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' 9* figs; A. _ f 1- : 'g c ‘ ' -: 3" c" . ‘. y. ‘3 ‘ I . Legion Favors Cbmmunity Hall As War Memorial At its regular meeting in the Dur- ham Armories Tuesday night, the local branch of the Canadian Legion went on record as being in favor of the erection of a memorial community hall as a war memorial. and passed a reso- lution to this effect which will be for- warded to the secretary of the local rehabilitation committee for their con- sideration. Although not the most important matter to come before the meeting, the matter of a memorial to , LL A-A mhn IIIWU IIIG, 051C Ilauvuv. our fallen soldiers and Io those who have served in the active forces during World War II was perhaps the most '-â€"Aâ€"-- JanAAA .n the gathering. It was brou ter Club. the I.O.D.E., Red Cross sum .11: as other organizations would get in linel Ptc and show both the town council and ;for 2 the rehabilitation committee that at ’xtbe 0‘ least somebody is behind this postâ€"war i will scheme. and that something more ' " ‘Thlll Lorne Armstrong. self the Roosevelt of the lesion. but who had done a wonderful job in his position. was re-elected president. He spoke briefly to the meeting. and while . he accepted the position for another 18:1: 3 year. expressed his desire to retire. He told the meeting that the Legion must ' prob hold together ' until the boys of the 3 only present war came home. and aid them a 99 II in getting back into civilian life. He ; tmue pointed out that the success of the ‘, tion Legion could not be attained without: the help. of the comrades as a whole. i in 3 everything considered. There were now Ital: upwards of 75 members. and the mem. I a st bership is still growing. There were It‘s seven new applications in Tuesday T1 night. and twO were initiated. by '1 President Armstrong described the;and Legion as a service club. a club whose the aim was to look after veterans in dis- s With tress. and was not for any personal,t0u£ gain for those who could look afterflrm themselves. The Legion was already have a power in the land. and would have tota more influence when the war was over? "’lQ and the boys now overseas returnedllha1 home. He referred to the past year! T] as a banner year for the local body.’1'f‘aC with the dedication of their colors. the 'bPI‘ largest Remembrance Day service inience the town's history. a good attendanceithe .at the monthly meetings. and a gener- I ing ' ‘ AL -1. l Dn v al interest among the comrades that would mean more success in the future. The Poppy Dav collection this year surpassed all previous years. which showed that the public was behind the Legion, a confidence it would ,have to work to maintain. He wanted sufz‘IPs- tions at every meeting and lots of constructive criticism. as this was ne- cessary if the Legion was to retain the public goodwill. ‘ - - ~â€" L‘â€" - --_1_~ President, L. Armstrong: lst Vice- President. Harry Falkingham: 2nd Vice-President. Dr. Campbell; Secre- tary. W. Cornwall. Treasurer. Stanley Falkingham; Pensions Secretary H. C. McKechnie; Chaplain; Rev. R. S. Jones; Sergeant-at-Arms. D.M. Saun- ders; Executive (blunmee, the Offi- cars and '1‘. Stewart. A. S. Hastie. CH. Darling. M. Aljoe and EH. MacDon- ald: Auditors, on. Datum. A. Hay. boys acknowledging "91:80! cigar- ettes. naturally most acce hie. _Qne ettes. naturally mo'st acceptable. One recipient had not r'eodved anything from home for more than ten weeks but the Legion parcels all seemed to get through. This was indeed a tri- bute to this branch 01 the Legion. The meeting decided on something different this year in the way of the installation of. officers. Next month a result installatim ceremony will be held. when it is expected refreshinmts VII be met) 1!