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iboht o hockwoooi prosperity was of threw bouses- gainfully omploved in pro- achieved when the harris will kept occupants ducirvii woollen products rock wood s past from the richard harris collection of photographs owned by don hilts kefuctino in the mill pond created to sup ply power to its machines the old harris woollen mill was a busy spot when this pic- ballinafad ture was taken how busy was the valley then the mill walls still linger but few traces remain of tho smaller outbuildings ba graduate sudden death 4h meeting bursary in news by mrs r shortill mr and mrs de witt town line left for their native holland last week on a holiday to spend with relatives and friends congratulations are extended to murray jomiesop who won the halton wi bursary for his academic standing in grade 13 acton high school the sudden death of mr bert mcmenemy in georgetown memorial hospital came as a shock to ballinafad people sympathy goes out to his two young children and his sisters mrs james kirkwood and mrs gear sinclair mr paul metcalfe mr and mrs harry shortill and family mrs richard shortill mrs spear and mrs kenneth allan attended the graduating exercises at war memorial hall u of guelph on friday afternoon one of the ba graduates was miss donna shortill in the presence of the members of the faculty chancellor hon george drew admitted the candidates to their degree the 4h club met in the community centre on saturday sept 28 to organize welcome new members and to plan the fall program leaders mrs buchanan and mrs jamieson were present the ladies held a church cleaning bee on thursday sunday morning service was as usual rev kelvin johnsons sermon was a thoughtprovoking one are we keeping our image of god up to date are we interested enough in our spiritual life to ask questions or to feel doubts at timesor is our mind simply a closed book merely accepting our old fashioned childhood ideas how often do we fail to realize that this is still gods world which he gave to the human race whom he endowed with a mind and skill to enrich and develop the clever wit and bright personality of claire wallace is no more the sudden death of mrs james stutt occurred sunday september 22 how well we recall her column over the teacups as well as her radio programs an old friend the family herald has published its last copy it had become an institution in most homes congratulations are extended to miss zenith armstrong who was chosen miss acton fair our sympathy is extended to mr brydon and sisters brother and friends of mrs elva brydon whose tragic death occurred last week mr reg french and wayne rockwood 1968 by don hills this quiet village with its towering spruce curious rock formations and pleasant liltle shops where conversation takes priority over commerce has an atmosphere of early canadians coupled with scenery straight from the pages of a muskoka travel brochure prosperity was thrust upon it only to be snatched away yet it maintains its dignity prosperity arrived in ih67 the harris family were early settlers in eramosa township for which kockwood is the township seat they erected a woollen mill beside a dam on the speed river the woollen mill became known throughout the country as a quality produeer of yam blankets and socks it employed many rockw6od residents only the decaying ruins of the prosperous woollen mills remains in the picturesque valley now the grand river conservation authority has taken the mill and the property around it oyer for a park no longer can you use he old valley kad as a podcstrlani the authority lias made theottly entrance to the park orifairstoffno7higjiway- dhurchlll rally day service is well attended the acton free press wednesday october 2 1968 ej5 106 th aaaiversaiy rockwood church packed sunday concert monday attracts many rockwood presbyterian church was packed to the doors for the 1 0ath anniversary service sunday morning sept 22 to hear rev douglas black of greenbrier presbyterian church brantford rev black had been a student minister at the rixkwd church unite years ago and heenjoyed meeting old friends a very appreciated anthem was sung bythc chijir on monday evening many enjoyed avarielyprjigraw in the centcnniiil school muster of ccrentnjws frank allidp kept the audience in laughter most of the evening wftli his humorous joke mrs max mjlne opened the program with r recivtiliou centennial year over joe petric of aclun played two accordion tfolos and the ballinafad belles in the latest models nplodics attire gave two appreciated numbers miss sharon hume of milton sang a solo composed by mrs lrnie mcfncry of ballinafad who accompanied her orr the fiano mrs arthur leslie of ruinotr gave wo humorous veadings and u trio from uie church yps julie thomson doumi hills and rob sinclair with his guitar sang two love songs mrs john freeman played a piano utfhv lluil made the- uiidilofium ring joe mccann thrilled all willi his irish iehor voice as he sang two ruimbrs miss harwell of toronto showed slides that took the audience hack many years she also showed some modern scenes rev d sinclair thanked the talent for the entertainment the committee who arranged the night and all who had come to enjoy the program he remarked there should be more evenings like it the evening concluded with o canada arthur a johnson od to t ofeltlll t open kvery wednesday and saturday 34 mill t actafi s3u34 by mrs f mcarthur rally day service at churchill community church was well attended sunday school superintendent mrs fmmerson anderson assisted mr mcbride with the service with some of the mildrcn taking part sunday schorl si continue to be held at tlicwisjlime as the church service is at ii am each sunday visitors at the home of mr and mrs william thompson on sunday were mr and mrs carmen griffin misliawaka indiana mr and mrs arthur griffin mrs teressa keelermrs howard mcarthur mr and mrs william mcarthur all of erin mr sc griffin mr and mrs harold griffin mr s r griffin mr and mrs r l davidson rr 2 acton mr morleyallan called at the same home mr and mrs don anderson entertained mr and mrs robert anderson of acton and mr and mrs archie kerr on the occasion of donald their grandsons birthday on sunday and on tuesday he entertained some of his school chums miss betty hamilton accompanied by her friend miss cindy brown of bramalea with her two aunts miss muriel mcnicoll of weston and mrs harper mcnicoll of toronto had a pleasant trip to the grupe festival in st catharines on saturday while there they visited with bettys cousinmrs b recdes and family of fenwick the hamilton family enjoyed slides shown by miss muriel mcnicholl of her recent visit to spain and north africa on sunday mr and mrs william maynard of brampton spent sunday with mr and mrs charles uinnlc mr and mrs jack mcbride of bolton visited at the mceachern home on sunday mr allan money of windsor spent friday and saturday with mr and mrs bob kerr mr and mrs russell halliday from chesley also visited with them saturday 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