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thursday january 7th 1m the acton free press pact lac barnard hufnacel of rockrjitt la home on tarlouch sen tom watson b fnrlouch cram camp at rockduce hjat bai phnbpa apcat the woek- oa with mr and mra l o johnaton tarn arabella buchanan of sydney na b vtattlns mr and mra ferry watson tor hath graham of camp bor den apent bat weekend at hla home notice to creditors the erjatecl hugff mccutchsw bte of the vlllaae of acton tn toe county of halton farmer who died on or about the twenty et day of septemher 193 are required to arad aitlculars and proofs thereof to the undersigned before the nine teenth day of february wt when the aaaeta will be olslrtauted smong the partlea legally entitled thereto having regard only to the claims which- shall have been bled as afsar- ms nt to section si chapter 1937 dated at acton ontario this iv of january 19m pursuant ft s o mtas marie clayton of st josephs hospital hamilton b spending two weeks holidays at her home here mrs norman scarrow and barry of flesherton are visiting with mr and mrs tan macdonald this week pilsct and mrs henry nlckleas and baby dlaana of hamilton were recent visitors at mr and mra l o johnstons car nell mcnabb of rockwood is home on leave after an absence of a year of which sla months was spent on klska island mrs david mccutcheon of sault ste marie spent few days last week with her sisterinlaw mrs hush mccutcheon mr and mrs roy h wansbrough of toronto attended the funeral of the late mrs g w murray and vis ited mrs r h wansbrough on wed nesday lac2 jim mochrie of edinburgh soctland training at brandon mani toba b spending several days at the home of hla aunt mr and mrs john bruce bower avenue twenty fifth day of january c p leatherland acton ontario solicitor for mrs eva mccutcheon and edna may stewart exetitrices 303 notice to creditors a the mill i of the estate of thomas nmgbv ease of the vh- asge of acton oi de- bride of this week honored by friends at miscellaneous shower a delightful shower wai held on monday evening at the homte at mrs charles heard in honor of miss doris blow a bride of this week during the evening contests were held in which the winners were miss jessie coles and mrs r johnson doris received many lovely sifts on this occasion a dainty lunch was served by the hostess assisted by misses ethel prldham and jean mccals levy for post- war work considered by county council continued from pace one with agreement of 1r72 re guaranteed services after some discussion the following resolution was passed mov ed by mr j m mcdonald seconded by mr craig that this council after due consideration do not feel that any further action should be taken at the present time carried a grant of 100 was made to the salvation army 500 to the navy league 150 to the canadian insti tute for the blind and 25 to ontario conservation and reforest ration pro ject other resolutions passed were as follows moved by near and hlllmer that this council request the railway board to supply more adequate protection at campbellvllle crossing and cross ing west of campbellvllle moved by near and robertson that the annual grant of 50 bo sent to the ontario agricultural council and the agricultural committee attend the ontario convention as delegates moved by robertson and blair that m m robinson be appointed to the burlington high school board for the years 104446 lclulve moved by near and robertson that the reforestation committee order fiooo tree- from the ontario forestry branch moved by blair and craig that h m saunders be appointed to 111 the unexpired term of a e mason on the burlington high school board for 1d44 moved b robertson and heslop that membership foe of 15 be paid the good roads association and that expenses of delegates be paid- moved by blggar and robertson that we continue the appointment of corn borer inspectors and that the following be appointed chas read- head for nelson louis patterson for trafalgar r j anderson for nas- sagaweya at the same remuneration as 1943 moved by robertson and heslop that the warden and clerk submit to the minister of highways the pet ition of the county of halton that during the year 1943 there was ex pended on the county road system the sum of 968130 73 and requesting a statutory grant on that amount as provided by the highway improve ment act council adlottmed vacs big task london cp warning of the tremendous task ahead in feeding lib erated europe food minister llewel- ltn told british housewives in a broad cast were going to be short but with your haip- we are going to get through all parties having claims against the estate of thomas rkby late of the village of acton in the county of halton gentleman who died on or about the twentyeighth day of september 1943 are required to send particulars and proofs thereof to the undesigned before the thlrtyflrst day of january a d 1044 when the assets will be distributed amorux the parties legally entitled thereto having regard only to the claims which shall have been filed as aforesaid pursuant to section 51 chapter 165 ft s 0 1937 dated at acton ontario this twelfth day of january 1944 harry waterhouse executor by his solicitor c p leatherland 283 acton ontario notice to creditors of the estate ef john medonauf late ef let si la sate sed um of the towmklp ef eaesta fas the omntv ef ilaltoaw pawner eeasetc all persons having claims against the estate of the said john mcdonald who died on or about the sixth day of january 1944 at the