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n r n 4 make boob available to children jean little urges home and school museum board refects proposal to mom from present hcatim the acton free press wednesday february r i 1967 the january of rockwood horner and school was held thursday evening in rockwood public school in spite of the stormy wekther there was a large at tendance for the special meet- rihrer dollars drijber received top award of the 12 finalists chos en in the grades 7 and 8 cen tennial essay contest miss were presented tp the others by mrs a nichol these win ners were nancy meek brenda iingle bob storey barbara marshall shirley roberts an na peterson dawn loggan barry slippa caroline law brenda smith and theresa thomson congratulations were extended to all by the president and mrs joy law for the evening presented the winner with spring begins in march a book written by little marjans essay on the rockwood ceme- jean little the guest speaker fine program converter with a vote of thanks given to mr mc- rae for his work in marking essays the final placing was done by the guelph historical society with the judges mrs c hasson of guelph and mrs william small of warden the meeting was opened by the president mrs lois tosh who read theproclamation of thanksgiving forand faith in our country and its pioneers the banner attendance for the evening was taken by mr loves room the minutes and treasurers report were read and approved mrs h saun ders and mrs e slipp volun teered to help at the health clinic in rockwood town hall for february h- home and school fash ion show wiirbeheld in the town hall on march 9 with a centennial fashion sectionr mrs o drijber is bead of the committee preparing for the grade 8 graduation banquet to be held in june the president read a letter from the school board regard ing the disposition of the old rockwood school there was a short discussion and a slip league members visit boys school rockwood mrs lloyd waddell was hostess to the january meeting of rockwood and oustic catholic womens league the roll call was an swered by 15 members mrs rigby was present from the sacred heart league in guelph and spoke about the visits the league makes to thehboystraining school the ladies go as adult advisors for teen education they take lunch play cards and listen to the boys who possibly for the first time have someone who has time to be interested in their problems they hope to encourage the boys to look forward to becominggood citi zens and being accepted in the community also to give the beys once again the feeling of being wanted and not outcasts the president mrs w gil- fillan ied the group in the league pravets which were re cited in unison the euchre is to be held on january 27 at 8j0 pm in the parish house and everyone is welcome after the meeting adjourned mrs waddell served coffee and dessert during the social time which followed of paper was given each per son for opinions concerning the matter many seemed to favor the retention of the hew rooms washrooms etc for kindergarten use the program was arranged by the convener mrs j law the guest speaker miss jean little of guelph was introducr ed by mrs c meredith wide ly known as a successful au thor as well as an interesting speaker and ardent church worker miss littles talk to the rockwood group was bas- ed on the theme prrta book in the hands of your child this can be done very early in life stated the speaker by parents who take time to read recite and sing to their child ren if you make books avail able to children hey often ab sorb more than you expect when ybu buy books for your children remember to keep their interest the book mustbe for their age group and fit the child you read for fun stated miss little and visits to far off lands and interesting places can be thrilling through the pages of a book reading gives vou a wonderful power of words she stated and make people exceptionally real as they come to life while you read miss little closed with two of her own poems mrs h saunders on behalf of all present thanked miss little for her talk and for com ing on such a stormy night the meeting closed with the president leading the group in the home and school prayer a lovely lunch was served by the committee and a social lime enjoyed calendar will avoid conflict trait riders plan float for parades rockwood the rockwood trail riders held their first executive meeting of 1967 on january 11 at ledger 4ay farm acton a general mee ing was planned for january 20 at rockwood town hall to which a large number of mem bers turned out for an even ing of business and pleasure the new president ken fuck headed the meeting as sisted by the 1967 executive suggestions for activities for the year were received from the members and a centen nial float was planned to be available for district parades films were shown and the evening was completed by all enjoying coffee and dough nuts rockwood since there was a small attendance at the cen tennial committee meeting this month little was accomp lished sickness and other commitments cannot be ignor ed but since each member is head of their own particula interest plans will be made b many throughout the year the heads of these groups are asked to contact the era- fhosa centennil temgnman mr f taj for atwshfe as aoorv asundividwitlatek