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THB FLESHfiR*ON ADVANCE Wednesday, February 17, 1943 4 ' . . . CEYLON This community extends deepest sympathy to the bereaved widow and family and relatives of the late Robt. Down, Markdale, whose death occurr- ed in such a tragic manner on Satur- day. Mr. Down was well known, as he- was a former Fles-herton resident. Mr. Stanley Hunt, Toronto, visited on Friday at his parental home. Miss I. Weiber spent the week end with relatives at Markdale. Mr. Laurie Genoe was in Owen Sound Tuesday and visited his sister, Mrs. Jas. Pattinson. Mrs. Archie Stewart returned last Wednesday after a two weeks' visit with friends in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sinclair held a successful euchre at their home last Wednesday evening, the proceeds to go for gifts to the soldier boys. Misses Maxine Cowell and Elva Wiley, Markdale, visited over the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cairns. Mrs. Jack Torry, Lauriston, visited on Thursday with Mrs. H. Piper. Mr. Cooey, Wiarton, was a week end visitor with his sister, Mrs. John Kennedy. PR1CEV1LLE Friday afternoon the teacher and pupils of the school held a Valentine party with sleighing and toboggan- ing. They also held an exchange of 1 Valentines, after which the teacher ', treated the children to apples and lunch. Jackie and Dorothy Richardson ; ki-ed on Saturday from Swinton j Park to visit their grandparents, Mr, ! and Mrs. Alex. Carson, returning on j Monday morning. Mrs. Dick Carson and Nancy re- turned home Saturday, after spend- ig two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Adams, Flesherton. Mrs. Gordon McLeod of Toronto spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Ferguson, and sister, Mrs. Jas. Sturrock. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Vic Scheurman on the arrivals of baby girl 'n Durham hospital. Mr. Neil McLean and sister, Alma, of Toronto spent the week end with their mother. Mrs. Caleb Marshall of Toronto spent last week with her faher, Mr. H. R. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Harrison went to COUNTRY EDITOR SEES WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA JIM 6REENBLAT, Editor of the SUN SWl'T CURRENT SASKATCHEWAN The author of this series, Jim Greenblat is the Editor of The Sun, thriving weekly newspaper published in Swift Current, Sask. He is a native of Winkler, Man., and attended public and high school in Winnipeg. He moved to Swift Current 53 years ago, and stud- ied law until the oulforeak of the First Great War. He then served in the Canadian Army from 1915 to 1919, and was wound- ed in France. He has been in the weekly newspaper business since 1923, and is a past president of the Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Editor's Note. Toronto last week. __ . _ _ , ,* i ui unnj iita' w Mrs. Leopard, Feversham, spent the 1 , . i, M~, P has not ben week end with her sister, Mrs. P- Hemphill. Jas. Kennedy, sailor of H.M.C.S. York, Toronto, was a visitor Wednes- day of last week at his home. k EUGENIA (Intended for Last Week) One of the worst storms for yeart was witnessed in this vicinity when the roads were entirely blocked dur- ing the week Jan. 18- 23. The stud- ents attending Flesherton High School from here were unable to re- turn home Tuesday and had to stay in Flesherton the remainder of the week. Miss Dorothy Jamieson, who teach- es near Toronto, spent a week with her parents and attended the funeral of her grandmother, Mrs. Wilson. Mr. Wes Jamieson spent the week end with friends in Toronto. Tpr. Doug. Cairns of the Foresters was home over the week end. Gnr. Victor Campell of Brandon LI an., was home on furlough. Mrs. Thos. Stewart spent a few Mrs. Harrison well and all speedy recovery. Friday night a progressive euchre was held in the school. Messrs. Jas. Sturrock and Thos. Mather scored the highest. Mrs. Hector McEachern made an afghan on which tickets had been sold, and Robert Mclntyre was the lucky ticket holder. VICTORIA CORNERS Call me lucky or not, but I'm just an ordinary weekly n ew sp*per editoi who was invited to come down to Ot- tawa, that daffy but pulsating, throb- bing with energy, war-heart of a nation which is such a staunch and energetic partner of the battling United Nations. I was asked to writ* a series of articles for home consump- tion that is, for the plain, honest- to-God folk in the towns and on the farms who constitute the readers of Canadian weekly newspapers. I didn't get any salary for coming down here, but they did pay my ex- penses. I felt somewhat like your own member of Parliament, eatin' on ! the train, having the odd finger bowl | and pretending I was used to it and havng the bell hops "sir" me to death. You know, as well as I do. that week- Miss Delia Bannon Dundalk, was j paper editors at home are mere , y a visitor over the week end with her L uffered But with the nnish of uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Milton articleS) , ike R B Ba " non ; I say, before they stuck him in the Word was received by numerous Britigh ha] , ^ fame <<He faa<1 his dav relatives in the community of the' tragic death of the late Archie Mc- Taggart of Brampton. Mr. McTag- gart, who was in his 63rd year, had farmed for many years in Proton Township. Later he and his family moved to Mono Road, Caledon East, and for the past year and a half to Brampton. In 1914 he married Pearl Acheson, who survives to mourn his , loss. To this union, seven children don down ' ln P ' 1 * 105 