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1 ttjtie jvrfcottt jfrtt press sixtyninth voir no 14 acton ontario thursday september 30h mm1 lichi homeprint pages five cent weekly war commentary tta aisjast wve nm h john o soott hitler appears to have anally brok en his back in russia in fact the black mud spreading out from the banks of the dnieper river may well bury the military ambitions of the little corpora who tried to out- napoleon napoleon with near sue- however the summer surge of the red army menu to have killed the but hope for success the german dictator may have had battered by the blows of the powerful russians and rolled back to almost the last gmkttffm barrier in the east be tween the fortress of europe and stalins soldiery the nazi army ap pears to be facing a new kind of dun- kerque without an raf or royal navy to extricate it and as the russians battered at the defences of the 300mlle dnelper front the naxfs admitted they had evacuated another great russian base smolensk on the central front 230 miles west of moscow it fall meant the onrushlng soviet armies had snapped the backbone of german de fence at the central pivot of the 1200mlle battle line no longer can german propagand ists claim that tho withdrawal from the heart of russia was either plan ned or orderly the dash of the russianled hordes for the doubtful safety of the dnieper river defence line seemed to be a rout the big question now is how long jean the germans hold that unet on that probably hlnces the course of the wars immediate future should it break with the- first run- alan assault only a few buffer states stand between the rod army and a valley thoroughfare leading into the heart of hitlers fortress the nazis might even be forced to retreat to within tttelr own boundaries to carry the war on from there line may hold but the big possibility is that on line built for just such an enter- behcy with typical teutonic foresight and thoroughness will hold nt least temporarily giving the still powerful and warwise german urmy a chance to get its second wind this combined with the rapidly approach ing winter may slow up the red army drive and give hitler a breath er in which to htnbllxe thoeostern front for a few months at loast this would immediately have its effect on allied operation in italy with the russian front frozen alr power and perhaps even ground forces could be transferred to the mediterranean theatre to fact- the british canadians and ameilcun not only would thut muke tho going infinitely tougher for the troops that are at present painfully slug ging their way up the italian- boot but would also prolong ttt operatlonu that are going so wel the fall of smolensk will make the holding of the dnelper line much mora difficult for the nails and be sides the road to the great timber and dnlryresaurces of tho germnn- occcupled baltic states of lithuania latvia and estonia becomes much more vulnerable the great bases toss also threatens communications between the german armies to the north and the nazis troops in the south smolensk is the hub for live rail i lines and served as hitlers head quarters in the illfated drive on mos cow in 1941 as a keystone citadel it was guarded by a bristling series of defences which had been in nazi hands since july 6 1d41 and once pretty september wedding saturday in knox church knox rtesbyterian church acton decorated with gladioli and asters was the scene of a lovely wedding on saturday september 2mb at three oclock when donalda jean elder daughter of mr and mrs george a mcphall- was united in marriage to howard joseph elder son of mrs swltxer and the late mr george herbert swltxer reverend forbes thomson officiated assisted by rev erend j culnn of iondon the bride given in marriage by her father wore a white floor length gown of triple sheer over taffeta it was fashioned with a long waist a oh no there is no hustle in just issuing a weekly newspapermen who work on daily papers art often heard to express the wish that some day tliey may acquire a weekly newspaper where they can get away from the speed and grind of issuing a paper on definite dally schedules its been ojir privilege to work on both dally and weekly news papers but mostly on weeklies the newspaperman who hopes to leave behind the hustle and rush when he enters the weekly field has a mistaken conception of issuing weekly newspaper under the present or any other circumstances take last week for example at the fsss vmtam office