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rrtfliilfffi wffrr 4 h 3 thursday december 31t 1m3 i holiday visitors and personals 1 many catue uf acton to spend tfc holiday fcnd nttmbm yf aelonur visited ftt other centre miss ruby clnrk in home from torj onto mr nnnmm james dobble were at clifford mr nnd mrs ed huffnagcl wore nt dundalk mr erfiyd clark of toronto was home for the holiday i pi and mm ben car leas spent christmas nt clinton miss mnrle brunelle istioriie- from toronto fori the holiday mim frances hurst in home from creemore for the hnlldnys mr harold kennedy was homo from detroit for chrlstmss mr nnd mrs j k gardiner spent chrlstmns visiting in dundalk mr nnd mrs frank brovnlng nf toronto spent chrlstmns here lieut jack grnhnm ikhome from debert ns for the holiday leave mr and mrs john brush of hamll- ton spent chrlntmas holiday hero sfft normnn b wright was home from british columbia for christmas misa vloln waller is spending the holiday week visiting in winnipeg mnn miss wnncttn smith was home from toronto for the christ mnn holl dnya mrir wm smnll nnd mr robert weir 6t kilbride visited acton rela tives cnr lames ford of ncwmnrket spent christians leave nt his home in acton mr nnd mrs p 1 mrcrhitnll spent chrlstmnk day with mr nnd mrs martin kelly mr lirul mrs i krowo or brace- bridge nnd nancy spent chrlstmns nt mr 1 mecltires mi nnd mrs stuart iaint nnd cnrolexnne7vllted friends in hamil ton over christmas mr nnd mr g it kognvnldsnn- nnd marilyn nnd mr john uognvnld- son were nt toronto mlsx joan cuddcn of georgetown spent chrlstmns nt the home of gnr nnd mrs jnmos ford visitors nt the homo of rev a w and mrs foshury for christmas wont pte ivan g chalmers of st thomas and mr lowrle chnlmcgs of t-wonto- mrs c mcdonald mr nnd mrs elmore johnston and family mr and mr and mrs k i johnston spent christmas 4n toronto wltlr mr nnd mrs m c overholl mr nnd mis k h elliott george shirley nnd jnne spent christmas nt the purentnl home nt cnoiber mr nnd mrs w stewart toronto- visited nt the djome of mr nnd mrs 1 wood during the weekend mrs- 1 c russell and miss jessie kussell snnt chrlktmits with mr and 4js c h hariisnn in toronto mr anil mrs jnnies wilds visited with mr nnd mrs not man wilds of vinelnnd dver the chiistmns hnlidnv all nnd mrs i ii vincent hillle mrs ottlo clnrk of hamlltonr- chrlstmas with mr and mrs gordon jidtfutfcn mr n nil mrs w j o oakes and dr and mrs f g o oakes end family spent christ pas with th for mers daughter mrs gordon swnn- ston al ttockwood i m p nnd mrs robert currlo marlon and dowld of peru- spent sa turday wllh mrs robcit currle and mr and mrs edwin currle nnd bobby of tyiltrm heights mr nnd mrs rob cart 1 1 nnd mr and mrs boirhnmllton of milton heights spent shndaywith mrs robert currlo nnd mr nnd mrs ed win curile nnd bobby mr nnd mrs austin reld of strat ford mr nml mrs jnck reld of wlttmtfu m bernlce reld of guhph hpentxjixistmos with their parents mrnnd mrs s j reld ac 2 ronnld l graham and ac 2 a w garland rcaf of van couver b c now stationed nt st thomas tts spent chrlstmns wllh archie c currle nnd family mr nnd mr h e sutcllffe shirley- nnd bill of detrplt mr nnd mrs g- h lantz and miss grace innt7 spent chrlslmas with friends tn toronto mr annus mcdonald and messrs sandy joe kenneth russell and archie nf dolly varden spent chrlst mns with mrs robert cunrle nnd mr nnd mrs edwin currle nnd bobby at milton heights i sub lieut j m smnll r c n v r of london jont mr nnd mrs d c sterling of brncehi idge mr nnd mrs d a smnll of toronto were week end gdests at t he home of mrs r m mncdnnnld mr nnd mrs william gnmhle nnd miss m johnston w rockwood mr nnd mrs hnrlcy brlgnnll douglas nml ruhert mi nnd mrs hnrold reed nnd wnllnce of toronto were christmas visitors at mr james h reeds mrs wm mclcod mr nnd mrs t wood nnd miss lo