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and District Pages Hogarth Fred Cox John Morrison George Day and principal Grant McRae standing from left eachgota HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS visitors to Cen school Friday School was celebrating its tenth anniversary and people were taken on tours of the classrooms Students covered the walls with decorations honor of the birthday CUTTING THE CAKE Principal Grant McCrae slices the tenth an cake held by Mrs Marion Tubman a grade two teacher in the school Mrs Tubman is in her 20th year of teaching in Town ship Club sets Chalmers kw Centennial School has a great when it comes to outdoor education they are only few minutes walk from one of Ontario most beautiful conservation parks Tuesday the grade four students spent the day at the park with Short from the Outdoor Education depart of the Wellington Board Education already Students in grades six to eight start formal exams next week Things should be out of the toy in lots of time for The Rockwood Board of Trustees have written a letter of protest regarding the warranty of the water and system built by Arm Construction According to the contract with their wirnnty is up on Nov The trustees have sent a letter to the Eramosa Town ship Council MPP Tor this area and to the Ministry of the stating their concern They feel that the service should be in operation it least a year before it is accepted As it inds now the system has not been properly tested be cause things have been held up and hook up is still in the future Attention If you live south of Valley don t plan on cooking a roast Sunday after noon There will be an inter ruption of hydro service from lpm to4pm due to pole re location on No Hydro is usually accurate in their estimation of time so things should be back to normal at the estimated time Scoutmaster Law ton has two new assistants Richard and Stephen Johnson Their meetings will take place each Tuesday night at 15 p m at the Town ill and boy between the ages of It and 14 is invited to attend Due to circumstances beyond heir control the meeting was cancelled last Mr Pumpkin dressup huge success for kids by Kerry Chalmers Community Centre hummed with the excitement of Ha Howe en last Saturday when more than 120 children turned out for the annual party put on by the and District un for the whole family was the outcome of the new township- wide pumpkin pie baking contest with Gary Ritchie winning the best adult pie trophy Kira look the prize for the best junior pie exclaiming that one of her reasons for Growyourown week Remembrance Day Service for Township begins at the cenotaph in on Nov at 30 a m The parade will proceed to the United Church for a service at a m Legion members scouts cubs guides and brownies will take part Students involved in safety patrol at Centen noal School and a group of students from Aberfoylc attended a Safety Seminar at the school on Tuesday November Constable Murray Kidd St John Ambu lance and I- ire Chief Carl Meadows were involved In instruction with the group Safety when getting on and off a bus crossing roads safely and some first aid were among the topics discussed Bus drivers also attended this Important seminar 1- mushrooms and bar berry flanked the candles on the buffet table at the Town Hall last Sunday night when gardeners and their families gathered to enjoy the products of their gardening efforts Members of the Horticulture Club had one requirement when they prepared a casserole salad or dessert for the supper party and that was that each dish have at least one ingredient they had grown themselves Seated at tables for six there was ample for socializing and ex changing Ideas Each of these tables had a beautiful centre rrangement of grasses cones nuts and sprigs of colored berries and wild grapes around a candle Audrey Hancock Joyce Hill and Mary Coulter had taken to the fields and woods to the material used in the decorating Joan Miles efficiently kept casseroles hot and looked after tea and coffee The evening was rounded out by a slide show of old scenes and people by Frank Schmedcr Murray llaigh chairman of the group welcomed the guests and thanked he speaker The evening owes its notable success to the par tic i pition of everybody in the preparation of delicious food may have been the maple syrup from Cutty Farm and Mrs Jean Martin was claimed the best in the township Prizes for the funniest scariest prettiest costumes were just some of the many categories that resulted In almost everybody getting recognition Lorraine Root ably the large group of kids through many games much to the amazement of parents and friends who seemed overwhelmed by the merry bunch and preferred to sit on the sidelines Clown Sandy Root entertained the children dishing out mixed candies as she travelled about Pumpkins lined the tables and seemed to be watching he party with their brightly decorated faces and costumes done by the children free hot dogs chocolate drink chocolate bars and candles were free for all children under and coffee hot pie were on hand for the rest of the family The will be busy planning their Christmas Bazaar for Dec in the next by Kerry Sunny skies