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exit jvtfam sttt ft sixtyeighth ytarho 0 acton ontario thursday apuil 1st i9u four honeprint pages five cents aetna scowl troop mark twattyfiflli krlhdhy with party scm the tmeaoyfth scooting in acton annhversary of snarked on scout and their ftlhm azarmbled at a banquet in honor of the occasion the event was held la the parish iu11 and about twentyflue attended the dinner arrangements were in the very cap able hands of the scout mothers aa- tlaton and a delirious and aallsfy- inc dinner was aerved if the bos appetite railed for a second piece of pie it was granted and many besides boys satisfied that yearnlng- bev forbes thomson scout master of first acton troop was chairman and following the toast to the king snloloquized on scouting and mhw of his impression there were song led by mr p coles which all enjoy ed the toast lo scouting was pro posed by troop leader dave dills and mr fred coles the second scout master in acton replied lie cave many reminiscences of early scout- lac told of the problems and the early highlights when acton troop was congratulated by the duke of gonnaught it proved most interest ing to present scouts and those of 1 other years and the fathers too the toast to the dads was pro posed by jack mainprise and the re sponse was given by mr artof dill mr george mason district commis sioner was guest speaker at this catherine and his address was on the subject things boys like ta do it was a message to fathers and mothers an urge for men to spend some time in playing games tu make the game of life more pleasant all boys like lo play games that fact la the reason for tha universal a ceptance of scouting by the boys mr mason had many practical sug- cestions for useful games for boys audi as workshops pets hobbles and showed how attention to these de veloped the boys life and character he urged that fathers take outing trips with the boys that the boy he not allowed to grow away from you and that common interests be main tained boys like to belong to something they like uniforms and assembling together and mr mason felt there was no finer movement than the cub pack or scout troop with uhlch to become associated a moments silence was observed by the gathering in honor of the scouts in the services of the king cpl geoff boulton a former scout master was home on leave and pre sented scleral badges and awards to members of the troop he also ex plained the significance of these badges and the qualification neces- aary to win them second cuss badges were awarded ken adamson and peter kanla first class badge was presented to fyfe somervllle and jack mainprise was presented with the green cord five year star were awarded to don evans and geo hal- linger jimmle spmvogel uas leader in voicing the thanks of the scout to the mother for the dinner und the lusty cheers from the bo guve evi dence that the troop uu with him mrs e w masters president of the scout mothers sulci the group hoped to make this gathering an annual event mr j ii boulton chalrmun of the group commltte led in the dosing t all repenting the scout promise a motion picture of the roal touf in canada and the united states u a lioun b mr k l wright and wa enjovd by ull overseas mail letter from the local boys serving in the cnao of we are suu fed up watting ttm some thing to happen actoordlnc to the papers we shouldnt have lone to wait now as the big offensive la promised for this year and we may get some part in it they are sure whipping us into shape lately we have red cross campaign goes over 4000 mark returns not complete objective shattered as polks endeavor to show appreciation of work red cross is carrying on with not even all the returns froml acton yet complete and with mas gaweya returns yet to come and part of those from esqueslag township awful lot of marching this year and cross drive for an objective havent really had a chance to get 2 from rested up i reached over 4j00o this wal the re- i j ip from the treasurer mr w k- x i am getting lots of rest right now zz fc r graham when we called yesterday though for the past few days two of u have been looking after billets while the battalion is on the move we are alone in a hlg english man sion and all we do i eat and sleep mostly sleep our rations are brought lo us and we do our own cooking our time i entirely our own but believe me doing nothing is really boring hut it doesnt take as much enrrcj r crrhlng v sure wish i had tsot fssx passu to read we havent received mall for quite a while as we have been on the move so much and now we are quite a few tulles from the battalion and they havent sent any mall up tsnt fas pa cornea regularly and v really look forward to reading it the people at acton and vicinity are sure doing great work in their war effort and we over here are really proud of them i havent seen an acton boy if uuese return measure up lo the same ratio that canvassers have met with elsewhere the conclusion of the campaign should see acton and dl- 1rlt with a total of between hvh and s5ouo or fifty per cent over the objective road condition have hampered the completion of the rural canvas but it i now proceeding and should coon be ready for