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Candy factory busy with Easter orders MARY FUNK has been hand dipping chocolate confections at the Schneider Candy Factory Rockwood for the last 25 years JEAN GIVEN is a 30 year employee of the Schneider s Candy Factory Here she weighs some jelly beans one of her year round duties byB Easter Is less than two weeks away Nobody knows this better than the six employees of the Schneiders Candy Factory who are now In their busiest season Grand children and even great grandchildren of J H Sen who founded the com pany over years ago pitch in and give the family bus a hand getting the chocolate rabbits hens ducks and clowns to market On the factory s upper floor where the ladies ore wearing blue buttons saying Apprentice Easter Bunny work begins in January to have the products ready for spring These Easter confections are unique because they are handmade from pure choco late In the tin molds remem bcred for years The molds each have their special names Including Mr and Mrs Chic Grandma and Grandpa Dutch and Girl and Boy There are bunnies of all sizes with baskets in pairs hopping driving cars or riding scooters The choloate is melted over hot water and the molds are hand filled by the long lenced workers The chocolate sticks to the side of the mold and the shape Is formed The form then hardens taking anywhere from minutes de pending on the weather The chocolate sets faster on colder days The molds are undipped and then the de lightful animals are decor ated again by experienced hands Weighing pricing and wrapping finish the process The family business oper ates year round Frank Schneider la the the trade he learned from his father Brother Clarence is the company s salesman and purchasing agent and sister Shirley is the book keeper and girl Friday Lately she has been busy decorating the Easter pro ducts Shirley says that her Dad was the real candy decorating artist He begins making his tiny flowers Immediately following Easter for the next years trade Receiving old price lists you can see that inflation has really hit the candy market In the chocolate was ten cents a pound now it Is two dollars a pound You can let people know that we are still here says Shirley The business was reported as sold a few years ago and is currently for sale The factory is located on Main St next to Ihe town hall It Is open to the public for Easter sales every afternoon m Saturdays from 104 p m and Good day Rockwood District The Acton F Press Wednesday Mar Students ski to school earn Canadian medals Six Centennial School students and a teacher have skied their way towards medals from the Canadian Ski Association Teacher Bob Love ex plained that he and 14year old Brad Billings started cross country skiing to school back in early December Both lived on the Second Line of After Christmas five other students from the same area put their Christ mas presents to good use and joined the pair Ages range from nine Co 14 not including the teacher Mr Love is first on the route and is joined by the others They cover part of the Conservation area walk along the Ice on the River for a piece through the bush and across lvo farmers they have permission Brad Billings has earned his gold medal as he has skied a total of kilo meters For his age group he only had to ski 400 kms to recelvetheaward The rest of the group are working on their bronze which for some is km a and for others is 100 kms Their daily route is six miles one way Sarah Brown Mark Godding 11 Don Godding 10 David Levi and Dave Van Rhijn 11 are the other skiers They leave home at 7 30am and arrive at school by They leave when their teacher is ready sometimes not until 4 clock Mr Love said this time of year the hike is beautiful They have watched the sun come up and the light played tricks on the colorful bran ches Unfortunately he this time of year presents icy trails and because of tern perature changes during the day a different wax must be used In the morning and late afternoon Altogether Mr Love pointed out only eight skis nave been broken OLDEST AND YOUNGEST students who cross country ski to school each day are Brad Billings and Don Godding The two along with five others live near Eden Mills and ski to Centennial School Hydro keeps building towers step leading to an offer of compensation as required under The Expropriations Act Forestry staff are continuing to carry out wood- lot evaluations on this sec Ontario Hydro is going ahead with construction of the Bruce to Milton hydro corridor in spite of energy minister Reuben Baetz a Indecision about the of an Independent study of the corridor promised a decision this week In an information release this week Hydro outlined the steps they are taking to com plete the line