}.8_'.ffm to set as womm 9°53“ The officers elected for the coming 78â€"NO. 4048 We had a short call Wednesday | :morning from Pte. G. A. McBride or! Ethe Ottawa Cameron Highlanders. He lwith his wife, the former Alma Rob-l 'inson of Glenelg, and young daughter, Iare visiting with Mr. and Mrs. R. C. .Robinson in Glenelg. ' Pte. McBride enlisted in October of .was taken to hospital in England for 'treatment, and his nurse in the Eng- glish hospital was Nursing Sister Jean Erwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. iErwin of town. Pte. McBride was in- ‘valided home to Canada, and arrived 1 ‘about two weeks ago on the Lady i Pte. McBride can tell you in few words what he thinks of blood plasma in the front line. His word for this iplasma is “indispensable”, and he says that had it not been for blood plasma, used on the battlefield, he would not now be in Canada. He told us of the .use of this drug right in the front line iand how some of the wounded were atreated in slit trenches and later in- !valided to hospital in England. Had I there been no blood plasma, there 'would be thousands more of those lit- tle white crosses in the cemeteries in Holland, Belgium, Normandy, Italy, and other theatres of war. 1- 3-15-:41‘ Ever shoe the blood donor clinics were started in Durham the Chronicle has strongly advocated all those who are physically able and within the age limit, to give their blood for service overseas. Heretofore, most of our in- formation on the efficiency of blood plasma has been what we have been told or have read. Now we have some first hand information that convinces us more than ever that the donating of blood at these clinics is one of the most inlportant angles in winning the ' “If this war ever ends. troops of the ‘First Canadian Armored Brigade are =probably going to be able to lay the .only just claim to having been involv- ; ed in more fighting and in longer con- ;tinuous action than any other forma- ition of the Canadian Arrny." - â€"- _ __L an.“ vvoac. v--vv~-â€"â€"_ . After being wountiedfi Pte. McBride was given four blood transfusions and it is to these he attributes the fact that he is alive , today. _-‘- “AA,- Pte. McBride said there was neec‘. for all the blood plasma that could .be obtained. and it is hoped this story will increase the blood donors at the Durham and District Blood Clinic on Thursday of next week. Previous to enlistment, Mr. and Mrs. McBride lived at Harriston. 11L VLâ€"L Llixâ€"IKVV ‘ To give some idea of what they have; .been doing The Maple Leaf gives somel particulars. They supported Indian? and British troops in the smashing ofg the Gustav Line between Cassino and? the Liri River. In this 14 days they! .were out of the line only three days; lOn up the Liri Valley highway from 'Cassino to Rome. passing through for sthe final assault on the Italian capi- 1tal early in June. They took part in| the pursuit of the Hun northward andl lfrom there moved on toward Florence} lin late July and early August. aidingl iin driving the Germans back through the hills into the Arno Valley. ’ Since then the tanks have been tre- i mendously handicapped by the type of country north of Florence. Despite all this they have continued to give sup- port to the infantry. The Tank Lads have surely had a tough contract, have seen a lot of » service and are still carrying on after : 15 months of the worst kind of scrap- L ping. getting into action where there . are no roads, and wading through a . country where the terrain is one big mudhole and navigation difficult. I l UJUII V. 0.-» vw--v‘v“v The above is the opening paragraph in an article in The Maple Leaf, offl- cial Canadian Armed Forces paper in Italy, written by Lieut. H. J. Agnew, L‘Aâ€" L-nn‘3“n'0 Canuck Tank Corps Has'Tough Job “"~-J, v a staff writer. under the heading: It’s Just a Habit With Tank Lads.” The Maple Leaf was sent from Italy by Tpr. W. McGirr. to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McGirr of town. and the article tells of 15 months scrapping have had to be content with a grand total of seven days’ leave and a rare “48”~-and some haven’t even had that .L_‘_ ‘ll‘ilo The boys expect to be at it until they reach Berlin. and at the end of Octo- ber they were battling north of Flor- ence Where they have been backing up AAAâ€"Aâ€"I “no-k -. .v vuâ€"v the British and, Ihdian infantry push- ing through the Apennines toward the '4 LL“- Ln..