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,r VOL. 56; NO. 22. WKDXKSDAV. XOVEMllER 4, 1936 \V. H. THURSTON & SON, Proprietor* i- * Grey And Simcoe Regts. Amalgamate Re-organization of the 22nd infant- ry Brigade is now awaiting approval of the headquarters staff of Military District No. 2, Toronto, and an official announcement regarding impejiding changes is expected shortly. Re- presentatives of the four units which comprise the 22nd Brigade have al. ready agreed on a plan of re-organ- ization. By this plan, it is learned unof- ficially that the Sinicoe Foresters and the Grey Regiment will be amalga- mated under the name of "Grey-Sim. coe Foresters,'' and that the Algon- quin Rifles, with headquarters at Sud- bury, and the X'orthern Pioneers, with headquarters at Huntsville, will also be amalgamated, thu? replacing four units in the Brigade with two. The plan to be adopted by the 22nd Brigade is part of the general i-e-or- ganization plan of the Canadian non- permanent militia as indicated from Ottawa some time ago. It will likely go into effect January 1, 1937. It is undestood that the new Grey- Simcoe Foresters Regiment will have as its first commanding Officer, Lt.- Col.. X. E. MacDonald, M. M., Owen Sound, who has been Officer Com- manding the Grey Regiment and is the senior officer of the two units, and that the Foresters â- will maintain their affiliation with the Sherwood Foresters of England. The new combined regiment will have its regimental head-quarters as follows: headquarters company. Bar- rie: "A" Company. Owen Sound; "B" Company, Meaford; ^"C" C-ompany, Orillia; "D" Company, Penetangui- shene. The Simcoe Foresters had company headquarters at Barrie. Or. illia. Penetang and Collingwood. The Grey.* Company hqrs. were .A and B at Owen Sound, C at Meaford and D at Flesherton. With regard to the Algonquin Rif- les and the Northern Pioneers, the proposal is that they amalgtimate with headquarters at North Bay, and Lt.-Col. Frank Rothery of tho Algon- qins as the first commanding officer. Loose System Accounts Deer Hunters To North For Osprey Muddle Hallowe'en Was Quiet Saturday night was another great , event n the lives of the youngsters of i the village, when they wi-re dressed, in all kinds of costumes imaginable, and paraded the streets in high glee, j Visits were made to all stores in town ; and the demand to shell out was met with a generous response by the merchants to the entire satisfaction ; of the kiddies. At residences w'nere the youngsters visited a similar res- ponse was made to the youthful de- mands, and everybody had an enjoy- able time. Hallowe'en passed off very quietly and there was an absence of any litter on the streets, usually found after a hilarious night by the young people. This w-as due no doubt to the heavy rainfall during the evening. A number of outhouses through the town received attention by the boys and t'nese were found in a protie position next morning. ARCHITECT PRAISES WORK ON MORTUARY Mr. Burwell Coon of the Toronto Architecture firm of S. B. Coon and son. architects in charge of the new mortuary at Sanctuary Park, was in town on Friday afternoon inspecting the work already completed on the new structure. .Mr. Coon expressed himself as being completely satisfied with the progre.ss and gave unstinted praise to the contractor. Mr. D. We- ber of Kimberley. and his men for the excellent quality of their workman- ship, stating that he had seen no better in his long exerience in super- vising building construction in the provinceâ€" Port Elgin Tinies. Whew! What a report! Well might this be the exclamation of any ratepayer in Osprey Township who takes the necessary time to read the report of the municipal auditor pres- ented to the council at the meeting on Saturday at Smghampton. The report covers the years 1931, 11)32 and 1933 and from start to fin- ish is condemnatory of the procedure, the officiery and looseness of ac- counting followed throughout the years. For example, at the start, the au- ditor says, "my investigation hag been handicapped aii the way through for the lack of information and records.'' Further, in part, he proceeds "Many cheques have gone through the bank account of the municipality that can- not now be produced and far which no entries have been roade." •'Extreme looseness in the meth- od of accounting is apparent all the way through and in my opinion no attempt has been made whatever to prove the bank account to be correct or in error during all this period." "The collection of taxes have pass- ed through so many different hands without any attempt to detail their collection, that to even try to recon- cile the taxes actually collected is a task beyond human possibility wit'i the information placed before me.'' "The cash book record of these dif- fei^jnt collections during Che y^ar 1933. approximating possibly seven or eight hundred different transac- tions, is contained within les.