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c thursday june iflth 1b42 the acton free press page nv mlu e prldham visited over the weekend with friendu in cookavllto mrrtind mm prank gibbons arid delaine visited with mr and mr bill bradjihaw in toronto- mlu pat scott ofchft visited at tlto home of rev a w anil mm fosbury over the weekend mrs wn waller attended the wad ding of her rlophowpte- roy elmer dunn on snturdayutpolorsbunj mr roy mcdouirnll donna nnd hod of hornopayno are vlijtlnr with her pnrenu mr nnd mri w m hooper mr wm jolmstono linn gone to a toronto hoapltnl for treatment mnuy friends wlh for her n prompt return to good health mr a m itumloy of sllvorwnter called on hi brother mr tho rum- loy nnd visited other rolnttvos hero during the week mrs r h wnnsbrouuh spent the weekend with mr nnd mrs f day rockwood 4havnttended tho united church annlvomnry services mr and mri- jos hynds mrs vlex marcoux nnd judith and mrs florence marcoux nil of pontine mich called on acton friends on monday mr and mrs geo somervllle and mr nnd mrs c b swackhamcr rep resented acton fair ntr the district meeting of agricultural societies at beeton yesterday mr nnd mrs d l mcdougall of winnipeg have been visiting acton friends for the past few weeks mir mcdougall left on snturdny for home but mrs mcdougnll is remaining for n time mrs m c longstreel of george town wishes to nnnouncc tho engage ment of her youngest daughter vera matlldn to leading aircraftsman wll- lard sanderson r c a f youngest aon of mr nnd mrs walter sander son of peterborough tho wedding la to tftlo place the latter pnrt of june george wallace clothes shop 112 yofige st 2nd floor toronto take utcuelevaior and save money are you neglecting yourjreyesight it doks no pay if you need glnsses why not call in and sec e p head m bt owrii sqmuw piionk st gueuii oard of tiiankh mr u elliott nnd family wishes to thank miik elliott mlu grey nnd mr clifford for their jrrent klndnera throuah the ion lllneits of husband nnd fnthor also the sympnthy nnd kindness of those friends who lonned cars nnd jrnve flornl trlhutes nt the funernl community party honors pte l graham before transfer a wry plensnnt evening wn spent uuuithome of mr nnd mrs it wil liamson when friend and neighbors of pte inwrence graham met to honor him before his departure for another station progressive euchre chines checkers and eonimunllv singing formed the program for the evening euchre prizes won were as follows mens high mr d e boles indies high mrs h e botes ladies km mn ii kinson mens low mrs i hobsojij consolation prices mrs m stoile mr f harris mrs j check te rend the address and mrs u williamson jr present ed ijiwrenct with a military wrlsi ate h nnd mone bolt dnlnt re freshments were served h the ladies buses leave eastbouno to toronto a aim am- oiia mjn xllsl m 2lm pjn 4lm pjn aiia tun ei pjn a iss sun westbound to lonon 1011 mm xll4s ajn stm pjn my kas pjn b siss pjn e vtss pjn b slu- pjtt x llm pjn dylotzs pmu xll6s nan b sun and a dally ex sun holidays c dally ox suh and hoi d sat sun and hoi it to kitchener only y to stratford only eastern daylight saving time tldteta and information at harold wiles phone 68 gray coach lines the county assessment is unchanged continued from pago ono discussion it was agreed that part of the work should he done that is for tho court room ns repeatedly recom mended by tho judge other wiring would also have lo be done to com plete tho circuit but lighting fixtures it was decided could be loft until nfter the war it wns also movod nnd pnssed that since a painter wns nt present confined to the buildings thnt the office of the clerk nnd treasurer be redecorated the equalized assessment wns tho next bone of contention since nnssn- eitweyn was still of the opinion they were too highly assessed other members orthe council however were of the opinion thnt inst yenri it wns roncrnlly understood thnt the nsscss moitt should be unchanged until nfter the war and n motion to this effect wns moved and seconded by clenvo and hlllmcr nnd finally carried a bylaw to equnlizc the assessment ns before wns then passed accounts paised were an follows finance j4102 7g education 3517 52 printing 