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_|~ â€" RMN‘T IT THE TRUTH P _ ByTiâ€"/og & * There‘s nothing being made today that comes up to garâ€" ments right in your wardâ€" robe now. But acid dirt eats the life out of any fabric, eats right around the clock. We can stop that, but you will have to let us. Yes, trust our quality cleaning to make anything you wear outlast your hopes. Weston 120 _ JU. 2121 Pickâ€"up and Delivery Arrow Cleaning and Dying Co. BUSINESS AS USUALâ€" is Clean Wear! ‘Milk â€" the favorite home Zbg.i'erue. We don‘t have to :tell you to drink it, because we know that you doâ€"evâ€" JU. 7216 LONG WEAR BOTTLED HEALTH ~SURE IM ALL OUT TD WIM THE WAR~ WAV WOULLNT 1 BE wWiTH MY Boy ovresiasâ€"BUT 1 SHLL THINK HHPEW 2 SPENDP MY MMWEY S pY BUSINESS § CALL US TODAY! EVERY FRIDAY EVENING Weston Dairy l go web wo P44 éfi' £0 PRICES WOOLL LHAVE TD €5 ; + Aak, Co UP ASAN. Mo BR M Tar Sg7Ak?‘s mmme@ M PS MMAYS 7HULE GAAT BIG RED BAR N FOR YOUR MAX BOAG AND HIS NINEâ€"PIECE BAND FUNDALE PARK, WOODBRIDGE J BUT If EVERYENE THOUZEHT LIKE YJ WweklP MAE MEZLATION IN The following letter was received from one of our Toronto boys by his dad. The boy is in Italy and talks plainly. He also wrote to a Dear Dad Enclosed is a letter to=Mr. â€"â€" of the â€"â€" Club, which I have just finished. Will you read it over and see if it is S.K. to send on to him?â€" If you think I have said too much, tear it upâ€" and thank him verbally for the cigarettes. I don‘t smoke yet, but my patients réally go for them. I hope the club keeps them coming. I got wound ur, a bit tonight, I guess. 1 was sitting downstairs, in our operating room, having A bull session with some of the lads. As usual, the conversation turned to what they were going to (‘io after Challenging, Read, Understand Letter from Italy With a Message What Do You Think About This? the" .;:r‘.-.wTfie;' are deeply This Letter Received Was Read To Kiwanis Club Of West Torontoâ€"They Are Putting Three Meetings Aside To Debate The Matter Italy, January 21 WESTON 126 1944 conâ€" cerned about their futureâ€"it all seems so uncertain. Many of them retain vivid recolâ€" lections of tramping the streets, some of them ridin{ the rails, looking in vain for work during the depression days. _ They wonder what the conditions are going to be when they return to Canada. They get letters from home telling of the unprecedented prosperity created by the war. They believe that it is unnecessary that hard times should come again, and they keep arguing about the best ways to guarantee a decent living for everybody. * They all feel the need of some training that will fit them for a job, and many of them think they know what kind of work they are best fitted for, or what they would like to do. We‘ get to know these fellows backwngn and should be able to give them some sound voâ€" cational guidance. There are about. forty fellows left in this outfit, that I recruited. They and others are looking to me for advice and help and they will continue to do so when we get back home. I do not want to let them down. I am going to do what I can, but I need your help. I hope you men.back homeâ€"are going to have it all laid out in such a way that will inspire confidence when we return, How seriously are you service club and leaders using your organâ€" izing ability to accomplish this? Service above self is great stuff if you can work at it, but I am beâ€" ginning to think that it takes army training and battle experience to make it work. Here, we really learn what service and sacrifice mean. I wish I could assure the men in my unit that, at least:in Toronto, there was a group of business and professional men, politicians and legislators, who had declared â€" a moratorium on selfâ€"seeking and had united in an effort to achieve a Canadian sociéty that would be as prosperous in peace as it is in war. The men who have the guts and the spirit of sacrifice to fight this war will not be likely to stand for much less when we return home. It will not take much to arouse them to continue fighting on the home front. _ Suel s We in the army really can‘t do much about