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1 sixtyninth yeai no 8 acton ontario thursday august 19th im3 four homeprint pages fie cents free press again a leader annual newspaper contests batcvtd to hicfccr cfaw tins year actwfr pper winatunl plat fr bat ahmaa pnwm wo tkw ptatt fa ci tty service cwyhhhm 4 ft mil wm iiwtlw fai ttvmto ltrtwcf every year at the annual conven tion of the canadian weekly new papers association member papers f the aaocuuon which comprises ewer 500 across the dominion com pete tor the trophies for newspaper amellence la the various departments and with papers in similar circulation croups each of four classes competes for three trophies last year tax fan pana had some success competing in class til the trophy for the best ailround paper and for the best front pace came to acton as well as the award of merit for the third place heat editorial pace in the croup this year increased clrcul itlon of tarn pass pasna placed actors paper in class ii which comprises papers having a circulation of l00o to 2000 tars pass passa won third place and another award of merit this year the trophy for this class was won fay the powell river bc news and the second place by the town crier published in the same town powell river has two newspapers and is published in a town 85 miles north of vancouver bc which has a popu lation of between 7000 and 8000 the mark given to the three papers in top place- was powell river news 79 and the charles clark cup for 1943 the powell river town crier 78 and tmt acroar fas pksxx 76 commenting on the contest mr wilfred h goodman the judge had the following kindly comment re garding actons paper- another notable achievement is the case of taw actom fas passa which was judged the best allround paper in class three last year entered in class two this paper ran a good third to the two powell river papers marks in the various departments attained by tns fsrs pass were as follows 26 out of 30 for local news 8 out of 10 for district newt 7 out or 10 for editorial page 4 out of 5 for front page 5 out of 10 for local ads 3 out of 5 for national ads 3 out of for classified adti 8 out of 10 for typography 3 out of 5 for lay out a terfect score of 5 out of 5 for presswork and 4 out of 5 for gen erala total oi 76 in the same clans two the fergus newsrecord won the mal colm muybeth shield for the best edi torial page with hie powell hlver b c news second and the cnnn- noque reporter third tile powell river news won the m a james memorial trophy for the best front page with the ahbolsford bo news second and the granby tradermull third the winning paier in thlstiuss had a wore of kh plus ths pitt 1sksa murk was 77 in thu front pace event in the 193940 content tins fas paicas won first plait for the best front page and third phuv for the best editorial puce the award won this year makes k certificates of merit won in these contests by tint faxs pssss in the past four years tki fbek psks had another entry in the convention contests thin year this contest was for the plot on gazette trophy for community ser vice this trophy was won hy the powell river news with the powell rivertown crier in second place third place was u tie lie t ween the whltehorse yukon star ami tmt actom fees pskss and these four pap ers were highly commended by the judges for their entries mason trophy best ullround paper 2000 circulation or over vernon tbc news david williams cup tbest editorial page 2000 or over fort erie lont timesre view amhemtburg echo shield bet front page papers over 20001 sus sex nb kings county record brampton conservator second and fort erie timesreview third in class four for paper under 500 circulation the almeda dispatch won th charters cup for best allround paper and the h e rice trophy for the best editorial page the pilot mound sentinel won the printer and publisher special for the best front page in this class in class three in which ths farm picas was entered last year the craston bc review won the hugh savage shield the tjryden observer was second and the kemptvtlle ad vance third the crerton review also won first for the best editorial pace in mils class with the creemor star second and the hespeler herald third the dryden observer won the award for the beet front page with acton institute holds picnic for august meeting the annual picnic was the august meeting of acton womens institute in the park here roll call was an swered with your fathers first name the business s was conducted by the president mrs fred anderson and mrs earl lambert had charge of the picnic part of the programme following are the results children under 4 years lavld hunter marie lambert children under 6 years betty mae lambert nora robson dropping thecloths pins larbottle chlldren ronnie hunter adults mrs j dobbie throwing rolling pin mrs fred hunter kicking the shoe donna ander son donald davidson shoe scramble ethel hunter joyce greer hoop race mrs gamble bean race mrs earl davidson and jackie spot race mrs j ie gamble relay race mrs e davidsons side 1 time race mrs r johnson soda biscuit race joyce greer quht contest donald davidson childrens relay ttace joyce greers side geography match joyce greer a display by some of the wven girts was enjoyed after which all sat down to a wellladen table and en joyed a good picnic supper ah en- joyed themselves this week spmlalljr