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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Juno 1980 and district DIGEST Volunteer firefighters attended a kitchen grease fire Saturday May at m at the Eden Mills home of lh- Bell family According to Fire Chief Carl Meadows dam age including he stove and cup boards above the cooking area amounted to roughly Firemen were on the scene a half hour A second fire alarm early Saturday was triggered by lightening during the wild and tore through Centennial School students are gearing for end of year and exams Exams will be written from June to June and students will have June off for a professional activity day Summer school programs or a students will be held at Collegiate and Vocational Institute from July to August Courses in eluded are and to up grade reading and math grade English grade geography or history outdoor education 101 and outdoor science and environ education Students interested obtain application forms from the school office after June 13 or for information Many local young goat herders been enjoying their spring Goal club Activities Eramosa youngsters belong to the Erin All Goat club because of shortage of members Meetings between and Erin Township The May meeting was held it the farm of Mr and Mrs Bob Eden Mills whose daughter Laura is a club member Club elections for the 19H0 seison taken place and arc as follows Leaders Cynthia Dons Burt Evelyn Officers Pros Sieve vice Colleen Graham sec Herb Press reporter Jane The remainder of the club members include Graham Claudia Dominie Baby Naomi the slightest bit interested In the talk Herb of and Laura arc conducting concerning the parts of a show The 4 Goat Club met the Eden Mills farm of the Davey family recently Laura used her last years project Betty Jane as demonstrator while her 10 day old twin doe kids bounced around the milking platform with a juvenile lack of respect ferns Cathy Jacobs Laura Natalie Wheeler Wayne who comes all the way from Merryhili for the meetings Sarah son Melanie Sheila Irene and John Members aged from to 19 select and care fora goat from May to Achievement Day hall Fair Thanksgiving weekend Gouts are exhibited at the fair and shown in showmanship class similar to calf club At the May meeting held at the Davey res idence Mrs Davey talked to members about feeds and nutritional requirements of goats In addition the names of parts of a were dem and discussed Three sales in town lost were well attended and agreed to be Betty Jones of St John Anglican Church who spent most of Saturday in the church hall hiding away from the and storms her bedding plants said visitors seemed lo bounce from one sale to the other so everyone benefitted St Johns Bowling Green Sale actually held indoors was judged a success proceeds of which will go toward restoration of the historic church The violent thunder storm ripping the village asunder in the early afternoon did no damage to the salt except for driving Lorraine Root and her coffee and donuts indoors Sacred Heart Catholic Church held a sale in the own hall and a large garage sale was held to Saunders Bakery ill on Saturday lernoon Sunshine Club were entertained by Laurel and Hardy at their last meeting prior practising songs for their Rochester trip Sunshincrs leave Thursday morning lo in Rochester New York at the Rochester Senior Citizens meeting Euchre winners were Mrs McLean Mrs Sadie winners were Lcn Hockey and William Eden Mills Village plans big anniversary celebration by Mrs Plans are well under way for the celebration of the anniversary of Eden Mills being porated as a Police lage On Friday night June from clock there will be an Old Dance and dress Music will be supplied by the Wellington band Tickets are available from Joan at and arc a couple arc to be picked up and paid for by June On Saturday June there will be a Call thumplon Parade at l Entries to meet at the Presbyterian church and parade to the ball park Anything and everything to enter for information tail Rod Blair at At m Ihere will be the of opening introduc tmns and presentation There will be a baking contest cakes donated to plain white cake decorated with a anniversary theme and it is for women Class A and gentlemen Class Cokes are to be in the Community Hall b Cubs bicycle to weekend camp Doris Mrs Malcolm Leitch Donna Leitch and Mrs Elgin Bayne mother sisters and grandmother of Aleck attended a bridal shower for Mary bride to be at the home of her mother Mrs J Kuepfer at At wood and a shower given by her maid of honour in Kitchener last Sunday Eighteen Ospring Cubs with two helpers and their four leaders Ernie Wynne Peter beau Morns Troulx and Bob Brown bicycled to Cub Camp on May They arrived in time to set up their tents make a camp fire have a late night snack tell ghost stones and sing cam pf ire songs before retiring for the night Saturday morning they went for a hike along the river and climbed the cliff using a rope They went by the old mill at and came back and explored the lime stone cliff and After lunch they enjoyed a soccer game and games and explored the surrounding country side after supper Sunday morning they conducted a church service in the campgrounds The alter was a piece of stone which was left jutting up from an erosion Behind it the cliff rose forming the perfect background Wednesday night was a fitting closing to the cubs year when a father and son banquet was held in the basement of Knox Church Nineteen of boys were there with their fathers Sincere thanks are extended to the mothers for providing the appetizing dinner All the boys who bicycled to camp received their cyclist badges and all who were at camp were presented with I survived badge Some received other proficiency badges among which were eight first aiders and two handicraft A scroll of appreciation was given to George Lang for extra work Ihey caused by their meetings at the school and the group of boys who will be to Scouts presented Mr Wynne wilh coffee mugs Mr and Mrs George Hurdle and son Peter left the vicinity the end of May They said they were adventuring to Brit ish Columbia having sold their residence on Highway Last weekend was gorgeous weather for a drive Accompanied by Mr and Mrs William Henderson of Bel wood and my mother Mrs Thomas tines we drove lo the Rock Gardens at Hamilton Lilacs were the most prominent fea tulips a colour base setting Reserve Your Tickets ANNUAL BIG COUNTRY WESTERN DANCE presented by Erin Agricultural Society SATURDAY JUNE 14 Erin Arena Main St Arena FEATURING Top Canadian Recording Star NANCY RVAN Tlckntiavnllablo Erin Co op Store Slot Ion Hlllsburah or call or 6 par parson A special Dad- A special greeting a m There will be children races and a cycle contest A Little Miss Eden Mills contest II 1 y Look for an ad in the gene al store contact ana Wallace at If mburge swill be old at upper hour and a sinf song Is scheduled for the On Sunday June 20 an church service will take place at in the pork with two ministers taking and Rev the supper hour there is to be a family pot luck Bring along your utensils lawn chairs will be a barbecue available if anyone cares to bring their own meat Children games and horseshoes are the order of the day Commemorative pi lies may be ordered from Jean at A special is extended to former residents come out and help us celebrate this original weekend of fun by a dedi committee To celebrate their silver wedding Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson entertained some of their friends and relatives at their home on Saturday afternoon and in the evening and held a large parly in the com munity hall A beautiful arrangement of red roses graced Ihe tahle where guests signed the register Ralph brother Bill Thompson was M C for the happy affair and two nieces were in charge of the record music for dan Guests were delightfully entertained with songs by a barber shop quartette from Guelpli The Speed liver Junction com prised of Hugo Dewintcr Bill Powers Ken Fisher Guests who attended from a distance were Mr and Mrs Cecil from hart and Joyce Mc Eachern of Calgary Ralph and Freda have lived here all their married life and are active members of the United church Con on years of married life and fcst wishes for manv more to these fine folks Our sympathy to Mr Mrs Vincc Mont gomcry on Iheir recent loss of sister Some of the Seniors enjoyed a bus trip to Rochester V planned by the Rockwood Sun shine Club They enjoyed dinner with the seniors there and the Sunshlners entertained them with a good program Grant to Rockwood A provincial grant lo help fund the sprucing up of Rock wood s Conservation Arei has been received by the Grand River Conservation Authority Included in the add itions to the park are more picnic tables a pic me shelter barbecues some fencing and signs Trails arc also to be developed and there is to be improvement to the forestry management and workshops accord to a press release from the ministry of natural resources