Oakville Trafalgar Sign 20 Year Water Agreement
After months of talks the Oakville and Trafalgar public utilities commissions reach a 20 year water purchase deal. The plan sets a sliding scale with basic 27 cents per thousand gallons and volume based rate cuts. Oakville expects a filtration plant by summer 1957 to provide clearer water.
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Public Utilities Commission of
Oakville
Trafalgar
Oakville Commission
Trafalgar Commission
Gordon Leaver
Trafalgar Public Utilities Commission
Burlington considers high school expansion options
The Burlington district high school board faces a choice between a $200,000 addition as a stopgap and $700,000 for a new high school. Dr. Frank Darton reported space is tight and enrollment will rise to about 900 by January 1956, with 18,000 people in Burlington and Nelson projected to grow to 36,000 by 1960.
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Burlington District High School
Frank Darton
Burlington Council
Department of Education
Darton
M. M. Robinson
Burlington
Nelson
Planning Board
Nelson Township
Zoning By-Law Nears Completion in Nelson Township
The Neilson Planning Board seeks a special meeting with the township council to review a new zoning by-law and map. Dr. Hareley Stewart notes the map and by-law are about 75 percent complete, using Brewart maps as the basis to replace earlier drafts by Burlington and Suburban Planning Board repudiated this year.
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Neilson Planning Board
Nelson
Hareley Stewart
Brewart
Burlington and Suburbian Planning Board
Davidson Ejected From Council Again
Councillor John Davidson was removed from the Bronte council chamber for a third time after Reeve Thomas Millward ordered him to vacate his seat. The vote stood two to one, with Livingstone in favor of keeping Davidson at the table and Lee and Lefebvre opposed. Davidson claimed a prior written apology.
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John Davidson
Bronte
Thomas Millward
Davidson
Charles Livingstone
Edwin Lee
Gordon Lefebvre
Millward
Richard Hunt
Hard Cheese Processing Description In Package
The text describes ground blended cheese from hard cheeses like cheddar and Cheshire being processed to pasteurize then poured into a package to harden. It notes a maximum of 43 percent moisture content.
Shoplifters Active in Brampton Main Street
Brampton police report two men working together to steal articles from Main Street merchants. One distracts staff while the other lifts items. Chief Frank Keates urged merchants to cooperate and report missing goods immediately to the police.
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Brampton
Frank Keates
Marker honors Barr colonists at Saskatoon camp site
The provincial historic sites committee erected a marker at the Barr colonists camp site in 1903. The group arrived by steamship and rail to homestead in the west, with Saskatoon the end of steel. They spent more than $250,000 to outfit trips further west.
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Saskatoon
Dial Telephones For Bronte In 1957
Bell Dial service planned for Bronte in early 1957. G W Harris notes modern facilities and a lengthy exchange build. Expansion and rising demand drive conversion, with 780 phones now served versus 280 in 1935. The project includes building, engineering and installation work.
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Bronte
G. W. Harris
Bell Telephone
Bell Col
Harris
Cortina Ties Up Series With Home Victory
Corunna evened a best of three series with Campbellville by winning 12 to 7 on Sunday. Jack Roberts struggled, while Harry Hamilton pitched well in relief. Key moments included Kilbreath’s homer and a late Corunna burst as Campbellville closed the gap but fell short.
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Cortina
Corunna
Campbellville
Corunnal
Jack Roberta
Harry Hamilton
Jack Laking
Hamilton
Caruipa
Buat Carunna
Kilbreath
Feld Wall
Ageather
Buat
Bit
Earl Caarns
Covina
Early
Wingrave
Laking
M. Lockery
Cocunna
Andersen
Brown
Bo Lockery
Garvin
Hystead
Curran
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Acton
Bell
Canada
Campbellbille
Henderson
Earl Cairns
Wingrove
RUE Campbell
Roberts
Caruana
M. G Bockbery
Gavin
Eavey
Apenua Snaur
Brookdale-Kingsway
Doug Manning
Livy
Erecuaeny
General Motors
Pontiac
Lorne Garner Motors
Bower
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