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1 sixtyninth year no 27 acton ontario thursday january 6th 1944 four homeprint pges five cents golden wedding anniversary in erin township hn smhfc b griffin wrpmcnt who al tai 183 mr and mrs smith e griffin of the fifth line erin township were at home to their friends on monday dec ember 27th on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding about seventyfive guests were prea- ent hr and mrs griffin uere married at the home of the brides father mr christopher swackhamer at church- ill by rev joseph unswortlj tor onto the bride was the youngest daughter of the fnmlly miss alice leslie now mm j e pearen was flower girl the bridesmaid and the groomsman wte mr and mrs jam sprowl who through illness were un able o he present at the anniversary occasion there were however a number present who attended the wedding ceremony fifty years ago mrs wm griffin stepmother of the groom mr george griffin a brother and mrs griffin also mrs e lane mrs jas snyder mrs frank wood ward sisters of the groom and mrs r h wansbrough mr a swack hamer and mr clinton swackhamer sister and brothers 4 the bride and mrs e pearen niece also mr peter hilts a brotherinlaw mrs a j barnes of toronto sister of the bride owing to illness was unable to be present lunch was served in the dining- room and mrs elmer johnson of hamilton mrs fred mcarthur of acton mrs frank day of rockwood and mrs j e pearen of acton pour ed tea v mr and mrs griffin have lived on the griffin homestead folrvue till their married life and the farm has been in the griffin name for 100 years they hnve one son mr har old griffin and one grandson smith r griffin jr boskets of floucn were received from the cedarvllle school section churchill united church and a ban ket of rcteii from other friends mr and mrs griffin won the recipients also of many othci larlod and useful gifts as well as telephone messages nnd cards of congratulation a number who were present speike in terms of highest appret ititum of the worth of character of mr and mrs griffin nnd offered congratuht- t7pnn among uliom were rev a o w foreman uev j 1 heed mr george griffin mr kenneth mr- daugnll mr frank day and mrs h caldwell mc griffin made ti suit able reply thanking all for their kind ness and for their wonts of congrnt- ulntlon duets were hung in mm a kerr nnd mm h cnldwt ii during the lunch miude wart supplied ly mr donnld matheson mr a kerr and mr leslie- bwnckhumcr misp walker addressed l a d r meeting tuesday the regular meeting of the lake- side chapter i ode was held on tuesday evening at the home of mrs a j mclsaac with the regent mrs w g cullen in charge routine business was transacted donations were voted to the acton and vicinity war service league the red cross blood donors clinic the camps library fund and the navy league nominations were taken for officers for the coming year the nominating committee being in charge at mrs m m leltch miss walker public health nurse for this district was guest speaker this week by joiin cl scott toronto cp possibility of an ontario general election in the near future has been suggested by e b jollirfe ontario oof leader this is no prediction but the pres ent government might realise the dif ficulties they face in legislating their own program mr jolllffe said in an interview in winnipeg as he was en route to toronto from the reglna national cc f conference an election is a possibility not ne cessarily a probability i the ccf leader said the liberals and gave a most interesting talk on nre fin out n ontario and the the splendid work being done by these frogrwfrivo conservative premier i t nurses in the community l oeorge a drew has shown con- the meeting closed with the singing ovpr i support in the of th national anthem farm mechanics courses planned for halton an announcement hits just been re leased by agricultural representative j e whttelock that five twoday courses in farm mcchunlcs are being held in halton between january 4 and 14 inclusive the points selected in clude hornby georgetdwn kllhrld campbell vt he and palermo euch course will extend over two duys from 10 a m until 4pm the sub jects which x 11 be covered by leit- urea chnrts lantern blldett nnd prac tical demonstrations include blndek mower plow repair and adjustment laborsaving methods and uvu ex tractor mutntennnrc rope woik iare and operutlon of motors the question of seed grain etc a similar group of courses were held in halton a your ngo and despite unfortunate weather nnd road audit ions were iell attended in order that others mn have an opportunity of attending five different centres have boon selected this oar in lew of the shortage of new- farm machinery these courses are most tlmel and of real practical al- ue agricultural representative whttelock is being assisted by j r robinson veteran farm machinery expert and arthur diamond a prac tical farmer from rockwood district the courses are free and open tb all who wish to attend further details can be secured from the local branch of the ontario department of agric ulture in milton ac2 gordon wagner honored by friends and neighbors friends nnd neighbors met at the home of mr and mn fred crewson on sunday evening to honor ac2 gordon wagner who was home on leave for christmas after music and carol singing mrs james moore invited gordon to n seat in the centre of the room on behalf of friends she read an address nnd mrs