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his orchestra. ROAST LEG 0F LAMB

A leg of lamb when roasted and done to a tum needs no extra frills to make it appreciated by the family, but for varleivs sake. so that. leg of lamb can be served often, there are ways of maklni: such one different

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BIL-AI‘. GRADUATES -- Ptol- lowlng ls p ltsr of R. u.A.F. por- sonnel who have recently graduat- ed from training sch-ads in the East: WA. Beer, 110 Edward 5L. Oharlottctown; L. l-l. Martin, Montague; David Leclu‘. Summer- . J. McKcndrlok. PO. B0! 12 rtlon; 3.5. Smith, 86 ‘Fitzroy Sh. Charlottetown: F. L. York‘ S.M. Mclnnls. 21 Baryfield BL. Phillips. 01cc

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In North Africa

BY ROSS MUNRO Canadian Press Wag- Cvnespondent u — (so) — oz "m: ‘not-moo was "Mediterranean Year" 1n 1M3 for Allied armies in North Atrics and rope. It was s year of attack. of fieme battles and of VICUOHCB-rﬂ year which brought, the eno of the Axis ln Africa. and the beginning for the Allies in Europe.

In these l2 months of hard fight- ing from the duet-t through ’f‘un- 1818. Slcil)‘ and Italy, British and American afmiﬂ changed the course of the war in a brilliant series of successful opcratzons.

A Your ago victory in Europe seemed remotc. ‘today they talk ln T-mtdon and Algiers 811d Naples of 5011M P79519003 for e i944 victory.

The tremendous effort cf theRed Anny was a major factor but. down ‘in the Mediterranean four armies _won other victories against the Germans and ltalans that carved a patch into the European main-

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milltery possibilities lies before them. There are the boiling Bﬂlklng, southern France. Greene and even- tuallly southern Germany itself.

At. the start of this eventful and profitable year, it gamed in ‘Tunisia that the Allies had blttzn off more than they could chew. The 1st British Arm in the moun-

tain line. but the Germans were Jlrwking in troops and it. was pract- lwlly s stalmlmtc for several

months ln the soggy val] s and windswept oases of that orbidd-

lng court/try. But. the 8th Army was chugging along the Mediterranean coast. from

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P. M. "The Prlnoe of Peace." Vincent's “There were Shepherds" will be sung by the choir. Mr. Ivan Robinson will s s selected solo. _John Inch, Mus. Bu, will be in - charge of tho music st all servces.

PRESENTATION -— On Monday evening, Dec. 20th, n lav-gs num- ber of interested friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. And Mrs. John MadMlllan, West. Oovehead, to extend good wishes to their son lame. and his bride. theufornner Misfs Edith Cem- eron, on 1e event o their recent. £52‘ advanccgl]. {it Al lad lleacgruiirltl; glilltfrlgge- 5%?‘ clahet h-llgl)! 5:23P‘? rs in gers en. wg en es .'. o ac Ellislerthowgr “and his staff workdkfuorﬁilltln agdrcsiowasdxrcad b‘); ngl an ay ; we strgtgglc r. or can . an e we plan. Gen. sir Bcglhrd Montgomery ' ‘fyllled bulrl-se trxtssenlcd by ‘Illu- got his 8th rum re‘ cly. Th am“ A 1m- FM. a 0W Oanzvlianlstlnfantrgdrtvtgonwust: chosen words umnked all for their come from England with r- Canad- K001i Wlihvs and klndnvss and in- lan army tank 1111321119. Gen Georgenﬁwd thvie Pufﬁlnl '0 Yl-‘ll them Patton was to take the American again. "For They Arc Jolly Good 7th army in e d the 45th Ameri- FBlIVW-S" Wes then sung. all" W111i!!! d? F?“ ‘l; 5”“? ‘T t“ l.;'.il3“'."f.t.‘“a.“'?....“.l.‘§$ “l $3

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Psntﬁllerla was pulverized by sir ——-——-i—--— bombardmexit. tn a "test-tube". Mr. NLW. Wood left yesterday workout to give the North African morning on an extended visit to

Poured into prison camps. Already the Sicilian invasion had been planned. Pro aratlons were

air force; g chance to see mist. Montreal and Boston. while in they could do l1". daylight precision Montreal he will visit nls daught- bouiblncg. ‘Ihcv found the answer er. Mrs. V. K. Collins.

