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Wednesday, March I, 1944 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE rT-T-miii*-. THE Fiesherton Advance Published «n C«Uin«<woo4l Street, Ftesherton, Weiine*day of e«di week. Circulauon over 1,100. i?,»ice in Canada f2.00 per year, â- vthen paid in advance fl.69; in '. h. '' #J.CO per year, whtai .aance |2 00. F. J. THURSTON, Editor Appreciate Work Of Welfare Leugue the time you spend to Jt- M J-JL fSBF^ tiianks for niake tliese gifts passible The Flesheiton Welfare League has been doing a splendid work in supplying the boys from Flesherton who are overseas with a monthly shipment of 300 cigarettes. Besides that they send The Advance to each of the boys when they go overseas. The follovring letters received by Mrs. John Nuhn, secretary, will reveal the pleasure they receive when the gift box arrives: Feb. 5th, 1944. Thanking you very kindly for the cigaretes and begging to be remem- bered to all who make these oontri- butiona possible, as well as to all the folk of the old home town. â€"Carl Teeter. -M i If ord Piper. Italy, Jan. 30 I'lease accept my sincere thankh i.;r j)ui-cels received, one on Christ- mas Day mailed Sept. 8th. Our v;Siristmas mail has just started to come in and it is really nice to get it. One time it seemed as if we were not going to get any. We had a very good Christmas and were fortunate in having some tur- keys to help put it over. We are all '•ping this is our last Christmas vv;iy from home. Have been very fortunate lately. â- â€¢Vc have been out of the mud and ven went so far as to rustle some shoe polish and the shoes shined again. Don't know if they will be able to stand the change or not. It is certainly grand the way the people at home are doing so much to help us out here, and we greatly ap- preciate it. Sometimes in the last two months it has been a little diffi- cult to write, but with longer days and warmer weather coming that will be changed. I haven't been fortunate enough to meet any of our home district fellows yet, but there is a chance of running into them at almost any time. â€" Kmerson Thomson next Christmas will see the termin- ation of the war. So far none of our gaiig has re- ceived ?iny parcels, but still have ftopes that some day they will arrive. Afrieu has orange orchards, just like we have apples in Ontario. They are a marvelous sight at this time of yea?. Their methods of cultivation are quite primitive. Quite often it is usual to see eight oxen and one horse on an oldrfashioned plow. Why the one horse I have never been .ible to find out. Lately I have seen the camel caravans coming in from the desert, and the Arabs, as whole, are quite a dirty lot and are dressed mostly in rags. Italy is a muchc nicer place to be stationed, especially for the scenery angle. There are miles of vineyards, olive trees : nd hazel-nut orchards, although right now it is very cold, wet and muddy. Thanks once agaim for the gift of eigaretites and please excuse writing on both. sides of the paper, but it is very precious here. â€" Fred Gorrell. BEWARE OF SMOOTH TONGUE DEADBEAT It is nothing new for Tara merch- ants to get trimmed by dishonest persons, but we have in mind one individual who in recent weeks has set several of our merchants back to the extent of many dollar's in good merchandise, and their chances of being paid for the goods is practi- cally nil, The approach of this in- dividual is not new, it has been work- ed before and no doubt will be again. This person buys some goods and asks for a few days credit, after which time a small amount is paid on account. The merchant feels the customer is honest and allows the party to iTJn a large account. Then when settlement is demanded, finds the account is uncollectable and is left holding the bag. So we say to merchants in Tara and AUenford, be- ware of this slick individual who de- liii>erately sets out to get something for nothing. â€" Leader. One man's of the. things that destroys peace of mind is woman's piece of mind. Patrons of Engli«h pubs are being annoyed these days by beer glasses falling apart in their hands. From what returning travellers tell us of the insipid British wartime brew, we can believe that even the can't take it any more. i i he Italy, Jan. 14th Just received your welcome car- tons of cigarettes. They hav« been a long: time catching up and the cig- arettes here are tough. The weather is fine now, but not saying how bad it was. Hope every one is fine in the old home to<wn. My health is fine. â€"Fred Patton. Jan. 28th May I thank you and through you the eople of Flesherton for the cng- arettes which arrived' today. â€" Geo. A. McFadden. Feb. 2nd Thanks very much for cigarettes which arrived tonight. They came at a very appropriate time, as the mail has been slow lately. â€" Don