fred crewkon presented him with a lovely leather toilet case cordon taken completely by surprise in a few well chosen words thanked the friends for the lovely gift after singing for he s a jolly good fellow a bounte ous lunch was served by mrs crow- son w p watson to address halton holstein breeders the annual meeting of the halton holstcln breeder is ugaln scheduled for palermo community hall nnd will be held on wednesday january 10th states v j lawrence secretary of the local club w p watson un- slstunt director of the ontario live stock branch a m burr holsteln flcldmnn for the district nnd a v lnngton newly nppolnted chief of i xtcnehm for holsteln frlelim awin of cntiiidti will be the special speak- t i- ilia breeders plan to hold tholr buslm w session in the morning i his provli if is true that col drew might face difficulties in the next session of the legislature because ho nnd his supporters do hot command n majority over all the other group progressive conservatives won w seats in the aug 4 election the ccf 14 nnd the lit to rain 1 while one indetendnnt llbt rnl nnd two lntior progressives were elected however if the government a leg islation is not too displeasing to the i iberals the progressive conserva tives can count on their support and the support of former premier mit chell hepburn the legislatures idne independent liberal it is most likely the two labor representative will throw their support to the chit f opposition party the ccf because of the strength of the of ficial opposition the coming session the first of the 21st legislature promises to be one of the most inter esting in many years the liberals may have only is seats but those is members evidently control the des tiny of the legislature other legislature gossip has it that a liberal possibly roland patterson member for grey north will be chosen speaker mr patterson acted mi deputy to speaker james clark at the last session and was popular among fellow legislature members date of the next session it expected to be announced toon premier drw has returned from hlu trip to britain to queens pnrk an early cabinet meeting is expected to decide on the sessions opening date 1 the premier salt thereh much in- tercst umong iho younger people in missing two years now prisoner ol war in thailand word thai brought happy new year to acton hoae unheard of since the fall of singa pore in january of 1942 arm- oursergt jack boyes son of mr and mrs h o boyes has sent word that he is a prisoner of var in thailand this was joyful word that came to mr and mrs boyes in acton on new yiars morning and certainly the hap piest greeting that could welcome 1044 for them and their rriends here sergf boyes was with the british army at dunkirk and was serving in singapore at the time of the japanese rapltired that place tin word on new years day was a cablegram from hit wife in t- ngland saying sht had revived n tard from him stttt- i ing that ho in htalthy n prlsoncr-of- iwnr in phnlland and is working for wi lvt ry word on that nrd tarried encourage mt nt nttd hoie j it is now hoped that mr and mrs j boyt u will ik- ahle to get into com munication with tin lr turn mr boyt s is plant munager of the wool comb ing cm miration here and cnlnc front lnghmd when the plant wus ctnb- i ihed to build the nt w industry in canada scfgt jaik boyes is an only son of mr nna mrs h o boye acton nnd was born in leningrad russia where mr boyes was employed by the thornton woollen mills until the time of the revolution sergt boyes joined the royal flec- trlcal nnd mechanical engineers branch of the imperial army in 1038 und went to france during the first week of the war evacuated at dun kirk he was stationed at london dur ing the id it st and from there he went to singapore sergt boyes wife is a member of the cw ac his father is a veteran of the last war during which he ser ved the imperial army a an inter preter nt archangel russia thailand is now inpancse lu id country on the malay pemfiuuln that wnw before the war known lis llum it has a frontage on the indian ocean and is known as the land of tha white elephant bangkok is the chit f town nnd has an stlmnti d pop illation of 10 000 weekly war commentary by frank lowe rna htatf writer will ltt followed by o dlnmr unci t nth r program in iho aftirnoon tills i nrllnin about lonlnc totpnfiirln nttcr nnnunl mint is one of iho most lnru- i the unr ho hnil hronclml ihc llli l iitlmclid nirru ulturul mooting lull mmuiill in ilnlton nnd with n nou im piling mi hilnir offorod for tlu ounl it is nnttunntcd tlmt this ytiirs nuttlnu will tv no t xeoitlon mtca1chix needed salisbury england cp be- ciuh th city council here cannot kt a parttime ratcatcher the have applied for the release from the ra f of their former additional unitary inspector so he can aolat in the work inaugural meeting utilitiecommission on monday night ruling made hegardino service work outside the municipality ihe inaugurul meeting of acton public utilities commission was held on monday evening owing to the nbieuce of keeve j m mcdonald the 1941 offleers carried on for this meeting with c m hudson as chalr- mun a letter from the hydro electric pension association requested that a hlght be set other than a monday evening ni their representative could not attend a monday night meeting it was decided to hold the next meeting of the commission on thurs day evening januury joth a bill was prcmntenl for due to district