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The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 13 1977 Limehouse Prepare meeting Jubilee theme Mrs A Benton Ihe Women Institute annual met ling is held in 1 iniehouse Hull beginning with a bountiful pot luck luncheon on meeting for 12 opened with Ode tolled ice president Mrs son presided in Mrs Booth s were from officers icnxonors The Director Mrs P I reported ihe meeting in Mill in when i Max l will be Ik Id in i corgi low ihe ineme Queen P 1 Ivor role call one even reign in ibteie will ill he plain lei I an asked prom ihe in fruit imported pages and our hind boo Mr- iu in ended Mrs Pilerbv member presided for ihe officer president Mrs P Brown resident Mrs vice Mrs T second vice president Mrs P Hannah secretary treasu Mrs Benton ilternalc district director Mrs PTC Brown iltematt Mrs hranch director Mrs w auditors Mrs and Mrs Mould en Convenors chosen were Art and in Mrs Divas Citizenship and world Mrs son tducalion and Cull Mrs resolutions Mrs P C Brown famih and consumer Mrs curator and Mrs flower and fruit Mrs Anderson delegates 10 district annual Mcsdamcs Brown an Hannah or Benton A resolution from was turned down unless much changed in mcining Painting of the hall was io be considered The ladies promisee io do another quill They sing in closing One of ihe Groups will collecting our newspapers and bottles glass Remember ihcir auction sale on April is mentioned list week tubs Itv Mrs Hannah tubs are pleased to report ihey h id boys liesources held in for all seeond tubs in the This year ihey learned stamp collecting coin collecting science silk screen pnnling fly lying ind fishing and leather work There was a draw for i set of leather which Jim I won Tht boys hive been very busy earning badges John i skier blue star lddic blue star Gerry Clarke hnstian Book red star Byron Cannon swimmer learn player collector personal fitness religion in life and render I Erin ends Founders Day Apathy spelled the end lo Pounders Day if results of a public meeting are taken as final The Recreation Board host organization for Pounders Day decided call the annual event off because of a lack of interest in a recent meeting No one from the public attended ihe meeting Pounders day has run for three years Yellow bike A yellow Simpson Sears 10- racing bicycle was re ported removed from Acton High School The bike has a black seat no fenders and the kick stand Is broken artist and team player Greg collector Craig Armstrong carpenter Stephen house or collector Tim collector team player Next week Cubs and scouts will be out isking for pledges in their Trees tor l lampaign Trees this voir will be planted at vv Huffs fines If of these conn to door please welcome ihi with The Group is lorginj with plans for ihtir sale this month If been and have r IT itjp- CAVE IN THE new University of Waterloo land have been given to the University of invites courageous hikers Waterloo by Limited for teaching and inside The cave and an additional 17 acres of research purposes Ospringe Many visitors for Easter By Doris tines Last week sure maple syrup weather with lis snow and wind and freezing temperatures but the sap was running good the week before Our neighbors lapped some trees In their yard The sap ran day and night while she boiled until she called for mercy and I look over I now have five jars of liquid gold in the basement a gal It brings to memory the days when we owned a maple bush My father had and every spring we all pitched in gathering sap and putting wood on the fire lo keep Ihe sap boiling sometimes staying up all night to keep ahead of it Some of the syrup was then sold on the market The year it went up a gallon woman was heard lo remark I I pay that price for why sap runs out of the and farmer just makes himself The poor farmers time and labor wasn worth much Mr and Mrs Dave Woodward Gary and Dale Woodward and Steven Stewart returned to snow and cold weather enjoying two weeks camping In They went south as far as Sarasota slopped at Beach ind Disney World and home by Nashville Ten They report a real good trip and a nice lime Ihey were accompanied by other friends Mr and Mrs Bruce Smith had many visitors over the Paster Weekend Bruce s parents Mr and Mrs Plwin Smith and of Meaford and brothers Mr and Mrs Dennis Smith and of Toronto and Mr and Mrs Glen Smith Kevin and Dirlene of Clinton also an aunt Miss of Toronto and Mrs James and sons and Kicky of spent a week Paster with Mrs parents Mr and Mrs Gordon Howesand other friends The Howes