- .5 VO. -Uwv-- Po valley. On top of all this they have been 0.0ng things tank troops were never expected to do: 1A---- ENJOYED VISIT HERE DURHAM, MAILING LISTS CORRECTED LOOK AT YOUR LABEL: We would draw especial attention this week to our mailing lists. They have been corrected up to Monday night, Dec. 4, and any money paid in, or that should please let us know. . We correct our mailing lists the last week in each month. Another reason for calling your attention to your label is that the WPTB order is__still in forge and JerSey Breeders Hold Meeting The Jersey Breeders of South Bruce and South Grey held their annual banquet and annual meeting in the Hanover Inn on Thursday, November 30, when thirty-four ladies and gen- tlemen sat down to a chicken dinner, which was enjoyed by all and was followed by a sing song. The president of the Club, Mr. Har- ry Tanner, called on Mr. G. E. Pent- land to address the meeting on his trip to Florida. Mr. Gear, Agricultural representative for Bruce and Mr. Dal- nymple, assistant agricultural repre- sentative of Grey, also Dr. Cook, field man of the Ontario Jersey Club, who spoke on pedigree and secret balloting at the annual meeting._ The following is the slate of officers for 194:): Presndent, Harry Tanner; First Vice-President, Carl Bender; Se- retary, George Gear; Treasurer, Wal- ter Ferguson; Directors, Albert-Ruegg, W. G. Bayley, Amos Millhausen, J.R. Johnston, R. Jackson; Directors ap- pointed to attend the annual meeting in Toronto, Carl Bender and Walter Ferguson. Week of Prayer Plans Completed Plans were completed this week for the holding of the annual week of prayer. The observation of the week in Durham will take the form of week-night meetings, commencing on Monday, January 8 and continuing until Friday, January 12. The pro- gramme to be followed is the one sug- gested by the Department of Evan- gelism of the newly formed Canadian Council of Churches. UV“.-v-- ---v-_ -- Following is a list of the place of each meeting, the speaker and his sub- ject: Mon. Jan. 8â€"Trinity Anglican, Rev. A. W. March, “The Name of God". Tues, Jan. 8, Durham Presbyter- ian, Rev. R. S. Jones, "The Kingdom and God’s Will”. "Wed.“Jfiinlo, Foursquare Church, Rev. J. M. VVaId, “Dailv Bleag”. 1" Us 1' 9 CV. L . .__-_--_ Thursday, Jan. 11. Baptist Church, Rev. W. W. Howes, "Forgiveness”. Friday, Jan. 12, Knox United. Rev. P. W. MacInnes, “Deliverance" The minister of the church in which the meeting is held will pre- side and he will select such other ministers as he requires to assist. him. Going forward to the young peo- ple’s organizations of the churches is an invitation to join in the week of prayer, especially on Monday night, which in many churches is the night for youth meetings. 'Vul\., u\.-. ~‘â€" -._:“:..‘A‘. we cannot legally carry subscrib- ers more than three months in arrears. After the first of the year we are removing all names more than three months in arrears. 5"‘ vav-- â€"-____ . It was Egreed that each minister should deal with the subject of prayer in his own church on the Sunday preceding the week. DI’RHAM DISTRICT L.O.L. WELCOME!) MEMBER HOME home-coming for Brother Sergeant. Douglas Johson in Varney lodge rooms on Wednesday evening of last week. when eighty-two ladies and gentlemen paid tribute to the returned soldier of three and one half years of active ser- vice overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Douglas were called to the front and the latter placed in a 'decorated chair by Bro. Clarence Gordon and Bro. Walter Fer- guson. An address was read by Bro. James Ferguson. U“ \;u \‘-h“vvvâ€"â€" Bro. Reuben Watson acted as chair- man and called on the audience to sing Home Sweet Home”. Short addresses were given by Rev. R. S. Jones, Mr. Earl Matthews, Mr. Robert Whitmore, Mr. Thomas Whitmore and others. Sgt. Johnson gave an interesting talk on his sojourn in Africa. Lunch was served and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. BLOOD CLINIC NEXT THURSDAY There are a lot of people who were always going to plant a tree where it was needed. But they never did. Once a tree is planted you can for- get it, it will go on growing night and day and the period of hesitancy, regret, etc. is over. , .1 _.__.A. MI...