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ttjw jut tt ft ss sixtyninth year no 25 acton ontario thuksday december lflh i1mj eight homeprint pfe five cents oat door rink presents ditticulties lor lee surtaee may movg to school grounds or fairy uuto aa bower ave soil utumued last year council made a deter- terralncd effort to provide an out door skating link to replace thn in door surface at the arena and provide recreation or the children and young people a late mart was made and the mow came thick and heavy and seemingly without ceasing and no skating was enjoyed but the equip ment was all ready for another year determined to set an early start this season the material has been in place for weeks waiting for the cold weather now it has been found that the around at the site on dower avo is not suitable biff quantities of water have been poured on but only to disappear without leaving any lev surface everyone will njrw thnl the weather has been cold enough councillor klrknes has explored the possibilities elsewhere and two options seem to bo open one is to make an oen air rink on the ire covering fairy lake ami have the dressing rooms on the shore in the park there are features to this plan thnt do not seem in the best interests and there are difficul ties in securing a hydrant close to the rink another alternative that is being explored is having the rink placed in the school grounds to the east of the public school building tonight the school board will meet to see if this can be arranged and in the meantime the ground is being tried out there to see if it is suitable to take the surface ugh ting and flooding con ditions will be simplified if this site can be used and it is fairly well sheltered and convenient to reach from the downtown section the children we imagine will vote for it at least christmas meeting of ladies association at mrs ii mceacherns the december meeting of the lad les association of churchill was held on wednesday afternoon at the home of mrs herb mcenchcrn the pres ident miss e ituksell was in charge of the programme the christmas story wns read by mrs herb meii- chern mm p freeman led in pray er it oil call was answered by scrlpt- ure verses mrs foreman took the chair for the election of officers and the fol lowing were elected president miss e russell 1st vicepresident mrs s griffin 2nd vicepresident mrs h allen secretary mrs wm but ler treasurer mrs ii griffin press secretin y mrs a brooks missionary treasurer mrs a kerr flower committee mrs m allen devotion al committee mrs foreman and mrs caldwell visiting committee miss e russell mrs s swackhnmer work committee mrs b leitch mrs s swackhamcr mrs blunle mrs k kerr and mr caldwell parsonage committee mrs s griffin and mrs r kerr mrs foreman closed the meeting with prayer after w hlch a dainty lunch was served tieoige a johnson has enlisted in the cnuwllan armored corps of act ive service and is stationed in torcm- united wms had christmas meeting at home of mrs p smith the december meeting of the wo mens missionary society of tbe un ited church was held at the home of mrs peter smith on tuesday mrs caldwell the president who has been seriously ill was unable to be present and mrs s j reid first vicepresid ent presided as several of the mem bers are ill the attendance was not as large as last year after the opening excerclses and business mrs w gowdy rendered several selections and a number of christmas carols were sung mrs b veldhuis contributed a solo mrs a t brown gave a reading entitled christmas story and miss m z bennett read the other wise man rev aw fohury read the report of the nominating committee and the officer were elected for the coming year as follows paul president mrs it mowat presidentmrs e of caldwell 1st vice-president- mru s j reld 2nd vice- president mn bert mo unt 3rd vice-president- mr j it ken nedy treasurer mrs a dills reckecretnry mm g ii kwltzer cor secretary mrs a t ilmwn christian stewardship and finance mrs a w posbury community friendship mrs f cleave supply mrs j moore mission bandmiss m z bennett baby band mru j gardiner affiliated c g i t groups mn o parker temwrunee mrs j symon life membership mm t wot win missionary monthly miss e haw thorne and mrs t watson pianist mrs jl it arnold assistant pianist mrs j it ken- hedy press miss k hawthorne auditors miss m e nelson ami mrs j symon mrs smith and miss smith served a cup of tea and lunch to the ladles which was much enjoyed a very hearty vote of thanks was ulvcn mrs smith and miss smith for their home and hospitality this week by john c soorr taaaillsn press staff writer toronto cp ontarios labor mlnuter hon charles