McMillan. England, Feb. 5 For the past two weeks I have been on leave in Glasgow and neighboring towns and had a wonderful time. A couple from Greenock took me to a swell circus and a young couple from Bargettie took me to their home. All Canadian soldiers are used well by the Scottish peple. When I returned to camp I was very much pleased to receive 600 cigarettes. The mails coming from Canada have been slow since Christ- mas, but they always come eventu- ally. Bill Wolton, Fred Gorrell and others will be a longer time in re- ceiving theirs, but I know they all will appreciate them as much as we do here. Thank you for mine, and ESngland, Feb. 14 I sincerely thank the Welfare Leagru for the gifts of cigarette* which I received recently. I know that every Canadian in England will agrree with me th«t the Welfare League and other institutes are doing a wonderful job for us. I exipeot there will be plenty of snow in town now, there usually was when I was there and I dont think it would change in that respect. Al- though we haven't had any snow here where I am stationed, I dont seem to miss it at all. I haven't had a chance bo meet any of the boys from home yet, but I'm wrfting to several of them and expect to see them soon, but leave seems to be a long way off. Best regards to you and John and my sincere thanks to the Welfare League. â€" ^Bwb Banks. North Africa, Feb. 7 I received your very welcome par- cel of cigarettes the 1st of Nov., just beifore I left. England, and they were really the best present that I could have received at that time. So thanks a million. I wa.s sorry* that I had to loave Bill Welton in Italy, but will be going back in a month or so and that will call for a little celebration. At present I am down on the edge of the desert and it really is cold in the evenings. All we need is a foot of snow and I would feel just like home. I am on a conversion course, but I can tell you very little about it at present. How are all the gang around Flesherton. My, what I would have given to have been over there for the festive season, but here's hoping '{•••••♦•♦•♦^♦♦••♦••♦♦•♦••*******J**t**5*****C**^J**«**3**»*****5****^**J**«**»************^^ I I i I For The Coming Spring NEW "SUNWORTHY" WALL PAPERS CRETONNES DRAPERIES LACE CURTAINS WINDOW SHADES CURTAIN RODS CONGOLEUM RUGS CONGOLEUMS, 3 yards and 3 yards wide "Pioneer" Poultry Foods Hatching Ration Chick Starter I I- I 5* } ? Y Y y •f X ! T Y â- J F. H. W. Hickling Geneml Merchant - FLESHERTON LftST-MINUTETIPS ON HEAT-SAVING England, Feb. 12th This lette'- can only partly convey to you just how much I appreciate the cigarettes. They certainly are appreciated. They were posted on Not. Zath and Jan. 1st. I saw Carl Teeter a coupl« of months ago and he told me that he hadi received sonve. This country isn't too bad; it could be a lot worse. There are thousands of old historic things to see around the country. I spent my first leave in Scotland and saw Holyrood Palace and Bdiniburgh castle. Most of the boy« here seem to go to Scotland on their leaves. The people there seem much more friendly. They really do try to give us a g^iod timie. The only ones I have seen from around Flesherton over here so far have been Carl Teeter, Rhesa Mc- Lean and Wilfred and Allan Spring- gay, formerly of Peversham. In the near future I hope to get around to seeing more of them. Some of the boys from the Grey and Simcoe For- esters are only about 20 miles away, but we don't get much time off to run around. I have been on this same station since I arrived. The city is very nice. It is right on the south coast and the weather is almost like summer all the time. We have had one little snow fall and that was gone in a few hours. The mail service is not so good between Canada and hero. I receiv- ed the first mail today that I have had for about three weeks. Some- times it comes quite regular, but at other times it is terrible. Tlianks again for the smokes and thank the rest of the folk at home who have helped to send them. â€" Jim Thurston The Late Mrs. Fred Spofford Mrs. Fred Spolford, the former Christina Gamey, and widow of the late Fred Spofford, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd, at 11.30 noon, at her residence, 290 Maple St., Colting- wood, after a lengthy illness. She was in her 78th year. M^-s. Spofford spent nearly all her married life on the Eighth Line, Os- prey Township, she was predeceas-' ed by her husband by seven years. She is survived by one son, Harold, of U.