^l)je trlixn %ht^mu^ VOL. 56; NO. 4 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1936 W. H. THURSTON & SON, Proprietors •^r. *%H V y. ^- X Home After 19 Years Mr. and Mrs. Victor Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. H. Peskett and daughter. Roberta Jean, of Dauphin Man., spent a few days the past week visiting relatives here. They had motored east to attend the wedding of Mildred, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Phillips of Hamilton, and Mr. John Paichney, which took place early in June. On the return trip they in- tend to visit the quintuplets while on the northern motor route. The last visit Victor made to the old town was when he was invalided home from overseas in 1917. .\t present he is conducting an apiary at Dauphin and is also engaged in t'a'i bee supply bus- iness. Centre Grey W. I. Elects Officers Over two hundred delegates, re- presenting twenty-two branches, at- tended the annual meeting of Centre Grey Women's Institute held at Dun- dalk last Friday. Mrs. W. Swanton of Markdale presided. Miss Derwin spoke on "girls work." while Miss S. Lister addressed the afternoon assem- bly on "program planning." Mrs. Fred Pluss of Clarksburg gave a short ad- dress on temperance urging that the electors be given an opportunity of voting on the beer room question as a separate issue from politics. JThe meeting passed a resolution to this affect. New officers were elected as fol- lows: President, Mrs. Fred Stafford, Williamsf orjj ; Vice-President, Mrs.' F: Fell, Hopeville; Mrs. G. E. Wright Qarksburg; Mrs. James Dargavel, Flesherton; Mrs. R. N. White, Mea- ford; Secretary, Mrs. W. A. Hawken, Flesherton; representative to county convention, Mrs. F. Stafford, Will- iamsford; representative to Federa- tion, Mrs. W. Swanton, Markdale, and Mrs. F. Stafford, Williamsford. Next year's meeting will be held at New England near Markdale. House of Commons Repeals Section 98 The last week is the best week of the whole session. No one could charge the members with duiness or boredom this week, they kept alert and interested even through long ait- tings and humid atmosphere. It was encouraging. Something might come of this Parliament yet â€" who knows 7 Mr. Pouliot, the obstreperous mem- ber for FTemiscouata, got in very wrong with Mr. Cahan by refering to him as a "White Russian." The massive and venerable Montreal mem- ber said he would rather leave the House than put up with the taunts of Mr. Pouliot. If the Speaker cannot keep him in order, then Mr. Cahan says he will apply physical force out- side the House. If he carries out his threat I venture to say it will empty the House more competely than the broadcasting of the Louis-Schmeling fight did! An Interesting Caller ROCK MILL'S LADIES' AID The June meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Sam Shier on Wednes- d»y ♦>he 17th. Twelve members and two visitors were present. The meet- ing opened by reading the 24th chap- ter of St. Luke. "Take the name of Jesus with you," was sung, followed by the Lord's Prayer. C/ollection a- mounted to $6.72. It was decided to postpone the garden party until later. The meeting closed by singing, "There is Life for a look at the Crucified One," after which lunch was served. ENGAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Acheson of Proton Station announce the engage- ment of their daughter, Emily Eliza- beth to Mr. Lome E. Nichols, St. Thomas, son of the late M. C. and Mrs. Nichols of Coburg, Ont. The marriage will take place in July. No matter how much you aim to please, you are pretty sure to make a lot of bum shots. ♦•><»<"><}"!