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.«-^^<4i*a*«>»^** *V "Ehje ^kBl^txion nu^ Vol.44 No. 38 'Flesherton, Ontario, February 20, 1 924 \V. H.Thurston 6c Son, Proprietors EUGENIA FEVERSHAM PROTON STATION Little Lucy Sherwood is home again i On Monday, February 11th, there from the Hospital for Sick Children, â-  was celebrated the golden wedding of where she was taken recently for Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kaitting, who were consultation on her eye, which had married on the 12th line, Osprey, 50 been pierced with a rusty pen point, years ago. We offer our congratu- The specialists found a heavy catar- , lations to this esteemed couple, act forming over the sight and will be i jyugg Queenie Kaitting of Toronto unable to operate for a couple of and Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell of weeks of least. , Flesherton attended the golden wed- Mrs. (Rev.) Banks (nee Nellie 'ding of Mr. and Mrs. Kaitting, also a Wickens), who i.s home from th* number of other freinds from a dis- M*-. and Mrs. John West on a visit, was the guest of Mrs. ; tance. Em. Proctor the past week. | BORN â€" To Mr and Mrs A. Hoy entertained Radley on Tues., February 5th, 1924, their 'friends to a dance on Wednes- , a daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Geo. day of last week in honor of their , Ottewell on Tues., Feb. 19th, 1924. brother, J^bert, who is home from the a son. West: I The memorial of the late Wm. Haw- A few of the hockey enthusiats at- ton will be preached in the Bucking- tended the hockey match in Markdale ham church onj Sunday, Feb. 24th. on Wednesday of last week. , Mrs. Thos. Russell and son (nee We are pleased to be able to report ] Lizzie Brackenbury) of_Regijia is visiting with her uncle, Fred Brack- enbury, and other friends. Mr. Geo. McPhedran of Camlachie, Ont., is visiting with friends in the Miss Nea Williams of Toronto improv- ing nicely after her recent operation. Master Douglas Morgan gave a little birthday party to a number of his little friends on Wednesday of last neighborhood week, it being the third anniversary , ''iS SSin of Markdale was a ! TORONTO LINE, NORTH guest at Mrs. Wilson's on Sunday last. \ Mrs. Rhobottom =»nf. ^^hMren of : ^^^.^ jj^^^ ^^j^^^ entertain- Cwen Sound have returned home j^ ^^ ^^.,^ ^^^ ^^ ^ after spending a few days with the; evening which was much en- former's mother here. , j^y^^ â- ^^"h ^^'â- ?^t "SfPi.!^^ '"^^^ ^""^ ^'^^ i Dr.' and Mrs. McKee of Feversham were the guests of the latter's aunt, Mrs. A. Stewart, recently friends at Vandeleur, Mr and Mrs. W. Howard of Toron to visited wnth the latter's father, Mr. i â- â- "ji;.""H7roid Lever spent Sunday I with Eugenia friends. Mrs' ' ^^'â- ^- ^eoJ'ge Littlejohns visited a ' j few days last week in Toronto. Eighth Line, Osprey. Jas. Fawcett, the "past week Mrs. Chas. Roland and daughter Charlotte, visited their aunt Munshaw, the past week , ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ._ ^Mr. Joe Clf'\°* P'^L'^S.^^f ' "^^g^^^^ ' ed at the home of Mr. W. Burnett on of Mr. Jos. Clark of the Toionto D^ y , Wednesday evening last and spent a Star, was a guest at the Eugenia , ^^^^ hours in games and music, after House the past week. : ^^j^j^^ ^^ jj^j„(.y ^^^^^ „,^g served by . the hostess. (Intended for last weekX 1 ^ Mr. Fred Pedlar was a caller at The annual church business meet- â-  Emerson Wickens recenUy. ing was held on Wednesday of last I week with the same officers being re- elected. Robt. Purvis was elected in the place of the late Mr. Jas. [ Walker on the board of managers, | ^ , , ^, , ^ . , and Mr Leonard Latimer as Sunt, of , Cold weather and storms are the the Sunday school in Mr. Walker's ., order of the day. place. i W'e are sorry to report Mrs. Moffatt Miss Nea Williams of Toronto , laid up lately with a sprained ankle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Mr. and Mrs Jas. Inkster are re- Williams, underwent an operaton on newing acquaintances here, her throat and nose several days ago, p^ psitty was held at the home of and as yet is unable to leave the ! jyjj. jyj^^^ Murphy recently. Al- hospital, owing to her very weaK > ^j^^^^j^ ^.