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rm the ttm ptesa wednesday may 17 1967 railway magnate benefactor j j hill was rockwood native mark 75th anniversary womens work in chunk st johns anoucan church is a striking landmark in the village of rockwood situated almost in the business section of the village it provides a peaceful picture almost like a country parish church in england staff photo o of ftaw eenaye from ft i it rockwood la tma one on mn written by daii j sttpp james jerome hill im- mm by berry sttpp no name in the history of the rockwood district is bet ter known than that of james jerome hill who was bom near there on september 16 1838 the rather of james j was james hill who earner to eramosa in 1829 with his par- ents in 1833 he married anne dunbar and they moved to so acres near rockwood or as it was then known brothers- town in the early 1840s james j attended a private school op erated by mrs william north a sister of john harris a room of their house served as the schoolroom and was known as brothers tom seminary on wednesday morning february 24 1847 the home and schciolhouse of mr and mrs north the chief seat of learning in wellington county was completely- destroyed by fire and a new school and house was erected in no time at all from logs cut and haul ed by the neighbors to the vil lage later the north family gave up teaching and james j hill received his final education at the academy which was found ed about 1850 by william we- therald brotherstown was named rockwood and the school was ever after known as rockwood academy the home of the north tamily was bought by robert pasmore form four minor ball teams an carnival swim classes pi by mrs f taylor rockwood eramosa rec reation committee covered a lot of ground at its recent meeting several topics of ma jor importance received at tention including minor soft- ball the rockwood carnival the new building in the recrea tion park in rockwood and summer swimming classes dick dupuis reported there cork to unveil long range plan this thursday central ontario regional de velopment councils annual meeting will be held at bay- view secondary school rich mond hill thursday may 18 norman pearson distinguish ed town planner educator and author will be the guest spea ker the councils program for 196768 is to be presented co pies of which will be avail able the program the first of its kind for the four coun ty region of halton peel york and ontario includes proposed studies to catalogue the 20 year regional land re quirements to determine the economic impact that educat ion and its spiralling costs has on a municipality to deter mine the capabilities of the lands in the region and deter mine the extent to which fringe areas either benefit from or contribute to the sup port of the metropolitan area nassagaweya wi see travel slides mrs a n norrish was hos tess for the may meeting ot the nassagaweya womens insti tute with the president mrs david deblauw presiding the ode and mary stewart collect was repeated in unison mr j r henry gave the secretarys report and mrs fred edwards the financial report a donation is to be made the north west halton voluntary services the meeting was turned over to the safety con vener mrs t c amos mrs a n norrish listed the safetv procedures that should be fol lowed in and around the home mrs t c amos introduced jack black of guelph who showed many colorful and in teresting slides of his travels in great britain and the contin ent mrs fred edwards thank ed mr black for an enjoyable travelogue mrs j r henry and mrs a n norrish were ui charge of the verv successful auction sale mrs mac anderson assisted the hostess during the tea hour will be four minor ball teams atoms squirts pee wees and bantams all are entered in a league and will play regu larly scheduled season games the age groups will allow young players from nine to 15 years of age to play in their own age group sweaters have been purchased for the atoms and squirts from money rais ed by the centennial concert held in february the pee wees and ban tams will be suited by strat- tondupuis esso and harvey peart respectively there is a 100 registration fee for all players to cover insurance costs for further information call dick dupuis at 8564461 frank allsop chairman of the carnival to be held june 17 in the recreation park at rockwood gave a detailed account of plans to date ev erything is running smoothly according to the chairman a as h sai expo m be pretty bleak on june 17 he added that complete carnival agenda and time schedule will be mailed to all homes in the area soon chairman of the recreation committee david bacon was enthusiastic about progress on the building now being erected in the park the first of two storeys should be up next week and the second will be added as soon as the floor