-nnfln\r “A- 1-CBICI’, by». AH vv-â€"- Give your blood next Thursday, De- cember 14 and that'will be like a tree planted. Perhaps you wish that you had given a year ago, but that’s like the tree not planted. The blood you give on Thursday you can forget a- bout but it still will be in time to save ONTARIO, CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1944 a life. as a 'new donor. OVERSEAS w Mrs. Donald McQueen re- ceived worgl this week that their son, Gnr. Ronald Wen: safely overseas. The Durham District 14.0.11. held J. B. Duffield or Mr. will gladly receive your C.C.F° To Contest Grey-Bruce Riding At a nomination meeting heldd in Durham town hall Thursday of last week, Alfred Sachs of Brant Township, 43-year-old farmer, received a unani- mous nomination to contest the Fed- eral riding of Grey-Bruce at the next election, expected to be held in 1945. or sooner. His opponents are John Grierson, farmer, of Bentinck Town- .shiap, Homive Conservative, and Major Walter E. Harris, Markdale. sitting Liberal member. HOVUVOOD â€". Others nominated were Miss Helen’ Carefoot, who contested South Grey for the CCF at the last PrOvincial e1- ection, Dr. R. L. Carefoot, Markdale, Rev. Mr. McCulloch of Chesley, Jacob Lantz of Mildmay, W. Meyer of Neu- stadt, William Ford of Hanover and Hugh Bailey of Dundalk. All retired and left the field to Mr. Sachs. At the speaking which followed, it was natural that “the two old parties” were severely criticised. The chief speaker was Prof. E. A. Havelock, as- sociate professor of classics and re- ligious knowledge, Victoria Cellege, University of Toronto, who addressed the gathering at some length. Truck-Car Accident Yesteray Morning Yesterday morning about 10 o’clock a truck belonging to R. Campbell of town, and loaded with lumber, and a car owned and driven by Victor Arnett of Glen'elg, were in collision at the overhead bridge east of town. The truck was driven by Herb Renwick. The truck was proceeding west to the Durham Furniture Co. and the “L AA UQOV ~_---vâ€" __ _ car going east when the accident oc- curred. The overhead bridge is a dan- ger spot, as the visibility is poor, and yesterday the road was icy in addition with the result that it was hard to bring the machines to a halt. There ‘â€" - LL- Ln..-" ““u v. ' v UV v--- v The only one injured in the accident was Prosper Porter of Glenelg, a pas- senger, who had his nose cut open and the bone broken when he was thrown against the windshield. A. ‘- â€"‘- _-‘A‘- was "about $100 damage and $175 to the_ car. On Thursday morning of last week an accident occurred at the Glenelg- Egrernont town line south of town when cars belonging to Melville Harrison and Goldie Wilson were in collision. The cars were returning from a dance at Varney, with Harrison in the lead. He had slowed down to turn right at the town line, when the Wilson car ran into him and putting him into the ditch. According to the police Wilson applied his brakes. but the wheels skidded on the ice and he could not stop. Damage to the Harrison car was estimated at $15. and that to the Wil- son machine around $100. “Vb. ---â€"vâ€"â€"---â€" wâ€" _ -â€" On November 27 two Egremont cars were in collision. James Shand was returning from taking his child- ren to school, and when passing Thos. Watson’s gateway. a car driven by Gordon'Watson came out the drive- way and the two collided. The Shand car received aporoximatelv $20 dam- age and the Watson car 375. It is al- leged that willows: growing along the highway obstructec‘: the View and nei- ther driver saw the other in time to avert the collision. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Robertson of' o Goderich were fatally injured at Lon- TOW“ counCll Held don last week when their car was in collision with an army truck at a Last Nleeting Of Year street intersection. Mr. Robertson wasL killed instantlv and Mrs. Robertson! . (“Ed (‘9er 119?“ mornine. ' The last regular 1944 meeting of Ml’- RODBI‘tSOU. 40. 1'3"»: 51 lPWGllel‘ ‘d‘v‘ . Durham town council was held Mon- the Huron Countv canital. and servedfday night, the evening being taken up his RDW‘mUCt‘ShiD With J- S. Davey,i mostly with routine business. The well-known Bentinck farmer. and a ‘finance committee passed accounts former jeweller. in Goderich in 1911, amounting to $993.10, fire and “gm and was with him for four years. Mr. $302.07, property $26.73. board of works Robertson was overseas in the last $116.46 and welfare $10.56. 