175 57 agricultural 728 55 county buildings 374 75 hospital accounts 131913 weekly war commentary socully whttett for tfta aetou xhtom by bv guy k tuoauks cknarfuui ivhw sumwrit j1023fl2fl council adjourned churchill ladies association met at mrs f mcarthdrs tin lime meeting of the chun mil women s asnocinthm was held ui the jtome of mrs f mcarthur on wed- nesdu after noein miss k h llsnet 1 vli e president was in e barge mrs 1 sordnn read the scripture lesson anil mrs iiiffii lend in prner m he nuestion of the fowl supper was disc usm i ami plnns weie left foi a intel date lt was decided to have a chines tea in aid of china relief an imitation was extended to mrs hi agnew to be present and speak afler the business was disposed of mrs ilte t foreman took rhnrgejfi the torue and mrs a ken eplniicjr a chapter of the stud book on china mrs v swackhamcr invited the a- jsoelatum to her home foi fhe ul evening ineetlnk r b mceachern acton phone 17 kamembar our ratpomlbltlly daainl stop with the sale ol surja equipment tha kind of service that equipment jlvci you it also our concern call on us at any time for complete tnfokmation parts or repairs we have purchased the stock of w r lnshhrook and will carry on the cnvetrourlline nnd plumhinr business in con nection with our electrical work in thestore premises on mill street acton formcrk oc cupied bv mr lushbrook wp repair electrical appliance washinr machines etc orton church tervlec was withdrawn here inat sunday evening on account of special anniversary services which were held in marsvllte united church with rev mr rees of erin officiat ing a number from hero attended morning and evening services mrs lloyd lyons and children erin returned home nfter spending n few days with her parents mr and mrs j watson rev a u atton and mrs atton spent thursday in toronto mrs goorce watson spnt n wcoks holidays with her sons in gnlt miss bottle haywnrd enjoyed n weeks vacation with rclntlves in toronto mr and mrs l wation nnd chil dren of gnlt were weekend guests with relatives here miss loronn iocker attended n trousseau ten nt the home of mrs george cook osprlnge recently in honor of her daughter edna who wns n bride of last saturday mr henry grnhnm accompanied by miss l bessey nnd brother leannrd bessey of hlllsburg motored to stratford district last friday re turning monday where mr graham vsltml mrs graham nt zurich nnd miss nnd mr besse visited rela tives around stratford mr and mrs hurd motm ed to toronto last fridn evening a number of relatives nnd friends from this vitinit attended a shower nt cookes sehoomouse tuesdnj ev ening for mr arnold somervllle nnd his hculctolm nnd an enjoynbln time wns spent miss iorrnine and ethelvne moone visited their aunt mrs bnlle in tor onto over the weekend jvlr joe stewart visited his daugh ter mrs robert king during the past week annlversnrv services are being held in st johns united church next sun day morning nt eleven oclock nnd nt 7 oclock in the evening with ue r dnvlson a former pastor a guest speaker the onwego cluh met at the home of mrs harvev hearing last tues- da evening for their june minting after the business and also a tnntest miss irene huntlev a bride of sn- turdav was called upon and pre sented with gifts from her fellow i tlub members for whub she teplied er fittinglv and thanked them for then kindness lunch was seivert and n soial time spent the japanese attack on tho aleu tlnn islands uwmi to have boonj1 logical development of the amnlt nlr attack on dutch hnrbor preuum- ably designed o forestall nn offen sive brblnst japan by the united nntlons through the chain of islands which points nt japan an invasion in force of the aleu- flnns could mean dnnjter to canada and tho united states by paving the way for establishment of nlr bases from which it would be possible for jnpnns nlr force to bomb strategic points nlong the west const nnd to work for n considerable distance in- innd from the islands japanese bombers would be able to interrupt work on the alnskn highway which the united states army is building through can adian territory o rond which its builders hope will lend to tokyo eventunlly attu land in reports at the weekend indicated that n