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rilh acton fttee psess thursday apiul 2h 1u m tamm tajn m 1mi m sto itaatailmmii as sss ass ssts rexdmr aid mrs- john r bn t wlaana are tappy to announce dw tlrth oc ttieit stn barret john at can mam hoanmal ratthttoa on snnday april lftth m btnntewailne at he united mia brum pargetex has had a cable cram pte jerry pargeter nny- fag he arrived safely nw thanks to regular garbage col lection spring clennnp time isnt nearly ao heavy aa it used to be a victory loan poem by a for mer resident of this district will be found on another pace in this tame the municipal officials are mak ing a fine job jm clearing away the amad from the jsjehway through town a picture show arranced by the local garage operators last thursday added a tin lot of scrap to the local pile every week la salvage collection week in acton just put the salvage card in the window and the collector will call the weather on good friday was certainly ideal for spring and the weekend favored the display of easter toggery when will the victory bombs go off in acton purchasers of bonds have an opportunity to win 25 each those flags on mill street are pledges that citizens on the home front will do their utmost in the fourth victory loan early purchasers of victory bonds set two estimates in the acton and district blitl bomb conttti see page one for particulars with extra salvage in springtime more workers are needed at the sal vage rooms mr r w lowrle will be glad of some more assistance those bells and whistles on mon day morning are only the first of the noises in connection with the fourth victory loan the question u now when will the blitz bombs explode tobufandos play selves although a score of noted holly wood actors and actresses played in support of paul muni in commando strike at dawn featured at the gregory theatre here on monday only 2 per cent of the cast of over a thousand were professional screen players the others were canadian soldiers sailors or flyers loaned by dominion defense authorities to in sure the pictures authenticity erin itec j a grant of alton former- ly oterin ha accepted a call to u pastorate charge in nova scotia not far from halifax mr and mrs wm eagles and fami ly have moved to the mcmillan farm on the ninth line erin which they purchased some time ago rev a d maclellan pastor of bums church has accepted a call to baddeck and middle river ns pas torate charge and will be taking up his duties there early in may if last july uhlle employed b flor ence stewart drawing in hay lau rence rowbotham maple valley dls trlct farm hand lost a tlvedollur bill stewart found the bill in the barnyard the other day georgetown a scout troop has utrxad boon formed and now the maps club have undertaken to sponsor the formation of cubs mr albert tost and mr jack armstrong v ill be in choree fifty members of verdun kebekah lodge assembled in the lodge rooms tuesday night for their unknown friend banquet a letter was read at the meeting of strathmore chapter iode from the department of national defence naval division asking the chapter to adopt a ship the motion uas carried and an initial outlay of s25 was made driving home from guelph about 4j0 yesterday afternoon mr and mrs h r goldham and niece mrs m holmes of acton had the misfortune to skid on the slippery highway caus ing the car to slew around and turn over nine of the occupants were seriously injured although mrs gold- ham who was sitting in the middle f was tverely bruised and received some nasty cuts all were badly shaken up traffic officer mason tn- vmtlgated herakl chukchhx fsmknim honob uude and cakm or ims weck neighbors and friends in churchill community gathered on w april 21st to honor miss edith warne and mr peter blnnle with a tnisorf- a f ogiain presided over by mr a swshamer consisted of community glag nailing by mrs ijnham solo by mis audrey mcarthur accompani ed by mrs w mcdonald two solos by mr sidney spear with guitar ae- apsahaent the following address ot congratulation and apenwsation waft read by mrs robert kerr acton april 21st ims dear edith and peter it u with feelings of joy and plea sure that we your friends and neigh bors gather round you in this hour of your happiness to extend to you our heartiest congra u on your approaching marriage and to express our best wishes for your future hap- you edith are one of our own girls bora and grown up la our midst and we are proud of you your happy smile said cheerful disposition have won you many friends you have proved yourself a worthy daugh ter industrious faithful and pains taking in your home life giving an example worthy of emulation this community has no need to be told your true worth for you have always been willing to do everything io ad vance its interests you will indeed be missed most especially in your home but also in the co you peter coming from east gray saskatchewan not so well known to many of uk but we know you belong to an honorable and respectable fami