Holiday visits and family gatherings across Canada
Lieut R41 Storey returns home from Port Alberni BC for holidays. AC2 Don Ross of Regina on leave for Christmas. AC1 Stuart Lantz RCAF and Dunn Wille at Sigma over weekend. William Robertson on fur lough from Newfoundland visits sister Mrs Stuart Lantz. Roy and Harold Wansborough visit mother. Sergt Bob Chalmers of Dafoe Sask visits his parents. Angus and Mrs McKinnon of Bracebridge visit G W Masales. Mrs D C Russell returns from St Michael's Hospital Toronto for eye troubles. Molly Cutts home from Toronto after business course. Harold Swackhamer and Nadine Joyce of Hamilton visit parental home. G W Masales and Ken McKinnon visit Bracebridge for McKinnon anniversary. Mr. and Mrs W Mainprize host 60th anniversary celebration December 27th with two sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storey
Port Alberns
Don Ross
Regina
Sigma
William Robertson
Newfoundland
Stuart Lantz
Harold Swackhamer
Nadine
Joyce
Hamilton
Arthur Swackhamer
Boys' Band presents gift to Mr C W Mason
Acton Mothers and friends held a Christmas party for Acton Boys Band. Alvin Kentner read an address while Ken Anderson and Eddie Crowson presented Mr C W Mason with a fountain pen and leather wallet. Mason thanked the boys for their thoughtfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers and Friends of
Acton
C. W. Mason
Alvin Kentner
Ken Anderson
Eddie Crowson
Mr. Mason
Donations to War Service League from Acton locale
Secretary W wireton reports this week a donation of 5 from the Scout Mothers group for Acton and Vicinity War Services League. A letter from W R Cripps of Regina Saskatchewan enclosed 10 with praise for the War Service League work for boys overseas. A cable from John Wilson sends thanks for parcel and cigarettes and season's greetings to Acton friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wireton
Acton and Vicinity
War Services League
W.R
Wh) Cripps
Regina
Sask
Mr. Cripps
John Wilson
Overteas
Garage Operators Elect Officers At Annual Halton Branch Meeting
About fifty members and guests attended a chicken dinner for the Halton Branch annual garage operators meeting at Oakville Inn on December 7. Fred Sinclair of Georgetown chaired the event as president and key speaker E J Wadham of Garage Operator Toronto spoke on post war trade issues. Election of officers for 1948 produced Fred Sinclair as President with Dick McDuffie Milton as 1st Vice President Jack Ribble Oakville as 2nd Vice President Frank Tuck Nelson as Secretary Arthur Benton Limehouse as Treasurer and directors including Ted Tyler Wm Norton Acton Jack Cain Art Scott Georgetown George Dolby Gordon Brigden Milton Len McKindley Fred Petrie Burlington and Vern Dynes Oakville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton
Oakville Inn
Fred Sinclair
Georgetown
E. J. Wadham
Garage Operator of
Toronto
Jim Clerke
Dick McDuffe
Milton
Jack Ribble
Oakville
Frank Tuck
Nelson
Arthur Benton
Limehouse
Ted Tyler
Wm. Norton
Acton
Jack’ Cain
Art Scott
George Dolby
Gordon Brigden
Len McKindley
Fred Petrie
Burlington
Ken Johnson
Vern Dynes
Horse Races Return in Moscow at Hippodrome
Thousands of Moscovites packed the Hippodrome for wartime horse races marking a return to public sport. Pure Russian and Russo American bred horses trained at state and collective farms delivered record breaking performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Dr G E Reaman to Address Jersey Breeders Meeting
Halton Jersey Breeders plan their annual meeting at Orange Hall Harmaby on Thursday January 20. The morning business session precedes a dinner catered by the Hornby Women's Institute. Dr G E Reaman from Ontario Agricultural College Guelph and James Breener of Toronto secretary of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club will speak in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Jersey
Orange Hall
Harmaby
Hornby Women's Institute
G. E. Reaman
Ontario Agricultural College
The
Dominion
Labor MP Urges Wide Empire Trade To Boost Postwar Exports
Emmanuel Shin, Labour MP in London, argues for expanding Empire trade as vital to Britain’s postwar exports and living standard. He urges producing goods dominions and colonies require and exchanging for what they sell, without tariffs or fiscal restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emmanuel Shin
Labor
M.P
Britain
Halton County Council approves road fund and honors staff
The Halton County council passed a 3000 expenditure for roads and approved letters of appreciation for Constable J Reavety and warden McDonald. Grants of 150 to the County Clerk and 150 to the Road Engineer covered pensions travel and operating costs. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks and the National Anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Campbell