small enemy force lnnded on the island of attu nt the tip of the ajcqtlnn archlpcllgo these it is believed will be mopped up within a rensonoblc time heavy defeats inflicted on the jap anese in the naval battles of the coral sea and at midway island mny be expected to have a disastrous ef fect on attempts to reinforce tho en emy in tho aleutians had the japanese succeeded in their attempts and reached contin ental alaska thoy would have been confronted with natural obstaclcsas well as american armed forces sta tioned there to prevent their landing however with the forces they appear to have employed when they were caught nt sea by the americans they cmddjmnceiyably have got ashore throat totfe o once ashore in a territory well known to them they hnve undoubt edly surveyed it well nnd provided themselves with u s geodetic and coastal survey mnpt ns well as those of the canadian government in addi tion to sending splos into the country in the guise of fishermen nnd trap pers they might hnve penetrated to the interior of british columbln thence into u estern cnnndn nnd south into the united stntes with the defence forces nvallohle on this continent nn invnslnn in force undoubtedly could have been stopped but the operation hnd it been cnrrled out could hnve hnd ser ious nuisance consequences for can- nrin nnd the united states it could have established on npprerloble force of saboteurs probably men who al- reod bad lived inone or both of the northern north american democrac ies who could hnve dost roved public utilities and done n fair jnh of im peding the industrial war effort the blow the united states struck at the japanese fleet not onlv pro- vented these things from happening but it has serlouslv knocked down the stiength of the encmv fleet nnd probably made certain that the in- rnnean stronghold increased when by tho red army to underrate the strength of tho gorman blows in the area terrible losses were being in flicted on germnn nm rumanian troops befnro sevastopol fall of mr xettlm evacuation of blr hachelm inland anchor of the british lino south of aln el gazaln in tho libyan dosert hns put axis armies in position to strlko nt tobruk atvbe weekend pleld marshal erwln rommels forces were attack ing acromn 10 miles west of tobruk but a drive on el adem 15 miles due south of the constnl base had been repulsed british headquarters declared on juno 13 thnt nil positions remnlned intnct enrly this week it wns announced thnt british nnd south african forces hnd been withdrawn from aln el gnzaln 40 miles west of tobruk as other tioops held hack the main ger man forcojrrt tasking nonr acroma with both sides vlitually exhaust ed british military observers at cnlro expressed the belief thnt the axis offensive would end in n stnlo- mato nazi communiques june 16 claimed the llbyn hottle as a victory but latest reports indlentod the 8th army remained in control at tobruk it was this important hnse that roh- mel set ns the main objective of tho drive convoys get through in the meantime british convoys have reached tobrukjmd mnltn with urgentlyneeded supplies nnd axis re ports of henvy losses to the royal navy werobrnnded without founda tion by the admlrnlty nnd air mln- istry in n special communique issued june 16 british nlr hendqunrtors at cairo nnnounced that roynl air force nnd the united states army air force operating together for the first time in the mediterranean hnd sunken 10000ton italian cruiser set fire to two italian hattleshlps and a cruiser nnd damaged other vessels the joint stntement of the ad miralty nnd the air ministry issued in london said in addition thnt nt least two italian destroyers hnd been sunk the statement snld the opern- tlons were not completed without lossfeut fantastic enemy clnlms to havesunk cruisers and to hnve dam aged battleships and an aircraft car rier nre without any foundntlon more jap losses jnpnnese invnders of the aleutlon islands area hnve suffered severely from a battering by united stntes airmen a u s navy communique re ported junolfi bienklng n threeday silence the communique icported thai one jap anese cruiser hnd been sunk seven enemy ships including nn alrcrnft cnirler three cruisers and a de stroyer