Acton's Growth in 1955 Amid Civic Centre Plans
1955 activity in Acton includes gas franchise bids in Acton Milton and Georgetown. Population 357 1956 assessment 3 301 698. New civic centre plans progress halted while school expansion and water projects advance, with notable bylaw votes and municipal planning actions.
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Acton
Milton
Georgetown
Council
School Creek
County Council
PUC
Micro Plastics Ltd
Jack Kent Cooke
Civic Square
Uroan Board
Civic Centre
High School District Board
John Gaffney
Maria St. Bridge
Rotary bowling event and winter conditions noted
Rotary members held a bowling gathering Tuesday evening. Back roads remain slippery in town and district. Merchants advertised novel gifts this Christmas. Families enjoyed gatherings through the district on the Christmas weekend. Many cars were stuck or skidding in snow over the weekend. Holiday students skated at the arena and on the pond this week. Seymour English has been transferred to the Malton branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia as accountant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour English
Malton
Bank of Nova Scotia
Subscriptions rise as Free Press renewals roll in
A large number renew their Free Press subscriptions before a slight price increase. Local hockey league expects about 170 players this season with the organization starting next week. Community events include Junior Sunday School theatre trip to the Roxy and a Rotary Hansel and Gretel screening drawing 300 youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
Prisoners Use Hobby Crafts At Kingston Penitentiary
About 250 inmates at Kingston penitentiary engage in hobby crafts with up to 50 dollars a month for materials. The program, started in 1950 to ease boredom, funds leadership and training to foster Canadian designs. Items include lamps wallets and inlaid wood pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston, Ont
Kingston Penetentiary
Archambault Commission
Football Moves To Big Business In Eastern Canada
Eastern Canada football is shifting from amateur front offices to full-time corporate managers. The Montréal Alouettes may be the only Big Four team to profit this year, possibly due to their public corporation structure. Toronto Argonauts Ottawa Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats may follow with professional managers and corporate reforms.
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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 y Cant a Haircut Exchange
A street dialogue shows a barber offering a haircut and a customer replying with a humorous demand to have them all cut, reflecting casual banter in a light local scene.
Eight dead in Sask Governor Airways crash at Buffalo Narrows
A chronological news review lists an aviation disaster in Saskatchewan with eight fatalities at Buffalo Narrows, among many 1955 events across Canada and abroad. Notable items include Ontario hydro chief Robert Gaunders killed in a plane crash and the West Germany NATO entry approval. The compilation covers politics, disasters, and notable deaths from January to November.
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Sask
Govt. Airways
Buffalo Narrows
Ontario Hydro
Robert Gaunders
West Germany
NATO
St Lawrence
Word Wheat
Toronto
Robert Cochrane
Grande Prairie
Alto
Nicolet
Que
Ontario
Trans- Canada Gas Pipeline
December Wedding At Brampton Presbyterian Church
White chrysanthemums decorated Brampton Presbyterian church for the marriage of Susie Leola Denny and Robert R. Avery on Saturday December 17. The couple left for a wedding trip to New York and the eastern states and plan to reside 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
Benefit to All Hospitals To Seek County Half Mill Request
The Mitton District hospital board discussed hiring a hospital consultant and appointing an architect at a January 1 meeting. A Finance Committee will be formed, and Joan Hab CA was named auditor for county hospital capital needs. The county aims to boost facilities to reduce patient outflows, with gifts for rooms and furniture to be announced publicly. A county hospital advisory board and coordinated regional hospital efforts were proposed as part of the drive.
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Civic Centre
Maria St. ‘Bridge
John Gay
Chamber
Court of Revision
Esquesing
Acton
Hydro
PUC
Wm. Wilson
Ray Thompson
County Council
Halton
New
Maria St. Bridge
Mitton District Hospital
P. L. Robertson Mfg. Co., Ltd
Mailton, Wednnessing
Wuld
Joan BE
Service
Ford Plant to Expand, Forcing Temporary Layoffs in Oakville Windsor
Ford of Canada announced expansion plans at Oakville and Windsor will require temporary layoffs. About seven thousand workers in Windsor and Oakville will be affected from December 23 to January 4, with many taking five days of lost production due to year end holidays. Unions urged members to file for unemployment benefits as the Oakville plant undergoes electrical system changes and machine installations during a shutdown period.
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Banff
Albert Chamberland
St. Simeon de Charlevoix
Que
Prince Albert Penitentiary
Florence Inmam
P.E.I
Senate
Oakville
Windsor
Ford of Canada
Buaeke
Charles McDonald
Rhys M. Sale
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
North America
Bank of Montreal
Mill St
Actons
Public
Fairy Lake
Nassagawega
Glenlea
Ratepayers’ Association
Chise
Lakeview
Tom Brankiewicz
C. of C
Tyler
Maylor
Hargrave Reeve
Se Pond
The
United Church
Roxy
Hansel and Gretel
Preston
Bert Dodds
V. Kein
Halton and Georgetown
Ontario Highways
Donecott
B.C. Supreme Court
Wismer
Maclean's Magazine
Churchill
TLC
CCL
Montreal Forum
Maurice Richard
Halifax
Dartmouth
Detroit
Sir Lyman Duff
John Cabot Burns
Port Hawkesbury
Saskatchewan
P.E.L Feneral
John Plant
Rcaf Technical Services
H. D. Graham
Simonds
Progressive Conservatives
Vancouver
Mullgan
Social Credit
Alberta
Cape Breton Island
Grand Pre
Niagara-on-the- Lake
Commission On Liquor
Manitoba
St. Laurent
Regina
Winnipeg
General Motors
Quebec
Princess Royal
Federal Cabinet
Wilbert Coffin
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Canada
PSHE
Toronto- Spadina
Liberals
Mulligan
Force
Panama
Jose Remon
Yikianshan Island
Commonwealth
London
Princess Margaret
West Indies
Port of Spain
Mendes-France
Chamber of Deputies
Bulganin
Malenkov
Edgar Faure
Penticton Vs
Russia
Mth
Alexander Fleming
Germany
Marlon Brando
Grace’ Kelly
Hallywood
Mexico
Eden
Einstein
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Udall
Ford Motors
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Marilyn Bell
North
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Sultan
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankees
George VI
Margaret
Townsend
Pearson
Canada
India
Jerry Leiske
Beiseker
Alta
Chicago
Lars
Faure
Dissalves
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Earl
Menzies
UN Council
Japan
Outer Mongolia
Hugh Gaitskell
Norris
Chester Service
Reese
Dan Martin
Ford
Best
Cleaners
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Acton Legion Minor Sports Association
Watson‘s
Saery-Bar
Gordon Strain
R.R
Halton’s
Gwen Clarke
Ethel Chapman
Dills Printing & Publishing Company
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