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seventieth year no 8 eht 3mtifi stn press acton ontario thursday august 24h lt4 lght homeprint pace flv gent another spring to be added to reservoir supply wapnr martin om walr now avmilauedaribc tw day the regular bimonthly meeting of the acton public utilities commission was held on monday evening com- ralssloncra c m hansen and j it atacarthur were present a letter rom the meter bupectlon department of the h e p c cave a report on the test made of beardmore and co meters since the erection of the near- meter house these meters ware all in a satisfactory condition tenders for painting the water tank were opened but were not to be decided until next meeting when in formation would be available regard ing the supply of suitable paint a contract was presented for the installation or a peerless pump at the aprlng property this pump will handle iso sal ions of water per min ute and be automatically controlled more time was desired to study this contract and it was left over for the next meeting also a recent check on the power being used by the rural consumers fed from the acton system showed that more than so k p was belns used at the peak load period the h e p c of ontario has been allowing 40 h p the matter is belns taken up with the h e p c of ontario for an ad justment of the allowance supt charles wilson was instruct- ed to make arrangements to connect the second spring on the flynn pro perty with the pump house to allow an additional margin of water at the present time the present aprlng does not supply enough water for the corporations needu during the day very little water is now running out of the overflow during the 24 hours miss b h speight was instructed to pay the following accounts hydro depc h e p c of ont kiwor 4 004 06 bell telephone co senit- advertising and the police combine to apprehend thief as a result of the investigation of chief ilarrop provincial officer itay mason and a small advertisement in last weeks issue of the free pre w a fisher 17 years or ace of han over is in the county jail and a stol en bicycle has been returned to us owner it all started uhenwc fisher coinff from ms ton to hanover decid ed to take a bicycle belonclnc to a lad who was alone the highway near james manns farm east of acton the bike was a comparatively new one and the owner was able to furn ish the police with a good description even to serial number and also a de scription of the man spotted riding away on it chief ilarrop thought from the de scription it was a farm hand and in i hope of tracing him inserted an ad vertisement in the free press giving a description of both bicycle and the thief friday morning ii kanls at crewsons corners gave the informat ion the bicycle had been sold to his son for 3 with a payment of at the time and the balance of s4 to be sent to w g fisher at hanover the money had been sent to hanover that day chief harrop communicated with police in hanover and learned fisher was employed at malton he was plclfed up there on saturday and has been identified as the one who sold the stolen bicycle in police court at ml hon yester day fisher was convicted on the theft and remanded a week for sent ence henry kanl and his brother clarence both identified him as the one who had sold the bicycle which belonged to edward uoadkntght of niagara falls who was visiting in acton fisher had at first admitted the theft and claimed his admission vu to got a release from victory aircraft tot malton paris is liberated and roumania aeeepts terms fvmch reaboanoe vonm inside capital overthrow nazb bou- atanla decuea to get out or waiwarnewa of isapottanl week ta reviewed es 1118 hepc or ont ujijiil 100 to lin cable accessaries ltd damps is jo force electric product supplies 40 suthrlandschultl co ltd repair 13 40 norton motors bo 11 kh canadian general electric co supplies 10 18 mr smith cleanlns otflct 123 c n r a transports ex- pre iso dept or national revenue sales tax 120 82 hot onice poitaee 15 o0 macdonald electric limited supplies 4412 4147 kb waterworks dept hydro dept power at springs 46 50 hydro dept july operat- on 190 58 neptune meter ltd repairs 1 90 24798 the commission odourned to meet again on thursday september 7th at 8 pm instead or september 4th which is labor day employees of wool combing corporation enjoy gathering the employees or the wool comb ing corporation held a gathering in the park on saturday arranged among the group each provided their own lunch and a series of races and sports were enjoyed a delightful afternoon was enjoyed and acton boys band contributed a musical progcam mr alvln moore mrs madelene mooney and miss eileen close were in charge or the refreshment booth mr kenneth mcltlnnon mr fin- lay mellor and mr aubrey gervals were in charge of the races mrs charlotte tuck and miss joan robertaon were in charge of the ball game k englishman speaking to pat dm you know that in patagonia they always hang an irishman and a mon key at the same timer pat- shure kis lucky for both of us we are not hi patagonia acton enusthents bv pat iihhiux oaaadlaa frees waff writer oeneral charles de oaulles head quarters announced today the liber ation or 1arls by french resistance force inside the capital ah orrlclal version wf the l j liberation issued by t gen joseph imerre koenlg military governor or the trench capital said a general uprising- was ordered inside larl saturday morning by resistance forc es acting with the committee of hb- oration fifty thousand armed french patriots along with several j hundred thousand unarmed french men went into action police head- j