Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 31, 1969, p. 9

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

carl peterson tom monkhouw and norman oil portrayed the three tfcttt men in the narksty play it rocfcwood tchool they caffe beer ing olftt staff photo wubam gordon tived at rockwood academy a retired farmer william h s gordon r r 2 rockwood passed away in cuelph on december is he had been ill for several yeart mr gordon farmed on the rockwood academy farm and alu worked for anumber of yeart al harm woollen mills ai a finisher of cloth mr gordon was bom august 21 187 in nassagaweya ton of the late james gordon and hannah allison ho and margaret chapman were married al her home on the third line of eramota on december 26 1906 and the predeceased him he moved lo the rockwood academy in 1907 and lived there 6s years he was a member of rockwood pretbyterun and later unlled churches and was sunday school superintendent at one time he was a member of the independent order of foresters for a number of yeart in the 1920 s he was rockwood area correspondent for the guelph mercury he is survived by daughters mrs earl brown jean of rockwood mrs arnold sinclair oo best wishes our thanks and gratitude for your generosity gordon hardware limited used cars are our speciality but you can rent a snowmobile by fa faw or day for family fun lous used cars todrwmd k64235 elsie of cuelph grandchildren arthur brown donald gordon and deanna sinclair he was predeceased by two brothers george cordon and the rev james gordon funeral service was held at the rumleyshoemaker funeral home on december 17 conducted by the rev arthur gardner pallbearers were rou gordon arthus harris edward patmore jim hill wyn dunbar and lloyd marsden rower bearers were arthur brown gordon sinclair and donald sinclair interment was in rockwood cemetery two cars collide a twocar accident on monday at the corner of arthur and young sts caused damage to two cjrs and injury to a passenger frank geng of elizabeth dr was driving north and stopped behind another car following behind him was another car driven by theodore rypma churchill rd the rypma car received an estimated 250 damage to the hood grill and front bumper and mrs rypma struck her head on the windshield the geng car received an estimated 100 damage to the trunk and rear bumper cons divine of the north llaltun o p p investigated he was the officer replacing cons nosworlhy at the time cons nosworthy is convalescing following an operation on his foot draw wbum winners in the firefighters christmas draw were first donald mathison r r 3 censecon second fc connon 90 longfield rd acton third ken hultord rr i acton fourth ted carrier r r i georgetown pollock campbell tl wd v wrf tfli after christmas 12 price christmas wrap christmas cards christmas lights no m g f christmas decorations 4u oh many othh flehs reduced 10 ctem dollar daddy rockwood news ttttt acton fr prwi wedrtetcuy decomber 31 19tw 9 comin it w a ourirtntts vml front waterloo whirl doti sinclit csme to rockwood to tpcadhis holiday at home v a fintily villi and feet- together was held over chrutmat day whn the gordon scott family from stratford came to the village to be with mr and mrt harold scott of main street rockwood mr and mri ward and family fee viuting friends and relatives in wake worth over the chriilmai holiday period a chrutmas family dinner wat held at the home of eddie and sophie thatcher of alma street with mr and mrs e walcaih from toronto jim and julwr thatcher and their children janet and ilerb and their little daughter all from rockwood mr and mrt ed thatcher enjoyed another christmai event at the home of sophie parents mr and mrs b kjotowtki on december 26 in toronto a christmas dinner party was held at the home of mr and mrs ray ellis of qinstie street and guests for the evening were frances and bert corbett from goderich di and lynne duncan spent an enjoyable holiday at the home of dis mother mrs l s goodertum of clarluon when a family christmas dinner wilh all the trimmings was served dis sister pat and her family also attended mrs violet goeu from guelph and father michael goetz from islington were on hand to enjoy the huntercoulson family christmas dinner with their children and jim and bett also of rockwood mr and mrs armstrong the parents of jean pettitt enjoyed a family christmas day when jean and harvey and their sou randy visited them in arthur tvrv senior dance pupils of joyce carpenter ung and danced on the elaine cole television show on tuesday morning 400 dub lucky winners in last weeks 400 club draw were peter homer bruce martin mrs m maddaugh lou wasowicz and kay james mary coulson presently attending st marys school of nursing u kitchener stated cjinstmat day festivities with her family and parents mr and mrt hunter coulton of mackenzse street and then left the following day for winnipeg to attend the wedding of her cousin mitt lirtdiy gray of that aty christmas season in indiana became a reality this year for mr and mrt gerry burton who are spending it there with friends last weekends visiting list of marg coxt sitter in peterborough included the names of mr and mrt gord cox and family the family of frank schneider including david and kenny spent christmas day in hespeter with another of franks sons don schneider and his famdy a saturday night toboginning party with local friends participating culminated the weekend events when dick and sydney strong entertained mr and mrs john bentley from cincinnati ohio over the christmas holidays gary and marilyn brace opened