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THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE .WEDNESDAY, JANUAJRY 3, 1934 ' I ' » < . f > V. ^s^m) r^fUSi A HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEOICAL ASSOCIATION ANO LIFE SMSURANCC COMPANie* IN CANADA WHY BE VACCINATED? "Why Be Vaccinated?" is the title of a pamphlet recently issued by the Department of Public Health ol Massachusetts. Many years have passed since the English physician, Jenner, in 1798, made the announce- ment that smallpoz is prevented by vaccination. Jenner was listened to because everyone, in his day, knew too well the horrors of smallpox. It was unusual, at that time, to se6 a face that was not pock-marked. Small- por was prevalent among all classes of society and thousands died, each year, from the disease. Today, comparatively few people know what smallpox really is. Thanks to vaccination, the disease is relative- ly uncommon, and for that reason, the fear of smallpox has disappeared, and there is, in general, an unfortunate tendency to be careless about secur- ing individual protection through suc- cessful vaccination. T1.3 Massachusetts publication is a reminder that smallpox still exists and that the unvaccinated person may be exposed to the disease at any time. This is strikingly illustrated by one experience related in tlje pamphlet. A man ill with an un- recognized case of smallpox started for his home, and, on the way, he stopped at the home of his sister for five hours. In this home, there were four persons, two unvaccinated, and both of whom contracted the disease. In the man's own household, there were only two members, his wife and his mother-in-law, iboth of whom were vaccinated; neither of these women contracted smallpox. The inan at- tended a dance at which thirty-five persons were present, and the one unvaccinated guest was the only one who contracted smallpox. This story is not an unusual one. W« have had similar experiences in Canada. The reason v.hy we refer to it is because it seems to us to be necessary to repeat the warning that there is only one way to secure pro- tection against smallpox, and that is through vaccination. It may be that you are planning to be vaccinated if cases of smallpox occur in: y CUT locality. The danger in that plan is that you yourself may be exposed to and contract the dis- ease before there is any warning, and so you will have no chance to be vaccinated now. Parents should have their children vaccinated during the first year of life. There is no reason why any ehild should be left unprotected a- gainst a disease when it is possible to secure protection. The answer to the question, Why Be Vaccinated?, is obviously that it is only through vaccination thSat protection against smallpox may be secured. Smallpox is a disease to which we may be unknowingly exposed at any time, hence the need for protection is an argent one. ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN THE POULTRY HOUSE It has been proved conclusively that, as the nights become longer, the use of artificial light in the laying pens will help the winter egg produc- tion considerably. The use of lights dumg the winter will not iirfluence the year's total yield to any gi-eat e.xtent. However, they will increase production dui-ing the season of good prices and a greater profit will re- sult. The high yields sometimes obtained in the Canadian Laying Con» tests where, for the reason of uni- formity and comparison, no lights are allowed, compare very favorably in the total number of eggs lain in one year with similar flocks that have had the advantage of lights during the winter, but the peak of produc- tion occurs much later when no lights are used. From Premier Henry To the Editor: A new year is here. It lies, largt and problematical, before us. iWhat we in Ontario shall make of it de- pends primarily on our resourceful- ness, our courage, and ou< pride. With four years of depression past â€"the worst of it is over, I believeâ€" the Province finds itself in a rathei favored position. Though many dif- ficulties loom ahead â€" and I, for one, do not minimize their complexities our Ship of State is once more riding on even keel, with colors flying. Our people are being fed, clothed and sheltered. None starve. Oin credit ia unimpaired. Our institut- ions, sound. There is no disorder. Little lawlessness. Throughout all our trials the people have manifested their adherence to British tradition and to British sane thinking. B> patience, perseverance, and general eo-ioperation with tho^ entrusted with the reins of administration, they have proven that the w^fare of a country, in times of stress, come, properly before things political and matters purely partisan. This attitude of mind must prevail throughout 1934 â€" if we are to come safely and securely through. There should be no place in our calculations as a Province for quack tonics and cure-alls