Hants History

25 Years Ago

While work on phase one of Waterside Windsor has been temporarily placed on hold, the second stage of this revitalization project is expected to begin in March.

The town of Hantsport is continuing its investigation into low water pressure at the Hants Border Avon Street extension, Deputy Mayor Wayne Folker said last week.

The Windsor Business Improvement District Commission’s information booth at the Nova Scotia Forestry Exhibition in June proved so popular that BIDC plans to erect a booth at the upcoming Hants County Exhibition.

Hants County will not be part of the province’s aerial herbicide spraying program proposed for the Annapolis Valley this year, lands and forests officials in Halifax say.

The Shubenacadie District Volunteer Fire Brigade is looking for a mature, responsible person willing to have a phone placed in his or her home in order to answer emergency calls.

The Municipality of East Hants is currently considering special tax exemptions for three classes of property in 1985.

Roman Catholic Church officials in Windsor say they expect many Hants County residents will join the thousands of people expected to flock to Halifax for the papal visit September 13-14.

After a somewhat lackluster local campaign, 59,970 voters in Annapolis Valley-Hants are heading to the polls September 4 to cast their ballots in the federal election.

50 Years Ago

This weekend in Windsor is to be a busy one, for the Windsor Gyro Club, who’ll play host to the Gyro District No. 6 Convention on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, August 30, 31 and September 1. The District embraces all the Clubs in the Maritimes.

Word has just been received from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, that Miss Edith Burchell’s pupil; Diana Elizabeth Turner’s mark in the recent exam for grade 1 piano was the highest mark in the province. Her mark was tied with one other candidate. This entitles her to the Conservatory Silver Medal, which she will receive in the fall.

A meeting instructed the Town Solicitor A.G. MacDonald to redraft the agreement between the Town of Windsor and the Municipality of West Hants concerning the responsibility for the sewer from the School to Wentworth Road.

A Child Welfare Clinic was held on Tuesday afternoon with four mothers bringing in eight children for check-ups. Mrs. Ralph Dimock, VON, conducted the clinic, with Mrs. John A. Allard acting as assistant.

75 Years Ago

Messrs. Geo V. Smith, James Weatherbed and Arthur Whalen were in Halifax on Tuesday night attending the Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Rifle Association.

The Elmsdale Hotel, a landmark at Elmsdale, Hants County for 80 years, was removed from the landscape last night by flames believed to be of incendiary origin. The fire will be probed. The hotel, which was constructed at the time the railway was constructed here, has been in use since the provincial government bought it in 1931.