also entertained the other members of the family during thai time Paster service M the taster service in Knox Presbyterian Church special music was donated by and Plaint Graham daughters of Mr and Mrs Ken Graham of ConmLsbv sung The Mister Has and The fcjislern by organist Mrs Max Schotsch 17 scenic acres given to university by Domtar The I niversitv of has additional real a woods rock both sides of the P ramosa liner just south of No The has been given to the united for teaching re- purposes It will also lie preserved as a wilderness for recreational use ihe general public Il is a very interesting piece of land says Prof G of Waterloo s department of geography He has been involved in ncgotia lions with and with the Itoekwood town council for past couple of years It s not lirge but ihere is great variety in il ind some interest ing geologic features he reports There are fool high rock with vertical drops sharp ridges of rock with ill deepset pockets and numerous eaves There are ducks on ihe river beaver pond deer porcupine and other is a possibility thai contains Indian artifacts sites indicate prehistoric man lived in the area between 000 cars after the last ice age in feels it should prove in excellent place not onlj for university students to do field studies but dso for high school and senior public school students He also mav prove suitable for research in number of areas including paleontology limn forestry botany and ornithology One of his graduate stu dents Peter Kershaw has written an extensive report on the and its passible uses and in the process looked up a good deal of history History Il is known that before lh coming of a tribe ol Indians ihe Altiwand irons lived ihere A neutral people living between the to the north and ihe Iroquois to the south the Atli were almost com wiped out during the period by the Iroquois The are wis thus at Ihe time it was settled by Irish Scottish large amount of data has been collected hut a great still needs to be done is thought that some of ihe Mliwandarons may taken refuge in Ihe lu caves on ihe properly at time of ihe Iroquois wars and arti facts miy be then yet wilting lo be discovered In IBlJ ihe properly was first deeded lo a man named Henry Strange and in the middle part of the century Sir William wrote of quarry at Hock wood Sir William was a pioneer geologist and founder of the Geologic il of C site is owned I I of photo is ivail in of Ihr vev sold it lo I line limitid it quirt ilu in isjJ inc is been done ihert for in in pro because of ihi low of the sloni though in also records if public to the lit converted into a parking to inillt up vehicles it is plumed io develop would i I he Bui mill I his mill established in 1807 w is located within few ihe properly lis rem may llicrc is ilso i wiler powered feed mill a few yards upstream one of the very few still in operation in quit round iruclivi in ihe beauty of ihi siu Ihe old stone office is slill in Ilu silt Mel dim feels could be reniviltit to house displivs of fossils from tin eaves simples of stone i i giving history of ihi pnpiriv pamphlets which could be used is irai Kindts visitors pictures birds ihit in lo Ik found Ihere is lb it properly much is it is In prelim n try studies inditali chine in Hit forested for IjO t ninth of ilu invironnunt is and missis i would not stand by large iriinpbut lhrouLli il lis lo re st in pari from nth v of pi nils birds fish md to found there P tin deep set pockets ind is expected to virommnl Us own The siutlv I ft ssils mighl ilso prove hading to a complin nil giolfieal history if this pan of lint in sludv ibt Her in Hit Pr inios in tin It pond in ihi It irn iboiit its flow through lunlurs mijh skills working ihtir i up rock cliffs You can too Call 18002612600 TOLL FREE What you hear may change your life NOTICE Re Regional Government Bill 151 Town of Haton Hills The Council of the Town of Halton Hills will receive written submissions from the public or any individual group regarding regional government as it affects the Town of Halton Hills A special committee of council will review these submissions for possible revisions to Bill Submissions in writing will be received no later than noon April 27 1977 addressed as follows Mr D Pntchard Clark Administrator Town of Halton Hills Mam Street South Georgetown Ontario 8783272 8783208 SAT MATINEE AT Moilo rut 21 22 Sat 23 SAT MATINEE GENE WILDER JLLCLAYBURGH RICHARDPRY0R SILVER STREAK J J FATRICKMcGOOHAN m Show Timet Sun to Ttitirs 8 p 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