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Vol. 51, No. 3 Flesherton, Ontario, June 17, 1931 W. H. Thurston & Son, Proprietor^ ' . V It c i >' i f PRICEVILLE (Last Week's Items) BORN On Saturday, June 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. Angus McLachlan, the gift of a daughter. Mr. Neil Shortreed <rf Keswfck is convalescing at his home here. Mr. Alroy McLean of Toronto is spending a touple of weeks visiting at his parental home. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Chambers, Miss Sadie McKinnon and Mrs. Harry Pedlar of Toronto motored up and spent the week end here. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Art Richardson, Jackie and Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Bentham, Flesherton were visitors the first of the week at Mr. Alex Carson's. Mr. Robert Lynn, Toronto visited his cousins, Mrs. Archie McArthur, and Mrs. Donald McLan. S. Line. Mr. Colin McLean spent the past week visiting friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Watson and son, Campbell, and wife of Egremont, visited at Mr. Sam McDermid's rec- ently. Messers George Torrv and Arnold Hickling, Misses Muriel and Evelyn Henderson of Hampden were visitors last week at Mr. Wm. Mathers. Mr. Donald Tryon left for his home at Detroit, also Miss Van Wyck and Mrs. Rev. H. Howey left for her home in Swastika, New Ont. Mrs. Robert McConkey returned home from Toronto aftar spending a few days visiting friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Bowes, Markdale were recent guests at Mr. H. B. McLean's Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, Toronto is vis- iting Mr. and Mrs. Donald McDougnll. Mr. R. A. Murray, Oregon was a rec- ent guest at Mr. Herb Mclnnis. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McLeod S. Park visited on Friday at Mr. A. L. Hinck's. The fjnoral cf the late Rev. J. A. Mathewson was largely attended on Thursday, in St. Columbia Church. Rev. Mr. Binnie and Rev. Mr. Bartlett and R. G. Stewart were the officiating ministers. The pall-bearers we-e; Messers Dan Stewart, Thos. Nichol, Petr Muir. Neil McLeod, Robt. Kr-ox, Robt. Parslow. Mrs. Hermie McLean sang very sweetly "He wiped a tear from every eye." Deepest sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Mathowson and daughter, (Ursie), Mrs. S. E. Grant, Toronto in their sad bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams, Dromore, Mr. and Mrs. D. Harriston, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McDougall, Hoi- stein and Reg. Ramage, Egremont visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ramage. The occasion being the completion of his 53rd year of continuous service in leading the sing- ing in the choir. Miss Majorie Everist returned to Toronto after spending a weeek here. EUGENIA Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pace and son, Carson, and Mr. Thos. Elliott of Mark- dale, Mir. and Mrs. Thos. Stewart of Ceylon, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Akitt, Geogrc and Ruby of Flesherton were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. C. Hanley. Miss Loreen Graham of Walkerton visited her cocain, Phyllis Graham, for a week. We express our sympathy to the sorrowing relatives of the late Mr. Robt. Cook of Ceylon, who passed away on Sunday, and also to the friends of the late Mr. Abe McMaster, whose death occurred in Toronto on Friday lust. Mrs. John Stoddart and Viola and Ernest of Paisley and Betty of Dray- ton, Mr. Jas. Blakey and Roy and Mrs. T. Blakey of St. Catharines, also Mrs. Ellen Hollingshead of Buffalo were week end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Magee and family. Mr. Harry Burke and friend, Miss Queenie Kaittinj? of FeVersham called on Mr. and Mrs. Will Kaitting on Sunday. Mrs. Garnet Magee received the sad news of the death of her aunt, Mrs. Jas. Blakey, of St. Catherines on June 4th. W e extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. e Misa Berr.ice McKeown of Duncan spent tho week end with her uncle, Mr. Will Kaitting, and family. Members of the Beaver Valley Fish- -- Cluh at their club house over the week end were: Major A. C. Snively, wife and children, Mrs. Grif- fith and daughter, Dr. Wright, Mr Cliff and Mr. Hall. 1'r. and Mn. Roy Woof) ard familv Markdalc, also Mr.