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^ :^ â- ^i' -'S^ ®()je /k0i)^rliin 'Mnanu. **. Vol. 59; NO. 34 FLESHERTON. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1940 W. H. Thurston & Son, Proprietors. ^ Meeting Called For ThoM . Interested in Junior Band To all parents and others interested in the Flesherton Joaior Bad: A ntieetyig is called for Friday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. in tke office of Mr. W. J. Bellamy, in' order to discuss the future of the band; .It is impor- tant that all the parents of banu members be present, as questicms of vital common inte^ilt will be taken up. The summer, will soon ne here, the appeal, of baiMf music is then ir- risistable} • Owing to so many of our young men servinj* j^ the army, the bands in the SQiaUls:^^wns are break- ing up. Let" as. build up our own organixatiom By all ineans turn out to this iQeedBg. /*'^" WiUiam L|ttle»Dhns Was 89 Yevi^lVoung January 22 We «tteif»d ^.congratulations to Mr. 'Wm. LittlejStets, who on Monday g^brated his 89th birthday. He is a"^onderfal old man with every fac- ulty fuiKtioning properly. At Pres- ent he af suffering from a bad toe but <aLiPi wise enjoys good health. He 13 one of the*" oldest residents in the locality, having come to this dis- trict with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Littlejohns. He was bom near Brockville. Mrs. Little- johns pased away in March of last year. Besides his son, William Little- johns jr., and two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Walker of Markdale, and Mrs. C. C. Borden of Guelph, one brother. Thomas Littlejohns, and two sisters. Mrs'. John Varty and Mrs. W. G. Co- bum . of Glenel^. are still living. Here's hoping that Mr. Littlejohns may long enjoy good health and hap- piness. â€" ^Markdale Standard. DIED / HALES â€" At PresquTle. Ont., on Monday, January 29th, 1940, James Hales, aged 88 years. Deceased was a son of the late Charles and Eliza- beth Hales, pioneers of Artemesia, and was bom on the farm near Sau- geen Jet. His wife predeceased him by five years. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Jane Riley, of AUiston. The funeral is taking place this Thursday from his late residence. One cubic contains less water. mile of than c ordinary fog ne gallon of Priestley's Meat Market Try a Juicy ROAST OF BABY BEEF this week end or a nice ROLLED ROAST of VEAL at 20c per lb. HOMEMADE SAUSAGE 2 lbs. for 28c Cooked and Cured Meats reasonably priced. Highest Prices Paid for Hides R. J. PRIESTLEY Butcher Flesherton Ont Election On March 26 have an election on The notice of Canada is to Tuesday, March 26th an early election came out of the blue to the members of Parliament sum- moned to convene on Thursday of last week for the regular and last session. No person, outside the Prime Minister, knew that an electio would come so soon, and the announcement left the members thunder-struck. Parliament was dissolved by the Governor-Gen- eral, Lord- Tweedsmuir, and the decks are now being swept clear for action on March 26th. In Grey-Bruce there are two candi- dates in the field, Mr. Walter Harris, Liberal, of Markdale and Mr. Karl Knechtel, Conservative, of Hanover. Miss Agnes Macphail, U.F.O.-Labor representative in the House of Com- mons will likely receive the nomina- tion at a meeting being held at Han- over on February 10th; She will definitely be in the field for renomin- ation. From now until election day there will be little discussion other that election topics, so the campaign should be a merry one. linited Church MAXWELL CHARGE REV. GEO. L. MERCER, B.D., D JD. Minister SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1940 Services will be held as usual next Sunday: â€" 11 ajn. â€" Eugenia. 3 p.m. â€" Mt. Zion. 7.30 p.m. â€" Wareham. The Church Schools will meet at the usual time. NOTE:- There will no service next Sunday evening in Maxwell church. The minister will continue his series of sermons in "What I Believe'' and the themes for Sunday will be "What I believe about the church," and "What I believe about Regeneration." Young People's Meetings Eugenia (tonight). Maxwell, Friday at 8 p.m. Wareham, Tuesday, Feb. 6th. Choir Practice The Maxwell choir will meet for practice Thursday evening, Feb. 1st. Uoited Church FLESHERTOIf Minister, REV. G. K. McMillan, b.a., bj>. Next Sunday services will be held as usual at the following hours: H.OO a.m. â€" ^Worship, Flesherton. 