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ther acton fre praia wednesday juna a 1940 jr1 horse rockwood graduates u tuck row ml to rltfit jlf parkinson floyd motley bill wandorf gordon tosh bob brown mike marshall tom thornton curt mcoouftill bradley kelly btair slipp third row danny bolton randy oovwvae janice wilson marlon de groot keren kremp nancy meredith bonnie mekartie kethy holman debbie harturvg jean snyder mart saunders roe darby jim gllberlson ucond row sherry guild patty weir sandra hanry trudy glarler corlnna kneot mary anna mjlna janice osborne diana sajm jacqueline gooyert wllma anderson linda locks halan crekjle principal g e mcrm front row randy pttitt brian storay don gamer adrian gooyert steven lowrla jetf parry bill mitchall john clark bill somervllle gary smith steven shultiiistaff photo home and school banquet marks graduation for grade eight students having completed thete lait eight yean we feel a tenie of accomplishment we have a choice now forward or backward tliut ipoke man ellen saundert at she quoted james keller in her valedictorian tpeech at the clan representative at the grade eight graduation banquet lait thursday night although there it unit of jubilation reigning in tuch banquets there la alto a mined feeling of tadneii unreel by teacliert pupilt and certainly the parents combined suddenly the tmall grade one infant holding onto an etcortlng hand it hit own there n a moment of nottahc pride for the parent one of telf ulitfactlon and maybe relief from the leachcri and a sense uf adventure for the ttudent we not only have the teacher to thank but our parentt who have given ui confidence to go on and become what we aipire to be man lllen siunden with her utual diiplay of confidence and aplomb continued and flnlihed with the thouglit no matter which high tchool you plan to attend or where you may later travel keep the name of rockwood centennial school with you and uphold itt ttandardt the graduation banquet of the rockwood centennial school lias become a very important event to the ltudentt attending and the tchool gymnanum literally tparkled with the young scrubbed facet of graduate beautifully attired in their sunday best sandy lludion president of the home and school allocution officiated ai hot for the eveningi event with brian storey ably managing the role of bmcee the grace wu aid by lucy ruiter and the toatt to the queen wai given by roger darby brian gave a thou word of welcome lo gueitt and ttudenti and the banquet wa terved after the dinner debbie hartung introduced the guest at the head table and the emcee proceeded to welcome the parents who were on hand to join the group varloui other people gave short ipeechci of introduction and thanks special guests were introduced by grant mcrae including d w franks associate superintendent representing the newly formed wellington county school board mr franks outlined the immense tize of the new county board of education and praised rockwood pupils for their great efforts commending them on tome of their recent achievements g t hindley principal of centennial c v l gave a brief welcome to new students from the rockwood tchool and l l peer principal of college heights vocational school alto welcomed hit prospective new ttudents murray smellier the popular retiring chairman of the recently dissolved eramosa trustee committee gave a short talk to the students congratulating them for their accomplishment brian storey then introduced the guest ipeaker rev peter tucker b a b d minister of ray duhaime with matt of speck lads ha cauoht in the eramota rkrar latt tuesday largest was 14 inches in langth stall photo ksssssssss sssssyssw v rockwood river teems with tish i no tiree i wont tell you exactly where i caught it but i will tell you that i did catch it in the rockwood river i alto caught eight other speckles that nut between h and 1 1 inches this was laid by ray duhaime of 121 guelph street rockwood as he proudly displayed his trophy a 14 inch speckled trout last tuesday night according to ray the rockwood river unknowns to many avid fishermen who hive returned home luckless u teaming with tuch fish 1 last sunday night said the proud sportsman i managed to hook 19 speckles between 8 to 12 inches and in the put week i caught 32 speckled trouta and three rainbows all this said ray and using only dew worms for bait hawsnings rockwood centennial school by wilma anderson teams have been nude up in baseball for grades four five six and seven and eight boyi and j nil the gamci start tuesday une 1 on wednesday june 4 the tchool team plays aberfoyle aberfoylc defeated us in volleyball and we are hoping to get the best ol them in baseball thuiulay june 12 the five and sot boys play m j wheeler school grade sevens are almost to mooonee now they made si 1 1 saturday at the car wash they washed approximately l cars and the rest of the money was contributed a few of the students also got washed but they enjoyed it they arc 90 away from their goal ol b00 they arc now ralfhng off an extra large stuffed bear we all wish them luck in getting the mxi exams ate coming up in u few days some students will be exempt irom exams which will make many very happy room 6 had a lour through the enchannted doll museum at the rockwood rockery on tuesday may 27 the pupils enjoyed seeing the s0o dolli many of which are authentically dressed portraying the different walks of life found around the world many thanks are forwarded to mrs shoemaker for opening a wealth of knowledge to the children in such a short period of time mrs r thomson and mrs o dnjber accompanied mrs r tripp and her grade four dais the children are now busy in room t constructing settings to put their own homenude dolls into this week they hope lo have a display set up by the end of this week for all the school students to see r hamilton oft otnomtntitt 116 mountamview road s 7t39n headouartcrsl large selection of evertreerteshrube and lyeea fruit tree fruit buatiee ready for wanting roaaa rlted