^j^ ^ ^^j^j^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^. condition. Mr. VV lUiams lett on bat- j^^j. t„rne(j ^^^ anjj ^ very enjoyable urday morning for Toronto. We hope j ^^^^ ^^^ gpg^t in dancing, etc. The soon to hear of Nea s complete re- . joyful party ended in the wee sma' covery. I 'oors o' the morn. Mr. Fred Pedlar, who was placed -. jj^^ -j. Russell and little son of on the program committee of the U. R^gina (ngg Lizzie Brackenbury) are visiting at their uncle's Fred Brack- enbury. E.A., left on Monday morning to ass ist in the arwingiiTg of the program for the convention. A goodly number froni here attend- , ^^ Enniskillen), Eugena Falls, ed the hockey match in Flesherton on ^^darvUe, Henf yrn. Thursday evening of last week. J ^^^ ^^_ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ The ice harvest is now on. ine j ^^^^j powerful preacher, outstandingly power house people have alreadj, got | conscientious and devoted to his work, their suppy m. The ice is good tnis ^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ practise his sermons in an year. upper room in a loud voice. One day the children observed a stranger walking up and down in front of the parsonage. When he continued to do so they became suspicious of his ac- tions, thinking he must be crazy. It was discovered that the man wanted see about getting married and ing the , reverend gentleman's Quite an interesting sketch, taken from a Walkerton paper of January 31st, will be of interest to the older residents of these parts. Mrs. (Rev.) Watts, Walkerton's oldest citizen and ^ at one time a resident of Eugenia ; ^o s had celebrated her 87th birthday. We I "e?n * j- .. u ., ^ ., are pleas^ to note that Mrs. Watts i vmce, did not like to disturb what he fs still enjoying good health. The j "'eved to be ^e family devotions, sketch is as folowes :- In 1894, Rev, Mr. Watts was sup- "It seems hard to believe that this ! ^rannuated, and _the family^ came to motherly old lady whose kindly face radiates warmth and interest in all that is going on around her, was al- most seventy years ago a circuit-rid- er's wife suffering the hardships of the early missionary in the Queen's Bush. Yet such is the case. Mrs. -Watts was the first minister's wife in the Kincardine district 67 years ago , :i'""„7^»i^!i';''lv' when the lake town was a scattered â-  devoted family, hamlet. The first settlers of this district the reverend gentleman enjoyed fair health and frequently assisted other pastors. At all times he refused any recompense except his horse hire. In 1903 he became a helpless invalid and for seven years, up to the time of his death, he required and received the closest attention from members of his were having a hard struggle for ex- Besides assisting her husband in his work, Mrs. Watts made a fine contribution to her country in rais- were naving a ..a.u »""«/'-. ^"';=;;, 1 ing a famly of twelve children. Con- '4Ttw"':mair ch%r:n,'fan'e" in' to i ^^^.}^-_ -.^ly Jraining they re, the Kincardine Mission in 1856. There was no 'parsonage" awaiting the nw minister but one of the set the new minister but one of the set- tlers divided the bedroom in his shanty with a wooden partition and there the parson, his wife and two small children had thei> home. The j„ ^j^^ ^app. Toronto; Mrs. Speir- ri"I^'''"":?f^r,tr\.Pw'"t^ ..^ Brussels V^Mrs, Biggs, Vi^_en, ceived under her motherly eye and their fine parentage, it is not sur- prising that they grew up into fine citizens. The eldest son passed on to his reward after seven years in the Methodist ministry, but the others are to-day all living. They are : â€" Mrs. Dickson, Guelph; Mrs. Girdwood, Stir- Man.; Will of Wabanum, (near Ed- monton); Bert, teacher of Edmonton; Mrs. McBain, Edmonton; T. J. School Supervisor at Winnipeg; Mrs. Jeck- ill, Victoria, B.C.; Miss Symantha, at bare and on one occasion Mr. Watt decided to give up temporarily and go into Kincardine and work at his trade as a carpenter to provide food for his little family. On his way in ^^^ to the settlement, he came across a | L"' ' ' good woman of his flock, who offer- _ ., .. , „ . ... ^, ed him some flour and encouraged Besides the eleven children, there him to return to his work. When he are 46 grandchildren and 21 great arrived home with the flour, he found grandchildren. it was "musty." To-day at the twilight of her life. The following year Rev. Mr. Watts i M". \yatts is enjoying the fulflll- was transferred to Hanover for a â„¢e"} of the