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ifly nmkmai the acton free press thursday november 8th 156 ou i o f m crusade drew a capacity congrega tion to devotions in st josephs church here tuesday njght when the statue which inspires the crusade was placed in a shrine in the church last night a motorcade continued the crusade jo george town shown left is rev v j morgan of st josephs with rev p moore who has conducted the statue for the past six years personal notes of actonians visiting outoftown point ana 01 visitors in acton homes mr and mrs bob frank and mrs r g langford of huntsvtlle diane are away on a motor trip to visited friends in town on the fort william mr and mrs e guay and family of trenton visited with the rogn- valdson families on sunday friends have been welcoming back mr and mrs dean leslie after their six months trip abroad mr and mrs r w dredge of milton visited mr and mrs mc- eachern at windsor mrs w j hall and miss marjone hall spent a few days in windsor with mr and mrs o robbins and douglas cadet harold smith fc of claresholm alberta rcaf sta tion has returned following two weekend mrs wm ballentme who is a provincial board member of the federated womens institute of ontario is attending the fourday convention this week at the royal york hotel in toronto friends here were relieved to learn that dr paul beer was able to leave strifetorn budapest in a private car last week he was in the city on a visit when the fighting broke out acton friends of mr bud mcdon ald are happy he was only slightly injured when his car turned com pletely over in an acciden near orangeville a truck ran into bis ear in the fog he was released truckers strike affects halton construction the twoweek strike of independ ent truckers whichjhas seen viol- ence and p arrests in some parts of halton county slul conun- iues today and threatenr to neaiy cripple many construction jobs which have jbeen held up since the strike began however truckers at the sand and gravel pit of hayward and pickett a few miles west of milton returned to work yesterday morn ing as a result of an agreement worked out tuesday afternoon a truckers association affiliated with the teamsters union has been formed and orville brown and wilf robertson were appointed pit spok esmen wages one of the two main issues of the strike have been worked out satisfactorily to both sides at hay- wards and the truckers are re portedly receiving more money for short hauls and approximately the same amount for the longer trips since the strike began only one truck has been hauling gravel from the dcb gravel co a few miles west of milton on no 10 slderoad yesterday though provincial police escorted convoys of the companys trucks to a construction job at bur lington last night no agreement had been reached between the as sociation and the pits owners and convoys wore to continue today at the nelson crushed stone quarry two miles north of nelson village on the guelph line- the sti ike has turned to violence one of about iso pickets was bunted by a police car and in the pitched bat tle which ensued a policemans leg was run over by a loaded truck trying to break through the lines two men were arrested for throw ing a brick through a trucks wind shield nails were reportedly scat tered on the road in an effort to stop the convoys provincial police have guarded the guelph line for over a week and are convoying trucks from the quarry at regular intervals no immediate letup of the strike is promised as it has spread to the area east of toronto where guns were reportedly being carried by truckers and strikers the latest edition of the milton and area telephone directory has taken on a regional flavor with a cover drawing of the credit river near huttonville the cover illustration as indicated above by miss jean nesbitt is the work of canadian artist albert cloutier arca this directory contains some 7270 new and changed list ings setrwamsibsaibsi tu it hem civil defence and the armed forces weeks holidays spent in acton with shortly after medical treatment his his parents car was badly damaged w iocai news milton night school classes be- 1 the annual fall actnities have study pan this week with an enrolment of begun including rummage sales j about 200 fashion shows fowl suppeis and leas it looks like a full w inters some from here attended the opening of halton centennial man the meeting on november 5 was opened in knox sunday school room the girls were divided into two groups one for crafts the other for games at the end of is minutes they changed around then the group went upstairs 5 open the service and business part of the meeting we all sang the cgjt hymn the roll call was read with 17 girls present the minutes were then read by the secretary the business part of the meeting then opened mrs d davidson an nounced 1 that we were invited to the presbyterian church in the country for the meeting on novem ber 12 mrs greer led the bible canadas armed forces exist pri marily to fight the enemy if he at tacks but in recognition of the importance of civil defence they are now prepared to lend their aid on the civilian front if neces sary g s hatton deputy federal civil defence coordinator has said the successful military defence of a country is the best type of defence but since we are assured that no defence can be perfect and that enough bombers may be ex pected to penetrate our military defences to cause mass destruction we must spare no effort to build a required of them in event of any natural disaster such as floods fire and so on in many cases this assistance likely would include the mobile support groups the military would come to the aid of the civilians at the request of the civil authority as it always has in communities with a civil defence organization military as sistance would be provided at the invitation of the civil defence authorities and overall direction of joint army civil defence pro jects would be supplied by