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, 4 'Shje /tel)^tltf tt %ifmnu. VOL. 60; NO. 10 FLESHERTON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 7, 1940 W. H. Thurston & Son, Proprietors. National Registration Mrs. J. A. Richards and Mr. K. G. Betts of Flesherton have charge of the National Registration in the vill- age from August 19tb to 21st. They will need assistance in this work and and person who is free to assist are urged to communcate with Mr. Betts and offer their services. A number will be needed each day, so as to make the work as light as possible. Registration for Flesl-«rton will be held in the Fraternal Hall, while in the townships registration will be at usual polling places. All persons 16 years of age and over are to reg- ister at the appointed places some time during those three days and they will receive a card denoting that they have registered. This registration is different from a census, as those reg- istering go to the appointed place, in place of the enumerators going from house to bouse. DRIVERS WITHOUT PROPER j/ LICENSES PICKED UP MONDAY On orders from the Ontario Attorn- ey-Greneal's department Provincial Constable Harold Black of Flesherton was busily engaged checking up on drivers' permits on t^i holiday. In Flesherton ie found seven young men and one lady driver without a permit or had failed to have their 1939 licenses renewed. PRODUCTION OF BREN GUNS iSTEADILF GAINS IN CANADA The output of Bren guns in July virtually doubled tl"* revised schedule arranged about six months at«ad of the date originally planned, accord- ing to Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply. The results achieved to date indicate that within six months the monthly production may be six times as great as tl:«t originally ulanned. SPECIAL ONE-DAY CRUISE On Friday, August 9th, the C.P.R. flagship "Assinrboia" will mtaka a special cruise from Owen Sound to Midland via Nottawasaga Bay. Leaves at 8.30 a.m., returns at 10 p.m. Fare $2; children $1. Secure tickets from Daily Sun-Times, Owen Sound. VANDELEUR GARDEN PARTY Vadneleur garden party will be held Thursday, Aug. 8tK Supper 6 to 8.5. First United Church, Owen Sound, will present their play "The Lailghing Cure." Music between acts. Admission: 25c and 10c. Flesherton Baptist Church Minister: Rev. Fri>d Ashton Services â€" Flesherton. Sunday 11 a.m. â€" Worship. 12 noon â€" Bible School. Rock Mills: 2 p.m. â€" Bible School. 3 p.m. â€" Worship. Maxwell United Church REV. GEO. I4, MERCER, fi.D., D.D. Minister Services: 11 a.m. â€" Eugenia. 2 p.m. â€" Mt. Zion. 3.30 p.m. â€" Wareham. 7.30 D.m. â€" Maxwell. Flesherton United Church REV. G. K. McMillan. b.a., b.d. Minister 10.00 a.m. â€" Worship, Ceylon. 11.00 a.m.â€" 'Worship, Flesherton. 7.00 "^.m. â€" Worship. Flesherton. George Beicroft Died On Suoda; George Beecroft, one of Atemesia's oldest residents, passed away on Sun- day at the home of his son, John Bee- croft, 146 â€" 2nd avenue east, Owen Sound. He was in his 90th year. Deceased bad been ill for four weeks prior to his death. News of his pass- ing was received with deep regret by a wide circle of friends, both in Owen Sound, where he has resded for thirteen years and in Flesherton, where he had previously lived. Deceased was com in Nottawa- saga Township, near Collingwood, and his father, the late Edwtird Beecroft, was one of the pioneers of that sec- tion. As a young man the late George ^eecroft moved to Flesherton wh^re he farmed. He went to Owen Sound thirteen years ago to make his home with his son. The late Mr. Beecroft was thrice married. His first wife was Mary McKecl-nie of Priceville, to whom he was married in 1878, and who prede- ceased him in 1894. To this union were born three children, Edward, now deceased, John, now living in Owen Sound, and Mary, now Mrs. Salisbury of Samia. His second marriage was to Mina McLean of Kimberley, who prede- ceased bim in 1902. There were no children born to this marriage. Twenty years later he was married a third time, to Mrs. Mary Fenwick, who also predeceased him. Besides his son and daughter, the late Mr. Beecroft is survived by two brother, Thomas of Collingwood, and John, in the United States. In religion the late Mr. Beecroft was a devout Baptist. He was a dea- con of Fleshertfn Baptist Church for many year« and since going to Owen