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tfc- ep i j v v ejr- ki v j rt- iopj slfiseeeel iklisseeeal jbms m- all be in guelph hicjh s jack hogan of rr 4 acton it eongratu- latod y p leprosontetive- joe seymour as frank tom pumps part of the prist of 30 gallon of gasoline into hit car satur day second priit winner in the lucky draw at frank toth bp motor was nell charowo right our readers an open lbttek to our mayor mr lbs dubv 178 longfleld rd acton ontario dear sir after reading your left hand ed compliment to councillor ted tyler for his action in hav ing a lire in our local dump promptly doused with snow you will have to stand correct ed on your statement the mat ter could have been left in the hand of the superintendent please be advised mr mayor that we the taxpayers of the glenlea subdivision have re ceived many promises of ac tion from committee chair- men councillors and many others but with no results councillor tyler did every one a favor as this dump situ ation has grown so bad that action will have to be taken promptly or it may have to become a public health prob lem and referred to a higher power than acton town coun cil for the past three months this dump has been burning 24 hours a day seven days a week most ofrour children dont even know the taste of clean sweet fresh air as we never receive any except from everyone elses garbage we strongly suggest that you folks who make our laws spend some time in this area appraising the situation first hand or are you all afraid of getting lung infection seeing as how last year our town council saw fit without asking the taxpayer to vote themselves a twoyear term id say we need a few more doers like councillor tyler then maybe therell be some hope for acton disgusted housewife mrs e wilton ttockwood the bramosa township councir met in the council chambers recently for their regular february meet- ig with all members present and reeve lush presiding fol lowing the reading of the min utes of the last regular meet ing and special meetings sev eral items of correspondence were readand discussed b winter of the wellington county assessment depart ment discussed with council proposed changes in the poll ing subdivision boundaries that would enable the assessor to more clearly define boun dary lines after discussion and minor changes the coun cil instructed the clerk to have a byjaw prepared for the next regular council meeting desig nating the polling divisions and boundaries for eramosa township as recommended by the wellington county assess ment department b htndtcy and r landonl presented a petition to council showing the majority of the ratepayers in the centre wel lington high school district wanted to join the guelph su burban high school district as a jesult a i motion was pass ed by council to recommend to the wellington county council the inclusion of the whole of the township of era mosa in the guelph suburban high school area council appointed the fol lowing as their representatives on the guelph surburban plan ning board lloyd marsden for 1967 replacing g cox who resigned john benham for 1967 and 1968 cameron lush for 1967 three land severances were recommended by council to the minister of municipal af fairs for approval it was mov ed that council appoint robert darou to the eramosa plan ning board for the years 1967 1968 and 1969 and that a grant of 30 be made to the welling ton soil and crop improve ment association an item brought to councils attention was the large pile of earth along the side of the road at the third line bridge and a request that it be level led this coming year coun cil promised that it would be given consideration in this years road program applications for the position of dog controller would be left in abeyance until the next meeting the clerk was in structed to order the dog tags and the dog jlcenscsrthe 1967 dog licenses will be available at the clerks office rockwood town hall and marshalls gen eral store eden mills the issuers of the dog li censes are o receive ten per cent of the license fee the deadline for obtaining the 1967 dog license is may 1 1967 it was discussed that the license fee would be doubled for those not obtaining their licenses for dogs after the deadline of may i 1967 d gamsby p eng is to be instructed to prepare plans profiles and specifications on a round corrugated steel pipe culvert at no 20 slderoad cook council concurs with the rockwood village trustees re solution and instructed the clerk to forward to the minis- film on expo the rousing good fellowship of the last ys mens dinner meeting was rounded off with the showing of an excellent fitnventitled an expo thrill paying homage to the achieve ments of man to be viewed at canadas centennial exhibi tion at montreal this summer favor instituting kindergarten in old rockwood school rooms thefcest place for your bath- mnwhamvrt u in refrigerator rockwood the eramosa township school board met recently in rockwoodpublic school several organizations in the township had been re quested to send representa tives to this meeting to give their views on the disposition of the old rockwood school a delegation of interested par- ents nv presen f ed lis with- several others from rockwood and district chairman murray smeltzer welcomed everyone and asked grant mcrae principal of rockwood school to