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y mt jvttjwt jfnt tts y sixtyeighth year no 30 acton ontario thursday january 21st 1943 four honeprint pages five cents wont snow storm h years paralyzes traffic in district wu bcqoire days iafi oat bccace uemm an one of the wont lilizxards tht has been experienced in years started on tuesday morning and by uiwtter- noon be heavy west sale had pack ed in the loose snow until drifts we packed tight that disrupted travel by any means snow was with the heavy wind andawlded to the accumulation already down made conditio that are most unusual all afternoon buses out or toronto were cancelled on tuesday afternoon and he highways were not cleared sufficiently to get a bus through to acton until thursday morning the train service operated but all trains had to be preceded by a snow plow the evening train from tor onto on tuesday was only about an hour and a half behind schedule but the train from the west due n acton t 638 pm did not arrive until the following morning at 330 and pupils attending school in cuelph hardly sot home in time o start back again the train due in acton at 1 06 a m did not arrive until nearly five oclock that morning train service from toronto was maintained on wednesday but trains from the west were several hours behind schedule all roads in the district were block ed with snow and drifts 10 feet in height were common on all roads warden j u mcdonald and ex- warden amos mason who were at tending county council in milton were marooned in the county town until wednesday highway no 25 between acton and milton was plug ged full of snow as were all roads except highway no 7 near here farmers spent all day tuesday break ing roads some of them through the fields sleighs and riding horseback and walking were the common means of getting to town from the rural areas adjoining mrs wtjrbcatty hostess for meeting of united wms on january 15th a goodly number of women of the united church ati tended the wms meeting at the home of mrs w j beatty the president mrs tl caldwell in a few well chosen words of welcome to all gave an outline of the activities of the society for 1943 names of the leaders for each month and place of meeting the financial report was most en couraging glven by the treasurer mrs g a dills reports from mis sion band baby band and cfljt were all very interesting and showed much progress the devotional part of the meeting was ably taken by mrs prod cleave followed by n few now years thoughts and resolutions hy mrs a t brown a very beautiful and help ful solo near to the heart of god was then given by mn j k gard iner the study book in thnrgf of mm bert mow at was intensely intur eating as was the discussion so free l entered into by all present at the conclusion of this excellent meeting a very appetizing lunch wan served by mrs uontty and daughter miss eleanor after which hearty words of appreciation were given to mrs beatty for her gracious hospi tality ilev a w poshury closed the meeting with prayer local bowlers retain first place in bowling league the mccutcheon bowlers hung on to first place in the cuelph city major bowling league lost thursday night although wing to central on tario 43 the mccutcheon team now lead the league by three points a 19 point handicap the mccut cheon team had to concede thelkoo- ponents gave central ontario all their four point as they won the first game by 17 pins and the last game by 8 pins the score o krull 135 s 201 336 c irishman 27 254 179 710 g mosaics 209 227 235 671 a sheffield 174 261 297 732 w corry 226 250 177 653 n morton 156 156 1021 1148 1069 3258 afecutcheons x central ontario io38 102 10974160 x includes 10 pins hahdicap per gum central ontario 4 mccutcheons 3 weekly war coalmen ei by h h oossdon a new battlefront is shaping up in north africa as the allies pound asia positions and the strongholds of blzerte and tunis by air while wait ing ror the end of the rainy season which has made progress on the ground almost impossible the enemy is believed to have mustered by air and sea an army or about 70000 men in tunisia in addi tion to the remnants of marshal rommel s rorce being chased west ward across the desert by the veteran drtlsh rth rriny the allies also have been reinforc ing their troops from both britain and the united states they have been moving forward as fast afl pos sible over difficult terrain in prepara tion for the showdown to come with the advance contingents will be canadian officers and noncom missioned officers attached tempor arily to british units so thathey can gain actual battle experience to be rnwd tin to their comrades in arms in britain when they return sjfter a few months in addition canadian airmen are with kaf units in the forward areas both as iffhters and round crews when the battle breaks probably about the middle of next month the usual time for the sains to moderate and the ground to dry the axis will have another major front on its hands the effect of african air ac tion already has been to take nazi planes away from the russian front and fullscale rightlnj will undoubt edly