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th gictm sttt press sixtyninth year no 33 acton ontario thursday february 17fh 1944 eisht homeprint paces five cents rev e a brooks closes ministry raslaibanschuirh mr c boactt hake gift f ne pfce or- aai u s oondudlbs a ministry in st albana dmreh acton and st johns church hoekwood of over ml yean rev k a broofcs drllverad his farewell aermon in st albana on sunday even- latt the church warn oiled to capacity and the evenum services of the united presbyterian and baptist churches were withdrawn to enable members to attend this service mr brooks chose as the subject for us aermon that evening that may cod be all in ail mr and mrs brooks and family left this week for the new charge of st andrew church at grimsby while not only the emurresatlan but the community as a whole are sorry to lose them from acton the best wishes of all go with them for con tinned success in the new field during the service mr brookamade an important announcement mr s g bennett has given the church a csmuaderable sum of money to provide m new pipe organ and decorate the whole of the interior of the church weekly war fommentarv inspector skure addressed meeting of junior farmers the regular meeting of he act on junior farmer and junior institute was held in the lome school no thursday evening february 10th for the joint meeting mr tl v skure inspector for ilalton count gave a very interesting and inform alive address on the future ot educat ional system health is to receive more attention in the future he aid in england school children are examined regul arly it the parenu cannot afford proper dental or medical care or pro per nutrition for their children tho government sees that they get it tho appallingly low percentage of a 1 re- i cruita so per cent indicates that it is time something was done about the health or the nation already some steps have been taken toward immunisation of children against con tagious diseases and teachers haw un dergone chest examinations he believes that in the future clev er children will be allowed to learn as fast as their ability permits thus maintaining their interest in their work and less clever children will not be crowded through too fast agriculture manual training home economics and music will take an in creaslngly greater part in the educ ation of the future the proper tea ching of these subjects will requliv specialized teachers and equipment we are juki beginning to realize the value of the radio in education ho said greater cooperation among school sections ulll be necessary before this type of education will be practical for schools in general if esquesing had had an area school system like nnss- agaweya it would have had 9000 more in grants oxer the last fiw years ho pointed out the chairman expressed his thanks on behalf of the tlub to mr skure for his address of the evening the meeting closed with the national an them lunch was served followed b dancing fekrttary meeting of knox y w a at miss e co es rhe february mcvtlng of knov young women auxiliary was heltl on vodnesda nt the home of miss e coles the president mm o urn preld ed during tht do vol inn al port ian of the program mrs a mclsanc ted in the err pture reading and mrs o hnra led in prayer mrs m lei ten gave a very inform j atlve address on the physical features of latin america mrs g mussel to read a selection from the study book dealing with the people and their habits in south america mrs h price conducted a quu on the material studied cjuring the meeting the business items were then at tended to and final plans for a val entine party completed aire f coles and miss margaret roexell concluded the meeting with two interesting readings from the study rooh a dainty lunch was served by the h and her assistants a hearty voe of thanks was extended to mist coles by mrs muateue for her hos- piuuty the house of coumnons has been told by defence minister ralston that llgen a g l mcnaughton uai relieved of his command of the can adian army overseas because of til health he said the general was granted leave of absence and relieved of his cornrnand ofter army doctors had re ported he should be freed of military responsibility for an extended perlol the general himself had declared bis physical inability to carry on and had stsked to be relieved this was the first official govern ment statement on the subject jnc gen mcnaughton back in cans la was attributed with saying there is nothing wrong with me and i um feeling very fit subsequently hw ever the general advised newsmen that he had not intended the impllc ations which were drawn from his remarks but that he was annoyed be cause everyone he met in ca seemed to expect that he would liave to be carried on a stretcher defence minister ralston said in the house that he saw gen mc naughton dec 21 and gave lilm a copy of the press announcement which had the army commanders ap proval the statement said in pari xen mcnaughton has advised tn- government of hla inability physically to carry on and has asked to be re lieved as soon as possible gen mcnaughton now was or leave and his only task was to endeav or to get well col ralston said th- ilouse and country wished him siscdy