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50 mile endurance ride draws Rockwood riders Tho Ffca Pre Glorious weather conditions and beautiful scenic trails trlbuted to the success of last weekends fiftymile Endurance ride held In King City north of Toronto Eleven members of the local Trail Riding Club made a tremendous showing as they started out in a group of riders from the Briar Hills Stables Seven district competitors placed in the event which en compassed riders from Michigan Ohio Windsor and various distant places throughout Central Ontario Took second Morris of received laurels for his steed Tawnya an mare who took a 2nd In the days com petitions heavyweight division Ken Tucks horse from Eden Mills was third and Trooper the gelding KEN TUCKof Eden Milts poses with his wife Lou on his steed Charo who placed In the Fifty Mile Endurance Ride Competltfonsheld In King City over the Thanksgiving weekend Photo by Lorraine Fire hall equipment concern Eramosa council The following motions were passed at the last regular meeting of the Eramosa Township Council held In the Chambers on October The clerk was instructed to recommended by the Fire Hall forward applications and a letter Committee in the amount of to the Fire College are hereby approved by the Township Council THAT this Council instruct the The Clerk was Instructed to THAT the Fire Chief and DeputyFire Chief attend the courses at the Fire College In Gravenhurst as time permits and proximately the Council would be agreeable to ovlde adequate loss of pay Fire Chief to purchase a foam notify the Department of High- applicator for the use of the of the construction of the Fire driveway to the Fire Hall Department at a price of THAT the Clerk be instructed to call tenders for supplying and provide adequate compensation THAT additions to the installation of a furnace and for loss of pay specifications of the Fire Hall as electrical wiring and fixtures for the Fire Hall in Tenders to be In the hands of the Clerk by pm on October The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted THAT accounts totalling general accounts of road accounts for payment by Mrs Gordon of R Mrs Max Milne of Guelph Bazaar planned WMS Gordon Swanson of R Mrs 3 was the hostess for Street the president the October meeting of the recited a poem The Soul like and of the Rock- Nature has seasons too Plans wood Presbyterian Church were then discussed for the A short poem was read by vice November 14th Bazaar which will president Mrs as she be held In the parlour of the chaired the meeting and Miss Presbyterian church between the Nickel and Mrs 0 hours of 2 pm to 4 m took the meditations The First A thank you to the hostess Peter was an interesting paper for the use of her lovely country given by Mrs B Gray home delicious refreshments The meeting was closed by and a social halfhour culminated the meeting Comins and New team names datzle the Bowling Cubs score sheets as the Clippers and Pacers begin stacking up points In the regular Tuesday night competitions Team standings at the present time show Strattons to be the go team with 17 points for first place the Pacers have 15 for second Nortons Bluebirds have sharing the 3rd place ration with Four Corners and ppers who also have 14 points The point Carney team Is in place only 1 point up on the Neighbors with points for 7th place Five for No Names Eighth spot shows the Whitewashers with points is a no name team with points also the Guelphlteshave points for 10th spot and Team No name again have for 11th place with a point lead over the Slow Pokes with 3 for 12th position For the Norton team Fred C totalled a tally of triple Zero The Pacers Doug Cross took a with Brian and Bob Van Wyck a single The op posing lost to the Pacers with a zero to loss despite Bob and May 593 triple Four Corners grabbed points from the Neighbors and Tony Stockmans triple and Nellie Stockmans 241 contributed as Charlie McNobb the spare bowler for the Neighbors ran up a triple Evening star Shirley Salmon was the star of the evening when her bowling triple showed 851 points with a owned by Ray of Rockwood was In the same class Dee an mare owned and ridden by Bob Smith of R R Guelph placed 1st in the Middleweight Division with Kid Golden a quarter horse belonging to Agnes McGlnnis of Rockwood placing 3rd Plaque presentation At the finale of the weekends meet the highlight was the presentation of plaques for the top seasons horses calculated on the greatest number of points In the four endurance rides con ducted In Caledon and Flesherton throughout the year Including Sundays mile ride In KingClty Once again belonging to Mo McGlnnis came out In front and captured the High Point Championship award Second for the years riding achievements was Trooper ridden by Ray Ellis of Jackson Street 258 and 317 for the St rat ton team Dune Kingsbury made a triple and Sam Nyholt a for the same team The Clippers took points off the Slow Pokes and Ted made a clean triple The Ospringe Slow Pokes with only weeks of bawling tucked in their belts