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'"U7 Come Home for the Flesherton Old Boys* and Girls^ Reunion August 3, 4, 5 and 6 V . «! * * A V « ^ *• â- ti ' m y ^ ^ * 'i r c 3 to 4 •r ^J)je /ksij^r U*n ^ ^Jtrance* VOL. 67; NO. 4 FLESHERTON. ONT.. WEDNESD-.n JUNE 25, 1947 W. H. Thurston & Son, Publishers,, ST. JOHN'S UNITED HAS Artemesia Sunday SchooU 70TH ANNIVERSARY The 70th anniversary of St. John's United Church waa celebrated by two special sesrvices of worship last Sun- day, June 22nd. Rev. Walter Lee M.A., of Markdale, preached two challeniging' seamions, speaking in the evening on "Wfiy the Church?" He urged upon his hearers the import- ance of unwavering loyalty to the Church, as the means of establishing and miaintaininig Ohfi^stian civiliza- tion. St. John's choir, under the leader- ship of Mrs. J. E. Milne, rendered two anthems. In the evening Che congregation was delighted to hear Mrs. E- Stevens and Mrs. Gordon Acheson of Inistioge in a vocal duet. Rev. A. G. Macpherson, minister of St. John's preached at Markdale i\\ the morning, but was present to con- duct the evening service at St. John's. Hold Annual Convention MOTOR CYCLE STRUCK CAR SKULL FRACTURED WHEN Gordon Smith, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith, near Sing- hampton, received a fractured skuil when the motor cycle on which he was riding struck a car at the Dun- troon comer, which is said to have come onto the highway without stop- ping before it entered the highway. Rev. C. C. Miller of Bobcaygeon was provincial representative and STueat speaker at tbe annual conven- tion of .-Vrtemesia, Markdale and Flesherton Sunday Schools, The pre- .>ident, W. J. Messenger, ]^re8ided at bctoh sessions, and others taking part, in the program were: Rev. W. M. Lee, Cannon R. S. Jones and Rev. C J. McNicholl of Markdale, Rev. A. G. Miacpherson and Miss Kate MacMillan of Flesherton and Mr. R. J. Matthews and Mrs. McFarlane of Priceville. The report of the secretary showed that there are 12 Sunday Schools in the Association, with an enrollment cf about 600. The following officers were elected: President â€" Mrs. E. E. Landman. Vice-President â€" W. J. Hincks. Sec.-Treas. â€" H. L Gi-aham. Children's Dept. â€" Miss J. Mather. Girls' Supt. â€" Miss K. MacMUlan. Boys' Supt. â€" Donald McLeod- Young People â€" Rev. A. G. Mac- pherson. Aduit Dept. â€" Russell Freeman. Teacher Training â€" ^Rev. W. M. Lee. Missionary â€" W. J. Messenger- Temperance â€" Rev. C. J- McN'ichoU. \\. I. HEXRY INJURED BY FALL FROM WAGON Mr. W. I. Henry suffered a broken The motor cycle was driven by Bev- | arm and possible other injuries when ei-ley Young, son of Mr. Alvin Young, | he fell from a loaded light wagon, who resides closer to Singhampton- 1 The wagoji while passe i over his aim Smith was taken to Collingwood hos- â-  j^-^ i,, suff:.-/:d cutg :i- J .ilhoi- po<:s- pital. but Tuesday morning had not ;b!e injuries. He â- .•.a^ taken to Mark- regained consciousness. Smith will | j^le hospital. be 16 years of age next week. He is ! a grandson of Mrs McFadden of! SOFTBALL NEWS Flesherton. i ' South Line visited Feversham Future Events DANCE IN PRICEVILLE Dance in Priceiville Hall, Friday evening, June 27tht to the ^^(^oi^ p^day night and won an easy game the MacDouigal Orcthestra. Lunch bar. or Tuesday night of last week, and after a very close, hard fwiigiht game the Feversham team came out on top with a close score of 12 â€" 11. Thi.= was Feversham's first win of the season. Flesherton went to Eugenia last Popular admission. DANCE IN MAXWELL In Orange Hall, MAXWEiLL, on Friday, Jvne 27th. auspices oi. L.OX. 666. Music by Pedlar Orchestra- Admission: 40c, lunch free- DANCE AT PRICEVILLE Dance at Priceville Saturday night, July 5th, to oid time and modern music by Toronto S^piece orchestiia. Everyone welcome. Admission: 50c CONCERT AT PRICEVILLE iCome and enjoy a high class enter- to the score of 19-4. This was their first meet of the season. The score v.