quarters were seised by the police and the he de la cite was turned into a bastion pte elwood collier wounded in action serving in france at ton friends received word that pte elwood collier second son of major m 13 collier of toronto who lu serving with the itoynl heglmcnt in france wits wounded on auiiurtt hth an elder brother lieut w m collier recently returned from italy is now on the staff at b t c orllllii acton boys pause on koatl to berlin write servire league of dor m wood of the free press staff has enlisted with the w r c n 8 and leaves for training tn gait oldest business in acton has changed owners t brown han dfcpoeed drug- store to earl cooper former acton boy mr a t brown druggist has dls- nosed of his butkntss in alton to mr earl cooper son of mr and mrs win cooper at ton who has been in lard er lake for the punt stvctul years mr coope will take possession next month mr brown has been in buslnos in at ton longer than any other portion now in acton lie purchased the drug mid stutlanery business from the late j v konnuwln fortyeight years ago ami has conducted it ever since mr brown plans to retire and will reside in the cottage on mill street next the free press office all art pleased that he is remaining in acton und will wish he and mrs brown many ytuiru in whlth to enjoy a wellearned holi day from the obligations of business mun friends will aluo welcome earl cooper back to the home town and wish him success the drug business just sold la one of the oldest business establishments tn acton it was in the present building where the proprietory drug business or t mtlburn and co now of toronto was first started here it was that hogyards yellow oil and other patent medicines were first made old man mckenxle an ex perienced old country chemist was the foreman and r n thurtell and j e mcoarvtn commenced careers as druggists here after the mllburn business moved to toronto j e mo garvin opened a drug store here there have been three proprietors j e mcgarvln j v kannawin and a t brown it was here the bell tel ephone business was first established in acton and until twenty years or so ago mr brown had charge of the tel ephone exchange in acton perhaps in his leisure time a t will compile some of his recollections certainly his collection of early photo graphs of acton la the best and most interesting of any living next door we may be able to persuade him to contribute some reminiscence tonally for the flee press yesterday after a four day strugglo the germans were beaten and the patriots occupied all public build ings vichy representatives fled or were arrested supreme allied headquarters have confirmed the capture of sens 38 milts southeast of paris by allied troops the industrial city of gren oble has been taken by the allied 7th army in southern ranee hitlers doomed german armies art faced with two grim alternatives to hold the allied powers at bay in prune italy and eastern europe as long os posulhle while how tlefenulvo wamns are develoved or to pull iwtk within the frontiers of germany list if for a lust stand whulever declulon the nazi dictat or tukt u gel ninnys deft tit is certain an attempt to maintain the nal grip on at taunt part of occupied eur- man lerrltoty mightin germun eyes enable the em my to strengthen his bargaining position when the inev itable defeat comes probably hitler holies to hung onto northeastern france and the low countries is long as passible to exploit to the full the robot bomb attack an south m england reports that the german ar ruuhlng work on tin other and more destructive secret weapon for use against england kuown as v2 for v0hgeahce weapon no 2 also suggest that this territory will be de fended to the end defence of territory outside ger many also might give the nails time to build up other defensive weapons for use in a final frenzy of destruct ion before the enemys armies are overwhelmed by superior allied fore- i maud inside germany the second alternative a retreat inside germanys borders would en able hitler to concentrate more ef fectively what remalni of his once- mighty armies for a lastditch stand against the united nations hitherto hitlers strategy hus been to defend every foot of occupied ter ritory regurdless of the cost of man power and materials this excuse of the german dictators socalled intuition hus been disastrous for his armies they have been decimat ed by the russlany and now they are being cut to pieces by the allies in franco the swift encircling move of the american 3rd army in western france last week swept to the seine river nnd before many days are out tho allied armies in that region may be umuuhlng towards the frontiers of belgium luxembourg and germany itself meanwhile the allied invasion of southern france coupled with oper ations of tho french forces of the in terior threaten a swift freeing of all southern und southwestern france from enemy occupation prospecti are bright m western and eastern europe but the nazis have nothing to lose by continuing to fight to the end they have lost the war and they undoubtedly know it the german generals have known it for months those of them who were behind the attempt to assassinate hitler in july also were convinced that hitlers in tuition was losing the war for ger many but the pizin realize they might as well right to the last because the defeat of germany means their over throw presumably they will seek to prolong- the final agony as long as pqslble for that reason as the western front battle for france goes into its last stage the pursuit and annihilation of the 7th german army and part of the 5th german army tough canadian