there was the usual preparation of getting the typeset and the issue ready with all the fair news full gathered skirt and a sweetheart w wm lbe engraving neckline her veil was linger tip held fof the front du o rriw m most strongly fortified cities in eu rope meanwhjle the onrushlng russian v ere fast approaching kiev german held key centre in the ukraine the fall of which was expected moment arily russian occupation of the ukraine capital would provide the soviets with a major base for their tjnleper river operations italy battle overshadoued momentarily overshadowed by the red armys spectacular victories al lied armies n italy were battling their way towards naples as the week began lt gen mark w clark united states 5th army v as fighting its way onto hills looking down on the plains of naples the germans entrenched in the mountains north of salerno were aided in defence by difficult terrain and demolitions meanwhile the 12000man germnn garrison on the island of corsica in the mediterranean appeared doomed as french army troops aided by pa triots and aome american rangers continued to squeeze the nazis into an evertightening corner in the northeast section of the island nasi air fleets attempting- to rescue the survivors of the beleagured gar- continued on page eight by a sprig of white bouvardia she carried a bouquet of red roses and white bouvardia and her only orna ment was a gold locket and bracelet the gift of the groom miss margaret mcphall was her sisters bridesmaid her dress was street length of dutky pink silk jer sey styled on the same pattern as the brides she carried a bouquet of yellow roses little mlshes joyce allan and louise scott cousin of the bride were ring bearers they wore blue ilk jersey drevses trimmed with white lace fashioned similar to t he brides and carried the ring in a red velvet box on a white satin cushion both the rlnghearers and the brides maid wore shoulder length veils the same shade as their dresses petty officer george swltzer r c n v t of edmonton win his brothers groomsman kerwln mc phall brother of the bride and k1- wood johnston were ushers before tho ceremony misses doris and hazel wilson sang o perfect love and nell mcphall of camp- hcltvlllc sang through the years during tho signing of the register ted hansen of the royal canadian signal con ployed the wedding muslr following the cer mony a rec ptlon una held nt the brides home re ceiving with the wedding part were the hrldes mother ucurlng n navy twopiece street length drew with matching necessaries and a corsage of rwi rahchuds and the grooms mother wearing a navy rcdlngotc dreks with matching acceurh s and a corsage of talisman roses and bou vardia luncheon won served by seven of the brides friends misses doris nnd hazel wilson helena mc phall lois easterhrook nancy mc millan frances dills nnd mrs geo wallace after the rctcptlon mr nnd mrs swltzer loft amid showers of confetti for a motor trip to eastern ontario for travelling the bride wore a crystal blue twopiece wool suit with chocolate brown accessories on their vet urn they will reside on the grooms farm nt acton main street guixy on beardmore property killed and levelled that gully on main street on tho bcardmore co property just at tho foot of the cemeterv hill has been greatly improved by tilling and level ling the past few weeks for some time the hole which in the spring had quite a surface of water was being filled in but progress was slow the past few weeks hundreds of truck loads of good clean soil have been tilled in and the gully is now on the road level and a splendid im provement to this section on toronto consumer tonvlcted of boarding sugur coffee ten und canned foods was given u months auu uue lprlson sentence and fined 5100 was termed by hitler as one of the special attention of correspondents and contributors owing to a help shortage and lutlonlng of paper which means curtailing space the fske psess will not be able to publish pres- ntutlon addreues as ha been the custom in the past please do not mlsiontrue this change we wnnl in your cor respondence and from contribu tors reports of presentations just as in the post only omit the address accompanying the presentation from the report this rule will be applicable after this issue we regret that this is necessar but know readers will understand the reason and in all fairness it must apply to all copy please send lb your item regarding the presentations as usual but omit the address in detail