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page eight the acton free press thursday february 1mb 193 mat f mrlas ltaislsam as dmk at hmmi at tals i ll sl i s itaariw hotleta ate asd me ass ttsa sitlllna foraoctrr aaaephkn90nir mlhn a staephanon of m banff toronto am ny bunr to an nounce the birth of their dauxh- fna sister tor boobr gary and glenn on saturday february oux at st auchaers hoapltal drybpmlt in weybum hospital on wednesday febr loth thomas winiam drysdass in bla 17th year eon of mr and mrs davldprysdalc ukmbat hl reatdeno knox av enue acton on friday february 8th lautwaner lamb husband of the late katherlne orr in his 81st year mcdougall at mayo clinic ro chester minn february tin 1943 gordon f mcfaourau fort wayne ind- in his 43rd year beloved hus band of hazel miner son of mrs mary mcdousall and the late leonard mcdousall rockwood marshall at her late residence elgin street acton ontario on tuesday february 9th 193 etaa- betli dobble beloved wife of thomas marshall irt her 81st year the funeral will be held on friday afternoon with a private service at the home at 230 o clock interment at falrvlew cemetery acton in memobiam crawshaw in loving memory ofa dear husband john crawshaw who passed away february 14th 1941 hu charming ways and smlllnc face are a pleasure to recall he had a kindly word for each and died beloved of all lovlruily remembered wife and family you et your new ration book for this district in acton the junior band concert plan ned for last night was postponed garbage collection day u either one day or the other since the change of days sunday is valentine day time to send nice messages to those you care about as a wartlmo valentine this year just plan to write one or more letters to the boys overseas its called the victory minstrels who are arranging tho big show for the first week in march the municipality of georgetown has purchased the bank of montreal building for 11000 it will bo used for municipal offices your grocery store has war sav ings stamps for sale help in the drive to berlin by buying them regu larly from him during february the thunderstorms and heavy rains have been a bit unusual for midfebruary but then this winter has provided many unusual things canadas food industry is out to sell a million dollars vorth of war saving stamps in february buy them this month from your local merchant the murray house in oakville was badly damaged by fire the other night this makes three oakville hotels to suffer from fire damage in the past few years the tender of the georgetown herald for printing the minutes by- laws and auditors report of the county council was s 1 55 per page and not 1125 as given in county council report last week mrs miniver comes to gregory theatre for two nights not only movlo fans but citizens generally will be interested in the coming to acton next week of that screen adaptation of jan struthers novel mrs miniver in which greer carson and walter pldgeon are teamed this picture will be the at traction for both monday and tues day nights february 15 and 16 at the gregory theatre here it is the story of an english woman of the middle classes and her family facing the terrors of war oh the home front and carrying on life with valor in t face of air raids attacks grief and peril the story is laid in an english vll- uge miss garson and pldgeon are husband and wife with a son in col lege he joins the raf pldgeon with other older men help at the res cue at dunkirk there are raid al arms touching human episodes finally a raid that wrecks the village but the villagers in their wrecked church llstento the words of their vicar and continue to carryon with felth lnthe future miss garson has a role that is in spiring and poignant and pldgeon typifies the sturdy spirit of the av erage britisher the story points out ttia growth of a democratic spirit under war trials the young romance is in the hands of teresa wright who la beautiful as well as a clever actress and richard nay ldbhuawj walter scott ijsmb on friday february sth ims at bis home on knox avenue death peacefully released from weakness one of actons oldest and most hon ored residents in the person of wal ter scott lamb mr named for the distinc tive m of his family tree the famous novelist sir walter- scott was the son of the late john lamb of scottish origin be was born on lot thirtyone concession one nassa- gaweya township and was in his eightyfirst year sortynlne years ago he married ka orr who predeceased him nearly five years ago and he and his bride built up a fine home on lot one c seven eramoea township one son orr who at his mothers death moved with his wife and family to the parental home and has devotedly carried out his responsibility of car- ins for his aged father blessed this union twenty four years ago mr and mrs lamb retired from country lire and took up residence on knox av enue while on the farm mr lamb was a faithful and efficient steward of the methodist church at crewsons corners and later he was a staunch member of acton united church which he consistently attended until falling health denied him the privi lege lie was a man of sterling chris tian character and kind congeniality of disposition which greatly endear ed him to a great host of friends mr lamb was a lover of music and a fine violinist the passing of mr lamb marked the hut of his family which consist ed of three sisters the late mrs henry mcgorman of winnipeg mani toba the late mrs william dennis of rockwood and the late mrs william lelshman of acton who predeceased him one two and tmn years ago re spectively and two brothers robert and george who were called home fifteen and twenty three years ago respectively the private funeral at the home on monday afternoon was fittingly con ducted by rev a w fosbury bjw dd of the united church and a much appreciated solo