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vv tha acton fran pros- wodneaday rnbruary 13 1967 f accidenis 4h training school esquesing council adjusts salaries in week news sets remuneratioiv bn tjrtisfbbaw s99s tlwttw anr dogs and cnta ma yaodnated against ftribaw fa 1906 at frae clinic conotetm iw the xm health of alateuus tjranch wildafb and domestic animals in 1966 numbered 1241down 900 from 1965 the total in- cludad 966 in ontario wvannvnnnntjr foxes and skunks a 4or 696 of ma wsnhila ats and dogs ware involved hi 159 240 in 169 and cam animals in 432 630 in 1965 tws disease is caused by virus and is so small that a vary special kind f micro scope is required to study its presence and effect in the cells of the body it attacks nerve calls and finally reaches the brain at this point severe symptoms of nervous disease occur followed by a short per iod of paralysis and finally is spread from one- animal to another through the salhra hence the great impor tance of ifh mm at- j thoufnme virus may be pres ent in other tissues of the body it is not transmitted except through the broken skin on occasion the virus has been demonstrated in the milk and flesh of infected cattle but it la not believed that rabies is transmitted by eating the milk or meat of infected animals however good sense should prevail in not using the milk or eating the meat of any sick three weeks or longer ban six months more important is the period of mmcthrlty by this is meant the time during which ihe virus may be passed in the saliva this may 4att from four or five days before the symptoms of rabies appear until the death of the animal or a total of 14 days whichever is sooner there is a change in disposi tion and behaviour of the ra bies infected animal whenever rabies is known to exist in wildhfe both young and old should restrict their interest to observing and feed ing them- at a safe distance children need to be reminded of this often and older persons should always set an example the canada department of agriculture health of animals division under authority of the animal contagious diseas es act is responsible for inves tigating all cases of suspected rabies in animals when there is reason to suspect rabies in an animal the health of an imals branch brampton should be notified mrs k dottier visited on monday with her son and dan- ghteruvlaw mr and mm her man toooster and family brm mrs it bitts and mrs sinclair attended the training school in hniaburgh last week for the 4h dub girls spring project a world of food in leal extinguishe wh ha to- c m ms nsacmna ab recently ma tractor he was abk to both put out tha lira if thase bad not bean available he might are all hamon county fann- gency if not they should im mediately purchase reliable lire extinguishers a rales mjp called on several friends hi the local ity last week mr and mrs harold gem- mill of orangeviue spent a day with their daughter and son- inlaw ross and mrs mcewan mends of miss ella kerr will be sorry to learn she fell recently in her room and cut her arm and wrist which re quired several stitches to close but are pleased it is healing nicely mrs wm thompson who cut her leg quite severely be fore christmas is in hospital again for plastic surgery her mother mrs jack johnstone third line is looking after the children during her sojourn in hospital pews miss donna weeks student at alma college st thomas was borne for the weekend wo saatth entertained a number of his school mates on saturday afternoon on the oc casion of his birthday friends were shocked to learn ofthe sudden death of lynn baker of campbettville in a car accident near milton on saturday night before moving to campbellville area mr and mrs baker farmed on the first line above 22 side- road in addition to farming both were greatly interested in antiques esquesing council instruct ed the clerk to prepare a by- law setting the remuneration of members of council at 1750 per annum at their regular meeting monday february 6 the annual remuneration of the reeve whi be reviewed in november adjustments war also made in the salaries of the assess ment commissioner assistant assessor the clerktreasurer assistant cleck treasurer and the clericar assistant in the townshiproff ice dwightmay gail mccajlum head norval junior farmers following the banquet the group danced to the music of the modernaires the incubation period from the time die virus enters the tody until the appearance of symptoms of the disease varies greatly it may be as abort as two to animals or in defence againsi vicious attack the animal should not be killed the head should never be injured since the mmgnnmim of rabies will de pend on a laboratory examina tion of the brain cells when ever possible the suspected animal should be confined for necessary observation and kept securely tied away from people