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. j n V > • !._ 1 ^h.^ ® 1)^ fkB\)cvim %Hmu, -^ VOL. 57; NO. 3 W HDNKSUAV. JL'XE 23. 1937 A H. THURSTON & SON. Proprietori Plenty of Work For Artemesia Court of Kevisioo lories MeetThis Week Diamond Jubilce St. John's Church The sitting of the Court of Revis- ion was held at the Council Chambers, Flesherton, on Monday, the 14th day of June, 1937. The membei-s were ail present, and made the required oath as members of the Court and took their seats. The Reeve was elected chairman and the Court opened when the fol- lowing appeals were h«ard and dis- posed, of: J. Sandiland appealed against his assessment on Lots 73, 74 as being too high. W. S. Hunter appealed against the assessment of Lots 22, 23, 24, Con 2, S. D. R., as being too high; H, Jackson appealed against the assessment of Lot lyO, Con. 1, S. W., as being too high. W. L. Young and R. Sewell appeal- ed against the assessment of Lots 17 and 18 as being too high. Mrs. Jean Holley thought the as- sessment on her 4 acres of Lot 17, Con. 12 is too high. Harold Hutchinson appealed again- 1 The Liberal-Conservative Associa- j tion for South Grey will convene in | Durham Rink on Friday of this week | tor the purpose of selecting a candi- i date to contest the riding in the ' Forming lennis League Hiking Found Slow In Cape Breton I ilteting at MarKiiaie on Friday j evening, tennis players from this dis- ' irict elected Fred Clarridge of Shel- burne president of tlie Grey and Dul- lerin Tennis League and named Paul party's interests, and it is safe to pre- ' Large Crowds Attended The ' church in iBol is best told by an item Scott of Owen Sound as secretary Special Services Sunday To Hear Rev. J. H. Dudgeon diet there will be a large turnout, ! though perhaps not so large as had [ the meeting been called at some sea- son of the year when the farmers were not so busy. Present at the meeting will be Hon. Earl Rowe. party leader, who, with other prominent Conservatives, will R^^^ J §_ l WUson, Oshawa, address the gathering and discuss the ' political issues of the dav. written by the late \Vm. Clayton, fath- :reasurer. Sheiburne, Owen Sout.d er of Thos. Clayton, who was one Flesherton and Markdale had repres- bf the first settlers and a staunch entatives at the meeting, but other New Polling Division In Osprey Township anything of special importance it was speedily disposed of. Several rate- payers were on hand to ask for a cut St his assessment of Lot' Dtsf iT and i '" '^* penalties and interest on their 15, Con. 14, as being too high. arrears of taxes, these were not C. J. Bellamy appealed against the [^'^"^^'^ ^\'' ^'^^ explained that it assessment of part of Lot 150, Con I Large crowds attended the services ' in St. .John's L'nited Church on Sun- I day to hear Rev. J. Dudgeon of Lon- I don and take part in the Diamond : Jubilee of the erection of the present church building. .\t the morning Ty, ^ ,', ~ i service, Rev. Dudgeon took as his The Osprey Municipal Council metL^bject "Reflecting His Glorv." and in the Orange hall m Feversham on I ^^ .^e evening service "Under His Saturday, June 12th. all the members ^ wings." Both sermons were earnestlv were presem and the following bus- j^^^ a„d ^^jj ^is large congregation, mess was done. . ... j-.i ..•. , as they listened intently to interpre- I As the mail bag did not produce (By Alex. Sim) Badccci, Cape Breton, N. S. Alter go:r.g cast lor two weeks I Lume to the end of land jn the east coa.st shuiv 01 Cape Breton Island. As .vou look east there is nothing be- tween you and Lisbon or Liverpool â€" supporter of the church, a life long clubs had signified their intention of i^oiamg but salt water. But there is, member of the board of officials and entering teams in the league this i^^ ^^^ j^^jj .^ powerful lot of that. Cape Breton is an island; once a follows: "We came to what is now Flesherton at the meeting. province, separate from -Nova Scotia; Flesherton in January 1861. There The meeting, after discussion, in-lym.