which will march through the centre of Hills with 160 foot h towers Hydro calls the section which passes through the Limehouse to Milton although it includes part of Erin township and the town of Milton Appraisals are now underway on this section and owners being con tacted by the Property Department staff the first tlon From to Lime- house which includes part of East Luther East Garafraxa and Erin Townships con struction crews have been busy on environmentally sensitive areas where frozen ground has minimized dam age It is expected tower foundations between and Highway will be com pie ted soon Hydro has taken possession of all property on this section of line sals have been completed and negotiations continuing with owners From Bradley Junction to Hydro expects to have 284 towers done soon Ospnnge Runaway train kills three at site CENTENNIAL school teacher Bob Love clowns around with Sarah Brown and Mark Godding while they set out for home on cross country skis The three are joined by four others and to school daily from their homes on the Second Line of Eramosa township near Eden Mills daily Birthday Mary Rogers was the guest of honor at a birthday party at Eden Mills on Friday which took the form of a luncheon Anne Chandler was hostess for the event which emphasized Spring There was a special maple- flavored cake which featured a maple sugar ornament with tho lighted candles The cake was made by Linda one of the guests Other guests Included Acton Joyce HID l Patricia McCarthy Cormac Mc Carthy Hazel Mack Guelph and Mlscha Skoropad Rockwood Local woman at convention A freak industrial accident killed three construction workers Tuesday morning when an unmanned train engine slipped Into gear and plowed Into four small trucks parked on the railroad ties The 8am accident occurred at an Ontario Hydro Job site between Eighth and Ninth line east of Trafalgar Rd on Britannia Rd Train engineer Victor Newcombe of Olgar Dr Burlington had stepped out of the locomotive to get a coffee along with several other construction workers police said Approximately 24 workers were gathered at the site coffee vending truck parked with three other when the engine rolled forward crashing into the trucks and men by Doris Fines Sure my never come from Ireland but there about me Irish and faith warm tho cockles heart to take a stroll thro Park climb the hills dear Donegal or walk the shore at It just seems like that I was Sure ye should go yersel sometime It a luffly Mrs George Lang attended the Hairdressers Convention on Sunday at the Sheridan Hotel in Toronto It was slightly crowded there being around people there Hacke was hostess for the Busy Bees on Monday night The roll call was an swered by Btatlng a leisure time activity or Interest that I would like to develop The president Linda took charge of the meeting Vice president is Margy Johnston smother and grandmother taught the girls how to crochet doing the slip stitch single double and treble crochet and some started to do a granny square Discussion was on a night hike they will be taking Easter was the theme of the Ladies Afd meeting at the home of Mrs Ward Bruce which began with tea and dessert Mrs Bruce taking the devotional spoke about the the signs of spring and the upsurge of new life to the earth Easter and the significance of the resurrec tion the hope and the life Scripture reading was from Matthew Mrs Bruce con cluded the devotional by reading on article on Will You taken from the book A Man Called Peter Mrs Gordon had charge of thestudybook She asked tho ladles to read accounts of MaxySlessor study book Is on Local Churches In God Mission and it stressed on how local churches had helped Mary Slessor Mrs then read some items of past history of the local church THESE THREE Rockwood Centennial All Star Band members received the top award for their year s musical endeavours Heather Cox left plays the trumpet Susan centre plays the trombone and Wendy right plays on the clarinet The prizes were plaster busts of the composers Beethoven Bach and Brahms Spring Is coming I msneezlngagain It most sens of animals grow own winter coats in thh climate but I w they be more I dy about their removal My vacuum cleaner repair man shakes his head and mutters This machine wasn meant to cope with shag rugs and Angela the argumentative lady cats have an interesting way of shedding their ha r They spend these early spring months f constantly ripping great of hair out of each other with every tussle We can always find Angela We just follow c trill like Hansel there Angela under someone bed Mack dark green t to v rk and ha to put It on in the kitchen the only room with an floor We brush him down and send him out relatively respectable but if he stands around for a minute or