and other animals if a person la bitt or scratched by or come in con- tact with saliva of a suspected rabid animal the affected parts should be thoroughly washed with soap and water immed iately a physician should be consulted without delay halton 4h club news halton 4t strawberry club by c wamer the first regular meeting of the halton 4h strawberry chtb will be held on wednes day february 22 at 8 pjn in the board room ontario de partment of agriculture and food offices muton this wih be the last opportunity to apply for membership in this club this year for some members it will be the beginning of the second year of a twoyear project for new members the club is de signed to complete a oneyear project in 1967 and then fol low this up the next year for a complete twoyear project haltolit 4h sheep club byyle stokes the regular meeting of the halton 4h sheep club was held on february 7 it began in the board room of the on tario department of agricul ture and food office geoff taylor spoke on the kinds of feeds used for sheep and also on the nutrients and protein contained in feeds the club then proceeded to the farm of david sargent where he took the members on a tour of his building and ex plained his different enter prises a social half hour was enjoyed by the members at the close of the meeting at their regular monthly meeting on monday evening nassagaweya council referred to the township planning board for its sugges tions an application for- a wrecking yard licence john and doug mclean attended the meeting and asked council to consider the ap t explained the yar would be on swamp farm land in the north end of the township i dont think anyone would be building a house near it and i dont see why anyone would object councillor ross gor don said approved an application by william mahon for an ease ment to water rights on the mahon farm on five sideroad a large portion of the farm has been sold to the halton region conservation authority for its hilton falls project learned the moffat ceme tery now legally belongs to the township council hopes to adopt some program to take care of cemetery lands which are not used it was noted the gravestones in some are being destroyed and the lands are used only for lovers lanes approved the road super intendents voucher for 20- 24783 and general accounts for 79219 sagaweya ncil briefs learned the next meeting of council will be held in the fvnirsing township hall on february 15 council will meet with the muton district high school board and esquesing council to discuss the propos ed addition to muton district high school following that discussion the two councils by geoff taylor it of agriculture norval junior farmers held their annual meeting banquet and dance on friday february 10 at the stewarttown hall a large crowd attended to hear guest speaker herb morry peel county agricul tural representative explain to those in attendance what jun ior farmers and their motto sek help and community betterment could do new e members were chosen with dwight may replacing ernie alexander as president of the junior farm ers and margaret alexander replacing gail imccallum as president of the norval junior institute will be held this week to start making plans for the celebra tion of centennial year in the township groups for seniors retired people may find their leisure days boring unless they have hobbles or special interests to take the place of their former occupation if they have contemporaries in the area it is a good idea to organize groups to take up handicrafts nature study lit erature languages art or other interests council read for a third time and passed a bylaw for the stopping up and closing the road known as barnard street in the village of limehouie the treasurer was authoriz ed to cash the province qf brit ish columbia bonds belonging to the township of esquesing clergy reserve fund to the amount of 7000 road accounts amounting to s1064 j7 as presented by the road superintendent were ord ered paid accounts ordered paid in cluded beu telephone 3503 town of acton rent of town hall for magistrates court 3900 as sociation of assessing officers re two membership fees 2000 robert mcdonald i5j05 georgetown herald 750 georgetown hydro commis sion re glen street lights 5988 office specialty i desk 215- 28 acton free press 900 accounts instructed to be paid and charged to esquesing fire area no 1 included can adian tire corp store 1218 mavel motor sales 1266 the treasurer was instructed to pay stanley norton seven dollars for shooting one fox george herrington made 12 pickups for the dog pound and he was paid 84j00 county of halton was order ed paid 7800 for use of the county jam and 66510 for on tario training school accounts for 1966 other accounts ordered paid rinduded cooperators insur ance premium 11600 nellls construction for covering dump 