it. We shall have to depend on you folks back home. Maybe the army will want to have a hand in it, but as much as I like the army and have enjoyed be!f\fl part of it, and believe in its effiâ€" ciency as a war machine, I think it is up to you civilians to produce the peace organization. You can . We are going to be awfully disâ€" appointed if we don‘t wind up this European war in 1944. It won‘t be easy (we are learning that here in Italy every day) but we are rut- ting up one hell of a fight to clean it up before another Christmas rolls around. If we succeed, most of the lads will be lookinfi for some sort of training that will fit them for decent jobs within the next two years. It took a lot of organization to ge' us into the army and ready to ight. It is going to take just as much and more to get us all back into a civilian life in which we can all work and play as free menâ€" free from want and fear and inâ€" justice. _ l2 ks ~1r£ ju5r commen SSE Jo ar £vsgly peruy you BW ND WA SAVINTE } â€"GENERAL MEETINGâ€" Next Tuesday, August 15 East Weston Ratepayers Association ~yJ iW so rov menty soow mowun Efficiency With Reliable Administration MEMORIAL SCHOOLâ€"8.15 P.M. . ANMP YPURL POUSH WASN‘T BUVNE MAXH OF ANYVTHING JP WHAY 7 Wherever I go these cigarettes seem to turn up. Sometimes, as in this case, two packages, or I should say cartons, find me at the same timeâ€"N3NA 16548 and SSA 26599. They are very much appreciated. Thank you very much.. F Dear Mr. â€"â€" This is the first time I have written you from Italy. Since I have been here I have seen a lot of "our part" of Italy. It is a strange country by our standard. The peculiar sanitary habits and appliances used; the wooden and corkâ€"soled â€" shoes; the â€" brightly gainud and flowery designs on the ig twoâ€"wheeled farm carts drawn by a pair of oxen or two mules, and the illâ€"tempered little dog runâ€" ning alonf under the cart between the wheels and barking at ‘every passing army lorry; the public water spouts with the motley crowd crowd of swarthy Italian women, with big earthen flasks or copper buckets which are balanced on their heads; the mobs of little children and "bambinos with their shrill, incessant cry for "cigaretta," "carâ€" amela" (they seem to prefer Neilâ€" son‘s to Cadbury‘s), "matcha," "biscuita"; snowâ€"eapped mountains, pink in the reflection of the setâ€" ting sun; valleys full of vineyards; villageâ€"capped hills, with their old castle and dirty looking gray stone houses which inside aré beautifully clean and fitted with furniture fashioned â€" by â€" masterâ€"craftsmen, beautiful silks and tiled mosaic floors; mothers sitting in the doorâ€" way to the street, nursing the youngest baby and combing out the nits from the hair of last yeat‘s offspring (no more bonuses from I! Duce); people you can only unâ€" derstand because they are masters of expression by motions of their hands, arms and faceâ€"these are only.a few of the things that make me call it strange. â€" $ do it m:n quickly, with less red tape and more sonal contact. %fll you fim‘rzut as much as souiblo about what is now being lone, and what the prospects are, and let me know ? Our fellows are really doing a neble job and I want to see that they get a good break when they get back home. _ _ Gosh! It is nearly one o‘clock. I haven‘t been up this late for some time. Goodâ€"night, Pogv. Give Mums a big kiss for me. She sure is a grand Gal Far stranger than these things I have mentioned is the battle and the fighting itself, with its noise and excitement and â€" organized chaos. _ Strange things happen here. Eachâ€"man shows his real self, his real worth; there is a spirit of: CO!’r\lEldss}‘l‘i'p among men that mud, cold, shelling and bully> infi seem to make more binding. All men don‘t stand up to itâ€"a lot get out before the fighting even starts. I sign their papers for a reboardâ€"many a fineâ€"looking felâ€" low finds the going too much and has to be evacuated. It is those that are still fighting and always give allâ€"they are the leds that it is a thrill to be associated with. I am not a fighting man myself, but I see more of them