daley thinks married women now employed in in dustrial work should be sent back to their homes and their proper reson- stbilltles in an ad ires liere before a meet ing of the canadian association of ivrsonnel publication editors mr daley said married women with child back in jail alter four days in zero weather chirks fcnio pound by enqueav injt fanner and offcm do resistance kxt11u1tf4j and uoakrned from x- our coupled with lack of food and water chart rvrrlcr 1h who rwai from milton county jail in weekly war commentary by j4m1n c ndtrtt tsusadia press nlajt writer mrs o- richardson chosen president of womens association the december meeting of the wo mens association of the united chtirih wns held at the parsonage and mru xv evans assist nnt pres ident presided mrs o parker gave a chilstmah 1 the rhalr was vacated and uev a w posbury conducted the pcilnd for the clettlon of officers for the com ing year and the following were el ected n pnst presidents mrs i hiirrlt and mru w evans president mrs d richardson assistant president mrs e jen nings ut vicepresident mrs i harris 2nd vicepresident mrs w evnttw secretory miss e hawthorne treasurer mrs p cleave church kitchen committee mrs s ueld mrs m walker and mrs huffman parsonage committee mrs l ag ar mrsnrlambert and mrs o-par- kor visiting committee appointed at meetings quilt committee mrs j moore mrs s held mrs n lnmlwrt and mrs j ueld pianist mrs a prycr assistant pianist mrs ii i john son after the business wan dluposcd of mis poshury and her assistants ser- ed n dainty luiuh a vote of thanks was glcn to mis poshury for her home and luwpltallu also the lunch omiilitte kev a w poshury i losed the iwvtlng with nrner ren who went into war work because i milton last welnemlay was captured they felt they were needed would in an almoat semi- conscious condition welcome an opportunity to return to sunday evening their homes t there were others who were using haymow of u turn on the farm of childcare centres to unload their re- j j chuhohn kmjuesing township hmmdbllltes these ersons would m w t of milton officers object to giving up their work but i noticed mime hay disturbed mr daley suggested a realistic view be taken of the whole situation emphasizing that lie was expressing his own views and not necessarily ottered no rustancv when i took thom of the government in this mat- to milton and tinned him ov ter the labor minister wild that had to the provincial police ho wold the manpower and i wonianvower pro- verrlr d nf wednesday blem been lminl t would iw w c tw have imh neevwary to drag wumtitt rr rf muiu memahia io orflcerw he told u he keinallied in turkey recent alignment with flte allies even though in a non-brtllger- ent roll no far has put a solid gilt edge around the united nations hope for victory proallied though wlw lias been dlnce the start of the war material- iktlc turkey would never declare h r- self unretutvitlly on one side or uw other iwforc that khe lias done so now indicates that le indleves o ger man collapse lu u maltfi- of time only all that is lumtlng hut in one way the atlon of pr wldent xnottu teltould j im t uti a brake on pultltc hh tutlons of their homes and into fattor- hldlng until thutwdny night when he went to a neat by liou- for food of- fl4i wtatetl when he found no- ne ut home he leltlniihl to the chu- holm hum and r muliied theie- until found oiirlug the four days the man had neither food nor water and wa4 very weakened from exposure provincial coiiktnhle k it l- inon statel peirler wut4 ttclnif held without hall on u clunge of rohlvcry with uuuiult mr daley nlu ronrnd to the fed- on klwnrd cotes tj cumplmllvllio ernl government announcement that rite lujutcd man is in u hamilton it was planning n labor code for war hospital in u critical condition mccoi- lndustry he uild if the federal code ding to the l mil ice falls to cover other industries as well as war industries ontario will huve to deal with the situation itself scout mothers group at the recent domlnlonprovlni la make plans iwr mr daley will gain notof uippott i in this sugueutlon that married wom en in war work should be returned to their homes especially from t lusui i who attribute part of the growing problem of juvenile delinquency lo the ubtience of itoth arents from the home for most of the day juvenile delinquency is at a minimum where j children receive proper supervision in their homes labor conference only quebec had op posed the adoption of a national lab or code to include nil induutry ho said at the ottawa conference quclier 1914 activities the regular meeting of the s out mothers auxiliary wns held tues day evening at the home of mrs