concocted by impractical preachers and prophets. Experience is an excellent teacher; and exper^ ience, so far, has taught us that our recovery must be slow and orderly. Moving along such lines the goal we all have long envisioned is assured One hasty, over-reached step, howevei might spoil alL In wishing our people a happier, a brighter, and a more prosperous New Year, let me again commend them for the manner in which they have played the game during the trying twelve months that have just ended. Sincerely yours, GEO. S. HENRY, Prime Minister, CorliDf Clib Rinks At a meeting of the members of .the Curling Club on Tuesday even- ing skips for the several rinks were chosen and the personel of each riak selected, »s follows* . G. B. Welton, skip; G. McTavish .vice; A. Down, H. Down. A. E. Preston, skip; J. 0. Dar- gavel, vice; G. Armstrong, J. Dun- can. C. N. Richardson, skip; W. Turney vice; E. J. Bennett, F. Pinder. H. A. McCauley, skip; J. A. Rich- ards, vice; iW. G. Kennedy, P. Tay- lor. C. McTavish, skip; W. Welton, vice; J. Nuhn, F. Duncan. E. C. Murray, skip; W. D. Bryce, vice; C. R. Chappie, C. Wright. , R. W. Piper, skip; F. H. W. Hick- linjr. vice; J. E. Milne, A. Sinclair. G. Brackenbury, skip; W. Henry, vice; E. Henry, H. Eubank. M. Wilson, skip; D. Williams, vi«e; J. Wright, J. .WUson. J. O. Dargavel, skip; F. Thurston, vice; A.' McKechnie, F. G. Karstedt, A. E. Bellamy. A playing schedule is to be drawn up and a local tournament held for the club championship. WE WANT TO GREET THOSE WHOM WE OWE The Advance mailing list has been corrected and all subscription renew- als sent in by last Saturday were credited to those from whom they were received. If the date on your label has not been corrected let us know at once and the error can bt traced more easily. Look at youi label now and if you are in arrears kindly let us have part of the amount or all of it if possible and it will enable us to look our creditors in the face and not pass by on the other gide of the street when we meet them, which nobody enjoys doing. Shelburne 5, Fiitherton 2 Keeping The Wool Qean iWoolUn manufacturers often object to Canadian wo<4 on aoconnt of dirt, fartiealarly chaff and Meds. The removal of socli material is «xpen- fiv«, which is freqnsntly the reason for lower prices ottered. A little eax« on the part of the farmer will ^p eonaiderably in keei^inff the wool «le». TIm construetioB of the feeding raclcs Is tmportanfe. Have the slata on the feeding side almost vertical, and not more than two inches apart This will prevent the hay from falling over the animals. When feeding, fill the racks from an alley, or keep the sheep out of the pen. They should also be kept out dairy executive when the beddinjj is being 3{»ead. owe to udders. Fkshertfen sufflered their .second defeat at the hands of Shelburne on Tuesday night by the score of 5-2 In ,Shelbume's own arena. The game was faster than the one in Flesherton, but the Flesherton players were not as effective as they were at home. Play was fairly even in the first and third periods, Shelburne spearing one in each, but had their big inning in the second period when they made sure of the game by sniping three past Ferris. Best tied the score in the first period with a nice stick- handling effort after Hastilow had minutes. Rutledge put Sheioume opened the books in the first three ahead again in the second, only to have Boyd tie the count again. Under the fast going, condition told, and when Blood and Crawford each scor- ed, Flesherton wilted and failed to flash the red light again. Bellerby added another to Shelburne's count in the third to make the final score 5-2. A little unpleasant incident oc- curred in the second period when the Shelburne referee forgot his import- ant position to become embroiled in a common scrap with one of the Flesherton officials. Shelburne â€" Goal, Rayburn; de- fence, Crawford and Rutledge; centre, Maeaulay; wings, Fisher, Hastilow; alternates. Spilker, Blood, Bellerby Banks. Flesherton â€" Goal. Ferris; defence, McCutcheon, Patton; centi-e. Cairns; wings, Phillips, Boyd; alternates Best, Sled^ M. Johnson, E. Johnson. Referee â€" Dr. Zinn. Wm. Irwin Elected W.MJLO.L. 2855 The annual election of officers of Flesherton L.O.L. Nor 2855 was held on Tuesday evening with George Paims, District Master, conducting the election. Mr. iV.'m. Irwin was elected as Master for the coming year. Following are the officers to be in- stalled at the next meeting on Tues- day, January 16th: I. P. M. â€" J. A. Stewart. W. M. â€" Wm. Irwin. D. M. â€" P. Dow. Chaplain â€" C. R. Chappie. Rec. Sec. â€" C. J. Bellamy. Fin. Sec. â€" A. Down. Treasurer â€" F. W. Duncan. Marshall â€" A. E. Bellamy. 1st Lect. â€" W. D. Bryce. 