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®hje /tol)^rt0tt %imnu. you 55; NO. 25. WEDXESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1935 W. H. Thurston & Son, Proprietors "^ if ' Artemesia Township and Flesherton Councils Elected By Acclamation One of the quietest nominatiun meetings in the history of Artemesia Township was held in Flesherton or There was a fair attendance of electors of Flesherton at the village nomination in the town hall, Friday- Friday afternoon, when only about i evening when all of last year's 40 electors attended. Reeve John A. Davis was returned by acclamation for the third successive time as was also C. D. Meldrum, Deputy-Reeve. The same councillors, I. B. Whittaker, Robt. D. Purvis and Elmer Warling, were also returned by acclamation. Geo. H. Cairns was nominated for the council, but withdrew^. Elmer Warl- ing was nominated for Deputy-Reeve and C. D. Meldrum for the office of Reeve. Mr. Herbert Corbett a form- er Reeve, was appointed chairman for the meeting. The financial standing of Artem- esia was shown by the treasurer's statement to be in excellent Con- dition and the present council has done fine work to keep the tax rate down. Balance of taxes on the 1931- 1934 assessment Rolls was shown to be only $4,471.67 with a cash balance at the present time of $3848. Be- sides the usual liabilities at this time there is a bank lean of $6500, while the assets over liabilities amount to $6696.03. Expenditures by divi.sions for the summer road work is as follows: No. 1, I. B. Whittaker. $381.93; No. 2 Elm'er Warling, $418.42; No. 3, C. D. Meldrum, $390.47; No. 4, R. D. Pur- vis, $293.08; No. 5, J. A. Davis, $160.- 67. Receipts for the year amounted to $26,365.5« and expenditures, $22,518.- 66. ARTEMESIA TOWNSHIP Reeve â€" John A. Davis, AcclamA' tion. Deputy Reeve â€" C. D. Meldrum, ac- clamation. Ck)uncillors â€" E. J. Warling, I. B Whittaker, R. W. Purvis. Acclama- tion. GLENELG TOWNSHIP Reeve â€" Angus McArthur, Acclama' tion. Councillors â€" John Newell. Clar- ence Robinson, Edward Sullivan, John OINeill, John McKechnie of Glenroadin and Frank Darcy. KEPPEL TOWNSHIP Reeve â€" John D. Hewitson and Wesley W. Shier. Councillors â€" George Graham, Geo. Jiennings, Earl Radboume,) Thomas Beacock and Douglas Davidson. All have qualified. PROTON TOWNSHIP Reeve â€" William Jack. Acclama tion. Councillors â€" Fred Grier, J^mes Gillies, William Haw and Patrick Ryan. Acclamation. BENTINCK Reeve â€" George H. Magwood. Acclamation. Deputy Reeve â€" Fi'ed Torrie, Chas. Bailey. Councillors â€" John Wells, William Grierson, Alex. Hopkins and Irwin Browti. ^ \ MARKDALE Reeve â€" T. H. Reburn, A. Rusk. Councillors â€" W. E. White, Dr. L. E. Turner, J. R. Dillon. H. Borinsky, Dr. R. L. Carefoot. W. E. Harris, A. C. Stewatt, Ross .Alcox. Public School Trustees â€" W. J Howard, A. E. Hunt and Thos. Tuck. Acclamation. council were returned by acclamation. There were two other nominees for the council, Messrs. F. W. Duncan and G. A. McTavish, but these men withdrew from the competiton. The three retiring members of the Public school board, Messrs Fred Brown, Wm. Tumey and W. J. Bellamy, were returned by acclamation. The Flesh- erton Cemetery Commission of three members was also elected by acclama- tion and is composed of G. E. Banks, C. J. Bennett and F. J. Thurston. The latter two were members of the old Cemetery Board. Besides these three the Reeve and Treasurer will also be members of the Commission. All the members of the Council gave an accounting of each of their departments and Reeve McCauley also dealt with County Council matters, F. J. Thurston, chairman of the public school board, gave an account of the work of the board during the year. This is the frist time that report of this nature has been presented to the electors at the nomination and it is right that an accounting should be made as it is one of the largest spenders of the taxpayers' money. Carnation Lodge L.O.B.A. Officers The election of officers in L. O. B. A. 545 took place at the regular meet- ing on Monday night as follows : Past W. M. â€" Sister Turney. W. M. â€" Sister Littlejohns. D. M. â€" Si-iter G. Lever. Chaplain â€" Sister K. Thurston. Rec. Sec. â€" Sister M. Stewart. Fin. Sec. â€" Sister A. .Alexander. Treasurer â€" Sister L. McKillop. 