some day 1 11 understand was rendered by miss dorothy simmons the pallbearers were dr f c oakes mr g clifford mr e crlpps mr g graham mr lobert patterson and mr nelson lambert tho flowers were carried by tho five youngest grandchildren frances thomas richard donald joyce and christine miss helen the eldest grandchild is teaching near bracebrldge while walter and james are serving their country overseas floral tributes were the gifts of mr and mrs on lamb the grand children the dennis family mrs h a alkens tho lelshman nieces and nephews mr and mrs john dennis mrs emily murray mrs a orr and family nnd dr oakes and neighbors interment was made in the family plot falrvlew cemetery acton where several years ago mr lamb had erected a unique and artistic monument of stone the beautiful stone posts at the entrance to the park are another worthy enduring memorial a the y column saturday afternoon march 6th has been set aside for the ping pong tour nament for y members seventeen and under thire are two silver trophks to be given one to the best girl and one to the best boy tho win ners will be determined by elimina tion now is the time to get in some practice for the big day it won take long to roll around the ping pong tables are all fixed up and nicely painted thankstothe hnrdworlrof dfth evans and bill knight bad ucnther dldnt stop the junior boys from having a good party last night although the tobogganing had to be cancelled games on the gym floor was a good substitute and it dldnt take the bos long to work up an appetite and when the first call for supper wa heard they were down in the ys mens room in a flash jhe menu for the party was hot soup with crackers sandwiches cookies and hot chocolate all in all it was a big success and everyone went home full and happy well saturday is the big night jfor the senior boys and girls dance here at the y dont forget it starts at 8 oclock so come early the junior girls party that was scheduled for thursday afternoon has been postponed until saturday morn ing february 13th at 10 30 o clock may gray health committee members named for acton unit continued from page one drew attention of council to the leaky it of the arena root the rink had been inspected and no leaks found and the moisture complained of was from evaporation the clerk was tnstrncted to write mr roteon to this effect a totter and contract from the im perial tobacco co regarding the time clock and score board in the arena was received council were agreed to sign the agreement but the clerk was instructed to state the present lease on the building in letter to the company the clerk reported receipt of cheques from f l wright for credit on the arena insurance the total amount of the rebate was approxi mately 130 reeve mcdonald reported the ar rangements regarding the issuing of ration books by the local board a number of volunteer workers were required about 21 people each day the list of workers should be in the hands of the committee before next monday members of council agreed to cooperate in securing this help councillor davison and chief har- rop were empowered to dispose of old sleighs that had been used on the old fire equipment council appointed by motion the fol lowing committee to supervise the junior boys band messrs chas w mason geo w mason g a dills and dr f g oakes and that chas w mason be the leader and instruc tor accounts were passed for payment as follows e e harrop selecting jurors c 1 lcatherland selecting jurors j m mcdonald selecting jurors acton public utilities street lights and other electric and water services acton public utilities adding machine rolls actom fssx pass printing ad vertising etc bell telephone co services acton public utilities street lights and services w d talbot supplies w fryer wood whllller a co supplies e jennings trucking v stewart labor l woxman trucking team e coxe labor re snow j kerr labor re snow donald brown trucking labor ft brooks labor re snow e griffin labor re snow d brown labor re snow douglas mceachcrn labor re now thomas cutting labor re snow j kerr labor re snow e coxe labor re snow w gardiner labor re snow chas gardiner labor re snow f burgess labor re snow l robinson labor re snow acton cemetery board ser vice of employee welfare account january welfare account february peter hlltz removliyf snow f burgess removing snow l robinson removing snow municipal world subscriptions the salvation army rescue home grant l w waxman team and sleigh j kerr removing snow d brown trucking w gardiner removing snow charles gardiner removing snow e jennings trucking j w williamson removing snow j rafka n moving tinow ii gordon removing snow acton free library board on account h swltzer rolling nt rink premier joseph stalin of russia ap pears to have had good reason behind him when he sent a message to presi dent roosevelt forecasting that joint military operations of toe armed forces of the united states of am erica great britain and the union of fr soviet republics in the near future will bring about victory over our common enemy certainly the performance of sta lins own troops justified cottfldence for they had attained such mocnenlum in their counteroffensive against the germans and their satellites that it appeared unlikely the enemy would be able to gain a stance from which to conduct successful resistance while the russians were rolling loo loo 100 16842 45 24 ok 16813 284 500 2161 800 2 ho and and weekly war commentarv by h sj oobttson ander gen sir bernard montgomery and thousands of troops montgomerys forces are still jab bing at axis positions along the tunisian frontier but one force was reported last week to have swung around to the west to link up with allied troops in central tunisia the great battle in the small coastal area in northern tunisia may come sometime this month each day sees more axis