dim ko out nisalnut it mr dalay ll- 7 pvnuivortho i can undertan1 why quohc- ihl far yt why quebec not want n coilc to cover all industry quebec is n low cost province mid they feel they huve an advantage which khould w preserved itutojit- arlo is n big industrial province mul we nre not going to permit our tdan- dnrl of living to ho lowered if we inn help it and while on the labor ilcktlnn ontarios c c k leader k 11 jid- llffe ot n press conference in detroit mild the present ontario act which provides for compulsory collective bargaining is wltollv inadequate ntifl the ultlmatcpower rests with judges who are violently oppohed to unions and particularly c 1 ounlontcl he described the ontario itivtor court set up under the inltor hill to settle laltor ikmiicu an an impohslhlo institution he believed the piesent progivk- slveconservntlve government of ont ario was committed to the abolition of the court hut said tho c c p luiri its bwn labor hill nlmokt completed and that he hopes to sec it introduced at the next session of tho legislature mr jolllffe was in detroit to ad dress several labor union gathering rafs m1tciieix b25 one of tho first pictures to be taken or the rafa new mitchell b35 day bombers in operation these planes have been int ctioix with great success in most of the recent big daylight raids over enemy territory photo shows mitchell b25 day bomber flying id formation district president guest speaker at scotch block w 1 the dctcember meeting of the scotch klock w 1 was held at the home of mrs w a service with i ho district president mrs near its kiiest speaker she chc as her subject the challenge of tho times wlih li brought out munv interi sting facts for the institute worker mrtt love read n splendid motto prepnred by mrs s murray inventy- one nniues were submitted of soldiers in the armed forces oversenu who are eligible for n bos from our branch these boxes will he shipped immed iately through the t katon co thirtyfue dollnrs wnt voted to the war work treasurer to huy mnterlal to work with mrs clarke read a humorous article on elsie the borden cow a piano solo was played by mnrjorlo service and the refreshment committee served n dainty lunch which brought n pleasant afternoon to a close in the mow iiimi on investigation u j u viw turkey legion ifound perrler hhllng in n hede chlsj nri ur i holm told millcv hi wateiy weak kl u that tbe light i i ivi i i o come will lt tpilte lengthy mid extremely ctuitly poielin obuivers have ihen guess ing that the tuikuh in my will not jump into the fiav unit tmvt spilug lit the eatllet un1 k4 piovoktil by some feiniaii im i hut the waimer khitloim betw- en the allies ami tutke ihould in u hlg http not mi much tcrhnpj ihi hum of the til ret t aid uhe can offer- al though that will lie valuable in clear ing till hrtlhuri out of tln aegean aixl suri ouudliig tei ritory but lw- cause of th jolt her tut unt will hand hltlcm satellites already ivwn ushioiik fiom pivkld- eiit inonus ionferiice with prinn minister churchill mid president uoosevelt are lultlg felt iii the llalkim capitals llulgiirla is wuverlug luidly and in rciorlcd rlp to jiy away fitm the nai influence hungary too is restless sufficiently so to make the liossihlllty of a complete occupation feast hie from a nazi point of view itumanlu with uusslan armlet hard on her bonlers also sems tiiprtthen- sive uimiui her enthusiastic embracing of nil i uimu and niluht ut any mo ment decide that a leap in the direc tion of the allied lumdwjigou would in wise there is doubt however that such a ceiman satellite would receive anything hut an ice cold wel come from the allies yugoslavia of iiiurse iiiih always been u headache to the formami and im keys underwriting of a ter mini defeat is golni to make the patriots there moic dining and troublesome than ever in fore hofu uaidrcl inildentally allied airmen gave the nuluarlaim a hint tlmt they would be liettcr off if they cpilt their or man parlneis hy staging a twohour laid on tho politically shaken llulfiir capital so fin several waves of al lied planes hit at tho cltyw railroad district the ymdu of which are a mllo fiom paihinent sceitu of fervid hul uiirlan dellheratlniih of politlcul mid military lmiot it wns the third tittack op kofln in a month the earlier attacks being in tho nature of experiments on this occasion however the sofia radio re ported great destruction and bald many persons were killed reports of the raid indicated dint war had vis ited bulgaria in full strength much unrest has been loported in sofia following the recent allied con ferences which revealed the pouslhll- ity of an attack on tho balkans large scale peace