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rr fr thursday march uks iithe acton free press actor mmjkxoiiisl awumvffm aa j i page aa jersey dairy ouality dafry farm fresh whole milk skim mjlk cream buttermilk chocolate mm daily delivery propucts 242 ita don timmings prop education for highway safety urged at last forum meetings 9 miu street acton with highway hazards what hey are traffic accidents so numerous and the death toll mounting appall ingly no more fitting topic could have been chosen for the closing discussion of the farm forum rea son than safety on the highway it was quite apparent from re ports received from halton county forums that all are very aware or these hazards some problem mentioned were excessive speedand in some caes the joy driver who drove too slow ly often taking more han his shares of the road- thus holding up traffic jack of courtesy failure to jubserve signals and stop sign- tailing to dim lights when meeting cars at night overfatigue of dri vers especially truck drivers driv ing too clteo to the car ahead and driving with ability impaired by oubown orahd ttnion catsup 19c paramount fancy 80ckeye orahuultjed sugar 79c alcohol suggested methods- to solve some of these problems were divided highways- with specified speed- on each lane and more strict enforce ment of traffic regulations drivers should not drive when overtired all cars should be equipped with signal lights and drivers taught t- operate them properly some- groups suggested education in highvay safety in schools both elementary and secondary also on television more rigid tests before giving beginners a drivers license and periodic tests for all drivers above all dont attempt to mix gasoline and alcohol it wont work the volunteer worker of the canadian red cross corps buys her own uniform green beans 2 15oz 0 tins t3 c garden patch choice 0r088s and rlaokwell nut breads 2 tins 39c date and nut chocolate and not fruit and nut licorice allsorts frr8h newly abrtveivgromnolanp lb the greate8t saving txt blue surf this h 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etc reasonably priced to make the perfect easter gift hintons dept store wwwwwwtvwvwwvwtwt4wwwwwmvmwwww obituary native of kilbride dies in california george a stair who was born in kilbride ontario and spent his early years there and in acton passed away on saturday march 19 he was a son of the late mr and mrs thomas blair and was in his 83rd year surviving besides his wife are a n george of hollywood califor nia and one sister mrs- jennie matthews of toronto three sisters predeceased him mrs william kenney and mrs spencer husband who had resided in acton and mrsmccauslarid who had lived in niagara fallsijix in his young manhood he bo- cams keenly interested in photog- tnphy and served his apprentice- ship with the late holly ramshaw in the photography studio- which was then located in- a part of the building now owned by r f beai following this he went- to rochest er and joined the eastman co with whdm he was associated until his retirement he was at that time superi of overeas trade for the eastman kodak c leaders training course held tr7 guelph in february thev were george maltby k hepburn charles petty and robert forbes the list u boys passing the cours e also included t ho nam of donald luxton of fergus who used to live in acton leaders training passed by scouts 7- chronicles of ginger farm written specially or the acfor ree prtn by gwendoline p clarke where oh where are the geese and robins now why- didnt their natural instinct warn them to stay in the sunny south until winter had had its final fling in ontario or cojild it be that- migratory birds nave an unduly optimistic spirit like certain road supervisors of thede- partment of highways what else qouw cause them the supervisors to have snow fences removeb before the end of march i so often we have a storm from the east- in late march or early april not once all winter have srtow fenc es b n h b seven- professors speak at baptist church fn spite of bad weather condi tions good congregations attended special services at the acton bapy tit church pn sunday the jnidrn- ing speaker wasue r hj lang professor of the new testa ment interpretation at i mcmaster unfversity in hamilton his subject was we are ambassadors for christ with th dgfty of reconcil ing the world onto him y special music was rendered by the ladies trio helen ough fay garner and mary reid thespeaker for the evening was the rev p r clifford professor of pialical theology mcmaster uni versity he- took as pis subject call at jeremiah stressing that we were all called for a special duty that nobody ejiie could following the evening service- there was a young peoples rally at he first baptist church bramp ton in which the young people of acton georgetown and brampton were represented other unions re a to be p owing o a boy are they needed now but the friday before the storm was such a lovely day it was enough to deceive anyone just in case it might be a weather breaker i had two weeks- washing done before breakfast that day no four boys from the rockwojod monday washing for me i scouwuoop were successful in pass- i work according to the weather so ing the bronze arrowhead junior i un tlav w rv t get sup- bread e l buchner optometrist every wed afternoon office at h mainprize barber shop hours 130600 evenings by appointment for appointment telephone 115 about tnree nays work done in one but in the afternoon along came visitors their visit put a crimp in my activities so i didnt get my shopping done not that i was wor rying 1 thoncht j wquldslipdown town saturday morning and get what i needed came saturday rooming snow wind and blowing sn and a windshield wiper that was out ot commission t stayed put emergency rations would have to keep us feduntil the storm was oyer and then about three oclock bob and joy literally blew in i soon had bob blowing out again- down town to get tno few piles partner is hauinga grand time down at the barn during this storm carrying water to the cows he can go out in thf storm but the cows have id he lakcji careaf at the same time we are both very busy counting our blessings w-find-vye- j have quite a lot of them during the first part of last week i we had everything around here wind rain snow and a thunder- storm then- was quite a bit of 1 lightning and wind- damagerin the j district but the only casualty here i was the kitchen clock the little i motor in it was burnt out then ori the first comparatively calm day a heifer running loose in the barnyard