complete returns canvassers in every district report ed from the outset belter donation and a greater appreciation of the work of the red cross this was noted in the industrial canvass which gave splendid start to the campaign it ha followed right through with most every call we imagine this will be splendid new to the boy serving overseas acton and district are backing them up hot with just what they asked for but jot h j t sufficient to supply their every place and you can t find out where l wh fwiy wounad they are iruloirr of uar momt the we were on a scheme last week for turns are in cash which will mean novelty contests feature gathering of friendly circle the frlendl circle got together for a social time last evening after the business was discussed elsie john ston and her group took charge after an exciting hunt for partner dorothy simmons sang two beautiful solos a basket of old fashioned roses and my task the first contest of the evening was given and bern ice held and peggy richardson walked away with the prizes after which ethel franklin played two lovely ptano solos an egg relay was run and the win ning aide presented with a basket of chocolate easter eggs while the loser looked on enviously margaret and ethel franklin sangl juanltu hats old and new funny and smart were paraded and the girls all heartily agreed that the hats modelled by alzelna gibson and miss bennett real ly deserved the prize after a boun teous lunch everyone agreed that a moat pleasant evening had been pent three day and it really was a tough one a it turned out that was only the beginning they went three day with about five hours sleep which was in the wood with one blanket i gties the family will be quite grown up by now arlof give my best regard ta them and also mm dill i read about mr mcpher sons death and i wa indeed sorry to hear about it that about nil the new for now sincere regard to all my acton friend ict hope before this year i out ill be able to see ou all again sincerely pte j m mcgeachie mr jdiii editor im acton fane psasa please accept my grateful thanks for your kindness in sending me ta fats patssi all these months it true i dont get quite every copy but very f w are lost it is indeed very nice to gel all the news from my home town and village of boyhood days its rather dull over here these day with the exception that a sneak raider sometime gets through and drops an occasional egg and more often than not they are brought down just a week ago a ju 177 was hrought down not far from our former camp the crew all baled out and its surprising how young they were from nineteen to 23 year old one of the crew haled out without hi parachute and strange to say he just didnt need it when he was found all the others were picked up and badly injured just lately i was on u ueekcnd pas and the day after my return i wa given l days leave so away i wnt again while in london i saw und luurd our former prime minister viscount bennett he wa the prin cipal speaker nt trafalgar square that da for the wing victory cam paign 1 must dose for now a the light are due to go out any minute now i wish to eonve m profound thank to the aton and district com forth committee for ull their klndiics to me hi wn of smoke t tc luting my siav in vntilund jut vetcrriu i got mrton from tin m no cheirlo for now with kindest rtkimls to vourself and staff iioitace w godfrey getting ready for victory loan drive here tjii month that extra calls are not necessary to complete the work once again acton and district has done a magnificent job on u war ef fort every amount given went in to make that total and we learn tliat most cahc where donation were nol given lllnes or some very reasonable cause wa the reason for not wrticl- patmg just u houn a r turn ur com plete ue will be glad to publish the figure in the meantime we nuggest you assist the canvasser by handing in your returns und making sure that you have a share in thl very suc cessful campaign well done again acton and district chinese relief fund thanks for help from here at the request of some organiza tion who have not yet completed their plans to assist the chinese war relief fund w will defer sending in the contribution until the end of the present week so tliat they may be in cluded in the amount forwarded this week we received the following let ter from mr d h clark the cam paign secretary mr g a dill editor tm acrow pate paua acton ontario dear mr dill thl will acknowledge and thank you for your letter of march 11th will you plcate thunk the citizen of acton through your columns for their generous responw to the appeal of the chinese warrelief fund a requested in your letter indi vidual afilclal receipt will go for ward from thl office within the next u day again expr klng our appreciation and thunk we rt main your ery truly v chinese wait belief fond d ii clakk nassagaweya mr elia easterhrook uf lot 21 con x nasogaweya held a very suc cessful auction sale of fcurplu uuck on friday last there wa a large crowd present and good price were reallted the women aiocution of eh- ntnat united church held a meat ile supper on tuesday evening march cttmh with a good program provided which wa enjoved by the large calh- ring ttresent mix