than most peoâ€" ple. I see them when by all the rules of medicine they should be dead. 1 sée some of them die. Life leaves their body but they are not deadâ€"the sirit of these unsung heroes keeps the battle raging. Many of them have done deeds that should have won the V.C. for bravâ€" ery. gallantry and courage. Many a time I have picked up wounded sPIENDING NOW 185 BAD BUSINESS Goods are scarce in wartime, you cannot always get what Lou want. So spendiati- bad usiness; besides which it risks breaking the price ceilâ€" inb;. Save ‘:’nr money for when it can buy just what you want and help promote emâ€" El‘oymom, too. You‘ll help nada and help yourself by saving all you can. JOUN LABATT LIMITED Love, Italy, January 21, 1944 TIMES AND GUIDE how we lived it, what counted and what didn‘t; of my old ‘friends those who have come, through the war will always be my friendsâ€"I don‘t think in the same way of those old friends who didn‘t make the effort, they will always be old friends). I wonder how Canada will strike us when we get back: Will Canada seen strange? I know it will seem strange to get back and have a ilttle girl who is now two years old and whom I have only seen in pictures, call me "Daddy." It is going to be strange and difficult to go back into a hosâ€" pital and interne for a few years to learn enough medicine to be able to compete in civilian practice. Right now I think I am a pr&ttty good army doetor, but when a little ged under with me a soldier with an arm crushed to.shreds. â€" I looked &t it andâ€"knew it should come off, but hatedâ€"to tell him.. He looked at me and said: “'l'a:‘e it off, Doe., at me and x&d: Take it off, Doe., I don‘t think it will ever be much use to me." This is going on all the time and I could go on. telling you stories and trying vainly to put into words the feelings that the time and I could go on telling you stories and trying vainly to put inrto words the feelings that you have to ex‘nrhnee to underâ€" stand. All this is strange. Yes, Canada will seem strange, but it will be a wonderful strakge ness that only. years of drea about something you want and finâ€" ally you have can produce. We all have something there which.we can hang our hat on until we get startâ€" ed again. Some have more than others. I have my wife, my family, and certain places in Canada that are‘ better and more beautiful to me than any other parts of the world. Some of the boys have less, and no doubt are going to need a lot of help. Some of those boys who left Canada three and four years ago, as mere kids 5|§ khaki, have married Enfilish and Scottish girls and have a lot of kids on the way. They are still very young, but in some ways they are old. They still act young, but they have problems which tend to make them old when they take time out and think about after the war. These fellows are fighting (they are none too sure exactly what for) but they all agree that it is to make Canada and the world a better place to live in. They haven‘t got much to say in the postâ€"war planning. They are too busy here to do more than form a general idea of how they would liie to find things. One thing they are sure of is that they want to go back to Canada to live. We all agree on that. Those that got married in Egglmd. and there are at least 7,000, maybe a lot more, want to take their wives and kiddies back home with them. The army has saved the money out of their pay, to pay for the tunsé)or- tation of their wives and children to Canada even now. "Look after him first, Doc., he is worse than‘ I . an." remember lying under a truck for protection, because all hgl.lud let loose (it soundéd like last night at the Grandstand at the Ex.). I dragâ€" Italian kiddy is brought to nje with some complaint, I realize L Am far from fit as a civilian doftor. I have trained to be a doc for soldiers. men attended . them only to e anenine mt wounds. . How many have It is good that far, but these lads are trained for nothing but war. They have been training for fightâ€" ing for the past three years; and they are darn good fighters, too, the best there areâ€"true sons of their fathers! The