or ratlon cards the hardware man or the blacksmith in your town. He talked to me as if j I, myself, meant something in this i world. That, to me, was the clue why even stenographers keep the mid- night oil burning in this organization and I do mean to work. Research Economist Phyllis Turner Then take Mrs. Phyllis G. Turner, administrator for Oils and Fats for Canada and a member of the United ' Nations Committee on these vital commodities. She's a former chief research economist for the Tariff Board; a strikingly beautiful woman doing a tremendously big job in some- thing you'll be intensely interested to hear about later, if you stick with me long enough in this series. Then there's Kenneth W. Taylor, who I talked with, Secretary of the Board, a McMaster man, an economist of standing, who certainly knows what its all about. His type of per- son (like the others) doesn't have to Department of Labour National War Labour Board GENERAL ORDER The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has found that the coat of living index number for January 2, 1943, is 117.1 (adjusted index 116.2) as compared with the coat of living index number for July 2, 1942, of 117.9 (adjusted index 117). The Wartime Wages Control Order, P. C. 5963,, provides in Section 48 (iv): "the amount of the bonus shall not be changed unless the cost of living Index number has changed one whole point or more since the last general order of th Board requiring an increase or decrease in the amount thereof." The index number not having changed by one whole point or more since July 2, 1942, pursuant to the provisions of P. C. 5963 as stated, the National War Labour Board orders that the terms of its General Order dated August 4, 1942, shall continue to apply for the period February 15, 1943, to May 15, 1943, subject to the right of employers or employees to apply to a War Labour Board for authorization of payment of such an amount of cost of living bonus as a Board may determine to be "fair and reasonable," under the provisions of the Order. HUMPHREY MITCHELL Chairman. National War Labour Board Ottawa. Canau. February 4, 1943 ROUND AND ROUND SHE GOES Round and round the five teams oi horses go, on th bank at the big barn doors. If they ever become dizzy h isn't noticeable. The7 are supplying the power for threshing this wek at Mr. John Kuepfer's. The sight of this old machine in operation inclines older folk to wistful thinking "**** lo k * head, Consumers branch div- httle P latforTO n the ? r - He Bt ,j .-___j ^ n \^,n , *' ' came to h * ve a P*"al unhamp- '?*'_ W 1 . the Wartime Prices and Trade Board '" " " " ' ?** ln ajji -ii. i-i- j j of their younger days when this fiddle with politics. And women read- * ' *; method of threshin.: was regarded as highly efficient. The driver has a cold job these days standing out on a and economies * . 1 * t0 Donald were born, two daughters and five so I feel free to give you my own tm- Pte. Harold Jackson and Miss Mar- i arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carson. We extend congratulations to them and also to Sergt. and Mrs. J orv Jackso ". Toronto, visited over Wm. Welton on the arrival of a boy the week eml Bt the home of t their home. We are sorry to report Mr. Wilfred Magee on the sick list the past couple of weeks. Nurse Smith of Feversham has been in attendance. We wish him a speedy and complete recovery. Miss Irva Magee has returned from Toronto, owing to the illness of her father. Mrs. M. Davidson spent the week end at her home near Feversham. and Mrs. Martin of East Mountain at her home heir. Once a field has become infested with weeds, such as bindweed, wild morning glory, bladder campion, white cockle and other persi-tent weeds, the loss may become permanent. parerts. Mr. and Mrs. Art Jackson. Ca r te Blanche No Punches Pulled I wasn't asked to pull punches. That shows I don't look like a politi- Mr?. Edfth Hall and little Donna ' cian - l was K iven carte b'.ancho ' of Owen Sound are spending this ! lk inside the engine, to ask ques- week with the former's sister, Mrs. Russell Linton. Other week end visitors with their parents were: Muriel Talbot of Mark- tions, interview the really big names who handle Canada's wartime econ- omy, and that in itself was a thrill. And here, take my word for it, you'd dale nt W.G. Talhot's; Gertrude Mont-1 be impressed like I w*s. From butter gomery. Dundnlk. at Allan Montgom- rationing to subsidies the men doing ery's : Marjory Stevens, teaching near i cne job are in my opinion sincere, Durham, at Flmo Stevens': Florence' patriotic, hard working and don't let Bntchelor. Toronto, at the home of lan >'one guff you about politics and Jas. BatehelorY Miss Winnie Awde visited her par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. Everette Awde. Bethel, at the week end. bureaucracy. It's all such a colossal but necessary thing. They admit mistakes have been made. They also admit they are hu- Mrs. Russell Lintort visited recently j man even the experts and economic with her parents at Owen Sound. advisers; but they're all aiming to- wards the best deal for the greatest number, to involve the elast hardship the Small Advts. ft pays. URGENT! Great Britain asks or seventy-five million dozen Eggs from Canada in 1943. That is nearly one-third more Eggs than there were produced in Canada last year. This task can be accomplished best by every producer striving to get more Eggs per Hen. The average production per month in Can- ada last year was nine eggs from each hen. Two