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I m W^t /ksl)jerU*n %Wiimt. *' * ^ VOL. 65; XO. 19 1 Fiesherton^Council v\^^ J^'^^'^^^ 0' the Village of •â-º li:tt*^n„'»et on October 2nd with mthth* Reeve K. G. Betts in the Oiair and all the Councilman pre- T^rnP*'°*^^«« ^^« read from the ^al Branch of the Canadian Le- &/?• ^,'. ***""« *'»»«t they in- tended to bold a Memorial Swvice TOaer toeir own auspices on Novem- S?r 11th and were writing the letter K> avoid any conflJctin« prepara- tions. The mdnutes of the former »e€tin« of the ConncU were read and upon motion adopted as read. Accounts were presented aa follows: Mervm McFadden, 3% houia work mth team and mower on streets, •3.50; Ernie McKillop, for paint and CT*^ pipes for fire baU, »17.10; F. a- W. Hicklingr, brooms, pitcher and glass for. Town HaU, ?2.85; Murray ^*TJg Store, Markdale, for Fumiga- tors, 15.00; Dr. J. E. Milne, for 5% months salary as M.O.H., 127.50; Lorne Turvey, for snow plowing, ?104.13; Repairs to plow, $20.00; gravel and hauling same, S211.50; Total, $337.73. Upon motion the above accounts were to be paid. Moved by W. E. Betts and seconded by Alex Henderson that the Treasur- er be authorized to receive a cheque from Mr. Lome Turvey for $154.25 for rent of snow plow for 1944-45. Moved by A. E. Goessell, second- ed by Alex Henderson that the Treasurer be authorized to receive the amount of the collection that was collected at NovenoJber 11th service, 1944, and that a cheque be sent to the Markdale Band for $10.00 for their services. Moved by R. J. Brackenbury and seconded by Alex Henderson that the moiton passed by the Flesherton CcuRcil, Sept. 26th, 1938, in regard to the Markdale Creamery connect- ing their drain in front of their pro- perty on CoUinigwood Street, be re- scinded and that the Clerk notify •he Creamery about this motion. â€" Carried. Moved and seconded that the fol- lowing accounts be paid:- Collector of Customs and Excise, $1.12; Hydro Electric Power Commission, $248.95; Canadian General Electric, $6.76; 'Howard MilUgan, salary as Secre- tary, $16.00, for September, 1945, and for express, 90c, Total, $16.90; G. B. Welton, salary as Superinten- dent for September, $20.00. FLESHERTON. ONT., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1945 W. H. Thurston & Son, PubUshers GIVE THANKS f • « • * 9. ft * m « GOOSE LAYS IN FALL (By Maxwell Reiporter) Miss Mabel Ross has a goose which hasn't been satisfied with one family this summer, but decided two weeks ago to commence on the se- cori family. She has now six eggs, but - guess s.hell be disappointed as it would take too much knitting to keep them warm this winter. The eggs will likely be converted into custard pies. Only a fanatic, of course, would suggest starting another war to end these srtikes. Future Events THE SATURDAY DANCE Be sure to attend the Saturday night dance in Fraternal Hall, Flesh- erton. on one of the best floors in Grey County. Golden West Moun- taineers provide music that makes vou dance. (By Ceylon Re^iorter) How very appropriate it is to celebrate Thanks^ving. We have so much for which to be thankful for in this victorious year. We celebrate this time free from the shadow of war. Our thanks will rise from hearts filled to overflowing. Around our tal>le8 will be brothers, sweethearts and young hu^wndB, who have been absent for a long wihile. It is not difficult to imagine their joy at being back to take part in this home festival. This is a day of reunions and family rejoicing and scrumiptioiis meals, and wihile in la- ter years, its religious associations have been dimmed in some degree, it is well to remember that it was instituted in Canada sixty-six years ago, as a day to attend church and give thanks. When you count your blessings, you will realize there is much for which to give thanks. When you compare your life to that of the people in Europe and other parts of the world that war has scarred, you will not diminish the joy of your hol- idays if you do a little thinking about aU the mercies that have been bestowed on you and I am sure that your prayer of Thanksgiving will rise from a grateful and humble heart. Be thankful for all the §ood things