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kerrigan chiropractic office 6 john street acton open dally 9 30 a m to 500 p m monday wednesday and friday evenings until 9 scientific treatment full spinal x ray free consultation for appointments call acton 550 chatting with m h b hamilton construction 160 gueiph street tr 73480 homes oarages concrete work industrial requirements renovations building supplies every building need we were the best paid best fed men in the country and m addition to that we had the big gest experience of our lives was the way norman qmbcll described his three month stint as a leader driver on the tractor trains carrying equipment to the distant early warn ing radar line being built on our arctic tundra mr quibell went up to moosonee in january and has just recently re turned to his home in limehouse needless to say his wife and two sons garry 5 and kim 2 have been leain ing a great deal about our frozen northland since his return these tractor trains arc most unique method of transport ing goods on a large scale that i have ever heard about they com btne the modern methods with the most ancient the tractors themsel ves are dlcsel powered d7 crawler tractors each tractor pulls 10 or 12 sleighs behind it containing about 100 tons of supplies everything from machinery to sunglasses there are four tractors to a group which is called a swing each swing had two cabooses one for sleeping and one for cooking they were big box like affairs built on sleighs inthe cooking cabooses a french chef and his assistant reign ed supreme producing the most deli clous of meals all of which were cooked on propane stoves the swings travelled twenty four hours a day working shifts of six hours on and six off when they took off from their base at moasonce they had several days supply of food after the first few days food was supplied by helicopter in all there were about 40 tractors employed in the whole operation however each swing travelled separately and the men took pride in the time they made the idea of course was to move as fast as possible as fast as possible was sub ject to great variations as you can imagine some days when they ran into difficulties caused by breakdowns storms and bad ice conditions the most they could cover would be five miles a day but on other days when everything ran smoothly they could make a maximum of 30 miles in a day one of their biggest hazards was the crossing of large rivers such as the albany the ice was tested as thoroughly as possible and then they took their chance incidcntly the swings were supplied with a two way radio 0 each swing was manned by 7 drivers and a leading foreman who was also a driver this was the position held by mr quibell there were also 8 helpers and the two cooks to complete each unit the men worked out in the open all the time in weather that can be pretty rugged with the temperature dropping down to as low as 60 be low however they were dressed for the weather in specially designed arctic suits which had thermopack ing and insulation so never actually suffered any hardship from it 1 the men staffing the swings were very hardy rugged types many of them former lumberjacks from northern ontario and quebec and they looked the part too with many of them sporting big beards whfle there wasnt actually too much physi cal labour involved in the work the crew had to be prepared for all em ergencics and if a sleigh or tractor broke down it had to be repaired immediately the tundra while fro zen is safe enough but once it starts to thaw it becomes a vast swamp of moss and muskeg if a sleigh were left it would simply disappear into the depths of the swamp that is the big reason for trying to make as good time as possible on the trips the supplies must be brought in while the frost holds the tundra firm asa i mentioned before the salaries paid these men are ex ccllent mr quibells tells me that the holpcrs receive 450 er month the drivers 625 and leaders 675 in addition to this all cloth ing and transportation from the point where the man was hired is supplied when the men are hired they are sworn to secrecy in many re spects but the work the dew line is expected to do and its exact lo cation have been published in the here they ew champs of every weight mass rugged big tough new tandemi new models do more and bigger jobs new power right across the board with a brand- new big v8 for hightonnage hauling take a look at the modern advantages they offer mighty vnalll ultraefficltnl medium trucks now there are more reasons than ever why anything less is an oldfashioned truck new wider range of models 4 new heavyduty series 95 completely new modelj wild g v w ral ing ranging up to 32 000 lbs new tripletorque tandems rated up to 32000 lbs gvw thoy re big mountain movin tandemi fated up lo 50000 ibj gcwi two new 5speed transmissions new heavy duty 5 speed it itondard in ian derm and lop tonnage models tubeless tires standard in all models added tafoty and lower maintenance at no extra coit in afl new chevrolet trucks modern concealed safety steps theyre covered when cab doori ore closed stay clear ol snow mud and ice work styling that fits the job three different styling treatments light