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fa 1934 uuok 92 thar acton freer pross wednesday august 13 9ov antique auto tour delights deaths with i three hour prestart shine by its proud owner the ultra shiny maroon 1934 lincoln v 12 originally owned by lite movie star ned sparks spanned the open highway between rockwood and orillia with an engine that averages 10 miles to the gallon and a capable maximum speed of so miles per hour the date of sunday august 6 was jutt another to many local citizens but to the raj deaths and five of their teven children it marked tlie seventh of anoihcf evfntfu car tour of fun adventure reacqualntancethipsi and family enjoyment the normoiki hub tour organized by the national hwortettf automobile society of canada was being held in orilha with the majority of the vintage car enthusiasts hailing from all parts of ontario and a fewfrom various other places we finally left the house at 1 1 30 in tlie morning said ray and arrived in orillia two hours later without a hitch except to stop and encourage a poor guy from london driving his 1928 ford coach who had to stop to repair two flat tires on the way up it teems that this same unnamed car operator won the week most flats on the road trophy as he totalled nine flat tires in all fortunately for the deaths the n jl as it a teal family club and all outings are geared to this end at one time said betty we used to win the largest family trophy but now with to many family types investing and restoring old cart we an not unusual anymore many of the tourers have number of children sixtyfive dedicated car owners and families set up tents and camped at tudhope park or stayed al various local motels the death family borrowed a two wheel trailer for the occasion which was constantly referred lo by the jocular club members as the deadly circus tent it was used as the sleeping jiuarters on an exchange basis or this versatile family with tlie boys using it for two njglits and the girls taking over the ray death hit family and hit 1034 lincoln participated in their tevenlh car tour car enthusiast gathered at orillia stat photo jamboree delights music fans jamboree nights al the rockwood rockery arc fast becoming a sunday evening highlight for many country and folk music fans in this aicj approximately 100 cars filled with occupants filed into parking space last sunday night lo watch the kiwanis show featuring top notch talent performing on the temporary stage loudly honking horns honked the approving audlencev enjoyment and wli catla coming in fait aslungtbr more shows like it harvey tuffin proprietor of the rockery feels compelled to promise that these shows will become a regular bimonthly event possibly running through the entire summer its great to have these shows right here in the vduge said a number of the customers and others were surprised al the attraction to ouioftowners who congregated in their can coming in from orangeville cuelph acton and even from the competitive district of rocklea rockwood news oeorge thomas recovers after fall from free a fall from a dying elm tree has been responsible for the hospitalization of the ciuelph mercurys rockwood reporter cutting down trees for the village on fall street last week george thomas of old quarric lane was forced by branch falling directly above him to jump clear 10 feci from the top honor ida mae pierce on her 83rd birthday birthday celebrations for mrs ida mae pierce 150 station street rockwood took place in rockwood conservation park on sunday august 3 when 22 sons daughtersinlaw grandchildren jnd inlaws and great grandjuldicn gathered fiom the viamtv ul i inura and guclph boni in vvclicslcy tounship between linwood and llawkcsvillc hi years ago the energetic mi 1icuc plants weeds and gums her own flowers and vegetables her sons vivian pierce from fclmira and terry from guelph brought their own canoes tor the family gettogether while i red pierce also liom cuelph supplied a covered truck tor a birthday feast of hjmbuigets hot dogs salads cold drink and to top off the occasion two homemade birthday cakes served with ice cream the guesl of honor was then presented with many gitts cards and a beautiful bouquet of flowers bui i did nol win the prize for being the eldest person there said the smiling octogenarian as she grinned in the direction of amlcy croft also of station street who was a guest al the affair with his swu year birthday lo be celebrated in november of a ladder on which he was working with the ladder going in one direction and mr thomas in the other he narrowly escaped even greater injuries than those incurred he fell to the ground and it was some minutes before his calls for help attracted other workers employed nearby who immediately called for an ambulance he was taken lo guelph general hospital where he was in a stale of shock for some hours dr maharaj the physician in charge reports mr thomas lo be recuperating nicely with a fractured heel cracked pelvis and numerous bruises it is expected thai his hospitalization will be short hes feeling so well now said the chagnned mrs thomas thai all he wants to do is get right back and finish up those trees remainder of the vacation an ordinary lent was used as substitute sleeping quartern the town of orillia hosted the car club who were on hand for the civic holiday sports panamora of parades open air shows baseball games water and air shows sponsored by the local kotarians the entire weeks activities was a series of lours contests trips picnics and chicken fries and more tours processions of vintage care weie the delight of pedestrians and modem vehicle drivers alike people would mill around tlie i9j5 c2s mcuugliljn touring car a 1929 model a ford roadster caused a tlir and the model a ford tudor created trenkndoos interest oldsters and youngsters all became involved in this centralratlon of old but roadworthy vehicles which prqduced nostalgic memories for tome and delight to others bantering and good fellowship reigned at high level as tlie enterage of cars dating from the early i900s to the 1939 packard 5 1 7 owned by residents of owen sound ontario filed into barrle and making a lelevision drivepast program proceeded on to the springwater provincial park where participants saw dozens of animals with cookouts and nightly sing tongs recessing the driving expeditions hie enterprising motor car driven bedecked in gay red-and-wlute- checked dog food 75th anniversary peaked caps loured to midland lo visit lie shrine and lo