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Wednesday, December 23, 1942 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Alf. Harrison Passes Mr. Alfred Harrison of Springhill, two miles south of Flesherton, pass- ed away suddenly at his home on Friday afternoon. He had been at the barn and complained about not feeling well and went to the house about three o'clock, where he was cared for by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ward Harrison. Mrs. Harrison went downstairs for a moment and upon hearing a strange noise went back up and found him breathing: his last. He had been enjoying good health and his passing came as a distinct shock to his family and large circle of friends. He was 81 years of age. The late Mr. Harrison was born in England and came to Canada with his parents whe-i he was nine years of age- He has resided south of Flesherton since that time. He was married over 50 years ago to Miss Isabel Stewart, who predeceas- ed him by IS years. He i* survived by two sons. James, on an adjoin- ing farm and Ward, at home. One other son. Oorjre, died when he was 16 year* of age. Deceased was a successful farmer and jmade many friends with his kindness and straight-forward deal- Ings and ho was heM in the highest esteem by all who knew him. The funeral took place Monday afternoon, with service being held In St. John's United Church, Rev. G. TT McMillan conducting the ser- vVe. Interment was made in the Chapel In Flesherton Ce-metery. The pallbearers were: Messrs. R. Allen. Wm. Johnson, Geo. Johnson, Geo. White. John Patterson. Porter Beard. Clando Akfn ?<nd Herbert Corbett. Fin-ht neighbors also acted as flower Vnrers. Mr. Alfrod Whitten of Toronto the funeral. jir. R. D. Meldrum Given Wrist Watch by Friends (By Portlaw Reporter) Friday evening, December 18th, friends and neighbors gather at the Fraternity Hall, Flesherton, in hon* or of Gnr. R. D. Meldrum. During the evening an address was read by Mrs. Laurie Pedlar and t! e presen- tation of a wrist watch wag made by Wilburt Fisher, on behalf of the community. Bob, as we know him best, thanked his friends in his usual friendly manner. Later neighbors who had not the opportunity to join in the gift of the watch, presented Bob with a sum of money, of which he was very appreciative. CaH of Thanks Mr. and Mrs. John MoBeth wish to express their Depreciation and grat- itude to those who assitpH in any way with the removal of thrir house- hold bolonTinrr!' in such "ond condi- tion from thr fire Saturday night. Card of Thanks Messrs. Robt. and A. Down. Mr. and Mrs. R. Boyd and Sergt. Welton desire to take this way of express- ing their honrtleft appreciation of the splendid work of the volunteer firemen In savinjr their building and home durincr the flre Saturday night. LOCAL ITEMS Miss Mary Clipperton is visiting ler aunt, Miss Aleda Mitchell. Mr. LaVerne Wood of Dawson Creek, B.C., is visiting his mother. Mrs. F. B. Keys is visiting in To- ronto with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. C. Clarkson. Mrs. Bibby is visiting her daugh- ter, Mrs. Walter Chappel, Meaford. Pte. Jim McFadden, R.C.E., Leth- . bridge, Alta., is on furlough and visiting his mother. Mr. Ben Bellamy is visiting his parents, before joining the R.C.A.P. on January llth. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Croft Hid little daughter spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Croft. Misses Mabel Blackburn and "adle McKee of Portlaw and Miss Velma Fryer of Toronto visited in Hamil- ton over the week end and attended the McKee-Wood wedding. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wilson and little daughter are spending their Christmas vacation at Toronto and Stamford. Mr. Walter Russell of the O.A.C, Guelph is spending the Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Russell, East Backline. Postmaster Banks informs us that the heaviest outgoing mail since he took over the office occurred Mon- day. The incoming mail, however, Is not as large, so far, as last year. Thirty degree below zero temper- atures prevailed here Sunday morn- ing, the lowest at this time of the year since 1933.. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McCauky re- turned home Monday evening after spending a couple of weeks visiting the former's sisters, Margaret (Mra. W. Meldrum) at McCreary, and Jessie (Mrs. V. Campbell) at Grand View, Man., following attendance at the Winnipeg Conservative rally. Christinas Greetings May the Spirit of Christmas stay with you throughout the coming year, and guide you to greater health, wealth and hap- piness than you have ever known. That is our Christmas Greeting to all. 0. W. Phillips & Son Harness & Shoe Repairing Flesherton, Ont. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS With the snows and crisp December days, oome our greetings of the season. To you all of you we wish the Merriest Christmas ever. Health, Happiness and Success in full measure and may all your hopes come true. Frank W. Duncan HARDWARE Flesherton, Ont. CEYLON To the editor, staff and those who read The Advance each week, we wish u Pleasant Christmas Season, and also to our -nany soldier boys who will be absent from home this Christmas. Congratulations to Mrs. Catherine Wilcock, who celebrated her 87th birthday on Sunday, Dec. 20, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Cairns. Mrs. Wilcock is as well as usual and we hope that she may cel- ebrate more birthdays. Mrs. Irwin was in Owen Sound on Friday last. We were very sorry to learn ol the fire in the McDonald Block Flesherton, on Saturday night. A fire like that at this time of the year is indeed a tragedy. The sympathy of this community is extended to the family and rela< tives of the late Alfred Harrisn, who passed away on Friday. Mrs. Edgar Doupe and Joan an< Murray, also Miss Helen Duckett Owen Sound, i%re spending Christmas and New Year's holidays at the homi of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Duckett. The Ceylon Public School wa held Tuesday evening in the school The sympathy of this community is extended to Mrs. Will Cairns on the death of her grandmother, Mrs Steer, at Holland Centre recently. Mrs. Neil Cameron and son, Allan, moved last Friday *o their new home in Durham. Messrs. Stewart Muir and Henry Tucker made a business trip to Dur- ham recently. Miss Isobel Cameron has returned to Fergus, after visiting her mother, Mrs. N. Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Randall of Dromore visited with Mr. and Mrs. J. K. McLeod. Card of Thanks F wish to exoross my sincere thanks to all my friends for visits cards, letters and treats while in hospital and since my return home. Mrs. Geo. Johnson. IMPORTANT TO School Trustees The Flesherton High School Board and Inspector Pentland will rponsor a meeting of trustees and secretaries of S.S. Nos. 2,3,4,6,7,9,10,12,13,16,17 to discuss some means by which child- ren who have passed the Entrance examination could be transported to Flesherton High School. There are two means by which this could be acccomplished first by petitioning ithe Township Council to form a Township area including the above- named sections; and 2nd, by form- ation of smaller units. As the matter is very important trustees of albove Sections are urged to attend, when full information will be given regarding government grants and general cost. The meeting will be held in the Flesherton High School on Tuesday, Decemlber 29, at 2 oVlock in the afternoon. Geo. E. Pentland M.A. Inspector of South Grey. J.E. Milne M.A. Chairman of High School Board. Future Events HOLIDAY DANCES Dance in Fraternal Hall, Flesh- erton, during the holiday season Christmas Night, Dec. 25th, and New Year's Night, Jan. 1. Murray Sim- mons' colored orchestra. Admission: 50 cents. EUGENIA DANCE A dance will be held in the Orange Hall, Eugenia, on Friday, Dec. 26th, under auspices of L.O.L. 1118. Good music. Lunch supplied. Admission: 35c, children 6c. EUCHRE AND DANCE A Euchre and Dance will be held in the Orange Hall, Maxwell, on Tuesday, Dec. 29th, under the aus- pices of the W.I. Euchre to start at S.30 sharp, dance later. Admission: 35c, lunch included. /CHRISTMAS eve. Streets white ^-* with swirling snow flakes. Marionette, behind the counters of the ftve-and-ten, peered into one of the little ten-cent mirrors it was her business to sell Marionette was crying because there was no Santa Claus. More than anything she hated to go back to the tiny basement ftat that she and mother and Jim called home, and tell Jim the truth. Jim. or Jimmy, as Manonetta al- ways called him, was crippled Mari- onette insisted that he was too little yet to know about Santa Claus. She had gone without her lunch for days and days and saved her nickels and dimes to buy the things Jimmy wanted. That very morning