Plan overhaul under review by Acton Planning Board
Acton has lived under zoning by laws and official plans for six years as the Planning Board considers a major overhaul. Their recommendations have been circulated for review. A second public meeting to hear objections or support for the new plan is set for May 27. Property owners are urged to study the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acton
Planning Board
As Rate Asyert
Acton Free Press
St. Alban’s Church
Couti
Empire
Langemarck
W. A. Storey
W. H. Storey and Son Ltd
Dominion
Messrs
H. T. Arnold
McGowan
Jack Grindley
John Potts
J. Chapman
J. L. Moore
Olds
Paisley Memorial Church
Goodeve
Fort William
C. A. Goudeve
Morell
Severne Morell
Opening Day Trout Tale Becomes Rural Dinner Rite
A nostalgic spring ritual unfolds as Opening Day of trout season intersects with a city school exchange visit. The narrator plans a country dinner of butter fried trout for visiting musicians, turning a near miss of speckled trout into a memorable, if chaotic, communal feast.
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Come of Us
Area
Smiley
Hamburg
Provincial Police Act amendments aim for municipal boards and wider amalgamation
Queen's Park report details new Police Act amendments by Arthur Wishart including mandatory police commissions for towns over 15 000, authority for amalgamation of forces, and a shift of civil damages liability to municipalities. It notes a three member Board including the Mayor or Reeve, a judge, and a locally chosen third member, with training upgrades at the Ontario Police College and expanded intercommunication systems. Burlington Oakville Milton and Georgetown already use a Council Committee to set police budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kerr
Halton
Arthur Wishart
Oakville
Burlington
Board of Commissioners of Police
Ontario Police Commission
O.P.P
Conncily
Ontario Police College
Ontario
Milton
Georgetown
Church Calendar and Services for Acton Ontario May 16 1965
Local church notices list service times and themes for May 16 1965 across Acton area. Presbyterian Knox Church, Maple Avenue Baptist, Christian Reformed, Pentecostal Tabernacle, Acton Baptist, and Trinity United Church publish worship times, sermon topics, Sunday School ages, and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
waim—Church School
God
Todallers
Maple Avenue Baptist Church
Evangel Baptist Church
Maybeth
Vaalca
Limehouse
Acton
Georgetown
Christian Reformed Church
Ontario
peRie van Dijk
Sunday Services Notice
Rev Ritchit McMurray MA S T B schedules Holy Eucharist at 9 00 am on Sunday May 6 1965 and Choral Eucharist with Church School at 10 30 am.
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Trinity? Church
The
United Church of Canada
Gs 1
Engel
George Elliott
Divine
Rev. Ritchit. McMurray MA
S.T.B
Planning regulation concerns for Acton Ajax zoning hearing
The piece argues planning rules must serve the town's prosperity, urging careful scrutiny of the Ajax Engineers zoning amendment. It condemns slow amendments and red tape, noting hearings influence outcomes beyond immediate neighbors and stressing townwide impact over narrow interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ajax
Perils of Our Time UAsnires Star
A satirical reflection on modern pressures in 1965. It laments overworked chemists racing to devise new detergent formulas, consumers constrained to inferior Brand X toothpaste, and drivers and housekeepers facing anxious, unrelated woes.
Germany Defeat Ends War and V E Day Parades
The issue notes Germanys defeat and unconditional surrender ending over five years of war. It reports V E Day parades and services in Acton and surrounding areas, with community notices including a May Institute meeting, election results for the Acton Women’s Institute, and local obituaries and births.
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Free Press
Germany
Unus
J. Lovell
Acton Women’s Institute
BR. L. Davidson
Wilkerspin
la Lire
Collier
Berry
Andenon
Bannockhurn School
Woodside Victory Club
Wilfred Harding
Acton War Service League
Wittsburgh Red Cross
Charlene Kenall
Bor
Acton
Susan Cox
Anthony Allen
Nossagaweys
Eden Mills
William Cecil Millward
C.C.F
Matton
Milton
Drew
George Grube
RCAF
Acton Red Cross
Seat belt saves driver after car rolls into water
In the Ontari Safety League files a driver escaped drowning after his car rolled and pitched into a take, a seat belt keeping him from unconsciousness and aiding his exit from the submerged vehicle. The incident, while unusual, highlights seat belt value.
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Ontari Safety League
Curbs Begin Along Young and Mill Streets
Road work starts as curbs are installed along Young and Mill streets. Carts along these routes are torn up and widening of the road areas has begun, with crews replacing and extending the curb line to improve accessibility.
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Queen
Young and Welom
Wilbur
Young and
Mim Sts
Ares
Local Acton Businesses and Services Directory Snippet
A compact listing shows doctors Dr T B Moore and Dr C Hutchison at Acton Ontario with offices on Main Street North and corner Main and Mill Street, plus others including an architect, an auctioneer, an optometrist, and travel schedules for Gray Coach Lines serving Acton with daily routes to Toronto and Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Moore
DR. C. Hutchison
Physicians and Surgeons
Main Street
North Corner
Main and
Mill Street
Acton
Ontario
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GY Gal
Raye
Sophia Loren
Queen's Park
Word OF God
Presbyterian Church IN
Acton Pentecostal Tabernacle
Chunhhill Road
S. M. Thoman
Thunday
Christ's Ambassadors
Crusaders
Christ
Acton Baptist Church
Stanley Gammon
Ldey Ave
Descons
the Church OF SY. Alban the Martyr Anglican
Corner Willow and
St. Alban’s Drive
Ona
Olive Marshall
M. Z. Bennett
Willow KE
Tie
Audit Bureau of Crea
CWNA
Canada
Ord
Dille Printing and
PubNchlag & GA Palle
David Ro Dith
Professional, Directory and Travellers’ Guide
D. A. Garrett
Willow and
River Sts
Entrance River St. Acton, Ont
Robert D. Buckner
Wellington St. Acton
Ont
Donald E. Skinner Barch
MRALC
Stavebank Ads Port Credit
Tgs
Alfred R. Spence
Glen Walliats
Greorgetown
C. F. Leatherland
Q.C
Oltne Bse Ismo
A. Braida
Pale’ St. Guelph
Otto Mours
Guelph
Daly
A. J Buchanan
Church St. B
Cedric Dey
Hinton Bldg
Iva
Mil St. E. Aston, Ont
Optometrists
L. Buchner
O.D
Optometrist
S John St. S. Acton
Waterling Tazarot
Arthur A. Johnson
Main St
Robert R. Hamilton
George
Mountainview Rd
Acta
F. L. Wright
Wilbur St.” Acton
Ontaro
Denney Charles
Cooperators Insurance Association
Federation of Agriculture
Chiropractic
G. W. Corbett
D.C
Main St. N
Bruce B
Estates
Mgr
Travellers’ Guide
Gray Coach Lines
Sun and Hol
Sun
Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Stratford
MenseGa
London
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