demonstrations and rumorn of an imminent cabinet shake- up were reported from the bulbar capital wait wwtsv vo 1 canadian cross moro thb knox y1 h shifted from the british 8th armys meeting monday right to left wing cnnndinn forces in had varied program y lrt n nctlon and have op- cned a major auwnult inland from tho knox yps in the sunday i adriatic coast school on monday evening with the the cnnu linns struck along an eight pietldent bill mnlnprlo in the ehih mllo front nftcr laying down a bar- ne meullan rend tho ktriptuie rnge which m gunner iicsciiimmi ns hm 1 wev drawn up mrs watson kindly offer ed the use of her home for the jan uary met- ting the mating closed with the mlpnh benellclion after which it delightful lunch was seivcd hy th hostesses former norval minister died inrohonto hospital uev kwen macdonnld 71 died monday in st michaels hospital to ronto for nine years mr macdonnld win minister of norvnl mid union presbyterian chinches on at count of 111 health he retired in 10tt and went to toionto lo live for some years hi uid mm macdonnld who tiled in april vm2 resided on river side drive and attended victoria pre sbyterian church prior to his nor vnl ministry he wns presbyterian minister at kenkuvllle ontario son of t he late alexander mac- donald he was a native of prince 1m- ward island in 1111 he married lucy maud montgomery author of anno of croon cables and numerous oth er hooks two sons cnmuron tor onto and stuart new brunswick survive interment will bo nt cav endish pi i nee kdwnrd island knox w m society elects uflutrs ul dtenilmr lyivtiii tlie monthly lneling of knos w m s was lield at the imme of mrs t hasiuird uit ttiurmlny lunt with mrs v lllow piewldlng ltte metiiig omnel with the dev otional uirt in charge- of mrs h al lison and mrs htev v thomson mrs i- itarr read an interesting item m christmas and all it stands for the nominating eommltttee gave tlie report of the committee with tlie eletiin of tiffhvr for iu44 as fololws prekldettt- mrs p lllow nt vleepresldcnt mrs v j has sard ud vitvepresldent mn k crumble xwivttiry mrs h mulnpile treasmr mrs it m m donald home helmts mrs c hahscu and mis p mkutl ti wellome and welfme mrs p u- dcrs4tn llteinluie mrs a 11 m iah supply sei lelury mis wes mas- ales misniou ihntd mtj lltevt p i ho- mson pianist mim llev 1 thonisoii pi4mj setielaries mij alllon and mix coidlner oi tnmtud uce s i iclaiy mrs kid wllght 1 ihrai y mi wat son ami m r itnltellsoil llfc mendkrshlp si retary mrs w johnutone the ujettlon of the offher was r- celvel with unanimous hiitlsfatlou hy the nicmliets the ruirts of the dlf- femtit omiulttees tthowed n very gra tifying and kliccetuiful year both fin imcliilly and also in attendance of the memlmtrs at the iiomi of the usual business the hostess supplied a very dulnly luiuh and a pleajiaiil social soiliil lime was enjoyed marguerite gioup in itosel led discussion study british the biggest hhriw since dominion troops andei in itnly they forged uliinii the coimtij king conditions mross the mora river and beat hack people and the woik if the churli theie mnrv ritchie read the mhry nt the tlrst wo k of t he c hurc h in british tulana joi desreault sang in the oalileu delivery truck badly burn as antifreeze ignited the deliery truck of watsons dairy narrowly escaped destruction by fire on tuesday morning when some of the ant i freeze solution was ipllleotn filling and was ignited when the engine became warm while on the delivery route fortunately the are was noticed just as the truck was nvar the dairy on main street and was extinguished by using the hose available at the property overseas mii letters from the local boys serving- in the cause of freedom major t v kenney son of mr john kenney writes from england expressing appreciation of the parcels sent from acton and vicinity war services league he also enjoys the local paper when he receives his copies a card from gordon cook says received two copies of the fsn pskss also 300 cigarettes from war services i am very grateful to the folks as ever the same cookie nn1 counter attneku toughest opposition from the nals came in fhe vicinity of san leonardo a town on the north side of the rlvor which fell to the advancing hth army men from wfstern cnnndn pierce fighting also took place south of or- tonn n port four miles northwest of san leonnrdo on the road to the most important port of pescarn meanwhile the angloamerican 5th army driving for cosslno from the mouth from the mlgnnno area wn meeting stiff resistance a twin drive from tho west of casino gained an important height italians in action fulfilling premier marshal pletro badogllos promise that his men