writtaa to by ht- u goumn fi illi ho nan wrtfc new president cwna- 100 blood donors needed for next red cross call another appeal comes for 100 blood donors for the went blood donors clinic in acton on tuesday august 31st thats n big increase from the last clinic and the committee heed the assistance of all if acton and district is to meet the call if you will volunteer please con tact any of tho local committee at once the committee are g rog- nvuldson w benson and e s force toronto august 1jwcpj- premier george a drew lomember lro- s-essive-coniervath- cabinet w a sworn in at the ontario parliament buildings tuesday by lieutenant- governor albert matthews the new administration was announced just 13 days after the defeat of the nixon government in the general election the cabinet members ridings bracketed prime minister president of the council and minister of education george a drew toronto hieh park provincial treasurer and minister of mines leslie m frost victoria minister of agriculturecol t i- kennedy iveu at lomeyceneral leslie blackwcll toronto egllntonk minister of highways and public worksgeorge ii doucett 4lnnark minister of health and public wel fare dr r r vivian 4 durham minister of lands and f wesley g thompson kent east minister of labor charles daley lincoln provincial secretary and registrar and minister of municipal affairs g ii- dunbar ottawa west minister without portfolioceo if challles greavilledundask mr drew and si members of the iiew cabinet are veterans of the firi great war the cabinet is reduced from 12 under the nlxon regime only mr kennedy and mr challlcs have had previous experience in pro vincial administration the latter i expected to be appointed to the hydro commission a post held previously by w l houck of niagara palls who was also a minister without 1 portfolio the 14th premier of ontario mr drew with his ministers took the w j- row publisher of the manl- tou western canadian of manltou manitoba who was elected on satur day president of the canadian week ly newspapers association pretty wedding in uuiteil churcli tucsdav afternoon graceful standards of gladioli form ed a charming setting at the united church acton on tuesday august 17th for the marriage of margaret jean only daughter of mr and mrs roland roy arnold of acton to air craftman allan john charlton mer cer rcaf son of mr and mrs thomas mercer of london ontario the reverend c l poole officiated assisted by the reverend a walter fosbury mid fern brown was at the console of the organ and during the signing of the register mrs a walter fosbury sang the wedding hymn o perfect lovw the bride given in marriage hy her father was lovely in a gown of gardenia white faille with bosque bodue long tight sleeves and a dainty flounce of chant illy lace edg ing the deep net yoke site wore a fitted calot of the same material with a flounced drape of chnntllly lace framing her hair her flowers were i employees of the acton machine shops enjoy fine picnic i emploees of acton machine simp i their families and their friends had a nne social outing at eden mills on saturday where he company plan ned a picnic between co and 71 enjoyed the races swimming ball eme and dancing which were part of the program and of course the children and grownups too enjoyed the supper provided ice cream and pop for the children added to the climax here are the prize winners in the various races and contests young girls race eleanor spltzer anna spltzer young boys itace fred jennings joe jennings young ladle una braida young men nino braida boys race armand braida orange race ladles mrs o look er men ted tyler tie race mrs j wilson and nino braida m time itace ladles mrs w gowdy men oscar locker youngest child present conine walters married ladle mrs kenneth blow married men lome walters cascade of joanna hill rosew step- oath of office in the lieutenant -gov- j honotlu and c wan won in emors apartment in the parliament mrs loul richard mccill as hta- bulldlngs the oath wan ndminlst- tron of honor and miss geraldlne ercd by c f bulmer clerk of- the wilson n brldcumald wen gowned alike ln twopiece suits of evening green moire with pleated cimulcts nnd perky hnred peplums they miss m anderson addressed meeting of knox w m s the auuust meeting of the pres byterian womens muhlantiry society was most interesting und educatlonnl with u very good attendant i unn held ul the home of mm w chlhliolm with mrs frel blow presiding the opetilnt devotional period was con ducted hy mm e j gamble mrs f l wright nnd mm e w ander son the miiin item of the meeiu was the remirt given by mm hurry mnln- prle from the blue liook giving de- alls of the splendid uork done by he deaconess of the western parts of the dominion miss mary ander son who is home on leave from saskutmm also guve u more full uc- mnt of the work in her own sphere nt sintkutooh following this mm e w anderson rendered a well hosn solo entitled v the one with accompaniment by miss mnry nderson the meeting was closvd with u dulnty lunch and a social hour wus eujott farmh for kciiooit london cim school teuchem in east susss are to go to school themselves as part of n county farm for schoolii drive the tench- em are to ite given a course in ugrl- cultur tlu oeemore stur second and the uonshind bo miner third the editor of ths fsss ises u lileamd that the place in its field is being