big worry for a lot of them is that they won‘t be wanted. Army life and regiâ€" mentation does not make a lad inâ€" dustri@us, and these boys know it. They tell me so every day. ‘They figure that the boys who have stayed back home have been the smart lads in certain ways.. They have bien taught good trades; they are used to industrial life, or farmâ€" ing, or any of the other essential war job lives. Those lads have been paid very well and no doubt have saved a lot of money. So you see Private Canada, with nothing but a heart of gold and perhaps a wife and a kid, is a little worried as the war looks as though it might possibly come to an end in the notâ€"too â€"farâ€" distant future. These boys are going to feel really When I think of the life at home, We Specialize in Taste and Nutrition MAIN N. PHONE 812 Airâ€"conditioned For Your Comfort TEA ROOMS Those important food essentials are not lost by our cooks. BONITA BALANCED LUNCHES Canada‘s smallest wheat crop 18 the past 29 years was 180,000,000 bushels harvested in the bad drought year of 1937. Canada‘s largest wheat crop (566,726,000 bushels) was produced in 1928. At first the 1942 crop was thought to be the largest, but it now takes second place on a final estimate of 556,684,000 bushels. As . . .. put ..on. .. civyy in apac ts h ooo N8 "Miist of the . bors ho wreat m now are going to marâ€" because ts i dhe whog wo tm use wantâ€" more than‘ 3. in the world, a wife. It has to be difâ€" ferent this time than what it was like after the last war. Our only hope is that the people back home realize that they are not getting back ‘the same fellows they sent over: â€" They ‘have‘ all; changed, grown older; many of them are problrl;lg less responsible but more matured, if that is possible. . If treated rix{bt they will make grand citizensâ€"if treated wrongly, more The â€" â€"Club is a very influenâ€" tial organization. Leading men in every lime of business are repreâ€" sented. I know you are awake to the problems of postâ€"war reconâ€" struction but if these boys are not really well looked after from the moment they get back until they are really on their feet then there is going to be a lot of trouble in Canada. There is a big job awaitâ€" ing everybody. I know these boys will do their part. I feel they have done their part already. They have made tremendous sacrifices right from the first day they put on khaki. We realize that the people back home have‘also made sacriâ€" fices. All they need is security for their families. Most of these lads can find hapgineu. or at least fun, any place. So if they get enough security, a job which they enjoy which will produce a gaod, living wage, these lads that do réturn will feel that those that don‘t haven‘t died in vain and that the sacrifice was worth while. 8 P.S.: I didn‘t intend to write a letter like this when I started but now it is done I will send it along to you. It is a sincere thoughtâ€"and one I know about only from our angle. A bull session downstairs with a gang of the privates stimuâ€" lated this. I feel that I want to doâ€"all that I can do to make. sure these boys do get a fair deal after the wer, and anything you can do will be appreciated by us all. We really aren‘t expecting anything tremendous. So perhaps we will get a very pleasant surprise. Thanks for the cigarettes, and a very happy 1944. war K4 Doesut leave a 6ol for 1the Civilian WHIN war demands have been filled . . . when invasion gasoline, aviation gasoline, Navy fuel oil, petroâ€" leum for the manufacture of explosives, synthetic rubber, and gasoline for war industry, farming and essential truckâ€" inf all have been taken from Canada‘s oil supply â€" it doesn‘t leave a lot for the civilian / Figure it out for yourself. It takes 5,250,000 gallons of gasoline to fuel 5,000 bombers and fighters for a mission over Germany. It takes enough oil for one fueling of a battleship to heat an average house for 350 years. It takes 18,000 gallons of gasoline to keep one armoured division on the move for one hour. From petroleum and petroleum gases we obtain the gasoline and fuels needed to power planes and ships and tanks