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ykwi the acton itree prbss neds af mr farrlaaaa ul death an ja la tile hn wtheat issias la mtanriaai noucm j na aaalb aimlnal far poster dnttr motavxsh at th home of her nleea mrs h s walker erafiiosa township on tueeday dec 33 1m1 mary mctavtah daughter of the lata duncan and jane moravian vfagjrfw goodbye 1941 hello 19421 juit the happleat new year po- albl municipal election are on tn both the neighboring- township back to school on monday for teacher and puplla after a long chltstmas holiday certain weights and colore of papef tiaed tn printing are not now being manufactured if the cold weather hold it wont be long until there is nkntlng at the arena there u a aplendld atnrt made ntw the observance of noxlno dny latt friday made acton inther quiet several of the industries did not re open until monday a number of kuhsirlptlona to tub fskk piraa expire at the end of the yenr your prompt attention to your label helps mnlntnln tho home pnper boys ys overseas send season greetings to loeal committee flbituorq mfuincob of acknou ledge mo nt grateful appreciation and convoying the ifaionb creetlnga to all mrmber mrs j j cooney in fall in a health for some month mrs j j cooney paaaed away on sunday 21 it inst at th home of her parents mrs john kennedy she was in her fiftyfirst year marie marcella kennedy was born in acton and ipvnt her entire life hero she married jamc j coonoy a vrah of the laat wgrm war who prod- cad her lx yenrs affo two aonjt remain cam nt homo and 1te jack coo hoy with the canadian troop overseas iwrvlng as hu father dlttn th last war besides her par ents one brother harold of detroit and one sister mrs john wilson of toronto vernal n to all of these who have sustained the loss of a lovlntf mother daushtrfr hd klster sym pathy of many friends here toe out mrj cooney had jlnchorhujbandm death cared for the aged parents who will indeed miss her now the funeral was hld on wednes day mbrnlub of last week with mnss at st josephs church with her pas tor rv father morgan in chargo mrs cooney was n devout memjierjnf st jotuphu nnd church and home life clnlmcml her every attention tnler- ment wan made in dublin cemetery pall liea rem were pte cnrnoy hine corp wm colemnn nnd mejmrn jos klynn inuronro gibbons hasll mel lon nnd llios kelli amonjr tin relative nnd friends nt tending the funeral from n dlslnmo ueio mr arlhui cwm toronto mr rhoj mtkngup toronto mr tohn gibbons nnd mnor ins gibbous of irilrwn mr and mrs tohn u inon i imtr nnd mr hnrnld ken- nnl ivttoli mlih hamilton friends honor miss sayers bride of this month eden mills of the committee have been received during the week from the following men overseas who have received dur ing the first week of december cartons of 300 cigarettes another shipment- has smce been aent containing a gift parcel of cigarettes to each of the men from acton and vicinity now serving over- aeas from the war services league or this community pte frank hollo way sgt r w anderson pte w b elliott ucorp r mcvey pte h mcarthur pte w l turner gnr n a price pte i k lambert pte a e mauey cpl ftritllllc ntv w h brown pte c w douglas jcw pte j gibbons pte clifford mc- jdonnld tprwhi on friday evening december 26th n surprise party was hold for miss flora say era a brldo- tobe nt the home of mr and mrs ottlo clark bartonvllle a group of hamilton friends were gathered there mr norman weston gave a brief address flora was presented with n lovely table lamp after thanking her friends for the beautiful gift the rest of the evening was spent in playing games and a singsong a dainty lunch was served during the evening j d j schven rournoutete- al carol service at st aldans church the annual christmas carol ser vice was held last sunla evening when the nativity story was told in the sevenfold scripture lesson inter spersed with the traditional carols by the choir and congregation a solo was sung by miss maurettn howies effective air the conclusion was the reading of the battle hymn of the republic the church looked bright with the customary christmas evergreens and red polnsettlaa war boosting iron mining northwest ontario depoaiu iwp- injutuisr new conditions- ottawa cp recent develop ment of iron ore production in can ada constitutes a valuable contribu tion to uar industry and in partial ly meeting a demand previously sup plied by the united states is effect ing a saving in exchange figures on the produition of iron qre u ith other important minerals remain secret under war regulations but it li known that last jear sev eral hundred thousand tons were pro- duced atthe nrw