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the acton free press thursday december utb 1m asmnal fcv c f na gh loncin oariph nwilil nnjbmil on frldav dwahr kfc ums mr andlebm ttaoxobc u car smjui a na triil ransom arthurs bslovsd wtte of um late wm wood bkcutchbonu his lata rsslanrtra ewrton one- on wi1mmj dae smbscjath 144 john stewart me- cutchaor telovd husband of anna e lars to his 87th ysar tim funeral arm be hald cm many tthnrk rtktlmin atr230 pj- tetsnasnt at evsrton kindly omit r casnbto gamble ib lovlnc ramambranoa of a vary daar frland and coasts l who passed away 1943 bertha c lantz gamble to th memory of a dear friend mrs j el gambia who died december is ims a client thought a aacret tear keapa her memory ever daar laverne and afona raaismjs i lovtnc memory of our coustn edith gamble who passed away daoembar ib ims ib life loved and honoured in death remembered wesley and margaret masales and famiia gamble in loving memory of a daar wife and mother who passed away on december 18th 1943 tjhoae whom we love go out of sight hut never out of mind they are cherished in the hearts of those they leave behind loving and kind in all her ways upright and- just to the end days sincere and true in heart and beautiful memories she left behind sadly missed by husband and family i of her a rnlrtd the snow storm of this week was a real taste of winter the christmas concerts are popu lar items most every evening at pres ent torontos snow rtoim certainly pushed the war news off the front pages mali service disrupted by the storm had not returned to normal schedules until today mrs w j mall lias received word that her son sgt w h hall has arrived safely in india a- christmas a week from next mon day and just now there is every ap pearance of n white christmas to ensure delivery before christ mas do your christmas mailing early there is no point in putting it off to the last minute the municipal workmen certainly did a splendid job in ploughing the roadways the snow was put well hack and left a fine wide travelled portion highest prices which may be charged for christmas fowl in any part of canada are as fouows tur keys 46 cents a pound geese 33 cents a pound chickens 42 cents a pound ducks 35 cents a pound for the benefit of those who were unable to secure admission to the hall the night of the high school com rnanjcement the play pride and pre- jutflca was repeated on monday even- ins by the school students a una new sign has been erected on the front of the storey glove co building on bower avenue it is in large raised gold letters on a black backgroud and adds much to the ap pearance of the building mrs walter cutting received word this week from her son pta marvin cutting a prisoner of war in germany stating he is well and re ceiving good attention by the red cross the severe snow sform on tues day caused the regular meetl ir ui the halton county council to be post poned and the wardens dinner which waa to have followed at the the es- tamlnet at burlington was also post poned to be held next week winters krst storm snarls up the traffic when winter of 1944 descended it appeared to all come at once storm from the northeast brought a jieavy fall of snow all day monday continuing on tuesday streets and btghways were blocked and train ser vice disrupted the heaviest part of the storm was in the east highways and unas running west of here ware passable hut sidewalks ware blocked for trmf stc workers a ware unable j wttb i wwm that german garrison left to fate on channel idkma london cp ignored by british forgotten by the fnehrerf a iojooo to uoooo german troopi ir lost themselves in kajan front yard on the oi islands just off the cherbourg petilaaula their occupation is one of the strangest off the war four years eg they aw aim ashore on what they lanuanal as alapplag atnaaa in ran d isolated ataee the liberation of franca that have heonme a division all draasid up with no place to go reeling la divided in england as lo whether the islands should be retaken military leaders assarting that there has been no official report on condi tions in the islands since dday argue that they no longer are of strategic importance there is much senti ment however for the 00000 british subjects on them who have lost their freedom for the first time in 30 gen erations the dots of land jersey guernsey alderney and sark cover a total of 73 square miles and are known as guardians of englands moat they are noted for their fine herds of milch cows granite quarries fishing enterprlzr and fine scenery and also for riot requiring their residents to pay income tax to the british gov ernment probably one of the best informed sources on present conditions on the islands is lord portsea former ad vocate in the royal court of jersey he said that despite the germans demands for mqpt of the islanders produce they have only enough food to last until christmas bland nasi the germans have become the only enemies the islanders have never buried the islanders are an obstin ate cocky race who have fought for their freedom down through the ages however this time the british left no arms for them to defend them selves with when dunkerque fell the germans walked in 24 hours after the british walked out virtually all the islanders now are older people their sons have gone off to war the germans are prepared to defend stubbornly what is little better than tholr prison they hove a number of fine 14 nnd 16inch coastal guns much ackack equipment and several e- boats the surrounding waten is al ways treacherous because of thg gl ganttc tide which how has been lly mined it is questionable if nny part of the islands could bo used as a haven for uboats but i believe it is highly possible that some of the flying bombs now being launched against southern england and london may bo coming from there there in no reason why these bombs could not have been transfer red when the allies captured the rockot coast it is