ly howeier we take this opportun ity of congratulating you on your holce of a life partner knowing that our loss is your gain you have responded to your coun trys call joining the fare of those who are doing their share in this war to help maintain the best and finest things in life we honor you for taking your part in this gigantic task when the conflict is over we hope to see you both together founding a happy home in our midst we join with you in your happiness hopes and aspirations and express to you our best wishes for a long prosperous and happy life together as a token of our good will and es teem we ask you to accept these gifu and trust that the will remind you of the happy time when the memories of this occasion have faded in the dist ance of time signed on behalf of your friends and neighbors lydia kerr edna russell isabel vangoozen after hinging for they are jolly good fellows a well laden basket of gifts was brought in by audrey mc arthur and anna graff peter and edith thanked their friends for thelr good wishes and gifts speeches were given by messrs bert davidson c swackhamer w linham r kerr f mcarthur and ross swackhamer lunch was served and the remainder of the evening was spent in a social time and with games w t patterson ro npeeleust 1st rje rissnlsnllsn tlslsuptlst im wynduam s1v guelni phone slag completely equipped offices below maher shoe store notice be dogh at laswe paragraph 5 of bylaw no 738 of the village of acton provides that betwch n the fifteenth day of may and the f ifte nth day of september in any year dags within the municipal ity of acton will not be permitted to run at large person permitting doc to run nf large during the above period ur liable to a fine of 510 xi e f hakhop 41 j municipal officer dispatches early this week from alued iseadouarters in north africa and other sources all reported fur ther successes by british american stad french forces a their coordin ated drives to cut through the axis defences in northern tunisia the british 1st army was stated tuesday to be near tehourha holding ffrritlmw about 25 mjlles west of tunis the advance in this sector was made after four days of cea attacks to the north between medjexel bab and the mediterranean american forces are pushing their way through difficult country and at one point ad vanced so rapidly that german rear guards were unable to bury their dead french forces haw moved forwjitvl to overrun a lull overlooking ivant du fahs 3s miles south and ui4i 1 west of tunis while in the soulli thr british ftth army had made call near the ouu north of knfidatillc in all the areas where fighting i going on the german are puttim up fierce resistance and are teatlnj heavy minefields tn cocr ittflr re treat russian military authorial i are enthusiast 1c over the success of aerial attacks made on the german airfields and hefenoe positions in the kuban valky sector of the eauern front the soviet airmen inflicted heavy losses on the enemy this week russian observers believe that hit lers plan of air support for tiu forces attempting to advance in the novorossifck area has callaped at least for the present they asserted that hundreds of german planes hmvi been destroyed fighting has again broken out on the front south of leningrad a rus sian communique stated shot the ger mans attacked and the red army troops were forced hnrfr but in an ensuing counterattacst they regained the lost ground and wiped out a bat- of german infantry the admitted tuesday that soviet troops hold all of lake elmen ob the swstcti rrwit taeqettiee with the town of novgorod german strong point for nearly two years russia has broken off relations with the polish government an london accusing it of cooperating with germany in charging that the soviet union was re for the deaths of iqjoqo polish officers the british governsaent is expected to take immediate steps to bring the governments together again the russian newspaper ixvestia stated tuesday that the poles bad made an impn ihls re when they asked the international red cross to investigate german claims that the russians had slaughtered thousands of polish officers in the nolensk area west of moscow smo lensk has been held by the naris narly two years tvte official russian position u lhat the germans made the charge to cover up their own atrocities in the district and the dispute is regarded in iondon as a temporary victory for german ropacandai conf rne betweeu prime min ikt r winston churchill and member if tlte pollkti government were held tucud and wediuttday in an effort to smooth vec ttw russian polish dif- fr nor premier sikorskl and act ing rortlun minister racxynskl saw llw prime minister who also confer red eparat4y with united states am hussador j g winant both ruujan and pollkli quartern in iondon say tliat tlte word mufl mntdon may he ttu most accurate descrii tlun of the rift in relations be tween tlw two countries instead of a definite break in the meantime at tacks on lie polish covernroent have