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jo nam tub acton free press thursday december silt um in mom ef mrtas mm kmlowa m m irvmtiy cm aataaa wttairt dmh i atml m airik papiixon at tha nuxatng home caelph street acton on friday deoanibtlr lsth um to mr and mm areola papulort the gift of a dm both dotawu mtakboa mottday december ml 1944 join ciwrtua drake baloved huamud of naomi baiuun and aon c granvtua and wlnnlfred drake ssi merobcrta ave itorontq mitch mxat guelph general hoe- jlta on wedneeday december 90 ma minnie mlleheu daughter of the lata gaonge and grace mitchell i her tm year tke funeral will be held from her lata reemenc uh uiw kramoaa irjanuhlp on friday at 3 30 oclock tntectnent at everlon cemetery of gregory in loving memory of mua rachael gregory who died decem ber aiat ima ever remembered by mr and mre f rawllngs and family cakd of thanks mre c marto and family wish to thank their friends and neighbor for their kind expreetlons of sympathy cards and beautiful floral tributes extended to them at the time of the loss of a dear husband and father a bright and happy christmas to everyone everywhere the streets are once again quit pariah after last weeks heavy snow an extra train of express and mall carried the eastbound deliveries on monday morning these are the day of heavy malls and late trains be patient your par cels and cards will reach you in due time if they were mailed early some of the money used in hol land has been sent home aa a souv enir to his parent by sgt bob loutltt it la on view in he free press win dow this week- phone 174 samuel m gowdy guelph samuel moore gowdy prominent guelph bulsnessman passed away at bis home in guelph early sunday morning in his 73rd year mr gowdy had been in falling health for several years and seriously 111 during the three weeks proceeding his death mr gowdy was proprietor of gowdy coal company on garden street for about 30 years retiring from busl- nes a few years ago prior to going into business he was bookkeeper at the axle works deeply interested in ports he was active in curling and bowling mr gowdy also was a mem ber of the masonic order the inde pendent order of oddfellows and the independent order of foresters son of the late mr and mrs thom as gowdy he was born in guelph and in 1896 married georgina a crosble who survives also remaining are two brothers and two sisters mrs j b reynolds and miss nettle gowdy both of guelph william gowdy acton and thomas gowdy of toronto funeral services were held at the family residence 154 glasgow street tuesday afternoon interment was at woodlawn cemetery toronto cp political fever has gripped owen sound and sur rounding grey north riding where defence minister mcnaughton will seek a seat in the commons in a by- election next februrmry 0th there are indications that the contest will be a straight party fight with gen mcnaughton as liberal candidate ag ainst mayor garfield case of owen sound pro conservative spice waa added to the possibilities of the campaum with disclosure by mayor case otfsrumors that progres- vvecsteratlve leader john braken himself might ask the mayor to stand down so that mr bracken could run against gen mcnaughton however these reports were entirely uncon firmed gen mcnaughton opened the first political campaign of his career with an address in which he reviewed cir cumstances surrounding his accept ance of the defence ministry and gave electors the latest on the reinforce ment situation he said large num bers of reinforcements have already gone forward many thousands are now enroute to east coast assembly areas prior to going o and the previously announced schedule of re inforcements has been fully main tained the former canadian overseas com mander said his previously announced rotation leave plan by which troops with ave or more years service over seas were to be brought home for 30 days rest in canada exclusive of travelling time and originally cont emplated 450 men would be home for christmas this number has now been extended and he expected well over 1000 would be in canada for the new year and there was every hope this rate would continue and even increase the general also said it was hoped to retain a high proportion of these men for duty in home estab lishments in training new recruits a new ontario cabinet minister was sworn in during the week he is sgyearold w g webster progres sive conservative member of the legislature for london who enters the cabinet without portfolio prem ier drew announced however that mr webster will serve as provincial liquor commissioner when the resig nation of the present commissioner victor goggln becomes effective on december 31st in his first public utterance since assuming his new post mr webster predicted people of ontario may soon find their monthly