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tar wxt jvtiott sttt pttss seventieth year no 8 acton ontario thursday november 2nd 104 eight homeprint pages fire gnat this week tsr h- i jones tomato cp the trad sad la bor congress df ouiidt concluded lb oth annual convention in toronto this week and left no doubt about its position politically the omsresa re affirmed its policy advocating forma tion of political action committee within local unions to enable lsbor to play a nonpartiam constructive role in formation of national polic ies and instructed its executive consider organisation of a national political action committee the resolution proposing the lat- jter move said a body would serve as an instrument for rallying the wtd- est public support to the postwar program and alma of the congress and to aim for the achievement of cooperation for our program of full employment a higher standard of liv ing and social security for all canad tans the resolution went through after kent rowley of montreal told the convention that the tune had come when we must take a stand in the political life of our nation percy r bengough ireelected pres ident of the congress said it stood squarely for national unity and was not isolationist in international af fairs he added cryptically the fact we had so many government speakers at this convention is no barometer of the political leanings of the con gress so long as x am at the head we will not become the dog running be hind the wagon of any political par ty highlighting the weeks action by the congress was its reaffirmation of its no strike pledge and approval of the principal of family allowances it also urged increased income tax exemptions to 2400 for married per sons and 1000 for single persons and extension of tho frarichlio to all per sons over 18 one of the government speakers nt the congress was munitions minister howe head of tho new federal de partment of reconstruction ho told the labor men that a job and a fair income for all those able and willing to work was the objective of the new department tho minister said he intended to ask labor to take an active part in the work of tho depart ment but as yet the best form of organization had not been decldod statistics indicated that 1000000 nore jobs would be required than were available at the outbreak of the war and mr howe said he did not think it impossible that these jobs would be available died of wounds car larry bridges wounded on thanksgiving day while serving in belgium and later died of the wound sustained picture through the courtesy of brentford expositor ccf leader e b jolllffe and mltchel hepburn who recently re turned to active support of tho ubor- als have taken jabs at premier drews progressive conservative ad ministration in n victory loan ad dress at north bay mr hepbhrn an id the issue in canada is not going to be settled by hotheads in ontario or quebec but by the reasonable people who make up the mass of this coun try jf we want this country to be great it little betfboves any man to denounce t particular race at this time mr jolllffe in a sppech at durham said that by his fanatical attack on the family allowances act and by hts demagogic denunciation of quebec premier drew had stirred up fires of discord and placed himself in the same class as the small politicians who have been stirring up feeling in quebec against englishspeaking can adians ontario lost a former veteran member of its legislature during the week hon william david black former speaker and conservative member for adolngton for 3 years believed the longest term served lv one man died at kingston hi was 76 premier drew and ninny ontario government ministers nttended the funeral nt pnrham his- homo town pte john hilts 10ycnrold son of mrs alice hilts rockwood wits wounded in action october j accord ing to the message received by hit mother no further details are as yot known he had been serving in bel- glum with the royal hamilton light infantry and is in a belgium hospital born and raised in hockwood lie received his education tho but worked for thoduolnh sonp comp any throe years prior to his enlist ment interested in sports ho special izod in baseball john joined the nrmy eight months ago trained ut ipporwnsh and went overseas in august jpto donald hilts a brother ulso 1stervlng in belgium he is with conny smythes famous 30th bat ter a sister pte margaret hilts is with the cwac stationed at reglna mrs alice hilts the mother is a war- ah yes no doubt the hoktopkikkwood wedding was pretty aittitmn even a quiet autumn wedding was sol emnized by rev w g kitchen when jean daughter of mrs kirk wood of guelph and the late herb ktrkwood was united in marrluge to harry hart op son of mr- and mrs w h hortop everton ont the bride wore a smart blue frock with corsage of bouvnrdta and sweet heart rosea the couple were un attended a reception was held in the com mon room of the y w c a after the ceremony the brides mother in navy blue with corsage of red roses received while the grooms mother wore black with sequin trim and cor- mi of red roses th couple left on trip to ottawa and on their return will reside at service league handles funds of 14500 since start total receipts since its inaugura tion in 1042 of the acton and vicin ity war service league have ootn 14300 since these funds are raised by the efforts of all citizens not only of acton but of the district adjoining it is pointed out that all are wel come to attend meetings of tho lcu- gue which are held the second and fourth thursday of each month in the council chambers hi acton at tho meeting last thursday two more names were added to the list treasurer j m mcdonald reported incomplete returns of the auction sale and 103268 turned in at that time cosh donations of 154 7s were turned into this amount by mr e tyler from his wort for hie sale other amounts reported for tho league funds were 10 from the dub lin literary society 215 22 from the duke of devonshire chapter of the iodk 22 so from salvage returns 3800 from the acton fire brigade 25 from the busy beees of nassaga- woyn and s0 from he nassngaweya womens institute pte john hilts wounded while serving in belgium worker nt the beardmorc jfo plant in acton she has