2nd Lect. â€" G. McMaster. Ist Com. â€" G. Irwin. Com. â€" W. E. Turney, P. J. Thurs- ton, G. Cairfis and R. Fisher. Sick Com. â€" H. Down, T. Bentham jW. A, Hawken. Auditors â€" E. J. Bennett, W. D Bryce. The Late Wm. Smith Death came suddenly to one ot Osprey's old residents, in the person Real CoUWealher Experiencing one o^ the coldest snaps for years at this season Flesh- erton district shivered and froze under a temperature of 30 degrees below zero early Friday morning. At 9 a.m. the same day ih" thermometers had only raised S ],. .-.rs and held around zero mark most of the day. Saturday morning it was still very cold, being 11 degrees below zero, but mild weather then set in and by night was 15 degrees above zero and by Sunday morning a real spring thaw was in progress with a steady down- pour of rain that made the roads and streets a glassy mass where ice had formerly formed. In other places were pools of water and slush. Mon- day morning cold weather again set in and by night a real blizzard was howling that kept many people in- doors, while Tuesday morning zero temperature was again prevalent. One could hardly realize that the ther- mometer could show a difference oi 75 degrees of temperature between Friday morning and Sunday, but such was the case. With the changeable weather we have experienced the past month or so it is to be expected that there would be considerable sicknese in the community. Friday and Saturday many of the water systems in the village were frozen solid and necessitated consid- erable work in thawing them out. A transport truck was stuck in the snow on the highway below Flesherton due to the extreme cold and snow drifts Jt is doubtful if we will have any colder weather this winter. Figure This One Out There are Scotch stories and Scotch stories but few of them can match this one for ingenuity. The head of a large firm was re- tiring after a long and active service, and it was decided to give him a good radio, to help him pass his leis- ure time. A Scottish foreman was chosen to collect the necessary money from the three thousand employees oi the company. Jock laid his plans well. He col- lected fifteen cents from each man in the firm. With the money ht bought three thousand packages oJ cigarettes. To each man that hac paid him fifteen cents, he returned a fifteen-cent package of cigarettes. How did he get the radio? That's easy. He had removed the three thousand coupons from the paeloges, and that was enough to get a radio as a premium. You can see at once that no per- son was out anything, except the fore- man, who had spent all that time coOecting the coupons. Burt he was a Scot. He had bought the cigarettes at wholesale prices and he kept the commission for himself. â€" Fergus News-Argus. Printed in 2,000 Papers A nine-poand girl, whose expected birth was announced in 2,000 news- papers by its proud father, has been bom to Mr. and Mrs. William E. Worthing, of Muskegon, Mich. Wor- thing last July asked the Michigan newspaper to publish a news item that a baby was expected by the ,;oi2ple, married five years in Novem- ber. The editor refused, but Worti- ing's pride was not to be squelched. -An advertisement carried the news refused by the editorial department and soon the whole world knew of the "blessed event". Two thousand newspapers reprinted the item, clipp- ings showed. WINTER FEEDING OF MARKET H6aS Smiles and tears speak all langu- ages. Winter fed hogs require a dry, reasonably warm bed. Exercise is necessary in the early stages oi growth. Include in the feed mixture a variety of grains such as oats, bar- ley and shorts or middlings. Skim- milk or buttermilk shotild be included and must be always fed uniformly sweet or sour. Tankage may replace the milk. Do not attempt to. finish too quickly or crippling may result. DECEIVING LOOKS Tommy came home looking rather dishevelled and bruised. "I thought I told you only to play with good boys," said his mother. "Good little boys never fight." "Weir," answered Tommy, "I Do It Now IT PAYS TO DISINFECT THE WALLS AND FLOORS OF STABLES, ALSO TREAT THE AXLM.\LS FOR LICE. FLEAS. SCURF AND SKIN IRRITATION. WE CAN GR'E YOU YOUR CHOICE OF KEROL. ZEXOLEUM. HELLIBORE. SUL- PHL'R, COOPER'S DRI KILL -\ND PR-\TT'S ROOST PAINT of William Smith. After an illness j thought Charlie Johnson was a good «; Happy Vale Sauerkraut, 3tins for 2Sc Ideal Silver Cream 21c Home's Gelatine, Makes 2 quarts 15c Windsor Sweet Pickles, 30 oz 21c Heinz Tomatoe Catsup 19c Osprey & Artemesia Co-operative Co., Ltd. FLESHERTON Breeding Essential For High Egg Production The average production of all the birds in the laying contest held at Harrow for the past three years is about 180 eggs per hen. It is rough- ly estimated that it costs about 80 tc 100 eggs to feed a hen for one year The hens which lays about 180 eggs in a year produces eight times as much profit as a 110-egg hen, less the small extra cost of feed required to produce the larger number of eggrs. The moral of this story is that breed- ing is one great factor which governs profits, and that if the fanner has not the indfaistion or Is nnable to carry on his own selective