their home to a family dinner over christmas when vjrious members of the brace family and marilyns mother and fattier and family gathered together friends of janet lefleur will be happy to know that she and her husband danny from ottawa are visiting their mother and father george and grace day on christie street for a few days over the holidays mr and mrs sandy hudson their children and dog spent christmas with friends al king city just outside toronto mrs janet j denton of hamilton visited the john clark family of r r rockwood over the holidays mrs denton is mrs clarks mother and her visit is expected lo he extended fur a few days mr and mrs syd denote and their 14 months old daughter janice attended the christmas fcve dinner of mrs duroses mother and father mr and mrs frank taylor of alma street also attending were murray and joyce taylor who recently moved to toronto from urbana illinois former rockwood athlete moves to toronto from us training in scientific advertising a former rockwood boy j murray was a popular and outstanding athlcic and one of the main cogs on ihc rockwood senior hall team during his school years he had received numerous awards for his publk t speaking achievements married on may j i6h to the former joyce hamilton j vk7 miss canadian contestant mr and mrs taylor proceeded together to the u s wheie murray attended illinois university in the advertising tield willi his present compjny he is imolvcd mainly with general foods the crabtree confectionery store has become a veritable beehive of snowbound activity now that tnowmobders know the delight of shopping for extra groceries via snowdrifts during afterhour store tunes the st johns anglican church chiistmat eve candlelight service wat held willi a packed church participating and the wonderful sound of carols pervading mrt john clark reports a viut from mr and mrs john clark sr from uarrse ontario with chris and big john staying as long as they could stand it which was all of christmas day mr and mrs sucheel bery from delhi india were also guests of the john clarki over the christmas holidays the presbyterian young peoples association recently visited the tden home for the aged and entertained residents there for the evening the guys and dolls was the combo which played for a successful and exciting company party recently when live northern stag christmas party was held at live rockwood town hall on friday dec ih e a christmas card received from don and winnie hills from their daughter joan and her husband in sunny vancouver tells of a trip to the mountains to confum that there is still snow in canada for christmas they also wished to send new year greetings to all their friends in rockwood the mohawk inn was the scene of pb fjmily socialuings and included as guest names for chnstmjsday dining were those of mr and mrs ray ellis and their family donna hills came home from mcgregor clinic in hamilton lo spend her christmas vacation wilh her mother and father ind visilohatmha hlltt household included trie and betty and their daughter kelly from london remember to attend the st johns anglican chutch skating to music party next sunday afternoon jan 4 buses will leave for hillsburg arena from the parish hall at i 30 p m to return at 4 oclock when refreshments will be served with a cost of si for everything including transportation lvcryone is welcome mr and mrs herb bolton celebrated a family christmas day dinner at their home on george street rockwood attending the event were mrs marlene ritchie her son mr brian ritchie and his fiance miss sandra marlow mrs ritchies daughter and lonitilaw mr and mrs richard mjltby and their daughter melissa and mr lome ranton all of lr in also included inline festivities were mr and ymrs donald gardiner anjjytheir family wendy jeffcry and donna of ldcn mills mjny localvisitors dropped in on thccouplc over the holidays to wish them the joys of the season murray taylor the only son of mr and mrs hank taylor ol alma street rockwood recently moved with his wife to toronto irom urbana illinois and is employed with the ogilviemather advertising company as an account executive having attended rockwood public school murray took his high school training at the john f ross collegiate in guelph and continuing on in his studies al the university ot guelph he graduated with his b a in scientific agriculture his special interest in the field of communication took him to the university of illinois where he received his masters degree in scientific advertising with high marks in a course of 4000 murray was the only graduate who had not completed his ba staoeibbastauuuuuatatai fred a hoffaaan optometrist si st georges so guelph onttv telcphoek kavtwl ring in us mtw year were not foiathing our loyal momttt ntut otttpi our thanks add bow a rsabpy ntrat ytmf watsons restaurant a prayer ran thb new year may louahter uaht your way way your dreams come rue and may health and happiness thine oh you and your loved ones in the new 1 sincere greetings rockwood board of trustees x3be most sincere uiib is proclaimed today that lb new year bring the best of luck to you and ail xl your loted ones it has indeed been a pleasure to sert e you tbe year long thanks dills stationery sincere thanks to all organizations and individuals forifteb acts of kindness l and many gifts 4 to our residents frum joan a wiif waidif andrhsidhnts mapleview lodge r r 2 acton mp people coxk i let tvtty huh ue la treeoota ueab ttrcly make ear a fa ytettt management and staff iga foods

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy