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* ^ -« % I ^ X X 4 4 â- I. ^hje /teh^riM %jrtianc^ VOL. 66; NO. 6 FLESHERTON. ON'T., WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1946 vV H Thurston & Son. PuWishcri Beef Producers Elect Officers At Markdale The township representative ot the Grey County Beef Producers met in the Dapartnient of Agriculture office at Markdale on July 2iidi to elect their officers for the coining year, the result being: President: Arthur Lemon, Bala- clava, Sydenham, Twp. Vice President: Vic Porteous, Owen Sound, Derby. Executive: Stewart Falte, Meaford Euphrasia Twip.; Geo. Bell, Priceville Glenelg Xwp.; Philip McKay, Chiat§- worth, Holland Twp. The ceiling price of beef was dis- eulssed, also a protest sent to the WP.T.B. against the use of certain fiarures compiled by the govearnment regarding the cost of producing beef, as the figures were not relative to producing beef where mixed farming was carried out. They also accepted the proposal for >& conference with government officials, where the whole problem of the beef producers would be discussed the date being set for July 25th at Owen Sound. It is hoped to arrange for two meet- ingfe, one a round table conference of selected representatives of the different farm organizations, the other an open meeting for all beef producers. Further notice will be given when aJl arrangements are complete- The Board of Directors is asked to meet July 18th, to complete thelf plans. ** * . t * 1, > t* *** * * ******** » * * * * We can supply Bulova, Elco, Tissot and Tavannes Watches "BLUEBIRD" and "BRIDAL WREATH" RINGS SILVERWABE E. I. HOLLEY i DUNDALK, ONT. ** ****** ****** * ****** **** Village Council Meeting F^lesherton Council met Monday evening in the Council chanDbers, with all memibei* present. Correspondence was read from: the War Assets Corporation, in regard to equipment; Ontario Fire Marshall, re by-law regulating and licensing of public halls; County of Grey, re rental basis for maintainers. Accounts were presented as foll- ows: Mervin McFadden, 7 hours on streets and parks with team and mower cutting grass f7; County of Grey re hospitalization |10.80; Ford Garage, account of fire truck |S.45 and labor welding street rail t3.5C, which were ordered paid. By-law No. 5, 1946, was introduced in regard to licensing and regulat- ing public halls, read the required number of times, filled in, signed, sealed and entered in the By-law book. The Clerk was instructed to insert a notice in the Plesherton Advance in regard to the care and disposal of weedte. The following Hydro accounts were ordered paid: Hydro, $39-80; iH. Mill- igan, salary for June $16, freight paid ^2.56; G. B. Welton, salary for June $20, installing metres and use of car $19.75. The Council ordered the Parks Committee to repair the diving board at the swimming hole. Portlaw Public School Grade 8 â€" Gordon White passed on year's work, Mildred Shier pass- ed on written examinations. Grade 7 to 8 â€" Marie White 84.7, Ruth Phillips 78-7, Isaibell Croft 77.4. Grade 6 to 7 â€" Joyce Shier 77, Doreen Fisher 76.7, Lorraine Shier 74, Eleanor Shier 68. Grade 4 to 6 â€" Tommy Melrose 82.9, Inez Badgerow 80.5, Ruth Mc- Nally 79.6, Ma Shier 78.8. Isobell McMuIlen 65, failed in spelling. Grade 3 to 4â€" Th'elma Fisher 77.2, Vera MoNally 75.8, Auibrey Fergu- son 75-8, Kenneth Wilkinson 74.8, Elsie Shier 74.6, Marjorie Croft 69-9. Grade 1 to 2â€" Earl Shier 86, Rose Shier 84-7, Walter Shier 82. â€" Florence Lyonfe, Teacher. The only way to get along with women is to let them think they're having their own way. The only way to do this is to let them have it. You may never sell Gas to U.S. motorists CANADA'S TOURIST BUSINESS /s yOUR business George Morrison Buys The Feversham Mill The mill and property of the Os- prey Farmert' Milling Co., Limited, located at Feversham for nearly fifty years was sold by public auction on Saturday afternoon to Mr. George Morrison of Maxwell for the price of $7,450.00. Mr. VV- Kaitting of Flesh- erton was the auctioneer. The sale of the mill, which conducted a flour and chopping business, was decided upon when the directors were re- quested by a vote of the sharehold- ers, that the property should be dis- posed of, due to the fact that a large expenditure for repairs was required to place the mill in a profitable runn- ing basis. Immediately after the vote was taken the doors of the mill were closed and it has not been