J. Rea Vtey
Halton
Stringer
W. Deans
Gilbert
Mrr
Blair
McDonald
Freedom from everyday irritants and hype
The Columbus Dispatch weighs in on postwar freedoms listing aims such as relief from crab grass and tax forms, privacy in phone calls, honest garden sizing, and freedom from overexposure to celebrities and second features with a cheeky critique of societal norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sinatra
Columbus Dispatch
Trafalgar Township Clearing Auction Sale Includes Farm Stock
Public auction on December 20 1943 at Lot 2 Concession 6 Trafalgar Township features horses cattle sheep pigs poultry grain implements and furniture. Valley View Farm 100 acres west half Lot 2 Con 6 Trafalgar offered with reserve bid for real estate and chattels with auctioneer J A Elliott and clerk R R Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Galbraith
A. A. Galbraith
N. S
Trafalgar
Durham
Urham
Oxford
York
Deering
Eastate
J. A. Elliott
R. R. Ford
Allied initiative rises in Pacific and Europe in wartime update
Weekly war commentary notes Allied initiative in the Pacific with MacArthur’s forces pressing toward Rabaul, Gilberts, Marshalls, and the Philippines, while in Europe Vatutin halts a German tank offensive in the Kharkov region. Roosevelt confirms Tehran plot foiled and Churchill bedridden yet directing Britain’s war effort. French troops join Italy in combat alongside Britain, the United States, and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
New Britain
Gilberts
Marshalls
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
United States
Australia
Cnera
Pacific Islands
Japan
Tokyo
United Nations
Ariane
6Th Army
Cape Morkua
Gennans
Nikolai Vatutin
Ukeoing
Fritz von Mannatoin
Kiev
Henry Casidy
Associated Proas
Moscow
Roosevelt Hoy
Washington
Churchill
Marishal Stalin
Yonu
Turkey
Teheran
Tehran
Low
Middle East
Britain
Italy
Algiers
France
North
Africa
Boys Write Home From Front Through Service League Card
Letters to the Acton War Service League recount life in the Middle East and Italy. Soldiers describe heat, tent life, shifts between units, leaves to Cairo, and talk of parcels and cigarettes fueling morale. Messages from Blaley Connell Wallace Frank and many others express gratitude and longing for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton War Service League
W. O. H.C. Blaley
Middle East
Don Connell Ls
Famirton
Doug
Cairo
England
Sgt. J. Wallace
Set
K. Frank
Italy
Col Ingtis
Manny
Nearimore Co
Christy Mins
Cpl
W. Godfrey
F. Kelly
A. Ford
Lac van Wyck
Frank ‘Toth
McIntyre
R. Mahon
F. W. Near
A. E. Perryman
Lac Rowley
W. J. Gibbons
BE. A. Cliffort
OM. Swackhamer
Moore
J. M. McGendile
M. McMillan
Arnold Weaver
E. Patrick
N. Gibson
S. Fields
A. Given
B. Rutledge
Gen. Stringer
WW. Price
Polish landscape painter praises Canada after Canadian tours
Polish artist Kata Malczewski toured Western Canada including Jasper and the Rockies on a cycling trip with his wife. He cited Mount Robson and Mount Edith Cavell as highlights and praised Canadian democracy and local kindness. He recalled fleeing Nazis in 1939 and learning of a sister’s death in a concentration camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josper National Park
Mount Robson
Prince Albert National Park
Kata Malezowski
Canada
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Rockies
Carpathians
Medicine Lake
Jasper
Columbia Icefield
J. A. Wood
Park
France
Portugal
Brazil
Marcewaski
Officials contest centenarian age in Bath
In Bath England authorities dispute whether Elizabeth Vick is 101 102 or 103 years old. A records check is under way to determine her true age while she celebrated a 103rd birthday with a cake bearing 103 candles as she is described as the oldest Salvation Army town resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
England
Elizabeth Vick
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RCAF
Dunnwille
Roy Wansborough
Harold Wansborough
Bob Chalmers
Dafoe, Sask
J. B. Chalmers
Angus McKinnon
Bracebridge
G. W. Mosales
D. C. Russell
St. Michael's Hospital
Molly Cutts
Shaw's
Businexa College
G. W. Masales
Ken McKinnon
Mrs. W. Mainprize
WAR Service League
G. E. Reamen
Jersey
Labor M. P
Elliott Bros
Ryan
Guelph
Bill Harris Orch
Bob Donelle
Halton County
Fishers’ Corners
Felday
Abbote & Costello
McDonald Carey
Betty Rhodes
King OF
the Cowboys
Roy Rogers
Phanton OF
the “Opera
Technicolor
Susannah Foster, Nelson Eddy
Philippines
Rumley
Wessay
B. D
Rachlin
Saas
Rmimaid
Canadian National
Atem
Grant M Maude
Annie Knight
Mra. Knight
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