no 4 of the omku which was ordered tiled as the locul com mission did not belong to the associ ation a request was made thnt the local commission thaw out water pipes for farmers in the surrounding territory it wus decided that under no con dition would the employees go out side the local district and thawing would be done in the surrounding territory only if it was poslble to do so without interfering with the work in the municipality the work out side the corporation was to be charged for at the cost to the com mission for the time and material used secretary miss b u speight was instructed to pay the following ac counts hydro depl canadian general electric co supplies canadian chomalov co sup plies mn smith cleaning office e j haisard paper towels j c matthews postage waterworks den hydro operations for dec 9271 72 51680 200 200 40 15 00 ject while he wan hcre i hero is no doubt that we iuho ns many an we can handle of the best tvpo when wo nro ready to ahsorb them col drew said he kald that while in britain h tnlked with outstanding educationist and home of the proposed reforms in britains new edutational bill woukl be helprul to ontario while col drow was absent hon leslie frost provincial treasurer and acting minister of education said in an address that ontarios educational system is about to undergo major changes including a financial opera tlon which will cut away some of the burdens now being borne by real estate escaped injury in auto crash on rockwood hill fred meadows of uockwood escap ed with a shnklngup when n coupe he was driving was struck by a large transport truck on the highwny n mile and a half west of hock wood inst friday morning the truck overturned in the dluh after the trash which smnshed the front of meadows auto the ucrld- ent occurrewl in the bernntd cut nt the foot of a hill provincial constable e webb investigated week of prayer final service tomght in acton xjnit ij is 1 to be hoped that every mem bci and ndherent of the pro t est art t churchm of acton will be present in knox church on thursday evening tonight at 8 00 pm to take part in the concluding service of the week of prayer all over the world this llnal service has been set aside as an opportunity for protestant people to make a public witness of their faith in the lord jesus christ an1 to unite in prayer on behalf of the peoples and nations of the world to make the occasion a worthy one the rev professor f w dmllstone ma of wycliffe and knox colleges has been invited to address the con gregatlon his subject will be the fellowship of the universal church only the most serious of reasons should prevent protestant christians from adding the testimony of ther presence to the total witness or this service of worship and praise we stuck our nose in the soup brewing now ihe other night we rambled in on a rehenrtjnl of the local musical nm dy undt r preparation to rnlso fund for acton nnd vicinity wnr sorvlcv i engue and ihing rushed to w u adv for prtuentntlon next week some way or other wo always stem to stick our hose into these local affairs nnd this one wad no exception getting out publicity for the big ev ent next week we found mr it u parkor with a fine presentation but still unsatisfied with the namehbf th show after listening we named it soup stock and afterwards got per mission from him to tet it go undor thnt nnme if it isnt appropriate blame the editor of yolir newspaper and not the director of the show you see the show was written nnd nr ranged by mr parktr for ull local talont horatio jones loses the family fortune in a i stock swindle und the family social status is regain- d through the sale of mrs jonem fam ous soup but tho show lu more fhtm one of thoso unravelling plays sons und dances of other days and the ittescnt are worked into tho four acts riiid when the radio program struggles for the new and the old and mnketi a compromise it brings in a una gram jf but that s all tm going o say nnd see it for yourself twenty fl or thirty alton folks have devoteti months of rehearsal to give you thin night s amusement nnd your admin sion price goes to the war service league not often you can have your cake and cat it too so we ii be sur prised if the folks from town and dtstrlct don t pack acjon town half four nights next week many of the players of the victory minstrels 1943 are in the show and it s the same management frankly it looks to us like the highlight of the season also found out at rehearsal that miss alice mccallum is searching town and district for some old fash ioned costumes if you can help tell miss mccallum right away because every costume loaned means that much more contributed to the fund by c a d west africa busy lagos cp to aid the war ef fort west africa has become a great producer of tin manganese bauxite iron ore and chrome aswell as valu able agricultural products the year jut born will probably be long remembered as ihe year when mankind fought its most mammoth battles with hie hume of victory in 1941 customarily cautious mllltarv leaders have come out with the tint prediction tliat the next 2 months will twe a defeated ormany and a crumbling japan and they say that confident ly iven though crman still con trols most of i- urope j td while japan holds praetlcully uumoleated l r recently won empire tremendous bat t les engagements that will makt any history may offer for comparison set m small and tin- immiitant must ciom at hand if tin