township of esqueslng are required to send to the undersigned executors or their solicitor on or before the 13th day of february 1944 full particulars of their claims and any securities they may hold therefore and take notice that nttor the 11th day of february 1944 the said executors will proceed to distribute the estate having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have received notice dated at georgetown this 11th day of january 1944 kenneth m langdon georgetown ontario solicitor for william medonald and william ritchie 283 executors itotice to creditors in the estate ef almiaftjs 43eohge clarrhw1e of the township of esqneslnga in the county of halton farmer loe- ciitased all persons having claims against the estate of the said alphaeus george clarridge who died on or about the third day of january 1044 at the township of esqueslng are required to send to the under signed executrlces or their solicitor on or before the 13th day of feb ruary 1944 full particulars of their claims and any securities they may hold therefore and take notice that after the 11th day of february 1944 the said executrlces will proceed to distribute the said estate having regard to the claims of which they shall then have notice dated at georgetown thin 11th day of january 1044 kenneth m langdom georgetown ontario solicitor for myrtle storey and mary matthews 283 executrlces gregory theatre friday january 28 corvette k225 thl 111 ng sea story with rand olph scott james brown dl ney private pluto gang comedy family troubles chapter i overland mall saturday january x matinee at s pan nobodrs darling mary lee gladys george halfway to shanghai kent taylor irene harvey fox news monday january si best foot forward in technicolor with lucille ball william gaxton world in action labor front cartoon good night rusty cjiroaidcs ot ginger farm if this war tenches ariythins at all it certainly should make us real ise how taterdependent every coun try every race every industry and every individual is upon the rest of the world it is true from the highest to the lowest no man or nation can live unto himself alone we find evidence of that every day in the home on the farm on the battlefield and on the sesu and so often it is the little things that count little people little jobs and little boats yes especially the little boats do you remember the scene in mrs minnlver where the little boats rescued the men from dunkirk t little boatsnot battleships or des troyers but small unimportant plea sure yachts and fishing smacks and do you realise how dependent we still are upon the utile boats for the safe ty of our loved ones and for the shipment of everything they need on the ba 1 1 1 front no it isnt the lit tie boats that carry the men and sun- piles but it is the little boats that make it possible for the bigger host to ride the seas with their precious cargoes all these thoughts have come to me as a result of some verses t received last week they were sent by a reader of this column who ap parently wishes to remain anonym ous here n the poem the housemaids of the sea by david b cunningham the little boats of the fishing fleet emily susan and jane sail out with steadfast hearts to meet danger nnd death and pali not theirs to battle the great graf spee but they must softly tread as thoy veep the minestrewn kea lanes free from penzance to malln head they proved their valour long ago when drake was matched ut spain and now from devon to scniia flow thoy prove it once again ah out where the lurking weamlno floats they gamble with death nnd life the saltlipped fishing boats from grimsby hull and fife they seek their safety on bonded knees for they ucc their duty pin in and sweep the floor of tho const- wise ueau emily susan and jnne 1 hat poem almost makes me homo- skk i can see tho herring boats along the quay at yarmouth trawlers coming into the dock at har wich nnd little boats with red balls off tho contt of somerset rod sail oh the sunset v oh well this is 1944 and wo are n long way from england nnd on n ftirm nnd we do find a few things to keep us occupied from dawn to dusft last week it was things like cleaning stovepipes nnd chimneys you see we have finally come to the end of our soft coal i hnve done o muih talking about so uo renll went after those plpeu in n big way and then while i una cleaning iluos and stoves part ner was scraping the chimney i wish you could have seen the pair of us when we were through and actu ally wo didnt have any caller three time i went over the dining room floor on my hand and knees twice to wash it and once to wax it and after that i scrubbed the kitchen floor the next day i wouldnt have gone down on my knees foi a for tune that job done i sot up n quilt for the red cross nnd invited some friends in to help with the work we didnt get it finished yet bo that wllll be another job for this week wo are enjoying tho most marvel lous weather it almost seems too good to be true we keep wondering whnt has happened to canada our lady of the snows some f armors are beginning to shnke their hends there is a water shortage and whnt in going to happen to the whent and clover that is what every farmer uould like to know but whatever is likely to happen worrying about it won t stop it week war commentary two acton men return last week from overseas ron con halton company shows good year in insurance held the annual reports of the halton union farmers mutual fire insur ance company which were distrib uted during the week show