would join the allies in the drive to oust the nazis from italy italian troops were thrown back by the ger mans in their first engagement on the 5th army front the italians veterans who fought in russia al bania and france had advanced to the foothills north of mlgnano but they lost ground to the counter at- concluded on page five nkwlywkiw honored by presentation at dublin literary meeting the regular meeting of the dublin literary sculcty was held on pi day evening after the husliiesu was dealt with mr wlllurd llritton presided for tin following programme piano solo by mis rolwrlson song hy mr chnrlch cutts piano iolo by mary ritchie community singing led by mru lloliertson mid mr charles culls mr and mrs joueph heveian nw ida fryer weie called forward betty purkliolder addressed them and vet- iia webster and betty llritton presen ted the newlyweds with u large bas ket of miscellaneous gifts the hrlde and groom both made fitting upccchcs of thanks lumh was seived and dancing enjoyed for the lest of tho evening walker lodge elects officers for year 1944 at thu fuultir miotlni at wiiiiut imakp iiom in ho v m c a bllllil- inu on moiuluy ovtntntf the followlni atlican vifrtt ohiptaft tar ttw tmaulnu jour w muklor hrn w m nnr s w urn j m rlralv j w iiio ii c niwik chnplnln- vr wor i3r w m cooihir trtrturr uro w k oriihnm i scrlry wor bro v 3 suit s d pro c f ijnl htrlfn1 j d hro t m mrcutchcon j i c nro w j dintly d of c vr wor hro p mc-in- totih s s- hro i m ilnrrla 1 s hro t i wntkln orcnnkt rro i w lmull lylrr woi ilro w u v illnlr at tho close at tho mim tlnir ten nntl wnlllwlrhfc weio wcrvt l nnl n n- joynhlo hnlf hour ujnnt in rnrri nml pool another letter iron acton soldier tells pi italy italian arc irtvdl after i- tlnjr acquainted quaint custoaui and warfare llardsfalpa tin- following is u letter front sgt jim mcileaehie formerly of the ac ton kree press staff und how with tint i anudian forcis in tin- italian cam paign he tells of the mtiialgn and the khple und cviuntiy italy hear arlof aliotlier few lines to u i you know that all is going well nr hei i iuim you uro all fine uvu theie and iijovlng gtmml caniutlaii living wo are tuklug it easy ngulii for a f w days after u tough thin of it wo had it pcetty lud for iibftill five dayj steady getting viy little kleep llulf to at and dolug lots of uiitklng i didnt say mmhiiig lu- miis ui had to move veiv tiutlously iwhllid hills up liver imiis eli to it p un der cover jerry had p lot of guns ttalmd on our ohjttllve and the min- we were sptlsl it drought a tain of shdls mound us omt undci slull ffr und you lenlly take t t alltious they an in- very tu moialllug and male uu awful lot of mils i sine wouldnt lllte lo he uinh r the bairuge that our artillery lays down it really is lleiiictiflous and has to ite um and heard to ik really npptlated the italian hople ale lilte friend ly towards us that is after a fw days when they have had u chance to figurcr us out and uh it we prove iturmlveu friendly they ojwii their hearts and hring out tit eggs and vino the women ulso do our washing for us it sure is funny see ing the women carrying loads on their heads everything they carry goes onto their heads while tlie men ride behind them on mules the owns uro very uninteresting and ultout all they contain is a horde of harlhr shops they really are smart with a razor hie army takes over the odd big town and ow nu up shows canteens etc so far i havent seen a picture show since we left fur sic ily i am ttlll receiving my regular igs fiom acton and also got a uircel last week please convey my thanks as they certainly are appicclated now the pree prisses are ulso looked for ward to with intciest as news is very scarce must clone now regards to my a ton friends sincerely jim mcccnchle ilcihif hklir i1st it mmun cp the term t ilrltluli commonwealth of natl was first used in an unofficial docu ment in the angloirish treaty of iwemher fl 1021 and in the irish free state constitution act of the imperial parliament 1022 coming events armiiiuemnti of min c frttu or c1it ewvni undrf ih hrmfliiia tut ttiarutl iu unit p lin with minimum clim ttl ki now years eve dance in acton town hall december 31st merry makers orchestra dont forget the dublin schoo christmas concert tuesday decem ber 21 hto pm adults 25c chil dren 15c dance in orton community hall on friday evening december 24 hai- vey fishers orchestra admission wk- lunch served victory salvo in moscow picture shows the city battery of moscow salutlnjr tho hsroes of orel and belgorod by the capture of these two key town the red army turned germanys offensive to a retreat v u u uiiviii a twu duijjklak vmhmtjilimia