Acton council backs $10 Christmas bonus for all town workers
At Tuesday's meeting the Acton council approved a resolution extending a $10 Christmas bonus card to all municipal employees. Only Reeve-elect Dr. Frank Oakes opposed. Debate centered on including salaried staff versus unionized workers and whether the gesture should reward all or only those under contract.
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Acton
No. 1 Committee of Council
Frank Oakes
Bob Drinkwalter
Eeve Hinton
No. 1
Drinkwalter
T. Tyler
Perry
E. Mosales
No. 2
Tyler
Mosales
Hinton
Duby
McKenzie
Oakes
Reeve Questions Sewage Overflow and Tyler Avenue Work
At the Acton council meeting Reeve Hinton urged clarity on a discharge into a ditch blamed on the H. K. Porter Co. and noted the Ontario Water Resources Commission would handle the issue with changes asked to prevent repeats. Debates over tiling on Tyler Avenue referenced uncertain highway grants for 1969 and a subsidized project acceptance.
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Reeve Hinton
Acton
Hinton
No. 2
Ontario Water Resources Commission
O.W.R.C
H. K. Porter Co
Duby
Fairy Lake
Joe Hurst
O.w.rc
McKenzie
Tyler Avenue
Department of Highways
Ted Tyler
Tyler
Newcomers to Halton County Council and 1969 Warden race
Halton County welcomes two new members to its council in January with Nassagaweya Deputy-Reeve Anna MacArthur and Burlington Deputy-Reeve Evelyn Burke joining, while Acton’s Ted Tyler Jr. becomes deputy-reeve. Reeve George Currie, Deputy-Reeve Tom Hill defend Esquesing seats as Nassagaweya’s William Coulter retires. The 1969 council also shapes up with Oakville’s Allan Day and Milton’s Austan Ledwith as likely ward candidates, and the warden post eyed in a probable Day Ledwith showdown after last year’s acclamations.
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Halton County
Anna MacArthur
Nassagaweya
Rzeeve
Halton
Burlington
Evelyn Burke
Acton
Ted Tyler Jr
Esquesing
Milton
Oakville
Reeves Allan Day
Austan
Gordon Gallagher
William Gillies
Ron Harris
Burke
George Currie
Tom’ Hill
Nassupaweya
William Coulter
William Huey
MacArthur
Hon. Hinton
F. G. Oakes
Tyler
Georgetown
William Hunter
Arthur Speight
Eeves Allan Day
Austan Ledwith
Phoney bank inspector scam targets Acton residents
Report outlines a phoney bank inspector who phoned an elderly Acton woman asking for help catching a thief. Police monitored but the suspect did not appear. Authorities warn residents to be wary amid similar ruse in Milton and Georgetown. A separate snowstorm crash on Queen St involved Raymond Patenaude and William MacDonald with minor damages.
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Acton
Queen St
Raymond Patenaude
R.R
Queen
William George MacDonald
Roseford
Acton Plaza
Patenaude
MacDonald
Black-out blamed on overload in Acton streets
An overload on land fuses caused a Monday power failure in Acton, leaving nearly a dozen streets dark during supper. Crews replaced a land disconnection at River and Main and fixed a 200 amp fuse at Queen and Young. Power returned after about two hours.
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Acton
Acton Hydro
Doug Maton
River
Main Streets
Queen and
Young
Main Street
Churchill Road
Mill Street
Arthur
Lakeview Subdivision
Mason
Committee Motto Elevates Collective Action Over Inaction
A group of men acts as a unit to declare that progress is blocked by consensus, portraying committees as forums where individual power dissolves into unified stasis. The quotation underscores skepticism toward bureaucratic decision making and the inertia of formal structures.
Parking By-law Receives Two Readings in Beardmore Council
Beardmore council discussed an Elgin Street parking by-law at Tuesday’s meeting with two readings. Reeve Hinton opposed the measure, arguing parking should be allowed on at least one side for residents, while the mayor said the plan needed time and reflected street needs and snow plow access.
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Beardmore and Co
Elgin St
Reeve Hinton
Hinton
Elgin
Bob Drinkwalter
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Santa Micro Party
Santa
Micro Plastics
Music Centre
Santa Claus
Acyon
Ontario
Council
G. McKenzie
Mr. Mosales
Mr. Tyler
Dr. Oakes
Reeve
Chas. Perry
Peter Marks
Bill Coats
Jack Greer
Orv Chapman
Esther Taylor
Acton Free Press
Newcomers County Council
Reeves Gallinger
Hunter
Currie
Reeves Oakes
Hoey
Reeves
Reeve Ledwith
Y’s Man
Gary Bateman
Robert Little School
U.n.lc.e.f
Sherry Morris
Bank of Montreal
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