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THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2?, 1931 /" . . .' . . . - " Save $3 on Purchase $6 Clock 1 1 A GREAT PROFIT-SHARING PLAN FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Every time you make a cash purchase at our store during the above sale date 1 , have the amount indicated on a given card, and when it is traded out in full you are entitled to one of 'the $6.00 Clocks for only $2.98. Trade $10.00 at our store and get one of these $6.00 Clocks for only $2.98. Every Clock is guaranteed for one year. They are made by the Gilbert Clock Co. and are carefully ad- justed by experienced workmen. If instructions which come with each clock are followed, these clocks can be relied upon to keep accurate time for many years. Never before has a clock like this been offered for such a low price. These clocks will not be offered for sale in our store at this low price only during the special sale printed on this card. W. G. Kennedy Flesherton, Ont. Paving Work Is Progressing Rapidly It is expected that the actual pav- ing work on the streets will commence this week end at the eastern term- inus of the proposed cement road. The forms are being laid at present in readiness of the cement laying. The big shovel operated by a gas- oline engine, commenced the excavat- ion work on Thursday afternoon and Tuesday evening they had completed thoi>- nm,.b> rim-Ham <.,i,) rniiina-- phail's interference when she is re- wood streets. The large hill in ceivin a sessional allowance of $4, front of the 0. W. Phillip's residence for her services in the House of Mis* Macpbaii Explains, LOCAL IMPROVEMENT NOTICE In an Eastern weekly paper an item headed "Miss Macphail Again" recounted the indignation of the Grey County Council at a petition signed by me and other members of the United Farm Women's Club at Flesh- erton suggesting a. 10 per cent cut in the sessional allowance on the sal- aries ai' all county officials and wages of men employed on county roads. The report goes on to say: The mem- 1. TAKE NOTICE that the Coun- The special assessment is to be paid cil of the Corporation of the Village of Flesherton, intends to construct as lotl improvements the works set out below in column 1, on the streets set .11 . j i, I " wl n vl mtr iiitimiei in WHICH H nils L? el '" P. 01 ." 1 ?" r:.^ 6 ! 1 . h *!>een undertaken, may be made pur- in twenty annual instalments. 3. A PETITION to the said Coun- cil will not avail to prevent its con- struction, but a petition against the manner in which it has intends to specially assess - part of the cost upon the land abutting dir- ectly on the work. 2. THE estimated cost of each work is set out opposite the respect- , , . . - r . wvizx 10 set/ UUI- vlffJUMM Hit? WBVWZV ben, were much incensed at Miss Mae- 1 ive works in co lumn 5. and the por- ' on Durham street was cut back fif- teen feet and only three hours were Commons and is not returning any of her pay to the Federal Treasury.' consumed in the work. Tha material ' l llon>t wond er they were incensed. taken from the road is being used ! The stol 'y & oes like this: at the last to make hills on the side streets of m tin S of the Farm Women's Club the village, a splendid opportunity beforo th s session began, a resolution ot improve these streets at no extra v ' as introduced as'..ing for decreased cost to the village. Local labor has been used on the drainage work as far as possible, but a number of men were brought up from Toronto to hasten it along. cxpenditurc-s on road building, etc. and a cut of lOper cent in as I it, of township offu-ial . Local and Persona! Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Holland are this week holidaying at Alcona Beach. D-.'. and Mrs. E. C. Murray and Betty of Southhampton. Mr. and Mrs. W G Kennedy and son, Jack, are holidaying at Marm- ora. Roy McCauley and son, Jack, vis- ited on Tuesday with the former's mother hre. Mrs. J. Thaake and son, Harold, of Hamilton are visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stewart. The berry picking season is at its height at present with the crop a very fair one. Mr. and Mrs. O. Mitchell and fam- ily are spending the week at Wasaga B<>aeh. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thurston spent the past week with their daughter at Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. L. McCracken and family spent the week end at Elm- vale. Mr. Geo. Cairns of Wadena, Sask., arrived on Monday to join his family for a month's holiday. Master Don Blackburn of Toronto is spending a couple of weeks with his cousin, Emery Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McAleer of Hammond, Ind., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mitchell and also with Meaford friends. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kellar, son, Kenneth, and Miss Dorothy LeGarde of Toronto spent the week end in town. Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCowell of Toronto are spending a couple ot weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. John- son and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Meads and little son of Toronto spent the past few days with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Meads. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Blackburn and son, Donald.of Toronto are the guests 'Of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fisher and the former's lather, Mr. John Blackburn. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Adams and two children are spending a couple of weeks with the .former's mother, Mrs. J. C. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. John Lahmeyer of Fort Wayne, Indiana, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stinson during the p?st we^k. Miss Olivp Field and Mr. Wallace Brydon of Toronto -spent their holi- days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .Jo-*. Field. Mr. L. G. Wells, editor of the Dres- den Times, with hi-a wife and family are holidaying at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Wm. Gas well. TO YOU ? Ay P.C.1 Time: 5 p.m. Sunday. Place: Kingston Road, 15 miles out of Toronto, com- ing wes/ about half a mile of cars mov- ing very slowly and more cars joining the procession every minute. Brakes screeching, horns honking, heads thrust out of windows. I Hashed up to the head of the line . . . and got him with the goods. 10 miles an hour he was driving. I steered him onto a wide spot off the road and I told him . . . plenty!!! Says I, "How do you know there wasn't a doctor in that line going on an emergency call?" "Anyhow, what's the idea of hold- ing up several hundred people just because you waTit to dawdle along 'till Church tima?" Funny thing was he didn't realize he was doing wrong . . . . they never do. Didn't know he was insulting every other driver on the road . . . they don't think of 'h-t. But I'll bet he will give others a little consideration hereafter. h' ho doesn't . . . well, for his sake, and the sake of all the rest of us, let's be hopeful. COWS DIE FROM POISONING Two valuable cows of the Weller herd at Duncan were poisoned one day last week when they reached through a wire fence and got a can of paris green. The cows had been placed out of regular pasture for the night, while some fences were being repaired, and the poison, used for killing potato bug.?, was left at the side of the patch, within roach of the animals. Enterprise. Civic Holiday Monday Take notice that Monday, August 3rd has been declared a public holi- day for the Village of Flesherton. H. A. MC CAULEY. Reeve. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sanderson, Wroxtor, Ontario, announce the en- gagement '.of thtf.r daughter, Eliz- abeth Mary, to Mr. Hugh Harold Mercer, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Merr-;- of Markdale, Ontario, the marriage to take place in August. BORN McMASTER. In the Markdale hospital on Monday, July 27th, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred R. McMas- ter the gift of a daughter, Roberta Loraine. PERKINS In Markdale, on Thurs- day, July 16th, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Perkins, a son James Wayne. TORONTO LINE NORTH Mrs. J. A. Lever, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gerald Morgan, near Palmerston, returned home Sunday. Miss Agnes Irwin of Orangevillo spent the week end at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Dillane and Misse-s L. and M. Ritchie of Palmerston vis- ited on Sunday with their cousin, Mrs. Thos. Lever. Mr. and Mrs. John Yeadell and Mr. nd Mrs. W. Clugston, of Rocklyn vis- ited at R. Richardson's on Sunday. Mr. and Mi-.