and for these whioh have not seemed so good, but which have helped make you;r character finer and stronger and for the privilege of being a citizen of this much fav- ored Dominion of Canada. Raise Victory Loon Objective In Grey The Grey County Committee for Canada's 9th and final Victory Loan have been busily engaged in making plans for the forthcomjng campaign. Officials and the Committee under the Chainmanahip of Frank T. Hill of Markdale have appointed Salesm«i for the various districts in the County, names of Salesmen will be announced next week together with individual objectives for each Muni- ci(pality. The objective for individ- uals in the County has been set at $4,600,000 as against $3,750,000 in the last campaign. This represents an increase of 20% or approximately the same percentage increase as for the Dominion of Canada as a whole. There will be no Government Loan in the Spring of 1946. The objective in this campaign is for a period of one year. The Grey County object- ive for the last t;wo loans combined, or for the period of a year, was $7,260,000 as against this Loan's quota of $4,600,000 for a similar per- iod. In other words this Victory Loan is two Loans in one which will result in a great saving of time, money and efiort. The above figures are exclusive of the fecial Names Section, which quota has been set at $700,000. For purposes of Victory Loan the I Province of Ontario is divided into 62 parts and in the last campaign Grey County ended in 5th place out of the 62. This was indeed a credit- able showing but the Committee feel that Grey County, as the banner County in Ontario, should be satis- fied with nothing less than 1st place. Missionaries Relate Some ^ Experiences As Internees g| SHOWING OF FILMS Arrangements have been made for the showing of three films to the school children of the urban centres of Grey County. Wherever possible children of the rural schools will be invited to attend tJiese showings in their districts. The films to be shown are, "Operation Pluto" (Pipe Line Under The Ocean) and "Opera- tion Fido" (Fog Ivestigation Dis- persal Operation), both of these films have been released from the secret list since the cessation of hostilities. The third film is "Val- iant Company'' with Captain Allan Piper of Cornwall in the star roll. This film is done in Technicolour and is most interesting. It deals with Hospital Rehabilitation of dis- aibled servicemen. The schedule for this district is as follows; Tuesdav, Oct. 16th, 10.30 aju. at Markdale Public and High Schools (Auditor- ium*; 1.15 p.m. at Flesherton Public and High Schools (Auditorium! combined with certain Rural Schools in area; 3.00 p.m. at Dundalk Public ii : Hi^*: S^lnois. Baptist Church Note^ CHANGE IN DATE Please note change in date for Rock Mills Women's Mission Circle at the home of Mrs. J. .\llen. This change is from Oct. 16th to Oct 23rd, at 2 p.m. All 'adies welcome. CHANGE IN HOUR Rock Mills Sunday School will meet in future at 2 o'clock and the church service will commence at 3 pjn. This will permit earlier clos- ing, that is four 'clock rather than 4.30. SPEAKERS Miss C. Hutchiiison will be the speaker in Cedarside Chr'-ch and Rev. Ehnore Young of Hanover at Rock Mills Church this Sunday. FIRESIDE Watch next week's paper for an- nouncement and advertisement re Cedarside Fireside, Oct. 21st. RATION COUPON DUE DATES Coupons now valid are sugar 46 to 64. butter 116 to 126, preserves 33 to 57 and PI to P17, meat Ml to M6. Aldermen in Waterloo, Ont., re- cently got a surprise when a delega- tion of farmers appeared before the town council to ask for the erection of a stable where they could leave their horses while in town. ***** ** ********* * ** * **** * * f * **t » H 1 1 â-º ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦â-  H i Carload of SHINGLES now on hand 0. & A. Co-operative Phone 70 »» m i i i»»«»»t f «♦>♦♦< FLESHERTON Ceylon Soldier Honored (By Ceylon Reporter) Last Wednesday evening a plea- sant time was spent in Ceylon School in honor of a recently re- turned soldier. Mr. Claurfe Chislett, son of Mr. Fred Chislett, Ceylon. Mr. John McWilliam, a veteran of the First Great War gave the ad- drees of welcome