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balunafad news of the district o fergus students go marching fergus protest marching a national phenomenal came to fergus friday may 31 a tmchrt the high sohoolaug a one mo protest marching op and down lnfront ottbe schoolatryibrplacrd he was protesting dtanilssal of two teachers from the school a talk with o principal and v school board member who thought e would be bsttet employed teaching classes didnt solve anything uevsjialwsdlsinlsl -iv- students at the school got into the act later the ssme day decid ing to stage a protest march of their ownfrlday avantag aboil 75 young people paraded down the main street carrying a few signs by thetlme theyd gone two blftcks however numbers had dwindled t6 about 15 these stalwart ended up on the library steps- and dispersed george clepbane who died in fergus may 2 1851 at age 32 after being thrown from a boras became famous in a lefthanded sort of way in the early days of fergus he came from scotland because he bad been a problem at home his falher4ne sheriff of fifeshlre scotland advised him to go to the new world to see if he could make something of himself mew surroundings dldnt make a new man of george he piled up debts and had to trade personal effects to pay them then one day young clephane was thrown from his steed and died word was sent back to scotland here the mailer too would probably have died bui georges sister a hymn writer sat down heartbroken and wrote the hymn the ninety and mine which became one of the wellknown ones in the presbyterian hymnal george was buried in fergus in old st andrews churchyard many people have walled the grave the stone on his grave has become weathered hard to read so elders of the church recently decided to move it inside substituting a bronse plaque outside another member of the congregation came to he rescue with a granite atone now george clephanes grave is marked with a beautiful red stone with an appropriate inscription preserve mccrae birthplace guelph col john mccrae birthplace society a group dedi cated to preserving the bisthplace of the xiualph post who wrote id flanders fields is disappointed with contributions from guelph and area approximately 10 per cent of funds being used to restore the house on water st have come from guelph alan westcott president of the society said about 10000 is urgently beaded now so obligations can be met the lattice trim med old verandah is now being rebuilt and attention will soon be given to restoration of the dilapidated coach house a number of groups from north and east sections of the province will wall the home now national historic shrine during june constabledoorman involved in chase erin ova petersen local police constable and a doorman at the royal york hotel toronto look part in a chase after a man suspected of trying to cash a bad cheque at the bank of montreal in the hotel bank employees and ova chased the suspect up uni versity avenue where a newspaper truck helper jumped from the back of the truck and tackled the man metro police commission executive secretary commended all the people involved for their splendid cooperation with the police police said the man had boiled when a cashier at the bank in the hotel questioned him about a cheque he attempted to cash steamera in milton labor day milton steamera will be featured again this year on labor day weekend and officials are busy making preparations for the eighth annual event in mlltoo a letter to milton council inquired about parade routes directional signs and a map of the town as ebb director glenn ewlng of sbelburne in charge of tho parade sought assistance pouring oil on troubled foundations georgetown many people would welcome a free delivery of fuel oil but if one has a fas furnace thihr its a different story a georgetown housewife was noophitwd a few weeks ago to return from a shopping trip to find an oil truck busily engaged in pumping oil into a laadln but sad to aay this had been plugged off when a gas furnace was purchased and the oil was filtering through the foundation right address wrong town was the story so it was thai me family spent the nest week as guest of the firm at a motel while a mopup crew brought the basement back to normal and generous applications of deodoriser were used to get the obttoslous smell out of the house conservative candidate peter k mewllllams accused federal government officials of sitting on the development of the avian a revohiuooary new aircraft being developed byageorgetown com pany the company has walled for nearly four years to get de partment of transport approval to produce the avian 2110 the plane is canadas only autogyro and according to avion officials is moderately priced easy to fly cheap to maintain avian aircraft was formed by sis former a v roe canada ltd employees who found themselves unemployed in 1959 after the arrow aircraft was jeanosued 4h girls guest of wi ucw takes church service tho acton free pre wednesday juno 12 1968 fff parents begin by giving in and end by giving up by mrs r shortlll sr mr and mrs elwbod snow visited with miss diane snow in toronto on sunday miss lillian shortlll and miss margaret wegg spent sunday with mr and mrs r shortld mr henry hilts was able to return home on saturday from his lengthy sbjouvn in guelph hospital c the womens institute met in the- community centre on wed nesday evening with mrs smith in the chair severs items of mslness were discussed the report of the district an- aris degree end prof r x hatnom from the department of isnguaokero v ion a sm as this was home eebaomcs l i meeting mrs jlmleson hsd charge of the program mrs smith gave the motto use the talents you possess for the woods would be very tailet if only the best sang mrs ada klrkwood gave current events the 4h girls were present under the leadership of mrs buchanan and mrs jsmleson they showed the arts of arrang ing trays nsncy snow was the commentator miss bonnie klrkwood won the quiz then the 4h girls served lunch mr norm sinclair is in georgetown hospital receiving treatment or a af ia mackinrjon deanof wellington college mis gloria thomson rft 5 rocliwood- who recefeda bachelor of- af- b j hathorn from the department of w aro ciha guelph new fire truck for rockwood rockwood a colorful cere mony look place on the grounds of eramosa township municipal office when reeve cameron lush presented the keys of a bright new fire truck to fire chlof fred nightingale councillors fire men and employees were pre sent lined up in full regalia and flanking fire chief nightingale were vohinleor firemen lloyd meadows charles potty james milne carl meadows and bill wlngato as far as is known this is the first new truck to go into township service the depart ments three other smaller trucks had been in use before purchase eauloment