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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Fob Rockwood Digest Scheduled to be run Sun day the Rockwood Lions snowmobile rally was postponed due to bad trail conditions snow date is now February same time same station contestants have been asked to keep pledge sheets and keep gathering sponsors Registration will be taken between and a m Sunday morning February Community Centre It was ironic that started to fall two hours after snowmobiles would have been commencing their run One th we still have no control of is the weather Rockwood was on television again If yon were watching Channel at p The Garden and The Cage you were rented to some excellent shod of Conservation Area The program was described as a portrait of two French Canadian writers Gabrielle Roy and ManeClnlrBlois Fire in a shed at the Lino residence of Howard Donnell had Volunteer firefighter on the job last Wednesday Fortunately was only minor damage tuined according to Fire Chief Carl Meadows who also added the cause was unknown Firefighters were on the scene approximately one hour A tractor fin at the residence of Roy Harding on the Fifth Line north of the village had fire fighters running again The tractor was running in the lane when flames broke out probably because of leak in the fuel line according to Meadows Approximately damage wis in tire sirens for Firelighters Monday practice were a half hour late and somewhat weak due to that blowing snow one of the sirens froze up The fire chief describes the sirens as funny looking fans that quit running whui snow gets in them Carl Meadows and Acton Fire chief Mick Holmes were honored at Saturday Sabres hockey game in Acton They threw the first puck and went home with a trophy puck lo put on Horticultural Club meets again Wednesday February at tlie town hall Meeting si at p features speaker Waller discoursing on starling young plants at growing under lights Everyone welcome Trustees remind residents it time to place orders for maple trees All res dents who would like a 12 foot maple tree on their front lawn may order one for meager sum of Orders hive to be in by March 10 and must be by money More than trees were delivered last for sprlngplanting and s part of trustees beau lin cation project Get your mouth ready for Pancakes Pancake Tuesday docsn t occur till March th year is However the Parents Commit tee of Guides Pathfinders and Brownies are planning a repeat of last year very successful Pancake Supper The event will take place at Ihc town hull Tues day March Pancakes sausage and fruit cocktail Will be served continuously from to 7 Price is the same as last year for adult for children under 14 pre schoolers free Please coll Jennifer at The Acton Free Press or with news personals community coming events and district Eden Mills WMS annual Monday by Mrs MacDougall Sirs V Montgomery was the hostess for the January meeting of the Presbyterian Women The president Mrs E opened with a poem Why Me Re ports were given and the communications were thank you notes The annual meeting of the WaterlooWellington M S is to be held on Monday at Paul in There was a motion to have an In Book started and a motion to have the ministers chair and the two side chairs A hank you note Is to be sent to Mr and Mrs Russell who kindly donated 12 new Hymn Books on Christ mas Eve A study Book for the year is to be pur chased Pennies for the Fellow ship of the Lea3t Coin were dedicated by Mrs As program convener Mrs Mont asked for a moment of silence to honor one of the faithful members and life member of the Women Missionary Society Mrs Anna Wilson and for this Rev offered prayer As this is the Year of the Disabled Mrs Mont gomery read from the Glad T dings on this sub ject Jeanne tie then played Amazing Grace on her and concluded her program with prayer from fie Record The roll call was an by embers with suggestions for the year s work The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs J Henry on February 24 Donations are to be given to The Distress Centre In and the Common ity Club The meeting closed with the Lords Prayer and refreshments were served by Mrs McLean and the hostess Mrs W gave the courtesies for an enjoyable meeting Mr Albert from Baliac Alberta has been a recent visitor with Mr and Mrs Ted Barden Mr Vmce Montgomery has returned to his home from St Joseph Hospital Mrs W and Mrs J enjoyed Sun day dinner with Mrs Susie Kuhn Mr and Mrs Fred were Sunday guests of Mrs and Mrs Jack Toronto Guides learn nutrition Bill Hammond determines the fin uncial of Rockwood gamblers as he calls bingo numbers tor Sunday games The event held every second and fourth Sun day of