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v jthursday august 9th 19s6 the acton free press acton ontario pact mm bmntyour family to fergus highland games saturday august 18 1956 victoria park fergus ont a full day from 9 am 1 admission big dance in fergus arena at nigh piping dancing massed bands track and field events canadas most colorful highland spectacle 75c august clearance of mens sportcoats suits windbreakers all reduced long sleeve sport shirts reg 395 qq and 495 ju 20o save i save i summer caps 67 ties two far the price of one mens-bathing- suits 199 mens dress pants r 6jll alterations oo extra dak shoes reduced 20 quality clothes for dad and the lad friends fete the melvin stories in erarnosa before leaving area friends and neighbors of mr and mrs melvin storie gathered at no 1 erarnosa schoolhouse recently to honor the family before they leave the district after 1q years i of resid ence a well planned program began with cards followed by a variety performance of many talented per sonsmiss doreen tolton danced an irish jig mrs bertha sobye sang two numbers david benham play ed his accordion mrs freeman and her daughter gertie played a piano duet and mrs norman boles re cited two humorous pieces louis mampaey and lyle plummer as a team played accordion and drums bud kerr acted as master of ceremonies and told several funny jokes to the delight of the audience bar kerr later gave a brief ad dress expressing the regret of all that the stories were leaving he mentioned that melvin storie had taught at no 5 school nassagaweya township when first coming to the neighborhood living in the park section of eden mills village he then took over no 1 school in era- too little insurance can be costly often tragic let us help you plan your needs j bert wood insurance agency phone 585 acton mosa for a time mrs storie follow ed him and taught there for a num ber of years before going to rock- wood school mr and mrs storie were pres ented with handsome twin coffee tables of a modern design there was also a gift for their daughter verlas and small son johnnie for hes a jolly good fellow was sung with enthusiasm coffee and food followed with dancing the stories w4l make their home in scarborough township east of toronto obituary s last of agnerv family interred in fairview last surviving member of the family of the late robert agnew george r agnew was interred in the family plot in fairview cemet ery acton on friday july 27 he passed away on monday july 23 at home at 284 westmoreland avenue in toronto george agnew was well known here where he spent his boyhood and early years of his life he was a glove cutter by trade but was also for several years station agent here on the toronto to guclph electric railway for many years he was 1 member of acton cituens band and served on the aelom public school board he was keenly in terested in community affairs while he resided here and took ins place in their conduct surviving arc- his widow the former jessie bescob one dnugh tcr ha7el and two sons qeorge and vernon the memorial service was held in toronto on thursday evening conducted by rev l i hunter who also officiated at the graveside service in acton on the following morning hs holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7 douglas st guelph 0 th for w 1 jabsvs fcs allrite steel ironing table has been judged out standing for its ood design as based on its form unction original- tyr good value and consumer acceptance by the national industrial design council 1795 plus tradein allowance steamdry iron reg price new morphyricmards clo ca uses any tap water 91730 automatic heat- controlled gives more steam for heavy fab rics less for light 50oo when you buy a we cotn on this and savd stainless steel washer twotone isiufltmilk fnsh double tubs one inside the other 6minute wash ing action 4part ball bearing mechanism in destructible cast iron safety wringer 6year guarantee allwhite or colour choice v7 45 of extra value ca minimum jvatradein totai extras on the site of a stone stable where marguerite bourgeoys first taught the abgrto children of settlers of new france three centuries ago history of a different sort is still being made today in a montreal building adorned by the basrelief seen at upper left young men bound for duty along the midcanada line are taking a course covering the entire range of modern communications in structors selected from amongst engineers and technicians of the bell telephone company of canada croide the students through a sixmonth co in theworld of uptodate minuter communica tion systems picture at upper right shows instructor gerrie brent preparing a radar demonstration unit seen at lower left are gil noall and bob herber discussing a special bell teletype feature at lower rigfif technicfans john radcliffe ancf instructor dick atkinson put the multipl training umt through a series of tests men train intensively for work on midcanada detection line while students throughout can ada arc enjo ing their summer hol iday travelling fishing or just lounging in the sun 250 men whose age jverarcs about 25 are attending classes daily in an old building lo cated in the heart of downtown montreal the building houses a defence communications school the only one of its ttind in canada oper- on speedvale ave e at northeast city limits thursfrl aug 9m tall man riding satmon aug 1113 dam busters tueswed ant 1415 prize of gold thnrsfri aug 1617 i thunder in the east 2 shows nightly n under 12 years free ated b the bell telephone comp any of canada the 250 men are being trained for service on the midcanada lini young technicians recruited within the seven companies which form the transcanada telephone system arc taking a course which covers the entire range of modern an acton man james spcil- vogel is part of the group of bell telephone trainees attending the school described in this story communications after six months of study three months basic and three months advanced training the young telephone men emerge with a good knowledge of micro wave transmission radar radio telephone radio telephone tele type power distribution and many other components of up-to-the-min- utc communications an electronic mue in his six months of journeying through the electronic maze a stu dent acquires 5000 sheets of paper with various kinds of notes he sees 400 slides numerous diagrams and circuit layouts several films including one on firefighting he learns to become safety conscious he improves his knowledge of first aid and he also acquires a good ap preciation of problems connected with survival in the arctic then after six months of lectui cs many hours of home work each week and several exams the now electronics specialist is ready to go to one of the detection stations on the northern frontier along with other graduates from the bell school he will coordinate equip ment installation operate the elec tronic apparatus and keep it in working condition training these technicians for the mid canada line is part of the giant task undertaken by the bell company in acting as the trans- canidn telephone systems project agent for the construction of the radir fence for the canadian gov ernment working in close co operation with the bell company are six other canadian telephone organizations the maritime tele graph and telephone company the new brunswick telephone company the manitoba telephone system the saskatchewan govern ment telephones the alberta gov ernment telephones and the bri tish columbia telephone company over 3m miles lane the midcanada line which will be over 3000 miles long is beng built and eventually will be main tained by the transcanada tele phone system one of the early steps in carry ing out this project was the estab lishment of the electronics school n the old st lawrence street building long the home of a fam ous tea company instructors were selected among st experienced plant men for the basic training period and telephone engineers for the advanced course when the engineering of 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