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I 'I * Vol. 58; No. 46. FLESHERTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1939 W. H. THURSTON & SON, Proprietor* Did He See Shadows? (By Victoria Comers Corr.) On Saturday evening: a car travell- ing north on No. 10 highway over- took a truck just at Jas. Beat's gate. Just there the road is still narrow on account of huge snow banks and when the car driver attempted to pass the truck he ran up on the drifts and overturned the car. It was re- markable the way the car overturned and yet no one was hurt. We can hardly imagine this happening on the 8th of April. 'We are beginning to wonder if the old Bruin saw two shadows on the second of February. MARRIED ALLENâ€" GORDON â€" At the home of the bride's parents at Maxwell on Saturday, April 8th, 1939, Mr. George Goldwin Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allen of Flesherton, waa united in marriage to Miss Muriel Mae, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Gordon, Bev. E. Cutler officiating. Sister Passed in West Mr. W. D. Hopkins received the sad news of the passing of his sister, Mrs. George Christie, which took place in the Brandon Hospital on the 23rd of March. Her maiden name was 'Winnifred Hopkins and she was bom in Bentinck township near Dur- ham fifty-four years ago. Since her marriage thirty years ago she has made her home in the West. The late Mrs. Christie had been in poor health for a month previous to her death. Interment was made in the Brandon Cemetery. Baptist Church Notes Good congregations greeted Pastor Ashton on bis return to the pulpit Easter Sunday. In the morning at Flesherton he was ably assisted by Mr. Roy Langford of Markdale who not only read the scripture lesson but led in the singing and very ap- preciatively contributed a beautiful solo. Floral offerings surrounded the pulpit, the central attraction being a tastefully arranged basket of tulips, ferns, carnations, etc. which occupied the communion table. Mrs. Nuhn presented this floral offering for the church service on behalf of the Mc- Tavish family in memory of the lov- ing wife and mother who passed to her eternal rest one year ago. The pastor's subject was "The Victory Through Christ." Mr. Prank Duncan kindly took Mr. Ashton in his car to Rock Mills for the afternoon ser- vice, accompanied by Mr. G. Wauc- hope. A mixed choir greatly helped in the singing and Mr. Ben Hanley sang very effectively an appropriate solo which was greatly enjoyed, ac- companied at the piano by his mother. Mrs. George Blackburn presided at the piano for the congregational singing. Weight Lifters Busy During the past week quite a num- ber of strong men have tackled the two hundred and sixty-eight and a half pound nail keg of metal at itois office and many of them have suc- ceeded in giving a very creditable performance. Laurie Russell and Ken Betts were the only ones to equal the Cooke and Paton performance, but Bob Dargavel and Bill 'White are worthy of mention. Many who are taller and heavier than the Matter two could not take the keg off the floor. Any more who wish to try the feat are welcome to come in and test their power. Flesherton Public School WINTER TERM, JANUARY-APRIL High School Exercises | Consider Agricalture Were Well Attended Marketing Conditions We Welcome News We would be pleased to have any items of news, public meetings, church meetings or any other interesting event sent to The Advance for pub- lication. 'We want to make your newspaper more interesting to you, but we need your assitance to do so. Either send in by mail or "phone 18w and We will do the rest. IN MEMORIAM PAUL â€" In loving memory of our dear father, Elijah Paul, who departed this life April 14th, 1938. 