-.. A. McLean of Wiarren, Ohio, were visitors at E. Wicken's last I nv.de net one speech, but several, Ppinti] ; the small recompense towj i officials receive, which in my opinion did not pay them for the loss of time at home. I remem- ber recalling 1 to the mover of the resolution the fact "that her fathei had long served a Grey township, which experience pui her in a splen- did position to know how little the pay amounted t \ I am confident, had the County Council listened in, they would have felt I left little un- i-aij from their ;-,oint of view, in fact I seem persuaded several of the women that I was not in sympathy with the farmer who lias to pay the bill. I was, and to show it,, stated my willingness to support the motion if the part about the salaries was dropped. These are fearfully difficult days for farmers and unless the price of agricultural products rises, all ex- penses which they have to meet must bo lowered. to Section 8. of THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ACT, to the Railway and Municipal Board, by a majority of the owners representing at least one-half of the value of the lots which are to be specially assessed therefor. 4. A By-law for undertaking the tion of the cost which is to be borne work will be considered bv the Coun- by the Corporation is set out opposite cil at a meeting to be held on the the respective works in column 7. 1 20tn tla y of August, 11)31. Column 1 Works Street From To 567 Munic. Est. cost Est. Por 1 ' n per foot Cost of cost front Church Softball League The first Softball games of the Young People's Mixed League and ail girls teams, were played in Flesher- ton on Friday evening last, between Flesherton and Dundalk. Three teams hav e entered into the competi- tion, Markdale, Fleshertan and Dan- dalk, the winning team to receive the shield. The mixed teams played at 5 p.m., the score resulting in a 6-3 win for Flesherton. The girls played after this, but Dundalk had the best of the pay and won by a large score. Concrete Pavement Concrete Pavement with Curb Concrete Pavement with Curb Concrete Pavement with Curb Concrete Pavement .vith Curb Concerto P.ivoment with Curb Concrete Pavement Concrete Pavement with Curb Concrete Pavement with Curb Concrete Pavement with Curb Concrete Pavement with Curb Collingwood Street Collingwood Street 32 feet. Victoria East side of U'yitt Street East .--idc Levitt St. 187.00 $ 123.95 30.041 201.3 ft. west of Mary St. 1-140 S24.69 0.907 Collingwood Street Collingwood Street 201.3 Feet 3 4.2 ft. west of West of p ytel . gt 27(;8 Mary St 0.8.00 1924.94 1.193 :M.2 Feet Wast of Peter St. Cnllingwood 87 Feet and East of Durham Sts. Toronto St 87 ft. east of Toronto St. 2664.00 West side of Hill St. 3880.00 2002.U6 1.395 2666.58 1.604 Durham Street Durham Street Sydenham Street 4'' Sydenham Street Wl-t Sicil! of Hill Street West of West Side of Hill St. Margaret Street west of Alice St. 4321.00 2408.00 1.77 154.3 Feet North of 725.2 ft. west nf West side AH. eSt. 192.00 154.3 ft.North of North side of Colling'd St. 2400.00 North Side of North Side of Colling'd St. 1392.00 Collingwood St. 96.00 0.087 1587.02 0.838 796.99 1.799 Toronto Street Toronto Street South side 276.3 ftSouth of Collinervvood Colling'd St. 2456.00 1544.99 1 715 Street 276.3 feet South of Collingwood St. DATED this 14th day of July, 1931 Campbell Street 4446.00 3034.49 0.920 W. J. BELLAMY. Clerk "When I am dead and my neighbors we are held in the community. The come to my door with regret and sym- pathy, do not let any of them in the house, because I have lived here for years, lonely and forlorn and shut in. and not one of them has dropped in to cheer or comfort me. If they offer their cars for the funeral, refiv.e them, because they never asked me to take a ride, though they must have known how much an invalid would enjoy getting out. Do not let them lay a flower on my coffin, for they words we hungered and thirsted to hear, the love that we broke our hearts for, and only whispered into deaf ears. Ailsa Craig Banner. An Old Gas Tank The first gasoline tank to beoperat- ed in Flesherton was brought to the surface the other day. Mr. F. W. Duncan installed the tank and pump gave me a single bloom in ' close to twcnt >' years ago and it has never life." Now this woman's neighbors j h "' n in constant use until the past the! are not especially hard or heartless ! eo "Ple of years. It will revert to the people, eng! o.