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mob hcht the acton free press tlilflhdav hkflfmnrtl 7lh ibm e jlltlllhl m mfy bltttu hinfaim ul dseas k u eolsat bkmt thim i katie jpo asaa nb par tmm hoixingsworth on august 61 h 1944 at christs church cathedral ilamitton by the vary rev dean waterman hilda mar garet daughter of mr and ufa cecil houtngstrorth hamilton to stoker i robert alfred allan son of mr and mra r n allan acton prentiss at si joaepha hospital guelph on monday september 4th 1944 john prentiss mearthur at hi late realdenca lak avenue acton ontario on saturday september 2 1044 john carthur beloved abeth bauer haijoovitch suddenly at hla lata residence first line erin town ship on sunday september 3rd 1944 anthony halcovltch beloved husband of harriet kullck in hla i husband of ells- both year in mem oeuan mccolx in loving memory of a dear mother mrs archfc nccoll who naseed away september bth 1938 sltc she went home the evening shadows linger longer here the winter days oh ao much of the year ah home ever remembered by archie mccoll mra j d mc millan and mrs root kerr camds of thanks mrs daisy grant and family wish to express their deep gratitude to their many friends and relatives also to hai fellowemployees for their kindness sympathy and floral glfta in the recent bereavement of a beloved brother john prentiss and especially to mr and mrs phillips for their our sincere and heartfelt thanks to our many neighbors and friends the post office staff st albans choir the acton branch of the canadian legion and the dublin womens in stitute for the many words and mes sages of sympathy that have come to us on learning that howard had been killed in action words cannot con vey to you how much this thoughful- ness means to us mr and mrs s h webster and family schools reopened on tuesday after the summer vacation the plum crop is how being pick ed and it is reported this fruit is a good yield a number of citizens here re ported feeling the earthquake early on tuesday morning the special prize list of acton pair this year appears in another column in this issue several from hefe attended the brampton fair on monday and report a good crowd and a splendid show acton fair is just two weeks from friday and saturday plan now to attend it is more attractive than ever this year mr wm mccutcheon had the misfortune to fall while working at mr g w bentons recently and fracture his hip mrs george nightingale acton has received word of the death of her brother pte harry albert blnkey who was killed in france august 1 he was a son of mr and mrs thomas blakey wareham the 21yearold soldier lost his life less than a month after he left canada salvage teams fob next week at the storehouse september 13 ray arblc arblc w clayton e marxo obituary john couung erarnosa the funeral of the late john coul- lng was held front his residence era- most township the service waa con ducted by rev c a tharp guelph with interment at everton cemetery mr coullng passed away at his home following an illness of mora than a year a son of the late alfred coullng and his wife the lute eliza beth hans he was born in guelph township hi years ao and spent all his life in this district with the ex ception of ten year in norfolk county his wife the former ellen marcroft predeceased him a year and a half ago he is survived by one daughter pearl mrs john fawcett of dun- troon ont two sons walter of everton and alfred at home a brother charles of guelph township and three sisters mrs harold tol- ton pusllnch township mra adeline smith of guelph township and miss tessa ooullnav of guelph the funeral was largely attended and floral tribute ware beautiful pfpbearert wen neighbors of the de- casjaed james allen melyln mcdoug- mttlafk mcdougall elmer alexander v joim stall and joe hlndley can mc arthur mr and mrs jako bauer clara and murray the neigh bors acton fire brigade mrs m h perry and miss edith sperry mr and mrs w h mainprise and mliui malmle mnlnprlzo mr geo ritchie misses ada and ella campbell dir ectors and staff ueardmore as co mrs wm mcarthur and family roy and gordon bauer and families mrs alex joo mr john clark and family mr and mrs john bauer mr and mrs wm douglas mr and mrs wal ter bauer and betty john prentiss resident of acton for the past twentyone years and nn employee of beardmore a co for over forty years john prentlns died on monday at st josephs hospital in guelph he was fiftysix years of age he had been in falling health for some time born at huntsvlllo he wan a won of james and mary anne prentiss as a young lad he went to work for beardmore at co in bracehrldge and except for the time he