Parks Board weighs grandstand plan and arena move
Parks Board discussion centers on possible grandstand at the park and the formation of an arena committee. R R Parker reelected chairman with Mrs G Fryer as secretary, items shelved after noting attendance at summer games and Fall Fair. council may discuss arena transfer with town support. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks Board
Arena
R.R. Parker
Acton
Tvan Kiley
Afening
Fryer
Mevling
C.F. Leatherland J
E. G. Tyler Sr
Cadi MT
Curtnesl
Board of Parks Agency
Iipet
Barbeau
Rabies Quarantines Overload Oakville Shelter
Oakville and District Humane Society officials say the quarantine shelter is full as county needs exceed capacity. Chair Herbert Merry urges a separate isolation building, notes costs up to 150 daily and a 6000 deficit in 1959, and council will reconsider at February meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Merry
Oakville and District
Himane Society
Fold County Council
Thesday
Mr. Merry
Oakville
Comunty Council
Lear
Oea
Gosts
Ald
Court House
Milton
Association of Asing Officers
Municipal Clerks and Finance Officers Association
Ontario Agricultural Council
Aly
Halton
Department of Agriculture
Ontario Steel Plating Department to Close
Ontario Steel Products Co Ltd announces the Milton plant plating department will close affecting about 100 workers including Acton residents. President E S Byers says the closure is for an indefinite period and no immediate plans exist to resume plating operations. The Spring Manufacturing section in Milton will not be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Steel: Products Company Limited
Milton
Ontario Steel
Acton
Ontario Steel Products Co. Ltd
E. S. Byers
Flemming
Derailed Train Ties Up Traffic On CNR Line
A way freight engine derailed at Mattan near Acton blocking the main line from Toronto to Brampton. An auxiliary crane lifted the diesel and traffic resumed late. no injuries reported though passengers reached home late. Commuters were diverted via Burlington and Gait to Acton. Next Monday marks Burns Night with hospital campaigns planned in Brampton and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
George Angell
Jim Inglis
Toronto
Brampton
Mattan
Aeton
Burlington
Gait
Guelph
Oursive
Inglis
Section Crew Miraculously Escapes 4000-Volt Line fall
Four CNR sectionmen halted their jigger at noon on Friday just seconds before a 4000-volt feeder line burned out and crashed to the ground. The line’s surge knocked out crossing signals, damaged telegraph lines, and halted traffic at Mill Street. Station staff used the phone to relay warnings as telegraph and power crews worked through the afternoon to restore service by evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CNR
Rockwoll
Heer
Green Firebrick Company
Mill Street
Te Mass
Angelt
Acton Hydro
Bert Tlrquhart
George Pant
Stu McDonald
al Green
Post Office Tone Duel Sparks Unclear Public Post
Local notes describe a chaotic situation at a post office with competing groups labeled ice and Cam Loshman contending for control. Repeated checks reset the situation and time anomalies occur, creating an unstable scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cam
Loshman
Georgetown names D Sargent Halton County Warden for 1960
D Sargent was selected Halton County Warden at the augural meeting on Tuesday afternoon defeating Trafalgar Reeve Alex Phillips 14 to 3 open ballot. The veteran Georgetown councillor will lead for 1960 with a council lineup and committees named to support county operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeva Douglas Sargent
Georgetown
Centre
County Council
P, .K. McWilliams
John A. Milne
Rgetown
Halton County
Trafalgar
Alex Phillips
Douglas Sargent
Stanley Allen
Halton Manor
Charles, Readhead
Lowville
Warden Sargent
Walter, Gray
John Goy
Jack Hargrave
Acton
Archie R. Se
M. Desjardine
Mary S. Pettit
Milton
Reeve
Fred Near
Ryckman
William J. Bennett
Burlington
Herbert Merry
Fred
Tilley
Oakville
Sinclair
Service
Merry Ryckman
Desjardine, Tilley, Bird, Gray and Hargrave Finance
Milne
Phillips
Bennett
A P Green Co Wins Saturn Project Refractories
G V Barbeau, manager of A P Green Co in Acton, announced a branch has received the contract to provide all refractories and installation services for the Saturn project at Cape Canaveral Florida. This will be the largest refractories launching facility constructed to date. The original castable launching platforms for the Redstone missiles at Cape Canaveral were provided and installed by the same company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. V. Barbeau
A. P. Green Company
Acton
Saturn
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Redstone
No Books Closed Library After Power Outage
The library remained closed Friday as crews repaired a city wide outage on John Street. Power was restored to homes in the area at about 8 15 p m, allowing services to resume later that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnt
Irgutté
Juhn St. Amt
Rabid Cow in Acton Quarantined Herds for Month
A cow on the Mu Bros farm in Acton died after rabies was confirmed in Hull Quebec tests. The herd is quarantined for another month. Dr W J McCade investigated at Brampton and sent the heads to Hull for testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mu Bros
ROR
Acton
Ies
Cation
Brampton
W. J. McCade
Bram Epton
Animetry
Hull
Quebec
Seven Winners Compete in Acton Speaking Finals
Seven students from Acton public schools were elected to represent the town in a speaking competition. Eliminations ran all week with district finals set for Friday January 29 at the Robert Little auditorium. The finalists will present tonight at the Home and School meeting to determine Acton's entry for upcoming contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warners
Pullin
Acton
Bennett
Martie Hunman
Jill Hurst
Ann Vaile
Robert
Man Graiscow
den Harts
Dianne Shattis
Gay White
Sin Sora
Ight
Robert Little
Ice storm wrecks power lines and paralyzes communities
The region endures severe ice damage as telephone and hydro lines fail, trees collapse, and towns like Acton and Hillsburgh face outages. Crews from multiple areas rush to restore service, with over 200 linemen mobilized and emergency units set up to keep circuits open amid continuing repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Groum
Ubo
Tater Telephone
Bodee
Uate Thy
Sloea
Aten
Cano
Hillsburgh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merry
Council
Shawn
Linda Lingham
Pat Nicolak
Carol Kelly
Sylvie Hanousek
Sharon White
Joanne Wasowicz
Brenda McKeown
B.R. Lugham
G. Adams
E.G. Dunn
Heather Ann Dumarch
Mary
P.O
Duel
Reeve D. Sargent
Reeve Phillips
Sargent
P. K. McWilliams
John A. Milner Nassagaweya
pService
Merry, Kyckman
Hargrave, Bird and Pettit
Goy
Sinclair, Bennett and
Near
Hatton Centennial Manor Board
Sargent Goy
Desjardine
Board of Health
Petit and Gray
W. T.dales
Robert Marshall
Ray Thompson
County Board of Audit
M. Maxted
ROVER
Laurence Duby
Peter Wenton
Shian Otterbein
Bob Hinton
Mike Homer
Ken Gardner
Ron Smith
Rickey Currie
Dave Peal
Billy Midddleton Rover
A.P. Green Co
Cleverton
Clare Keith
Guelphares
Bell Telephone Co
Tell Cine
NSPE
Erin
Guelphates
Barre
London
St Catharines
North Bay
Sudbury
Sault Ste Afvne
Brantlond
Peterborough
Simeos
Chatham
Taranto
Berg
Yarthy
Bell Company
Everton
No 24
Inetna
Omar
Hydra
CNLR
Department of Highway
Actug Hydro
Don Mason
Dorson Trivveh
Ralph Hodgson
Don Anderson
Dleoy
Brock Ave
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