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y- ht jufam sttt press sixtyeighth year no 36 acton ontario thursday march 4th itmj kigtit homeprint paces five cents minstrel show packs hall brings galaxy local talent omhact hay rwi hm op- vocal mi imtra- bai men eecfr ta crowd usasunltaoa whole fotwiw sfcftw proceed win go to tatai off 1m war ser vice leacoe its a well known fact thmt for gen eral popularity it takes the oldfash ioned minstrel snow to pack them in and raise fundi for a worthyloca or ganization acton has had them at different periods back in 1925 and 36 by the band then ten years later fcy tho hockey club and this year in the interests of the acton and vicin ity war service league with all due respect to lis prede cessors the minstrel show of this year was the finest local presentation we have seen it was well balanced had good choruses and male singing and four of the beat local end men wo have ever seen working together with one of the finest interlocutors directing them costumes were good and the orchestra and piano accom paniments were splendid the choral numbers quartette and octette num bers were well above the average seen in minstrel shows the one- act play was well suited and well done and provided a fine opening for the show i the show has played two nights to packed houses and indications are that tonight will be a repetition of that success tuesday night was childrens night when they were admitted for ten cents and between 350 and 400 attended it was a night out for the children and they made t most of it they came before seven oclock and most of them were there for the national anthem at 103o it was the full twohour and a half show as advertised per hop local readers mast of whom have seen the show will bear with us if we give detail the boys serving in canada and over seas will want to know about it we write this with them in mind too the orchestra which accompanies several of the number and plays be fore the show tho opening numbers intermission and closing has mr a mason as leader fred salt at the keyboard charlie landsborough cornet and a mason cornet rudolph spellvogcl and wellington hall vio lins chas mason cello ray agnew trombone and saxaphone and ollte stapleton drums they all appear in blackface and wigs with white trousers cut away coats and big red ties messrs mason and lianas- borough did a cornet duett number that was a real selection intricate and splendidly rendered oueaes play the oneact play is entitled jeal ousy plays a part it is just like all the show an amusing event a group of ama triors arranged to pre sent a play and disagree because all want to play leadlngparts it ploiu- ed the crowd nnd the seven members of the cast all played their part well it is directed by mis j c matthews with her usual thoroughness and abili ties here is the cast of characters marie a maid anno holmes mr merryweather an nninteut act reus meiyl klrkness clurlbol cay a gush- in young girl lois daw kins alfred smith n business man cutnet mc- kenzte mrs smith his wife beatrice van norman bert wilcox a would- be comedian robert sly acnes young his fiancee mabel harris minstrel pmh the minstrel part of the show is opened by n southern melody by the orchestra and the chorus swings right into the opening chorus which gives introductions and explanations the entire chorus appear in blackface continued on page five if we fail what happens in german camps just last week we were permitted to read a letter from csm john irving sent to mrs irving here from camp stalag in germany where he has been in hospital since the raid on dieppe a prisoner of war we are getting prepared for a bang up christmas special meals thanks to red cross and a play being put on by the medical orderlies who attend to us we also have tournaments of crlbbage chess check ers bridge and also have a christmas tree in each ward only the red cross can give pris oners of war these comforts if w fall the red cross falls remember this when you make your subscription to the red cross this month make it a little extra to provide for the pris oners of war chinese relief fund goes over 100 mark this week the chinese relief fund had do nations during the week that put it the first shoo mark there is nothing more we ran tell you about this worthy fund everyone lit well aware of the need for support to this one of our allies all of you know about the sufferings and privations that the chinese have undergone we are not forgetful either that in the final analysis it must be by the side of china that fighting finally clears the japanese menace here is the inscription list as it how stands previously acknowledged k950 miss mary held 100 victor alger i 00 mr and mr4f l wright 3 00 mrs adam stewart 2 00 mr and mrs c w mason 200 j h m son lft35rt weekly war commentary ftpeetally wittiest far bv if l oobdon fasssuaa press staff writer mr and mrs cross marked thirtyeighth wedding anniversary on saturday the 28th a surprise party was held at the home of mr and mrs 11 wot or house for mr and mrs robert cross on the occasion of their thirtyeighth wedding anniver sary and many friends were there to congratulate them on the occasion friends and