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Rockwood nips Binbrook advance against Merlin The Acton Free Press Wednesday August A double by Syd Durose and a single by Chick Milne produced the winning run in the eighth inning and gave Seniors a thrilling win over last night The win gave Rockwood the series two games to one and advanced them into the next round of the Intermediate playoffs against Merlin First game of the scries will be in Merlin this weekend with the return game slated for Saturday September at Slam homer i Jim Thatcher hit a first inning home run for and Mike Kelly belted a roundtripper in the eighth to tie the score 33 Chick Milne had two hits for and John Salmon Mike Kelly Jim Thatcher Ted Buciek Syd Durose and Bill Ward each collected one Salmon fans II Salmon scattered eight hits and struck out 14 batters The game was a secsaw affair all the way and coach Dick described it as the toughest game weve ever played shortstop Smith drove In all three of his teams runs to give him a total of eight runs batted In for the series Fans cheer About 100 fans travelled to Binbrook to cheer the team to the big win host tomorrow Thursday night in second game of their league finals won the opener Friday night ousted Acton and Abcrfoyle to win the Eden Mills tournament Satur day John Salmon threw a no hitter and struck out a total of bailers In Ihe three games Rockwood Health Unit in new centre Binbrook squares series defeat Rockwood 5- The Wellington Health Unit is now operating out of new quart era the Community Health and Medlcul Centre on Delhi St The health unit will make use of three of the five floors In the building The top two floors administered by the General Hospital Board will be leased to doctors as offices The unit has 12000 square feet of the medical centre to the feet of space in the former quarters on Edinburgh lid An Impressive black sculp tured figure Hope ap proximately eight feet high greets visitors wafting in the bright reception area The cost of the building was shared by the province and the city of iuelph The province paid per cent of Hie cost and the city per cent Ontarios minister of health Thomas Wells will officially open the new building Nov IB MURRAY BLACKMAN Is holding Rockwoods Michael Strong In a pretend swimming pose as Autumn Watson and Joey Demperthey of Campbellville look on Michael actually is a great little swimmer and already knows how to handle himself In the water like an expert Rockwood friends gave Chris Schouten start The career of 30 year old auctioneer Chris Schouten began In a when he was farm manager for Bay Connoll MPP for North Schouten performed the daily chore of washing the milkers farmer wins crop contest it M Martin of R has been chosen winner of the annual Fergus Agricultural Society barley field crop com petition The results of the annual competition which was judged recently by Peter of R were announced today Mr Martin achieved a mark of in the competition Second place G B Dry den of R 3 took points Entries in the competition were said by a spokesman for the society to have decreased this year The decrease was at tributed to decreased interest in barley as a field crop Other contestants and their marks are as follows Harold Green Elora Murray Smellier R R Franklin Arm strong R Fergus 70 Murray 78 J McHardy R 3 Fergus James Sparry Elora Robert Hill R and Ross Harrison Fergus While he washed he chanted the familiar patter that has set auctioneers apart in this section of the province It was a private exercise of vocal chords until a friend caught him rehearsing one day and from that point the cat was out of the bag He nursed the desire to become an auctioneer from the time he lived with his wife on a farm at Rockwood Schouten im migrated to Hamilton with his parents and nine other children from Holland years ago He looks back at his sessions in the mllkhouse with the amused comment that didnt tell anyone but I sold Mr cows and other animals over and over again Auctioneering isnt Just a matter of developing a chant however Chris took a home study course from the Missouri auction school in 1063 and listened to a record they sent until the disc was worn out Two years later he attended the school for three weeks and received a diploma meanwhile practicing on the chant which he says is strictly up to the budding auctioneer to learn an his own His first big break in the auctioneering business came in 1965 when a friend Art Nightingale of Rockwood asked him to look after auctioning off his parents estate It was a year before he got his second sale the farm of John Anscomb a man he met working a feed mill The sale grossed and he was on his way to becoming well known iMst year Chris of ficiated at sales the longest of which took seven and a half hours He gives credit to Frank Fetch who taught him English and Jack Elliott a retired auc tioneer for helping along the road to auctioneering success There is much more work In volved In an auction than most people realize says All the items listed must be sold advertised in an attractive manner and look good to buyers on sole day It is not just a matter of stepping up and hollering your head off Besides auctioneering Chris Schouten now teams up with his brother Joe on a farm near Milton Gift shop to open Council have granted Mr and Mrs Bcssem permission to build an addition on their home to be used as a small gift shop on the condition that they produce a letter of per mission from the Department of Highways allowing them to erect a sign The Bcssem property is located on Highway across from the Cedar Springs Motel between Acton and Georgetown Mrs Bcssem told council she is president of Georgetown Arts Crafts and has already sold a few articles from her home defeated Seniors 51 before a crowd of over fans in last Wednesday night to even up their best of three OASA playoff scries at one game apiece Binbrook pitcher Kramp struck out only three Rockwood batters but received excellent fielding support from his mates who turned several hard hit balls into touts ShawykldslO The visitors touched Rockwood Bob Shaw for hits although the big righthander fanned nine batters Binbrook took a 30 lead In the fifth on a three run homer by shortstop Smith and increased their lead to with two runs in the sixth Two hits for Thatcher scored their lone run In the seventh Jim Thatcher picked up one of the two singles he banged out in the game in the seventh The hits were the only safeties of the night had the bases loaded with only one out but could muster just one run Smith also bounced a drive over the fence for a ground rule double for the winners COMINS AND GOINS Mr Mrs staple have returned from Charles Anderson SJl ln nursery school will operate this year Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays star ting September 14 in hall Children from three years of age and up are welcome to attend the 30 1145 sessions under a fully qualified and licensed teacher Charles D Anderson of Acton formerly of township died in Milton District Hospital Friday August Mr Anderson leaves his wife Elizabeth and two children Barbara Mrs Berry Toronto and Irene Mrs Terry Cole Guclph A brother Fred W of Acton and a sister Jessie Mrs D Robertson Toronto also survive The funeral took place Monday August from the funeral home Acton Pallbearers were David Robertson Doug Robertson John Krapek David Williamson George Young and Earl Lam bert Interment was in Cemetery FREE PRESS SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST FOR DISPLAY AT ACTON FALL FAIR lies black and while for publication with credit on tile edituriil jugc of In- I Press Subject i scene child mi immils flowers etc of interest within ton miles of Acton Idcnlif ic Hid ivJiiiiuilifiliiiiiMtitmltvpiol film tiul prims in bo submitted to I tee I less tor Ilii Kill I I irst prize three honorable mentions it SO up to each MAXWELL HOUSE 129 CHEESE WHIZ- 77 Raspberry or JAM 59 LUNCHEON MEAT 37 SOLE PORTIONS 79 CREAM PIES RICHS WHIP PLUS IKSTORE FUTURES FRESH FRUIT A VEGETABLES NO Lb POTATOES 39 No 3 Lb CARROTS 25 CUCUMBERS Ont No PEACHES CHECIPD MEATS BEBCTT Off COLGATE DENTAL CREAM Wei Sin HALO SHAMPOO mini OLD TYME TABLE SYRUP 55 CHtcro tHOtTCUTCWtmi PRIME RIB ROASTS 89 CHUCK STEAKS6 SPARERIBS 7 BACON PORK CHOPS 59 59 BOLOGNA 39 NOTICE Eramosa Residents There will be a founding of the Rockwood and area residents Ratepayers Association on August 1970 at the TOWN HALL at 730 pm It is proposed to pass and adopt a constitution elect directors of ficers and to discuss the proposed Installation of the water and sewage works in the village of Rockwood and to take action as necessary arising out of the will of the meeting