sold iers are in on the battle the 1st canadian army is avenging dieppe which occurred aug 19 1m2 reconstructed canuck regiments of continued on page fire following are extracts from some of lite letters received by the acton and vicinity war service ieague they tell their awn story j moore writes from france please convey my belated thanks to the war service ieague for cigarettes received and enoyed during the past few months iurlng that time things had hen moving so fast one had hardy time to think right you just wake up in the morning wondering whether its monday or friday things have been quieting down a hit and hope they will remain so for a week or two glad to say im still in good health and all in one piece so far good luck to you all and v hope und do believe that the european theatre will be finished within the next three months pte archie martin tells us at long last 1 am trying to type you that long long overdue letter of thanks and appreclalon the way your parc els have kept coming without o much as a word of appreciation from me well it is more than ample proof that the ieople of acton and vicinity are standing loonier cent behind thtlr fighting men a lot of water has imyted under the bridge and a lot of roads have uoued beneath the wheel of our trucks uince lust i wrote har- vett is here again nnil the harvest of our efforts in war is marly reudy for gathering its hem a long drawn out war but i dont think any of us regret our efforts if it will make the world a bettr place to live in for our chlldrt n x havent murh time to write mid exjtett to lie buiiy lu the days to come ho if you dont hear from me i want you all to know that t urn receiving your ulfls and that i wlti i had some way 1o express my thunku words ulohe cannot do it i met my hrothtr learn who worked on the bread mule for acton home llukery here the other day you can imagine afttr nearly five y ars overseas how over- joyed i was to see him bdr tom currle says juut a note to kay htllo and to thank you for cig arettes which arrived yesterday they certainly arrived ut the time they were most needed the weatht r has been fairly good but sometime rain slowed operations down a little but guess we cant complain consider ing everything we ore making good progress toward berlin hope it wont be long how pte ed graffy writes us many thanks to you and all your fellow act on i am for cigarettes which arrived today some of my friends in acton may be interested in hearing that i was recently married on june 34 to miss mary devltt a nurse at st georges home chelsea london and a native of eire your gift of 24 chocolate liars arrived at the time of our wedding and were worth their weight in gold and ration caupomi at the wedding breakfast thank you again for your most welcome gifts letters and cards were also received from pte e g wilson sgmn e g elliott chuck burgess spr n s land pte w l turner j n cun ningham bus nlcol rfn r w rob ertson fined 25 and costs for drunk and causing disturbance in police court at georgetown yes terday morning andrew wilson and john wllkon were each fined 29 00 and costs the charge was under the criminal code charging them with disorderly conduct and causing a disturbance by being drunk and attacking ezlo marzo jos henry hilts of georgetown was fined 5 00 and costs on a charge of careless driving in the same court this charge was reduced from one of reckless driving owing to the news mr hilts had received that morning from overseas chief harrop laid these charges and police magistrate langdon pre sided at the court hearing gives if blooo transfusions the first authenticated record of 100 blood transfusions announced by the red cross society in britain la that of a- f leslie scoutmaster of the 10th hackney troop in london mr leslie has given a total of 87 pints and u credited with saving 41 ilyea the oldest recipient was p3 and the youngest 13 ntontns mrs aiigim meartliur mrat l 96th birthday monday pejlcvlatloojljind conuralulatlons from far and near vvi re kliowered up on mrs angus mcarthur on monday lite occakion being her ugth birthday ivapllv tier many years this grand old lady keeps iioum for hr william and is jult alert and active und enoys keellent health ttw ot- oailon was celebrated by a family gathering when all sat down to a uumptlou rejuust a blrilulay cake with candles centring the table mrs mt arthur received nisny gifts cants of congratulations flowers and tel ephone calls she took gr at pleaxure in mak ing tulltu mi made 0 log cabin ullls one for her six children and one for tuth of iter grand children mm mcarthur was bom at port credit 1m yeurs ago she loves to luve people read to lier and also en joy the rudlo there is u family ut four dauiihters mrs j o martin vlnelahd mrs it l davldvon acton mrs ii keeler and mrs arthur grif fin u it no 2 acton two sons howard of frln and william living with his mother there are three grandchildren mrs ear fuller mr wllmer davidson and miks leanor griffin all of whom joined in celeb rating j he happy occasion moke halvack workers needed at the salvage storehouse mr it 1owrle has asked us to hroodtust to salvage ttams the need for more help the utorago place is ueurly full mid unless unite of it is cl ured he will have to cease collect ing while all the uiims were pub lished retcntly and copies have lieen supplied all plants lie tells us that many members fall to r member or to tome on the date- to asslut tiienioi leu it is bugueuted we publish the tennim each week who ure due to work the following week and here lu the wturt wutdi each week for the team you are on if you miss wm problem bet onus greater