3.11 were war. saw considerable service. and ordered paid. Arrangements were returned home without injury. He made for the holding of nominations started his present. business after Mr. on December 21 and if necessary an Davey sold out. _ election on January 1. -___--I-.. -LAL-cd-nmv mnnf‘hn‘ hf fhp 1-- ‘ -.2_:LAA . Fatal] Accident At London UG'LJ u Mr. and fiI-s. Robertson had visited with Mr. and Mrs. Davey this summer. Last Friday evening. about one hundred friends and neighbours of Pte. Howard Grierson. gathered in Varney Hall to honour him before his return to Camp Borden. At an appro- priate time Mr. Frank Murdock, the chairman, called on Ernest Murdock to read an address and Elmer and Vernon Noble presented Howard with a military wrist watch. Howard re- plied in a few well chosen words. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing to music supplied by the Sharpe orchestra. - Mrs. Mary Barber, former Junior Room Teacher in Grades 1, II, II, for three years, who has been teaching in Junior Room of the Rodney School in Elgin County, Grades I and II. since The Neighborhood Borrower appears baffled by that no -type waffle iron which prints the owner ’3 DURHAM SOLDIER HONOURED TORONTO, Dec. 6 (CP) â€"- Ontario's present highway system compares fa- vorably with any other part of Canada but it will be improved greatly in the Ontario Highways Second To None Vuv .v -â€"- w- post-war years. Premier Drew told the Automotive Transport Association of Ontario that the government has a five-year plan of postar highway construction which contemplates an expenditure of approximately $250 millions. In addition, the provincial department of highways is planning for joint action with municipalities by which obsolete county and township bridges will be_ replaced: __‘-_-_ --“ ’Au Ullubvu "u. Ivy nvrâ€"â€"'-_- Mr. Drew said present plans call for improvement of existing highways. construction of new roads. elimination of many level crossings and new devel- opment of highways into the tourist. lumbering and mining areas of On- tario. He predicted that the plan would make commercial and private trucking possible on a scale never known before and would lay the foundation for a vast post-war development of agricul- aure, industry. tourist traffic, mining \ i and forest resources. The premier said farmers, workers in the cities and towns and people liv- ing throughout the north would bEne- fit tremendously by adequate high- ways connecting them with other communities. The Ontario Department of Plan- ning and Development has been mak- ing a number of surveys into the pos- sibilities of posts-war projects. The deputy minister of the department. Dr. G. B. Langford said at Toronto that these investigations have re- vealed a backlog of building prOjects which will keep the province’s con- struction industry busy for a minimum of ten years. .. A_L__“ -\.vâ€"-uv '--"' w 'A. Allcut of the University of Toronto who terms "inherently unsound" fuel isavers and “new" carburettors that 'would allow a car to run for hours on a gallon of gasoline. In an address to the Automotive Transport Association .at Toronto, Professor Ailmt said Meal onuld be hard to replace in car bodies. and termed transparent roofs and curved windows as “artists" oar ; dreams. vvno The deputy minister said Ontario was formulating a “10-year-pian” and it was the hope of the department that by the time the war ends the communities of the province will have assembled a great mass of plans for all manners of projects. It is proposed to arrange the needed projects in or- der of priority so that they can be spaced over the ten years. Ontario’s Game and Fisheries De- partment may have its own plans as a part of its protective service after the war. This possibility was advanc- ed by Provincial Secretary Dunbar. who is also Minister of Game and Fisheries, in an address to the North Bay and District Fish and Game Pro- tective Association. He predicted a great influx of tourists in Northern Ontario in the post-war era and since many would come by air. the depart- ment would need its own air service to deal with them.‘ Plans were being laid to provide returned soldiers with game ward-ens' posts and returning air force men with jobs as pilots in the proposed Game and Fisheries air service. The post-war era may bring manv developments into the everyday life of Canadians, but 200 miles to the gallon automobiles won’t be among them. At least that's the word of Professor E. blk LILIUAA v.