added to the already gay mood of the tremendous turnout at last week anniversary cele bration at Cen tennial Public School Fall colours In projects done by the students decorated the halls and classrooms and a scarecrow surrounded by gourds greeted people in the main hall People wandered through the school observing classes in progress until the official tree planting ceremony at The Student Council purchased a Centennial Maple and Student Council president Janet took part in the ceremony along with Principal Grant Members of the board George Day superintendent John Morrison and chairman Hogarth were also Included A Wellington County cross country was planned by grade seven teacher John Jackson and viceprincipal Bob Love that started at and ran till At the open house that evening the wood Home and School Association presented Principal Grant with a picture of his farmhouse done by local artist Helen of the Art Nook The picture was presented to Mr McRae by Diana Wallace and a speech given by Chris Bert els en thanking Mr for his contribution to the community Mr spoke not only for the home and school but for parents in general when he thanked Mr for the concern he shows for the children in their overall development as well as their education The painting was presented as a tangible token of appreciation Some of the teachers who were with the school 10 years ago attended Mrs Norma Tripp from Brampton Clifford from Guelph and Mrs Gail from Waterloo C Whitfield former superintendent of schools sent his regrets few of the first kinder class were present as well as some of the first grade eight graduating class Among the many other guests former students and teachers were Ron Fred Cox Lloyd and Murray Councillors Alan Burnett and John attended the evening activities month and the ladies feel it will be a real success because of the extra space the new centre provides Anyone will be able to rent a table for and sell what they wish Contact any Lionette for further information goal crowc own Good SEAN AND DANNY Sewell put up balloons to help decorate Rockwood Centennial school for its tenth anniversary All school walls were covered by student made decorations own Good News club is growing by the week parents become aware of the class It like Sunday school said Mrs Oscar Ihe club leader The children learn Bible lessons and verses We also have our own Bible club missionaries in the Third World lands the child rcn arc encouraged to save at least one penny to help other Bible clubbers oversea have set a gotl of for the end of the club year aster Cinadlan children are so lucky living in this land of plenty they arc encouraged to shire with the less fort of the world through their gifts each week They are assured their money docs go directly to heir adopted missionary More Rockwood News- on Page 14 of Sunshiners llohcna Peacock It was such a lovely after noon on the Ih October that Mrs Black welcomed members and visitors from Guelph the largest turn out of members this year The meeting opened with the usual ritual and then followed a sing song with Mrs Black at the piano The secretary read her report of the last meeting and the Christmas menu time and date given out The Christmas dinner will be held In the Rocknmosa Com munity Centre with the Lion doing the catering and It will be the 22nd December with Ihe meal commencing at followed by some entertainment AH those members wishing to attend must get their names down before the end of November and the Club will pay and the member the other Mrs Jessie Dunk gave the treasurer report Willian donated two huge red cabbages and three pumpkins which were put up far sale the proceeds going into the funds Mrs Irene Davidson was program convener and she asked Joe Fuller to play some violin solos and then she read a very very funny piece The Letter This had folks not just chuckling but laughing Alf Coullng came next with a mouthorgan recital which everyone enjoyed When Pa dressed for Church a most humorous recitation was given by Mrs Mary Milne Everyone was now ready to get lo the gomes tables and Miss Hazel and David Robertson took the high scores for euchre while the Croklnole high scores went to Mrs and Mr A lovely lunch was served by Mrs Jessie Dunk and Mrs Annabel conslBt ing of a variety of open sand wlches Don forget the next meet Ing Is November loth at the Town Hall at The bus trip to the Winter Fair Is November the Town Hall at 30 a and picking the Acton members up at a PLEASED WITH their winning pumpkins are W6nder Woman Stephanie Robson holding Humpty and Stephen and Ian standing beside Old Man Pumpkin MOTHERS DADS friends and babies enjoyed watching the games from the safety of the stage as children took part in a Halloween party at Community Centre last Saturday put on by the WEARY BUNCH of little folks rest on the stage following a tremendous Halloween party at Rockmosa Community Centre Saturday From left to right Patty Cleary Andrew Dunne Trudy Milne Cheryl Thompson LaurieAnn Howitt and Shane Howitt PRETTY GIRLS monsters clowns and witches attended the parry sponsored by the last Saturday at Community Centre A pumpkin pie baking contest added a new dimension to the annual event