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« if •\ « i * ^ '®l)je /ksI)^t:U*n ^^ttanc^« J VOL. 65; NO. 36 FLESHERTOxW ONT.," WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1946 v\ H Thurston & Son. Publishers • Subsidy Successes • Recent conferences of agricultural • experts have revealed some of the ^extent of the Government's wartime » subsidy arrangements on behali of ♦^farm products. Th€y have been ef- ^ fective and beneficial to both produ- 4^cer and consumer. • For example, suibteidies on dairy • products have put more than $20C.- • 000,000 into farmers' pockets since 1 they were started as a wartime con- ^ trol. And while these perticulat « subsidies have ibeen invaluable to • farmers, they have also saved house- • wives between |3 and |4 a month on •food budgets. It was revealed to the National ^ Dairy Council of Canada at its an- nual meeting that afe a result of â- â€¢ dairy sojlbsidiea, milk production has .^reached an all time high while dom- Cyfestic consumption of dairy products, in terms of milk equivalent, is also J^reater than ever before. While •fclhife has been going on, all major • lexport commitments have been filled. < Oird of Thanks - Jf Kind friends €ind neighbors, on be- , half of Mrs. McWilliam and myself ^ end family, I wish to take this op- ^ portunity of thanking you all for the splendid gifts' bestowed no us on the • occasion of our 26th Anniversary. « We feel that words cannot exprefes â- â€¢ our appreciation and we hope at • some future date we may be of 'some • service to repay in a small way for • your kindness. I wish to thank the community for tL* very warm welcome receive*! by • our son, Charles, on his return from ^ overseas and for the gift he received. Thanking you all. â€" J. McWILUAM. ^v,A.wuiiw44*ai Short Course ic-io ihis We^ Vilh Artillery Surveyors A short course on agricultural topics was held in the Park Hotel in Flesherton Monday and Tuesday of this week, sponsored by the Grey County Federation of Agriculture- The speakers on Monday were Mr. K. S. Murphy of the Crops, Seeds and "Weeds Branch of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Toronto, who spoke on grainfe and pasture crops- Mr. Ashton, assistant agricultural representative, of Markdale also took part in the discussion. Tuesday Mr- T. Stewart Cooper, agricultural rep- resentative, addressed the farmers lairgely on drainage and to some extent on grain crops, and led the dliscussion following. These short courses are being held in all the townships throught Grey County. A short course. February 19-20-21, in Flesherton is being sponsored by the United Farmers' Co-operative of Ontario and will also be held in the Park Hotel. The course will cover various suibjects in relation to co- operation. The course includes the district from Collingwood to Dur- ham and the south part of the county. \. In Memoriam « TAYLOR â€" In loving memory of * a dear wife and mother, Mrs. Fred «i Taylor, who passed away two years ^ago today, Feb. 10, 1944. ^Today brings sad memories < 01 a dear one gone to rest, •But the onefe who think of her today. , Are the ones who loved her best. , â€" Lovingly rememlbered by Hus- ••band and Family. In Memoriam k,. BETT'S â€" In memory of our ^''Father, Thomas R. Bettsi who passed ^ away February 15, 1945. , â€" Ever remembered by his ^ Daughters, Edith and Mabel. r . : \ STAR WEEKLY DELIVERED « Have your Toronto S'tar Weekly • delivered to your home in Fleteherton. • â€" Bruce Thurston, phone l&w. Stitches In Cut Foot Mr. Wm. Laughlin had the mis- fortune to so severely cut his foot while working in the bush that 10 stitches were required to close the wound. The unfortunate man was taken to Markdale hospital to have the foot dressed. He is at present at the home of his sister, Mrs- Wm. McMaster, in Flesherton. Nei^ew Killed In Accident Mr. Wm. Morton received word of the deatAi of his nephew, Mr. Geo. W. MoCaul, which occurred in Toronto on Tuesday of last week, when the car he was driving wafe completely demolished when struck by truck carrying a heavy load of steel. The funeral was held on Friday, but Mr. Morton was unetole to attend- RATION COUPON DUE DATES 4 Future, Events SINGHAMPTON DANCE Dance in Hammill's Hall, Sing- hampton, Friday night, Feb. 8th, to music by Dermott's Orchestra, danc- ing 9 to 1- Admission: 50c. DANCE .4T FEVERSHAM K dance will be held in Fevershani this Thursday evening. Feb- 12th, following the Commencement, witli music by the Golden West Mountain- eers. .Admission: 40c. ST. V.