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Christmas lighting contest restaurant streets on agenda at trustees meeting Monday FOUR FOOT HIGH CANDLES highlighted the Christmas light display which earned them first prize in the house decorating contest in this year GRAY FAMILY DECORATIONS were anything but gray as they earned the second spot in house decorating contest Improvise service at Knox on Sunday By Mrs Max Milne Sunday December 10 was the date that was planned for the Christmas Service and Congregratlonal Dinner for the members of the Rock- wood Presbyterian Church and their families On account of the icy roads Rev Lewis of Milton was unable to be present After singing several Christmas carols with Mrs Betty Post at the piano Mrs Betty Death Mrs Jean McNabb and Mrs Barbara members of the Twilight Auxiliary carried out the remainder of the service using the Christ mas program in the Glad Tid ings The choir with Miss Gray at the piano and Mrs Betty Post on the guitar and Jeff on the violin played and sang several Christmas carols which were enjoyed At the close of the service enjoyed a delicious dinner served by the Twilight group Santa dropped in and remembered each of the younger children with a bag of candy and an orange The Village Trustees held their monthly meeting at the village office on December Present were Trustee Betty East wood Trustee Tony Reid and Village SecretaryTreasurer Len Hockey Trustee Audrey Billon was absent The problem of vandalism village street lights was discussed Within the last month six lights have been broken by sheila or rocks The coat to repair each light la approximately and this is billed to Rockwood Hydro This sum is then calculated into the Hydro costs to Village residents The Trustees would be grateful to responsible action taken by residents who witness such damage These people should call the Hydro office A police charge of wilful damage can be laid and the parents of juveniles concerned billed for the damage Betty Eastwood and Tony delightedly toured the Village on Saturday evening with Mary Coulter and Bert Brown who judged the Christmas light displays Winners of the first prize were Mr and Mrs David Drcxler of Division SI The second prize of was won by Mr and Mrs David Gray of Main St N The trustees wished to give honourable mention to Mr and Mrs Ken Petty of Christie St and to the tenants of the four on Main St S who beautifully lighted Ihelr homes The Junior Auxiliary of St Johns Anglican Church has been granted free use of the Town Hall on Monday evenings during the winter months This group formerly met at the Parish Hall which has been closed for the winter due to the prohibitive Talk leads to fight A man has told police that as a result of an argument with someone at the Beardmore Tannery he was assaulted He received a bruised and swollen upper lip THE OLD man with the white beard and share a secret while Richard Nelson on his knee watches for reindeer out the window of the Plaza Variety Liz Lee and Christi Matthews eye the box of candy canes that were ready for all of Santas visitors on Saturday Rockwood Bowling News Team standings Kays Feeds 33 Iters Nortons Rovers Optimists 27 Four Corners Happy Gang 21 Pin pals 20 Dynomites Countrymen Carneys 15 Results of games bowled Tuesday Dec 13- Kays Feeds pts Mary Lush spare Polo 515 Rovers pts Gordon Ostrandcr Gordon Happy Gang 7 Rick Selmwa Glen Gray spare Carneys pts Howard Dunk Jack Dunk spare Morions pts Roy Nightin gale Sue Nightingale 605 Dune Sam Four Corner pts Ann Parkinson Don McKersle 638 pts Danny Bolton Bolton Optimists 5 Gerry 583 Countrymen Peter Bosch Jan Loof spare Pcltcre Joy Halliburton Dick Halli burton pta Fred Jim Dales Men over Don McKereie698 Rick Seim Peter Bosch Danny Bolton 645 Jack Parkinson Roy Nightingale Dune McPhedran Glen Gray spare Women over Ann Parkinson Nellie man Sue Nightingale 605 Marg McKersle Denlse Bolton Mary Lush spare Alice Johnson 536 Joy Halliburton Val Samuel 523 Ruth Polo Kathy Holman 507 Jane Murlson Morion Allan Gerda Barbara Last Sundays Carol Sing was cancelled at St Johns Anglican Church Creche because of the freezing rain The first communion of the Christmas Season will be celebrated at Christmas Eve Service of SI Johns Anglican Church at 8 pm December Services at the United Church were cancelled last week due to the freezing rain Christmas Church Service wilt be held this Sunday but Sunday School has been Christmas and New Years Days Joseph will be the guest soloist at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church at 10 p on Christmas Eve and at the midnight mass at St Peters Roman Catholic Church O us tic on December Annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will be held at Stone United Church on Saturday December 24 at 730 p Communion will beserved Mrs Ethel Craig her son Walter and his wife Irene en joyed a delicious meal at the Abcrfoyle Mill on Saturday Mrs Alice Duby