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8 Tho Fmo Wednesday March 7 Rockwood Academy gives interesting took at history a employed on farms Councillors beef up the national labor force Rockwood security Eramosa Township some cases fire Council voted more than is dispatched worth of security Council pondered the will about the this spring as res Iteration continues on the stone thought to be the tildes l In Tht twostorty on addition to the unique no wis once with schoolboys In day students travelled by horseback buggy stage to the a private pioneer oording school well re- for its high stand In Ifl55 monthly covered board wash and tuition I reck an additional dollar per month Tw unusuil parches provide tntrance the gymnasium ground floor a area were parked under one carnages under empty lined the centre epic Daniel Herb 1 designed the rCA loralUn of he structure their prl till the is underway the first project com rtslorathn of slont foundation Ikrint Ontario hired den Milts control lor John lrles for tht job foundation four and one half deep two feet thick was skillful l installed Tlic rods were inserted securing the crocked walls the stone work repaired This spring a new roof finished with cedar shakes as well as door and window restorations art planned Eventually the wide pine board gymnasium floor will be restored lagstone flooring will be laid on the lower level A cast iron stove as used In days gone by will furnish heat The Academy is a monument to the post and Canadian history From its doors educated men went forth to build Canada during its formative years Men like Adorn Beck of Ontario Hydro fourth premier of Ontario Hugh Ferguson founder of the Manitoba Medical College Graduates contributed to western Canadian and USA development James Jerome Hill built tht continental rail system Mr Grain on Academy graduate went on to be enrolled as the mem of the C founder of the Ontario School System visited the academy discussing he form it of pro vincial education with il For about years boys studied at tin School learning value of education Many became professionals in pioneer i tig Canada He Academy was establish in 1B50 by devoted Letcher William Wether aid in English born Quaker He taught the first classes in log cabins The present stately three storey stone building wis in 1851 William left in IBM ren tint lie school to tors Donald and McMillan who later purchased the property and expanded the facil They oided a Tennis lighting is encouraged Tht second floor is the boys per their doily drills No doubt the students morning routine tolerated on a arm day however the winter winds Whistled tht task shivering part of the regimen Up from their beds in adjacent dormitory boys clambered down a short stairwell to the room tramped Provincial Ministry through the gymnasium on then climbed down which indicates council mother outdoor stairway appltition for grant the located assistance seems to be However at Scrubbed behind the J Stars they headed back to meeting read the gymnasium Exer h the bouncing The restoration of the stone gymnasium foundation both heavy equipment and skilful manual labor Two unusual stone arch lead to where sleighs carriages and tht students empty trunks were on stored The gymnasium Itself Is located on the second door Park tennis players may play under the lights this season Council re ceived i letter from the floor completed the proceeded to the strengthening fully apparatus is the equipment which jifas survived the years High on the gym rafters students art pencilled and a Iked evidence that boys put to use their developing muscles They must have for human pyramids on school mates shoulders to pen their autographs The gymnasium doors and window frames arc also inscribed with lures In recent years the gymnasium was doomed collapse Deep frost had heaved trie shallow stone founda The walls were badly cracked and the rotting roof leaked Run off water had caused con damage to the strut In the Academy present owner worked on agreement with Heritage Ontario to save the historic building LACA work encouraged rimosn Council stepped to speed along the work of the town ship Advisory Committee for Conservancy when It agreed with the hiring of a student for the com Monday Council with its reed to pay a percent of the student s wage for week project I member Betty I Clark told council Ihe committee in time list nil the buildings which are to be con sldered historical How ever someone who can concentrate on an in vtntory of historic properties in the town ship could get it com pie ted in summer work would in elude taking photographs and title searches she sold also in teres ted in recording building interiors she indicated We wont the whole the township designated where necessary she said the Ministry has committed its funds for vear The aonlicatinn will be kept on file Adsett said that as far as he knows Ministry fiscal year ends at the end of this month And township clerk Lloyd said that as far as he can see says OK Can we go ahead with the project asked councillor John Petes Barber Shop Mens Perms by appointment only Call Pete or Darlene today 27 Mill St E Acton 8533510 classroom extra dormi tones and the stone nasium in 1867Con federation year In McCaig sold out to McMillan who remained as principal By 1682 free and sory education was made law in Ontario Modern provincial schools were erected and many day and boarding schools in eluding the Academy were forced to close their doors For a time knitting goods were manufnc tured in the building Business did not prosper and a Toronto mortgage company put the Academy up for sale There were no buyers The premises remained vacant for many years In Mrs Gordon of purchased the Academy and acres for Her son ham inherited the pro perty living in the SPIRIT 2Door Brand New CLEMENTS MOTORS 500 Bronte St S Milton 878 2328 Academy with his family and farming the The Gordon chickens roosted in the stone gym In 1BG0 Sculptor tors purchased the Academy and set about the extensive of its restontion Eochyeorhe accomplishes more to wards his goal the res oration of a monument to Canada s post equipment for Rock woods community and medical centres Mon day Council also took a step to put the medical centre on par with the coram unity centre for fire pro tection sound bell to bock up the silent alarm but discussion ended with deputy reeve Dove 1 d like the cops to catch the theivcs and prosecute Councillor John McLcod observed the Security community Systems Kitchener was lunate with the amount of engaged to install the damage worked on build equipment Cost of equip- ings the community Reeve Bill Adsett said centre is SI while the In contradiction that the slightly medical centre i more at Si 118 Die silent alarm system adopted is monitored off a central board If an is tripped police and in medical centre doors have been damaged and once some drugs were taken Chartered Accountants Goebelle Wagner MacAdam Sou HattonH Ii L7Q 8775155 TV ARTISTS from grade 6 to Enter The 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