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press District Pages The Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec V- ONE OP THE crafts at the and District Bazaar was a beautiful white and yellow bedspread by the nimble fingers of Helen Hiltz shown above with her creation It was won by Lorraine Black of Erin township council Discuss road closing at Hillsburgh There are 709 vacant lota in closed or partially and what Lillian writing on Ministry of Agriculture in dogs Keith had two Erin Township according to would be in the best interest behalf of Minor ewes killed Martin Nye 16 a report by Roger Truemner of the public It was agreed Softball Association re- Code of Practice which they pullets Clarence county planner sent to Erin before anything was decided quested council assistance on Introduced in which pro- three Iambs and Garnet Sln- Townshlp Council This Is that a report be had grading and levelling out the vides guidelines for one lamb Ten dollars based on available lots on from firemen on available ground to make it in safe neighbors They stressed was paid for the shooting of which there is no dwelling access to buildings in case of condition for play The clerk the Code of Practice is a one stray dog Word of appreciation was fire was advised to write a letter received from Perrin The Ministry of Housing to nay council will cooperate M for letting him know sent a report in which they with the Village trustees who about the motion on porno- are speculating about con- own the park verting planning documents to the metric systems and its availability I children which was made in lob i coke and endorsed by Erin Township Council A discussion again rose on the closing of the rood in by the hotel whether It should be wholly Lionettes bazaar fills Rockmosa Centre A line up of shoppers greeted and Dis when they opened their Christmas bazaar at am on December at Community Centre A steady stream of traffic made its way among the tables until they closed up shop at p m and a most successful day was tallied Children and adults had a great variety of gifts from which to choose The Brownies featured plants leather goods and many crafts made by busy little fingers At the ceramic centre articles such as bathtubs colourful seta and flowery piggy banks tempted the shoppers Woodcrafts made by were unusual and beautiful Candle holders spoons and Jewelry all had their Intricate designs burned In by hand At another centre stained glass discs glowed from the booth and the customers chose from pottery gaily wrapped candy festive tea decorated loaves of bread fabric wreaths or wooden toys all hand crafted The Lionettes worked hard producing articles such as crocheted Christmas cedar wreaths teasel Christmas trees and they donated them to their sale In the middle of the bake table was a gingerbread church with stained glass melted life savers windows A reindeer drawn sleigh was parked beside the Christmas tree Children longingly eyed this beautiful edible creation baked by Sandy McLean as moms bought other goodies Pulling the string and a fishpond were areas that saw THE CHILDREN longingly gazed at this beautiful edible gingerbread church and desired by Heather Noble left at the Rockwood and District Lionettes Bazaar held on Saturday December 3 the eager small fry as cust Hazel Richardson Nancy Miles Winner of the white and Alberta Auger Diane yellow bedspread crocheted Catherine Meredith by Lion Helen Hiltz Julie Sargent John fingers was Lorraine aid Hazel Hamilton Lynn Black of Guelph Scott Sargent Laura Frontier Florists donated a Wendy Funk pretty red and white carna lion flower arrangement and the draw winner was Mrs Mites of The ever Hill June ing Carol Petty Margaret and Julie Ingle Weary shoppers enjoyed SERIOUS SHOPPERS Roberta Trotter left and Donna Ford right contemplate their purchases from the Frog Pot booth at the Rockwood and District Lionettes Bazaar held on Saturday December 3 at mosa Community Centre Cash swiped as girls party Eramosa library The Ministry of Tron Municipal Election Act advised a on Doug Gamsy from all bridge structures in the and Mannerow Engineers at township whether wholly tended the meeting as he within the boundary or part- he wanted to maintain a This recommendation council He dis came with the report on the bridge on lot concession the Code of Practice means to an end and they were offering it to help planning in the area The township of Sandwich Bill was brought forward West has passed a motion on replace Bill to revise the legal passing of school buses suggesting that whereas now school bus drivers not only have to identify the car but the driver as well they would like this amended to identify and not the driver This bridge is per cent owned by Caledon and Erin Townships The Canadian Penitenti aries reminded council they were capable of producing- that is there to live in for the winter until the new house is underway Itwouldhavetobe Insulated and fixed up and they would later move it to use for a machine shop They were advised they would need a building permit before they could get permission to live in trailer which would be unattainable until they get possession of the pro- pery which is not until mid January It would be more economical to rent a house for a month or two than to put money into property before they get possession of it Jim an engineer under the agriculture representatives office bet ween Elora and Fergus and Howard Nodwell from the copies among the They were asking Erin Town members of an outline of the ship to endorse it and send it type of work they do on which they were agree- Mr and Mrs John Jerse able to do recently purchased 10 acres A total of damages was on the Tenth Line and asked paid for livestock killed permission to use the cottage Donald Ross attended council meeting