she had started out to work, her precious savings tucked away in her purse, her heart all but singing out loud. Then, when she got off the car, someone in the motley crowd bumped her elbow and her purse was knocked from her hand Manonetta dived for Jimmy shouted with delight. it, but anothei dived at the same time and when she straightened up a small, flying tigure was crossing the street. That was why her feet lagged on her homeward way. Her hand on the door of the base- ment flat, at the dirty tenement house where she lived, she noticed a big automobile drawing up at the curb, and an elegantly dressed lady slumming. Showing off! She turned her back on the picture, flung open the door and stepped insidt. "Hello, Sis." Jimmy looked up brightly. "Tonight's the nightl" Marionette looked dully at her mother. "I lost my purse," she said tune- lessly. "Some kid snatched it this morning. It looked just like that McCarty kid that comes here to play with Jimmy so much but he ran so fast I couldn't be sure." "Don't cry, honey," her mother said. "We'll make out, somehow." There was knock. Mrs. Clancy went to the door and opened it. There stood the lady of the big automobile, her arms piled high with packages. "Ii this where Jimmy Clancy llveiT" "Yes, ma'am." Mrs. Clancy stepped back. "Won't you come In?" The lady stepped Inside. She kept smiling at Jimmy, whose eyei were wide and bright. "I mt Santa Claus down the street this afternoon, Jimmy," she aaid, "and he asked if I would bring these things to you. He said he wai going to be very busy tonight." Jimmy was feverishly tearing at the packages, which the lady had dropped into a big chair beside him. As his heart's deaires emerged from their tinsel wrappings Jimmy shout- ed with delight. Under cover of the excitement Manonetta drew near the pretty lady and whispered: "Tell me how you knew about Jim- my?" "Why, my dear, it's such a strange story! This morning I saw a little boy snatch a purse that someone dropped, and when he ran away I had my chauffeur follow him and bring him back to me. He told me he wanted to keep the money to buy some toya for a little crippled friend whose folks were too poor to buy things for him. I promised him I'd play Santa Claus to Jimmy if he'd promise me to wait on that corner for the girl who dropped the purse, every morning at the same hour, until he found her and gave it back to her." "Why," cried Mariunetta, "did you ever hear anything so like a fairy tale? That was my purse, and it really was Jerry McCarty, mother! There was such a crowd he couldn't see who dropped it. He'd never have stolen but It wasn't stealing. And just to think that a moment ago I was doubting the Christmas saint I" The lady laughed. Then in that clear voice she said: "Well, just to make you even more sure of him, I'm going to bring a famous doctor to lee Jimmy the day after tomorrow, and I'm going to have him take Jimmy to a hos- pital and cure that bad leg of his. The good Christmas saint doesn't want to flnd him crippled when he comes back next year." fS To Our Customers Greetings Dear Friends :- It is but natural that as we approacvh the Christmas Season our thoughts should turn to those whom we regard as our friends. lHH For it is they who have made possible our more thorough enjoyment of this wonderful Season. It is they who through their continued support and loy ' co-operation, many of them over a long per ;d of years, have contributed to our success. To you, therefore, as a loyal friends, we say thank vou .... thank you sincerely. Our wishes are "A Merry Christmas and a New Year full of health, happiness and prosperity to you. F. H. W. Hickling General Merchant FLESHERTON, Ont. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Merry Christmas ! These two words have behind them all our good wishes for your future, and our gratitude to our patrons for their many kind- nesses to us through the year. May health, happiness, wealth and prosperity be yours in ever- increasing abundance. 5c to $1.00 Store E. J. Fisher, Prop. FLESHERTON, Ont * Season's Greetings To you and your family and to all our customers and friends, we wish a Merry Christmas and much success throughout the year to come. Howard Milligan Barber FLESHERTON, Ont We are grateful for the patronage of the people of this district, and wish them all success in return. BAILEY'S MEAT SHOP AND STAFF WISH YOU ALL A Merry Christmas