-. T. Lever ci? Flesherton were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin. Mr. Howard Palmer intends leaving by C.P.R. on Treaday morning of this week for his parental home in Vancouver. Mr. F. Weathcrall of Kingston vis- ited hi-3 wife and family at the Eu- genia House for a few days. Mr. Rody Gordon of Toronto is spending a few days with his wife and .family in the village. Miss Acheson is busy these days preparing her classes for their final examinations. She is giving e.xtra hours to the Entrance candidate: Vemice Fawcett, Bernice Campbell. Argyle Martin and Teddy Campbell. All four have spent a year in the junior fourth and a year in the senior fourth. We wish them every success. We are sorry to report Airs. Fred Duckett still on the sick list and Miss Betsy Turner is assisting her. Mrs. E. Parker and cmldren from near Feversham visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Short recently. Mrs. Ben Short and son, Lyall, vis- ited with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Essland, Feversham. (Last Week's Items) We have had abundant rainfa-11 in our vicinity the past week which we are thankful for. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jamieson attend- ed the funeral of the late Mr. Elwin Jamieson in Owen Sound on June 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson (nee Miss Dell Wilson) a daughter, Agnes of Toronto, Miss Margaret MacMillan oi' Markdale, Mr. John Jamieson of Orangevillc and Miss Dorothy Genoe of East Mountain were recent vis- itors with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jamie- son. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins of Toronto visited the past week end with Mrs. G. W. Graham. Miss Mae Duckett of Sarnia is vis- iting at her parental home at present. Mr. Hugh Davidson of Detroit and Mr. Ernie Davidson and daughter, Doreen of Feversham visited one day the past week with their cousin, Mr. Will Kaitting, wife and family. Mr. Russell Park is busy these days taking the census in vicinity. Eugenia and PROTON STATION The census enumerators of both Proton and Artemesia townships are making: calls in this village to-day. Miss Bantam of the Bible School staff, who has been absent for a time owing to the death of a friend, has returned to her duties. Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Corbett are Mr. and Mrs. P. Goodfellow and Mrs. John Good- fellow of Owen Sound and Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Armstrong of Brampton. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett attended the county meeting of the Educational Association at Eugenia on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Williams of To- ronto were visitors with Miss Lena Park. Little Miss Irene Meddaugh of Dun- dalk is holidaying with Mrs. Jos. Park. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Irwin and Mrs. Hyde of Paisley were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. Vause visited with friends on the Old Durham Road. Messrs. A. and G. Shorson and M. Bannon attended the Conservative convention, whkh was held at Durham last week. Mr. and Mrs. John McConnell of Dundalk visited last Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Stinson. Miss Edith Consley, who has been I BATES BURIAL CO'Y. DISTINCTIVE FUNERAL SERVICE AT MODERATE COST NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THE JJSE "F OU PJlLBLOBS* 122-124 AVENUE RD. TORONTO PHONE: Night or Day KI. 4344 .