'd and came home on Roy Beat's double. Both Dundalk and Flesherton were without their shortstops. Springrgay and' Cairns, and they were both mis- sed. The series is now tied at one win for each team- Large erowdfe are at- tending the series and interest is in- creasing in the outcome as both are evenly matched- Flesherton played at Dundalk last Friday, but as the game was late in starting and the last two innings played in growing darkness, with Flesherton ahead by three runs in the ninth, the game was ruled as no contest- Dundalk had IS hits to 12 for the locals. McKeniie gave up one walk and Dargaivel passe^i three. The lat- ter shaded McKenae by striking out five to the latter's four, while Dun- dalk had five errors to four tor the Flesherton team- Dundalk had a runners left on ba'ses and Flesher- ton 11. The dry weather during July ser- ereiy cumailec butter production and has dispelled the hopes that were indicated in Jime that the production might approach that of last year dur- ing the summer months, reports C- E. Lackned. Director of the Dairy Branch, Ontario Department of Ajf- the decline in production, butter priced climbed to the ceiling during the middle of July, something- unpre* cedented for this date since ceiliaj prices were intrtxiuced- Butter grad- ing figures released for June show aa improvement in quality of approxim- ately 12 percent ever the same pericd of 1945. re"-istered nurses who *re either f Dundalk . leaving to be married or to enroll j Flesherton for post graduate courses," states j Dun\ialk: Miss F. I. McEwen, Supervisor of | Li\-ermore 2 7 3 3 X â€" 15 .112 000001â€" 5 B Haw, D. Goheen. K K. Soper. G. Aitcheson, the Field Nursing St;iff. Ontario Div- ' J. McKenzie. H. Scilley. 0- Stafford ision of Red C>oss. "The nursing R. Bradley staff in the Ciiain of Outposts d Shorter Hours On The Farm Farmers generally report that they are gettitig less th.;:-, half as much work pes: man as 10 years ago. says. the National Grange Monthly. From the standpoint of the farm- er who pays higher wages even while out-put per man is reduced. that's bad. There is no excuse for loafing on a job and not giving value received for good pay. But what about all these enormous, record- breaking crops this year? Who pro- duced them '• The answer m most cases is that ntachine production and increased efficiency in field, orchard, and vine- yard â€" plus beneficient nature â€" are responsible. Let's take a few figures: In Xew York State in 1S!>* there^ were 2-il.OOO farms and 24 million acres of improved lands- In 1940 there were SjS-OOO fewer farms and seven million feww acres under culti- vation. Yet crops in recent year* have sniash-ed records, t When labor was plentiful and men Blanks. J rected by Ontario Division has been i seriously depleted at this tiniie trying I to maintain our policy of an S-hour | Tavish I day with a 6-\iay week" I Applications should be made to 'the Outpost Hospital Dept-. Ontario I Division of Red Cros«. 621 Jarvfs St Toronto. Flesherton: G Boyd, R. Dargavel, ; toiled at back-breaking tasks for 18 H. Best. R. Phillips. K. Betts. D houi% a day. crop ynelds were btit a Milne. R. Best. C- Mc- j fraction of those which tractors, power sprays, an-d combines make I i i t^ CENTRAL LOCATION Our convenient location is readily accessible by the city's leading auto- mobile and street car thoroughfares. Bates and Maddocks FUNfRAL CHAPEL 124AvenueRd,,. _.,.KI.4344 **^e.'' 120 Miles Psr Gallon i Roy H-ahn. lt>-year-old son of Mr i and Mrs. Atfretl Hahn of Crosshill. spent considerable time after work making his bicvxrle motor, but will soon save time- Roy is employed at Wagner's garage in Wellesley. He used to pedal five miles from Cross- hill to WellesJey in half an hour- Now he covers the distance in l!> minutes. With the device he can j attain a speed of 25 to 30 mile^ an hour- The 3SH?ound nwtcr wou'd 1 have been "just the ticket" duv;..-- gasoline rationing, as it drives the bicycle 1'20 miles on a gallon of gss- oliiie But when Roy "fills her up" he uses only a quarter o* a gallon, the tiny tank^ holding only a quart of g;i's. If the motor spalls, Roy won't be left on the ro<«i1 â€" he car. Small Advertisements bring quick e suits. Future Events possible. Machinery was designed not only to increase protiuotion. bat to lighten men'% loads- Shouldn't the ' farmer â€" ai>d his farm hands â€" to I able to shorten their day and have j some time for recreation and cultural i pursuits? Why should city workers alone reap the advantages of tech- nical progress? DANCE IN Kl.MBEREY In Kimberley hall Tuesday, Aug 20, to music by Norm Hartley and his popular dance orchrt-tra- Modem ano. old-time dancuig for everyone- Good refreshment booth. Door prize. -\d- mission: 40c. Self Destruction still pedal his way home in an imer- j,.;j. (j-ji;e<:-<! »«npy â€"Mihrertoti Swn. ''mission; 50,- It would seem that the old Medit- teranean World will not ^K>p short of It's own annihilation. Britaia* hoping to avoid another world war, is struggling to keep the Jews and .\rabs from each other's throats. It- aly is trying to clear h«>r reputation for respon.oibility for the last war, and a number of the other small Eur- opeans are ready to start all vnt again if they aire not given all they want. Polatnl, who whined o-ver the I slaughter of their people by Geniiana DANCE .AT~HEATHCOTK I and Rassians. are bow bu'sy exten*. Round a:!cl square dancing \v. viUfige j ir.a*i»»g t'ne Jews and when Jewiafc hai:. Hoathcote. en Fr'.c>- ^ â- â-  t* ' Vr'nis are not at h««d they has* crmmencing at 9 pm- K ^^,, . ^ytj.jije .^eir own.~The Watcb- DANCE AT MAXWELL Dance in the Orange Hall. Max- well. Thursday, Aug ii*. auspices of the Maxwell W. I- Music by the Petilar Fourth Line Orchestm. Danc- ing V>:30 to 1:30 Lunch booth. Ad- mission: 4(Vc. Cafpter; â- - lir.u L-War- P t I /