can be built the basic water and electrical systems will be comj plete and ready tor service by carnival time on june 17 j who founded hie first store in the settlement the father of james j hill died in 1852 and young hill left school to assist his moth er at the age of is he clerk ed for three years at pas- mores store for a dollar a week spent one year in guelph and set out for the northwest where he was to lay foundations of a great for tune as a railway magnate in the united states of america he took up residence in the usa in 1856 settling perma nently at st paul minneapolis beginning his career as a clerk in a steamboat office he advanced steadily until in 1865 he was in charge of his own transportation agency from 1867 to 1878 he was engaged in fuel transportat ion and in 1872 he established with norman kittson the red river transportation company which opened communication between st paul and fort garry now winnipeg in 1878 with kittson donald smith later lord stathcona and george stephen lord mount stephen he formed a syndi cate which secured control of the st paul and pacific rail road the system was reorganized as the st paul minneapolis and manitoba railway 1879 and hill was successively its general manager 1879817 vicepresident 188182 and president 188290 in 1890 the system became known as the great northern railway co i of which hill was presid ent 18901907 and chairman of the board of directors 1907- 12 hill was an aggressive ef ficient organizer personally honorable but often ruthless in his business dealings un der his administration the st paul minneapolis and manito ba was extended to puget sound and placed in direct communication with the or ient through the organization of the great northern steam ship co hills railroads have been cited as the cause of a trem endous migration from eur ope the influx of immigrants was more a matter of business efficiency than love as indic ated in hills letter to his part ner lord mount stephen it is- our best interest to give low rates and do all we can to help the country and create business after a dramatic struggle with edward h harriman hill acquired partial control or the northern pacific rail road 1896 and or the chica go burlington and qulncy railroad 1901 in 1901 he or ganized the northern securit ies co as a holding company for all his corporations the government proceeded against it in 1903 and in 190 the supreme court ordered it dissolved as being in violation of the sherman antitrust act besides serving as director of several railroads james j hill was director of the first national banks of new york city chicago and st paul 1912 and gave liberally to many institutions his benefac tions including a gift of 1500- 000 to establish a roman ca tholic theological seminary in st paul and 1500000 for the roman catholic cathedral in that city he wrote highways to pro gress 1910 and a brief his tory of the great northern railway system 1915 the james j hill professorship of transportation was set up at harvardin1915 endowed by 74 of his friends and admir ers and so the pioneer settle ment of brotherstown gave a railway genius to the world in the person of ja jerome hill who passed away in the year of 1916 neighbors sponsor arts crafts show the nassagaweya neighbors association as a centennial pro ject is sponsoring an arts crafts and hobby show a first for the township many noted artists craftsmen and hobby ists will have their works on display at brookville hall sat urday may 20 afternoon and evening a demonstration in textile paintings will also be given warning persons who are highly al lergic to insect stings and li able to get violent reactions to them should avoid wearing bright jewellery and leather which along with certain od ors attract stinging insects wams the department of agri culture a happy social time was en joyed last thursday afternoon when the ebenezer u c commemorated the 75th anni versary or the commencement of womens work at ebenezer in 1892 the ladles aid was organized with mrs- abram easton as the first president the wms was started in 1918 with mrs george steph enson as president when the two organizations were com bined to form the united ch urch women in 1962 mrs hay ward was president mrs doni- blacklock presid ed m the organ the theme for the afternoon was for ward through the ages in un broken line- the vicepresi dent mrs joss presided in the abscencc of the president mrs moffat hymns sung were o lord of hosts and onward christian soldiers mrs art diamond read the scripture from the first chap ter of joshua mrs trous dale led in prayer and mrs hayward favored with a solo the speaker for the occas ion was mrs w mcfadden of milton who brought an inspir ing message the two points to remember lo and go lo i am with you always and go ye into all the world the tea