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i paoc eight the acton free press acton ontario thursday march bod mm gvit dtftnct the provincial responsibility the lo provincial governments in canada would be responsible for sort of familylike cooperation among their communities should a nuclear war ever hit this contin ent meanwhile during this time of peace the provinces job is to make such cooperation possible should emergency conditions arise the latest civil detencrr thinking has underlined this duty of the provinces heavier than others for evacuation of cities likely to be hit by tri enemy with the unbe lievable destruction of twc hbomb now is considered the only really safe defence against annihilation but where are these people from the cities to go how arc they to get there tiosc are questions the provinces must answer they are seeking the solutions now they appear in several steps first the provincial governments es to be taken to these reception areas seeing that the first arrivals go to the farthest area these areas would have to provide food and shelter from weather as well as ra dioactive- fallout that might be gni ried by winds from the target areu these facilities must be cnpabfci of caring for the evacuees for at lvjjt 48 hours probable ynie fr any allouts radiation dangers to disappear if the radiation danger diternuned by cd radiation rtet- et tion teams were stronger thn reception areas would have to be covippcd to decontaminate per sonnel sluuld whole cities be made 111- inriiitiblc their residents aff ti the bombing would have to be re- establtsluo jti new communities posing new problems that wotih fall again under provincial juris diction had to create their own civil de fence orgnaizatton this was done following conferences among fed eral and provincial authorities in 196051 and regularly since each province now has a function mg cd organization within the framework of its government each v has a cabinet minister res ponsible for cd and a provincial lator rir staffs vary ac cording to how actively the prov ince participates canadas constitution is such that communication between var ious governmental levels runs from the federal through the provincial to the municipal or local this places responsibility on the prov ince for coordinating the efforts of its communities into the plan for the whole country the province must help its com munities organize then- own cd setups it must keep municipalities informed of the latest develop ments and provide training of civ il defence volunteers within the province it also must provide th legislation necessary for local au thorities to operate that is it must gatethe necessary authority to carry ou ion advance warning of an impend ing attack would come through the provincial facilities from the fed eral organization and should com munications on a national scale be interrupted the provincial organ ization would have to supply dir ection for local plans what about the money necessary tor equipment training and organ ization centres the province is responsible for assisting in this way too it can get financial help from the federal government which will match provincial contributions on a dollarfordollar basis up to an amount based on the population of each province if the province ag rees the federal government un der the constitution cannot work directly with the municipality un less the province allows it the federal cd organization can con- trbiute 8 p cent of a local p jects cotsthen if the province puu in prospectors train at winter classes vancouver cp any pros pectors graduate each winter from a school here wihich teaches them how to search for and identity the mineral wealth lying beneath west ern canadas rocky wasteland the school of prospectors is op erated by the british columbia chamber of fines from november 3 through february each of the approximately 200 students pays a 10 fee au have in mind the success of ray petrie former student of the school who helped discover the f6- 000000 privateer gold mine at eb- allos and of ray wheeler who found igold tellurite at hedley bc the students include men from behind office desks who have never chipped at a vein business men associated with mining who want to know more about it and wealthy men with adventure in their blood lalso there are the baker the candlestick maker and the oldtime h hi np-yp- struck it rich tout hopes to do so next year with the scientific knowledge which the school teaches and each year an average of 20 women sign up for the course several thousand have graduated during the 37 years of the schools existence i contribution will be increased by another s5 per cent leaving the municipality with the other 25 per cent of the cost to pay beyond this federal assistance the prov ince mutt go itself the big job of each province however is to organize reception areas to take in people evacuated from cities likely to be bombed these will be towns and villages fringing the target cities because of the destructive power of the new weapons these reception ar eas must be not less than so and may be up to 100 miles from the city the province must organize rout- skating okokoktown abatma starxsmnsis asid eywasar ff adultssee cbudaum so for top rated fuel oils and service call 69 thompson fuel service prompt delivery by meterpump dl at hem and save e l buchner optometrist in acton j every wed t afternoon 48 office at mill st acton hours 1306 00 evenings by appointment telephone 115 ideal for easter giving order your easter rowers to day from our wide selection of bouquets plants corsages and centrepieces flowers wired anywhere i t marks acton eastermeansnoiseatcnrtatfon easter for most peopltfs on its way when they see spring hats and chocolate eggs appearing in shop real the holiday period is virtually here already anyone who listens at the door of the reservations bureau at central station will soon realize- why on a long desk nt one side of the office a dozen telephones are buzz ing on the other side is