relntlves from out-of- town who were present were mrs elmer ireland and family mr and mrs william- bradshaw and marlene mr nnd mrs ceroid bradshaw and family and mr and mrs john mac- call um nnd mrs marlon clayton miss lillian rlgby of guclph and also it number of acton friends were pres ent several gifts marking the anniver sary event were presented to mr and mrs cross and after the presentation of the gifts a delightful lunch was served by the three daughters and a most enjoyable social mmo spent 2 mr mrs j ii reed fiftieth wedding anniversary have resided in acton for forty years and wltnewed many changes in this com munity monday mr and mrs j h reed observed their fiftieth wedding anni versary unda happy family gathering uait held at the home on main street to murk this occasion for forty your of their fifty years of married life mr and mrs reed have been es teemed residents of acton mr reed has served on the school hoard and both are actively intcrttitedln the af fairs of their church and community the minrlago fifty yours ugo was solcmntcd at tho johnston home stead in eiin township upon which mn basil johnston now resides rev joseph edge was the officiating min ister assisted by rev h b christie on this golden wedding anniversary it was rather unique that the top storey of the wedding cake made fifty years ago by ihos stntlutm huker in acton was on display mrs w h brown of orangovllle u sister of mrs reed wus bridesmaid and mr r l johnston a brother of mrs reed xvp groomsman mr and mrs reed farmed for ten yeart nt mimosa he- fore coming to acton to reside a daughter and u son mrs hat ley brlgnnll lucllu and harold m heed blessed the home there are also three grandsons douglas and itobert brlgnull and wallace reed a grand daughter helen reed died at the age of fifteen months on this anniversary occasion the family presented mr and mrs reed with a lovely set of dishes and other much appreciated gifts they were also the recipients of many messages of congratulations by cards letters and flowers to this fine acton couple we add too our warmest best wishes for many more years together in talking with this couple who have resided so long in acton they have seen many community changes when they came here street lights were the old kerosene lamps side walks were wooden and there were no paved roads mr reed recalled that actons industries were very lim ited in number and the years since had seen much growth in this respect a remark of war secretary sir james grig in the house of com mons last week that he trusts ltgen a g u mckaughtons canadian army will not have to wait much longer before launching itself against the enemy arouses once again speculation regarding tlw invasion of western europe it lias been believed generally that the canadians some of them sta tioned in britain for more titan three years are destined to be the spear head for an invasion of the nozl-oc- cuplcd lands during their long wait they have been trained and equipped until they are t relieved to be thelmost heavily gunned and armored force of their size in the world for long months they have under gone the moat htrenuous battle train- i ing so strenuous in fact that some officers now in action with british forces in north africa wild their bap tism of fire then- was hot as tough as their training exercises in the brit ish isles for months the canadian have been promised that their chance in the opening of n second front would come soon ami they have all wondered how soon and where it is possible their chance will not come until the field officers nnd non commissioned offlccrstft north africa j for battle practice return and have time to pass on to the troops the les sons they have learned in action again the germans and italians and where they will strike when they do is anybodys guess canadian expeditions in thpresent war the expedition ary experiences of the canadians hno included the following a small force acted ns occupation troops in iceland nyter tluit danish dominion was given allied protection- nnother force went to spitsbergen to destrov installations there which the enemy was using the greatest force of canadians to lie used in an expedition wan sent against dieppe inst august in n com bined operation designed to test the strength of the enemy const nl de fences in france in the days immediately preceding the fall of france n small cnnndlan force sent to help defend paris but it was forced to return to britain when refugees plugged roads nhd rendered the troops advance an the capital impossible gen mcnaughton has promised the canadians will strike the enemy continued on pago eight this is service your funds give to overseas boys it requires almost 150 n month to send regular shipments of cigarettes tp the boys from acton nnd district overseas uut every week tho mnll says the effort is worth while we try to give you glimpses from these letters nnd here are some received just this week frank vnnwyck they come so regularly that i dont need n calen dar thanks n million r a johnson it huro is grand of you to keep sending us fellows over here smokes bui caldwell we certainly owe n great deal of thanks to you peoplo of acton k frank