Sound had attended ,the South End Baptist Church. The funeral services will be l:<eld from his late residence, 146 â€" 2nd av- enue east, Owen Sound, on Wednes- day, August 7th, at 2.30 p.m. Inter- ment in Greenwood Cemetery. Presentation To Bride A very enjoyable surprise party was h«id for Mrs. Wm. Hyslop (nee Nora Holley) of Markdale at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eagles, Springhill, on Tuesday evening of last week, by her friends of Markdale and vicinity. A trappy time was spent with games being played on the lawn, as well as in the house. A mock wed- ding was held, with Miss Ada Eagles as groom and Mr. K. Stewart as bride, while little Miss D. Cook of Detroit acted as flower girl and Miss Gladys McFadden very ably took h«r place as the minister. Following the wedd- ing Nora was presented with a lovely satin comforter and an address, which was read by Miss Ella Winterburn. Nora was completely taken by sur- prise, but very ably thanked her friends for tl-«ir kindness, on behalf of herself and Bill, for the lovely gift. Mr. Hyslop is overseas with the Can- adian engineers. Lunch was served by Misses Isobelle Torrie and Ruby Allison, assisted by the hostess. Card of Thanks Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Falconer and son, George, wish to thank the many friends and neighbors for their kind sympathy and help at the time of their loss by fire. ', > Equipped to handle the finest service at moderate prices £ <> ' ;: Our Beautiful Air Conditioned i: Funeral Chapel at 124 AVENUE ROAD TORONTO, Ont RICHARD MADDOCKS. Manatw FRED R. MADDOCKS. AMoei»t« MtMb«r of tli« FlMlMrtoa OM Baj»' A Cirls' Assoctetiea BATES & MADDOCKS 124 Avenue Road, TcMt>nto;Ont Kl. 4344 F«T««rly of Fleskerton. 0«t. Large Cro^d At Feversham For Big Celebration Feversham old boys and girls b«ld their fifth annual i-eunion at Fever- sham on Monday (Civic Holiday) and large crowds attended the festivities throughout the day. People who re- sided in the district many years ago were again present renewing frienji- ships of their youth, and those of tb« younger generation renewed familiar scenes, which draw tt*m back home in increasing numbers each year. The proceedings opened on Sunday afternoon with a religious service in the Agricultural Park, at which the resident ministers presided. Rev. Thompson, Presbyterian student min- ister, had charge of the service and was assisted by Rev. Me^Jicbol of the Gospel Workers' Church, and Rev. N. Dinnick of the Baptist Church. Mr. Arthur Brownridge of Steyner also gave a short but appreciative address. The Feversham male choir gave sev- eral selections, with Mrs. Wm. Heit- man presiding at the organ. Fun and frolic opened the big Mon- day program, when a calithumpian parade was held, the best yet, and better than many held in larger centres, The parade formed shortly after one o'clock and was teaded by the Dundalk band, which provided music throughout the afternoon. Tt-e outstanding comical feature was the actions of a horse formed by two boys, who brought howls of laughter with trheir antics. Twelve gjrls were dressed in red, wite and blue cost- umes to represent the countries of the British Empire, which drew much favorable comment. Ot!|}r items rep- resented were the Quintuplets, the hanging in effigy of Hitler and nu4.- erous noisy bands. Th« feature of this Feversham gathering is the presentation of the older people of the community and visitors, among th(;n being Mr. Joseph Allison of Toronto, 88 years of age, who was the oldest "old boy" on the grounds; three chums who attended S. S. No. 6, Osprey, together, Messrs. John Poole, Heni-y Buckingham and Chris Thomson; Geo. Mitchell of Flesherton, who taught the Fever- sham school some fifty years ago; Mr. and Mi-s. Wm. Moffatt; Alex. Morrison; Mrs. Jos. Henderson (Mary Heron) of Toronto; Mr. George Burfi and two old boys (not so old, either) Harvey Perigoe of Toronto and Chas. Perigoe of Malton. The presentation of these old residents was made by Mr. C. N. Long, who was Master f Ceremonies for the day. Races were held for all children 10 years and under and prizes were awarded to the victors in the various events. Two Softball games were held, the first between Flesherton and Fever- sham in which the visitors were vic- tors 12-7 and the second between the Flesherton team and the old boys from Toronto, in which the lattei won 9-7, in a real good game. A splendid concert was held in thj .â- Vgricultural Hall in the evening, featuring local talent, and the large hall was more than crowded, many being unable to find room inside. .\mong the numbers were an instru- mental by Mrs. W. R. Colquette of Owen Sound, while Mr. Colquette gave a comic song and also had charp. of the community singing. .\ sor and daughter of Mr. Fred Bracken- bury of Owen Sound, an old boy, gave a violin duet and Miss Queenie Kaitt- i"g gave a reading. Misses Ruth Francis, Donna Osborne and Doris Springgay featured with a song and Miss Yvonne Davidson also gave a solo. Messrs. Jas. Davidson and Har- old Osborne sang "I .Am Old and .•Vlways in The Way." and acted the parts to the great amusement of the audience. The draw for the quilt made by the Buckingham Community Club was made and Mr. Ed. Seeley of Maxwell was the lucky winner. Dancing was held following the concert to music supplied by Florence Sauer and h-er fine orchestra from Mildmay. The dance was the largest attended in Feversham for years. The big day Moriday was voted a huge success, all events b<»ing run off with a precision that spoke of careful planning. The noted part of the pr(^ram was that everything was free, except the dance but a sil- ver collection was tiken at th* con- cert. Everybody saw many friends they had not seen for some time and all voted the reunion the best yet held. Fine Amateur Program Last Wednesday night's amateur program was s real treat to a largi crowd which was in Flesherton that night. Toronto talent provided a real fine evening's entertainment, the quality of which was excellent. Mr. Ernie Holmes, who plays over radio station CHML, gave several fine cow- boy selections, accompanying himself on the guitar. Mr. Wm. Pennycroft of Toronto gave selections with the Hawaiian guitar, which were also k«artily applauded. Miss Duifie gave a couple of soprano solos that were greatly enjoyed and was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Jarrett. Mr. Wm. Fleming, who assisted at the Red Cross carnival on July 1st, gave a couple of reaamgs, read extracts from his scrap book and made a per- fect Master of Ceremonies. The work and interest of these Toronto friends is greatly appreciated by th< committee, as they gave their talents free, Mr. H. W. Kemahan bringiri? them up and returning them to To- ronto. We would be pleased to have them visit us another time. Priceville Talent To Give ConcertjAug. 14 Another special amateur night will be held in Flesherton on Wednesday night, .A.ug:ust 14th, wh«n Priceville artists will give the amateur pro- gram. There are some splendid art- ists in Priceville district; if their pro- gram is better than the one presented by Feversham three weeks ago it will be extra good. Don't fail to be in town that night for this program. iMrs. R. Strain Dies On Wednesday, July 24th, after an illness of three n»onths, there passed away in Port Alberni, B. C, Janet Holman, widow of the late Richard Strain, of Minto. Man. Mrs. Strain was horn near Wood- stock, Ont., August 11th, 1860. At the age of nine years she, with ter parents, moved to Grey County and settled near Flesherton. In 1881 she was married to Richard Strain and eleven years later went west to join her husband who had taken a home- stead. She moved to the noHst and became a resident of Vistoria, B.C., until a few years ago when she reev- ed to Port Alibemi to be near her son Percy. She was a lifelong Christ- ian "nd was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Victoria. Two sons. Ernest of Minto, and Percy of Port Alberni and one daughter. Pearl (Mrs. N. B. Wallace) of Vancouver are bereaved; also one brother. Rev. David Holman of Mich- igan and one sister. Mrs. JoL-n Chard, of Cloverdale, B.C. Battalion Leaves For Camp Next Week The local company of the 2nd Batt. of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters is making fine progress in their drilling at the Markdale armories, which is being held three nights a week prior to leaving for camp. Major Wm. Turney of Flesherton is in command of the company and is assisted by Lieut. F. J. Thurston of Flesherton and Lieut. F. D, Sawyer of Markdale, while K. G. Gemmell of the Hydro staff, Markdale, is acting Seiigt. Major. The battalion leaves for