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and It a hi to Hairy and Bob Bonner who recently spent a few days In Toronto attending the convention in Toronto for two or three days Welcome home folks under stand several others from the It was an interesting event Congratulations are very much in order for proud parents Meg and Ted Norris well known in Rock wood village and proud parents of a new daughter born Feb at St Marys hospital In Kit chener Weighing In at lbs the new arrival will be warmly welcomed by her parents and In laws Meg friends in the Fellowship group send special wishes and nopes to see her back in action at club meetings the lines are down but so far there have been no callers applying at the Rockwood office as adult guards or the crossing at Highway on entry into the village near Harris St An honorarium will soon be set by the trustees for whoever applies for the twice a day Job Meantime danger of what looks like an officio crossing area is prevale it The trustees have an ad this week calling or ap plicants Have you the time to make some extra money hangs outside the Colonial Hotel Permission was received from the Ontario Liquor Control the proprietors Mr and Mrs Ray Law Exciting news of the day is that the sale of the Milne mill on Main St has now been finalized and new owners will take possession by March 30 Proprietors will be Joy and Stanley Burr of who will operate the historic building as an antique shop specializing in Old Stone Mill Antiques will be the name of the new em which It is expected will open around May 1 Milne will conduct his feed store operation at the building at the back of the mill until other quarters have been Time marches on and more changes come to It heartiest con to another new istrlctbaby and Jack of Eden Mills were blessed with the arrival of their first offspring at a Tuesday morning A spanking new daughter who on arrival weighed 7 pounds straight Nice going mom and dad Letter to editor Village resident complains As disclosed In an earlier edition of this paper the Ernmoaa township council has given permission for a contractor out of town to come in and construct a commercial building on Alma That would be tine if we had the sewers and water installed in Rockwood but haven t The rumor is that an sewage system Is to be used This system Li for it private dwelling of up to ten so how many units arc going to be Ira tailed A ten apartment building would need ten units A would need unit for every two automatic So if you had len apartments and a with 12 automatic washers you 10 one lorge area of 12U feet im feet for the filter bed Tell me Mr countil Is there enough room on that property for thin system Who gets the run off from this system Is it Mr or Mr Bonner Mr Thatcher has nit fresh springs Just below this site Ik has a picnic urea and a trout pond 1 like to know who Is runninR Hock wood I The who live here and their local council They certainly don have a chance to voice any opinions Everything to be settled by the liwnshlp council then the village is notified of its Yours truly A very angry villager DSCUSSionS planned Retirement of Fair manager Rockwood meeting of United Church Women INSPECTING AREA snowmobile maps with members of the newly formed Snowmobile Zone Association is Bill Wilson coordinator with Ministry of Natural Resources Cambridge district He is seen with Ken Steer of the Golden Triangle club In Guelph and Don Martin of the Rock wood club as they attended a meeting of zone representatives last Monday evening Sacred Heart hosts World Day of Prayer St John s Anglican church started off Lentm on Feb 12 with an Wednesday which a short discussion was held Afterchurch sessions Pay raise objection Hie vast majority of people replying to an open line show on radio Indicated they would favor a change in legislation that would prohl bit elected officials from voting on raises for the positions they hold except immediately prior to the end of a term William Hall wrote the I In Hon Hoard of advising them of the survey Ills litter was received and filed The board rccmlly voted in favor of a J GOO raise for trustees arc planned tor the lull lnten term Wednesday discussion gained Interest as those present provided for possible board meeting will beheld Under discussion will he suggested Improvements or me manor in church flon market for the spring painting on Hit art show the garden party fund raising for pur chase of new choir gowns and for servers party for children and starling up the Sunday school At the election of church officers held at the Jan met ting and electees wore asked to con the moltcrs for discussion so they can liner accepted and relegated or dismissed After years of rklnU Sock it annual meeting the l 1 Society manager has retired Ills request for retirement wis accepted and approved at said he hopes to be able to enjoy the I rln as a spectator for mi ny more ytars I he Acton Free Press Wed Feb 19 COFFEE END TABLES BRAND NEW IN BOXES 3 PC SET Good Satoctian of Other Models Farmer Jacks Warehouse 25 1 Mile North of Milton Free 8782374 Friday to Snt Sun to The February meeting of the United Church Women was held at the home of Mrs Frank Ostrander During her devotional study Mrs Vera stressed that a new convert may not understand the language of the message of the Bible at once thus ad ditfonal teaching is needed Today s methods of presenting a lesson can In crease his knowledge especially if both the eye and the car receive the message An interesting statistic is that we learn by un derstandlng and berlng We understand BO percent of what wc sec and hear but we only remember 10 percent or what we hear As Tor remembering we also recall percent of what we see and hear but remember percent of what we hear only The voluc of pictures films and audiovisual is proven to be no mere frill she concluded foster child Interest was keen as the heard the latest letter rom their foster child The president Mrs Florence Trousdale suggested one member accept the responsibility for writing a monthly reply During the remainder of the study period the in dividual members shared their favorite articles from the collected history of the United Church during its years existence Most women chose portions with a missionary flavour ranging from famine relief to northern workers selfless labour for the poor Discussion continued on into the fellowship period when the hostess served tea to her guests Sunshiners out despite weather Roll call for the meeting of the and Catholic Women