two other child ren mae and louis both at homo their father now deceased served with the 20th battery during the first great war halloween party and auction at woodside school a very ettjoynhlo halloween party was held at woodslde school ss 10 erin inst friday evening with a good attendance mr w mclntyre acted as chairman for tho program the momuerado which created much fun was judged by mrs kerr mr david son and mr jollty the fallowing au the prize winners girls class marjorie mcdonald eveln mcdonald bos claiu teddy freeman alan johnson mens ctow mr norman meenhem mrs thos gordon ladles class doreen jolly couple annie lei ten and wllmn but ler comic frank freeman a short program consisted of com munity singing chairmans address choruses by the school solos by delia mclntyre and mario kerr readme by mrs caldwell and wllmn butler two plays good ghosts and a shadow play the operation the red cross quilt was displayed which real ized over 93300 the lucky ticket was drawn by edith thompson and was held by miss clara swackhain- mer r mr r johnson conducted an auct ion of school garden produce lunch was followed by a dance led by the shorull orchestra victory loan sales lower than same period lasl loan bluer sales will have to be blade in final period if acton fa to kessdi objective and saatntoin its enviable record halfway mark fa still awaited with keen interest by bond bayers just for curiosity w looked back in the files to see what was happening the second week of the sixth victory loan its only six months ago so perhaps you will remember every one at that time was speculating as to when the invasion would coma well it came and a lot has happened since for a short time many felt that the rapid advance through prance was an indication that the war would soon be over but once again there has been another line to crack and a slowing up dont know whether it was a feeling of over confidence or not but in that sixth victory loan in the second week acton and dis trict was lagging now we learn from- headquarters that here the seventh victory loan got away to a fine start but thu week it has fallen off and with tho loan period half gone the hajlfway mark has not been reached that themometer at the post office jutt seems to crawl away from the start 3vertjjniy and you know that the tannery thistle is going to blow at six and seven in the morning and at twelve and one at noon and again at six in the evening but the signal for christmas dinner for n lot of bond buyors in acton and district wont be ane of those times matter of fact if the job doesnt get finished therell be four estimators on the objective that will supply christmas dinner for thomselveh if you have nit bought your bonds yet we suggsut that you hurry now the boys over thore ore waiting to see what acton does this tlmo iy ma half- way ivlark is reached in the loan at 209 this afternoon lust as the last forms were goliitf to press the tannery whistle announe- d th reaching of half way in the objective for acton nd district in the keventh victory loan the offolal time of reaching the objective is zjoo pm thursday nov- rnnlmr 2nd the estimates uere immediately sorted and wo were aide to get the following results from chairman h raehllii of the publicity commit tee first prise jacqueline burbey a so lb turkey with an estimate of 211 second prise f b byan a 10 lb turkey with the estimate of x0j third prise jack bobeon a 12 ii goose with the estimate of z89 third prix marjorie norton a u lb goose with the time ai is0 fourth prise mm chandler n h and did tho doctor say what wns tho matter with you freddiot something that begins with rheum room for improvement overseas mail letters front the taxnl boys serving fax the cause of somewhere in belgium dear arlof this letter will no doubt be a wr prise to you but x thought you might be interested in hearing of some of the sights and countries ive seen since i left the old home town i have been in and among quite a few french people and have found them very polite and very nice people they certainly made us welcome and have shown us good times they bring us tomatoes and eggs for which we are grateful x cant speak much french yet so rind it difficult to understand them i am in belgium bow and like it rlne here just before x star ted to write this letter x just return ed from a trip which took me through ypres ullc ghent armen- tlers and a couple of other place made famous in the last war i always pictured them as small towns but they arc large cities i had to drive one of tho ol fleers up through there on business i drove my jeep all the way there and back it sure was a cold journey in the open car x saw many memorials cemeteries and trenches loft from tho last war they have novor been filled in the people here in belgium are very nice also a lot of them speak good eng- ilsli and most of their signs are in english as well as in belgian you ought to see the modern homes in this country they are away ahead of ours and the roads are so smooth and wide its like riding on air i had my jeep going its fullest speed and find it the easiest car to drive yet well mr dills i guess this is all for now so with many thanks to the xo de and all the other friends who have sent mo all those lovely parcels keep buying those bonds and will all be home soon x remain very sincerely gnr m j held first meeting of haix season for knox y i society knox y p s mot in the sunday school room on monday ovcnlrj october 10 with the president wm mainprise in the chair for tho first mooting of the fall season wm mainprise read the scrlptuio and mr thomson led m prayor clarence colos gnvcrtsnterostlnj account of the convention hi hamil ton on thanksgiving weekend when five of the mcmbdtjsljittended one interesting feature of the convention was an address by qr smart a native of slorre leone whcmta studying med icine here and returning to his ovn country after the war as a modlcal lb chicken with an estimate of s pimuhnudonury s jnck w jack malnprlze organized some tamos in the church basement the social committee kervod a do- lightful lunch and a short discussion followed the pall rally of guelph presby tery yps will be held in knojc church guolph on november 33th paid supreme sacrifice sgt donald