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rockwood news the acton free proaa wednesday october jj 1967 f memorial silence held for faithful member mad and mcy this sions or else the repavlng and widening construction work in progress oh highway 25 be tween acton and milton includes a test of reduced speed limits the construction area has been posted at 30 miles per hour and police have orders to rigidly enforce the limits last week a radar crew visited the construction zone and nabbed several drivers who didnt bother to obey the signs staff photo paper drive future euchres planned by rockalong wi by mrs f taylor mrs g mitchell was hostess to 15 members and four visitors avt the october meeting of rocka long womens institute the usual institute ode and mary stewart collect opened the meet- ins with tne president mrs w harris in the chair following the minutes and treasurers re port a most interesting roll call childrens games now forgot ten was answered the members were informed that the institute area convention would be held in war memorial hall on october 24 and 25 the delegates chosen to attend were mrs k spenceand mrs h bayne the institute training school is to be held in guelph on november 21 and 2 with the rockalong leader and assistant leader to be chosen later the theme will he baking with west none of the rockalong ladtea chose to let their najnes standfor several offices vacant lnthaarea the institute will sponsor a paper drive on october 14 with papers to be left at the home at mrs ivy ritchie on that date the ladles were divided into tour groups to plan for future euchres to be held in the community cen tre every two weeks beginning with october 13 a letter of thanks was read from the hlstorlcalresearchso- clety tor the display from rocka long and their help in the tern v room at toe recent centennial show and tea mrs d ucntbb the citizen ship convenor had charge of the program current events were read by mrs a mcphedran mrs m milne dressedlnhercentenn- lal costume favoured with two readings a hundred years ago and retired the guest speak er mrs trousdale gave a most interesting talk on citizenship as it affects women and children past present and future mrs a shulus conducted a flower con test which was won by mrs j thomson and hiss helen bayne a vote of thanks to the hostess and all who took part in the pro gram was extended by mrs lloyd dyer a lovely lunch of cake and ice cream was served by mrs mitchell assisted by mrs w garner at the close of the meet ing ubenls meet ctuufdete by mrs f taylor a group of interested liberal supporters met recently in the home of stanley harris rock- wood they had an interesting evening meeting thejuberal can didate for wellingtoddufferln mr maxwell johnson of grind valley the social time gave the era- mosa township liberal associa tion an opportunity to meet the liberal candidate for the rock- wood area by mrs f taylor the thanksgiving theme was stressed in the october meeting of rockwood presbyterian wm 8 and wa the october meet ing was held in the manse with mrs sinclair as hostess a thanksgiving poem was read by the president miss elva pearen with scripture reading by mrs ro y young the glad tidings prayer for thanksgiving was read by mrs dd gray a minute of silence was ob served by all present in loving memory of mrs t storey mrs storey had been a faithful mem ber for many years and will be greatly missed miss minnie ucw told of canadian writers the october meeting of rock- wood united church women unit two was held in acton at the home of the president mrsjlm hill an opening poem trie pat we choose was read by miss gladys hanna the unit leader psalm 147 was read responslvely by the group followed by a hymn and the lords prayer in unison fifteen members answered the roll call a woman from the bible mrs freeman wilson was ap pointed to represent unit two on the nominating committee mrs hill reported the date of the annual bazaar to be december 2 a motion was passed to contrib ute a som of money to again start the explorerandcglt groups mrs h bayne the program conventer opened her portion of the meeting with a poem too tired to pray following a hymn mrs c keek took the scripture lesson from st john 4 129 mrs stanley harris led in pray er mrs bayne explained her theme famous canadian wom en by comparing the role of women past and present and how the role of women change mrs lloyd marsden gave an interest ing article on the life of authoress lm montgomery while mrs o drijber told of masode la roche also a canadian authoress int eresting tacts about emily carr and pauline johnston were given by mrs ross gordon one of the founders of the assoclatedcount- ry women of the world now known as the womens institute adelaide hoodie ss was the topic of much interest presented by mrs duncan mcphedran at the close a summary was given by mrs bayne who explored wom ens role in the future the benedlcatlon closed the meeting and during the social half hour a lovely lunch was ser ved by the hostess assisted by mrs marsden nlckeu then led in a memorial prayer mrs walter fischer ofguelph was guest speaker for the day and gave a moat inspiring talk on the many reasons we in canada have to be