'Till memory fades and life departs You live forever in our hearts. â€" Remembered by the Family. (SENIOR ROOM) GRADE 8 â€" Ruth Graham (H.), Lois Wood (H.), Earle Thurston (H.), Ruth Leavell, Arlene Taylor, Julia Priestley, Clarence Hamilton, Ethel Taylor, Carman Loucks, Stanley Mc- Clean, Ted McCracken, Evison 'Wilson. GRADE 6 â€" Genevieve Milne (H.), Marjorie Brackenbury (H.), Margaret Turney, Jean McCracken, Edna Thompson, Kenneth Henry, Mar> Banks, Jack McDonald, Keith Goessel, Glen Cherry. GRADE 5â€" Evelyn McTavish (H.), Gordon Cherry (H.), Ted Banks, Ei- leen McClean, Shirley Marriott, Gord- on Miller, Helen Brown, Velma Sew- ell, Eva Doupe, Gordon Dungey, Don- ald Browne, Jim Hamilton. (JUNIOR ROOM) GRADE 4 â€" Eleanor Williams, Lois Sparks, Colleen McCutcheon, Ruth Marriott, Verna Loucks, Mary K. Perigo, Elma Talbot, Norman Dungey, (Bob Turney, Mary Dolan and Ed- mund Thompson, absent.) GRADE 3 â€" Bruce Thurston, Frank Taylor, Marion Stauffer, Bob Long, (Shirley McCracken, absent.) GRADE 2 â€" Evelyn Stewart, Max- ine Cherry, Dannie McTavish, Burton Talbot, Keith Dungey, (David Aber- dein, Ted Newell, and Don Banks, ab- sent.) GRADE 1 â€" Eleanore Sparks, John Milligan, Barry Thurston, Joan Turn- ey, Betty Cooke and Clifton Marriott, equal. Earl McKechnie, Billie Rich- ardson, Bob Stoddart, (Jack Milne, Mark "Wilson and Garnet Hamilton, absent.) , BORN Sxi inchces of snow on (Jood Friday and another six inches Sunday night has been the record the past week. This Wednesday morning another snow storm is in progress. HOPKINS â€" In Flesherton to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert E. Hopkins on Thurs day, April 6, 1939, a sonâ€" Edward Clarke. "Lake Freighter Sinks; Takes Dovra Cargo" â€" news head in the CoUing- wood Enterprise-Bulletin. We would have been surprised if she had left the cargo floating. • **•**•*•* f tt*^*»t***4 ' * * * * t 9 I H I 1 1 1 ** * * Fnneral Chapel DIGNIFIED AND SYMPATHKTIC PERSONAL SERVICE Whethe? 1YOU YOU PAY LESS THAN $100.00 For Complete Funeral 1 tr More Flesherton High School held com- mencement exercises in the auditor- ium of the school on Wednesday ev- ening of last week and a splendid program of gymnastics, choruses by the school, a pageant, a one-act play and presentation of scholarships and athletic awards was given. Miss Ai- leen Karstedt gave a well-rendered piano solo and the exhibition of grym- nastics by the boys was heartily ap- plauded. An interesting pageant was "Canada Gives Thanks,'' depicting the origin of the families now compris- ing the Canadian people. Miss Anna McVicar and Mr. Grant Muir repre- sented the Scotch race and delighted the audience with a sword dance by the former and selections on the bag- pipes by Grant. Others in the pag- eant represented the Irish, 'Welsh and several European coimtries. The school chorus rendered folk songs pe- culiar to each country. Mr. Sherman Piper, an honored graduate, gave the valedictory ad- dress that was very interesting and well given. Mrs. Hugh Bailey, Dun- dalk, presented the Agnes Macphail scholarship to Sherman on behalf of her sister, Miss Macphail, who was unable to_ attend through illness. Sherman was also winner of the first Carter scholarship. Mrs. Bailey was presented with a bouquet of flowers from the staff. Miss Laura Pallett and Mr. E. A. Button of the teaching staff pre- sented the athletic awards as follows: senior girls' champion, Kathleen Ban- non; junior, Dorothy Patton; midget, Laura Pedlar; senior boys' champion, Delbert Smith; . junior, Delmar Mc- Clean; midget, Alan Chappie. The presentation of diplomas to the graduating cfass was made by Mr. W. J. Bellamy veteran secretary of the school, assisted by Dr. Milne, a mem- ber of the Board. The graduating class comprised: Harvey Archibald, Jean and Margaret Collinson, Sher- man Piper Douglas Morgan, Florence Clark and Mack Duncan. Owing to Miss Macphail's illness Mr. F. D. Sawyer, principal of Mark- dale High School, gave the address of the evening and touched on some of the many problems confronting the graduate of today when he leaves school and goes out into the world ill equipped for the trials ahead of him. He suggested that many par- ents were too indulgent with their children in not seeing that they have some work to do when young and not be brought up to the idea of se- curing white collar jobs and that men- ial labor was below their dignity. Mr. Sawyer left many fine thoughts in his address for parents to ponder over. At the close of his address Mr. Sawyer was presented with a to- ken of appreciation by Delbert Smith, president of the Literary Society. A splendid one-act comedy "Nellie McNab'' was presented by the stud- ents. The play centred around the home life of a wealthy city widow and her two daughters, one about to be married and the other an eigh- teen-year-old debutante just breaking into the social whirl of society. Each of the ladies had love problems which they wrote to Nellie