^ ^ French military base; now an was no church here then, and not -structed the secretary to communicate important industrial centre with a one in .A.rtemesia. It was called the with clubs at Shelbume, Dundalk. jarge farming and fishing population. Artemesia Wesleyan Mission and in- : Orangeville. Markdale, Flesherton. j jnight discourage any young maa eluded Dinwoodies. McDowells. Inis- Owen Sound, Durham, Harriston. ^.^^^ thinks of coming here to sell tioge, Hornings Mills, Priceville. Eu- Walkerton. Chesley. Hanover and pos- ; ,naga2ines or vacuum cleaners, unless !;enia. Irwins Zion. Red School House, sibly Fergus and. if all these teams jjg speaks Gaelic and French as well Cuckoo Valley, Bethel and Dens- enter, the league will be split in two ^^ English. The -Acadian French are more's. These were afterwards div- groups. The League also hopes to'jjere a remnant of the French colony ided into 6 or 8 circuits. The mis- hold ;i championship tournament dur- .^j ^jj^^ 17th century, with a civilization sionary Society, from the time the ing the season. ; ^nd language quite unlike that of mission commenced until 1871. paid ' Quebec. The Highland Scotch cam« 140 to 250 dollars yearly. The timber was later changed to an entrance at jjj^gj. bringing with them oatmeal, I was got out for a frame church the each side of the former one. Orig- 5con^_ bagpipes. Gaelic and a love inally the church was to have a gall- ,^^ ^^^^j ^^^^ -^^^ jj^^^ ^een HISTORY CF CHURCH i ^^"^ years a secretary which reads as year. Mr. Fred Gorrell represented Will Preach Next Sunday 2, S. W. as being too high. Geo. Buchanan appealled against the assessment of part of Lot 2. Con. 10 as being too high. Mrs. Kate McDonald thought the assessment on her property in Price- ville is too high. W. W. Ramage of Priceville ap- 1^ would not be fair to those who had already paid. .Adjustments were made in a few cases where taxes had been paid and :redit had not been given. By-law No. 11, 1937, setting out a new polling sub division to be known as number nine, was passed. By-law No. 12, authorizing the pealed against his assessment as be- Reeve and Treasurer to sign the war- ing too high. i rant for the sale of all lands in ar- After due consideration of all the rears of taxes for three years or more above appeals the following decisions i was also passed. were given: | (jeneral road accounts ordered paid were: O. Lee, work on crusher, $16.00; James Sandiland, assessment sus tained. tations of the words of wis- dom from the scripture. Spec- ial music was enjoyed with an anthem by the choir, "Make a Joyful Noise." while Mr. Murray Inkster rendered a baritone solo. "Fear Not Ye, O Israel," in his usual splendid manner. Two fine violin selections by Mr. R. N. Cornfield of Toronto, a na- tive of Flesherton. with is sis- ter, Mrs W. Howey of Owen Sound at the piano, capti%"ated the morning congregation, many of whom expressed their ap- preciation of the part he took in the service. At the evening service, the choir rendered the anthem, "Holy Art Thou,'' set to the music of Handel's Largo."' Mrs. Mark Wilson of Durham gave a beautiful soprana solo. , I G. Ottewell, repairs to grader, 12.00; l'"^'^'-" ^"'•^' ^^^y" R«?^'- G. R. «. b. Hunter, assessment sustained. I jas. Hudson, operating grader, $13.- ! ^*'"' ''â- â- *'• •"»='''^'" °t' ^^^ church H. Jackson, assessment sustained. W. L. Young and R. Sewell assess- i ^heet ment sustained. Mrs. Jean Holley, assessment re- ' ducod $75.00. 1 Harold Hutchinson, assessment sus- tained, j C. J. Bellamy, assessment sustain- : ed. G. Buchanan asses.'sment reduced $100.00. Mrs. McDonald a.ssessment sustain- ! ed. W. W. Ramage. assessment sus- tained. Mr. Warling moved and Mr. Hos- trawser seconded that the assessment Roll as now revised by this Court, be 75; graveL $164.32; W. .Aldcom, pay thanke<l all who had taken ery and a bell but no tower, this was ^^^^ f„^ ^^„^, generations but num- I later changed and the gallery omitted , ,,^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ English. I and a tower erected. The bell pur- , j.