op- ating for the past three weeks. The work of winding up the affairs of the Company will be proceeded with as quickly as poSsible- To Hanove« Student Jamieson Medal Awarled I Committees For Commodity Ken Barber Saved Comrade Groups In Osprey Township ' From Drowning In Canal Artemesia Council Artemesia Tjwnship Council met in Flesherton on Monday, with Mr. Cairnsi the only menuber absent. Communications were read from: "County engineer, regarding the rate charged for power maintainers used on township roads; Ontario Gasoline Tax Branch, re righways; Toronto General Hospital, advising that Mrs. Mary Fawcett of Eugenia was a pa- tient in that hoapial. Accounts as follows were read and ordered paid: Pat Sweeney, sheep killed by dogs $24; Wm. Hincks, val- uator $1.50; Fenceviewers T. Genoe, Bert Irwin and .^bert Odell. $3 each for fence award at Lots 8, 9 and 10. Con- 1, N;D.R-; Road Supt-, payment voucher for July $996-89; Committee work, J. A. Davis $6. H. Tucker $8, Jas. McLoughry $2 and F. Betts $4. Quarterly salary to Clerk $87.50, and Treasurer $62-50- By-law No- 4. 1946, covering grant to Flesherton and Markdale bran- ches of the Canadian Legion was read the required number of times, signed, 'sealed and entered in the By-law book. The Reeve and Clerk were order- ed to secure information regarding the 1946 assessment notices and roll. Mr- Albrey Foster, township treas- urer, presented a statement of lands lia/ble for tax sale in 1946. The Knuance Boards of South Grey have bet to consider the results of the High School Entrance exam- inations for South Grey for 1946. Successful candidates have received their ceitificates through the mail and those wiw have been unsuccess- ful have received letters to that effect. The Jamieson Medal, awarded each year by Dii'. Jamieson of Durham to the candidate making ^e highest mark on the Departmental examina- tions, has been won by Miss Joan Mercey of the Hanover Separate school. The following pupils have made an excellent mark and are worthy of honorable mentioni: Ray Hunt of Markdale public school; Betty Gilles- pie, S. S. No. 4, Proton; and Dannie Clunis, Dundalk public school. Tourist money spreads around. The garage man, the grocer, the farmerâ€" everybody benefits directly or indi- rectly. The tourist industry is profitable business â€" worth protecting. Especially this year when the impression ^\inerican visitors take back with them will influ- ence Canada's tourist industry through all the years to come. CANADIAN TRAVEL BUREAU Ocparfmcnf of Trada A Comnxrca, OUawo Corrections In Reports We make a correction in the Ent- rance report published ' last week, when we gave Shirley A. J- Hincks credit for receiving honors, when it â- should have been Mai-y Jean Hincks who received honors and whose name we omitted altogether- In the Flesh- erton school report the names of Tom McGee and Billy Aberdein. both of whom received honors. SOUTH GREY SOFTBAL LEAGUE Final League Standing Won Lost Tied Tot3 Vandeleur 5 2 10 Rock Mills 4 2 2 10 Flesherton -. 4 4 8 Dundalk 3 3 2 8 Feversham 2 9 4 Games during past week Dundalk 16, Feversham 3 Dundalk 9, Rock Mills 9 Dundalk i3. Vandeleur 12 Dundalk made a smashing drive the past week to enter the final play- off games, and placing Feversham in the discard- They won two games and had another tie game against Rock Mills Tuesday evening. Vandeleur and Rock Mills are in a tie for first place and Flesherton and Dundalk for second place. The games to decide places for the play- offs will be played this Thursday evening, when Vandeleur and Rock Ml Us play at Flesherton and the locals play at Dundalk. Following these two sudden-death games the first and third place teams will meet and second and fourth, to decide the teams for the final games. These should be interesting contest^. With Dundalk so hot, Flesherton boys will have to be on their toes to win. Markdale won a baseball- game here Monday from Flesherton 7-6 in an interesting contest. The only thing some people have On the ball is a number 8. Future Events DANCE AT PRICEVILLE Dance in Priceville hall Thursday. July nth, to niuSic by Norm Hartley and his popular dance orchestra. Round and square dancing. Come •jnd have a jolly good time. Booth. Admission: 3.5:. Died WOOD â€" At St. Joteph's Hospital, Toronto, on Wednesday. July 3rd, 1946, Sarah Eliaabeth Haney. widow of the late J- L. Wood, in her 66th year. The funeral took place on Satur- day, July 6th, when a