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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 24, 1960, p. 12

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rk remembrance day athaltonvlllecenotaph intended for last week remembrimce day services sere held november 11th at the qltonville cenotaph under max storey of the acton legion arthur padbury read the names cm the cenotaph and the last post and reveille were sounded by w d elmer smith rev man led in prayer the veterans then paraded up tne hill to the nassagawcya presbyter church led by pipe major phil caddlck followed by cubs scouts brownies and their leaders from the surrounding communities how nice it was to see these young people who had a holiday from school to participate in this impressive service kenneth griffiths from ebenez er delivered the address for this service and he took his text from hebrews 12 per ardua ad chris tum a few from ebenezer choir as sisted the nassagaweya choir in the leading of the hymns mrs frazer of moffat was or gams for the service film on india the young peoples union of ebenezer met in thi lhurch base ment on sunday evening will good attendance david griffiths was in chargi of this meeting and he showed a film on india he then divided the members into groups and asked questions on the film the groups scored an even number of points mr and mrs malcolm moffat were the inv ted guests for this meeting irgt contest of bushel weights adds to agriculture program november meeting of green ock wi wa held at the home of mrs 3 thompson with 13 me mbers and one visitor present the president mrs c allan pre sided for the meeting mrs b jofcfcston read the scripture in keeping with the standing com mittee program the roll call was answered with an industry in wellington county mrs c aitken presented the report of the centre wellington district executive meeting held recently at the home of the dis trict president mrs n jamics son elora an invitation was read from the ballmarad w i to attend a short course on cater lng to crowds conducted by the department to be held in balhn afad in november mrs l trysscnaar and mrs c aitken convened the program on agriculture and canadian indus tries a reading the electronic age was given by mrs c al ian mrs c aitken explained the history of glass leading up to the fibre glass industry of to day and also gave a few items of news regarding canadian ag nculture following were a rm back to the farm miss pearen paper the romance of canadian cheese mrs l trysscnaar and the motto tnfl es make perfection mrs t hemsley a novelty sing song and a con test on bushel weights of farm products concluded the program the hostess and lunch tommilta served lunch following the na tional anthem and institute gra cc mrs j mckeown was cour tcsy convener for the meeting mrs w johnston will be host ess for the christmas parly in decembe r btweawctw q weakness of parole system being studied by government 1 the regular meeting of the ac ton y s men was the occasion for the induction of jim king assist ant manager of the bank of noj scotia and of paul law son of beardmore and co ttil meeting november 10 in the y was spinted as usual and the gaelic combine of foyers and wilson almost wrecked the fines penod mr sanderson superintendent of the ontario reformatory at guclph was the guest speaker he put much of the blairil for the high level of delinquency upon the lack of parental care his re ports on the apparent weakness of the parole system were enllght cnlng even though discouraging it was encouraging however to hear that the canadian penal sys tern as it affects the young and short term offenders was being studied by thl bnhsh goem men i who admit its high value at the conclusion he txiliukd an imititiun to iht ys men lo isit the reformatory is his short term guests and would persun ally host the isit by way of ip- preciation y s man bill wilson introduced mr sanderson and y s man el mcr smith thanked him on be half of all members present a most significant feature of the evening was the return to the club of y s man and past presid enl ed footilt the membership expressed pleasure al having him back at the table again alter a short absence the meeting closed again uilh bridge and tdble tennis games engaging the athletie minded members memorial certificate given miss d simmons by wms the united church women s missionary society met at the home of mrs a ironside tuesda afternoon november 8 with 21 present 1 he president mrs h r force opened thi meeting with a hvmn and prmr the seere iflr s report was read and adopt cd considerable mail was then dealt with and a lard signed b the members to be sent one of the shut ins the treasurer s re port wus read b mrs j lambert and adopted the business arising concerning bilk was dealt with mrs cleave reported on cum munitv friendship with 7 ealls being mode it was mov e d hv miss bennett scionded b mrs cleave lhat thi same numbers remain in office another car mrs a shoemaker reported on the shutins and presented miss durottn simmons with a memor ial eertificate in memurv ot the late mrs burns miss simmons gave a verv fitting rcplv the offering was rocied mrs toree thanked the hustevs and those helping vtth the meeting mrs f udkea wa in ihargt ot the worship service with mrs poole and mrs ironside n idiny responsive is the bible and com ments mr poole led in praver mrs lidkea took the studs book turning world ind gave t talk on the chapter ftrsi slop europe chnstnns trom all mil thi world and ot different t uths met in holland lo aid in building and hilping in a slum area whnli proved j great deal ol good tit i onlv in the stums but f r thost that look part the meeting elosed with a hvmn and all repealing the mi7 p ih benediction all enjovtd i soenl lime over a cup ot tea three acton men start new venture last mondav three alton nun