^.^„ ^j,^ ,„^.^i ^^-^ stations have ' chased was to weigh 500 lbs original organ was changed for a pipe organ in I8y6 and re-built in 1910 to its present dual 'Key board type. The choir which has always added greatly to the services is under the leadership of thi' or'jr;inist. Mrs. Jos. Blackburn, whose father. Rev. W. Avers was at i^ne time a pastor of the church. The ministers during the 60 years of serv- ice were V.f\-. Wm. Johnston, who '.amo in 1876. and present as its first minister. Rev. Wm. Smyth. S. C. Philp. D. C. McDowell. Walter Ayers. I. W. Shilton. A. W. Tonge. Ed. Run- ert. John Mahan. Jos. Ward. J. S. I- Wilson, J. T. Caldwell. H. E. Well- wood. Jas. Dudgeon. Chas. Belfrj-. John Oke. H. Eaton. Wm. Clements. The I ,- 1 Gaelic programs. $14.80; F. Shortt. pay sheet i '"'" '" ^^^ activities of the day. which iVZ.Oi); D. Briggs, pay sheet, $18.20; las. Aitkens. gravel $1.00; £. Connor, (lay sheet, $15.60; C. Lockhart. truck- ing $36.25; relief, pay sheet $29.00; E. Robinson, account, $2.20; Robt. Ed- wards, wire fence bonus $29.20; A. i C. Edwards, wire fence bonus $14.00; P. Somers, pay sheet $41.20; N. Mcln- nis. work on crusher $l6.0t); J. S. Winters, pay sheet. $20.40: Jos. Wright, grading with tractor, $55.00; E. Wright, wire fence bonus. $11.60; A. .Mullen, loading trucks, $20.00; W. Davidson, loading trucks, $24.00; R. Cameron, checking loads, $8.00; S. ., , , Talbot, wire fence bonus, $16.05; .\. the Assessment for all purposes for | yij^hell. pay sheet. $10.40; M. P. Mc- . Lean, pay sheet, $50.00; Jos. Wright, wire fence bonus $10.00; .\. Mullen, wire fence bonus. $12.62; A. McLean. After the Court of Revision, the | toad through fields. $10.00; H. .Mc- Council met for general business, all | Innes. pay sheet. $33.10; Ed. Seeley. the year 1937. Carried. The Court adjourned. fielpwl in making the Jubilee services t'ne success they were. Rev. J. S. I. Wilson of Oshawa, pas- â- or of the church from 1901 to 1905. will preach next Sunday. June 27th. which will conclude the special Dia- notul Jubilee services of the church. The choir will be composed of mem- Jers of former years who will be back lonie tkat day. A male quartette "roni Toronto will give a number at loth services as also will the choir in the morning. Mr. Jas. Milne of Owen Sound will give a baritone solo i :it both services. The church again 1 will likely be filled to capacity next i Sunday so be early if you wish to have a seat. Perhaps you have iieard the Cotter's Saturday Night on the C. B- C. network, which originates in Cape Breton. Prof. .\. B. MacDonald and a friend were trying to find their way on the ijiand. The friend questioned an V: Gaelic lady but made little head- way. Then .A. B. tried. He got the information: speaking in Gaelic the old lady said, referring to the friend: ".\nd did you never learn the Gaelic ?â- â-  "I guess not." "What a way to bring a child up!" The Co-Operatr»e Wild-Fire Co-operation of various forms, as YOU know, has been attempted in all puits of the world Sometimes it has succeeded, elsewhere it has failed. Jos. narrower. W. J. Scott and the ^y„^, ,j. ^j. ^^^,5^^^ recollections, as a present pastor. Rev. Geo. R. Sen.-:ce. Erected in 1877, the church has en- joyed years of successful progress in •ts work and umler the guidance of th members were present, the Reeve U rushing and trucking gravel $2794.- j its present pastor. Rev. Geo. R. Ser- in the chair, the minutes of last meet- [i.t; j. McKenzie. salary, $66.60; Her- j ing were read and on motion adopted, j man Clark, work on crusher, $16.00; ComnTBnications were disposed of viz.: relief from the following, for W. 'Thomson, pay sheet $39.60; Clem Bellamy, pay sheet. $11.40; J. Loug- parties were ordered paid, .Markdale ] heed, pay sheet, $60.40; Geo. Young, Co-operative $11.42; Tfhe Municipal World for copy of Ontario Statutes 1937, $2.00; The Clerk preparing Pen- sion applications $6. IK); p. R. Boland, assessment postage. $2.35. Sheep claims were paid: Ed. Davis $8.00; John Davis $27.00; W. J. Bowes $17.