helen mines tn the mlchlplcoten area near s ste marlemichlplcoten lelds almost the entire domestic production of iron ore at present a large deposit has bet n reported at the steep rock lake property near atikokan 133 miles west of port arthur but it it at present still in the survevlng stag iron ore production in canada came to a standstill in 1023 but was hostel towns run lip her buudinc bill to 1000000 a day hostel towns nre springing up throughout ircat britain around the new factories some of them covering n square mile of land for making munitions nnd other war material the factories have to be built well nwny from congested areas nnd in stead of travelling long distances backwards nnd forwards can now live on the spot in huts built in parts elsewhere nnd assembled where required nlong with canteens refrig erated stores emergency hospltnls and shops after the wnr all these buildings can easily be taken down nnd put up again where wanted they nre a considerable item in britains build ing bill of 1000 000 a dny army camps and aerodromes are also going up all over the country nnd for the home front there are nirraid shelters firstaid posts rest centres emergency housing and feoding centres even temporary shops are put up in blitzed towns to carry on without interruption the distribution of food nnd other essentials in cov entry whole rows of these shops were run up for the bombedout traders prncthally all this wnrtime build ing is under the direction of govern ment departments working through the ministry of works nnd public buildings wt up about a year ago undei the direction of lord uelth pronicnov oiriioashnow sii adva a very successful concert was held in ss no ft nassagaweya where mrs melvln storey is the teacher and miss mcphall music teacher much credit is due o both oh the way ihe puplla were tmlnet mr melvln storey wm chairman i he annual chrlatmns entertain ment of ihe presbyterlnn kundny school wnn held in the chuvch with mr gordon mcphall as chalrmnn a good program of solas duetts load ing nnd dialogues nan given and santa ci nun appeured at the lose tn distribute the girts mr and mm frank lemmer nf guelph were holiday visitors in the home of mr and mrs j d low r it mr and mr rohoi t croft an i family of toionto spent n few days last week in the home of mr nnd mrs w croft di- and mrs fred croft of kltch- ener were also kupmis in thn same liome on christmas the many friends of mrs james wilson will be plentuwl to learn she is improving slowly mr nnd mrs d mncdougall misses wlldn nnd marie gllhertttnn imtl mr cnrnolmncdougall arid mtv bob ghhorthon visited with ornngevllle friends on sunday ime winon llewelv win home nn leave for chiluthuih mr nnd mm w mlno ijh nt the holiday in the home of their dnuih ter mis s llarnih nnd mr harms nt tltilinwn mr i lt mile of ulih uiih n holldnv vlsitm in tti home nf mr and mrs w t i on tie mt ami mrw centre itnnimij nhd family of m tiorjje a nt sunday in the home of mm itamnay mr i loyd ilamnny in iendlng some time in tin home of his grand mother mrs i itnmkay mr kiiksell iow rle spi nt it ft w dnys with relntives in toronto rev mr grant occupied the pulpit of the presbyterlnn church on sun day tim induttlpn services for the new pastor will be hew on friday evening in st pauls church guelph your correspondent wishes the editor and staff of tits fskk pskss nnd all its renders n happy and prosper ous new year georgetown a large crowd of children was on hand last saturdny afternoon nt t pm when santa claus made hu yenrly appearance in georgetown prior to tlouiik for t chrlstmail vmntlon a chi 1st mas pnrt was held tasl friday afternoon by the pupils of georgetown public school llndt r the direction of principal h c wrlg- glesworth and mks g young two plays were staged by the senior clnssei two or three reels of moving pic tures shown by mm john r bnrber were the feature of n sundny school chrlstmns concert nt knov preibyter- inn church lnstfrldny evening pre vious to this supper was served by the sunday school teacher arrang ed by mrs w t sinclair a quiet wedding was solemnized on saturdny afternoon nt st paul a church of england rectory norval w hen isabel alberta daughter of mrs william collier and the late mr collier of georgetown became the bride of john herbert son of mr john davidson and the tate mrs davldvon also of georgetown herald oakville in the enrly hours of sunday morn ing a thief pried open the roar en trance of slgrlsts varlaty store aivl made off with two cash boxes con taining 7j the oakvllle figure skating club has completed arrangements sot the wlntei senium there are to bo four skating