Parallel parking test reduces Main Street space in Georgetown
Constable Jack Sheffield reports the parallel parking experiment on Main Street cut usable spaces to 60 per cent. He urges residents to park on Main Street to keep spaces for shoppers. John Perry, once part of Parry's Bady and Vander, moves his restaurant Riverside Lunch to Sutton. Henry Malcolm Stewart, retired Bank of Commerce manager, dies after a stroke two years prior. A major flood damages Clan Williams area, washing out Main Street bridge and dam, destroying a foot bridge and diverting river water near St Albans Church.
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Jack Sheffield
Main
John Perry
Parry
Vander
Glan Williams
Thane
Sutton
Wr. Perry
Riverside Lunch
Bank of Commerce
Henry Malcolm Stewart
Durham Street
Clan Williams
Credr
St Alban's Church
Herald
Oakville council approves plainclothes traffic officers vote
Oakville council approved plainclothes traffic control by a 6 to 4 vote after a Police Committee meeting. J M Wallace offers 15000 for a Community Centre focused on baseball and sports and asks Wallace Park be the park name. Florence West Pollard dies after illness at her Chisholm Street home.
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Litchfield
Lard
J M. Wallace
Parks Board
Twin calves at Ginger Farm defy old superstition
At Ginger Farm twin heifer calves are born to Spotty, daughter of a line with twins in the family. The twins were raised by Spotty as the mother had difficulty separating them. The narrator recalls past twin births and the old timer's caution, which proved unfounded as one pair produced a future calf. The piece then shifts to seasonal notes and daily life details.
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Spotty
Bob
Partner
Ginger Farm
Toronto
Maple Leaf
Hydro
Gomeone
Milton meeting discusses road conditions and sewer work
Mil ton businessmen held a special meeting at the Town Hall to air road conditions and dust problems. The group supported continuing sewer laterals before Mats Street work and planned a hockey club reorganization led by Andy Hilcott with Walter Hayward and others.
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Milton
Mats Strest
Milton Arens
Milton Athletic Club
Andy Hilcott
Walter Hayward
Dave Wendover
George White
Charles Colbert
C. Doble
Ken Kinsella
Lower Mille1
Sixteen Mile Creek
HH. Fay
Bell
Sam Wall
Mill Street
Motorist Survives Wreck Cries Thank Heaven I Lived
A motorist crashed into a telephone pole as wires and debris fell around him. Rescuers freed him from the wreckage and he whispered a thank you for surviving, then said they’d given him a harp.
Local Industry Set to Begin After Factory Expansion
ERIN Elmer Bellamy plans to reclaim part of Co. EK Peckwood's building to manufacture screens doors signs and wood letters with furniture repair. Marsville Community Hall burned last Friday night fire of unknown origin. building and contents a total loss insurance was minimal. neighbors unable to help. Lloyd Mack of Rockwood won the Royal Winter Vale grand championship with Aberdsen Angus cattle at the Toronto beef bulls show and sale securing top price and $1850.
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Elmer Bellamy
EK Peckwood
Marsvile
Lloyd Mack
Rockwood
Aberdsen Angus
Royal Winter Vale
Sway
Cupes
Toronto
Wm. Jackson
Malton
Thames water bus service to be enlarged for Festival
The Thames water-bus service, already popular with Londoners and visitors over the past two years, will be greatly enlarged for the Festival of Britain 1981.
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London
Britain
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