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iWednesday, January 1, 1941 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE PublislMd OB CoUii>(w«od 8teM^ FlMlMrt«>n. W«dn«Mlay of Mck we«k. ClrouUtioii ov«r 1,000. PriM in CwutcU 92.00 p«r jraar, when paid in advance |1.60; is (J. S. A. 9ZJ^ per year, whan paid in advance |2.00. V. J. TIIUKSTON, Editor. .•I CONFOU.ND THE CYNIC "Merry Christmait, indeed!" said the cynic, of Christmas IMO. He had in mind a world flouting the principals of Christianity, a bloo^-smeared race exploding metal among innocent women and childron, an established regime of lawlessness' and disorder, the ncent successes of men who sneer at the softies who pray for "Peace on Eai'th and Good- will to all Men." Lau£h that synic out of car-shot! Can a puflfing, self-satisfied Hitler, king for a day, even peek around the edge of a picture of the King of Kings, who has ruled the hearts of millions for two thousand years? Can a strutting Mussolini look any- thing more than a comic against a jtmckground of the steadfast progress ..of human happiness down through the centuries? Is there any reason to believe that the godlessness of cotnmuniam is more armor proof a^MAst the Beatitudes than was the godlessness of the Roman Emipre? While the spirit of Christmas lives In the hea^ ^ but a handful of mopir'tfaere is no scope for the csmic. "^at was true when *he Disciples oi Christ were ploughing their lonely paths. It is much more true today, when millions are harboring that spirit, even under the noses of the Gestapo in Norway, Belgium, Holl- and, Denmark and Czecho-Slovakia. It isn't far wrong to state that the British Empire is fighting for one thing â€" a Merry Christmas. Our boys are risking their lives to pre- serve freedom for the individual. They battle for the light to worship aa we please, to maintain the happi- ness of home life, to secure an econ- omy that enables all citizens to gather around a festive board in an atmosphere of brotherly love and ' share the Joy of children, the plea- sure of giving. And after all, isn't that what a Merry Christmas means ? So we confound the cynic when we bent our hearts toward making Christmas 1940 a merry one. That's the way those who are away from home this Christmas would have had It. It's the right way. and its daily bombings as in England, just as conscious of the effort we must put into preparation to bring this war to a successful conclusion as wc should b«? Are we not riding along enjoying most serenly the good fortune that provided an ocean be- tween us and warfare's dreadful real- ity? It is more than possible we liaven't yet become conscious that we will have our part to p'ay. We, here in comparative comfort and ease, are not sacrificing as are those in our mother country. ' True, we are facing higher taxbtion, but voluntarily are we sacrificing^^-pat- riotic and sincerely ? Are we lending our dollars to the Dominion as we might? True, some . of us have bought war bonds on the two occasions in which they were sold, but, are we buying regularly those smaller issues of War Savings Stamps ? * Everyone, man, woman and child my help in this way with a minimum of .sacrifice. If four million men, women and children would buy a War Savings Stamp a week, it would pro- vide 11,000,000 a week for our gov- ernment to use in equipping and pro- viding for our armed forces. Think of that. Just 25 cents each per week and what it will do. Go out and buy a War Savings Stamp a week. And if you want to be even more generous and patriotic tear it up and make your quarter a gift to win the war. VISITED NATIVE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS URGES OPEN MARKET PRICES Hon. P. M. Dewan, Ontario Minis- ter of Agriculture, has warned the Federal Minister of Agriculture that in view of Ontario cheese and bacon being sold at pegged values, in face of rising production costs, the farmer will require some definite and mater- ial assistance to meet the situation. In Mr. Dewan's opinion, the farmers should be given the price they would ordinarily receive in the open market on the basis of the current demand. The Dominion Government could pur- chase bacon and cheese on the open market and where the current prices were higher than the levels pegged by the United Kingdom agreements, the diference would be fair as a subsidy to the producers. t i •• 1 Mr. and Mrs. Well. Whittaker and Family Spent Qiristmes With Former's Mother and Brother For the first time since 1914, Mr. Wellington Whittaker was able to spend Chvlstmis Day with his mother, Mrs. Rchard Whittaker, and brother, Mr. I. B.Whittaker, and family, and was accompanied by his wife, son a:id daughter. It was the first visit by the young people' to the Irome of their father. Mr. Whittaker had to return to his work with the Ford Motor Company at Windsor on Thursday, but his family remained to visit during the holiday season. They were glad to have at last reached Canada front their home at Paris, fVance, from which they were forced to flee last June, the story of which has apeared in former issues of The Advance. The above picture is of the Whittaker family, with Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker at the left and the children at the right. Flares Might Have Prevented Accident (Shelburne F. P. & E.) The fatal truck accident last week near Flesherton, in which two men lost theirlives, is said to have hap- pened because the men had not been seen by the driver of the truck which hit them while they were putting chains on their own machine before t BUTTER PRICE PEGGED The announcement on Friday of the decision of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to peg the price of butter at the highest whoesale price prevailing on December 12th in each locality across the Dominion, was re- ceived by the farmers with various degrees of indignation. Many con- sidered that the pegged price of 35 cents at Flqsherton was very fair, but if butter took a big drop in the summer the farmer was being dis- criminated against once again. The farmers would like, now that the highest price has been set, for the Board to see that the price of