Township Building Tops Three Million
Nelson Township building activity for the first six months reached 3,046,406 dollars, up nearly one million from a year earlier. The report shows 246 permits for new homes totaling 2,560,340 dollars, five new industries seeking 219,000 dollars, eight commercial permits totaling 69,950 dollars, with farm and institutional projects and repairs making up the rest for a total of 200 permits, up 50.
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Nelson Township
Nelson
Minor Car Accident Divides Newlyweds
A Brampton couple recently married were briefly separated after a collision in town. A stranger driving the best man ran a stop sign, hitting a station wagon. both vehicles sustained damage but occupants escaped serious harm. The bride and maid of honor were taken to the reception while police handled the incident, and the couple were later reunited.
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Brampton
Well Trained Men Do Smoke Jumping
Saskatchewan smoke jumpers are chosen from 18 to 28 years old weighing under 280 pounds. The nine year old program runs four four man crews stationed at Prince Albert or Lac La Ronge with six months duty. Trainees complete a four week course including physical training parachute use first aid fire suppression and equipment handling. They must run six miles in week one and tumble from a moving truck in week two. Before deployment they perform eight parachute drops three in the bush. They wear heavy protective gear and carry extra rope and two parachutes. They deploy to a fire site after radioing location and needs to firefighting HQ with wireless set.
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Red Deer
Alta
Saskatchewan
D. W. Kelly
Saskatchewan Forest Service
Kelly
Saskatchewan Service
Prince Albert
Lac la Ronge
Mr. Kelly
Guessing Books Helps Children at Oakville Library
A guessing contest at Oakville Public Library challenges children to identify books from jacket pictures. Mrs. Sylvia Hall, assistant librarian, mounted 40 plus images on two sheets for older and younger readers. Contest runs until September with prizes for naming the most books, encouraging reading and memory.
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Oakville Public Library
Sylvia Hall
Ren'’S
School Closed After 99 Years in Trafalgar District
After 99 years of service the Union School Section No. 10 in Trafalgar was officially closed last week. A reunion and dance marked the event as pupils transfer to Snider's School on Rogers Road while a new Drumquin facility is built next year. Paul Bauman of Streetsville has been principal for four years.
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Trafalgar's Union School
Snider
Rogers Road
Drumquin
Paul Bauman
Streetsville
Eskimo Cooking Display at 1956 Canadian National Exhibition
The Food Building at the 1956 CNE will feature Eskimo cooking with a cut away igloo and real Arctic dishes. A Northern Affairs display will offer recipes and samples while noting the challenge of sourcing ingredients like seal and walrus stew and muk tuk.
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Canada
Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources
Pipeline Corridor Planned in Nelson Township
Nelson Township eyes a crude oil pipeline corridor after a Monday meeting with about 30 property owners and council. Reeve Harold Adkins said Interprovincial Pipelines may review routes crossing the township and consider a corridor alongside existing lines. Further talks occurred with right of way agent F G Dawson as maps show three crossing routes.
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Nelson Township
Township Planning Board
Nelson Council
Harold Adkins
Sarnia
Port Credit
Nelson
Reeve Adkins
Streetsville Proposes Three Ward System
Streetsville Council by law adopts a plan to establish three wards with potential expansion. Each ward will elect one council member and two school board members, while reeve and deputy reeve are elected at large. The system aims to take effect for the next municipal elections.
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Streetsville
Ontario Municipal Board
Canada chemicals shipments top 1 billion in 1955
Canada s chemicals and allied products industries shipped more than 1 billion dollars in 1955 marking the first time this level was reached. Factory shipments rose 12 percent from 936 million in 1954 to 1 05 billion in 1955 with plastics and heavy chemicals leading gains. Imports climbed to 260.5 million from 220.4 million and exports to 210 million from 160 million.
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Ottawa
W+CP
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Chemis Group
Firemen Demonstrate Danger with Frankfurter on Live Cable
In Edmonton a fire crew used a frankfurter on an exposed electric wire to show why cables must not be touched. A switch released 3,700 volts, producing a puff of smoke as the hot dog vanished.
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Edmonton
Fishermen Net Giant Shark Off Newfoundland
Fishermen Frank Johnson and Ron Moore found a 10 foot 400 pound shark after a trawl line tightened strangely. It took seven men to land the big fish near St. John’s Newfoundland.
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St.) Joan's
Nfld
Frank Johnson
Ron Moore
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