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Acton Free Prejj Wednesday March Pay to engineers Eramosa turns down full time fire chief TEN YEARS AGO Cub and Scout organizations were functioning at top level Pictured here are scouts who are now the young married men and fathers in the village Sec if you recognize front row Freddie Nightingale Gord Bolton Don Hepburn Bob Bolton Bill Bestward Second Glen Petty David Schneider BlUWlngate Mike Doug Carney Third Bryan Peacock Ben Nyholt Rob Vincent Keith Heffernan Back row Scout Leader Lloyd Waddell Doug Swackhammer Grant Rusk and scout Leader Jim Boswcll from Group committee Auxiliary cite decline in interest The word concern is no longer relegated to parental vocabularies because more and more it is an attitude which is siting in to many areas of our society and although surfacewise it seems as if the Canadian Cub and Scout picture is unchanged by modem living to the same extent as other organizational groups Rock wood Executive Group Committee and Mothers Auxiliary would not agree Referring to the Father and Son Cub and Scout banquet held annually by the local Association Mrs Gordon president of the Mothers Auxiliary feels that the one to be held this year will only a small portion of the large potential group of young cubs and scouts Not Interest 1 am very concerned that there is not enough interest shown by parents in the cuh and scout organizations she said Our Venturer to groups folded up completely because of lack of leadership Giving commendation to Akela May Mrs BUton said that against doctor s orders ORDERS Mrs Swackhammer had taken on the role of leader of thanks from all of us die said Only now Bad weather during the past few weeks has plagued both the scout attendance and that of the Auxiliary mothers however Mrs is hopeful that once the finer weather sets In the youngsters win be back on a steady schedule with John DeBanks officiating as scout organizer A few years ago said the ardent scout and cub mother There used to be cubs in the pack but now there Schneider are only and they are not consistent Frank Schneider believes that more outside organization and sport activities play a heavy role in attracting boys away from cub and scouting However he considers that there is a definite need for the continued program and along with Mrs BUton would like to see more parent participation Date set This year s banquet is set for March and hopefully everyone will get behind their family juniors involved Mrs Bdton asks that the community consider leadership training for next year Springs training Lodge which will provide or lenders of ages IS to as well as provide adult leadership she said At the moment leaders are required for Venturers and Rovers and Scout Leader John DeBank needs an assistant However the responsibility or providing such leadership hangs on the shoulders of the group Committee composed of Mrs Evelyn Dales Mrs Hazel Hamilton Mr Kingsbury and committee chairman Frank and that if it had not been for her as a move to keep scouting alive interest the cubs would also have in There is a new folded She deserves a big rote training camp now at the Blue VON drive raises 304 The Cub mother Auxiliary executive is composed of Mrs Audrey who is serving her second year as club president Mrs Lots Tosh as vicepresident Molly Webster as treasurer and Alice as secretary President Bilton asks that all ladies willing to get behind this splendid group and others interested in leadership parti contact her in Rock wood Ask assistant dog controller to ship council turned down from bin Marshal and Under folio ting a tion from Chief Curl Meadows of the Itockwoodrramosn brigade at Mon by council meeting thief said he volunteer firemen were expected to look In equip ment make fire inspections on look fire prevention In the village township on a part time basis nnd the burden was increasingly he ivy Lots of overtime I spend to hours a week on the job and I doing no fire prevention and Investigation at all explained Mr Meadows I can continue the hours I have been working in the post in to regular two or three nights a week and three or four hours each on Saturdays and The is atrocious he said The fire also said it was next to impossible to keep on top all new developments in fire fighting prevention under the present system He emphasized the importance of fire prevention work citing the fact lives could be involved He said he was endeavoring to set up a depart ment as the fire marshal wants It Inspections are demanded he told council The solution according to the marshal office is to hire a full tune chief who would have ample time to do Inspections and keep up on prevention work and fire fighting techniques Cannot afford Council listened sympath to Mr Meadows but felt the township could not afford cost A full time fire chief would cost in wages higher thin cither the clerk or the road superintendent receive and the township would receive no subsidy from the fire marshal office There no way we can afford it the fire marshal does subsidize declared Deputy Reeve Duncan Mc Warren Parkinson agreed but suggested that Mr should find some way of delegating more work to the secretary and other members of The O fundraising campaign conducted throughout during the past two weeks has culminated in a village sweep of Two hundred and seventyseven dollars and twenty Jive cents Eden connections rang in a count of twenty seven dollars and twenty cents showing a total Mrs Jane Baumb Mrs Judy Bender Mrs Anne