^>«K~x«<>«:~x~!">«x~:~:«*«:-> X X X ? Pianos $49.50. These piano* X have been gone over by an ex- ^ pert and are in Al shape; ♦ Dressers as low as $4.75; Bed 5. and Springs $3; Dining Suite, X table and 6 leather bound chairs 'f and buffet $23; Victrolaa $5; Records 12 for $1; Sewing Ma- chine, drop head $10. USED FURNITURE Hirry Thornbury | R.R. 1 SINGHAMPTON, Ont. The Liberal government have once more moved for the removal of Sec- tion 98 from the Criminal Code. Quite sensibly Mr. Lapointe argued that it did not prevent communists anyhow, and said "Laws that are not favoured by public do not achieve any good. Cim Buck served a prison sentence because he was a communist, but he was still one when he was released after serving half his sentence, and has since held large meetings in the cities and run for parliament in Win- nipeg. Mr. Lapointe claimed the section was left-over of war time hysteria, that no other country imposed a max- imum of twenty years imprisonment for such offences. Mr. Bennett was more alarmed about the com- munist menace and offered to take Mr. Lapointe through the city of Ot- tawa to show him where communist activities flourished. I cannot think of a more amusing scene than these two distinguished and prosperous - looking Parliamentarians going about in dark and narrow streets looking for communists. We are to be de- prived of the entertainment however, because the invitation was not accept- ed. Although Section 98 was eliminated, the new amendments stiffen the sec- tions dealing with sedition. In this connection Mr. Woodsworth pointed out that a hundred years ago in On tario an agitator, an immigrant by the name of William Lyon Mackenzie, published a paper that had very harsh things to say about the Government. He later led a revolt. The Woods- worths of that day stood with Eger- ton agrainst the rebel, and here Mr. Lapointe interjected: "Shame!" How- ever this did not prevent J. S. Woods- worth from telling the House that he trea-^sured his grandfather's sword "with which he joined some of the loyal citizens who were armed in 1837 to keep Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie in order." Mr. Bennett commented: "His descendant is not doing badly in that regard." followed by a hearty "Hear, hear," from Mr. Lapointe. WTiat a difference a hundred years make! Mr. Robert Plantt of Eugenia called on The Advance last Thursday and in- trigued us with his reminiscences of bygone years. Mr. Plantt is now 82 years of age and has lived in this township since early youth. For fourteen years he held the office of County Constable for Grey County and is able to reminisce very enter- tainingly on the law as it was ad- ministered a few years ago. For in- stance he had 58 cases before James McMullen, J P., under the Lord's Day .A.ct and only lost one of them. Most of these cases were for Sunday fish- ing in the Hydro pond shortly after it was made. This old veteran of- ficial says that things are now much different, and everything is at loose ends. Three weeks ago last Sunday he counted 55 men and women "roost- ing" on the Hydro dam at Eugenia with fishing poles in their hands. And this goes on while our chui-chee ars largely deserted. It is a dark pic- ture. Who dare say it is improve- ment on the older days when the pioneers kept sacred the injunction to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." The solid christian qualities of our forefathers are be- coming forgotten and replaced by â€" What? Late Matthew Leech Flesherton Old Boys ' Quebec Dealer Won Mathew Henry Brownrich Leech, 75 years of age passed away at his home at Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Wednesday, June 10th, after a brief illnes.s. He was born at Inistoge, where he farmed till coming to Kind- ersley in 1911. Surviving are his widow, one daughter, Mrs. W, B. Shaw of Carbon, Alta, also one broth- er, George Leech, Toronto. The funeral services were held at St. Paul's United Church, on Friday, conducted by Rev. R. G. Carruthers: The pallbearers were Messrs, C. C. To Hold Picnic Here The Toronto secretary of Flesher- ton Old Boy's and Girl's Association wi-ites The .Advance as follows: A very pleasant afternoon was spent by Flesherton Old Boys and Gii'ls Association Executive officers and members, at the spacious grounds of Mr. and Mrs. -Allan Houden at Clairville, Ont., Saturday afternoon Often on the winning end of a wager. General Sales Manager C. E, McTavish, of General Motors Product* of Canada, Limited, sometimes loses out, even as you and I. Seldom ia • bet as gladly paid as the one which Mr. McTavisli recently journeyed to Quebec City to settle. It seems that last Autunui, when Quebec dealer* were at Oshawa, Ontario, for the in- troduction of 1930 McLauiihlin-Buick, Mr. Francois Jobin, president of Auv- last. The attendance was somewhat, , , , ,• ^ u .. ,. • »â- 1 1 .Ui. ,. 