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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1967
Page
5
The HLOP E open house in Hornby welcomes Halton residents to view the North Halton Association for the Mentally Retarded workshop. Trainees will work during the afternoon and evening demonstration supervised by Mrs. H Isham.
Milton Detachment reports 843 hours of patrol and 7105 miles driven on area highways. Fourteen traffic charges, forty four warnings, forty four convictions registered, six injuries from five personal injury accidents, eight property damage incidents totaling about seven thousand forty five dollars, and fifty one general occurrences including two break ins and a double drowning in the Credit River.
Limehouse Women's Institute held its June meeting in Memorial Hall with Mrs. Gisby presiding. A Canada themed roll call led to reports from delegates and conveners, a catering update, and a safety drive talk. Mrs Gisby received a life membership certificate and pin for 25 years of service, with gifts to other officers.
Dept reports construction on Fall Street as John Root MPP for Wellington Dufferin announces Minister George Omme signed a construction designation for road number 927 Rockwood. The road connects No 7 Highway with the Conservation Authority park entrance on Fall Street, previously a pre engineering project on November 10 1966.
Seven-year-old Dennis Mario Durante of RR 3 Milton collided with a car driven by Mrs Gordon Rognvaldson of Acton on Highway 25 in dense fog. He suffered a slight concussion and head cuts and was treated at Milton District Hospital. Vehicle damage was estimated at 25 dollars to the hood and 10 dollars to the bicycle.
A joint field day between Robert Little school and M Z Bennett school is scheduled for Friday June 23. Participants from both schools will compete in events at the shared grounds, with organizers coordinating schedules and safety measures.
Mr and Mrs Mike Bevans hosted Acton high school staff and their guests for an outdoor barbecue at their Kleinburg home. Despite rain in Acton, the meal was enjoyed in perfect weather. Two departing teachers Miss Vira Flak and Mr Bevans received presentations, while Oscar Drijber was absent. The Bevans’ daughter, an airline stewardess, helped at the event.
County industrial committee hires Robert J Meyer Productions of Dundas to create a 20 minute color motion picture promoting Halton area development. The film follows a Halton graduate student choosing education and a career, highlighting local towns, rural assets, and access to over five colleges. It will screen locally and across Canada in early 1968.
Acton Reeve Bert Hinton represented Halton County Tuberculosis and Health Association at the 67th Canadian Tuberculosis Association meeting and the ninth annual Canadian Thoracic Society meeting at Chateau Frontenac. The event covered nursing, rehabilitation, air pollution, and smoking’s role in lung disease.
Wayne D. Scott of 169 Churchill Road North Acton has completed a specialised home training program in TV Radio Servicing at DeVry Technical Institute 97 Lawrence Avenue West Toronto. He is now employed by United Carr Canada Limited.
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