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eramosa tax rate increase five mills the acton free press wednesday may is 1968 pj5 wa wms meet at freeman home final of in tockwood ihii play brings the ntln cm on stage photos by don hills rockwood tax ratei ap proximately five mills higher than those of last year wen truck by eramosa township council township rate for resi dential and farm is 8is for commercial and business 911 rocrwood residential and farm 781 for commercial and busi ness 872 eden mills resident ial and farm 811 commercial and business 802 taxes are payable in two in stalments tho tlrst by iauf30 whh penalty of i perbnt per month thereafter to yearend second instalment tofall due on npv 0 with similar penalty to the ondof the year a discount at three per cent will be allowed on the second instalment if in stalments are bbth jnld on or before june 3d first andsecondreadlncswere given to bylaw 161968 which limehouse surprise shower visitors yp meeting in weeks news by mrs a benton a scans from the hilarious production friday night instead of the movies miss holen mills has visited hor mothor hero aftor a rocont holiday in antigua w indies mr sam iscandor of toronto visited the roughloys a wook ago wo wish mr joe ross a good recovery from a cataract eye operation in guolph a wook ago mr and mrs norman mc dowell of brandon man are visiting mrs osburn and other friends and relatives in ontario miss carol lawson was hostess for a surprise mlseol- ebenezer laneous shower for miss ul- r baptism on wo extend sympathy to mr moredlth and family and to her brolhor mr james noble and family in the sudden passing of mrs charlosmeredlth last week she will bo missed by many of us mr john glynn has recently visited mr and mrs peter glynn in germany where they are presently stationed the young peoples group mot at the home of linda unham on sunday ovenlng 7500 grant for roclcwood conservation area further capital development work in the roclcwood conser vation area is being assisted by 7800 grant from lbs depart ment ef energy and roaourcos manartment wellingtonduffer in upp john root revealed this week a second grant tor tho grand river conservation authority was for the conestoga lake area it was for 24500 roclcwood teens riotous tv spoof staged in school three nights silvebwood institutes bring party to manor by ilra h scott sllverwood wl joined wlui unuhouse wl to bring a birth day party to the residents of halton manor fourteen birthdays wore cole- brated on april 24 the table was decorated with daffodils and the residents re ceived baskets of candy and shar ed a large birthday cake mrs cossar introduced the rhylhmn band the members are senior eltltens of acton and district and thoy entertained the party with many musical num bers tea sandwiches and cake brought a pleasant afternoon to a close sllverwood wl hold their may mealing on thursday evening may 0 at mrs russell millers this was tho meeting of the brad and chelsea bun compet ition and mrs george henderson won urat in both bread and buns mrs mckonna of woodbrldge was kidge mrs wood of woodbrldge was also a guett mr a berslnsh of chipper court georgetown original of latvia now a canadian cltlten was guest speaker and spoke on behalf of uw cancer society especially lung cancer and cig arettes and air pollution lie answered several questions at the end of his interesting talk plans ware completed for the district annual tea coffee and sandwiches ware served and a social half hour was enjoyed rovlowed especially for the acton free press wrltton by peter losllo and directed by don sinclair the play friday night instead of the movlos was a great success the show was performed by the roclcwood toon club and was held throe nights may 0 10 and 1 1 in the roclcwood centen nial school friday night instead of the movies was a satire based on five dlhoront typos of tv shows the first was a takeoff on the over popular aitornoon soap opera in a very short but humorous quip ken ellis and kay powers portrayed two typical young lovers on tho verge of marrlago tho second satire was a news cast called the chunkloy blnkley report jim gollatly as chit chunkloy rob sinclair as chat blnkley christine sin clair as lotta bunk randy downs as prim monster loostor poar- clng steve leslie as the woather- man and stevo webster as muster doolt all contributed to a zany news report that may hold more truth than we think our third program was a satirical reproduction of tho famous batman called rat- man brian kelly played a timid and cowardly hat man while wayne anderson made an equally cowardly bobln their diabolical enemy fatwoman was played by june thomson and their friend chief 0hairy was dave le- blanc from list man we went to the mock seriousness of the court room in hairy mason for tho first time in his llfo hairy mason played by martin lavoie loses a case to hamburger playod by peter lethe the judge david cox pro- sided over the ridiculous scene while don sinclair as the swearer in rob sinclair as dr w schnllsol yvonne noble as the ghost and ken ellis as henry morninglory