table was centred with a lovely anniversary cake made by mrs john kitching and decorated by mrs manscll nelles mrs rena elsley and mrs sheldon trousdale poured tea a good attendance enjoyed the singing of the childrens choir on family sunday at ebenezer a duet by sandra early and paula kitching was also appreciated sue ward presided at the organ in the abscence of rev w lecman mr horace biyth had charge of the service mr tom penfold of guelph rep resenting the gideons was the speaker a special centennial service is planned for may 28 mrs murray hayward and mrs don joss were the con veners for the ucw meeting the theme was brotherhood interesting material from the indian eskimo association of canada was used showing what a contribution these peo ple can make when they are given the opportunity for edu cation it is a citizen organis ation with many volunteers onethird of the membership is indian or eskimo eighteen ladies answered the roll call with a word con taining the word brother business included formation of committees to arrange for a booth for chas fatts sale on may 20 one for the ladies night masonic banquet at brookville and for the lucas- freeman wedding on june 3 mrs don simpson and mrs horace biyth are patients in the guelph general hospital where their many friends wish them a speedy recovery mr and mrs trousdale have taken up residence on harris street in rockwood lous isedca 8564235 i main st rockwood 3 oopj grant eramosa board reduces requisition by two milk plans are being made to hold supervised swimming classes this summer qualif ied teachers are now being contacted to run the swim ming school the recreation committee also discussed several other details which affect the recre- ational facilities of the town- ship and made plans to fur ther expand its service the next meeting will be held june 6 at rockwood pub lic school district shopping guide resignation was received from james sparks miss mar garet mcmillan was engaged at hamilton teachers college and will be on the staff at eden mills school miss evans will be transferred to rock- wood centennial school a tender for demolishing the rockwood public school was received and decision was left over until the next meeting transportation was author ized for approximately 70 pup ils to take swim tests at the guelph ymca it was reported that the rockwood police village trus tees would meet may 25 to dis cuss a sidewalk to the rock wood centennial school eramosa school board meeting at rockwood public school on may 9 decided to reduce the 1967 requisition by two mills this was made pos sible on account of new calcu lations of the provincial grant the board has been advised that additional grant will be obtained on the construction of the rockwood centennial school pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st north gait telephone 6217580 richs service repairs tires towing no 7 hwy 2vs miles east of acton renec dick voskamp 8532940 speyside general store ricks snack bar main st rockwood specializing in take out orders seahest milk and lea crown tobacco cigarettes sundries robertsons markeferia ospringe general merchants 8332872 in business 42 years open mon to sat 830 am 10 pm sunday afternoon spriisljbsptrie albert the fuel king maltby says the banker is a fallow who loans you his um- when the son md wants tt back wflbshi if tjtsj dont bank on warmwunw keep your oil tank filled call maltby fuels mam st rockwood 8569983 aae1 feature value coffee mugs stacking drip glaze earthenware i thurs fkx sat ah gordons hardware 3 general merchandise swpartest gas and oil 171-mes- speysfcw out root hardware ltd 8569551 main st rockwood farm hardware paints giftware 9pofllfl0 v8w plumbine h bhailatt at atlaallaana ckknkm 9wbbvtkv meadows s service mam st tockwooo ceffea laura and fred meadows root hardware ltd of rockwood has boon ex panding steadily since it began in 1930 alvin root the founder and president is still active in the busi ness he is assisted by bob bathe gord cox and jim funk who operate the retail store- the busi ness stocks the most complete line of hardware houseware and giftware in the trading area silvercreek general store dick myrtle pedverse carrying a full line of groceries cooked meats tobacco gifts open dairy 8 am to 10 i pjn tuesday closed no 7 hwy east of acton 773139 stvattondupuis ltd ken dick 8564461 rjjl 1 onelpb oat no m efcey saunders bakery ltd lain st cakes pastries wedding cakes a specialty the home of the double high loaf kingwell barber shop open dabjr closed thursday afternoon where trims m lawrence kingwejl prep jennings ieneral stow thenvrte bs44m on guelph road scjsiar a cans on your way to 1 n aocu pettys repairs cas pull repairs to all i support these district businesses 50cnwood speyside halton s i l e r c p e e k p r u c f p a i r bp imr1m m wlli