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Eramosa 4H awards presented SHOWN ABOVE ARE THE TROPHY WINNERS OF THE Eramosa H Dairy Calf and Soil Clubs Front row left to right Terry Matthews Sandra Leslie Sharon Leslie Back row left to right Jamie Brad Matthews Bruce and Christine Groot The Dairy Calf Club and the Beef Calf Club held their Awards Night at the Centennial School on December Over members and their families took part in the even ing sponsored by the Junior Farmers The Clubs begin in April when the young formers acquire their fa They keep monthly reports which they forward to their leaders and then to County Co ordinator Jerry There is a 1 point system based on Gate Sign Farm Visit Judging Examination Exhibits Showmanship reports and attendance to calculate the trophy winners The Fergus Fall Fair is the Achievement Day when the arc shown and judged Leaders in the Calf Club arc Larry Peter Richards and Ron Storey Dairy Club leaders are Harvey Allan Ron Martin and Alex who was given a certificate of ap preciation in recognition for his leadership during the last years Ontario Ministry culture and Food Certificates were awarded to Ken ings Tim Kingsbury and Brad Matthews for six pro jeets completed to Bruce McDougall for completed projects Breed Association Award winners were Lisa Cole John de Groot Mike McNabb John Scott Petty Ian Giddy Brad Matthews Terry Matthews Gordon Freeman Terry Ralph Garbotz David Hambly Peter Herwynen Brent Beau champ Greg Mike Southwell Kelll Swan Freeman Joe S me tier David Sandra Leslie Jamie Kail Margie Burns Shelly Stephen Burnside Sharon Leslie Mark Brian Eric Mike Hudson Merrltt and Ken mm There were seven trophies awarded The Junior Trophy for the highest standing member was achieved by Christine Groot Twotrophleswerewon by Bruce one for the top standing member from Township In Three Crop Clubs and the other was the Wellington County Soil and Crop Improvement Association Challenge Trophy The Wellington County Shorthorn Trophy was won by Mamie Top Showman in the Calf Club Is Brad Matthews Junior member in Township who has the highest aggregate score for their first two consecutive years In is Sandra Leslie Sharon Leslie is the Calf Clubs Top Beef Club member Terry Matthews was awarded the Livestock Management Trophy Congratulations to all Doug a professor at the University of Guelph spoke of his three years experience teaching at the University of Ghana as an exchange me of the Canadian International Development Agency Refreshments all donated by the members were served to round off the evening District Pages ThB Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec 28 1977 Rockwood bowling Eden Mllls THE JUNIOR choir Christmas carols filled the air with festive tones on December 21 at the Centennial school assembly Shown left to right are choir members David Johnson Carol Meadows Kathy Hawkins Margie Thomson Elizabeth Noble Vanessa Weidman Beth Haworth Laura Davy arid Michelle Swanson Sidorood 1 December What do you do when you re snowed in with the kids My first I heir that dread announce on the radio All buses in Wellington County are can celled is to mutter darn it or words to effect Bui after I res to changing my plans for day we usually get on w ith all sorts of jobs that I been putting off Today is just such a day Morning chores were very because of the depth of snow around the buildings The animals wercn terribly cooperative the novelty of the snow has worn off for them and they Just want thank you very much But we were cheered by the sight of a plowed path down our vay some good fairy had made an early morning swipe with his snow blade- 1 hank you good fairy all round It took a while to convince the children Ihcy going to watch television all day but were going to give their rooms a GOOD CLEANING Great stay at home activitypro viding mother can stand it We decided to combine the cleaning with our periodic boxing of clothes and toys for recycling through Goodwill agencies The kids always gel very enthusiastic about this Pat even dumps in his good shirts the new pants he hates last years Christmas Ft from Great Aunt Bertha his homework books Kindly maternal correction sends his way with a thick ear Today Erica washed all her dolls clothes for sending away She a very grown up young lady of twelve now and scorns her Barbie dolls But as soon as they gone she II be sorry So hard to be a girl woman never knowing from one day to the next whether you II want to wear 1 or pony tails Airborne We suffered the sight of tiny dripping clothes hanging all over the heat ducts oil day as we continued with a Job I con t stand dusting the walls and beams In a log house with welve foot cathedral ceilings ill over the place this is a constant job Erica Is good at hopping up and down ladders with dusters on a stick and launching