all added to the mounting confusion and humour of tho scene aftor hairy mason andper- haps a little out of place came a tv special sponsorod by big alvln nell bostward as big alvln presented a feature play by the fusiybunny kinder garten class with june thom son as mrs futiybunny directing hor little pupils in this juvonllo but riotous production finally came the late show a typical but very much modlflod monster movie the show was called frankenstein meets everybody and turned out to be a matching of wits between sherlock hams don sinclair and whatshlsname jim gollatly and their enemies the famous seven at the monster mash with brian given as franken stein cora gooyers as ding dony fred smith as themum- hw val wright as both wolf- woman and a corpse paul wad- dell as draeular wayne ander son as gorgonzola david cose as dr jckell and lloyd ratcllff as the scotland sword officer the scene was turned into a ridiculous riot the rest of the shou was pep pered with not so tvplcaltv commercials beautifully handled by steve losllo rob sinclair ken ellis christine sinclair and darryl nlcol tho com mentator for tho major part of the show was steve lesllo outside of the rogular stage was the typical nowflo family watching the programs on stage they kept things hopping bet ween shows with their fighting and quibbling mary coulson as lotta paul waddell as newton glon noble as jacob and barb garner as buliobub wore in front of tho audience most of tho time and did an excellent job behind the scones jack bollamy had a fulltime job changing scones and getting tho actors on stage at the right times joan hilts and linda lang- son were responsible for the fantastic makeup and juno thomson came up with the wldoly varying costumes and last but not least were the extra actors who seemed to bo running on and off the stage continuously thoy wero wilms lee anderson marianne coul son wendy locke gall nlchol pat dunne carol thompson larry bllungs marilyn elsdon shelley retd and nancy meek family sunday by mrs r mclean family sunday was observed at ebenezer with a childrens choir and norman moore and dennis mitchell assisting rev finloy shirley moore sang a solo tho flowers were in loving memory of horace blyths par ents and grandpa marlowe mr flnleys remarks dealt with the advantages of a good home environment the mother bird has to have patience toteach the baby birds to sing in tune if we do our bost we dont need to worry about the con sequences we cant accomplish more than our original builtin potential allows leonard neal and christine rose children of mr and mrs joseph forrler and jennifer atuic and james david children of mr and mrs john mclean received the rite of baptism if approved by the power com mission of ontario and the ont ario municipal board would authorise the issue of debentures for 10000 for the purpose of extending the hydro electric sys tem in the village of roclcwood rate of interest was set at 7 12 per cent local subscription is planned minimum is 100 council authorised a grant at 125 tor be eden mill girl guides and brownies following request tor that amount by club secretary gladys mitchell a letter from the county 9 wellington assessment depart- ment regarding the 1b68 voter list was discussed conpcuappoirted h w cargo to ihe guejpb suburban pluming board replacing recently re signed lloyd marsden council accepted with regret the resig nation of elmer allan from the ersmosaplannlng board reeve cameron lush arid coun cillor duncan mcphedran war authorised lo attend a midwest ern ontariodevelopmeht associ ation workshop to be held in kitchener on may 22 james milne and duncan mcphedran were appointed to the tourist council of moda council read a letter of appre ciation from burton mcbrlde for the prompt andeftlclent response of the eramosa fire department to put out a grass fire on his property council was invited by the community planning association of ontario to send delegates to its may 18 meeting in toronto and it was suggested that reeve cameron lush attend three land severances were recommended to the attention of the minister of municipal affairs first and second readingswere given to bylaw 151968 which would repeal and replace bylaw 61967 regarding polling subdiv isions text of a proposed regulation governing new road construction in subdivision areas was pre sented by road superintendent and studied by council payment of monthly expenses totalling 10549 was authorised it was moved by duncan mc phedran and seconded by war ren parkinson thai action be taken to make boy scouts and their friends observe traffic rules while walking in everton village council instructed the road superintendent to notify the opp of this hazard w slack and order mccall butterick simplicity patterns h i ntons 5c to 100 store major fire there was only one major fire bated in wellington county for the threemonth period january february and march in a report issued by the attorney generals department foe the ontario fire marshall office the tire listed occurred march 12 in eramosa township and was at the north- am tackle co loss was