divert more dhwalasw 1st britain the nazis seeking to counteract the growing allied air strength in africa have resorted to the derlslon- ary measure of sending a few raid ers at a time in hitandrun blows at the south roast of britain these ru is follow no particular pattern but are directed mainly against the civilian population their usefulness from the german stand point is that they hold down in brit ain a large number of interceptor air craft whch might be used elsewhere as fishier escorts for bombing raids or in straffing forays nevertheless despite these nazi countermeasures the allied air of fensive aealnst axisoccupied jurope both in the north and south has been gaining steadily in scope hardly a night passes without british and can adian bombers striking at axis indus tries in the north and hardly a day without british canadian and am erican fighters preying on axis trans portation facilities in the north in the south both british and american bombers smash at italian industries and port facilities in addition to these aerial strokes some of them aimed ot the axis suhmarlne nests on the atlantic roast to halt a rise in allied trans port sinkings british submarines have been enjoying increasing success in wearing down axis transport fleets in the mediterranean all these efforts apart from rus sias great offensive are in prepara tion for what promises to bo one of the major allied offensives of the war an offensive which may be suc ceeded in the summer by a thrust perhaps spcarh aded by the newly- completed canadian army agarnst northern turopo threat to rostov russian armies in the middle don area and the caucasus were reported at the weekend to be smashing ger man resistance and the threat to ros tov developed with each advance rostov is the sateway he cau casus and the hub of german opera tions in southern russia col gen nikolai f vatutlns soviet army moving southward to th middle don has cut the moscow ros tov railway at glubokaya 00 mlle northeast of rostov while soviet forces driving from the west have reached a point only 60 miles from the city with shortened lines and theygreat network of railways in the donets basin at hti command hitler hopes to hold rostov against the russian win ter offensive if the red armies are successful in capturing the city the objective will be gained only after some of the heaviest fighting of the uay to the northeast the german 6th army isolated before stalingrad has been left to hold out until spring food md munitions are supplied only by air transport desperate though its position is it would be far more serious if rostov fell the russians have bypassed the stalingrad pocket and the encircled nazis can do little to hamper red army activities in the volga area r oa other vraass air activity over tha tunisian front conunued on page thr reeve j m mcdonald ected warden of halton hecuoa of actafe uvcmssfeljnaiinuoossascmdott of cooocu on toeadayv- coam- mitlesw appointed and bylaws pmcd at inaogvral merita cotmdllora asked to consider rnaml incogs tax plan mr j m mcdonald reeve of acton was elected warden of halton county tor 1943 at the inaugural meeting of halton county council held in milton last tuesday nominations were as follows j m mcdonald moved by mr blair seconded by mr near norman gilbert moved by mr craig seconded by dr heslop mr gilbert expressed appreciation for his nomination but asked per mission to withdraw hla name in favor of mr mcdonald as he felt it was a good many years since acton had had a representative to officiate as warden of the county mr mc donalds election was thus made un animous the wardenelect then made hts declaration of office before his honor judge munro owing to bad roads and weather conditions only eight members were present at the council meeting how ever it was decided to proceed with the business ot the day it was moved by mr blair second ed by mr near that the members of the council present be a committee to strike the standing committees for the year 1943 carried the recommendation as contained in the report of the striking com mittee were as follows the first named in each case being chairman finance blalr campbell gilbert halt murray education campbell brown blair murray printing brown campbell craig smith county building heslop may blair hlllmer craig hospital accounts robertson heslop hlllmer hall railways inebriation and agricul ture may robertson gilbert near special communications nenrr brown smith hlllmer good roads gilbert may near robertson heslop the report was adopted the following gentlemen were ap pointed io the various high school boards for 1941 to 1945mllton ed mahon oakvllle reg m smith burlington gordon j campbell other appointments were as fol lows mr gilbert and mr campbell as representatives from halton county council to the board of the childrens aid society for 1943 dr heslop appointed to the good roads committee for the years 1943 to 1947 alex near appointed to the good roads committee to fill the unexpir ed term of hnrold cleave for the yearn 194345 the exwarden john blair and the warden mr j m mcdonald ap pointed as