\LENTmE'S DANCE K St. Valentin's Dance will be held in Fraternal Hall. Flesherton. on Wednesday, Feb. ISth- Murray Sim- monfe Colored Orchestra. Admission: 50 cents- Coupons now valid are ^uga^r 46 to 69, meat 1 to 23, butter 116 to ISS*. Sxigar coupons are now valid for the purchase of preserves, each coupon having double the value of the for- mer preserves coupon. Coupon Rl, good for the purchase of one-half pound of butter, becomes valid February 14. No easing in the shortage of lard supply in Canada is foreseen by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. Canada normally uses about 88 mil- lion pounds per year for all purpo'ses. Last year the production di'opped to approximately 60 million pounds, and esimates are that this year's produc- tion will drop to about 45 million pounds. Baptist Church Note* GNR. ANGUS MacMILLAN Gnr. AngTis MacMillan, 3rd son of Mr. and M-s. Wm. J. MacMillan, ax-- rived last week, in Toronto with the 31st Bty., R.C-A-, after crossing on the Isle de France- He enlisted in the ispring of 1943 and trained at Orillia and Petawawa and went over- seas in March 1944- He served with the artillery surveyea's and was one of the first Canadians to cross the Rhine. Since VJ-Day he has been privileged to travel on several con- ducted tours of the continent and was one of a group entertained by the University of Denmark at Cop- enhagen- Returning to England in time for Christmas, he has since vi- :5ited the birthplace of his ancestors in Scotland and spent New Year's with cousins of his grandfather, the iate John Aldcorn oX Proton town- ship. It was a very happy and thankful family which welcomedi this third member from overseas service, a son-in^aw, Cpl. Emerson Thompson- returned October 1st, after three years and eight months service, in Sicily, Italy. Holland and Germany; an older bi"other, Pte- Donald Mac- Millan, R-C.O-C., returned January 1st after four years oversea^. Gnr. MacMillan was met in Tor- onto by his wife and brother, Don, and other friends. To greet him at home were his parents, sistei^ and brothers, also his two children, a little daugher. whom he left as a balby and a 15 months old son. whom he had never %een- H. A. McCauley Presented Legion With Colors At a recent meeting of the Flesh- erton Post of the British Empire Service League, No. 333, the colors of the Legion were received by the president, Comrade George E- Bankfe, on behalf of the local Post- The colors were the gift of Comrade H. A. McCauley. a veteran of the World War 1, and the past president of Flesherton Post. Comrade Banks expressed the appreciation of the thoughtfulnefes of Mr- McCauley in presenting such a splendid gift to the Legion- Comrade Rev. O- W- Holmes dedicated the colors to the use of the Legion. There was a splendid attendance of veteranfe of both World War I and II. The mem- ber'ship of Flesherton Legion has been steadily growing and many more veterans are ready to join. "LOST LOVE" A study of the letters to the Seven churches of "Revelation" will be con- tinued Sunday when Mr. F. B. Keys will consider. "Lost Love"- Excellent attendance was recorded last Sunday despite storm blocked road's. Every- one is urged to attend at least one service a week at some church- "Lift Needs an Altar and Faith for Testing Times." UNION PRAYER MEETING The Cedarside mid-week for prayer and Bible Study will be combined next week with that of St- John's Church and held Thursday evtninn- at eight o'clock in the United Church basement- The date is Feb- 13. Please ngte this change from Wed- nesday to Thursday for next week. Markdale Talent Provided .'rogram For "Fireside" A Fireside service was held in St. John's United Church Sunday even- ing last, when talent from the Mark- dale churclies pi'ovided the program. The service was sponsored by the local bran<ih of the OTitario Religious Education Council. Rev- A- G. Bugler gave an interesting account of the work among the troops over- seas, where he spent five years with the Army- Among those taking part in the musical part of the Fireside were Misses Helen and Bessie Boyce, piano and guitar duet; vocal duet by Mrs- J- Perkins and Mrs- Bert Arm- strong; vocal duet by Mrs- J. Colgan and Mrs- H. Dennison, while Mrs- Bert .'Vrmstron.o; rendered an alto solo "Just For Today." Mr. W. J- Messenger of Markdale presided, fol- lowing the in'roduetrry remarks of r.Ir.I'' B- Keys- Prayer was offered by Mi^:s Nickles of Markdale and the benediction by Rev- Dr- Th ..nson of Flesherton. .Another Fireside will be held in Anncsley United Church, Markdale, Feb. 17th, when Flesherton talent will prcvide th" prorram. Rev. Dr Thomson will talk on his work in China, where he labored many years. Young Feversham Mother Dies In Toronto Hospital Following an illness of about one month's duration, Frances Roberts, beloved wife of Jas. Conn Jr- of Feversham, passed away in a Toron- to hospital, early Wednesday morn- ing of last week, January 30th, in her 21.st year. She was taken ill after Christmas and %vbs rushed to Toronto for treatment by a special- is, but it wate found that the trouble could not be cured- The late Mrs- Conn was the eldest daughter of Mr- and Mrs- Mervin Roberts of Feversham and was mar- ried to Mr- Jas. Conn Jr- of Fever- "sham about two years ago- Besides her sorrowing husband she leave a little son seven months old. She also leaves her parents and three 'sisters. Phyllis in Toronto, Iris and Rilla at home and two brothers, Sam and Jim also at hom*. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon with service in the Holin- ess Workers' Church, Feversham. where Rev- Chas- Lee conducted the service, being assisted by Rev. Leary of Providence Baptist Church. In- terment was made in the Maxwell Cemetery. The pallbearers were: Messrs. Ray Hawton, Russell Hudson, Mervin Moore. Lloyd Stephens, Ted Maxwell, and Leslie Hawton. The casket was surrounded with a bea-utSful boiwer of floral tributeb from neig'hbors and friends in silent sympathy to the husband and par- ents of the deceased and were carried by Jim Heitman, Bill McKee, Fred Hollingshead, Lloyd Moore, Alex- McAllister, Harold Baker. Frank Light, Burt Hudteon, Earl iMaxwell, and Victor Wright- .A.mong those who attended the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs- Jas- Conn Sr. of Toronto and Mr- Burton Conn of Walkerville- i^liiil Farm Forum CENTRAL LOCATION Our to n rai rif t location is readily •oeeMibl* bjr the city's leading auto- moMk aad street ear thoroughfarea. Bates and Maddocks FUNfRAL CHAPEl 124 Avenue Rd. ' KI.4344 The Springhill Farm Forum was held at the home of Ward Harrison January 38th- During the evening Sgt- Wesley White was presented with a sum of money by Hairy .A.kins on behalf of the Springhill section. We wished to thank Sgl. White as it was his expressed wish that the money 'be returned and used for Rec'. Cross work as he considered from what he had seen overseas the need was still great and that the Rod Cross did a magnificent work- The Springhill Farm Forum met at home of Harry .A.kins February 4- It was considered the industrial workers wore entitled to a good liv- ing wa:?e. some increase over pre-war standard--;, as the Federal membei-fe and Senate had granted themselves such an increase in pay. It is a fact that when the urban worker^ are reciving a good wage they buy and pay a fair price for farm products •and vice-versa, farmer's are able to buy their products. It was agreed that the famers must work and sup- port these farm organizations or el^e we will see another slump like the 30's. The section is invited to the home of Frank Eagles on February 11- "Dear teacher, the next time our i Willie is a bad boy," ran a letter t« ' a .?choolTnistrcss. "Ssmack him mi Ihc ! face. He wenrs his pan^^ I Facts About Hibernation One of the strangest things about some animals (and ttsh) is their habit of hibernating through long periods of time- In the extremely cold weather of some climates, and the extremely hot weather of othei-s. na- ture has provided animals with the instinct to hibernate until norma, weather conditions return. This cold weather sleep is called hibernation - When they do it in hot weather it is called aestivation- Most of ufe know that bears hibernate during the long winter months- The bear isn't the only animal that goes into this seasonal sleep- Ratis. squirrels, ground hogs, insects, liz- ardfe, snails, crocodiles, and others also hibernate. Each of these has its own peculiar way of going into this long sleep. The bear gets ready for his long hibernation by getting as fat as possible and living off this fat during the winter months. But all bears do not hibernate. Those that do are very vicious when they awaken because they're hungry- The brown bear just goes to sleep, but will awaken at the Slightest dis- turbance- Habits of other animals that hib- j ernate are very odd. A snail retires I for the winter by burying itself in the ground, head upward. It then closes the m-outh of its shell with a wall of shell-like material. Snail's also fatten themselves before they hibernate and French people con- sider fat snails- A very rare dish! It is said that fenails can live in hi- bernation for as long as four years and then come to life suddenly and act as if nothing had happened! Frogs are known to live in hibema- iton for years. Many strange stories are told of frogs being found in sealed up rocks, in lumps of coal and in blocks of solid granite, proving that they haive been hibernating for long periods of years. Fifeh hiber- nate by burying themselves in mud. that is certain fish do this, but nov all of them. There are cases of fiteh being discovered under the dry beds of lakes and ponds, the waters of which had been dried up for years. But when the dried up pond was filled with water from a long rain, it wals found to have fish in it, the fish having come to life after the mud had been softened and dissolv- ed, enabling them to swim in the water above. Crocodiles^ will also bury themselves in the mud during a very dry season. When snakes go into winter hibernation they gather together in large numbers in a rocky cave or hole, very dry, and coil themselves' around one another in a huge ball. It is claimed that the bite of a venomous snake is not poisonous when it i? awakened from â- \ winter sleep. This has not been nroved fully yet. Even plants and vegetation hiber- nate. All of us know that flowers and weeds disappear in winter but ^row up out of the ground again in â- spring- The seed will live for years- Winter is the time for hibernating and sleeping by many animals and plants, and sipring i's the time for awakening nnd growing and living- 1 ^ ;.