Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 8, 1956, p. 5

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ifr thohsday march 8th ifc6 the acton free press actqn ontario fags tmt esquesing school bd names secretary e h batkln georgetown has been appointed secretary of the esques- ing township school area to replace iflss ruth evans who has held this position for the past 10 years mr batklns duties will commence on april l damage a car driven by say hilaon of milton received 800 damage when itv rolled over and landed on the roof in a- ditch on no 25 highway near speyside on friday hilson told police that as his car rounded a curve just below speyside the steering locked and the car hit the guard rails knock ed down seven and rolled over in the east ditch the car is a 1952 chevrolet youkg men consider your future now if you have your junior matriculajjon or better you may obtain a position in an expanding banking field where exceptional promotion possibilities exist excellent pension life insurance surgical and hos pitalization plans as well as home study- courses are offered those interested or their parents are invited to visit the manager of the bank of nova scotia to discuss thejlhatter without obligation sprnge want ad page where old fronds meet now showing a bright stock of wear for spring mens womens and childrens sp coats- mens sprng suits topcoats sports coats jaccets ught sweaters for children boys suits girls dresses coat sets everything for spring eisensto1 girlsclublearns of pasteurizing the second- meeting of the os- pringe mukettes was held satur day afternoon at the home of mrs e fisher assisted fa mrs e archibald the girls were shown how to pasteurize raw milk- to make it safe for human consumpt ion a general discussion followed the girls made cocoa which was served along with cookies to con clude the meeting at acton night school miss doris fines mrs ross fer guson and mrs d g robertson 1 attended the exhibition of the night school at actor on friday evening mr and mrs wm webb and family guelph township mr and mrs hugh robertson and family guelph visited sunday at the home of their parents mr and mrs george d robertson miss joyce robertson kitchener was also hoxne for the weekend miss mary struthers toronto spent the weekend with her bro ther and sisterinlaw mr and mrs james struthers mr and mrs russell struthers and terry of preston visited saturday at the same home mr and mrs j a bulloch and family visited sunday with friends hrtpronto mrs e fisher spent a day rec ently with her aunt mrs j wil liamson in acton friends of mrs dan winter will be sorry to learn she is a patient in the guelph hospital but wish for her a speedy recovery miss shirley grundy left wed nesday for georgetown where she has obtained a position- mrs johnston sr and mr an drew johnston rockwood visited sunday with mr and mrs ver non stewart and family ice fishing at lake simeoe is proving popular to local residents recent participants were s pem- bleton and sons alvin and don e fisher and jerry d g robertson mr and mrs b clarke barry and robert television and radio service by r w grant phone acton 594 collect located at watsons music store campbellviue st davids group hostess lois inglis lois inglis was hostess to st davids girls group oh monday evening when she presided and opened with a call to worship hymn and prayer gloria purdy gave the secretarys report and lenore chester the treasurers re port each member was asked to cto- ntelio mission teachers eight girls offered to make dresses for thankoffering to be held in the church on easter monday with sandra turner gloria purdy and margaret baulch in charge of the bale plans were made for the program the gifls planned to take a len- thercraft course at the may meet ing an invitation was extended to the girls from the blair evening auxiliary to attend their easter thankoffering meeting at the home of mrs robert euiott mrs walter hambly gave the topic on mission work in indian schools games were conducted by lenore chester and a social half hour followed friends of mrs edgar cairns are sorry to hear that she underwent an operation in st josephs hos pital hamilton this week mrs robert elliott had the mis- fortune to fall on the ice in front of her home cutting her knee the wound required is stitches to close mrs samuel cairns is convalesc ing in the nora frances hender son hospital in hamilton we vrish all these folks a speedy recovery the sympathy of the community is extended to mrs wm coulter sr and family during the recent loss of her father who was buried in toronto on wednesday of this week everton persenal items form news of community mrs wesley lillie cliff and alan and mis ruth huntley visited sun day with mr and mrs ezra small and son arthur mr and mrs harold wright and family guelph visited sunday with mr and mrs harvey jostin and bobby mr and mrs charles mnmpscy r s with- mr and mrs a ware sunday visitors with mr and mrs ted jestin and family were mr and mrs james milne and family rock- wood mr and mrs albert alton and ian guelph visited sunday with mr and mrs john alton and miss jennie toveu miss grace fountain guelph spent the weekend at the home of her parents mr and mrs charles fountain mrs j p benham spent monday with mr and mrs charles bye and family burlington mrs john alton visited with mrs