known that during the big robot bomb blitz this spring and summer some of the missiles were fired from alderney meeting op knox young peoples jheui on monday knox y p s met on monday even ing in the class room inez mclel- lan read the scripture and jack mainprise led in prayer babe ros- zell sang 4 christmas jack main prize and doug david son directed games and carol singing the social committee served lunch and a discussion followed big shock coming for the shysters in months and years to come a good many moh and families friends and associates are going to be very start led and shocked when the law walkt in lays- charges of income tax evasion demands payment of a big bill on unpaid tax plus penalties plus fine and in some coses demand the of fenders presence in a penitentiary for a period of years in other words some of the shy sters who think they are getting away with something are going to get a very big surprise government machinery may be cumbersome it may be slow but there are very many ways of tracking down the tax chlsler with certain kinds of people the double cash system u currently very popular undttc that system you put a little of the incoming cash in the till mo in your pocket the cabhpn people generally have a hlghruitempt for this kind of fraud they will demand sharp and sure retribution indeed or the offenders nothingness than the most sedu lous and most efficient system for hunting out and punishing shysters will be accepted every citizen had a duty to himself and to the notion to report such activity defeating a drought london cp a hummer drought threatening the country s food pro ductlon was partly alleviated by the national fire service which pumped millions of gallons of water into ponds in one eastern region 130 miles of hose uere jnld to rivers and streams from which the water was pdmped hvmucane biunos loss saint john ne cp fisher men along the bay of fundy shore off new brunswick suffered serious losses in the recent hurricane which des nets traps and other squlp- progress blade on report rf sewage disposal system oonunued from page one and residents off esqueslng must take it for the whole year chief rarrop pointed out some ire hazards which should be wtrrwlvd the offenders were to be untitled that if the hazard waa ma imdted aftr action would he taken it waa decided toot to rent lite town hall fur a midnight danim on new years kve mr llarrtip requeatod leave f ah aoenre for sis days leave waa granted the lleeve reported on the pi tigress mde on thesewae dlsthhwl lyitsjo- report the engineers iruiitsed thai the report would lie ready this week the school nurse pummtttee report ed that a new nurse have been hired in place of mies walker who had res igned the new nurse comes from rlraland lake and starts her duties at the first of the year the usual grant of gjs was made to mr k l wright for the work entailed in looking after the farm cummando headquarters during the summer months council adjourned at lllfl and the germans after admittedly any country which l defeated is tempted to plan a war of revenge the difference is that the germans have been planning a con tinuous attempt at world domination for about three generations it really is a continuous procefts it went on during the weimar republic after the last war and its much more than a war of revenge i dont myself there fore see very much hope in any mea sures designed to prevent the ger man wanting to fight again i pin what hopes i have on meapiireu to prevent them being able to fight again clearing auction sai j5 in esques1ng township pauut stock implementa etc the undersigned has received ln- ktructlonn from jr p brown to ttell by public uuctlon nt his farm lot 20 concession 2 situated on tho first line jut mile south of no 7 highway 1 mile west of acton on monday december lath commencing nt ono oclock horses grey gelding s yrs old brown gelding 7 yrs old bay mare music never stilled in occupied franen ft ruiou rtwoffwml wrfcs of greet ciiwkiaafw de gt4am ptetwruliu ixlnion ieliimuc awusl flourislted lii avema all tin outfit i m upamou mutt renurdutga mad iff he uimwtlgniuiirt 4miillllee of mu liiiaits deeplle hut limit tut now d being iteaid over lle utlc itwttu lewinuv turned mil utdr the lltimui of lie jealem wsie brought fioui frenoe and heir fliet tieartng ani on a hunday night when they 4t up the 11110 weekly feature music magaslne and during utm pro gram herman moyens who helped orgafu produced the record fold the mtoiy in the middle of the night he said the underground musicians led by the famous conductor itoger des would take poesession of the research siudiutt f lite virhy radio stations with guards to warn them should the gestapo approach they played and recorded the works of bliss proko- vief mendelssohn and mllhaud this they did despite raids and persecu tion treachery uejoaewa we had to have men to write the scores and we had to steal the pap er for this we had to have engin eers to do the recordings and it was nt easy to get bold of discs either but we never had a traitor or a feint heart we even published our own musical magazines and critical papers moyens said that much of this work was possible because of german stu pidity wo save public performances of banned works he pointed out and the germans were too stupid to real ize for instance in the summer of last year we gave a very successful public peformance of darius mll haud s scaramouch we called it mousarachec by hamldulhasuarld which is anana- gram of the title of the piece and the composers name public reception of the program was iwpartedly good while critics bald the cnllbre of the work was equal to any turned out in the most favor able circumstances two camafmaw v w w9wm wxnnm j wu ut ittu ttvh 1 m wed- vtt lbs vli iuiiu f 4mm tn ttttm war were tuhnitr tiy titstut j he fjt i mma ian ut win im ftivm4 4uift4utit was nt 4 t i umttnt ft 14s gj- isiiliy f tutt tt was taken prlsieief if was wutf mu and