includes resusclt- ator smoke ejector first aid idls scott air packs pike poles attic ladder short step ladder and hose enough with reducing couplings to lengthen pumping distance to almost half a mile it is hoped that new housing for the expanded flrofightlng equipment can be completed be fore winter plans are in tenta tive stage for erection of a utili ties building on gowan st in rockwood to be occupied by both tho tire department and the rockwood hydro mr and mrs danny oconnor waited mr and mrs frank smith on sunday mr and mrs russel soroer- wlle visited mr sod mrs har vey shortlll on sunday mrs donald mclean is still in guelph hospital recovering from surgery my and mrs greygoose have sold their home on the sevetttlv line above balllnaiadv they have bought a storewar colllngwoott and will be moving there v mrs moklm srhasbep6 very poorly the ucw had charge oftho church service on sunday mrs jamlesori look the service mrs lawr read the lesson the speaker was mrs wills shortlll whose talk was oof women of the bible history records- that eyeh in bible times women had an organization miss anne shortlll sang a solo next week our minister will have returned from his holiday abroad and our service will begin at 045 we wore interested indeed in tho comments on churchill which were in last weeks paper what a tragedy indeod to allow this beautiful utile pioneer church to be closed we admire certainly tho sentiment displayed by these churchill families- who have through the years financed their church why oh why do higher up of ficials deem it necessary to try to trample peoples feelings in such a way the church on the hill wslhle for miles around has been a meeting place for 130 years it has been kepi in wonderful re pair and a with the lovely cemetery opposite is a joy i whold we do trust ine members of this parlstr win uphold their rights and will continue to carry on in the tradition of thnlr ancestors and not break faith whhlnom- abavmrihaahatbamhbmhmmmaal zite 5 indoor outdoor g icarpet i acton procost concrete l manufacturers of septic tanks ah sis 36waiitlu and lids culverts itawl 5idwlk slabt piglas phone 8j31529 special 6 55 sq yard miss marilyn klrkwood of acton will bo the halton county delegate on the ontario junior farmers united nations bus trip from august 25 to august 31 tho itinerary will include the oltles of washington and new york with a visit to the united nations being billed as a high light marilyn is a 4h home- making club loader and is the 1968 halton county junior farm er queen nurse swackhamer kirkmod chosen for jr farmer trips by jim jenkins agricultural representative jeff nurse of rr 2 george town and miss carol swackhamer of rr 2 acton have beonaward- ed the rural learning associa tion of ontario trips to alberta they will leave for alberta on june 2b and return july 12 mr nurseaformor4h num ber is now a leader of tho halton 4h conservation club and is also an active member of tho norval junior farmer club joff is a highly regarded llvostock fudge winning a trophy for tho top judge at the 1967 royal win ter fair miss swackhamer is currently a member of tho halton 4h con servation club and the halton jorseyguernseyayrshiro calf chib she is halloas 1967 dairy princess and was a finalist in tho ontario dairy princess compet ition carol s also very active in junior farmers having been chosen as the 1967 halton county junior farmer oueon she will also be going to the thunder bay district in august as her part in the ontario junior farmer north ern and southern exchange shock treatment if someone on your farm should come in contact with electrical wiring and is shocked uncon scious first remove tho wlro with a dry stick or other insulated materlal dont try to pull him from the electrical contact you could bo caught loo then apply artificial respira tion and dont give up because electric shock victims have been rosuscitated even three to four hours after the shock bore tho fellow who knows the same stories as you do but always tells them first canadian hosteins shipped to portugal a new market for canadian holsteln cattle has been opened with the shipment from montreal of 317 head to portugal this is tho first shipment of canadian holstelns to portugal the cat tle will go to a number of indiv idual farmers mostly in the lisbon area the cattle were shipped by quebec international llvostock sales ste julie de verchores quebec who arranged for their purchase in quobec and ontario in cooperation with rockwood international georgetown the entire group consisted of bred heifers plus one young bull sent as a gift by quebec international livestock sales the portuguese farmers ex pect that the canadian holstelns will increase the production of their native cattle a group of portuguese livestock leaders who waited canada recently under the auspices of the canada de partment of trade and commerce expressed themselves as well pleased with tho quality of can adian holstelns the first shipment of canadian holstelns destined to replace an imals lost in the footandmouth outbreak in england have also just left montreal these totalled 638 head all bought by farmers id cheshire rockwood inter national livestock ltd george town supplied 320 head bought by handle farmers handley cheshire scot fanner shows slides the guest at the halton county junior farmer board meeting last week was janetlo wilson the scottish young farmer delegate to halton county she gave a short talk on her experiences in canada and of her own junior farmer activities in scotland miss wilson is one of 10 young people from the united kingdom nowvisltlng ontario as guests of the ontario junior far- mors miss wilson was honored on friday at a reception held at stewarttown hall janette a toller in a glasgow bank still maintains a close interest in her home farm 12 miles outside of glasgow during the evening she presented a series of slides in cluding scenes of her farm of glasgow and of young farmer tctlvltles in the united kingdom also g armstrong vinyl g jquakertone s floor covering s s f l s e in several patterns and widths g g free delivery g 1lakeview sgbti i 39 sq yard main st n acton centre 8531190 vote for mcwilliams peter x progressive conservative in halton spoil little tt s fattens dan sunday june 16th barbecues 9 models to choose from priced from 447 49 we have all accessories for jdutdoor living black and decker drills power tools 1 3 drill kits sander kits sabre saws everything for the handyman root hardware main st rockwood 856 9551 s i what to give the chief for fathers day you dont have to spend a lot to get tops in satisfaction he can go par on a tank of spur gas maybe his car can use a new set of dunlop tires 449c gaso ipair installed now at lous spur service centre alma street rockwood 8564235 you might even spring for a good used car