commissioners to the house of refuge fpr the year 194t mrs d hartley and norman craig wore appointed to the old age pen sions and mothers allowance board for 1943 the committee on printing called tor tenders for printing 100 copies of the minutes 100 copies of the audi tor report time limit plated at january 15ti 1944 the following bylaws were intro duced gjvcn three readings und pas- ed- 1 to appoint auditors of the ac counts for 1042 2 a bylaw to authorize the bor rowing of money to meet the expen- dltures for the year 1943 3 a bylaw to introduce members of the county board of audit 4 a bylaw to provide for the total expenditures on the system of county roads for 1943 it was moved by gilbert and hes lop that a rate of 10c per mile travel led for county purposes be paid to councillors carried moved by heslop and gilbert that 145 74 hospital accounts be paid carried the warden handed to each mem ber or the council a brief of the ruml payasyougo plan and asked them to give it their serious consid eration this was done in accord ance with a request from the rate- pavers of the vilae of acton council adjourred minerals in water water during its circulation from ocean and back to ocean gradually dissolve various mineral salts from the soil and becomes the most import ant df all mineral resources since life cannot and few industries if any can function without tm aid says agricul tural and industrial progress warden for 1913 reeve jr m mcdonald of acton lands another big one and was chosen warden of halton for this year this is the only photograph we coum secure of reeve mcdonald and it is doubtful if this photo would have been taken if he hadnt been displaying the 32lb trout he landed in northern ontario on one of his fishing trips he hasnt been in muni- tipnl affairs nu long us hes been fishing but at both he gots along acton citizens are proud of the honor conferred on their representative boys overseas write to war service league fiftysix letters and postcards and airgraph letters have been received by acton and vicinity war service league since the last lot enumerated a few weeks ago in tw fs pssss columns that gives some indication of the appreciation of the boys over seas who recelvo parcels regularly from thin local organization jpto g l alrdrle nays i cannot express thanks enoukh csm jack alger writes i want you to know that i do appreciate tall you people are doing for us slum w h barber writes as i smoke the cigarettes i will think of tlie good old homo town and the very kind and thoughful people pte gordon babcock in a nice newsy letter says they are a cold mine to us here and- 1 wish to thank you very much and gonlon under lines the word very ho is in hospital but getting about on crutches and recovering fqpm a leg injury and pte gordon cook cookie says they certainly did arrive at on op portune time happy hero but cer tainly miss everyone at home pte norman gibson writes to thank all uho are supporting this fine contri bution to acton service men best wishes and chins up tpr arthur gamble i was on my lost package of canadian cigarettes so you know what a lifesaver your gift was and so it goes through those tards and let ters but all we con do is- give you a list of the remainder of the names of acton and district boys who have written pte t w godfrey gnr p c french gnr j b fllatt pte bill fields pte p a elliott pie w r elliott pte c w douglas sgt e a clifford pte w cnssldy rfn i f bragg tpr w h cornohan pte g a reirnce pte t j holmes pte a j irwin slgmn f w jones pte r a johnson pte p kermey seaman len lambert pte g c lambert pte e a massey pte a g martin gnr w lamb pte michael mcmillan lc a l mcinyre g mc- keown tpr j mchugh gnr k a mcdonald gnr tom nlcol pte m j nlcolak lc n l mcnabb dpi p purdy pte geo stringer pte geo w stroyan lc j scrlven f- sgt fred turner pte herb taylor sgv p terry pte turkosx pte p ft tqucnour slgmn geo w williams pte h woods pte j d young lac frank van wyck the week at ttajka by douglas green i fltaff writer the possibility that canadian far mers may be able io utilize for at east light labor the services of men found to be medically unfit when cal led for military wrlce is seen here as u likely result of new manpov er r gulatloiiii itow being consid re 1 tty the cabinet there have leen forecasts that cabinet has amendment providing for the compulsory transfer in civil ian employment of men in age group subject to military nervlce who arc rejected for medical reasons it is understood that one proposed chance in the manpower regulation would permit farmers to leave their farms for other employment in off seasons without the necessity of first obtaining work permits from national selective service authorities and that the period during which they may undertake such employment will bo enlarged from 30 to co days such an amendment if approved would en able farmers to relievo temporary fchortages of labor in their districts womens land amy meantime selective service direc tor arthur macnamara has indicat ed that the labor department will be gtad to consider a suggestion put forward by k c mcdonald