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Week of January 5, 1914 • M. C. Smith re-elected reeve; defeats E. H. Cleaver by 150 votes. • Nelson ratepayers meet in Strathcona Hall; hold informal discussion on location of a new school. • Newly renovated Nelson Township Hall now open. • Mrs. M. Hayes opens a restaurant on Brant Street as a convenience to people coming to town who only require a lunch. Week of Jan. 6, 1964 • Council holds its inaugural meeting in the Central High School auditorium; dinner and dance follows at the Estaminet. • Mayor Owen Mullin announces that Burlington is facing its first tax increase in three years owing to higher education taxes. • John Ronson named chair of the Burlington board of education succeeding Fred Bidwell. • Mrs. Palm Pezzini becomes the first woman ever to sit on the Burlington Separate School Board.
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Lynda Johnstone Fawcett
2/18/2014 03:06:28 am
I remember Palm Pezzini. She was a good friend of my mum, former Ward 5 councilor Edna Johnstone, back in the 60's. Leave a Reply. |
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