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eveitton burned and cut 1 rev basil metz of jamaica christian church minister by mrs dg robertson everton christian church are pleased to welcome their new mlniabar rev basil c metz bjf 1ire lop metk was born in jamaica nov attended disciples high scmool at lawrence tavern which was founded by twocanadian dis ciple missionaries archie and roth law he graduated from the union theological seminary in kingston with a diploma in theology from the university of london he holds the master of religious education degree from union theological seminary in new york and has served past orates in torrtngton and pretor ia christian churches in jam aica mrs met also a jamaican is a registered nnrseand served on the staff of toronto general hospital for awhile before mov ing to goelph theyhaveasmall daughter and are residing in the parsonage on palmer street in gnelph ss mr metz serves bom norwich street christian church in goelph as well as everton a fellowship luncheon was held recently at the dose of the morning service to become bet ter acquainted with the family at the recent central district rally of christian churches held in glencalrn church mr metz was one of the speakers his exposition of the script ures is most beneficial and en lightening and members of both churches are looking forward to spiritual gains under his leader ship and guidance womens day was fittingly observed last sunday this is a ay set apart not to exalt wo- to better acquaint the nbershlp with the mis- stanwrtv needs of the church mrsagordon reld of guelph was guest speaker and gave a challenging message mrs john mcdougah presi dent of the christian womens fellowship was in charge as sisted by several ladles of the group the centennial christmas tea was held wednesday even ing in the church with about fif ty ladles present words of welcome were exten ded by mrs john mcdougall and mrs alan lidie conducted a short worship period guest organist was mrs nor man uckerude of osprlnge who also contributed a piano solo highlight of the evening was an illustrated address by mrs alan walker of guelph who told of their work during holiday time in the islands around the baham as when she and her husband visit the natives hold meetings and distribute bibles andchrist- ian literature many interesting stories were told and fine films flamgsh shown following the benediction the guests were invited to the sunday school room where christmas decorated tables were set and amid the soft glow of candlelight and coal oil lamps christmas pudding and fancy cookies were served by ladles in centennial costumes mrs metz wife of the minis ter was introduced to the guests and she asked the blessing mother rescues two children escapes from blazing house the actrjn free pr wednesday december 13 1967 annual trophy night held by trail riders mrs alvin gauas displayed swift presence of mind when fire completely destroyed her erin township farm home on tuesday november 28 r- sewing in an upstairs room her two children with her mrs gallas discovered the stairway was on fire when she went to go downstairs grabbing the child- ren shqvaoedrldit through the itfroadejttoythe main floor flamesbldcked ber path tothc aor she couldnt reach the pnooetg summon aid mrs gallas smashed a window pushed the children through it and managed to get out herself in spite of being badly burned and cut y although the children were not badly injured mrs gallas was sent to hospital with second de gree bums cuts and suffering from shock erin fire department arrived promptly after being summoned but could do little iwlth the blazing inferno mr gallas was away at the time of the fire which was dis covered about 1030 in the morn ing their home is on the form er wanless farm on the fifth line erin township below high way 24 the house with the gallas personal possessions and clothes was a complete loss it lspartly covered by insurance neighbors on the fifth line have organized aid for the burnedout family anyone wlshtngtodonate clothing furniture etc should contact smith griffin or keith leltch the family includes four boys aged three six nine and 11 and a daughter of 20 by mrs f taylor the rockwood trail riders held their annual trophy night at the rockwood town han on fri day december 1 this party is the wind up for the year and an auction sale was held members brought articles to be sold and harvey pettitt did a great job as auctioneer items ranging from horsey tack to car rots and fresh eggs were sold and over 64 raised two films on arabian horses were shown and the evening con cluded with a pot luck supper and award presentations this year the two major awards went to rocklea farm of rockwood di duncan won the presidents cup for top senior and lynn duncan won the tumb- lewood trophy for leading junior bckn project for acton lol acton lol no 467 after holding a very successful euchre party at the lodge at crewsons corners last saturday has de cided to have another one they may continue the euchres if enough interest is shown at the recent lodge elections bui carnochan was elected umehouse w i young peoples meeting funeral visitors in area news district page 3is5sr3 omb reserves judgement on new rockwood sidewalk by mrs f taylor the morning after elections was a busy one for village trust ees and school board ontario municipal board sat in the town hall on the rockwood application to build a sidewalk between the old rockwood school and the new centennial school under local improvement the board of trustees of the village realising that the safety of the children was of paramount im portance decided the re were less crossings to make by placing sidewalk on south side of mary st no monies had been budget- ted for this expenditure and the omb had to grant permission before any could be raised and the work started the three property owners present spoke against having a sidewalk in front of their prop erty and were definitely against paying any extra share of cost which was estimated at 65 per foot dd gray a former reeve argued that the property owners should not be compelled to pay ss royce former clerk- treas testified that any former works had always been paid out of general rate murray smeltzer chairman of the school board presented a plan of territory concerned and a survey taken by the board showing 121 pupils 4 cars and 2 buses used this street between 830 and 900 arru a letter from the qpp rec ommending the sidewalk as plan ned and certain further traffic signs which should be erected was placed in evidence judgement was reserved only one man mr greenwood was sent from omb and since the act states no one man may give judgement he has to report to toronto and they in turn re port back to township solicitors mr hungerford who expects a reply next week ebenezer elections held for church board by mrs r mclean the december meeting of eb- eneser ucw was dampened by the tragic news of the death that afternoon of bill mclean of eden mills all the people