and i sure wns more than plcuscd to get them a million thanks to nil tom nlcol received your lovely christmas box also 100 cigarettes thanks ever so much they were just what n soldier could wish for m c campbell moffat thankh for lovely parcel i can assure you everything is most useful and wel come the work you ore doing is heartily appreciated by nil of us tell mrs hodglns the socks she knit are grand n a price it was so nice of you people to do this for us fellows over hero and i know the fellows will re member it and so it goes all we can do is give you a list of the names of those who wrote here they are arthur ford h w godfrey d mcdonald w c jones g c wallace peler walker j h alger- w r ehott j moore r c wilson jim wnlice florio tournour g w strogan max storey j scriven j mchugh g c allan g l alrdrle r blggln i f bragg e a ted clifford e w douglas arthur gamble norman gibson h g hayes b- hodge a irvln- k a mcdonnld g mckeown michael mcmillan h l mclntyre albert e mills a g martin gordon tambert hydro has profit of 341380 on years operation balaam she presented at meri inarshowb nnrar uaera tttjulca the week at ottawa ham hilly vyrlttm far dkv ar4n wi bv dou4ilan qbltkn rraa hum write red cross needs 3200 from acton and district the regular meeting of acton pub lic utilities conunlsslon was held on monday evening chairman c m hansen presided and j r macarthur wos present ttie matter of insurance was dis cussed and it wus decided to have sumrinlenden wllkon take an in ventory of the eon tents of the wure- liouko infore the insurance becomes due to ascertain if enough insurance was carried the oternting and financial report of the hydro deiartnient revealed that a net surplus of 1liih0 had lieen earned on this years operation tills annual detailed report gives wonte figure that are very interest- lug commercial power service is the largest source of revenue that is actons industries during lakt year 04toa was derlvcdxfrom this source domestic services come next j and brought in sii com mercial lighting service had receipts of s54u9 and municipal power am ounted to s71716 total revenue for the year was s526is7fi total oper ating col and fixed charges amount ed to 403014 depreciation of glfttil w was allowed for before the surplus was computed us above there are 542 domestic urvlccs in acton h7 commercial light mrvlees and 18 power services making a totul of b47 services there is no delienture or other in debtedness on the acton plant and the valuation of the local equipment lines etc is slm 01 securities nnd investment of 13300 are held and acton has nn equity in the hk pc systems of 7761100 totul as sets are given ns s15a24x72 total liabilities at the year end were sl- 11614 a letter from neptune motet quot ed n price of sll 07 fo b on water meters in lots of si 00 a letter from g g cousins super- liitendenlpf the lighting department of the hepc of ontario thanked tho commission for the cnopointlnn given them in arranging trlnl light ing for the cnnndlan wool co it nlko enclosed it letter of thanks from the canadian wool co for the co operation given them in the experi ment tho secretory treasurer miss b h speight was instructed to pay the following accounts hydro dept mrs h l mcdonald insur ance 14 2t force electric products sup plies superior electric ltd sup plies macdonnld electric ltd sup plies mrs smith cleaning and wax ing floors canadian national express co express grand toy supplies j c matthews pojtujje and unemployment stamps dopt of national revenue kales tax license adoption of a payasyougo in come tax system was announced by finance mlnttr j ij ilsley when he brought down his 194ll4 budget in the house of commons maixh 2 under tin budget tennsgencral rev enues are expects to reach a net total of jtolo00ono compared with estimated expenditures of s30uiuo- mr hhley ennounced no major changes in the income tax structure hut his proroxals included a onecent increase 111 letter mittul rates exc4pt for wrvlceitien overseas and addi tional tax u on liquor tohncco and 4 n- i rtalnoient no changes an to in made in hueivmilon duty or sales tax mid only minor changes in the xeeks profltj tux in regard to income tnw regula tions so per eehl nfthejncome lux liability for 1042 will lw- wtted out in the ciim of nil earned incomes nnd in the tatm of investment incomes up to s1000 on an investment income of more than s1000 half of the 1942 tax liability will deferred until the death of till recipient w the bo per cent 1042 income tux forglvemw will im effected by having tax returns for 1042 filed june 10 inktend of kept 10 with iay- mont of onethird of the tux remain ing nfter forgiveness the remaining twothirds to lie ild by dec 51 the payasyougo plan will go into ef fect april 1 continued on page six scouts and cubs ami lloytt band give a program in eonnetlon with scout week the organized youth of art on put on an leiilng last thursday that had as its only weak point the disorth rll- nes of the unorganized youth who attended and this applies to the girls it s well ns the troys hie hoym iftilil under hie leader ship of mr ttuoi musoii inude their first ivpimmtruiue und it was veiy red- ilahle wolf cubs undoi