explain some aspects of kindergarten which seemed to be the popu lar demand with retention of at least the two new rooms of the i school mr mcrae stated that kin- berga was riot a c baby sitting service or all play time but a good educa- old dolls depict past century mrs drisdale shows collection mrs r wright opened her home for the february meet ing of eden mills womens in stitute on wednesday after noon with mrs r roy the president presiding after the institute ode and mary stewart collect and old business attended to mrs roy called on the guest speaker mrs ina drisdale who had on display a collection of dolls de picting the past 100 years pre senting the dolls mrs drisdale described the costumes worn which might have been worn by wotnjn in this area some 100 yeajaf ago they would have been handsewn and mostly by candlelight after the war of 1812 there was an exodus from pennsyl vania to the area around kit chener waterloo and preston a conestoga wagon was the means of travel when they reached their destination long hours were spent clearing and tilling the land the men proceeded to build log cabins for their families and erect barns for their live stock later better homes were built the tools used would be crude making the work hard the women worked in correction due to an error the free press reported last week that mrs j toebes took part in the world day of praver service our apologies this was not correct old age when- you do more and more for the last time and less and less for the first time the fields near the cabin cul tivating a garden growing veg etables to feed her family dur ing the long cold winters baking bread making soap quilting hooking rugs weav ing cloth a busy rewarding life made from necessity strange to us today used as we arc to an easier wayoflife with electricity telephones packaged food radio televi sion etc we take for granted our cars and magnificent highways the stores in those days were crude by our standard but people would meet at the general store to talk about crops the weather etc it was a warm and friendly place to meet around a potbellied stove to talk over their daily life their trials and joys smells of apples spices and cheeses would greet the nos trils and so the women who pion eered in this great land of ours helped pave the way to the life we now enjoy and so often take for granted mrs drisdale closed with the words from the poet wordsworth enough if some thing from our hands have power to live and act and serve the future hour the scout mothers group held a very successful dessert party on tuesday evening in eden mills hall many were the different desserts which tempted the ladies to sample them all diets will have to be read justed mr and mrs ed jennings left fridav to motor to florida and will return the end of march service for february set rockwood the month of february was designated jo eden mills presbyterian church for their special cen tennial service word has been received from their pastor rev sinclair that on sunday eveu ning february 26 a special film on expo 67 will be shown at the church along with other special features they are hop ing for a good attendance each church in the town ship of eramosa is planning a special centennial service dur ing 1967 tional program is carried out including mathematics gram me r phonics music physical education ctc mrs to s h representing home and school stated that of the 25 ballots received dur- ing their last meeting 20 were in fayor at kindergarten tfofi i retetyjojvoxthe fllfiischoql wav also men t lonedi at least for a v time in order to takocaro of the overflow in future lloyd marsden spoke for the planning board jim milne for council and mrs k duncan for the recreation committee all were in favor of retaining at least the two new rooms and starting kindergarten this was also voiced in a letter from the village trustees while kindergarten was gen erally accepted everyone real ized that a great deal of plan ning would be needed in order to insure adequate transporta tion of the children especial ly those near the top of the township many interesting aspects were brought up and discussed by the group after which the board retired to continue their meeting ter of the department of high ways a copy of the designation of the valley road money and a copy be sent also to the sjratford division the treasurers fidelity bond having been examined and found in order the clerk was instructed to file same in the township vault the clerk was also instructed to have the so- llcltor draw up a bylaw to li cense doortodoor pedlars or have the present bylaw updat ed a bylaw to appoint pound- keeper fehceviewers and live stock valuators to serve in and 1 for the township of eramosa and to provide for their re- muneriation was read a third time passed and numbered j- 1967 it was moved and carried that a bylaw to appoint a board of management for the eramosa recreation commit tee for the year 1967 and to repeal bylaw number 71966 be given the necessary read ings passed and numbered 4- 1967 the road superintendent was authorized to obtain prices on a steel buildingpole construc tion and a steel building with a foundation the cost of insu lation the cost of the cement floor and notify council of the results the gravel l from hoi- man construction rockwood and murray construction mooreficld