vttrncjsmlth of george wallace cloibes shop 112 yonge st 2nd floor toronto tike the elevator and save money ci patterson ro spmlallat in eye examlnatlan orthsotbi iuwvkdiiam stigubuhi phaiu lff completely equipped office below mahershoe store rkoee far ladl reaaenably b d raqj fnrtawe ana m acton the acton free pijess paoe nmid weekly war coauwe n continued from pngo ono j toronto pte enrl ityder of hnmll ton nnd mr a williams of aeorce- town were visitors during chrlstmnn- tide nt the home of mini e hnw- thome- mr c p leatherlnml m luis been lit the pnrentnl home in deser- nnto slnre the denth of jer mother mrs kditr irln ttils month re turned home lifter chrlstmns her father mr edriir irwin returnctlj with her nnd will siend the winter nionths with mr nnd mrs lenthei- tiind gregory theatre midnitc show nkw yearacle at 1145 weekend in havana- alice fnye john payno se lected shorts nnd community sing reels friday jam tar y 1st keep pit george formhy comedy di vide nndconquer pete smith yietoryj vulec chapter 7 spy smnsher satitrday january 2 mattnen at 30a shepherd of the ozarks outdoor nctionnlctiire with wenver bros anctelvtry pacific rendezvous spythrillei with iee bow- mnn jean rogers fo news monday jantar1 4 eagle squadron dlann bnrrymnre robert richnrd hlmrr mlnlnture at stnck band ac orchestra ca chrifttmjm hnhda srnn found the tion amund vim and irrw 210 miles east of tripoli on dec 25 this marked a 180mlle advance since el agheiln the germans were ex pected to mnke a determined stand at tripoli swift motor parties of the allied troops had advanced dec 20 to within 12mlles of tunis despite wlntar iprflns and muddy ground at the weekend the germnns were retreating in halfdozen key sectors orthe russian front the russlnns hnd scored nt several advnncos some of fifteen miles german losses were very heavy in the pacifir area a mlvod force of australian and americans were rinsing in on the japanese fortifica tions in the buna mission area of new guinea succeeds darlan gen glraud earjy thlft week was the unanimous choice of he frencl imperial council to succeed ijnrlnn ns high commissioner of fretet africa unification of the do gnulle nnd girnud groups isnow n distinct nrob- ahlllty de gaulle in london subsequently pnld trlhute to girnud nnd snld the i union of the whole empire in the wm probably soon enn be realized it is possible ns nn outcome at further negofintlons thnt a temimr- ary french government will direct a unified french wnr effort in mnny pnrts of the world german lonlaied the russlnns hnve brought nbout the complete isolation of a german army estimated to number 100000 before stnllngrad while the wedge driven behind the force is being wid ened dally the nazis are attempting to supply the trapped army from the air and their efforts nre proving costly uussiarrndvlcos warned howi ever that the germans in the volgn i cltv aren showed no sirn ofwenk- enlng nnd weie cnpnhle of sirong re- 1 sistance t drilng down the moscow rostov railwnv russians in the middle don i area are reported to he less than t0 j miles nwn from another soviet i force nllm king kotetnlknvski south of stalingrad spenrhcnds of the former mnn weie repotted tuesdn in he only 100 miles from rostn soviet hendqiinrters said hitler was throwing riinfoi cements sn the mid- die don region in n desperate attempt to check the rassinn ovfenslve hut undjuthe blows of our men they arc suffering huge losses osdnii in rurma fion sir archibald wnxell s drive southward into burma is officially ic- ported to hnve- reached un 1 1 vilflung only 2fi mil oi nofth of jhe linse nt akab at the snme time roundnhout reports from thailand indicate thnt npother biltisli column is operating in ihe ghlndwin river nlle to the north after driving the enemv from the chin hills although british mititarv nut hot i- ties still refuse to