reacqualnt themselves menially with some canadian history at the jesuit mission centre satnle mane built some 399 yean ago the saturdays morrison township village route to the severn bridge was also enhanced by the ancient vehicles which were manned and occupied by the men in the families and the children while the ladies stayed at camp lo revamp lliemselves you have no idea how those old cars played havoc with the hair doos in those days said belly death and they certainly havent improved over the years thus it was that a guuiedup group of wives were escorted by their husbands lo last saturday evenings windup banquet and dance held in the orillia southward hall at which ray and betty won a coveted spot dance award of four antique car glasses and plate sundays slowlane highway traffic was spotted here and there by the ancient vehicles as they dowly wended their way homeward the 1969 orillia occurrence is now part of ihe past but for the proud owners of the archaic automobiles there is nothing but go go go into the future wal if it aint lime lo say howdy again so there it it folks howdy things is kltin rough around here and i in findin h just a little turd to lake wat irollin quietly through the conservation park the other night and heard a couple of real nasties complainui out loud about jhat mouthy horse called pretty fair lalkin to much and msn such poor grammer nail wal f aint goin lo gel upul about ii but yew can take it from me if i hears too much of that son of tiling i jusl ami gonna write up no more columns and tltata fer shure gawl y im ihe only edacated horse im knowfn about and i shore aint gorma sit back and worry none about such gawslps that durn stallion of di duncans is goin to vermont accordin lo ihe hortevme and its jusl another hung lo bum me up tliat horse gets to go lo all live good places an if i go anywheres i gotta make plumb sure that i earn my keep bv till wav jim thatcher was tayin tlie other night hut he was down guclph slieel and happened to notice ihe new lawn at kelsos house cosh i didnt say nawunn lo jim but yew11 luvta show uie ijiii tune i saw that house was in tlie spring and it was all dug up with tractors and trucks all over the place and with the hydro lines fungn lookin real danivriius to me plumb decided never in go near that place again and now i hear its imr of the best lixikin spots to kockwimid juvt goes in uiow ya what ciilerpric will do hiv linked in with dukic i his last week and he tole me as ihow dabs i his took her laundery into that laundromat pice in ciuelph and heard tell as chow the coke machine iud been robbed tlie theivin mavericks didnt get much accordin to dukic though just nude a nawful mess of that machine and got about three bucks id shore like to give such connivers a good buck myself with one of dicks whips cause people what steal ami no good com ills and goins for anytliiri ipccully when ti4t rune lajumjeoifut fcuy it laihy luvin terrible lime mai nd tneel me hope iwvl frjt up tlte price of wjuiiv fendmrym court doni eefcl ntt hour a i dont gjf lo tyi my lay uduicd or iiotlnn 1 am monimv t wa iruilin down no 7 highway and i uw a rrjl ufjllirrcd 7 in oh to mar lyin and jltowln in hie middle of t line rud it wjt opened right wide 31 the tportt oi and when f ifnpped and looked h over i horc wjt mjrpnicd lo find tlut iportt column dont jutt uke m luvebjll after all mere ive been luwwjihed all llu tune will john and dick tjwkin nolhin hut ball around here i ihnuyht lluli what iportt 11 seeim heret all kind of llung like lennit roller ikjim volleyball and all tori of itimgv that young people can be doin tide bjll cue il juit goet lo uiow ya a pit gotta get around a little lo find out about iheie thing wai i olks gotta run now or dick not gonna allow me to have no more aqaplui for good real uy now iveity fair douse fire in park what could easily haw developed into a serious bush fire in hi conservation parle liere on thursday afternoon wa averted by tlie quick thinking of ihe grand river staff officials a group of teachers from st catharines on an educational hike walked approximately iso yards past the famous devils well when they noticed heavy smoke in the rock crevices they promptly phoned hie rockwood jre depattinenl arriving m fast time ihe brigade truck did not hayfl proper access to hie aclual location nf the blare which by that lime was well under the control ol ihe park staff using their own pump equipment the iihk in which hie fire had been burning for approximately rluee or four days was so inn said jim muir pjik superintendent that even after 45 minutes of heavy dousing they were still too hot to touch and if it had nol been discovered any slight fanning fould have iud serious results although fires in this particular area of the park are not allowed because of lack of supervision there are several signs indicating thai inkers are nuking camplues in the hoi summer hus is of serious ioiilciii to hie supervisor a slight rain immediately following the discovery aided in squelching any chance of restarting mrs di duncan and five other nders from southern ontano will be leaving rockwood shortly on a trip to vermont where they will participate in a 100 mile competitive trail ride a special van will be sent up lo transport mrs duncans own hone maverick and the other horses di and her daughter lynne will then be staying on for two weeks as guests of mr and mrs lloyd reeves and their daughter of south woodstock vermont mr and mrs harvey of evcrton returned home recently after a delightful iwo week vacation at tassa lake lluntsvillc congratulations lo miss sandra root guelph slreel as she recently passed her qualifying swimming test making her eligible to lake a further course for her senior examinations v mr and mrs albert crabtree recently returned home from their trip to england and wales mr and mrs family spent ray pari hlis and of their summer vacation visiting babs sister and her husband mr and mrs bruce henderson at midland point ontano and then left for oshawa where they enjoyed a days visit with mr and mrs cyral i rench rays sister and licr husband ray and belly death while on their recent n ii a s lour in orillia recently dropped in and visited the dave armstrong family he was very pleased to have rockwood vuilora and wanted to let his mends know that he and his family were faring well one arm makes for dangerous driving not lo mention poor hugging root hardware 134 main j rockwood u4s9i your friendly 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