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The Actor ffM Wrirwhy parly for fvy Ritthie The St Johns Pari Hall was lumping hit Saturday awning January when Bill and Ivy Ritchie were feted by their daughter and friends to a wedding anniversary patty After marriage the St George Church In at a ceremony at which the Rev officiated the couple who had lived most of their Itvet in his area with Bill living at R R 4 Acton and Ivy Adams the daughter of an R dairy farmer left after the ceremony on the r mile honeymoon between Toronto Buffalo Ottawa and London On their return they took up residence in Rockwood across the highway from where lliey presently live And the winter then was just as cold and snowy as it is this year said Ivy The Saturday evening affair was a tribute to the great affection which this couple have stimulated in the area Approximately friends came from Acton Moffat and other surrounding farms to enjoy an evening of celebrating Gift flowers and many cards were presented to the happy couple and a small orchestra knocked off the music that allowed friends to square or dance Everyone had fun and the delicious three tier cake beautifully decorated was a combined effort of neighbors Mrs Thomson and Mrs Mitchell Today fam ly picture of the William Ritchie s would show then eldest daughter Alice now Mrs Peter Johnson Peter the soninlaw Ronnie Ritchie their young son Shirley then youngest daughter and little Robin Johnson the celebrated couple grandson MRS A AND SON ELLIOTT IN THE STORE Rockwood News Comins and Coins It will he with absolute sad that the citizens of will remember the and third weeks of January when three of its and delightful 1 way News and views LORRAINE Public speaking finals for coveted Taylor trophy Naturalists on trail of otter on Valley Road Mr and Mrs Bill Ritchie figures fell something unexpectedly Mr Charles Harris Mr Hair and Mr Bub Ail three gentlemen had to this a in van us ways and already their mi n the village and every extends their sympathy the families Set a Sunday February another Skating piny when everyone a invited t part in an afternoon f fun and pie Once the will the St Johns Anglican Par Hail at I JO to return aga at hot and hot So n mitten cover grab your and let see you at the rink Children are reminded to attend the Christian Educiti Sunday School Class it the Centennial School next Saturday morning it JO I dropped around list week to reacquaint myself with two rather delightful people whom I had hud reason to meet up with a month so ago It was at the lime of the Village RAPE endeavour the Swing A Ding when at the last minute we had called up the proprietors of the Eramosa Flower Mart to see if they would like to be represented and lend a flower display Now let face it Everyone on that whole committee was special inducting particularly the contributors but somehow there are always those particular special people who go just a little overboard their assistance and Trudy and Alfred Neuman did just that Not only did they bring with them a gorgeous array of flowers and arrangements but all during the event and especially at the end of the evening they had managed to give away just about everything they had brought with them to guests and patrons Just good business some of you could say but consider if you will the number of times proprietors have the opportunity to promote just such goodwill but won do it because ihey think it will create just such a humbug attitude Oh no I was impressed and so thought I like to sec just how this ingenious couple could operate with such generosity A trip out to the nurscryTlonst shop of the was equally as much fun as having met them before Trudy Waltraud is a German born Canadian girl who met and married her Rumanian husband Alfred Neuman some 1 years ago and took up residence in Toronto Contrary to the business impulses which most of us follow the have their own special philosophy for business requirements and during the years of their nuptial partnership have owned and successfully operated a garage in Toronto a chickenlaying farm called Hillside just outside of Acton and now as their newest endeavour they arc trying their hand in the flower growing field with an eye on the retail and wholesale end of the business Fred carries on his job as real estate agent while Trudy manages and operates the three greenhouses two smaller combined ones and another gigantic one which they have recently had remodelled with several modern innovations With no previous knowledge about florist knowhow this enterprising young lady visited seed houses gobbled up catalogue information on flower growing and then satisfied that she had at least the general idea of transplanting seeding soil heat requirements she sent for numerous seed envelopes and literally launched her own career Azaleas cyclamen strawberry indoor and outdoor house plants are all growing hcaltluly awaiting gieenfingered mademoiselles to discover where they re at different varieties of petunias marigolds phlox thousands or