Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), December 8, 1966, p. 10

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tv v fvi home economics industrial arts k r mowtavrntblp omtennia committee lacked in numbers at irae meeting recently was tthoi v tii fanpressto plafcs ii vfoltm wlt council chamber with the committee nmimera present irotq me council junior farmers cuto and scout mothers and the itockwood home and school use centennial chairman mrs taylor called on mrs lois toab representing home and school to report on their plana these are most interesting with many working for their success including the teachers and program convener mrs joy law a three category pro ject is planned with grades sevenand eight wtttlng a his- be in thrrorm of art or handl- torical essay the teachers will craft these are all centennial choose the top ten and these projects with the january will be sent to the historical meeting having as guest apeak- society of guelph for placing er miss jean little of guelph the gufelph judges will be mrs at this occasion the winners hasson and mrs small the top award wjli be a book jqwing the slogan for the home and school place a book in the hands of your child other awards will be given as well the latentiedtete group of grades five and six wjll write a story of their choice on their community these will be jud ged and awards given to the top two in each grade in the junior froup grades one to four a canadian indian art project will be followed this will be left to the judge ment of the teachers and may skhef salmon rolls 852 for mks ugh triple rockwood this was the last week or the first half in the rockwood and district bowling league and the big six rlichols pals and humes texaco arc now in the play offs at the end of the year the evenings play had one shutout with big six blanking carneys plumbing and heat ing 70 there were 52 scores churchs growth at ucw meeting rockwood the november meeting or rockwood united church women was held re cently al the home of mrs freeman wilson there were nine members and two visi tors present to answer the roll call something in life wc re member but our children will not miss gladys hanna unit rwortcader opuncd wit christmas poems followed by si hymn and the lords prayer in unison the minutes and treasurers report were read and approved during the business session mrs lloyd marsden was nam ed as unit two representative on the manse committee mrs lj wilson explained about the cook book project planned the ladies from all three units will combine their favorite re cipes which will be presented for sale in book form the present officers are now be ginning their second year of service having lasiyear been for a two voar term the ucw study book the church grows in canada by douglas wilson was presented by mrs o drijber in a most interest inj talk this book is divided into portions for groups to study and has manv interesting projects suggested that a church might undertake during the coming centennial year miss pearl hamilton was in charge of the program and the devotions following a hymn mrs ross gordon led the grpup in prayer the scripture lesson was taken bv mrs ches ter meek from st matthew 28 two articles on missionary work were read bv miss ham ilton a hvmn and the benediction closed the meeting a lovelv lunch was served bv the hos tess assisted bv miss gladvs hwme and mrs h bavne dur ing the social time which fol lowed for nichols pals over kens novelties rebels downed the wps and humes texaco took the munsters the bomb ers made it 43 over the roc kets as did tri hards with kay mobile feeds what a score shirley salmon rolled with her ladies high triple a tremendous 852 har vey jestin had mens high tri ple with a 741 the mens high single was taken by ralph mecms tor a 310 shirley sal mon also had womens high single with 318 in seasons play mens high triple is held by dick dupuis al 868 with shirley salmons 852 being womens high the seasons high single for men is also held by dick dupuis at 339 and shirley salmon with 310 holding womens honors the big six have now rolled up to top rung with a 48 point total close behind are nich olas pal a i 47 humes texaco with 46 and lfic munsters have 45 points kay mobile feeds are fifth in iine with their 39 points and hot on their heels are the rebels at 38 the bombers with 37 and 36 points for the tri hards kens novelties are ninth with 34 points tied with 31 each are carneys plumbing and hurting fand tw wps jlje rockets booster- hasnt fired as yet so the cellar is theirs in each grade of intermediate and senior will be announced and the awards presented march is the month for the an nual home and school fashion show with a portion being de voted to centennial costumes a tentative date of march 9 has been suggested the april mealing will also be centennial minded with the junior art awards presented the canadian indian theme will be dealt with by the guest speakers there will be a ccn- lennial grade eight graduation banquet in june sponsored by home and school and they also plan to have a part in the opening of thenew rockwood centennial school later in 1967 mrs p dales reported on the plans for the churches during centennial year after meet ing with the other committee member rev g dunlop of barrie hill united church sev eral ideas were presented there are 12 churches in the township of eramosa and they expect each to take one month of the centennial year for special services if possible a new years eve watch nite service is planned to be held in barrie hill church several memorial services will be held in township cemeteries during the year during the summer ah interfaith service is hoped for with the eramosa recrea tion park the tentative loca tion a church centennial bul letin board is hoped to be plac ed in each church in the town ship where possible church bells and carillons will ring on new years eve on january 11 the cubs and scouts will nold a centennial friendship bon fire old christ mas trees will be gathered by the members from the resf dents and lit that the flame of patriotism and brotherly love may shine bright and far the cub and scout mothers will be on hand to serve re freshments frank schneider who represented the organiza tion announced the annual fa ther and son banquet on feb ruary 22 would also have a cen tennial theme cub and scout mothers and jlclpers jjcesent slated they ex- with 30 points men over 600 harvey jes- pect several other centennial tin 741 ed smith 719 ralph mecms 700 art nightingale 682 dick dupuis 669 bill stew- ail 653 jvjc da vies 647 blake hind 61 itanctfrea nightingale 605 women over 525 shirley salmon 852 doris jestin 616 gail bacon 605 vivian night ingale 586 gloria alton 584 and mart hume 562 museum teas walton county museum dir ector maj h j newman is planning the usual christmas teas again this year there will be an announcement next week if there is a small child in the family there should be a fence around the yard to prevent his getting out to the road the gates should be kept locked for safety projects throughout the year these were mrs devries mrs p dales and mrs e tosh the junior farmers repre- sentativerceorge leslie fclr- that plans made by his group might come too close to some of the other organizations and that later in the year they would be better situated to car ry out their centennial plans reeve cameron lush stated there were no further plans made as yet by council except the official opening of the era mosa municipal office which is the township centennial project the members present re mained for some time after adjournment planning and making helpful suggestions let us all make these cele brations a success to show our appreciation for all the things we take for granted rockwood parents rbtn the eramosa public school added to the overflow crowd for the october meeting of rockwood home and school mrs lois tosh the president opened with a humorous read ing an important part of the business was devotetrito plan- nlng a centennial banquet for the grade eight graduating tlass in june the two speakers for the evening miss m whewell a home economics teacher and mr lloyd kruschenske who teaches industrial arts were most interesting and informa tive there are 171 grades sev en and eight pupils who go by bus to guelph for these sub jects and it is interesting to know they receive as much in struction as any guelph pupil mist whewell stated that a wife could throw more out the back door than her hus band could drag in- the front this she stated makes an ed ucation for family living so imperative the girls are plac ed in groups of four or five and taught nutrition food and health as well as the art of being a good hostess the need to serve meals with appeal learning to cook meal plan ning house keeping and laun dering are also taught in sewing 10 different types of cotton material are studied and articles made as advanced as the sleeveless and collar- less blouse personal appear ance is stressed and the art of choosing proper clothes and accessories to suit individual needs miss whewell urged mothers to take their daugh ters with them when they go shopping and show them that just because a package has a toy bonus in it does not nec essarily mean it is adequate in nutrition mr kruschenske had mafiy different handicrafts in wood indisplayr thiscoursexifsttf dy includes design and plan ning the general procedures report cards interviews this month rockwood there will be no decembexmeeting of rack- wood home and school this is planned to give the teachers time to prepare for the par entteacher afternoon and eve ning interviews these will be held onidecember 13 from 230 to 5 pm and from 7 to 9 pm the ten minute interviews will give the parents and tea chers an opportunity to mu tually assess the childs pro gress and offer constructive criticism for the betterment of the child the pupils will receive their report cards on thursday de cember 8 all parents in a letter sent to them by the staff of rockwood school are requested to please note care fully marks and grades in ad dition to comments made by the teacher the childrens report card is requested to be returned to the teachers by the parents on the day of the interview of woodworking forms of en ergy and uses of electricity al ong with safety in electricity in crafts there is metal tool ing and mosaics while home mechanics is also taught there are many things around the home that can be fixed by the boy in the home if prop erly trained this course has many articles that can be made from ash trays to salt and pepper shakers and to do this you must be able to plan to know your layout and then how to handle the saws and drills when the cutting is finished there is nearly al ways a sandpaper job and of ten one needing skill in gluing and clamping one dollar per pupil is al lowed for material and it is amazing what this will make if desired a pupil may obtain more material at their own ex pense an interesting question and answer period followed the speakers there was an im pressive dlsptav of both home economics and industrial arts mmmum aaak4gma4kaaa inm pi imwm j disbands funds district 12 toronto mm producers is one of downs of district milk producer or ganizations being disbanded and replaced by the ontario milk marketing board the district- 12 group founded ab out 1927 held its final meet ing recently and decided to turn its entire financial assets over to the north halton as sociation for the mentally re tarded which operates a school for 24 retardates at hornby president jim rsfd of ra 2 georgetown and secretary- treasurer bruce mcdure of r r 3 georgetown visited the school last week and turned over a cheque for 375 to nha which was admired bv the manv present during the so- cnl half hour lunch was served by the so cial committee otpunliotbn mr president bob kanerva and treasurer james sproat the district 12 group cover ed about 215 members in the four townsup in county plus erin add aa townships is ijfebjngfemi county the funds represent ed the producets association foes which were deducted from their mofc cheques and passed on to the producers association for a mail early this christmas december 17a k the last date for heal christmas naildelhwy albert th fimi king maltby says winter is ilka a dream it happens overnight dont be cold this winter kr a good supwy of oh on hand phone maltby fuels main st rockwood 8569983 ski at corwhin a new skiing spot for the district is being developed at corwhin eight miles from guelph there are ski runs a commercial toboggan run a tow rope chalet and refresh ment booth artificial snow will be made official opening of the 70 acre corwhin ski area was sunday christmas cards unsealed with not more than five written words of greeting 34 foe potui intoanttion fo your tetophono too yollow ptqbl ys mens bingo and turkey draw saturday december 10 8 pm sharp in the ymca 20 grand prize 3 10 specials other game prizes 400 plus door prizes admission 50c including 1 free card caller mr herb woods come and enjoy yourself full payment part payment no payment talc your choic lous selling cars to anyone visit him now km jm cm of your chotct lous mam st rockwood pick yours early for best selection of spruce and pine ys mens christmas trees at thi acton yjvlca storting december 9 best trees beitlces iiu i nil next time you blow a fuse remember these facts before you blow your top iwhen a fuse blows it is a signal that you have overloaded part of your electrical system a circuit 2 if your homes elec trical system is not adequate to serve all your needs youll notice other symptoms lights may dim from time to time your toaster will take longer to toast and appliances with motors may appear sluggish v r i

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