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\Vednesday, February 24, 1943 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCF frit FLESHERTON ADVANCE | Local and Personal .'ubliahed on CoUinjrwood Btmrt, Flesherton, Wednesday of Mb week. Circulation over 1.000. Price in Canada $2.00 Pr yar, when paid in advance $1.6O; in U. S. A. |ii.i>u per year, wh< paid in advance $2.00. P. J. THURSXON. Editor. CEYLON Mr. F. B. Keys is in Hamilton this week. Miss Edna Doupe and friend of Shettmrne apent the week end with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McCauley were in Toronto the first of the week at- tending a convention of lumbermen. Miss Ethel Taylor and friend, Miss Mass Dorothy Snell, Islington, lgabel Qf ToronU) thg pent the week end at her home. w&o k iMr. Melville Hunt, Preston, was a ' former>s home week end visitor at the parental ' Pte. Hugh Bittby of the Queen's home. Rangers, Chippewa Barracks, spent a Mrs. C. Brunelle, Toronto, visited \ couple days last week at his home. a couple of days last week with Mr. ' The W- L will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Sinclair. i Mrs. A. C. Muir on Wed., March 3rd, The social evening at Mrs. John \ at 2.30 p.m. Roll call: a joke or Gibson's last Wednesday evening humorous saying. Visitors welcome. Mr. Walter Dungey enlisted in the Veterans' Guard at Owen Sound last Thursday and expects to report for duty the first of next week, to Mrs. was a decided success. There were eleven tables of euchre. Mrs. M. Irwin was the winner for the ladies and Mr. G. Cairns for the men. Mr. Will Stewart returned to To- ronto last week, after visiting for a j Congratulations to Mrs. Percy couple weeks with his nephew, Mr. ' White (nee Edythe Morrison) and to Ken Stewart and other relatives. j Pte. White on their wedding anniver- Mrs. Edgar Doupe and little son, \ sary. Pte. White is overseas with Murray, of Owen Sound spent the { the 1st Batt. Argyle and Southern week end at her home here. Regiment. Mrs. Neil Wagner, Toronto, was a recent vistor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Duckett. We are glad to know there were a goodly number present at the church, '",' u> . n "" '""''" '- wr.u. service Sunday afternoon. We hope , Sh f ' loc ^ d at , Saskatoon, Sask, many more will be present each !** *" Wome " s D of th R.C.A.F. on mobile recruiting work. Last December she had the misfor- J"*' Mr ' " las * We f* * J L Sunday. The sympathy of this community is extended to Mr. Ray Richardson, tune to break her right wrist. Swinton Park, on the passing last I Distribution of No. 2 Ration Book Thursday morning of his mother, Mrs. Alex. Richardson. It is less than a month since Mr. Alex. Rich- is proceeding merrily along at the town hall in Flesherton, for this district, and Mr. Alf. Down, in charge ardson passed away. | of the task, has a splendid staff of Miss Verna Kermedy, Brampton, i workers from the village issuing spent the week end with her parents, them. Come in early and secure Mr. Harvey Archibald, Violet Hill, yours, so as not to leave an extra I was a week end visitor at his home. | rush on Saturday that might overtax Mr. and Mrs. Will McCormack, \ the workers and clog up the mach- Swinton Park, visited on Saturday j inery of issuing the books. with Mrs. J. Knox. Deputy-Reeves (Chesley Enterprise) Reeve Jacob Fischer of Carrick Township raised a rather important point the other day when he asked why Brant Township should be en- titled to a deputy-reeve when Carrick 'lidn't have one, although the latter township has a largr population. So Reeve Robt. Sloan of Elderslie and the other members of the Warden's Committee were charged with th* task of looking into this matter and reporting at the June session. The ruling is that townships (or towns) must have 1,000 voters on the list-, exclusive of wives and daugh- ters, in order to have a deputy-reeve. Chesley has nearly 1,000 voters on the list, but many of them are wives of property owners or tenants, and thus are not counted. In compiling the voters' list, the clerk mark.-* the married women with the letters "MFNC," meaning it is a Married Franchise, but Not Counted in com- piling the number who would give the municipality a deputy-reeve. The fact is that Grey County has 10 deputy-reeves, while Bruce Coun- ty has only one, in the person of John Engel of Brant. The population of the townships of Bruce County ia as follows, with Brant marked with an asterisk as having a deputy-reeve: Carrick 2,639 Brant 2^17 Greenock 2,026 Kincardine .. 1,776 Amabel 1,676 Culross 1,631 Arran 1,603 Huron 1,478 Elderslie 1,372 Kinloss 1,362 Eastnor 1,116 Saugeen . 