22800 and thompson motors acton 9424 and charg ed to fire area nori k c lindsay division regis trar was ordered paid 9450 for registering 323 births 52 deaths and three stuhtorns in the township reeve george leslie presided at the meeting with councillors thomas hiu and c f patter son present husband whispering to wife who is chattering away with their hostess youe dropped one more name than she has wed better go while youre ahead apy wayyw i it the finest to acton iswacome wagon on the location of a dump to service both townships the problem of dumping on the town line and the pollution of water supplies in the milton heightsperu area learned the county roads committee agreed with the pe tition signed by ratepayers and backed by council concerning the dangerous guelph line and 20 sideroad intersection the county engineer is contacting the township engineer in the near future to try to work out a solution approved the appointing of planning board chairman maurice newton and vice- chairman grant campbell as the townships representatives on the county planning associa tion agreed to back the ex penses of the townships cen tennial committee to the ex tent of oneeighth of a mill which is equal to 500 the first meeting of the committee possibleaction ir an accident occurs on your farm get first aid right away trouble comes when you delay fred a hoffman optometrist 58 st gcdrgcs sq guelph ont telephone 8242071 halton cooperative medical care plan pays ad surgical operations individual or empmvee groupi doctors calls paid from may enrol at any time of the first visit vear confinements revised rates anaesthetists sendees monthly s57s single xrays monthlv sim couple i also malar medical monthly s1sjs family yearly plan drugs payable quarterly or yearly halton coop medical services 143 main street box 474 milton dial s7s4712 please send me information no obligation name address phone 8534945 vm thfc coupon to know your hot addreoi town i i pimm tuvo tbo wol- como waaon bootaoi can r kitchens plant and care for 200 strawberry plants one- twentyaeventh of an acre of one or two commercial variet ies they must keep accurate records of costs and returns from their project members are taught and encouraged to use the beat possible cultural practices white caring for their projects tins first meeting will serve as an introduction to straw berry growing and to the club project itself the members will elect officers and make plans for future meetings new members will be wel come at this meeting for fur ther information about the 441 strawberry club contact the ontario department of agri culture and food milton phone 8789991 halton production of hogs down 10 but quality is up pesticides fascinating spray cans can dycoated medicines and color ful bottles and cans of pesti cides all conic in tempting col ors and shapes at least they are tempting to the children so it is no wonder they are confused and parents have dif ficulty teaching pesticide safe ty to them probably the first protection is to keep all po tentially dangerous materials out of the reach of little fing- on under lock and key jack ridley cartage concrete mocks cinder blocks sand uvestock and farm sbtvkf and concrcif mtfck clay brick stone dump trucks for hire rutty insured pcvctasa fs f acton phone uumo during 1966 22449 hogs were produced in halton county a decree of over 10 per cent from the previous year total production in canada of j mtuwwat down by over 3 per cent from 1965 how- halton hog producers to improve the qual ity of their hogs marketed dent were grade a to 460 per cent in ims this is 3j per cent above the provincial average tha highest number of bogs in the province over 316400 the a national price par h tight for grade a nogs in 1966 was 3514 337 from 1965 4t la impossible for you to aaq from a distance if a train is approaching a level crossing at it or 70 miles per hour train near stay dear al- free draw saturday february 18 at 3 pm sharp you can wm free gasoline just drive in and buy 3 worth of gat sign your homo to become eligiblo free coffee dohuts saturday whu waiting for the draw talk to rank about the 1m7 chrysier kymouth and valiant cars frank toth bp motors 120uelphstw acton 531840 fttffnishtd fflmmlt raur canadian modern provincial free estimates and layout service special offer with each cupboard purchase of 30000 or w supply ana w coppe vent h winters the time why wait for spring free estimates home renovations free one 1000 watt portable electric healer with each recreation room purchase of 30000 or mora doit now fc- do it yourself with ease imm lrwinnnnndnnl if ha wewwvot row available in threa color- cootd linegold hue and red- wddwood prefinijhedpaaeuni has tba wood to suit your tasb aaa budget sec it here today wilowood j b mackenzie son limited 12 church st acton 0331660 yowmmmno tumr wp j v i