Municipal Battle Editorial on Ontario Industrial Growth
A provincial editorial discusses how municipalities chase industrial expansion to boost tax revenues and jobs. It cites 1959 figures: 146 new plants in Ontario with Metro Toronto leading, plus 573 plant expansions, forecasting 1960s growth, population increases, and the need for higher Canadian content and domestic manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Industrial Development
Ontario
Metro Toronto
Brampton
Hamilton
Guelph
Trafalgar
Burlington
Georgetown
Oakville
Milton
Acton
Halton
Canada
Safety is a Personal Thing in Theft of July Royal Bank Message
A July Royal Bank letter urges personal responsibility for safety, arguing most accidents stem from ignorance, carelessness, selfishness, or impatience. It stresses thinking before acting, intelligent risk taking, and education in safety as essential beyond laws, noting crime and law derive from the desire for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Bank
Time to value Halton’s heritage and nature’s echoes
A magazine critique argues Canada fails to respect pioneer architecture with examples from Ottawa Halifax and St Andrews. It cites Anthony Adamson Ruth Home and Halton as needing preservation urging readers to pause progress and mentally reconstruct early history and landscapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Halifax
Horsebrook House
Enos Collins
St. Andrews
Manitoba
Red River
Anthony Adamson
Toronto
Ruth Home
Ontario College of Art
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
Halton
Ontaro
Brief Comment on Car Keys and Weekend Street Encounters
A compact note observes weekend street antics and horn greetings as common rituals. It notes recurring roadside interactions and the sense of shared space among passersby on Main Street.
Sugar and Spice Resturant Yearnings in a Fractured City
A fragmented monologue on craving fine dining and the ideal restaurant fantasy. The narrator contrasts glamorous imagined meals with the grim reality of home life and empty meals, detailing dreams of elegant service, international dishes, and refined ambiance versus daily domestic chaos and blunt meals. He references a Baroness and a craving for a perfect, everyday outing that never fully arrives.
Dashing patron pines for a real meal at Murray's
A Fort William couple at the nest table recalls a prisonlike night as a dapper reader pins tonight's special on the restaurant window. The narrator longs for the weekend and a proper atmosphere with warm lighting, spilled milk, and four conversations in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Willian
Howleviedicr
AL Murray
District council clash over fruit grower gun rule
In Georgetown area councilors debated allowing fruit growers to keep guns to frighten starlings south of Highway 5 where firearms are banned. The plan drew support and criticism amid a heated meeting as residents pressed for wildlife control and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitty
Burlington
Canada
Streetsville
Clase
Public School Board
Georgetown
CNR
Local residents share holiday news across Ontario and nearby towns
The Karn family and Mr and Mrs Charles Meredith spent holidays on Manitoulin Island. Paul Turner visited near Victori. Heather Arnal holidaying in Toronto. Sandy Bobby and Eddie Findley vacationing at Tara Joy Patterson’s near Buckdown. Mrs Sanford and Mrs Sanford at Waubashene cottage. Bill Sanford week there. Allen Norte and children at Stailes Park. Margaret Atnohli relatives in Oakville. Mr and Mrs John Gilmore, Gail and Bobbe at Maple Syrturaiy. Mr and Mrs Holter and Mt Sunday. Mr and Mrs Campbell Sinclair and Carl returned from a week motor trip to Prince Edward Island. en route guests at the Bradley Long wedding in Hampton NB. Walter Linham’s motor trip to Kingston and Oluwa districts. The Count Clarkes visited Tillsonburg. Mr and Mrs AW Norton and Latimers at Stenesy Creek. Mrs AC Patterson with her niece. Mrs Alan Graham in Teronta on Wednesday. Mr Harold Karn and Fred Gilby at Ormsby. Mr and Mrs Rusk and children at Milton with Herb Arnold's. Mee and Mrs Russell Patterson and daughter visited Mrs Robert Patterson on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karn