esti mated at 73300 fertilize your lawn now l arui selection of eergrtfns mmihi and tree rrult tree trull bumhe keudv tor planting begonias gladioli sertilucri seeds garden tools patio stone tit cut flowers and potted plants open 7 dayi whiii a m ti dark phone 8533980 vt uibe flcucbs anywhere caroline flower garden shop phonaflower today every day everywhere flooring problems end at lakeview discount centre in acton for a complete line of carpetting tile linoleum etc see us first free delivery lakeview main st n discount centre aeton 8531190 rockwood the roclcwood presbyterian wms ladles met at the home of mrs j freeman with miss e pearwn presiding mrs freeman played enjoyable piano music the ladles were reminded of the spring rally to be beld in elmlra may 29 the roll call was answered by naming a home mission worker devotions were in charge of mrs g swanson and mrs l johnston a duet was sung by mrs freeman and mrs fisher mrs 3j denhim spoke 00 our responsibilities in witnessing mrs duttenham conducted the wa meeting following a short business meeting mrs milne gave an appropriate reading when preparing iced tea try using orange juice instead of le mon juice for a pleasant change arthur a johnson od ortomhiiit otter fvery wednesday and saturday 34 mill st i arte 533530 beix jlike0 fcy l g denby your telephone manager on your next vlali id montreal i hope you will tlncl time to vlalf our hew panorama of iryogress in telecotn- inurucallone please fake this column hem as my personal invitation to vlill this live museum which is the story of the telecommunications business front neanderthal man to the present and on into the future thin fascinating tour through time opened last month in tlell canadas hendquurtini building in downtown montreal all the many complexities of our fascinating telephone und tele communications industry are made interesting through all expolike use of sight and sound effects early visitor have reported that you feel as though you had wulked through m0m years of telecommunications hulory a fav orite of visitors already is the lifesize mockup of a ivlh century chemist shop complete with patent medicines und victorian decor ami a liny primitive switchboard did you know that many of our first central offices were in chemist shops central the young girl who tended both the shop and the switchboard in the early days works uwuy at the switchboard while todays visitor listen and watch in the various sections of the panorama you will see the early telephone models as well as a demonstration of the laser principle and a writl watch that might one day give instant communication to anyohe anywhere in the world when you are in montreal maybe you are planning a trip to man and ills world this yeur do stop in for visit to our panorama im planning lo do so nest time that im in that city its open monday in friday from 9 am to 4 pjtt and eloquent hoalessei will be on hand to show you through 30000 yeurs of com munications history an unswerving rcgulurlty of irrigulirity 1 liit was how mark twain dclrlbed his career he was a river pilot a printer o soldier a reporter a miner a lecturer an author a humorist a publisher in editor and unfortunately an investor twain was ulways ready to write cheques to finance new and unusual inventions such as a spiral hat pin a self pasting scraphook and nearly n hundred other products but his investment never seemed to turn out right and finally lie dicidid he liitl learned his lesson to the next slock offered him by n young inventor he said absolutely and positively not the inventor alexander graham bell not long ago in chester england phones began ringing constantly for no apparent reason when they were answered there was nothing at the other end but ominous silence telephone men investigated for months with no luck finally the trouble was traced lo the city zoo a giraffe named george was contentedly licking wires stretched across his enclosure and short- circuiting all the phones in the district the telephone poles had to be raised four feet 10 put temptation out of georges reach result a lot of happy phone subscribers and one very unhappy giraffe ap sth save wh service yes with regular guardian maintenance service you save prevent costly break downs towing charges and the danger of driving an unsafe car have milton motor sales 388 main st milton diagnose yeur car electronically vacation time will roll around soon be prepared drive in today for fast efficient service wheel bearing repack 225 all models includes brake linings inspected wheal cylt i ftoaibto lines inspected motor tuneups 6 cyls 8 cyls 800 plus parts 1100 pius parts 900 wheel alignment most cars whht balance most cars 250 per wheel w universal joint repack dismount inspect clean jjroso and repack exhaust system check free shock absorbers 2600 most cars a pair installed all new pleasunzer 1 2 000 mile or one year guarantee 24000 mil auto trans band and linkage adjust fluid changed parts and labor 900 cadillac pontisc buick firebird beaumont acadian and g m c truck deal milton motor sales ltd irih min si h7r 2tis