camp this coming Monday morning, Aug. 12th, and will likely travel by bus and i'each their destinat;on in time for the noon meal. The company will be going into camp 150 strong, with about 90 men from Markdale centre and 60 from Durham, under Lieut. B. Jamieson. This district has done re- markably well in enlistments "for the battalion and all ranks are taking a deep interest in the work with the idea that they will make their own particular platoon . the best in the company. Next week we expect to ?ive a full list of those in camp from 'is district. SWEEPING FOK .MINES ROUND AN AD AS PORTS RISKY, BLT .MONOTONOUS .Most monotonous job in the Royal Canadian Navy is performed by the stubby-hulled little vessels that buck. the gales of the Atlantic to keep from mines. Hour after hour, summer and win- ter, they wallow and strain through the seas dragging their mine-sweep- ing equipment behind them. Their crews know that, at present, their chances of »naring a mine are smalls but they also know tfc-at a crop of death might be sown beneath the surface of the sea at any 'ime. On. the Atlantic coast these minesweep- ei-s keep clean some of the busiest shipping channels in the world, chan- nels that carry men and material f countless value to the Motherland in her life-and-death struggle. The day of a minesweeper starts shortly after the first rays of the sua spread across the chilly waters of the North Atlantic. Even during thesO' summer days the ocean winds are cool enough to make necessary the wearing of heavy coats and mufflers. The skipper has already received a chart telling him when channels must be swept during the day. The sweepe« usually work in teams of f three and four. The senior ship - I _ _ I takes the lead and the others spread I Snohi' RrnU/n Trnilt l out behn^ her in echelon so that tdDgUl DrUWn irUUl Lach sweeps part of a wide cannel The mine-sweeping equipment is so A fine large German Brown trout | ^^^nged that anchored mines are was caught in the Eugenia Hydro lake snipped from their moorings when- over the week end by M* Jack Sutton ^^er the long drag-line comes into manager of Simpson's sporting goods contact with their cables, and guides department, Toronto. The trout ^hem to the special cutting apparatus, measured 15 inches in length 10 in- ^-^en thev bob to the surface after hes in gii'th and weighed two and one half pounds. This is the first Brown trout known to have been caught at the Hydro Pond. There have not been any fingerlings deposited there, but a few may have slipped in when the pond was being restocked. More of these trout would do well in some of our rivers [where the Speflkled Trout will not thrive. DIED ROBINSON â€" At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Milton Bannon, No. 10 Highway, on Tuesday, August 6th, 1940, Margaret Hannah, widow of the late James Robinson, aged 81 years. The funeral will take place on Thursday, August 8th. .After a short service at the house, a public service will be held in Bethel United church -.It 2.30 p.m. Interment will be made in Bethel Cemetery. MARRIED McDonaldâ€" Thistlethwaiteâ€" In To- ronto on Satui-day, August 3rd, 1940, Miss Nellie Jaii.; Thistlethwaite. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thistlethwaite of Flesherton, to Mr. Bruce McIX>nald, both of Toronto. The young couple left by motor for a honeymoon trip and on their return will reside in Toronto. With so much confusion and pro- moted propaganda in the world, one of the great needs of the day is clear thinking. Hon. Colin Campbell has been pro- moted to the rank of major while Mayor David Croll, his former cabinet colleague is still a private. Better get a hustle on Dave! MT. ZION RASPBERRY SOCIAL A raspberry social will be held at Mt. Zion Church Thursday evening, .'Vug. 8th. lnistio(re young people will present the play "Lena Rivers..' Ball game prior to social. Admistion: 25c and 15c. Soldier Letters Last week we received an inter- esting letter from a former employee of this office, Harry Frost, who wrote the editor from a bed in the Canadian hospital in England Harr" escaped the bursting of two bombs which fell near him in an air raid, but was caught by a motor cycle when it crashed into him and laid him up in the hospital for a couple of weeks. Harry gives ;i fitiP word for the Can- adian nurses in the hospital. He