more eggs per bird per month will do the job. YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH YOUR RETURNS toner & for all of us in a war which is bring- ing new and ever increasing, intricate problems affectiag our very lives. Just remember when you shake your head wisely at your neighbor and say something about "them guys at Ot- tawa," that one time you left the barn door open, bossy wandered out into the blizzard and you lost your- self a hundred bucks or so. Our Living Standards Involved Believe me, if you and I are to con- tinue eating the nutritive foods nec- essary to our complex organisms, to fortify us for what may be a long and terrible war pull (and after the war) if you and I are going to be able to continue paying and receiving ; ers will surely be interested in what Byrne Hope Sanders told me. She's better known as Editor of and now ision, with its farflung chain of "watching" local committees. Behind her discerning, intelligent eyes you could visualize her as a young mom in the kitchen slicing around the pie rtousrh. Information From Source Are you interested in hoarding, etc.? You'd be surprised what 1 mil i QI - 'your own chuix:i Minister. He .ioesn't look like Himmler and hate? anyone who gets to-:'jrh. but he's sore a firm guy. His <livis : iir., understandably, has a big b and he's concerned main'.y with the fellow who wants to gyp you and I. Then there's Dr. G. E. Britnell. a Saskatchewan university man, econo- mic adviser to the Foods Administra- tion. Why that man's head is always ' as full of butter, egggs, hogs. beef, cheese and milk as Canada's farms collectively are. He sees the picture more than he does statistics. More about that later, too. Imagine rationing millions of people, cards and stuff. That would make your head swim at Montreal, and 111 try to explain later, logically, how L. B. Unwin, a C-P.R. Vice-Pres- ident, and his folks go about it. And what do you think is in the mind of placid administrator H. H. Bloom of es the long- whip stalk (something like a fishing rod) as he keeps op vocal exhortations to the horse*. 1C he becomes very chilled he may go inside and feed the separator for a while. This latter job has really a warming effect. Very good work to still done by the old outfit, aspscally at this season when the grain is hi ex- cellent shape. The peculiar hum Of drone which can be h ear d a consktar- able distances, comes as a voice of the oast. Milverton Sun. SE?JD IN YOtm RBNTWAL. ' adequate to a fairly decent continu- ing standard of liv::ig; if the pro- ducer and laborer is to rt'.ip in at least some worthy measure the efforts of his toil while this war lasts with- out any too explosive disruption it will be because this- organization thinks, acts and continues in its (what appears to me to be) sincerity of purpose, let the chips fall where they may. I propose this series of articles to be just plain, unvarnished telling of what I saw in Ottawa. Montreal and Toronto. I would like to be able to tell you in the same way your own editor does when he's on the beam about something. I want to tell what thinks the head of the whole outfit. Chairman of the Board, Donald Gor- don, that Wg, dark Scotsman who dynamically leads this organization and who, by the way, might look like Toronto, who handles what you can get in farm machinery in this great- est of agricultural countries? There were many others. I've got a lot of stuff filed away in my mind, but it's got to be bo'iled down all of it to make not too tired reading that will give you an appreciation and understanding of what's being done to YOUR way of life. On how you react to the policies and regulations laid down, may eventually depend that same way of life. Bear with me through the fol- lowing few weeks and I'll do the best I can to explain why and how ther're doing it. And remember, we. the people, only <i>l for ham and eggs while I was :r.v;iy from home. I didn't have to pat anyone on the back. I remain, 'ike you, a small town guy or guyess. so stick around and tune in 'next week. St. Marys Chief of Police Sidney H. Obok, former member of the Ontario, Provincial Police, has received the appointment of chief of police of St. Marys. Chief Cook was stationed at Flesherton, prior to which he was at Meaford. He has lately been working in a war indus- try in Hamilton. Sid was always a conscicntuous police officer and had no favorites. He had two of the strongest hands we have ever seen, as he could bend five and six inch spikes with a twist of the wrist. He will make a splendid chief of police for St. Marys. OUR FAMILY went through hard times once. It taught us that you can't keep your independence without foresight and sacrifice. We learned what we could do without when we had to. So ure know thxat a real nest-egg means more than just compulsory savings. It mean* all the War Savings Stamps and Cer- tificates we can lay our hands on. They're safe. And they're an invest- ment every Canadian should make. Why? Because they help equip our fighting men to protect everything we've got. And because, too, they pay back $5.00 for every $4.00 we put aside now. We've got to win thi* war no matter what it costs and we've got to prepare against the time when the boys come home. Buy War Saving* Stamp* from afufgltt^ bank*, pos t offices, tofepAofM qtftoM, ! fxirtntmit store*, grocer*, tobacconutM other retail stun-*. CarfJ/toat** ir purchased* for immediate d0M denomination* >/ $i, $10, $25 from TVust Campania* ana* P*t Offlc+1. National War Finance v 4