Benham Mrs Marjory Saunders Mrs Marg Cox Mrs Bate Ellis Mrs Miss Brenda Ingle Mrs Lois McRae Mrs Donna Richardson Mrs Nancy Carter Mrs Leona Kingsbury Mrs Marilyn Brace Miss Sandy Root all of Rock Fears that an township dog might incur mercury poisoning from eating a daily newspaper were bandied between Eramosa councillors and dog control officer George Martin at the regular meeting of the township council Reeve Parkinson told council the story of the errant pooch which cats the newspaper and precipitates an angry exchange between one subscriber and another But the dog control for this district of three hundred wood and canvassing for Eden and four dollars and fortyfive Mills Mrs cm Many citizens in the village are Following dose on the March of dependent the services of the Dunes heels it should have VOJ and numerous others who oBowed that the canvass for the have required aid in the past Victorian Order of Nurses applaud the wonderful work they wouldnt get off the ground do Mrs Strong has recently been However spearheaded by Mrs invited to stand as a Wellington Sydney Strong it was a whopping County Board member success and campaigners and chairman alike are delighted Crow lag seeds Although funds to support the VON usually come from such sources as municipal grants patients fees and voluntary giving the voluntary giving has slackened whereas due to the growing needs of the Order to acquire more staff and cover greater distances costs for its support have risen considerably According to Mr Cameron the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the Wellington County Board It has been difficult to get canvassers in the country areas of some the townships such as Peel and some part of Erin Eramosa and Mary borough Despite his concern however Rockwood cmnns rose to the occasion and after a coffee startoff party at the home of Mrs Strong 17 housewives converged on the village without too much convincing and after completion of their two week collection project are able to contribute a worthwhile sum which will help defray the already deficit position of a very valid and worthwhile organization Representatives who assisted Mrs Strong were Mrs John Salmon Country TV Centre SALES SERVICES Highway no TV Service to all mdres 1 Oni fire He felt it mlht be possible to have a full lime chief if to did not hove payments to make on the new fire hall and fire truck Council makes grants township council agreed to give a grant to the Federation of Agriculture following several minutes of earnest discussion at the regular meeting Monday afternoon Councillor Ken Fair opposed the grant claiming the i- does little for residents of the township Reeve Warren Parkinson however felt farmers would not have received the per cent tax rebate if the had not been active It la the one farm organization trying to do something agreed Deputy Reeve Duncan Mc Phedran Council also passed resolutions granting Wellington Soil and Crop Improvement Association 30 Fergus Fair Erin Fair and Acton Fair 50 Councillor Dick Strong suggested perhaps the township should compile a list of oil organizations that put the bite on the township but the reeve replied facetiously that the office t have enough paper Praise brigade Councillors praised the work of Uic based brigade In the past and suggested present fire protection was the highest in the county Mr idows told council the new hall almost finished and the fire marshal wanted to show it off as a model for other brigades to copy An official opening will likely be held sometime In the spring when snow and Ice are gone Council also tribute to the fire chief for the hours he spent at the new fire hall which often interfered with his personal life and cited this as another reason for the excessive time he spent bending the brigade Mr Meadows listened to council reasons for turning down the suggestion and replied the brigade would still carry on to the best of its ability He also promised to hoed admonitions to delegate authority in spite of the work load the fire marshal office heaped on exclusively for the chief to handle At Monduy meeting I ramosa township council reluctantly agreed to pay Triton of 100 for work connected with tho Boles Drainage Works near tho ramosa and town line Just north of Highway Original estimate for work Triton appeared in front of council to explain that costs increased when successful tenderers on the Job failed to perform Several were engaged before work was done Ho also stated the contractor hit rock and the site of the drain had to be shifted I- site for the drain was also bypassed when Guclph Public land there requested the change Objects to hike Councillor Ken Fair objected to paying the Increased costs saying that if he submitted an estimate in his own business it must be within five per cent or ho wouldn t stay In business very lorM He found stretching costs from to 100 hard to digest The drain was installed following a petition by ratepayers and charges will be laid to the project tut Reeve Parkinson thought the performance bonding company should be liable for extras since first companies engaged to do work had railed to perform Clerk Lloyd said ho felt there was IHUo hope of collecting from bonding companies however Tho work also held up by bod weather was supposed to start In 1067 H S HOLDEN M Cork SI GUELTH TA Wo Slock and Order STYLE SIMPLICITY PATTERNS H I N TO N Sc to 1 STORE Occasions Cut Flowers Potted Plants Funeral Arrangements 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