that usual ly accompanies the presenta tion thursday morning at the latest the malt and express deliveries were all made and no engraving a telephone call to the city gave the information that it had not been received in time to make delivery on thursday well theres a story behind that too when we yecelved our fair pic tures from the photo finisher on monday night they had not all turn ed out well that had necessitated taking another picture on tuesday morning and sending the negatives to the engravers and trusting that we had results this second time that had caused the delay to the en graven in the llrst instance but thursday morning and no engraving and the mall trains all in for the day presented another prob lem in the telephone conversation it was agreed to have it ready in hamilton at two oclock fortun ately not only the editors wife but the editors son can drive the family car an1 an tarly dinner and n rather bumpy ride av r no 23 landed the engraving in the office nt his on thursday afternoon it lit in the space that had leen estimated for it nnd the paper were on sale as umjtil shortly after four oclock nnd nil in the post office at tt10 that evening and if the dally man still wants to have the tranquility of the weekly newspaper or hu days of retirement ue can tell him that this article nnd several more in this issue were never written nt all but were compawd ns the editor operated the linotype machine i her scope for versatil ity in the weekly field anyway we might also tidd that on thurs day there was a power interruption that delayed tho tync kettlng ma chine for tin hour mrs geo waijlace entertains in honor of itrhe on monday everting scptcmler 20 miks donalda mcphnll u bride of this week was plenuintly surprised nt the home of mrs geo wallace by about twenty friends who t ndered her n very lovely kitchen shower 1 ho evening was spent in contests nnd bingo tho bride being winner of one of tho blngo game was then presented with a huge wedding cake in the bottom lnycmf which were tho gifts and a lovely corkage of sweetpeas after the gifts had been ojtcned n dainty lunch was served by the hostess those in attendance included miss fclva pearen mrs f j peuren mrs calvin alt ken miss edna altkon mrs jesse wnrdluw mrs hobt stewart mlbs mary young miks mar garet mcphnll mm geo a mcphall mrs g h swltxer mrs a young mrs blng itumkdcn miss alice mc- cnllum miss annie allken mrs b wilson mrs wallace mr geo wal lace mr howard swltxer and mr jchm wardlaw community sale chief topic ot service league navy leajrue ffaiard 103 on ta lay ilai to send 75 inuy bass details of the annual community auction liale occupied much of the attention of the meeting of acton and vicinity war ix rvlcw league last thursday evening kate of the sate was arranged for the second thurs day in october and a meeting of all friends and helpers from town and district for this evening was arrang ed ttw treasurer reported receipt of luo from i ok side ctuipter of the look and mrs ale mann on he lm if of the victory club turned in u 45 the proceeds from tlie sale ot their qui it dlsbursment were t1740h largely for the monthly quota of cigarettes mr tloulton on behalf of tlie acton branch of the navy league reported that the local group planned ta sup ply 7s ditty luitfs for the merchant marine the approximate cost of math hug wuu 4 the league had ritlwed 103 on tin ir lucky draw and were planning ta hold a blngo and snored concert ijeut nursing sinter jcatje young was reported us arriving ov rseas and her nante was added to the ov rseas list to rcnlve regular shipments lite t tiiry reported some dlf- luulths encountered in ucurlng sut- pllew for the ovitmiim itoxctt i tat ton ing und shortages on scv rul items planned had required cancellation of some of the it his tills applied to the twolb cans of honey which had imhii ordered but were not delivered iwfore the rationing order took ef fect mkr jt it adamson elected president of mmendly cihcie meeting on tuewlny nleht nt the home of mrs ivan harrlu the young ludlcg frh nd ly circle leclcd officers for tho ear mrs adamcon presided ami the following officers w re duly ciiom n president mrs j adnnikon vicepresident muu france h dills trniiirei mrs w g culkn secrelary miwj ertnu wllderspln group lendersmrs klnrcad mrs jennlni mm richardson mimi kuie gordon mrs harris mrs lean mrs f keutner miss emm wlldcrtipln plniiut mltui kme gordon ashltrinnt pianist miss doris wll- win vltilting committee miks