12.00â€" Sunday School, Flesherton. 2.00 p.m. â€" Simday School, Ceylon. 3.00 p.m. â€" ^Worship, Ceylon.- 7.00 p.m. â€" ^Worship, Flesherton. Baptist Church Notes^ REV. F. ASHTON. Pastor SERVICES: Flesherton; 11 A.M.â€" Worship 12 noon â€" Bible SehooL 7 P.M. â€" Gospel Service. Rock Mills. 2 P.M.â€" Bible School. 3 P.M. â€" ^Divine Service. •^*^r ^ Equipped to handle the finest service at moderate prices Our Beautiful P Air Conditioned Funeral Chapel at m AVENUE ROAD TORONTO, Ont aiCRARD MADDOCKS. Maaagcr FRED R. MADDOCKS, AsMciato Mcabtr of tiM FlMbOTtM OM B^ya' A Gtrto' AaMciBtiw BATES k MADDOCKS F * iMM |y of FkalMrtMi. Oat, 124 Avenue Road. Toranto, Ont. KI. 4344 : : Thirty Years Marrjed (By our Maxwell Correspondent' Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Winters gathered on Friday evening to celebrate with them the 30th anniversary of their wedding. About 45 were in attendannce. The evening was spent in singing, speech- es and readings. Mrs. Gertie Seeley read the following address: Dear Jim and Jessie,- We your old friends and neighbors have met here tonight on your 30th wedding anni- versary to extend to you our very best wishes, and we hope and trust that you both may be spared to cele- brate many more anniversaries to- gether. And so, Jessie, as a slight remembrance we ask you to accept this bedspread and you, Jim, this smoking sett, and may you both have as much pleasure from these gifts as we have in giving them to you. (Signed) Your Maxwell Friends. Mrs. Wm. Benson made the presen- tation. The remainder of the evening was spent in music and a very fine social time was enjoyed. Nominatiug Convention The U.F.O.-Labor Convention will be held on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10, in the Hanover town hall, to choose a candidate for the federal election. Miss .-ignes Macphail and others will address the gathering. Jos. Crutchly, Pres. Wm. C. Bierworthy, Sec. WARDEN OF SIMCOE SUCCESSFUL FARMER Although he was born on Friday, the thirteenth, Percival Albert Neff, popularly known to his friends as "Percy." had not been pursed by ill luck all his life. On the contrary, he has had a steady rise to fame that is now his as Chief Magistrate of the County of Simcoe in 1940. Warden Neff and his only son, Donald A. Neff, are masters of 560 acres of the best farm land in Not- tawasaga township, the farm being located on lot 17, con. 12, at Sing- hampton, on the extreme westerly boundary of Simcoe County, where it meets Grey County. His Worship was born in Notta- wasage, two miles from where he now resides, on November 13, 1882, and has lived there all his life. His parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Neff, who were both of United Empire Loyalist stock, of Scotch and Irish descent. He attended the old Pine Tree school. S.S. 16, Nottawa saga, and then was the only one of the six boys in the family to remain on the family acres. The five others moved to all parts of the Dominion. Mixed farming has been his long suit, with good horses a backbone of the business. "I know a horse when I see one." the Warden will modestly admit if you ask him. He used to show Clydesdale horses in the prize ring. Warden Neff is entering his 13th year in municipal life, .\fter spend- ing three years as a townsnip coun- cillor, he held the deputy reeveship for five years, and is now entering his fifth year as reeve, a few weeks ago, produced a majority of 342, and he got all but seven of the votes at the Singhampton poll. He has had to face the ballot box only four times, three times as a deputy reeve, :ind once as reeve. Warden N'ii ha- been a popular and able member of the County Council for the past nine yoars. Ho was chairman of the Sq\mlizatioii o' .Assessment Committee, and latti-rly the County Good Road> CommittC' of which he was chairman. Due partly to his ptiidance. tbo township of Nottawasaga holds one of the best finacial positions of