truly thankful the president closed this portion of the meeting with prayer mrs lloyd johnston the pres ident of the wa was in the choir for the remainder of the meeting the minutes of the pre vious meeting were read by mrs roy young with mrs gray read ing a very favorable treasurers report it was pointed out that many improvements had been made in the manse this year the church baiaar will be held this year on november 11 from 2 to 430 pm a committee was formed to take charge of this event it will be held in the church parlor the meeting closed with the lords prayer mrs sinclair as sisted by mrsgray served a lovely lunch during tho social time which followed wig an assumed mane cwl plans tea bazaar the rockwood oustlc council of the catholic womens league held the first meeting of the cur rent season in the rectory fif teen members answered the roll call it was opened by president mrs a drexler the minutes of an executive meeting and the prev ious meeting were read and app roved the members were req uested to save postage stamps for mrs h saunderseducatlon con vener arrangements were made for a suitable date to present the graduating grade 8 class of 1067 with rosaries plans were flnallted for the annual tea and bazaar to be held october 18 mrs r dupuls mrs j hoi- nun are to help at the september and october clinic held at town hall rockwood very rev l ryan spiritual director spoke to the members mrs p dales hostess for the evening and committee mrs e kingsbury and mrs j holman served refreshments during the social hour which followed the close of the meeting gatescampbell dan holds first reunion the gatescampbell clan held their first family reunion at the rockwood conservation park with 49 members attending the weather was jnst perfect which added much to the enjoy ment of a full afternoon of sports for the young folk and a social visit for the older generation mrs kerry jepson of george town was in charge of a peanut scramble and races for the wee tots who all received little favors and balloons the lucky prizes were won by archie gates of acton and cath erine king of burlington following a delicious pot luck dinner a short business meeting was held at which time a vot of thanks was extended to mr and mrs archie gates of acton who were the host and hostess for this year during the election of officers peter gates of lowvllle was el ected as president for 1968 mrs kerry jepson of georgetown se cretarytreasurer and donald gates of hamilton was elected to assist with the planning of next years reunion the oldest couple attending was mr and mrs donald camp bell of port perry the young est and newest married couple was mr and mrs lee smith of hamilton the couple with the largest family was mr and mrs archie gates of acton tho youngest member attending fa donnle smith of hamilton those travelling the farthest dutanoe were mrs christina llttla of caithness scotland and mra ma rion scott btggar of lanarkshire scotland a picnic supper was served at 5 pm with a little extra touch added to the menu which was a large cake decorated with large roses and a special message of welcome inscribed to christina little of scotland and a farewell message to jeaunle smith of woodstock on her journey to scotland where she will be at tending university for a year the host and hostess were assisted on the planning of this gala event by mrs harold bell and mrs kerry jepson guests attended from upper montclalr ru lanarkshire scotland hamilton port perry george town milton burlington acton lowvllle caithness and hornby your savings earn good interest at your local trust company 1 to 5 year guarantied investment certificates amounts 100 100000 come in and ask us about iti oiokoe town 53 mill street 8772260 john a edgar manager north hajlton advisory boajud john t 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agriculture the fobarts government rec ognizes the difficulties that face agriculture during these yeans of change is taking effective steps including a 500000 grant to the new farm income committee loans for farm modernization crop insurance at favorable rates promotion of exports and the new capital grants plan progress intaxation ontarios 1967 budget showed no increase in taxes whats more two smith report pro posals have already been en dorsed to reduce your local tax billa one gives an allowance of up to 2000 of assessment on property the other takes over the entire cost of justice progress in housing home the robarts govern ment plan that reduces down payments increases owner ship is providing many new homes at manageable cost and the ontario housing cor poration too has provided more public housing in three years than the rest of canada combined in 15 new satellite city plans also promise orderly suburban development progress in education for the past five years an average of iy new schools or substantial additions have been opened every day one new secondary school every two weeks five new universi ties since 1963 nineteen new community colleges educa tion grants up 600 fast action in education for fast- changing times the progressive conservative party of ontario tvote george kerr k in halton west efl vote john root in wellingtondufferin y i