two the cat hair material from nowhere and zaps itself onto pants like a mag net Jane the old dog Is Into her annual molt Each molt lasts approximately six months She loves lying on the rug in a patch of sun getting up to leave a complete outline or Jane behind One friend who also has iwo dogs and three cats says spiritedly My friends know better than lo visit me navy slacks M unlearn In Other signs of spring the house Mlkcy one of those huge grey cats who have fifteen pounds of muscle and ten pounds of hair feels need to prepare his claws In a log house the jutting log ends at every corner offer a made- toorder kitty scratching post thinks it marvelous to live here However he been bashed so many times for sharpening his feet on the walls that he has developed a rather furtive way of going about it He crouches in a mouse hunting pose looks rapidly left and right for any signs of a hand has a rapid mini scratch and struts off aloofly as If that scratching cat t him at all but a total stranger Spring has brought out the Border collie pup herding Instinct to the full He stalks everyone and everything freezing to a crouch when he comes upon on unsuspecting cat It was disconcerting at first but now I m used to being watched round the door as cook by one eye and a half a nose When I use the bathroom and don shut the door tightly I try to Ignore that eye glued to the crack as I sit there in regal splendor Thechlldrcn close their bedroom doors and the pup lies full length outside his eye squashed under the door peering In Naturally the cats are the most frequent recipients of his a No matter where they lie themselves down for a little lick and a stretch the pup Is there head poised cars alert waiting The cats rarely get a good wash these days was most upset by these proceed and took to oozing her body under drapes and cushions Every once in a while the pup would pass close to a curtain only to have it and attack him Startled him a mite Angela is very belligerent and won stand for any of this nonsense Yesterday the pup card old Jane bark and galvanized himself into action He wasn t what ho was ready for but whatever it was he was righting fit Racing into the kitchen he tripped over Angela having quiet ladylike nibble at the dinner dishes Instantly sho turned Into a spitting snarling tiger an 1 the pup made like an egg beater trying to get moving on the waxed floor scattering cat chow squlshy smelly salmon food and water from one end to other Boy Roll on spring so we can open all the vlndows and kick these shedding scratching spitting snarling animals out side EASTER bunnies from the Schneider s Candy Factory Rockwood are ready to hop into homes as Easter sweets They are hand filled in the old time molds by local Easter bunny ap prentices Musical evening enjoyed by many byB Wynneck It was a full house for the most enjoyable Monday evening performances of the All Star Band and the Cambridge Concert Band both under the baton of Wally Gallagher It was the first time that the Centennial School Auditorium had held such a musical evening The aud ience of all ages responded with enthusiasm to the lively marches familiar show music and the classical com posers arrangements The School Bands are made up of grade seven students who started lessons at the beginning of this school year They could gain only inspira t on from the polished perfor mnncc of the member Cambridge Group Three Rockwood students Wendy Susan and Heather Cox were given surprise awards as this year a most Improved men tails ts At the end of the pro gramme the musicians old and young mingled In the lib rary to discuss their mutual interestmaking music Comments and smiles from the crowd emphasized the evening sucness Gas siphoned An Acton man reports that someone siphoned gas from his car while it was parked at his residence during the night of March 3 Halton Regional Police say TAMMY of Erin rode her Quarter horse 5 into the top 15 for Youth Activity English Pleasure and Western Pleasure during last weekends Quarterama show in Toronto Both classes had 84 and entries respectively so Tammy and feel they achieved something special Rey is trained by Bobby Kerr Training Stables of Ac ton Canada largest Quarter horse show attracted record breaking crowds this year There were as many as entries in some classes ifm THANK YOU for a job well done says Gerry Miller coowner of Whispering Pines Stable of Acton to Bar Lela Her Quarter horse mare surprised her by winning a fourth and ninth in Jackpot and Open Barrel races at on Sunday Bobby Kerr Training Stables part of Whispering Pines had several notable horses at Canada s largest Quarter Horse show including Leo Lita Van fourth in Youth Activity Barrel Race and in the top twenty for Open Barrel Racing