for ttne next team auguht 24 j e lambert n mc- fachern g holllngt r a mclsaac w hoiizell g benton august iac hansen w footltt f crt whom t ware b blanche ii arblc august 11 g hansen w water- house ii gordon mrs d morton mrs c i- lull mrs i surbey safety conditions in township halls urged by council eraiwwa iaaae usual grant to vuu fain items at aug- usi meeting erumosa township council at its august meeting ordered that the owners of the eden mills and speed- bide public halls be advised that pro vincial arthorltles are investigating the safety condition in public halls and that the council rerommends that stitlsfatfor and sufficient exits be provided on motion of councillor ben ham and plnkney bylaw no 7 was passed adopting the assessment for 1044 and fixing the various rates required for county township police villages and ut hool purposes arch mcnabb presented the audit ors report for the half year ending june 30 and reported having audited the assessment roll for 1044 this re port was received on motion of coun cillors plnkney and benhan on motion of councillors leslie and plnkney the clerk was instructed to communicate with the owner of the old post office building at everton re garding a complaint received about the alleged unsafe condition of the burntout walls grants were made to fall fairs as follows fergus 15 acton and erin 10 each council inspected the road improve ment at the hill on the old york trail near the third line and arranged for a small amount of work to com plete the job letters were ordered to be filed from the departmentof highways ap proving a gravel contract for 1000 yards at 87 cents from the hospital for sick children toronto from the department of municipal affairs and from the soil conservation depart ment of western university london accounts pssssd for payment amounted to 92tl0b mcludlna 139940 for roads and 339 under the uve stock rvotectfon act tax rate struck for erin township at august meeting irder placed for eurcnaae of snow l and road malnlalner erin township count ii met oca monday august 7th as per adourn- ment of last meeting members were nil ptimnt the iteeve residing the following accounts were dealt tilth by the hoard belief account the following to be tald for supplies furnished wm shaw ortttn groceries june and july smkio c hamilton groceries s1uo0 c hall and sm grotwrie i norman cook ortou grocer- it s sis 4fl slui actount following to bs iuld for sheep killed or injured ana- ley gregson 3 beg ewes killed tso karl jessop inspecting 9150 thomas lang 1 lamb worried fooo albert wheeler inspecting s150 general accounts fred coe room accommodation special meeting si so a j lindsay stationery stamps etc s4 00 erin advocate half years pi luting contract bjouoo signs re weed control tsufl total jusoo municipal world supplied 2w it h mccutcheoo weed inspector kflso boad accounts for repairs drag ging washouts culverts weed etc mi 67 operating tractor snd grader servicing and use of car 98h 50 sup plies tor tractor and grader and re pairs ml 40 wire fence bonus 3j40 com und swat khamer that the clerk be instructed to write lloyds of iondon insurance cut in regard to the claim of john mi fee asking why full puym- nt has not been made car ried kirk wood and cos that the ileeve be appointed to attend tax sale to be held in guelph on wednesday sepi- cmltt r 21 ut 11 ot uhu n m to protect the intt rents of the township car ried cox und swutkhumer lhat a letter be u nt to wartime price nnd trade board ottawa and to the food pro duct board asking that comlderat- ion be given as to lifting restrictions on the thirtyfive mile area to truck ers and producers purchasing qr deliv ering potatoes turnips and other farm product und that copies of this resol ution be sent to the federal member und to adjoining townships asking their endorsatlon carried burt and hwackhamer that we place an order with the sawyer-mas- y co for an austin- western m 90 maintainor and snowplow to be de livered us soon as permitted car ried bylaws were introduced and read for the purpose of striking rates for the yeur 1044 also for striking rales for the different school sections coun cil in committee filled in blanks as follows county rate for roads and general purposes 6 mllu county school special 2 4 milli county school general 1 mill patriotic purposes 3 mills postwar reserve fund 4 mills towmhlp rate 6 mills general school rate 4 h mills and a rate of l4n mills for the police village of hlllsburg library rate 2 mills for the village of hlllsburg the trustees rates for schools shall be as follows s s no 151 mills s s no 2 ortoitt42 mlis s s no 3 ft mills 3 3 no 4 s s mills s s no 5 35 mills s s no 6 81 mills s s no 7 97 mills s s no 8 61 mills s s no 0 4 2 mills s s no 10 6 2 mills s s no 11 s mills s s no 12 s 1 mills s s no 13 13 mllli s s no 14 3 9 mills s s no 16 a rate of 08 mills union schools that get no general grant s s no 2 erin village and twp 12 7 mills debenture rate 10b mills s s no is erin snd east garafraxa 157 mills s s no caledon and erin 103 mills s s no 13 caledon and erin 18 6 mills s s no 6 eramosa and erin 58 mills and s s no 7 eramosa snd erin m rate of 78 mills by reason of the subsidy of 1 mill to be paid by tho province of ontario all township school rates are hereby reduced by 1 mill bylaws were read a third time passed and numbered klrkwood and cox that council adourn to meet at hlllsburg on mon day sept 11 st 1 oclock pm coming events assmmcsmbmii el mmttet co ri or other crests r this watiae ars ctursvs rests a i with auafmsa casrgs for say dance nt atoolrvlue han on august 38th has been caaceued ssrui further