1 1, {lomobiles Incorpoi-ated distributor of disappointing, due no doubt to lack oii .. . . ,. „ , , „ .. . . . o o . „. o transportation, but those who were ^l^Laughl.n-Buick and Po"t'ao can^ Reid, C. R. S Stewart. L. Wyman R. j f^,.^„„^,^ ^„„^ ^ ^ ^^ , ^„j made a wager with Mr^ McTavish. Ha Cavanagh, W. R. Phillips. C. W,n- ed the afternoon and evening immen-j ^«'d if he did not before Christma. chall. Interment took place in Kind- ^^j sell more .McLaughlin-Buick cars than ersley cemetery. ' ^^ ,„^,^^^. ^^ ^^^^^.^^ „„,, ,.^g„,^, he had sold in the previous 12 naonth* Floral offerings were as follows, [ j^.,,;^, ^^^ ^j^^ discussed at the con- h« wou d buy Mr. McTavish a dinner. Fred Brag, A. Walman, Miss Webb, j ^,^^j„„ „^ ,^,_, , .,„„„,,„„„=„...! Tie sales manager took him up, but Mr. and .Mrs. Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. S. Stewart and Vilda; Mr. and Hair Torn Off Bert Wright of Feversham had a narrow escape from serious injury one day last^eek wh i his hair came into contact with the spindle on the cream separator, a." he was in the act of taking a pail from the milk spout. He became conscious of what was occurring almost at once and jerked his head free, losing consider- able hair before it bar', wound tightly onto the spindle. He was fortunate to escape a more serious Injury. Mr.-^. 0. S. Smith and family; Jubilee L. 0, B. A. No. 75fi, Mrs. Leech, Mrs. Stockdale, M. Hiekey, Miss CaUler. Mr. and Mrs. Pfeeffer and family: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McLean; Mr. and Mrs. Wyman and family Mr. and Mrs. A, Turnbuoll: Mr. and Mi-s. S. J. Adams and family. St. John's W. M. S. sion of the sumptuous luncheon ser- ved by the ladies and it was unan- imously decided to accept the kind invitation from the Flesherton Branch of the .Association to picnic there, and a meeting will shortly \ye arranged between the Flesherton and Toronto i Committees to complete the details. { ^^'^^ei I We also discussed the matter of a 1 I grant to the Memorial Fund now be- I ing raised in Flesherton, and it was I decided to issue invitations to all on I our mailing list to contribute to such a fund, and this will be <ione this Mr. Jobin won easily, by going 25 per cent higher than the mark he had set for himself. So. Mr. McTavish went to Quebec and was host to the whole staff of .Automobile,, Incorporated. Incidentally, there will be another about the 1937 models, Mr. Jobin says. M.WWELL TRIUMPHS IN M.\PLE VALLEY GA.MB Maxwell slugged their way to a li) â€" 2 victory over Maple Valley at The W. -M. S. met in St. John's Un ited church on Wednesday of last; St.. Toronto, or the Secretary. Burton week with Mrs. Cargoe in the chair. | E. Field, o.*! Yonge St.. Toronto. Ont. After a Hymn was sung, Mrs. Cargo.? Quite a number have already express.- read several passages of scripture and : ed their desire to co-operate in swell- Mrs. Alexander read the devotional, ingr this fund and it is hoped that we leaflet, "The Fellowship created by , may be successful in adding consider- the Spirit of Jesus." j able to the amount already collected Mrs. Inkster read "Such as I have. ' in Plesherton. coming week, donations to be sent to, â„¢, , , • , i Dr. F. W. Murrav, Treas., 220 Carlton '1^^ 1"^=^ '"«' Thursday, which mark- Two Months In Jail Melbourne Phillips of .Aijtemesia township appeared in Police Court in I Owen Sound on June 17th to answer to a charge of keeping liquor for sale, to which he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to two months in jail. The charge followed a search of the premises by Constables Cooke of Flesherton and Seibert of Meaford on June 10th, when nine 40 ounce bottles of spirits and 36 bottles of beer were seized. The judges of the Supreme Court in their scarlet and ermine, faced a crowded Court when Mr. Chief Jus- tice Duff read their judgment on the many pieces of legislation submitted to them for their opinion as to val- idity. The Mackenzie King govern- ment very shortly after the election last fall referr^ the major reforms of Mr. Bennett's government to the Supreme Court. Then, which seems odd to the unintiated. Counsel for the Federal government argued in favour of all the legislation submitted, with the provinces presenting the case a- gainst it, though each province did not oppose ^very piece of legislation. 