McNab, a writer in the daily paper on love affairs, about, who suggested that the mother break the news to her daughters of her secret marriage, advised the elder daughter to return the wedding pres- ents, seeing that she was being mar- ried against her will, and that the younger daughter announce her run- away marriage at once. The inter- esting part of the program was at the last when the mother's secret husband for a long time announced himself as "Nellie McNab." Those who took part were: Jean Collinson, the wealthy widow; Elma Hamilton, her elder daughter; Kathleen Ban- non, the younger daughter; Ivk Brown, maid to the family; Lawrence Phillips, "Nellie McNab" and husband to the widow; and Melville Buchanan, the younger daughter's husband who pilots a 1918 model Ford which he calls his "Aeroplane." NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR THE USE OF OUR CHAPEL BATES & MADDOCKS 124 Avenue Poad, TORONTO Night or Day 'Phone KIngsdale 4344-3456 '^MORIAM LITTLE â€" In loving memory of OUT dear wife and mother, Eliza Ann Little, who departed this life April 12th, 1935. Days of sadness still come o'er us. (By Agnea C. Macphail. M.P.) A conference of great importance to agriculture took place in Montreal a little over a week ago which I attended. The five Eastern provinces and the Chambers of Agriculture of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes called it. Its business was to con- sider marketing of farm products. But the ghost that stalked the con- ference hall was surpluses. Mr. H. S. Arkell of the Federal De- partment of Agriculture, who has made a very close study of marketing in South America and Europe, stated plainly that Canada was not making the most of her opportunities in the available markets and particularly in the British market. Canada, he said, must concern herself with two in- dispensable characteristics of success- ful marketing; dependable quality and regular supply. He said, too, that in Great Britain advertising cam- paigns of a certain Canadian product didn't synchronize with the supply of that particular product on the mar- ket. In regard to quantity, the his- tory of our trade has been that of an in-and-outer. "The principle of regulative dis- cipline must be introduced if pur trade is to succeed," Mr. Arkell de- clared. "Voluntary a-'greements will not work as has been proven, but the man who breaks them commits a crime against democracy. Democracy must take authority to prevent that crime of breaking agreements." East and 'West met in understand- ing. The keynote address of the conference was delivered by Mr. John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba. Ag- riculture is not considered by other industries to be as important as it is. Farmers aren't paid anything like their share of the national income. One third of the people live on land and receive only one third of the national income. During the depres- ion when factories were closed or running only part time agriculture continued to produce, though the loss it took was staggering. (In the se- ven years following 1930 the total farm income of the prairie provinces declined by twenty-five hundred mil- lion dollars, as compared with the seven year period prior to that time.) Excessively high overhead costs, de- clining world markets and low prices had been the bane of agriculture, Premier Bracken told the conference. Since 1901 urban population in Eastern Canada has increased by one hundred and fifty per cent, while farm acreage has stood almost steady and rural population has increased by only three and a half per cent. From the same year the acreagie under cultivation in the prairie provinces increased four hundred per cent and the improved acreage by as much as one thousand per cent, and the rural population of Western Canada by more than 1,100,000 and the urban by some 750,000. .Ml of which means that the ex- pansion of 'Western Canada, agricult- urally, developed an industrial East and improved the markets for East- em farmers but on the basis of an export market for Canada's surplus wheat grown on the prairies. What, Mr. Bracken asked, will the East do if Western Canada is forced to put the thirty million acres now devoted to export to producing dairy products and hogs and other crops in which the East is interested Let us put it in his own words. "If there are