recovery and many years of useful ness in tho service of canada there had been rumors and so- called inside and off therccord re ports about gen mcnuughtonii leave if you ask me whether gen mc- imaughton and the government were always in absolute agreement in e- ery thing i would undoubtedly nn tuor no the minister said not a vf man- gen mcnaughton is a man of strong character and strong opinions he is no yes man that titers should be at times divergence of views between the military and gov ernment u inevitable but t can way that those differences of opinion have not interfered in any way with the loyal carrying out of plans when decision has been reached i can say too that those differen ces of opinion have never altered irt any way the high regard in which the government holds gen mcnaughton both as a man and a soldier as desperate fighting raged at the allied nettunoanxlo bridgehead it was reported that a highly- trained joint canadianamerican force which had trained in montana now was en gaged in the beachhead fighting the germans were raining counter blows on the british canadian and american fighters of the 5th army but with the aid of the royal navy s heavy guns the allied troops at the week end were clinging grimly to their positions although this thrust into the un guarded flank of the nazis in ttnly which n few weeks ngo had threat ened tht grmnn hold on home ap peared to have degt nerntcd into u tobruk like holding action there was try reason to btlleve the allied or com then v ould hold on unt ii t ht malti mb nrmv nt cnssino q0 milts south broke through and joined in tlrkinj- the nazi out of tin timt art a south of rome howtvtr tin situation wati tt iu list lnt wk rinsed ii n fluhtln cm i tlmud in the midst of etrim km utntlur aln turnd tht field in i hind from the ht at h into stns of mi i u ind uprooted trtt nd through tl storm geimnn tin pnutr nkniij sst kundet ut the allied invader it un thin turn in the wi all which hndmui h to do with cermin i capture of tht initiative in tho ktruckle for the aprllta area and the gorman comma ml t m were prt im themsetvts rnftute soldiers in e putting u to the fullest u mlber aids defenders allied planes hold air supremacy over italy but when had weather grounds the aerial armada the id- vantage swings back to the defend ers who in turn can blast the attack ing force from betterprotected high er positions in russia soviet troops at the end of last week had completed occupat ion of the rail oentre of shepetovka after crashing through possibly the strongest german fortifications on the eastern front and at the ame time they had fastened their noose tighter around the cherkasy death trap 30 miles to the east where rem nants of 100000 nazi troops were bo- ing jlquldeted shepetovka had been the main dlt- trlbutfon point for german reserves continued on pag rive 1 513284 administered by this week war service league in 1943 bvjoflnchoott sxic9l83 spent in sasdiar bom asd ctsarruem to tsoe senranc with oxrnem fow- fij93 given to other war oiarilles over sicmmo hsjmumi by orjraiv izatiao since iu incrptioa funds of over 5j0o0jdo vere ad ministered last year by the acton and vicinity war service league the sum of s11g98 was spent in sending cigarettes and comforts to the joo and over men and women from this district in active service overseas 300 cigarettes go to each otu of litem every month and twice a year boxes are sent to this complete 111 in addition 36j9 95 v as given to other war charities through the league following it he audited slat men of the finances for the year which gives a splendid conception of the work being carried on steeepus salvac s1100 4- donation 314517 other entertainment 88t3 s51mh1 tmutaraemeat yarn j 16250 kntertnlnment kxpentes 124 l cigarettes and eomforts x169jo ionatlon g29js salvage expense 14s1i mucellaneauw fxiwnu8 1011 balance on years operations 8901 add ualance carried forward to jan 1 1941 xw71 ualance tr bookv decem ber 31st 19 51 22310 thvnk steooociiiatlotl balance as per bank book 1 182 10 less os cheque domlnlcui woollens 1gjoo parents notified erin soldier killed in italy mr and airs edward widdls erin township were notified tuesday that their son lte errol widdls had been killed in action in italy the 21yearold soldier was born mar alton and attended alton scliool in 1txih he uas the athletic champion of alton continuation school and the following year he was a member of lht alton softball team which won the intercounty championship in june 1040 itt- widdls enlisted in the it ccs the day after his grod uatlon lie served on the ladu and atlantic coast and reverted to private from sergeant in order to go ovrseas last year llesldes his lurcntu he leave u lrothr wi inert of erin and a sister mrs john mowatt of claud j cosh not deposited balance pr booki hepart the records of tho acton and vi cinity war services league were audited and found to be in good order j ii crclghton f j salt auditors february sth 1944 the above report was presented to the meeting of the war services league last thursday evening total funds received and administered since the inception of the war services league were reported a 1021600 by treasurer j m mcdonald the financial statement