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suttyeihrti tan ho- 28 acton ontario thursday january 7th i im four homepnnl pagesefivc cents lint meeting 1943 coondl ames gmbmillees oificers w j o imn and- cin bitoj j at mclsonald took the omth and assembled ax toe 19u of cstner ani a fas5law was read authorulne the en awl cw elcclion results oleii air rink returns from overseas m n canada j b mondays voliiig for couise in i xtuixsomm aai cats snsjui kfectoj j utrliii f- sntl rae huuer a f jutoa junior llorkey teasa woo wsj ben with the forres arrived hark in canada just after ohricunas and spent a couple of days in acton this week- he has returned t canada to take an of- j re monday fieert training nc lie arrived 1 ft tr ta hi home in pwrt rvsry just rfuc lfc j chrmxnja sgf ililuer aa ibe acton bays in estgland are- all playing hockey lcouura year mod thai the pmcj bcconiinc ouite papular la the ou many pas ium read ers will be interested inn yrxar there wcre nun ncx4ainationa- la halloa onl one township had an election nelkov towntflnr rffvew j luklkrrtkin milton urnml turn lo ibe omeststve- after retreating before nipmor tare- dur ing the fpnnf ciecfciag their eswtaaics during the stk ililuer hinelf ook in t- larfealed john mcniveo j he l of xnditlon and ready for cajnpbelhille 418 tv allies have ended 19tj with fc dklotylujve cohn soxllrt frrrnun cm awfraledg lnlio lvr mi 11 on 403 ileetng africa corp retreated before oounciijxlts-lhv- rlected british kh army advsuar patrol mrs alary si ivltil tyrvmut 759 with ulumn wadj b cheblr 1 mile llerbrrl alton tanxley 6h3 and el- twiitlwhooc corpora- ta a ib ff vt ottripoaulponn- mcr c porirr opuwlh4ll g12 trilt aretr -v- j the extent of the bailie wa nottnv- wealed wilfred s imber 1w tic for the leasing of tbe aieam tor tm m wul nmmuil ntho jui ihrooxh raunrtirred taud to cef at btatat j towksiiip school area wlcrd our tudrpl wnru- l r w l biding ouilrultr4l d bouer avenue kmtorm on monday defaoed inc of the oprnr nlr rink for a or so but now arthity faa coi yejsterday the uufaoe hkared of mow and with cood wtfojhtrr continuint u will toot utrte many daai to kuvr an ice wir- t planned lo put juj moujb around the rnclomirr lo keep uirfaoe oullined tmaporavf drckini rooms will be ul in plnor flbe uhlui allowed for outdoor c will im- put in idaor thl uchl- utll not ukl alkm any hockey totm no proxiilon is bein fenadr for ui a ttr location m llowrr ax is crtalnl immi nratral inspectors report is good on aeton school and staff the dnralion of the raraad year thcrmfur at a rralal ot sgs km paaard naming ibc board of llcanh far 1913 as dr w c ruthci rfcn j m- mcf and anatncr rcaohnlnn drlccalcd the to tno nre bricadr to ap- tha duef and omcrra of ibe brisnde for iso atale- tne end of the year it sszis of the i9c2 taxes as unpaid at the end of the year arrears of cither years bronslbt the total up to smxcl the ran was accepted by resolution and returned to ibe trea surer to continue couertlon on it the beere and treasurer were authorized by resolution to sicn all cheques and promissory notes on be half of the corporation with ihr bank- another resolution appointed e el hatrop weed inspector or i9u authorlxstion was chen for pay ment of the services of m fryer lo the offnetery board the time teas to be computed by chief llarrop the reeve was authorised h reso- oerman and italian defenders taken by air and sea to handle a situation made perilous when french occupa tion forces helped by an anclo-aai- erican invasion swunc to ibe allied our patrols uetucwasw and fcttiis were v enemy encased nad niwalresr little cbaneelnthe situation in tunisia was reported at the week end axis and allied forces continu ed to probe each others atrenctb but flchtuu french forces movinc u from the lake chad area to the south reported the route of an asia motor- lard column in the pvzxasu allied planes pounded german strongholds in tunisia and crippled at least three enemy ships bs recent op erations and allied submarines ssrjc the medm more than the old cray mare 9 aut what she hard lb be g a dob efectoj uuurauta ml anprcrialimi ksutmnnun rg- uriax duxilnsaa mmt staly of srfcoolmra heard requnued lo cootinaw ttstrune of music in artoa srhoal mr in new guinea and burma they were pressuu the japanese with in- creaslnbt atreneth i while the enemy resistance was diminishing in the vm islands they were gaining g- japanese forces bereft of re inforcements by allied naval super iority in russls the enemy was being rol led hack helterskelter losing thous ands of men killed and captured j j more asia supply snips in every day and the fourpronged tied offensive swept forward releasing oc- british warships operuling in north- cuplrd territory from karl and salet- waters damaged uad chased an lite hands and exacting huge loll y cruiser and left a destroyer from the invaders j m sinking condition the admiral in the air the allies gained such bounced new years day it was superiority that the air ministry in bn flare up of real nival act south 6j1 william g llreckon 512 charles iteadhead 512 bradford clements 491 and k alartln und- le 4so akeresled john 1 dtiff 3s0i oust tsajsavbtaxa tfrwlvhllir township school area board tacdamallonv russell oliver amaranth station glenvllle taylor orion frank goodhsil bell- wood norman frenllce orion and george may orion icouncil was itteviously elected acclamation stsumrntn mayor william a uales acru- knsllon reeve councillor ll harper bull ox tdefeated reeve c car man core jxii derutyreeve harold it ijtu- refice acdamallon counclujolts tslx l and 1 elertedl sary the reeve london was able to say that the r i v louc tbe route for alld naval a f was vlroncer than the combln- hussla for tome rvonthc j isaac kelbm g3s councillor chas ed air forces of the germans and it alians only in the aleutian islands was australian and united slates forces j f liiwyr hoi john willi 5s9 w have overcome praetlcillly all opotila lyon 55s w g ttwunlisnn 551 lion in iapua or soutltoutleim new ami couiuillor w a huvwrll mil igulnes they are regrouplm for an ldfeale1 councillor norman e attack on sanananda point the last ncarut 4hi anil kcluard wullir centre of japanese resistance in the 2551 rf j airva which is approximately to- -t- the reeve and treasurer w 1 m iflflbs of new guinen umiory tl- s l authorised to pay a clifford hi sal- j v i face extenjol of the earn- i atloll loollollw ary each month at the rate of s325 jncreamnc iher xtrencth in the are- o ntw 0iibm per day plus cost of living bonus jf rcl the extent to ahlch j xjrtherland new gulma and lle the reeve and treasurer n- mlllshed wa 1mlrtlon lh iii r revealed and was probably unknown autborited to pay the requisitions of j ix ji willed b the enemn utiou to bold a tax sale when neces- lrt ttvriv american and canadian air- the school board and to pay deben ture as lhe come due from time to time it was arranged lo hold tht- reu- lar ckun7ll rneelincs on th cond and fourth xuesdays in each month witll ineetinks to cornmertce at 8 pm oammitteea were appointed as fol lows for tbe year finance committee a uason cnalrnian j p davison and the reeve fire ulcht and property committee j f davlaoa chairman c ktrk- ad the reex t tzrtb t 1 u wn previously have been clad streets and walks commltti j o oakes chaiirnan a uaaon and the reave park and arena c kirkness ounnuan a- mason and the reeve councillor kirkness reported that the storey glove co had kindly al lowed the use of their land adjoining their factory for the purport of an outdoor skating rink a space of 100 x 115 feet was available arrange ments are made to make an enclosure and fstovide diseasing rooms water and lichtlnc vere also brine arrang ed it was decided by motion to in crease the salary of municipal officer harrop to si 25 per month this in- was in consideration of -extra- riimallrd a long jlcenoj laid open duties bow involved since bo night co was employed the reeve andtveasurer were authorised to pay the salary monthly agoldfcn wemg iulqbd by couptb at blovvr pottest mr and mr alfred fosbury of mount forest quietly celebrated their fjpldef wedding on dtyember 36 to of their daughters mrs a grant of oolunsarood and mrs ilarvey woods of stratford and families being eat two sotis denis sergeantmajor in 14th canadian hussars am bob la army pay ctfrps are in england frank their eldest son u serving in the u 3- marine their other on rev alfred fosbury of acton vol unteered for the chaplain- depart ment aarry in the present conflict mr and mrs fosbury were ex tended the good wishes of their wide circle of ftiends loisdon c p enough vege tables to prottde 10000 men with potato and green vegetables for hie past nine inonths were grown by the army the aoulh eastern rrnnmsad army tada year oiaini to llmjirt usralhcr cortdttlarii of the arctic winter the pattern of the outcome of the uar remained unclear ns the year ended but it appeared likely that allies would strive to take plvcemeal toll of japanese conquest forces drive them back while they prepared for a major offensive against it archenem german through h country of its camp follower italy politically as the year ended the allies through good spadework had secured the cooperation of a great foctisofjtenchmen in north africa klttorriti- for lln- to fight the aatls had the mean hn at hand on sea in the air and on the ground the initiative vas uith the allies and the axis was taking the angle in peptalks to its own people that this was their war not for liv ing space and world domination as it once said but for lexlstence offramlre widest capture of two more points of great importance to the german high command was announced by russian military authorities on new years da the fall of veliki luu 360 miles northwest of moscow and only 90 miles from the latvian border the hub of a vital german railway system