another year of very successful operation of this company losses during the year were 13- 756 29 a decrease over those of 1042 the net insurance in force at the end of the year was 10335925 assets of the company are shown as 03 319 48 and liabilities as 26- 623 22 which includes 25923 93 of unearned premiums on outstanding risks the surplus shown in the an nual report at the year end was 66- 09626 and the increased surplus in 1943 was 10 859 30 these are among the items which are shown in the annual report and will be presented at the annual meet ing of the company scheduled to be held in acton next monday the brilishiuisslan separate peace incident of last week appears to have died down on the surface at least with the carrying by russian news papers of britains reiteration of her fixed policy that no separate peace with germany is possible but the motive behind the publication in the communist party organ pravda of the rumour which cause ye furore in the first place is not known full significance of the publication of the false item is still unexplained although many eonunentators have suggested in their speculations vari ous possible reasons the item credited to pravda s special correspondent in cairo said reliable greek and yugoslav sour ces had transmitted information of a secret meeting in the pyrenees pen insula between two british officials and foreign minister rlbbentrop of germany the final paragraph of the item which was carried without comment packed he punch the meeting had the aim of finding out the conditions of a separate peace with the germans it is understood the meeting did not remsln without results tsfclpctly hstpeavised pravda unlike bvestla and the red star is not actually an official mouth piece of the soviet government or us army but like all russian news papers it may be said to be under at least indirect government supervision thus it is safe to conclude that pub lication of the separate peace rumor was not merely irresponsible journal ism if we are to cast aside possibility of any truth in the story there remains the question mark why was author ization ever granted for its appear nnce in print many commentators have hazarded thai there is some connection between the story and tho request of the pol ish government in london for anglo- american mediation in the uuwo- pollsh border dispute the ilusslanu hnve mnde it plain they want to hnndle the polish question without in terference the implication in the car rying of the pravda item conceiv ably may have been intended as an oblique hint for the british govern ment to keep out of russias dealings with her european neighbours one washington writer hnti pointed out that the russians have urged tho opening of n western front in europe for mnhy months nnd to date only preparations for opening the front hnve been accomplished suggesting poulbllty of n fccpnrate ahglo-gcr- mnn armistice he rensons may lie vnlculntcd to place upon britain a certain onus to open the western front in the shortest potlble time in order once nnd for all to disprove the rumor other explanations of the move some fairly logical some utterly fan tastic have been offered until the diplomatic history of tho war lit writ ten years hence wo probably will not know the full truth allies on the move there appeared to be no distention on the fighting fronts however and ns last week ended british and amer ican troops were in the midst of a new amphibious attack on tho tyr rhenian coast of italy tho red army thundored its way to fresh successes in tho leningrad region and tho allied air bombardment of germany reached now fuyy troops of tho allied 5th army be gan striking at tho very outposts of rome itself with the assault late inst week deep bohlnd the onomys pres ent defence lines comjnandos ran gers nnd regular troops made tho landings between tho mouth of the tiber romes historic river and not- tuno 30 miles down the coast the landing again demonstrated tho vulnerability of the long narrow it u1 inn peninsula to invasion the russian drive in the leningrad region has resulted in the capture of mgn a key roll junction thus re uniting russias second city by rail with moscow for the first time since the city was laid under siege by the germans two years ago at the same time leningrad gained a permanent rail link to tap supplies coming from the northern port of murmansk through volkhov eddy gilmore writes that the suc cesses of the developing russian of fensive on the leningrad front shows that the germans have fallen victim to one of the neatest bits of military strategy since the war began ho sold it is becoming more and more apparent that the red armies clever ly pulled the germans out of position by two relnts to the south putting the nazis around leningrad in a des perate plight and there are signs that the current offensive may prove to be ono of the moat decisive of the war in the air british and canadian bombers followed up their heaviest attack of the war on berlin 2300 tons of bombs being dropped on the nasi capital with a 2000 ton attack on the important industrial city of madgeburg early this week the allied invasion force which landed on the italian cgaat below rome still had encodn- last week two acton soldiers who have spent some years overseas were invalided home pte j j cooney whose late father was a veteran of the 19141918 war arrived at his home ere the other acton man returned is spr e stringer rca5c friends here are indeed glad to welcome these men hack heane again