-as 2-0 .Tt the start of the third for Flesherton, then after they went in to bat they drove in 8 runs. E^lgenla was held scorless uip â- until the last of the 6th ennimg. On June 24 Fervershaim visited South Line and at the end of the 5th inning were- leadign 6-4 and it was ^â- ettir.2 dark. V.ut it was decided to tt^- and play the 7 innings. Both teams w'ere held scorless Shrouighoait- the 6th inning, and at the start of the 7th Feversham managed to knock m one- Then with South Line last team to bat. and it was growing dull It's The Man On Hu Feet Who Gets It In The Neck Wihen three thousand pounda oif hurtling automobile comes in contact with 150 p»unds of human being, the odds are very much against the lat- ter. No matter what the cause ol the contact, the result is the same â€" death. Last year in Ontario of the 688 people killed in traffic, 279 were pedestrians. Chief cause of pedestrian fatalities last year, according to the OnUrio Department of High^vays. Sixty-se- ven of those who attemped this nevei reached the other side â€" alive. Per- haps they did not see the approach- ing death ear, or perhaps the m-otoi- ist could not see them. Maybe if they had worn or carried something white or made sure the way was clear, they would be alive today. Crossing between intersections caused the death fo t>9 pedestrian.-, lasi :. ,â-  A .short wal j to tho strut-' and right, miight have meant lon^; evity. But "Isazy" people walked iiUt oblivion ~ a few steps from safety Human impatience was likely tht basic cause of 44 pedestrians killei' while crossing intersections whert there wei-e no signals. They couldn't wait for a clear "right-of-way" sc darted into the traffic stream. Who \vas to blame for the death of 40 people walking the highways? j It could pro'bably be evenly divided between motorists and pedestrians. Was the motorists "overdriving"' 'ni? headlights? Was he paj-lng attention to his driving? Did he have hig cai under control? Was the pedestrian walking on Che left side of the roac as he should? Was he keeping to the edpe of the highway ? Was he weal- ing or carrying something white to show in the dark- While playing in the street 24 children were killed last year. They might have been allowed to grow up if someone had taught them "safe' habits, or if the passing motorists had realized their responsibility and driven accordingly. Those were traffic accidents of 1^46. What of 1947? The witting on the wal-l clearly shows that unless all drivers of motor vehicles, cycl- ists and pedestrians know and pract- ice the ordinary rules of safety, this year's accidents toll will eclipse all others. Accidents do happen to the other feU^w â€" he may be you. VANDELEUR SCHOOL SECTION 90 YEARS OLD (By Vandeleuj- Reporter; Vandeleur School Section is 90 years old. The section was formed" in 1857, at that time comprised oi 26 famiiles. During the 90 years 46 teachers have taught in the section and three school buildings have been erected. The old log school, built when the seetien wa.s founded, stood across the road from the Vandeleur church. This was followed by a stone school on the present grounds, and in 1894 the present bi'ick building was erected. On July lat, 190^7, the 50th annivei-sary of the founding wa.'i ccmTTiemorated with a monster cele- bration on Vandeleur schrol grounds rnd Con-imunity Park, the feature of which was the unveiling of a tpll Scotch gi- in-'te monuTnent, bearin-^r i Old Home Week News Chat About The Doings For The Big Event Here is a wonderful opportunity brineg order out of chaos and b* for all of us old Fleshertonians tc , reacidy for theretum of the Prodigato. go back to the Old Home Town and renew