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trw acton ft prau wadnanday august 6 19cv9 vacant shiloh post office old stone shiloh school house bertagnolis transform old shitoh mo outdoor recreation mecca by lorraine root sunday afternoon excursionists driving north on the number six slderoad from highway 24 towards fergui will be pleasantly turprlied when at they draw near lite old neil van fleet farm they will tee a new face hfllng project which hai literally taken place before the eyet of the farm neighbors originally the old utile farmhouse with a comertlone marking dated 1876 and containing tome 300 tcret the entire farm it now the proudly owned and toon to be operated establishment of a charmingly delightful couple frank and tereua bertagnoh with their three mull children hailing originally from italy and with a there it no place like canada a tlitude the bertagnolla plan on making their new undertaking a roughing at the rllz atmosphere for wetlem riding enthusiasts and picnicker alike with the name sttllo ranch limited emblazed brazenly across the roof of the bam there it little chance of patting by the beautifully located pleasure tpol here the bertagnolit took me on a lour of their property whiltl riding on the front teal of an overland jeeptype vehicle and pointed out tome of the spots whereat will be placed tome exciting projects having only purchased the farm list october amazing changes have already been produced trails have been blazed for horte riders and hikers with pine trees and newly built bridges giving color and atmosphere cleared out areas lo relax in and a well slocked spot for fishing with a clean fresh swimming area to dive into with everything working out to schedule said frank breakin nets thieves take of s the cuelph detachment of the ontario provincial police and the ml forest fingerprint department officials were on hand at northern stag industries limited last fnday morning to investigate a plant breakin of the night before the s200 take of petty cash and merchandise was the final attempt of thiavet who tried to break into the cnr station houte directly across from the main plant but failed they did manage to break off the handle of the station tire the thieves then proceeded to the companys warehouse into which they could not gain access after trying unsuccessfully to get in through the back door of the main building they finally did gain entry into the northern stag plant through the front door on which they broke jhe handle the robbery was discovered by an early morning employee on friday and provincial police investigating teem to feel confident that they have line enthusiastically even the beach and swimming area should be ready for picnickers by sunday at ihe latest every once in a while the jeep would pull to a bumpy slop and my host would point out certain break through areas were obvious horte trails had been blazed and then at we continued our joggling ride he gave a brief vocal resume of plant for wintertime tnowmobiling excursion for cold weather athletes uung the horseback riding traits and family sleigh rldet on old fashioned cutlers with sleigh belli and taid frank with to many people wanting to invert in inowmobilet bul with no place to ttore them i can even answer that problem i have enough room in my barn for people to leave them there during the weekdays and come sundays or weekends just drop up to the ranch and away they go without any problems of parking areas he proudly showed where the main lodge which according to plan should be completed by 1971 would be located encircled almost completely by rustic pine greenery right now said frank i am tort of envuioning a large room with a below floor level roman tj pc fireplace which people can ait around and ihe uptliirt level of the building will be ihe dormitory tection for the young western summer campers with outride cabins for the older children with the bertagnolit particular type of enterprising optimism the shilo ranch equipped with councillors sport directors and organizers could become one of ontarios finest western style childrens camps on the tour around the properly i patted two old buildings which at wat pointed out turned out lo be the original slulo village pott office and the century old shilo school house which someday the bertagnolit hope to purchite and restore accordingly at we finally joggled back into the vicinity or the main house we drew up beside the freshly painted brown bam which inside is clean and immaculate with its already stored first crop com in s and goins mr and mre bill ward and family have been spending their two week lummer vacation time at the home of relative in their home town of warkworth ont before leaving rockwood the wardi had made further plant to drop in on mr and mrs grant mcrae and family who are presently camping in the municipal camping park on the outside of ottawa where mr mcrae is taking a six weeks summer education course mr and mrs ray death left sunday for a seven day holiday in ordlia sponsored by the historian automobile society of canada they are expected back next saturday brian death and a toronto friend bill gray recently returned from a five day tour through the province of quebec in a 1 930 plymouth the boys found their reception was one of welcoming interest and educational at well as a great deal of fun a carload of friends from glasgow scotland cookttown and toronto ont spent last wednesday visiting at the home of mr and mrs jim oaket of guelph street mn mary scott was one of the rockwood tourists who took the tyler bus trip lo beamtville recently where they toured the newly built home for retired ministers and their wives mrs a duby had her daughter and soninlaw and family visiting for a few days from peterboro recently don and winnie hilts relumed from their trip to the mamlouhn island where they spent their summer vacation friends of mr and mrs edga barnstable have received postcards from them as they continue on their holiday trip throughout the prince edward island district murray mclaren and family are apending their summer vacation coltaging in south hampton mr and mrs monty root have been dared to insert in this column their recent holiday of two weeks spent at their oxtongue lake cottage this summer they had a wonderful time and met up with some new and interesting people allans excavating trenching box 25 rockwood phone rockwood 856994 after 5 pan 8569962 custom back hoe work complete septic systems of hay neatly sucked in hie big bam