home. Mrs. Jas. Sinclair presented a purse of moiv ey and Claude gave a very grateful reply of thanks. He then delighted those present with two violin selec- tions. "The Roads to the Isle" and "My Buddy", whicb were well re- ceived. The evening was spent in euchre, there being ten tables in plaj . The lady's prize went to Mrs. Will Gibson, the gentleman's prize went Mr. Norman Scarrow. Flesherton and the lucky prize went to Mrs. M. Irwin. Extracts from letters written by Dr. Godfrey Gale, an internee re- cently released from a camf) in North China, and his wife; LETTER FROM DR. G-ALE Shanghai, China, Sept. 3, 1945 What a marvellous thing it is to be free at last!? Aiter eight years of watching and waiting, never quite siure that the gendarmeries were not coming for you for some inadvertant letter or conversation or action. Al- ways having to be careful lest your very presence would compromise some Chinse friend. Always being hindered' in one's work. What a dif- ferent China this will be now. The end came quietly and only just in time, as we found out ^rom an American Naval officer yesterday. He told us the date set for the in- vasion of Shanghai was August 15th. It would have been a terrible fight; the Americans were well -aware that the Japs would fight to the last and destroy the city before they quit. Our camp is surrounded by fortifi- cations of all kinds â€" pill boxes, com- munication trenches, tank traps, and gfuns of all sizes. We have grimly watched them as they worked fever- ishly all summer. The last air raid gown. nearly finished us. One bomb, which smashed our windows and scattered the rooms with bomb fragments, was only 15-20 yards from a buried oil dtimp, which we had watched them laying a few weeks before, and which would have sent us sky-high if they had got it . . . We could hardly believe that peace had come, even when our guards had left us and streams of visitors had streamed in to the camp. What really brought it home was when the first .\merican War Relief plane circled over us, backwards and for- wards, round and round, dropping leaflets while we yelled ourselves hoarse and many of us shed tears of pent-up relief and excitement. We knew now that we had not been for-* gotten, but that relief and supplies and protection for our persons and property was coming. A few days later we had a visit from the mem- bers of the American Relief (Com- mission, including a doctor, whom ever cornered and hammered with questions about all the medical ad- vances of these past years about which we have heard nothing. The Chinese in the city have treat- ed us wonderfully, and by public subscription have presented each of the 6,000 internees with a million dollars, local currency, and also with writine paper, tooth brushes, tooth paste, etc., and have provided us with a free ferry service accross th« river to Shanghai, and done many other generous acts. It is the first and last time I shall ever be a mil- lionaire! Of course money has de- preciated. Eggs cost $2,500 each! We are lost when confronted with ) such astronomical figures. It has been wonderful bow all our real needs have been met all the way through. I am going to subscribe to the International Red Cross for the rest of my life, for what they have done for us here. It-has been a tough time in many ways, especially the last two years when we have been confined with nnother family â€" six of us â€" in this little corner of the dormitorv 9x13 feet, in which to do all our work and p!av.â€" ouv eating and sleeping. -Vt lisrht. when the cots were put up. the floor was completely covered. "nd in the summer, when mosquito nets were tin. it was almost unbear- ably hot. The main djfficulty. of 'cur<e. was the lack of privacy be- tween us and the 70 other married couples in the open dormitory, and the fact that we could never get away alone. It sometimes taxed our Christian forijearance to the limits . . . what reallv kept us going was that Dr. M. and I have been very busy and happy in our medical woric . , . we have all managed very well. It has been a discipline that we shall never regret, and I shall look bac- on it as a period of progress and preparation for bigger