branches of Canadian agricultm-e which find a market for their entire output within this country, they fina it here because other branches of ag- riculture find their outlets in foreign markets and are devoting their land to the production of products for those outside markets. What will happen if these large areas now de- voted to producing products for ex- port suddenly find a large paA of their market permanently lost? The whole Canadian agricultural industry and that includes Eastern agriculture will very shortly realize to its cost the implications of any permanent loss of export markets. The surplus problem which now finds itself large- ly concentrated on wheat would dif- fu.se itself into a dozen other farm products and thus create a general problem for agriculture in i»Il parts of Canada." Concluding a profound address, Mr. Bracken said: "Wc must get the max- imum of export markets, for the com- Fought Bouse Fire (By our Ceylon Correspondent) What might have proved a very serious fire was thwarted Tuesday afternoon when fire was discovered in an inside partition at the home of Snowden McLeod. After trying to extinguish the blaze, Mrs. McLeod ran to the brow of a knoll and stood there waving and calling to the men who were working at wood near the bush. Luckily they saw her and whipped the horses into a gallop. On reaching the house, Mr. McLeod chopped into the partition and with the help of Mrs. McLeod and Mr, Jas. McMullen succeeded in extinguishing a very stubborn blaze. Had this oc- curred during the night there is every probability that the family might have been trapped and burned ho death. It was also fortunate that the men had not reached the bush, as all view of the house from it is obscured. Johfl W. Davis Dies Mr. John "W. Davis, an old resident of Artemesia township and father of Warden John A. Davis, died at his home on the East Backline Tuesday morning, April lltii, m his 81st year. He was taken ill with the flu last week, pneumonia develop- ing a few days ago from which he was unable to rally. He iivas -widely known although he did not take an active part in township affairs. He was a kind neighbor, ever ready to ijive a helping hand when needed and ne will be much missed fi-om his >me and community. The funeral will take place on Fri- day, April 14th, with service at his late residence at at 2 p.m., with inter- ment being made in the Markdale cemetery. Feversham School Has Comffiencemenl (By Feversham Correspondent) A very large crowd attended the annual Continuation School com- mencemenc on Thursday evening of last week. The program consisted of drills, mat work (pyramid building by both the girls and the boys and tumbling) and short plays. One play entitled "Elmer" in which Mr. Murray Lepard played the leading role, was exceptionally good and was the oc- casion of many a hearty laugh. The chairman. Rev. Elliott, of Maxwell, passed many witty jokes between the different items on the program. Miss Delmer Seeley rendered the piano music. As has been the custom in past years, a valedictory address is given by one of the graduating class. This year this task was remarkably well done by Mr. Mac Stephen. Mrs. Ernest Hawton presented graduating diplomas to the following: Mas Ste- phen, Evelyn Hale, Robert Fenwick and Norman Davidson. The singing of the National Anthem brought this delightful event to a close. Pageant Well Given A splendid pageant was given at the evening service in St. John's United Church on Sunday when the Young Married Couple's Group pre- sented "For He Hath Great Posses- sions." It was a one-act rehgious drama, built around the story of a rich young ruler at the time of the Passover, and held the interest of the congregation throughout the presen- tation. The players put everything they had in the drama and their act- ing was the very best. Great praise was showered upon the actors, all tak- ing their parts well, but if we were to single any one out for special mention we would compliment Mr. John Cook the part of the young ruler and was the main character in the play. The church was crowded to the full extent of its seating capacity. The drama is worth while and while it has an Easter theme, would be worth hearing at any time. The play is being given at Priceville on .