Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), November 17, 1966, p. 9

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rnwjs s bau team banquet dame heu m rockwood jown rockwood the rockwood town hall and banquet tables wore beautifully decorated in red white and blue for the ball team banquet and dance recent ly the evening was arranged by the mothers of the ball club members at 630 the players their wves girl friends and several others associated with the teams sat down to a bountiful hot smorgasbord dinner this was followed at 9 pm with an open dance the orsa tro phies won by both senior and juvenile- teams ujere proudly displayed following the banquet the capable chairman of the evening called on several for short speeches reeve cameron lush brought greetings and congratulations on behalf of the township sen ior coach dick dupuis and juv enile coach syd durose explain ed their trophies and gave high praise to the players who had supplied so many hours of fine ball and went on to bring home to rockwood ontario champion ships tom gellately thanked the mothers on behalf of all pres ent a handsome trophy was pre sented to blair slipp the faith ful bat boy for his untiring ef tort on both teams during the dance several gag tiophies were presented at in tervals remembrance service at rockwood sunday j uvino at rockwood are aar and mrs gary ritchie who were married in toronto on sept 10 the bride is the former gail aaclnfyre of toronto reception after the wedding was at the town house toronto rrtchkmthtyre wedding in toronto church sept 10 rockwood a moving re membrance day service was held at the cenotaph in rock- wood on sunday morning led- by the guelph pipe band under the leadership of pipe major ro bert wittle the veterans scouts cubs guides and brownies ar rived to pay their respect for those who died that we might live intreedom parade marshal max storey was in command of the group robert leslie was master of ceremonies and led in singing and offered the benediction wreaths were laid by mrs j duby for the province of on tario reeve cameron lush for the township of erarrioa vet eran hamilton peal laid the le gion wreath while the hilts fam ily wreath in loving memory of john was laid by his brother veteran don hilts following the ceremony the parade went to the united church for service with rev gardner presenting a stirring message special music was by the acton legion choralicrs un- der the leadership of george musselle the veterans were honored to have present veteran of world war i fred l wright of acton who is honorary president of the pipe band married at grace church on the hill toronto on september 10 were gail patricia mclntyre and gary ritchie rev gerald loweth officiated at the double- ring ceremony at tour oclock baskets of white gladiolus were placed in the chancel the bride clerk typist with a toronto firm lived in the city with her aunt and uncle mr and mrs charles green the groom is the son of mr and mrs john glendcnning rr 1 rockwood and is an assembler at bucyrusjerie co in guelph the bride wore a floor length lacetrimmed gown in empire line with an attached train an open pill box held her floor length veil she carried white glads and red roses maid of honor was miss sha ron watson a friend the brides maid was mrs svlvit jamicson compile history for centennial rockwood the members of ruckalong womens institute met lor their november meet ing in ss 8 community cen tre the president mrs nor man harris was in charge of the meeting following the usual opening of mary stewart col lect and institute ocle the min utes- and treasurers report was jmenled the ladies answered the roll call with manv ditlerent suggestions for a centennial project the most popular was the idea of a new well for the centre a committee was iormed and tentative plans made tor a his tory ol ss no 8 to be com piled in the year 1967 the annual christmas proiccf villbc a donation- ofmonev to the wellington county home each member instead ot ex changing pcisonu gilts vsill bring a cash donation mrs a shultis w ill be in charge ol the christmas meet ing during which time each member will supply a home made article tliese vill be sold by auction the pragma was in charge of miss helen bayhc the citizen ship convener miss bane gave a most interesting tarl o c udas centennial year mrs e johnston read an article trom ethel chapmans book fiom a roadside window each member then trail m turn true happenings on the day ot confederation a ques tionnaire then followed regard ing pertinent facts an canada lunch was served by the com mittee of mrs a shultis and mrs w ritchie during the soc ial half hour sister of the bride junior brides maid was miss nancy glen- denning sister of the groom and the flower girl was miss rori jamicson niece of the bride they were dressed alike in electric blue the empire bodic es trimmed with lace scallops and matching headpieces the bride was given in mar riage by her uncle and the groomsman was will red mc- kenzic friend of the groom ushering were harry phillips brotherinlaw of the groom and jack mclntyre brother of the bride a reception followed at the town house toronto mrs green received the guests wear ing a powder blue dress with white lace bodice blue and white accessories and a corsage ol red roses mrs glendcnning chose elec tric blue with matching hat and a corsage of yellow roses the couple left on a tnp to the thousand islands ottawa and into the united states the biide wearing for travelling a navv twopiece suit with white trim and ellow roses thev are