- vw--â€"-~_ d The regular statutory meeting of the council will be held on the 15th of this month to clear up the year’s bus- iness and leave the town affairs in readiness for the incoming cpuneil. unhoovâ€"aâ€" . _ Whether there will be an election or not is not known at this time. We have heard rumors, but no action has been taken. However. in the past the rate- payers have moved fast at nomination time and may do so again. . W. H. Hunter of Egremont has re- ceived word that his son, Keith Hunter. with the RCAF in Newfoundland, had been successful in his examinations and is now a Pilot Officer. We extend congratulations. A Mrs. J. E. Cain received word on Wednesday from Ottawa, that her se- cond son, Pte. J. E. Cain had been slightly wounded in action in Italy.. telegram contained no other informa- tion except that details would follow when available. Miss Laura Lucas ox buruuu, v“... has been engaged by the Public School Board as teacher of grade one, owing woman IN ITALY dowed by more spectacular events in other theatres, the war in Burma may yet become one of the most import. ant in which the United Nations m Weekly War Commentary lied su'ccess throughout the orient. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten said recently : “The front on which we are at pre- sent fighting in Burma extends some 700 miles and is second only in length Spechlly Written for the cum to the Russian front. It is the hard land crust which protects the Japan- ese conquests in China and Indo- China. It is Japan’s land route to In- dia and, more important. the Allies' land route to China. Both offensively and defensively, Japan has strained and is straining every nerve to hold Allied operations in Burma have al- ready achieved three prime objectives: All efforts by the Japanese to invade India have been smashed; north Bur- maâ€"one sixth of the countryâ€"has been liberated; and the road from In- dia to China is on the point of being opened, which will take the pressure off the air transport service and en- able a much greater volume of heavy supplies to be sent to China “over the hump." What is the future of Burma in the Allied far east strategy? Is Burma the springboard for a major land of- fensive against the Japanese powerâ€" one of several thrusts designed to cut off Japan from her southern conquests â€"or is it a dead end? Surely the an- swer is “Neither". Burma Important Bane It is scarcely conceivable that a full- scale Anglo-American-Chinese offen- sive against the Japanese in China could be supplied by the Burma road plus air transport service. Moreover, there is a growing ‘danger that the new Japanese offensive in southwest China may deprive the Allies of the best route from Burma to Chungking and may even threaten Chungking it- self. In that. case all the effort which has gone into the making of the Ledo Road may turn out to have been in vain. Although now frequently oversha- But Burma is a country of nearly 17,000,000 inhabitants who have every claim to be (Islix'crec’. from Japanese oppression, and it is a country of rich natural resources which must be made available to the world at large, as they were before the Japanese occu- pat ion. ! Pacific 'bases, and the Japanese are concerned about. it. That tact was de- :monstrated when radio Tokyo broad. tion there is vital to Al- MM ”4 -__---_|_-..A. 4L- Ant-..‘ and Malaya are an integral part of the vast Allied task of crushing the Ja- panese menace beyond recovery with- in the forseeable future. Finally, and most important of all, it is essential that the Japs should be driven out lock, stock and barrel, lest any sort of continued footing;r in Bur- ma or adjacent countries provide them with the means for eventually resum- ing the march to the domination of the far east. The news was better from the China theatre at the week-end. The Chinese High Command announced the cap- ture of the highly-important Burma road town of Chefang in Yunnan pro- Vince. The town is one of two Burma road communities which had been held by the Japanese and the re- maining town, Wanting. is only 24 miles from the most advanced Chi- nese positions. Presumably a drive will Tokyo Stunt All“! -"â€"' _ The air war in the Pacific has been steeped up considerably with the suc- cessful Allied invasion of the Philip- By mount. O'IIABA Canadian Press Butt Writer of civilization" s‘