of the month had receipts or 413 16 and disbursements of 36724 three more names of men arrival overseas recently were added to tlu hit m tyler j wnterhouso and e moyse churchill womens association meeting has fine raogram the churchill womens association luld their lthruary meeting at the home of mrs u allen the presi dent miss e itussvll was in charge flu scripture lesson was read b mm ii allt n in the absence of the secretary mm wm butler mrs llruce it itch took the minutes of th meetin 1lann were being matte to make a tjuilt for the missionary bale mrs ii mceachcra gave a r ailing on the creat fraternity a uipir was given by mrs a kerr on being belter neighbors also n reading by mrs ii mckachern cancelled iray- er master clarcnve allen favored with un inwtrum ntnl the meeting closetl with tho benediction lunch 1 220 10 j wnf mrvod by the hostess and a 3 tv l nsant halfhour was spent mrs pore mart was greatly missed 1 223 10 lnc meeting owing- to lllnestf wc ulsh her a shhdy recovery highway subsidy 925139 received by eramosa council other items dealt with at febru ary meetinjf in rockwood thli week ilu count ii of th lounhlpofl ru nin a uu i in tl i own hull kotk k iu nt 1 ut on moiulnv ot tlilr utk with ill th nit mil ts prt nt and tht iliw in tlu dull tlu fothmlu t ion null m un- tmltttl to tu fili rrim the 1ui ntum of ailtultin tlu slatt llo pltnl itntl mkiuiii 1 t ijit tlu i uu komu asstkiiitlon th vtt contrl department tht ontitt lo britltt co tho wood fut i coittrolkr and the un tion board i ho ireasurtr nn instructetl to arrange for the collection of several acounts for arrears of taxes usilng vihatever leral methods were neces sary tho treasurer reported the receipt of highway subsidy for 1943 amount ing to 925139 and the department al approval of bylaw no 1 concern ing the road superintendent s salary councillors jos r rutherford and roy i leslie were appointed delegates to the ontario association of rural municipalities convention to be held in toronto on february 23rd council ordered that lot 35 on har ris street be assessed to fred j ed wards providing he pay six years ar rears of taxes township officials hav ing failed to locate the owner of the lot accounts passed amounted to 380 80 and council adjourned to march 13th nt 130 ilalton presbyterial executive meeting held in milton the executive of the ilalton pres byterial of the w m s was held in st pauls united church milton on wednesday february 2nd with nine teen ladles present and mrs j w chapman burlington presiding mrs chos peer read tho minutes of the last executive meeting then a busin ess discussion followed gratifying reports were receved i treasurer mrs ross segsworth appleby reported that out of 24 aux iliaries 20 had reached their allocat ion an account of christian stew ardship wan given by mrs a c bos- uell bronto and christian citizen ship and it mpcrnnce by mrs h cald well alton mrs w n brownrldgt tviorted on the supply work of 1943 mul tlu nttnls for tho coming year mrs ii l clausen burlington cor responding secretary cave a comp rt hcnslve revluu of our nuxlllarlett work mission circle report wns rnd by mrs m iteadhead in the nb- stnee of mho m hnrhottlc lowvllle cgi i w oik wns ably told by mrs hiikhet cienvr burlington nnd mis sion rniut work well ncrounttd for hj tht surttnrv mrs it heathcrlng- ton kllhibjt bnli bund report uni ilvon b mim i- rank mcnlwn in miss m 11 tint tt m nlwttit my a i pltknrd pit ss it imiter told liow mmh hud nm mlkslonnr monthh miimizlne cltn inir vul nnd nu d for more items from the lmii korutlfi i ht liter at nr rt vort and ittndlng contest stmminry kiiowk rt suits and more in- t r st in reading llnnn were mnde for the annual preshyterfnl meeting to be held in trinity united church burlln in april in the afternoon the delegation of ladles were privileged to hear the guesf speaker for presbytery rev klddell of winnipeg who addressed the gathering on eldership toronto ci- premier drew has announced that his goveriunent will present u bill at the forthcom ing session ot the legislature seeking creation of a new provincial depart ment of planning and development the new department would be mod fllfd after two british departments town planning and reconstruction and while the premier didnt say who he had in mind as minister of the new department it was reported around queens park that labor minister daly would gl the new post ft was not indicated if he also would re tain hla labor department portfolio or if u new minister would bt ap pointed col drew said the function of the proposed nw tl partnwnt would be to coordinate planning in all ontario munlciuilities as wrt of a vuniplt 1 provincial scheme premier drw also indicated that another clctlon will be called if gov ernment simnsorvd legislation at the sesslon is defeated nest week if we are d feated in the legislat ure we will let tlu eopl deride tlte result col drew sold in pledging that government legislation will not be tailored to suit the taste of other mrties whose combined representat ion outnumbers the government the death last week of wallace a walsh govmment rmmbtr for hal- dimand norfolk it ft tlie progress ve const rvatlves with t7 members ag ainst 34 for the- c c