british columbias minister of agriculture that a womens land army like that now working in great britain be formed to lessen the labor shortages how facing farmers in that province mr mcdonald has recommended tp labor minister mitchell that farmers and their sons be left on the land as essential to the war effort and con scientious objectors bo directed to farm labor where they are experienc ed farmers and that student labor be organized and trained along seml- mllltary lines so far the federal labor ilepnrt- ment has not announced what if any action it plans to take upon mr mnc- donnld proposal canadas manpower situation is ex- contlnucd on pnu three will revive old minstflel show for war funds efforts in an effort to raise funds to con tinue the work of acton and vicinity war service league a group of citi zen have organized acton minstreis who plan to put on a big local min strel show on march third and fourth committees were appointed as fol lows and ure now at work on the production which will include n one- act farce and a mlnlstrel program directing committee g a dills m m ultch mr bean uhtlcity committee w coles b d ranlln finance committee w h clny- ton w k graham committee in charge of musical part of mlnstnls f j salt nl geo mussel le director of orchestra a mason committee to arrange for play- klrkness goo mason makeup nnd costumes i kersle committee on minstrel dilflogu it sieilvoeel c irishman grenvill masales w coles adult bible class of united church elects officers the adult bible clnun of the acton united church held their election of officerti last week the following of ficers were elected president mrs a t brown vlcepresldentmrs s j reld teachersrev a w foshury assistant teachors mrs a t brown j w bnrberee sec trea evan jones visiting committeemr and mm nelson lambert mrs l armstrong j h denny st- albans vestry meeting shows year of progress the annual vestry meeting of st allmnn connrcgatlon w hold on monday jnnunry lhth ihe flnunclal report hhowed the church completely free of debt with the morifitiu ims- chnrgod durlnir the year all rurrent ohlluntlonu met und mlsslonnry up imrtlanmont ovrpald mr george chapman retiring church warden wan appointed lion rectors warden mr brooks ap pointed mr h l ritchie his wunlen for 1943 and the congregation elected mr b w pargeter by acclamation for the seventh consecutive yenr mr w j o oakeswas elected lay dele gate to the diocesan synod for a period of three years very satisfactory reports were received from the womens auxiliary st albans guild the sunday school etc reference was made by the rector in his report to the fact that 1912 had seen mpre children baptiz ed th0n any other year in the history of the parish there had been 27 baptisms and 6 burials during the year there are 68 names on the honor roll with more than half of them overseas reference was made to memorials shortly to be placed in the church in memory of departed members increases were shown in attendance at services while atten tion was drawn to the fact that all who had not communicated the re quired number of times could not re gard themselves as being in good standing as members plans were made to carry out ex tensive repairs to the interior of the rectory during the newyear rev e a brooks presided for the sixth time as rector appreciation was voiced to all whd had worked so faith fully and well for the good of the partshv blocked roads make adjouniniiir offair meeting blocked roads interferred with the annual meeting of acton fall fair held yesterday afternoon and in view of the small attendance and the fact that some of the officials were unable to reach town the members assembled by motion adjourned until saturday at 130 pm to conduct the business usual at the annual meeting in view of the many changed condi tions this year that the fair will be confronted with it is advisable that as full an attendance of members as pos sible should be at the meeting the meeting of the new board of direc tors is held immediately following the annual meeting indications are that in spite of the wet weather encoun tered last year a very good financial audited statt ment will be presented to the meeting knox y w- a 1nstals officers for the year ihe january meeting of knox y w a watt hold at the home of the president mrs robt ohara on the recond wtdnendny night with a good attendance the president was in charge with mrs becker and mrs j in tilts in chnrge of the devotion rev forbes thomson was present and todk charge or the installation of the officers for the ensuing year and also addressed the members using as his text the story of the good sam aritan expressing the desire that the members accept this example as n foundation for our personal mis sionary work particularly on the home front a short business period followed discuusing several items of routine to follow the treasurer presented a full report of intd years finances which was very gratifying mrs francis wilds offered her homo for the february meeting an invitation was received from the friendly circle of the united church to visit them on thuruday night