maintained for actons news paper naturally in a higher class he competition is a good deal keener credit for maintaining our news paper is shared with the lqyal utuff of r j ibobt macarthur foreman j c cam currte linotype operator and miss dora wood in charge of the business office and the editors sons david and jfcmes who have helped out after school hours on holidays and on saturdays with that loyal group of correspondents who every week turn in their budget of inter esting community news and with mrs g p clarke of ginger farm and other writers who contribute to our columns and many friends who regard ths facs passa as an important part of the community we share any honor which may have come to tarn actom fkkpsiss executive council premier drew attorney general blackwcll and provincial treasurer frost are lawyers agricultural min ister kennedy u u veteran memlv- of the legislature being llrst elected in 1019 he has farmed for 41 yeati und served in the first great war mr doucett is an insurance exe cutive and farmer and former presi dent of the ontario good roads as sociation the appointment of dr r p vivian brings a medical man hack to the ministry of health which was administered for several yearn wore forwardtilted hntu in fringed moire of the same shade nu their drcses nnd carried cascades of ivory amethyst and wine flowers the liest man was mr robert mor- cer brother of the groom and the ushers were mr gerald stapler nnd mr bev arnold at the reception tit the home of the brides parents the brides mother received she wore mi aqua gown with navy nnd nqun ticcessorlos and u corkage of joanna hill roses she was assisted hy the groomtt mother momentous decisions will be made at the forthcoming conference to be lcld by prime minister churchill and president roosevelt in quebec al though there is no definite word of plans forthe meetings the impres sion grows that discussions in the capital of old french canada will deal with the invasion of europe arrival of mr churchill his wife and daughter and the chiefs of staff of british sea land and air forces and the turning over of the chateau frontenac for the meetings led to a riot of specu lation the british leader was met by prime minister mackenzie king and the cimadlan war cabinet at the weekend the whereabouts of the british prime minister were unknown although the canadian war cabinet had returned to ottawa mr mackenzie king and his personal staff were working as usual in quebec the cabinet is expected to return to quebec for a session of the joint warcommit tee of canada and the united kingdom the use of the canadian army is believed to be one of tlie subjects lielng discussed by british and can adian leaders a report from london friday said that it was believed the canadian 1st division was no longer fighting in sicily and gave rise to rumors of future canadian opera tions tribute to dominion one rumor had if that the division which otcratcd with the british hth und tho american 7th j sicily may rejoin the rest of the canadian army in britain in order that the dominion soldiers may go into future action us a complete unit all the re ports lacked confirmation at the weekend on all sides the decision to hold the conferences on canadian soil is bailed uu a fitting tribute to the dominions great war effort and as n recognition nf the power nndf fighting qualities of her armed forces in the meantime the germans are making desperate efforts to get u many troopti out of sicily ns possible allied headquarters announced satur day thfit the cvncuutlon wan in full swing and only rearguards hnvo been her tlower corsage was of red roles left to delay the british nnd amerl- following the ceremony n vudlirj jean advance in the northeastern cor- break f a t was served in the queens bury petty officer and mm sul miss helen molozzi harried at lake george miss helen j motoutc of wood- slde i i daughter of andrew mol- oxzie of acton ontario and chief petty officer leo j sullivan usn son of mrs anna b sullivan can ada street lake george wer mar ried july 14th at 0 am in th sacred heart church lake george ttu rev father j j kilduff pastor performed the ceremony wedding music was played by harry horn churcli organist mrs leornnrd iemay of woodside l i was her ulsters matron of honor and d leonard donohue of glen falls was lies man for the bridegroom for her wedding the bride wore n i streetlength white droits of sheer white crepe and a white picture lint with veil site carried a colonial bou- quet mm lemny wore u similarly fashioned dress of nqun sheer crepe nnd matching color small hat her corsage was of pink roses mm sul- llvan mother of the bridegroom was dressed in an aqua ensemble with i blue accessories and matching hat weekly war commenlarv hpnfelljr writtoa far bv nuvh 1jovk maff writer inflation danger is imminent unless all ooperate uonald fordon one of speakers- at war conference of can adian weekly news paper association ly ilnrold klrliy toronto lawyor wesley o thompum new minister w f y- croon nothe of lond nnd fore i a fnrner unnl w chok urnln denier und ijbor mlnuter j to daley lins lwen ninyor of sucnth urine for tlve yenm mr snaffle hvnn then left for weddlnk trip to oike placid lie ik ktntlontml lit rnmp- kon for trnvellfnu the hrlde ciiom twopiece hv of nnvy hlue with which ilie won nnvy neeekmtrlefl and a eorunie of romi upon their re