1st Lect. â€" Sister C. Crossley. 2n(i Lect. â€" Sister C. Duncan. D. of C. â€" Sister M. McEachnie. I. G. â€" Sister Elsie Phillips. O. G. â€" Sister C. Cameron. Committee â€" Sisters V. Nicholson, r; .:•.,', Hawken, McMaater and H. I- l^otiald. Auditors â€" Sisters Tarney and Thu'-ston . Guardian â€" Sister Mae Fisher. Organist â€" Sistes M. Down. The society is preparing a bale to send to the Home at Richmond Hill and will be pleased to receive good second hand clothing and toys also fruit which will be sent on Dec. 10. FLESHERTON Reeveâ€" -H. A. McCauley. .Acclama- tion. Public School Triisieesâ€" William Turney, Fred Brown and W. J. Bel- lamy. .Acclamation. Cemetery Committee â€" E. J. Ben- nett, G. A. Banks and F. J. Thurs- ton. Acclamation. CHATSWORTH Reeve â€" A. D. McColeman, Accla- mation. Councillors â€" Neil McElheron, Ed- win Hill and C. R. Loucks. Accla- mation. One more Councillor needed. Public school trustees â€" Three to be elected as none qualified. EUPHRASIA TOWNSHIP Reeve â€" Harold Dawn. Acclama- tion. Councillors â€" R. D. Carruthers, J. J. Miller, H. E. Parker and Levi Pottage. Acclamation. BENTINCK TOWNSHIP Reeve â€" D. J. MacDonaid, George H. Magwood and A. C. MacDonaid. Deputy Reeve â€" George H. Mag- wood. Fred Torrie, John Wells. Charles Bailey and .Alex Hopkins. Councillors â€" Fred Torrie, Charles Bailey, John Wells, William Grierson, .Alex Hop'-^ins and Irwin Brown. MEAFORD Mayor â€" William Champ, accla- mation. Reeve â€" W. F. Riley. .Acclamation. Councillors â€" J. S. Ciglen, R. J. Knight, Russell Londry, Milton Tay- lor, F. N. Harding, Harold Solomon Clifford Erskine and Six to be elected. HANOVER Mayorâ€" A. J. Metzger. C. Witthun. Reeve â€" Austin Ball. Samuel Clarke and Clifford Spear. SULLIVAN Reeveâ€" R. L. Aitcheson. Acclama- tion. Deputy Reeve â€" E. .A. Carson and George Jackson. Councillors â€" J. E. Kuhl, D. J Liefso, Donald McQueen and Edward Weeden. Election to be held. Pageant In Church The service in St. John's United church on Sunijay last took the form of a drama. "He came Unto His Father". The scripture lesson was the story of the Prodigal Son as found in Liike, and was read by the pastor, the hymns were in keeping with the subject. The following to<ik pa"t in the drama: Mrs. Russell Park. Mrs. W. I. Henry. Mrs. H. MacCauley Mrs. C. J. Bellamy. Mrs. E. C. Mur- ray and Miss Beatrice Thistlethwaite. The reapers were Dr. Murray. Mr. G. Cairns, Mr. Eubank and Mr. F. W. Duncan, who honored the congrega- tion with a quartette. The drama Was most realistic, and each one did her part excellently. The collection was in aid of the W. M. S. funds. Old Resident Passes Osprey Township Officials Are His 80th Birthday Conducting Probe Into Accounts The Advance has recently been in touch with one of its oldest subscrib- ers out in Saskatchewan, a pioner ol this secti',n of Canada, who will be kindly remembered by many of oui older residents, in the person of Mr. James H. Stuart of Traynor, Sask. Mr. Stuart was a nephew of the late William and James Stuart of Kim- berley. A letter received from our old friend in the West this week gives, at our request, some details of a long and eventful life, entertain- ingly told. It would be a pleasure to all his old friends here if Mr. Stuart could again come east and visit us before he passes on to the reward of an upright life. An ex- During the past summer the coun- cil of the Township of Osprey has had an audit made on the road ac- counts and assessmj^nt roll for the year 1934. .Mr. J/ D. Crabt.^ae, chartered accountant of Meaford was engaged by the council and his re- port on the accounts was the basis of the auditor's report for 1934. Mr. Crabtree did not find anything ser- iously wrong with the accounts, but convenience to get in touch with the collector, arrangements have now bee > made with the Bank of Toronto ac Feversham and the Bank of Com- merce at Dundalk whereby anyon : who wishes to pay their taxes at eith- er of those places may do so by pay- ing the small fee which the banks will charge them. Next came the annual protest ot dogs which died, dogs which ran away (jld recommend that the treasurer: and dogs with no owner