'The Reference was the longest and (Continued on Pare 4) WHEN YOUR CAR BLOWS A TIRE Clearing Sale Of Spring Millinery \ "i X I Friday & Saturday, June 26 & 27 | X A whole table full of Hats, reg, price as high as $4,50. S X X I take your choice at $2.00 i Mrs. Wm. Miller I FLESHERTON ONT.VRIO I When a tire of your car blows out when you are going at a good speed what should you do. Would yoo rather have a front or a back tire blow out, if you must have one or the other do so? The Canadian Motorist has investi- gated these questions and quotes the testimony of two racing drivers. Tom- my Milton and Pete De Paolo, both with driving records. When a tire blows, be it a front or a back tire, Mr. Milton states that most drivers are very prone to over- »te«r and when thev do it is very easy to overturn- the car. Every- body does a lot of frantic and un- necessary steering and use brakes to their own inAu'y. He ithinks he would rather blow a rear tire than a front. This opinion most motorists will ac- cept, agrees the Star Weekly. Mr. De Paolo considers that front tire blowout is more hazardous than a rear, and that one's best tires should be on the front wheels. When a blow-out occurs, he says the noise of it excites the driver, but he should rest content with firming his grip on the wheel, and if he applies the brakes he should do so very, very gently. The editor of the Motorist recalls that Malcolm Campbell, the greatest of racers, having a blowout, did not use his brakes, but held his course, until he could reduce his speed, and in a skid he steps on the accelera- tor to bring him out of it. All such performances are, perhaps, beyond the skill of ordinary drivers. But it is no doubt true that the habit of using the brakes whenever a dri- ver is startled causes many accidents. give I unto Thee." "In Christ there ' is no East or West," was sung, and , Mrs. Scott took the chair. The min- utes of the last meeting were read, I passed and signed. Mrs. W. I.ikster and Mrs. F. W. Duncan were the only Heralds who responded, Mrs. John i Wright reported that the bale had [ Deen packed and delivered to the prop- , er authorities in Owen Sound. The : roll was called and fifteen members responded. The collection was re- ; ceived and >irs. Scott pronounced the . Benediction. i Mrs. W. I. Henry and Mrs, Cargoe j on behalf of the au.xiliary presented Mrs. Scott with an electric bed lamp ; and a silver entree dish. Mrs, Scott | who has been President of the Aux- | iliary for six and one half years was i •isibly affected but thanked the aux- iliary very warmly for the gifts. .A lavish lunch wa.« enjoyed after the meeting by a large number of vis- itors and members. Sincerely yours, BURTON E. FIELD Secretary. Durham Won First PRICE NEWSPAPER MEN PAY ENGAGEMENT Mr, and Mrs. Albert C. Tuck, Clif- ford, Ontario, announce the engage- ment of their only daughter, Isabel to Mn Clifford E. Hincks, Hudson, Ont- ario, youngest son of Mr. David Hincks and the late Mrs. Hincks, Priceville, Ontario. The marriage to take place the second week in July. Newspapermen are required in their work to attend a great many meetings of various bodies â€" cily coun- cils, council committees, school boards, hospital boards, service clubs, frater- nal societies, women's organizations â€"in fact every organization of any note is bound to have a reporter at one of its gatherings .