Acton's Rapid Growth in 1955 Highlighted in Year Review
A dense year in Acton covers gas franchise hearings, municipal centre plans, school expansion, and population reach. Key events include Halton Natural Gas Co proposals, new building plans, by law debates, and county talks on a civic centre and annexation.
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Acton
Niagara-on-the-Lake
North America
Halton Natural Gas Co
Warren Grove
Milton
Georgetown
Council
School Creek
County Council
PUC
Micro Plastics Ltd
Jack Kent Cooke
Civia Square
Uran Board
High School District Board
John Gaffney
Maria St. Bridge
Esquesing
Nassagawega
Glenlea
Mo —Gientes
United Sub-urban Gas Co
Christmas Week Local Happenings Report
Rotarians gathered for bowling Tuesday evening. Back roads remain slick in town and district with cars getting stuck or skidding at corners. Merchants offered novel Christmas gifts as families enjoyed gatherings across the district. Youths holidaying from school skate at the arena and on the pond this week. Seymour English transferred to the Malton branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia as accountant.
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Seymour English
Malton
Bank of Nova Scotia
Acton Community News Roundup
Subscriptions to the Free Press rise as prices inch up. About 170 boys join the town hockey league this season starting next week. The Junior Sunday School enjoyed a theatre party at the Roxy on Tuesday. Snowy scenery delights locals. Acton musicians joined the Larne Scots band visiting Halton Centennial Manor. Over 300 youngsters attended Hansel and Gretel at the Roxy Monday. Shops closed for long weekend including Boxing Day. Christmas assemblies held at public school. high school students from Acton Milton Georgetown Preston joined a district dance. Local Poultry winners Bert Dodds and V Kein, and Mac Fountain's euchre prize noted. Snow removal operations drew little crowd last Thursday night.
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Civic Centre
Maria St. ‘Bridge
John Gay
Court of Revision
Esquesing
Acton
Hydro
PUC
Wm. Wilson
Ray Thompson
County Council
Halton
Maria St. Bridge
Prisoners Crafting Useful Hobbies at Kingston Penitentiary
About 250 inmates at Kingston penitentiary engage in hobby crafts with up to 50 dollars a month for materials. Since 1950 crafts have been encouraged to ease boredom and foster self improvement, with proceeds funding more supplies. One inmate, a former embalmer, builds models from shredded newsprint and flour. Another, a tailor, carves wood and creates inlay work. in three years he sold over 200 pieces.
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Kingston, Ont
Kingston Penetentiary
Archambault Commission
Football Moves Toward Big Business in Canada
Eastern Canada football shifts toward corporate management as profits and professional administration rise. The Montréal Alouettes may be the lone team profitable this year, set up as a public corporation, while Toronto Argonauts Ottawa Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats run as non profit private groups. Changes expected this winter include appointing full-time professional managers.
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Eastern Canada
Montréal Alouettes
Financial Post
Montreal
Alouettes
Toronto Argonauts
Ottawa Roughriders
Hamilton Tiger-Cats
the Post
Toronto
Ottawa
Hamilton
Barber-Dy Customer Chooses Full Haircut Blitz
In a quick sequence at UT Rate, a barber asks if the customer wants a haircut. The customer replies with humor that he will go for a full cut, signaling a bold, all-encompassing grooming request.
Notable World Events Snapshot Through 1955 Highlights
A compact chronology lists major 1955- era incidents and figures by month and place. It notes air disasters in Saskatchewan and Ontario, political shifts in Canada and Europe, key mergers and court actions, and landmark events from global aviation to space-age milestones.
December Wedding In Brampton Church
White chrysanthemums decorate Brampton Presbyterian church for the marriage of Susie Leola Denny and Robert R. Avery on Saturday December 17. The couple plans a New York and eastern States trip before settling in Brampton.
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Brampton Presbyterian Church
Susie Leola Denny
Robert R. Avery
Everett W. Denny
R.R. 2
Brampton
Arthur Avery
R.R. 3
Sarnia
Weir
Jessie Aldham
Edith McMurdo
Smith Griffin
New York
Milton District Hospital backs county half milling plan
Milton District hospital officials discussed funding arrangements to support hospital facilities in Halton County. A special meeting on January 11 will decide on a hospital consultant and an architect. A county advisory board for hospital coordination and a public fund drive were planned.
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Milton District Hospital
Gees
P. L. Robertson Mfg. Co. Ltd
Malton
Wednnessey
Wuld
Jotun EB
Halton
Service
Ford Plant to Suspend Operations for Expansion at Oakville Windsor
Ford of Canada announces layoffs at the Oakville and Windsor plants to permit expansion. About seven thousand workers at Windsor will be affected from December 23 to January 4, with many losing five days due to holidays. Final assembly at Oakville will halt as electrical systems are updated and machines installed.
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Ford
Oakville
Windsor
Ford of Canada
Dusinehe
Charles McDonald
Rhys M. Sale
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