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Wednesda}-, December 23rd, 1925 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE u The Host Liquid Investment A SAVINGS BANK Account is pri- raarily an investment. But is is the only investment yielding a fair rate of interest, that is available for your use at a moment's notice. Emergen- cies can be immediately met by the bank account that has been consist- ently developed. Your investment as .i bank account yields constant satisfac- tion and peace of mind in the fact that it is always ready for uses with- out the trouble of converting into cash. THE STANDARD BANK OF C-AJSTAJDA. FLESHERTON BRANCHâ€" C. T. Batty, Manager i i y Chalmers' Sunday School Concert Held Friday M19B JOY FAWCETT AND MISiJ A. SHEFPABD 81 PPLIED THl. .MAIN PROGRAM The Why of Xmas Trees SANTA DISTRIBUTED GIFIS Chalmer'a United Church Sunday School presented a uni(|ue but f<tch In the forests of the north, woods- men have been engaged in cutting' hundred:^ of beautifully shaped cedai's t,nd balsams, which will be in every city throughout the Dominion, to be scld as Christmas trees. On Christ- mas morning they will be dazzlint; and glowing with light and color Mrd beauty, and ladened with gifts. Little children will gaze in adoration, da;) ing form of entertainment in the i their hands for joy, and luugh and church on Friday evening, December j shout as they behold them, whili; 18th. grcwn-ups looking on will recaptin-e Instead of the regular programme, I f o^e of the huppiness of their own entirely made up of the Sunday school i '"st childhood and feel that truly talent, Misses Joy Fawcett, pianist Christmas is the gladdest, meniest and dramatic soprana, and Alice Shep- ^'^e in all the year, pard of Toronto filled the greater por- 1 This practice of decorating and tion of the programme with pleasing hanging gifts on a Christmas tree i.^ effect. i well estal)lished, and one of the most I The supper in the basement was up I delightful of our Chrjatmas customs. i to the usual good standard, and the I But just how it alT originated is I crowd had no fault to find with the \ ANADIAN PA.CIFIO C. p. B. TIME TABLE trains leave Flesherton Staticvi aa follows: X Going South Going North 8.00 a.m. 11.52 a.m. 4.10 p.m. 9.08- p.m. 8.41 p.m. 4.33 p.m. The mails close at Flesherton as follows: For^e north at 11.00 a.m. and 6 p.m.; and the afternoon mail â- onth at 3.30. For morning train Bouth at mail closes at 9.00 p.m. the previous evening. Santa Claus Welcomed I In Town on Saturday BIB CROWD OF CHILDREN WER ; faVEN BAGS OF CANDIES AND NLTS 2r>^W0N SPECIAL PRIZES J^ ~ ^fe^ Social and Personal Santa Claus ha^ been to Flesherton on his annual rounds visiting the var- ious towns mapping out hi.s route to follow when tHstributing his presents on Christmas eve. Saturday aftjr- noon last his visit to Flesherton was witnessed by about one thousand people and over three hundi'ed child- ren were presented with bags of cand- ies .and nuts by the jolly old saint. Promptly at 2.45 Santa Claus made his appearance on His road from Dur- ham riding on a sleigh gaily decor- ! a£ed with evergreens and bunting. ; After a drive around the block Santa I lined the children up and pre.sented of each one with a bag of camlies and â- ' nuts. .\s each one got theii- bag Xomination dav is Monday of next' the contents were eagerly scanned to â-  ^ee if they were one ot tn.; lucky ones to receive one of the tv.'enty-five special prizes which werj given i>y seme of the merchants of town. Merry Christmas! Two days until Christmas! Phone 18 and give us the your list Christmas visitors. week Send The Advance to a relative as a Christmas gift. It -will certainly be appreciated. Try it this year. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crossley and daughter qf Toronto are holidaying with thoir way they were '-fed." Rev. Jos. narrower was chairman of the evening, while Mr. Chas. Stew- art made a short address, in which he ' reviewed the work of the Sunday I school since its formation just fifty I years ago. i The Sunday school interspersed the ' program with several very well ren- I dered choruses which were much ap- preciated. Miss Alice Sheppad lived up to all Jtl;e advance notices," her e.xjtression and manner being much appreciated ; by all. Her interpretations varied I frsni "Peekin"" to that most touching • of all, "Lasca." ! Miss Joy Fawcett, the young pian- ' ist and dramatic soprana, presented a most ambitious programme, in a most finished manner before an ap- preciative audience. Her interpre- tation was finishd, the rendition per- fect, and the programme was enjoy- able, varying from,"Woof ," and "Sing Sweet Bird, to "Break o' Day,"and "Silent Night," with accompaniments by Mrs. Blackburn. She also sang ^^^ ^__^ u..»oa.i "Annie Laurie" very sweetly accom-,| Christmas tree, panying herself with variations on the ' piano. ~ Everyone was delighted with these talented entertainers, and we hope they may be heard again at a later date. Santa Claus completed the program, and distributed his gifts from. thi> Christmas tree to the Sundayt school. The proceeds of the evening amounted to eighty-six dollars. somewhat uncertain. ^Certainly there is no mention of the Wise Men of olii hanging their gifts on a tree. It is of course well known that the Chirst- mas tree custom was lirst introduc»'<i into England from Germany, about a hundred years ago, and was rapidly adopted by aj,l English spealiing countries. In '^Germany the Christ- mas tree seems to be a very ancient custom, probably a remnant of the fanciful pageants of the middle ages, or may have been introduced into Europe by the ancient pagans, as were ^o many of our Christmas customs. There is a legend about the Christ, mas tree, which tells how one, .A.ns- garius, went forth as a missionary to the Vikings of the North. -- Three Messengers were sent along with Iiim â€" Fai.th Hope and Love â€" to find the light â€" the first Christmas tree. They searched for one that should be as high as Hope, as wide as Love and should have thet^ign of the Ci oss on every bough. The balsam fir seem od best suited to meet these rcquire- uients and so was chosen, and to this day the balsam fir is the favorite SANTA CLAUS TALK SANTA CLAUS HAS TOLD US HE INTENDS TO MAKE OUR STORE HIS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: All kinds oi Sleighs for Boys and Birls from 60c. up to $2.75. These 60c. sleig'hs are dandies for bobs and we have the same only larger at 75c.. SI. 00 and S1.25. Then we have the' Silver Bird at $1.90 and a Girl's sleigh at $1.50, also a steering one at $2.75. The most complete line ever offered in Flesherton. \\ I' al-Mi hu\c ;i o<jmplcto line <ii Kiddie Kars, Wag- gons, Doll Cabs and Cradles, Doll Sleighs, Child's Rockers, Child's Sets, consisting of 2 chairs and Rock- ing Horse, Trays, Smokers' Stands, Crokinole Boards, all sizes and kinds. Looking Glasses, Ferneries, Jardin- iere Stands, Umbrella Stand, Costumers. Baby Sleighs, Cedar Chests, Leather, Arm and Rocker Chairs, Wicker Chairs, Framed Pictures, k\\ sizes, also many other lines of Fm-niturc Suitable for Christmas presents. Let us have your order, and we will put articles awav for vou until \-ou want them. THOS W. FIND LAY Phone 34 r 3. Furniture and Funeral Director. FLESHERTON - relatives in town. The day was a perfect one for Santa's visit and very early in th" , afternoon children began to gather i . , i t- m ir ii r- ci j t ! ^„ , , _ .,.,., .1 ^ _^_ ..,|| fiiii.jwick equal, E. McMulIen. &. bled, L. FLESHERTON SHCOOL REPORT 4th Classâ€" A. Heard, J. McFadden, M. Fenwick, M. Bibby and E. Fen- and by 2.30 the streets were wol Mr- 'i;la« Phillips ha« sona' ta',ed with children and growTiups, eag- Pa'lmerston and will spend the winter; f^V watching for tlio appearance of -with her son, -Wilfred. ! K^',"-,^- ^S""*" " ""'i-H"^. ^V ^' Tir children and many childish heart-? Mrs. Alex. McDonald of Weston,! ,,^11 (i^reriSsh with fond memories the spent a few days with her parents,; ^j^jg ^yi^p,j ^^ey talked to Santa C'.aus. Mr. and Mrs. F. Caii-ns. It-,. 