Liberal leaders visit Acton for street outreach
A Liberal delegation led by Brampton’s Joe Sellars paraded along Mill Street Acton on Tuesday morning for interviews and photos. Robert Nixon extended a brief 20 minute Acton stay to 30 minutes, meeting local voters and stalwarts. Nixon’s entourage included reporters and Halton West candidate Jack Lush, with two high school students assisting with placards among local organizers.
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Piper Joe Sellars
Brampton
Mill St
Robert Nixon
Nixon
Halton West
Jck Lush
Burlington
Glenlea
Ontario
N.D.P
Donald C. MacDonald
Bill Gillies
Halton East
Ted MacDonald
MacDonald
Acton N.D.P
Brendan Aherne
Bob Drinkwalter
Les Duby
Peel
Halton
Milton
Campbellville
New Democrat
MacDonalds
Donald MacDonald
School addition appeal aimed at council for M Z Bennett site
The public school board plans a second appeal to council for a south end 100 foot extension at M Z Bennett to add gymnasium a library and three classrooms two storeys would allow a senior division moving grades seven and eight to one wing Principal Elmer Smith prepared a sketch for a special meeting next Tuesday and a full presentation for the next No 1 committee meeting Council previously rejected the request area officials noted growing enrolment and overflow at Robert Little and Crescent schools with the existing two buildings transferring students to balance capacity District officials voiced cautious optimism about council backing this time following a prior setback and a brief review of other district additions.
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M.Z. Bennett
Public School Board
Elmer Smith
No. One
Robert Little
M. Z. Bennett
Smith
M. 2. Bennett
Council
W. L. MccNeil
Inspector McNeil
Brookville School
Highway 25 resurfaced from Acton to Speyside and widened near Campbellville
Workmen completed resurfacing from Acton Inter section to Speyside by Tuesday and will extend to the junction with Highway 401. A two mile stretch between 401 and Campbellville No 5 Side Road is widened for heavy truck traffic. Police urge motorists to obey flagmen and reduced speed limits in construction zones.
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Acton
Milton
Speyside
Campbellville
Rubin Corp applications rejected by Acton committee
The Committee of Adjustment rejected the Rubin Corporation applications at Monday’s Acton meeting. Builders cannot obtain a permit and finish a house before a variance is reviewed. The committee, short of a clearing house for others’ mistakes, unanimously upheld the decision as nonconforming and not minor variances. Only Murray Smith was absent. representatives from the builder did not attend.
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Rubin Corporation
Committee of Adjustment
Rubin Corporations
Murray Smith
Acton Customs Port Reports Jump in Revenue
First six months of the fiscal year at Acton customs port show a record entry with Murray Harrison reporting small rise in entries from 1302 to 1315 and a revenue increase from 113,612.87 to 160,918.15 dollars, up 47,305.28. Harrison credits local industry productivity for the expansion.
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Acton
Murray Harrison
Harrison
Candidates speak out on station closing in Acton
Local candidates respond to the C N R station closure with shock and critique. Liberal candidate Jack Lush accuses government complacency and notes freight costs and GO train concerns. N D P candidate Ted MacDonald fears freight delay and urges full railway service review. Conservative candidate George Kerr says closure harms industry and townspeople, pledging to pressure C N R to reverse the decision.
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Acton
C.N.R
Free Press
Jack Lush
Guelph
Halton West
Ted MacDonald
N.D.P
Express
George Kerr
Harley
Acton Council Votes 7-1 Against CN Rail Station Closure
Acton council rejected closure of the CN Railway station, voting 7-1 to file a strong objection based on local needs. The lone dissent came from Ted Tyler Jr. who warned it could resemble subsidizing opposition.
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Acton
Canadian National
Ted Tyler Jr
Tyler
Tyler Transport Ltd
Bob Drinkwalter
Free Press
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Bob Nixon
Bill Coats
C. Leishman
H. Helwig
P. Waldie
Roy Goodwinny
Ted McDonald
Glenlea Plaza
Progressive Conservatives
Hdus
Pert
Cathy Clark
Rubin
Drinkwalter
Perry
Board of Transport Commission
Ers
Pat McKenzie
Reeve Hinton
Golden Horseshoe
Mr. Hinton
Earl Mosales
F.G. Oakes
C.N.R. Ser
Councillor Perry
McKenzie
Bill Wiliams
Germany
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