m z renin it mrs rlchnrduon miks dora lnmliert curtain monitor miss helen slmpunn mrs j k gardiner plans were made for holding a bnnar anil tea in octhltcr friends gather at uirtiiday party of elderly couple i he fjimlly of mr and mrs d mac- arthur enttrtalned a few ncluhbors nnd friends at a party for them tho other evening when tliey were celo- briitlng tholr blrtlulnys mrs mac- arthur ik 7i and mr mncarthur is as yonrm old the evening was spent in playing euchre after which a dainty lunch was served by tho hos tess mrn c mncarthur nnd hor uhustunts many friends join with the family in wishing this lino old couplo the iwst of health nnd many moie hlrthdayu together typlioonthe rafs new demon fighter hawker typhoon one of the fastest fighter planes ever produced has been in service with the raf for several months during which it has shown itself master of any fighter the luftwaffe can produce both in attack and defence typhoons have taken heavy toll of fw iso tip and run raiders and have made many devastating lowlevel attacks on enemy transports in occupied europe typhoon is a singleseat lowwing monoplane of allmetal construction pow ered with a napier sabre sleevevalve engine of 24 cylinders it has a wing span of 41 feet 7 inches and an overall length of 31 ft 11 in typhoon mark 1a is armed with 12 0 303 browning ma chine guns 6 in each wing mark ib has 4 zomrn hlspano cannon 2 in each wing britains fighter pilots appreciate the typhoons combination or size and strength with speed and man oeuvrablllty it is a fine instrument in fine hnndb picture shows typhoon in flight more than the old cray mare 9 altvt what saw used to b looking hark over the fall fairs of say forty y urs ago one can recall tiiany elianues in lite fair of tho days romard tu tlte present day fairs of course newcomers to acton may say ahon fair la only thirty years old how can you talk about the fairs of forty years or more ago well before ahon had an indepen dent fair the requeuing agricultural society imm its annual fair two years in ahon ami then for two years in ieorc town thirty years aco the km mbenthlp at an annual meeting held in ceorg town decided it should be held in fjeorcolown every year well to make a long story short it is and thre is hm a fair held in ahon every y ar too if you want the gruesome tu tails of tlte story ask mr c woodhall some day i think he is about the only original director of the llrst acton fair who attended that meeting in eoretown and is still a director of acton fulr today hut we wont r luoli any more de tail immuum after all theres a war still on in kuroi hut that wasnt the tuhjut that i started on anyway wlu n i suw a war kshlhltlon udvirtlsed for the arlous midways this ynr it rc ailed the show that came to one full fair knowing tho moving phtuws of the great toronto fire it mined the fair day that show was in artou and the big tent was one of the most mpular attractions on tho ground even if the screen didnt show much hut clouds of smoke und lines of hoite on the street i hen hor4 were flic penny slat machines of thou days inhere you dropped the coin in the tutx glu d your eyes to the eyesights and turned u handle nnd saw pictures that really moved while you kepi the handle turnlne komi limes very ihjm pic tures too they have them yet at kunnyslde reach and wimo or the pictures have never imm n chunked in tho whole forty years hut then what can yoii expect for a cent rut tho mldwayh hnvo clumped youll nil romemlwr when there were bnloon men and banana men und ut tho park entrance a regular line of trucks and wagotm with peaches pears grapeu and other fruit why many u houwwlfe never thought of buying her pencil n or pears for can ning until fall fair day there wasnt ii fruit truck at acton or tiny other fair we ntt rided this year and tho housewife who waited for that event just wont have any peach preserves this year and certainly no fair bar gain mnylie some of you will recall when the piano and sewing machine displays at the fair wore the centre of attraction 1 ho sewing machines uuod to run nice frilly odgeu of cloth around cardltourd fans and the man nt tho piano would play request num bers such ns comln thro the rye or anything that showed up tho ox qulslte tono of tho instrument they- kept tho hall a lively spot all day of the fair with their selections farmers wives used to compote in those days for the best buttormakors and in the pastry classes for the best cooks some of you tylks will re member those llvolb rolls of dairy butter nnd the tenlb crocks and the rolls and pottles that used to go on display wouldnt have boon safe this year toput such items before the public and of course there were pickles and preserves but oh pshaw lets speed the victory and maybe theyll ho back again with the ban anas etc the other week a reader loaned me a program of a concert given in tho town hall hero on december 2nd lbflt thats just 56 years ago by the lome musical and literary society it was apparently a lotal talent ovent with artists from stratford guelph and rockwood assisting on the pro gram i wasnt at tho concert bu here are some of the local artists tho orchestra had miss swan and messrs stark hill brown and lqw- son the quartette were messrs gibbons mann lawson and fulkner and miss mclean and mr hill gave a violin duett tho choir numbers wore the minute gun at sea and the sil very sea comic selections by a mr gallagher from guelph were mc- sweeneys sliver wedding nnd mat ers that make me tired the pro gram was divided into two parts with ten numbers in each part and the ad mission price was 15c the chairman was reymr rae incidentally the milton fair on saturday was 4 oiilstaiuliiirt slavic favored wilti an deal autumn day and tiarkod by the reputation for telng among the leading agricultural fairs iih- milton fair on saturday drew a line crowd and an exception ally fine showing of htock the exhibit ofaltle both in 11m hoist in and jersey and in the beef breeds was one of lite best in tlte horse rings both light and tteav lasses had tine exhibits ttte poultry show was up to its usual high stand ard and tlu re was a good showing of tiei and lios ijke all halls the xlilblt was not a large this year as has been seen many times tnw midway with the merry-go- round had a rowd all afternoon and a feature whim drew much favorable comment not only from visitors but from milfonsn as well was the ap- thuranre on ttte grounds and the fine program suppllwl by the florae cot hand the llaby show with over forty entries was an event that hat ed much interest ttte trotting races ami the potato race were features that drew the erowd to the truck from tht standpoints of attendance xhlblts und gemral lnt r kt the fair was again a mowt kucceful one this week spmtallr wrium to by min i wxvrr luaalaa praai fumlt write united church i1kke makkh anniversary on munoav octoner 3rd hie nlnthnth annlv rxary since the consummation of hurch union will le observed in tne united church i i re on sunday lite visiting prearh- r will in- kv j ii moore h a of milton tlie holr is ulso arranging n smklnl service of song for this oc- nxlon nnd pte yvun chalmers of st itiomus will im the guest soloist i lie m rvlc h will im held at the uuual hours of 11 u m and 7 pm rkettv ke1tkmber weihmn2 satdriuv at erin township iiomk a very pmy wtihllug wus soh m- nljted on saturday afternoon at the home of mr and mrs jettse mel- nt rv sixth line frln whin his klutet alma aiim u youiiut r daughter of mrs mcrmry georgetown and the lntt wm m en ry was united in mmrlatc to mr not man slmlalr youngest son of mr nnd mrs j f situ lair gltnwllllunih i he ceremony was performed by it v a o w foreman lteforc u setting of pink and uliltc streamers and autumn flowers iho bride given in marriage by her only brother mr j sso mcltu ry looked lovely in lu r wedding rown of whltf i mhoioted satin with short train log omutton sleeves and wweot- heart neckline her tlngertlp veil was caught to lr head by n halo of net and inco und she carried a nose gay of red rous white gladioli and frlsta 1 he bride wni attended by her only ulster mrs stunley sinclair as matron of honor and her niece little miss beth mcfnery as flower girl the matron of honor wore a floor length mown of blue chiffon with inco yoke and bishop sleeves she wore blue flowers on her hair and carried a homfgiy of pink roses and asters the little flower girl was dress d in a floor length dress of pink silk net over pink satin with sash of blue ribbon she wore a floral head dress of blue velvet flowers and pink ribbons und carried a nosegay of pink roses baby mums and gladioli 1 he uroom was attended by mr ross huxley of hlllsburg during the signing of the register miss joanna shortlll cousin of the bride sang o perfect love mrs annte vannutter supplied the wedding music after a reception for about fifty guests the bride and groom left by motor for a trip through muskoka the bride travelled in a moss green twopiece wool