were opened and discussed with holman con struction awarded the gravel contract for 10000 cubic yards more or less at a price of 92 cents per cubic yard delivered subject to the approval of the department of highways the treasurer was authorized to return the gravel tender de posit to the unsuccessful bid- der the gravel tenders were holman construction 92 cents per cubic yard delivered and pfurray construction 96 cents per cubic yard delivered accounts amounting to 39- 49563 were passed for pay ment prior to adjournment the next regular meeting will be monday march 6 at 1 pm brat the call of the reeve jack ridley cartage limited concrete blocks concrete brick cinder blocks clay brick sand stone livestock and fertilizer farm service and supplies dump trucks for hire fully insured pcv class fs a f acton phone 8534730 over the bargains at 1 lous used cars 8564235 main st rockwood immmmmmmmmmmmm notice to the ratepayers of acton this is to advise that ambulance service is available to all residents of the town of acton service is provided by the royal be obtained by any of three methods city ambulance of guelph and can ladies wanted to ml iiiwibh at ham on awtamatlc mathfcw awppbed by m paymn by ho tailwd ounce gmng earnings up to 100 per kewr experience not necessary as free trahwwaj course b given in the heeao only appb- ceeae or eeeavonco anal inieajiwy wier be eenaaaoiee as weeaeeee oojuaemeae anci naevorfeei wfel do at tfieir apply in writing to mr hardy mansfield knitwear 1554 yotujo straot toronto 7 ontario by your doctor a by calling the police by calling the town clerkadministrator rates can be obtained by calling the town office 8530220 j mcgeachie clerk administrator mrs harry bonner hostess to institute rockwood the february meeting of rockalong wom ens institute was held recent ly at the home of mrs harry bonner the president mrs norman harris was in the chair and opened with the in- sltute ode and mary stewart collect mrs harvey bayne presented a most interesting motto no one is ever poor who has a garden at his door current events were given by mrs lloyd dyer in spite of the frosty weather a good at tendance answered the roll xall naming the national flow er of a canadian province during the short business session h was decided not to send a delegate to the spring convention final arrange ments were also made regard ing the short course on quilt ing which will be held in ac ton on march 7 and 8 mrs bonners mother mrs cunningham was trie special speaker for the evening mrs cunningham and her husband were members of the conduct ed tour taken to the eastern provinces last summer spon- sored by the chamber of com merce a most interesting ac count was given by the speak er who also showed some slid es and picture postcards of pla ces of interest visited mrs harry bonner was program convener for the meejjng and made arrangements for mrs cunningham to come and share her enjoyable memories with the rockalong members the march meeting will be held at the home of mrs w garner during the social half hour a lovely lunch was serv ed by the lunch committee of mrsdparker and mrs o mo nabb the acton fre press wednesday february 22 1967 y local club to mark senior citizens week the golden age club had a fair attendance on thursday night considering the ley con ditions prevailing senior citizens week in oh tarlo will be from june 18 to 24 and an effort will be made to bring a general awareness of the older people in the com munity to the general public according to the latest census there are 502 persons living in acton over the age of 60 years and a great many should be interested in any special events planned it was suggested an open air church service be held in the park it was decided to hold a bake tale and afternoon tea during the week and invite the public a petition form from the wo men against soaring prices wasps was circulated for signatures all are aware of the reports of increased pro fits of major chain stores and processors and of the rising prices which cut the value of the purchasing dollar to an alarming degree there is enough proof that prices can and must be reduced to en able canadians especially pen sioners to live without get ting into burdensome debts excessive prices can under mine the health and welfare and are creating a deepening crisis which must be challeng- ed mrs evans and mr winton were in charge of the program mrs shoemaker end mrs mc- cutcheon gave readings with miss jean mclean at the piano miss dorothy sim mons and mrs vcldhuls sang two delightful solos whis pering hone and plow gent ly sweet afton miss mclean played a beautiful instrumen tal a short film a step in the right direction was shown by doug copeland who gave a rerun on general request the club would enjoy seeing more of these safety films the lunch committee served a lovely lunch of sandwiches pickles light and dark cake happy birthday was sung for mrs jean smith and don reed the next meeting will be held march 2 mrs herrington will be lunch convener with helpers mrs cutis mrs allen mrs wilds mrs devrles and miss mcgregor membership in f the hamilton automobile club ontario motor league includes membership in american automobile association end canadian automobile association join today it pays to belong call frank 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