mentions them being carefully train- ed, of neat appearance and all of them with very nice dispositions, fv'e were pleased to hear from Harry. as it is twenty years since we have heard from him and did not know that he had again donned the uni form. He was in the last war an came back home in good condition. '^Band Concerts Sunday An interesting letter was received from Sergt. W. S. Kerton of the first Ant'-Tank Company in England by C. J. Bellamy, which told of his ex- perience when his unit was fortunate to escape from France at the last minute when they went in to assist In stemming the German advance just prior to their capitulation. Bill says: "We had a swell trip to France, but it didn't last long. Everyone had a swell time and we were lucky to out- manoeuver Jerry the way we did. We sure had horseshoes and four- leaf clovers and very other thing that is supposed to be lucky to us. as his t.anks were supposed to have cut us off at one place. We com- mandeered a train and Serg.-Mayjor Laurie acted as engineer. Capt. King md Major Hendry fired the engine and Capt. Griffith sat on the tender with a Tommy gun on the er(gine .•rew. I asked him if he was sobos- ing his Way and he said "Y'es, and no conductor is going to put me off, either. We left one man in France in the hospital and as the Gennans entered the towii as soon as we left, I guess he is a prisoner of war and that will mean a nice long stay. ".Jerry's bombers come over night and day. but he dosn't seem to have much luck .Our Spitfires and Hurri- canes are much superior and are on his tail as soon a."* he arrives, and he usually drops his load and gets out without trying to pick his target too closely. The odd one makes a good showing."' Bill stated that they are now called called "McNaughton's Flying Circus" they had moved all over Bngland and i «re still moving. their line has been severed, they may be destroyed with rifle fire or perhaps, taken with_ extreme care into port for examination. Each minesweeper carries on its- foward deck a gun capable of de- livering a severe blow if the necess- ity arises. .\t the stem are carried a number of depth charges. They are thus prepared for encounters with submarines, whether the latter be on the surface or under water. Stout little ships, they operate in all kinds of weather conditions with the exception of dense fag, when a mine might be cut adrift without the knowledge of the crew. Possibility of collision is another of the factors keeping the minesweeper in port when the fog banks roll in from the .\tlantic. When weather conditions are fav- orable, the sweepers labor up and down the channels from dawn until far past the setting of the sun. Not until actual darkness has arrived do they point their blunt steel noses homeward. Then they wait until sun- rise for another trip in se««rch of the black globes of destruction which may be lurking beneath the surface of the sea. Flesherton and district is to have a real musical treat on Sunday after- noon and evening next, vAien the Harristoi^ band is coming over to en- joy an outing and incidentally give us two musical concerts. The first concert will be heid at 3 p.m. and the second at 8 o'clock p.m. The public is cordially invited to come to the Fleshck'ton Memorial Park Sunday and enjoy the concerts. The Harris- ton band is led by Mr. T. C. Blakeley, well known old Flesherton boy. FIFTH COLUMNISTS AT CHESLEY From all reports there are a num- ber of fifth columnists in our neigh- boring town of Chesley, especially a- mong the (Jennan population and they appear to be showing their hand in brazen way. Rev. J. Fleming, minister of Geneva Presibyterian Church, has recently delivered strong and stirring sermons against the Nazi regime and is also president of the Chesley Legion. The pro-Nazi el- ement evidently i-esents his stand and recently retaliated by stealing the Communion Silverware from his chur- ch and are said to have left a note stating that if he did not desist, more damage would be done. This incident was reported to the Leader, and if true, the authorities should take im- mediate steps to clean up the mess and intern the guMty partiw. The most frequent offence in car driving is pulling away from the curb without giving any signal of the in- tention to do so. People who aT* otherwise quite sensible keep on doing it.