short service was held at 2 oclock p.m. in Flesh- tdon Cemetery where interment was 'luidt- The Osprey Federation of Agricul- :ure met in C. W. Long's office re- cently and named a board for each of the following commodity groups to represent the Township of Osprey at Markdale on Tuesday, July 2: Hogs â€" D. Stephens, C- Monagh- an, Norman Priddle and Emerson Grey. Beef â€" Arnold Hutchinson, Clay- :un Sprott. Elgin McCutcheon and Ali. Hawton. Cream â€" Bruce McCutcheon, Joe Wright, Albert Moore and Albert Williams. At Markdale. from township groups such as the above, it was purposed to organize each group commodity under an Act similar to that for â- Txs. through the Farm Products Act from which eventually will come a farm-controlled product fa-om the farm to consumer. A motion was also passed to ap- proach the Osprey Township Council to set aside a grant of money to be used in caring for neglected grave- yards or parts thereof in Osprey. .sponsored by the Board of the Fed- eration of Agriculture, in co-opera- tion with the Council. Kenneth Bar*ber, 16 year old aoM of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barber, two miles south of to^^Ti, was the hero of a near drowning accident in the Wak land Canal recently, accordinj^ to information sent to The Advance by .\ndy Jackson, wheelsman on uhe 3. S. John B. Richards, on which Kea has been sailing for the past sev«sB| -lonths. Gordon Davidfeon of Toronto, menu ber of the crew, had fallen, into the Canal and was unable to s^m. Ken threw a ladder from Che boat into the water and then, fully clothetL jumped in and pulled Davison to t%* ladder and then swam and towed tbm ladder and boy to shore. The creir members all give credit to Ken f<ar his brave act and his many friend* here congratulate him on his quick action in making the rescue. He de- serves honorable mention for a bravs Entrance Results Co-operative News Osprey and Artemesia Co-operat- ive was on the air over C.FO-S. at , Owen sound at one o'clock on Sat- urday June 29th. on the Co-operat- : ive broadcast- The Piiesident. Mr. '. Howard I. Graham spoke for the Co- op- The:?e broadcasts are sponsored by the Ont. Co-oiperative Union, and the Co-ops. of this district. At the June Board meeting of the Local Co-op- held on Monday even- ing June 24th., Messrs. Richard Al- len and John McWilliam, who were delegates to the C-o-op. affiliates meeting in Toronto, gave a report j and made several suggestions. j Recently the Board of the local j Co-operative decided to organize a I "Credit Union." According to Mr- A. ' C- Savage, Secretary of the Ontario Co-op. Union, Credit Unions are one of the most successful types of Co-op in Canada. The first Credit Union in North America was organized at Levis. Quebec, ony 46 Years ago. Member^ of a Credit Union have only two objectives: to encourage thrift, and provide an inexpensive source of credit. The Credit Union idea has really caught on. In Ontar- io there are now over 268 Credit Unions, some of which are qunte small of course, but there ite one with assets dollars. FEVERSHAM CENRTE Achescn, Emily; Broderick, Doug^ las; Coui-voisier, Beth; Davison, Phyllis; Davison, Glenn; Freethy, Kaye; Haley, Mary (H); Haniuinh James; Hargrave. Russell; HolmeS, Leonard, Reg. (10-6); Mclntyre, Blr- eanor; Monaghan, Clifford; Moore* Margai-et Anne (H); Pedlar, Chaa.; Poole, Verna; Porteous, Georg*; Roberts, Iris; Sayers, Donelda; Sprott, Marjorie (H); Weldrick, Dor* een; Young, Ivan. SINGHAMPTON Radley, Eva; Smith, xMarian; Thompson, Billy; Winters, Isabel. Card of Thanks We wish to expreste our apprecia- tion and sincere thanks to all our friends, neighbors and relatives for many acts of kindness, lettei-fe. cards and flowers during our sad bereave- ment in the loss of our little one- â€" Jlr- and Mi-^- Earle Croft and Daughters- Card of Thank:; YOUR SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE Dancing every Saturday night in Fraternal Hall. Flesherton, to musi^ of RusseH Hill"^ Golden West Moun- taineers. Dance starts at 9 o'clock sharp. Come out and enjoy dancing on one of the best floors in th? County of Grey. CENTRAL LOCATION Our convenient location is readily accessible by the city's leading auto- mobile and street car thoroughfares. Bates and Maddocks hUNiRAL CHAPE I 124 Avenue Rd. . ..Kl.,4344 I wish to e-xpress my sincere thanks and appreciation to all rela- tives, friends and neighbors for their kindness for visits, cards , flowers