after their years overs en active service twenty years age f the free frees as slat 1s dally and weekly newspapers throughout canada are paying their compliments to postmaster james matthews upon his completion of go years in charge of the office here acton citizens band are putting on n big minstrel show the first week in march its going to be so good youll want to attend both nights a family reunton was held at the residence of mr john easton guelph on the occasion of the ninetieth birth day of his mother mrs hannah east- on mr and mrs easton had used in acton for over 30 years the annual meeting of acton fall fair was unusually well attended the year closed with 78 10 in the treas ury and the government grant short ly to be paid of 173 og mr c wood- hall is the hew president with c b swackhamer first vicepresident and william johnstone second 1924 baseball clubs were organized at n meeting on thursday evening honorary president p a smith president frank e holmes secre tary charles a symon treasurer g a dills maiuukd hawkin4aldkrson at tho home of mr and mrs a t brown acton on tuesday january 29th 1924 by rev chas hnrkett rus- hell j hawkins of guelph to lily aldorson guelph iiiro davis at the home john street acton on saturday january 26th 1921 violet lydln davis aged 20 yenm nourish at the home lot 23 con cession 1 nnskngaweyn on thurs day january 2lth 1021 donulwlln mck rule ihiioved wife of tho late amos norrlsh in her 7th year wagk comparison lonod cp tho brewers day man enrned 11 so n week and the skilled engineer 29 70 the compar ison came nut nt edmonton county court when the two wore summoned in different casts on debt charges london cp vhdting an rjlf exhibition of p taken in italy woman stopped before a por trait of a fighter pilot and exclaimed thats my son it was the first photograph mrs j t green had seen of her wing commander son since he left england the rjlf presented her wttfa the picture and she gave 2250 to the 1laf benevolent fund quiz waaotjxarn london cpof 200 of the 577 british children evacuated to austral- la three years ago 44 per cent tam questioners they wanted to go hosne after the war 30 per cent wishes to remain in the dominion and use others are dhrkfted among those who want to go hosne brat and return azsfl those who would stay if their parent joined them tercd no serious opposition the in- vadortj hold wan strengthened by the capture ofnv port of anzlo jufct above nettuno which was taken in the inltlnl phuko of the operation once firmly lstnhllhhed the brit ish and american troops began to drive inland in force from tbo bridge head which huh less than 30 mile from rome the successful movement hns riven the allies the domination of the ap- plan way and tlio mnln coastal rail way unking the capita with the cen tral gatlgllanocasslno front from which gormnn forces wore being moved north to meet the threat meanwhile resilient 5th army pat rols recrokkod the rapldoiuyr in the casslno area 60 miles southeast of nettuno after being pushed bacr by heavy german counterattacks which decreased in powfc suggesting a shift in enemy powers the casslno battle woh still grim and intense howover on tho leningrad front in russia the nazis early this week were fight ing- frantically to avoid great en- clrcloments from tho south of cap ture- pushkin tsarkoye solo to positions in tho area of shlmsk at the western corner of lake ilmen soviet armies on that front were pushing tho germnns down the lenin gradvitebsk railway nnd big rus- lan armored trains were pouring heavy unlvoes into the rot rooting en cmy there was n possibility that 250 000 nazi troops between leningrad and the volkhov would bo cut off the germans bold only two usable north- south railway lines and russian troops were rapidly approaching both front line dispatches bald the red army is capturing many villages by night then outflanking and attacking frontal ly the bigger objectives in day light with ski troops armed with tommyguns leading the way but en countering hard going over muddy roads terrific battles were being waged all along the roads german defences anally stiffened in the italian coastal area near rome where the allies had established a beachhead and threatened the applan way but at the same time they weak- ened their defences in the casslno area where american troops anally stabbed into that central stronghold the shift of enemy strength sug gested thai the climatic battle of rome was about to be joined in earn est with the nazis having decided to establish a new defence line in the rome sector on the worlds diplomatic front argentina severed relations with ger many and japan dance at the ymc a friday january 28di 830 pm novei1v dances prizes refreshments admission 25cpcrpcnon members and their friends invited insurance and real estate ufe fire automobile burglary plate glass accident and health boiler and all classes of general insurance always deal willi a bbaltob consult f l wright insurance and real estate mmtr ouelpa and district heal fcstat board aasodata mnlr canadian association bml estate boards asaodata member ontario association real estate boards member of mrs and casualty insurance aanta association carrolls special pure lard maple leaf swifts or fearnws 2 31 carrolls sliced side bacon c 24c newport fluffs as for cooklns moslesn pecans x9e for esthv u3a pecans i- 4se aylmer crop jam 32oaj30 asuner debrarated beans s 19c tke right to limit qsjrtltiss of all 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