acquaintances, a.s well as assist If not crippled as I am at present, those who are still there, to chieve ' 1 hope to visit Flesherton for the re- their objective to build a Recreation union, because I love every part oi New Trans-Canada Air Route Over Flesherton tainment by 5 talented artists from i they ch-ove in 5 runs to make the Toronto in W.I. halil. Pricefille, Mon., | f;„ai score read 9-7 for South Line. evening. July 7, at 8:30 o'clock, under auspices of St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church. Anniversary services on Sunday, July 6, with Rev. J. Homer Oaslor of Grand Valle;- as the guest preacher. Services 11 a.m. and 8 P-m- D-\NCE CANCELLED The Graduation Dance, which was to be held Wed., June 25th, has been cancelled on account of two cases oi scarlet fever in town. â€" J>R. T. D. Park. M.O.H DANCE AT FEVERSHAM In Robinson's Hall, Feversham. on Thui-sday. July Srd. Music by Russ- ell Hill Orchestra. .-X.uspices of the Ospi-ey .-Agricultural Society. Lunch free. j\.clmwssion: 50c. LEAGUE STANDING Dundakl 2 Flesherton 3 S.uth Line 4 Eugenia 4 Feversham 1 W 2 2 2 ••> L 1 2 2 2 Pts. 4 4 4 4 PAPER SALVAGE Paper salvage collection by St. John's Trail Rangers on Saturday. June SSfli- Books, magazines, news- papers, should be securely bound and left on front lawn by 10 a.m. on Saturday. t I-DARSTDK BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. W. A. White, ED. Pastor Services next Lord's Day. June 29 vVorship at 11 a.m. Subject: "It ^Is F"'-.-'rh." Text: M-'.tt'iew 10i2.5. * Worship at 7:.W p.m. Subject: â- 'Conversion." Text: .A.cts 15:3. The ordinance of New Testament Bap- tasm at the close of the evening: service. Church School at noon every Sun- diy. Prayer and praise service at 8:30 pjn. everj* Wednesday. ROCK MILLS CHURCH: Worship at 3 pm. Church School at 2 p.m. Pr-'yer nnd pra'se se-rvi«e at 8:30 p m.. Thursday, June 26th. Trans-Canada Aiiiint-s are com mencing a new route for their planes to Western Canada- In place ^of going via North Bay. they are flying north frcm Malton over the Bruce Penin- sula, Manitoulin Island to Sault Ste. Marie. They may be seen winging their way over Flesherton on their scheduled flights. A large air field w-as constructed last fall near Wiar- ton and will be finished in the near ;"v'ture, as an emergency landing ;lel.l. The new route will cut one hour from the flying time to Winnipeg. Centre for the youth of today. So why not try and make it a family re- union as well. I exp«ct to have with me my brother and sister from New Westminster. B.C.. another brother and his wife from Vancouver, B.C., and a sister from Regina, Sask. So let all who possibly can arrange a family reunion and meet in i.he Old Heme Town and also do our bit to help finance the Recreation Centre. If you cannot come, send along your contribution which. I can assure you, will be appreciated. â€" W. X. (Bill) Hemphill. -Another old district resident who is planning to come back for the Old Home Week, is Art Walker of Sas- katoon. Sask- .\rt is superintend- pnt of a building firm in the West. Tt is thirty years si'ice he has been \ Yii^ dmiKt will see we hope. While .\rt has packed on a bit of beef in the years, we hope that we will know him when he arrives. 'â- ?ik home and no doubt will many changes, for the better. that village, where Che landmarks are like no other. The pleasant land where I disported myself in unheed- ing joyousness and untrammelled freedom. In horse and buggy day* we drove to Wilcox Lake, to Durban* to see Frank Irwin, snowshoed to MarkdaJe, drove down to the valley and to the much-revered THaTg^^nJ* Falls. There is always a feeling a< good-fellowship among Flesherton folk, qualities inherent that are vir- tuous and golden-worth, so Mac and I hope to be with you if at all poss- ible- My only regret will be that I