Golden anniversary marked by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Denny
Acton residents Bill and Mrs. Denny quietly observed their 50th wedding anniversary with family. They moved from Kitchener in 1945 to run an insurance agency, have long served Acton and St. Alban’s Church, and were married in Listowel on October 22, 1919. Harold joined family for dinner as the couple celebrated in festive fashion amid sunny but snowy weather.
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Bill Denny
Acton
Mrs. Billenny
Elizabeth Drive
St. Alban’s Church
Kitchener
Listowel
Dennys
Harold
County
St. Alban'’s Church
Niagara
Denny
Bill
Dany
W. of St Alban’s Church
Taxpayers face 1970 deficits from 1968 school boards
Milton Oakville Acton and Nassagawey and Esquesing see 1968 deficits offset by 1970 tax bills. Milton districts show 25 187 deficit at high school plus 3 967 at public school. Acton 19 902 deficit. Oakville 119 08 deficit primarily secondary school. Surpluses in Nassagaweya Esquesing Georgetown and Burlington reduce levies.
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Milton
Oakville
Acton Erperer
Board of
Milton District High School
Milton Public School
Uesing
Nascagaweys
Acton
Nassagaweya
Esquesing
Georgetown
Buslington
Nassagawega
Alec Johnson Shield To Be Awarded To School Next Week
The new safety shield will go to the winning public school after this month’s points are tallied. The contest, arranged by Con Roy Wood, marks a period when policemen monitor rule violations, with emphasis on the final week of the month.
Cars collide at crosswalk on Queen Street
Friday at 1.20 p.m. a car stopped for a crosswalk on Queen Street at Acton Boulevard was rear ended. Drivers Margaret Dedman of Erin and John Bouwman of Acton sustained $300 damage each. A boy using the crosswalk witnessed the collision.
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Queen St
Acton Blvd
Margaret Dedman
Erin
Volkswagen
John Bouwman
Church St. W
Acton
Austin
No further delays on Acton industrial park decision
Acton Council voted to develop the north end industrial park immediately despite a request from freshman councillor Peter Marks and Reeve F. Oakes for a two week delay. BP asked for time to clarify expansion plans including a railway siding, warning the land should not be sold until needs are known. Mayor Duby and others urged rapid development, though debates touched on costs and potential private development. The council approved moving ahead with development pending further details, with costs estimated around fifty thousand dollars.
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Acton
Peter Marks
F. Oakes
Marks
Development Commisson
Building Products of Canada
Council
Chamber of Commerce
SO Acre
Building Products
Plastics
Development Commission
Duby
Tyler
Coats
Greer
Pat McKenzie
J. Marks
Mr. Marks
Councillor Marks
Mr.Marks
Peel County withdraws from merger committee dispute
Peel County Council ended its role in the Peel Halton inter municipal regional government committee after a contentious session. The county also scrapped its own regional panel following Mississauga Mayor Robert Speck’s resignation as chair without comment, drawing criticism from Mississauga Councillor Lou Parsons who accused council of abrogating responsibility. The matter moves forward with no public remark from officials.
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Peel County
Fire knocks small blaze from plywood at H K Portal plant
Early morning fire at the H K Portal plant on MacDonald Blvd. roused Acton firefighters at about 1.45 a.m. Two trucks responded, plywood damaged area dragged outside and doused with hoses. Fire crews returned to bed.
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H. K. Portal
MacDonald Blvd
Acton
Lack of attendance cancels Urban Board meeting
North Halton Urban Board scheduled for October 15 in Milton collapsed as only four councillors attended. The four spent an hour in discussion before leaving. an Energy and Resources Management rep, invited to discuss centralized garbage incineration, did not speak. The board, once 20 years active, is fading with Milton and Georgetown withdrawing support.
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North
Milton
Acton
Georgetown
Ontario Department of Energy and Resources Management
Exquesing
Natxagaweya
Acton Council Hears Call for United Appeal Fund Drive
Acton council hears Reeve Frank Oakes urge amalgamation of all local fund raising campaigns into a single United Appeal to reduce door to door solicitations during the year. He says multiple campaigns mean repeated pleas and disruption for residents. The suggestion aims to streamline charitable drives.
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Frank Oakes
Council
Acton
Federal approval for six more houses in Acton Ontario
The federal government approved a loan of 8957 to aid construction of six more geared-to-income units at the Cobblehill Road development in Acton. The loan covers two 2-bedroom and four 3-bedroom semi-detached houses. council approved the expansion. The split of operating costs assigns 50 percent to the federal government, 42 percent to the OHC, and 7 percent to the municipality.
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Ontario
Acton
M.P
Whiting
Cobblehill Road
OHC
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Peel
Nance Horwood
Mr. McKeough
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Bank of Nova Scotia
Utdu
Erin Brigade
Wilbert Brown
Erin Township
Urban Board
United Appeal
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Alette
Unicef
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