duty mediumduty and heavyduty i more comfort with highlevel ventilation a more constant supply of outside air under all driving condihons new colors new cab interiors a choice ol 14 handsor and 13 two lone combu lor color 1 extro cod mocforn nimble ultraeconomical panels and pickups come in and see the most modern trucks for your job wide choice of engines in v8 or 6 brilliant highcomprettion power through out the line new economical go in every model wide choice of automatic transmissions including the aunew powermatica heavyduty 6speed automatic i chevrolet trucks arthur scott motors ltd the georgetown herald wednesday evening april 25 1956 page 5 newspapers so you probably have a fairly good idea of what it is all about the name of the company for whteh mr quibell worked is the hudson bay freight forwarding ltd it is under the supervision of alex and bob henncssy alex hennessy is the highest authority on tractor- type transportation having spent most of his life in the northland where he pioneered in mining he is a very colourful character dressing in sealskin beaded jacket fur cap etc he plotted out the courses to be taken by the tractors and kept constantly in touch with the swings by his private plane and snown bile the arctic tundra itself is extremely flat and barren with only the odd scrub evergreen to relieve the monotony there is very little bird life except for the huge flocks of ttannigan which are an arctic type partridge they are pure whito quite tame they toddle along m front of the tractors for hours perhaps too many hours for their own good for the men found they were excellent for eating the only other bird existing up there is the raven they too followed jhe trac tors attracted by the scraps of food the men sometimes threw out o there isnt much animal life either on the frozen tundra there arciots of wolves but they werent bothersome often they would get in the light of the tractor and stand there sort of transfixed foxes of all types were numerous also the arctic blue silver and red there arc polar bears on the tundra but they are very hard to locate they leae the ice in winter and go into the muskeg to have their young they are considered dangerous the men on mr quibells swing bagged a small one however on their route his swing passed thru the hudson s bay trading post it looks just as it was pictured many many years ago and fur dealing is still its main industry while at the post mr quibell bought some very beautiful indian bead work and fur trimmed articles to bring home to his wife and bojs as souvenirs 0 there is very little human habitation on the tundra the indians cluster together in vil lages of several hundred or so but these villages are often over 200 miles apart as i mentioned before mr quibtll was sworn to secrecy as far as the technical side of the establishment of the radar line is concerned but he was safe in say ing that the vcrj latest and the very best equipment to be obtained any where is being used the building of the lino will take jears to com plete and altho mr quibell is rest ing up from the rigours of the north land for a few wicks at his home he found the expenince so wonder ful that sometime he intends to go back for another season 61 guelph st georgetown tr 72251 ligny singers lead in township festival pupils from ligny school took the largest share of honours at esques ing music festival last tuesday when it was held in esqucsing community hall stcwarttown ligny students placed first or second in five of the 13 classes when winners were chosen to compete in the county rural finals which were held m munns school on friday ashgrovc choir were judged best in the class for smaller country schools and dublin took honours among larger schools the ligny double trio was best in its class s buchanan music supervisor for burlington schools was adjudicator mrs clifford hunter who represents esqucsing on the county music festi val board was chairman in the morn ing and mrs ernie currv took over this duty for the afternoon mrs roy coulter association presi dent and secretary school inspector l l skucc and district inspector r h bornholt spoke briefly mr skuce pointing out that 1956 marks the 25th anniversary of the festival members of esqucsing w i served lunch at noon bojs and girls chosen to compete at munn s school were class 4 solo girls 7 and under patricia blackctt pinegrove janice leylantj dublin class 5 solo bojs 7 and under johnnj mcgee pinegrove andy spiece blue mountain class 2 choir enrolment 29 and under ashgrove class g solo girls 9 and under betty ann brown limehouse donna rcnnick dufterin class 7 solo boys 9 and under paul kidne stone school hugh graham ashgrove class 12 solo bojs changed voices albert ouwcndyk qua ire bras david howden ligny class 9 solo boys ii and under keith ella hornby david kidney stone school class 3 choir enrolment 30 and over dublin class 8 solo girls 11 and under jojce renmck duffcnn audrey brown lignj class 13 duet marilyn wilson and catherine hunter ashgrove audrey brown and peter pdedie ligny class 10 solo girls 12 and over lillian phillips bannocktoum alleen harrop pinegrove class 11 solo boys 12 and over peter peddie ligny sidney fletcher stone school