He has acres at the comer of and highways at and has requested that he be allowed to open up a Farm Equipment dealership for John Deere He brought with him the signatures of land owners surrounding his property Council will assist him In rezonlng but they would like to see written into the by law some limit on the length of stay of used equip ment Mr Ross was quite agreeable numerous items to make work for the Inmates and asked that they consider that as one of the sources of supply It takes a year to keep an inmate The Telephone City gravel amending by law was re turned with agreement It was then taken to Mr Hungerford who will moke note of the differences then send It to their lawyer Dale Scott who is the representa tive from the Ministry of Natural Resources who issue the license and ore respon for carrying out the agreement of the license Is coming up to talk with the reeve and Mr Hungerford solicitor for the township Raise 786 Bible Society Local treasurer of the Can Bible Society Pearl Hamilton reports that the and Everton can vassers have collected and that there have been other contributions of A total of 75 will be sent to the national fund The Bible Society provides translation of the scriptures the languages of the people in countries It prints and publishes the scriptures In the proper scripts typeBlze and format and provides these bibles free or at a fraction of their popular penny table saw frultbrcad cheese or ham happy winners from the self serve They were Jessie counter This was another Betty Milbourne happy vent made available Swanston Duane to the township residents by Jean Martin Kay Laverty the cost to Christians in foreign countries in Canada the IT IS Glen Storey off on his horse with his Society distribute bibles to construction hat and CB radio at the the native peoples new CoOperative Nursery School immigrants the Canadian armed forces and to mer chant seamen Scriptures arc provided for the blind in braille on records and on cassette topes If you wish furthe inform about the Bible Society you may contact president Gordon Kinsbury or secre tary Mrs J MtDougal Pearl Hamilton of Main St will gratefully accept any further donations on the iety behalf Society The thrill of going backstage to meet the con Hans Bauer was the affairs highlight for the excited enthusiastic children Janet president of the Centennial School s Student Council by When will the road be finished for this year in Rockwood Paul supervisor for Cornell Construction Com reports that and his crew of ten hope to finish up the storm sewers within the next two weeks They arc presently working reports that the Grade meRkwood cV6peratlvVNursery School any on the final feel of High- have earned a profit of WP at RockwoodTown Hall way from Frederick St out proximately from their morning towards the Academy Next spring will see road crews paving well as Installing the curbs and sidewalks Cox Construction will be responsible for the main taining of safe thoroughfares during the winter SHOWN ABOVE are Sean Manse and Jennifer Hawkins The smiles are typical of those seen at Rockwood bowling December 10 will be the next paper drive for the Lions club A reminder that these drives are held the second Saturday of each month Please call or B56- If yours will be a new stop on the route this project Flood Tide by Ian Stuart Juvenile primary fiction A sum of This Sunday December will see the joint Christmas Parly for the parishioners of Sacred Heart and St Peters The dinner is pot luck The party with Santa in attendance taken begins at 3pm at the Kay i Feeds The Pel IB IB Gang 16 Carney itcs Dynomllos 12 Countrymen Men over COO Dune Kings Library will be open at the Mine Yours Ours by Albert from purses of two women wood Centennial School regular hours during Burton The Bears ABC book December Tues Thurs by Robin Wild The Horse and 6p m His Boy by S Lewis The Saturday 9 am 12 noon A including Saturday Dec at the Olympic Dec and Saturday Games by Rene Goscinny Dec fiction Alaska by Following Is a list of recent Boyd Norton A Guide to arrivals at the Library Feeding Horses and Ponies Adult fiction Island Magic by A Your by Elizabeth Goudge Seven Erroneous Zones pb by Men of by Daniel Dyer Starting Soccer Gads Hall by by Edward How to Lofts The Plague Plan and Build Your Dog bv Richard Adams Workshop by David Manners All the buses arrived on time yesterday at while they attended a party on Line Five last week After the party to which On the evening of December over Rock- man noticed was missing wood children the majority from her purse which she left from Mrs grade In one of the homes rooms five class attended the A Klngham Road woman performance of the Wolfgang Centennial School despite the told police she was also Amadous Mozart Requiem snowy weather The grade 7s missing some money after held at St Georges Anglican then headed of to the Crystal the party This womans Church Guelph The students Springs Trout and Twin wallet containing cash and were enthralled by the personal papers was taken beautiful music of the Kit- This trip part of have a male suspect Symphony weir geography and science in mind onA the Choral programs The patients of St Josephs Convalescent Hospital and those of Eden House wilt be bury spare John Doles entertained this Friday 08 Dune December by the Rock- John Gordon spare Wood Centennial School choir John Polo Roy and band The students will gale 843 Dennis Death make a day of it and go out for lunch after their per Women over Nellie Stokmon 709 Erke Van Driel 586 Sue Nightingale Chris Hoi man Spare Linda son Results of gomes bowled Nov Optimists point Kingsbury spare Gerry points Roy Nightingale Sue Nightingale IT WAS story time at the Co operative Nursery School and it is obvious that these children left to right Lyndon Nelson Stephen and Kendra