rrinkt an lug laimsfor wnvells moves lh bui ma it would nppenr that jajmnesc fort nre letrenting rnpidlv the sunday school j lesson i1r sunday january s the gospel of john the glory of the son of gqd golden text and the word bo- came flesh nnd dwelt nmong us and we beheld his glory glory ns of the only hegottenof the father full of grace nnd trulh jno j it lesson temt jno 1 111 time a d 05 plnce f i ill en us exposition i the eternally exist ent world 11 johns gospel is the deepest book in the blhli nnd this in the deepest por tion of the honk any exposition nf ihese wonts htcm liieomplhe nndjn- ndequnte the should be long ahd deeplv pondered l ent h livllvltlunl for himself john entries us lnck to the davun nof merely of hnmnn hlr- tor hut or the hlstoi of the uni verse nnd nges ngo we hehojd n be ing who then nlnml was gen 1 1 the nntne nf this etejnnllv esisl- enl being is ihe word he is ml- led the word bet nuse it is in him hint god full expressed himself nt levenw himself the bible iiy- the written word of god bet nuse in it god spenks and reveals himself god tins revftnleil himself not only in a book but in a pel son the person is the eternal woid who bet ame incarnate in our loul jehus heh it 1 iim 1 2 jno 1 ii m 1 tlhk person was with god in his irosenre in t lose intimacy with him this per son was god from nil eternity that peison wmio bet ame flesh in jesus of nnnieth was god iphi 2 there could not he n more definite mid ex plicit stntemcnl of the true deity of him who tabernacled imohg us in the pei son of lesils christ he was children no matter who they arc what they are the vilest sinner who receives jesus christ takes him into his henrtto lie all jesus desires to be sivloiiruord teacher friend- thnt instirft7 1hatlnnerbe comes n child of god who are they who thus receive hlm those which were horn nnt of the flesh nor nf the will of mail biit of god it is not of mnns nnturnl hemt to receive jesus ch 1st ho the fatd that any one really receives the loid jesuit proves that they hnve heen begotten of god whaj is na turaf to mnn is seen in vs fl 10 nnd 11 but god4tv his grace begets men njiew ami tlinne ho nre thus he jjjhtten recelxe jesus christ and be- iame children of god jo 3115 ins 1lh 1 jret 121 2 cor t17 the word betynne flesh i e the lternnl wnnl heenme a real humnn being ivit clothed itself with real humnnltv his dlv ine gloiy became a matter of sensible percept inn ipo 11-1- sir gotl clsn l fi rom h 5 titus 2 11 2 pet 1 i hob 1 k 1 int r 20 the enthe gospel of john is devoted to a proof of this vtnlenirnt eveiv- thlng ixvolves nboui this tenter inn 20 11 i his verse- brings mil the fait that theie wen nt lensl lun pet sons m ihe tnlhentl tin woitl was with god thehe is one ojvllie person in t ompntn wllh v horn the word wis and the word ilinist if wn god h also a divine person hav ing lr lined his etei nnl divine nattue we turn next to his divine work he is the tine through whom nil things i mm jo be god has executed all iii treat iv i phins through tlhu lie who bv his incarnation betnme nur snvinur was first our creator nnd the creator of all things apail fiom him c ame not tine thing into exist ent e ipph t0 col llfi heb 12 isalfi lleh 11 li iheie was life in him before his incnrnntlon he is hie eteimtt xtilircenf lift all life has t ome forth from him eternal lire is in him 1 tno 511 i he onl wnv to get eternal life is b taking wrvldinp astrtilr the counly iiin- kiatook okln cp pte sutttuiof sheppnrd field bought a llceilte lo wed hefeil dock of golllngsvile okla then he learned his sri gertrude was go ing to martv pie wnvne case of j sill okla the planned a double weddingntit a hitch develojht sutton hntl obtalnetl his license in tulsa count cnse hnd uureltnsetl one in adjoining osage county then gertrude remembered thnt n street in skintonk where she