Council Withdraws Ten Thousand Bid For Old Post Office
Acton council voted to withdraw its ten thousand dollar bid for the old post office from Crown Assets despite a counter offer of twenty five thousand four hundred seventy five dollars. The stormy session lasted three and a half hours with heated exchanges over bids and public reaction.
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Council
Acton Council
Crown Axiasta Disposal Corporation
Crown Assets
Acton
Fetwr
Lex Duby
Jeeve H. Hintond
Hugh Lowe
Duby
Bank of Nova Scotia
Alec Johnson
Jack McGeachie
Eric Johnston
Han
Ugh Lowe
Albert Irwin
Pusat
Crown Awseta Corporation
Vny
Lowe
Atrong
Decoration Day Parade to Honor Veterans in Acton
Acton plans Decoration Day events with a parade at 2 30 p m from the CAR station to Fairview Cemetery. The program features the Guelph Sea Cadets Band the Guelph Pipe Band and a service led by Mayor Les Duby and the Acton Ministerial Association followed by grave decoration at Fairview Dublin and Pioneer cemeteries by sponsoring groups including the Legion Ladies Auxiliary Lions and local youth groups.
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Acton
Clilsend
Fairview Cemetery
I Packet
Lane
Gael Sea Cadets
Guelph Pipe
Actan Council
Royal Canadian Son
L. A. Ener Let Mentetlont
Devonshire
Fairview
Dublin
Pioneer
Albert Irwin
Alex Orr
George Hargrave
Royal Canadian Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Legion
Lakeside
Duke of Devonshire
1.C. C.E
Women's Institutes
Bannockburn
Acton Firefighters
Acton Citizeny’ Band
The
Loyal Orange Lodge
Study Provisional By-Law At Planning Board Meet
Planning board members reviewed a provisional by-law draft on Thursday May 23 with consultants from Project Planning Associates Toronto. Percival and Flood explained zone classifications housing terms and a residential zone schedule while board members received copies for page by page study ahead of questions at the next meeting.
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Planning Board
Project Planning Associates
Toronto
Percival
Flood
Churchill Road Heavy Traffic By Law Shelved for Study
Churchill Road traffic by law delaying action after council debates truck access and safety. Trucker Jack Ridley urged curb. council weighs concessions for taxpayers while preserving safety and paving. Debate covers empty tandem trucks, garbage trucks, and impact on gas up access.
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Churchill Rd
Churchill Road S
Les Duby
Commal
Ttamiivon
Peal
Ridley
Lowe
Alec Johnson
Churchill Road
Aswell
Retarded Returns Slow In Acton Area Appeal
North Halton Association for Retarded Children reports slow financial returns in Acton and district. Only 49 dollars raised toward a 9 000 dollar goal for school operating expenses and a 5 000 dollar mortgage, with donations still welcome via service club cheques to Box 38 Acton.
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Acton
North
Don Aliens Oer Service Club
Box 38
Beth El Church Marks 10th Anniversary Amid Pastor Departure
Beth El Church marked its tenth anniversary while bidding farewell to Rev Jelle Nutma who led the congregation for four years. The Dutch language farewell program in the basement featured gifts for the Nutmas and speeches by church group leaders as Nutma moves to Dundas to lead a Christian Reformed Church.
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Beth-El Christ In Reformed Church
Jelle Nutma
Christian Reformed Church
John Kamminga
U Mlc
Holland
Ralph Groeneboer
Bayment
Nutma’e Aister
Brouwer
DemonstrationBlast at Limestone Quarry Passes Safety Checks
Acton Limestone Quarry officials conducted a demonstration blast of 23 000 tons of rock using 7 500 pounds of dynamite for about 20 observers. Seismographs showed vibrations well within safety factors, with residents reporting no damage beyond minor tremors.
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Todapel
Acton Limestone
Moding
Acton
Deager Lame Mo Anutf
Fie
Meo
Anallange Hastings, Ltd
Casassy
Alette
Ae Canna John Moore
Viniluum
Boardmore
W. J. Heartt
McAnulf
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Alec John Eat
Ward
Cries Vinakmens
Inter City
Georgetown
Cedar Springs
Kitchener
Acton Citizens Band
Town Council
Orange Lexigo
Cubs
Gulph
Ladies’ Auxiliary To the Legion
Women’s Institute
Girl Guides
Guelph
Glen le
Eeie Tohoston
Glenlea
Witla Strewalhks
Besse Ho Ho Hinton
Thevuangwar
Margin Street
Cuancillor Lane
Bert Wood
Churchill Row
Sehlup
Caboh
Ton
Beth-El Church
Clarence Kamminga
A. Leferink
Albert Virgistra
Rena Sefiui
John Osterhof
H. Venema
Calvin Christian School Society
Dundas
Nurma
Ministerial
Ginst
Quarn Arterials
Destinatiog
Lindsay
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