1. ^ - ,. 1 • rr ^^'^ merchants ot town as a wiiols Mr. and Mrs. Ilarv^- Grirtm ot Tor-! ^ctyj very generously in giving onto are holidaying with the latter Sjcyn^jj^g a„j „mg a,,,) gpecUil pri::es. mother 31rs. W. Wilcock. also many citizens with ca^sn dona- Dr. Ern .\rwmstrone, M.P. elect' of i tions. to help make the day the big And, is not this symbolism one of the most beautiful things about a Christmas tree? For a Christma.s tree is always connected with child- hood and home, both of which en- shrine those nualities, â€" Love, Faith and Hope. Indeed, there i?= no other season of the year wlien Hon:? lure- to itself young and old alike, so strongly and so tenderly, as at Cln-ist- mastide. The Christmas season finds people travelling north, south, east and west to be hoiilfe for Chjyst- Cobalt and son, guests of Mrs. F. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs David, were thei success it was. Santa Claus wishes H. W. Hickling on ' to publicly thank all those v/ho so I public spiritedly helped with their ^ . , . , . I donations, and ^promises that he i. Gairns left this, surely will not forget Flesherton week tto spei:d the winter with theu-j n^^j. ^^^j. Below are the names, as daughter at Weston, and son Jack, f^j. ^g we can leani, of the winners at MacTier. 'of the special prizes: â€" Messrs Kendall Boyd and Jack Karstedt of the Toronto Normal school are holidaying at their home here. Scientists have never been able to find a perfect vacuum. Perhavs bcause politicians are touchy about, having their heads examined. j The high and public schools enter- ed into the Christmas' vacation on' Tuesday. School will re-ooen on January 4th. • Mr. Wos Ball of Detroit arrived llpsb week to visit his wife, who has been ^vith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. .•v.. Lever. , Mr. Albert Moore of t)etroit is spending Christma.i week with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Moore, Springhill. Sacram(?nt of the Lord^s Supper Jos. Jack Welton, Flesherton. Dora Stewart, Ceylon. Florence Down, Flesherton Everett Talbot, Flesherton Iva English, Rock Mills. Miister Burke, F^vershani. Sadie McKee, Flesherton R. Doris Kerton, Flesherton. Elgin Waller, Proton R. R .\lma Lever, Flesherton R MiU'jrd Piper, Ceylon. Bert Wright, Maxwell. Willie Meads, Priceville R. V, Dorothy Bemrose. Maxwell. Doris Pedlar, Rock Mills. Master Shiers, Flesherton R. Volma Fisher, Flesherton R. Lulu Russell. Rock Mills. Delbert Smith, Rock Mills. - Geo. Bemrose. Maxwell. Master Ducketl, Proton R. R. R. R. Batty, .A.. Irwin, A. Lever, B. Phill- ips, B. Patton. Sr. 3-â€" E. Fisher, S. Preston, G Stuart, G. McMaster, .A.. Clements, i W. Colgan. •, i Jr. 3â€" H. Best, F. Welton, E. Ferris j J. Gibson, B. Sled, B. PattonT E. ' McKillop, E. Freeman, B. Castle. Sr. 2â€" M. Ferris, B. McEachnie, D. McFadden, A. Warling, D. Mc- MulIen. M. Stuart, A. Laughlin, W. Preston, .L Gibson, V. McMaster, W. Laughlin, E. Kerton. « Jr. 2â€" E. Warling, H. Bibby. G. Bovd, E. Patton, E. Talbot, W. Welt- on, H. Croft, C. Gibson. 1stâ€" k. McKillop, L. McEachnie, P. Gibson, A. Turney, W. Littlejohns. B. Bellamy absent. 1st B.â€" A. Lawrence. C. Talbot, E. Brown, E. Clements, H. Laughlin, E. Burnett absent. Pr. \â€"F. LawTence, E. Talbot. D. Stuart. R. Semple, F. Patton. H. De- Cudmore. B. Muj'ray, G. Bibson. Pi-. Câ€" D. Kerton -A.. McKillop, Poole, D. Kerton» Two L'nitcd States airmen were killed when their machines collided 3.000 feet over San Diego Bay. C.-.)> fornia. Send the Advance as a Christmas Gift. Special Price this week @@©^®®€"^-€.^-^C'@C-0®€-€"^®®®"©-S*f®®®®© iJ-35^'®€€®€€©©©©©^^J®®® 9 J. News of His Brother R. Helium has been discovered at was administered by Rev. ov.., ^ ^^^ ^ q^^ ^^^j contains the narrower, pastor, at Chahner s C nit- ; *' " • • ed church Sunday afternoon. 