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THE FLKSHERTON ADVANCE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 192li I I. - ! i Judge a Bank By the Clients it Keeps During more than Fifty Years of constructive banking practice the Standard Bank of Canada has estab- lished loyal clientele from Coast to Coast. Our ability satisfactiorily to serve these aliens year in and year out is the foundation upon which our continued progrress is built. TWE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA, F1.ESHERT0N BRANCHâ€" C. T. Batty, Manager I Wilkinson, Walter Russel, Wilfred : Best, Jim Poole, Bernice Poole, Ollie McDonad, Ethel Cairna, Chas. McWill- ! iams, Sara Fisher, Frank Taylor, Harvey Archibald, Victor Parslow, Laura Pedlar, Harold Turner, George Bannon, Mable Adams, Russel Chard, Dorothy Jamieson, Roy Semple, Jean Loucks, Verdun McMaster, Isabel Perr:3, Ted Croft, Alvan Lawrence, Audrey Warling, Eveljm Brown, Marie Fenwick, Arthur Lavplor, Doris Mc- Mullen, Lorine McKechnie, Albert Wright, Jeanette McLeod, Alice Sew- oll, Alex. Marshall, Kilbourne Hawk- ins, Ruby Kerton, Jim Gibson, Thelma Miller, Mervyn Summers, P. J. Sum- mers, Dorothy Ottewell, Orval Betts. The ne.tt visit from Santa Claus will be on i'riday night, but he will come when all little boys and girls will be in dream land, to wake in the ! morning to realize that tlieir dreams i have come true and that there is, in- deed, a Santa Claus. Alex. Reid Passed Away At His Home in Guelph BORIV I McMULLEN~In Ceylon, on Thurs- day, Dec. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. James GOLDSBOROUGH â€" At Iroquois McMuUen, a daughter. Falh, Ont., on Wednesday, December Taught in Red School for 18 15th, 1026, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. years â€" Moved to Guelph 20 Years Ago Goldsborough daughter. (nee Iva Mitchell) a A window washer in Chicago fell seven storey to his death. Advertise m The Advance W. R. BLAKELY DIED IN CAUF. SATURDAY C.P.R. TIME TABLE Trains leave Flesherton Station as | follows: i GoJflg 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. Santa Claus Was Weil Received en Saturday Was Youngest Brother of Jos. Blakely of Town ' . J • r> j' ^^-- "^°seph Blakely of town receiv- , Hilarious Crowd Ot Boys and ed a telegram from Los 'Angeles, Girls Greeted the Old Saint on His Annual Visit The mails close at Flesherton I follows: For the north at 11.00 a.mJ^OO Kiddies Received Candies roi:th at 3.30 For morning train souih mail closes previous evening. at 9.00 p.m. thg, Local and Personal A Merry Christmas. Municipal nominations will be held on Monday next. Miss Annie Gilchrist spent the past week v.-ith friends in Toronto. W. A. Armstrong has several teams engaged hauling poles to the station. Send the Advance to a relative. A special Christmas price. Mrs. James Wilson and little son Carl Humbe:stone Received the ?5 Finding ^Mysterious Sh vpper Santa Claus r .adc his annual ap- pearance in Fle.-'ierton on Saturday afternoon of la. t week to the ac- companiment of the cheers of siy hundred boys an.', girls who gathered to welcome old Eanta on his annual , expect to grive Calif., announcing the death of his youngest brother, W'alter R., in his 51st year. Word of his death v.-as quite a shock to his relatives as it was not known that he had been ill. The late Mr. Blakely was born on the farm near lit. Zion and he spe;jt his early boyhood here, .\bout thirty years ago he moved to the States and has lived at Aneham, Calif., for the past six years. He leaves to mourn his loss his widow and three children, two girls and one boy. The deceas- ed was a prominent man in Aneham with many activities. Next week we more extended ac- trip of visiting und the more ar-dur- ous task cf givirg all good boys and. girls presents at Christmas. I I He arrived from the north at about | 2.45 p.m. on a sleigh and drove around a couple of blocks in tow!i and then „â-  ... r • J • o 1,- , .. gathered at the market sqtiare where are visiting friends in Colimgwood for !!, â-  u , , , i •, I ., the SIX hundred boys and girls were a month. i , , . , , < , I each presented with a bag of candy. The stores in town were filled to ]and nuts from Santa Claus personally' capacity on Saturday afternoon with -v.-ho had something to sav to each. Christma-3 shoppers. 'j. ^..