we predictions can be made so conlldtnlly and tiny must ik- rt ady to roll iu tiling only th lummuml to trntisft r th m fiom the blueprints onto tht tli ldi mid watt is mul skit u ut tht- wirrlug couutrltt i lu hiih tiding hnttlt thnt natuial ly drows prlmt attt ntlmi is the con ttmpluted wtkttiu lihiislon f lur oik- that is tht blow that will vt nt- unlly tltstroy c rnumy but with t on re must of mcoslty lx- many other oomph m ntnrj und auxiliary u tlonw rhe contplemt ntary action lu al ready in being the dtlvo of hussln in the e ust au the nt w yt ur ar rived lied army troops were storing their hlgtht orftltslvc of the wir breaching ccrniun lines in a manner hitherto unknown in the second crt at war annals of thut tough force one of the auxlliury actions is also in being the italian front where dogged british united states and canadian troops are fighting to win und to hold airfields from which mas sive bomber blown may be aimed against the itelch oilier irrobabulur others will probably be opened al most simultaneously with tho crosfi- chnnnel try british troops are poised lu tho mediterranean and may strike at uny one of a doxen uiots tht re others are- in the middle east loo rcm r usslonu from tht europ ean inv avion would prohably shako the burma front into actlan already it huu lieen amioimu d that powerful units of the british itu hnve been detailed to that rictor where iord louis mount hat ten hnw been build- lug up liln forct a i hlu action probably will start shoitly bicausi stall mtnts from mil itary hade is sci m to indicate that the war against tnjuin will lie wnied energetically ivcn um the final blows ngalmd ct rnumy ate hi lug shaped and struck mul will not wait umt nazism ft collapse and in the wnr aganlst japan the united stntiu marines continued the allied advance in the south weft patlllc by occupying tho cu tie glouce ster now urllain nlrdrome rtio vic tory gave the allies a spot from which to operate against the enemys lines connecting knvleng new ireland tho admiralty island nnd itutiaul the lat ter the japanese air und supply butte at the northeastern tip of new brit ain thut german counteroffensive on the russian front aimed ut kiev np- hnrs to have boomeranged and the russians afti r fighting stubborn de fensive battles in the area ugalnst massed german armor for some weekshave now taken tho offensive as n result a routed german army in rt cling back toward the polish frontiers as the hussion 1st ukrainian army undor gen nikolai vatutln poured thiough a wide brent h in tin german iu knees russia hails victory ullsslre hailed the tut inn as the most important soviet succekx since the dnlepet lino was broki n 1 he breach in nnl di fe net i 1h5 miles wide wns said to he the biggest hole tver nade in german lints on the north- t rn t nil of the break victorious i ted army troops w re approaching po land and on the southern end soviet units iwaded for the dnieper river bn the rujnnninn boundary the german debacle came just six weeks after marshal fritz von man- nstelns nazi ormy had been ordered into a counter offensive seeking vain ly to recapture kiev capital of the ukraine and regain control of the dnieper river basin at all costs premier stalin labelled the rus sian success a rout as he issued a triumphant order of the day stating it was comparable only to the victory of stalingrad the victory was sal uted in moscow with 20 salvoes from 224 guns a tribute reserved only for major successes on italy s adriatic front victorious canadian 1st division troops pressed on beyond bloody ortona toward the important port of pescara gateway to rome troops from the dominions xarl- contlnued on page four dublin community makes presentation to three souhebs on monday evening the members of the dublin literary society and the dublin community met to honor three of the boys from the school section who have joined his majesty active service forces margaret somerville read addresses to melvin jordan alex waldie and donald ross and rachel mulljn presented each of them with a fine fountain pen the hoys each thanked the com munity for the gtfts and everyone joined in singing for they are jolly good fellows after the business was dispensed with mr somerville was chairman for the folowlng pro gram tap dance by helen somerville reading by virni webster duttt by lit ry and if ugh tordon reading by mrs unlinni plana solo by margaret robinson mrs tnb rwn led in com munity singing and also guve a voc a i solo iih men ting e losed with hit slligifl of 1 in king i um h wa s rved nnd tht t iiiulnd r of the t vt nlng him nt in tiiidu and in ruing skfi display and speaker for january meeting irisldiiit kdwln hnrrop of hit hal ton crop linprovtnitnt akscm lution itctntly announced that u spexlul setd display day will bt held in the milton town hall on saturday jun uaiy kmh a leltch chairman of the provincial agricultural commission of inquiry wilt be the special speaker ihe pilmary puriiose of the meeting is to afford un opiiortunlty for halton lrowt rs who have seed grain for sale ant those who have not secured tholr requirements to get together in view of the local shortage of seed grain tho regular seed show has been cancelled and the seed display dy is to le substituted us a service medium for halton fakmertt in otlu r words prize money will not be awarded by the crop association rhls would appear to be a wise slep in view of the local sctd grain situation