lives is mr nntt mrs arthbr swackhnmr wish to announce the engngement of their onlv daughter mary isabel to lac dirk cutts vangnnzen son of mr and mm c j vangoo7en aeton the mnrrlnge is to tnke place jm january iflth at maple hill farm mr and mrs james parkinson ernpiokji nnnouiue the engngemoni of their only daughter margnrnt jean to franklin royce campbell son of mrs a campbell acton the mnirlage to tnke plate the middle of januavv aussirs strong on dried fruit the dividing line between the two count leu the minister stood in the middle of the street cose nnd ger- liude look up their stations on the sidewalkon the onage county side sutton nnd helen on the tulsa count v side nnd the double ceremony w as perfoi med canberra ccp the austratlnn common wealth government hns np- pioveil the expenditure of l 200000 710000 ion the debydrntlon of fruit nnl vegetables twice the amount ap prove pt the beginning f the yenr fuel negotiations to expand dried nppto tex product inn have been ertrrled on wllh ha i f i tiismnnin sunt it australia it lie western australia and more than uijmwi tons tr fresn tipples- nboui 1 ninooo cases ill he used to pltidtle 1000 inns of drletl apples etu h ef i at present ihe product inn of can- ned apples represents wvkl tons of fresh fruit of whlc b r0 per- cent is letnined for neeels of the services the remnlnder heng for civilian consump tion it is suffer for us to arm tt but never to lose fight c ourngt fl ius killed london tc two boys one vttirs old nnd the other ii were kuled when n gieunde they fmmrl in jrfifui explotd i lie gn nude wn e i of lun whl h had been found ny uaid of lie ullklloa h i and moved by vt arhl llj mat lav 9 llim in whom ll is 1 1 jno r 1j not onlv v is life in him hui he was him- i jeu ilu life j 1 ino 1 hmuo was the life was also ihe light of men i icjno h1j 0 1 12 1 10l ihe riiu suggests word did not bet ome the light of j aylmar nw crap jam 32os jar01 with ptln o i sodas 20 either a strong british forte or1 adecpinte japanese gamsoning ok card or thanks mis august anderson and fanutv i are tliepjv applet uitlve tf the kind ness and helpfulness shown h dot tors nurses and neighbors during the nnd harbnra of loionto spenl c hi isl- j iiinevs of the heloed husband hnd mn with mr ami mrs gordon lolui- fathei ihe svmpatbv shown in c tntiiered ten itorv there rt nsetn to believe hint u genet nvs preparations inlhi months have beta basetl tin st ale offensive ke point cik 1 1 i men nait is ever british past sis n inrg and mivs m i the weexvlth russell inlon- sion mrs i it kenneth nelson are spending mi and mis 1 mile nursing sisbh nora kennev of the mllitar hospital stuff al niagara on thelake was honte fot christmas holltlavs mrs ii caldwell anil all hei funll and hei grand hiltlren spent christ inrts wjth mis tli t ioidon agnew m toronto y i mt herbrt hamilton of toronto spent christmas w tth mr and mrs gordon uira and his mot hex mrs k lamilton 1 niauv wns also heeii most heienvemt omforting th has bv 1111 tiobdon tuulairfrec stff writer canadian snkliers telehrated christ mas and new ears- dav 23 ven ii in winter quartets amid famuini u positions on t arms front aftyi nule the svwinib tif 1asst hendnele and le announcetl bv tlie russian high com pies salient the wellkept tl em lit utiapd tin tuesdrtv following hi aki ok thanks ihe faiuilv of the lale hat hei ieg tit wish to thank everyone who was sti kind to her while slit was in the hospitaj antl foi the messngi s of s mihittiv and the flow t is s ni din ing their tet ent tieteavement 1 iim kindnesses will alwtivs he giatefiltv leiuemheied t and tie lemhes and ommodichis dugouts uottni v miv illdge ami i ehs merged it h x- ut tanl i g during tin veai 1017 the dominion hoops had maintained th ir itj ut i- imii as firsl iss fighting men with outstanding vnrtones at vihiv jlfdge