troops and equip ment arriving in north africa land fighting so far has been comparative ly significant but in the sir battles continue dally with the allies reported to be maintaining air superiority asssstt jsv ssefeei the berlin radio quoting official japanese dispatches this week an nouncod japanese invasion forces had evacuated guadalcanal and the buna area of new guinea the admission regarding guadal canal means that united states forces have won their six months battle to drive the enemy from the strategic island in the southern solomons gen douglas macarthur announced some time ago that australian and ameri can farces had driven the enemy from buna in northern new guinea according to the japanese they estword the allies were stiffening th ir blows all over the world la buffered 16734 casualties in the two north africa tho british eighth campaigns but general macarthur army was consolidating itself for a placed enemy casualties at buna alone new assault on the combined german las n full army of 15000 men allied jt animals are turned out to -dfrlahlbg- ttthign o weather and particularly id low tsnrmtre they will drink only of water insufficient to tsfcwk fciv i 720 280 280 1080 140 280 185 280 4ss 420 420 715 875 243 2 43 70a0 44 08 44 03 140 105 103 800 1300 315 223 540 23 army from libya and the italian and german reinforcements sent into tu nisia across the harrows of the med iterranean the allies also showed growing strength in the air n strength which military experts believed would lead soon to a critical condition in the axis fighter aircraft command in af rica italy move whether as a direct result of afri can reverses or from some other cause mussolini sacked his son in law count ciano from the position of for- elgn minister in italy and took over the job himself he had previously assigned crown prince humbert to command italian forces on the rus sian front these moves were inter preted in some quarters as signs that the fascist state is nearing a crockup and that the due is striving desper ately to hang onto his regime by re moving possible opposition elements and concentrating all possible author ity in his own person the impact of the italian moves was felt as far away as tokyo where a radio commentator described italy as being located in a very pathetic geographical situation the an nouncer also felt it necessary to deny that italy is about to drop out of the axis italy s fervor for the war vvob not increased by the mounting tempo of allied air raids which previously were reported to have had n thoroughly demoralizing effect on the people germany too took on a sombre note calling for mourning for its lost stalingrad army and taking c greater and greater beating from al lied air forces which hammered al most incessantly at heavyindustries cities nnd points engaged in building equipping and commissioning the submarines with which germany hopes to open another ipring offen sive poised in britain further to worry the nazis were great british canad ian and american forces waiting for the signal to strike across the narrow northern seas at the heart of the axis nasi prerarious position as the russian offensive along the southern end of the long eastern front rolls forward there are many grounds for the belief that the south eastern ukraine may wwn be wrested from the german invndert only a comparatively small area of the caucasus remains in no1 hands and advices have stated that the jap anese on guadalcanal had been whit tled down from an estimated 15000 men to barely 4 000 the first contingent of fully trained operational bomber crews ever sent from canada to the united kingdom has landed nt british port the con voy also carried overseas other ttc a v personnel including members of the womens division and fighting men of the canadian navy the ra f raaf rnaf the fleet air arm the army and girls of the 1st british contingent of the canadian red crokscorps the fall of kursk was announced monday by the russians held by the germans since november 1041 the city hod been one of the key de fence positions on the eastern front it was captured after an encircling operation and the russians are ex pected to follow the same tactics in a drive on kharkov and centres in that area further south the drive against rostov has been intensified should the russians prove successful at ros- i tov and kharkov the german defence lines over the entire southern sector will in all probability collapse kursk ranked with orel bryansk kharkov and rostov as pivots of the german 104142 winter line moscow reports wednesday gave further indications of german inabil ity to defend strategic positions south of orel and withdrawal of the enemy to the dnieper river now appears probable bclgcrcd another german base r0 miles northeast of kharkov has been recaptured and russian forces are reported only 40 miles from kharkov itself trfl great industrial city of the ukraine in threatened from three sides following the capture of kursk and belgered north of kursk rus sian columns are threatening orel hinge point of the southern and cen tral rronts still other russian forces are pushing southward from krama- torskaya toward the sea of avv school by mail vacations out scholars of all aires in hlnte lands of prairie province studies as usual wv a- rdmonton cp thire wer no jjjltho speed of the retreat from thin christmas holidays for hundred of 403 100 70 70 230 00 100 94413 pool clothes for children fair exchaiuze will find billy smith wearing johnny jones puita in old britain quarter to rostov and the crimea is growing rapidly with the g rmans suffering heavy losses at the week end dispatches indi cated that russian forces were con verging on rostov from the north west and south and there is u distinct possibility the germans will evacuate to prevent a repetition of the stalin grad disaster