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BEAUTIFUL urn-g ' " Phone 1158- ‘Iii-ﬂail: ‘ THE PBEBBYIEII ' ' i N CANADA-Servtcleﬁnbggxihg? . December 36th will be a; rouqwlftl Jaledonla 11.00 A. M. wood mud; l .oo P. M. Rcv. T. s. s Duke, M111, E, m1‘- 12-24-11. STUDY YOUR. FOX '"' Show Prize Ust and 5101i: belts through the Pelt. Show Sununersfde. January 5-7;), ' -

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CHURCH NOTICE Milton and Rustloo. St. John's, Milton. ton 10.30 A- Carol Dec.

M _ . Sidney a. Davies, Rector. lz-u-rrI ‘

nosa vnnuzv r. l’. u. - ‘m weekly meeting of the Rose vnuw

. .. ., met Ln the Manse oh Thursday evening, December 15 Th8 president preside-i. Meettng Opened by slngmu Jesus Keep M; Near The Cross. followed by Scripture lesson read by Mildred Maclcod. Prayer was offered by Rev. D. J Morrison. While Sh herds Watched Their Flock; x: Night, was sung The Dlilfllig‘ 01' t the last meeting were read am l approved. It was decided to g1" the sum of ten dollars towards tho Manse fund ‘Pvrenty-t ~ members and nine visitors we present, Collection amounted tc $1.35. A solo. O Little Town of Bethlehem was sung b Mary MolTiSOn. Th; lesson, 0hr the Fbrttlllnnent of the Law. was led by Rev. D_ J‘ Morrison, Away In A Manger and ‘ " What A Blend WE Have 1n Jesus were sung. Prayer Was offered by Mr. John Meclfay followed by u“ . -~ lord's Prayer and “enedlctton m unison ‘Ihe remainder at u“

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MULLARD-MaoNEILL NUPT. IALS -- 'I‘rlnlty church was m; scene of o. wedding of wide lntcr. mt; Tuesday afternoon st o'clock, when the nvctOf. Rsv. ‘ Canon O. Gordon Lawrence, unltcq in marriage Miss Gladys Patricio 1, MacNelli. No. ll Company O was 0., Saint John. da/ughtcr of Mr. and Mrs. Russell T. MacNelll of Hunter's River, RE 1., and um, Rodney I-Illl Mullard. R.G.N V1, formerly of New Zealsnd. now s staff officer at Plctou, NS Miss Ruth Clark. ER. 6.0.. presided at the organ and played the special _" nuptial music. Given in marriage“ by her falllﬂ‘. Lite bride was at tended by Miss Elizabeth “leeks, C.W.A.C.. and Captain mic 1) Blake. R.C.A., was tho grooms man The bridg and her brides» maid were both wearing the unl- form of the C W.A.C Out-ol-town guests at, the wedding included. the bride's parents and her sister, -» Mrs. George Clark of Cavendish, P.E 1.. and Mr. and . 1A0"..- Mullard of New Zealmd, plumb-L of the Broom. now residing in 1» Halifax. Lt. snd Mrs. Mullsrd are guests M the Admiral Bcatty Hotel and will leave later on s wedding trip bride’; home Island and with the room's DB1’-

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. ____--___ of Slclly started. Airfields. towns, Mlnard’; relieves sprain railways, dumps, roads and bridges were attacked. blitz grew.

Bv mid-June the invasion [Hﬂﬂdg was ready tc sail The Royal Navy had the nos Inna th. Mediterranean cleared forces dominated tlhe slnes. The Canadians loft the United Kingdom and hundreds ot ships Bind sailed from there carrying supplies and nmnlunltion ls well. The 45th div- ision pulled into title Mndftcrrsnesn

New York.