any township in the County. It aclualh has a surplus in the bank and has no debts. This sounds like sound ad- ministration. In social affairs. Warden Neff i" a member of the United Church; N't etis Lodge No. 444. A.F. & A.M.. Creemore; Scottish Rite, Valley of Barrie; L.O.L. No. 586, Singhampton. He is traditionally a Conservative in politics; in fact, most of the people around Singhampton are Tories, judging by the results that come forth each election. Warden Neff was married on Dec. 21, 1911, to Margaret McQueen of Oaprey township of 0«prey, Grey county, and they have one son. Donald A. Neff, whose farm is located next to his father's. He also has fiTc brothers and two sistnt. Information Denied Federal Members We are going to have a federal election. In the winter itme. The first mid-winter election since the days of Sir John A. McDonald. Mr. King has been informed that the roads will not be broken up by the 26th of March. Someone has blund- ered. They forgot to inform him that until then they will only be blocked. And all because Mr. Mitchell Hep- burn, Premier of Ontario, railroaded a resolution through the Legislature censuring the federal government. Many of his followers didn't support ii, but they also didn't oppose it, and the incident became world news. But let us begin at the beginning. We are at war. We had a war-time session of six days in September. The government, at that time, asked that no statements or enquiries be made which might strengthen the enemy. We were to be good and leave every- thing to the administration. Voce the money and go home. We did and went. In reward for such docile behavior, we, the members of the House of Commons, were to be allow- ed to ask questions and voice criti- cism when Parliament met again. But would Parliament meet ag:ain before a general election? To make sure of it. Dr. llanion asked the Prime Minister, Mr. William Lyon Macken- zie King, if he would give an under- taking (an over-worked Parliamentary term) that Parliament would be called again before the general election. He did. "He" meaning the Prime Min- ister and "did" meaning that Parlia- ment would be called. That the letter of the promise be kept, though the spirit broken, M.P.'s and Senators were called from all over this great country. The steno- graphic staff, messenger, restaurant, cleaning staffs assembled. In short, the parliamentary machinery was oiled for a session of at least a few months; a grave, responsible session when through the medium of Parlia- ment the people of Canada would be informed of their government's war- time effort and prepai-ation for the future, both at home and abroad. In- stead, we got a four-hour session, with no questions asked, no information given; only three speeches: Mr. King's carefully prepared^ political speech and Dr. Manion's and Mr. Woodsworth's extemporaneous, indig- nant replies. The epitaph of tht session might well be: 'If soon I would be done for. What on earth was I begun for 1" Life is a fascinating adventure, where change, chance, shock and op- portunity lie in wait to test the fibre -if the adventurer. When we met in the Commons Chamber to await the summons to the Senate by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the unsuspecting membei-s greeted each other with affability, all unconscious of the im- minent dissolution. Even when we gathered at the bar of the Senate to hear the Throne Speech many did not hear the words "Immedaite appeal to the country." The space is cramped and it is almost impossible to hear the Governor-General read at the distance we must stand from him. M.P.'s art not allowed within the bar of the Senate. .A.t the very last minute before we went to the Senate, I had promised to introduce the Reverend Mr. Brown, late moderator of the Presbyterian Church and newly elected member for Saskatoon. It is a little ceremony which takes place when a new mem ber, elected in a bye-election, enten the House. Not being able to hea' d:stinctly. I was going over in rv mind the required formula, so the bombshell didn't hit me until we werv back in the Commons and had form- ally introduced 'Walter George Brown. The stickler in the formula