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i rockwood centennial school officially opened friday v vwnitamis at thi opining of the new rockwood cen tennial school included left to right cameron luh wellington warden s d oakea guest ipeaker grant mcrae school principal murray smetxer school principal c r whitfield area superintendent of schools john root mpp for welllng- tondufferln and george day school board secretary staff photo mass entennial concert planned by framosa wls by mrs f taylor rockwood representatives of five womons institutes in the reassessment wellington county reassessment will bo started in wellington and dufferln coun ties in mid1968 and it will likely require three to live years to complete wellington county council was solnformedby reeve j l mcaninch chairman of the assessment committee to preparo assessors with the two county units the department of municipal affairs will conduct a twoweek course starting jan 29 on the new assessment man ia two more courses will be held later in the year only one application was re ceived in response to a call for assessor applications and it was suggested that salary allowance may ba the reason mm fmoroi musstuc presents school board trustee bob leslie with the canadian flag on behalf of the rockwood school reunion committee at the official opening of the new centennial school friday staff photq i eramosa council makes plans for nominations elections by mrs f taylor rockwood the regular oct ober meeting of eramosa town ship council was held in the council chambers recently all members of council were pres ent and the reeve presided also in attendance were the road sup erintendent robert hamilton and the clerktreasurer lloyd hind- ley following the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting several items of correspondence were read and discussed by the members the 1967 assessment roll for 1967 taxation was ac cepted as presented there was only one land sev erance presented to council for recommendation to the minister of municipal affairs tor approval it was moved that the reeve clerktreasurer and the road su perintendent be instructed to ap ply to the department of high ways for the interim subsidy payment on road expenditure made up to september 30 1967 the treasurer was instructed to cancer society certificate of merit given to village by mrs f taylor the chairman of the cancer society tor rockwood mrs nb services in many areas a a project of the canadian nat ional institute for the blind which specially interests acton lions club is the lake joseph adjustment training and holiday centre the camp was built by tne cnlb with the help of the ontario government and lions clubs of ontario acton lions have contributed a large donation to the camp the animal campaign for funds la currently underway here with volunteer canvassers going door to door other services offered by the cjub employment vocational guid ance social service pre school advice recreation residences home taacatnty braille atoonand tabdaf books library music lib rary concessions and discounts aatkareom for raw materials for tafcbtleta craftsmen specialpri- vtjifei for war blinded the white caa aymbol preventiaoprogram tt bye bank of canada which has acton pledges lowvision ettnte home study pad seeing- eyedbgs frank taylor recently received a certificate of merit for the vil lage of rockwood and its citi zens this is the societys token of appreciation for continued gen erous giving over the years the certificate has been pre sented by mrs taylor to the vil lage trustees to be framed and placed in the rockwood town hall a special note of thanks to all who so willingly helped in the collection of the much needed funds to make 1967 one of the largest contributions ever re ceived from rockwood make the final payment of 15721 to armstrong bros of brampton or the construction of fall st in rockwood being development road 927 a motion was carried that a bylaw to name times and places for holding nominations and el ections tor reeve deputyreeve councillors and school trustees for the township of eramosa to serve for the year 1968 and 1969 and to name the polling places and appoint deputy returning of ficers and poll clerks be given the necessary readings passed and numbered nominations will be held on saturday november 25 from 1 pm to 2 pm at the rockwood town hall and elections if needed will be held on monday decem ber 4 from 10 am to 7 pm a bylaw was introduced to amend a former bylaw to reg ulate traffic on roads within the township of eramosa subject to the approval of the department of transport read a first sec ond and third times passed and numbered before adjourning accounts amounting to 1218783 were passed for payment with the next meeting to be on monday nov ember 6 at 730 pm or at the call of reeve cameron lush always store books upright or lay flat never on fore edges or backs the bindings cannot stand the strain robert r hamilton optometrist 1 16 aaountamview road s georgetown 773971 take notice the