-ised in thair own affairs i 1)f a ll)We1 ' f <>'' namely, Rev. G. S. Smith of Meal'oril, also Mr. nnd Mrs. Geo. McNally of Toronto visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. E. Wicker's. We are glad to learn ' that Mrs. Robt. Richardson, who has been on j Hshing game, the sick list is improving. Mr. Ed. Richardson of Toronto is with his brothr, Robt. here. Mr. and Mrs. E. Wickens "*anc! daughter, Marion, wore visitor:! with Durham f-icnds. Mr. Nelson Cronin of Toronto is engaged working for Mr. Thos. Lcv?r at the cement work. Visiting Parents Mr. Hugh Pedlar, editor rf erahl, and Mrs. Pedlar ar- , , . , lived on Monday to the bedside of even as you and I And when th -y roil1 "'' millt> the woi ' s c if its sojourn his mother, Mrs. Wm. Pedlar, who u near that the poop invali(1 , lc .,. oss tiu , under ground. seriously ill. We were pleased to have a call on Tuesday from Hugh. as he is a graduate of this o.'Tiop, who has made a success at the pub- street dead, Ihey will bo con- WE HAVE TO DIE TO FIND OUT A noo" * ; ck woimn \vhc;e suffpr- im; had made hor a little morbid. made Moved Hydro Poles Tbo large hyilio pole ai the main corner in town was moved on Monday ; :'ien<v striken at having failed in kindness to her. and they will rush over to her bouse and try lo atom- for their neglec-t by heaping their tributes on h-.-r bier. We all dn flic ?:nne thing, and I a ft en think uftenoon two feel and will be on tho tiint the most Cynical !hin;r in the nsidc of the curb at that point. Two world is that we have to die to find , other hydro poles were also moved oiU what, our.- family and .Vieiitis back from the road line in front at IL inous request to a fricnti: , ihink of us and the esteem in which A. McCauloy's resident. Mitchell are:- Mrs. R. T McGirr of Moose Jaw, Sask., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bell of Utokia and Miss Lill-, ian Bunt of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. R. Manning, Mr. Rupert and Miss Isobel Amos, and Mrs. J. C. Milne of Toronto were week end visitors at Closewood with Miss Hewett and Gordon. Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Scott and family left on Tuesday for a five week's holiday. Rev. Bennett will take the morning service the next two Sundays, the evening service being withdrawn. Recent visitprs with Mr. and Mrs. P. H. W. Hickling were: ME. and Mrs. J W. Arm-strong and Ernest of Toi'onto, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Smith of the Soo and Misses Dorothy and Alice Armstrong of Meaford, AKTEMESIA VOTERS LIST 1931 Notice is hereby given that I have complied with sec. 7 of the Voters' List Act and that I have posted up at my office at Flesherton on the 21st day of July, 1931, the list of all persons entitled to vote in the said municipality at municipal elections and that such list remains there for inspection. And I hereby call upon all voters lo take immediate proceedings to have any errors or omisions corrected according to law, the last day Ifbt appeal being the third day of August, 1931. Dated July 27th, 1931. W. J. BELLAMY, Clerk. INSURANCE See us or phone regarding your ! automobile, Cargo, Accident and Sickness Insurance. Guarantee bonds plate glass, and fire insurance. Our rates are reasonable and we guaran- tee service and satisfaction. W. J. W. ARMSTRONG Licensed Agent YOUNG PEOPLE , Take this road to a A practical course ol Business Training at the NORTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE Owen Sound, Ontario. Write for Circular*. NORTHERN TRANSPORT CO., LIMITED Transport Pioneers of Highway No. 10 DAILY SERVICE Operating subject to government control. Insured under the Public Commercial Ve~ hide Act, Class A, Province' of Ontario G. F. BRACKENBURY, LOCAL AGENT Phones 61 and 51 r 4 FLESHERTON , SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF 5% ON ALL ORDERS TAKEN FROM JULY 15 TO AUGUST 15. BERGER "CLOTHES OF QUALITY" -Every suit specially cut and tailored to your individual measure. This discount applies to all this season's samples with - out exception. DINNER SETT BARGAIN NEW, COLORFUL, EXQUISITE ENGLISH SEMI PORCELAIN New shaocs - ive colorings - durable and adopted for c7e^ day Good assortment of pattei-ns. 94 piece Setts, Special $17.95. * F. H. W. HICKLING FLESHERTON, ONTARIO