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page two the acton free press thursday april 27th 1944 quir acton 3frw ilrrea mbltefce kvery trrfy t acta ostarie subsaurnoh rats- uaud smtm sw 1lttoy1 s c advertising ratcsoa ud u la vuiom c auhmvh rfer tfc iw ftm most bovcrtmiea oa tu mdtnuaiii thu uwffmtbi itebl to h fffor y rtwswt pbuws vvvll 2ts proof of hch ijwrt ta l w ofbcj july tiemd by tb vdwrtlm- wtd wit mefc ww r contctui ptauly mm la writl thmrmtm ud thai cm h rrco ao aoted u ml out to hy ha ikbulty mhmxi not xecd rock dmeortfa of ulty 1 1 oil n fr crt lb iw cost of sttcb 4vtlmmnt m mpmem oca- pld by the no4 error bra to lb wbola p occupied by turb dvcrt umnl c arlof dills editor telephones editorial and bioa ofticw m rttutam j jtfbttl we cant stop puaaptiur now at the beginning of the century two persons were needed to play a pipeorgan the organist was at the keyboard and someone else was at the pump handle and all the years of practise all the skill or the musicians angers came to naught when the man at the pump stopped pumping in europe today thousands of canadians are playing a different kind of music they are playing it well with cannon and guns their performance is a thrill for a listening world a display of masterful technique developed through years of hard practice just as the organist of olden days depended on the youth at the pump our troops depend on us at home to keep them going victory loans successfully conducted during the past three years have been vital to the training of our armed forces but they are not enough one hours pumping of the old organ could not keep the organist playing for one hour and a quarter simi larly just so long as the canadian invasion forces are playing their part on european soil we must do ours here we cant stop pumping now v pleased surprised hopeful we were pleased indeed last week to read of the resolution passed by county council urging that the department of highways givo immediate attention to no 25 and that the resolution also urged that the attention be regular and sufficient to keep the road in passable condition we were agreeably surprised to meet a nice bright yellow vehicle on the road the day after the resolution was passed steadily at work putting the road in condition the nice big yellow maintainor kept plugging away and by saturday there was decided improvement what a relief and our sin cere thanks coupled with others who use this section to whatever body put that machine to work it didnt take long and three days work of a maintainer couldnt have been very expensive we do hope the latter part of the resolution will be carried into effect as well as the hrst part and that until the highway can be surfaced we will meet that yellow vehicle on the route often between acton and milton v hen of peaceand war while the heroic deeds of fighting men overseas till the columns in our newspapers let us not forget the parson in uniform the selfsacrifice and gallan try of canadian chaplains at dieppe in sicily and in italy deserve the highest commendation paradoxically these men of peace have been found where the going is toughest serving in a man ner that has brought sincere praise not only from highranking officers but also from those whose praise the padres value most the men in the raskjs in a recent dispatch from italy douglas amaron canadian press war correspondent wrote chap lains and soldiers march side by side in a fellow ship and friendship that grows every day the chap lain is an integral almost vital part of every army formation and without him the men who carry the guns would feel lost the chaplain is the bridge between the inhumanity of war and the humanity of civilization he is the human being in the ma- chinery of militarism several padres have won decorations fof gallan try under fire and if medals were awarded for un flagging devotion to a cause that seeks only to put christian principles into practice there would be few unqualified for the honor chaplains of the fighting forces left the peace of canadian cities towns and villages to undertake a service in which the preachiag of sermons is a minor consideration they live the lives of soldiers ministering not only to the spiritual and the physical wants of their fellows but also sharing in their personal problems the chaplains deserve well of canada and of the churches they represent at the wars end their knowledge of the soldier and bis peacetime aspir ations should be used to the utmost in smoothing the transition period of demobilization and rehabil itation v ontario municipalities cot debt the annual report of municipal statistics of 1042 issued by the ontario department of municipal af fairs together with an estimate made by the de partment for the financial post shows that ontario municipalities since the peak year of debt 1032 had cut their gross debt 447 by the end of 1043 fc it shows that in the tenyear period following 1032 in which year gross debt amounted to 5047 millions or i55jb2 per capita of assessed popula tion such debt was reduced