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1 4 1 J 1^ THE PLAY "WHITTLIN* '* IN FLESHERTON TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) â€" WILLIAMSFORD TALENT. ADMISSION: 35c-25c VOL. 64; NO. 48 Iâ„¢ « Attended Memorial Service •for Missing Comrade Pilot Oificer Bob" Banks, accom- . panieti by his mother and father, Mr. _ and Mrs. G. E. Banks, attended a memorial service for Flying Officer Wm. Parkinson, held at Barrjiield « Church, near Guelph Sunday after- tg, noon at 2^30 o'clock. F. 0. Parkinson was .\avigator of the Halifax of which Bob was the rear gunner, was ^ reported missing following the raid ^ of the night of May 8th, 1944, when only three of the entire creiw escaped, two of them being taken prisoner and Bab making his way to free- dom. He is the only one of the crew living in Canada today. The service was very impressive and a large crowd of sympathetic friends at- tended the service. FLESHERTON. ONT.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9. 1945 W. H. Thurston & Son, Publishert f * « 9 HARVEY â€" McGEE « « < 4 « 4 ♦ 4 â- * * t « On Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, April 25th, a wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dane MicGee, Vandeleur, when their second daughter, Joyce Emily, be- came the bride of Tpr. Eussell Har- vey of Camp Borden, second son ot" Mr. and Mrs. M. Harvey, Markdale. Rev. N. E. Caswell, officiated and Mrs. Glenn McGee. the bride's aunt, played the wedding march. The living room was decorated with blossoms, snapdragons and nar- cissus as a background for the cer- emony. The bride, ^ven in mar- riage by her fal;her, -..-..^re a street length dress of white silk jersey. Her flowers were Carmelita roses, white sweet peas and fern tied with white satin ribbon and she also wore a wreath of flowers in her hair and a gold locket, the gift of the groom. Her sister, Evelyn (Mrs. Han-y Burnside) wearing her wedding dress of heavenly blue crepe with shoulder bouquet of pink hyacinths and pink sweet peas with matching flowers in her hair, was her only at- tendant. Mr. Lloyd Harvey was his brother's best man. Only' immediate relatives were present. The bride's mother wore a green dress and the groom's mother • a two-piece dress o£ brown printed * crepe. .Each wore corsages of roses ♦ and sweet peas. » A buffet lunvheon was served by ^ Misses Laverne Harvey. Muriel Mc- â- Get. Ivis Walsh and Glenora McGee, * from the"" dining r-->om table, which •was centered with the weeding cake ^and tall pink candles on either side. « Later the happy uouple left for ^Toronto. Niagara and other points. ,the bride travelling in a printed tan ^ret'e dress with brO'Wn tweed eoat ^nd brown accessories. . After the war the young couple jlnn to make their home in Weston ^•hcre the groom will resume his former work. V future Ever.is « « "V.E.- SUNDAY SERVICE ^ ••And Peace Ever .-Ul^j'/ ?'' will be "he minister's subject the Sunday af- <lev V.K. Day in Cetlareidc and Rock <ftlil!s Baptist Churches. All think- Hiy; people will want to hear this 4inicly topic. All are welcome. 4 â€" *â-  iWNCE IN FLESHERTON Dance in Fraternal Hall, Flesher- <lon. Thursday, May •24th. Music by JHuH-ay Simmons colored orchestra. J^dmission: 50c. Everybody come. « D.AN'OE IN DUNDALK ^ Dance i.. Dundalk ^Arella, Thurs- (fay. May -4th. to Bert Mulholland »ii"d his orchestra from Sti-oud. Spon- sored by Dundalk Fair. Pi'izes for ligjfcst " speckletl trout and spot ances. Admission = 35c each. F. R. Oliver Is Liberal Candidate F. R. Oliver, memier of the Legis- lature for the past 19 years, accepted the Liberal nomination at a largely attended meeting at Durham Friday afternoon. Mr. Oliver was Minister of Welfare in the former Hepburn government. .Mitchell F. Hepburn, foj-mer Liberal Premier was the chief speaker, other sipeakers being Major Walter E. Harris of Markdale, Libral nominee for the riding of Grey-Bruce and its representative in rhe last Parliament; and Thomas N. Duff of Arran, member for Bruce in the Last Legislature. Mr. Oliver received the nomina- tion by acclamation whea no other names were broug'ht forward. In his opening remarks he stated that :he reason he was again a candidate was the fact that the best experience will be needed for the