recognizing About Mistakes We all make mistakes, but those in a newspaper stand out like a mountain on a plain. Last week an error crept into the Superior Store advertisement which stated that ten pounds of granulated sugar would be given on a dollar purchase. Any peT^on would know this was not cor- rect but there it was. commence a new system of book- keeping and the handling of money and much of the trouble would there- for disappear. He also recommend- ed in a letter to the Reeve, Mr. John Lockhart. which is embodied in his re- port, that all taxes should be paid to and deposited by the preson ap- pointed as collector. This will cause less confusion than if paid to some other official. He also recommended that all payments by the treasurer be made by cheque and a complete record of transactions would then be available. These two instances seem to lie at the base of the trouble. Th council has faced the problem of balancing the account with a stead- fast purpose and are tackling a dif- ficult problem with vigor. While there has not been any suggestion of the wTongful conversion of money by any official, the trouble is laid them. .As the council decided to a- bide by the stipulations of the act only those who could show that they were improperly assessed were given rebate, which were, Jos. McGi-ade, W. Lawlor, .A. McQueen .and Wm. Har- grove. .A deputation from the Osprey Ag- ricultural Society was on hand for a grant. This was complied with and the usual jmount was given them. Relief is always a vexatious prob- lem, whether the municipality be large or small, and Osprey is no ex- ception. While the amount of re- lief granted here is not large, and possibly the organization as com- plete as it could be yet the adminis- trator gets into difficult situation.'! at times. This came to a head by a motion being presented to have the Reeve and Deputy make an in- vestigation but did not get the sup- cellent photo of the gentleman ac- companies this article. The Saskatoon Phoenix recently said .that Mr. Stuart celebrated his 80th birthday at the home of his son, Robert, editor of the Biggar Inde- pendent. He was bom on Septem- ber 22nd, 1850, the year the first train ran from Montreal to Toronto. Mr. Stuart gives The -Advance the following facts regarding his life: "I was born in the town of Colling- wood. It, too, was great in its infancy. The Northern Railway had just been built and the "Town on the at the door of wrong accounting port and was declared lost. methods. These are now being. j),g clerk was instructed to advise corrected., j ^j^^ proper authorities respecting a -At a recent meeting of the council ' family who are liable to be put on re Reeve Lockhart and Deputy Reeve iiei_ ^^ to the living conditions in th.- Hutchinson were appointed to inter- home. view chartered accountants when thev 1 jj,. Lockhart and Mr. Hutchinson, were attending county council and to, reported on the hiring of another engage ona to audit the accounts of ^ accountant to audit the accounts of the years 1931, 1932 and 1933 in an I the township. Mr. C. L. Vanwycli effort to locate a shortage which is of Owen Sound was engaged to audit said to be present, and the cause ot j the acounts for the years 1931, 1932. it. They engaged Mr. C. L. Van- wyck of Owen Sound, well known in that section of the County, who will shortly commence working on the and 1933. The cost of the audi; will be between $250 and $300. General road account ordered pai ' were: 0. V. Cornett. paysheet $121.80: problem, the cost of which will a- Jas Winters $6.80; Les. Bell $88^00 : mount to between $250 and $300. The Council of Osprey has been in a very difficult situation this year, but have conducted affairs with credit to themselves. The work they have undertaken will continue into 1936. _, ^ „. I was interested in The Advance The Cornwall, > f.-f h^. â- - Freeholder states the case perfectly ,. / a u v »..> '' ' .* . ., • , ..r u J 1 â-  editor (A. R. Fawcett) was a cous n when it said, "Everybody makes mis- „„ ,, , ^ 1 I / • 1 1 u °^ ^^^- James takes; doctors lawyers, plumbers, v. tailors, teachers, sailors, soldiers Bay" soon was a place of importance when the accountant will have fin- .