stanley mcdougall guelph mon day manor staff house tender is 98500 the halton centennial manor board recently approved ike taa- der of the danker constnletien company limited- kitchener for the erection- of a staff noose far the balton centennial manor staff at a c t of fw 50 the danker tender was the inr- est of six received far the erection of the staff house which wul be located on the north aide at the present manor just sooth of the service road the erection of thh banding will provide 14 additional beasjn the manor at the angast usb meeting of county council the members approved the hiring of architects to prepare the plans for the addition of the house at that time the estimated cost was 85te but it was decided at the october meeting of the council that the cost would be 100000 the pro vincial share of the cost h 5 per cent limehouse paying for our health vforunfi topic see greater coverage i ap tax arrears in nassagaweya strong steps to collect unpaid taxes were taken by nassagaweya council this week at a regular meeting in bxookville clerk i mcmillan was asked to notify pie solicitor to inform all ratepayers that lands held by those with tax arrears are rendered li able for sale council also passed a bylaw ap pointing clerk mcmillan tax col lector and indicated that in future all tax payments are to be made at the brookville office members passed for payment some 1155 in road account vouch ers also general accounts amount ing to about 327 greater coverage for more people was the advantage of a compulsory medical plan according to report received from 348 farm forums when they discussed paying for our health on february 26th one quarter of the forums agreed that in a compulsory medical plan the cost would be less to the individual because it would be spread among so many clavering stone school forum in grey county st the advantage of a compulsory plan la saying one advantage of the plan would be that everyone would have hospitalization and each one could have regular checkups also it was thought it might be less expensive than- the present cost of complete coverage fifteen per cent of the forums thought the disadvantage of a com pulsory plan would be that its privi leges would be abused churchill ttv gff rrj -n- leap year son born to mr mrs c james congratulations to mr and mrs ronald moore on the arrival of a little leap year son at peel memor ial hospital february 29 thcwlheld its regular monthly meeting at the home of mrs glsby thursday evening we welcome mr and mrs charles james to the village they moved from oakville to the vacancy in the gisby house on march 1 we sympathize with the george services in the loss of their home and contents by fire during their absence saturday night al though georgetown fire brigade was called nothing could be done to save the yearold house nearby homes of mrs mcdonald and the russell mcdonalds were not dam aged the cuthbertsohs of toronto visited the- beiges on sunday w i newton of barric spent sun j day with hus mother j mrs harold barber is in charge of the junior room at ss no 9 dur ing the absence of mrs wilson who is suf ferine from a badly fractured ankle mr and mrs robert edwards and family who have been living at fort kiic moved hack to his parents farm oft ikc sixth line last week moffat henry holrnan rockwood was i road east of lambton county said awardwftne tender to supply 6000 j the only disadvantage was that cubic feet of gravel on township the people lost their freedom af roads j choice we feel thatthevoloritary council accepted nassagaweya j medical plan is more democratic share in the cost of the georgetown j habermehl forum in cjrey coun- high school extension as a member i ty stated the advantages of a volun- of the north halton high school i tary plan very well whe it said district board also discussed the debenture issue for the proposed new hospital in milton rates set by the voluntary medical insurance are considered in our- way of thinking the most economical in- some aspects of dog control in the surance plan for these reasons township in view of the recent rab- coverage optional nonprofit mak- ies outbreak in ontario were dis- ing organizations ben are pa cused but no action taken sea on to ihte patron either in in- i creased coverage or lower rates almost 50o people were success- j according to the forums the fully traced last year through the rage reasonable annual payment for missing persons bureau of the can- complete coverage including dental adian red cross society services was 7100 per family monuments brampton monument works bestgns su cemetery lettering corner posts and markers a good display in stock wm c allan prop 68 queen st w brampton shop phone 1410j re 313 rep tom nicol phone brampton 603w club holds annual father son banquet t the kirk club of nassagaweya and st davids presbyterian chureh- i es held their annua father and son banquet in the school room of nas sagaweya presbyterian church the ladies aid catered and the rev j ward was the guest speaker he spoke about when he crossed the ocean in a sailing vessel mr neil halstead favored with a violin selection mr bruce eaton sang a solb and the campbellvillc quartet favored with vocal selections the wms and ladies aid of nassagaweya presbyterian church held their monthly meeting last thursday at the home of mr and mrs da mdrrm the sympathy of the community goes to mr don kennedy in the death of his father the many friends of jtfrs daniel mullen are pleased to hear she is able to leave the hospital after her operation mrs christina elliott and victor spent the weekend in woodstock visiting her sister miss gertrude currie rn second of a series of 24 articles canadas civil defence bill is big and still growing but it would bo bigger without the citizen volun teer under the canadian cd set up each province and municipality is responsible for adapting liroad federal policies to the needs of its own people lor ottawa exercises no administrative control over local d agencies civicmindid volunteers there fore- are the backbone of civil de fence tbe tiill is not small it probaly wont shrink so long as nuc lear war is a threat but f f worthinglnn federal civil defence coordinator lias said to federalize civil defence to plan for a provincial or municipal government staff in all its ramifica tions would involve a paid force numbering thousands so far as the federal government in various ways has paid the lions share it has agreed at conferences with provincial officials to provide training research equipment and financial assistance the provinces ral civil defence headquarters in whotiyst and these costs do not include such projects as the multimillion- dollar radar warning screens go- ing up around the continent tele communications the ground observ- and municipalities are taking it from there main federal assistance has been in grants established in 1952 on the basis of eight cents per capita for the whole province with another six cents er capita for targetarea cities for tbe first two years the grants were available on the basis of a federal hollar for every pro vincial dollar up to the provinces population iiota in the last two years these were extended to muni cipalities as well providing the pro vince approved that is for municipal projects the federal contributions now are made on the basis of ml per cent from ot tawa 25 per cent from the pro vince and 25 per cent from the municipality if the province doesnt participate financially the federal contribution is 25 per cent direct to the municipality in the 195253 fiscal year the mackenzie news beatty patented six minute human hand washing action fast est cleanest in thai mrw- i famous beatty direct drive economizer ball bearing mecha nism exclusive epon permacoat finish yont rust s large free wheeling casters the manufacturer eave u a speciat buy oat o quantity of these 1956 beatty weaker were going to let them all go at one t this alltimelow price dont wait until they re all gone no money down only 175 per week gordons hardware acton ontario phone 76 we are getting ready for that spring rush 1 we hope you are too planning saves money and that is what we are willing to do for you give us your needs and ideas early and well have the right mat erial at the right time we try to give good service and we handle all lines of building materials at reasonable prices contact us now 3 mackenzie sson rm itjut r b coallumbers building supplies gala opening new variety store thurs mar01 b 9 am ottawa j have istimated that of the 4800tjoosvailable through grants in the first three years of the pro- l gram the provinces took up about j 1000000 ontarios participation was expected to make the bite larg- 1 er in last years grants i the grants however are only one side of the federal cd assistance j program its direct cd expendi- j tures from 195055 totalled some 9000000 and is estimates for the 195556 fiscal year were 7000000 it sot up the canadian civil de fence college at arnprior ont and pays expenses for training persons from all provinces it has put aside 9000000 for stockpiling emergency medical supplies it- has supplied warning sirens to major cities fire pumpers stretchers training man uals and other equipment wherever there was a need for the best buy federal government matched these provincial i expenditures british columbia 1 14964 alberta 85545 saskatchewan 25206 manitoba 15899 newfoundland 5244ri l9r354 bc 107714 alia 85545 sask 34020 man 25 15 nova scotia 4020 nfld 3015 it was in 195334 that bc munici palities led the way in civil defence financially fit least by putting up 145728 they led the next year too shelling out 225000 ontario municipalities entered directly into the c i financial picture then too with 4h36c to ottawas 18122 that year 195455 federal grants matched in bc 158350 alta 1 18922 snsk 42087 man 25- 892 new brunswick 12433 ns 17925 newfoundland 21373 figures were not infor 195556 but were expected to show a big jump in ontarios direction as that province accepted the federal grant for the first time administrative officers at fede- er corps and others closely related to the defence of canada the fed eral government also agreed to pay onethird the cost of standardizing opening spot specials in v t bargain dept at terrific savings i chajn way stores limited a c t o n i e our lumber is selected from the best stoefct and finished with expert attention this it your guarantee of satisfaction and fair dealing wheat you order lumber or builders supplies from uss hctan a fire hose coupling sizes ontario british columbia and alberta have taken advantage of this offer red cross r jr- w

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