ready to plant befonua cutttoll dahllaa all varletsee fettllut oarden teej sewde pell stenee be cut flowers and potted punts ottan r day a week am til da mtonei ushm we wire flowers anywhere caroline flower garden shop wist of actonsouth side of m trip itt your future and wad ilka to help you plon for it mohilnfl overlooked tor your ban voyage hhton travel service 14 martin st mikan trwuwse rockwood and the stone united cliurchet mr tucker gave an inspiring talk to the ltudentt in which he very nicely outlined the value of education and itt role stressing that books alone are not the sole criteria for becoming educated he made it quite clear that education involves more than memorization and regurgitation of material in pointing out that the true radical can often be a positive attribute to society rev peter tucker said the true radical deals first of all with things as they really are and he does not allow others to tell him of the way things are but fust makes investigations for himself and he continued that it the true purpose of your education he concluded his talk by wishing for the students firesent a full busy and exciting ife with a constant pursuit of knowledge the teachers present then gave a series of class reviews including ones from g mcrae r love miss k will elm mrs r mcphedran mrs r storey and miss ii grutcr poems were read which had been written by the grade 8 students mr hudson then presented photographs on behalf of the home and school association the valedictorian man lllen saunders gave her speech and the evening was concluded with o canada being sung to the musical strains of the school piano with miss helen craigie as pianist howdy folks didnt do so well thili week in tlanover cause i was teratchad in the seventh race and couldnt run dick was pretty hung up about it and told me that i wont be running for two weeks now and that will be bvelmlra on the thirteenth of june luw guess what i opened the stable door on sunday and had a great time ate a whole belly ful of grass made me feel real good and right frisky john salmon he was plenty tore about that and says it shore aint going to happen again u bill ward the local bank manager dropped around the barn over the weekend must have been checkin up on his investment came he sure gave me the once over he made some money on me when i came in second in my lilt race at hanover and i gueu he wanted to see what shape im in for the next trip u my neighbour vic wlllms felt off a friend of mine on saturday and plumb broke his arm so i might have to play the outfield for the rockwood seniors for the next few weeks jim uys that i dont need to get so uppity cause hey might find someone better to pinch hit for ole vic jj guess who came around here to see me on monday mornin just before the big yellow bus ploughed through into guelph to take the kids to school it was that coach feller you know darryl ntchol the one that looks after the girls softball team he wa telhn me that the nichol team had a great game on sunday night at the ball park in rockwood he said that he got so excited he didnt move the players around fast enough but when they got started they really played and for their pint game they were great seems the bcllwood parents were out in great numbers supporting their team as for rockwood moms and dads it was just something to have a least one kind of recreation for the girls even if it is the ume ole ball game pizzazz parents are still wondenn what happened to the tennis courts and roller skating area that they were promised by the recreation committee in the ball park t heard that the pore 111 ward kid steven broke hit leg in a back yard game of ball last week hes only goin to miss a week of school though but his lefts gom lo be in a can for six weeks accordin to the doc ucw coapbtm fatftrff profit unit two of the united church womens group in rockwood had their monthly meeting at the home of mrs earl brown the ucw have now completed their project of three layettes for the annual spring bale for the united church overseas relief fund the program for the evening was bated on john i chapters 3542 and the theme for tame was seeking it wmj prepared by miu g minns mrs george day mrs helen seine and mrs jim hill prepared and took the devotional two friendly contest were then run off one on scriptures and the just for furl and then lunch was served incidentally that editor fellow the jaunty one with the glassei jhai goei around ukin pictures for the acton free press was here a wrtile ago says lie took a great picture of i be baud fortyeight kids al the home and o school banquet held at that there centennial school and that p up v the unit usually meets on the only 1 00 for a five by seven j ull wednesday of each month nch and 1 50 for an eight by bu wnh july and august ten inch effort maybe ill irot over this afternoon and pick one up at the hee press office looming up there will be only one more monthly meeting which will be held in june yesterday i was gawkin over the fence when i was dotn my exercisin up north of highway 24 on the ucond line and i saw that halihurtons sure have a bountiful supply of strawberry beds and i tell you guys that those plants are jutt loaded with big fai herriet bel theyll be al their belt come late june and early july cant tolerate the things myself colo remedies cold remedies do little except relieve the symptoms and miseries associated with colds dont prolong their use consult your doctor about any condition that does not clear up in a few days a common cold may develop into something more serious requiring special drugs which only a doctor can prescribe dollar daddy the discount store wmfrf you mum buys mow timex watches 15 off suntan lotions insect repellents 15 off cup these coupons and bring mm jo doua daddy you can buy the item iistid in e4cm for the price shown ivhii the itehs iast i v0s mrmrc cup this coupon ymmjg hair dressing 29 reg 109 for s s while thev last fs mmr coopmiy 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