work yet to come. Reception For Returned Men This Thursday A public reception will be held in the Fraternal Hall this Thursday evening for Cpl. Harold Best and L.Cpl. Emerson Thomson, who arriv- home from overseas recently. LETTER FROM MRS. GALE Shanghai, Sept. 16, 1944 The Japanese are being disarmed these days and are very busy hand- ing over to the Allies. I wish they would hurry and go, for I find it hard seeing their pale unhappy faces everywhere. They look so young and underfed, and look as hough they would like to see their nothers, as badly as I want to see mine. The Chinese are treating thean very well and thev are being very business-like and courteous. No press camera men were allowed near yesterday at one place where they were disarming them. The .American .\rmy are causing a terrific furore here. The boys are having a marvellous time seeing Shanghai, and a lot of them pay for things with American gold dollars. Mr. Millican saw one give a gold coin to a little newsboy in exchange for "ve copies of the "Daily Herald." This morning I saw one of them come out of a building across the street. In a moment rick; haws were dashing at him from a hundred dir- ections. It really was funny, es- pecially when he continued to walk without using any of them. One friend of ours got a job with the American Commission and had to have new clothes. She paid six and one half million dollars for a few dres-ses. Prices are terrific, but we try to put ev,srything into gold anu then decide whether we can buy things or not. For instance. $1(X).000 is aproximately one dollar gold. A permanent wave here is anything from $40,000 to $120,000. which sounds fantastic, but it is really only 40 cents to $1.20. Dropped Food By Parachute One thing that has been thrilling has been the dropping of parcels by parachutes. The planes swooped over camps and dropped dozens of brill- iant red. yellow, blue and green par- achutes â€" colossal things they areâ€" - each carrying heaps of big metal containers full of wonderful things to eat. L'nfortunately they have caused some damage as well, for some of them went right through the buildings and people were injured. One huge can containine pork and beans landed on the window-sill of a ladyH room. The can burst and half the contents fell in. and half out of the window. The half that fell in made an awful mess of the room, for it covered the bed cur- tains, walls, everything. Mrs. C. spent the day cleaning up. and went to bed weary and cross. When she nicked up her pillow to settle in com- fortably, she found a pile of pork and beans under it! The parcels are thrilling, though, and we are revell- ing in .American Del Moijte peaches. chocolates, biscuits, meat of all kinds, cereals, coffee, mlik. sugar. etc.. â€" who would be anything but an Internee! You have no idea bow thrilled v^e are at the idea of soing home â€" it seems life a fairy-tale, coming true at last! The internment was good for us. and I recommend it. in SMALL doses for all of you!â€" but I am jolly thankful it's over. High School Track Meet Held Thursday The local High School held its track meet at the Agricultural grounds on Thursday afternoon. Athletic champions were. Girls' Sen- ior, Hazel Fenwick; Girls' Junior, Eleanore Sparks; Boys' Senior, Bob Turney; Boys' Junior, Jack Milne. Event winners will represent the school in the District Meet in Duit- dalk on Friday, 12th. GIRLS' EVENTS SENIORS 100 Yd. Dash â€" H. Fenwidt, J. Genoe, L. Kirkpatrick; 16 sec. High Jump â€" H. Fenwick, J. (Jen- oe; 3 ft. 3 in. Running Broad â€" H. Fenwick, 8 ft. 8 in. Softball Throw â€" N. McWilliam, M. Smith, H. Fenwick, 91 ft. 6 in Catchball â€" J. (Jenoe and J. Haas; 44. Shuttle Relay â€" L. Kirkpatrick, J. Genoe. J. Hass, M. Chard. Hop, Step and Jump â€" E. McTav- ish, 22 ft. 7 in. JUNIORS Shuttle Relay â€" E. Sparks, J. Turney, E. Stewart, M. Stauffer. 75 Yd. Dash â€" E. Sparks, I. Phil- ips. E. Aberdein, 11 sec. Three-Legged Race â€" R. Mac- Dougal and L. Stevens. High Jump â€" E. Sparks, 3 ft, 9 in.. I. Betts. Hop. Step and Jump â€" E. Sparks, J. Turney. E. Meads, 22 ft. 8 in. Softball Throw â€" J. Turney, E. Proctor. E. Meads. Ill ft. 9 in. Catchball â€" I. Phillips, E. Sparks, BOYS' EVENTS SENIOR Shot Put,12 lb. â€" R. Turney, W. Lawler. D. Falconer, 28 ft. 9 in. High Jump â€" R. Turney, D. Fal- coner. W. Lawler, 4 ft. 4^ in. Running: Broad â€" W. Lawler, R. Turney, D. Falconer, 16 ft. Hop. Step and Jump â€" R. Turney, W. Lawler. 