1,048 Albemarle 931 Bruce 867 Lindsay 504 St. Edmunds 450 The population of the townships of The British Sweep Forward Into Tunisia British troops steadily advancing many of whom volunteer valuable beyond Tripoli in North Africa are met in the desert by friendly natives, information. ONTARIO COAL Miss Frances Collinson, Markdale, pent Saturday nt her home. With temperatures ranging from 30 to 38 below zero on Monday of Piper Grant Muir of the District '" st wee , k ' to the thaw on Monda y of Depot, Toronto, spent last week wd *U w ee k wa. qoltea step. The mild with his father, Mr. A. S. Muir. her comr " enc *' 1 on Friday and Mrs. Anna McMillan has returned ( '"" t " UK '' i untl1 Tu <* da y ni K ht, when to bet home, after two weeks' visit-," heavy d-wnpour <* r Bought it ing her sister, Mrs. G. II. Holmes, | ' a halt ,. f" d cv erythmg was again frozen solid Wednesday morning. The high banks of snow were greatly diminished in size nnd bare patches arc noticed in the fields. Sap was running in the mnple trees the first of the week. We hope that i> not a sign of a poor mnple syrup reason. and Dr. Holmes, Owen Sound. Mr. F. R. Oliver, M.L.A., and Mrs. Oliver attended thu silver wedding anniversary on Friday, Feb. 19th, of Mrs. Oliver's brother, Mr. Jas. Crutchley, and Mrs. Crutchley, at Dornoch. Priceville Women's In.tituie LADY BANK Priceville Women's Institute met at the home of Mrs. Idle, with a good and a warm attendance. Owing to the absence of eradly taken the president and vice-president, Mrs. The sudden change in the weather, wind has consid- tlown the terrible mountains of snow, but there are Moody presided, the meeting being 1 piles nnd piles left yet. With the opened with the Institute Ode, fol- j roads everywhere almost impassible lowed with prayer. $10.00 was don atcd to the F.-A. Red Cross Branch. to travel on, we pity the poor mail man who faces such traffic hazards. A sum of money had been collected ( M r. Andrew Graham bid for boxes for the hoys overseas and , fr , Pnda ffood . bye hlst weck was appointed tn the boxes. A debate was held on the subject resolved "that the newspaper was of more benefit to the commun- ity than radio," the affirmative winn- fnjr. Letters were read from hoys who had received their Christmas pncels. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Sims tn March. The AoVnnee Small Artvts. are fnr- renrninpr. In order to sell, you must tn. Hitler *nM Vils Germans were snp- prmen. What does that mnke the Rn-u sinna? his and Parted for his home at Livelong, Snsk. This is Mr. Graham's 12th trip to nnd from the west. Mrs. Wm. Semple recently received the sad news from her brother, Mr. Wm. John McMillan, of Saskatoon, of the report of his son, Wm. Russell, as missing with the Navy. He is also a nephew of Mr. Roy McMillan "f Kugenia and Mrs. Russell Allison of Mnrkflale. JAPANKSK BEKTLKS CAUGHT A number of Japanese beetles captured last autumn shortly after they had crossed the Canadian bor- at Niagara, have been forwarded* BAILEY'S MEAT MARKET Fresh AND We Cured Meats PHON K 47 save you money i to the Royal Ontario Museum by the I'lant InspeHion, Department of Ag- riculture. Those saboteurs are about the size of the eo mmon potato beetle. They are metallic- green and bronze in color. Entymologists of the Mus- eum state that the Japanese beetle is one of the mosts destructive of insect pests. Ft attacks the foliage of fruit trees, vines and garden plants. It is native to Japan, was accidentally transported to the United States in 1016, and ia now a threat to Canada. Grey County is as follows, with ten of them marked with an asterisk as havnjr a deputy-reeve: Normanby 2,566 *Collin(rwood 2,228 Rentinck 2,223 Artemesia 2,150 *Sydenham ..... 2,141 Egremont 2.059 Euphrasia 2,059 Holland 2,055 Osprey 2,019 Proton 2,027 Keppel 2,013 St. Vincent 1,891 Sullivan 1,8!5 Derby 1,495 Glenelg 1,363 Sarawak 535 It will be seen that Carrick, with- out a deputy-reeve, has far more voters than some of the Grey town- ships which have a deputy-reeve. N'ormanby Is the only township in Grey County which has a greater population thnn Carrick, though the difference is only 27, yet there are nine townships in Grey County with a smaller population than Carrick, wlio have a deputy-reeve, while Onrriek has none. If Brant isn't en- titled to a deputy-reeve, with 2,617 people, why are nine townships in Grey, all with considerably fewoi people, entitled to one? GreenocV hasn't a dc-puty-rceve, yet it has more people thnn two of the Grey townships which have such an offic- ial. It is interesting to study the figures nnd make comparisons. Of course, population alone is not a guide to the matter. Some town- ships rniiy hnve a larger number of children than others, nnd children are not voters. In some townships, wo- men may he classed as joint owners or he the actual owners of the land, and in other townships the land may be assessed in he man's name. Some townships may have more owners for the same amount of land, de- pending on the size of the fnrms. There is also the point, that, if it costs $100 per member to attend County Council for n year, it would save some money if there, were fewer deputies. I n fact, we might do with- out them altogether 1 , and give the reeve two