Planter Boxes and Paving Planned for New Hydro Building
Hydro Commission members inspected the new building on Alice Street and ordered the front area paved with planter boxes. They approved moving the rear steel storage building onto cement blocks for future storage and discussed not extending water meter readings beyond town limits. Accounts total $83,370.95 with a $13,974 first progress payment.
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Acton
Hydro Commission
Hydro
Alice Street
Alice St
Les Duby
F. G. Oakes
Churchill Rd. N
Esquesing
E. G. Tyler Sr
Tyler
Audrey Urquhart
Sunshine Co
Waterloo
Commission
Remembrance Day Observances at Three Schools
Remembrance Day services were held at M. Z. Bennett public school and Robert Little and the high school, with ceremonies led by students and staff. The programs included choirs, readings from pupils and ex-servicewoman Mrs. Tom Milson, bugle calls, two minutes of silence, and poems recalling wartime sacrifice.
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M. Z. Bennett
Betty Ginger
Glenn Banks
Canada
Carol Widawski
Avide
Elmer Smith
Reveille
Joan Pavis
Flanders Fields
Robert McMillan
Judy Howson
Danny McLennan
Carolyn Thompson
Henry van Stralen
David Rochester
Tom Milson
Dwight Engel
Theft at General Acceptance cash and cheques
Constable Bruce Kressler of the Acton O P P Detachment is investigating the theft of about 215 in cash and 1n cheque from General Acceptance Corporation on Mill Suver. The theft occurred after closing hours Thursday night of last week and was reported to police on Friday.
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Bruce Kressler
Acton O.P.P
General Acceptance Corporation
Mill Suver
Lions and CNIB honor Acton eye donor drive
Acton hosts Halton CNIB board meeting after Acton Lions lead a two week pledge drive for the Eye Bank. 145 pledge cards are presented by Lions members Mur ray Harrison and Dave Hunter. John A. McDonald and Bill Lawson note growing eye bank activity in Halton and Ontario. Br aille aids and a new board roster are announced, with Emphasized need for glaucoma education and disability voting rights.
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Acton
Eye Bank
Halton
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Lions Club
Ecards
Murray Harrison
Dave Hunter
Murray Fisher
John A. McDonald
C.N.E.B
Trinity United Church
E. R. Hoover
Burlington
H. G. McKillop
Oakville
E. W. Foster
Milton
N. E. Kerr
Jack Ball
U. of T. Medical Services
Cowas
Bill Lawson
Hamilton
Hamilton Workshop
Lake Joseph
Aleafor
Bert Hinton
Hoover
Olive Mills
Ontario
C.N. LB
John McDonald
Lawson
Acton Lions
Toronto
Heruss Cannel
C.n.ib
Santa Fair Revives Old Post Office in Acton This December
The United Church Women plan a Santa Fair in the old Acton post office on the first Saturday in December. Santa will attend for photo opportunities, with films, fish pond, home baking, novelties, white elephants, gift booths, and a refreshment booth. Local Chamber members assist with gifts. a quilt auction will raise funds in the afternoon. The town tree is hoped to be up outside and a parade may occur next year.
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Acton
Santa Claus
Santa
Lamdy Records
More
United Church Women
Chamber of Commerc
U.C.W
County council names wardens to new college board
Halon County Council named Warden HR Shinton and Reeve H Merry to represent the county on the Board of Governors of the proposed Community College to be located in Peel or Halton County. Two representatives from the county had been requested. The Council ruled the two members would receive the regular $20 per diem rate and expenses while representing the county on the Board.
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Halon County
County council rejects request for Acton linking road
Acton sought to have part of the third line designated a county connecting link road but the County Road Committee and County Council ruled it ineligible as it connects two provincial highways. Warden Hinton and Reeve Leslie argued about process delays and proper referrals while action remains pending.
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County Council
Acton
County Road Committee
Leslie
H. Hinton
Acton Road Committee
Acton Council
Reeve Lestie
Road Committee
Warden Hinton
Peugeot winner is non-driver in Acton contest
An Acton woman, Mrs. Herb Schubert, won a Peugeot station wagon in an EGA chain contest that ran six weeks, with weekly Peugeot prizes. She is a non-driver and received the car Saturday from Acton IGA manager Harold Manes, the first winner from Acton.
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Acton
Herb Schubert
Churchill Road South
Schubert
Acton High Students Plan Week at Expo 67
By Wednesday noon 119 Acton high school students had registered and paid deposits to spend a week at Expo 67 with teachers. The committee expects final numbers could top 140 or 160, with 13 teachers ready to accompany groups. Changes to June 14 to 21 may allow grade 13 students to attend after exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Coats
Elmvale
Canada
Apple Day Plans Set for Acton Scout Drive
Acton's Boy Scout Wolf Cub group nears completion for Apple Day on Saturday November 26 with a door to door canvass planned in the morning and afternoon. The event, postponed from October to allow formation of a new local troop, will be led by a special Apple Day committee from the Acton Boy Scout Group Committee.
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Acton
Nassagaweva groups discuss Plunkett regional plan
Nassagaweva Township council and school board members began reviewing Thomas Plunkett's 126 page Halton Peel needs study. They will draft recommendations for November 21 and study further, while boards contemplate regional education changes and boundary adjustments.
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Nassagaweva
Thomas Plunkett
Halton-Peel
J.C. McIntyre
William Coulter
Spooner
William J. Spooner
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David Pink
Jack Holmes
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C.N.I.B. Board
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Six Eyes
Fred Gray
Whitney Construction
C.n.1.b
Frank Thompson
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P.O
New College
Reeve H.merry
Peugeot
Pees
Expo
Plunkett
Nussaguweyd
Milton, Acton
Georgetown
North Peel
South Peel
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Burlington and
Peel
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Peel-Halton
Milton Hospital
Halton Centennial Manor
Peel-Haltton
Kerr Construction
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