*. W. BATES. Formerly of Fleaherton B, MMADOCK*. '* Mr. and Mrs. John Wiekens and at Franfcfort , m. for the past two family af Kimberley spent Sunday years, has returned home. Welcome with the Kaitting family. _ Miss Sylvia Acheson spent the week home> t ' d ' th ' er.d at her parental home at Victoria Mrs - Archibald's sons, Lloyd andj Corners. Miss Margie Park accom- Harvey, of Ceylon spent Saturday with panied her. Mr. and Mrs. A. Cameron and Rev. Mr. Pope and wife attended the con- ference in Toronto last week. Ono night, not very long ago. some f c-llcw lost hi ; hat at another fellows their mother here. Misses Maricrie and Roberta Ache- son were home from Toronto for the wet>k c"d. M;-.is Emily Acheson spent the week place. He can have the hat bvTcom- end in Toronto - ing and asking for it and explaining M r - Archie Neilson has secured a "House of Quality" We have remodelled our Ice Cream Par- lor and we have an excellent assortment of Ice Cream, Sodas & Sundays that \vill please you. CCNES BRICKS ESKIMO PIES ICE COXLD DR1XKS SERVED FROM OUR SERV-ALL COOLER ! Jas. A. Stewart I GROCERIES PHONE 46 I WE DELIVER IN TOWN how it got there. The fellow who found the hat has lost some hens. His neighbor also lost a hen. Who has got the hens ? Did the fellow who lost the hat find the hens? DOBSON POOI.F Re -surface old walls and ceilings roroe HERE is n wallboard that docs not burn, made from gypsum rock into sheets 4 to 10 feet long, 4 feet wide and y% of an inch thick. It is used for interior walls, ceilings and partitions. As well as being fire-resistant, it has structural strength, insulation value and is draught and vermin-proof. Use Gyproc Joint Filler for seal- ing the joints between the tall, broad sheets of wallboarc 1 . When yc.i are "doing over" any room in the house or adding new ones in the attic or base- ment, use Gyproc for walls and ceilings because you can nail it directly over the old surface. Gyproc is also an excellent base for Alabastine, Gyptex or wallpaper. Gyproc is Canada's pioneer non-burning gypsum wallboard. Ask your nearest dealer for full details and a Gyprpc direction sheet. Or write us for the FREE ^booklet, "Building and Re- modelling with Gyproc". 374 GYPSUM, LIME and ALABASTINE, CANADA, LIMITED Paris Ontario mail route at Weston. Mrs. Neilson, who has been for some time at Pro- top Station, has gone to her new home at West-n. Mr. Arnold Hergott and hi-3 friend, Mr. White, Sundayed at Mr. Alex. Hercott's. MAXWELL We missed publishing the following wedding notice last week: A very pretty wedding was solem- nized at the United ChuTh parson- j Mr. and Mrs. Robb and ivo children arre, Fl"herton, on Wednesday, May I of Maple visited at Mr. and Mrs. 27th when iJtfnnie Beati-c.\ eldest Frank Svelcy's over the week end. '. : aii(:i:ter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Poole, '-jver.;ham. became the bride of Mr. Messrs. George Morrwon and V'crn Pallister and Jack Parker motored to phry to our neighborhood. Th-j 69th Anniversary of the St. Mary's Anglican church was observed William Edgar Dobison, younorest son , Kitchener and Toronto on Monday, of Mrs. Elizabeth Dobson and the We welcome Mr. and Mrs. J. Hum- late John Dobson of Foversh'm. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. J. Scott. The bride, who was prettily attired ion June 14th. A former clergyman. ' c:::;V;:i cf b^by pisl. Rev. James Ward of Toronto offic- chitfon with a:cessories to match,; ; a ted at the morning service assisted carried a shower bouquet of pink by tho Rector, Rev. Oldham. Mr. tulips and maiden hair fern. She Ward delivered a fine sermon to a was attended by her sister, Miss Eva large congregation. B. Poole, who also wore a rose pink j ML-. James Clark of C-.-llin^vood crepe de chine and carried a bouquet visited friends here ever the " week of narcissus ami maiden hair fern. en( ]_ The groom was attended by his; r rSK: . atu lations to Mr. and Mr brother, Mr. Joshua Dobson. I Leonard Seelcy of the gift of a daugh- Thp lu-idnl party returned by motor ^ er to th e bride's parental home, where! w ?ddinf , bf ,,, s , u . e ,.jnging quit;, only the immediate relatives of the loudly at r.-esent bride and groom sat down to a dainty repast, which was served by the bride's half :-.istrs. Mrs. Geo. and Mrs The-,. Gould, of Ravenna. -The ROCK MILLS /- week of sneuial meptinjrs room was decorated in pink and wnit.i | lfl ] , - n t j 1(i ^ n )( .j . ,,, ..