a bank of clattering teletypes and through it all comes the murmur of voices tp spend any time there you would think all montreal was on the move the growing easter re servations alone indicate a mild mi gration the bureaus staff it 25 works two shifts between 7 am and 11 pm and most of them are handling telephone calls these come in at a rate of more than 3000 a day as well as regular requests for berths bedrooms and parlour car seats not to mention tour accommodation to all parts of the continent calls come from people with particular problems it might be a businessmans urg ent need for reservations taking him 011 united states lines as well as the cnr or perhaps a request to cancel a series of reservations some one may have made when uncertain of the exact travelling date the bureau with its facilities can handle them quickly operating s it docs through weekends as well as weekdays and no day is any quieter than another as montreal is the busiest centre in the whole cnr system hundreds of trains originate there and pass through every week the teletypes in the bureau have direct wires leading to ottawa to ronto halifax moncton and camp- bellton telegrams arc coming and going on them all the time with many more being handled through canadian national telegraphs of fices normally the total averages 300 outgoing nd 350 inco daily with the easter rushthey are stepped up to rates of 400 and 450 and on peak days reach 500 and 550 supervisor of the bureau is harry r witchell who has been looking after the interests of travellers for 35 years his assistants are miss simone fontaine and paul samson a who take over on alternative shifts mr witchell says more and more windows but- to one office in moneq-g- uikiil6 vacations now and the totals anj retting well past labor days tradfffonal high figur es at this stage i have already or dercd 6 extra sleeping cars to go to new york and 10 sleepers and 10 parlour cars to take montrealers to toronto with good wenther we shall handle record crowds trend in bvjmne8h victoria cp democratic rather than autocratic leadership is the rond in business today jack hodges president of the national offlco managers assoc iation said in an address here he is the third canadian to become head of the international organiz ation halton coop annual draws 150 to esquesing community hall coops are owned and control led by farmers with policies aimed to help them said leonard har mon assistant general manager of united cooperatives of ontono speaking at fridays annual meet ing of halton coopcrativc sup plies at stcwarttown the meeting followed a noon dinner in esquesing community hall attended by 150 people mr harmon said it is coop policy to save farmers as much as possible on their purchases and to give as high a return as possiolo bv tnss distribution of farm pro- aucts he sookc in favor of coop mar keting which he said could effect o 10 per cent increase in profit to farmers which added to a possible 10 per cent saving by group dis tribution of supplies can make ap preciable differences to farm liv ing standards and industry profit there is no highly dramatic way of arriving at the ultimate he said it is rather a steady work ing towards improvements for the- farmer and his family members learned from general manager w h smellie that the businesses which operate in g and milton will soon be handling gaso an fueloil which will be distributed by a tank truck presently on order increase interest rate his itreport also- stated that sprinkler systems are being install ed in the two mills a capital ex penditure of 9000 which will mean an annual saving of 1500 in fire insurance premiums 1950 deferred dividends have been paid in cash this year and de cision to incrense interest rate from 3 per cent to 5 per cent on mem bers loans is hoped to encourage invov ors spencer wilson dave lawson und fred nurse were reelected to thiee year terms on the board of directors continuing members of the board are clarence ford jock mcdonald albert hunter denney charles william mahon and wil liam r hume who as president was chairman for the dinner and meeting v j lawrence will con tinue as board secretary a 3000 increase in net savings was shown when auditor mr cros- well of g h ward and co re viewed the financial picture the coop netted 24526 in 1955 on gross sales of 646553 directors wiu henceforth be paid 6 for each meeting attended plus a mileage fee lykle devrles suggested this and it met with gen eral favor from the meeting among those who spoke were cliff pettigrew area supervisor who introduced mr harmon jack mcdonald who thanked the speak or sid scott uco credit manag- erandjre whilelqck county ag ricultural representativewho con ducted thee1ection of directors and also took advantage of the oppor tunity to brief those present on the means being taken to control rab ies after a case occurred at eden mills we give ca you du ii 1 for your old washer on this beautiful new queen automatic washer au the newest features dublirrwi plan aid to 4h club dublin women institute hold its march meeting last week at maple view farm home of mrs m steele with mrs william mo intyrc presiding the meeting was opened with the womens institute ode the mary stewart collect was followed by the lords pray er roll call was answered by toll ing an irish joke or resolution thank you letters for parcels and cards were read during the business period extension services for the hnmemakers were discuss ed a family whose home was des troyed by fire is to be given a warm quilt plans were complet ed for a quilting bee next week 10 dollars was voted to the lend ers of the dublin 4h girlscluo to help carry on their new project the cereal shelf current events were read by mrs p kennedy mrs george somer- villc reported on the halton folk school mrs d macpherson leader or the 4irgirls club outlined the new project mrs b rennick assistant leader displayed record books made by the girls in their last course what shall i- 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