edward by mum of ingertoll visited relative and frlendinassa- gaweya over tlteuieelzend the song offhv spring idrds are- heard again this wk balunafad pte allan and elwood ptrrymur of camp borden are home on a we k- iwl leave with mr and mrs e ivrryman mrs jameson and mr m swlndle- hurtt spent u few day in toronto mrs arthur spear 1 spending a few day in toronto with mr and mrs a price the euchre party in aid of the ited cross wa well utt nded the prize winner were mr t given und mr bert mcmcnemy mr and mr kirk of toronto wptnt sunday with the misies young the march meeting of the wms wo held at the manse there was good attendance which was most encouraging the roll call unu nn- tweivd with scripture verse the worship service- a outlined in the missionary monthly was led by mr jus klrkwood nsuted by mr f g short iii who sang the solo part the oplc from the study book urn given by mld b hilt mr mckay re- imtrted that new or good second hand clothing would be required for the liule thl year it wo planned to hold easier thankoffering some time in may mr a o w foreman read some interesting temperance items and mr f j shortlll gave u xhort talk on the stewardship of time the april meeting will be held at the home of mr it mcenery hi cum pa inn keretnr uml hat inc- it k hal kln another lift of nearly 515 fti cheek ing our figure puhluhed luwt wtek we find that the total should have been s13710 inutend of the amount totalled all htm were listed hut the addition wan incorrect here is the standing of the fund nt present pre louttly ac know lodged acton continuation school mr 3 as fccalg mimiro miss jean mccalg mr w g cullen 157 10 16 8 100 loo 5 00 180 95 the mitsicau social program at an organization meeting of local war finance committee i be- dublin literary ing held in the council chamber this evening in preparation for the the dublin 1 ucrary society held fourth victory loan which will be i their regular meeting on friday ev- launched this month all members entng of last week with the president of the previous war finance com- mr burkholder presiding the fol- mlttees and citizens who are wil- 1 lowing program was enjoyed solo by ijng to assist in this committee work mrs geo robertson piano solo by are invited to attend this meeting mary ritchie reading by mrs d joe the dominion objective has been an- i solo by doreen steelw piano solo by nounced at 1100 oo0ooo the high- margaret robertson solo by mr est of any of the war loans acton chas cutis lunch was served and district will need the help of all to the remainder of the evening was make the campaign a success j spent in dancing nassagaweya asno7 congratulations to lincoln cop land upon hi recent carriage mr w w dredge and mr w kennedy each had u quilting bee for the busy bee last week the dance under the uuiiplce of the busy bee wa well ut tended con sidering the dittugreeable weather they cleared 15f from the door and booth and sold ticket on u quilt am ounting to the uum of 12 05 mr murray currle holding tltkct no 152 was the ulnner of thk the victory quilt friend and relative of the late cuhin cnmpltell of moffat uere sad dened by the newu of hi death aut wednesday many attended the fun eral at natisjtgaweya presbyterian church saturday afternoon inter ment was made in falrview ceme tery acton deet id sympathy goet to hi uldpw and son and daughter- inlaw who are left to mourn the lot hoys band and assisting artists ivesent fine concert th parents friend and cilixens who attended the concert last even ing in lite town hall were please in deed with lite rore which ha iwen made by the lloyv band under hie leadership of mr cua mason ttw artut who assisted in making a varied hand program wne atsu ai- preciated mr e s force of the vs mn club wlu are sionsoring iim luritl iaua ltulrnian cor tin ev ning the band gave a nuntlm r of wi iw- llctns and the progressive slcfwl in training iim lo utv xplalnel by mr mason a few month auo none of llw m couh blow a luirn mr mason gave u cwmcuistratlon cut a itorn to vliow how the tllftvrtnt tone must nil im iwcurml by tlie uu of llw three valve on tlu instrument mr und mrs e w arufcrsou liave lieen as sisting mr masonyand mr amhrson played the ucccuniuinlim nt for tlie solo numlmrs kenn tli antlerson and andrew nicol gave comet solo and john agar and armand braulo gave a cornet duett headlining tin assisting artists were the iumbert twin of inick- wood ttiese boy have leen apiear- ing on program in tlu- district as sisting many war fforts but thl 1 tlie flrt time tliat un acton audience luis had the privilege of hearing them they king together splemlldly and everyone of their number drew a wcllmerltted round of applause kenh tli anderson gave n ccunlc song miss b van norman and mr ci dessereault gave elocutionary numlmm and mimj van norman also gave a fine vocal solo miss dorothy- frank gave a violin solo and mr w coles accompanied her it unu a wellrounded program and the c v nt poved most enjoyable and u fine ktart for the boy band weekly war comnienlarv bv ii 11 cmwdon aailia htaf wrtln ospringe mr and mr thaniu fine moved on monday to their farm on the sec ond line which they bought from the h it mccutcheon estate mrs norman bolter son of acton visited