served in the llrst world war waa in their employ ever since ho leaves one sister mrs daisy grant hamilton three broth ers james william and fhnmau pre deceased him john prentiss was a mnn wollllked by his fellow employees and during fc residence here made many friends who will regret his passing he at tended the presbyterian church and was a member of acton branch of the canadian legion the funeral was held yesterday afternoon with service at the john stone a rumley funeral home in charge of rev forbes thomson many friends attended in tribute and acton branch of the legion attended in body and conducted the graveside ser vice interment was made in the legion plot in falrvlew cemetery pallbearers were messrs f w masters gordon smith j morton jos massey arthur thompson and jas adamxon friends and relatives from out-of- town attending the funeral were mr and mrs grant sister mrs albert sullivan mrs marguerite dawkins mum marie grant mrs eva llayns mrs lewis nieces mr art haynes gu ndon giant nephews mr joseph kaloy all of hnmllton mr hlldn llummril mis atu mao mrs ft win singer mitt mil lun iruitl tilerm und mr rnrl mn m phi u nil at i on don weekly war commentary br mici1abx omau rra hum writer lttbituaiiul john mcarthur resident of acton for over forty years and one of the best known citi zens john mcarthur passed away on saturday at his home on lake ave working for beardmore t co for forty years mr mcarthur retired nine years ago and has been a partial in valid for many of those years but la spite of his illness and suffering he maintained his cheery smile and had a friendly greeting for all whom he met just a week previous to hla death he attended the hundredth an niversary celebration of beardmore j co and greeted the many friends ha met there with that familiar smile for a number of years he waa fore man of the outside maintenance de partment of the company and no em- ployeee could be more faithful or effi cient in hla duties he waa for nuuiy years active in the l o o f lodge and a faithful member of the acton fire brigade and assistant fire chief he attended the knox presbyterian church born on the farm at speyslde john mcarthur was a son of the late mr and mrs gilbert mcarthur a num ber of years ago he married miss elizabeth bauer and they built their commodious home en fjika ave she remains to mourn his passing and revere his memory one sister mrs mae mcdonald of invermay sask and two brothera alex of clyde north dakota and oliver of invermay also remain to all of the bereaved sympathy of many friends here goes at this time the funeral waa held on tuesday afternoon with service at the john- atone a rumley funeral home in charge of hev forbes thomson here many friends gathered in final tribute to a life and friendship they admired interment was made in falrvlew cemetery acton the pallbearers were messrs howard allison thos kennedy r wlnton omar parker wm beavers and wm landsborough among the floral tributes which also bore testimony of esteem were those wounded an the 1st canadian army from the following family of duh- with three regiments that saw wcr- jjio jjotond uji war lias antored its sixth year a year which almost certainly will see complete axis col lapse in europe and might even wit ness the return of peace to the entire world five years and few days since hitler sent hla hordes into poland to launch the greatest mass slaughter of history beaten germans are frantically pull ing out of postlon in france and bel- glum on the west are facing further reverses on the polish front and in the balkans on the east are being pushed back through their broken gothic line in italy and confine to suffer heavy retribution from the air the list f important allied victor- lea in the past week seems almost in credible when one considers how dif ficult any of them would have been to attain a few months ago rouen amiens arras reims ver dun argonne wood vlmy ridge st mlhlel sedan names that recall other blooodler fighting have fallen ploestl and bucharest have fallen pesmtqhai fallen other former gar- man strongholds are tottering but the name that means most to canadians on the growing list of sec ond great war victories is that of dieppe scene of the costly but in valuable m in force more than two years ago which hist ory may judge played the decisive part in insuring the success of allied landings in normandy june oth it was the canadian 2nd division that bore the brunt of heavy fight ing that day in august 104j as for nine hours an allied task force battled on a slender strip of beach before the french resort town dieppe entered heavy casualties a total of 3184 were suffered by