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iraser- ei v thb acion free press thursday december tin u 1 i the mlsdsc wmlut hjihjsd re iwimi the tee from the sihwsrelka and too mw drain across mill street athe cxnjt tracks nan been tastall- news items of geewral interest or the column are always our phone number is 17 many subscriptions to tim vtxx pum csplrc this month check jrour label to be cure of uninterrupted sei- the red cross would like all to brine la their completed tnra and knitted article by next week as the rooms will be dosed for three weeks tbetyre and after and including the busomsbuux tmuasx had program of many features the regular meeting cf the b bury literary society was held m no 9 school on wednesday evening november 39 with mr c j vato- gooxen in the chair- bingo ns played the prizes coins to mrs van- gooseik mabel afccreggor donald mc- intyre mrs mcpherson and eleanor oarke the roll call was answered by an agriculture product it was decided to have the next meeting on legis lation to be conducted by mr ale- near manseu nellls ibelng convenor of agriculture was called to the chair he first asked mrs kennedy to outline agriculture as taught in the schools donald vangoozen played a solo on his alto horn mr murray clarke told what he thought to he the best type of hog for the top grade for market the dairy cattle topic was taken by mr duncan moffatt mr ernie anderson cav a talk on poul try raising a shower was given to marion and eddie maude followed by for they are jolly good fellows the meeting closed with the singing of god save the king a lovely lunch was provide by the ladies and was enjoyed by all dancing was he or der which lasted into the early hours fifaftox november 7x 1m 3b bedford street costph sir at a recant concert which i ended as a member of the cuelph y mens junior band our bai ater mr robinson introduced me to the audience as an old member of the acton oilman band taken by smuiism at this introduction i aardly knew what to say to my many old hat is became n member of the a c b on the 33rd of may 100 i arrived ta acton it was a hot day the street were quiet those that were not work- as 1 wandered down tired hungry where i was going to eat and sleep canadian bbc war reporter cilld down at arnhem with the man whose deeds and endurance there will long shed an afterglow aero the cold print of history was a sol dier of the last war and with a son in this one stanley maxted taking with him into action a bbc portable recording set and a typewriter like the rest of the airborne con tingent he landed with the t-year- old tor should it be young canad ian now n member of the bbc war reporting unit dug himself nslu trench cradled and rocked in that silt its sides crumbling under the hack of battle he did hu work and his aleepng such as it was for nine days most of the time wet through he described in a broadcast after he got back to london not yet out of his mudcaked uniform how what was left of that skycarried company filed out through the german lines at nlghc followmy leader fashion each gruplng the tall of the coat he could not see of the one in front ot him their boots lagged with strips of blankets to deaden the sound of their groping steps all i knew was that for the first time h my life i uas grateful or the downpour of rain that made a patter on the leaves of the trees and covered up any little noises we were making and as max ted said that the characteristic grin at last broke through on his set still mokegrey face pessimistic ovtuook charixm svluwn cp h s 8 hemming retired charlottetown said recently that ita- lahow that in the 20 years be- ims miinulfc on pex farms ned by 41 nag cent at tliis nin saulr butter called lleuo strangnrl walked to where the voice came ft t a man with graying i and twinkling bine eyes lie asked inside the store andjbegan to question as follows just out from the old landr i answered tea with he shook my hand welcome to canada and welcome to acton mr editor that hanrtthare to take all the tired feeling out of my system that was the first greeting i had received in canada at last x thought heres a man that wants to be a friend to me he was the late john c b1h besides my grip i was carrying n band instrument not icing this john as we respectfully called him said 1 see you are a henchman how would you like to play in our band to-mor- al informed me that the 24th of may was a holiday in pti and that the town was having a little cele bration i promised him i would play the next day x was introduced to the members of the band given a hearty welcome and from i j was introduced to many people everybody i met showed j friendly attitude toward me i always felt grateful to mr hm for that act of friendship if evsr i wished advice on any matter prc- talnlng to canadian ways i always went to him to solve my little prob lems mr edltor having been a bandsman for 44 years i can say in all sincerity my happiest band days with the a c b i can ucll recall the garden parties the band played at and of the delicious supper we used to get sandwiches potato salad lemon pie chocolate cake how those acton ladles could hake then there were picnics and parades for the firemen and other orcanlzat- lotul then the fall fair and when it came time for the band to parade the prize animals i often wondered what would happen if the prize bull got away as a rule it was the first anl rnal behind the band then came halloween the band used to have a parade called the ghost- walk that was the time when we were dressed in white sheets and wore false faces this idea was thought up by amos mason behind the band came all the boys and girls dressed in costumes accompanied by torch bearers we would finish at the town hall and prizes would be awarded for the best costumes our year of activities would generally finish with skating parties and mocassin dances x hope the members of the acton boys band will see the amount of pleasure plus learning can be