nnd the officers and directors of the crop improve ment association are to congratulated on thtlr initiative dr f c takes chosen chairman ol school board offic ial are encafed for uw yew cattlr vhkkh uulh york fnglnnd cp prices up to 1700 uliitas iltsfh wre paid at the ut itlsh frleshm cattle society uniutil kile lu ro with the- top for a 1 months old bull mnle chnmplnn at the show pr ceding the sale severn i allur hulls topihd the 1 km guinea mark at the hnaugural session of the ac ton school board on tuesday evening trustees v b rumley f s blow f a oakea c a dills and j a chapman were present trustee elect j a chapman sub- strlbed to the oath of office by unanimous elude dr f g oukt s was elected chairman of tht board for 1944 dr oakes assuming iho ehalrthnnk- th members for tht honor coxy ft rred and anared all thnt he would givt his heu efforts to the office and congratulate tht retiring chairman ig a dills on his conduct of board affairs during tin past year he w 1- comed mr i a chapman the new lw iiiim i of tin board w commit- a w n aj pointed as fol low una net- g a trills and v b rum- iy projm rty- s blow and dr f oaktw supplh s w mason and j a chapman prlnrliutl m m llth hulunltted a list of suppllth whlth were approved a further amount of 10 was ap proved for art supplies for this term principal w k smith submitted u list of text and work books for spec ial tuition which were approved the secretary was requested to arrange to have the coat at the school now outside stored in the bin mr j h reed wan reengaged as truant officer mr ceo mann as caretaker and mr w c ml hi ton as secretary for the year at the pre ent salaries mrs heard was en gaged as music supervisor until he midsummer term arrangements were made for the countersigning of checks and docu ments by the nw chairman or a member of the finance committee it was arranged to hive the regulur meetings th first i uesday of each month at 7 pm inaugural council meeting was brief monday aiternoon only mattera of urgent import ance dealt with reffular meetinj nlghta are arranged the inaugural meeting of acton council was held at 2 45 p m on monday councillors mason oakes klrkncss nnd boulton and reeve j m mcdonald were all present and subscribed to the oath of office it was decided to hold council meetings on the second and fourth wednesdays of each month arrangement were also made to udvertlse for unother municipal em- ployee the hospital account of w r lishhrook wan discussed and a letter from county solicitor w i pick gave tho information that the county rtow had this matter for nttentlon accounts were passed for jiaymcnt as follows county of halton hospital ac counts for 104t 355 27 tr w g cullun moh salary and supplies 1085 wen- council also rote ived notice of an accident sustained by w w fenton on main street wherein it was al leged the municipality was liable for damage sustained to hlijrar the matter was referred to the insurance company for adjustment another letter for an indigent patient was received and the clerk instructed to reply councillor oakes presented a pet ition signed by nearly all the mei- chants on the business section com plaining of the type of sand being spread on mill street and the manner lr which it was being applied chief harrop was instructed to take up the matter with mr cunningham high way supervisor in this district mr clifford was present at the meeting and informed council that owing to his physical condition he was not able to do heavy lifting councillor klrknwa reported pro gress being made on the outdoor rink at the school grounds overseas mail letters from the iocal boys serving- in the cause of freedom sicily d ar sir i received five of your most wel come papers some time ago and saw what has taken place back home from what i have read and been told in letters i won t know the place win n i get home as 1 am in tht hospital and not able to sit up i hope you will excuse ull blunders i may make in this let ter i feel fine and hope to be out by december 20th by now i guess you have hod your taste of winter and i sure hope its not like last winter it seems hard to believe that its just over a year since i left canada and noar 2 year in the army the time sure does travel fast when away from home the conditions here are fair for us army personnol but not too good for the civilians as they cant get their heeds as we can we get along very well with them and they ore interest ing to watch working with their very very old machinery the place la very filthy and id rather live bock home uny day than here i want to thunk the people of woodslde and churchill for the love ly gift they have given me i was using my gas wallet for a writing case up till lately i sure hope ft ar rived safely and i can sure do with 1l to all friends and neighbors i wish many thanks and hope you all have a merry christmas and a fclappy new year as i have had no mall for soma time i am out of news so will have to close for now with hopes of hav ing some in the near future for now i will say cheerio and all the best yours sincerely charles burgess coining events announcement of mcilm con certa or other evrnta ondr thu faaadins ar charged it renta per una with m minimum chars or announcement ol age n january 12 13 14 and 15 the show youve been waiting for in the acton town hall reserved seats on sale saturday at hastardi drug store get yours early dteubtii mihmimtmum ralmmiwrj jatmdlllfttetoajlia