Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 4, 1975, p. 19

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B6 The Free Press Wed June Eramosa athlete receives award An Eramosa boy won special acclaim and through a motion made at a meeting of township council he has received a cheque for Doug Cox BR Rock wood recently won national and interna I ion honors in Ihc field of wrest ling In a letter requesting thai council back the boy dally his coach of the Fergus Wrestling Club and president of the Amateur Wrestling Federation Frank Coming said Doug Cox is a member of the national team which loured the S A He was re cently invited by national coaches to train lo compete as part of the group which will try for a place on the Olympic team He described the boy as an outstanding lete It In an honor Coach Corning wrole lhat Doug will tour Europe this summer and is also eligible to cam a spot on another team touring tno I A In order to attend a training camp he must travel to Thunder Bay and Winnipeg The coach said that because the athlete must train ham he can only lake a pari time job which can supply required funds for the training program Afler discussion council de cided to back the request Motion was passed the clerk treasurer to send a cheque for lo Doug Cox lo enable him to further his career in amateur wrestling Members felt it an honor la have such on lete in township and that he was well worthy of sup port It is expected the money will assist in air fare Rockalong hold special meeting members attend the May meeting of Rock along Women Institute when Mrs Ken Spcnce near Milton was hostess Mm George Mitchell presided for business Members learned the club fashion show Cotton Ret lew is planned for May 24 for achievement day in the Memorial Hall Delegates were named for district annual on May 15 They arc Mrs Will Black Mrs George Mitchell ana Miss Helen Ilaync The annual bus trip was planned for early October Mrs John Mrs Harvey and Mrs Ken will be the committee the event Roll call response was Name a Local Industry Mrs Ken ami Mrs Alex Mclhcdrnn convened the agriculture and Canadian industries program The motto Is time voice of Women Institute Ix be heard on the of saving the family farm was presented by Mrs vcy Current events 1 Dyer Members learned where to place the code when addressing an envelope to aid swifter sorting Sauerkraut topic Mrs introduced the special speaker Mrs from the staff of Kings Pesticide and Silver Thread Sauerkraut Much lion was presented seems history reveals sauerkraut by the of the Great Wall of China Captain Cook used sauerkraut with the food stuffs on many of his The manufacturing firm prepares and packages sauerkraut for Sen Co Kitchener I member ptxscnt was given a package by the speaker lunch was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs Armstrong More vandalism at post office SIDEWALK SALES in rural towns are fun events and sale held at Shamrock Motors on Alma St in the village was no It ran from a m to and goodies and bargains were sold in an effort to raise Rockwood park Vandalism at the Rock wood post office last week once again takes its loll on the privileges allowed innocent A newly placed sign at the local office says the office lobby will now be closed every at p m and not opened again until the following morning People using the facilities will no longer be able to check their boxes and collect mail their leisure Reason for the restriction Is a repeat performance of a few weeks ago when vandals broke several glass fronts of Ihe boxes The lobby Ihen for investigation week s damage included broken boxes and mud deposits left in the lobby on several glass fronts Postmaster Marg Cox says she has no wny of telling if mail was taken from Ihe boxes She does not know if or when restrictions wilt be lifted this lime Numbers tin Hoik wood irk days than at daks in Joe Randall sup r feels tin is due warm tin past few IJsu illy it time of ir our stiff is only preparing for summer months In said We hid to up our to act id il crowds coming in Mr Randall Hi it park had i high it crowd over both the weekend the one foil ing Iast rot on Is slight imp in It ml inn with visitors llnlh mil family imp inn ilk ruin I ins ilmmllon sis the y Hut in lake his now mil If ilher stays for dimming slit tin i mid in life j mini this wt money for the newlyestablished Plainsmen Club Seen behind the pastry counter is Mrs Sheeny with customer helpers John Sheeny Lisa Drexler Danny Susie and Appointment v is given for r commendation W of a Ik mndt I llinglon I lor Senior public School Monday St pi lUTi Mr Is a by supt riiiltndcrit of program Doug Hogarth made the with Teachers turn pupils to learn techniques EVERGREENS TREES SHRUBS ROSES ETC BIRCHWAY FARM NURSERY AND GARDEN CCNTRE Your Horn PANELAND HOME DECORATING CENTRE StMtat Avt MiHon 8785400 8783263 ESTIMATES Open a m to pm ft till pm The Canadian side of Niagara Falls is feet high Scientists estimate the river hos Its way upstream seven miles in years WEARING HIS silver and bronze medals won at the Canadian wrestling championships in Vancouver recently year old athlete Doug Cox of 5 is seen with some of his trophy collections He is an alt round high school athlete Mills Guide Captain Ann or In had a delight ful weekend at a leaders training camp this week Her children also a special treat The were weekend guests at home of Sandy and Audrey Hudson and their family in Rock wood intakes arc ginning to show and members of St John church have been hard in their en to raise their talent money Some