herself into space as she wins the battle of the cobwebs We vc tried damp mops for the Job but they leave linty trails What we really need is six foot man who mind heights Come to think or it I married one We joined Sandler and Young in carol singing and generally got ourselves all Christmassy Felt like charging out into the blizzard and hacking down a spruce tree but managed to control myself Finally towards the end of the day after the animals were safely stabled again I curled up in front of the fire with an early Christmas present a treasured out of print copy of Travels with a Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson I could stay like this quite happily till Springbut I II whisper the wish in case someone hears it Meets King of Sweden Team Standings Kay Feeds Rovers Optimists 32 26 Four Corners 31 pin fall 398 Norton Happy Gang 30 Pin Pals 21 Countrymen Carneys Results or games bowled Dec Happy Gang 5 points Rick Dennis Death points Van Joy Halliburton Guelphltcs points Sam Nancy Gordon spare Countrymen points Eva Bosch Peter Bosch Four Corners points Marg McKersie 631 Nellie points Howard Dunk Dune Kingsbury spare Optimists points Gerry 605 Gerda Birkholz Dynomltes 2 points Jim Dales Paul Hoi man Pin Pals points Dan Bolton 563 Garfield Tan well Kay Feeds points- Elmer Allan Vcrna Blair Rovers points George Smith Gordon Norlons 2 points Ivy Ritchie Sue Nightingale j54 Men over Sam Jim Dales Gerry Don Howard Dunk Women over McKersie NelliL Ann Parkinson Nancy Gordon spare Ivy Ritchie 564 Sue Nightingale Bosch Linda Wilson 533 Erke Von Blair Dei ise Bolton Winners of the Turkeys in tht Christmas Turkey Roll were Ann Parkinson Hemming Diana Carney Verna Blair Gerry Sue Night ngale Lloyd Mars- den Fred Vandervalk Rick Sum Danny Bolton Gwcn Gordon Peter Bosch Other prizes to be won were The I Christ mas Cake Cheese Baby Duck Wine Chocolates and Mixed Nuts Sec you in the New Year Christmas meeting of UCW services in news of area by Debbie Marshall The Eden Mills United Church Women held the Christmas meeting in the Sunday School room Vice president Betty Snow welcomed the good attend After several Christmas A visit to Sweden is an event anytime but a visit and a meeting with the King of Sweden is an occasion to be remembered for ail time Mr and Mrs Harry Wilson of met the king this spring at the annual Inter national Police Association Congress held in Gothenburg Sweden Mr Wilson recently retired from the Hal ton police force and once deputy chief of the former Trafalgar Town ship force is the first North American to be elected presl dent of the association Mr and Mrs Wilson were head table guests at a lun attended by King Carl carols Mrs Holly Saulonies read the Christmas story from the New Version of the Bible Mrs Finley gave a prayer The story Lets Not Have come Christmas This Year was Mrs Mabel Parker read by Mrs secretary read the minutes son After listing the pros and of the last meeting Treasurer report was given cons or Christmas we will celebrate Christmas not because of what it has become over the years but because of what it can be- CONVERSATIONS abounded at the Sunshine Clubs Christmas party at Rock Community Centre Jean Precious left had something very interesting to discuss with Daisy Kingshott back to camera Margaret Copperauldlends an ear too for their good work in the past year Mrs Betty Marshall thanked the ladies for at the various events at the nursing home Donations of money were voted to three church funds Mrs Betty Snow asked that new members be encouraged by Mrs Jean James showing and closed the meeting with a very good balance for the prayer A Christmas buffet year and social time was enjoyed Nomination report was The Eden Mills United given by Mrs Holly Saul Church Choir entertained the Nursing Home to carols and Mrs took the chair Christmas music for the election of officers as A beautiful candlelight follows past president Mrs service was held Christmas Ruth Milson president Mrs Eve at the Eden Mills United Betty Snow vie president Church Mrs Mabel Parker There are still a few tickets secretary Mrs Freda left for the New Year Eve Thompson treasurer Mrs dance Please contact Debbie Jean James missionary con Marshall at for the vener Mrs Ruth Milson tickets Those who have not flowers and card convener picked up theirs please come Mrs Lorna Tomlinson and get them before the 29th Mrs Freda Thompson Dec or the ticket will be thanked the outgoing officers gold UNIQUE DECORATIONS of shiny milk weed pods cookies painted pine cones and paper cup belts all made by the children adorned the Christmas trees at the Nursery school Shown at the party for moms and kids are four of the little ones Lucas Misurka Beth Duncan Andrea Barnstaple and Andrew Patterson by Barb Lloyd Dyer says that he needs only one more load of water before the skating