are set for celebrations these will be placed on the centennial calendar to keep from having conflicting dates and to insure the necessary publicity the church committee has established a bulletin for the churches one church respons ible for each month during the vear it would be appreciated if an official of these churches could as close to the first of the month as possible inform the chairman and the other churches which date in the r- u is re iftjyl iy urn month would oe observed on january 29 in barry hill united church prof theakston of the oac spoke on expo 67 with slides and a short musi cal program other months february eden mills pres- lylenan march eden mills unitedf april everton discipl es may mimosa united june oustic roman catholic july rockwood anglican august rockwood presbyterian sept ember rockwoodronim a tholic october rockwood un ited november speedside un ited december stone united individual institutes are also asked to kindly contact 865- 9942 as soon as any dates are set for their centennial pro jects this also applies to all other groups your cooperation will insure a most rewarding centennial year attempts of halton county museum board members to discover why some members of halton region conservat ion authority have expressed a desire to have the county museum moved from its pres ent site were further reported by chairman herb merry at the meeting of the museum board in the museum wednes day jan 25 he reported on a meeting of museum board rep resentatives halton region conservation authority repres entatives and the minister of agriculture william stewart in the parliament buildings and said nothing dame of- it at county council meeting the day before mr merry in formed members conservation authority officials had again stated the opinion the museum might move its location from inside the conservation auth ority to part of the recently purchased neighboring service farm jmr merry said there vas also a feeling expressed from other conservation authority members that perhaps kelso is large enough- arid there are other areas to be developed conservation officials stated the museum could locate near er the new provincial agricult ural museum but museum board members who began se veral years ago to seek the of ficial designation of provinc ial museum for the county museum without success learned the government did not intend to include the jocal museum in its planning as a result members recalled their former endorsartion of a decis ion not to move to a less at tractive site with no buildings in their present location with a 99 year lease they have the alexander family barn the original family forge a pig pen now converted into a craft house arrangements for fut ure occupation of the alexand er family home and about six acres of landscaped property decudona to meet with the conservation authority have not been followed up by the authority those designated to attend such a joint meeting reported last week their hope had been to discover the pur pose of the suggestion the mu seum move maj newman pointed out that a survey taken at the park gates indicated a small mccejttage joldthe inquirer they came to see the museum however many went to the clark ayrshire star is production leader by h j stanley ontario dept of agriculture the 1966 ayrshire produc tion stars containing the five high producers for each age class for the year in canada are a remarkable group of high producers the leader in each age group will receive a pro- duction plaque for her herd owner which will be presented at the annual meeting of the ayrshire breeders association of canada a h clarke georgetown is the winner of three production plaques this vear and all three rank among the canadian lead ers gnunpfcm kitty lula gp with average b ca s of 209 is the leader in the junior two- yearold class her milk vield of 16368 lbs established a new canadian record for this class the other two clark leaders are both bv selwood dew- drops bov grampion prettv dewdrop ex with average b cas of 195 is the junior four- vear old leader she was sec ond last venr and third in 1964 among the production stars her 16612 lbs milk ranks third among canadian leaders grampion lad d has average bcas of 203 and she is the plaque winner in the senior fourvearold class her 17903 lbs milk ranks second among the all time leaders and her 681 lbs fat ranks sixth silverwood nine 4h members complete prdject achievement day for 4h clubs was held in st pauls united church milton on sat urday jan 14 with a large attendance silverwood stylists were among the groups partic ipating and nine members completed their project ac cent on accessories leaders were mrs g burt and mrs r miller mrs clare wilson re at pres ent a patient in georgetown memorial hospital happiness is not so much in having or sharing we make a living bv what we get but we make a life by what we give norman macewan rental service by the day the cutters rower stap1er dc in and see our commete 50c 50c 25c or sumifs for home decorating lakey1ew discount centre mam st hf acton 531ltt lous 1 no doctor but hes got the right prescription to for a redhot buy in used cars drop in now for a looksee lqus used cars mam st rockwooo 8564235 museum after the picnic or swim and his attendancefig ures do not agree with those stated by authority representa tives