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the acton rs mbs thursday novxubea 1 imo from coast to coast in view of tk fftct tht the difor 4nd hit wif tpent mott of ltt wv t th annual con vention of th cnftdin weekly newiptperv it it only natural that our thoughtt ar still much on ttiit vent and perhpt by way of change from utual editorial ditcuiiton we might me thit event at editorial matter in thit annual event eddom of weekly newspaper gather from across canada its coatt to coast representation gives an opportunity for many opinions and an intimate understanding of the dominions communities this year the point of assembly had been chosen at st andrews in new brunswick the railway strike broke up these plant and a second date was chosen and the place old quebec city frankly we were pleated with the second loca on because it had never been our privilege to vint this historic canadian city where over four hundred years ago jacques ceilier discovered canada and it wet known as a collection of huts in our scrtool days we had a vivid imagine lion of the battle of the plains of abraham the scaling of the cliffs by wolfe and the defeat of faontcelm it came as a bit of a ihock to be made aware of the fact that tte actual battle only last ed 18 minutes but it was a great joy to view for the first time all these historic sites bettor sleeping may we digress a moment to comment on a travel improvement decently the railway de signed new pollman cars with accommodation inown as duplex roomettes this was the first trip in which we were able to secure and try thete new sleepers perhaps you got a glimpie of them in the exhibit at the exhibition in our estimation they are the finest thing brought out mce the first pullman cars and we believe we have tried all the offerings in over night travel there are about twenty of these roomemei on a pollman car from the ouliide they present a peculiar appearance in that win riowi are t99 n height in the interior this t easily undeivtood because one pair of rooms air on door level and the next pair are raised a ccuplc of steps in the room on door level the teds pull straight out on a tiack over the hy sem in the rooms raised by steps the beds are let down from the ih ftoth are easily managed but perhaps he lowers are the mo- 1 simple and they allow for plrnt of room to let the feet of the rfctra tall go full length tvlow the ted every roomette is complete with bathroom facilities a light panel qies everything to a dim night light privacy is assurt d by heavy curtains and after the bed has been put in place a stii door can be dravn find locked you get none of the coughs or snores of cur fellow passengers cone too the rush in tht common washroom each morning surprisingly the cost isjict much more than ioait lxrths we hop the railw i will havt some cipital funds left to add more of these now cars to ihnr equipment and ttiit thi customers as well as em ploy cm s ma en t some bi m f ts of nun ased rates summer to winter at montreal last mondav it was ool an wind just outside that ot it started to ram winch later turned to snow when we arc vi d at queliec cit hortl after dinner a bliard of february proportions ivj raging and wi estimat ed four iikhis of slush ond snow was on the streets h was our first winter convention the t to the hotel slithered some cars had difftcul t on the fulls nothing could be seen of the cit and even from the hotel comfort one did not en joy the sudden transition from summer to dead of winter that evening the snow stopped and in the comfort of the chateau frontenac and the erioy- ment of meeting old and new friends the weath er had little effect we attended convention ses sions and that evening listened to an address by hon mr talbot minister of highways for que bec province he was introduced by ray wilson of shawinigen falls and the introduction was in frenchmr talbot spoke in english although h was obvious that both he and albert wallot of valleyfield que were both much more familiar with the french than the english dialect the impression started here and it grew in the days we spent in quebec that our education al system might well devote more attention to the french as spoken in canada that is of course if our education is to prove more useful to canada my how we envied those chaps who could handle both languages so well such a step in the curriculum would literally be a way to bet ter understanding bilingual rotary the cold wekorne of monday was forgotten m tuesdays sunshine and the ltvw soon cleared and we got a view of quebec ve attended ses sions and an eight oclock breakfast on tuesday morning but vowed we were going to skip school and see a bit of quebec in the afternoon tuesday we attended trie potary lunctieon of tte quebec city club tfiere were about ten other editor roterians and about thirty visitors that day two across the table were from trie southern states again we would have enjoyed knowing more about what was going on but quebec is bilingual and the fnglih we under tiood and the hospitality of all we enjoyed we started in to sing o canada the muik was familiar but after a few bars we found it wi best to hum trie long and avoid live dash of two tongue we were relieved to tear trie ipeaker an nounce after a few halting frenth sentences that was alt the french he knew and from there on lie would have to proceed in f eighth the speaker was the sales manager of the steel company of canada from montreal the spelling of the name vte cannot give you me was introduced in french and we re never ust sure of name spelling secur ed from french pronunciation we do know that such words as success and association fo not sound the same given by a quebecker as they do when spoken in ontario at any rate this speaker gave the finest ad dies we heard while on our visit but we should qualify that by stating that we missed two or three addresses because we were not awate of the convention program before going and marie our reservations for the return trip too soon we learned of the expansion of the