won't be aJble to play for the church service August 3rd. but hope to again have the opportunity in the future. â€" Mabel Boyd MacDonaki "Pioneer" Monument at Vandeleur -he names of the heads of the 26 or- igin I families. The word '"Pioneers'" appears en the base, and the inscrip- tion on the front reads "1857-1907." To the fcuTTders of S. S. No. 11, | Artemesia, whose courage, honest in- nticn a.nd stebility of purpose- con- verted the primeval forest into homes for themselves and those who came after. Erected by their descendants On the back of the monument are in- scribed the following names of the ooriginal setlJers: Boland, Buchanan Chadwick. Carson. Covey. Cam.pbell. Graham, Gregston. Gilbert, Holley- Hall, Jones. Kells. Knight. Lackey. Lomas, Melvin. Smith. Shannon, Sew- ell, Teets, Warling. Williams, Weber. Ninety years in the history of a community makes great changes, and looking at the monunnent recently your correspondent discovered that only four names of the original fore- luthers of the hamlet are to be found cimcng the present ratepayers of the i».ction. They are Buchanan, Graham. S..well and Weber. Such is the march cf time, but after 90 years we still "we much to the pioneers, whose :a;>g€, honest intention and stabil- ity of pur;-ose l^id the foundation of •'â- ' c:~in.jnitv and. gave a goodly . LiT,: to these who cwne after. ! The Woman's .Association of St ; John's U^nited Churchc is planning to assist in giving the noon meal to thr multitudes. I am very happy and proud of thi? opportunity of being, through the me- dium of your valuable paper, able tc say hello, to my former frisnds in Flesherton. As an "C-'d Boy" I am counting the days to Oi<i Home V^w'r, United Church Notes Rev. .A. G. Macp' .r'-^n. Minister B A '•Can3da For Christ" is the theme • S." d-y. J-jne 2;Hh. at Flesherton. Proton and Eugenia. Let us mr.ke it a real Dominian Day service- in pre- paration fir the celebration on the 1st 0(f July. Paner salvage collection by the Tiail Rangers on Saturday momin.g- June 2Sth. Please have the bun-lle^ securely tied and placed in front of ycu'" house at 10 ,i.ni. St. John's W.M.S. on Friday at .;.m., % the church. Junior choir practice on Friday »t -• 5m. in the ch-arch. WMMittAVt. ja^Mt IlDP?!! â- ^ir-ir- CENTRAL LOCATION Our convenient location is readily accessible by the city's leading auto- mobile and street car thoroughfares. - Bates and Maddocks FUNfRAL CHAPEl 124 Avenue Rd. KI.4344 Grindmother Of Local Man Observes 104th Birthday M' â- -". Elizrbeth Pcllock of Holstein : 1 hrat'd the 104th anniversai">- of 1- r 'i^"rthd«y on Friday of last week at the home of her daughter. Mrs Wtii. .Aberdein. at Holstein- Mrs. Pollock has resided in Grey County all her life, and at present is enjoy- ing e.xcellent health, but remains ir bed somewhat mere than she has dup- inig the past year. She is the grand- mother of cir fellow townsman- .Alex. .â- \'ie.dcin. who. with his family, spent r. few "nours with Mrs. Poillook or. Friday. She has two chiHrcn ovej 'â- â- 'O years of age. '22 grandchildren and •22 sreat-srandchildren. BUSINESS MEN TO ADVERTISE OLD HOME WEEK ON RADIO Listen to CFOS. Owen Sound, be- t\veen 12 noon and 1 P-m-- and CKNX â- â- â€¢^ Wingh'im from 7 to 7:30 pm.. ccmmencing. Monday. June -30. and every day, announcinfr the Flesherton Old Home Week. This brc->dcast i.-? '-linj mnde through the co-opersHon ( f the F1«>-=herton bu.'incss men ami will be heard every day between the (â- '.,,.