liquor ration cut from 28 to the old 13ounce quota he said it is probable the present ration will continue until about march but after that the ration would probably bo cut in half a nounn alios elected in 1943 as ccp mimibor of the leglilaturo for essex north riding has resigned from the ccf party his action caused alclde lebianc president of the cc f riding association at windsor to call for mr alios resignation from his seat but the member said he would continue to sit as an independent labor member mr leblanc charged the estf north member with prev iously being friendly toward the labor progressive party an attitude which caused the c c v members of his con stituency such concern that he was once suspended from the party but later reinstated agreement made for use rockwood fire truck an agreement retarding the use of the rockwood fire truck within five miles of the village was reached at the december meeting of eramota township council all members were present and reeve d d gray presid ed the rockwood police villa re trus tees were present nnd offered to al low the village fire equipment to at tend a fire within five miles of the vlllaee at the rate of 35 per hour the eramosa mutual fire insurance co directors were also present and offered to pav onehalf of this amount if the council would asume one- half the council agreed to pay one- half the cost for any fire within the townshln the agreement to be effec tive until february 2a 1951 it was arreed to renew the insur ance on the maintainor and snow plow for 1045 h the clerk was instructed to sub- scribe for the usual number of conies of the municipal world for the new ear v amounted to 1b ttxt including to county rate and aaamcl adfotnsi to january 8th former resident killed in action near antwerp word has been received here that pte allan e duck aged 10 years was killed in action near antwerp on octolber 10th he is a son of mrs john hutchinson who resided on crescent street here until foul months ago when she removed to guelph and now lives ot 02 queon street w he enlisted in august 1043 and went overseas in may of tills year frienrftf who knew the fnmlly here will sympathise with them in the loss they have been called upon to bear erin dr tergett of guelph was the guest speaker nt the erin business mens banquet held at the globe hot el on wednesday evening jf last wek when thlrtvflve enjoved the recast and were delighted with the very in formative talk on newfoundland mr harold bennett has mcertei the position of farm omanaccr for victor dlftclns on no 7 highway at sllvercreek mr nnd mr bennett and daughter moved to their new home lost week at a second nomination meeting to complete a council for erin township held in hlllsburg on monday the fol lowing wb nominated gold win burt llovd mulerdan mcdougall geo d scou the former and the latter qualified and the township council for the ensuing vear will be i reeve edgar huxley deputy reeve 1 arthur swackhamer councillors goidwln burt ed cox george d i scott advocate more mail to service league from overseas another group of letters and cards to the acton and vicinity war ser vice league give messages from acton men in the armed forces to those at home here are some extracts from few of the letters bdsm norman gblson writes us was awfully glad to receive your latest parcel of cigarettes as there was no card enclosed i am taking the liberty of sending the label to slit your checking of shipments happy to say i am feeling fine and i fit as usual please convey my best wishes to all the good people of acton who remember ttielr service personnel in this special way we are grateful beyond words pte if c price writes from hol land just a few lines to let you know i received your excellent parcel today and i wish to express my sincere ap preciation and thanks for it every thing was in first dm np ard e thanks not only comes from myself but from all the fellows who are helping me devour iu contents there is nothing better than mall to make a fellow feel close to home and its a most comforting thought to know that there are many people like your society at home who hnv our interests at heart thanking you once again nnd wish ing you all the happiest greetings for christmas and the new year sgt bill withers tells us i received 300 cigarettes today november 10th for which i am very grateful im sure all the boys from acton and vicinity feel the same way that i do about the acton war ser vice league it is hard to express how grateful we are but i believe that you and all the members of the league know us well enough to un derstand how much we appreciate what you folks jhaclc home are doing for u the very best for christmas and the new year to one and all the members sftt allan leliihman says received a lovely christmas box and carton of