-oine time or another. In these meetings there is one thing which every reporter expectsâ€" that much of the time to be spent covering the meeting will be wasted. Discus- sion on trivialities will occupy hours, while important questions will be set- tled in a matter of minutes. Some t>ersoiis will commence an oration on his pet ambition or pet peeve and the thing is started. It goes on and on, until the subject is talked out, and that sometimes takes hours. Greatly at fault in moat cases are lax chairmen who permit useless talk to drag on and on. But then there are others, the men and women who ,vin a reporters admiration by limit- ing talk on trivial matters to a min- imum. Unfortunately they are few ind far between. It isn't only reporters who become bored at long winded speeches about nothing. Men and women who might some day be eligible for offices m var. ious organizations come to a few meetaigs and then stay away. Some- time Or another they are asked to take office or work on a committee, and they think: "Why should I waste my time listening to those windbags?" and often capable workers are lost. No single organization can be pick- ed out for censure in this matter. All are offenders at some time, and when their meetings become long, dull gab- feats, then interest begins to wane and the first thing they know they have failed out of existence. Long-winded oratory doesn't very often help a situatioi, and it kills In- terest in what otherwise might be popular organizations. Work can be done just as efficiently with less talk. Durham defeated Flesherton 13 â€" 5 in the second clash of the baseball season, and the first game of the schedule played at the agricultural grounds, Flesherton, on Thursday of last week. Durham were able to g«t an overwhelming lead on the home boys in the first three innings with 13 runs being made to Fesher- ton's 0, 5 in the 1st and 2nd innings and 3 in the 3rd, but Flesherton de- cided it was time to get down to brass tacks and smartly stopped the run- away Durham team and held them down to a runless 4 innings, while Fesherton were able to bring in 5 runs, three in the 4th inning, by Phil- lips. M,cTavish and Hutton. one in the 6th by McTavish and another in the "th by Mclvillop, McKillop making a home run on a line drive over the right field fence, but the umpire de- cided that 2 bases were plenty for him. Dargavel taking the pitchers box ill the 3rd inning and Hutton replaced McFa<lden as catcher, play- ed a wonderful game and were ehief- Iv instrumental in the no run four innings on Durham. FLESHERTON â€" Smith If ss, Pat- ton rf, Wauchope ss. Phillips p cf, McFaddeii c, McTavish 2, Betts 1. Gorrell 3, Dargavel cf, p, R. Hutton c. McKillop If. and H. Hutton. DURHAM â€" McGirr rf. Dickson If, Snider ss. Taylor 3. Dean c, Cas- sidy 2. Burnett If. Bugler p, McLean p, Snell c, Murdock 3, Noble rf. ed the end of a four game losing streak. 'The winners scored 10 runs in the I first four innings on a barage of hits showing all the punch they lacked in the last three games. Gibson and Taylor pitched for the losers, and very unique pitchers they are, threw good ball but their team mates cracked wide orlen, making some costly errors. Bushel 1 and Sled who did the heav- ing for Maxwell were in fine form, breezing along in great style, with a complete shut out in sight, bat with a slight slip in the out field the Vall- ey scored their only 2 runs of the game. Umpires, Hugh Bailey, Norm Stew- art. "But. officer," she protested when he ordered the removal of her small car from the parking-place she had sele«ted, "it is in nobody's way and after all. this is only a cul-de-sac." "It doesn't matter," the constable replied, 'what kind of a car it is. You can't leave it here. Miss." A 3-ACT PLAY The young people of Price- ville United church will pre>^ ent their 3-.\ct plav. "A Wild Flower of the Hills." in ihC church. <in Monday, June 29, at 8.30 p.m. .Admission 2?i: and 15c. F.everybody come. FLESHERTON OLD BOYS AND GIRLS MEETING C.\LLED A good attendance of the Flesher- ton Old Boys and Girls is requested at a meeting on Monday. June 2^. at the Munshaw House, to make ar- rangements for the Old Home Picnic. Anniversary Services in St. Andrews Presbyterian church, Priceville, Sunday^ July 5. GARDEN PARTY Monday, July 6, (M1 the agri- cultural grounds. Good pro- gram h\- the Duncan Mor- rison troupe of Owen Sound. Supper .served from 6 to 8 o- \-\ock. .\dmission 3^ and 20 cents Our Funeral Chapel Service at No Extra Oliaigo A dienified Dcrsonal foneml nervlee. Available i'K all uarts V* Toronto and suburbs at orices to snit the income ut eTery fann* Bates and Maddocks Burial Co. Fred Maddocks Richard Maddocks, Mgr. KI. 43 4 4.3 45« 1 84 AVBNUE ROAD One Block 9onth Davennort Road