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page eight heactorfree ressacton- jontario- r v nrosdaxmarah15tlrm6e- a district cuboree is planned for this area by cub leaders from acton milton georgetown hillsburg and erin arrangements con tinued at a meeting icst week when scouland cub le the area towns gathered for a social evening in georgetown acton c ssiviaksxaekj35sn3es3 civil cetence notebook civil defence its organization the federal cd organization in peacetime should war come il would 1 also 1 warn of an oncoming attack through electronic devices being built around the rim of the con tinent by ground observer corps and other information sources 2 coordinate interprovincial movement of aid to provinces and municipalities under attack and distribute the federal stockpile of attack supplies 3j coordinate the nationwide jobs of other federal agencies and keep the prime minister and the people informed of thejttacks ef fects 4 participate in decisions con cerning emergency restoration of communications transportation and other essential functions but in the words of mr martin again senior governments can offer guidance planning and financial assistance but the successful pros ecution of a civil defence program depends in the last analysis on the participation of individual cit izens and on community leader ship third of a series of 24 articles the federal governments part in civil defence is mainly to coord inate provincial plans with trte- overall plan of the country in the event of an enemy attack it must provide direction assistance train ing but as health minister paul martin has said civil defence can not be imposed from the top no government not even the federal government can do this job alone he said in a recent speech under canadas constitute ional setup the job of organizing the civilian population so that it can protect itself in event of a dis aster such as nuclear war falls to each level of government federal provincial municipal the federal government recog nized the need of civil defence in canada as far brick as 1948 when it appointed f f worthington as federal civil defence coordinator at that time civil defence crime under jurisdiction of the depart ment of national defence it was switched to the deportment of health and welfare with mr mar tin as the responsible cabinet min ister in 1951 a fedcralprovincirl cub leaders shown in this group photo taken at a recent meeting are cubmaster murray scoyne extreme left and mrs e wensley at extreme right is miss doris allen the district leaders meek monthly jorfiiiftscubp anh a kssasss ura vi tv iim top shorthorn bull of more than 200 bulls auctioned j by the ontario beef improvement association this week top price j was made on a shorthorn consign- ed by s g bennett president of j beardmore and co of acton w h merry milton district shorthorn i breeder paid42400 for the anim- ial conference of civil defence offic ials agreed on which governments would share what responsibilities it was agreed that the federal government would joperatc a cen- ral training school for civil def ence specialists the canadian ci vil defence college was establish ed at arnprior ont 40 miles northwest of ottawa more than 7000 persons have been trained by the federal civil defence organiz ation so far and canada now has some 72000 fulltime cd workers including firemen policemen etc where normal jobs fulfill a cd function and 107000 volunteers courses are held at the college continuously except for the month of august when it close foxvac- ation ljs staff of about 20 has rivencourses to- police chiefs- firc chiefs doctors industrial person nel and many other groups from across canada through the health depart ments information services the j federal cd organization also hks i carried on an intensive education- al campaign to acquaint canadians with the importance and function of civil defence the federal government is res ponsible for cooperation with un- ited states cd planners and es- tablishment of a warning system to up the country of any possible enemy attack it is stockpiling medical supplies at strategic points j across canada it has provided es- i scntial cd equipment training manuals and publications it agreed to carry out research on civil defence through govern- ment research establishments and to help the provinces by paying i onethird the cost to standardize fire hose couplings ontario al berta and british columbia are the only provinces so far to take advantage ol this arrangement which makes it possible fr fire equipment from one town t be used in any other town in the province these are the chief functions of knox church groups at guelph meeting i the three adult groups of knox wms were represented at the i presbyterian executive board meeting in knox presbyterian church guelph last saturday mrs roy black of fergus presided and mrs a w pae toronto a mem- i bcr of the council executive ad dressed the gathering on steward- i ship those attending from acton i were mrs e a hansen mrs d j davidson mrs wm toth mrs jas j ingles mrs h h armstrong mrs f anderson and mrs h main- prize j arrangements were made for a i spring rally to be held in st an- drews church kitchener and the synodical annual in harriston united wa urges j membershipdrive j the womans association of the j united church met at the home of mrs d lindsay tuesday mrs h burns presided the devotional period was led by mrs e lam- bert a recreation period was dir- i ected by mrs lambert followed with contest winners miss e i hawthorne and mrs j denny i a reading was given by mrs 3 pope true friendship two new members mrs j pope and mrs e i biggins were welcomed i mrs m walker mrs everdell 1 and mrs miller who had met with accidents are reported improving the society was divided each col- j lectors book to have a captain and i try to get new members and add interest to the meetings congratulations to mr and mrs j james reed on their 63rd wedding j anniversary the ladies arc cater- ing to the dinner for the presbyl- j ery meeting mrs lindsay assisted by mrs maddox mrs c w mason mrs h burns and mrs shoemaker served refreshments and a social time was enjoyed a vote of thanks was given to mrs lindsay for her home and helpers silverwoo trip to paper mill taken by institute a tour through the provincial paper mill was an enjoyable part of the march meeting of silver- wood wi 17 members turned out for what proved to be an interest ing and instructive experience each of the ladies was presented with a box of beautiful notepapcr the rest of the meeting was held almrs thomas appleyards home mrs burt carbett concluded her program with current events given by mrs russell miller a reading was given by mrs dick appleyard and a paper on the province of the month alberta read by mrs henderson sr little time was left for business but plants were laid for another laycttei refreshments were served by mrs norton and mrs narch- ington ben case and mr stewart scott left last week for california by car mr case going on to visit his brother in saskatchewan before returning home we regret to report that mr em batkin is in hospital in tor onto chinese lodge edmonton cp edmontons chinese community now boasts its own chinese freemasons lodge and permanent quarters the ed monton lodge organized in june 1954 has obtained permanent quarters and now has 63 members hetts limehouse wi votes donation to festival the regular meeing of lime- house womens institute was held at the home of mrs s gisby last week mrs e sanford presided there were 14 members and one visitor present x hm titwi h nnml ing a canadian apple the an nouncement of the halton musical festival was read by the secretary and the usual donation voted to this project mrs harry brown convener of citizenship and education asked for reports by each convener mrs s gisby gave current events the motto if it were not for winter we would never have spring was well prepared and read by mrs sanford mrs george leslie demonstrated rug making which proved to be both helpful and interesting she had some beautiful finished rugs j on display a piano selection by mrs g mulder a former member recently returned from england was en joyed a social half hour was en joyed with lunch served by the hostess and her assistants hearing aid batteries cords free testing mike coxe plumbing heating eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners phone 25 251 mason blvd acton knox wms studies sick worlds needs in the absence of mrs a j buchanan mrs h l bonnie pres ided at the march meeting of the senior auxiliary of trie womens missionary society of knox pres byterian church last thursday at the home of mrs moran the study triple the christian mission in a revolutionary world dealt with the remedies being of fered to a sick world and how the various solutions have appealed us the people of the world national ism as a solution was presented by mrs r n brown communism by mrs pearl kennedy- secularism by mrs john allan and christian ity by mrs fred 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