nine hundred miles to the southeast the germans evacuated elista csvpua of the kalmyck region the russian successes following fhe encirclement of german forces at stalingrad and mluerovo and the selzltlg or kotelmkovovskl indicate the strength of the russian winter offensive fall of vellkie lukl wu denied by the germans at the week end but the great push being made in the area endangers wie enemy slltnt with rlhev at its apex 100 mjles to the east p- the red army command reports a rapture or destruction of thousands of nazi troops m the stalingrad area together with greaf quantities of gsii sir archibald wait iu orcv ok ratine in llurma alontr the north east coast of the hay of bengal con- the iloial ornntzfr ijoij nut at live luune of j llgamble wlure they tlnus to dge closer to the import- held tijr kvulaulvmonthly meeting ant japanese base of alt ah there with a good attendance the new of- appear to be a possibility that the t rioerajfor 1943 are uftollows mhtiv raitlltijlsfsa- rnnv w ithllaau y ylj rfc wr- tshinkum dmll llro kervcil corxlon chaplain uro w gordon recording secretary llro wm secretary llvo w allen uro j k tumble rro iv gordon rer rro j vlckery urer- llro c k llrowne irer r pontel a very suc- enemy cornnander- ma w ithdraw without a fight but the actual situa tion will not bt- known until the brit ish force contacts the jalaneite troops defending the seaport early this week the british hth army was reported in contact with rommel africa corps west of wadl bel el chebir about 1to miles eaj of tripoli the axis troops support ed by riewlyarrivjftl tbquadrons of dlvebombevw were expected to malt a stand injhe area j after thm buvimss and cloung lodge russian forces cfhitlnued lo scow tlirond wr gamble-wen- prescntel successes over the german invades uith a loievy enl table bro browne this week from vellkie lukl on the j tt f u chos n wotrls spoke on central front to points deep in the uhalf of 1 lolge tht ir appreciation caucasus capture of cherinshkov f u and other points west of stalingrad gordon i may result in the en irclement of a gamble tin second german force in the don thoughtfulij fc fcuiv to gttj moscow broadcast stated that th wars durati capture of chernlshkov and an im- i to haw th portant air base 40 miles away netted col gen nikolai v vatutlns tked f this home and bro ii nted the gift mrs the men for thlr and said it was a pha- of the home for the when tliey thrn hope hall army 2000oo0 shells so0oo0 aerial bombs 17 planes and huge stores of supplies in thehouth rlisslan forces recap tured mozdok key to the grozny oil fields only 50 miles away on sunday and vince thet hav been reporteil surging forward and occupying more populated places southwestof vellkie lukl russian columns flrivlng oward the latvian border routed thrf germans from a strongly fortified point after plkng a path through minefields and barbed ire defences soviet dispatches wednesday said the german army in the caucasus in full retreat blowing up annual of oris are at meeting association iiar monthly business meet- womans association of church was held at the i d richardson on timh- ivan harris presiding fosbury opened the meet- prayr and also conducted of officers for the com- 1 annual roll call the rlod was taken by mrs orts presented showed bridges and mining roads in a des- there were 171 sick and ahutln calls perate attempt to delay the pursuing 57 letterssent to sick where bereave- russlan troops pour towns were lut- j ment had been in a home 9 new ed as recaptured in the north guns tanks and supplies the cam- caucasus while the continuing of- palgn to the south and west of the tensive in the middle don region had volga city is being carried on relent lessly and the menace to rostov in creases dally capture of rostov would be disastrous to the enemys invasion of the caucasus the capture of elista provided rearguard support for other russian columns that nad thrust weft of mos cow to the banks of lake manych this put soviet troop 90 rrlle south east of salak whence a railway run 900 mile farther northwest to ros tov osi otr front resulted in the occupation towns canadian in africa ross munro canadian press members were secured and the oldest member mrs ii p moore was re- moved by death the treasurers re port showed a very satisfactory bal nnc on hand the ladles are busy with quilts- 542 articles were made by the church ladles for war work isentatlon mai m1bijn soumkks home on leave i large crowd of nrghhors and fiends gathered at dublin school on sljturday bight to sirnd a ftocial ev- nilig with clifford webster and alexl while they were home on inrlng was enjoyed for few after which dorothy prank ive several violin selection of old jnne music john black jr was then lied on to head the following ad- boys t we your friends of diiblla com munity have gathered here tonight to spend a social evening with you while you are home on your new years