dress with hat to match and green tweed box coat vylth black accessories toronto tcp the annual win- tr woatlwr prognostication aeries bus ojhned and oie of ttw llrsb of tin s4avn ymm from llronte where naturalist herbert inglehart says he 1 4 look in for a mild winter mr inclotutrf base lu prediction on a kurvv he made of all field and u oodlot sljfns si cos whl h he cayn vhow that nature has made liltte pro vision this fall for wild life and nature always takes good aie of her wild thine when they imed to be eared for i said nuts aie warce for stiulrre in and gram is kpare for deer he added that corn husks are thn this yar indicating a mild winter just ynr tltey were thick and plump nnd well you remember laht winter ht m rhapa the fuel shortage will not im f it as acutely as expected vhtory uardens in urltan areas liuvf a rival itarkyard chicken coops it u estlmuted lltat sales of baby hhks from batch rles to owners of but kynrd chicken fnrmw increased by jit pi r rent during the last year llrantford hatcheries especially ap- war to have benefitted by the sud- d il n of urban dwellers to raise chit ke ns one farm reporting it sold 12t0y more chicks this year than lust and lino ther fating us business wm up wt h f rent many chirks w re sold im fore the uu w nt info intubation counted im for- thy were hatched it looks like u rne ihwh n victory lrhns nnd victory coops for popu lar support if the chlckrulslng rraxe kin pu up f while production of chickens ap- parx to im on the up erade turkey prewludion winm to be falling off from various turkey raising dlstrlrts in the province com s word that fos raids and sorn scarify of feed has itrtiuil tulversedy tho supply of tur keys which will ln available for lluinkkulvlug day oiiahtr utli c m harvey poullry iu id muii for th prtvinlnl airl uiiubou mark eting u rvl wild till districts hi- viullt rcntly complain d of lou of turkyu throuyh marauding foxes one turk yralu r in h homing nt- porte i th tnout korloiiu louu more ihan ii of his birds being killed in one night in the provincial stove premier dnw kpt the pot simmering by his radio uunoiinee mmt thut his progres- slve conu rvatlve uovernmi nt will introduce legislation just as we would have done if vj possessed a very large majority we are tjulte prepare to face the conseiu ncs of standing by what we said we would do he said prem lr drew dlsclosnl that norman ur- ubnrt of toronto hud been appointed chairman of a committee to investi gate the mining industry an inquiry into labor relations also would be instituted hut it was impossible to net at present until we know whether the dominion is or is not going to ocupy the whole field of rfth d labor relations for the war acton howlers- bring home trophy from milton group last friday a team of acton bow lers played in milton for the sheffield 1 rophy and brought home the sllvor- ware with a one point victory over the milton quartette tho score was 36 to 35 now the milton bowlers will have to come to acton to tak buck the challenge cup the acton team were a buchanan d richardson a ralph and j greer the milton team was g dawson f robinson m felfer nnd j blaine closing number was god save tho queen x certainly enjoyed looking over that program even if the event was before my time i know many of my readers will recall some these con certs and certainly some of the local talent and perhaps this concert in particular by o a d prize winners on hacon hogs in the acton fair special kecrctury c b swackhumer of acton fall fair has received this week th results of the judging for bacon hogs entered in the t eaton co special fred coles won llrst prize with s elliott recond r n brown third and c robertson fourth coming events hcadlns ara charged to liii with a minimum charge lor nr knnouncrmtnl jf ajc dante brook v i lie hall october 4th sponsored by womens institute al watsons orchestra concert by acton boys band in town hall acton wednesday oc tober 6th for particulars see vie posters harvey fisher and his orchestra will hold a dance in stanley park grin on monday october 4th pro ceeds for war work draw on quilt admission 35c dont forget the acton and district war service league community auction sale in the town ljll acton on thursday october 14 watch for the canvassers in your district red cross concert in greenock school friday october 8 at 30 pjn illustrated lecture and musical enter- lalnmeht lucky draw for quilt proceeds for war work and midler boxes admission 39c pi and coffee