Burlington Skyway Builds Toward Six-Lane Vision
The Burlington Skyway project advances with 75 piers and 8,000 foot span as $17 million work progresses. Interchange at Highway 2 and Queen Elizabeth begins, with service roads planned to ease detours while traffic shifts. Access rules aim to keep through traffic clear, limiting local ribbon development along Brant Street.
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Burlington
Queen Elizabeth
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Highway 2
Indian Point
Department of Highways
Welland Canal
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Queen Elzabeth
Highways Department
Brant St
Freeman
Burlington Gazette
Free Press Offers Wedding Photo Service Expansion
The Free Press announces electronic engraving for wedding pictures, limited to four inch wide glossy prints suitable for reproduction. Photos may not be published in a specified week, but efforts will aim for timely publication while staff will not provide wedding photography services. Expansion accompanies new facilities.
Commission Deals With Reports And General Business at Meeting
The commission reviewed hydro line repair needs and weekend duty regulation for hydro employees. Waterworks and Sewage superintendents reported on hydrant movements, sump pump issues, and clogged sewers in Warren Grove and Glenlea. Accounts for sewer and waterworks show multiple vendors and service charges totaling $78.24 and $351.21 for May operations.
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Commission
Hydro
J. Lambert
Peel St
Glenlea
A. Duby
Warren Grove
P.uc
Financial ledger items from hydro and service expenditures
A list of varied expenses including hydro acton auto body gas 95 Bell Telephone 40.60 petty cash 22.68 oil and service charges at multiple garages and suppliers such as Whitham’s Garage Mackenzie J B Co Ltd Toth Motors Line and Cable Accessories Thompson Motors Can Gen Elec Bell Telephone labor rearranging Elgin Mill Sts Shortill’s Sheet Metal Symon Holwe F E Lightning Cheque Writer M Coxe R Everdell Higwin Stewart Bigwin Mason Bardow Can Wire Cable Ellis & Howard Jenson Man Co Northern Elec Can Line Materials H Palmer postage meter HEP C Ont power May consumption J R Kearney Corp mdse. 207.47.
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Hydro Accear
Symon Holwe
Mdse
M. Coxe
R. Everdell
Higwin
J. Stewart
Bigwin
D. Mason
H. G. Bardow
J. R. Kearney Corp
Shoplifters’ Booty Abandoned on Provincial Highway
W J Guild of Rockwood chased two men after an in store theft. Police stopped them on the Acton Rockwood highway and later released both. A bag by the roadside held an electric shaver a drill and clocks valued at about 60 dollars. OPP inquiry ongoing. Canadian ice cream consumption cited at two gallons per person annually.
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W. J. Guild of
Rockwood
Chase
Acton
Weather notes and farm life amid weekend storm
A diary style update describes a weekend storm delaying chores and haying while neighbors lose power nearby. The writer recalls grandchildren visiting, praises a daughter's care, and reflects on farming hazards, mechanization, and plans for berries and fruit with notes on local farm neighbors north of Toronto.
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Dave
Bradder
Mummy
Partner
Bob
Toronto
Ultra
Canadian Trade Gap Narrows in Early 1956
In the first quarter of 1956 foreign goods sold in Canada exceeded Canadian exports by 225 million dollars, a shift from a 24 million dollar trade deficit in the same period of 1955.
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Canada
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Toth
Ee Hdwe
Rosedale
Bell Telephone
Fisher Selshelly Co. Lea
Thompson Motors
Can. Brass Co
Thos. Gordon Ltd
Acton Auto Body
Consolidated Engines and Machinery
Gordon Howe
Acton P.U.C. Hydro
May
Walinga Auto
Opp Set
M Wright
Guelph
Sun Life of Canada
Sun Life
George le Hollinger
Mill Street
E. Acton
Ont
Acton Free Press
Gwendoline P. Chrke
London- Stratford
Edward
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