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ifc:.. X VOL. 56; NO. 37 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937 W H. 'niURSTON & SON, Proprietor* ;•â- Â»â-  Jackrabbit Hunt Nearly 200 hunters from all over the countryside were .at Meaford on Saturday and bagged close to 275 jack rabbits, ranging in size from 12 to 16 pounds. They found ready sale, for buyers were on the job, with trucks. Prices ranged up to four cents a pound. The hunt was staged under the dir- ection of Claude Running, Clarks- i^'urg, E. N. Arthur and Grenville Cook of Meaford. Prizes went to Douglas Hindson, Meaford, with ten rabbits; second to Edward Ritchie of Shallow Lake with nine. 778 People Get Old Age Pension la Grey In April the Province of Ontario will take over full payment of Old Age Pensions throughout the prov- ince, thereby relieving the various counties of a heavy burden since the Pensions were first inaugurated in 1029. County Clerk Fred Ruthei-ford, who fyles all pensions claims for Grey County, reported last week that a tot- al of 1,52 applications for pensions had been rnade during the year 1936, with very few of these refused, probably less than a dozen in all. This was al- most a 30 per cent, increase over 1935 when there were 118 applications. This is merely an indication of how the number of pension recipients is stead- ily rising, a condition that no doubt prevails in other parts of the province as well. At the present time there is a total of 776 people in Grey receiving the pension and the payments to these are $12,758.82 every month of the year. The county bears 10 per cent, of this cost or $1,275.86 per month, making it $15,310.56 for the year. Entire cost of 776 pensioners for one year is $173,- 105.60 and that in Grey County alone. Looking over the list it was notice- ^.^^ ^^^^ ;„ ^^^ mortuary chapel in' while he didn't blame him for being a able that very few pensioner^ receive \ ^^^^^^^.^^ cemetery ' strong partisan, he did think it dis- Icss than the maximum payment of, ^he late Thomas Blakele.r was a ' qualified him to work in thi.« particu- $20 per month. In some cases where L^other of Mr. Joseph Blakeley of 'ar field whi,-h should b^ above and man and w,fe each receive the pension I t„wn. He leaves to mourn two ! apart from politics. brothers and one sister, and a family This looks like the pot calling the i-onsisting of his wife and seven child- | kettle black, since Mr. Bennett, pre- ren, four girls and thrpe boys, as follows: Elmo of Bakersfield, Calif.. Thos. A. Blakeley Buried Saturday Thomas Albert Blakeley, former highly respected business man of Flesherton, died suddenly in a Toron- to hospital where he had gone to have an X-ray on Wednesday evening of last week, the remains being broug'.it to Flesherton on Saturday. Service was held in St. John's United Church, conducted by Rev. G. R. Service, who ' uave a most comforting message to the .sorrowing relatives. Inr.crmcnt Urges Coins Struck For Coronation (By Miss MacphaiL M.P.) Usually these articles are dictated in my olfice on Saturday morning dii'- ect to the typewriter â€" or rather to a very efficient secretary who manipu- lates the typewriter. But this time the layout is entirely different. I am lying comfortably in bed, just having finished a brew of gruel, and am now all set to talk on, to the portable typewriter an article which promises to be shoi"t and not very in- teresting. I want to tell you the name of my secretary and how she happens to be mine this session, but she wont have it. The 'flu never passes- me by. I have a fairly good dose of It and it struck mg at a most inconvenient time, causing me to miss the only break so far in the monotony of the session. I read in Hansard that Mr. Bennett and Mr. Gardner had a first class row over the appointment of John Vallence, ex-Liberal M.P., as head of the Farm Rehabilitation scheme (effort to overcome the drouth.) Mr. Bennett said that John Vallanee couldn't be in town half an hour without talking politics and. Mrs. R. Fawcelt Dies Restricted Area Mrs. 