spent the weekend in as guest of her son Ken and family She also visited her sister Mrs Lucy Lines who has been very 111 in St Josephs Hospital Mr and Mrs Max Milne spent Sunday afternoon with their daughter and her family Mr and Mrs Ted Jeslin at Mr Ray Death of Main St is thankful for the quick response of Ihe Rockwood Fire Department to his call for help on Monday afternoon Logs were left to dry on the top of hi3 wood burning stove and they began to smoulder For tunately the smoke was noticed In time and there Is only smoke damage to the Death residence Meals can be ordered Meals on Wheels are available to any person In the community who Is not able to prepare a hot meal The meal consisting of meat potatoes vegetables and dessert is delivered to the persons home at noon Tues days through Fridays The cost Is one dollar Anyone wishing further In formation please call Dr office at Drivers for this worthwhile project are needed If you could spare one morning every other week to pick up the hampers at the Rockwood Medical Centre to have the hampers filled at St Josephs Hospital and then to deliver the meals to the homes In please telephone Mary Coulter at heating costs The Board of Trustees after due consideration ore unable at this time to give their approval to a three storey unit apartment building to be located behind the existing Plaza on Highway No 7 1 Acton had sought the Trustees approval for Ihis project at an earlier meeting The village garbage truck has been sold The Trustees are happy with the work being done by the present contractors and feel lhat this is the most economical method of dealing with Village collection The Trustees decided that garbage collection and snow removal can now begin on the northern extension of Fall St Mr has brought the roadway up to he standard as a gravel road The Village Trustees have no objection to Mr and Mr La argue continuing to operate the Dining House as a restaurant These men are the new owners of the premises and had applied for a minor variance regarding the property Village Foreman Charlie Glcndenning and Bill snow plow operator expressed their concern over cars Village streets at the meeting The cars are interfering with snow removal and residents are requested to park vehicles In their driveways Tony asked lhat priority be given to clearing parking spaces at the medical centre after a heavy snow fall Mr Glen- denning agreed At the meeting It was agreed that the Village foreman would be responsible for keeping the immediate area of the Cenotaph tidy and that he would report the condition of the area to the village trustees on a regular basis This responsibility had not been defined by either the township or the village In the past and because of this problems had arisen Although the cenotaph is located in the village Ihe land is owned by Ihe township Any repairs to the cenotaph are a responsibility of the town ship Trustee stated that an ad hoc committee including himself Bill Max Storey Lloyd Dyer and Jimmy Milne will meet in the new year to decide upon a course of action regarding repairs to the cenotaph base and the installation of a wrought Iron fence about the Murray of the Hor ticulture Club had discussed with Mr Hockey the repair of the white picket fence and tree trimming Now that the areas of responsibility have been defined It Is hoped by the trustees that the cenotaph will be well tended Residents of St and Fall St had been concerned about the drainage and open ditch in their area after the installation of the new highway storm sewers The Ministry of Tran sportation examined the problem Sewer pipes have now been extended on St and the Ministry has assured Mr Thatcher that the quality of the water in his trout pond will be maintained and closely monitored As the result of a villagers complaint and the Trustees action a snow fence has been erected on the east side of the River at the south end of the bridge by Cox Construction This fence had been taken down by either highway or hydro crews and not replaced According to the Trustees snow removal on Main St S sidewalks will be carried out to the best of the foremans ability This task has been made more difficult because of rocks and earth dumped during road construction The trustees felt that there are Inconveniences that the residents must tolerate during this construction period and that they are doing their best to maintain a safe environment Grant McRae principal of Centennial Is researching the possibility of busing the children from Harris and Carroll Streets during the con struction period He hopes that the children can be ac commodated on existing buses In the New Year District Pages Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec 21 1977 B5 Guides pass fire course THESE ARE FIVE of the guides from the 1st Rockwood Company who completed the Fire Brigade Course conducted by chief Carl Meadows Left to right the girls are Kristin English Karen