- 00; Geo. Stewart $6.00, and valuers fees; R. Piper $1.00 and J. McLough- ciitting brush. $27.00; John Lougheed, paysheet, $20.00. General accounts ordereii paid were: Mrs. R. Holt, nursing assistance. $4.- 50; Dept. of Health, insulin $5.03; J. Poole, sheep valuer. $7.50; J. J. Ot- tewell, sheep claim. $24.00; M. Wright sheep claim. $10.00; Drs. McKay and Simpson, services to R. Holt. $10.00; ry $5.00; the Reeve for telephoning 1 C. X. Long, Old Age Pension appli- W. J. Blackburn of Proton Station was appointed as weed Inspector in lieu of John Dow, resigned. $1625.00 was appropriated for ex- penditure on roads, viz: $350.00 in each division and $225.00 on Valley road. Pay sheet No. 6 was passed order- ing $22.50 in Dev. No. 1; $94.18 in Flesherton lost their first game in! Div. No. 2: $46.25 in Div. No. 3; $66- | the eastern section of the Ti-i-County 1 40 in Div. No. 4; $32.09, and on the ^ Ladies' Softball League i" Flesherton^ cations, and assisting solicitor on Nix- ations, and assisting solicitor on Nix- on claim, $6.40; members of Court of' Revision, $3.00 each. Council adjourned to meet at Sing- 1 hampton on Saturday, July 10th. ' LOST FIRST GAME vREV. GEO. R. SERVICE Present minister of the church. valley road $5.25. The Council adjourned to meet on Monday,July 5th, 1937 at 1.30 p.m. l^.v FINE GROWTH NOW During the past week rainfall has been heavy in this district and it will be very boiioficial to the growing crops. There are splendid prospects for a bumper hay crop and grain is also coming along well. All garden Monday evening, when Markdale won ! 17-12. The game was very exciting 1 vice, B.A.. has every appearance of a an«l had the large crowd of fans howl- j liappy and successful future, ing for most of the game. While fhe j A search of the minute book pro- girls lost they put up a great arg\t- duces much interesting and absorbing ment and it was not until th? last in- ning that Markdale w-as sure •f vic- tory. Score by innings M:irkdale " 1 Flesherton 8 2 11 winter we tame here and building commenced but was nut finished for -ome time afte'-. Service was held in it oefore it was nearly finished. Dennis L. Huff wanted to be the first hold- ing service, and held one in it before it .kas shingled. We were at the serv- ice. The brick church was built and dedicated in 1877. and opened for ser- . ice November I8th that year. Dr. Kyerson the minister of education held "he dedication services. The first div- ine service we heard was held in what ;s now .\aron Munshaw's Bar room by Rev. Joseph Kawson, New Connexion minister in March 1861. The hotel keeper. Wm. Macnal. olfered the room. , It being at that time the largest room I in what is now Flesherton. The l>ieaching services were mostly held ;n the old log school house." 1 he official board at that time was composed of Dr. Chrlsioe. .\1. K. Rich- lardson, J. H. Heard, J. W. .Armstrong, I'l^orp Wright. Wm. Wright, Wm. I Clayton. .M. .Merriani. Thos. Bolster I and J. Beecioft. The building com- ; mittee consisted of Dr. Christoe. M. 1 K. Richardson, and J. W. .Armstrong j with all powers to go ahead with the (church which was to be built of i brick 40 by 60. The lot was pur- icha.'^ed from W. K. Flesher, and the bricks were made by Thos. Bowler of I the east back line "ii the farm now owned by John Davis, Rc've of \rt- I omesia. The contractor was a Mr. Buns of .Markdale. Some interesting items of the building cost of the church which was estimated to cost -$4,000. were 110 thousand bricks at $7 a thousand, laying of the brick at $3 a thcusand, stone basement $150. Glazing $120. Hardware $75. Roof $300 and 8 thousand feet of lumber for the floors. On .May 24th. 1877, the corner stone was laid by Rev. D. C. McDowell, chairman of the Owen Sound district, and using a silver trowel purchased for $5 which was afterwards pre- sented to him. Rev. Mr. McDowell was later a pastor of the church which was opened for service on Nov. 1 1th of the same year. The dedication was performed by Rev. Dr. Ryerson. Present Church Officers Th,' present officers of St. Johp''* United church are »-* follows: St'ssior V Ml K .