breeding program to save his own flock from deterioration he must depend on the ponltryman who makes this a practice. Indiscriminate tne of untested males means reversion; and It should bt borne in mind that the yield of the Jungle fowl, from wWch our hijrh- record "egg niachine" of today orig- inated, was probably about two dozen eggs in a year. of one year, he passed away at tlie home of his daughter on Decembei 13, 1933. He was 79 years of age and was born at Thornhill in 1855 coming to Flesherton with his par- ents when he was 5 years of age. He married Sarah Jane Lang, 55 years ago, and moved to the Tenth Line of Osprey, where they farmed up till 6 years ago, then moved to Feversham and lived there until one year previous to his death, when they moved to the farm with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Dannie Cameron. He has been a member of the Sal- vation Army for about 40 years. He leaves to mourn his loss his loving wife, one son, three daughters and three brothers: Court, Eighth Line -•Vrteraesia; Alma, (Mrs. Ab. Long), Toronto; Francis, (.Mrs. McKean), Ravenna and Tola, (Mrs. Dannie Cameron) Tenth Line Osprey; Sam of Toronto; Isaac of Flesherton and Robert, Tenth Line, .\rtemesia. The funeral which was held on Fri- day was largely attended. Comdt. James Poole of Toronto conducted the service at both house and grave: in- terment was made at Providence cem- etery. The pa tbearers were: Messrs Ed. Peillar, Henry Coulthard, John Poole, Em. Hawton, Wm. Davidson and Hugh Wright. The floral offerings were beautiful and consisted of a wreath from wife and family; pillow from Mr. and Mrs. Ab. Long, spray from Mr. and Mrs. Sam Galley nee (Irene Long) and pillow from his brother, Sam. TUBER'S THIN SKIN Bearing in mind thai a potato Is at all times a living organism, con- ditions must be provided which will prevent severe losses in storage. In- deed, conditions are widely prevalent in Oimada which cause in many cases a high percentage of loss in stored crops, tiiat* all, it should be bom« in mind that tiie tender skin of a freshly harvested tdl>er is easily scratched or broken, that din«n or implements may cause cuts or broiM* wtucb prove disastrous when such potatoes are placed in suitaible stor- age. Rot and decay soon follow. Moist tubers, especially when cut or bruised, are the first to succumb. Therefore avoid bruising and, if at Sign over the desk of a leading ^ ^11 possible, the placing of potatoes "All that I am li into anv kind of storage until they arc perfectly dry. little boy till I hit him." ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH "^'For the Childreffs Sake' A NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO EVERY MOTORIST IN ONTARIO Well done, Ontario drivers! Thfe accident record for the entire year 1933 has not been compiled as yet, hut at the end ot November the number of fatalities from motor vehicle accidents was S7 less than the total recorded during the first eleven months of 1932. For this marked improvement the Government of Ontario offers its thanks and congratulations to the motorists of the Province. It is a dehnite indication that the mvijority oi drivers of motor vehicles in Ontario are co-operating in a real endeavour to reduce the waste of human lives on street and highway. But there is room for improvement yet. The toll is still too great. In eleven months of 1933, 368 lives were sacrificed. And most distressing of all is the fact that children are frequently the victims. Here then is an ob- jective well worthy of any effort â€" and its cost is only a little more care as you drive. If by any fault of your driving or from any neglect of some simple rule of safety, you were to deprive some child of health and strength, perhaps even of life itself â€" ^what a responsibility would be yours! For the children's sake this appeal is made to you, and to every motorist in Ontario: that through this Winter you drive carefully, cautiously, sanely and safely, lest one child's Jife be lost or one little form crippled or torn. The days of winter are days of difficult driving â€" of icy roads and slippery streets â€" when vehicles slide and slip over treacherous surfaces â€" and when accidents and fatalities may happen without warning, if drivers fail to realize the imperative need for added care and extra vigilance. To ensure that the gratifying improvement made during 1933 will be maintained during the dangerous days of winter as well as throughout all the coming year, your continued co-operation is required. Will you not make this resolution for 1934, if only "for the children's sake"; to protect life and health by driving with courtesy and caution, by observing the simple rules of the road, and by making "safety" your motto as you drive*" ' along the streets, the highways, and the bv-wavs of the Province? If you will, 1934 will indeed be a HAPPY KEW YEAR. Toronto, December 29th, 1933 Minister of Highwars