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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 17, 1956
Page
13
Georgetown taxi operators seek a city taxi stand option downtown. W O Brownridge argues space is scarce and costly, needing front street parking near Sas Mill Street to serve riders. Major Armstrong says no rule bars parking if town by laws are followed.
The Department of Municipal Affairs rejected Oakville plans to raise councillor pay to 500 a year and then 900 with expense allowance. It advised per diem limits not exceed 400. A by law for vehicle based refreshment vending with 50 fee and checks by Halton Health Unit was approved with 900 penalty cap and 8 deduction for absences.
Tom Grundy once weighed 210 pounds as an oil rig worker near Drumheller. Polio left him paralyzed. after a hospital stay in Drumheller and physiotherapy in Banff he learned to walk with canes and a back brace. He then trained as a barber and now supports his family in Lethbridge.
Baden Osmond demonstrates that a forked wood rod can locate underground water for residents near St John s Newfoundland. He learned the method from a retired CNR worker and recalls long searches before success, with a Trepassey parish priest approving a water source near his church.
J W MacEwan of Calgary urged Easterners to know the West better during talks in St John New Brunswick. He mapped western progress from fur trade to wheat and cattle and highlighted petroleum mining and uranium developments. He noted last year trade with the US at 3.5 billion dollars imports and 2.5 billion dollars exports.
Brampton council heard a report by town building inspector Dennis Warren showing first quarter permits totalled 1,279,030 across 133 authorizations versus 817 permits valued at 660,640 in the prior year. March and April breakdown: 91 residential permits totalling 1,016,500. repairs and alterations 10 at 12,250. commercial one motel new construction 26,000 and four repairs at 20,100. industrial two permits for new construction 68,000. The 85 residences are included in the housing count.
Mayor May or Nance Horwood received a bouquet of pink roses from council members and town staff after leading the Brampton council in the Lord s Prayer. Reeve Carman Core said the roses were presented on behalf of the council and staff as a birthday compliment leaving the mayor briefly speechless.
Workmen uncover a metal box embedded in a Perth bank wall during a safe installation. Inside lies a 34 year old bank token among coins and newspapers from the bank’s 1884 founding era.
Useful legacy Sechalt BC report states the Sechalt Board of Trade has turned the town fire hall over to a new municipal council.
Canada sold 765000 television sets in 1955, up from 624000 in 1954 and far above 30000 in 1950, indicating rapid market growth for TV sets in mid decade.
Milton Branch of Ontario Association for Retarded Children held a Thursday meeting in the Milton town hall noting progress across 36 provincial groups with 3 000 members and 840 children in schools. Members discussed a move to a new classroom by June, a bake sale, and starting full day classes in September, with plans to collect records that children would enjoy and contact Mrs. Fitz-Gerald.
Roy J. Brown of Toronto has been appointed vice-president in charge of engineering at Moloney Electric Company of Canada. He studied at Acton public and high schools, earned a University of Toronto degree in 1923, taught electrical engineering there, and joined Moloney in 1944. His family includes Fern Brown and Mrs David Dills. The article notes the executive’s view on progress and the association’s ongoing work with disabled children.
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