First centennial show at high school Tuesday
Fair board ladies will don trailing skirts and plumed chapeaux while selling tickets in town for Acton's first centennial show Portraits of the Past at the high school next Tuesday evening. Costumes arrive from the Ontario centennial planning branch, with a dress rehearsal planned after arrival. Mrs. Jim McCulloch hosts as commentator and Mrs. Norm Turner plays the piano. Thirty-nine costumes are drawn from old pictures and engravings with Thelman Morrow as costume coordinator and Bruce Elder as stage manager. The show spans homespun to buckskin, lace and velvet as part of a nationwide birthday celebration effort.
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Madame Champlain
Laura Secord
Adelaide Hoodless
Queen Victoria
Jim McCulloch
Norm Turner
Thelman Morrow
Bruce Elder
Elder
Halton Council Sets 1966 Tax Equalization Totals
Halton County Council approved the annual equalization of assessments totaling 306,235,508 for seven municipalities. Acton receives 2.37 percent, Burlington 40.28 percent, Georgetown 5.29 percent, Milton 3.22 percent, Oakville 43.76 percent, Esquesing 3.60 percent, and Nascagaweva 1.48 percent. The 1965 population was 142,109, up 6,550 from the prior year.
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Halton
Halton County
Acton
Robert Beach
Burlington
Georgetown
Milton
Oakville
Esquesing
Nassagaweva
Open tenders for Acton centennial library on June 29
Tenders for Acton's proposed centennial library will be opened at a special meeting of Acton council next Wednesday evening, June 29. Supporters hope citizens attend to address inadequacies of the current library. Contractors have been contacted to tender on the plans as a new building is planned on the approved site. The library project was chosen to mark Canada's birthday and several specifications have been provided by the town and architect for prospective tenderers.
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Acton
Acton Council
Canada
Weekend drinking charges sweep through Acton and Milton
Several charges on weeken dn the Weekend Acton C P P Detachment had several cases of minors drinking. Four Milton youths were charged as well as an Acton man. Friday night an Acton man was arrested for providing liquor to minors and Saturday the four Milton youths were charged for consuming while under age. Constable Mervin Harness laid the Milton charges and constable Bruce McArthur the Acton one. On Sunday Constable Nick Farion laid a charge against an out of town motorist for having liquor in other than his residence. The Sunshine school had a closing program Monday and closing picnic Tuesday.
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Acton C.P.P
Milton
Acton
Mervin Harness
Bruce McArthur
Nick Farion
Rural urban night at Chamber aids 4-H meeting
About 50 guests from farms and town gathered at Mr and Mrs Mel McCulloughs farm for a rural urban night hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. A calf club judged Guernsey cattle, Henry Stanley lectured on soils, and a panel discussed costs and farming pressures.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mel McCullough
C. of C
Guernsey
Henry Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Chamber
A. H. McKenzie
Harold Manes
Paul Nielsen
Telford Reidt
High School Promotion Lists to Be Published Next Week
The Free Press will publish annual high school promotion lists in the next issue. Names of successful students in grades 9 through 12 will be provided, with grade 13 results unavailable until August.
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The
Free Press
Brookville expansion proposal before township council
Brookville Public School seeks a 14 400 square foot addition adding six classrooms a library a home economics room and an industrial arts room with tentative approval from Halton County Consultative Committee and potential grants of 174 500. Board aims to have the work ready fall 1907 awaiting council scrutiny.
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Brookville Public School
Nassagaweva
Halton
Horace Birth
Blyth
Kenneth Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Brookville
William Hoey
Anne MacArthur
Halton County PR dinner sparks verbal clashes at meeting
Halton County Council hosted seven municipalities for a goodwill dinner but a question period devolved into a heated exchange. Warden Hinton and visiting mayors heard three minute talks on key issues from leaders including Burlington, Milton and Acton ahead of page two coverage.
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Halton County
Halton
W.I
Frank Cowan Insurance Company
Warden Hinton
Burlington
Gordon
Gallagher
Syd Childs
Milton
Plunkett Commission
Acton
Les Duby
CORDA
Central Ontario Regional Development Association
Traffic Count Scrapped at Main and Church Corner
Technicians from the Department of Transport installed traffic counters at MilleMain’s Calamity Corner. Counters stretched across four approaches but one was stalled near a creek, and no complete tally was recorded as vehicles passed through the intersection. The crew left town after the Friday rush without finishing the count.
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Department of Transport
MilleMain
Main St
Brock Ave
Church St
Department
Parks and recreation boards mull amalgamation plan
A joint recreation committee meeting debated merging the parks and recreation boards to avoid overlaps. They discussed tennis court plans at Mill Street East, sharing maintenance costs, future funding obstacles, and arranging a follow up with parks board to study pros and cons.
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Parks Board
Mattress Blaze at Dunne Home on Mill Street
Firefighters were called early Friday morning to a mattress fire at Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dunne's Mill Street home. Dense smoke poured from the apartment above Family Outfitters as the mattress was tossed from a window into the rear alley. Mr. Dunne sustained slight burns while removing the mattress.
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Patrick Dunne
Mill Street
Rall
Family Outfitters Store
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Ray McConkey
Safety Supply Co
Halton Mutual Aid
4-H
Nino Braida
Walter Linham
Norman Braida
McCullough
British Isles
Europe
Mr. Linham
H.S. Promotions
MacArthur
Reeve Hoey
Campbellville
Arthur Gibson
Gordon Agnew
Cliff Young
P.R
H. H. Hinton
Gralif
David Radcliffe
Art. Cooper
Recreation Committee
Mill St. E. Park
Chas
Leatherland
T. Seynuck
Len Lovell
High School Board
Mill St. E
High School
Pvecreation Committee
Hugh Patterson
Council
Howard Pearce
Owen Coultrup
Charles Perry
Harold Townsley
Chas Leatherland
Art Cooper
Elmer Smith
G. W. McKenzie
Ymca Board
Mr. Smith
Acton Minor Hockey Association
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