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mnomoar atjqubt m mm stbacaom mr gordon lfelongal sf t matted in acton this wl mr and mrs fred duval kttetwn- r visited in acton bat weak mr h t frankum of ffrrllno called on acton friends this week mr sum mrs jack morton vtsttea zrlends in buffalo during the week mr and mrs f a mclean of tu- hury visited acton friends this week miss wannetta smith has returned to toronto after spending holidays at her home here merle overholt of toronto is spending a couple of weeks with her cousin verena johnson miss doreen hannah of toronto spent her weeks ndllday at the home of mr and mrs allan smith mrs alex mcdonald of brace- bridge is visiting with mr and mrs- robert shaw victoria avenue mr and mrs j lambert and 1ac and mrs prank bowes and babe are holidaying this week at midland mr alex burns saskatoon spent several days during the week with his brother mr melvln burns and mrs burns ss sunday august 20th 1m4 1000 sum church school 1100 ajn jrvormhlp service the minister 30 pjn evening worship john stirling a moving picture with sound equipment come and worship everybody welcome fxtmbtottvui vlsttoccb sb vlattuuui manse willow street sundayr august 20th7l044 1000 ajn the sunday school 1100 ajn- morning worship edgar foreman b a of morn- ingslde presbyterian church to- always welcome a wasutffasf jfffm misses bessie inglls and bender of ustowel were guests a few days this week of mr and mrs j r xnglls mrs harold fischer and her little son james michael of highland park michigan are holidaying here with mr and mrs harrop mr and mrs f j mccutcheon and jack and mr and mrs w d talbot and june are holidaying this week at red lodge manltoulln island dr and mrs f c oakes and fam ily have returned home after a holi day at inverness lodge on three- mile lake in tlte muskoka district mr ond mrs william dunbar and son wynne dunbar r c a f also mr ond mrs cyril knight of rock- wood visited on sunday with mr and mrs melvln burns mrs ted harrop left on monday to join her huuliond who is with the rcnvji stationed nt esqulmall bc she is accompanied by her mother mrs babcock mr howard hnmlltt and joan of ottawa mr and mrs m c overholt and merle and mr ond mrs w e hamlin of toronto spent sunday with mr and mm it l johnson mr and mrs a e crises george town and mr und mrs wei allen muscit murjorie and eleanor spenl the weekend with mr and mrs bert allen at the cottage meafard mr and mru cordon huffman and brendn of hamilton miss gladys huffman of toronto und mr bui huffman of georgetown spent the weekend with mrs huffman cp and mrs lloyd millar joule home to st thomas ont visited over the weekend with deputyreeve and mrs g w murray having spent a week in new york city and statu mr und mrs ray mcdougall don- nu and roddy have returned after a vacation at bernard lodge they will spend a week with mr and mrs wm cooper before returning to hornepoyne the working habit the settlers and pioneers who founded ontario were great workers they found pleasure in toll they took satisfaction out of any improve ment they made in their homes and it pleased them as well as people are pleased today when they obtain sumo cosily new possession this love for work was the force that enabled them to turn a rough country into beautiful cities and towns and outlying land it enabled people to build up prosperous indust ries and business concerns and fine farms they found satisfaction in creating a heritage that they could hand down to their children the modern age needs more of thu enjoyment of work for the results it gets if we expect our communities to grow in beauty and prosper we need to find pleasure in our work in the things we do to make nice homes to build up business for our employers and ourselves and in work for the public good inflation ik italy canadian soldiers fighting in italy think skyrocketing prices there are something to write homo about their letters des how wild inflation has spread through the country bringing poverty and hunger to even the best off one soldier writing home tells of buying one egg for 34 lires twenty four llres for one fresh hens egg is 144 in canadian money based on the approximate vahia of the italian lire just prior to outbreak of war in 1939 egg used to sell for about half a lire each sunday august 20th 1044 1100 ajn the rules of the game 700 pjn our true life evening service will continue dur ing august baptist anniversary service sunday september 24th everyone welcome mark every grave wo are carrying on busi ness in the same location on mill street in acton and can fill all orders for monuments and work on any stones in cemeteries in this district sveoaurs visu ium to all obdebs acton monument works a floyd smith j jeweler watches chocks juweukv 75 quebec street wert guelph ont uptotheminuto life insurance is up to you periodic revision of your needs helps keep your life imurewce pro gramme up to dote changed liv ing conditions frequently require changes in your insurance plant howard graff north american life acton ontario fooee 98 r 12 gregory theatre fkiday alujuht is andy hardys blonde thouble- iarked with luuirhit kturrn mickey kooney lewis stone sport bootfc and spurs dlsnc keukon und emotion chapter if daredevil of the west matlkday auuimst is tampico edutird g roblmtonlynn bori tbocadebo rosemury lane johnny dom koi news monday aigiht 31 this is the abmy- grand musical in technicolor with lien of the armed force and joan leslie george mur phy passing parade great day is coming weekly war cldiuucssttsaury oonthuskd rom psfai one accused of sharing to the ttiu