leave- you have spent your boyhood among us and many times you will look back on dublin school days and say do you remember we have glad feelings mingled with sadness that you have taken this loyal stand for loyalty to your home your king and your country we feel that wherever you may be called you will be on the job to do what r iuty calls w ak you to accept this gift as m t numhrance ami may our prays r- lu lj to giie you av good will and a ajif return wm nirciiik u stiri a ross mrs j bijvck mils g somfrvlllll1 alev wahlu then ptvened cllf- fovtl ao1 ahx wllli im n and wncll ict both tvoy maile very fitting re- plirx thanking all for tlulr klml r- membrance lunch was red and a medal half hour nt building tlbt ojmn air -4srt- for kkatlng jr on llor avmuf thi wk lftrou4hl hack uollcionsi of llmr atn air tkaling xlructum and facihtlkra ilial uvivn t urtiduim ritlrr in artoil plirst kwrcv of ice hurfaor with likaalai around it and playing of hocky in a defined area that 1 can recall in acton was down on the mill lond that must hav been wvll over forty years ago and i think it was erected by the fellows who wanted lo play hockfy at any rale when tlieoe layers came down they ordered the young sters off the surface while they play ed so thty muii have had some priority harry colette was one of the stars uf that time and i can also recall bob taylor and thats about as far as the lineup left any lrares- kjon i dont even remember any games leting played here prank mo intosli could likely name a lot more tin fin4 tension for 1943 of acton scliou board had trustees v ii rum- uyp sluny drp gonkesw 11 clayton and g a dllk present on tusrtday evening srtaiy wg middleton ailed jn the nwmbers nt hk lloaid to clmmnie a chalrnuin tr vms and g a dill- was trltded nlrftinn t teaiuming hm- kost mr dllk thonkl i le atknilmts ttr hmt honor acooxded and tuked for lite same cvioperallon as had trharaherixed the conduct if the board in the past ys fr rumley gavr a report on lh visifthe reftresentatives had male to council regarding securing the a-rr- vius of a public heallli nurse cnmntlllees were named as follow pinassfwv b rumley and g a dills property p s blow and dr p g oakes suiaplics w g usvon and w ii clayton accounts wre passed for payment a follows w p mooney repairs 1 lllfl kymon hardware supplies izot plllolt llros supplies 173 library hoaml officers reeleeltnl for the year at u meeting of acton ijbrary board tuesday cvenlng rev e a brooks was re4 lected chairman for the year and mr m m lcltch sec retary treasurer the financial re port showed a balance of only a few ci nls in the treasury and owing to increased cost of books it was decided to hav th chairman and secretary interview council wllh a reiuest that 100 additional he made to the annual grant v43ijleybau league starts again after the iioijoay season the volleyball league of the y m c a got off to a passing starflast night after the holiday layoff it was decided to play just one game with each team initead of tie usual two games so as to be able to finish hefotv midnight a number of new players wre on hand and make valuable additions to any team here are the scores for lat bight heard 21 macarthur 19 crelghton 21 heard 14 macarthur 21 cretghtoh 19 the league standing is now p w l crelghton 14 10 4 heard 14 7 macarthur 14 4 the next rink enclosure i can re call in acion wad known a the king edward rink it was located on lite land where live acton garage iww uands and liad the dominion tflotel on okie avid and the acton hotel on the oilier ide them w in dressing nutm- ami u h of gall sty along the wild of the rink uml iwirt uuy tloukii tlu kldeti for biefctulorv a high i imuinl ftic ncloxl tlu antlre place 1 1 cjin u ii r n ntlmt the lirvt mmi- lug for tin ir lurfuc uun tlani by jilting out tlu fir 111111 and rui ning u hii of lukm from the ijujiv i hull down to tit rink afh r tin lw 1 eiirhicv utm luillup flooding ui done with a itarrel limiint un i kit igh uml w tvprinkh r iirranit nu nt on tlu liurnl ilur- wf iv carnivals hockey game und nil sorts of evnts nt this rink ktuium tick- is for akallng sold at t tvnmmahu price im hoi sure lutlur it was muhlclially oiwiated or not the acton rink went from this lo cation to down by the powerhouse that is tlu section on willow street ikelween the school property and bax ters laboratories in fact some- of the land on which this building now stands it was another high board fence nclosurw with spectator- pace along one vide and one end i think it was t reeled by beanlmore co and operated by some indi vidual who paid sio or 12 a year for the ue of tin place and did the work of flooding and khovehjnglm- nglne free lighting wm supplied from the town tleclrl plant and water wait xulte accessible from a pipe from coreoratlon pond hi re hockey r ally came into its own in 1912 acton had a senior hocluy club with w p brown as manngmr gordon tleardmore twa- simr and j c