the dilu tion of ltv mr llrookk cuhiinister i gave a demonstration of t online mat ters at cub meetings guuu s etc the scout troop under itev mi thoiiikou gave deuioiiktrtilloiim in flrxt aid lunidaglug klins game vie mr j h iloulton group com mittee chairman wits in chmge wohij ay of ikaykk to uk iiki j on mai1cii mu the ladles of the various congre gations of the churches in alton have arranged to hold the service in acton in connection wlttt the world day of prayer in knox church on friday tiftcriioou at throe oclock on march 12lh all are welcome ut this ser vice nnd nil that can lire urgl to nttetid mrs f h blow will preside 23 202 0 14 7fl 10 10 53 10 local youth goes to jail for thirty days on charges donald palmer of acton was tcnt- onced to thirty days in jail yestoidny when he pleaded guilty to two charges preferred against him by chief harrop this lad had been previously in court and was nt liberty only on cortaln good behaviour con ditions u hlch he failed to comply with ho had nlw taken a car with out tho consent of the owner it is rather a serious matter that in the court in milton- yesterday five youths were charged with various of fences and the ages of these lads was from 17 to 21 years march meeting of st albans guild met at mrs c gibbons the march meeting of st albons guild was held at the home of mrs j c gibbons monday evening with n good attendance the meeting was i opened with prayer by mrs nelles and the report of last meeting was given by the secretary followed by the roll call the business matters of the meeting were discussed j it was decide the guild would knit for the navy league and sew for the red cross for their war work group no 2 set the date for their euchre the meeting was closed with bene diction and a social time was spent mrs fred stuckey church street in vited the guild to her home for the i april meeting mrs fairelougli guest speaker at iode meeting the duke of devonshire chapter imperial order daughters of the em pire held the first meeting in the fown of an of fleets tea on wcdnoh- day afternoon nt the homo of mrs i amos mason mower ave at this meet ing mrs fall dough provincial secretary of the order was guest ihakor the officers of ljikcsldo ciiaptcr were guctju mid mrs w j realty regent pioslded during the business hessian plans were made for tlie years program and committees formed for tho mix ed bridge nnd euchre to lie hold in tho vmca mrs youngblut a now memlier wus welcomed into the chapter and the order mrs falrclough proved hcrtvulf u j most charming nnd enthusiastic speaker taking as her subject the wwk of the order thin national or- ganlauitlnn mild mrs falrclough j with its prime object to stimulate ami give expression to the sentiment of patriotism is made up of 40000 cnnndlan women and turns over ap proximately 1000000 annually in its various projects orgnnlod in 1000 this is tho third war through which the- order has worked in wartime its object is to provide an efficient orgiinlntlou by which piompt ami united nctlon may be tnkon by the women of tho em pire when such action may ho desir ed in speaking of the work of tho order in pencot line mrs fad dough dwelt at lenut u tho following branches of service educntlonn en dowment ei hoes personal ohllgti- t inns of individual members child and fnmlly welfare work hoina hospi tality empire study film and press work ghl guide movement immi gration work and the navy league in closing she soko of tho stan dard and what it symholle and is sued n challenge to all members to be truo to the democratic way of life remembering that democracy is n kacred trust handed down to us to enjoy for a little while nnd then pass on to posterity as a token of appreciation a gift was pi cue n ted to mrs falrclough by mrs e e bnrr mrs j c matthews and mrs e harrop made n motion of thanks and mrs w g cullen regent of lakeside chapter spoke briefly tjie newlyelected officers acted as hostesses for the social pnrt qf the meeting erin township quota is 1400 in red cross gampaign owing to the impassable condition of roads the township of erin red cross campaign will be inte in march the canvassers will call for your con tribution towards the erin quota of f 1400 00 we ask younl to consider seriously the great need of every dol lar we can give to help carry this humanitarian work of mercy to all our allies the men in our armies not forgetting our meq who are prisoners of war mrs reynolds president championship for badminton deeided at y tournament last friday night tho finals in the badminton tournament were played at the vmca miss florence suit nnd gordon bcatty weie the wlnuois with mks frances dills and gooige hoi linger ns the rutiiiersup there wore ton games in this diminution contest tho wiuhoim will lw presented with the trophy nt tho iiiiaiiul minding the trophy lemalns in the y and a miniature goou to the winners euih voar there was keen contest am a good many tinned out to watch the games annual statements esquesing council shows surplus k c undhay la appointed town- nhlp treasurer at meeting on monday ktuiueslng township couach hold their regular mooting on monday uf- tempnn deputyreeve g w murray councillor goo e cleave