-() much so that the Prince of Wales j ished his probe and reported to the (later King Edward VII) visited it | council. Mr. Lockhart and every when on one of his visits to Canada.] member of the council should be kepi in office to complete the audit, in fact it is not expected that an election will be held in Osprey this year, due to the investigation. They have dentists, grocers, laborers. There h Stuart, my aunt. â- .'ewspapeis, too. were my hobby, so 'learned many details of township af much so that I was Eugenia corres- j fairs that wi! be useful in aiding the , ,.. ^u -f » 1 pendent for The -Advance, Standard ' ^'â- â- '^°""*'*"t '" his investigation no such thing as the perfect human, , ,-, , „ . ^, o^imaiu. & lj^i„g iand Durham Review, and Lncle Bill , (Squire Stuart) liked to get an item' But almost every one can get away. â-  q,. a,i,.o„ <.^ -o e r ,i •., -u â-  1-..1 ,• -.if ^ i '" 'â- "'^ -Ad\ance too. Before I moved, with their little slips without any ^^ ^^^ y^.^^^ ^ ^.^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ one becoming the wiser. The mer- ^^^^^ j ^,^^ ^^.^ ^nd" express "c^n- ! Council and as the weather was ideal j dead dog. .50: C. Wm. Booker. (Chants put down their mistakes to j,.^^^^^ j,.^,^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^^^ pi^ofit and loss and no one is the S. -Mclnnes S150.40; J. Lougheed $44.; E. Hayes .5119.80; Cy Short $5.00; E Grey $6.40; .A. Buie S5.60: J. Mon aghan $1.60; Jas Moore, work on culverts $20.00: L. Hill, timber $11.00; J. McKenzie, Superintendent $21.60: E. Wright $99.75; W. Davison $4:StiT J. Essex $9.30; C. Samps(;n $1.40 Gravel accounts were: H. Poole .80: H. Grummett $9.00; S. Carson $10.00; M. Whiteeoak $6.00; J. Grummet: $12.40; W. Jamieson $12.30; L. G. Buston, weeds $1.10; W. Service, post-, $10.00; W. Scutt, wire fence, boni:^ $24.60; S. J. Simmons $8.14; Ed Hil- lock, acocunt $4.07; C. Lockhai ; trucking $60.00; W. Service, work $i - 00; Thos. Sanimons, weeds $2.00. General accounts ordered paid wer?: W. Hargrave. school attendance ol"- meeting of the Osprey | f'*-'er $5.00; H. Osborne, disposing of W. Long, sanita.y Minutes of the Council Saturday, Nov. 23rd, was the da set for the SPEED COSTS It is not generally known that the faster an automobile travels the greater the consumption of gasoline. But such appears to be the case. Thirteen kinds of cars were tested to ascertain if that fact applied to them all. The American -Automobile Association gives the following as the result of tests made: 30 miles an hour, 18 miles per gallon; 60 miles an hour, 12. miles per gallon; 80 miles on hour, 8.6 per gallon. Oil con- sumption is seven times as great at 5© miles an hour as at 30 miles an hour. This is we suppose, no concern of a person who starts out on a trip at eighty miles or more per hour. Doubtless he never worries about the billâ€" his widow can take of it out of the insurance money. DEER WENT HUNTING Thomas Ashby, 9th line, St. Vincent secured his venison during the open season last week, in a rather novel way. A fine buck deer came to the barnyard with his cattle, finding the ians are finding those of the Italians, he attempted to regain his freedom and in the effort caught his foot in a wire fence, turned a somersault and broke his neck. Mr. Ashby bled the animal which is pretty well swallow- ed by this time, or at least it will be long before the Italian invaders of Abyssinia succeed in securing their game and civilizing it in the process of swallowing and digestion. 1865 to 1890. I'l the members wete all on hand and m i inspection .$2.50; R. Edward. E. Dav- H : good time; all apparently in the best idson and H. Pedlar, fence viewe s. I„ I of health and best of spirits, although :t?.00 each; Dejiiaa-tment of Pubii rusted crop of wheat caused 'here was, to the keen observer, an Welfare $11.04; Municipal supplie-. rr,. . ., , -, -ived on my farm, ot 34, con w;iser. The housewife dumps the . . . ' ' .,,,-.- ^ , , Artemesia. from spoiled biscuits into the garbage jggg can and no one knows about her mis- ^^ to- seek other work and it wa< I ""d^rcurrent of words and action that ' S3.:»; W^ Scutt sheep claim $84., take but the gaibage collectoi. Doc- ; ji^^^^ j tendered for and received the the minds of all would try to piece | W. Poole, sheep claim S5.00; A. Cam-^- tors bury their mistakes under six i ^^^.j ^.