clark as secretary s16t1 mr j 11 reld truant officer mr ceo t mann caretaker and mr w g middleton seer tary treasurer were nil re appointed for the yar at tlu kame ivnlarles n remrt of invictor skuce on the iuhlic school wan received and ktuiuel by tlu roar tlte r mirt guv u kpk itdld rvljw of tin work of the- etif nnil of lh car luk r hit iniritor uii alvii phoml wltn i lie iinproit hit ntu unit hm imii ctirrll on nt the s hmtl tlu r were rtcaimn udallonv for furthei chunu lite s4cr- lry wuw invtrucleil lo furnuh utli tuhlur nnd mr go mann the cantukr with utrarts from the rmrt concerning th ir work far the yeur mid to con- y to tin tiachers and caretaker the confidence anil appreciation the biuird has in the duties they art- per forming so well a motion was pawned authorising the chairman or v ll rumley and tl secretarytreafurejr to lgn ilteuues and ihecumertts on behulf of the board the matter of teaching music in the public school was discussed tvlnce u change was now necessary sine mrs heard had resigned as teacher uf grade i a motion was passed authorising the secretary to offer mrs htard slioo per year for teach ing music in the public school de tails of hours and kchedule were to be arranged with principal mckenxu- in concluding the meeting prin cipals lecltch and mckenzle thanked the board for the cooperation that had been given them the past year retiring chairman rumley was thanked by the board for his work as chairman ihv tost year and the splen did leadership lie had given and his conduct of board meetings mr rum ley thanked the board and the offic ers and teachers for the fine coop eration given to him in every phaw of school board work it had been his aim to make meetings brief and correspondent in a dispatch from al- during the year lied headquarters in north africa 1 the meeting closed with prayer by flew marshal erwln ronunera fleet january 5th reported the arrival in that battle area of a detachment of officers and ironcommissioned offic ers from the canadian army in eng land the detachment sent to gain battle experience included represent tatlveaof practically every type of unit together with somernedlcl-of- rev m fosbury lunch was served by mrs ulchatxuwn asstrled by my b veldhlua mrs agar mrs harris mrs evans and little arlln richard son and a social time was spent a very hearty vote of thank was given to mrs luchardaon for the use of her home and also to the lunch assistant st aij1ans guild elects officers for the year the january meeting of st albans guild was held at the home of irene marshall the meeting was opened with prayer by the president after which was the election of officers for the new years work vicepresident mrs brooks president mr c nelles secretary mrs b anderson tvcasuremir gordon currte social convener mr f stucky assistant convenor mrs c gib bons mrs n morton invited the guild to her home for the next nveetlng the mee4lngr was closed with tbe benediction then lunch was served and a social evening was spent k un lbulmslkcand he had full coopera rink that year lion nftatt dutlrn and hb i joyed the work ijile in january forty years ago acton hockey club met guclph at this open nh rink and beat them 11 v4o ijheilss for to 1 onsaturday of the mme week they played the beavers of toronto with a score of llto for acton an other guelph team lost to acton 86 a week later and acton juniors beat guelph juniors 71 in march 1912 georgetown played a game in acton and lost by 72 here is the first mention in the old files of that time of the uneup and 111 give it to you goal b clark point brown cover holmes rover ma- lone centre garden right wing william left wing c clark referee george adams georgetown take a look at it again boys not a spare on the team but that was forty years ago well the rink was there for sev er years and then beardmore and co came along 6ver twenty year ago and built a fine enclosure on their property where the legion hall now stands it had good stands for pectetota and band stand and excel- continued on pace fir cars went on sale f fere on monday the 1943 motor vehicles license plates and car permits went on sale on monday at the local station dimr j k gardiner the numbers for acton and district start at 23 k 1 just a little ahead of the i series is sued here last year the plates are black with orange figures this year only one plate is issued to be attached to the rear of the vehicle the license number of last year is written on the permit issued so that gasoline can be secured with the ration book which doe not expire until the end of march mr gardiner says that even the first few day saw quite a few lic enses secured apparently folk do not want to be caught at tne last of the season when quite often there 1 a shortage in plate and often a delay the 1942 plates are good until the end of february two months 1 surely ample tint for everyone to secure the new niajrtor i2 ssssaa i 71 k jm4jtu lfcr