civil defence leaders everything possible is being john duncan keith farmer in manitoba jqhn duncan keith 70 a farmer in the headingley district in mani toba for the past 42 years died in winnipeg general hospital he was born in acton son of the late mr n keith pi in this area he went west in lvuz and became employed with his uncle neil keith a large railway con structinn contractor at that time in 1914 he moved to headingley where he farmed until the time of his death he was a member and elder of headingley united church he had been active in sports and was a member of the headingley curling club for over 25 years sur viving are his wife the former an nie jones nf headingley two sons lester and neil four daughters mrs alice thaxton mrs kathleen mcguire doreen and jean a sister miss alice keith of vermillion alta eaajxs esssr sssistabssasssr twamsacab brownie news here is a big thank you to all the nice folks in acton who helped make our brownie cookie sale a huge success the cookies 480 box es were sold by 3 p m saturday afternoon the brownies and tweeneys the new recruits tak ing part in the sale worked like lit tle beavers with one selling 42 box es another 29 another 28 and the rest pretty close behind i am sure we can all be proud of our young folk for showing so much enthus iasm and watch out for future high pressure saleswomen so heres a thanks to them from us the older folk we are happy to report that two more volunteers have come forward to help out with our brownie work as it is a ruling in the guide move ment that packs should not consist of more than 24 children and we have nearly 50 two separate packs have to be formed one is to meet on monday and the other on tues day after school it is with regret that we must also report that any further applications for enrolment in the brownies will have to be placed on a waiting list the brown owl guaranteed a1 used cars 1952 to 55 models- 1955 plymouth savoy sedan two tone green auto matic good tires radio slip covered since new oni o 28000 miles 1954 chevrolet 4 door statiotttwaoontwetor4d clean and perfect in all ways here is your chance for a real dual purpose vehicle radio signals 1954 plymouth savoy sedan- automatic clean and guaranteed r 1952 chrysler windsor sedan fluidmatic nearly new tires radio backup lights you wont find any nicer than this one these cars carry a 12 month warranty bond by united auto bonders ltd and you can not go wrong buying any one of these four automobiles we aim to please you with service with fair dealing we want to keep you happy thompson motors acton ltd 45 main n at bower acton mackenzie news reside your home beat winter to it- mow is the time foryouto doit engagements ois new staff house sunday milk prices locally in accord ance with the provincewide raise have been raised one cent on each quart heavy fog preventing out-of- town members from driving here caused cancellation of the scottish dancing club friday christmas decorations cards and gifts arc on sale already and the shopkeepers say people are buy ing plenty of then already too program is coming up a native of gcorgetoun mr harold bell who will soon be bet ter known to her reading public by her maiden name anne mat thew is having her first historical novel warm wind west wind published apparently our beautiful indian sumer weather is going to end there have been reports of roses blooming pea plants blooming strawberries and sweet peas some gardens are still very attractive the temperature was over 65 de gree some days last week txikce jeer i imi t mobile library with big stock proved popular amy svnmrt o civil d4ncs team the forthcoming marriage is an nounced of mollie daughter of mrs cantlay and the late mr w cantlay to w bev arnold son of mrs arnold and the late mr b g arn old the wedding will take place on friday nov 16 at 7 oclock in cedar grain asbestos shingles 1775 per aq insulbrick insulstone or insul shake siding 1860 per sq a square covers 100 sq ft of area under our home improvement plan you can borrow 30000 and make 1 1 payments of 2900 and a final payment of 1005 call 48 for estimates rt cd 4 y jl sricken w j on c0allumbe1 brigades douse nearby roofs one of best barns levelled damage was estimated at 15000 following the fire that destroyed barn on the farm of loron w laing southwest of milton on tuesdaymorning lost in the blaze were an estim ated 3000 bales of hoy 700 bushels of wheat 700 bushels of oats and edmonton cpi many ed monton readers influenced by the rriodern age of mechanical conven iences prefer to borrow their books from a library on wheels rather than go to libraries the edmonton public library board says its two bookmobiles carrying about 3500 volumes ac counted for more than 22 per cent of all circulation from the entire city library system during the 195556 scasor i new custom built bus which i carries 2 100 volumes has replaced 1 an older ehicle and its greater i stock capacit has made more books available as one of the best barns in the the old bus a handmedown district and predicted it couldnt f the edmonton transit system be replaced for 20000 i f went into operation in 1947 j its capacity is limited o 1500 vol- mlsioric aaoogl this was the companion to the vancouver icp one of the streetcar bookmobile which was most unusual ship models in can- i retired in 949 after nearly a d strong civil defence the whole countrv the servic es no less than the civil population is involved in civil defence the mmv in particular has been prepared to augment civil defence by the spring of- 1956 its five com mands across the country were scheduled to have set up each ai mobile support group designed to meet the peculiar needs of the ar ea it would serve in war or natural disaster in outlining the armys plans for supplementing civil defence organ izations brig r r rothschild of the joint chiefs of staff commit tee in ottawa said army com manders would appoint a liaison officer to work in cooperation with local civil