Honor Citizen of Year Dinner and Dance in Acton
The Acton Chamber of Commerce holds its Citizen of the Year dinner and dance at the music centre Saturday night. Tickets are scarce as the event funds community activities while corsages will be given to all ladies. The Chamber aims to boost urban rural ties, education projects, safety, recreation, town planning, municipal affairs, and retail promotion.
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Chambers of Commerce
Acton
Music Centre
Chamber
R. Min Don
Beardmore and Co
Paap
John Shadbolt
Chamber of Commerce ‘Movement
Canada
Acton Chamber
Snow seeks changes in Ontario education grants
Snow hints at grant revisions as Ontario municipalities face rising education costs and inequities. The Department of Education is tabulating budgets to address disparities among boards. Local concerns cite rural versus city board favoritism, with potential reforms after budgets are reviewed. The Acton Chamber explores town projects, parking, emergency numbers, and member discounts to boost business and civic involvement.
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Ontario
Department ‘of Education
Halton East SP
Jim Snow
Snow
Halton
Board of Education
Halton council backs Halton region as first choice in two‑tier plan
Halton County Council pressed for Halton as an eight‑municipality regional unit with a two‑tier framework. Oakville and Georgetown opposed and urged a possible Halton‑Peel merger or alternative terms, while Milton and Nassagaweya officials argued for speed and solidarity. All other municipalities voted to back Halton region as the first choice.
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Oakville
Georgetown
Halton
Seers
Halton-Peel
W. Hunter
Ron Harris
Milton
Peel
Halton County
W. Gillies
G. Currie
Gillies
Hunter
W. Hoey
Nassagaweya
Acton council approves five Reisman model homes on Wallace St
Acton council on Tuesday approved the Reisman housing group plan to erect five model homes on Wallace Street to accelerate the Seynuck and Wyse properties development. The sale of these houses will require final subdivision agreement approval by the Ontario Municipal Board.
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Acton Council
Reisman Housing Group
Wallace St
Seynuck and Wyse
Ontario Municipal Board
David W. Beasley
Town ‘Planning Department
Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan Ltd
Groseman
al Reisman
Council
Beasley
Alrady
Planning Board
Department of Municipal Affairs
Division St
Reisman
Acton Council backs education cost objection and nearby development plan
Acton Council endorsed a Saltfleet township resolution urging grant revisions for education. Reeve Frank Oakes argued the government should hear education objections due to rising borrowing and costs. The council approved the planning board’s plan to move Division Street and issue five Wallace Street building permits, with developer funding and industry incentives noted.
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Acton
Saltfleet Township
Frank Oakes
Bill Coats
Grossman
Reisman
Les Duby
Tyler
Paul Nielsen
Rubin Corporation
Orangeville
Duby
Planning Board
Division St
Wallace St
Search for body south of Acton Ends after four days of digging
Police abandon hopes of locating Marianne Schuett in a crevice near the Bruce Trail in Esquesing Township two miles south of Acton. The 10 year old vanished April 27 1967 after seen entering a man's car near her school. The long case drew thousands in Ontario wide search efforts and remains open though the latest excavations yielded no evidence.
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Bruce Trail
Esquesing
Marianne Schuett
Kilbride
Burlington Police
Criminal Tnvestigation Bureau
O.P.P
Acton
Pcan
Pen
Marianne
Ontario
Jerry Terryberry
Milton Opp
Highway 25
17 Sideroad
Milton Schuett
Toronto
Don
North Ton Bush
Daniel
Esques
Third Line Road
Police end fruitless dig near Speyside in snow bound search
Insp Lidstone Lt Smith and a Burlington team retraced a rocky hillside area near the Third Line crossing to locate a missing body in the Schuett case. Heavy snow and rock impeded digging despite dynamite aid and a press briefing, with no findings by Monday afternoon. Authorities kept spectators back from the site as they concluded the search without success.
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Alo
Recognizing a Past Esquesing Bridge Scene
A photo from Esquesing township shows an arched bridge over a sparkling stream in limestone steps. Locals, including Mrs. Jacob Mauer Miss Emma Cole and Mrs. A McLean, identify the spot as the bridge between the 8th and Oh Lines east of Silvercreek, noting tree growth since the image was captured.
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Jacob Mauer
Emma Cole
Fred
A. McLean
Vaughan
Donald McKay
Trapped driver suffers severe leg and hip injuries
Adrian Champagne 44 of Acton was trapped for nearly half an hour after a head on crash on Dundas Highway with another car driven by George McGowan of Paris. Champagne sustained broken legs and hips and remained in intensive care at Oakville hospital. Police say a firewall and brake pedal had to be broken off to free him as two tow trucks and a transport pulled the cars apart. A third car was involved with no damage. damage to the two other vehicles was about $3,000.
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Adrian Champagne
Acton
Dundas Highway
Oakville Hospital
Mr. Champagne
George McGowan
Pineview Terrace
Paris
Decoration Day Committee Meeting Open To All
First meeting of the Decoration Day committee will be held in the library Wednesday April 30 at 8 30 in the evening to plan for this year's Decoration Day on Sunday June 1. The meeting is open to the public and every interested person is urged to attend. The present committee feels that the more public participation and interest there is the more successful the day will be.
Accidents Distract Acton Streets Over Past Week
Acton O P P reports three accidents across Acton streets. A town truck driven by Douglas Garrett collides with Kathe Duess in a 1966 Volkswagen on Jeffrey Street at Elizabeth Drive causing front left fender damage estimated at 400 dollars and a 50 dollar fender loss on the truck. A 1969 Ford driven by Douglas Christie is struck in Brewers Retail parking lot with 80 dollars damage to the left door. A third collision involves vehicles on Main Street near Brooks in Milton with damage unspecified.
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Acton
Brewers
Brooks
Dovercourt
Toronto
Main St
Mons Cay
Main
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Tos Sre
Shadbolt
Verve Acton
Wile
Miss Novak
Canadian Cancer Society
Keep
Halon
Ted Tyler
Mr. Beasley
Mosales
Beatley
Reisman Group
Oakes
Greer
Marks
Mr. Reisman
Joe Hurst
William Cidstone
C.I.8
William Smith
Speyside
Lidstone
Smith
Burlington Police and Works Department
Rompeeatt
T Turner
Lt. Smith
Milton Op.p
Schuett
Lakes Erie
Jacob Bauer
Incar
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