Modern Distributors to Move Publications Warehouse to Oakville
Modern Distributors Limited plans distribution from a Queen Elizabeth Way site west of Kerr Street in Oakville with 84 publications including Modern Romances and Modern Screen. Leonard DeBoard’s 10 acre farm near the Q E Way will host a 4,000 square foot warehouse and later a printing plant with William Terentiak as real estate middleman. The firm, headquartered in Cincinnati, now distributes and prints in the United States and Canada.
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Modern Distributors _Limited
Queen Elizabeth Way
Oakville
Kerr Street
Cincinnati
Wellington -St
Toronto
Leonard DeBoard
Q. E. Way
William Terentiak
J. P. Curran
DeBoard
Screen
Canada
United States
Town Manager Plan Gains Oakville Support After Falls Visit
Oakville delegates led by Deputy Reeve Ernest Savin visited Niagara Falls to study the town manager system. Cataract City manager Mr Orr, with 17 years in the post, impressed officials who see strong organization and prefer the new setup to the old system. Reeve Hardenby urged delaying formal action until September after a summer recess.
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Oakville
Niagara Falls
Ernest Savin
W. E. Davis
Wm. Card
Falls
Orr
Savin
Reeve
Hardenby
Brampton threatens suit over Union Street condition
A. K. Aziz of Brampton Knitting Mills warns the town may face legal action for Union Street condition if not improved. The works department oiled the street on May 14 after complaints, but Aziz says the oil lasted only about half an hour before evaporating.
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Brampton
Union Street
A. K. Aziz
Brampton Knitting Mills
Aziz
Works Department
Fred Kline
Mr. Aziz
Burlington Council Rejects Ward Election Plan
Burlington council last Thursday defeated a proposal to elect the mayor reeve and deputy reeve by general vote while choosing councilors by wards. The motion, sponsored by Councillors Whittaker and Gordon, failed on a recorded vote with Whittaker Gordon and Mayor Smith in favor and several councils against. A prior motion to approve six ward divisions passed unanimously. Whittaker argued that seven members coming from one town section is unhealthy.
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Burlington
Frank “Whittaker
John
Gordon
Whittaker
E. W. Smith
F. C. Atkinson
Jack Richardson
Bill Hewitt
Frank Darton
Harry Wade
R.H. Shannon
Bentlemen
Streetsville Council Sets 1955 Mill Rate Lower By One
Streetsville council worked late to approve a 1955 tax rate of 58 mills, one mill less than last year. The busget centers on school board spending, with 31 040 dollars at 20 23 mills, after 5500 dollars cut due to an overpayment on a debenture and 2000 dollars for capital. Retirement of village debentures drives a 3 30 mill levy, while the Brampton Area High School Board and county rates add further charges.
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Streetsville Council
Council
Brampton Area High School ‘Board
Planning Board
Library Board
Canada
Bank of Nova Scotia
Clarly
Itelf
Ontario Rail Crossing Decisions Kill 66 in year
A year end Ontario tally reports 66 drivers and passengers killed in motor vehicle crashes at rail crossings. The figure highlights ongoing safety concerns and the need for improved crossing protections and enforcement.
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Ontario
Trafalgar Police Boosts Force to Seven Constables
Trafalgar Police Department has expanded to seven constables as radio operators Vaughan Craig and John Walsh Waveheer gain third class officer titles. They will be replaced by cadets who advance as vacancies occur. Constable James Collins is leaving the force and the ex radio men join Chief Fred Oliver, with officers Harry Wilson, Al Terrell, Thomas Souter, and Robert Mansfield remaining in service.
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Trafalgar
Vaughan Craig
John Walsh
Canteen Service Expands to Ontario Whitby Home
Mrs. C S Lee founded a Red Cross canteen at Fairview Lodge Whitby two years ago and has sinceset a pattern for future Ontario homes. Volunteers from Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and the Eastern Star serve twice weekly with coffee cookies and cheer. Residents list weekly needs and volunteers shop and deliver.
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Oshawa
Ont
C S Lee
Red Cross
Hope Holmestead
Toronto
Ontario Red Cross Welfare Committee
Ontario
Georgetown Purchases Cruiser Increases Lot Size Requirements
Georgetown council buys a Plymouth cruiser from Bowers Motor Sales for 1917.90, delivery next month. A by law amendment raises minimum lot size to 5 000 square feet and frontage to 50 feet, with corner lots allowed 16 feet to side road boundary. Subdivision regulations may be reviewed with engineer supervision and subdivider costs.
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Georgetown
Bowers Motor Sales
Georgetown Council
George Hewson
Hewson
Oakvilles
Bill Cameroun a Trout Hatchery Fixture in Halifax
CP reports Bill Cameroun left fishing to devote life to the federal fish hatchery. For twenty years he has cared for trout, now busy cutting troutlets for other fishermen and has little time to fish himself.
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Halifax
Bill Cameroun
Federal Fish Hatchery
Oakville Park Becomes Picnickers Key Destination
Park west of Oakville draws Oakville Trafalgar residents and tourists over a holiday weekend. R C A Cumberland reports many picnics booked by local groups and industry workers. Fifteen more picnic tables bring total to 30. barbecue fireplaces rise from three to six. George Pollock is park superintendent with David Smith as assistant.
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Oakville
Trafalgar
R. C. A. Cumberland
Trafalgar Parks
George Pollock
David Smith
Largest Furnace Production Soon
The Graham Bell Ltd plant in Streetsville nears completion and will produce North America’s largest general purpose porcelain enamelling furnace. It will supply architectural porcelainized steel panels for Canada’s building boom and also manufacture high temperature ceramic coatings for industrial and defense projects including potential use in atomic energy installations.
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North America
Streetsville
Graham Bell Ltd
Promising Singer Priscilla Wright Breaks In
Priscilla Wright a 14 year old grade 10 student from London Ontario has signed a contract with a Canadian recording company to cut two records after making her singing debut in a high school show. Her father Don Wright a noted choir leader and author discovered her talent and sent a demo to Toronto for audition. The company predicts a bright future noting her voice resembles a 27 year old pop singer with added warmth.
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London, Ont
Priscilla Wright
Don Wright
Don Wright Radio Chorus
Canada
Wright
Priscilla
Toronto
Ontario Board chair cannot estimate date for Oakville Trafalgar annex decision
Lorne R. Cumming, chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board, said last week he could not estimate when the Oakville application to annex 5,946 acres of Trafalgar will be handed down. He cited the large number of difficult hearings and the importance of such decisions.
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Lorne R. Cumming
Ontario Municipal Board
Oakville
Trafalgar
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G. A. Walker
C.P.R
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