junuary 21st at n nodal even ing following the closing of the meet ing u social time followed when lunch was served by the hostess nod her committee of mrs f thomson mrs becker and mrs jas ingles hugh mckay dies from injuries sustained monday was in couwkwi with bcsv of iksiry track al mate street following an accident in which he was in collision with the rear of the truck of masales dairy on monday mr hugh mckay passed away last night at the general hospital in fuclph where he had been taken im mediately after the accident the accident occurred at norman mceacherns garage on main street wlu n mr masales was backing his delivery truck out from the garage in some manner mr mckay who was totally blind came in collision with the rear of the truck he was knocked to the ground and found beneath the chassis when the car was stopped he sustained several broken ribs chest injuries and injur ies to his left ankle shown by exam ination at the hospital until last night his progress seemed satisfactory and hopes were held for hlsa recovery however about ten oclock he passed away quite sudden ly in menioriam certificates presented at knox w m s a well attended mectinfr of knox presbyterian wms wusrhem at tho manse with the president mrs f blow presldlnc the meeting opened with the devotional period conducted by mrs e burr and mr w could an interesting part of the meeting waa the ceremony of installing the new executive for 1943 this was done with rlttlng dignity by kev forbes thomson an unanimous hearty vote of thanks was tendered to mrs w j gould for the faithful discharge of her duties as secretary for the past six yean to which mrs could replied in a most fitting manner expressing the great plea sure she had in being a help to the society however humblei it may have been another iteqif interest was the presentation of two in he- moriam certlfytatea one in memory of mrs thos cray presentedr by her daughter miss laura cray and the other presented by the members of the auxiliary in memory of mrs a mcphcrson jjra wm thompson mr folster mrs thos rumley and mrs thos scott mrs h malnprtze gave a very w- tercstlng paper entitled new years meditation after the close of the usual routine dainty lunch and a social time was spent the vangoozen- swackhamer wedding at maple hill farm on january sixteenth at three oclock a pretty wedding was sol emnized under an arch of evergreens white bells and streamers which made a lovely setting for the marriage ceremony of mary isabel only daugh ter of mr and mrs arthur swack- hamor churchill and dirk cutts son of mr and mrs c j vancoozen acton after entering to the strains of traumerel played by mrs chris kwackhnmt r acton tho ceremony was performed by itev a o w fore man at the homo of the brides par ents maple hill farm churchill tho bride was given in marriage by her father wearing a lovely gown of white xhrnllle brocaded satin with sweetheart neckline nnd long torso ulso a gold locket gift of the broom the trainlength vol i which had been worn by her sin tor- inlaw mrs chris swackhamer was of embroidered silk not caught with orange blossoms to form a halo she carried a white bible with a corsage of plidc roses forgetmonots and white streamers mary cutts cousin of the groom as bridesmaid was gowned in pastel pink bodice of- lace over taffeta and full skirt of not over taffeta with tur- nuoute trim carrying an arm bouquet of pink carnations and fern the flower girl nadine swackhamer nelce of the bride and daughter of mr and mrs harold swackhamer of hamilton wore a gown of dotted pink organdy carrying a nosegay of mauve asters lueslie swackhamer brother of the bride supported the groom during the signing of the register mrs archie kerr sang because and i cove you truly the brides mother received in n gown of braided black crept- gold trim with a corsage of whlto baby mums the grooms mother assisted jn a gown of black crepe with tur quoise trim and a corsage of yellow baby mums after tho reception about thirty guests sat down to a dainty wedding supper served by mrs grace scott of 1j ramp ton mabel harris and edith warne of acton followed by toasts and congratulations at this time a toast was proposed to the brides parents on the occasion of their thirtysixth wedding anniver sary a lovely table lamp was pre sented by the family the bride and groom left by train for a short wedding trip the bride chose for travelling a rose crepe dress brown tweed coat and match ing accessories nutrition conference planned by acton inststute womens institutes of halton county are sponsoring nutrition con ferences throughout the county the acton branch of the institute has planned for one of these conferences to be held here on january 26th ses sion will be held jn the y m ca from 10 to 12 in the morning and from 2 to 5 in the afternoon miss lots clipsham will be the conference leader in the acton meeting the conferences are open for every- 6neadd to meet war etnergenclse and the need mr better nutrition wy woman lit acton and district lseord- tally invited k m j jfri ui m tl ohfl t ljbn li v wjuj u ujlik jvtxvmitrafrx hkvlswwfcjaatta