tterlods en h week on friday fvonlnnr ni thn regular bimonthly meeting of the oakvllle ijonu club the club played host to fourteen members of the uoyal aus tralian air force nt n chrlstmns pnrty at tie oakvllle fun with the upitolntinent of george wllsoli to the office of ndmlhlutiatni of frultn and vegetables in the war time prhex and trade board well merited promotion nnd distinction has come to n former oakvlllo boy -ro- cordmtar erin mrs j r hamilton guelph road made it christmas cake in aid of the british war vhtlmy fund which realised 10 70 santn claus arrived in erin last tuesday nflernnou and greeted n thtong of children and grownups when he paswd nut u hag of windy nut oranges cle to every child uyin mtallfder beloved wife of charge pbell paused away nt the family nsidencc 110 pacific ave ioionlo on sattuday dncemlwr jo illl in her nth yenr following t iiiihhb of honu mnnthii palhihnnd imiinn foiimd the floinl ha kgiotind in im lulale 1nlh d i imri h li c i nt jy fin tin weddlni f hilda molrt mirllt and wilfred hoy riinilv i he hiide ir the ihllllltf r ol mr and mrs frederh k william met ntt of ihnmptnn nnd the groom i he son of mr and mis charles itny citndv i rln advotiiti mrs den- mr everton recent visitors nt the home of mr nnd mm w head were mr and mrs j b mckenxlo georgetown mr milne hamilton mr and charlie head nnd donnle of mt nls mr and mrs fred murray kitchener head of guelph mrs gor don mislcb helen nnd dorothy her- ron mr nobert mccutcheon nnd mis j krusky visited on sundny with miss lois mccutcheon nnd mr t d mccutcheon mr nnd mrs john coullng nnd mr l-ond-mn- alfred coull spent c jnqfldaywith mr nnd mrs walter co u ling miss malw 1 mileod of toronto is spending n few days at her home mr and j w mccutcheon nnd family and mr and mn a mc cutcheon visited on spndny with mr nnd mm john mcutchcon mr b n simmons nnd mrs f shepherdtfm spent chrifttmnt dny nt the home of mr and mrs evnns of arkell miis m sunter mr it sunter nnd mrs usherwood attended the kings bury nnd stewart wedding on satur dny mr and mrs duncan kingsbury of freeman spent a few days nt thtlr homes inst week milages barbara nnd muriel ben ham spent a few days last week in gut iph with mr and mrs van normnn mr nnd mrs j p benhnm nnd family spent chrlstmns day with mr and mrs j mnittand elora in the hog marketing yenr ended september ul 1w1 hog slnughtertng at inspected plants in canada totalled nearly 6 2 million head compared with 4 8 million luad the previous year or an imreasc of about 50 pe cent produt tion increased more sharply in the west than in the east or about one mill t h n revived at mlehlnlcoten in 1919 whn lion hogs respectively in 104041 5j per cent of the irog slnughterings the ontario government provided bourity of two cents per unit of 20 pounds of row the new helen property is estimat ed to contain 100000000 tons of car bonate ore nlnnlng about 35 per cent iron a low grade which van only be practically mined with the bounty assistance the steep roik lake de posit was discovered in 193 nnd is psttltlly under water- qijupond dril ling through the ice it reported to have indicated a large body of high grade ore presence of water makes development of the property expen sive but it is expected further dril ling will be carried out this winter smelters at sydney ms obtain ore from their own mines at wabana newfoundland while ore from ham ilton and port col bo me ont smelt ers comes from the lake superior region of the united states occurred in western canada as com pared with only 16 per cent in 1933 for esquesing council your support and vote for george cleave wlllbeappneciacca i have servtd tuo years ns councillor nnd if elected will rive my btst fffort to the interest of rntepayirs to evfrvone 1 u ish a happi new year thuitsday january lit 1b4j itmtity ox edftor tmv aototf fsss pbess oenr sir ihe ariltlos on actons early school day by your contributor mr e j moore nre read with n great deal of intermit by mnny of your renders mid the uitlcte llnmelve form a re cord that wlllhe useful to those in ter sled in the hlidory of at ion now and jn the future in tin nrthle in last weeku fmkk inwih yoyjrtmtrlhutnr nientlnned almuirtu7liulldlng on main street now usd as a dwelling which was atlonh first ut hoolhoutie and the wrltei ludleves an effort should he made tn form an historical km inly to pieservn this building for poster ity not only for the associations in- net led with it hut as n plnre to keep the tunny articles of pioneer interest the building being on the highway would attrad tourists as well ns lowil moplo ami the interest and edit- i at ion af frd