were repoited damaged no american losses were reported by the navy department the state ment wns interpreted in washington to mean thnt the nem hnd failed to ninke nn new inndtngs during the weekend after the initial thrust nt attu island hut had suffered the losses in air attacks on landing pni- tles and then supporting nnval con tingents reports from the north afrlc nn imttlefiont wednesdnv stated that the british 8th arnu wns putting up a strong fight to mnlntnin control of tobruk the danger to the medlter- milk prices rise in the acton and milton markets an order tins just heen issued by the milk control bonrd of ontmlo which raises the retnll price nf milk- in both markets to 12c for qunrts nnd li for pints this increnso nlso pro vides for nn increnso to the produc ers who in future will receive in the milton district 10 per cwt nt the fnrm for similar quality milk the slightly lower return to the produc ers in the acton district is we under stand due to the fnct thnt acton dis tributors nlso retail a portion of their milk in hlllnhurg nnd erin when owing to local conditions slightly lower retail prices njovall this brings the pi it e to the consumer nnd the return to the producer to u point where it is compnrnble to that ex- istlngjn the surrounding mnikets of burlington onkullc and georgetown the oider has been concurred in hj the wartime pi lies and tinde bunnu nnd went into effect on june 15th for it troops in 1ondon london ci the american red cross in gient britain has taken over the washington hotel in mny- falr to accommodate amerlcnn troops on lenve besides providing sleeping qunrters there is n ballroom nnd a clnemn real estate insuran jdweulmajknj b properties now is the time to buy whether for investment oi family comfort we hnvo houses with modern conveniences from 1800 to 6000 nil in excellent state of repnlr no dilapidated properties hnndled rack to the land buy ft farm and own kingdom farms for every purpose dnlry stock fruit nnd garden ing nnd florists properties most of them improved nnd prize winners in fnrm home improvement competitions of recent years inflltranck following the lowering of dwelling rates nnd contents with extrn benefits in april the underwriters in mny mndo similar adjustments on mercan tile llstsi particulars ns to these and any other line of fire cas ualty or auto insurance glndly given consult f u wright insuranro ami ileal estate broker re filtered cooper bldg acton nultwiiuissian coopkkation i ondon kp part of n cam paign oi i loser britishrussian tu- mk iit ion mhools in london and the llonit counties ire preparing albums recording then si hool life to be sent to uhitnl chiftifii ui russia rats in tiif wiijsat huomlk hug tti ueenue fnimei ftedeiick thomas rnnfiew tailed to place a wire fence around a i rick of wheat so as to prevent the em ape of wits dm tug threshing opera tions it cost him the equivalent of 70 in court good shoes vor vouno and old owimtty futsd a d sachun aecon gregory theatre priuav jink 111 hbllzalioimn kunramwinl wild oimmi juhnsoii cunmin curriis on iiirii over tin- border di- no a cuotl time for a dime chnpter t kme ol the ieas hunneni satvkdav jl k 10 matinee at 300 yank on the ltlltma koait lnnune in barr nelson the man from cheyenne iioa hovrs ko news monia antl ttknuat junr 72 ami 33 sehgeant york the sultler w ho coukln t be stopped plned b oar cooper cartoon brave utile but sqon captains of the clouds georgetown mr 1 f humphrev of norval has sold his garden farm to mr a t hibhert of georgetown i as we go to press word comes from chairman k v mnccormock unl howard ma that the red cross campaign in the geoigetown district i has gone over the top with npproxt- i mntelv 1200 in cash nnd pledges do nated bv district citizens i mrs harold cleave was hostess at the hlmonthlv sewing meeting of re- beknh lodge on mondnv owning lune hth tventvfour members were present and plans were made to hold a lawn iea and picnic later on in fttc summer after the evenings work was completed refieshments were sred b the hostess and soeinl commttxua cnpj h m kennedv of north bnv son of mr and mr 1 kenncnlv viiit id with his patents over the weekend he r taking a short course in toronto