\pril 28. SPECL\L EASTER PROGRA.M AT ST. JOHN'S FRIDAY The annual Easter meeting of the W.M.S. of St. John's United Church will be held in the church Friday of this week at 7.30 p.m. to which so- cieties from Dundalk, Proton Station, Markdale, Ceylon and Priceville have been invited. An extra special event will be the presentation of a pageant "Sunrise in the Garden" by the young people of the church, in- cluded in other Easter numbers. This promises to be a most inter- esting meeting and a cordial invita- tion to everybody in the district is extended. Tea will be served at the close of the meeting. W. A. MEETIIHG Mrs. Holland entertained the Wom- an's Association in her home on April 4th. In the absence of the president, Mrs. McTavish, Mrs. Moore, first vice- president, took the chair. After sing- ing a hymn and all repeating the Lord's prayer and the reading of the minutes, the general business was transacted. The pennies were handed in. Mrs. Cargoe had charge of the devotional period and read a very interesting story and led in prayer. Mrs. Armstrong's group had charge of the program and social hour. Miss Kate McMillan read a paper written by her aunt. Mrs. W. Lever sang a solo after which games were played, a jolly time spent and lunch served. BATCHELORâ€" HILL MOOREâ€" HILL On Saturday, April 8th, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hill of Max- well was the scene of a pretty double wedding ceremony when Ida Isobel, the eldest daughter, was united in marriage to William Wilfred Batch- elor, and Florence Elda, their second daughter, was united in matrimony to Chester Howard Moore. This very charming double wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. K. Cutler of Cannington, formerly of Fever- sham, in the presence of sixty guests who were the immediate relatives of the two couples. Promptly at three p.m. the grooms took their place under a beautiful evergreen arch trimmed with wedding bells and pink streamers. The two brides entered tlie parlor leaning on the arms of their father to the tunes of the wedding march "Star of the East" played by Mrs. Ed. Batchelor. The brides wore dainty gowns of pale blue crepe with navy shoes and on their hair a tiara of orange blossoms. Each carried a beautiful bouquet of talisman roses and maiden hair fern. In each case the groom's gift to the bride was a beautiful cabinet of sil- ver and to the pianist they gave a linen table cloth. Following the ceremony a dainty buffet luncheon was served with the brides personally serving the wedding cake. At 5.30 o'clock the couples left Maxwell on their honeymoon trips, the brides ti-avelling in navy suits with accessories to match. Mr. and Mrs. Batchelor, on returning from Toronto and 'VVoodbridge, will reside an the groom's farm at Hatherton. Mr. and Mrs. Moore will honeymoon in Toronto and Brampton and on their return will live in Dundalk where the groom is employed as a mechanic in the Spanhouse garage. Immediately after this double cere- mony Rev. Mr. Cutler left for the home of Mr. D. Gordon to officiate at his third wedding for the day. .\RTEMESIA COUNCIL .\rtemesia Township Council will meet in Flesherton on Monday, .'Vpril 17th. at 1.30 p.m. All interested are requested to take notice. JOHN A. BRADLEY DIED IN WEST Tears in silence often flow. For memory keeps you ever near ua modities of which we have larere sur Though you died four years ago. I â€" Ever missed by husband and family, i (continued on page 4) .\ resident of Winnipeg for many years. John A.. Bradley died there on Saturday. March 25th. He was born in Flesherton, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Bradley of Or- chard. In 1904 he was married to Miss Lena Wolfe of Durham. Sur- viving are one son, John E. Brad- iey, of Winnipeg, and three daughters, Mrs. Stafford Pelton (Gertrude) and Miss 'Winnifred, engaged in social service work, both in Toronto, and Miss Mary at home. â€" Mount Forest Confederate. A Kentucky girl shot a man by mistake and then married him. We thought they married them by mis- take and then shot them. VALLEY ROAD ASSOClA-nON A meetipr of all those interested in the BerfWr Valley Road Develop- ment Association will be held in the town hall, Flesherton, to-night (Wed- nesday > at 8.00 p.m. All persons in- terested are requested to attend. ARt NORRIS, Secretary. With its many dialects, Chinese is accounted to be the most widely spok- en language in the world.