period of daylight saving time for the town of acton will end on sunday october 29 at 2 am 1967 this is in conformity with the surrounding municipalities which revert to standard time at this time l a duavy mayor township of eramosa met with the centennial representative of the institutes mrs cecil nellls recently the ladles were to gether tcufinallte plans for a mass centennial concert spon sored by the institute members of eramosa township the program will be held in eramosa public school 5th una eramosa on novombor 3 at 815 pm there will be a debate an old time spelling bee music and variety those taking part will be from riverside utokaspeed- slde eramosa and rockalong womens institutes everyone is asked to come if possible in centennial costume there is a sof admission and lunch will be served centennial celebrations are rapidly drawing to aclose come and enjoy another happy celebration of canadas 100th birthday official opening centennial project the main centennial year ob servance of eramosa township is to be bold on nov 4 with official opening of the township office and garage building on highway 24 unveiling of the plaque and dedi cation of the building is to take place at 4 pm that day and it is hoped the building the townships centennial project will be com pleted by that date there is to be a beef barbeque and dance to follow the building opening art group hopes to begin again the acton art group hopes to resume its weekly meetings on thursday november 2 and new as well as former members will be welcome mrs laura dittrich says that anyone interested may phone her at 8530805 for further inform ation official opening of rockwood centennial school friday evening attracted a large crowd to hear sd oakea ba b ed assist ant to the regional superintendent of education for area ave in mid- western ontario givo an inter esting talk of education mr oakea a former inapector of the area told those assembled in the beautiful auditorium of tho glittering new school somothlng of the development of tho curric ulum and attempts to keep up with changing times ho paid tribute to the pioneers for tho part they played in laying foundations for the educational systom which now exists home and school and rockwood fire me oj this painting by c h level woa presented to tho now centennial nchool tolty homo and school assdclotlor staff photo ut call rot au vow plumbing and heating instauations itpaim business location 17 mill t w lemnel acton liewash ttetew dennys insurance per any service wert cell acton i ss 30640 oueleh tllmm l riemer equipment limited mr oakos also had kind words for the school board which build the centennial school situated on the meadow beside a tall stand of pines thespeakeroutllnedsomo of the things ho expected to seo in the future as well as contrasting anjuownshlp the forward look of education in this area compared to its atato in other parts of the country john hoot mpp for woll- lngtondufforln brought greet ings from tin province oiulcam- oron lush wellington county warden and eramosa reeve brought grouting from county he was introduced by cn whltflold ba med area superintendent of schools ap preciation was expressed by doug buttenham school board member parents former residents and students had an opportunity to examine the glistening school before and after tho official ceremonies there are 31 class rooms an auditorium a library principals office and staff room all with modern decor and ad vanced design grant mcrae principal intro duced his staff to the audience it consists of marie clugston camilla collens elizabeth den- ham edith durose mary evans mrs elisabeth harwood clif ford hlncks mrs violet kramp robert love mrs reta mcphe- dran mrs suzanne meadows mrs ramona storey mrs mar ie tripp eloise watson kath leen wllhelm music supervisor mrs mildred allsop school se cretary mrs margaret dyer and c m alice john- son the program opened with o canada followed by the invoca tion and a dedicatory prayer by rev gh dunlop murray smelter chairman of the school board introduced tho dignitaries present and made a few fitting remarks keys for the building were accepted by school board member lloyd wad- dell from the contractors west york construction and the arch itects weir crlpps and part ners an oil painting of the eramosa river in the picturesque rock wood river valley painted by lo cal artist ch levels was pre sented by home and schoolpres- ldent mrs lois tosh and accep ted by mr mcrae a canadian flag and stand giv en by the rockwood school reun ion committee was accepted by bob leslie from mrs frank kelso and mrs george musse he don hilts presented a picture and a safety patrol plaque accep ted by board secretarytreasurer george day another member r of the board ross mcdougall expressed appreciation to the halloween dance at acton legion auditorium saturday october 28 music by the gay notes orchestra dancing 8 30 to midnight admission 2 00 couple quality ba products save you money 1 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