d them would more than tipay any smalt fee t hargmf for the privilege i believe that through the effortl otai tonagrl ul i lira i moiuty and tlit onvi m r nf the illntnrhal so hon mi n v mome a largi- oiler tlon of ploiu 1 1 iilpmint is now uatlnr d mint vmiuld fnini a px mn li iih nf n v ry valuable collection llilii lommunlty h full or hlstoiy and is miildnk history v owe a di lit to 11m iihik 1 h din n slut n ly iiislohia many callings iiihiitlfri in railway enlistments diversified alllnuh and oiiupalions are included in the hht of 107 di nlgnn- llons glvi n by mm of the canadian national railways when enlstlng for nctlve service of the 1200 men join ing up the grenttr majority w re from branches of direct railway op eration nnd the others included rep resentatives from the mnrlne services telegraphs hotels and express depart ments nnd from 13 separate divisions of those related services the list of occupations ranges through the alpha bet with the exception of q x nnd x although a tinsmith might r ally slip in ns a zinc worker ihe hut begins with accountants nnd ashpltmen continues to hlueprlnters nnd bullion guards the lattbrnn express rospinsl- juj cooks a cook cs th fn working in hotels nnd dining cars nnd the latter in work trains there are ifrohulldorn they work in roundhous es gunrdhoys who nre employed on c xpr ss wagons and wntchboys who perform slmllnr work in the cartage scrviies the hotel department is represented nil the way from manag ers to tray hoyi and kltch n helpers while t he telegraphs range from climbers to grounclmen stableman is a stockyard calling issuers serve in tin storts nnd upholsterers work in the enr shops phone heroine qf scilly isles awarded british empire medal for good work while wounded huohtown scllly isles cp dnzed nnd injured by a bomb- whch killed her b frie petrinn noble carried on with her job of air raid pr cautions telephone operator for four hours before accepting medical- treatment she has bi en nwnrdd the british empin mednl at the guelph theatres royal nkw vliajtm eve froijo okc slt if f m utd tiiurm hu ud hat contlnunu yiw ymnru ly t nnd haturrlay luih hope in in louisiana ptlh monoav ttlkhdav wmnkti janiiabv bit1 lydia whh merit obemn alan muwhall pa lack new vkarm rvk mlouo uid tiiiihh krioay hatiiroav conllnuou yw yinru dny antl malurdiiy abhou and contcho in kkei km hyiiw rouulhf prwo nw yiuik- m kvc illtnt owtklm 11 10 im iionitav thkm1iav wklfntm janiiarv bt swamp watkr wioi wallef llrennan walter kiulon j cadesky optamenuar w1uu hk rn acton on monday january 6 an voile sllff ring from vyti strain defective vision or head if in nhould not mlh the opjwir luiihy tf consulting this y sli t t qifc in lint appulnlnwru in i l mndi with mr a i urow n itiiuilst onsijm atin illl i offlee lliiuri 10 to am lilt i 15 pm ii hi w o brownridge r i i for esquesing council 1 942 your votl nnd tnflucncc is kespectfully solicited tor w o hrownndgc for esquesing council i0j2 to one and aix a haiiier new year 1941 1942 nineltcn forty one taker its how the curtain ribcs oi nineteen forty two as lone as the world has existed each succeed in car has brought its pleasures to enjoy its pains to endure and its problems to solve nine teen forty two will be no exception but problems will be met losses turned into victories and fail ures into successes as we greet the new year we wish to thank our many customers for their patronage during the past year and to extend to all our sincere best wisnes that the new year will bring health and hoppiness b d rachlin canadiantanks from cpr shops eu oovkbxor london icp sir arthur frnn- cl urlmbli- governor and com- biandirlnohlef of sojohollit ha bn appointed governor and com- 1 manderinchief of the windward ii- lands uceelinii sir henry pophnm uho uil retire in may iianulkss cits manchester icp drllnini houseulves ulll have- to buy cups without handle in 1942 under a new itaivlardlzatlon program theyll have to hunt for knife powder too because the new knives wont be of stainless steel your vote and influence for geo currie for esquesing council 1 942 is respectfully solicited and will be appreciated to one and aix a happy new year election monday january fith rho craftsmen ot th canadian psetrtc raihvay aaus stop at uoetnaj ar proud of lb powerful tanks they ar buudiajr for ths canadian british and allud anslm tha tnthty i apoas slream off the assembly una as th day aad alxht shift tabor to rodue toor aav or of these valentine for victory the illustration shows a bumbtr of th tank to mas for mation just before they rolled aboard canadian pacific flatcar for shipment to umfjfhlln front