of the community extend great sympa thy to bis many friends and rela tives the sanctuary on sunday morning was beautified with flor al tributes in his memory mrs don joss had charge of the program mrs earl ward assisting mrs murray hay- ward sang the happy bells are ringing fourteen ladles answered the roll call with a white gift for the voluntary services the treasurers report showed a healthy balance it was decided to raise our fair share all ocation is a bad word nowadays for the coming year by 65 a musical contest was held mrs w darby mrs young and mrs mclean served lunch norman moore rae blyth and qeda ward took part in the sun dayschool service the com bined sundayschool concert and choir carol service is to be held oi friday dec 22 rev h firdey have an inter- eating sermon appropriate to bible sunday he referred to the christmas account from st john the god of love express ed his love in human form let us read the bible intelligently the meaning is clear times have changed since the time des cribed in the cotters satur day night but it is still poss ible to take a little time for some devotions possibly with the aid of such a guide as the upper room mr finley told the story of the dad who gave his small son a huge and complicated map of the world in the form of a jig saw puzzle he thought it would take the young lad so long to do it that dad would have peace and quiet to his mingled pride and chagrin the boy had the puzzle solved in an amazingly short time asking his son how be managed to put the pieces to gether so fast the man found that there was the figure of a man on the back of the puzzle put the man together and the world will be alright next sunday holy communion will be celebrated after a very closely contested election mr keith moore and mr earl ward were elected for a threeyear term and mr dav id munroe for a oneyear term to complete mr chas thom sons term on the church board mrs weatherston buried at rockwood mrs mary weatherston form erly of rockwood died wednes day december 6 at guelph gen eral hospital a native of scotland mrs weatherston was the former mary wilson she had been a resident of the rockwood area most of her life and had been a resident of guelph for the past 10 years she was a member of the gold en age club and the rockwood united church she was predeceased by her husband thomas weatherston and is survived by one son ed win of rb 1 guelph two daughters mrs a mcleod eth el and mrs fred moore mae both of guelph a sister miss ann wilson of guelph five grand children and 13 great grandchild ren funeral service was held fri day afternoon and burial was in rockwood cemetery reminder for donations at the season of giving here axe a couple of reminders used toys for the town hampers go to mrs e marks at marks grocery store warm mittens socks and scarves wool used nylons clothing and flannette sheets for the unitarian services commit tee go to miss jean buckoer 39 wellington street train to toronto askabout convenient departure and return times rot mwontwoon pnons uwtocsi cn pamngtr setae omea dm canadian national 1 by mrs a benton the young peoples society met at the home of mr and mrs bert benton on sunday evening last week mr and mrs frank long- street and family of orton visit ed the linhams a week ago the wl met at the home of mrs ted brown last wednesday evening about twenty attending mrs ftc brown was in charge of the program mrs r alexander showed slides and commented onherlast summers motor trip through the west via the transcanada high way to vancouver island return ing through 1lsa in a contest identifying kitchen shelf provis ions twentyfive in number mrs alexander was winner with mes- damestw sommerviue n and erson and aw benton tying for second mrs aw benton gave the courtesy report l the fancy buns provided by the baking with yeast course were served for lunch mrandmrs aw benton at tended the funeral of her cousin the late jc mccrae in guelph tuesday last week mrs w mills of toronto vis ited the bentons on saturday mr and mrs herb sinclair of hamilton visited the ac patter sons a week ago ospringe christmas meeting of wl newcomers in news report by mrs dg robertson we welcome mr and mrs robert auld to the community moving here from toronto they have purchased george allan grundys new house and are busy getting settled mr len buck local mink ran cher spent a couple of days last week in montreal at the fur sale mr and mrs laverne carter and alan of burlington visited on sunday with their uncle and aunt dg and mrs robertson mr and mrs murray mckit- trlck were in toronto on satur day and visited their son kenny who is to have surgery this week at the sick childrens hospital mr and mrs jack long of cooksville were sunday visitors with mr and mrs h pankratz and family mr john sim of downsvlew visited over the weekend with mr and mrs d stewart mr and mrs ward bruce vis ited with mr and mrs frank bowes at palnswick over the weekend three of the youngest child ren of mr and mrs vernon stewart have been confined to their home with scarlet fever the annual christmas meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of mrs stan fuller with fourteen members and four visitors present the president miss doris fines opened the meeting with a word of welcome to all followed by the ode and mary stewart collect mrs funer called the roll and read several letters these were dealt with and it was decided to make a quilt in the new year for the victorian order of nursing project a cash donation was voted to a family who were recently burned out the patients in a local nurs ing home are to be remembered at christmas and cheer boxes sent to shutlns mrs e fisher was named as convenor tor the first euchre in the next year the scripture luke 2 was read by mrs win milton a variety program was pres ented provided by the four sea sons spring summer fall and winter which added merriment and entertainment mrs milton read the story of christmas carols a reading the last corn shalk was given by mrs e fisher miss nancy fines read a humorous story of the food crank a parody on your old gray bonnet was sung by mrs hr howard mrs c storey mrs dan winter and mrs dg robertson an exchange of christmas gifts concluded a splendid program followed by a dainty lunch serv ed by mrs c storey and mrs b wlngrove and the hostess youre safe and secure save money too safeco insurance under the protective roof of dennys insurance agency 17 mm st w acftan ts3o150 residences milt 8532243 bill 853645 harold 8532565 whcrc you amc treated uke a pc mon not a mimmii save with salecos broadrisk homeowners policy no dangerous gaps no costly overlaps yetit costs less than many ordinary policies for the complete roof of pro tection call us today master for a second term deputy master is daniel holmes who was reelected financial secret ary harry gordonreelected recording secretary lawrence paupst treasurer ralph barlow chaplain george holmes mar shal gary mcfadden past 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