on friday al the home of mr und mr d f robertson the farm on the first line owned by the late mury mctuvluh wa sold last week to mcallister of ouelph sincere ynuilhy lu extended to mr archie sinclair in the death of her brother frank wllhle ofguelph r friend of mr william brown who make hi homo with the grundy family will ik sorry to learn he 1 confined to the guelph hospital with u fieart condition all wish for him u tipeedy recovery a numlter from here ut tended the funeral or the lute aicnc jackson on friday ut mimosa mr and mr alvin mccutcheon of guelph visited on sunday with mr ida tovell fat lie i i he closing meeting of the radio km im r forum which ha be eh held from house to house of it memlteis during the winter watt held at the hospitable home of mr and mr joseph frank und took the form of a progressive euc hre tarty and supper over twenty attended and all report on enjoyable time the nassagaweyn women insti tute held a dance at urookvlllo hall lh wednesday evening a large crowd attended all report a spit n- did time and a good cum was realized for the ladles effort mr and mrs joseph frank spent theeekend in ouelph at the home of their daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs cordon sllcox they called on mr william frank who has been- staying at the home of his daughter and soninlaw mr and mrs william andr n during the- winter it was the occasion of his elghtyfirst birthday and they found him well mr and mrs ijd britton spent a few days in toronto where they went to see their granddaughter mla vivian ellis who is in uniform and was there on a short leave orton a gioup of the younger folk en- jovcd a party held at the home of mr and mru harry slmpsony at murvhe last friday tilirht und r the iiutphb of the cut den club and till r port an mjoiuhte time mis shlrhy lumloni of dracon uho im been at the home of her uncle wallace grtyson slncu last fall returned home on saturday mr and mr win lane lutom- pa tiled by mr and mr mel burdt n of hlllxhurg visited with mr and mr moore arton recintlv mr and mr clifford wutson of dundu nnd mr l lyonw of erin p nt the ueeknd with mr und mrs j watson mr and mr jisse reed visited mr nnd mr purcy of mora on sun day mr and mr j b hun spent sun day with mr and mr h hurd or erin mr carl humberstone visited mr ii graham who tin been confined to sea forth hospital hut we are glad to report he is much improved mrs john heed visited mr ii rouen of elora on sunday mr and mrs j courtney and billy pte and mrs morris courtney of acton and pte billiard courtney of kingston were sunday guest ol mr and mrs wm courtney mr mlckeljohn of fergus spent saturday with her daughter mrs k c nevllls mrs norman cook spent the week end with her sister mrs r overland of orangevlllc i tlie imminence of the monsoon which will deluge much of india and all nt burma with torrent of rain and flood nent october raise a dis mal prospect for allied effort lo help china withstand japans strength ening of f nslve in five ml mir f wek the effort of the british ami indian force in burma whhl itave liven forced hack on hie muyu p n insula by jupanese cxiunter4iffenslve probably will be nullified y im- weatlm r unles a suekh ti initiative carri thim for- wurd lufore llw moiismui itie nwmsoon it upm ar will halt allied ffort lo reomii tlu llurmu inuul to china und tlu- cliliuu in uneil thed of supplu- ulvl tltulil lion ukv ilk ly u be press4l to iimi limit of i heir ndurunv j lit y oukl lie 1m ifwl by an offen sive alti1 surge in llw south west pacific whh h would dive rt juiaan uttntlon lhey could in im iped if the aiiu- could inert nse llw supply of unu und munition which clilm fighting now for five year against n hcttcrarnted foe and with little as sistance hu needed since slw wu ut- lucked fighting hlaee tsf since 1937 tlie ctilnes huve ab- sorhed jutams punish m nt and thlr refusal to capitulate uneh r tlw mct udveriu condition ha tied up fore- of japanese which might itave been used elsewhere against the united state australia new ya aland or for a stab in the hack at russia japanese und russia have just sign ed a renewal of un agreement that permit juianese fishing fhls to use russian water for their activities till ugrement renewable yearly ha bee n judged gene rally in the out- ude world to he u gauge of russo- jaianee relutlouu it hus laiised for uhoit iriod reteutedly hut hau so far iweti renewel each year its latent renewul ha been taken uu an indication that itustiju will not de clare wur on julian russia 1 liellc ved to have a power ful cashrn tumiy watching the jap anese hut to im unwilling to take on u new foe while the german are en gaging uucl n huge proikirtlon of ha force in tlie west hold ifeaeta base at the weekend the nazi drive in the eastern ukraine appeared to have lost a good deal at its momentum and moscow dispatch were optimis tic over the outcome of the fighting in thl vital urea for two week the german high command had thrown great masse of troop and tanks tigalntt the red army defences from relgored to chuguev east of khar kov in an atte mpt to effect a cros sing of the donets itlver but their as sault wc re repulsed it i probable that the german have betn forced to withdraw sev eral division