League C was answered by giving a paper product for the parish house kitchen The meeting was held at the home of president a rjorie Saunders SL Hock wood During business a thank you letter was read Sister Regis charge of sending cheques for the upkeep of Victor fosu I Id Hit L sponsor in Guatemala conveyed thanks for a recent donation The group recent bus to the Keefe centre on Jan was reported on Hal Holbrooke was the entertainment for the evening outing and the ladies agreed it was a successful Wood donors Blood was discussed briefly The group was reminded that donors arc desperately needed at local clinics and ladles were asked to consider the need Last minute plans were made for the 15 Valentine dance The secretary was asked to write to Burton Hill and confirm the Canadian Bible Society meeting to be held Sunday May at p The Sacred Heart church will host the annual meeting of the Society as well as the World Day of Prayer service scheduled for March at pm den House Other matters discussed included the program for the March meeting speaker and a film on cancer will be shown at the ii i I Other ladies of the community arc invited to attend Mrs Jay Halliburton reported an enjoyable af lernoon held in January when she and her committee convened the birthday party for Eden House residents She said everyone had cooperated well and found the effort most wothwhlle Concluding the meeting father Olinski gave a brief talk He said he was pleased at interest being shown In plans for future activities Mrs Bacon gave an appropriate reading after which the meeting was ad journcd and lunch was served A lucky draw was won by Mrs Halliburton Turnout for last Thursday meeting of the Sunshine club surprised even the members as a large secretary She reports that Victor Smith played the piano and In the absence of president Vera Black who is recuperating from her recent hospitalization Mrs Mary Mlltte chaired the meeting On Invitation from Mrs Cecil Mrs Gordon Bor- thwick attended to show films and slides of the provinces Club members enjoyed the Interesting half hour of pictures and commentary Euchre and were once more order of day Bert Davidson McDonald and Mrs Henry were delighted winners for euchre A K Thomas and Mrs Margaret McNabb took crokinole prizes Climaxing the meeting a delicious lunch was served by Mrs Victor Smith Mrs Margaret and Mrs Bert Davidson A variety of sandwiches were topped off with a special decorated cake serviced with icecream It was a pleasant afternoon where friends enjoyed each other com said Mrs Peacock Members were reminded of the next meeting to be held at in the town hall Town hall dance jumping success Arts Council A great new idea is being launched in Wellington County which if it can be worked could bring the field of arts and crafts into easy accessibility for everyone within the Wellington perimeter Its the Wellington County Arts Council which has been sanctioned by the Wellington County Board Its concept sprang from the combination two things the avail bill of Wellington Place and its location near the new county museum Organizer feel the space of the old county home Wellington Place and its situation lend itself as the ideal letting for a county community centre for the arts They feel the arts council could be to culture activities what sports councils are for sports programs Contacted Earlier this year a meeting was called for people interested in inform Hon of such a council Letters were sent out to various school town township and organization councils to encourage attendance the first fathering A steering committee chosen who have been investigating how such a council could be put into operation its function and what activities could be conducted within the structure of Wellington Place What is If Actual scope of the project has not been clearly defined It is the thought of the exploring committee that Wellington Place could be a resource centre where community organizers can reach to find people to fit program needs such as teachers artists craft instructors etc Classes in cultural programs art dancing instruction music appreciation etc have all been derations of the enthusiastic group general meeting is being held on Tuesday Feb at Wellington Place located on the highway It hoped that all county residents interested in promotion of such a centre will attend Time has been set at pm As well as general discussion and presentation of the concept of the arts council elections officers will be held to establish an organized board During the evening a workshop will be held where those attending will be divided into groups They will discuss programs in their specific communities Feed back from the discussions will be the beginning of a catalogue of Worm don from which the new executive will have its base for the arts councils promotion The town hall was jumping last Saturday night as over 140 patrons of all ages attended the Valentines dance sponsored by the Rock wood and frrom until a m Charlie and the Big kept dancers on the move playing everything from oldies to modern rock with some mix up dances In between to keep the party going Guy Lavoy of Guelph was the delighted winner of the heart shaped box mixed nuts won as number one door prize Ivan Coffey of Fergus area won the valentine candy box A special heart shaped cake was the third lucky door prize taken home by Alex Leach Climaxing the evening was a delicious buffet lunch starting with cold cuts special breads pickles and cheese It was topped off by exciting homemade goodies for desserts made by the W L ladies themselves Co- conveners for the successful event were Tony and Nellie Cash nettings have not as yet been determined but organizers say the dance was a great success both financially and socially Accident A twocar collision on north of the Township Line resulted in minor injury to Grace of Orion The accident occurred Feb 13 when the Brads haw car was in collision with a vehicle dm en by Margiret MclJirc of Caledon East Total damage to the vehicles was estimated at An accident occurred on Saturday Feb which resulted in estimated damage of Si John of Acton was travelling south on Hum way at the Eramoso Township I when the car he was driving left the road striking a mailbox No in juries were reported Thompson SHEET METAL 1 1 We are Craftsmen in Air Conditioning Exhaust Systems Heating CALLUS TODAY What you dont know about your water heater may shock you A blast of cold water may wake you up to it 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