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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Feb 06, 1964

Page

22

Legion Notes and Club Sports Update

Branch 197 notes celebrate new members and a push toward super member status. Cribbage teams at Georgetown place Acton and Port Credit among top finishers with standings listed. Upcoming Debonaires concert, January minor draws winner Nora Theo, and safety tips from the All Canadian Insurance Federation. A German court case reports a brewery fire motive. housewife jailed 21 months.

Georgetown Acton Port Credit ‘A Pt. Credit Ontario Safety League Germany

Speech From The Throne Highlights Energy and Water Plans

The opening Speech from the Throne on January 15 focuses on Education, Trade, Energy Resources, and Labour. Halton County considers expanding the Energy Department into Energy and Resources Management, including the Conservation Authorities Branch. The Ontario Water Resources Commission reports to the minister of the new department, as conservation efforts intensify. Halton’s Twelve, Sixteen Mile Creek, and Sixteen Mile Creek Conservation Authorities have amalgamated into the Halton Regional Conservation Authority effective January 1, 1963 to streamline planning and water conservation projects plus better water sources for national heritage. The government will involve county agricultural committees and water sources and rehabilitation directors in provincial programs.

Halton County Department of Energy Department of Energy and Resources Management Conservation Authorities Department of Lands and Forests Ontario Water Resources Commission Conservation Branch OWRC Halton Hile Creek Sixteen Mile Creek Water Sources Commission Agricultural Rehabilitation and Development Directorate

Halton Beef Producers Elect New Officers at Annual Meet

James Snow of Hornby was elected president of the Halton Beef Producers Association at the January 23 meeting held at the Extension Branch office in Milton. James McKay was secretary treasurer, with directors Allan McLean Leonard Coulson Dawson Smith and Frank Hall named. The group outlined 1946 work and noted the Beef Improvement Association founded in 1943 to aid province wide producers.

James Stow Ontario Beef Producers’ Association James McKay Halton Association Beef Improvement Association Program James Snow Hornby Halton Beef Producers’ Association Ontario Swift Twe Om View John Willmott Allan McLean Leonard Coulson Dawson Smith Frank Hall

obituary fragment mentions surviving family in Scotland

The text notes a wife and several children including David William Helen Chie Une and John Edward at home, a brother James in Scotland with sisters Christine Bell Hamilton Tenny Ware Mare Smith and Jean Moore, all in Scotland, plus a line about wisdom and restraint.

Ielen Jean David William Helen Chie Une John Edward James Scotland Christine Bell Hamilton Tenny Ware Mare Smith Jean Moore

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