hill 70 and passiftendaele i hev had capture s snilthwf kolelnikovskf of stalin g r ad otl was i hght itldmi and ceoi m ham i ill ohio tn maid watkms mundav with vjrml mis 1 klru and fnindv men tf s nt wat- ga from turf of irwi bo- not in ar but feeling the iinch ktre talks otkrmliinds and hogv i ii but were nwnre freed froirt the weie piepating for e tm hie wi stern r iiiiutv at chiistmi mi s dublin i ci i ue though not gaged in wm is nvifthehss leel- i ifh ef ft 1 1 to sin h in extent that i esienxlvt plans fnt post uhi recon- hai sit ut lion hinging mainlv tm greater veik use of the land aie being undertaken and prenuei t union de valera outlined i the plaits in tn nddtesj to the dublin chandht of commene and spoke of i k bell anij wiua a as being the basis of the 1 lr j si heme nndinjmuuiiijdnimotvg pos- lltui ijbivtlevititptvtents a survev and clas- situation of soils nnd the piping to tow ns in misfrnrn nirf-f-thirib- umummi nil plie new canadian positions ran bet nuse of ihe hkelthnod that eire mutn nnd t from h1 70 toward for mnn vears nfter the war mav be lvm w was wrtlv encircle forced to delrul almost exclusively lust norih of lens the cnrfiuhans held maureen and kathleen micntall on h resources as the count ry cite st emlle and cite st elizabeth nre spending the ctiristninh hohdavs being forced to do now to a large j lo the o cite st ajholne was at the home of their grandparents j extent mi de valera said much ln german hand avion was behind mr nnd mr martin kll greater uiw must be made of agrlcul ture full use of ngrii ultural scien- lac ward and mm brutx- of tiflc know edge should bj made and trenton mr and mm enrl saver of the pig and baron induitrv should be oadiawasuettr chi human at the borne rcorganizedwtth a view to cutting of mr and mrs henr savers transport awl rtsthbution coin pte aum wei lacks imuuto sj al the honte ttl i mis martin kelh mi and mo 1 and mt clinton mt kinnon ontw hmiit chi 1st mas w ihrlu mrs c w masalrx- mr antl mis angus mtwinnon of bineehridge spinrthe christnuih hob- dnvit nt the horue of their daughter mr g w masales t lit ttetl their test that the 1 ei mans uussian tatripaigu an allout offenstv kmni in pus but that was lolonte 1 htt hot dhvmumii tojhe canndiant meant christmas mail and part els from home and a tespite from benv fight ing bat k of the lines battalions at test plnved football nnd other gnrnvs and nveltd in tht ret leatuuial and entettainnieiit fat 1 lit it prov i led b the m c a and other organizations com fit pat lbs vi irh clevei enter- taineis tet rutted nnn tint ranks put on spleu lid pet formaiu es m battered buildings vi canadians had been brought bat k from ypres area soon nfter the pusst hvndaele j it lv sltibihed the flanders front for hie winter jhjwj ftuintl the geimnns still holding tht toal nimnc itv ot lns as well as fresnov w hit h thev had rmnptured paper wi stu tss russian tank and infnntiv ft tiers pushed on toward zimov niki 2 miles to hit southwest knit inik ovski fell in a night attack after the russians had closed in from thtet sides 1 h de rmanhrid fail tit has sie ved as a main hast of supplies for the german bt h armv at the gates of- stalingrad and its capture is regard- apprehensible ed as the first big pi ie of the uussian ii lohn t iv w inter offensive london milltarv tiuatttrs believe that the eti rmin- iilitin of the fitlu jvrmv mm s pos sible timpletelv surrounded the get mans onlv tontait with their main fortes is maintained hv air hv his intarnallon in testis of lb he was evei the light of nun no tav of light has evei shone upon man ext ept from him i hi light that shone in old tcsln- nient linns ihone fnun him even the glimpses of light the heathen have had ate fiom him when svn 1 ame night nmr rhe condition of the wbol world suae ha- tall has heth itualr- mti let tual then iii hoiit