-: than two pages of your cash book, to be exact, forty-one entries.'' "I'he tax rolls for I93l. 1932 and 1933 have not been returned as yet. It is true they are in the possession of your treasurer, but they were never returned by the Tax Collector, so far as I can learn, in whose possession they w-ere supposed to be until the dates set for their return." "It was simply impossible to find out from the records how much was actually collected, and in arriving at the sums shown in the different state- ments of receipts I was forced to find them through process of deduction."' "The audits for the three years were certainly carried out in a very indifferent manner to say the least. The auditor's report for the year 1931 shows that t'de bank overdraft at the commencement of the period wns $1,. 042.18. Actually the overdraft at December Slst, 1930 was S2.7:)5..=S(!. \t the end of the year 1931 their report would indicate that the bank overdraft was $439.63. Actually tho overdraft was $.3,3Gl.,'i7." "Their report for 1932 shows an overdraft at the end of the .year of $7..'J5. actually it was $56;?.ll. "iheir 1933 report show an over- draft at the e'ld of the year of Sl,039.- •"i.'i. actually it was only SSS.IS as as- certained by Mr. Crabtree, your au- ditor for 1934." "On the whole the sytem of ac- '•ounting is so loo.se and disjointed, and in my opinion the checking up on your treasurer and tax collector si incompetently handled, that it is no Wonder a condition such as this ex. ists.'' The deer hunting season opens in the northern distiMcts on Thursday of this week, November 5th. Two part- ies of hunters left Tuesday morning for their respective camps with the hope that they will return with a full complement of deer. The Dar- gavel party will hunt in the .\rdbeg disti-ict, while the High Falls Club detrain at Boakview. The following are the members of the Clubs: Dargavel Club â€" J. O. Dargavel, E. Croft, T. .A.. Watson, C. Monaghan, V\'m. Phillips. Howard Watson. Dave Williams and Otto Loss of Palmer- ston. High Palls Club â€" P. Munshaw, A. Sparks, W. Lever. C. Mclavish. R. Priestly, Gordon McMulIen, J. Nuhn and J. Bushell. Memorial Service Remembrance Day -An Armistice Day memorial service will be held in the town hall, Flesh- erton, on Wednesday morning. Nov- ember nth, at 10.45. Rev. .Alan Ferry of Corbetton will preach, assisted by the local clergymen. -All returned men are urged to at- tend the service and meet in the basement of the hall, when they will attend in a body. Everyone is invited to be present at this service, which is held in memory of those who gave their lives in the great war. Game Conservation Record Lamb Birth This week a strange occurrance .las come to our notice that is worthy of comment. Mr. Fred Jamieson of the **th Line, Artemesia. has a Dorset ewe that has had two ditfei-ent sets of twin lambs in the one calendar year. Last January this ewe gave birth to two lambs and again last week two more arrived, which is a verv unusual occun-enoe in the best of sheep families. The longest days of the year are the '*o days just before pay day. House For Sale Valued at $850 Will se'I the above house to settle estate For only $500 H. A. McCauley, Fleshertcn A branch of the Grey and Bruce Game and Fish Protective .Associa- tion was formed at the Munshaw House, Flesherton. on Wednesday of last week, for this section of the east- ern part of South Grey. The follow- ing were elected to the offices. Pres.â€" T. D. Berry. Markdale. Sec.