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The Free Press Wednesday Apr I 5 Comins and Goins JO ANNE Jody Anderson Margie School athletic teams on to victory in noon Glendenmng and Carol are the pretty hour competitions against other schools in cheerleaders who root Centennial Wellington County Photo by Lorraine Hews and views To be a photographer of anything one has to be many things To be an amateur photographer with an instant polaroid which you strongly suspect was put together as an experiment by an office staff that however really something else again and better believe It First of all one has to cultivate a special audacity to be able to Jump up in front of people and make like someone who knows what they re doing especially when there Is always the com possibility that several highly qualified pros are port of the crowd you are photographing Or when for Instance there ore kids about It takes more than nerve but some purely unadulterated u t z because once they cotton to the fact that you re producing instant pictures you are a dead duck If they don t look great unless they re two year olds Hit them all Well I guess I hit them all From taking pictures on a church hall chair on which all the legs have become unglued and with body weight it falls apart to walking backwards in an attempt to eaten a particular snap of an ultra float in a carnival parade and falling faceup in a ditch too difficult to have seen when walking In the backward One gets out of that little fiasco by pretending it was all part of the game feigning laughter and trying not to limp LORRAINE away Two weeks ago I found myself once again In another laughable situation about which terwards in contemplation I could sit and chortle and did in fact act out in a party gome 1 had arrived at the scene of a snowmobile rally and as the machines varoomed around the enclosure I tried valiantly to take action shots but each driver was only anxious to warm up his engine and satisfying my photographic energies was of concern to him Snap snap snap after each shot I pulled the little white tab which were my pictures and the evidence that I a done my job It was freezing cold outside which meant that each picture had to be specially warmed in the cold clip provided for weather kept under a windbreaker arm for development insurance and as the wind tore out from beyond the shelter I was using it would almost manage to sweep away the print as I separated It from the negative at the appointed buzzer sounding time Big snowman Reaching that shelter had been a ridiculous affair Four feet of heavy snow covered with Ice and as 1 tried to reach the unlccd area by walking uphill I stood the chance of either breaking through the crusty surface waist level or falling flat on my back Three limts I attempted to get to that verandah and three times 1 found myself encompassed in Council briefs Recti a letter from township solicitor B slating hi could see no abjection to proceeding with an application to the Ontario Municipal Board for rezonlng of the proposed Hamilton park Lloyd Hindley explained the Hamiltons had dealt with objections from the Grand River Conservation at a recent meeting with the Authority Decided that requests for grants from Acton Parks and Committee Fergus and Acton Agriculture Societies Canadian Red Cross Society and the Wellington County Tuberculosis would all be dealt with at a special meeting in the near future Agretd to the date of April for a Joint meeting with trustees from Eden Mills over the future of tin Trustees of the village have indicated they would Mills to hook up with Wellington County In the event regional government descends on them Presently the village is divided between Wellington and Halton Instructed the clerk to prepare a bylaw to legalize lotteries and appoint a licensing officer for the township Discussed the township liability over an old fence behind the ball park on the request of the township recreation committee Deputy reeve Duncan McPhedran said he thought the township had a moral obligation to provide some protection for the ares which drops precipitously about feet at the back of the park Hi suggested the recreation committee consider erecting another new fence following the same contours and leave the existing one standing as well as provide double protection Councillors and McPbedrans suggestion with them to the next meeting of the recreation committee Discussed recent differences of opinion between Councillors Strong and Fair with the building Inspector over Interpretations of the plot plan required for a building permit The councillors felt the plan should be drawn to scale and signed indicating also what the building will be used for to avoid misrepresentations Mr Strong said there really should be no argument since the bylaw states people have to adhere to the requirements However the deputy reeve said require ments for small buildings were stiff and encroached on farm enter It was decided to follow the building Inspector s request and open township offices from I to Friday afternoons to process applies bona for building permits Agreed to sponsor two firefighters at a regional fire school in following receipt of a letter from Wellington County Mutual Aid stating the county is endeavoring to secure the school one of four the province runs Decided to acknowledge a Certificate of Recognition from the Canadian Cancer Society the fund raising efforts of the drive headed by Glen Grey of the township and Mrs S in Rockwood The campaign went well over the objective Reeve Warren Parkinson presided for the meeting with all councillors present snow until I finally found my way by slipping on the frozen crust and Just about breaking my neck in a sporadic type somersault The young men watching this display of disco ordination didn know whether to howl with laughter or pretend to be blind and It continued to get funnier and funnier as I minced about struggling to get out of a situation moderately gracefully while resembling somewhat a lifesized over stuffed snowman come to life All this while holding my pictures above snow level protecting them from getting wet and disposing of the sticky negatives pollution conscious wise to the paper bag which I had taken for that purpose but which was being whipped around by the frantic wind This with an audience yet Sure I managed some pic lures Polaroid in the wintertime is tricky and sometimes development problems In the cold kills the potential But I took what I could to the best of my frozen linger attempts and then with a wave and a tried to leave the Rally looking my confident regardless of my frozen display Topclown 1 had made it again Gown number one A in front of people I t know Bother me Not as lonasl tell myself that what I is more important to mi than what they think I doing Imagine the surprise extra amusement I provide for people who don know that coming and what is more fun for than sitting In a snowbank laughing at oneself while people look on questioning one sanity Will the