^^^^.^^^ ^ j^^^ married in' the future especially, about Jan. l.ibell. sheep claim $6.50; C. N. Lor:, feet of earth and the lawyers hide jggg ^.^^ ^.^^.^ Sparrow of Elders- 1 1^36? :â€" However, the oresent is al- trip to Owen Sound $7.50; E. Robi:i lal"'t;."mniologv °'" ""' I "^' ^''"^•'^ C"""'-^" ^'« ^-^^ « ^am- -^-V^ "^re an.l the business brought But the nooV newspaperman i^.t''^^ "^ ^^''' ""^^ «"d ""« ^i'-'- -^^ter : to their attention was taken in hand just; can't get away with it. His mistakes stand cut like a sore thumb on the middle of the front page. The merchant on checking his cash register at the close of the day's bus- iness, rarely finds that the total of the cash in the drawer tallies with that on the recording tape. Someone in his employ â€" sometimes the merchant himself â€" has given the customer the wrong change. He can recall a dozen instances in each day's business when coming West i. worked for the C.P.R. j ^"'^ â- ''Peedily disposed of. in Winnipeg from lS:i2 to 1906. when ^^''' ^^ McLean of the Rob Roy dis- son, relief account $11.38; H. E. Ha •- mil relief account $16.00; Jos Wrigh , sheep valuer .75; Osprey -Agriculture society, grant $50.00; E. Robinso:. I moved to Saskatchewan." trict was on hand to clear up a mattei 1 stamps $6.00. The -Advance wishes Mr. Stuarl i °^ arrears of taxes charged against the compliments of the season and i '''* '*'t- '^* ^^ convinced the members many more years as a reader of its j these had already been well and truly columns. ~ i paid a motion was passed to have COURTESY I them erased from the county Treas- I urers books. Next came the matter of paying the ta.xes for the currrent year. -A city intersection. .A quarter to I many ratepayers found it a great in nine, and two little girls on the way' â-  Council adjourned to meet at Ma-- well on Saturday, December 14 at 10. a.m. â€" C. N. LONG, Clei:t Out in Calgary a man has invent? 1 a darning machine. There is n As I excuse now for the bachelor havin ; holes in his socks. Life is often what someone else makes it. St. John's United Church ChurcJi strviceB. December Ist 11 a.m. â€" Subject, "Expectant Fait|»." Sunday School following. 7 p.m. â€" A lantern service: "Over the old Slave Trails. This illustrat- ed lecture will be found to be of paiticulaji" interest at this time as revealing typical African Eife as in Ethiopia to-day. 3 p.m. â€" Ceylon church service. Sunday school at 2 p. ni. The Y. P. S. Tuesday night virill civilizing influence of the barnyard foregather at the Church at 7.30 to go quite as objectionable as the Ethiop-to Priceville. customers have complained about get- tn ..fhrml Ti-o^f ; . n , , . f^ CO scnool. liaitic generally unwar^ ting the wrong goods, or being over- 1 nf „,,,,i, ,l,„„ u . , i- , _,__f J ^„ u^-.Z. ..-.ii.j i._ .•/ " things as schools and little girls. A big truck thundering down charged, or being compelled to await tardy deliveries. SHOOTING MATCH There will be a shooting match at J. D. McLeod's, on Saturday. Nov. 30, at one o'clock. Turkeys and geese, gun shells supplied. The best & last of the season DANCE HammilFs Hall, Singhampton Wet!nesday, Dec. 4, 1935. Dancing-, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. McQuinn Sister's Orchestra of Meaford -Xdniission : 25 cents plus tax. the street. A Direct Transport! truck, -\umber 60. A quick appli- i cation of brakes and the truck stops. The driver, leaning out, with a kindly arm waving the youngsters across the road. All this in. of all places, Toronto. IN MEMORIAM GIBSON â€" In loving memory of our [ dear daughter and sister, Ella Gibson, j who passed away November 29, 1928. ' Seven years have passed since that! sad day, j When on« we loved was called \ away, God took her home, it Was His will; But in our hearts she liveth still. â€"Sadly missed by father, brothers J and sister. 1 _ THE FINEUAL CH.VPEL -A dignified uersonjkl funeral service. Available in all oarts of Toronto and suburbs at urices to suit the income of evcrv familv. BATES & MADDOCKS BURIAL CO. Formerly Bates Burial Co. Fred Maddocks Richard Maddocks, Mgr. K I. 4 3 4 4'. 3 1 3 6 12 1 AVENUE ROAD One Block South Davenport Road