'Rithard Fawcett, a highly lespected resident of Wodehouse pass- ed away quite suddenly on Thurs- day morning. Her death coming so unexpectedly was a great shock to her family and to the community. Her illness had not been considered criti- cal until shortly before her death. The late Mrs. Fawcett was a (laughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Klias Chappie of the Tth line of St. Vincent, near Minnie Hill, where, 55 years ago she was born. Here she grew to womanhood, and 33 years ago last mouth married Mr. Richard Fawcett. They took up farming and after some years lived at Beaverdale, but twenty years ago came to the shaw farm at Wodehouse, where they have been good citizens. Surviving are her husband, four sons and a daughter, â€" namely. Har- old of Flesherton, Russell of Wode- house, Mrs. Gordon Wyville of Van- deleur. Ted and Lome at home. Also surviving are five brothers, John. Fp'd and William Chappie of Mea- :ord. George and Harry of the 7th of St. Vincent. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon, February i5th, with serv- ce at the house at 2 o'clock. Inter- ment was made in the mortuary -hapcl, Markdale Public Cemetery. the sum is $1.-, or $17.,50 with a few at ' $12.50, but these eases are rare. World Day of Prayer The World Day of Prayer was ob- served in Flesherton by meeting in the Baptist Church on Friday, February 12, with Mrs. J. R. Wolstencroft in the chair. The program this year wa-? prepared by Miss Mabel Shaw of Liv- ingstone Memorial School, North Rho- desia. Prayer was offered by Mrs. W. Plant, Mrs. W. Thurston, Mrs. Will- iams, Mrs. H. Down and Mrs. J. J. Thompson. Mrs. Blackburn and Mrs. Thom sang beautifully, as always, "I found a friend." -V lady from Mark- dale was to have given an address on "The purpose of the World Day of Prayer," but was laid up with an at- tack of flu; by request. Mrs. W. A. Armstrong filled thf gap by giving a paper On "The necessity of Prayer.'' It was prepared thoughtfully and carefully, using bible characters as .Myrtle (Mrs. J. C. Miller) of Toronto; Clifford, in Harriston; Aleth at Mill- banks. Ont.. Peai-1 (Mrs. Harr.y Si :if- ard, Toronto; Gordon, Toronto: Lu vious to and during the last election, had appointed many Conservative high positions Arlemesia Council The Council of the Township of Arteme-sia met at the council chamb- ers, Flesherton, on Monday. February m the ' '^''^' ^^''â- '^ ^^'^ members all present, thy Reeve, J. A. Davis, "' 'partisans to ^ _ ^ _. I public service. Mr. Sullivan, e.x-M. ' ^""'^^e- "^- ^- ^avis, presiding. The I P., was made Deputy Postmaster Gen- I '"_",'"'';*_ °/. '^*' meeting were read Ural, over the head of Mr. P. T. Cooli Is Now Assured Another week of favorable progress has concluded. Up until Saturday the following declarations have been received :- Chatsworth lOO'o Durham lOO'.'t Xeu.stadt lOO'/o Thornbury 97.3''* Meaford 90.0't. Hanover 88.8' o Sarawak 95.5';. Derby 95.4'; Sullivan 95.25'-^ Sydenham 94.9';- Petitions from Dundalk. Markdale and Flesherton show 100';. although declarations at time of writing have not been made. .Artemesia. Colling- wood. Euphrasia, Egremont and Holl- and are now ready, but because of the Short Course work at Kemble. have been unabe to secure the declarations. One school section in Glenelg. Bent- inck and Proton and two in Normanby remain to send in their petitions. This will complete the county. Bruce County Preparing On Thursday of last week Mr. Geo. Patterson. B.S.A., Agricultural Repre- sentative of Bruce County, called on ;he Markdale office to secure infonna- 'ion relative to the work. Tims proof is now given that Bruce will take a vote on the matter in the near future, so those faiTners living alom; the Bruce border need not worry about securing their usual requirements of feeder cattle from the area. The Restricted Area is now an assured fact. First Carnival Of Year A Success .!