apmmtred in two soviet newspapers ltfc4ia und lravda milton miss f m harrison wt has been spending the winter months at the borne of ner sister mrs newton in chicago returned home last sunday night mr and mrs p w cook have re- reived word that their son pilot of ficer robert cook of the rjcaf was seriously injured while on active service ills many friends hope he will so although several districts itavc not yet sent la contplete reports the red cross campaign returns to date show that we have exceeded our objective by nearly one thousand dollars com plete campaign reports will be pub lished shortly thank you well come kgala these words written with chalk on the blackboard of tansley rural school tn nelson township met the startled gaze of caretaker edward dix monday rooming when he opened the door of ute school house their in terpretation came when he found that lle teachers desk had been ransack ed and 3q cups stnd saucers of ulass together with two dozen plates mix lag constable harvey hunt is invetp tigating champion burlington car thieve went on the rampage on saturday night last tn this area and police were kept busy investigat lag the thefts and rounding up cars ii was reiurted at the regular meet ing of the council on friday evening that ten properties were liable for tax sale councd later pssst j a reso lution authorizing the signing of a warrant by the mayor for a tax sale it was revealed at the regular meeting of the council friday even tag last that the town had been pay log all relief costs and had been do ing co for i9u the 73 rebate by the rjroviocial government having been held up because of no settlecaeat yet in the relief frauds which occurred in lii latest reports from the hospltar state that ivudmastcr hent who un derwent a serious operation at the oneral hofciilal hamilton last fri day is progiesslng as well as can be expected wlille driving alung east street la dundas hut friday a truck swerved on i lie lipery pavement and collid ed with a r driven by f ll mack lin well known rsideol f our town mr mscklin luckily escaped serious injury zjwtt oslo norway tci with funds roalrtsftued by ritizens of stork holm sweden doctors of that city are plan ning a swedish hospital la this capital of ormanbeld norway to be staffed by swedish doctors matiom b o bacbun acta modern optical service aoojfto by e p head se sionm b d rachlin sionsouko to all whjiitii victohy ijoan by treasurers rale of land for taxes municipality of acton county of hal- ton prolnee of ontario to wit bv virtue of n warrant issued bv the reee under seal of the corpora tion of the village of acton to me directed having date the fifth day of january 1943 commanding me to le upon and u 11 the lands mention ed in the following ist for arrears of taxes and costs due thereon i hereb give notice that unless such arrears of taxei and costs are sooner paid i shall proceed to sell by public auction thesnld lands or as much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the said taxes and costs at the coun cil chambers in the town hall in the village of acton on the eighth day of july ad 1943 at the hour of two oclock in the afternoon acton ontario march llth 1943 fc h speight treasurer parcel no 1 owner oeorge wilds estate description of land and if patented lot 143w plan 227 main street patented years in taxes costs total arrears 1939 to 1942 tncl 24153 3316 f27769 4113 we must face these facts in 43 the cost of winning the war is something we can neither escape nor avoid viccoiy has to be paid for lec us face the pricesquarelycanadamusthavei billion five hundred million dollars for this fourth year of war where is this huge sum to come from taxes will yield part of it but whep all taxes are paid we shall still need two billion seven hundred and fortyeight millions and as a first step towards inveting that need the minimum cash obective of the fourth victory loan will be one billion one hundred million dollars true leading financial and industrial con cerns will take up a large portion of this sum but the amount left to be met by individual purchasers will be very greatly incrtaed two things will be necessary 1 the amount purchased by each individual will need to be much greater than in hie las victory loan and 3 there mutt be participation by many mat canadians in every walk of life in order to reach even our minimum objective more people must buy more bonds i realize that it will call for a supreme effort on the part of every canadian to meet this demand that the fourth victory loan will be the greatest financial challenge we have ever faced yet we dare not falter now unswerv ingly and rclentlessjycwe must work and save together for theiresulis of this fourth victory loan will be the inescapable measure of our determination our unity of purpose to achieve complete and overwhelming victory i know the strength the discipline and the united purpose of my fellowcanadians i am eonndent that we can and will meet this challenge ministeb or rinanci