\bri(lge und by one daughter (Tollie) Mrs. Ross VanZant of CoU- iiigvvood, also five brothers and four sistor.s, namely: John of Marquette, .Mm und Will of Toronto and Joe A" .Sudbury, (Mnry) Mrs. Short of Marquette, T,izzic and Anne of To- ronto and (Flora) Mrs. Fred Hopper of (ileii Huron. The funeral took place on Thurs- ifciy afternoon, with n short service at her late residence. Maple St., con- ducted by Rev. ,1. R. Greig and Rev. Mr. Trotter, then proceeded to the Presbyterian Church, Feversham, where Rev. Mr. MeNichol took charge and Kev. and Mrs. Dean sang "It won't bo.long anil it may be soon." Interment was made in the Betliel Cemetery. The pallibenrers -were: Messrs. Fred Hawton, Geo. Uosn, Wilbert I'onie, Fret! Hale, (iariw^t Magee and Fred Tyler. The flower bearers were three iH-phews, Keith and Oscar Hopper and Bert Bowerninn, also Jim Faw- cott, Frank Wiley, Dougald Stephens, Milton Roberts and' Clinton Magee. The floral tributes were beautiful ami were from n wide circle of rela- tives and frien<ls', among them being tokens of syimpathy from the com- miMiity, the Shipyard, Egg Grading •â- ^tnfT nt Uvhridire, Fevershnm Pres- byterian Church and the Gospel Workers' Church. f. k I I ? Y Y Y More and A/lore Cream Wanted I WbMyMf MeREO Bad ahNiys mmmt stop. Aad di«f • whM k wmmt «*m yo« tee dut int Mat ni itm^ ia dK ash pit-- Srror. nmkUg k •?«â-  cm Moood MM «Mr ^MtM imJ «aaL And coaliihMilMaM. A frittfMHy r^mindvr from your %k99 C«a1* dealer F. W. DUNCAN Hardware FLESHERTON There is a great demand for butter now. The price being paid to the producer, plus the 10 cent subsidy, makes the returns to you worth while. You wU benefit by feeding your milch cows extra grain or concentrate. Bring you cream to the Flesherton Creamery -for best results and quick service. A WORD TO THE WISE Our meat lockers are fast being rented. FieslierlN (nmarj & fr^imt UuMd ;; 6€ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<">♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«*<'♦<♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦<•*♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< Apply NOW for your Nemf GosoKine Licenses and Rcrtion Coupon Books On March 31, the present gasoline licenses and ration coupon books will expire. After that date no gasoline will be sold except on the presentation of a 1944-45 ration book. In his own interests, every vehicle owner is asked to apply of met for a new license and ration coupon book for each of his vehicles. Application forms must be completed in detail. Commencing April 1, under the 1944-45 rationing plan, the opera- tion of which will be basically the same as that now in effect, all non-commercial vehicle owners will again be allowed a basic" AA" gasoline license and ration coupon book, containing 40 units for a passenger car, or 16 for » motorcycle. Similarly, owners of vehicles eligible for a "Special" category, who can prove their need, will be granted an extra vocational allowance, fixed in advance for the year ending March 31, 1945. In determining the extra dlowance â€" which will be measured to individual needs â€" the pfevious category and mileage of the car will not necessarily be an important consideration. The extra vocational coupons will again be issued in books labelled "Special", and each book will contain not more th.an 60 units. To permit constant review of the needs of each category applicant, only one "Special" book, or portion thereof, will be issued at a time. The Oil Contrbllcr also has the right to refuse any application for a "Special" category, or to suspend any ration coupon book for an infraction of the regulations. The shortage of gasoline is still acute. Do not apply for a "Special" category unless your need is urgent. Gasoline for commercial vehicles will again be rationed. To assure themselves sufficient gasoline to carry on normal business activi- ties after March 31, operators of commercial vehicles are urged to complete at onc« and in detail the required application for each of their vehicles. On and after April 1, service station attendants will not accept gasoline ration coupons unless the license plate number of the motor vehicle for which they were issued is written in ink on each coupon. Every motor vehicle must also display on its windshield a 1944-45 sticker indicating the category of the coupon book submitted at the time of the purchase. * If the owner of a motor vehicle sells, transfers or disposes of it in any way, it is his obligation to sec that the gasoline license and ration coupon book for that vehicle is returned immediauiy to the nearest Regional Oil Control Office. To obtain a gasoline license and ration coupon book, secure aa application fotm at your ncarast Post Office. Study the form and follow carcfiilly the instructions contained therein. WhM you r*c«ive your 1944-45 gasoline ration book, guard it aoMfvUy. Do !!•» loovo H in your car. If, bocauso of your noQligoiMo, II i« lesf or s *s U n, M nMiy not bo roplacod. TIE KPARTMEIT OF HIRITIOK «IB SIPKY HonourabI* C. D. HOWE, HfcilKii ON-W CANADA IS SHORT OF GASOLINE • USE YOUR COUPONS SPARINGLY â-  p^: ' ^> mm ,ig,_