reached the mark which will go towards painting the church as part of the Niagara Dio cese Centennial celebration This week a busload of con members will trip lo Niagara Fulls where visit churches and enjoying picnic lunches will be tics of the day A new group has up in the district Law of Guelph is the president of the newly formed Service Club called Plainsmen Already they re promoting and on Saturday a sale was held to raise mnnev Once the Ruth Bayne host of UCW meeting Unit two of United church mel at the home of on May Leader Langeille presided Mrs I Hill read a Let Me Go Gently Pearl Hamilton and Jessie Geilally read a meditation from the Psalm showing Gods many promises Is danger of idolatry in Canada That was the topic of reading given by Pearl Hamilton Appropriate scriptures were read by Helen Black lnngcille and Audrey notes Using different Bible versions members compared notes It was pointed out that appetite and pleasure wrc the three usual idols Helen showed a film on Brazil and ladies learned it is the largest Latin America School staffs Principal John Hake of public school his staff and Jack Ward of Arthur public and staff were guests attending the Monday May meeting of the Wellington County Board of Education Arrangements have been made to have two schools represented at each meeting including principals and staffs At Monda s meeting and Arthur educators were present to view meeting proceedings with chairman Walter Bolger and IB trustees reorescnting areas Wellington county neighboring country Members were surprised at the large number of resource Also interesting was fact there are 1 airports while ox carls and horses are still in use Helen reported that the church chimes were repaired A program was planned for the pot luck dinner On June Refresh imnth were discussed for Ihc supper on June Delicious refreshments culminated an interesting club is really underway Mr Law promises to give a story on the background and purpose of energetic group Sunday was the first opening for the shop on Main St formerly the Feed store It called Woodthings and proprietor has man interesting hind created objects which he his rmdc himself for sale Only Sundays is the the word from id Hours are set from 1 to and many dropped in from surrounding areas to sec whit he s selling Monday was a big day for grade three four and five students of the Eramosa public school They visited the Ontario Science centre for day and had a wonderful lime On Monday June parents are reminded that the school will be closed for professional activity day Ticket sales are moving fasl Saunders reports hat already many tune decided to take the trip to the Toronto exhibition on Saturday August If to sec Scottish Vorld Festival at the stadium I loncttes are sponsors of the trip and of available originally some IS have been sold The remainder are available for anyone who lo go says Sunday school teachers and parents who altcnded re cent dcmonstralion of teaching found themselves in the role of pupils once again Three teenagers from Guelph shared their surefire methods with Ihe eager listeners from churches The vivacious young demonstrated the proven systems of reaching children for Christ Dana Lodge earnestly taught her pupils three new songs in short order she suggested clapping hands is a good practice when energetic youngsters needed some distraction from outside Interventions The gay singable tunes pleased the students Susan Irvine taught Ihe Bible lesson emphasizing thai this is the most important part of the class period and that the teacher mood will be contigious so that the children will catch Ihe of reverence and value she attaches to the messages in the Bible With aplomb and dramatic talent she held her listeners spellbound with exciting events on the road to Damascus Adding useful hints on telling lifestones from biblical characters she showed further how to achieve a useful present day application of the lesson Memory verses Dana again assisted with a presentation of teaching a memory verse sharing tips on giving repetition without boredom and making sure lhat the meaning is crystal clear before the child repeats it Wendy Takeda was a delightful teacher for the missionary story telling the facts in absorbing fashion for if don I they run off if you don t hold their mention she laughed Mrs lien Thompson who chaired the event Ihinked the young siudents for their generous cooperation in sharing heir knowledge with the churches Afler the students left to do homework the teachers expressed amazement Ihc skills and general proficiency they displayed More help Mrs Thompson indicated still needs more help for Ihe July Bible Vacation School She sketched proposed plans for the class which will be free to ill held in Untied Church hall from 15 to 10 30 am for consecutive days The teaching will be inter denominational and evangelical to reach as many little children as possible Any offerings received will be to Bible Society Anyone interested in helping may phone Mrs Ellen Thompson Flood damage investigated A representative from the Hydrology branch of the Ministry of Transportation and Communication visited recently Purpose an in inspection of the darmge caused by March floods in the area of George St A report will be sent of his findings to the village trustees Consideration will be given for the library resource centre expansion it he Wellington County Board of Education administration building on Victoria at an estimated cost of CUT OFFS Ideal for Swimming 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