School Board Receives Gavel For Final Year Of Operation
The North Halton school board plans a symbolic gavel handover marking its last year. A walnut gavel on a varnished base was prepared after years of borrowing a gavel from the public school board. The board set two weekend hotel rooms for interviews and workshops, and reviewed capital forecasts, greenhouse disposal, and staff allowances as part of routine year-end business.
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Acton
DonesInaNy
Ember
Rotary
Fred Salt
Salt
Scien
Billy Middleton
Public School Board
Industrial Arts Department
Sait
Moffatt
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Aluthouse College
University of Western Ontario
Ontario
Hansen
Robert Little School
Bill Coats
Ottawa
North Halton
Ray Arcie
George Mason
Mason
M. Smith
E. Smith
G. McKeensie
Myr. McNall
Unreliable Groundhog Weather Forecast Cited
A newspaper notes the groundhog is as unreliable as the weatherman for predicting six weeks of weather. It recalls a dull day last Friday and a brief sunny period that could mislead on spring timing. The piece concludes the groundhog’s forecast remains uncertain and inconsistent.
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Old Sol
Micro Plastics denial ends relocation rumors in Acton
Micro Plastics division of Building Products Ltd denied rumors of moving to Montreal. Manufacturing manager John Arnold said 15 workers were laid off, less than seven percent of the workforce, with no relocation plans. Over a million dollars was invested to improve Acton facilities, and the plant employs over 200 people.
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Acton
Micro Plastics
Building Products Ltd
Montreal
John Arnold
Plastics Products
BLP
the Free Press
My. Arnold
Arnold
Guineas winners and road planners honored by Nassayawoya Council
Nassayawoya Council presented plaques to retiring Planning Board members Grant Campbell and Also Near as appreciation. Bill Lasby won the Queen's Guineas prize at the Royal Winter Fair and received a desk set with engraving. Grant MacMillan earned a certified superintendent certificate after a University of Guelph course, awarded by the Ontario Good Roads Association. Reeve William Coulter gave the awards. MacMillan thanked council. Near remarked on aging and usefulness. Mrs Campbell accepted her husband’s award on his behalf due to ill health.
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Nassayawoya Council
Planning Board
Grant Campbell
Bill Lasby
Lasby
Grant MacMillan
Nessagaweya
MacMillan
Campbell
Council
Council grapples with wood dump mystery and elm log ban
Township council discusses a dump of cut wood and elm logs found at the township dump. Debate focuses on who dumped them, possible highway crew involvement, and whether notices or a gate would deter future access. A custodian notes elm logs do not burn well and a letter to the custodian may restrict such material.
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Ibenaaid
Persod
Department
Lawson
Yeeove
Saveral
Pat Patterson
Reeve
Cornell
Rabies Confirmed After Skunk Found At Bayne Farm
A skunk killed at Harvey Bayne's farm in Rockwood tested positive for rabies. Bayne, not bitten, found the animal in a pigpen with seven brood sows and alerted Dr. Frank Oakes. Tests confirmed the rabies diagnosis. the sows remain in good health.
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Harvey Bayne
P.r.d
Rockwood
Everton Ine
Mr. Bayne
Partial zoning approvals from Ontario Municipal Board for Acton plan
The Ontario Municipal Board granted partial verbal approval for Acton’s third comprehensive zoning by law noting several changes needed. Dills Printing and Publishing property zoning split into industrial open space and residential, with open space and residential not approved as drafted. Leishman park retained as park. adjacent Seynuck estate to be developed under subdivision. United Church parking requirement questioned. Branklewicz property near Fairy Lake may allow accessory buildings for boat houses.
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Acton
Ontario Municipal Board
QBLB
Dills Printing and Publishing Co
Leishman Park
Dills
O.M.B
Mill St
Acton Boulevard
Seynuck
C. Leatherland
B. D. Rachlin
United Church Dilemama
Coundtl
Branklewicz
Fairy Lake
Warn property owners not to sell land to speculators near Everton dam
James S. Bauer of Waterloo told about 200 people at Ospringe public school that property owners must avoid selling to speculators who offer big prices with a dollar down and 2 a year. The Grand River Conservation Authority will pay fair market price and begin buying the five dams within a year as part of a 30 million program financed by federal provincial and municipal contributions. The Everton dam will flood 950 acres and hold 4.1 billion gallons, part of plans to meet future sewage and growth needs.
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Everton
James S. Bauer
Waterloo
Grand River Conservation Authority
Ospringe
Bauer
Ontario
Resere
Man Posing as Inspector Enters Glenlen Home
On Friday February 2 a man posing as a water heater inspector entered a Glenlen residence. The housewife grew suspicious and the man left after she questioned him. She contacted police with details. neighboring detachments have been alerted.
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Glenlen
Seven year old struck by car on Mill Street
Seven year old Paul Robart Eliott of 169 Churchill Road North was hit Saturday afternoon by a car on Mill Street as John James Cooney of 45 Longfield Road drove west. The boy suffered facial lacerations and the accident occurred at 3 25 p.m.
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Paul Robart Eliott
Churchill Rd
Mill St
John James Cooney
Longfield Rd
Acton board weighs school addition and crowding issues
Ontario education grants may fund up to 277 482 of a 356 425 project for ML 2 Bennet school. The board plans to hire an architect after tentative provincial approval, move the library to free space, and hire a part time kindergarten teacher amid overcrowding and a 64 pupil enrolment split.
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Department of Education
Bennett School
Acton Public School Board
McNeill
G. McKenzie
Robert Little Sondergarten
Hings
Vic Bristow
Stane
Kitchener
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Diane
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Warn Property Owners
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Smith
M. Z. Bannatt School
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