f tilt son of mr and mrs c e- tltt who was killed on active service overseas a memorial service will be held in hockwood on sunday memorial service for sgt donald titt in rockwoall sunday sergeant donald eraser tltt was killed on active service on october 22nd 1044 donald tho only son of mr and mrs cyril e tltt of rock- wood and well known in the rock- wood and acton district was born in detroit in 1025 ho attended school in montreal until his parents moved to hockwood district nix years ago whore he completed his public school at no 8 eramosa from there he went to the hockwood continuation school and then to guelph colleg iate upon jkwlng the collegiate he worked nt massoy harris co at wes ton for about seven months where ho worked on tho wings of mowulto planes he enlisted in the rcap in toronto in august 1043 when he was ib years old and took his basic training nt lachlne near montreal next he went to tho university of montreal and then to prince edward island where he graduated as a sergeant air gunner the first week of march 1044 after his embarkation leave lie took nn addltlonnl course nt three rivers que ho landed in england on may 10 and commenced his opera tional training according to a let ter received by his parents dated oct 10th he was to have been postal to n wjuadron with the rank or pilot officer within a few days according to tho latest information received by his parents he was kill ed at b15 on october 22nd when the aircraft of which he was a crew member flew into a hillside in tho north of england he was burled nt 11am october 28th at tho rap reg ional cemetery at chester england ho is survived by one sister and his mother and father a memorial ser vice will be hold in the hockwood anglican church at 230 pm on sun day november sth halton company purchased 35000 in victory loan bonds at tho meeting of the directors in acton on monday of the halton union farmers mutual fire insurance company it was decided to purchase 35000 of bonds in the seventh vic tory loan this company has been a large purchaser of bonds in each loan attention for those old best friends tommy gun and 303a ars mighty handy ltem of equipment for the men who lua it out dally with harr hun and the weaponi gat plenty of attention theae men of the cape breton hlgnlanden jurt out of the front line in italy clean their weapon before taking a abort and wellearned net they are cpl michael gulka port arthur sgt blu mattock acton ont ptaa jama webber st john n b raymond rolfe sydney n b leonard crovei sydney mine n s and lcpl mcklnnon ca army oversea photo clao bay n 8 halloween had orderly fun led by boy band street parade and viaus to hoaaa band had social in town hill halloween io acton on tuesday was like old times when the acton citizens band used to take the lead ership in making fun a how gener ation took hold on friday when acton boys band in costume varied and grotesque struck up the band for a parade it was a slffnal for tho younssters to atve the door belts rest and follow the band many younssters and oldsters were in costume the treats asked for at the home were limited not by any desire on behalf of the householdefs but simply because treats werent procurable in any quantity in the stores before eight oclock we saw one youngster proudly exhibit her bag however and announce to a fond parent that she had had it full the handouts couldnt have been too meagre- at that following the parade the boys ofv the band with their friends and par ents held a social in the town hall there were games fun and dancing a plentiful lunch was served by the mothers and there were halloween treats for all the band boys and their girl friends centre of all tho fun coding the hand in their play as lit their musical training was tho lead er c w mason the party was kept up until mid night or better and a fine time was en- joyed and halloween proven to bo pleasant without being destructive some groups of larger youths mad the trips about town moving things- that were loose or easily moved but the extra police under chief harrnp broke up many of these raid and saved any serious damage to property about town military funehai for sgivmuyr a m taylor held at stratford funornl services with full military honors were hold at stratford for sgc pilot alvln mansfield taylor who was killed in a plane crash in mac leod alberta st pilot taylor was n son of mr and mrs mansell tay lor stratford formerly of moffat itcv j b dennis of centennial evangelical church of which he was n member was in charge hev ie- k pletch a former minister and now of hanover assisted and fit lt h g martin from contralto paid tribute for the air force fit lt martin had charge of the graveside service and tiac m j dwyor sounded tho last post and reveille the pallbearers were sgt j martin j logan c cassldy x robinson c anaka and j hunter duvar fo h e irwin centralis was tho officer in charge of j the ser vice interment was in avondato cemotory i among the many peopje from other places at the funeral were thoso from guolph and surrounding district acton toronto macleod alto pon tine mich eden mill moffat rock- wood blyth brucefleld hanover mitchell pusllnch orion milton brantford paris brighton contrail and sebrlngvlhe hoilbinding grass capetown cp a new variety of grass has been discovered in swaxl land by a south african grass experl c j j van rensburg he states the grass should provide excellent sheep pasture and help bind the soil if planted in eroded areas under climatic conditions similar to that of its na tural habitat ducking- vnhoiieditled riveriiurst saik cp a dray horse broke through the top of m storage well near the f t hill home a runway was dug down to the an imal at an angle of 45 degrees and it was able to climb out wellchilled after its two hour bath coming events announcement qf u ccrla or other kvaal htadlng air charajet line wlh nlnlmum an no u nceircn t of jjc tins con inder tbu cents pr r dance in orange halt brampton on friday november 3rd stewart elllotti orcheitra remember knox ywa rummaaa and baking sale in town hall sat urday november ith dane in erin town hall satur day november 4th harvey filbert orchertra jrle for spot dance ad- nianonssc dancing to u rbspajwa taeftffaaaauruatatfjf mfjfea7stffl