«! .».iiifirvn-<i above. when I can shake your har.J. one? more, and renew my youth in talking over those old dsjrs when wt were boys together- No matter where a person roajns, there still remains a sacred spot in his heart for the place of his birth. Many years ago, my boyhood .feet trod the sunny hills and dales of beauteous Flesherton. Mlany a day in the Springtime, have I fished four trout streams and. with luck, have taken a goodly mess of trout, fit for a king to eat. How often to me on crowded city streets have come sweet recollections of my native Flesherton, and long- ings to visit, once again, my child- hood haunts of yesterday. To -Adam paradise was home; to all Flesher- ton's sons and daughters. Fleshertron is paradise. It is my sincere hope that all for- mer citizens of Flesherton will make a real effort to visit their hometown during Old Home Week. Let us all decide to forsake tihe hustle and buslle of our everyday life, and steal away for a delightful visit to our "ain folks and friends in Flesherton: where the latch is ever on the door and the welcome sign on the mat. Well be seeing you "Boys â- 3.nd Girls" during Old Home Week. Remember me? .Of cource you do! I am. your old friend, "BiM" Wad- worth. (.A former Controller of the City of Toronto for eleven years.) It is a pleasure to acknowled!g« letters from old town friends from far and near, expressing anticipation in the coming reunion. From Detroit Mr. and Mrs- Fred Eibach. and from Hagerstown. in. Maryland. Mr- and Mrs. Caeushier write that they axm happy at the thought of being abia to arrange a visit home for Old Hoixm Week. From nearer home, we air« assure<l by Ex-Warden Sing of Mea.- ford. and by Elizabeth Chidley <rf Brampton and others that they, toot will be on hand for the occasion. The kindly remarks in their letters are ?timtda'ting. and giive .a more tang- ible understanding of what OUO HOME WEEK means. We hope this visit home t^his summer will add much to theii- storehouse of pleasant memories. To those planning to be present, we suggest that Ghey make a real effort to arrive in time for the Sunday ser- vices. No event will have more in- terests for them, as special services are being prepared, in the morning", while a mass Chiirch service will be held in the Park in the afternoon. Lieut. -Col. the Rev. Sidney Lambert,. O.B.E-, will be tihe principal speaker for this occasion, and the Meaford town band will siijpply the music It w^ould be diffic\dt to ianagine a more approrpriate place to catch the first glimpse of yoiar old friends, than in the peaceful atmosphere of y"ur old Oh'Ui"ch, whkh through tiie years haS' made such contribi^tion t« tlie --ocial and morail welfare of the conrmufity. The entire Mon. lay program wiU be under the capai>le -iirection of the Toronto Old Boys and they are spar>» ing no effort to mako t'nis day an outstanding success. Water sports at the Pond in the morning and field sports at the Park in the afternoon, .ire the highlights. The Field Artil- lery Band from Toronto will be i'» attendaoe throughout the day and at the evening concert. FoHov/ing the concert, a dance will be he^d at the Tennis Courts, and Cec. McTavish ;;.=suTPs yon that the best of musio has been obtained for this event. Tempus fugit â€" Only a little over five weeks to go- and so much re- nvsins to be done. .At this stage our Old Home Week event might be aptly called the Oid Boys Confusion, but with the remaining time, we hope tc Details of Tuesday and Wednes- day programs will be mentioned in this column at a later date, and will cf course a.ppear in the large bills to be distributed later. Watch for these so you can't miss the events of mo84 interests to you. .,_>« It's h:ird to say which i.« worse for an auto â€" a loose tire or a tight driver. CELEBRATE i Dominion Day | at I FLESHERTON TUESDAY, JULY 1 FIELD SPORTS 1 :30 p.m. â€" Dominion Day Ceremony 2 and 4 p.m. â€" Softball by District Teams Exhibition Harness Race, Races for Kiddies. 6:30 p.m. â€" Final Ball Game DANCE â€" Music by Russell Hill's Orchestra Dancing 9 p.m. t«> 1 a.m. .\diiiis.';ion : Sports afternoon and evoniiiu-. _'5c. Children under 12. tree. Dance 35c per jierson