ttfout ut ttm tau vaiwuver iltmp tit iittmr humt i o wbi the v was mj hail vmmumm hey also ut urjmsb jufum lie won it while alfsjhed lo the ijittiangmn hmglm- til in the imperial forces fighting iu munna um had previously won tii military cross and tad aw flatted in iejt4fcee he hijtut lower htxalt eim fattmitmaster of the 1st quamlchan troop at lumen b c iso avlamtuj wimohtu montiteali cp capt- w i htmwmwt of british overseas airways utrhtrmtuta became the first pilot to fly the atlantic soo times beating out cspt i v buddy messenger by a few ikmirs capt stewart took first honors when he landed at prestwick hrotland just a snort tjnie before capt messenger put down at dorvol airport here opfoatnjnities near h0hk home people got the idea in the past years that if they could go to some dlktant place they would find bettor opportunities for business and employment when they got to then plares they often found that the peo ple of these localities had snapped up the available chances and that the opportunities were no better than uy were in their own neighborhood the needs of the war program of course have made it desirable for rnmity to go to distant places to work some people will have some secure opportunity in view in some di place but for the majority who set out for a distant place in hope off finding better chances the outlook u not so good there should be a great expansion of lananesa to od s afl th war people should consider carefully the opportunities in their own com munity before they go off to distant places for uncertain chances no longer rationed sorghum molars is sorghum syrup apple butter and maraachlno cher ries have been removed from the list of rationed commodities requiring d coupons euweratwexeceweettase sharp increase in sugar beets t fcod s yrs old cows rod shorthorn cow 7 yrs due jan ird grey shorthorn cow g yrs with calf at foot red short horn cow 5 yrs milking 2 mos ayr shire shorthorn cow 5 yrs milking 2 mou red shorthorn cow 5 yrs with calf at coot ayrshire shorthorn 5 yrs due feb 23rd ayrshire cow 9 yrs milking 2 mos jersey cow 6 yrs with calf at foot jersey cow 3 yrs due april 27th shorthorn bull 2 yrs old shorthorn bull rising 1 yr pure bred but not registered heifer rising 2 yrs hogs york sow with s pigs ready to wean york sow ready to breed poultry 180 rock pullets lay ing implements m h binder 6 ft cut in kood repair deerlng mow er s ft cut in good order deetini 30 ft rake i hc hay tedder l tooth i h c cultivator steel rollei 13 tooth m h cultivator turnip sower m h seed drill 4 section harrow scuffler no 41 tudhoi anderson walking plow no 10 tud- hope anderson single furrow riding plow 2 walking plows manure spreader bob sleigh hay rack speight wagon with box and shel ving stock rack one horse demo crat buggy fanning mill renfrew scales m h turnip pulner store beat cross cut saw del aval no 12 cream separator forkdl hocrf shovels grain bags etc harness set backhand hrrnp 3rd horse harness collars buggy cutter set slnplo harness etc roots 800 bus turnips if not previously sold 1000 bus mangolds 50 bags potatoes the farm at the samo time h farm if not nrevloualy sold cornic ing of 100 ncrts more or less will lx offered for sale nuhjrt to n reern hid the farm in well situated right at acton and hmiuav no 7 the farm 1 w ii fenced and in good state of fertility and a hlch state of cultivatl6n on the prom i es is a tood bank bnrn a comfortable log nn i frame house this farm over look and ad loins fairy lake acton terms on farm 10 of purchase price on dav of sale bn lance in 30 davs or when possession is cken part mav be left on a mortgage if prev lous arrangement 1 made household fffects large kitchen cupboard with gas doors kitchen table kitchen stove with wnrmtnc closet ad -eservoi- wash- stand pattv tub stand white en amel sink- larre heater for wood two pumps terms on chattles cash no kerjfrrve as the proqietor is forced to ml because of hi health and ack of help b m auctioneer wnt i according to present entlmntff the 1044 production of sugar beets will be thnrply increased over 1043 a new bugar bootcrowing area developed in quebec this year from which a har- veut of 55000 tons 1s oxpected pro duction in southwestern ontario est imated at 125 000 this year is nearly double the 1041 crop alberta at 138 000 tons also uhows an increase which more than counterbalances a decrease in manitoba the total 1044 crop of beets now placed nt 6os000 tons is 28 per cent greater than in 1041 sugar beet lifting operations got under way in ontario the first week in october under fairly favorably conditions of the two ontario pro cessing plants at chatham and wal- iaceburg only the latter will operate this year in manitoba heavy sep tember rains particularly in the red river valley did considerable dam age to the sugar beet crop with many fields standing under water more favorable conditions are re ported in alberta buy eably and gist the choicest meats we have blocked our rcflrijreralora with be very choicest meal the market affords christmas cornea but once a year ami here our offerings for be feast hat will make the occasion memorable iieef cuts i cured meats all prime bczt spec ially selected fir the christmas trade from all the well known puckers ot standard meat products fork cuts are all from the choicest hogs on the marl ct fowl geese and chickens your choice o suit lie size or he family gatherinjr make your selection we assure you of he quality the supply of turkeys this year is very limited we aro endeavoring o secure a supply or these flno birds but cannot promise last minute shoppers a choice store cijosed december 28th boxing day lovell bros phone 178 acton ontario i it is always v a merry christmas to those who own their own house and keep it insured we can give you insurance service for every need f l wright realtor general insurance and seal estate broker rag to one and all a very merry christmas and a happy new year ccopes block acton r