previous discussion at board meetings last fall resulted in the unanimous decision of the board not to move their loca tion date of the official opening of the museum was set for the fourth wednesday in june and director maj h j newman pointed out this will see the completion of his five year plan for the area although the museum has beep open yearround for almost five years now it has been in a state of growth change and re novation and no official op ening has been held yet continuous problem with the conservation authority concerning directions signs tor the museum was again discuss- jed with concern museum signs had been taken downand re placed by ski signsj although the museum is open all winter and some frustrated skiers finding poor snow conditions come tp the museum instead maj newman reported with a background of a long series of appeals for signs the- board decided to have their owrr signs constructed and in stalled as soon as possible ap- art from those of the conser vation authority architects plans for the county centennial building to be erected beside the county museum to house vehicles are expected any day in his concluding remarks as chairman oakvflle reeve herb merry declared the curator has done an excellent job with the support of the board staff assistants and others we have acted collectively we have proof of a good job by look ing around i hope we have the strength to go on and keep our museum here new county council repres entative appointed to become chairman of the museum board which is a committee of county council is bill ho- ey board members present were chairman herb merry new chairman bill hoey con servation authority representa tives george currle and bill coulter and town and town ship representatives mrs keith barber mrs david dills ralph wakery walter reeve ben case jack pemberton hack milne and alex cook speakers displays for irrigation day by charles warner fruit and vegetable extension specialist a oneday program on the subject of irrigation has been arranged at the hornby tow ers golf and country club on february 15 this event in cludes sneakers on irrigation subjects throughout most of the day and displays of irriga- tion equipment by local sup pliers ther program is as fol lows 900 am equipment- dis plays open 900 to 1000 a m registra tion early bird coffee and dot- nuts 1000 am soil water plant relationships r dr john wiebe horticulture re search institute of ontario vineland 1040 am legal aspects of water use v i o spen cer farm water management specialist onario department of agriculture and food lorv- don 1120 am sources of wa iter and pond construction martin wrubleski extension engineer ontario department of agriculture and food guelph 12j5 noon club steak din ner 130 pm engineering an irrigation system ross milne ontario hydro 210 pjn solid set irriga tion and field air condition ing j g kerr rainbird sprinkler mfg co ltd guelph 250 pm macroclimate modification dr john wiebe horticultural research institute of ontario 430 pjn approx equip ment displays close ah interested persons are welcome to attend registra tion will cost 4 which includes a club steak dinner at noon wmjhrie 4bowl f peasure wjimotit bowl for health the entire family can bowl together make it a date bowl where the action is i acton bowling lanes 10 main st n member obpjv 8534170 albert the fuel king maltby says winter weathers ilk woman both are unpre dictable you can prevent a colo home for prompt service call maltby fuels main st rockwooo 8569983 guaranteed investment certificates 1 to 5 years 10o to 100000 for ktdhriduaj savings fear trust funds of 90c0ffs mwl omiptnlm inquiries invited halton ev peel trust savings company and admission the cost is 1 for admission only anyone wishing to attend and stay for dinner at noon must register in advance by sending their 4 to the ontario department of agriculture and food po box 189 milton by february 9 persons not registering in advance are sulljwelcome but vecartnorpromise you a meal at the golf club this day is a must for grow ers of farm crops who have been having trouble growing crops under the drought con ditions of the past couple of years even a person with an irrigation system can learn a lot about handling it no antique there was an unusual dis- play at halton county museum last week and the mem on show was no antique maj h j newman had by the door in a glass of water a johnny- jumpup he had picked at his home at ballinafad during the warm spell early last week heating modern plumbing phone 8569501 warirtair and hot water pumps and water systems rockwood frank carney and sons ltd announcement arthur a johnson oq and james p johnson od optometrists will be opening their acton office feruary 1 at 54 mill street east next to manning electric office hours wednesday saturday please phone 8532950 for appointment yeor local trust burlington gooksville milton delhi oakville head office georgetown john a lew mr t7721m offices in brampton simcoe 53 mill street north halton advisory board john t armstrong chairman reford gardhoose maurice c beaty michael ledwith john goy dr b d young local director georgetown j r barber v convenient office hours mon thurs 9 00 4 30 fridays til 630 order your office supplies now 1 1 ledger sheets columnar pads 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