^ . * ^ , ( streamers with white bells, am! the in . r " or Sunday evenlnf^W^Georo-, table was decorated with a five-story, Brown of Wiarton was the <rMvi.il bride's cake. '.-:>. Ik"'' M". Rnnvn ha- :\ fir. yii.v The bride's going-away gown was of ";i.i ''-" v ht<.! ^'-.> he? ". c:i:h <-. MUe glory crepe with sand tweed coal ' '' with a ;--:lo. Friday cvcnin-r' hat, shoes and hoae to match. '" v '"" ' iciana "-t""" ' The young couple will reside at ih~ fn ">' V !a > '-"" a " d variably Bss i 8t groom's home, Twelfth Line. OspreyJ ^ * '? hy d . cr . ln; - .l""." ^ Inch \v:is enjoyed by all those Miss Hazel Wyville R. N. has re- turned home after spending some time on a case in Portlaw district. Miss Edna Lee of Listowel was the guest of Miss Winnie Graham rec- ently. Mr. Loucks of Chatsworth spent a few days with his daughter, Mrs. S. Wyville. Thf community picnic in the park on Friday afternoon last was a decid- ed success. Ball games, races, horse- contests, etc., were played during the afternoon and an excellent supper was provided. A play entitled "Choosing a Wife" was given by Wodehouse talent in the church here on Tuesday evening of last week, unden- the auspices of the Ladies' Aid. There was a fair at- i tendance and the program was enjoy- ed by all. ' i ., two sons and Mr. J. Chisholm of Wal- kerton and Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Hogg and son of Chatsworth were week end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Littlejohns. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Alcox of Toron- to are visiting with the former's tr.othe'. Mrs. Win. Alcox. Mis-3 B. Ottewell of Proton spent the week end with Mrs. Geo Little- johns and G. Lever. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wood and child- ren of Markdale visited at T. Lever's. TORONTO LINE NORTH Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Chisholm and i PROMISING CROPS Conditions throughout Ontario are very promising. From present indi- cations it appears that haying wiil start somewhat earlier than the aver age year and the yield, especially new seeding, will be very heavy. Fall wheat and spring grains are making wonderful growth. The price of cheese has strengthened in the las^ week or two, but many factories re- port a small make, due to milk pro- ducts finding their way into othe" INSURANCE See us or phone regarding your automobile, Cargo, Accident and Sickness Insurance. Guarantee bonds plate glass, and fire insurance. Our rates are reasonable and we guaran- tee service and satisfaction. W. J. W. ARMSTRONG Licensed Agent Phone 13w FLESHERTON. present. Slavic! D. Brown of Winnipeg ' i -. '!>" 'ng for a !./>'. weeks with IV.T! sis 1 "', x :rr,. J. A. F'.Hvv, .".ncl family. I.Ir. and Mrs. ,'3 peer of forK-Mmi. ... .. j-poent vi^it'ir;; with the F. 51 ! family here. For Sale by Flesherton Pinning & Chopping Mills Low Footwear Prices SHOES FOR CHILDREN From $1.15 to $2.50 MEN'S OXFORDS From $3.75 to $4.70 MEN'S A BOYS' WORK BOOTS From $2. 50 *o $3.75 My prices arc low and for Cash only W. L. MORWOOD Flesherton - Ont. r!r. and Mrs. Geo. Jackson of \v:i- 'ia:r.-;ford spent a day last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. Newel' nwl Mr. and M-R. Thos. Bett ; ; and daughters. Quite a number from her" ptt'.'n.lfl ihe closing serviof-a at tho Go pel Workers' church, Ma.rkdab, Sunday !.-.-t. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pedlar of Sinn- hamptc-n called or. friends here during: tb" pnrt week. Tile work at the saw mill here was cr-nalnf d last week and the old mill whi*tl>' is now silent once more. Mr. :tnd Mrs. H. O&horne and faniilv o" Feversham visited recently with ' T . and Mrs. Ned Croft. VANDELEUR Mrs. J. J. McGee is home from To- ronto where she has been visiting friends. ' >' "'. ??"" Miss Winnie Graham spent a few days with friends in Thornbury. 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