post-war prob- lems and declared that they couM not expect adequate leadership from the Drew government in the post- war years. Mr. Oliver promised if elected to go into the question of marketing of farm products, by traineti men, who understood and have studied marketing. He would make no promises <y£ startling things but what he had done in the past will again be entered into to the ijest of his ability. He remarked i^hat during the eight years Mr. Hepburn was in office, $70,000,000 of benefits had been returned to the people of the province. The process of taking money from thoise who could afford to pay was returned to the people not so well situated. He declared that the Drew government was left substantial amounts on the right side of the books by the for- mer Liberal government. He would make no prediction of an easy vic- tory on June 4th, but the objective will be a majority in each of the municipalities. MOHAN â€" MacVICAR I .. . Killed In Action Announced Monday */ ^ DANCE IN FLESHERTON Dance in Fraternal Hall on Fri- ^"Jiay, May IS. in aid ot the Soldiers' *GLft Fuiid. .\dmission: .35c. Lunch ''ee. Pe<llar full 7-piece orchestra. OPENING DANCE rystal Gardens, Dundalk, Tuesday. 15th. Music: RUSS CREIGH- and his VARIETY BAND. ion- lOc Dancing every Sat- night. • Married at 10.30 a.m. Saturday, May 5, in St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church. Toronto, were Catherine Mary MaeVicar, Reg. N., and John Patrick Mohan, Padre Joseph Hen- nessy conducted the service against a setting of candlelight and spring flowers. Mr. Cesar Borre played the organ and Mr. Tito Sandos sang. The bride, who is a graduate of St. Michael's Hospital, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .\ngus J. MaeVicar, of Priceville and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mohan. Toronto Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore white satin. Her long tulle veil fell from a satin Dutch cap, and she carried Calla lilies, stephanotis and pale pink roses. Her sister. Miss \nn Mac- Vicar was maid-of-honor and the bridesmaid was Miss Betty Mohan. They wore gowns ci^f chartreuse with matching poke bonnets and veil and carried pansies and roses. The arroom's brother. Mr. Peter Mohan was best man. while ushers were Sub. Lieut. John MaeVicar and Messi-s. Jack Harland and William \lohan. .â- \ wedding' breakfast , w^s held in the Yellow Room of the King Ed- ward H.Uel, followed by a reception in the home of the groom's parents. The bride's mother received in a navy Peek-a-boo mesh ensemble, and a corsage of pink carnations and sweet peas. The groom's moth- er wre a rose t\vo-piecer, and rose corsage. When the bride and groom loft on their honeymoon to the west coast the bride wore a fox-trimme<l turqoise suit, matching sti-aw hat and black accessories. Her corsage was «f Talisman ros«s and pan»ies. The Germans sigrned the uncondi- tiinal surrender pact with the Allied Army was the news flashed over the air at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. After five years and eight months of war, the conflict had come to a successful and triuniphant end. Prayers of thanksgiving were offered up in the hearts of everyone that right had at last triumphed and that freedom is a heritage that we will not easily give up. The joyous news of victory was tinged with sandness in many hearts of loved ones who will be left ever there when the armies return home â€" the price of the freedom we enjoy. The s-jhooh in town were given a holi-'.-'iy az soon as the news was re- I';assd and pandemonium broke lose ! w 1 town. The church beU rang. :h; fire siren roared and the fire truck with siren bellowing, roamet! the streets. Jt was a happy throng that milled around, as though wait- ing for something more to happen. Homes and business places im- mediately broke out their flags and bunting, the Union Jack was run up to the top of the flag pole on the square above the Victory Loan flag and the pennant presented on reach- ing its objective, as Flesherton did in the first week. A string of large tlags waved overhead as cars passed leneath and the town took on the appearance of a gala occasion. In the afternoon a parade was formed of war veterans, service men md school children and, led by the Markdale band, marched first to the Memorial Park, where Reeve Betts .velcomed the gathering, followed by :wo minutes of silence and Rev. W. A. Westcott led in prayer of th.