geraniums have all been tackled by the induitnous Trudy who believes that the old hospital adage of should also be applied to plants Cacti of many varieties are also on hand to tickle the Chinese garden enthusiast and pots and pots of beautifully displayed mums are on hand in every color Right now the Neumans are working hard on their present projects but they also have many plans for the future with their acres Two acres of shrubs and evergreens will be seen from the highway this summer and trout pond on the property adds o the scenic beauty A topnotch business nun Fred Neuman knows how to create public interest for his products and just recently conducted a Christmas contest draw through the Acton Free Press Because they believe that flowers represent the joy of Irving the proprietors of the Flower Mart contribute flowers in quantities to many unsuspecting children and friends thus creating an attitude of warmth and friendship without reason to feel obligated The new building at the side of their premises spells a dealership in he Farm Equipment business and sometime next house the ploughs tractors and garden equipment machinery the exact replicas of which arc being sold now in the florist shop as junior toys Enterprising Yes and charming Make a point yourself of dropping in and visiting the Flower Mart meet Fred and Trudy and their year old son Elliott and they will be only too pleased to take you around and show you how to grow luscious velvelty leafed plants in your own living room The Eramosa Township Public Speaking finals will be held at the Centennial School auditorium next Monday UCW plans music night The United Church ladies have combined their efforts to come up with an exciting program of barber shop musicals on Saturday evening February at 8 p m The famous Guelph Barber Shoppers better known locally as the Wellington Chorus is combined of some or male performers many of whom are considered to have the best voices in the province With a smattering of local talent included on the program the Rockwood Church ladies have gone way out to make his a fun evening for everyone at a lowly cost of SI for adults and cents for students with free admission to all pre schoolers Pretty Fair The Free Press received a wire from Tampa Florida today from Pretty Fair who has been gallivanting down through the southern coast She reports that she has been having a wonderful time and will be back again with her column next week Family Life program at H and S Although there are no rumblings telling parents that there will be a January Home and School meeting there is however an eventful H S meeting scheduled for Thursday February when the Centennial Public School stall will present a program dealing with Family Life Education to which all parents and interested villagers are invited morning February at 30 a with three students from the Eramosa Public School and three others from Centennial Up for grabs in the competition is the Taylor Trophy which has been covetously held and displayed at the School for the past year when it was won by Heidi Memtt 5 Rockwood daughter of Mr and Mrs Thorn Meruit Parents and all interested citizens arc invited to attend Curiosity left a citizen baffled this week when during a walk through the Valley Road she met up with two enthusiastic nature buffs who enquired as to whether she knew where the otters were in the Otters said he nonplussed resident You must mean beavers At which point the avid gentlemen said that last year they had seen otter tracks in that particular spot on the bridge near the mill operated by Jimmie Milne The informant kept on walking wondering what Euchre bake sale at school A large crowd was in attendance to enjoy the euchre and bake sale which was held recently at Public School under the sponsorship of the grade eight students With Peggy Salmon president of the Student Council at the helm some to youngsters met at her home to prepare the sandwiches which were served with coffee as refreshments for the affair and the various parents of the students provided the bake sale items which included have been money The students carrying on making activities this past in an endeavour to raise enough money to pay for the expenses of their Grade Eight graduation banquet to be held in June The approximate monies taken in by this enterprising group of young students was which will go a long way towards the final goal WINTER COATS BOOTS oil original price HINTONS 5tol STORE SANTAS BUT Lous Got a Good Selection of Used Cars LOUS USED CARS S64336 guests en your TV So toe ate But how do you a shy washy clear Simply install a COLOR RECEPTRON A ANTENNA These employ new nc that you excellent on color black and wh and FM lad Delhi Color Reception antenna coma in such a wide long model that you re qui exactly the right type to suit your particular caption They zed an attract gold color to on and da longer racept on I You alto get one year antes an mat all and Delhi manufactures da 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