turn aircraftman and mm mercer will reside in lindon igpi was tlmt elected to the leulslnture in li29 serving as provincial m-ere- tary nnd minister of game and llsh- erles in the henry cabinet provin cial secretary dunbar is head of the willis- business college ottawa northern ontario iti without rep resentation in the hew cabinet in this urt of the province the ccf made virtually a clean swhp and w l miller the only memtter of llw oldline parties elected in n lllvernl interesting meettings of it y i v past two weeks mr len atkinson hud charge of the rypu service last week the j in 1042 i hi enlisted in toronto two yearn sergt stewart maclaren retorted missing in overseas operations setgt stewart muclaren itcaf son of mr and mm alex muclaren of georgetown la repotted ml using since operntlonu over germany on auyust 10 according to word received by hu parents stewart is ri mem ber of the famous u c af moosi squadron and has taken part in a great number of raldu over german indiiktrlal cities since going overseas president umi the business- discussion following the rending of the script ure iesson b mr grundy mr at- klniioti led in praer mr w coles wing in the garden r mr atkinson spoke on the llth psalm misses wllmii arul helen went sang u duett by faith not sight mm w anderson closed the service with praer the ivgulur meeting of the bv pu uas held in the church on tues day evening with the president in charge a sing song was followed by t he roll call and secretarys report matter warren wagner sang a solo and mm jteta lincoln read the scrip ture lesson mm chak lindiborough led in prayer miss m k anderson presbterlan deaconess in saskatoon and former missionary to korea was kpest speaker she used as her sub ject surrender and save a most interesting talk a hymn and prayer led by mr l atkinson concluded the program ago and trained in canada as an ob server at toronto mccoll macdnn- ald and portage la prairie he was iikn on the east coast for a short time after hlii arrival overscan he trained us a tmmlmrdler sergt maclaren wan wellknown to many in acton by ymca mem bers when his father was the first supervisor of the ymca here all hope that his parents may receive word of hlti safety soon worlds ci ant titos i35ndon cp the worlds larg est tugs are being built for the royal nnvy in brit lib shipyards several already are in commission they can tow over long distances anything from a battleship or a giant passen ger liner and in tonnage they are al most equal to medlumilzed destroy ers beardmohe employees to enjoy picnic here saturday an event that will ne of reul in terest to a large section of the com munity is the big beardmore a co picnic in the park on saturday the program being prepared shows a number of tlno features that will make this outing one long remember ed among them is the visit of the 48th highlanders band races a softnall game between toronto senior ladles teams enter tainment dancing and of course the picnic lunch are nmong the items planned that will keep the park a lively ipot from right after dinner until eleven oclock that evening acton airman arrived home after year overseas lac john allnn tarzwoll or acton hi back from oveiseas und arrived home on leave thin week after more than u year with a conversion unit of the rcaf in england word of his leave came an a com plete surprise to hlu parents mr and mrs h it rniwell victoria avenue the llrst intimation nf hit arrival was n telcgium which they received stating buck in canada for training will lw home within a week ho arrived home on saturday a few days after that message j lac tarzwell enllsied in toronto in july 1011 and after two weeku at manning pool wh trained nt st thomnu and caluttry he landed oversea ax an lac on may 1a 1011 while an ac at st thomas he was awarded an it c af tt s honoi student modal he received bin education in toron to and at the time of his enlistment was employed an a draftsman hy a toronto tlrm his parents moved to acton since he enlisted hut n sister mgs hazel tan well is still in toronto the area planted in potatoes in great britain has been increased by 80 4 since the war began wjtls has charge of service in the united church the womens missionary society had charge of tho morning service at the united church during the ab sence on holidays of the pastor rev a w fosbury the president mrs h caldwell was assisted by mrs mclaughlin and mm a t brown members of the society comprised the choir and mm r l johnston mm caldwell and mm j r ken nedy contributed a trio number in her address mrs caldwell urged that proper training be given child ren in order thnt good citizens may be developed she also urged that the church plan for the postwar days and to be raniy for the task when the soldiers return from the war ner omhe i sin tut late inst week rnndazo and riutkte fell to american und brltluh forces this put brltlhh troops in a poultlon to threaten the lust escape route of the cermain from the rnn- jiv0 area tle main body of nufi fotcck in flight from the mountain road junction wnu headed toward taoimina for a inch up the const to mcginn icotne bombed again full tire of the badogllo government to heed allied war nine mid seek peace has remitted in renewed uerlul attacks against itome milan turin nnd other placet on the italian main land to make the allied threat doubly plain to avis powerri ameri