Parallel parking trial cuts Main Street space drastically
Georgetown reports from Constable Jack Sheffield that parallel parking on Main Street reduced usable spots from eight to sixty cars. He urges residents to switch to Main Bivest to free space for shoppers.
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Jack Sheffield
Main
John Perry
Panry’s Bady and Vander
Glan Williams Eee
Sutton Wr
Perry
Riverside Lunch
Bank of Commerce
Henry Malcolm Stewart
Durham Street
Glan Williams
St Alban's Church
Oakville Votes to Allow Plainclothes Traffic Officers
Oakville council approved a 5 4 decision allowing police to wear plain clothes while directing traffic. Reeve Litchfield called the meeting of the Police Committee, and Councillor lard moved the measure. Mr J M Wallace offered 15000 for a community centre to include baseball and sports with Wallace Park as its name. Florence West Pollard, wife of Thomas Pollard, died March 29 at her Chisholm Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Lard
J M. Wallace
Parks Board
Twin calves born to Spotty with ancestral twins noted
Ginger Farm reports twin heifer calves born to Spotty the cow, a twin herself with a history of twins in the family. The mother struggled to care for both, prompting recaps of past twin outcomes and a belief in removing early twins, which proved unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partner
Spotty
Bob
Ginger Parm
Toronto
Milton braces for road, dust, and hockey club reorganization
Milton businessmen held a Friday meeting at the Town Hall to air road conditions and sewer work priorities. They backed finishing sewer laterals before Male Street. Milton Athletic Club restructured with Andy Hilcott leading, plus Walter Hayward and others, to sponsor Junior and Intermediate hockey next year. Sixteen Mile Creek flood isolated lower Millet families for the first time since 1838, prompting cautions from local officials and merchants along Main and Mill streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Milton Arens
Milton Athletic Club
Andy Hilcott
Walter Hayward
Dave Wendover
George White
Charles Colbert
C. Doble
Ken Kinsella
Lower Millet
Sixteen Mile Creek
HH. Fey
Bell Telephone
Sam Hall
Mill Street
Motorist Hails Harp After Brush With Pole
A driver crashed into a telephone pole and, as rescuers freed him, he whispered with relief that he had lived clean and thanked heaven for life and a harp awaiting him. The odd remark hints at the man’s gratitude and belief in a reward.
Erin Bellamy Leases Plant to Start Screen Manufacture
Erin Elmer Bellamy has leased part of EK Peckwood's building to begin making screens screen doors signs and wood letters furniture repair work and related items. Marsville Community Hall burned last Friday noon to the ground with unknown origin residents unable to save it. Only limited insurance coverage will leave a heavy local loss. Lloyd Mack of Rockwood won the top prize for Aberdsen Angus at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto taking the grand championship cup top price bull and 1850 in prize money. William Jackson of Malton bought the winning bull as exhibitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Bellamy
Co. EK Peckwood
Marsvile Community Hall
Reaidenta
E Toteloa
Lloyd Mack
Rockwood
Royal Winter Vale
Toronto
Wm. Jackson
Malton
Thames water bus service to expand for Festival of Britain 1981
The Thames water-bus service popular with Londoners and visitors will be greatly enlarged for the Festival of Britain 1981, expanding routes and capacity to handle expected crowds.
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Britain
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Conault
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Ragaire
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Angus Kennedy
Georgetown
Oakville
E. Braida Shoe Store
Acton
Acton Public Utilities
J, McGeachie
Chronicles of
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Bae Ge Mow
J. E. McAullen General Contractor
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A. Kirkness
Wien
Brog
Brocer
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Bank of Montreal
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