votes instead. "Interest is. being renewed in the only Ontario deposit of coal," stated Dr. E. S. Moore of the Royal Ontario Museum, "now that our overburnen- ed transportation systems are ex- periencing difficulty in carry more distant fuel." Ho stated thzt c-al ni^ht be mined at Onakawana, a lonely station, situ- ated 70 miles south of James Bay. Although the coal is of low rank lignite to be exact, there are more than 100 million tons available. It was formed through the accumula- tion of vegetable matter in swamps of the Cretaceous period, aibout 75 million years ago. There is a weak, porous covering of sands and clays which must be first removed by pow- er shovels. Then the lignite can be mined from open pits as in western Canada. One drawback to this poten- tial fue is the content of nearly 50 per cent moisture, which not only reduces its heating qualities, but also causes slaking on exposure to air. The methods that have been worked out to eliminate much of the water content involve drying with steam or heating to a char KLKSHKKTON AND ROCK MlLLfe UAPl'lSl' CHURCHES Frank B. Keys, Pastor FLESHERTON SERVICES Church Serviw 11 M- Sunday School It o'el^k ROCK MILLS SERVICES Sunday School 2.30 pjn Mr. Frank B. Keys will continue in the series of "questions concerning the Christ," in both churches on Sunday. Maxwell United Church REV. GEO. L. MERCER, B.D., DJJ. Minister SERVICBS OF WORSHIP SUNDAY, FEB. 28 11 a.m. Eugenia. 3 p.m. Wareham. 8 p.m. Maxwell. SERMON PROGRAM Note: Commencing this Sunday, Dr. Mercer will preach the first in a nine-weeks' series of sermons on the general theme "THE VICTORIOUS CHRIST" The first in the series will deal with "The Victorious Purpose of Christf and on subsequent Sundays through- out the Lenten Season the following sermon topics will be used: The Victorious Conflict of Jesus- The Victorious Authority of Jesus. The Victorious Philosophy of Jesna. The Victorious Conquest of Jesus, The Victorious Surrender of Jeroo. The Victorious Kingship of Jesus. The Victorious Atonement of Jesus, The Victorious Life through Jesna. In loyalty to Christ and His Church it is the hope of the Pastor that you and your family and your friend* may plan to attend a service each Sunday, particularly -"rom now until Easter, aiding by your presence, prayers and co-operation, as yon can, in these snecial services. We gtn all our people an urgent call to worship. FutureEvents OPTICAL D. Campbell, optometrltt, will b at Marshall's Drug Store, Markdale, the 2nd and 4th Tuesday each month, otherwise at Soper's Store, Dundalk. Eyea tested and glasses supplied. It won't be 'on* till aorn e srirls will gn 'to the mountains to see the scenery nnd others to he beach to be the scenery. The difference between a states- man and a politician is that the one works for the public and the other tries to work the public. Hitler's dream of encircling the Mediterrranean has gone a-glimmer in?. He ia now himself encircled by foea for whom "unconditional sur- render" is the watchword. St. Mary's Church, Maxwell (ANGLICAN) REV. JACKLIN, Pastor Morning Prayers and Sermon. Holy Communion -st Sunday ia every month. Gospel Workers' Church Fever-sham, Ont. Rev. C. McNichol. Pastor Feversham Appointment Sunday School ^0 a.m. Sunday Morning Service 11. Sunday Evening Service 7.30. Olivet Appointment Service at 3 p.m. Flesherton United Churck Minister: REV. G. KBTTH MoMILLAN Services will be held as follows Sunday: 11.90 a jn. Worship, FleshertM. 12.W pjn. Sunday ehool, TUh- erton. 2.00 p.m. Sunday School, C*7>*m. 2.30 p.m. Worship, Ceylon. 7.30 p.m. Vesper Service, Flwfc- erton. Morning Subject: "We Would See Jesus." (7) His Friendliness. Evening: Subject: "Prayer and Living Together." your RED CROSS CALLS TO YOU Never has the need been so urgent $10,000,000 NEEDED HOW? YOUR RED ("ROSS appeals to you for funds to carry on its program of mercy; to continue vital war work performed by no other organization. Never has the need been so urgent. Helping to keep up the morale of half-a-million fighting men is a gigantic task, and that is only the beginning. The Red Cross makes life more bc-arable for thousands of prisoners of war. Over 2,000,000 parcels were shipped to them last year more than this number must go in 1943. Our men in British and Canadian hospitals need Red Cross comforts and heartening visits from the staff of Red Cross "visitors". Red Cross help to shipwrecked sailors is essential, thoughtful, immediate. Homeless war orphans our own kin and those of our allies sick and starving men and women in many lands millions in Russia, Greece and China and other peoples of the United Nations need more food, medicine and comforts from the Red Cross. The need is world-wide; this year the- cost will be greater than ever. The work ;//.v/go on. Obey the dictates of your heart; open wide your purse and be generous. Remember, you are the Red Cross ! Phone 46J Local Headquarters CANADIAN RED CROSS tta* evek