-nks- srivin^ for the victory of rfght*with :iope for a lasting peace. The par- ade reformed and marched to the United Church, where a religious service was held, the order of service promoted by the Canadian Council of Churches being used. With Rev. Westcott on the plat- form were Mrs. W. I. Henry, presi- dent of St. John's W. A.. Reeve K. G. Betts; J. A. Davis. Reeve of Art- emesia; H A. McCauley, president of Flesherton Post of the Canadian Legion, all of whom spoke a fe^v words on the victory achieved and the hope that the sacrifices made would bring a just and lasting 1 peace. While the peace was prematurely announced by the German radio on Monday morning, it did not become official until Tuesday morning wher Pi-emier Churchill andi President i>!ninounced the news s-invifltaneos'ly over the radio. Tuesday was de- clared a public holiday and all bus- iness places were closed. The rural mails were also given a vacation from their work. King George gave a s.plendid address to the Empire in a raddo broadcast at 3 o'clock in the afternoon which was one of his best. Coupled with the fact that Victory in Europe was an accomplished fact, there remains the remains additional fact that the Japanese are still hold- ing Briitish territory in the Far E;ist and their threat to Canada still re- maims. The Americans have ser- io-usly clipped their wings, but the day of reckoning for the Nipponese has yet to come, and Canada must play her part in the victory there. 5 PAGES HOME PRINT Again this week Page 2 of The .Xdvance was printed in this office. Died MOFF.A.T â€" At his residence. Sth Line, Osprey, on Tuesday, May S'th. 1945. William Grey Moffat, in his 89th year. The funeral will be held at his late residence on Thursday, May 10th, with service at 2.30 p.m.. interment to be made in Feversham Presbyterian Cemetery « * BERN »R0 AVC i ^^^ â-  » CENTRAL LOCATION Our convenient location is readily accessible by the city's leading auto- mobile and street car thoroughfares. Bates and Maddocks FUNERAL CHAPEL 124 Avenue Rd. KI.4344 A telegi'am received by Mr. and Mrs. Robe. Thompson of the east backline on Wednesday of last week informed tlem of the death of their son, Pte. Laurence Howard Tiiompson, 27 years of age. in tils recent heavy fighting in Germany. Pie. Thompson enlisted in Oc;uber, 1^42, and trained on the Eaift Coast with the Royal Canadian Artillery. For afcout a year he serv- Fleslierton Council Tag Day Raised $40 For National Blind Institute PTE. LAURIE H. THOMPS.VN Killed in Action ed with the Regimental Police. He left for overseas- last October and on going on active service in January of this year, he joined tiie Cape Bre- ton Highlanders, with which Regi- ment ho scr\-ad in Holland, through the he iv-y fighting prior to the cross- ing of the Rhine and on into Ger- many. He had one narrow escape while standing beside one of the men in his Company. .A rifle bullet tore through the back of his shirt and and ripped his braces apart. The bullet embedded itself in the arm of the soldier stamling beside him. The late Pte. Thompson leaves his parents, two brothers and three sis- ters: Charlie, .A.lice, Edna and Ed- mund at home and Margaret in Toronto, who have the sympathy of a wide circle of friends in their great loss so close to VE-Day. â-  The Council of the Corporation of the Village of Flesherton met on May 1st with all Councillors present and the Reeve in the Chair. Correspondence was read from: Department of Health; Department of Municipal Affairs; E. V. Rad- boume. County Assessor; Associa- tion of Assessing Officers. Bills were presented from: J. F. P. Birnie ?9.00 for certifying 1945 Vo- ter's List; County of Grey, share of Hospitalization, |7.50; Levi Pallister, work on streets $6.58, and ordered to be paid. Goessell-Henderson-That fees for membership be sent to the Associa- tion of .Assessing Officers and that a delegate attend meeting. W. E. Bects-Henderson-That this Council order through the County of Grey three tons of calcium chlor- ide for the streets. Braekenbury-Henderson- That this Council initruct the