Easter Weekend Social Notes From Acton District
Personal notes recount Easter visits and family gatherings in Acton and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. Ernie Marks, H C Rognvall, the Mason and Switzer families, and guests from Toronto, Guelph, Huntsville, and Port Elgin. Activities cover church services, Girl Guide instruction day in Georgetown, and a planned May weekend campout. The piece notes clergy farewell for Rev. Nutma and local civic events including a Red Cross meeting and lodge activities in Acton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Jang
Smooth Falls
Georgetown
Ge” Council
Acton
Ken Refpert
iNcitor
Oakville
Ernie. Marks
H.C. Rognvald
Eiliott_Lake
Relativen
Iy Ir
Wm. E. Ramsden
Tor Buffalo
Mira
C. W. Mason
George Switzer
Toronto
Gordon Rolston
Daytons Ch
Eeat
Fong
Misa
Betty Fong
Tiny Judy One
Ann Tion
Guelph
Mary Connie
Toron
Doug Bell
Stan Norton
Barbara
Vivtin Stith
Nancy—Rogrivaldson
Ballina
Halton County Council Agenda Details 67 Brief Actions
Halton County Council met two hours at an April session to approve by law changes in staff salaries and address wording discrepancies delaying raises. Executive appointments were made and tenders opened for renovations and office equipment. Officials discussed grants for roads, construction safety inspectors, and trust fund handling for Hatton Centennial Manor residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halton Centennial Manor
S. A. Allan
County Council Demands Study of Industries Outside Towns
Halton County Industrial Committees urge Ontario's Department of Industrial Development to study development effects in peripheral areas. They discuss firms locating beyond municipal borders while using services, citing a $44 acre site near Milton and North Oakville, needing sewer and water from Milton. The study would address rural-surrounded issues impacting local municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Industrial Development of
Ontario
Halton County
Hand Chemical
Nurgly Oakeille
Milton
AVI Pounders Ptd Dauttn Banwate
Council approves grant for Bruce Lyn School expansion
The council authorized a grant of 3807 to fund a 2538 square foot addition to Bruce Lyn School for Retarded Children in Oakville. Assessor J Ford Rogers was asked to attend the Ontario Assessment Association meeting in Toronto in May. Warden, Clerk Garfield Browne and another councillor were named delegates to the Association of Ontario Counties spring meeting in Toronto in Mannena. An occupancy report from the Manor shows 186 residents at end of March 1963: 94 in normal care, 69 in bed care, 37 in ee care, and six in married couples quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
e—Councils
Bruce Lyn School
Oakville
J. Ford Rogers
Ontario Assessment Association
Toronto
Garfield. Browne
Association of Ontario Counties
Prom the Manor
Obituary of Sarah A Sinclair Buried in Coningsby
Sarah A. Sinclair of 8 Willow St Acton died April 7 at Halton Centennial Manor. Funeral at Rumble Shoemaker on April 9 conducted by Rev A L H McKenzie. Interment in Coningsby cemetery. Pallbearers Bob Winton West Merv Ste Archie Ron Sinclair. Survived by sister Mrs I ry Margaret and nephews Stewart Alex Archie Bermwood Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Sinclair
Willow St. Acton
Halton
Manor
Rumle
Shoemaker
AL HL McKenzie
Coningsbs Cemetery
Bob Winton West
Merv Ste Archie
Ron ‘Sinclair
I Ry Margaret
Holeh
Stewart
Alex
Archie
Bermwood
Arnold
H K Porter Canada names Collingwood vice president general manager
C L Hulbert announces LL Collingwood named vice president and general manager of H K Porter Company Canada Ltd. Collingwood, previously general manager for Porter Canada, brings sales engineering and manufacturing experience. Porter Canada operates plants in Vancouver Woodstock Guelph Acton producing wire and cable refractory products and tool components for various industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Porter
Canada
LL. C. Collingwood
H. K. Porter Company
Porter
Porter HH. OK
Nepco
Disston
Vancouver
Woodstock
Guelph
Acton
Porter (Canad
Jury Urges Road Straightening After Stewarttown Inquest
A coroner's jury in Stewarttown recommended Halton County Council take prompt action to straighten the road through the village where Wayne Catton 19 and Sharon Hamilton 16 died when their car struck a hogshead pole on the Seventh Line. The jury called for relocating the pole, installing a visible checkerboard sign, and improving the pavement at the curve. The accident was attributed to the driver’s loss of vehicle control. Dr. A E Macintosh presided. The Hatton County road committee discussed Stewarttown dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewarttow
Stewarttown
Halton ‘County
Wayne Catton
Sharon Hamilton
Turpentine Cloths Warned for Outdoor Use and Storage
Caution notes warn that cloths saturated with turpentine pose similar danger whether in use or stored. Use outdoors immediately after use or keep in a heavy covered metal can to minimize risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repor
Thames
Also Mentioned on This Page
Acta
BR. Simioni
Huntsville
Prank Simion
Simioni
Andre
Ainprise
Wl Mainprize
Montreal
Jack Mainpelge
Ray Everdel
Ruth
Rick
Tim
Little Current
Manitoulin Island
Higgs
Roy Brown
Norman Brown
Herb Cahagan
Mixa Carol Bair
Friend
Thurstov
Dwight Hoye
Jesle Nutma
CW. Mason
Howard Switzer
Hillsburgh
Percival Worthington
Paisley
Sanctuary Park
Port Elgin
AL J. Ore
George Wallace
Ontario Educational Associaion
Lord Simcoe Hotel
Max Vv
W.G Wilson
Wilson
Consututors’ Association
Pere x
Main &T
Bation
Guelph General Hospital
C. K. Browne
Ontario West
Red Cross
Royal Black Precept
Stratford
Arnold Actorite
Compan
Bro
Mayes
Bruce Plannigan
Norman Fryer
Acton Lodge
Ken McDonald
Ron Douglas
Ralph Barlowe
Gar icFaddon
Mr. Douglas
Citees Service
Sepnomica
Wes
Geet
Aston
Phow
Robert Little School
Milton Kingmen Club
North Halton
Tony. Hurss
Mike. Vale
Bill Landsborough
Carol Beatty
Sandra Franklin
Jane Lawrence
Brent Marshall
Marilyn Cripps
David Watson
Reeve H. H. Hinton
Children's Aid Society
Burlington
VSG
Els Merry
Buefington
Gordon Gallagher
Department of Highways
Roy F. Smith
Robert Edmunds
Hatton Manor
Hold Water Bus
Halton Manor
King St
Apel
Jalne
J. A. Graham
Department of Reform Institutions
Peel
Dutlerin
E. Warden
C. A. Martin, Rees
Hatton Centennial Manor
Provincial Department of Welfare
Wena
Coningsby
Leah
Patronizatty Vous
Weston, Ont
Archie Kerr
R.R. No
Cam Fraser
Shearer
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers Limited
St. Clair Avenue East
Toronto 7
Dills Stationery
Edivetmeant Ff
Lewis
Canadian Cancer Society
Megantic
Rindless
Sid Schneider
Iéc
Dr. Ballard
Isc
Libby
Christie’s Cookies
Sox
Tina We
Spic & Span
Asrusal
Bon Ami
No. ¥ Highway
KODAK
Hinton
Ing
Hinton's
Acton Frée Preas
A. E. Macintosh
Hatton County
McI
Orv
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