produced her first ftalf without any untoward incident partner said the heifer and calf were fine but he didnt know how he was going to get them into the stable my help is no longer ap- bad weather conditions dean n h parker of the divini ty- school at mcmaster university led the rally and some of the stu dents for the school and the wo mens leadership training school took part in the service during the day 4j professors dean parker professors lang dr clifford dr harrop professors albaugh and aldvvinckle were preaching in the ersterh district of the guelph a- delation of baptist churches and all met for the rally at brampton i following the rally light refrejjh- l meirts t n me i ton were bypu served by the bramp- obituarv wife mother survive e ashman edward henry ashman known as cook to his friends passed away in guelph general hospital on thursday march 17 he moved three years ago torrr 1gamptaett vilfe having lived previously in toronto and lambton mills he had been ill for four days funeral service was held in to- rlinto march 21 with rev philip k lorne ot humbercrest united church in charge interment was in park lawn cemetery toronto surviving mr ashman are his wife the former edna haines hs mother elizabeth wilson ashman and sisters mrs jw c mccurry mrs frank hand mrs angus kerr mrs b maclntyre all of toronto and mrs a a crre of port cre dit mr ashman was born in 1903 in yorktnn saskatche w an he up led and managed n meat market in torontr at one time precialed then on that wonderful spring like friday along came johnny he got the heifer tied up and also brought in a two weeks supply of chop and- yesterday morning the milk truck got through the lane without any trouble our snow- fence is still up so why wouldnt we count our blessings the heifer might have calved on one of those terribly rough days we could have been left high and dry without chop for the cows and the lane might have become im not and earthquakes are signs of divine displeasure for atomic experiments especially when phehnmenal dis turbances are worldwide in charac ter so many changes everywhere and in every walk of life even in the farmers barns i remember years ago when partner was milk ing ten or twelve cows by hand i used to worry because after the field work wfts done he had so much to do at the barn but he used to say well what are you worrying about thats my recreation the 1 child an i wmrid be do the barn feeding the calves and helping here and there it was gen- ju- i moi ihat we are storm it is a trifle dowr th n find j quite quiet jandpeacrand down in the cellar and we dont le could talk hack and forihmono like the look of our coal bin but palmolive soap 8pkcial offer regular size cks for wbranrofeotoe mazda eo ss watt light bulbs 100wtt bulbs v 26c 20c family circle mu hut florida oranges 5lb bag 37c fancy macintosh 3- lb bag apples celery broccoli i onions no cooving florida hearts crisp and- tender tidl texas- ig bunch 33c i9t 29c 3 lbs 17c nlw potatoes 4 lbs 29c rorida red bliss notice of special grants to all municiphllties and school boards in ontario for the information of heads oj municipalities and school boards elementary and secondary it is announced that the government of the province of ontario will pay a special unconditional grant equal to onehalf of the basic uncon ditional subsidy payable under the municipal unconditional grants act 1953 to every municipality in the province while these grants are completely unconditional they are primarily in order to assist municipalities in special welfare matters where required and at the same time to stimulate employment the total sum being paid for this purpose is 3750000 anp the government of the province of ontario will pay to each school board in the province a special grant of 400 for every child of average daily attendance in the elementary- and secondary schoofs of ontario the total amount being paid for this purpose is 3500000 these grants amounting- to 7250000 are uncondi tional arid will be paid as soon as possible about april 15 1955 estimated amounts payable to each municipality and board are being communicated to the clerk of the municipality in the meantime enquiries should be directed to the department of municipal affairs parliament buildings toronto iach municnality and board should take these grants into consideration in ptiim programs and setting tax rate for the year 1955 g h dunbar mimim of mwiicipal affairs tyldutuxir- we are banking on the theory that eventually all things come to an end even storms unfortunately that also applies to the coal the question is which will last longer the coal or the storm actually we are more concerned about what is taking place at nia gara the forces of nature can be so devastating upon occasion even more so than atomic power and the occasions seem to be getting more frequent all the time sometimes i wonder if- floods storrhs cyclones ant a hedge orrfr now tmvprd um i prpt ounllag um icdek rciiklal bratk jrilcc rum r bablt mtn- cminisiilm rmta flrwlx viml 00 f ljltfc lw 100 far s4s0 islaak ik 100 tar ssso lllaek 10 is far mw afr vvjl could talk back and forth among i ourselves i now on the rare occasions when i go to the barn i notice quite a dif ferencv there is the noise of the motor on the milking machine the swish swish of air as partner puts the milkers on the cows and a much louder swfsh as suction is re leased when partner takes the milk ers of f this of course is repeated with each cow that is milked then as the milker is being rinsed with cold water there is a loud sucking i noise ns the cups drain the last bit of water from thepail i and to cap it all there is the tadio going fine when partner is alone i but not so good when we have to shuut to make each other hear the barn isnt a peaceful place any more j and i never hear partner say now j that to milk is justrecreation i sjob 1 u moo ar sistso r u 100 1l ir sxsoo ar 1o0 privrr- k4 more than 160000 canadians par ticipated in the red cross water safety program in 1953 a r i i r ir kla4 s3 ar- sis aiajlaai irwuot 10fa if far 100 rosa multiftora mj 1 ytarir tiifra traaplaar ss far 0s4o ar st 14 100 mdbatrat- slwaa w- ihkftianhi ss far 0 ar saxoo arr 100 paeont koots aa- laj wuiaar alak far sloav wlta baara o i jpatarai brookditekmssmy nvseritt rottmanvilul ontabio rfcaa d ar nif hfc maratt 1imi mjl i yffttwbe sax humbino heating fi eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners r ii phon 25 251 mason blvd acton n lwwawaaaaaaaaaaaan flresroe 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