made a great showing and Ross Ferguson rallied up 200 points with a triple Not bad for a new bowler Aimer Allan rang up and a triple along with Gloria Altons 215 and 602 triple for the No as they played off end won 7 straight from another No namer team with Winnie Hilts bowling a 165 single John Gooyers a 173 FOREBODINGS of whats to come are indicated by the parka worn by one Rockwood kindergarten school student during recess playtime recently Photo by Lorraine for Health THE ENTIRE FAMILY CAN BOWL TOGETHER CO BOWLING ACTON BOWLING LANES MAIN SI and the meeting adjourn to meet rang up a triple on Monday November 2 at 730 and Ivy Ritchie a sulfite pm or at the call of the Reeve Don Archibalds for the Authority reports Rockwood among crowded parks Boys basketball scores to date Team B has won 2 games team C has won 1 game team A has won games team has won 1 game An open house will be held in the Town Hall on Thursday October between the hours of pm to 1000 and all residents are Invited to meet and welcome Dr Jane Hosdel to our village A short program with light refreshments Is being planned by a committee Friends of Mrs Fisher formerly of will be sorry to know that she Is presently confined in the Guelph General Hospital Miss Florence Till spent Thanksgiving weekend on a ranting bus trip to Nashville lessee where she viewed first hand the cast of Grand Oprey Mrs Alice Duby spent the holiday wekend at a cottage near Huntsville Ontario with mem bers of her family Mr and Mrs Max Milne of Guelph Street attended the funeral of Mrs Milnes uncle diaries Roberts of Moffat On tario last Monday afternoon as he was taken taken from the Wall Funeral Home in Guelph to his final resting place at the Eden Mills cemetery Included as weekend motel guests at King City while par ticipating in the Fifty mile En durance Ride were Babs and Ray Ellis of Jackson Street Vests and Jests will be up for grabs on Saturday October 24 when quenched by hot coffee baked goods sold by proficient cooks skates ex changed by winter athletes and more activities will be on hand for the October Blast of the St Johns Church The speciality of the day will be vests purchased or ordered In burlaps suedes and winter wools as fashioned by the Rockwood couturiers a la St Johns Everyone welcome Villagers will be pleased to know that Irene has been discharged from the hospital and is presently recuperating at her parents home Mr and Mrs Charles OBrien of Street Nice going Irene and we hope to see you in the Bank again Attendance records are being broken for the third year In a row in parks operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority Nearly people visited the parks between May 1 and Aug 67315 more than in the same fourmonth period of the recordbreaking 1969 season By Oct 15 the official closing date for the parks attendance may well surpass last years 491360 The figure represented a 25 per cent in crease over the record at tendance of Saturation point The popularity of the con servation areas for swimming camping hiking and picnicking meant some parks reached saturation points this summer The two oldest parks Elora Gorge near Fergus and between Gait and Paris continued to draw the greatest numbers of visitors and were the most crowded Elora had visitors this summer compared to 115710 in attendance Jumped from 96990 in 1969 to 109351 this summer park was also crowded The park had 57733 visitors this year compared to 46120 In the same period of 1969 Byng Island near proved popular again this year Attendance climbed to from the 1969 figure of Lake near Fergus had 23368 visitors this summer compared to 17488 last year and Lake near Drayton drew 11361 up from in Seven colleges for U of G Seven colleges will make up the University of Guelph beginning Traffic warrants flasher The recent two week traffic count conducted by the Council recently revealed that an average of cars per day were utilizing the line of Rockwood John Root has been advised that such heavy usage warrants a flashing light at the comer No 24 and the Line with further consideration of same road as a development one Girls volleyball Team A has won games team C has won game Also this week we had student teachers in the school Elections are being held this week Nominations are open for president vice president secretary and treasurer Fungi hunt Several classes have been taking advantage of the fine weather to go outside and look for various types of fungi examine the changing vegetation and to discover ways In which seeds go travelling Next week the boya basketball team will start their workouts and that volleyball game against last years team Is coming up headquartersI am MIL PUNTING SEE OUR LARGE SELECTION OF Evergreens Potted Roses Shrubs Fertilizers Tree WE HAVE A GOOD SELECTION OF CUT FLOWERS SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANY OCCASION JUST ARRIVED LAROE SELECTION OF FALL PLANTING BULBS TULIPS DAFFODILS HYACINTH Open Days a WeekrS am Til DarkPhone WE WIRE FLOWERS ANYWHERE 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