the 8000 canad ians that day not one canadian was kkadiction of mai aria after war visualised elimination of malaria in civilized countries of the world after the war with the aid of atabrlne a synthet ic quinine substitute 1 visualized in an official report by the u s nation al research counclj s board for the coordination of malarial studies largescale production of quinine or tltaquine a form of quinine is not now considered important for the management of malaria in armed for ces personrel the board reports the postwar world with the know ledge now available about this drug atabrlne and on methods of malaria prevention should be able to elimln ate malaria from every civilized nat ion that would be indeed a blessing derived from the most destructive and costly war the world has ever known vice in the 1942 raid in the van swept into dieppe last friday close jtehlnd fleeing gorman war guards hastening north contrast in the quality of the reu- lntnttlo which the germans offered hi those two actions hi iiynihollc two yoaru ugo they hurled the canadian assault forcoii together with british commandos nnd amorlran rangers hack into the channel after inflict ing heavy loaves last week thoy did not even stay to fight tho day of the nazi bully- hoy it who emerged from the hack streets of munich to rulo a onco great nation nnd who attempted to iielze world power through raglne nnd vlolanco u drawing to a rapid bitter end i ho allied drive to haul the ger mans out of northern franco at row the belgian nnd german frontiers con tinues with unrelenting fury from rouoa in two days canadian armored units advanced go miles to the sommn river between abbeville nnd alralpe north wot of amiens strong canadian infantry forces push ed on from no uf chat el towards the channel const 20 mlltii east of dieppe they were the llrst troops to reach tho english channel north of the seine river in the advance they captured a number of flying bomb sites in the dieppe area and isolated le havre and the german troops and bombed installations in that region vlmy rldger scene of tho great can- ndlnn triumph of april 4 1017 was tnkon by the british 2nd army in groat now advances through flanders near reich border farther to the east along the bel glan border american jroopa have pushed through sedan and verdun and there aro strong indlatlons that in their advanos on met and nany they may drive across the german border during the weekend the pace of the battle in western europe is so rapid that fronts change hourly the nazis are in such a state of confusion that it in difficult to de termine whdro they may make thoir next stand tho allied 7th army in southern frahco pushed steadily forward clos ing in on the industrial clt of i on as in northern france tho dm hint are desperately attempting to escape i nto germany no nazis ore left la tin nr a towards the spntiuh hotdir fncirilement of tht reich feared nnd kcherm t against by german mil itarlsts evt r wince rlsmanks time li tightening on all sides in italy gr- mnn sour es report an all out al lied offtnnl dtvvlopmlng as troops of the brituh sth army br ached the gothic 1 ino on n 20 mile front on the adriatic side by the weekend pi n- etratlons were mado in thi line to the depth of three or four mites canadian troops were active in the new drive along the adriatic and in land on the west side of italy the am erlcan sth army crossed the arno river at searal points west of flor ence and the city of pisa came within range of their advance planes of the mediterranean air force contribu ted strong support in bombing raids on communication centres in northern italy soviet forces kept busy in the balk ans pushing down from captured ploestl in romania the red army reached the bulgarian frontier from the black sea to glurgtv 140 miles inland latest reports placed the russians 130 miles from the yugoslav border speeding through romania to effect a june lion with marshal titos partisan army only reconalssance activity was reported from the polish front with tlie exception of warsaw where the red army made important gains to words tho eastern suburb of praga early this week the war of move ment continued at such a pace that it defied map makers to keep dp with t battle reports flowed in reporting the a ilea at positions even closer to the cre of germany in u awlft drive into the low coun tries mobile forces drove into holland as the reconpuest of belgium waa coming to a close and far to the rear brituh and canadian troop continued to roll up the robot platforms which had plagued london and southern lngland for ao many days as the buzz bomb bases were en gulfed more allied