Smith were paying rapt attention Coop nursery delightful place How do the three and four year olds of the District spend some of their time Fifty three of the local children attend the Rockwood Cooperative Nursery School at the Rockwood Town Hall a happy Interesting place to be not only for the kids but also for the three mothers who assist teacher Ann Vos at the half day sessions The children program Is divided into three main sec creative time actlvi ties like painting pasting play dough and dress ups are enjoyed at this time circle and snack time this Is when sale grapefruit This money will be applied towards the ex pense of Ihc grade 8 spring trip to Washington D C To remote sales two mystery were chosen in Rock The first students who Despite the for knocked on these doors bowling this with the selling fruit won a can of September fire the Sports peanuts Corinne Gooyers man s in Gutlph discovered the southern the Rockwood Bowling mystery house and Sandra now well underway Leslie found the house in the Into another season We have Countrymen points Peter north of the village Sandra just completed five wteks of Bosch Leslie Smith Leslie also was the winner of bowling and the team stand a beach ball shaped like a are as follows gigantic Florida orange The Rovers Nortons she earned the most sales of Optimists 22 Tour Corners Four Corners points Nellie 709 Marg McKcrsie The Rovers points Gordon OBrien Carney points John Gor don spare Howard Dunk Kays Feeds points John Polo Ken Lush Guelphltcs 5 points Dune HarveJestin spare points John Dales Paul points Denise Bolton Holman spare Happy Gang points Dennis Death filO Linda Wilson 504 GO trains possibility trains on the GO Transit system are a real possibility In the near future according to a statement Minister of Transportation and Communications Jim ThePeitera4 points Erke Snow made at an Van Hank Van meeting last week the children learn songs listen to records and stories and maybe tell of their own experiences free time play the climbers sandbox water centre large blocks and bean bags are enthusiastically used by the youngsters during this period This school dependent upon fees It does not operate on a government grant nor does It receive any other subsidies Mothers who assist in the program pay a lower monthly fee This Is a delightful place to visit to watch busy sunny faces Wintario pays arena The land was given by the developer for the arena Public subscriptions designed to pay a balance have exceeded the sum required by about A committee was struck to decide what to do with the extra money One of the public sub scription fund raisers suggested council hold the money to pay for an indoor swimming pool The unexpectedly high amount of a grant has paid off Miltons new milliondollar arena The grant twice the amount expected by the town recently classified the gift from the developer of six acres of land valued at as a public donation The provincial body will pay a grant based on that price Have you done all your Christmas baking No I thought you hadnt Just like me In fact I havent even started and tend to get quite testy with people who have Fortunately I have a couple of recipes that are very satis factory done within two or three weeks of Christmas Both are from friends north of and both are relatively inexpensive if any thing is these days The first is for a light moist fruit cake that tastes really Christmassy and doesnt take ten dollars worth of fruit I gave up making the real dark kind when the price of mixed fruit and nuts sky rocketted during the sugar crisis and forgot to come down Frail Here she be Cream 1 cup of butter or soft margarine with cups of white sugar Add 3 eggs tap vanilla and coq- you have 12yearolddaughtergetherto do it with a wooden spoon please Mix in tap baking powder and l tap salt Add 3 cups flour alternatively with a 14 can of crushed pineapple and juice Stir like hell and add lb light raisins lb almonds lb candled cherries and one cup of candied pineapple These items can be in smaller amounts If your budget Is limited pineapple costs the earth candled peel does fine although the cake Isnt quite as rich Everybody in the family must stir this batter and wish old British custom Mother never did tell me what would happen if I didnt do this and Ive never had the courage to find out The batter goes in a large round pan or tube pan and you drop It on the counter a couple of times to get the air bubbles out CboMhln Now tochocolates hand made handdipped delicious The cream fondant is easy Just mix 1 can condensed milk with 2 com syrup Vi lb butter or soft Stir In about 3 lbs of Icing sugar until you have a dry workable dough Idoubleandtriplethlsforglfts Now comes the fun Divide the dough Into the amount of flavors you want Color and flavor each lump accordingly kneading with more sugar Keep tasting till its right the favor develops over the week so dont make It too strong Now you can wrap nuts or cherries with fondant add walnuts to maple cream stir coconut into fondant flavored with Cocoa anything you like Or leave some of the flavored fondant for cream centres Form the fondant into balls or shapes the site you want your chocolates to be Freeze the centres until you dtp them This is a must to make the dipping easier and keep the kids out of them When its time to dip melt an package of semisweet chocolate with one quarter cake of paraffin wax a definite phis for shiny professional looking chocolates When chocolate Is liquid remove a few centres from freezer Stick large darning needle In centre and dip quickly Into chocolate Set on wax paper to cool carefully spinning the needle out of the chocolate wee curl on the needle and fill In the hole Vollaexpert tea marks Chill well and refrigerate till needed preferably behind the turnip so other people dont know theyre there