blessings promised m the two years' term. The reverend gen- - Good Book which has been the guid- tleman, with hammer and saw erect- ! '"?, sUr of her life. Enjoying her ed a parsonage himself at what is i f"" mental powers and with physical known as Campbell's Corners, this ^*'^"K*7 sufficient for her days, she is side of Hanover. The parsonage had fevotedly nimistcred to oy her dau^h- a living room and two Wdrooms. be- , ^^' Miss Symantha. who is fol owing ing considered quite a commodious "er mother s footsteps in a life of affair in those days. From Hanover , service. Rev. and Mrs. Watts w^ere transfer- ' Rev. V> atts was stationed here red to (Jarafraxa, then to Orange- some 30 years ago. The younger ville, to Listowel (60 years ago) and members of the family all attended then after 6 years absence back to school here at that time. We join in Hanover for a second term. Other wishing Mrs. Watts many days of appointnienU held by Re'. Mr. Watts happiness. were:â€" ^Mount Forest Creemore, Mea- , ford, Markham, Stirling, Haldimand, The sum <-f half a million dollars Colbome, Garafraxa (2nd term). Era- was taken in an airplane from Wash- mosa .time of union), Salem (living ington to the re'ief of a bank in one flrat year at Black Horse, 2nd and 3rd of the southwestern states. L.O.L. 244 purpose holding a box social and entertainment in their Lodge room on February 29th. The Flesherton dramatic club will give a play entitled, "'Riches have Wings." An enjoyable evening is expected, so everybody come. Miss Fisher of Agincourt viaited last week whh her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Xeilson. W« regret to learn that Jack Neil- son was forced to return to the To- ornto general hospital on Saturday. Much sympathy is felt for Jack in his prolonged illness. Mr. Wm. Johnson of Winnipeg spent Monday with his friend, Robt. •Acheson. The boys are making use of these bright nights to "dig out" their open air rink in the brickyard. They will quite likely just have it in readiness for the next storm. The frequent storms and heavy snowfalls iiave made the rink an impossibility this winter. Mrs. Still is in Mt. Forest at the be<iside of her mother, Mrs. Brown, who fell and broke her leg. Mrs. Brown's Proton friends sympathize v.'ith her in her misfortune. _ Miss Maggie Lyons is visiting her sisters in Toronto. Mr. Thos. White of the Junction \s very ill. i'lrs. Carson Sr. is visiting in Dun- daik. PRICEVILLE ROCK MILLS Mrs. Wilkinson of Duncan is spend- ing a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Ern. Russell. The U.F.W.O. Unity Club intend holdng a box social in t'l^ Rock Mills school on Friday. February 29th. Everybody welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Gemmell of the Power House, Eugenia, visited with Sam Os- borne and wife. Mrs. G. Johnson is visiting at pres- ent with her son, Geo. Johnson, and wife here. Quite a number from here attended the Rural School Trustees' meeting in Flesherton on Saturday last. A leap year party was held on Thursday evening of last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell, when about 40 were present and a real good time was enjoyed by all. Mrs. John Porteous spent a day last week with her son, Art, and wife of Osprey. Word was received hei'e that Mrs. I Chriscina Sinclair of Toronto had pas;:ed away on Friday last at the â-  home of hor sister, Mrs. John McRae. ' Miss Sinclair was well known here, .' having resided on the old home- ; stead one and a quarter miles north ] of this village for a number of years. ; She had been in poor health for a few < years. The funeral takes place to- . day, Monday, in Toronto. She leaves i to mourn her two brothers Neil and • Duncan of Toronto and three sistei*s, j Mrs. John McRae and Miss Minnie of : Toronto and Mrs. B. McKinnon of j Flesherton. Mrs. D. G. McLean went down to the city on Saturday to attend the funeral. We extend our sympathy to the sorrowing rela- tives. Mr. Jack MeTaggart is spending a tew days in the city. A very pleasant time was spent on Friday of last yeek.at the home of Mr. Donald Mcliillan, South Line, when a large crowd enjoyed ther.i- â- elves \vtih music and dancing. Miss il. 01:!ti!.'id of Dundalk spent the week end witli her friend. Miss Victoria McMillan. Messrs. Ray McLean and A. B. McDonald are auditing the Township of .Aj-temesia books this week. Rev. Thornley of Shelburne occu- pied the Presbytej:ian pul-it here on on Sunday very acceptably. KIMBERLEY CEYLON Mr. Jas. McWhinney of Walkerton was in town on business last week. Miss Jean Collinson, who has been visiting friends in St. Catharines and Toronto, has returned home. Mr. D. McPhail attended the fun- eral of his brother in Toronto on Saturday. Mr. Williams of the Sun-Times, Owen Sound, was in town Saturday. Misses Mary andi Georgina Mc- Lachlan and Miss Flett of Orangeville spent the week end at the former's home here. Mr. Ivan McLachlan of the Stirling Bank, Watford, is holidaying at his home here. A dance was given in the hall on Friday night. Mr. Brown moved his family this week to near Woodhouse. We are sorry to report Miss Katie Muir ill, but hope for a speedy recov- ery. Rev. Mr. Eaton of Flesherton with Sir. Spencer, organized a League here on Wednesday night. The following is the list of oflicers : â€" Pres., Miss Tenu Hutchinson; 1st Vico, Miss Ethel Fawcett; 2nd Vice, Miss Viola Faw- cett; 3rd Vice, Miss Leona "'eber; 4th Vice, Mr. S. Goff; Sec, Miss Nettie Abercrombie; Treas., Mr. R. Stafford. The young people went to Flesher- ton again on Saturday night to skate. This week they are planning to go to Clarksburg. Bornâ€" On Monday February 18th, 1924, to Mr. and Jlrs. Saul Fawcett, a daughter (still born.) Mr. and Mrs. Ran Hutchinson of Vandeleur spent Sunday with Mr. Geo Cornfield. Mr. and Mrs. D. .A.. Graham and children of Vandeleur visited with Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Biirritt. Wedding bells are ringing. Mr. John Plev.-es and Mr. Harold Proctor have re :urned from the city. Messrs. Elmti- Ellis and J. A. Stuart are in Toronto this week. Mr. John Stuart of Burks Falls is visiting relatives. Mrs. Ferguson is home after spend- ing a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Cook, of Walters Falls. Miss Edna Myles is visiting her cousin, Miss Ruth Myles. Mrs. Andrews i.as been with her sister, Mrs. Davis, of Vandeleur. VICTORIA CORNERS Milton Bannon is able to be around the house. Rev. Mr. Eaton is using his snow car with great success. Don't foregt the leap year box social to be held at Proton on Feb. 29th under the auspices of L.O.L. 244. We are sorry tc hear of Mr. Jack Neilson's return to Toronto hospital on Saturday. We hope that he will soon be back again. Picture Show Town Hall, Mon., Feb. 25th The Big Thrill Picture Of The Age A Super production "The Ninety And Nine " Adapted from Ramsey Morris Famous P/ayand the greatest Hymn ever written of the same name. All Star Cast Comic- '* A Big Special " Foot lights and Fakers Show starts 8 o'clock p.m. ADMISSION- 50 and 25cts. F. H. STEPHENSON, war tax included Manager. Jewelery Repairs During the quiet seas- on is a good time to have your RingSjBrocches and other pieces of jewelery repaired or remodelled. Our prices are moder- ate and we guarantee a good job. â-  o a A. Armstrong & Son JEWELERS FIe.?hertoi., Ont. Bates Burial Co. DIRECTORS OF Funeral Service Modem Funeral Parlor 124 .WENUE ROAD Toronto, Ont. •Phone Hillcrest 0268 J. W. Bates R. Maddocks Renew your Daily Paper subscriptions through The Advance HOUSE OF Q.UALITY GROCERIES â€" A full line of fresh groceries always on hand. Fruit, Oranges, Lemoiis, Grape Fruit, Prunes, Figs and Dates. CONFEC7'IONERYâ€" Buik chocolates, bars and Fancy Boxes. FLOUR and FEED Five Roses Flour, Bean Shorts, Oatchop, Barley chop, Wheat chop. Ground Screen- ings. While at the rink be sure and visitour booth. Lunch and hot drinks served every night. We aim to please. W. J. STEWART 81 SONS Flour, Feed, Seeds, Groceries and Confectionery Flesherton. FLESHERTON BAKERY IN THE FIELDS, nature has enriched a nation. Not in money value alone is wheat rich but in the thing money can't buy. Wheat is one great source of nutrition. If The choice flour we use is ground from the finest wheat. It contsdns easily digested staurches and proteins â€" necessary substances for energy and body repair. II Add to your assets of health by eating plenty^ of our bread and other baked goods. F. PINDER, Flesherton Ont. • First Quality Rubbers I I Clearing Sale of i I Black 3 eyelets reg $3.75 for $3.15 | i All red 4 eyelets reg. $4.50 for $3.45 • €» size 8 only # ^ 9 ^ © ^ © ® ?''. THOS. CLAYTON FLESHERTON, ONTARIO S s J