before he returns to north bnv where lie is a quarter- r master adjutant to the colonel hetald i givr oloj 1xr nkw weluncton nz cp new i zealander now have to give up old i electric lamp bulbs before the can buy new ones vnslon experiment cannot be repeat ed with as large a foice heavy jap iowum communiques issued june 13 b the united states navy revenled the extent of the blows dealt the enemy in the corn sen and nt midwn at least three aircraft carriers were sunk toiet her with foln tiulsers nnd three dest rovers thiee battleships three ci uisers two an craft arrlers and three destrovers were listed as dam aged against this the i niled stntes lost the an c i aft c nrrier lexington and two dest rovers and another c irrn r was damaged the iccapitulntion leaves no dmibt ns to i nited states naval super mrltv and the victories mn prove the turn ing m the pacific war on the face of it the japanese are not likelv to attempt unv major drive against the hawaiian islands the base foi lnlted iilntes operalions in the midpnclflc and the southwest tmatlm with ruuia rowing confidence in the aim of the- united nations to end the war quitklv has resulted from lb mutual bv miss ada currie and mrs assistance treaties signd b britain cunningham music bv mr hugh mr- and the lnlted states with t i millan uruj lois recitation b wilmn hussiu butler duett b loib the swiet visit of soviet foreign axis swept enst onl to be repulsed nt sidl re7egh dnvlong attacks on acroma were also defeated bv british tioops kldi reegh is j5 miles southeast of tobruk and acroma lies 2 miles southwest of the port another her man fore e w as loc ated at kl adem is miles due south of tobruk i he hermans nptl italians tere said to hnve gained tempororv super- lontv m tanks and antitank nuns it is not known whether the suppliees which reached tobruk eaihei in t hi- week carried the- nieded eciuipnient cedauvale fkieniis honor bride and iroom at presentation lafct frldav night friends and neighbors met nt cedar vale school let honor mr nnd mrs kenneth hall on their recent mart iage mr robert me cute heon waschnir- man for tho following program musle bv mr and mis wood aluut rm minister vac heslnv molotoff to lon don nnd washington revealed how i loselv the three nations are woiking together but outstanding was the dise loture nuirie bv fmign semtarv antbonv kden before the hotr of commons thnt then was a full un derstanding on the urgent tank of cheating a onil fiont in i uropc in im j battle kharkov iittiiittii annus figliting fien- in the i kraim and tin f rimea bnttlex mound kluu kov antl sevasto pol nin indicati tin stai i of hithro long awaited offensive butl the strength of the russian opposition leaves little doubt that the smashing enem drives of last venr will not be repeated mqscow advices at the weekend told of vicious soviet counterattacks at kharkov no attempt was made duett b loib and ruth rahnm step dancing b wis rob ertson insti umenlal bv mrs mec ham rec itntlon bv mrs alvin white sole h mr l cuxiie mush bv mr td smith and hugh mcmil lan due tt bv mabel and thelma huidv singing bv arelini hiim nuisu bv mr rnhnrd short 111 nnd harrv and a brief talk h mr mec ham mr nnd mis ktrimth hall were then asked to i mi forward and i- h aunt tiffin r ml an uddress w hit h e pre sm d tire in st wishes of all to the voung oujile and the re gret that thev wete leaving the inm- uuinltv following the reilfrmg of the ad- diess mr and mrs hall w er pre sented w llh a china cubinel in-d- sprend two blanket and other gifts mr und mrs hull thanked their friendu lunch was served and fol lowed hv dun ring carrolls carrolls own soap flakes 4lb box mecarmlcks suulwlell blmalls duplex creams p- aylmar peaches sx x aylmr pork am reans 2 rj cast keta salmon brightt llm tomato juice 2 2 whn you buy cofuaik for romar coffee -l- 19c 17c 19c 39c jewel salad dressing a jr kelloccs corn flakes x x 15c whou whml bueulli quaker muffets cri i p 17c nonrithlnf economical macaroni or spaghetti x n oe for lifhlr ck flaky pi crust crisco llb tin lc 3ibua 6c robartsont mlsatl mspl ad cbueoute fudge babies candy pm xe sld draiilnf kraft miracle whip 19e it49c 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