32 ft. "J in. Pole Vault â€" R. Turney, W. Lawl- er, 6 ft 8 in. 100 Y'd. Dash â€" R. Turney. ' Lawler. L. McKechnie. 28^^ sec. 220 Y"d. Dash â€" R. Tumev, W Lawler, D. Falconer, 13 sec. 880 Y'd. Run â€" W. Lawler, R. Turney, 2 min. 40 sec. JUNIORS Shot Put. 8 lb. â€" Bruce Thurston, J. Milne. H. .Atkinson. 29 ft. 6^ in. High Jump â€" Bryce Benson, J. Milne. Bruce Thurston. 4 ft. Rurming Broad â€" M. Russell. D. McTavi&h. H. Nichol, 15 ft. 4 in. Hop. Step, and Jump â€" J. Milne, Bruce Thurston, D. Aberdein, 31 ft. 3 in. Pole Vault â€" H. Nichol, J. Milne, Bruce Thurston, 6 ft. 8 in. 100 Y'd. Dash â€" D. McTavish, Bruce Thurston, J. Milne. 13 sec 200 Y'd. Dash â€" J. Milne. Bruce Thurston, D. McTavish. 29 sec. 880 Y'd. Run â€" J. Milne. Bruce Thurston, H. Atkinson, 3 min. 20 sec. Relay Race â€" Bruce Thurston, J. Milne, "B. Benson, H. Nichol. Card of Thanks To all who visited me, sent treats, flowers, carvls and letters and in every way helped to make my stay in the hospital pleasant, I say Thanks a million. â€" Hugh Fenwick. Fred Gorrell Returns To Richards Furniture Store | Mr. Fred Gorrel has taken the pos- ition vacated by Mr. Wallace Thomp- son with J. A. Richards furniture , store, and commenced his duties on Tuesday. Fred is no stranger here, , as he resided in Flesherton for some , years prior to enlisting in 1940, re- turning from overseas two months j I ago with the rank of Lieutenant. , â-  Fred is an expert embalmer and fun- j eral director and his friends are i pleased to know that he has chosen , : to make his home in Flesherton. LEARN BY EXPERIENCE CENTRAL LOCATION Our convenient location is readily accessible by the city's leading auto- mobile and street car thoroughfares. Bates and Maddocks FUNERAL CHAPEL l24AvenueRd. KI.4344 •I â€" I I â€" TP^- Eastern Star Elected Officers Monday Night Sister Erva Cl»rk was elected Worthy Matron of Grey Chapter No. 170, Eastern Star, at the annual elec- tion of officers Monday evening. Fol- lowing are the officers elected: W. M. â€" Sister Erva Clark. W. P. â€" Bro. W. E. Walker. A. M. â€" Sister Eva Fisher. A. P. â€" Bro. A. Sinclair. Secretary â€" Sister E. Dargavel. Treasurer â€" Sister M. Phillips. Cond. â€" Sister Leila Walker. Assoc. Cond. â€" Sister .\lice Pedlar. Truseees â€" Bro. A. Sinclair, Sis- ters E. Fisher and M. Bellamy. -Auditors â€" Sisters M. Fisher, M. Bellamy and E. Fisher. In order that they may find out for themselves. The Financial Post urges some of the big labor unions to buy up and operate one of the war factories. Editorially it de- clares; "Even a modest-sized union will, in its own funds and in the savings of its membership, have a very s<.ib- stantial amount of savings or capital wherewith to buy or lease a plant, e<)uip it with machinery, buy some raw materials, mobilize a staff of workers, organize a sales force. These pooled savings available fop the starting of 90'^c of firms doing business in Canada today. "Everybody would be very read> to sell to it, and on the same basis as to a factory run by anybody else. In the same way, everybody would be very ready to buy its products on exactly the same basis as the products of any other factory are bought. "With their own factory, and their own people in charge, labor unione will then be able to go aihead and do what they are demanding others do: go on working at war wages â€" mak- ing war materials if they wish. The experiment has interesting and in- structive possibilities. M.P.: Hey bud, let's see your pass. Soldier: I ain't got it wid me, but it's exactly like all other passes. .This winter I get easier sMng, extra #otection >'HHEO »H0 B - 1^ ''S» AMtHlCft* 0": 'mih^ Because it U fr*« of bannhU wax •ad has ta •mptiooally bi(h VX. Pacrtan (itm mum startiac aa cold mondoc* aad extra ((otac- tion at ninnint temperaturas. Cbaiaca HOW to PMrtata Motoc OU at the ii(n of the bi« B-A. THE BRITISH AMERICAN Ol L COMPA NY LIMITED