School Board Faces Alarming Construction Delays at Hubert Little Wing
Public school trustees met on Thursday October 1 to press A Battagtin Construction of Guelph for an early completion of the Hubert Little Public School addition as progress was described as unsatisfactory. The building committee was authorized to urge timely work while discussions covered milk costs for kindergarten pupils and potential two percent milk supply from Acton dairies with price considerations.
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Hubert Little Public School
A. Battagtin Construction
Guelph
G. W. McKenzie
Robert Little School
Acton Dairies
Schoors
McKenzie
Acton Dairy
Dairies
Pric
Meckensie
Beginning of Fire Prevention Week In Acton
Fire prevention week kicks off with pamphlets and door to door literature by the 27 member brigade. Schools and businesses visited, drills tested, open house planned at the fire hall to educate all ages on fire safety.
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Spst US
Acton
Aden
M. Z. Bennett School
Acton Fire Department
McCristall
Jack Newton
Sam Tennant
Five Room Public School Planned For Esquesing Area
A new five room public school is proposed to serve rural Esquesing and Speyside district, with potential to add two more classrooms and an auditorium later. It aims to relieve overcrowding in several one room schools as students from Stewarttown Dublin Bannockburn Stone Blue Mountain Norval Clay Hill and Ashgrove would be served.
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Esquesingacound
Speyside
Arena
Burnett and Rieder
Sehool
No 35
Sane
Buster Stewarttown
Dublin
Bannockburn
Stone School
Blue Mountain
Norval
Clay Hill
Ashgrove
Stewarttown
Spexs
Lome
Dutlerin
Dublin Sebvins
Planning Board Urges Definite Proposals Before Opinion
Two delegations appeared before the planning board Tuesday urging definite land use plans before any zoning opinion. J J Stewart and E G Tyler Sr of Public Utilities Commission sought guidance on Alice Street property. Planning consultant P Atlan Denena advised submitting future development plans, noting adjoining town land is public. Dave Dills of Dats Printing discussed property purchased from Baxter Laboratories where the building sits on two zones and the nearby ALY property is in three zones. The chair urged submitted plans before final zone changes, and the session focused on future planning and by law amendments.
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J.J. Stewart
E.G Tyler Sr
Public Utilities Commission
Alice Street
P Atlan Denena
Deny
Dave Dills
Dats Printing and Publishing
Boar
Baxter Laboratories
Tunes Jum Dills
Stung
Commuaion
Hydro
Special Commission
B. D. Rachtin
W. H. Cook
Commissionera
Cook
Warning to motorists for holiday weekend by local police
Police urge obeying traffic rules over the holiday weekend. Corporal Ray Mason says all leaves canceled and every officer and cruiser will be on duty, with motorcycle units patrolling highways to prevent accidents and deaths.
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Ray Mason
OTP
Acres Onéatto
Halton County Population Tops 100000 Amid Tax Shifts
Halton County will surpass 100000 residents by week’s end as municipal assessors tally 1959 census totals. Acton plans tax rate based on 1952 assessment of 5971920 with residential 3240270 and commercial 2122659 values, up from 5226321 last year, a 4.8 percent rise. Additional figures show Milton and Nassagaweva assessments and exemptions, with population data due next week.
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Halton County
Halton
Ford Rogers
Hurlington
Georgetown
Free Press
Actons
Jo McGeachie
Milton Milton
Frank McNiven
Nassagaweva Asmentan
Nassagaweva
Kownsiip
Ae Yeamt
Don McMullan
P U Approves Plan to Administer Town Under One Official
Public Utilities Commission approves a three month trial to unify town operations under a single administrator, dissolving the public utilities commission by December 31. The plan covers sewer and water under council control and hydro under a new hydro commission, with office reorganization and potential enlarged hydro offices.
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Aii Commission
Council
Hydra
Public Utilities Commission
Bers
Hydro Fee
Firefighters avert potential blaze from gas leak
During Fire Prevention Week Acton firefighters stopped gasoline leaking from a parked car near the sewer, alerting police and quickly bringing a fire truck to the scene. They washed fumes into the sewer, with councillor and responders preventing a possible disastrous fire from a stray match.
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Acton
Comeroy Han
Bower Avenue
Mill
Willow
Board Reviews Mutual Problems In Three High School Districts
The North Halton Urban Board in Georgetown discussed restructuring the three new astriet high school boards joining the existing North Halton High School District Board. Acton Milton and Esquesing were to gain two representatives from their towns and one from each municipality, with Georgetown retaining one extra member and no. of free representatives. The meeting covered DMA manual adoption, assessment impacts, and ambulance services, noting Georgetown may take until 1962 for proper DMA readiness, with Acton and Milton projections varying.
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Astriet
North Halton Heh
North Halton
Georgetown
Acton
Milton
Esquesing
Puble
Joe Gibbons
Georgetown-Multon- Acton
Gibbons
Milton Representatives
Armstrong
Prisvate
Armatrong
Wee Sma Hours Broken Poles Plague Hydro Dept
Early Sunday in Acton four broken poles disrupted hydro service between Malt and Queen Streets. Poles twisted and transformers on the ground left the area dark until crews restored power. Damaged poles at Mill Young Street and McCallum’s Service Station prompted roadside hazards as repairs begin after weather improves.
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Hydro
Jack McCallum
Audtion
Anderson and
Derson Frizzell
Acton
Malt and
Queen Streets
Young
Doug Mason
Pule
Mill and
Young Street
Ruddick
Geo Simpson
W Nesbitts
H Hydro
McCallum
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Building Progress Board
Vusneyoiu
Robert LitWe
Mo . Bennett School
KE. Smith
MZ Bennett School
Tooms
Acton High School
Phil McCristall
P.U
Sagan
Hydro Commission
Mostiny
Legion
164Th Halton-Dufferin
A. Cook
J. Loutett
A. J. Buchanan
E. E. Barr
J. Locker
S. Snow
Gus Clifford
Mutual Problems Studies
H.S. Board Composition
Hugh Lowe
Hydro Department
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