Charles Meredith
Manitoulin Island
Paul Turner
Allen Norte
Stailes Park
Margaret Atnohl
Oakville Mroc
John Gilmore
Gail Ant Bobbe
Celligs
Mapte
Syrturaiy Mroc
Over Wastedyair Holter
Sunda Mt
Campbell Sinclair
Carl
Prince Edward [Yland
Hampton
Walter Linham
Kingston
Oluwa
Cunt Clarkes
Tillsonburg
AW Norton
Latimer
Stenesy Creek
Sund
AC Patterson
Alan Graham
Teronta
Harold Karn
Fred Gilby
Ormsby
Rusk
Milton
Herb Arnold
Mee
Russell Patterson
David Peal Boosts Acton Post Office Staff
David Peal son of Mr and Mrs Peal at Churchill Road has begun duties at the Acton Post Office and sets the staff to full strength after a shakeup when former Postmaster Frank Ter departed for Owen Sound. Applications are open for the post of assistant postmaster and other civil service positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Peal
P.O
Moh Peal
Churchill Road
Acton
Offic
Remembering 1910 Weddings and Town Affairs in Acton
A 1910 Free Press reminiscence covers a school picnic at Bloomsbury Grove with St Alban’s church, a council meeting approving a 2 mills tax, a Main Street cement project, a horse incident on Main Street, and plans for Wool Combing Company expansion. It lists Acton juveniles baseball, several weddings at local churches, and a new industrial venture with employment growth and space ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemie of the Free Press
St. Alban's
Bloomsbury Grove
Woomsbury
Fyle Somervidy
Brown
Committee of Finance
Conned
Acton Professional Directory and Travellers' Guide
A dense entry list of Acton Ontario professionals including doctors lawyers and chiropractors with office addresses hours and telephone numbers. It also lists travel services such as coach lines and rail schedules with specific times for east and westbound routes and weekend variations. The page serves as a local directory and timetable reference for residents and visitors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. M. Black
The
Acton Free Press
Dills Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd
Willow St
Audit Bureau of Circulations
CW Nad
Quebec
CWNA
United States
Post Otte
G. A. Dills
David R. Dills
Esther Taylor
Sugar
Almad
Rables
Gorki
Thad
Thomas Cs
BY Bill Smiley
BY Roy Downs
Limehouse
Thomas Cook
W.J. Beatty
Beachmore Co
Cent
Comoda Ltd
Gueorgetown
Hatites
Juveules
Hattough
Wang
Milton Ariel
Actary Pecetty
Me Bacher
Miss Dasa
Rachel Hall Borane
Wilfred Alexander Mebarhell
Terni Oon Samundi
Wa Kathleen Cook
Leste
Samuel Hotehier
Mordh
St Puts
Caledonia
Williatt Pory
St Alban's Church
Melissa Har Hy Wis
Albert Biernes
Saturney
Professional Directory and
Travellers’ Guide
W. G. C. Kenney
Simon Blick
Mill
Attan
Church St. E
D. A. Garrett
Rover St. Acton
Robert AL. Buckner
Wellington St. Acton
Ont
Hone
CL. Wright
Wilbur St
H. Leib
Corner Mall
Frederick Street
A. J. Buchanan
C.F. Leatherland
A. Braida
Barr
Main St
Cork E. Guelph
Hastings & & Payne
Notaries Public
Mill St
W. Roy Riddell
D.C
Greencher
Bruce E Shoemaker
Mgr
Rickwout
C. H. Tuffin
E. L. Buchner
R.O. Tot
Heme
Robert R. Hamilton
Geongeres
Ce Hemite
Appinment C
Lever & Hoskin Chartered Accountants
Man St
King St
Bramptas
Gue
Gpay Coach Lines
Leavf Acton Fettere
PRT Fanhound
Daly
Sun
Hels Asr
Hels Wrettound
Canadian National Railways
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