days ore longer now and the bun is out melting away Ihe infernal white stuff and the crows an cawing once again So it soon be springtime anyway and I won have to worry about problems anymore for a while anyway WORKED FOR IT flu papers report that home of thi protesting students they of the their made their moniy Grandpa that figures The old folk for it It s a hearty welcome to all visitors to the metropolis and the Good Friday breakfast at the Rockwood Presbyterian Church brought In guests from many areas Two special friends Mrs Earl Scott and Miss Muriel Foster came down from Erin to enjoy the delicious repast and could be that Mrs Scott hoped to enjoy the culinary abilities of her grand children She Is the mother of Betty Death whose sons Dennis and Ronnie were two of the Young People a group who organized the breakfast Talk about ecumenical assistance When the St John a Anglican Churchmen were planning their last Monday Monte Carlo menu one amazing contribution was when Marie Ellen Saunders volunteered to prepare the chili for an expected 120 men Well the crowd didn completely show but Marie Ellen chili did and according to all attending It was the best theyd ever tasted Should be bottled and sold said many of those present and others Just smacked their and asked for more Thanks Marie Ellen you really know what its all about and we like you that way Calling all soccer players Registration of and area minor soccer players will take place at Centennial School on Saturday April between a m and noon Boys between the ages of and 16 are eligible with membership set at per boy Games and practices will be in Acton unless sufficient players register in any age group when a Rockwood team will bo formed to play and practice locally as part of the Acton House league Parents wishing to assist should attend the registration or contact Sandy Hudson at Hurry up kids remind your parents that registration date is next weekend Congratulations to Jlmmle and Jean Milne on their April twenty fifth wedding anniversary A surprise family dinner feted the couple at the Rockwood home of daughter Donna and Alan where family Donna and Alan Chick and Marie and Mary Ann and Gary gathered to present them with a gorgeous set of silverware and a silver tray Its further well wishes that friends are sending to the popular couple with congratulations for an even happier and more prosperous future Good luck and Jean Rockwood was last weekend when Sandy and Audrey and their children visited Mr and Mrs John Hisslnk in King Ontario for their Easter weekend Maybe the eggs were bigger in that country but bet the far away fields weren any greener Welcome home folks Hey ho Guess who took an trip to Montreal It Ian Wcyman who was the weekend traveller but it be home again as Ian will want to be In town for his last Upholstery wind up night at the Rockwood academy Mrs Charoltte Tuck of Georgetown who has been seriously 111 in the Toronto Western Hospital received a special ovation last Friday when for a birthday celebration Margaret Lambert of Acton ordered a special deluxe cake from Saunders bakery and it was transported to Toronto Just recuperating from her operation Mrs Fuck was not able to enjoy the festivities of cake eating as Mill as the nurses who gathered around her bed to consume same NOTICE To Eramosa Township Residents The Building Inspector will be available on Friday afternoons at the Township Office on Highway from 2 to 5 PM to issue and render assistance on applications for building permits LT Hindley Clerk to to the last crumb Mrs Daisy sister of Mrs Tuck reports that the patient Is now recovering rapidly and will be home again in a few weeks Mrs Tuck a Georgetown friends will be happy to know of her progress It was a full house this weekend at the Ray and Betty Death a house on Main Street when eldest son Brian who had arrived home from his three week vacation in balmy Hawaii Invited his friends Teresa Mason and Bill Gray from Toronto and Anne Lennox of for a Sunday visit which with Dennis visit from Mary Law of Gait and her friend Barbara Rays mother from Guelph Mrs Gladys Death also visited and everybody had fun especially Brian who was sporting a southern tan and looked reportedly great Brian Hawaiian trip had Included friends Bill Gray and Keith Fulton from Toronto At its conclusion Brian then spent three weeks In Vancouver with Ron also of Lucky travelling youth re really seeing the country these days Beautiful Isn t it Friendship love and kindness Is what Mrs Daisy Kingshott of Harris Street found when neigh hours and friends learned of the death of her brother Mr Frank Holmes of Acton last week Thank you for the rides cards and remembrances said Mrs Kingshott as friends expressed their sympathy and she is grateful Again let It be said Get your tickets now for Spring Seeds the variety show which will be coming to Rockwood on date of Friday April 14 when local and international talent will incorporate to bring everyone the biggest bucks worth of enter talnment can provide Come on everybody get with It and keep up with village happenings buy your tickets now and watch for the posters Guess who Won the giant colossal Easter Eggs at the Millstone Restaurant draw It was Robin Walker and Cheryl Ann Mifsud and the proceeds will be donated to the lions Club for Community projects Nice going Millstone your community participation is great I One of the village saddest moments was when they learned last week of the passing of a dear citizen In the person of Violet Alice who died last Wednesday March after a six weeks illness at the Guelph General Hospital A resident in the Rockwood district for years Mrs was MARY LAW OF GALT visited last week and is seen as she assisted Gray and other local young people cooking the annual Good Friday breakfast for all Rock at the school hall of the Pres byterian Church The scrumptious meal which included eggs bacon pancakes juice cereal coffee and hot cross buns was prepared by the Presbyterian Young Peoples in which Its membership is representative of alt church congregations In the village The to 30 a Good Friday event has become traditional in the local church and at times villagers had to wait for seating ac commodation to be served Photo by Lorraine well loved and a popular lady who enjoyed people She was a charter member of the Women Institute and a member of the Acton and Senior Citizens Clubs who will be sadly missed in the community ViUae residents wish to convey their sympathy to her family be the Country Squires at the Public School next Friday April when the Junior Farmers will present their annual variety and dance starting at The award winning play Fools Paradise wilt also be a specialty of the evening with fares set at for adults for students and children under RENT A CASCADE HOT WATER HEATER Just Month AT ACTON HYDRO STREET ELIMINATE TAX FILING WOES LET US HANDLE THOSE FORMS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HAVE MADE US EXPERTS ALL 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