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The Acton Press Wednesday February 1971 and Goins Committee selected study Christmas lights A special welcome extended to Mr and Mrs Ormond and their children who recently moved into Mr Is a history teacher at the John Ross Collegiate and Is presently living In the Burton house on Jackson Street Welcome folks and we hope you decide to stay with us in your new community Guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Thomson Is Yvonne Noble who Is staying with the Thomsons during her parents visit to Florida ft 11 be sunshine and beaches for Bob and and frolicsome snow for Yvonne Hey first of the month move for Allan and Donna who will be leaving their apartment home for one in the country when the young couple will be taking up residence In the house of Mrs Cyrh Titt who has left the Rock wood vicinity and Is presently living with Mr and Mrs Grant Rusk In It interesting what students are taking up at universities these days Reportedly ten of the automatic dryers at one of the Guelph laundromats mysteriously had to have old bearings replaced and when the mechanic went into tht laundromat to repair the machines a number of students were already inside the working dryers contesting who could stay in for the longest period of time rattling in Intense drying heat Is no way to let off steam but a great way to break down someone else expensive equipment Today I am a man and Paul Bolton grinned at his early morning reflection whilst shaving off his childhood beard Last Tuesday morning Paul had Just reached the ripe old age of twentyone years Happy birth day sir and your friends wish you many more The parental war waged against flu germs has proven successful and the majority of small fry are reportedly back Into harness with the grade to students preparing for examinations Please encourage your youngsters to prepare for these exams said the leaflet home from the Rock wood Centennial School and parents will hopefully make mental note to pull the plug on the mad box for the next few days The Tuesday minute power cutoff at a m deterred early morning household activities for frustrated housewives anxious to complete their morning chores Heavily Iced branches falling on hydro linei wen considered the blame for the faulty wire breaks and although It was only minutes in one area of the the north end of suffered hour shut off at an earlier period of the morning Much as we desire to denounce Mother Nature for inflicting her cold and traumatic snow blasts on us it must be admitted with respectful applause that she is still proving that she can outwit and supersede man in his endeavours It takes man millions of dollars and time hours to perfect devastation which Nature can provide overnight cost free She can also rectify her errors more quickly An amazed driver slowed down this week when he saw a figure standing on top of a very high snow drift in frantically flailing his arms up and down like some giant bird Drawing near the snow bank the driver discovered that a district farmer coming out of his loneway onto a small slderoad had no other way of determining traffic conditions and In order to take his tractor on to the road in safety it was necessary to post a lookout man on the aide of the road to wave to him signifying traffic in sight It was school time birthday cake for little Heather Green who had reached the delightful age of six years Heather mother provided a tremendous chocolate cake last Friday morning so that all her school mates could shore celebrations Happy birth day Heather and thanks to a thoughtful and generous mother Milne will report back to the hospital In London next Friday February and his friends mentally join him with the hope that his second trip won t be the horrendous experience of his first Good luck JLmmie Mention of outstanding hockey ability In the Review introduces two young potential stars Into the Community Edgar Williams the son of Mr and Mrs Grant Williams of 1 was top scorer recently when the Streetsville All Stars ousted the Canadian Legion Midget team Playing Novice in the 0 A Thunderbirds is the William younger son Only eight years old Leslie plays with much older youngsters and In tht news he was given special acclaim for playing outstanding hockey in the opening t time of the series between Streetsville and Milton Both boys attend the Robert Little Public School Acton Having moved into the area last November from Hornby Ontario the Williams family sport a Campbellville ess but are actually situated on the Eden Mills road In the dairy farm homestead A family who Is definitely on the move the present an ambition- and industrious picture as well as one of casual and warm hospitality Their spacious hen on weekends is children and friends visiting for a day of sledding snowmoblling and There are eight members of the household Mary who will soon be married Brian 10 a Sheridan College student Larry 17 of General Brock School in Burlington Edgar and plus parents Grant Williams and Jean his wife who is a specialized pottery glaze r at the Meadow Pottery Company In One other membci of the family is Janice Mulse who presently attends the High School A special welcome to these folks both and Eden Mills citizens t Remember Thursday nights Home and School meeting when at the Centennial School Library a symposium program entitled Whnts GoInK on In Public Health will Include as panelists Mrs Hancock and Mr J Everyone is welcomed to the meeting so if you can Hudson of the Rock woodH Association requests everyone to remember the spring show which will be ad soon No dates no ab solute preparations have been set as yet but It is bound to be an exciting and worthwhile whisper of spring so bt ready It was a up family party at Frank Kelso home Last Saturday night when 30 people gathered together to say goodbye to sister and her husband Arnold Maw who have been visiting from Hubbards N for the pnst week with the and also friends about the village including Mr and Mrs Art Finder of It was a wonderful visit the Maws relatives look forward to another one soon Enthusiasm and community spirit was the stipulated require ment for a committee which was chosen last night at a special meeting called by the village trustees and held at the Rock wood Town hall Criticism over the last two years had sparked the necessity for planning on the part of the trustees and postcards were sent out to various organizations and business men with posters placed as a media of advertising the meeting that was to discuss and plan ways of procuring Christmas lighting and decorations as a community project No more business Few business men showed interest and some expressed the attitude that the merchants are always contacted for donations where in actuality Christmas lights in December do not create more business anyway Considerable controversy prevailed and it was generally agreed that festive lighting was not a promotional gimmick for more business In the village but rather one of community good the warmth of Christmas