was this. It runs: "I have the honor to intro- duce . . . member for . . . who has taken the oath, signed the roll and now claims the right to take his seat." I was terrified lest I say: " . . . signed the oath, taken the roll . . . " Isn't life just like that? So there we are. The election is on. The government is in control. Under the War Measures Act, and by Orders in Council, they can do almost anything they like and stop other people doing what they dont like. The information ParHaroent was entitled to has been withheld. The Ospiey Council The inaugral meeting of the Os- prey Municipal Council, was held in Feversham, on Monday. January 8, and after making and subscribing to the declaration of office, the Reeve, Mr. Hutshinson, took the chair, and in a short address outlined some of the work which will come under the jurisdiction of the Council in the com- ing year, and also stressed the point that expenditures must be kept to the lowest point possible with good business principals. The other mem- bers were called on to maKe snort address which was done, after which the following business was done. By law No. 1 was passed, to auth- orize the borrowing of ^3,500 from the Bank of Toronto, as required. By law No. 2, appointing Mr. Mor- ton Sayers as the local member of the Board of Health for 1940. By law No. 3, providing for expen- ditures of $11,000 on Township roads for 1940. By law No. 4, appointing atten- dance officers for schools as follows: Schools Nos., 1, 2, 12, Clayton Sprott; 3, 8, 10, 14, Wm. Kendall; 4, 9, 11. Wm. Harbrave; 5, 6, 7, George Burk. A donation of $10 was made to the Hospital for Sick Childen. Tor- onto, and the .Army Rescue Home, London. (Jeneral accounts ordered paid were: S. McDonald, relief, $14.00; Hy Marsden, relief $14.00; L. Hambly, relief, $10.00; J. Izard, relief, $12.00; W. Parker, relief. $16.00; E. J. Walters, relief, account with Mrs. Banerman. $7.31; M. Sayers, e.xpen- ses to Owen Sonud. $3.00; A. Hutch- inson, expenses to Owen Sound, and car hire, $8.;00; Treas. Good Roads .\ssoc. fees, $5.00; Treas. Rural Mun- icipalities Assoc., fees $5.00; S. Mc- Innes, refund error in assessment, $6.48; E. Taylor, refund error in assessment, 1938, $26.66; Treasurer Ma.xwell L. 0. L. hall for nomination meeting, $5.00; Treas. township Eu- phrasia, relief, account with E. Miller, $2.27; Mrs. Geo. Priestly, care of E. Miller, $12.00; Treas. Hospital for Sick Children, grant. $10.00; Treas. Savation Army Reeue Home, grant, $10.00; Treas. Feversham L. 0. L. hall, for short course. $20.00: J. W. Robinson, hall for short course, $5.00; E. Robinson postage. $6.00. The road Supt. presented voucher no. 1, amounting to $144.00, which was ordered paid. On motion it was decided to hold all regular meetings at Feversham. on the second Saturday, of each month, during the year. Council adjourned. C. N. Long. Clerk-Treas. County Roads Must Be Sixty-Six Feet Wide The county of Grey will start no construction work on any roads that have less distance between the fences than 66 feet, it was decided by that body at County Council. A recom- mendation to that effect was include<i in the report of the Roads Committee, and after some discussion it was en- dorsed by council members. It was pointed out that some of the townshir roads that have been taken over as county roads in the last few years have not the required width. Farmers have built their fences on the right of way, in some instances cutting the width of the road considerably in some places. Some of the reeves present announced that they had notified property owners who had trespassed in this fashion, to move their fences back to the line, but there was some doubt as to how far the county could go towards forcing them to do so. Some townships have haf surveys of the situation made by their fence viewers, and when farm owners had not acted on the instruction of these, the work had been done by the township and billed to the owners. Funeral of ^\m. J. Meads ilelu rViJa; Death came quietly to Mr. William J. Meads, highly repsected citizen of Artemesia township, at the home of his son, William R. Meads, early on Wednesday morning of last week, at the advanced age of 80 years. The late Mr. Meads was born in Hamilton on July 6tb, 1859, and cam« with his parents to .