can liberator bonilurs flew over austria for the mist time in nearly a year the attack made on wiener n stndt miles south of vienna coin- tided with the american bombard mont of railway yards in home and followed up overnight assaults by tho ra f on milan and turin while italian crowds shout for lumce dispatches reaching iondon newspapers at tho weekend from the itallnn frontier said that all pasjun- uer traffic had been huh vended on three rallwayu running from austria into italy the lilies were snld to have been turned over to the move ment of german troops and equip ment into northern italy ijrge num- btm of german planes were sighted flying into italy drive on mmnlrnsk with the capitulation of kharkov apparently only a matter of hours soviet authorities announced aug 11 that a now drive had been opened on smolensk about 400 miles northwest of the ukraine metrotolls there is every indication thnt the germans are unable to adopt offen sive measures at any point on the long eastern front- and the fall of kharkov is almost sure to force a withdrawn of german troops in the south to shorter lines behind the dnieper river the importance of the russian drives cannot bo underestimated while a shorter line of defence will release many german divisions it will moan that hitler will be deprived of the great groin harvest of the uk raine the german hold on the crimea will be broken political repercussions in the bal kans will bo tremendous aa it is the germans have all their work cut continued on page four a gathering that had representa tive of every province of the domin ion and from the yukon and new- foundland and was part ciliated in by over am delegates was the annual j meeting and war conference of the canadian weekly newspaper associ- i at ion held in toronto on thursday j friday and saturday last it w the largest gathering in the history of i tlve association over which roy p mclean publisher of the klowni i ho courier presided publishers i were also present from the united states and took part in the confer ence we couldnt bee in to tell our read ers in these columns of the vcnts crowded into those three dnvs days that beean at hjmi at breakfast and concluded late in the evening much of it would not he interesting to those who are not engaged in tin- news- mprr business kvery breakfast luncheon nnd din ner had an outstanding speaker en tertainment was limited only once did the group leave the hoti and that was for entertainment on friday wcnlng at caw loma where there was dancing a tour of the tasik und lunch served at noon on thursday walter p zeller was guest speaker and his sub ject was whither poatwur can ada at dinner that evening hon george drew premierelect made his first public address since the elec tion his address was hroadcmit over tlu- cijc national network so that you had the opportunity to hear ex actly as we heard that evening the- u wards were made in the newspaper t rophy events und tiic fa v pas editor brought luick one of them which is on view in the fskc psehh w indow the morning nnd afternoon were taken up with rcvrtu and discussions while the ladles enjoyed u tour of the robert simpson hlor an ad dress by anne anderson perry and u itcmnko show under the direction or mm altken at noon on friduy the hoy scouts association were hosts to tin irroup and mr john stiles chief executive commissioner wan the uivwiul speaker the boy scouts of toronto district presented a colntful pauennt the cavalcade of scouting at dinner on friday mujor con boy of toronto wclcohied the delegates and mr kllot wnrburton represen tative of the british war information office wnu the speaker hu suhjet the weekly newupaper in war time a radio vai lety show was presented by cbl and if you lis tened to flint station from hio to 9 that evening you heard the same show that we saw and heard saturday morning nfier hieukfast w e heard hon george i loadley chairman of health commlttei fed eration of agriculture uuve an ted- ilress on health insurance juv thos mcdoripmid secretary of bap tist puldlcat ion cummlme also ad dressed the withering oifchilstlnn ktlu cation advance movement at noon on suturday mt george mccullouuh presided at a luncheon given by the publluhem of tlw gioim ii nd mall the gueut ikaker wus mr donald cordon chairman of iw prices and trude hoard many of you will have read parth of his ad- diesu which wnu given w id public ity in the dally press we wish we could givejt to you in full because of its importance nt this time here are a few udtatlnn the imulatlv4f effe of khut tildes of civilian supplies und raw materials machinery and manpower u exerting more pretisuic now than it any tlmw slnte tlu beginning of the wr manv jieople fedup with restriction nnd controls nie tending to hit nlfjshncs rule thlr judgment otittttm that in so doing they not only weaken the drlvo needed for the knockout punch to our enemies hut ax well they risk losing the benefits they have achieved by their forbearance and cooperation up to the present time on every side the pressures to which i refer ore making themselves felt labor is militant and demand- continued on page three coming events nrrtnenii of uceilnn c- other rvanti ininr thl id cent p charge for any a arc charajad jth a minimum nnonncrmtni nt age dance brook vl lie hall doris hulls orchestra ernie packer floor man ager tuesday august 24th