and treats during my illnesis in the Markdale hospital, also to my nurs- es, Mrs- Boland and Miss Hazel Wyville. â€" Francis Genoe. of over one million Bride of B. L. Burk Arrives From England Mr. B- L. Burk of Owen Sound, son of Mr- and Mrs. G. H. Burke of Feversham, welcomed his Scottish bride of last September, last week on her arrival in Toronto from ovei- seas. Mr. and Mrs. Burke fepent a couple of days at his home at Fev- ersham. Mrs- Burke was the former Jean Teague of Scunthorpe, Lincoln- shire, England. We rejoice with Bill on her arrival in Canada. Bill ar- rived home last January. Banks - Tilley At Central Chmch of Chrfet, at Lethbridge, Alta., on Saturday, Juii« 22nd, Phyllis Marie Tilley, daughter of Mrs- M. Tilley and the late Mr. Albert Tilley of Lethbridge, mm united in marriage to Sergt- Themaa J- Banks, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. £> Banks of Flesherton. Rev. Prancia James officiated. Miss Wilma Wis- mer played the wedding music. The bride chose a floor-length gown of white chitfon. long veil held in place by a heai-t-shape,d coronet and carried a bouquet of talisman roses. She was given in marriage by her brother, Mr. Kenneth Tilley- Miss Margaret Petrunia was bridesmaid and wore a floor-length gown of pink chilfon- Mr- David Tilley supported the groom. The reception was held at the bride's home. Sergt- and Mrs. Bankfe left on a ineymoon trip to the groom's par- ental home, the bride travelling in n azure blue suit with hat to mutch ,nd white accessories. They will re- Mie at Dartmouth, N.S., where the groom is stationed with the Air KIMBERLEY t- eversham Public School In M.'*noriam SIMiMONS â€" In loving memory ot u dear father and mother. Walter Robert Simmons and Sarah Simmons who passed away July 29th. 1926, and June 22nd, 1945, respectively. One by one they go before us, They are fading like the dew- But we know they're watching o'er us, They the good, the fair, the true. They are waiting fOr us only, Where no pain can ever mar, Dear ones who left us lonely Watch us through the gates ajar; There a father, tliere a mother. Gone within those gate^ ajar. â€" Da-ightcr. Flossie. Entrance on Y'ears Work; Beth Courvosier; Wrote Entrance, Chas. Pedlar P. Yvonne Davidson F. Grade 7 to 8 â€" Redge Tyler R. Grade 6 to 7 â€" Marion Fenwick !. Warren Hannah H. Joan David- son, Ronald Davidson R- Givide to 6 â€" Paul Hudson, Merle McMullen. Norris Moore R, Kenneth Teeter F, Sadie Stewart F- Grade 4 to 5 â€" Dorothy Fenwick. Stanley Wright. Melville Wright. Gerald Teeter R, John Stewart ab. Grade ,3 to 4 â€" Shirley Wright H, John Pedlar. Grade 2 to 3 â€" Evelyn Pedlar H. Velda Teeter. Edward Smith R. Grade 1 to ? â€" Cheryl Light H, Shirley Summons H. Joan Parker H. John Sled. Gene McMullen, Harvie Sanvmons F. H: iHonors. 76 to 100%: R: failed on 1 subject, but recommended; F: average below 60'~'r. â€"Nellie Conn. Teacher- We never realize bow many back- slappei-fe there are until we acquire a sunburn. Boni HICKLING â€" To Mr. and Mrs. F. H. W. Hickling, "Earnscliffe." Flesh- erton. at the General and Marine Hospital. Owen Sound, on Wed., July 3, 1»46, a daughter, Corinne Louise. The meetings in the Baiptist church enjoyed by all who attend. Rev. Kerr is an outstanding «ipeaker. On Tuesday night Rev- Taylor, Mr. Mc- Lean and a number of London friends attended- 'Miss Vrooman of Mt- Forest is visiting her friend, Miss Orlio Kirkpatrick. Born â€" To Mr. and Mrs. W. Law- rence in Colling%vood hospital a ^on. CoiigiMtuhitions are extended to Ruth Chard, Velma Hutchinson. Dou- glas McMullen. Calvin Smart and D- A- Wallace, successful Entrano* pupils, lona Smart of Grade 11, the Thornbury high school, and Leon« Kirkpatrick. Grade 12, • the Flesher- ton high school,, who were success- ful in their exams. Miss Gwon ElliS is visiting friends ..it Burks Falls. We are sorry to report that Mrs. .Abe Knott is quite ill. We. were very much pleased to have a call from Mr- and Mrs- Wm. Buchanan and Alfred. They attend- e<l the service in the Baptist church Friday evening. Mr. D. A. Graham moved hto household effects from here, having sold his home to Mr. Fred Jolley. Ml', and Mj-^. Cecil Sutherland and children are visiting with - Mr. H. R. Stafford- Tho Ellis families and friends, of Mr- and Mrs. X. Collet of Victoria. B.C.. were glad to see them and h«T» ing a visit from them all week. Mri>. J. Proctor is Knving a holiday with mennbert of her family in the north.