which is supposedly the horse sense largett single one in the area frank and tereua followed pad wal now howdy folks and a happy summer wednesday lo yew gueu somebody has lo be friendly around here cause all 1 gel from the boys these days is the old yackily yacluty about thow i ami been runmn as good as they keep cxpectin me to do i only came in third in blmira last friday night yuh know and i keep tryin to tell jim thatcher thai il was bound to happen after all ihey look me out of my old claiming race class and put me in the regular condition races and frankly its gom to take a little practice before i cotten onto ihe expert runmn techneeques of thit new batch of horte athuleels seems is tliow ive been runmn in the chimin race class which means that anybody fall coulda picked me up for as little as a thousand buckt and taken the whole goldemed purse long with me and then ole dick heard about a friend ohis whose horse was taken away from him for almost nawthin al all and ihe pore guy was all shook up about the shock of it cause he and his kids had raised him from a new bom colt guess this got the boyi to thinkin an realizin my troo value to they up and put me in a new class so now im stuck with it on my conshence that i gotta hvcup to what the boyt expect actually though ifn you wuz to ask me wot i really think id say i wuz doin pretty good gawly ive never passed any one on a track before in my whole life i usually either gel to the front and stay there or get passed by the other nagt but dunn fndayt race i was in umh position when i just upped ind pissed three other guys on lhat track and came in a mean third course thai 350 to show didnt do nothin for john salmons empty wallet and jim thatchers wife took it kinda bad cause they was counttn on my few extra bucks lo pay their grocery bill but just ihe same im hopin 111 make il up lo them this friday night when 111 be at 11 again one thing though the boyt it kinda glad about some things heard them tawkin the other night and they was tayin as lo hojv lhat im gettin easier lo handle humant it funny tilings they couldnt come right out and just say im a nice filly they have to have some long complicated explanation as twhy im gettin along to good seems that its because im gettin used to havin more people pettin me and havin the kids around and so on that thats why im not so uppity no more holy heck do they think im some kind of a claud or sompln nacherly if i start kickin my heelt at the very guys whos givin me all my little extriet like my aqua plus and occasional red apples tmunch on and my fancy horse shoe duds theyd jutt like as not turn me in for another high falutin filly to im jutt playin it cool meantime im hopin ihe boyt will remember continued oa pace b4 royal cty ktwahs country and western jamboree sunday august 10 featuring billy martin honey wed j also featurin donna moon brent williams and a host of others whtfts h im harv tuhlna rockwood rotktry main si roakwood crtlmiou btolosmr admkaicm 160 adult by four oilier little feel took me past the whitewashed cattle area which will eventually house beef cstlle snd on lo live rejuvtnsted stalls where the nine available riding horses are housed and with a slurp whistle fr the barn door six threequarter horses and three- lovely ponies cantered from ihe field to munch the oats that teresas held out for them to eal at first ihey were terribly shy of me and frightened said the country born girl bul now ihey are as friendly as kittens teresas had never had any dealingi whatever with horses before she and her husband began their new incorporated endeavour bul now she just loves them and with their great dane tyras and the heinti variety farm dog they meandre amongst them freely without fear of being stomped on under her husbanda teaching she is fast becoming an ardent rider herself with a hope of eventually keeping anywhere from 45 to 60 horses on the premises frank made a trip lo europe last may to look over some special riding horses about which lie had heard they are called hafhngert he taid and they look to gentle that youd think they would not run at all but with a light touch they respond beautifully and can break immediately into a canter with a great deal of speed impressed with their versatility and their possibility as a childs tteed frank hat arranged for ihe importation of 3s of these horses to his ranch which he plant to also sell to local potential buyers it it of historical note that the old stone school house presently being considered as a future rockwood page pam ingle recovering after fall operation pam ingle the nine year old youngest daughter of mr snd mrs george ingle hams street it in the sick childrens hospital toronto recuperating from an operation for a dislocated hip without actual previous warning except thai of a tore leg after a minor fall from one of the rockwood rail parks bleechert a few weeks ago pam was picking raspberries with robin kiagscote al ihe spun valley farm last tuesday afternoon when a slight tumble made it impossible fur her to get off ihe ground after a brief examinttiop al ihe guelph general hospital site was taken by ambulance to lite toronto sick childrens hoipital where an operation was scheduled and performed last thursday morning il is expected that site will be released from toronlo after a weks stay ind then will be purchase uf the berlagnohi wjs built in ih72 as a replacement of ihe original log building with a collage roof which in iv02 was diimanlled and ihe logs used for firewood according lo a fergus news record report as contained in the late frank days book entitled here and conrinufd on pagt hit confined to bed at her rockwood home for at least a nonlli with the possibility of a wheelchair and crutches necessary for a few more months wiim air and net wtur htafino mooiin piumiin3 pumps and walar lyskmi rksn im9s0l rockwood frank carney and suns iy0 jvrrlam master feed dealer j a milne son phone rockwood 8569941 otaco plow sham in stock mettw horn fsads available baler twine in stock call us and place an order root hardware i3 main s rockwood m4ojsi your friendly headquarters for all hardware supplies garden yoots ft supplies fishing ft hunting equipment barbecue ft camping suppues painting ft decorating supplies bicycles a tricycles toys games etc guelphs new fair tours m sat su9l aug 1uhm7 13 noon to 1100 pm khmmft dav thum tttl 600 pm if daily ft nightly entertainment pro wrestling aug 14 945 pm championship 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