george currle and win a wilson wore present nnd reeve c ii may pieslded the annual statement for tho yeitr 1012 from jenkins a hardy was pre sented showing ii surplus on opera tions for the yen of 920 22 a letter uns toad from tho canadian aid to rusuln fund in connection with the appeal for clothing tho road accounts of sv7h 72 wort passed for payment other accounts passed included roll telephone co services 100 jen kins a hardy audit fee 200 postage and stationery 5 37 box rent 200 j kim ford taking patient to tor onto hospital o0 relief accounts of 5ihg0 wore passed a bylaw was read and passed ap pointing k c lindsay as treasurer of tho township of esquesing council adjourned to meet ngnln on monday april kill major wauaoa of red crassi llead- quartem to show new war pic ture atoamsaunily event next week in town hall here can- vaaa of industrie ww proceed unit itniik wire forniulatd on mon day veiling when lilt mbers of a ton mid duirtit iced cross society met to piirtliiiualo in the dominion cum- plligii for si0mkmkj lnstdeiit a makou was in iltiirge of the metlng ttie itotn for this onimunlty is 1- 200 we tiuv never failed in any wait obligation t the bed cioks mm hilly at till- nvu ni time u r- tiilulv one place in whl h we inukt not full on whlneuduy einlug man h loth major wtttitl of h udquurlei d will visit alton with n sera u of new mov ing phtumn showing war mimi in many pine- n mid the work ixlng donif by the bed cross it is pianiie1 alwi that the program will iiwlude ntiin- imih by the hi ihmii childrens choir and hit um and nuinler front the vh ory minstrel show it will be am evening i hut will likely unit evei y seat in the hdl filled again the canvas in the industries will bo- done first und eveiy m ruoil in alton and dlstrht will tie given an oppor tunity to sliure lii this great work canadian lied cress food parcels for prisoners of war ripiesoiit the dif ference between life oi duth hy slow starvation according to released prluiuerj and internees on their io- urn to british soil while prisoners are uupjtokodly issued tho uune ra tions fill to tho detaining powers own holdlers it is well known that the diet of prisoners in axis hands consists mainly of watery soups nnd vegetables barely suf f h lent to keep fin m alive the bed cross food parcel whuh each canadian and biltluh iirlkorior rei elves each week ontalns stiff l lent aoriotto sustain him on lluht physical work for seven days ac cording to oimidiin nutrition ex perts who carefully udcilcd the 17 fowl items contained in each parcel pilnclpn items include milk iiowder meat fish choose butter fruit and biscuits while even jam chocolate ton salt and popper ure in luded to make tho prisoners life not only hiip- pier but healthier since tin outbreak of war over two million of those red cross food pat eels have iteen shipped overseas to oldlcrs sailors airmen merchant unvy men nnd civilians imprisoned in germany occupied franc italy and africa cost of this tremendous task is shared proportionately by the ited cross fiocletlos of great britain can ada nnd australia that these parcels ure reaching their proper destination is evidenced in the 400000undmore signed ack nowledgment cards returned to can ada through the international red cross in addition fled cross dele gates tour axis prison mmps ovtry two weeks to clunk delivery and to inspect conditions no effort of ex pense ik spared to make sure that every mcmlror of british and can- aillan forces in enemy hands is looked after nnd throe of the most recent acknowledgement cards to reach can ada were from privates of the im perial indian army iliousands of canadian voluntr women in five red cross packing de pots across cnnadn have recently ut- tnlned nn objective of packing 100- continued on ragt eight i march meeting of the united church womens association i lie regular monthly business meet ing of the united womens associa tion was held at the home of mrs w evans on tuesday with mrs ivan harris presiding the devotional period wns taken by mrs harris nnd mrs s reld the indies are busy quilting and have several for sole after the busi ness wns disposed of lunch was serv ed by mrs evans assisted by mrs i harris mrs b veldhuls mrs r l johnson and little betty mae fosbury and a social tlrne was spent a hearty vote of thnnks was given mrs evans for the use of her home ahd hospitality and the lunch assist ants lakeside chaiter instal officers for the year the regular meeting of the lake side chapter f o d e was held on tuesday evening at the home of mrs c f ieat norland the new officer for the coming year were duly instal led and the charter presented to the new regent mrs w g cullen boutjne business was transacted a donation was voted to the war ser vice league and plans were made to hold a st patricks party in the near future the meeting closed with the sing ing of the national anthem comingevents annimnrrmrnli nt meiv on ntrfa or other frrali anttrr ihia tirailinr art rfia rents pr hfi with a minimum rhrf for snr ann miner mm t of ic t come to the pie social debate and dance at bloomsbury school tues- dtfy march 9th proceeds chinese- belief and condon distress fund admission 25c ladles supply pies