^j^ ^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^. f^^ the kioJies Rev. A. J. Preston, of McMaster and one to be long remembered as an University, is spending the Christ- event in their young lives. The mas holidays with his family here. stores were well filled with shoppers Miss Marguerite RiVistadtler, B. all afternoon and with the children A., Toronto, is spending the Christ- investigating some of Santa's toys, mas holidays with her parents here. l^^-^ °^^^^ things tViat are given around A progressive euchre party will be !=** Christmas time. The committee held in the Orange Kail, Maxv.-ell, on'^'^'*': ^^'^s responsible for the holding lount cf his life. Was Very Highly Respected Funeral Took Place Saturday To Guelph Cemetery General regrret was felt in this part last week when it became known that .Alexander Reid, a former highly re- spected resident of Flesherton, had pasesd away in the Guelph hospital an Thursday, December 16th. Mr. Reid had not been well for some time ^nd gave up his grocery business, thinking a rest would bo beneficial' During the past summer he motored to Flesherton and spent a week re- newing old acquaintances in this part. .\bout four weeks ago he suffered a stroke, from which he only partially rallied. He leaves three children: Mrs. J. V. Turner (Margaret), To- ronto; Mrs. (Dr.) Stanley (May) of Ottawa and W'ill in Detroit. His wife, Annie Akins, predeceased him '.wo and one half years ago. The deceased taught school in the Springhill school, two miles south of Flesherton for eighteen years and was a most successful teacher, leav- ing there twenty years ago. The funeral took place on Saturday last and was conducted by his pastor. Rev. Mr. Graham, of the United Church, who had been an intimate | friend from the days when they had ; attended high school together at St. j .Mary's. His three children were present, also a brother, two nephews j and a niece; and Mrs. Claude Akins. i Flesherton. The floral tributes were • beautiful. Much sympathy goes out I to the children who are left, bereft • of a kind father. i r FLESHERTON BAKERY F. Pinder, Prop. Here are a few of the manv lines we make : Layer Cake, iced 20 &: 30c. cacli Ginger Cookies 15c. doz. Currant Cookies 15c. doz. Pies. â€" Raisin. Lemon. Mince 20c. each Doughnuts 15c. doz. Scotch Shortbred 8c. each Currant Loaves 15c Christmas Cakes 40c. lb. Maderio Cakes 20c. Buns and Rolls 15c. SUMMARY IN SOUTH GREY Deeember 29th, by the L.O.B.A. Kimberley poultry shov.- will be held on Jan. 5 and 6. Get a prize list from Saul Fawcett, Secretary, Kimberley. Mr. and Mrs. F. Pinder were in Toronto for a couple of days last week. The rush of Christmas mail through the local post office has been quite heavy this year, but the peak will 'come this week. A few automobiles are still to be seen wending their way through the enow on the streets. Motoring in places is fairly good. A concert will be given in McKinnon .\rtemesia .. Bentinck .... Chatsworth Dundalk Durham Egremont .. Euphrasia .. Flesherton Glenelg Hanover .... Holland Markdaic .. Xeustadt .. Nornianby Osprey Proton .'22 827 463 679 66 > 123 176 1S5 707 253 315 835 358 601 119 129 340 . 461 841 471 841 471 250 189 192 18 767 466 351 534 294 776 Kead The Advar.ee "Smr.n Advts." We Extend to One and All a Happy and Prosperous Christmas & New Year. I also djesire to thank all our many patrons who have helped to make it possible for me to have such a successful year, and I hope that in the comino; year I shall merit your patronagre by Quality and Service. of the Santa Claus celebration wish to express their thanks to all those who so kindly contributed either their time or money to make the day a great success. To be exact there were 575 kiddies in town, an increase of 160 over last year. A contest was staged and a prize of $5 was given to the lucky one to find the mysterious shopper who wasj 22nd, 1924. to visit the stores and be on the street j His gentle ways and loving all afternoon. Mr. S. E. DeCud-! Are ever pleasant to recall: more was the mysterious shopper andj H; had a kindly word for each, he was caught exactly three minutes! And was so dearly loved by all. after he left his residence to come up town by Mr. Carl Humberstone of Duncan who accosted him in the eor- Majority for Oliver 1160. IN MEMORIAM RUSSELL â€" In loving memory of our dear husband and father, Ernest Russell, who departed this life Dec. smile Hall, Priceville, by Miss Hildreth ,^'^^^ manner. Lennox, A.T.C.M., pianist, vocalist fend elocutionist. Admisison: adults, 9: In seventy-si.x of the bags of candy were placed coupons