siarud a new enterprise and are lull equipped to nan dli anv chore large qr simll in industry home olfue oi bus mess the three partners ro good win joe sojka and earl good win are readv and willing to ta ekk anv iob large or small and have equipment to handle home if hoe oommtreial industrial ikining and gencitl mini u name as will as inli nor and exterior cleaning rug and uph iktcrv shimp- ootng will he a specials with up in dale equipment to do the iob the thrxx partners m itod this week no uh is ion large r sm ill lo h indk ind snow shov elling or pi wing is expected to be a urge venture this winter keyboard of thi edward ley organ being installed in the new united church gives i ttle indication of its capacity organist george elliott points out to unior choristers ruth lamb and pat dennis thfe organ has 25 ranks of pipes w th 26 stops the mechanism is of the tracker type the same arrangement used by j s bach the orijjan came from the berkeley studio of the united church w mm j sttwim civil defense plan here advocated by mayer fallowing arnprhr coarse busy bees discuss millinery course mrs oudesluys was hostess for the november meeting of the dusy bees wi with the presid em in the chair all sang the w i ode and repeated the mary stewart collect the roll call what makes a good citizen was answered by all as the mem bers are taking he millinery cour se very shortly there was condi erable discussion over this the bazaar coming al the end of the month called for conveners and extra meetings mrs hav ward convener of citizenship gave a verv interesting reading on human righis js thev concern the various individuals this was followed bv all singing pick up vour trouble in your old kit iag mrs limlsav as district direc or gave a rtporl of the district meeting mrs coxe gave a read lng the rummage sile as remembrance day came during the week all paid tnbule to he filler of the two great wars hv two minules silence followed by n hvmn mrs m leleod read i piece on sunny brook hospital ind mrs allen one on rcmem bnncc a contest followed and wis won bv mrs macleod and mrs d mclean the lord s pnvei concluded the meeting the hostess served a delicious lunch she was thanked by the courtesy convener mrs lindsay tha acton frw prats thursday navambar 24lh i960 u honorary membership given to mrs dean leslie at wms the annual meeting of the af lernoon auxiliary wm8 of knox church was held on november 1 0th at the home or mrs a m mcphersun the president mrs h l bmnie opened the mceling with some thoughts on rcmem bmnee the service of worship was lead by mrs j mcgregor mrs c g jones give in interes ting report on the semi annul ting of the svnodicjt sotietv of toronto iml kingtotrhcjcl in calvin church toronto in obto- bir j annual reports were presented bv the recording secretary the treasurer and all depirtnunl sec retjnes mrs a j buchinnn pre sided fir the election of officers for the veir 1961 an honorary membership the highe st honor to be conferred upon a member of the orgimzat ion for serviee rendered was ptescnted to mrs dean leslie mrs r m mcdonald making the piesentaliun of the certificate and mrs e j hassard the pin in the absence of the donor miss agnes ggukfat a previous- meeting mrs james wilds and mrs r l david- ion were honored with life mem hership certificates and pins by the auxiliary members dents dont hvrt dents don t hurt the quality of canned goods so long as the dent is not severe enough to bulga thfl can or cause leakage municipal representatives at tended the conference of ontario mayors reeves and wardens at the camdian civil defence college at arnpnor recently mayor johnny otiy was among them ind now he jiopes to sec acton idopt a plan or civil defence here the conference was sponsored by the federal emergency mcas ures organization in cooperation with the pirallel ontino organ nation feituied lectures ind dis eussions on v unous phases of civil emergency planning at all leels of ihe government the hrst two davs were devoted main lv to outlining the fcdeial and general aspects ol such i pro- tram the hml two days melud ed diseussions on proposed pro- vmcnl and municipal plans nuclear weapons officials hum federal emo ihe dcfente rtwuch board the department of national health ind we if ire ind the canadian army dealt vvith such topics as nuclear weapons and their effects arrangements for the general area of civil emergencyplannlng mun icipal planning ihe financial av sistince program the shelter pro gram planning for emergency health and welfare services and the role of the canadian army in ml ion il survival during the conference senior officials of the provincial emo discussed highlights of provincial and municipal e merge nc plan nmg wilh the dclcgales mr g brouchi home a sheif of noics and booklets ind he ii be reportinc to cc uneil a meeting with commander mcgregt r ol oak ilk hallons eiul defense coordmilor ma result no grants to town acton cinnol i inane e defense of us own mr gov learned because j inis i nlv go duwn as far is ihe counlv level the fedenl cturnmml pavs 7i percent of e sis the privince is percent and the munuipiliiv he it the counts loperetnl eieh province uimmister its un pi in i think llilie are iiruii parts it the program we could verv e isilv put into elleet bv hivini tommuuts i irnitd mr gov snid the uttul pi inning of ihe i wn of adon is some thin that w nil i e si n ithmg it would just i ike time ind ih uhl he poind il i ut that in event of umrti kv h lit in is luekv to have the eenlt i onimand under brigadiergencial sparling situ it cd moikvilie the irmv s cmerccnc duties hive alreads bcin laid down the confe mu revelled to the men thit ill hi ugh the federal nil hun lies feel that wars ire not started bv intelligent persons or nitions the possibiltv of i nuc kar war actualh exists pi ins should be nude public ignorant the public on ihe