to 3054 millions or 8816 per capita average annual reduction thus being 676 per capita the reduction in 1042 200 millions or 041 per capita and the reduction in 1043 is estimated at 208 millions or 740 per capita at december 31st 1043 it is estimated the total gross debt stood at 2787 millions or 7708 per capita assessed population reached 3544581 in 1042 an increase of 35510 or slightly more than 14 over 1041 the estimated assessed population of decem ber 31st l043r3573325 represents an increase of slightly more than i0 over 1032 assessed valuation in 1042 increased 002 to 3013 millions this amounted to 850 per capita as compared with 851 in 1041 estimated increase tor 1043 is 806 millions the yearend figure being calculated at 3004 millions tax levies in 1042 decreased by 10 millions to 1103 millions or 176 below the 1041 figure the levy on a per capita basis being 3111 tax levies are estimated to have been 1112 millions in 1043 though the per capita figure due to population in crease remains unchanged at 3111 the 1042 tax collections the report shows amounted to 1 153 millions representing 1046 of current levy of which 000 was of current taxes and 137 arrears compared with 1100 millions in 1041 which represented 880 current and 173 arrears v pretty picturest during recent months there has been talk of a program of temperance education in canada and in a recent issue of saturday night we read an account of a program of this kind in russia which is of in terest russia as everybody knows is not and never has been a total abstinence country like most northern lands a good deal of hard drinking goes on there the government does not mind so long as drunkenness is kept in check but if a man or woman seems to bo drinking too much he is likely to receive a tract with his next bottle in which the dangers and evils of drunkenness are pointed out to him in a reasonable manner if that does not work someone it is not explained who takes a picture of him next time he is drunk and this is posted without comment on the notice board of the place where he works presumably his fellow workers look at the picture and jeer this system is said to work well we have never heard of derision curing a man of overindulgence rrfanything but the russians may be particularly sensitive in these matters the fact that the temperance teaching is rooted n com mon sense rather than in moralism may however havo a good deal to do with its success-r-peterbor- ough examiner v to add to the confusion of getting more pro duction with less help available the provincial gov ernment plans to inaugurate a maximum eighthour working day for ontario on july 1st we know a number of heads of manufacturing institutions who would be delighted to get classed in such hours but they didntreach their position by limiting their hours of labor to any set measure but rather to the need of the day if everyone sticks to the new rule canadas war effort wont be maximum v bditobial notes if you have the time and you think that spring is really here you can go fishing on saturday instead of waiting until monday v when the victory loan salesman calls just ask yourself if you are putting victory first when you decide on the size of purchase let your conscience be your guide v toronto has made quite a fuss over the curfew law some of the smaller municipalities have had it operating for some time without nearly as much ado and found it helpful too v speaking to school pupils at the county council dinner last week crown attorney dick gave some fine advice to young canadians when he said never take anything that doesnt belong to you that same week mr coldwell urged older boys and girls to take over insurance companies i not such sound advice but its remarkable how it appeals to those who arent policy holders in the insurance compan ies or dont own much of anything is juvenile de linquency our problem or bad adult example the thing we should tackle saiam victory bonds f l 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anbjact to maraat flaetnatlona tm i sugar 14 to 31 tea or caff 14 to ii el- wafrtl aft preserves 1 to 18 butter 54 to 59 if youve goods to sell you have news to tell business directory dr w g c kenney suceeaaor to dr j a mcnlven offfe in symon block mill street acton i btfombupi oao is dr wm g cullen lmcjc office iloura 34 and 78 pjn except wednesday and sunday mill street near frederick street phone dental dr t h wylie ff temlte taking oiaiae of dr buchanans practice for the duration for tfce preeeat oolee ileum am to pjm eeet temraday fvteet aad hatarday office telephone 148 dr hugh s austin mill street corner frederick acton office houra 930 am to 330 pjn evening by appointment telephone 19x1al c f leatherland ba barrister and polldtor notary pablle issuor of mnrrlace licenses ileslstrar of births marriages deaths acton office h phone hosldcnee ul kenneth m langdon barrister solicitor notary public offices georgetown gregory theatre builds s acton over t seynucks cafe for 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