the factst ideologies common to the coun- trles heading the asd but she has a series of jongstand mg gricdges hinrf the ruarians- from the days of tyranny of the early czars to the war of 1940 and it is a bitter blow to national pride to have to seek terms with moscow that the finns apparently choose this course rather than remain under german domination is one more proof of waning nazi influence in europe on the fighting fronts at last week end the american push into southern france threatened to trap 100000 germans in normandy while canad ian forces north of falalse continued to meet with stubborn german res- symbollzing the tierce nazi defence at some points was the mad c ma der of st malo bullying his small garrison in a suicide stand col an dreas van aulock still held out in the medieval citadel on the north coast of brittany losses among the colonels troops were described as frightful but von aulock would not give tn despite ap peals from attacking americans three truces were called since the siege began the third coming when the german commander appealed far medical supplies parties bearing white flags crossed the 200 yards of nomans land and exchanged supplies at the mouth of a tunnel citadel for seven american soldiers who had been captured those released said there was no doubt that the garrison except for the com mandcr wanted to give up- wounded lay everywhere they said and wi being attended by nurses and some french women consorts of german officers five minutes after the truce the battle was resumed amid a roar of gunfire mavsoee fsuls in italy florence fell to the british 8th army allied hendauarters in rome announcing saturday that the germans had withdrawn from the city exactly one week after south africans had stormed through the lout defences of the city after the itlx bridges spanning tho wide river german had blown up five of the arno in russia soviet troops opened a now drive aimed at doslroylnir iwr- haps 300000 germans pocketed in hstonla and latvia striking out from the poskov urea the rod army shat- teiod tho germans on one sector 43 miles wide and mow than 35 mllos deep an armored vanguard raced pout petfceri 115 miles east of the gulf of rlea moscow reported that a russian drive forward on a 100mile front northeast of warsaw may be the greatest strategic manoeuvre of the summer campaign in the paclllr at tne weekend al lied nciiul action dominated the- r scene meanwhile it uas repoilcd that es caped prisoner of war and foreign laborers have begun guerrilla warfare inside germany the german press revealed this in a dispatch to madrid from a nazi correspondent werner cities who wrote from in tho mountains of touthcrn germany he said ter rorists and guerrillas were waging a war of destruction on germane in the mountain regions wiping out en tire families burning homes and stealing food and arms he described an explditlon against the guerrillas which led far above the snowline and said heavilyarmed german police finally isolated one group of escaped russian prisoners and foreign laborers who fought to the last hitlers own newspaper voelkls- cher beobachter reported guerrillas killed four cermans in one village and commented even in the smallest tillage every thing must be prepared for defence against air raids marauding foreign uorkers and armed prisoners of war u ho have escaped resuscitation as an uld in preventing drowning gas asphyxiation t and electric shock fatalities the industrial accident pre vention associations have sent to ont arios production plants a special bul letin dealing with artificial respirat ion by the prone pressure method the timely poster i designed for factory bulletin boards and illustrates the preliminary and general rules for resuscitation here are the prelimin ary rules electric shock the victim must he freed from the contact as promptly as possible use a dry stick dry rope dry coat or other nonconductor the use of jour own hands is dangerous and may add another victim to the aecident cos asphyxiation the first thing to do is to get the patient into fresh air quickly fresh air does not mean out of doors in cold weather do not breath gas yourself even for a short time if it does not overcome you it will cut down your strength drowning quickly remove victim from water and place on ground or hard surface if possible have head slightly lower than rest of body mo that water and other liquids will drain away from the victim ovecbeas mail find j mm am c france august x aa asb883 cook g p kl cad am fine here and although llots tto do must josep up correspondence thanks a million ifor ithe paper irs- celved one the same day as 1 ilanded here sorry to hear of sid fields and leo close and jack sweeney hope the price they paid i helps tto make the people at home war con scious give my best to all the ifolks in the home town again many thanks for your thought ulneas as ever cookie editors note thanks for ithe free jreas should jto in this case tto a friend and former employer jos whltham who arranges tfor the home news to reach this soldier mr a dills editor and publisher the acton free ipress dear sir i have been going to write you for some time now but never get around to it until now x really am getting behind in my correspondence i am receiving your paper regular how every monday morning and al ways glad to get it am glad to hear of cpl- oharas return to canada and hope his health is improving and with the same wish es for the rest of the boys who have returned to canada and also those in hospitals overseas good iluck and a quick recovery to you all i received 300 