^.^lTIel r ish at Gravenhurst During tire downpour of riin at noon one day recently. Bill Lacroix, employed at the Rubberset Company Limited, got the surprise of hi; life while crossing the street at the Potet Office corner when a Small fish about two and half inches in length came down from Uie clouds and l-anded in the crown of his hat- The fish was alive and wiggled around on the wet pavement before Bil! picked it up and brought it to tht Banner Office- He waS not neai- any building at the time- All lakes and streams around here are covered with ice- About an hour before this happened an aeroplane passed high over the town. There were no birds or se>a gulls arouml. The fish ju^t dropped out of the air with a whack on his hat- Where did it come from 7 I Another fish longer than Bill's land- ed on the pavement a block away up I the street about the same time- ! Where did it come from ? Sounds a I little fishy, but it'^ the real truth- I The fish resemibles a lake trout min- i now. Come, on fishi^rmen! Let's hear your version! â€" Gravenhu-fst i Panner. F, R. Oliver Possible As Ontario Liberal Leader The question of a new leader f«r the Ontario Liberal Party promiMS to be the chief topic at the annual meeting of the Ontario Liberal As- sociation tentatively Scheduled fox April 26th in Toronto. However, ISbm actual choice of a leader is not likelj to be made until a convention is sum- moned for that purpose, Liberal circles say- The provincial leadership of the party has been vacant since Mitchell F- Hepburn resigned last Sumiim> following his defeat in the June 4th. Ontario election. Mr. Hepburn had been appointed on the eve of th« election campaigrn at a meeting of the association executi-'e and Libera] members of the Legislature and Parliament- He succeeded Harry C- Nixon, Liberal member for Brant IB the Legislature. At present Farquhar R. OlirWi mem'ber for Grey South in the Legife- lature, is house leader for he party's 11-man opposition group. He is on« of those mentioned as possible pro- vincial leaders- Another ife Harry S. Hamilton of Sault Ste- Marie, Ont., a former Federal member for Algoma West and a past president of th« Association. Younger members are said to favor William Benedickteon. member of Parliament for Kenora- Rainy River- Marjory Brackenbury Was t Of Honor Monday *us A social evening was held held on Monday at the home of Mr- and Mrs. Frank Teeter in honor of Miss Mar- jorie Brackenbury, who is leaving next week to train as a nurse in St. Joseph's hospital. Miss Velma Sew- ell read the addretes and Bobby Teeter made the presentation of a purse of money. Marjorie thaniked the gathering, expressing her appre- ciation of the gift. Progreteeive euhre was played and Mrs- D- W. Adams was winner of the ladies' prize and Don Banks the men's prize, while Mrs. Gordon Long received the consolation prize. Following the skating party on Thursday night last, Marjorie was the recipient of an engraved comb and mirror set from the C-G.I-T., of which she was an active member. Wilma Williams read the address and Joan Turney made the presenta- to w'hich Marjorie replied in a very pleasing manner- • SoUiers Arriving This Week Soldiers arriving home this week are as follows: On the Queen Elizabeth â€" Pte- Bob Dargavel, Pte. R- G- Pallitetes, dpi- Don Carson. On the Aquitania â€" Pte. E. G. Croft, Rock Mills, and Spr. A. S. Mills of Feversham. CPL. MERVYN JOHNSON HOME Cpl. Mervyn Johnfeon. son of Mr. Geo. Johnson, arrived home last week on the Isle de Fi-ance and ia visiting at his home at present- Cpl. Johnson enlisted with the Ordnance Corps four year's ago and spent over two years on the West Coast and wont overseas in the fall of 1044i seeing action with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in Germany- Wbittaker â€" Muir St- John's Parsonage. Flesherton. was the scene of a quiet ceremony on Saturday ;ifernoon. January 26th> when .-^lice E- Muir- youngest daugh- ter of Peter Muir- Ceylon, and the late Mrs. Muir. was united in mar- riage to John H Whittaker of Dun- dalk. Rev. Dr. Andrew Thomson officiating. The bride wore a fuschia twool dressmaker isuit- with black hat and accessories, and corsage of carna- tions and fern. The bridesm-aid. Mis* Lottie Whittaker, igister of th« groom, chose a navy ensemble and wore a similar corsage. Mr. Stewart Muir. brother of the bride, acted «8 best man. .A reception for the immedJatt fpriMei! was held at the home of Wv '^ri(l«», after \s^hich the newly- wd-s left on n short honeymoon.