1 only important supplies of helium yet I discovered in the British Empire. Mr. Robt. Wattr of Saskatoon,' Inglewood will no doubt prosper from was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. this discovery. Bentham for a couple of days Ijst' . week. Mr. Watt was East at tend- j ^ 20-pound goose .with its nock ing a convention at Toronto. , partially severed, lying dead at the Mrs. M. Phillips left on Wednesday' ^Ige of a pond on the farm of Louis of this Meek to spend the winter with her daughter in Detroit. Her daughter, Mrs. Wm. Gibson, of Cey- lon acompanied her for a month's visit. Mr. Richard Allen received an in- teresting letter from a wanderii!.; brother on Thursday of last week. His brother, George., has not been heard from for the past twenty-five yeai-s, which puts him in the das^ with mising relatives. About thirty- eight years ago, in company with others, he went to Vancouver. From there he drifted to Everett, Wash., where he located when the town plot was still being surveyed, and where he remained for a number of years. He is now residing at Munroe. Wash: from where the family was delighted to hear from him. I to our Friends and Customers: I I THE I SEASONS I GREETINGS NICOLâ€" LUDLOW Dahms, Con. 6. Carrick. told of a savage duel which had In the last fiscal year only 4,(576 farmtis paid an income tax. and they passed over to the Federal treas tip to tip. ury less than three hundred thousand dollars out of a grand total of some forty-five milHons. An auction sale will be held on! Lots 8-9, Con. 2, Artemesia, on Wed.^ December 30th. Farm stock and implements. See bills for particulars. L. Batterton, proprietor, Geo. Duncan, Auctioneer. I I A watch-night service will 1)e held in Chalmer's church, Flesherton. on December 31st, commencing at lip. Ml., and continuing until aftetr the Kew Year has da(wned. EveryDne in the community is invited. The Mission Band took chargj of the evening service in St. JohBn's United Church on Sunday and pre- sented a pageant depicting the work the United Church i.-s doing in thoir Various missionary fields. The even- ,rng was very interesting and the church was crowded to view it. Our Christmas goose was present- ed to us last week by the Women's Institute of town, and it is a beauty, and pur hearty thanks are extended to the W. I. The goose was from tho flock of Mr=. Robt Po-^t. and w.t« of good weight and very fat. Without e doubt it â- Will make fine (Mating on Christmas day. a tale taken place dui-ing the night. Suspecting that an owl had been the perpetrator of the crime, Mr. Dahms set a trap and was rewarded by the capture of a large owl, which stands 20 ins. high with wings measuring five feet from I At the parsonage. Flesherton, on Monday, December 21st. 192,5. Sus- ; anna Ludlow, only daughter of Mr. George Ludlow. Victoria Corners, to Mr. Franklin Nicol. son of Mr. M. Nichol. Rev. W. R. Clements officiat- ing. After the ceremony the young ' couple left for a short honeymoon in ' residence in Pontiac. Mich. The People's Grocery TOY HEADQUARTERS A large assortment of new toys now on nand which will delight the boys and girls. Trains, horns, dolls, mouth organs, books, tops, candies, nuts, etc- Store open every night until after New Years ^Itfjougfj our relations anb transac tiou5 tJuring t!)e past vt^v fjabe altoaps carrieb a spirit of goobtoilU tfie fact re= mains tfjat tljev IjaUe all been pcrmeateb toitb business. 'r M\h Ujoulb tafee the opportunitv of- fereb bv ttje Christmas Reason to forget business anb greet i»ou purelr on tbe bas= is oe goob=tuill. Wc ttjcrtforc eqtctii to pou out sincere toisf) for pour bapptness .it ttjis iopous; scaaoit anb for nour prospcritp m tbe future. <- ® ® 9 €» • 9 W. G. KENNEDY Phone 37 F. H. W. HICKLING FLESHERTON, ONT. ©^•••••a«#««»««««*«««««*fi*««««@«-3>««.s»i5$©«j««>$00^i^^8 \ •^ â€" - . *.