butter does not go below a certain limit dur- ing the summer, a price of 25 cents per ^und being estimated as satis- factory. The Board is attempting to keep down the cost of living, as in the government's bacon contract, but it appears as if the farmer was tak- ing the dirty end of the stick with the cost of articles he has to buy advancing rapidly in price. KEEP DOLLARS AT HOME May the coming year bring you your measure of Health, Happiness and Prosperity, 0. W. Phillips & Son :; Harness -Shoe Flesherton entering a farm lane. When trucks are faced with the necessity of stopp- ing on the highway the operators are expected to place flares on the road to warn approaching traffic, but this regulation is generally only observed when a machine is stopped for some length of time. Last week's accident shows that drivers cannot be too care- ful not to stand in front of any light had had their flares placed â€" even though they expected to be stopped only a short time, the accident would not likely have happened. The driver of the truck running into them claim- ed he was not aware of the men being on the road until a companion drew his attention and they went back to investigate. Autoists can also take a lesson from this. When stoping at night on the road, be care- ful not to stand in front ofany light on your car â€" tail lights included â€" especially if there is any other traffic on the road . A little extra care will keep one in this world and in better physical condition than If such things are left to chance. St. Colcmba Priceville "There'll Always be an England," Reta McDougall and Reta Whyte; readings, Mrs. Ak K. jMuir; grirls' chorus, "All Through the Night"; recitation, "Entertaining the Minis- ter,,; duet, Isabel and Sheila Weir; "Umbrella Soi^' by six children; Girls' Flag Drill; song by Sunday School, "Some Folks"; God Save the King. Special Christmas services were held in St. Colundn church momios and evening on Sunday. Two nnai- bers were rendered by a children's choir at the morning servioe, and a carol service was held in the evoi- ing. The minister's text at the morn- ing service was Luke 11: "This diall be a song unto you ... ye shall find a babe." At the evening service Mr. John McKechine played a violin solo, "Adeste Fideles." ( i^iMA^«^«^^^«^M«M#WN««A#*^ j^ i **<>^X^<'^>^^*^^^^'^*^<r^^^^^>^K'^^^^*^^^^*^^**^^*^^*^^**<'^<' The Canadian government is putt- ing more guards on the exits from Canada to the United States. To most people in Ontario, the move only means that another step has been taken to make the country's financial position as sound as possible under war conditions. But it is agoing to mean to a few that they will no longer be able to boast about the way they obtained permits to leave Canada and how they got their hands on United States currency. Since every Canadian dollar that is squandered on pleasure in jlhc United States strike n blow at Can- ada's ability to buy war material om the United States, none will feel jrry for the few who will be denied ^permits to leave the country after January first. The move will stop lie practise of those who have con- ("ed to get into the State* and there arrow from friendsin that country. Barrowing in this way represunts a ' foteign exchange obligation and ia at ^''-."esent illegal. ARE WE DOING OUR BIT? Are we in Canada, go far untouch- ed by the grim realities of warfare ^JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIinillllNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIJIIIIIIill^ Happy New I Year I MAY THE COMING YEAR BE RICH IN I Girrs 'IX) YOU and yours, atsid I MAY IT FIND YOU ALL IN THE HAP- I PIEST MOOD AND THE BEST I OF HEALTH. 1 tsa 1 Bennett ^ Richards Furniture & Funeral Directors Flesherton llllitn (Too Late for Last Week) St. Columba W.M.S. and W.A. met Wednesday afternoon att he church. Th president, Mrs. E. Ritchie, was in the chair, and the meeting was of a special Christmas character. Several of the members read Christmas scrip- ture, Sadie Oliver read a Christmas message, and (the ' president {spoke about the fellowship of Christians around the world in spite of war. Ill- ustrated Christmas hymns were sung from the screen. The January meet- ing will be at the home of Mrs. F. G. Karstedt on Jan. I6th. Election of officers for 1941 was held, resulting as follows: President, Mrs. E. G, Rit- chie; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. A. R. Muir and Mrs. F. G. Karstedt; Secretary, Anna Shortreed; Treasurer, Edith James; Missionary Monthly Secre- tary, Mrs. G. Whyte; Supply Secre- tary, Mrs. J. C. Harrison; Baby Band, Mrs. Wm. Meads. Rev. A. R, Muir acted for Mrs. A. R. Muir, vice-president, and conduct- ed the W. A. meeting. Pending par- tial re-organization of the Society, Sadie Oliver was appointed acting- president, until the next meeting. A sum was voted to the church treasure]^. St. Columba Sunday School Christ- mas tree and entertainment was held Friday evening. A good crowd turn- ed out and a flne program was given under the supervision of Mrs. J. C. Harrison, assisted by Mrs. Jas. Mc- Dougall and Mrs. Gary Whyte. Bob Whittaker was chairman. Santa made a brief appearance at the close of the concert. Illustrted carols were sung from the screen, followed by the chairman's address, duet by Reta Mc- Dougall and Jean Mather; recitation, Emma Mead? "Christmas Cookies"; pinno solo, Jane Karstedt; humoroHs dialogue, Refn McDougall, Carman Whyte; solo "I Dream of Jeannie", Is.idnl Weir; dialogue and song, Happy New Year At the close of the old and on the threshhold of the new, we Mrish to express thanks for the generous patronage extended to us during 1940 and to hope that 1941 may be rich in blessings to everybody. & A. Co-operative Company, Ltd. FLESHERTON. Ontario r • ♦ â-  ^MM^tf^^l^M^AMMMMMMMV New Year's Greeting After Christmas oomes the New Year. What does it hold in store for us? Our destiny is in our oivn hands. Forgetting th«se thhtgs that are behind, let us press forward with that courage that will surmount all difficul- ties in the coming year of 1941. We wish you and yours a Happy New Year F. W. 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