from thl front to bol ster heir defence in the smolensk area tp the northwest where the rus sians continue to advance soviet communique nt the weekend did not disclose the exact position of the ad vancing troop hut- some unit are believed to im- within 30 mile of the big german base which i the dis tributing centre for a large part of the northern front springlike weather u restricting offensive ou rations on both side with the coming of summer it is probable the german will unilcrtuke another offensive on the eastern front hut it in unlikely that it will ukaime tlie proportlotim of tlie attackv in 1011 und 10i in vu of the thrut of allied invasions in the uetit und across the medlh rrntie an montgomery t onftelrlit we will not stop nor lit up until tunis has lieen captured und the en emy cither bate given ui the struggle or been pushed into the m h thin statement wu made by sir be rnurd montgomery in a message to the troop of the british ftih army us thty started their assault on the murcth line in southern tunisia the message rang wuth the same note of confidence thai encouraged th army months ago at el a lame in and the doughty generul has proved he is able to fulfil hi promises the mareth line in proving a tough nut fo crack but nazi resistance will be beaten down by montgomerys ham mer blow field farshal erwfn rommel forc ed the 81 h army fo surrender the bridgehead across the wadl zlgzanu at other points the british are inch ing forward and a communique satur day night operations are proceed ing according to plan in spite of stiff resistance british units which reached the el hammo area behind the mareth ijne after circling the german hank continued on page three service league gravis 100 lo red cross branch several lie acton and vicinity war service league made a donation of 9ioo to the local red cross at the meeting last thursday evening jn the cam- algn which lias been conducted dur ing mai hi donations turned into the organi zation were jo from the dublin wo men institute and 15 from the public seliool children plans were outlined for futuie ac tivities to raise fund tlw victory i minstrel hoped lo make tlwlr total j contribution over xi4 a a result of fourth p rfeirmaime scheduled for april lid ttw dublin institute und the rout motlwr are arranging for tlw old time flddhr to come to arton thl mewitli tor ti concert llw karate men loo are sonsorlrig a con- c4 rt the admission lo which will lie by u donation of scrap metal or rulkln r tlw effort w re approved by the tongue und date are being ar ranged for llw v nt mr boulton on im half f the can adian wool combing company of- f red to give to tlw ieague their ac cumulation of balling wire und metal strapping he would udvlse uhn u truck load wu rady and only asked that it be promptly removed the of fer wa accepted with thunk a thl kjilvago item bring in appro nutely is0 a year two more name were added to the ov rsca list to lw sent hoxi and other item bruce parg u r und mis daisy buchanan ijocal ttowtebs ijost in ames uv 2 scobe the mccutcheon liowlirn were uuln outluckeel uu they lost to cen tral ontario thl wek s2 despite tumic gocml liowllng l he score n morton mi 1ot 210 k4i llalihiun 1j u7 ihi- h4 muvjilct iyb isi- xu o krull 21s 3j1- s69 a slwttt 11 m 1k4 3l w corry 211 3x1 109- 76s mccutcheon 1024 vjtu 10t7 133i c tilrul ontario 1124 1154 11t7 14n special son hervice with dil austin ah ruest soumst a special service of aong and scrlp- tiim haw been arranged tor sunday evening in tlw united church dr ii s austin will be the guest soloist and will contribute five solo to the service will also assist the choir in the anthem mr a w fosburv and dr austin will contribute a duett ove divine all love excelling the service will have the scrlptur luuutage based on the solo and praise selections the pastor rev a w foshury will be in thurge everton sunday visitor at the home of mt jaw black were mr will black lowu ijne mr gcoge robertson ami daughter joyce and turn george vt giulph road wee kend und sunday visitor ut the home of col and mr will he ad were mr w fletcher mr j grieves mr and mr f murray und mr und mr kitchener head all of guelph fuu harvey jtstln of niagara tiixht hit have lust week with hu fumlly and on wedncduy he and mrs hurv y jistln vlhlteel mr und mr duncan kingsbury ut freeman mr and mr walter couling vis ited on sunday ut th home of mr titid mr i orne allen nnd family 5th mne miss m sunt r bus returned hi her horm having spent the winter ut the elliott home guelph sunday visitor ut the home of mr- and mr harold sunter were mr cor don rlddells norval and ml mary morley guelph mr and mrs bert palframun fuelph road tpent sunday with the toilers parent mr and mri w ii hortop miss jennie loiel returned saturr day to her home after visiting friends in toronto mrs o g robertson spent a few day last week wlths her daughter mrs george young town ijne and on friday accpfrjpanied by mr and mrs geo young and marilyn mrs norman robertson acton mrs d g robertson osprlnge attended the funeral of her nelce the late little agnes jackson mimosa mrs e shepherdson is spending a few days in guelph mrs w uherwood spent a few dflya last week in guelph wlh her daugh ter mrs e m awrey