planea were re leased to harass and blast the ger mans whose retreat upon germany approached the proportions of a rout in son areas previously several thousand planes had been pinned down to continuous attacks on the bomb platforms th nose of death drew ever tight er about germany american forces were believed to have crossed from france into the rhine valley of ger- manylita hidden offensive dispatches said the americans had reached the outskirts of the french border city of strasbourg on the rhine which is 70 miles east of nancy and that fighting was going on in the vlcldlly of saarbrucken to the horlh- west of germany an estimate of between 04000 to 100000 german troops were believed caught between the allied forces and the channel coast strengthening the words of military leaders who said the allied prime aim was to destroy ger man armies not to deal in real es tate cleaning out of the pockets continued and mons belgium saw 0 000 germans captured along with tanks and 1500 motor vehicles cap tured or destroyed on other fronts the nazis continued to fall back towards the homeland on other fronts the famous 8th british army breach ed the gothic line and continued its advance on rimini adriatic utrong- luilnt whllo tho jittery germunu from tlmo to time reported giant rus sian drives ut various points along the lengthy front the russians them- itolvea announced thoy were close to n junction with the forces of marshal tito nnd were rapidly approaching the yugoslav border finland joined romania in severing herself from tho nazi circle but un like romania did not indicate it would turn lt forces against tho germans it was believed bulgarm would soon join finland nnd romania ns rustda prepared to cross bulgarias borders preferably with the consent of the bulgarians it wnw re port od wednesday that canadian patrols have pushed through tho straits of dover on hath sldts of calais canadian units closing in on boulogne aro within n mllo of that port canadian press war correspondent ross munro says that polish troops of tho canadian 1st army have moved strong forces of armor nnd infantry into tho outskirts otst omar 2a miles east of boulogne i ii american 3rd army troops hove carried their drive toward germany acrosu the moselle river but swiss border dispatches to the effect that the german city of saarbrucken had been captured had not been confirm ed ruudn finally declared war on bul garia tuesday and thin news wan fol lowed by announcement that bulgaria ii had appealed to moscow for an arm istice carlo sources indicate that the probable result of bulgarias plea will be a joint peace with britain united states and russia ihjilun inkimjtk ilanh kxiiiiiit pott thbpaixkaik8 tlie members of the dublin wo mens institute gatlieed for their aug ust meeting in dublin school the meeting was presided over by mra barber who welcomed the visitors two minutes silence wit fitserved in memory of cecil wllxon who had been killed in france a donation was given to acton fall fair and plans completed for an ex hibit at georgetown and mil tori fairs a demonstration of winding a hell of yarn that pulls from the centre was given by mrs barber the program continued with a piano solo by dor othy frank two tapdancing numbers by patsy chew joy romphf and hel en somervllle a contest was con ducted by mrs george robertson won by mra near and mra mcglaughltn a paper a new education for the youth was given by mrs somervllle and mrs d waldle won the monthly draw hinging ot the national anthem closed the meeting tea was served and a social hour enjoyed kinh swotiier iikadh bofmrttt his royal highness the duke of gloucester brother of ills majesty the king was reelected president of the bo scouts association of great britain recently despite the fact that he would soon be going to aust ralia as governorgenera the dub expressed a desire to remain as pres ident he also announced that ho would serve as chief scout of aust rolla during his tenure of office in the commonwealth georgetown cpl edward ted hlcken arrived back in toronto on sunday night august 20th after having served over seas for three years he has been in sicily and italy since the wtart of the invasion a year ago lust july and is now on thirty day leave at home he came home as ah escort to german nrlmtncrs ofwnr his wlft and son formerly of georgetown now reside in toronto t d sp fit a few days last umk ith hl parents here the triglc news killed in action nme in a t legrnm to mr and mrs harry hilts on august 2nd saying their kon pte lrvln hilts had been fatally wounded in france he was twentclcht tars of age and went oerseas early in may with the algon quin