Policeman, Mr. W. Kaitting, to enforce the By-law passed by the council to prohibit dogs running at large. It was moved and seconded that the following Hydro accounts be paid: Sagamo Co.. repairs to time E-witch %f>A\\ H.E.P.C. of Ontario S-K.38. for heater thermostat and itationery; Howard Milligan. April -alaiy $16.00 and T'ne Canadian National Institut* for the Blind conducted a tag day in Flesherton through the Women'a Institute, and the public came through handsomely with the snm of flO.OO. Mrs. Ed. Fisher, president of the W. I. wishes to thank the girLi who collected the money: Joan Tur- ney, Marion Stauffer, Evelyn Stew- art, Wiima Williams, Mary Jana McTavish and Geraldine Best, and also to the town and community who gave so generously. FEVERSHA.M SUNDAY SERVICB Special public servics will be held in [he Agricultural Hall, Feversham. on Sunday afternoon. May 13th, at "2:30 o'cock. in gratitude for the suc- cessful ending of the war. Every- body is asked to attend and take p«rt in the service. LOCAL TALENT PRESENTS EXTRA FINE PLAY X splendid play ' Three Pegs" was given in Flesherton Thursday e'en- last in the to-wn hall, which w£3 filled to capacity. The receipts were S85.10. The play was sponsored by St. John's Sur.d?.y School. Those taking part were: Mrs. .A. Sparks, 40c for express i Lois Sparks, Mrs. R. Park. Mrs. K. paid by him; G. B. Welton, .April sal- ary $20.00 and $2.00 for digging ditch. The surest way to make friends is to be one. ::crts. Mrs. W. McMillan. Mrs. E. J. Fisher,.. Irene.. Martin... Genevieve Miine and Joan Turney... The play was given in Dundalk Tuesday night. Don't run down your neighbors. Run in and visit them. ; â- . I .. I â- â-  ^ â-  ^ â-  M"i^ ^ ^ ^^ I â- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I ^^ ^ ^ I ^^ I â- â-  I ^â-  I â- ^ ^ â-  I â- ^ I â- â-  ; â- . I .. I .. I .. ^ .â-  I â- â-  ^ â- . I â- â-  ^ â-  ^ â- . ^ .â- ^.. ^ â-  I .â-  ^ . I . : l. ^ l ^ . ^ â-  ^ â-  I I ' l ' i ' t ' i 'f'i* MEN'S f SMART SUIT HOLIDAY TUESDAY H.VD DOUBtE SIGNIFICANCE The announcemeat of VE-Day to i on Tuesdaly May 8tjh, had consider- able significance to Pilot Officer Bob Banks of Flesherton and tlie holiday was the anniversary of his bomber being shot down over Belgium, the night of M*j- Sth. 19-44. following which he wandered around France for thi-ee and a half months before being rescued by the American Army near St. Lo. Tuesiiay will 'oe one day that Bob will never forget; Honesty that begins at home doe^n-'t ?top when one goes to work. % ♦ + * Just placed in stock an assortment of better quality worsteds in a vauriety of colors amd patterns. Good fitting and well tailored. Owing to war conditions, supplies of suit- ing materials are difficult to obtain, and we were very fortunate in securing these choice patterns. The styles are suitable for young and older men. Sizes 36 to 44. Special Prices $25.00, $27.50 F. H. W. Hicklins X % + + + + + + I * + \ General Merchant FLESHERTON the S H O U T that became a whisper \t"e'vi' looked forward a long time to celebrating the installation of our miUwnth telephone. Now the great day has come and gone, with only a brief press notice to mark its pai<$ing. There are more important thing> to do just now. Besides, we can't forget that TO.OOO jiirlher applicants are today waiting for telephone". ., .-^A ^i] It may surprise you that 215.000 more Bell telephoneg are in service now than when war began, ^ith telephone manufacturers practically lOO'^c on war orders, it was done by (H using up reserve stocka and (2) reronditioning used equipment We have thus been able to meet â€" fully and on lime â€" every essential war demand for tele- phone service. Only materials left over after these needs are met can be used to look after our "Vaiting list". These unfilled orders are our constant concern. Filling them calls for additional wire, and cable, and intricate exchange apparatus, and all the other elements of a complete telephone system. .\nd this, in turn, is just one part of the whole construction program we will undertake onre men and materials are available. It means lots of work ahead for every Bell employee, whether at home or in the services, plus additional workers, too. 3 L-__^1V m:^m a^ft )4ci!k.'e S»*«iee G^t/iM^«,'uH^Sii>^Wl>t4/t