On the afternoon o! July ti. 2,500 lhips end craft turned north from the rendezvous wuth In Malta. A stonn blew up. Canny Sir Andrew Cunningham. directing tho convoy, and nsval operations, watched the fleet move past the rod cliffs of Malta. f-fe mused the sea and the wlnd and the tough, old seadog sald the invasion would go on as scheduled, sea. or no sea running. |

Many a landlubber lnfantryman held his brceth that. night es he watched great. waves crash against. the side of his _sh.lrp. But it calmed down oonsideracly in the early morning and the little boats bobbed

ggvgd by the fighting spurt of the 5m Army, by a terrific L-llta by the allied sir force and by the speed of the out army which brought, it. up lo the rial-t flank 1n t/he nick of time.

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Bensazl t0 Tripoli. slowly but de- termlncdly pushing Rommel!

evident, however that tto German; coins w trim for "iunlsre.

were S0 the bsttclvd 18b Army hed to beer the brunt as the enemy

lashed out in en attempt. to smash lt before the 8th turned the comer at. 'f‘ripoll and Marcth and startled northward.

Two gallant Brlrtlatn dlvlsions- - the 78th end the Btth ermored- - held the tenuous line from the Matcur valley on the nort-h to ouseltia on the central sector. while the Amer-loan 2nd Corps was stationed on t.hc soul-hem sector.

Dv-sbltr- the defeats m the south at Sldl Bouzld and ln the granite mss at. Kasserlne. the line held and then Gen. Sir Ha Alexander, commanding the ltlth army gnmp of the 1st and 8th armies and the Americans. mounted his deadly two-way attack.

e 8th broke through st. Mareth and its tank; and guns and infantry ﬂooded up the cont. Th Americans pulled to U Guettcr on the flank end the Germans pulled beck into the Punis-Blsertc triangle. With l5 divisions evtlsble, Alexander then dammed on s trePPed enemy. Re felntcd from the south st, Dlfldevtlle and sent his rnsln punch down the Medllr- dsh River valley. breaking through in n bloody fight. so, Lcngstap h-tll and sweeeptnz tr. on Tunis. ‘nae “Americans 1n the north success- fully sttlecked down the llgetaur

army ahead of it. It soon became‘

to the beaches. .

The rest of the story l.s current‘ history, The 8th got ashore easily The Americans had e rough time let Gels fighting Qumran mrk ‘formations and then broke sway‘

to comquer western stclly end tov be the fl t, intn Mes-Sins.‘ M the smeto river brldgo south of Oatania the 5th and 50th dlvlsl-‘ns of the 8th Anny had a terrible battle and then as the Canadsan end the 78th broke around on he left flank tc Mount. Etna the Ger‘ mans drew back to evsxuutg their mauled force to Italy. The Italian army folded up from "the start.

0n sept. 3. with the lnlllan nrm-‘ lstlce already slmed and delivered. the Canadian and a lone British. division were ferried across the; Messlna straits to the beachrs at, Reggie and Sun Giovanni on the Italian mainland.

The pursuit. of the Germans went on there through Onlabris with Allied sir forces pounding the

o 9th All!!! was invasion of Illllﬂll mropo st the ohes price. British‘ troops landed st. Tet-onto end southern ercss of Italy were in Allied hands within s few weeks.

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aaernard Butler, M-yesr-old former asylum Inmate, ls nhWII '1'.’

as he told Sheriff C. hard Close (sledding) and Detective 0"!” Pwlhkemls, n.1, how he murdered Lucille uwmm. "W,

nurse, on u» mm of October 1s. mm" ma he rel: an "W". someone, l0 fool l, heavy stone lﬂtl attacked i“.

ents. ln Halifax. —5aint John Teln- graph Journal. .. ncl 8th. now bolstered f‘ lby‘ more divisions. began a melhod- ‘,5 [teal oannpalgn northward through ‘ |Italy, with the Rroiriel Nov; aldlnl u, it from the sea. so. nls an corms , [were added to Allied territory and‘, provided some useful sirfields. _

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It wasn't, all clover, however. The 5th Anny. s British-American for- mation under American General mm Clark went into Salerno Bey. south of Naples. The Germans were waiting on the brldghesd. rnml was bloody fighting for days and st, tknes it looked as lf the venture would fall.

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I. I’. McISAAG Halifax, N8. Director of Personal Services

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CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR

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