red armies attacking along the donets river are menacing the north ern flank of german forces in the southeastern ukraine the attackers have captured several bridgeheads along the upper donets and unless counterattack are siicctssful the es timated 230 000 german in the area will be in a precarious position kharkov and kursk two cities vital to th germans are in grave dancer and their fall would result in the nnzl high command ordering a rt treat it is possible such a withdrawal is al read in progress the success of stalin s winter of fenslie has been remarkable the russlin armies attacked with a dolls aid russia london cp an exhibition of 2o0dlsbesutlfullydrtsctliailu slan national costume was held here and 40 were auctioned off the pro ceeds going to the anglosoviet aid london cp a national pool of children s clothing in which outgrown garments w ill be exchanged for others is being planned by the brit ish board of trade plans call for the pool to cover every garment needed from infancy to adolescence and each garment will be valued on the points system the basis tren1h in manpower and armament of clothing rationing in wartime brit- or lehnr to that of the previous ntn winter and overcame german hedge this means that if a mother finds h positions in a manner that sur- her son has outgrown his pants rated l prised even hoscow military auth at say five points she takes them to orltlei since the winter drive bean a clothing centre exchanges them for nl stalinerad in mid november the a voucher and in return is allotted russians clulm germany and the another larger pair laundered and aatellite nations have lost more than cleaned before being pooled 1 000 000 men churchill at tripoli started bobbed hair soldiers or the british 8th army were heartened last week by the un- ascqt kn tcp faithexpected appearanceof prime mints- celu actress wife of col a g mux- ter churchill at tripoli ray former m p and creator of the the occupation of tripoli an la has dobbsdhalr style in britain died at altered the whole character of the 52 years of age nmhltlous children youths and ndults in remote parts of alberta who gtt school i ngby mall through the pro vlnclnl department of education mollis that carry ktudy questions nnd answers are slower than class room methods so time is a precious factor to the provinces 3742 stud nts of tho coinspondenc branch of the department enrolled included persons of all ages who by txason of location dutus or age are unable to attend public or hlh scljool of the total enrol lee this yiar 100 are adults who want to catch up on their general education or on sonu specific subject quite n numb r the records fall to revnl how many hnve tnrolled because nt m chcled opportunities at high alhoo thi total enrollment u dawn about 700 from lost jenr and official in hivt si rvlce enlistments are resnon nlble about 500 children are taking j 1 1 mentary courses intermedial courses total 184 high school curses j 399 georpe bruc n former mlkionqr in manchuria u director of the cor respondonce courses pupils jounp and old pet their lessons bv plane 1 train truck nnd horse and return the m the itnme vvav to different teach era w hnnrtle the various subject offered in the course war he told gen sir harold alex- won cbe dropfl dkad with cjul sydney australia c p good news killed capt john c tucket t master of- a jritlshielghtarjvitohadg many narrow escapes from bombs torpedoes and mines he dropped dead when he was told that he had i 1 royal palace drams leading thea1bes 1 tooaw and faudat 1 journey fob 1 margaret 1 with 1 robert young 1 laraine day todat awd fawtav dr ciluspii7s new assistant with lionel barrymore phis the mccuerins from brooklyn- wlth william tveodik 1 sattnoav to tuhdav 1 johnny weismuller 1 tarzan triumphs hatummr to tuesday ray millsnd paulette goddard in the crystal ball 1 coming soon 1 locino av sjdxdw 9 with william iloldmi i hbraary read sttnap wc are pleased to co operate this month wii ill canada in the drive to bell more war sa have the new stamp booklets and a stock of take your change in war savings maple leaf cake flour 27c pkg red river cereal lge 25 p8 fluffo mortentng shortening 19c lb mince meat bulk 2 bs 27c coffex pound pkjf- ikc 1 pound plur 35c mo coupons xtequlrcd ivory soap med bars 15c neil sons cocoa v2 uchtoktulm rape nut 1 c- flakese plur lim florida juice oranges 25c and 30c do elliott bros mill street acton tatsss hen and now pictures slww belowtdeivinceilobcrt once famous alaska cruise ship of the canadian national scesibships as he looked when in peacetime oper ation between vancouver and alaska ports and above the prutife robert as she is today stnppcdjtf her luxurious fittings and converted into an auxiliary cruiser the prince robert which as one of the fastest cruise ships in pacific coast waters has been in war- service since early 1940 when she was taken over by the royal canadian navy she won special distinction by the capture of a large german nerchantman the prince robert is 01w of a number of ships of the cn national fleet which wen taken over for active war duty these included the lady somers formerly in tho west indies service which was sunk by enemy action in the mediter ranean in july 141 another ship of the company fleet returned to her borne baasb with inure than a half hundred wxiib holes or bomb splm ters in her hull she had been bombed out of pcnang und singapore but at each beleaguered port had sated precious suppltcslroin capture by the japanese after a job of temporary patching wat done on her hull she sailed for africa with yet another war cargo and eventually steamed northward to canadian waters the canadian national steamships also acta as agent for the dominion government in the operation of aais ships seised as prises of war save waste for victory tta auuw- wv mfumua ivbuxtiikmkljlmw avj sss