kbelment as an infantryman his famtl received a pleasant sur prise last thursdny when they re- i eclved a telegram front sgt bui young telling them he would arrue in toronto the next day aittr having been overseas for three ears and two months bill will be in canada up to eiht month- as nn instructor at the erockvilie octu school 12 members of the local bowling club took part in a mixed rinks jit ney in brampton on friday night last with ctreetsvuie georgetown and brampton all taking part only one st johns church nahhauaweva will hold thoir annual harvest services on sunday sept 10 i huue wjrvlc t will ulso om- memoratu the one hundredth an niversary of the pres4 nt stone building 1 he incumbent mr k g kidd ii ra will preudi ut both sarvlcti i heir tlnih will be 11 oclock und h o clock at 11 o clock mr kid- tie 1 1 will preach on the subject come let us give 1 hunks und in the evening at r oclock the sub ject will tut llio uplifted cross through the agn special muill will lie provided at ull the services on monday afternoon tin re will ho a tea on the rectory luwn tponsorcd by the ladles guild of tho parish this will be a peach lea g to b oclock later in the evening there will be a dnrwe in the miutonlc hull bloomshury or chestra when there will be many novolty dances in the programme do come ami join in all these joy ful occasions with st john u par ish modeftn farm homes reading england cp a wom an architect elisabeth denby haa designed cottages for farm workers that are modern healthful and ilieery at the farm of allen lane publisher uf penguin booke they have modern sanitation constant hot water large windows and cupooaxd pt fjleasuno auction sale fakm tfuhm nsactok bquit- mknt smfmttrentfll iiayanb fvbnstitbus the undersigned has received in structions from deuucbt downs to sell by public auction at hls- farm lot 0 con a n h i miles- south of hornby twp of trafalgar on ttjehuav hevtembe ii commencing at 2 to oclock the fol lowing iioiihkh 1 team perc heron geld ings aged extra good workers cows i ayrshire cow in fuli flow bred again 2 durham cowm in full flow bred again j durham hteers 1 year old s durham heifers 1 year old 1 viil calf potjltuy and equipment 23 barred rock pullets just starting to lay ja black jersey giant pullet anditooterstt ony houses on skids ltf 12 1 coal brooder 1000 chirk rapacity 1 el ectric brooder h to wart warner 1010 chick capacity feed hoppers drink ing fountains fgg crates tc hay 10 ton mixed hay timothy and lucerne tractor and implrmknis case iwacinr mod i c on steel with extension rims all thoroughly over hauled nnd in al shape 1 rn tor 1 furrow cockshutt plow tractor blurt disc 10 plate m d stiff tootlud cul- tlvutor with power lift itireshlng lujulprmmt 1 horse powr futt kn- iln 01 barrels fuel pump lielts tf tmplf menrs during grain binder 1 it kmerles dm ring mow- r r ft deerlng hldrak ottering hay tedder 1 caitur j x manure spreader walking plow cockshutt dump rake truck wagon m it grain drill hoe grass seeder lum ber wagon and flat hay rark m h spring tooth cultivator 2 row corn mcuffler barrel spriyer ut of htavy drag harrows 2 sect ion i met of light seed harrows 4 section mingle furrow riding plow qui bee i wlieeled trailer with good tints loir ft snow fence heftnv frenre fl- trh cram separator 1000 lb cap acity new fleet rlr wnter pump powi r wnuhlng machine circular saws 1 hlertrle motors h p mingle hurmss met of if vy harit- tthu rlarlooillth forgo odd hn rnnit and collars ouantlty of i umber nd timbers forks he chains rope pulleys hay fcrk piping and otht niimerouu small artifclch furniture 1 kitchen tahlo with i chairs to match f kitchen oinlm 1 kitchen table 1 bako- tnhle cupboard organ 2 iron bed and spring 2 wooden ljd and mprlnrs 2 drssers steel bed and spring 1 washstands 1 conoleum rutrs coal oil stove ani oven i burner terms cash settlement with clerk day of sale positively no re rve a the prop rietor is giving un farming and de voting his entire time to th feed business j a ff liott am tloneer i f robinson clerk bi royal palace cueuhs leading theatres todav to hat1jrdav pilw g robinson in mr winkle goes to war monday to wednesday invisible mans revenge with jon hall and evelyn ankers and south of dixie with anne gwynno and david bruce held oveb bing crosby barry fitzgerald in going my way prize came to georgetown mrs blake let he winning the ladles prize her ald fergus fall fair september 8th 9th uve midway and other grand stand attracuaaa harnew races 226 class pane 100 free for all pane 1200 omk to weixtnoton oodntys oldest fadx spcclcl black and white day ipu by the homd ihee- ian aasodauan on satanbtjr said wh r