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Flesherton Advance, 25 May 1927, p. 1

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â- Â»Â« ♦ifJSi W^e /teljM^n %hmntt. Vol 46 No. 50 Flesherton, Ontario May 25, 1927 W. H. Thurston & Son, ProprieftonB ROCK MILLS Master Stanley Preston is spend- ing: a few weeks at the home of Mr. Levi Betta. Mr. John MeDonald of Flesherton has commenced work on Herb Bett's new house. Unity U. F. W. O. will meet at the home of Mrs. C. Newell on Wed. June I'st, at 2 p. m. Visitors are welcome. A goodly number were out to Sun- day evening service, Mr. Joseph M. Jackson preached. Mrs. ^ed Field and son George of Toronto motored up and visited a few days last week with her father, Mr. Robt. Akitt, and brother Walter. Mr. Cecil Betts visited laiat week with relatives in Toronto, and attend- ed the wedding of his brother Marall. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wilson and fam- ily of St. Catharines visited with Mr. and Mrs. Walter AkiU. ' Miss Doris McMullen spent the wedc end with her sister, Mrs. Frank Betts. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Croft and fam- ily visited with the former'a brother, Mr. Walter Croft and wife, near Dun- dalk. A special meeting of the Ladies' Aid will be held on Friday May 27th at the home of Mrs. Albert Blackburn, visitors welcome. Prayer meeting will be held this Thursday night in the Baptist church. EUGENIA No. Its No. 117 .«? Only a good watch combines real usefulness and beauty A watch, to be useful, must do more tlian ipve good timekeepmc service. It mutt give this service regularly, without inter- ruption, save for accident or the cleaning and adjustment every watch must have. Only a ^ood watch can give this dependable service. Beauty, also, which nowadays must include style â€" is foimd only in a good watch. Cases by Wadsworth â€" acknowledged style leaders in the dress of fine watches â€" protect and beaut^ the high-grade movements in our blowing. Come in and look over the many exquisite designs in modem watches. We are sure you will find at least one style exactly suited to your taste. It rained all' day Monday in our vicinity, which aided the trees greatly in forming their mantle of green. They will soon be out in full leaf. Mr. and Mrs. Will Campbell and ! little son of Toronto visited over the I week end with relatives in this vic- inity. I We are sorry to report Mr. Robt. ! Laughlin -atill in poor state of health. i Mr. Jos. Weber and Miss Mary have moved from Markdale suburbs and taken up residence in Mr. Fred Jam- i ieson's house, Â¥^ch waal Veoentljy , vacated by Mr. Alfred Genoe. I Little Miss Falconer of Durham spent the past week with her brother, I Harold, and family here. \ Miss* Marge Leveir, 'stenogrrapher I for the Maxwell Fur Co., Toronto and I friend, also sister. Miss Gertrude Lever of Flesherton, visited on Sun- ' day with their sister, Mrs. C. Martin. I Mr. and Mr. Ed. Graham and family of Clarksburg visited the Cameron, Pedlar an Graham families here on Sunday. We are informed that Mr. George ' Graham has rented Mr. H. Tudor's residence in the suburbs and will take possession soon. Mrs. Will Martin and daughter. Miss Wilda, of Owen Sound, Mr. J. J. Pattison of Ceylon and lilr. and Mrs. R. Wood and three chilren of Wode- house were week end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Martin and family. Miss Marguerite Pedlar spent the past week or so with Mrs. G. Proctor in Kimberley. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graham and family of Walkerton spent Sunday with friends here. Miss Myrtle Aeheson and friend of Walt»s Falls visited with Miss Marj- orie Park on Sunday. Mrs. R. Park and soajtnssel, spent . the week end with friends near Dur- jham. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sloan and fam- lily of Toronto spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Sloan. PROTON STATION W. A ARMSTRONG & JEWELLERS ^ Flesherton, Ontario SON Mr. and Mr*. Irwin of Ripley were guests at the home of the former's brother, Mr. Russell Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. Herg^>tt and sons mot- ored to Crediton to visit friends on Sunday last. Mr. and Mrs. McCannell and sons visited at Shelbume. Mr. Bradley of Be^eley is visiting Dover Bros. Miss Marjorie Aeheson was home over the holiday. Miss Emily Aeheson has returned home from Toronto University. Mr. and Mrs. Bates and Mtss Lena Park were visitors at Owen Sound. There are more than 22,000,000 mo- tor vehicles in use in theUnited States, according to 1926 registration figuers. for Good used â- cars - go to the dealer who sells Good lUMBERLEY CARS FOR EVERYONE 1923 Chevrolet COACH 1923 Chevrolet TOURING 1921 Chevrolet TOURING 1923 Star TOURING new cars T^HE popularity of the new models is * one reason for the high quality of our stock of used cars. It is not necessary for us to take evelry car offered in trade, nor is it necessary for us to make an ex- cessive allowance on a used car to sdU a new ond Ther^ore our stodc of used cars b limited to machines in good runn- ing ordmr, tamat of whidi are no more than broken in. All tihe used cars on our floor are of more than onfinary value as can bar judged from thoee Ksted here. Howev«r» to fuBy apprsdate dtam^ tfiey must be seen, so call in at tike showrooms and we wiU be plensed to help you m the choice «f a godd used car to suit your needs. D. McTavish & Son FLESHERTON The W? I. met in the Community Hall for a social afternoon and the election of officers on Thursday last and tweiiiy-five were present. After the minutes of the last meeting were read Jin. Myles took charge of the meeting ' for the election of offi- cers, i^ch resulted as follows: Pres., MrsT F. Weber; 1st Vice, Mrs. J. Wick- ens; 2nd Vice., Mrs. T. Saul; Sec- Treas., Mrs. Russel Ellis. We were pleased to get some new members from among the ladies at the Power House. Financially the Institute had a good year, about ^400 being taken in and a balance on hand of $37. Plans for a 3rd of June celebration were completed, also a committee appoint- ed as follows: Sports, Russel Ellis; SoftbaU, Mrs. R. Ellis; Band, Mr. F. J. Weber; Horseshoe, Mr. F J Weber; Tug-of-war and other games, Mrs. D. A. Graham program, Mrs. A. E. Myles, Mrs. W. T. EUis and Mrs. S. S. Burritt. The secretary to ask the members for baking. Good prizes are being given in all the classes, and a good time is expected. Mr. Jas. BothweU of Vancouver, B.C., is visiting his mother-in-law, Mrs. Thos. Abercrombie, and other friends. Mrs. M. Wickens visited with her sister, Mrs. J. Plewes. Mr. and Mr. W. G. Hammond and children of Toronto spent the week end at the old home here. Mrs. J. Thompson of Flesherton visited with Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomp- son, for a few dajrs. The other day some boys pulled off an interesting stunt when they climb- ed the rock and put cedar trees across the projecting pinnacle and crossed over. They made a rope secure ar- ound the body of Harold Thompson and another to a tree for a ladder, and Norman Burritt lowered him- down twenty feet over the face of the cliff. They succeeded in securing four baby chicken hawks. This is the third time anyone has made the attempt to secure the hawk's nest, alhough not of recent years, as the pinnacle has opened from he main rock over twenty feet. The boys !:till have the hawk's in captivity and they present an interesting attraction. Harold is to be congratulated on his venturesome exploit. Mr. S. S. Burritt will soon have the bank building fitted up for the store of Mr. S. Osborne. Mr. D. L. Weber has secured the contract for the new bridge on the 4th line, after finishing the bridge near "^olton. He will commence work on it in about a week. Mr. and Mrs. Ran Brady, accomp- anied by Miss Miller, visited with Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Weber. Mr. W. AIcox was the guest of Mr. Meryl Weber. Mi'ss Justina Ellis spent a day or so with her cousins, Jean and Marion Stuart, Flesherton. Miss Nettie Abercrombie has gone to "Fern Cottage", Atherley, for the suâ€" mer months. T^r. and Mrs. John Fawcett visited in tieaford. Mr. Wm. Flood had the misfortune to f.