^ ^Bl? 4<fli ^Hfl r * ^^R ^^^H 1 HP > ,^^^^^^â- 1 ^^^^^^^^^H' KE\. J. S. 1. WILSON Who will preach the special ser- , noM.-i in St. John's l'nited Church on Sunday next, to end the observance >f the Diamond Jubilee of the church. Rev. Wilson preached in Flesherton â- 'rom 190 1 to 1905. child in Saskatchewan, is of wheat growers' organizations, which later grew into the monumental wheat pools of the prairies. Later. I can nnieniber the growth of co-operatives in Ontario in the r.'20s. As I prom- ised last week. I will tell you some- thing about the co-operatives of Nova Scotia, which have attracted so much attention. Unfortunately, I must deal briefly with the matter here. For those who are interested. I will mention that two articles will ap- pear -shortly in the Faniier magazines on this subject. "You can't save a man's soul if he hasn't two hens and a shiit."' This was the sentiment of the University of St. Francois Xavier. .\ntignnish St. F X.. as it is called, is in north- I'rn Nova Scotia, where the depression was. I "hould .huige. much more .«ev- ere than in Ontario or Quebec. The .â- ollege authorities saw great suffer- ing about them; in addition thoy felt that they were, as an educational in- I I'onfinMpd on Page 4'* i HIKING FOUND SLOW John Stewart. Geo. Cairns. Wm. Miller. Robt. Richardson, John Parker, Thos. Fisher. W. A. Hawken, Milton Bannon; Board of Stewards â€" Geo. Mc- Tavish. C. R. Chappie. A. D. Mc- Died In The West Clinton R. Wood of Cadillac. Sask., son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. R. Ben- tham of Flesherton passed away at his home on Tuesday of last week af- ter a lingering illness of a year's dur- ation. He leaves his sorrowing wife, formerly Zella Bentham. and five children. LaVerne 16, Madge n, Lois 11. Dennis 4, Joanne 2. One son, liityre. .-Mb. Sparks. E G. Karstedt. Russell Park, Wm. Miller, T. J. Fish- i Clinton Rogers, died five years ago. or. Dr. J. E. Milne, Geo. Cairns, Roy , Much sjrmpathy is extended to Mrs. Best. F^-ank Duncan. Joseph Blakeley | Wood and family by her many friends is an honorary Elder of the church. in this district. reading. It tells of the decision to abandon the church in use at that time, a frame building on Toronto street, between Mr. D. McTavish's Superintendent of Eflucation of On- 13 14 17 cobble stone bungalow, and .Mr. John \ tario. who held «er\-ice jsiorning and 12 â-  Nuhn's residence, because the congre- i evening, with Rev. .\rthur Browaing. Umpires â€" Bank<i and Gorrell. The second game will he played in stuff is coming ahead with leaps and the Park Thursday evening at the hounds, and in an effort to outdo their rapid growth, the weeds appear to make throe times the headway. Any- way, it is time to make the second trip around our garden patch. Churoh picnic and sports day. We have a number of budgets left Sation was too large, and of the ap- 1 one of the first ministers on the cir- pointing of a board to investigate the ; cuit in the afternoon and again th* cost of a building, also a site and the decision to buy a lot and where. The struggles of the church in the early days were many as shown in over this week, including the reports i the minute book, a summary of events ill^ there was one entrance in the of two Flesherton high school forms, previous to the erection of the first centre of the front of the church, this following Sunday, Nov. ISth, when Rev r»- r. McDowell preached. The church has stood since its cr- --ctTO.1 unchanged except that origin- TH« FVNERAl CUM'Kl A dlfnl/ML prnon^ fuTicral ht' i p ^• m). ToroBU kB* rab'.irbt u prtrci to ۥâ- â€¢â-  if,, â-  â- 1 '.li Cr lUr, lit ;:i u;