-Treas. â€" G. B. Welton. Vice Presidents â€" W'. G. McBride. Priceville: John Eyles. Kimberley; W. Pinkerton, Eugenia; W. Wellwood, Dundalk, C. J. Bellamy. Flesherton. and Walter Plewes. Markdale. Dr. Norman K. Douglas of Owen Sound, president of the Grey and Bruce Game and Fish Protective .Association, and Mr. John Macartney, conservation officer. Department of Game and Fisheries, were pi-esent and addressed the gathering. Dr. Douglas gave a splendid ad- dress on ways and means of con- serving our fish and restocking the iieurly depleted lakes and streams. He pointed out that the life and usefulness of any .game and fish oi'- .;<anization mu-^t have help and co- opei-ation from the Government De- partment of Game and Fisheries. The reason the Grey and Bruce .Association has been so successful he said, is that l>y its energy and honest representa- tions it has secured the high respect of the Departftient, who have met and filled every request of the association in recent years. I'he speaker compared the old way of restocking the streams with fish to the new modern methods, where :hi small fish would be sent in cream cans by train and then taken by night and dumped into streams by lantern light. I'hen very few survived the chan.ire in temperature of the waters. Now !he fish are grown to a .good healthy size in modern hatcheries. 1 he speaker outlined a brief plan, which he felt would be successful in this part of the country. Mr. McCartney spoke on the gen- eral conservation of game of all kinds. He pointed out the great heritage that has been given us. how we can take a rod or gun «>nd wander aloiijr a stream or ramble through a bush with the utter relaxation which would nev- er come by lying about home. Only by constant conservation of our small game and fish can we continue to en- joy this heritage. soil, TEST1\(; SERVICE GIVEN AT GlELPH WINTER FAIR Mrs. T. Bentham Died Suddenly From Stroke Death came suddenly to Mrs. Thos. Bentham at her home in Flesherton on Saturday evening last. October 31st, after an illness of only a ♦'ew hours. She had been confined to her bed from Wednesday with a severe cold and ear trouble, but was other- wise apparently in good health. About 2.30 p.m. Saturday afternoon 5he suffered a stroke and passed away at 8.30, not having i-egained consciousness. The late Mrs. Bentham. whose maiden name was Jane Isabella Craven, was the second daughter of the late Charles and .Ann Craven, and was born in Sullivan township on Novamber Ttfc, 1872. and when a child moved w'ith her parents to Holl and township, near Holland Centre. I'en years ago she was married ti Mr. /Thos. Bentham and since that time has resided in Flesherton, wherr she made many warm friends. Be- sides her invalid husband she leaves one daughter. Mrs. Claude Marriof who was residing with her at th. time of her death. She also leaver four brothers and thiee sisters : Thomas and Charles Craven of .Ayls ham, Sask.. John and Emerson o Holland Centre, Mrs. Jas. Kirk ot' Stratford. Mrs. John .McMullen and Mrs. Joseph McMullen of Holland Centre. The late Mrs. Bentham was a-i Anglican in religion, but since com- ing to Flesherton had been active in the work in St. John's L'nited Chcirch and a member of the Ladies' .Aid. She devotedly nursed her husband, who suffered a stroke early in the summer, since w-hich he has been a:; invalid, unable to help himself. Her sudden passing has left a great g''- in the home and many mourn the death of a warm personal friend. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon. Rev. Geo. R. Service, pas. Cor of St. John's L'nited Church, conducting a very impressive service in the church. He based h's com- forting message on the passage f'.eni Psalm 39:4, "Lord, make me to know mine end." Mr. Roy Lan,gford sang a beautiful tenor solo "My Beautiful Home," tile hjnnns also being favor- ites of the deceased. The W.C.T.C.. Flesherton branch. i>f whch Mrs. Bentham was a member, placed a white satin bow and carnation on her breast at the conclusion of the church .service. Interment was made in the family plot in Flesherton cemetery, the .service being conducted by Rev. Service. The pallbearers were: .Messrs. Wni. Sowerby, John Sowerby. Harvey Sowerby. Milton McMullen. .Ansley .Milne. Fred Weir. John Stewart and Willard Wiley. Iriends and relatives from a dist- ance who attended the funeral were -Mr. and Mrs. Jos. McMullen and l.«' bel, Mrs. John McMullen, Mr. an.' .Vlrs. Knierson Craven and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Craven. Mr. and -Mrs. Robt. Mandeno. .Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Shaw and .Allan, Mr. and .Mrs. Reuben Kirk. .Mrs. Minnie Sowerby. -Hr. and .