v 15 liberals 1 indvimndcnt liberal ami j fabor progressives dr j a althouse of allsa crulg has bee n appointed to the new tost of chief director of education for ont ario the appointment of tho noted elu catlonlst and dean of the ontario college of education by premier drew makti the beginning f a sweeping reorganization of the admin istration of the provincial depart mm t of education it is being made fol lowing a thorough study of the re quirement of that department the premier s slatt ment said the reorganization constitutes a major step in the government s program to put fresh vigor into the provincial school system dr althouse will be assisted in his new post by two superintendents of education dr v k greer in thu elc mentary held and a g hooper in the secondary field 4 many problems will face the re organized department said col drew who also is minister of education not the least of these in the finan cial support of schools aiming not only at the improvement of teachers salaries hut also nt the equalization of educational opportunities dr greer wax chief inspector of elementary schools nnd mr i loopc was a high school inspector assisting dr greer will he dr j d campbell nnd c f cannon both with tho department of education and f s rivers principal of ottawa normal school s d holmes science muster nt toronto tnrvis collegiate ulll be cdltorln chief of textbooks a position which has been vacant for several y ars appointment of a i iboral memhel ns chnlrmnn of tho committee of tlu whou of the ontario legislature uns announced monday by progressiva contvcrvntkt preml r drew the ip- tolntee in roland patterson 1 iberul nit mber for gr y north who in id the saitn post unoffl tally deputy- rji taker- in tlu lust legislature boytt band show splendid progress at concert last week those who attended the concert by acton boys band last wednesday ev ening in the town hall noted n mark ed unprovtnnent in the progress of the group and a very fine concert wait presented the band was assisted on thie prog ram by the lambert twins of rock- wood with several splendid duetts the band program was varied and pleasing the crowd attending was not as laree as might he expected in support of such worthy orgnntxat on the band was under i he direction of mr c w mason and mr j ii crtljhton was chairman friendly circijb enjoy valentine social on monday tht- frhndly circle obstrved t valtntlnt s day with u valentine social at tlu liomv of mrs kinread after titer business sesslon with pre ident mrs stella adamson in charge mrs doris kenlne rs group took ovt i tlu social jmrt of iht venlng ttu girls tried their hand ut com posing swett valentine sentiment bul some turned out sour tlit rt wre howls of glee ovtr tht girls eh scrip- tlwn wrltttn on valentines and pres ented to the girls the lunch was in keeping with the rest of tlu evening dainty heart- rhacd sandwiches und cookies wcif served after lunch a hearty vote of thanks was given to mrs kinread for the use of in r home and to mrs kcntmr nnd her group for the live ly evt nlng attempted thetis at acton and milton on sunday night tuevca rhsjtfcmd froara mufosi offices before hafe was brnlumop attempted robberies and damage were reported to police in both acton and milton on monday which were apparently perpetrated by the same gang in acton the fool shed at the c n it was entered and tools taken i with a view to later breaklns lindsays flour mill office was ent ered and some papers of value to mr i lindsay were taken however the ash returns here were not large as the premise have been entered on illit r occasions and the situation doe h not make it advisable io imv sums of money here at milton tlie office of the faeorge- toun i umber co on mill street was rati red and preparation were well i und rway to getting the safe open i mr alex burns who lives across the road from tlie property drove homt with his car and notified mr c kentner managt r and the thieves wer frightened away before the safe w as ojtened thret men were seen to come out of the building and drive away about midnight on sunday police of both acton and milton and provincial police are investigating the hre aklns acton iiraiuii of navy lragi hear n print d in t foiii tllc sailols forest and factory up until comparatively recent tlmesf the canadian forests particularly up in the north were looked upon as sources of lumber and pulpwood noth ing more now comes along dr m m rotten a noted polish scientist who states canada s forests are a practical source of commercial alcohol that can be used in the production of sugar synthetic rubber plastic and m host of other commodities of which the country la greatly in need of klrkland lake ont northern news i ho alton ilrnnch of the navv t hjuo of canniln hnv rertlwri t ttrs of npnrt elation and thnnks from nn n of hoth tlu it c n nnd the mt rthtint marim iiuii brandt ra writing from new ork sas belated christmas gifts sometlrms are the mtaru of greater plriure than those received at tht foot of the christmas tree i was par ticularly please with the lovely socks i am most grateful for the books and magazines 2nd lt best the contents of the bag were most useful and thoroughly appreciated rol5 halcrow whose home