and holiday spirit Cant afford It A general discussion as to what extent the trustee board was to cooperate toward obtaining the facts from Don Hilts the present iholrman of the trustees that the unmet afford to budget for extra frills such holiday ligl ting but that once a committee had been formed and th ir findings brought back to trustee meeting they could then discuss the possibilities One thing I can say said Chairman Hiltb if plans are made which include the useage of the town hall we certainly will make it free of charge Set precedent One of the villagers present suggested that if the trustees allowed any group to get the hall free for money raising schemes other organizations would also feel they should have the same rights However it was generally agreed that the Christmas tree decorating committee to be appointed would be raising the money which would benefit the village directly and not their own group in which event It would be ridiculous to charge for the facilities Various questions were raised as to whether township residents should be considered in the event of a Christmas home display contest but it was decided that the whole scheme should be a project and a campaign for Interesting various village organizations to get behind it would be up to the committee formed On committee Appointed as head man to get things roll was David Rowc with other members Bert Smith as trustee representative Clayton McLaren Betty Lou Clark Louis Hilts and Lorraine Root The committee chosen will act as an investigating group responsible for checking costs considering amount of lighting and what type of decoration would best suit the village of Rockwood After completing its findings the investigating committee would then report same to the trustees at their first meeting In March Young people too The suggestion that teenagers from the public and high school levels be included In the organizational aspect of the Millionairess makes rounds in village Trustees nix raise The Rockwood Village Trustees decided at their Last meeting held In the town tun not to vote a raise In a hope to keen village costs at a A motion passed at the same Friday February 19 meeting to request the Eranosa Township Council to pass the necessary bylaw to get the water and sewer proposals on the road again A special meeting of the board has been arranged for date of March at which time the village budget be set for the coming year citizens in the districts of Acton and including rural areas thereabouts stand to moke an extra to add to their budget during the period of February until March 13 Already residents of Acton and have gleaned interest on their purchases as both Guelph and stores Identified the fluorescent red Millionaire money cheques have given out several blank cheques which if in one possession when the Millionairess calls at their door will sign up to five of these entitling the owner to for each Two stores The two stores in Rockwood with the lucky blanks are the Mill End and Root s Hardware Stores They be issued for each purchase over and the quiet philanthropist who nobody knows will make her rounds choosing a new district every day willing to sign up to worth of hard cash Lost week three citizens in were fortunate in being visited by the Millionairess and with the blank cheques In their possession Mrs Carol Petty Mrs Grant and Mrs S Hams received the free money Irate customers There has been controversy in the Guelph area as to when the blanket forms should be handed out to customers and recent phone calls to the CJOY station were from disturbed citizens who felt that the blank cheques were not being given out consistently as some stores required purchases less or more than others with the result that customers were becoming irate and suggesting discrimination A sales Sound feasible but according to Bob Leslie of the Root Hardware Store every purchase of will be honored and once the Millionairess has called at on home and signed the special cheques they are automatically negotiable for the specified amount of Ten Dollars POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL Manufacturer Gait North protect was met wilh genuine enthusiasm at which time commendations were mode as to the way the young people in the village had erected the one large tree In the bowling alley during the last Christmas season It was also recommended that after determining the details of the investigation the committee could then be expended to include representatives from various village organizations and other enthusiastic villagers showing interest in working towards the Many groups would be Whats in a name half hour debate It took almost minutes of motions and amendments for the Wellington County School Board to establish that in Arthur and Mount Forest will retain their present titles as District High Schools Senior will be officially known as Elora Senior Public School and Fergus High will be officially known as Centre Wellington District High School Not exactly right At the same meeting it was also noted that of the Fergus High School Centre Wellington District High School was grammatically incorrect should be more properly Central Wellington It was further discussed that the word District was also superfluous since the creation of the County Boards The trustees considered however that the schools will serve the districts that built them and a name change would mean extra expenditures for such items as signs stationery and awards happy to have a goal set for them such as a contribution to the village said one resident and already some citizens present at the meeting are speculating as to how best the organization to which they belong can make its contribution Community spirit This could create tremendous community spirit with everyone working toward a common cause said one business man It will be the responsibility of the chosen committee to did up the general enthusiasm of everyone in the vicinity and get the various bodies mustering their own members into action has been depleted of festive decorations for two years since the strings across the main highway which were erected ten years ago became weathered and dilapidated and had to be removed Mr Rowe called a meeting of the investigating committee to meet on Wednesday February to determine the findings and make plans for raising money before reporting to the Trustee Joe Petric at festival In open accordion class at the music festival in Toronto Inst Wednesday Joe of placed fourth His mark was and those ahead of him went one mark at a time up to 87 for first place There were six In the class which included adults ROBERT R HAMILTON OPTOMETRIST Mounts Rood Georgetown Choose ft f am Canada la and trucks TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS Mounts Road N GEORGETOWN PEARLS VARIETY STORE Beside the Post Office PHONE 8569556 NO PARKING PROBLEM DOUBLE DECK PLAYING CARDS In attractive STRETCH TOP NYLONS STUBBY BRUSH HAIR ROLLERS NOTE REGULAR SIZE WRITING PADS SAVE toe 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