\Irs. Harvey Sowerby aiid lean. Mr. and -Mrs. John Sowerby. Win. Sowerby. .Mr. and Mrs. Georir; Kirkton. .Mr. and .Mrs. Jos. Hampton am- Leonard. Mrs. W'm. Hampton Ji and -irs. Thos. Troughton. all of Hoi: â- 'nd Centre. .Mr. .Milton .McMulleti Dobbinton, Emerson and Leslie Ki. . of Ow<-n Soum). Mr. and Mrs. G • i. Kinny of Berkeley. .Mr. Geo. .Alton and Helen and .Mr. and .Mrs. Alex. Stew- »rt of Markdale. Mr. and Mrs. Metli erail. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gillen and Mrs. .lane I'avlor of Dunedin. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Weir. Mr. and Mrs. Rn'ot Weir, Mr. and Mrs. Ansley .Milne. Mr. •I'd Mrs. Fred and Win. Weir and Mr. Russell Bell, Mrs. Hugh Wilson of '"I'll-ngwood. .Mr. ^i.-d M-^ Flivd Mc I "'igblan .-nd Shirlev. Miss Bates and Miss Maggie Johnston of Hiiknwav M «nd Mrs. Gwdon Wil-v an.! Rlsic and Mr. -nd Mrs. Willard Wiley ot Wodehouse. There is nothng worse, says the office nuisance, than cured ham that W.M.S. Thankoffering Auditor's Report Is Accepted By Council The .Autumn I'hanksgiving meeting of St. John's W. M- S. met in the .school room of the church on Thurs. j gatnrday, October 24th, the Os. day of last week. Mrs. J. Cargo, , "" "^ , ^ ., ... â-  prey Municipal .Council met in the Orange Hall in Singhampton. .All the members wore present in good time and, as the weather was ideal for the purpose of working on tae land, very few ratepayers were pres- ent. The mail brought few com- munications w'hich had to be dealt with. Mr. .Allan McLean of Fevei- stiam waited on the Council and asked to have th.at part of the 8th Con. op- posite Lot 15 closed to traffic. Mr. McLean was informed that his request would be given every consideration. first Vice President was in the chair, 1 .After the call to Worship, hymn i 2(5 was sung, and Silent Prayer was offered. Miss .Mary MacMillan. wh»m we are always glad to have w-ith us. wel- i;omed the visitors. Mrs. Cargo an- nounced that the Generai Theme of the program was "The Great Physic- ian"' read several passages on the subject from .Mark and Mrs. W. Thurston led in prayer. Mrs. \\ . Inkster read thii_devotion-' al leaflet. "Jesus the Great Physic- : so no doubt in the future more will a"-" be heard of this. -Mesdames J. .A. Henderson ami j By-law No. 14 was passed. author- Blackburn sang very sweetly. "Must I izing the Bank of Toronto at Fever- 1 >fo and empty handed." i sham and Bank of Commerce at Dun- -Mrs. J. R. Wolstencroft brought : dalk to collect the 193(5 taxes until greetings from the Baptist Circle; j Dec. 31st. when a collector will then Mi-s. C. Moore from Inistioge. Mrs. .A. : take over the duties and complete thf> Sinclair from Ceylon W, \. and Mrs i Roll. The Clerk was instructed lU .A. Cameron recited a beautiful poem, j the meantime to advertise for appli- "Our Duty". | cations for the position. ()ur Pastor. Rev. G. R. Service gavt I The Road Sui)erintendent informed some of his experiences in Northern I the members that the By-law, author- Ontario, while he was pastor of the j izing road expenditures, was not sub- -elf-supporting charge at Kapuskas- mitted for a large enough amount to .ng. It was a terrible eye opener and a harrowing story he had to tell. In the near future -Mr. Service is go- ig to be asked to address his morn cover the expenditures for l;)3t!. so By-law No. 15 was passed, authoriz- ing a further expenditure of One Thousand Dollars and will be sent to ing congregation on the same subject. [ the Department of Highways for their When we say that the speaker had j approval. tabulated, the names of heads ,>f fam- ' The most important discussion of liies. number and ages of dependents, ; the afternoon came when the report conditions of the larder. e<c. you can ' of the .Auditor. Mr. C. L. Vanwyck, on se.> that he can (and does I speak with authority. The hymn. -'In Christ there is no East nor West" was sunn. Mrs. Cargo i)ron<)unce<! th.- Benedic- tion, and Mrs. E. C. .Murray invited all to remain for lunch. Patrick McKee Dies The village of Nottawa lost its old- est citizen when Patrick McKee died On Sunday last at his home after a short illness. The deceased, who was ni her 92 .year, was born in Cum- berland. 20 miles from Ottawa. A* tho age of 12 he moved to Culross. Bnice county, where he lived until he was 23. and then came to .Artemesia. H.