Halton Peel unit merger approved by county council
Halton County Health Unit and Pool Health Unit merger won approval after debate. Reeve Hinton warned Pool would resist amid plans for regional designation. Council noted cost shifts from 50 to 75 percent county funding unless regional. board of health study urged. Milton road boundary debate deferred pending roads committee talks.
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Halton
Pool Health Unit
County Council
Pool
H. Hinton
Acton
Reeve A. Lodwith
Board of Health
Dalate
Reeve Hinton
Harris
Milton District Hospital
Milton
County Roads Committee
Esquesing honors quarter century of service
Esquesing Township marks 26 years of service for K C Lindsay clerk and treasurer with a dinner at Caravan Restaurant Milton. Reeve Currie and former Councillor Harrop laud Lindsay noting his honesty willingness to work and people skills. Lindsay recalls long township history and gradual urbanization while reflecting on past treasurers and local changes since 1943.
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K.C. Lindsay
Milton
E. Harrop
Lindsay
Reeve G. Currie
Esquesing
Norman Thompson
George Leslie
Halton
Art Benton
M. Bennett
K. C. Lindsay
Edwin Harrop
Indsay
George Currie
Roast and Smoke Alarm At Two Local Fires
Acton firefighters tackled two calls this week. A grass fire at Fuchs farm on Fourth Line Enquesing occurred Friday around 6 p.m. The Thatcher residence in Warren Grove was reported Sunday at 2 p.m. neighbors alerted volunteers after smoke poured from the home due to a roast left cooking on an automatic timer. The blaze caused heat damage mainly to the stove with no spread.
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Acton
Fuchs
Enquesing
Thatcher
Warren Grove
Postal strike closes Acton office on Thursday
Acton post office to virtually shut with all staff on strike as 24 000 Canadian postal workers walk out. Box lobby remains open for mail pickup. Union seeks 75 cent per hour raise under a contract expiring 1969 09 20. Embargo on mail classes to take effect noon Tuesday. rural route deliveries canceled. readers told to collect at Dilts Stationery Store.
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Acton
Folo
Kcrous
Canada
Gord'McKeown
Conciliation Board
Rawepapers
Post Office
Span
Eric Kierans
Gord McKewon
Deliverien
Acton Free Press
Dilts
Honor W J Beatty Retires From Beardmore Co
More than 100 Beardmore staff and spouses attended a June 27 retirement party at Acton Music Centre for W J Beatty. A cocktail hour, dinner and dancing followed presentations by staff, with gifts and special guests from Canada Packers and local officials. Beatty remains a Beardmore director and was honored earlier with gifts from the Machine Shop and Foremen’s Association.
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Beardmore
Acton Music Centre
W. J. Beatty
Bennett
Beatty
Mr. Beatty
Foremen's Association
Mohawk Inn
Canada
Ecarlier
Reeve Proposes End to County Per Diem Pay
Reeve H Hinton of Acton tells Halton County Council members that county appointed board members should not be paid per diem. He argues pay tags can deter selecting the best volunteers and notes committees are studying the issue. The county currently appoints to hospital boards Industrial Committee Sheridan College and others.
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H. Hinton
Acton
Halton
Sheridan College
Constable Campbell Transferred to Burlington Traffic Unit
Constable Campbell from Acton to Burlington Detachment takes duties as Traffic Safety Coordinator starting August 1. He has served three years in Acton. He and his wife Liz have rented an apartment in Burlington.
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O.P.P
Pater Campbel
Acton
Burlington
Campbell
Liz
Minor Accidents Reported In Acton This Week
Police report two minor accidents in Acton this week. On Saturday July 13 Willard John Halladay 33 Queen St struck a curb and sign on Yonge and Queen Sis, causing 150 dollars damage to the right rear while southbound on Yonge. Constable Peter Campbell investigated. Later Tuesday at 9 05 p.m Helen Oweborne 173 Perth St and Michael Stanton 211 Mill St E collided.
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Willard John Halladay
Queen St
Yonge
Queen Sis
Yonga
Peter Campbell
Helen Oweborne
Perth St
Michael Stanton
Mill St. E
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Peel
Roeve Hinton
Wellington
Roeve W. Coulter
Nagsayawoya
Hoe
Dr. M. Dymond
Derry Rd
R. Harris
Great Britain
Ntey McKeown
Ardurk
Customs Office
Treasury Board
Postal
Posttyanter Meditions
Free Press
Mim St
Red Cross
Louise McElroy
W.J. Beatty
R. L. Evelan
H. E. Ruppert
F. L. Racey
Judy Duby
N. J. Braida
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
G. H. Dickson
W.F. McLean
Dickson
Canada Packers Limited
Baardemore and Co, Limited
McLean
Beardmore and Co
Thareeve
Acton Q.P.P
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