cigarettes from you to day and i want you all to know just how pleased i was when i saw they came from good old acton it really helps cheer n fellow up when he knows the folks at home are doing all these thlnpm for us i only want to say thanks n million it was really grand lcpl b d hodge writes many thank for the cigarettes juut received thoy are sure greatly ap preciatedfor more than i enn v things out here are helped greatly by all your efforts nnd acton is sec ond to nono when it comes to look ing after the boys hoping to see you nil before ion wishing you alt tho happiest o chrlstmases and continued success cards and letters were also receiv ed from tpr c j grahnm pte l cripps pte m bauer sgt g p cook pte t e perry man pte j h marshall slgnm g w williams j drywlale pto f frank r a john ston lac g e altkcn pte john gibbons lac e lasby pto r j plourde pto p a elliott pte w l roche tpr m j mcmillan gnr f kolly george hargrave jim lamb cpl o r brown sgt j vangoozon lac j g hargrave slgnm f jones halton member gave address at wardens dinner continued from page five did in the early years of the war when there was a real danger of los ing the struggle and now when all fear of losing the war is long since passed turn right around and advo cate conscription i can think of no reason excepting a political one and one which in my opinion cannot be too strongly condemned be that as it may the result has been that when this country was suddenly faced with a relnforcement problem the gov ernment was not permitted to quietly and efficiently meet the problem on the contrary instead of assisting the government a publicity campaign was put on to inflame public opinion and to defeat the government this attempt miserably failed and the re- enforrements are on their way over seas i have no doubt but what the public will piece the blame squarely where it belongs those who sought to takv advantage of the crisis to further their political fortunes will receive the censure wmch they des erve a debate of nearly three weeks occurred in the house of common and when the vote was finally takt n only 70 members of a total house membership of 245 voted against the government the 7j members wno voted against the government were 15 french canadians and the con servatives who joined with them half of those who voted against the gov- ernmentdld so because we had gone too far and the other half because we did not go far enough at this season i wish to extend to all a merrv christmas and a happy new year iv m grundy barber main st at yuletide when the christmas candles are lighted the orna ments all in place well pauseto thank you for your pat ronage and to wish you the happiest christmas possible frank toth mill street acton ontario c fteeichwescpe seasons may this christmas be a happy one is our wish to everyone and may the new year bring a full measure of the best of everything norton motors w r norton a royal palace guelpiys leading theatres todav til saturday jon hall louise allbritton chhibtmas dav til saturday hearts were young and gay gail rimcll diana lynn now playing helen walker hatvrdav to wednesday jeort abbott and costello programs subject to change without notice j eeatetctetetetetetetgtssctsiattt commission makes transfer of 1000 to general account the final meeting of acton public utilities commission waa held on mon- i day evening commissioners c m hansen and j ii mcahhur were present t tre treasurer was instructed to transfer siooo from the waterworks acount to the general account of the corporation a letter of appreciation from mlsj b h speight for granting her leave of absonce was received by the com mission j as the first regular meeting of the 1045 commission would ordinarily fall on new roars day it was decided to hold the inaugural meeting on thurs day january 4th the treasurer was instructed to pay tho following accounts c n express 81 cleaning expenses office 25 acton free press advertising 2 43 bell telephone service fi og e j hossard supplies 65 geo somervlllc rent 1 00 northern electric sunplles 11 4 macdonaw electric supplies 12 45 sancnmo co ltd supplies 20 51 moffat ltd switches 9 26 egv8bvbtspw a vitamin a day vermillion cp vermillion public schoolchildren now are getting vitamin pills at school and wll con tinue to receive them until next apll the school board hones thus to pre vent couqhs and colds and so keep attendance up during the winter mon ths new weekly quebec cp an official organ of the liberal party la to be publltht1 hers the weekly paper will be nam ed lo canadlen may this yule season mark the beginning of a new era in which individual rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be inviolate and might will cease to be right and bed wuued 40 i95 b d rachlin store closed boxing day december 26th v vaiiu txlmfok