Water Dam Break Sparks Acton Flooding and Water Crisis
Twenty years ago Acton faced a devastating flood after a large filter bed holding about 25 million gallons broke a dam. Water surged through the town and lower district, flooding the reservoir, pump house, and destroying a dam while leaving the system with contaminated supply. Local officials issued warnings and organized quick defenses including truck water delivery and well sourcing. SAC Leslie Duby returned from two years in the Air Force. Pte. Lloyd McMurdo traveled on the Rie de France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Annie Black
Charles Wilson
Board of Health and Council
Dolly Varden
Sac Leslie Duby
Air Force
Lloyd McMurdo
Rie de France
Acton Institute aids Belgians as bread makers grow
Fifty years ago the Free Press notes Acton Institute sent clothing and comforts worth 317 to Belgian women and children over 13 months. Bread exports resume locally as Acton bakers ship bread daily to outside points. D company soldiers inoculated avoid parade. Beardmore estate of 2 million disposed of by agreement. Susan Dunn dies at Chatham. funeral at ten o'clock. Lance Corporal Jack Chapman returns from Toronto for weekend. Khaki dominates spring wear. Wool prices in Canada double. Roo Stewart and RK Potter on leave from Milton. Local residents visit Hamilton and Toronto. Gibbons return after months away.
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Walter T. Beardmore
Beardmore
Susan Dunn
Chatham
Esquesing
John Dunn
Main St
Dublin Cemetery
Lance Corp
Jack Chapman
Toronto
M. E. Collier
Alea Pastulak
Thos. Scott
Thos. H. Coxe
Ro Stewart
RK. Potter
Milton
William McNabb
Cameron
Hamilton
Robert Gibbons
Plunkett Papers on Regional Government and Services
Ontario Water Resources Commission hearings consider reviving county regional government with inclusion of police fire ambulance main roads education welfare planning and housing authority while retaining local government functions such as roads parks water sewer and hydro. Key points urge watershed basis for new units and caution on urban expansion and agricultural use. Oakville officials criticise representation by population and push for ward council system with local school board and utilities board.
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Ontario Water Resources Commission
Best
Oakville
Cumming
K. Needham
Board of Education
Public Utilities Commission
Council
Oakville Brief Proposes Unified Land Use Plan
Oakville Mayor Maclean Anderson outlines a composite town brief showing broad principles backed by local groups. It argues a variety of land uses can be managed under a single government within a defined area bounded by Spencer watershed to the southwest, Grand River basin to the west, watershed to Georgian Bay to the north, and the current Metropolitan Region Conservation Authority to the east, with town planner E. Cumming noted.
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Oakville
Maclean Anderson
Spencer
Grand River Basin
Georgian Bay
Metropolitan Region Conservation Authority
E. Cumming Sug
Campbellville Woman Charlotte Elsley Dies After Long Life
Campbellville resident for 68 years and Halton Centennial Manor lodger Charlotte Ann Elsley died March 23 after a short illness. Born August 16 1874 in Kent County she was the only child of Thomas and Elizabeth Routledge. She married C A Bert Elsley in 1895 and they bought a Campbellville store later turned into an apartment. Survived by six children E Boles W Elsley N Bousfield J Pogue J Pogue and E M Elsley, she produced many oil paintings in the two decades before her death. Funeral March 25 at McKersie Funeral Home with Rev Pevcy officiating. Interment in St David's Presbyterian Cemetery Campbellville. Pallbearers were grandsons K Vansickle V Boles J Bottsfield P Pogue T Pogue and W Mahon husband of granddaughter Verle.
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Campbellville
Halton Centennial Manor
Charlotte Ann Elsley
Mrs. Elsley
Kent County
Thomas
Elizabeth Routledge
C. A. ‘Bert’ Elstey
Sucd
McKersie Funeral Home
Mr. Pevcy
St. David's Presbyterian Church Cemetery
K. Vansickle
V. Boles
J. Bottsfield
P. Pogue
T. Pogue
W. Mahon
Verle
Halton Agencies Submit Information Briefs to Commissioner
Briefs were submitted to the Commissioner by the Halton County Health Unit the Halton County Museum Association the Halton County Personnel Committee and the Halton County Planning Association in a documented information exchange.
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Halton County Health Unit
Halton County Museum Association
Halton County Personnel Committee
Halton County Planning Association
Milton Planning Board Proposes Three Halton Areas
The Milton Planning Board urged two levels of government and splitting the county into three zones. They proposed shifting taxation to the county to balance industry in one community while the other areas supply housing. Chair Murray Ker Highan cited central Halton as spanning from Lower Base Line to the Esquesing and Nassagaweva line, overlapping current fire and high school districts.
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Milton Planning Board
Murray Ker- Highan
Halton
Loty 7
Esquesing
Naissagaweva
Bruce Trail Hearing Advocates Preserve Niagara Escarpment
David Powell of the Bruce Trail Association urges saving the Niagara Escarpment's natural beauty during hearings. He calls for retaining unopened road allowances used by the trail and proposes tax and funding reforms to avoid penalizing farm land owners while supporting suburban services. Legislators discuss land preservation, compensation for agricultural use, and shifting educational costs to senior governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Powell
Bruce Trail Association
Niagara Escarpment
Federation of Agriculture Brief on Urban Growth and Land Use
Denzil Lawrence, president of Halton County Federation of Agriculture, presented the Peel Halton Federation brief. It notes urban growth overrunning land, urges water control remain with OWRC, and prioritizes water conservation and land use in the review area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denzil Lawrence
Halton County Federation of Agriculture
Peel-Halton Federation
OWRC
Breeders Tour Farms in Perth County
Breeders from Halton Holstein traveled to Perth County on Friday March 5 for an annual bus tour. Forty five breeders visited five Stratford area farms to discuss breeding, feeding and management practices. The Halton group plans its next event, Ladies Night, at St Pauls United Church Milton with Rev Findlay Stewart as guest speaker. The Canadian Heart Fund reports heart lung machine advances allow saving heart defect surgeries.
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Halton
Perth County
Stratford
Christian Education Centre
St. Paul's United Church
Milton
Findlay Stewart
Kitchener
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Plunkett
Kernighan
RED Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Caroline's Hower & Garden
Pyramid Cedars & Evergreens
Bruce Trail
Lawrence
Federation of Agriculture
A. L. Riemer Equipment Company Plumbing — Heating
Cook St
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Canadian Tire Corporation
Mill St. E
Glidden
Lakeview Discount Centre
Main ST. N
Bruce Cargill
Charles Perry
Breeders ‘Tour
Perth
Canadian Heart Fund
Mill St
Wilbur
C. of C
Ontario
Canada
Acton Free Press
Denny’s Insurance
Harold
Bank OF Montreal
My Bank
Ganadas First Bank
Edward Pratt
Acton Chamber of Commerce
Harold G. Morris
Phm
Rollers
J. B. Mackenzie & Son Ltd
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