-.. ; and adopted. â-  Communications land Lake. Ont. He was married I made on the merit principle, should twice, his first wife being Margaret : have filled the post. R. K. Smith, Lever of Flesherton. In 1920 the another Conservative M.P., was made family moved to Toronto and in 1926 ; Deputy Minister of Marine. Mrs. Blakeley passed away. Later I . he married Mrs. Sarah Crompton, who! jyij. Gardiner made a reaUy magni- survives him. ticent speech on the whole subject of The deceased gentleman was bornL.^^JJ^^,jl,^^^i^„^ ^^ western lands. He near Portlaw in 1863 and as a young !^,,yke out of his long e.xperience on I lie prairies, both in Western Canada man learned his trade of wood work er and wagonmaker with the late Thompson Wilson. Then he moved tO Maxwell where he spent a couple of years, then to Dundalk for a time and then to Flesherton, where he worked for the late John H. Heard. He then purchased the Flesherton Planing Mill which he conducted for a number of years until he sold to illustrations, and was read in a clear ' *^'"- ^- ^- Henry of town and moved who heard it I only voice and every one should profit by it. The collection amounted to $''i.25 less price of programmes. The committee to take charge ne.xt year is Mrs. W. I. Henry, Mrs. D. Williams and Mrs. G. Stewart. Card of Thanks We wish to expres.s our appreciation to the many friends for their kind words of sympathy and acts of kind- ness in our bereavement. â€"Mrs. T. A. Blakeley and Family. Card of Thanks Mr. R. J. Vause and family wish to extend their sincere thanks to the many friends and neighbors for their acts of kindness shown during the long illness, and for their expressions of sympathy and floral tributes dur- ing their recent bereavement in the loss of their beloved wife and mother. The fellow with the sets is not always the biggest asset. biggest as- community's to Toronto, where he worked at his trade until about six weeks ago, when he was forced through illness to re- linquish his position. and the State of Nebraska. He made It clear that much rain in the great wheat belt resulted in either frost or lUst and he expressed the opinion that the drouth area of Western Canada was passing through much the same condition as that which struck Neb- raska during the five years he lived 'here in last century. He did not take u despairing view of the outlook. He pointed out that the people had in the main stuck to the area and expressed the belief that in ten years there 1 would be more people there' than there All the family were present at the | ,i,.g ^^^^ jf ;„ the meantime the prob. funeral with the e-xception of Elmo ,e^ ^f rehabilitation was well and Luella. The service at the ' handled church here was attended by a large' r. . , ,. , »i , . • , J •' . ^ * , It surprised me to hear Mr number of friends and acquaintances who wished to pay their respects to j the memory of an old and highly , esteemed friend. The funeral was [ under the auspices of Prince Arthur ; Lodge No. 333, A.F.&A.M.. of which I he had been Master, later serving as District Deputy Grand Master of Grey | District. He attended the Diamond [ Jubilee of his Lodge, here, last fall. I The paltbeaiers were all members of the Craft: C J. Bellamy, F. W.I Duncan, F. J. Thurston, G- A-. McTav- ! ish, C. N. Richardson and T. J. Fisher, j .Among the many floral offerings of , sympathy and regard were emblems •lom Flesherton Old Boys' and Girls' I Association, Toronto, Prince Arthur Lodge. Flesherton. and others. read were as fol- lows: Ontario Good Roads .Association! giving notice of meeting; C. C. ! Middlebro, regarding sale of lands for taxes; Department of Public Welfare,' re old age pensions and mothers' al- j lowanees; Treasurer of Walkerton, re' relief for indigent: Canadian Pacific Railway, resolution re corporation taxes. Accounts were received from: Mun- ' icipal World, assessor's supplies, sub- 1 scriptions S34.42; Department ofj Health, insulin for patients $3.68; the I Clerk, re.iristering B., M. and D. fori i;i3(> $12.75; relief accounts of .515.13, S29.r>r> and S20.52; County of Grey, j hospital account $3.50: were presented •ind payment ordered. The Reeve and Mr. Hostrawser were appointed a committee to interview V'r. I. B. Whvte and Mr. J. McDougal retrarding cutting out swamp in Div- ision No. 1. The Reeve and Mr. .Stinson were nnnointed a committee to interview Mr. Ross Stevens regarding road de- ^^ation nnd the Clerk was instructed »-o ridvertise for tenders for crushing nf gravel. The Council adiourned. Take Fourth PIac( Flesherton made sure of fourth pltce in the standing of the Centre Grey Hockey League when they went out after goals in a game with Dur- ham in Flesherton Tues<lay evening, the score ending 9-6. They had pre- viously made sure of a play-off berth when they defeated Markdale last werk 5-1. Flesherton scored seven .iroals in the first period to Durham's one and then eased off the pressure. Each team secured one in the second and JJurham bagged three in the third period to the local's one. Scorers for Flesherton were Delbert Smith .'}. Fred Patton 2, and Johnson, W. Patton and McCutcheon one each. -'Buck" Single- 'on of Markdale was referee. St. John's United Church Y. P. U, were the .sponsors of a very success- ful skating carnival in Flesherton arena on Wednesday night last, wheu events were held for every one from, the hockey enthusiast to the curleiv and from the child to the oldest pei"son. on skates. There was even a wonâ€" ilerful treat for those who came as spectators, as well as others, where .Miss Mary Lois McRuer and Miss Doris Keith, members of th • Toronto Granite Club gave several very en- joyable exhibitions of the art of figur,» skating, something new around this place and something we hope to see a great deal more of. Miss Mary Keith, a younger sister of Miss Dorit* Keith, al.~o gave an exhibition and seemed quite adept in the fine art. The prize winners in the various competitions are listed below. CHILDREN'S EVENTS â€" Fancy Dress, Diana Goldsborough: Best Comic, Mary Keith; Girls' Race, Dorothy Welton and Jean McTavish; Boys' Race, Douglas Morgan and Roy Best. ADULTS' EVEKTS â€" m§S Fancy Dress. Hazel McKillop; ^t Hard- lime, Mr. Eubank; Best Original, Pa. auii .Ma. Verdun McMaster and Cath- erine .MeVicar; Best Skaters, Geo. \!;itt and Dorothy Welton, and Mr, ind Mrs. Jas. Wilson. ' RACES _ Boys' Race, 15â€"21. Delbert Smith, Earl Johnson; Men's Race, Bob Plester and Bert Broderick; 'ouples' Race, Geo. Akitt and Dor- jthy Welton and Mr. and Mrs.''*JH». Wilson. Curlers event. Bill Hop- vins and Ted .McTavish; Shooting the 'iuck. Harold McCutcheon and George Boyd. OPEN TO ALL â€" Best Clown. Bob Can-others and Jean Duncan; Best National, Miss .Mclnnis and Jini Harrison. The mysterious man was Mr. H. Eubank and he was found by Jean .McTavish. ICE HARVEST IN Fl LL SWING .\ Flesherton rink reached the 4th ound (>f tlic second event at the Owen -•'â- md curlin;; bonspiel last week. The :ik was composed of Geo. McTavish, '%ip; (;. B. Welton, vice skip; K. J. ' hurston. second, and Bob Phillips as ead. Walter Akitt was a member of ''e rink the first day. rmaments ptown. in Canada," at the Bad food ig blamed for the Guelph 'iots. It is a cause that has precipi- tated near riots oven in family circles. â-ºâ™¦â™¦â€¢M-H EASTERN STAR DANCE Fraternal Hall, Fltshcrton iWcd., Feb. 24 Utuler c'Ui.spicc's of Grey ChapttM" No. 170 Music by Dorothy Foster and other pieces DON'T MISS A GOOD TIME I .Xdtni.ssion :- 25c. Lunch E.xtra. 1. A-*.-fc. «.-•â- â- â- â- â- *â- -*â- -*-.â- -«. â-  â-º+♦**♦+ It surprised me to hear Mr. Gard- .ner say that one fifth of all the im- proved farm lands and more than a quarter of all the occupied lands of Cant:da are in the drouth affected piairie areas. The whole drouth district contains CO million acres, 300 niunitipalities and a population of 1100,000. •A good crop at a good price in the c'esribed area above has produced as high a retura as $1,180,000,000, while in a poor year returns have dropped as low as $3r).l,0{'O,OO0. It was at this point that the chills ltd fever gtarted and I went home to â- ed, and haven't since had the enei'gy ') read the conclusion. It's a bit of bad lUck that the 'flu â- :is caused me to have to cancel two .' the niosts interestinj^- dinner en- gagements I have had thi.s session. t'he Hon. T. A. Crerar and -Mrs. Cre- ar are entertaining at dinner tonigh" 't the Country Club for the Hon. 