-'l one day last week and broke somo of his ribs. Wo are (rlad to hear that Mrs. Wm. Clar'- is able to leave the hospital and we 1' "pe to see her home soon with her 've completely restored. Wf> extend our sincere sympathy to Mr. Thompson Allen and also to his daughter, Mrs. Thos. McCullough, in the -leath of Mrs. Allen. Interment took "lace at Orangeville. IN MEMORIAM VANDELEUR Jlr. Schyier Douglas of Edmonton, Alta., who has been lecturing in var- iofi parts of Ontario in connection with his work of redistribution of used Su'^d&y school papers, occupied the pi'pit in the church here on Sunday aft -moon and gave a very interest- ir~ account of hrs work. This work, w' ch was started by Mr. Douglas a 'ew years ago with the object of sr-.ding used Sunday school papers to bo%'3 and girls who would otherwise nr t get any, has grown until to-day it takes a large staff of girls working rn Saturday of each week to handle t^e papers. The work is all done free rf charfre. The young ladies are C. G. L T. . Mr. Douglas is an old friend of the pe<H>le of Vandeleur and his many friends here wish him success in his work. "^he annual meeting of the Women's Ir'-titute was held in the hall Than- aft -toon of last week, when a large nur-.b«r of members were )>mettt Thr^ newly elected officers are as follows: Pres., Mrs. F. R. Boland; 1st Vico, Mrs. John FIjmn; 2nd Vice, Ifrs. Stella Wyrille; Sec-TreM.. Mra. Wm. | Ratclifte; Dist. Dir.. Mrs. J. I. Gra- j ham. I Mr. S. H. Buchanan of Owen Sound visited friends here recently. I Mr. and Mrs. Mfeitt Devitt and fam- i ily of J^ligo visited with Mr. and Mrs. Win Johnston recently. Mr. an Mrs. Alex. Carson of Price- | ville wr-a the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ; Sam Gilbert one day recently. ; BLAKELY â€" In loving memory of our dear wife and mother, Mrs. Thos. A. Blakely who entered into rest May 3l8t 1926. We watched her suffer day by day. It caused us bitter grief, To see her slowly pine away. But could not get relief. Long days, long nights, she bore the pain. To wait for cure, but all in vain. But God Himself knew what was : best, I He took her home and gave her rest. Sadly missed by husband and family. The body of Gordon Pratt, the CoU- ingwood boy, who was drowned in the harbor March 30, was found washed : ashore opposite the scene of the fat- } ality. Flowers & Plants Cabbage, Tomato, Pansy Plants, etc.. Geraniums, Be- gonias, G>leus, etc Cut Flowers Grown by G. CUTBUSH & SON, Owen Sound For sale by W. A. HAWKEN phone 17] FLESHERTON.! Orders taken for shrubs, per-] ennials, vines, etc. New Repair Shop I am opening up a re- pair shop for boots and shoes, etc., in the W. L. Wright block, during the last week in May, and I solicit the patronage of Flesherton and surround- ing district. W. L. Morwood DAY OLD BABY CHICKS Now booking orders for June hatches. Prices. S. C. White Leghorns 25 I 4.0O 'â- ' 50 I 7.25 100 $14.00 Barred Rocks From Special Pen of high producinjr females mated to select cockereL 25 $5.00 50 $9.00 HATCHING EGGS S. C.W. Leghorns 25 $2.00 50 $3.50 Barred Rocks 25 $2.50 50 $4.00 TERMS:â€" 10% with order, balance on delivery. May hatches all taken. 'PHONE 54. Sylvester deCudmore FLESHERTON, BATES BURIAL CO. FUNERAL SERVICE NEW MODERN FUNERAL PARLORS 122-124 Avenue Road, TORONTO Telephone: Klngsdala 4344 J. W. Bates. R. Maikfecks. The Right Time For new shippers to start is right now in the spring season. You will find it profitable if vou bring vour CREAM TO US. - & - There is a big difference in grading cream, which affects the price you get. By selling your cream to us you will be assured the very best grading, because you can deliver the cream more promptly, or we will call for it promptly and have it graded in the shortest time possible, thereby assuring you of Special Nj, 1 grading. We are proving this to our present pat- rons. Highest market prices and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Honest Markdale Creamery Honest T"< and ProduceiCo. Wciiht AL^RKDALE, ONTARIO. PHONE 66 s ADVAKrE ADVTS. BRIKG THE BEST RESULTS HOUSE OFQli^f ^-ry TART YOUR CHICKENS RIGHT. M WE CAN SUPPLY YOU WITH THE BEST BABY CHICK FEED. GROWING MASH. BABY SCRATCH FEED. CHICK GRIT BONE MEAL. M, W. J. STEWART 81 SONS nMir. FMd, »Mda. Cmcot{m and Cpnf*eti«sMry Flesherton

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