cigarettes from act on war service league some time ago and wish to thank them for same they were greatly appreciated i am still stuck here on base staff but am trying to get away for my q r 11 course but so far have been unable to leave here though i really expect to leave either in september or october then 1 am going to itry and got out to the west coast for a ship and get another crack at ithe japs i often hear from jim water- house reg hoare and bert tuck all overseas france and italy and they are all getting along fine i al to hear from henry levers formerly of acton who is also serving in the armed farces i received a few italian stamps and money a short while ago which will look very nice with tho collect ion i already have what i need now to complete my collection is n one man jap sub yours sincerely h v dron leading seaman mr and mrs avtmle ikettbmr aston announce tthe engasnnent ten rthejri only daughter mary marguerite rto george ifranklln ihjmmsort son of mrj and mrs ifrank robinson ijstln ute marriage tto ttake place guiety tthe ilat- ter part of august the carnival of ithoillons club met- rted slightly over 1000 and the club is making a donation of uqoo tto rthe hospital ifund the ibalance goes ito promote ithe clubs various activities the irnlner construction company i of toronto has commenced tresurfac- ing itwo miles of ithe worst spots on no 2 ihlghway ibetween ibronte and burlington and ithree itnlles ibetween joeusvllle and -glarkson- word lhas ibeen trecelved tthat aitj ken lrussel lrca lhas been in ifrance since july oat iand tthat uaj idoug irussell is itaklng a flying course in jsngland iprior tto ibeoomlng m dtly- ing observer lor tthe iroyal canadian j artillery lfuneral services ifor charles td carson who died hast thursday iln his 80th year was iheld in st johns united church on saturday with irev charles ihaokett officiating death followed a ibrlef illness and ocaurred at l his ilate ihome idunn street rocordstar may convert cluineh toofx4iestrii flail flu idling io ff sottdond sl clesssant danes may be taad- j kafad io mualc london cp the famous und exquisite little church st clement danes whose bells rang out the fam ous oranges and lemons and which is now a itombscarred skeleton may be converted to an orchestral hall af ter the war the church architect j fprsyth is urging the bishop of london to dm icate the building to music since like many churches in the city it will probably not be rebuilt as a church shift of population has taken resid ents away from the city whose streets are now almost deserted on sunday the famous ten bells were removed from the church which was bombed twice and stored in a vault another story connected with the church has come to light here it seems that in 1620 one of the par ishioners isaac duckett left 400 pounds the interest on which eat h year was to be distributed among poor maidservants as had well and honestly served and demeaned them selves for live years under the utme muster and mistress this money is still distributed 1 oakvii1je vancouver cplflreman a ih ilanghnut says he is going to imake it hot ifor ithe person if iho catches lilm who ihroke into ihls enrage stripped itwo wheels from ihls car and then set fire ito tthe vehlcle destroying it along with ithe igarage iroaf the vword iadobe- ittankb tfor iim- burnt ibrtotcsiin tthe erally as dth ithe q txeglons rof rthe south waatnra tttamasi states on egypt another dry l many thousand mtllas taway fiaantlr ithe same isund of ibridk tts itnafle to day iand lhas ibeen made without un- itecruptlon rf or 1000 reara leheffljajip- ttan collection of rthe iroyal chiftaaio museum lhas sevesal reaamiuaa ot av- clent ibrloks uthelr ilabel lis luluatnov ed vwlth a ibflokrmaklng cene jfrom a itomb ipaintlng at rthe 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estate and insurance now in the iime io buy invrtdmeini eaioy the your own isome we txavt fpricefl all mihililf cor honae for aour m sh sv car j nryisirtlliiit pmgtrtim ai fair jtntl comfort mu i fl wright beauuw and infiimance meoiher oueub ad aslsscles bleaj clsiase haaad assewafe mesnher slanadlsui ssesilatlnfi ateal glssaie ulnarsts associate mfittuw ontario asseilatlan keal eatsde wassnas member of vine and rflasuahy mnssiranee agessts asseessaiasi pakmehs to kecenir latmnw every consideration will be given fruit grouers and other farmers when they apply for permits to buy ladder needed by them a recent order of the wptb stop ped the sale of wood extension ladders and wooden step ladders over seven feet in height except under permit from the administrator of wood pro ducts as soon as the supply of new lad- j ders is sufficient to meet the demand the permit system will be abolished lnimn plannino largest a1kpobt london cp london is to have the worlds largest airport after the war it is to be at staines 12 miles outside the capita and comprise 2800 acres 300 acres more than new yorks idlewlld runways will be designed to ac commodate the largest aircraft likely to be in service for the next 25 yaara each will ha about 10000 feet long so youre the mam who didnt need to order coal last summer will this be you next october take steps now to nuke mure of your fair chare of the coal available keep peace in your family by doing ttseac three things now s place your entire fuel order at once 2 accept fuel trfacneirer are are able to deliver it in arrorlnri with govern ment regulationa s permit us to deliver vjhatevcr class of siiirshlr fuel arc may be able to supply cooperate now be comfortable when wiav er s b mackenzie son phone 48 acton ont