- moved to Nott.iwa i?0 vears ago. where he has since resided Mr. McKee was an active tiirnro in community life and was o.nrticularlv the rJ31. li<32. and l<v53 accounts was presented and read. It was decided to send a copy of the rej>ort to the iocal papers and have one filed in the Clerk's office so that anyone inter- ested would have the opportunity to see it if they so desired. In the meantime the matter has been placed ill the hands of the Townshin's sol'c- â- "or .Tnii any action taken will be upon his advise. Road accounts ordered paid were: W. J. Cha':d. paysheel. SM.OO: .Allan Short. SM.SO; Ernie Seeloy. $5.40: Peter Somers. $8.0(1; Jas. Gillies, SIS'; Wm. Thomson. $;?.00; Da\-id Rinar, $!».10; John Robertson, gravel, $16.S0; E. Robinson, .iccount. 90c.: Jas. Mc- Ke-izie. salary. $23.40. General accounts were: M. Murphy, -been claim. $1.5.00; Wm. Thomson, sheep claim. $21.00; L. Cox, valuer, I $'2.5»>: A. Mclntyre. valuer. $5.50; J. ] Lockliart. D. Stephens and C. N. Long, selecti'ig iurors. $0.00 each; J. Lock- m! 1, L-". !" *" ^'â- ""'-'^ ^'â- â€¢''''' ''"'^ . '^3't- «"en.-e to Owen Sound on im^n-fn "'~ u -T" ^" ^^'•""ff''- j Cotintv e>iualization. $.3: C N. Long, 'on "of k'"?T 'V' '" -r"'"^ ^"•' "-^n -litto. plus car hire. $7.00: C. L. Van- ^- V .te 'I*^ 1' T'''"'''""; "'^•"•'-- ^^â- >-^-k/auditing 1931. '32 and '33 ac- 1 â- ^";.,fh. u ,l'x-'"'' ^""'"''â- 'â- ' ''^- • ^'^unts. ^!00.00: H. E. Hammill. relief r/ n / ,1 '^'â- "'â- '- "••' '"-^ ^ ' •'^â- '-"""t to .Adairs, $12,011: G. Ebv. dit- •isr District Master of t'no 0-nnge ' to to .Adairs. $2.12. LoUire and a charter member of R P ,. , >. P. 3,«*4. Collingwood. and an honoiarv ,'„"""'"• ;"''7»"-! '° ,";«f «" ««- •noniher of I..O.L. 9.i5. Nottawa. The 'â-  "" S=*'^"''*'^>'- ^^'''- •^^*'^' «' " P'"»- :"uncral was held on "Tuesday under 1 •he auspices of these Lodges. Rev 1 R. -A. Birnie officiated. ' I '"urviving are thive daughters: Mr.. 'â-  -Mrs. Harfid Card of Thamks w Hahn of Nottawi Mr. T Bentham. Mr. and Mrs. Pai k of Detroit and Mrs. Hugh Leroy Clau.le Marriott and the sisters and vf .Nottawa: two sons: Thomas J. of brothers of the late Mrs. Bentham tugenia and Samuel H. of Nottawa wish to thank the friends and Anc tner son. Forest, was killed m neighbors for their kindness and help during their leceiit bereavement. _^. the great war. ACCIDENTS ARE COSTLY LOST TIME IS LO.ST MONEY I'hen there is the Doctor's bills. Nurse's fees. Hospital bills. .A month in the Hospital may devour the earning of several months. HERE IS OIR OFFER:â€" In the event ol an accident we will pay for your lost time, also your Surgeons. Hospital an<l nurses fees. Yes and even pay your Doctor's bills on none-disabling injuries, Write or Phone Through the courtesy of the On- tario Agricultural College, farmers may bring samples of their soil to the Guelph Winter Fair this year, and have them tested free of charge. .A knowledge of the lime, j>ho.<phi>rous and (jotash re<Uii''ements of their soil will enable the farmers to pui-chase their fertilizer requirements on a more sensible and economical basis. This is only one of several features of the seed department at the Provin- cial Winter Fair which will make it of unusual interest to farmer visitors. The College wilt also have an attrac- tive educational exhibit which will in- elude a display of some of the newer and more promising varieties of grain, such as the Erban Oat and the No- baib Barley. With the co-operation of the On- tario Corn Grower's .A,ssociation » special display of commercial and seed gradt 5 of corn will be featured, as well as information as to varieties, culture and uses of tRis important crop. had a relan.se. ROY L. LANGFORD, Phone 61 Flesherton Sometimes when you think the other ', cliai) should be taught a lesson he is â-  harboring s'milar thoughts about you. ' The difference between failure and | success is doing a thing nearly right ' and do'ng it exactly ri.«rht. j â€" - . ' -After all you can't expect to score j a perfect 100 every timeâ€" the other I fellow may be right sometimes. 1 When prices soar people get sore at e -ery soar that doesn't directly ben- efit themselves. Put a dii-ect question to a politician and the answer you generally get is "yes" and "no." The biggest worry to the small boy at a fowl supper is that he has only one stomach. THt rVNKR/U, CRAPBL \ dijiiiiflcd. penunol (uiteral service. AvaUable In all parts tt Tnronto and sabnrbs at prl«s to suit the Inrame ot tttry (UnUy, i^dtee Sc iHabborks Mnvial Co. FORMBRLT BATES BURIAL CO. Fred Maddocks Richard Maddocks, Mgt. KI. 4J44-34S* 114 «vknvb B0«»> ONI BLOCK aOUTB OF CtAVSNPORT BOAD r