'ercy Pease, the Deputy Premier a:i. Minister of Lands of Queenslind ustralia, and were good enough to :ivit(.. me. O'l Thursday (the dav the chills and fe\^r started V .Mr. â- ii^rnser Elliott, chief of the Income ''ranch of the Department of National Revenue, pnd Mrs. Eraser entertained â- 1 their Vautiful new home, and I was one of the absent guests. (And a -ew dinner dress is still in its "fappings.) But more .serious is the cancella- Hon t.f the emergency peace meeting, ^r at anv rate mv nart in it. at the TTptown Theatre, Toronto, on Sunday "fternoon. I do dislike not being ^bIe to keep my speaking engage- ii^nts. I feel nos.sibly an undue .p->,o of responsibility about them. . ^^ littlo rln^^n^ p,.^ei,f in «reas int- Rnt unless the temperature becomes , â€"rstpd in the nvorlnction nf silver â- ormal very rapidly I will be in this, _AGNES MACPHATI, same pla-e tomorrow, rather than Uown of Commons, Ottawa, discu.ssing "Do we want increased Saturday. February l.-^th, 1937. ST. JOHN'S W.M.S. The Woman's Missionary Society will meet in St. John's United Church on Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m.. with .Mitchell's group in charge. The theme 'S "Jesus, the Pioneer of Life.'' The iee harvest is n»w on in full â- ^wing and the quality of the product is good, even better than last year. With so mucii mild weather, thawing ind raining, it was feared that the riuality would be poor, but the fears were unfounded. READ THE "SMALL ADVTS". Badnnntnn Toimnamenf AND DANCE FLESHERTON HIGH .SCHOOL FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1937 Commencing at 7 o'clock p.m. -Admission: 26c Mrs. Miufhii Louise Black, member 'ir the Yukon, urged the government 1 ispuc a million silver dollars in -mm em oration of the coronation. hi' avgued that it would be beneficial •1 the silver mining industry in Can- ada, would be a suitable souvenir and would profit the government. "Foi every sixty cents worth of silvei which is struck ofl? in silver coins the government clears approximateb $1.15. Mrs. Black was .supported b- "'Ir. Reid. Ijbernl. New Westminster ^ f^.. w''-« fir r p.n" ynprs has advo- T monetary' base. •'CI'â€" •>g»>-iP"^. .Anm-entlv the d'». "â- â- â€¢â€¢ /.oi". ,vr i-o.^n in T ondon. Rr- •""r-. the sbd-."«tion of Ti^jlwnrd VTTT ''>â- - had bop., taken to have the !/â- ;., o-'c- \y,a^ oT.-0-.t. ^r, r.^'Li'l'Tn =â- ' â- â€¢'"• daJla'-s. hut none had been issued ^'r>w ni.w dies must be "lade and M'- ^''innini? fiid ^ot th'nV th«t thp.r r'^iM o..i.i,.„ ;„ tir.i'. to hpvfl Pinadinn silver -'"Hirs in "irculnfioM before the cor- •â€" ition Ho nointed nut, too. that 'â- 'â- 'â- ng Geore-o V silver foins Millars ^ '"â- â- ' a-'ii^hto nt nil the banks Hut »<•„ RCUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES From FLESHERTON February 19-20 '>TT\W.\ MO.\TRI-..\i. Ol'l-P,I-X^ 58.'"5 $7.70 '^ $10.95 ?tc. Vimc .lo I'.oauprc $11.55 Good leaving Toronto ll.!,'", p..ni. train Feb. 19-20, and all trains Feb. 20, except train leaving 4.00 p.m. Return limit February 22 ricU.as not go,d on trains leaving at .roo p.m". from Ottawa and Montreal TO THE MARITIMES â€" FEB. 18 All Canadian Pacific Stations in New Brunswick; all Dominion Atlantic Ry. Stations in Nova Scotia. Return Limit L.avv Nova .-^ -otia points not later than Feb. '24; leave New Brunswick p-'ints not later than Feb. 23. Not good on train leaving Montreal 3 00 p.m Full particulars and hand bill from any Agent. CanaHjpn Pacific Railway TUK rt'NERAt CHAPBL. A digntried, permnal funeral lervice. Avallohi. i_ .•â-  T.ronro .„d ,ub,.rb. .» pr,c« to â„¢?t U.*X"ome ',5 .'^ery"",^,,;! ^(\tti Sc Mahhotks ISurial Co. PORMKHLT BATBB BURIAL CO ..^'.t ^f,f "«k8 Richard Maddocks. .Vl^r. ON« BLOCK 80CTH OF DAVBNPOBT Ro'aI, *'^''"" """^