Tax Hikes Face Town Budget Amid School Levy Increase
Budget chairman Dr. Oakes tells council the education levy slashed the budget, forcing a general mill rate rise to cover a larger school budget. Reeve and councillors note taxpayers will bear the burden, with about $40 more on a $60,000 home and $32 on a $40,000 property, though provincial rebates may offset part of the rise. Potential relief may come from sale of town land, but officials expect capital works to fund road projects and other needs rather than increasing debt beyond debentures.
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Reew Frank Oakes
Iglten County
Oake
Oakes
Les Duby
Joe Hurst
Paqueda
Mill St
Cobblehill Rd
Council
Lakeview Subdivision
Ave
Church St
Bill Coats
Earl Masales
Masales
Lakeview
Tyler Ave
Suincit
Parks Board
Acton school boundary changes shift pupils to new schools
Boundary changes approved by the County Board of Education move Eden Mills Nassagaweya pupils near Highway 7 to Acco schools in September. About 70 students will be affected while Nassagaweya Esquesing line pupils north of No 10 sideroad to No 25 sideroad move to Speyside Public School. A separate note mentions over 100 pupils reassigned to Acton schools amid a separate incident where two youths were charged in a rifle incident targeting a cyclist.
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E and Nicuesa
Acco
County Board
Eden Mills
Nassagaweya
Highway 7
Nassagaweya-Esquesing
No. 10
Sideroad
Sideraid
Speyside
Acton
North County
Limehouse
Stewarttown
Toom
Teens Find $200 Rewarded For Honest Find
Two Acton teenagers Robin Salt Tangield Rid and an Acton boy found a wallet containing $200 in bills on Churchill Avenue. The wallet belonged to J. Kiteley of Georgetown RR 3. The boys returned the money to the owner and were rewarded, while the district outlined school boundary changes affecting several communities and students for September enrollment.
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Acton
Georgetown
Robin Salt Tangield
Churchill Ae Ee
J. Kiteley
Pri
Robin
Churchill Rd
Narcotics Investigation Ties School Dance to Drug Raid
RCMP from Hamilton narcotics division were summoned to Acton on Friday night after police suspected drug activity at the high school dance. Constable McArthur and Farion checked a car in the parking lot finding three boys and a girl with a marijuana cigarette, plus a strong sweet odor. Four youths were interrogated. No charges yet. investigation continues led by Corporal Ray Mason.
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RCMP
Hamilton
Acton
Cons. McArthur
Farion
Arking
Corp
Ray Mason
Rotary seeks old eyeglasses for redistribution
The Rotary Club of Acton asks residents to donate used eyeglasses for redistribution in developing nations. Donors may leave glasses at Gordon's Hardware or the Bank of Montreal in Acton.
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Rotary Club of
Acton
Gordon's Hardware
Bank of Montreal
Gordon Hardware
Bank of Montréal
Esquesing Council fights education tax increase burden
Esquesing Township protests new county education levy as taxes rise. Three injuries from a three-vehicle crash on Guelph Street near Toth's Garage highlighted the evening of the incident. Councillors plan to send letters to provincial ministers and local officials while detailing higher education taxes and farm level impacts for 1969.
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Guelph St
Toth
Willian Douglas
R.R. 4
Acton
Arthur Andrews
Chris Andrews
Boriani Poloni
Milton
Esquesing
del French
M. Anderson
Oakville
County Board of Education
Hydro awards contract on substation build-up
Acton Hydro Commission approved a 21350 dollar contract with Ferranti Packard Company Port Credit for No 2 substation work to raise capacity to 5000 KVA, and a 9487 dollar renovation contract to Spice Sweaner Co Port Hope. Construction starts this summer funded from an 80822.40 dollar annual budget. Councillors debated school funding and long term town expansion as Don Lawson pressed for a budget decision with potential court action.
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Acton Hydro Commission
Ferranti-Packard Company
Port Credit
No. 2
Spice-Sweaner Co
Port Hope
Acton
Plains
Beardmore and Co
Ted Tyler Sr
Ballentine Golden Anniversary Celebrated by Family and Friends
Mr and Mrs William Ballentine celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their Guelph home with over 200 guests. The couple married April 16 1919 in Orton Ontario and raised four sons Ross Roy Kenneth deceased 1967 and Leslie. Attendees included relatives from Michigan London Toronto Islington and Sudbury and telegrams from Prime Minister Trudeau and local officials. A family dinner for 28 followed at Acton the next day.
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William Ballentine
Guelph
Acton
Ross
Mary Myrtle
Thos. Dearing
Annie Collier
William Norman
Thos. Ballentine
Ellen Atcheson
Orton
Ontario
Roscoe Smith
St. John United Church
Grace
Armstrong
London
Olive Stewart
Ospringe
Lena Dearing
Mary McCutcheon
Downey
California
Detroit
Manitoulin Island
Toronto
Islington
Pierre Trudeau
John Robarts
Harry Worton
M.P.P
Paul Mercer
John Root
Mg. Hales
Ross and
Poggy
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Ah Mitt
Smith E. Griffin Dalsoras
A Ek
Acton Agricultural Seclanytstatt
Rotary
Esquesing Council
William Davis
Darcy McKeough
Halton East
Jim Snow
Halton County
Halton
K. C. Lindsay
Reeve Rn Cone
Lindsay
Hydro
Tom Hill
Russell Miller
Don Lawson
RR. 1
Supreme Court of Ontario
Mrs. W. Ballentine
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