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av- rrir rrr v i ttty- o ft in empty section of old school rockwood at a meeting of the eramosa school board it was decided to inaugurate a kindergarten program com mencing september 1967 the board will use the two new rooms and washrooms at the present rockwood public school the ohrrportion of the school will be abandoned when the rockwood centennial school is ready in september salary negotiations with the staff have been concluded sat isfactory to both parties clifford htncks has been ap pointed teacher for the oppor tunity chvss which the board has set up for the new school in september- resignations have been re- ceived from miss frances ma- jor and ronald millson the school boards budget for 1967 provides for a trustee requisition of 9291800 this includes debenture payments amounting to 4564600 dally rate of pay for supply teachers was raised to 20 less superannuation effective sep tember 1967 the school board again ar- ranged a board staff dinner which was held at speedside united church on monday march 20 official opening of the rock wood centennial school has been set for october 20 the board acknowledged with thanks the kind offer of duncan mcphedran to provide the sum of 40 for public speaking prizes mrs alice johnson has been appointed caretaker for the rockwood public school to re place mr bilke who moved from this area cake decorating looks easy when local baker demonstrates rockwood mrs w garner was hostess to the members of the rockalong womens insti tute at their march meeting the president mrs n harris opened with the usual insti tute ode and mary stewart collect current events were given by mrs k spence and mrs h bayne gave an inter esting report on the womens gathering in the cia building during the farmers week at the university local baker mr herb saun ders and mrs saunders gave a most interesting demonstra tion of the fine art of cake dec- orating different methods were shown in the mixing cov ering and then decorating the cake with rose corsage when done by an expert it looked deceptively easy following the demonstration the guests were sincerely thanked on behalf of all present there was a lucky draw for the newly decorated cake which was won by mrs d mc- nabb the mlnutea and treasurers reports were read and approv ed and the roll call answered by a sewing hint the nomin ating committee for the 196768 officers are mrs k spence and mrs h bayne an invitation was received from west end womens insti tute to attend a cooking school this will be conducted by mrs scriver of kitchener march 29 at 815 pm in marden school a letter was read from the wellington county historical society announcing a centen nial essay contest this is open to anyone and must be about a famous person in wellington county the essays must be sent by april 30 to mrs r h neal box 24 mount forest prizes are five three and two dollars all essays will become the property of the historical society following the singing of the queen a lovely lunch was ser ved by mrs garner wednesday march 2z 1967 gj monkey btmlnbm only half the calls that come to the city and council fire departmervin jackson ville fla are related to fires firemen have done everything from removing cats trapped inside walls to delivering bab ies theyve been called to re move rattlesnakes from air conditioners cats from trees and small boys from folding garage doors the department failed to answer a call of a woman whose monkey had run up a big oalt tree by say ing that it was doubtful if any fireman could outclfmb a mon key christini sinclair of rockwooo was the winner in the eramosa township public speak ing finals held in eramosa school finalists in the contest are shown left to right brenda ingle wenda graychrlstlne sinclair christine tandoni margaret sobbk end shirley robert son standing in the rear jerry de groot standing in front larry robinson photo by mrs f taylor all halton 4h agricultural clubs to be organized soon by geoff taylor the halton 4h agricultural clubs tor 1967 will be organiz ed at two separate locations on the following dates wednesday march 29 at 130 pm halton area clubs will organize at the boyne com munity centre three miles osprinoi centennial chefs meeting sale operations and visitors in news south of milton on 25 high way thursday march 30 at 800 pm acton area agricultur al clubs will organize at the acton community centre at these meeting 4hers will enroll for the coming years program and will be of fered such 441 clubs as grain corn dairy calf conservation forage electric and beef calf any farm boys and girls who are at least 12 years of age on or before january 1 1967 and will not have reached their 21st birthday by december 31 1967 are cordially invited to attend these 4h organization meetings they prefer slums slum dwellers in madras indias fourth largest city are reluctant to move to new government housing because they miss the friendly old sur roundings according to a rec ent social work study the study made among 7000 people in three slums showed that difficulty in raising anim als in the new tenements was another factor a third was the distance people had to travel to their old jobs susan tosh and nan ronnt are all reedy for spring in new fashions modelled at the rockwood home and school fashion show recently many other smart styles were shown photo by mrs f taylor a large crowd attended the clearing auction sale at mr wes leitchs on saturday a ternoon good prices being realized mrs fred baptie guelplv visited on saturday with mrs m jackson little greg mill- son of guelph also spent the weekend at the same home mr and mrs harold gem- mill of orangeville visited wltlllheir- daughter andsbn- jojaw mrand mrs ross mc- esfcuv friends are sorry to learn mrs byron bruce is a patient at guelph hospital where she expects to have surgery on tuesday during her stay in hospital mrs bruce sr is keeping house for the family mrs wmthompson is also a patient at guelph hospital where she has had surgery on her leg due to an accident before christmas but expects to be home in a couple of weeks or so mrs c heiirpler of guelph visited on sunday with her sister and brotherinlaw d g and mrs robertson the third meeting of the ospringe centennial chefs was held at the home of the assistant leader mrs ralph sinclair with four members and both leaders present the 4h pledge was repeated followed by the reading of the minutes by debbie stewart the roll call name a recipe or food characteristic of eng land scotland ireland or wales was answered by all mrs sinclair spoke on the british tradition mrs ellis discussed local wild foods and also started plans for achievementjjay judy ellis and debbie stew art demonstrated welsh rab bit which was enjoyed with a glass of milk english trifle made earlier by mrs ellis was also enjoy ed the fourth meeting of the girls 441 club ospringe cen tennial chef s was held at the home or the leader mrs r ellis the assistant leader mrs r sinclair and three members were present roll call was answered by name an early canadian food originally made at home but now sold in stores discussion for achievement day and ideas were exchang ed the topic canada becomes a nation and german dutch and belgian settlers was both informative and educational all members took part in making dutch chocolate pot- atoe pancakes and pickled eggs the latter to be tasted at the nexrmeetlng pollock and campbell manufacturers of high grade memorials memorial engraving 62 water north telephone oalt 6217sm membership in the hamilton automobile club ontario motor league includes membership in american automobile association arid canadian automobile association join today it pays to belong call 5056 prank van wyck 119 bower ave but his low prices will knock the pins from under you lous used car 8564235 i- main st rockwooo s sj albert the fuel king maltby says some folks are like steam- boats toot the loudest when in a fog dont get steamed up call maltby fuels main st rockwood 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