as well as the raw material for acetone, ammonia and toluol for exâ€" plosives, organic chemitals for anâ€" aesthetics, naphthas for camouflage paints and plastics and resins for war weapons production. Promotion Results â€"Continued from page 1 Joyee Melvor; Betty Madill. Glenn Chandler, Ruth Cabell. June Pénder. Verna Andrews. Mnrzuot» Willey. Har 1;”0 n School, §.S. No. 31, North York, Room 3. Teacher, Mrs. Violet: E. Harrison. Promotion > from Grade 5 to Grade 6. Honours: Lorraine â€" Allen. Wilfrid Chard. Audrey Down. Joan Pender. Alice Majury. Patsy Andréws. Barbara Gunstone. Billy Reed. George Barefoot. Aldona Bulagis. Donald Bunn. ° Billy Bain. Passed: Deanne Lawrence. Donald Ross. Stanley Smith, Teddy Martin. Louis Lorens. Lawrence McCartney. John Smith. Phyllis Brown. Nancy Hines, Récortmended : Clarence Cook. Hardington School, S.S. No. 21 North York. Room 8. Teacher Mrs. Violet E. Harrison. Promotion from Grade 6 to Grade 7. .Honours: Sheila Brewster. Lucille Reay, Ruth ‘Hook. Jacqueline <Groves. Jimmi¢ Pénder. Brian Patterson. RHarold Stankaiti Tomm: l'lmlg:u. Lois C’ln!m a o n aPgn PA 1 § Grade 3 to Grave 4, honours: Lois Cannon. _ Barbara Majury Cordon Miier JOHN A. MeCONNELL WESTON ELECTRIC & MAINTENANCE 1d MOTORâ€"WINDING â€" PYROMETERS â€" AUTOMATIC Weston 452â€"R CONTROLS â€" TOOL AND DIE REPAIRS â€"â€" PRODUCTION ENGINEERING Elsmere Avenue, Westonâ€"Toronto 15 maotine on fitl ofl vasge, Eveey quien ine or oil usage. Every ;emun do without here at home is one gallon more for the fighting men. And they need every galion they can get. Two full of line rationing mdv‘dfix;; oire%rglotxof‘i.: Cu;uh have sa 3,000, o fuoliu and 175 million glfi:n;oo‘f oilâ€"a total saving of 568,000,000 gallons of petroleum products. Yet, despite this SETIURY MEBw DMERR VD O oSITC NC Canada, as of March 3ist, this year, were 55,000,000 gallons less than at the commencement of rationing, April 1, 1942. f Oilhuamifihtywuiobwdoâ€"yet supplies are short and are constantly dwindling. Oil powers the attack on every front. Oil can mean the difference light casualty lists and heavy. Oil is vital ammuniâ€" tion â€" not to be wasted, not to be needliessly, frivolously spent. Answering Your Questions ahout the Gasoline Shortage W hat are Canada‘s total y‘t? ree xm‘rmnm of motor gasolime? . . . pproximately noofioo.ooo gal lons. Do these requirements have to cover both military and tivilian needs? . . . Yes. Why cannot this supply be increased? . . . Because total hemispheric ;&plh are in adequate to meet both the coldssal g:‘g:&"ndâ€"{a‘d' ;a‘"vfl:; needs. ete is not enoug re are not enough tmakers, l::l‘ofl How ;ucb ;l'hd . zm oll:; m w +3 .‘z_{nly_ 1;; Why can‘t this home production be increased? . . . Every effort is being made to: do so. Mare new wells are boin.hdflllod orm rr-dfindfilllnrt in at any in the history of Western Canada, but we have yet to find a new Turner Valley. War does not wait THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 194 . Ken McCartney. f Stanley Scott. , Hardington School} 8.!.«1!0. m North York, Room 4. Teacher, Balfour R.%nl‘luw. o Promotions from Grade T to Grade 8. Honors: Carol Best. Allan Chard. Passed: > Norman Bunn. June Chandler. * Don Chard. Carol Hfilel‘ Doreen Majury. Norman Miller. Edna O‘Dell. Herbert Scott. ‘ George Stephenson. Grade 8 results will be réleased by the entrance board. Mrs. Sarah Doherty Is Now 85 Years Old Greatâ€"grandmother of three chilâ€" dren, Mrs. Sarah Doherty celebratâ€" / ed her 85th birthday at the home of her dauihber, Mrs. J. Norris of 8 Weston, where she now resides, _ Formerly Sarah Strdchan, she was â€" born near London, Ont., of Stottish parents, and married in 1878. (In * 1882 she moved to Toronto, where‘â€" she lived for 58 years. L o A tank was at sea in a landinj craft off New Britain when uvura troopâ€"laden Juianese barges were seen. The tank crew °§:Md fire nnl:l sank one and patrol boats sank others. c Mateate® Stephenso m s aonere "Thotises:. Jack Miller. Fred Kainz. Recommended: Heather McFarlane. Marie Weir Alex. Bain. Telephone: Zone 4â€"557 & ~No. _ Teacher, * ie T to 2 £ 1t i 4 xb i mt &