rink Is ready in the Ball Park Let hope that the other fire truck is repaired soon so that villagers can don the blades this week Winnie and Don Hilts have two holiday visitors in their home their daughter Joan of Vancouver and a niece from England Daughter Donna of Calgary was unable to Join in the Christmas celebrations in as she is travelling in New Zealand Mary and Chester Meek were very busy in the kitchen on Christmas day preparing dinner for all family mem bora who were home for the festive meal AWAITING THEIR stage debut in the Christmas pageant at the Centennial School are Mary Janice Patterson Innkeeper Kevin Harris Shepherd Ian Robson and angel Stephanie Turowski International equestrian on Canadas team JOINING IN the carol sing at the Rockwood Sunshine Clubs Christmas party are Cecil Nellis and Ethel Adsett By Jennifer When you are selected as a member of the Canadian Jumping Team at the Royal Winter Fair break your arm on the first night you can do one of two things throw a tantrum or shrug Torchy Millar did the latter The Milton rider is used to getting hurt in this world of horses but he also used to being chosen to represent Canada consistently The young Ottawa native has jumped for Canada since 1967 the same year he won the North America Jumper Championship in Detroit Other winnings Other winnings Include the individual bronze medal at the Pan American Games Canadian Jumper Champion in and leading Canadian rider at Washing ton this fall Millar has ridden In two Olympic Games on the gold medal winning team of in Munich for The flameheaded eques trian nicknamed Torchy real name is now comfortably settled as man ager of Farms situ north of Milton off High way 25 This sizeable establishment owned by Barchild Investments and run by Barr of Milton Is one of the leading horse training stables for hunters and jumpers in the area Sixty horses are housed in the heavy oak box stalls and may be ridden by their owners In the huge Indoor arena or any one of several paddocks and riding rings Nestled in the hills of the Escarpment the farm provides beautiful wooded scenery for quiet rides Millar looks after the boarding horses helps train them and their riders looks after the showing schedule oversees the horses care and generally keeps things on on even keel Throughout all this he tries to keep up his own riding and training program at Millar comes by his interest in horses naturally His family always had horses tn Calgary and continued the interest after moving to OK when was a youngster He started taking his horse business seriously at the age of twelve and went the usual Pony Club Junior Horse Show route He also hunted and went to oneday events but decided by age he liked showing better I guess I was pretty successful as a kid he ad mils with reluctance His senior showing centred around the Ottawa Montreal area from to the early seventies This was at a time when you could compete with inexpensive horses Millar comments You could take half bred horse and have a shot at competition Now things ore more sophist These days it may take as much as 150 thousand dollars to purchase a competition horse according to Millar For thousand you might get a green prospect he says It was a lack of good horses that kept Torchy off Ihe Canadian Team from to he Just I find a good horse at a reasonable price This la a common pro blem for Canadian equestrian competitors in any branch of the sport Competition for Millar next year depends on business and a horse In the meantime he keeps very busy looking after Bar crest horses which include everything from highclass show horses to pleasure horses We always have a bunch of horses around someone sends us for schooling Millar comments The training of horse and rider consists of casual in struct ion and no formal classes Barcrest also has some breeding which includes hunter and Thoroughbred racing stock which manages There are three winter schooling shows to plan and when Millar Isn away looking for new equine blood he helping clients select from the horses avail able at the form praises the area he finds himself now living In Its close to everything with horses I don t find it too crowded I don t like to get too far Into the woods He likes the area so much settled in an apart In with a new bride Betsy who fortunately happens to be horseoriented too He s looking for a horse to show next year although he thinks Ihe horse he showed at the Royal looks like a good prospect If the horse Is there Millar will be off to Quebec Detroit Montreal Washington and New York next year riding for Canada as he has done these past ten years Anybody got a horse MILLAR member of the Canadian Jumping Team instructs Linda Lester of Toronto at Barcrest Farms Milton Millar manages the large equestrian establishment and has ridden for Canada in the Olympics twice