living at rockwood- guests were present at the wedding irom rockwood ac ton toronto guelph windsor kinsgton georgetown rich mond hill and belleville miscellaneous showers lor the bride were given bv mis eliz abeth campbell giandmother ol the bride miss sharon wat son and mrs snkki jamieson tellow oil ice emplovces at in dustrial dhesives and bv mrs helen hilts shopping for christmas why walk i lou salary holiday and dumping problems tackled by council monday nov j was a night for little jobs at nassagaweya township council a multitude ol little pioblems were taken care of as council met for close to three hours clerk j c mclntyre and tle road superintendent grant mc millan were requested to bring m recommendations on salary schedules and working condi tions ot the townships adminis tration and roads staff the recommendations will be studi ed at the next regular meeting of council enabling council to make recommendations to the 1967 council it was suggested this should be done so that the job would be easier for the new council at its inaugural meet ing in keeping with the plan council appiuved an interim in crease ol 510 pel month to sam scott the custodian for the ad- mmibuation building mr scott requested a s20 increase alter a lengthv discussion council unanimously approved gi an ting a itoliclav lo road de- paitnient emplovees on remem brance dav novcnibci 11 road supcuntendent mcmillan said the road depaitmenl emplovees wanted to know whether or not thev would be granted a holi- cla hallon countv road de partment emplovees icceive a holidav on the date and on that basis council agreed to give them a holiday deputyreeve william hoey suggested holi days should be negotiated at the start of the year not a few days before the holidays occur coun cil members unanimously ag reed delinquent dumping in the township cropped up again when it was learned a man had dumped a 400 gallon tank in the township apparently the tanjj was soon removed by an other man but the problem still bothered council w a john son was commended for his ac tions in reporting the dumping episode to the police and clerk j c mclntyre was instructed to contact the opp and write a letter to the delinquent dump er warning him that if such a thing happens in the future he will be charged tb seals the 196566 mass tb survey re- vealed 17 new active cases and 160 other chest abnormalities in hallon countv says the litera ture accompanying the christ mas seals this vear a small leaflet explains the work of the association actons representatives on the board of directors are mrts horace blyth mrs c bntton and mrs h h hinton batons address church group rockwood the october meeting of unit two rockwood united church women was held recently in the church hall the unit leader miss gladys hanna opened with an article come and rest with me awhile this was followed with a hymn and the lords prayer in unison the minutes ol the last meeting were read and ap proved and the treasurers re port given the roll call was answered with a touch and take item for the annual bazaar to be held on november 26 it was decid ed to hold the november meet ing one week earlier than usual and to withdraw the december meeting the devotions were taken by mrs duncan mcphedran who took her scripture reading from corinthians 13 and led the group court of revision for bramosa twp rockwood a court of revis ion was held in the council chambeis of eramosa recently a number of interested parties were present as well as the members of council and town ship officials several cases of reassessment came before council and also cases of tax refunds some being approved and others rejected it was moved that the 1966 assessment roll for 1967 taxa tion be confirmed as revised and the court adjourned pollock and campbell manufa of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water st mori gait xlisbs hell make shopping a pleasure in a good used car buy two give one to her lous used cars main st rockwood 8564235 mothers again its baby bonus contest time at milton department store participate in our christmas baby bonus contest just pay for any purchase small or large with your baby bonus at milton department store fill in a draw ticket with your name address and amount of cheque and drop it in the lucky draw container in our store the acton free press thursday nov6rahe7t7 1966 j3 married in timmins were karen lynn kelneck and richard bertram bricker day the groom is the son of mr and mrs bert day who live on highway 7 west of acton and the brides royal studio timmins parents mr and mrs h j kelneck live in timmins the cpuple are living in toronto where she is teaching at eastern high school and he is at osgoode hall studying law in prayer a story from ethel chapmans book from a road side window was much enjoy ed the program convener miss helen baynv introduced the guest speaker for the evening mrs favvcett eaton of acton mr and mrs eaton have re cently returned frorri india where they went as independent missionaries and helped their son and his family who have been in india for several years mrs eaton gave many interest ing facts about the people and conditions of india especially the great lack of good drinking water many pictures were also shown and pieces of indian handicraft mrs lloyd marsden thanked mis eaton on behalf ol all pre sent for a most informative talk lunch was served by the com mittee of mrs ross gordon and mrs freeman wilson and a so cial time was enjoyed ski in style l this winter we keep your ski 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