Hammond Sharon Hammond Pam and Anna Taylor Twenty guides from the 1st company success fully passed their exam ination for their Fire Brigade Badge on December at the Fire Department They arc Laurie Anne Bald win Kristin English Valerie Galley Wendy Galley Sandra Gray Karen Hammond Sharon Hammond Barb Hawkins Kelly Hughes Laura Jansen McLeod Cindy Ncsbit Heather Noble Sharon Senn- hauser Donna Thomson Anna Taylor Jody Wilson and Katey Wynneck This useful course was designed and taught by chief Carl Meadows The girls have met weekly at the fire hall for a one and a half hour instruction period during the last four weeks Guides from Eden and Eden Mills have also completed this series which began in 1976 Chief Meadows stressed the importance of a home fire extinguisher a home fire escape plan a home Inspec tion for fire hazards as well as safety precautions for baby sillers One week first aid was taught by a repre sentative from the Guelph Royal City ambulance High lights for the guides included trying on the fire fighters uniform and using the The Chief reminds citizens attending local fires not to follow the fire trucks closely and to give the firemen room to operate at the fire sites WINTER MEANS packing snow These children got busy this week and built a fort in the Rockwood Centennial Playground Front row left to right Sherry May Erin Pollard Bradley Jimmy 0rafka Sean Sewell Back row left to right Nathan Incledon Danny Sewel David Darren Rawding Steven Chadder Jim Ross Council asked to accept responsibility for sewers township council has been asked by the Min istry of the Environment to assume responsibility of the Sewer and water project in Allan Patterson of the min istry attended councils last meeting and updated them on the subject The May l turn on date is still effective he said but he recommended that the municipality taki over the operation of the pro ject and a local person be hired for doing he mainten ance He suggested that resolu tions of council be forwarded regarding operation and for the remuneration of the maintenance personnel Mr WHICH IS more fun visiting Santaor eating a Patterson suggested that candy cane Sean Matthews has his answer His brother Scott was happy to list his wishes to the KS jolly old man at the Plaza last pofble and work out the Saturday necessary rate assessments I remember a Christmas long ago fifteen to be exact It was the first one Id spent as a wife away from my parents It promised to be a lonely Christmas miles away from Mom and Dad but at least I had my husband and new family of lnlaws I was very young and very morose However I did my best to decorate our drafty primitively heated farm house only half renovated Mack was working and away most of the time so I had carte blanche with the trimmings At the time we had about fifteen head of cattle an assort ment of pigs four or five horses including our beautiful Belgian stallions and the usual cats and dogs For these I made stockings one each with every name printed on They covered the unfinished living room wall Childish tree decorations and chains from my grade two class tran sformed the kitchen door into a mess Our dozen or so Christmas cards were strung hopefully from the door jam It all looked barren and depressing Try as I might I just couldnt feel Christmassy Christmas Eve dawned and I saw Mack off to work knowing he wouldnt be home till late The barn was always a friendly place but this morning the animals just werent enough I began terribly sorry for myself The phone rang about noon and the jolly voice or an old friend announced hed be able to spend Christmas dinner with us after all My spirits rose considerably as I bustled around doing some extra cleaning The phone rang again This time it was my doctor He bowled me over with the news that I wasnt suffering from some obscure virus but was indeed pregnant Hed saved the news as a Christmas present My joy soared so fast I had to sit down and lean back Looking up at the top of the china cabinet I noticed Mothers ever sterile Christmas cactus longsuffering my neglect had outdone itself by bearing seventeen blooms Seventeen I And it had never had a bloom in Its life never did again either The blooms werent there the day before when I dusted They had hurst forth today Christmas Eve the day I first knew Patrick At a time like that you have and pray and shout I did all of them as I yelled Merry Christmas out the door to twoslartlcdsparrows Toall of you Merry Christmas and thanks for being there Love from Mack Jenny Pat and Erica Township resident to receive remuneration township resident After considering the matter Keith Black will receive the road superintendent Bob for expenses Incurred during Hamilton was Instructed to recent ditching tell Mr Black that the town ship will pay him for 14 hours Mr Black had requested at per hour for digging council to pay some the ditch along lots six and of the ditching expenses seven