hut the rorld did not would not lav hold of it 1 1 cot 2 it ino k 10 m- hhat is wh ha woild ttintinues in darkness i he woilit ftould not inv hold of the light in his umntarnate form so god gives hie word in a form more 1 asilv an int at note form witness to the light ee9t96tcgteft a happy nlew year i to our many friends tie nf mnrnt iptr uirkiess in tb the old vcir tiffu lilt its unlrintc let tual tllirkiess- ndst of thik univt isayiaiknev is ever hi t n a ligl shining farming paper viill run farm to hublish such have mud n his liimut editor declare l icpj this arm- chair farming for the farmer s week- iv well known bt itislf agricultural n is in the niiiitsufor a farm btiiiev ethal lo run n ctkxl cods t oiith s ension t nwin s in- firnnlv dots not stop even nt that he sends a w itness lo this ine nr- nate llghl in men who tan see light needs no witness hut ilsi if hul men are blind and so net d one who tan me to heal witness to hie light cod s nt sut h a witness in lohn the liap tisi a man sent from cod that is a glot ions title birt mark the 1 leai line of demarcation between lohn an i t sijs lohn is a mnn aper one mu sent from tod lohn was a man whom cod deftghtt tijln honor but ie was a man testis was god become fit h lohn came to be a witness antl tin purfmse of his testrmonv was tlial all men might believe through htm iii ihe wold become flesh 10 1 1 h the hostili of man ti the with its trials ind xiullssc and de j alnufst over threshold ot wish the old old vhiv the old new j wish happy sfciv year victory ti and peace may it bring united nations world the the fainung paper voir must have mud on light and to cod appears in vour bootn the paper said the darker aspet t not onlv did move wins a deliberate unweten- darknes not npprefiend th- hght tious matteroffait step in afj na- i r not onlv did the world in tural order of the papers develop- he wns and which was madi whlth bv htm the canamnn bnes nnd further south no mnns land widened and the front ran forward from tht eastern slopes nufft it didn t mark a fcudde con v ersion bet nuse indiv itjuul members of he stnfffnnve twen encouraged to tftjm on their own account what is new is the deterrninattpn mr and mrs jos n held dorolhv and nanc ancr mrs e frank ken transport rxln the j minister c matter of fuel the prime declared eires beit peat hog must be more fully developed nssiy tf hamilton spent christmas an windpower should be utllbred at 4 wl ii mimjnt u 1 vanaaian iront enaeo in me vtc 11 tj hu mother mrs robert reid j nt for the lighting of holnte larms of gavrelle further to the south of vim ridge with merlncourt aftflo the farmers weekw to farm as athevdle in encm terrltorx it were publltlv w e propose to tell at frewioymbe lines narroetl con- the ieophrveta thing thnt goes on slderablv sir arthur currle is troops at the fanm our ups apd downs our were on the outskirts- of opp and in successes and- allures our l6sses and control of arlelixengohellc the gains our idea is to farm in sight canadian front ended in be udnlt of the road nncljibe gato will be al- was open to the interested i not know him iv lii but his own home and people oi- household serv ants 1 e israel even thev recelv edjllm bolv to ihthiselves how complete is the alienation of mnn from god nnd light while the world and even his own as n whole re- feet ml there were an elec t few who received him and to eerv one of them the door of his fathers tioiusc- was opened nnd they entered as chll- dren thev who receive the son of god b thatct themselves become b d rachlin f mllji street r acton ontario thanks for 1942 best wishes your friendship und lo ulty huc ccn appreciated during the pm to one and all we extend our best wishes for full measure of all the good things of lite in thenew year 1 lovell bros ft 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