the month In St John Parish Hall Is sponsored by the Sacred Heart Young People by Doris Fines A nutritionist from Wellington Duffering Unit was guest speaker at last week meeting of the Girl Guides Janet Sin came up from Brownies lo be officially enrolled as a at a recent meeting We are sorry that Keith Sinclair has been In the hospital and Is still under doctor s care We hope for on improvement in condition before long Mrs Wesley Bruce has returned to her home in Sask after spending some weeks wilh her sons Ward Bruce and Byron and Blanche Bruce and their families The Ospringe Scouts enjoyed a toboggan party and cookout lunch last week at the farm of one of the leaders Mr Robert Brown Everyone had a good lime Draper of the board of education came out to Ospringe school and gave a demon of a VTR unit teacher lo play a tape from a large selection of tapes from Educational TV when it best suits them instead of when it Is actually played on the TV The school photography club has been busy taking and developing their own pholos The club arc nearly finished one planter and preparing start their second These arc extra projects being studied In the noon our Churchill Stormy sleigh run Helen displays some or her favourite painted china pieces The artist Is well known for her painting Burnham cracks china market by Joanne Turner Churchill Community Church held their annual meeting a week ago Sunday following service After on hour of food and fellowship Rev Jenkins called the meeting to order to hear the reports These were all found to be Id good order and the election of officers followed The Board of Directors remains unchanged Clifford Storey was promoted to Honorary member of Session while Ella was added to the active list Terry Soutlcre and Jean McPhoil were added to the Board of Managers Shirley Swackhamer and Brenda HUller will supervise the Sunday School There was discussion concerning the value of the tope which culminated In a vote of encouragement and financial support for this project of Howard Donnell who records tapes of the services for distribution to shut ins Kerr assisted by Joan Waldle The Mission Allocation of remains the same for the time being It is divided among Jim Kirk woods work in Africa Isabel Stevenson mission In India and the Bible Society Churchill Anniversary Services will be May the guest preacher Mr Jim Taylor managing editor for the United Church Observer Lloyd McEnery has two teams and sleighs that are kept pretty busy taking various groups out for sleigh rides around Ihe farm On Sunday afternoon the Churchill Sunday School children enjoyed this oldfashioned treat The team of big matching blacks bells Jingling took us on a winding route over roll fields and through a maple bush before turning back towards the barn buildings It was Just stormy enough to make the learn and their merry cargo equally glad lo return to shelter The group returned to the Weldle home for hot chocolate and cookies in front a blazing fire GUARDIAN DRUGS Some dishes but Helen Bur paints hem A well known Rock wood artist Helen has had her hand in a variety of art mediums the latest of which is china pain ting An ancient art usually associated with upper class nineteenth century ladies china painting Is gathering momentum In Canada An accomplished oil and artist Helen nevertheless found painting on china was her forte Her Balaclava Street residence is full of beautiful plates vases tea sets and dishes decorated with delicate flowers landscape scenes and portraits Shcs even painted milk cans scenes from the Con Area Helen teaches her art In classes from to Kitchener specializing in senior citizens groups Mature people seem to have more time patience for the exacting art Helen remarks Painting is done directly on white glazed china Imparled from California or Germany Helen is very proud of same German Limoges china decorated with her work The design is lo the plate with graphite Beginners use pre- designed transfers but Helen designs her own The colors ore applied in three segments firing In between each application The special paint cornea in dry form and Is mixed with oil to a fairly stiff consistency Colors are delicate enough for realistic rosebuds and baby birds When she not teaching Helen is trying to keep up her Inventory for the many orders she receives when she at ends art shows At one memorable inventory her best work There show she sold her entire is always sold before she discussion stock In morning has It finished or placed ministerial visitation Helen has never on back order What nice program which managed to catch up and problems tor an artist to produced a visitation keep the same amount of have committee headed by