\rtemesia town- ship when ho was five years of age. settling on the Old Durham Road, on the farm .now occupied by his son, W. R. Here he resided all his life until he moved to Flesherton in 1921. In 1887 he marrigd Maria Oliver, daughter of the late Robert and Em- ma Oliver. To them were born six children: Ella (Mrs. Will Gibson), who died 11 years ago, John of the OJ).R., .Artemesia, William R. on the old homestead. Emma, widow of the late James Ferris, of Toronto, and Robert and Joseph of Toronto. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Joseph Oliver, of the O.D.R. Since the death of his wife in Flesherton five years ago, when he suffered a stroke, he has been residing with his son, William R. The late Mr. Meads and Mrs. Meads moved to Flesherton in 1921 and were sxcellent citizens. Mr. Meads was a member of Artemesia Council for a number of years and served as Dep- uty Reeve for one year and was the Reeve of Artemesia when he moved to Flesherton, retiring at the end of his term. He was also Reeve of Flesherton for the years 1925 and 1926. He had a sincere disposition and held the highest principols and ideals of service to his fellow man. His integrity was unquestionable and he made many warm friends who were sorrj- to see him in ill health for the past five years the last two of which he was bedfast. He was a member of St. John's United Church, which he regularly attended when in good health and was also member of Prince Arthur Lodge No. 333, A.F.& A.M., in which he held office at var- ious times. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon, sei-vice being held at his late residence at 1.30 p.m. Rev. .-V. R. Muir, pastor of St Columba United Church. Priceville. conducted the ser- vices at the home and cemetery. The j hymns sung were favorites of the de- ceased: ".Abide With Me,"' "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus." Interment was made in the family plot in Evergreen 1 Cemetery, South Line. The members of Prince Arthur Lodge also con- ducted their burial ceremony at the home and cemetery. The pallbearers were: Messrs. W. Williamson. P Muir, A. Blackburn, G. Cains, F. Collinson. G. Arrowsmith, H. Corbett and M. S. McLeod. The outlook in the automobile trade is encouraging as there are still many houses that havent been mortgaged to buy cars. sessional indemnity, which would have enabled poor members to fight a clean election was also withheld. Instead. we got a cheque for twenty-five doll- ars. Democracy, liberty and freedom has been injured in the house of its so-called friends and Parliament flouted to its face by a Prime Minis- ter whose favorite phrase is: "Parlia- ment will dec . i". ' â€"AGNES C. MACPHAIL. Ottawa, Saturday January 27th, 1940 Saving of $19,365 for Grey County Sanitarium Fees Statistics released recently by Hon. Harold J. Kirby. Ontario Minister of Health, indicate that the municipal- ities of the province have been saved considerable money during the past two years as the result of the province assuming the total cost of the main- tenance charges in connection with people sent to the various sanitoria. Formerly the municipality paid 50 per cent of the cost and the province the balance, but now the latter pays 100 per cent. It is estimated that during 1939, counties, districts and local munici- palities were saved $1,607,019, this estimate being base«l on a total of 5.249 patients treated 1.071,346 pat- ient days at a .saving of $.50 per day. In the figures which have been iriven all municipalities situated in the counties are included, thus Owen Sound will be included in the county of Grey for this purpose. The saving to Grey county in 1939 was $19,363. IN MEMORIAM CROFT â€" In loving memory of our dear father, Robert J. Croft, who died January 31st, 1930. Ten years have passed since that sad day When our dear daddy was called away. â€" Lovingly remembered by his daughters. Mrs. A. Saulter and Mr. Donald Gillies were the winners in the "Old Time Waltz*' at the Tenth Annual Dance ot the Priceville Old Boys and Girls Asaoc. b Toronto on Jan. 26 1940.