on which were stated that a special prize was offered and which told the recipient where to secure the special prize. Mr. John i Hogarth, Reeve of Artemesia, gave a special prize of $1.00 which was de We would not call him back, dear Lord To this sad world of strife and care, In perfect peace he rests with Thee, And by thy grace we'll meet him there. Ever Remembered â€"WIFE AND SON BOc, children over 12, 25 cents The Advance would like to secure i\ie names of all the Christmas visit- ors here and we request the co-oper- ation of all. Phone IS and we wiU i posited in the Standard Bank to the do the rest. Don't take it for granted ^^^^ of the lucky one, the winner of that we know, but phone us. jt^is being Dawn Ingram Wright, two- Mrs. Mary Struthers, aged about year-old twin daughter of Mr. andj weather. One day the temperature 50, of MarkJilo. died suddenly on Fri-j Mrs. G. H. Wright of Flesherton. , reached twelve degrees below zero, day at the Homewood Sanitarium, i This is a start in the right direction ! and for several days hovered around .i^DDITIONAL LOCALS The past week we have been visited with a mid-winter attack of zero Guelph, where she had been a patient for the young lady. j The following are those whoi funeral took place on Saturday last lor two and a half months, receiving treatment for a nervous breakdown. Springrhill Social Club will hoJd won special prizes: Everett Croft, „ . ,.„ .1. „ Dorothy Badgerow, Emdr>- Fisher> a meeting m Spnnghdl «'=hoolhou3e | ^^^^.^ ^^^^^^^^^^ j^^^^^ p j g^^^ (S. S. No. 3, Artemesia), on Wed- g^t, Mer\Tn Best, Wesley Jamieson, nesday evening, Jan. 5, 1926. All yY-iJ^>gJt Fisher, Geo. Akitt. Merley club members are requested to be Buckingham, Douglas Morgan, Lloyd Present. â€" E. H. Blackburn, Sec.-Tres. j Genoe, Verda Genoe, Dorothy Genoe, The sale of dressed fowl in town j Nina Hill, Martha 0*Strander, Winn- thia year has been considerable and ona Pattoh, Ada Pedlar, Harry Bad- verj' good prices have been received, gerow, Elda Pedlar, Velma Alcox, the zero mark. A Christmas Tree and entertain- ment will be held in the Rock Mills Baptist church on Thursday evening of this week, December 23rd. The public school children are giving chor- uses, drills, recitations and dialogues. Silver collection. Mrs. (Rev.) Preston has received a marconigram from Walsall, Eng- land, expressing Christmas greetings from her mother. The marconigram Russel, Edgar Doupe, Ethel Dargavel,' 20th and was delivered at the Bap- Bill Patton, Marjorie Whyte, Hazel tist parsonage the next day at noon, This week the turkey market has Geo. Loucks, Isabel RowbotUm, Orval } was sent off °J»,.*'<*"^**''^ ^*"^^*' been stocked with a large number of very fine turkeys. The price is good an dii the hichest for some time. Thwe are probably few residents in this mighborhooJ who remember Dr. â- William 'WalUwa Hay, who caire to Flesherton over hali a century since from Lambton County. He re- mained here for a year and then set- fled in â- WaUaceDurg, where, until Thursday last, be lived. Be had been in poor health for ten years and suc- etmbed to pneumonia Dr. Hay was a prominent Freemaasn nnd took ac- Jtive part in municipal affairs. A Mr. Craw, student at Knox Col- lege, supplied the pulpit of St. John's United Chureh on Sunday last, and preached tyo exceedingly intelrest- ^g and inspiring sermons. This young man's father is also a minister in the United Church, sUtioned at JLucknow. "M-MTi-nrir-r- râ€" â€" â€" â€" â€" â€" -~-~â€" •'~-- ~â€" â€" " â-  â-  â€" f l^ The Gift Shop One* more we have reoeivecE a wonderful line of Xmaa Good* for young and old. FRESH SUPPLY OF XMAS GROCERIES JUST ARRIVED Hif he$t prices paid for Fowl and Produce. Ik F. G. KAHSTEDT FLESHERTON s lin well fed ! My mother trades at "KEN" KENNEDY'S w Just a Few More Shopping Days Until Christmas A FEU' XMAS SUGGESTIGX-S : FOR THE KIDDIES Trains, Dolls, Dishes, Horns, Drums, Automobiles, Books, Geumes, Guns, Etc., Etc. FOR THE MEN Sweaters, Scarfs, Shirts, Socks, Gloves, ; Sleeve Bands, Ties, Caps, Wind Breakers. WE HA\'E A LOVELY ASSORTMKXT OF FRESH CHOCOLATES IN BULK OR PACKAGES, CREAMS, JELLIES. ROCKS. MIXTURES. XUTS. \ To Our Customers and Friends NOW THE liULETIDE IS WITH US AGAIN â€" \V E W I S H Y' U A N Q YOURS A MOST MERRY CHRIST- MAS â€" AND IN WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR WE HOPE 1927. WILL PROVE TO BE THE YEAR IX WHICH yOUR DREAMS ARE , REALIZED. F. H. W. HICKLING FLESHERTON, ONT. I A