derived from the study of music so to tlie old bandsmen of my day greetings and to hose who have departed from our midst may they rest in peace and as my simple tribute to the mem ory of my friend john c hill i can only say he was honest with god and honest with his fellow man vous truly haury oshea an old xcton bandsman weekly war cannenurv rr mtchastl ofmaka ctseasssm toeae bag witter although now frequently overshad owed by more spectacular events in othr theatres the war in burma may yet become one of the most im portant in which the united nations already action there la vital to al lied success throughout the admiral lord louis alounlbatten said rrrcnlly treat to the west bank of the linnai klver this river over which british and polish troops have established a hridgeliead i exported to be the enemys next major defence line la that sector the capture of ravenna elves the 8ih army a strong grip across the southeastern end of the po valley the front on which we are at pres ent fighting in burma extends aoi too miles and is second only in length to the russian front it is the hard land crust which protects the japan ese congests in china and tndochina it is japans land route to india and more important the attiee land route to china both offensively and de fensively japan has strained and u stialnlng every nerve to bold burma stansa hieirsstnt base it is scarcely conceivable that a fullscale angloamerkanchlneae of fensive against the japanese in china could be supplied by the burma road plus air transport service moreover there is a krowtag danger that the new japanese offensive in southwest china mby deprived the allies of the best route from burma to chungking and may even threaten chungking itself in that case all the effort which has gone into the making of the ledo road may turn out to have been in vain but burma is a country of nearly 17ooqjooo inhabitants who have every claim to be delivered from japanese oppression and it is a country of rich natural resources which must be made available to the world at large as they were before the japanese occup ation the news was better front the china theatre at the weekend the chin ese high command announced the capture of the highly important bur ma road town of chefang in yunnan province the town is one of two burma road communities which has been held by the japanese and the remaining town wanting is only 24 miles from the most advanced chin ese positions presumably a drive will be made for this base in the campaign to reopen the burma road the air war in the pacific has been stepped up considerably with the sur- csrul allied invasion cf thu philip pine and the marianas tokyo lias been stung for the third time in a week by giant b29s from new south pacific hu und the japanese arc concerned about it that fact wti demonstrated when radio tokyo broadcast that americans were the enemies bf civilization and termed the bomblncs indiscriminate thlnly- v tiled threat of torture and death far allied filers broufih down in thess raid were auo broadcast phosphate rock for south africa farms cape town cp phosphate de posits at langebaan in cape province believed by geologists to be at least 2 000000 eara old are helping meet the national shortase of fertilizer in south africa from langebairh the phosphate rock is carried by rail to bellvllle uhere fertilizer works are now pro ducing about 115 tons of phosphate fertilizer a day the deposits of cal cium phosphate are of pure guano or igin and are estimated to amount to nearly 3000000 tons supplies of phosphate rock from overseas were cut off entirely at the outbreak of war and the langebaaa deposits were opened up primarily to supply blast furnaces at newcastle natal with the phosphate rock they need for producing phosphoric pg iron used in all thin casing such stoes pots and pans it was subse quently found that the rock could also produce fertilizer the building of the fertiliser works at bellvllle was started in december 1942 and by january this year was produdna 30000 tons per year which win be stepped up to about 300000 tons uest healing heavy at the same time american forces literally blasted out new gains tnsuh germany both north and south of luxemburg in the north allied pat rol advanced into llnnlch on the roor river between llnnlch and lueloch our troops fought their way back into the outskirts of roerdorf and flossdorf two village which they captured last week and then lost to the nazis the allies continue to progress in italy allied 5th army troops are now but 11 miles from faenza and indian units of the 8th army have taken the village alberto trouble in greece civic strife sprang up in greecd during the weekend and had reach ed serious proportions by midweek with greek premier george papand- reou offering his resignation in an effort to restore order a number of persons were killed sunday in athens when armed members of the greek leftist organization the eam or national liberation front defied government order not to demonstrate authorities opened fire on the demon strators but failed to restore quiet firing again uas heard in the grecjk capital tuesday and eam members were said to be in control of 20 out of 25 police precincts in athens- thcr was a seneral strike in the city meanwhile we continue to ndvanc in the west and gen elsenhower has issued a new radio warning to the german txple he said that com tlnuance ofhe nazi scorched earth poll will succeed only in muttlpli ing the hardships which german l forced to endure the allied commander in chief tol 1 the german people bluntly that lh nazi army will be defeated and cm i eluded with this final fateful promt larger and larger portions of ger- 1 man territory will be occupied by tli t allied armies until the national sor- tallst government and the german armed forces finally surrender or until they are crushed first great victory of mon wrk for the allied armies in italy was th capture of ravenna by the canadian i on monday december 4th the c near the adriatic coast and south of i the po river fell to a brllllan encirc ling movement by the princess loultc i drogoon guards who went to sicily last year and fought through italy as a reconnatsrance battalion of the 1st canadian division i the nazis have veen forced to re- dales galore for airwomen at rcaf base wlaw aft wes cans faftral baa btjay life diabllii lahatlnn froaa chiraass by utltxkkn i sassssss rveaa stnfl a west coast rjcaj patrol base cp while her leas fortun ate civilian staters moan the man power shortage an airwoman at this west coast operations station statis tically speaking may have n different date every night in the week it she wishes there are at least seven air men to every wd at this base t believe the girls probably have more datea than they ever had bo- fore but they dont let them go to their head said section officer dor othy grattonsmlth of victoria who is in charge of the girls once they are posted to this base the girls must stay at least ave months here an airwomen is not in the same position as wdi at other bush stations throughout western air command she cant save up her leaves to go shopping in the city wry few weeksthe nearest town is 300 miles away and there arent any dally trains in the district whats more the roads such as they are werent built for prospective hitch hikers although they have only been here a little more than a month the girls are already directly responsible for several improvements around the station the airmen hale to admit it but they shave more often and keep their buttons more lilghly polished when they know some curlyheaded little number is giving them the once over and when a man knows hes going to be eating dinner with that cute little wdsergeant and giving dic tation to the redheaded wd sten ographer he just naturally tends to keep n closer check on bis language and begins to watch his table man- as for the girls well no one can- beat them for trimness up here they even have their own hairdresser shes law verda estelle miller of rosyth alia busy you should see what tt like around here before a station dc law miller said every wd in the place comes dashing m for a shampoo and flogerwava law miller looked a bit glum as she surveyed her meagre equipment consisting of n barkers chair sal- vsged from the airmen barber shoo a spray and a hair drier thats the trouble with these bush stations she said you cant have evetythlng you want when you want it but i understand more equipment is on its way here twice n week the girls have a dance in their barracks and about once a month theres a station dance to which everyone may go inci dentally the air force orchestra up here boot any makeshift affair our only trouble is that the per sonnel keeps changing as the airmen get posted- aslds i goarod vancouver schoolteacher cpl rod has already taken over of the orchestra which also boasts own special blues slngerlaw m pond of weston onl parlor sofa days a newspaper humorist that there were not so many divorces la the days when the lovers used to court the girls on the old parlor sofa courting on the old parlor sofa has mostly gone out and ths young people are likely to do their lovecaaklng e in many of the homes there is only one living room and the lovers can have bo se htwie in hals iwi i tie n and decide whether to marrry or not the war has made an anxious nuts- allonfor many young lovers they are puzzled as to whether they houm marry now or wait until after tb war the world has sympathy for their dilemma and hopes that their decision will make for lasting happt- nesx in the old parlor sofa days the views af parenta often counted sanro with young lovers and some young people would do well to take a little more parental advice royal palace cueifirs leading thkatbes odav nr mondav ann sheridan alexis smith jack carson tuesday to tiiukhday 4 1aurt gene ticrncy today til rtuthftay since you went awar claudettc colbert jos cotton shirley temple ijriomunc at 3 bjo 915 mondav to wednesday summer storm linda darnell george sanders pltocrams subject to change without notice h your christinas shopping is a problem to you as it is to u owing to the ahoruge of quantity and the variety of goods we would like to have done everything we could and we are ikliot below a practical and reasonable in price and as the quantity of suggest you choose your gifts as soon as possible for u goods before crristmaa chesterfield sets a nice line of chesterfield sets covered in strong long wearing repp assorted colors and rugged inner spring construe tion and the latest styles we invito you to drbp in and ludge for yourself dinette and breakfast sets in natural walnut and the now beau tiful lined oak finish indeed something you would be proud of in your home roods we are unable to buy the in our store however we have umber of articles that are both every article is limited may we is almost impossible to replace lamps for every room including trilight floor lamps radio boudoir table and bed lamp5 we have a lovely assortment to choose from axminster rugs we have a nice line of akminster rugs in sizes 6 0x0 oxo and 0xlo 6 in a lovely variety of colors as we bought large quantity during the early stages of the war these rugs are all prewar material which gives you a sturdy long wearing rug for your home inner spring mattresses marshall simmons and all the reliable makes of inner spring mattresses in stock in all sizes and a price range to suit your purse many other suggestions a nce variety of pictures mirrors comfotteis blankets chenille bed spreads cushions hassocko clothis hampers end tables coffee table baby carr age sit n chenille and silk scatter mat kindergarten sets childs rockers wheelbarrows and a host of other novelties and articles that make a lovil christmas gift we cordially invite you to drop in and look around a small deposit will hold any article until christmas i johnstone ru s- phone 30 homefirpnishings 5jk1