town hamilton the foresight and goodwill of you people is wonderful sfsl11 mcnally says lt was a great surprise to get the nce djuy bag remember us in your prayers earl thompson says dear lad les you can rest assured that all thv artiiles enclosed will be used many other letters have been re ceived by young ladles who did not forget to enclose their names boy soout wmk iijrewiilhavi special events r hruary juilt to kcbruary 25th in- cluslvt haw lken proclaimed by ills vhc llcnry the coveinor otnernl the chh f scout for canada as scout week ills fxrellency will officially open kcout week wlh a coast to const broadcast on sunday february 20th from 40 to 6 45 oclock over tho c i c national network var ious other broadcasts will be heard from friday february iflth 1944 to saturday february 26th itw acton lads will attend div ine worship at the united church oil sunday ev nlng and will give a dem onstration of their work on thursday evening february 24 at 8 o clock at the legion kail citizens are invit ed to ho present at both these gather ings ayxhe flags of the town will be lowered each night at sunset and rais ed each morning by boy scouts dur ing the whole week vam2ntine social held by rypit tuesday evening the regular meeting of tho b y p u was held in th church basement tuesday evening nnd was in the form of a valentino party despite road and weather a goodly number were present ami all report n most en joyable evtnlng mr lcn atkinson condueted a brlcl devotional period during which time the scripture ttsson was rend by miss join hoszell nnd prayer was ijvcn by mrs c i nmlshnrouiji miss ldnn lrr was in charge of tht gnm s anil she conducted several nmilklng tontsts several of tho croup eujoyi cl lames of tnblo tennis and chintz ehockeis at tho conclusion of tht ganiert win inn nnd i men w st and olive hoot srvd tho lunch consisting of wt in trs and hunn nkt cookies and t of tot scoiit motiifits to provide new ties von the wolf curs ih 1t hruary met ting of the scout mothi ru aulllnry took the form of n euthro party held at the homo of mrs d klrhardsan plans were made to provide now ties for tho cub pnrk the acton hed cross through mrs vv j beatty thanked the scout mo thers for their aslfttance at the last blood donors clinic an invitation was extended to the scout mother to attend scouts open night at the legion hall on february 24th the euchre prize w inners were mrs w kentner mrs g fountain and mrs klngsmlll mrs boulton assisted the hostess in serving a val entine lunch mrs thorarlnson mov ed a vote of thanks to mrs richard son for the use of her home mrs il mainmuze gives report of w m a in presbytery the knox prt shytt rlnn w m s sotltty luld its second meeting of the jtnr at the home of mrs k m mc donald on thursday the president mrs f blow was in charge the dtvutlonal part was taken by mrs f j i fossa rd and mrs wm cooper rhe script un portion was read by mrs could mrs ii mainprise gave a very full and encouraging report of tlewark being dont by the different societies in nil tho churches in the prt sbytery all present at the meeting vtcr urgent to attend the world day of prayer met ting to ik- held in the bi- tlht church on friday february 25th at the close of tht meeting dainty luneh was served nnd a social time was spent county council coojjbiales in treljjiiiubuiton in 1041 the ilalton county council cooperated with the ontario forestry branch and the public school teach rs of ilalton in a program to en- 9r courage tree planting this effort sta ted public school inspector l l skuce when addressing ilalton coun ty council recently resulted in the distribution of 246 000 trees for plant ing purposes in ilalton county in 1043 in contrast to 11000 trees in 1042 and c0oo trees in 1041 arrangements have been mode ncaln this year by inspector skuce and ilalton public school teachers to take orders for trees the pro gram in open to all residents of hal- ton county orders close on mart h iht rho ilalton county council has ncnln agreed to he responsible for all ehnries entailed in connection with tlu distribution varieties available nrt as follows red pine scotch pine norway spruce white spruce wal nut and soft maple result ntw of ilalton county w lu wuh to avail thtmsolvc to this m r vltt should ontntr their local put uc school feather at once inspector skuce tht public school ttntherk of tho ct unty and tho mem- im rs of tht county council are nil to n tonjr itulatid oq this worthuhllo program inckb sscvival london cp a revival in herb- irdenlng has brought back to the msehold tables parsley tea violet ickle mushroom ketchup rjarberry larmslade and maxshmsjllow otnt- ient coming events ann i n rmrnl fl utlnia or olhrr fvrfltf andrf h h im r rhrcl i nta im arlih minim n char i w annouattnttai at ajr ther will b snolhrr cabaret dane st th y on friday febru ary 23th c w a s club dane in town hall acton on friday february 18th merrymaker orchestra admission 40c dancing 9 to 1 313 st patricks dane acton town hall march 17th fuhr orchestra proceaxu to rala funds for acton fir brigad uniforms blnco in acton town hall friday february 23th flfura ama 3 spedati and door prtakalispli of victory club for th war strvlraa itajnar aagbhaaaaaiaaamaaagattiaia