defenge authorities the mobile support groups arc designed to help the civil defence effort primarily in time of war he said but the armed forces as has always been the case would pro vide all the emergency assistance ssassxmsg 50 hens other animals were saved- a is on display at the vancouver cade of service as the only library nd most of the farm implements many of which were not in the barn at the time the farm is located in nelson township on bells line south of no 10 sideroad mr laing noted the fire appear ed to start in an open area of the floor not near any of the hay bales cause of the fire was unde termined milton fire brigade and two trucks from the nelson fire area answered the call with nearby buildings being protected during the fire the barn itself was be yond saving when the milton brig ade arrived with only a few at the main timbers standing water was pumped from a stream across the road by the nel son pumper and received by the milton truck that continued to ex tinguish sparks as they landed on the roof of neighboring buildings mr laing noted be had just the ttrezrasurancean the barn and added it to the anim als insurance on the barn was sg000 one neighbor described it city museum i fo its kind in canada possibly in a model of the british frigate i tno world the streetcar built in amazon it was made by french 1909 had travelled nearly 1000000 prisoners of war about the year miles before its conversion to a 1803 from scraps of bones salvag- horary in 1941 ed from their meat ration at dart- mrs e hall bookmobile librar- moor prison in devon england the amazon an 850 ton 44 gun frigate that saw service in the napoleonic wars took some french prisoners aboard after an engagement with a french ship on july 13 1797 curator thomas ainsworth says it is something of a mystery how the ship model got to vancouver it was probably given t6 the mus eum about a half century ago by an anonymous donor k good names atikokan ont tcp street names in a new trailer develop ment at steep rock iron mines svill be named after birds orig inally they were to have been named after persanagesbuti someone said thats strictly the birds the surveyor switched the idea i t oeen ti wnetwl ly fori o itched i ti la tan said that although the old bus was very good the new one would be better for senice to the public and also in the working conditions it will provide for the staff mrs hall noted its fronttorear double bank of fluorescent lighting and its wider central aisle the bookshelves run along the walls on either side of the bus interior the bookmobiles with head quarters at spnictwood branch library where a total stock of 20688 volumes are available last year carried cityubrary service to 41000 school children and 10163 adult borrowers this year the bookmobile will make 27 stops weekly 11 of them to service city elementary schools 3 for communities remote from other parts of the city library sys tem and three for combined school and community service wvusssjsbsaaskuc3e shoe manufacturer stays independent lower saulnierville ns cp j willie comeau says shoe manufacturing in the mantimes is a poor business to be in if you try tp compete with big american and canadian factories and the freight rates but the 64 year old businessman has a recipe for success and he wont give up his firm of f g comeau and sons shoe makers because hes too stubborn to quit mr comeau has been in busin ess since 1910 and at one time had 50 men producing 300 pairs of shoes a day six v a week they were sold from halifax to vancouver now his six man staff produces 5000 pairs a year im older and wiser now and i keep my trade in the maritunes he says at one stage f the game i got a patent for a shoe and was able to undersell the big boys the price war came and i got cutdown to size mr comeau believes small in dustries can succeed if they dont try to get too big all of a sudden i recall when there were 90 shoe manufacturers in this province now there are two i done to provide canada with ade quate air defence but as ci il de fence officials know no such de fence can be perfect at present three chains of elect ronic warning devices are rbemg built across the continent by can ada and the united states one is alung the us- canada boundary the other is across the middle of canada and the third the oew line along canadas northernmost fringe but these lines even when com pleted will not stop enemy bomb ers they will warn of their ap proach and the task of stopping them would all to the air forces of both canada and the u s even then it is considered impossible to guarantee that every bomber each of which likely would be car rying nuclear bombs could be stopped short of the populated tr- eas there are about 40 cities in north america where population and industry is concentrated if nol 10 per cent- of a 400 plane at tacking force a very small aver age compared to second world war experiences got through the heart of the continents productive capacity could be seriously impair ed any potential attacker of north america is faced of course with retaliation that could bring the same destruction or worse but it is obvious why officials of all western countries feel it is more vital than ever to frustrate an attack by a system of passive defence in this continuing need to use the deputy coordinators words again civil defence is now a perman ent partner of militao defence h s holden optometrist eyesexaijined glasses fitted 7 dougta- r ouelph from 219- down rd 179 with our new rmqmatfc modil reduced dries and purifies the clothes like the sun under a powerful jerm killing infrared element gently tumbles the clothes while warm air breeze through cabinet is air cooled with extra laree door speedy automatic acute xfounaety aovc ah tlotta saves you all the back breaking drud- jory of lirtine and leasing- baskets of i tossy heavy cjiin3 save both yoe and the clothei from exposure budget terms if desired gordons hardware acton ontario 7ft t gf