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HaltonsnewMP anxious to use overseas experience in Parliament The Acton Free Press Wed September 4 Works committee lengthy meeting posed councillor Hyde in favor Mr Hurst thought four lanes would open it up for more accidents By Gordon Murray With his first session Parliament looming on the horizon newly elected M for Halton Frank Phi I brook is looking forward to the time in his when he will with the construction project lives I was able to save only hampered his work he said in West Pakistan one of the mothers and none We had virtually no blood returning to Canada in the of the babies I was naturally a little serum once centennial year shocked and disappointed but In a while and a dangerous Of his two years in Kash as a nurse from England who i drugs phllbrook he said There had been there for many sold ilntcd out to me I had very simple f benefits years pointed out to me I nan They were very poll leal lot fltewhenIolned to be there wercnt living happy people I guess able KraiSTSw six people dead and would compareeffo us you could say keep plugging dldn have much of a of foreign the fiHh poverty ffiSi or health services and disease often depressed Tot they were able to enjoy After several futile at iseases an medical and frustrated him he said he what they had he added to receive an overseas never lost hope He was He Is quick to note that posting jumped at fascWed by the there were consldcrab the chance to be the Doctor at seen medical experience I had differences between his job In He first began looking Into the possibilities of working overseas while he was still at the University of Toronto from which he graduated With a Bachelor of Science In 1954 and General Prac titloners certificate in my wife and I wanted to go overseas see a bit of the world broaden ourselves and help some people who really n eded it he said Midge Is a nurse and currently works at Toronto Western Hospital They had a friend who had hist returned from and they found Us stories very Interesting and so started looking Into methods of going to East Africa Whtn that didn t pan out they contacting construction firms working In various parts of the world and the Canadian Ministry of External Affairs but to no avail There were lots of opportunity to tackle now Kashmir and the one he held things every day and handle in West Pakistan The two j an hi- problems I would never jobs as a total overseas ex plentiful and so encounter in the Western perience complimented each world brook remarked other quite well The hospital was very make what I feel was large old designed along valuable contribution on each styles and Had beds job He said his work In West They frequently had heating Pakistan was no great and water supply problems challenge as compared to during the winter The Kashmir but at the saint time medical facilities equip It was more rewarding ment and supplies were very financially and gave him rudimentary and greatly valuable general medicine He found the situation In Kashmir particularly unique in that It was one of most fertile parts of all India Water was plentiful and everyone should have been well fed There was also a thriving tourist trade and there were many beautiful country areas Yet with the possibility of a good life evident everywhere the people were very poor undernourished and disease was rampant The reasons for this situation were numerous including primitive farming techniques difficulty In adapting to winter conditions and the fact they were Moslems in a Hindu country The religious difference resulted In a loss of con hldcrable stocks of food each year to other areas of India It was simply a socio economic condition They should have been well fed but weren There was just no logical reason for the situation Phllbrook said practice The dom proJLCt was unique in that it was only one ever attempted like it anywhere In the world The would have normally years to but because India was going to cut off headwaters it had to be done in the verj five years or tin entire north of West Pakistan would have been without water The project ended up taking our and a half years to finish Upon it was the largest dam In the world and priceless in Us to the young Tht artificial lakes weri already in operation when India tut off the water supply or the project there was a modern town built indttdinL a welt equipped bed hospital lit provided mcdinl attention for the population from Western countries and for many of the men from Canada who were part of our peacekeeping on the Indian Pakistan hoarder He vividly recalls that W rks committee of Joe Hills meet till mar midnight Hurst caution and slashing broke out in that part of the world lie Just happened In be away and his wife and were all alone the Chines were on of Invading Kadh the other time was when the day w broke out between India and Pakistan Neither crisis really effected us much although of the race against lime the construction was involved they worked