whole is ig norant of the effects of a nuclear blast emo s plan based on kpown facts of 1960 is flexible itself and can be altered anytime their predetermined plan is limed to increase he chances of survival in the event of a nuclear war and everyone his a part lo play chief functions of the emergen cy measures oiganiation mr goy outlined are 1 continuity of govcrment at all levels 2 guar antee that there will be a public surv ival and recovei v this is based on the assumption ih it the country that can absoib a nuclear blow will in ill likelihood be the victor 3 est iblishmenl of a pi in ol all essential services ncccssarv lor sunn il including justice public utilities well lie transpor t uion and fire protec lion this applies it the mum i p it kvel and could be done loi acton recommended for towns like this are surveys a survey would determine if acton is in a target area reception area or reentry area the last two apply mr goy says sinee prevailing winds would carry fallout from a sup posed blast at toronto away from us from west to east another survey vaiuld show how much fallout protection is available in local buildings with out the building of shelters den sitv ot ihe building material dc lermines the amount of protec iipn rid ui i ion and gumm i i ivs i ise their elfectiveness quickly ire easilv limited bv shielding and distance mr gov thoughl microfilming if some of the towns import ml records might be considered home shelters advocated he said the main theme k the conference was to lmpriss upon people that personal protection is their iob ind increases ifisii ih3nee of survival in some cases hv 99 percent i rum radii t ion ind fallout mivors from municipalities the same sie is acton and abt lit the sum distance trom i possible target irea dlmlissed common problems the men were toldlhit in a position such as actons the people should consider seeking protection teom lillout in a h mc shelter for anvwherc from 48 hours to iwo weeks depending on ihe direction of the wind lit retailed their stress on the fad there is no protection from the blast just from fallout most people then are ignorant of what would happen next or arc seiiouslv misinformed tor instance many think there would be nothing edible for those w ho c me i ted horn the cellars after ihe r id alion dinger w is pist auihoiil is jssurul the men this was wiont fust j ill the suggest l housewife should clean het kitchen thoioughly the wills and eupbo irds ire cenei illy shiny ind sm wth and easily scouted food inside tins is ill safe apples and potatoes and siniil u foods ire l il they in washed and peeled even it ihev h ivc hcen exposed in the oichird or i eld with ills execptt jn safe loods aie lullv matured ones vegetables ind fruit which he inc ind di iw then nourishment hum the s tl would n it be s lie w iter ice uis qu iklv ihe men were told but milk rcmuns dingck us i i my time tinned milk would be ihe only milk us able the old civil defense svstem has been engulfed bv the lnur gency measures orgamialon the men at the course diew up several resolutions in one thev stated their feeling thit public in formition pr v im should be stepped up in another thev sul gested carrying on these confer tnees with muniupil olheials inee conditions ehangc thev ilso thought the nation il hous ng ael might mike it eompul soiv lo hive i she i it r in i home ibl nn a mortt ite i emitgcnev incisures sim impiv wartime n mr gov s when in explismn in 1 windsor store k lied some and rapped manv within fve mm ules the cits s disisler pi in wis put in effect 300 in teams assis led in rescuing el isl ti 100 doctors ind h spn ik iko filled he disister phn s partieularlv enthusiastic h iw ilk inform uion hi has c until m iv bt npplud in time ind pi mi nc c st nothing he sn pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 watr st north oalt telephone ci 7sm irish in canada at ihe time of confederation the irish in cmada were second n number only to canadians of french origin today canadians of lush origin rank fourth in number ifttr canadians of french english and scottish descent high quality merchandise i low budget prices lightmans dpt star aden jack ridley cartage limited concrete block cindir hocks sanb livestock and fertilizer farm mrvict md supplies dump trucks for hire concrete mkk clay mick stonj pcv clau fllf fully liuurad phone 25 wasting fuel then switch now to texaco fuel chief and get the cleanest burning oil you can buy burns completely no waste smokeless no disagreeable odors no deposits save repair bills uniform quality every load the same dependable delivery we scrndul dtllverkt to you never run short coll us now and forget your healing problems fast efficient service our bulk tank is located about 5 miles east of acton on no 7 hwy delivery anywhere budget terms arranged bill bailey the oil man georgetown call collect tr74031 acton walflor services painting decorating rug chesterfield shampooing general cleaning general maintenance service w in aqalppml m do ill your odds obt expert workmen a v arable phonesacton27acton7 give a gift subscription to the acton free press a card wilt be tent in vour name sibscr1ption prices pmd in advance s3n per v ear in canada ym outside ol canada an easy solution to tour christmas otftprotlemi you and your togetherness were in trouble at times ike this man i best fnend is certainly do fnend of mother s but when mother u modern ihe nredn t worry about the mfw because he hai the efficient help of electricity and that mamc pan the modern automaoc electric waiher and dryer for built in insulation against washday weannest install a modern automatic electric washer and dryer ou ii 6nd they pay tor themselves many nmes over in happier easy goinir irving i to k mart out oi life ft the mtt out of electricity live better electrically

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