steel industry in canada and that this country has had gceater ex pension since 1939 that any other country in the world the good old days may have seemed better the old and new tuesday afternoon we secured bus ticvet on a sight seeing tour of the city before going how ever we had time to take the elevator ascen s ur at the rear of the chateau frontenac and drop down into old quebec and a stroll in the iieets of what is known as lower town quctwt city has contrasts that no other city can give in mmii a short distance lower town is ovn 200 ft et ixlow upper town there are the old build ii ijs the narrow sire ts the two foot sidewalks tie ohhle stone roads ihc nver front the old market plans and the old customs it set ms to have r matned unchanged m the untunes and it is ust the haphazard develop merit of the waterfront section which seems a bit hesitant to kttp up witlt this day and gets an enjoyment m ma nlammg the methods and in conveniences of the past us antiquity is d light ful for the vis u r we hope it will le maintained i ut vt want no part of its day by day mvnten a rut wl vihd cm grocery store which seemed topical thought we could purchase some deli cc a bit different endeavoured to do it by po ntmg and interrogating if the article was lunch and dually resortid to stating flatly we euid like to get something different from what w hid at home the storekeepers reply was vel put in ptrfettl understandable engl sit how do i know what you have at home from there on we got along better and secured some hne black figs wy smular to what we could get t home hut the conglomeration of that store w amaing a displa rack had all the familiar bak try the shelves were filled and regularly the cierks disappeared down the halji behind the counter ot maybe below the nver the stock lef room for possibly three or four customers at a t me here was the modern struggling with the eld to find a place in nferchandismg and our guess is many more years of struggle but hero our space has been filled and if we are to include our trip it must be continued next week with impressions of the citadel and other historical gems back in 1900 tmkrm fro k ittur of ifcr fre jfru o thuruuy nov t 109 apt and ur kinrwnlll wrrt in un with ur wakfr rardmon- n tueiday p klngwnlll la rommmdrr nf thr hrtltth warship uimura and la un furlough during hla wmdlng limr tur ulldura lrvt- at mer for australia ur kin mil i npf mnlr iwrdmorr fur a numtwr of years a raltt- rnt of artiui when hrr fathrr mr walter ilrarttmonr had hla out of town rvaidmr karr w w hrxdl umfhuuir who owna jm pntr4v wi ualn rt nn the home ir mrs tiot m ltn ha ennimerahljr improvr th- prvmlwa thja fall a new fcilrhm hat twen added and the bain ha alcn tieen improved while hla work at the fitk lunihoute on sunday ur s uitalrted the frarture of three rlba and alao alight internal injurtea llr wii working in an engine on the lra k when the engineer ap piled the air brake and the tiidom atop threw him against the de of the englna at the nonilnatlona at mlllori ye i ntav iaxld llendenutn waa nn mate the conservative randld air and s f mrklnnon aa the ijb eral ratululate the rrglatratlon nf totem took plare at ullton tam wek for the rtunty of hat ton rlthty five vol era were rrjtlmrred aa wrtovlv the dat for the pol him appro he the intrrrt nat uritllv rihiit more intense nirn sttwailt at famplx ikille thurlav rvlh cvtotx r the wifr of william stewart aged 2 yeart back in 1930 takeai rota the lltw o tli frc preu o tfiurbdai ortobrr 39 1910 brampton ataged a nlatht of evlebxatlon laxl thurvtay for their vlntorlotia larnaae team and band hydro workmen are huay ex it- ml i rig the power line fnrni arton to seyilde nunilvri of ftrmm aloog thla line are preparwia- to inftatl ihla utility lo their hulld iriga a line will alwi tie run atong the hlchwav l in cirwwmi ortier- i uimiday ihe vhing iviple a wlety of kooa rhurh held their fltal detmlte of the eam the tlh jt waa llevet thu the 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i fr n ii itun in hi ir in s jus n w editorial notes the hanover ont post talks on waste until korea there were 24576 ciwil servants looking after the 49954 men in the armed forces that is belter than one civilian for every two men in uniform the wage bill of thi civilian force last year totalled nearly about 12000 civil servants to look after the multifarious affairs of 4500000 people but mr c lax ton maintains a staff twice as large for his company of 47000 enlisted men is it not time that the commons took a look is jt not time that it developed some fortitude and put an end to such incompetence and that be fore it adds another penny to the nations tax bijl the acton free press thr only paper ei cr publuhrd tn acto published each ttnirsd at sfi mill st acton ontario aulhotisrd a hrevul clmas mall paat ocflrr department ottawa feuntud in 1 875 tlrmbrr audit barraa clrealatun cw va and onlariaqnebk dlrulaa cw advwrltlng rates en raquott subscription in advance 30 in canada 300 in united states single copies 6c telephones business end editorial office 174 residence 131 buonrs or mrroalrs ranor tomato juice 2s tomato juice 2 190 catsup 17c new pack ayuiek 11 oz btl tr- kernel corn jkle aylmer irish ste1v 29e spaghetti kjfii 15 heinz pork beans 17c victory sweet pickles ji jlc romar coffee 47c 93c monarch cake mixes chocolate or white pro 35c ginger bread mix 19c pie crust mix lie red river cereal i7c3lc orange or blended met i5t 35e 43c cut mixed peel 17c romar peanut butter v 35c fruited pudding rr 35c si fruit cake soe catarae dry ginger ale 2 u- 2c 1h- strawberry jam ji pineapple australian pieces 20 oz tin lushus jelly powders 3 26c heinz vinegar 14c 23c old dutch cleanser 2 25c success no rob wax 63c 107 j a vex bleach bti lge 24e 47c rinso 15c s8e a maple leaf soap flakes llb peg 34c 95c bli ui doz 29c jiirvviobina oranges no i small onions washed carrots florida m grapefruit 4 for 23c fresn daily cilery heart caalulewer balails aad spinach in akf eajuhea mailirnma celle taautae 10 lb bag 27c 3 lb 10c