by This had to be id bemuse the danger Repair of underground wiring at the Mill Main rattle In will be looked Into The wiring was repaired temporarily In Morris Further study will be given March on Instruelioas of the recommindtd tendering the proposal to change t the person who more In the Queen St Acton to a four hit the pole responsible sidewalk program and works route with no pirking mayor Hill More In agreed No Councillor Joe Hurst is op- formation wil be sought walks had been done in Acton yet he said he committee recom to council a split tost of Installing gabions I PORTABLE DISHWASHERS Ids if foreign well the Bishop of Niagara Th the recently elected In said Kashmir Many of the women ended Just before their departure up anaemic he said because were informed that of the large numbers of was In fact not going children they bear and the to be staying on and act the children were breast Phllbrook would be in charge fed until they were three or of the mission hospital It was four years old In many cases arranged that would ihey were forced to have a short time lo sections and ex to become more penenced permanent pelvic adjusted He stayed at the mission hospital lor two years before moving over to West Pakistan wherclie becon the doctor aria on a construe Hon project backed by the World damage Other problems included tuberculosis typhoid worms broken bones fractures and in men bone Kashmir was sort of a tourist region for that port of One incident Phllbrook the world A lot of people often relates was pretty much from the dam project used lo typical of the entire situation come there for vacations and there during his two year we got to meet a lot of them stay The first night I was Our friendships enabled me there all alone after to snag the job at the Wilkes had left I had to stated perform three e spent nearly five years sections out of a possible six funny nil our friends and family were worried about us while we were worried about how Cuban missile crisis would their lives he added After seven picas they returned to Canada to discover culture shock really did exist In said Our first year wus very because most our old friends had moved away mid we found life here hid hanged drama lieolly Iliilhronk He said Ihey eouldn t how fast everything In Ciuadi had and how prices had risen They were also Ircmmdous Jump in Hit standard of living and sophistication of life Canada which had liken plate in sevi years hat I found really different is we had become a credit society which certainly wasnt cose when we left he added Works committee recom mends be spent to J replace arms of mercury vapor lamps in J on Willow Park and Mill Originally inns had been recom minded Others will be replaced later Use of a garbage truck driven by a own employee is approved for cleaning up ifUr Acton fair More changes were recommencd in the com parking bylaw for Mills repairs to the stone wall at the regional police Mill St Georgetown own nun will cut low tree limbs which overhang roadways Particular is on Main and Bower Acton There have been a couple of incidents of trucks hitting Cor Macdonnoll Phono Snrving Gurtlph and area tor years UtttfttSU DAVE MANES- YOUR Reunion The annual Gllwell reunion will be held this weekend at Blue Springs scout reserve PART OF THE CROWD at Sundays Libera com Good crowd Over 100 people from throughout showed up at the Liberal party com roast Monday despite unsea cool weather and intermittent rain It was held at the Hornby Community Park Most pitched in and helped husk corn and enjoyed the opportunity to talk to M P I- rank who mingled with groups of people After the mounds of corn hot dogs and pop had been consumed lhc had races and water balloon games Some people played with and soccer balls The affair broke up about an hour early because of a downpour POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL Mnuftc of Kit Mtmo 111 IB Hi formerly Bensons Shoes 19 MILL ST E ACTON 8530360 Sloe Stoic DR FRANK hosks some corn tor visitor at tlu Liberal com roost at Hornby Park Sunday 2nd Annual POTATO SEPTEMBER 6 8 1974 FRIDAY SEPT 6 Po Crowning of POTATO QUEEN AND PRINCESS in the Hillsburgh Arena ROCK EXPLOSION DANCE featuring Pure Dynamite from 9pm to a m ENTERTAINMENT TENT in PARK SATURDAY SEPT 7 SNOWMOBILE GRASS DRAGS on the grass according to O S R F rules GRAND PARADE noon RIDES AND GAMES TEEN POP SHOW FASHION SHOW at 1 30 FARM TOURS ENTERTAINMENT TENT BAND CONCERT DANCING 9pm to a m in the arena Freshly Minced Beef ESSEX SWEET PICKLED Cottage Rolls 98 Side Spare Ribs 98 Cooked Meats Hamburger Fixins Liquid Detergent rntKCHs Prepared Mustard 89 29 Dog and Cat Food 01 Laura Secord Puddings 69 PeekFrean Biscuits PLUMS CRISP CROWN Celery Stalks Cabbage SWEET JUICY PRODUCE Or OF AFRICA FANCY GRADE Oranges 99 Bartlett Pears 39 Grape Juice LEOOOAFROItN Onion Rings 3 CANADA NO GRADE 39 WE RESERVE THE TO LIMIT QUANTITIES PRICES EFFECTIVE WED THRU SAT SEPT T07U Beginning SEPTEMBER we will be CLOSED MONDAYS until further notice Quality