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the acton rr prasa wednesday july 2 1969 news and views by lorraine whilst tnontvlns down rustic path in the algonquin park area ihb weekend 1 dunked my toe on a mull smooth object which upon investigation proved to be an indian arrowhead the course we had been walking on was one of the old original indian trails which after our pioneer forefathers moved into this country became a hone trail for wagons and riders alike the arrowhead which i had found was t learned from a resident native only one of many such treasures which have been uncovered by unwitting hiker over the years and i suppressed a feebng of nostalgic and almost reverent awe at my realoed touch with canada past i could envision the indian settlement tents encamped it the point on which i was standing all the horiei i could recall of young braves and wise warriors defending their right lo protect their homeland were triggered by my knaglnitiort as pages of hiilory mentally turned in my mind and the sun warmed arrowhead which i clutched in my hand became a link between yesterday and today more than tome hundred years or so have elapsed since that arrowhead had been sprung from the bow of a canadian native perhaps by youthful hunter on a quett for a prue buffalo steer or in an algonquin raiding party when young braves raced againit their predatory while brothers i thought of the wild game the lakes teaming with fish and the clean pur healthy rrethneu of life only century has elapsed in which a country inhabited by free living indian people who with nature playing lis role as benefactor by providing its unquanlilative supply of vegetation and hunting prey combined with the spiritual stimuli of her natural beauty lias been developed into a white mans land of inhabitance monopoliiatlon greed and we are told progress in a mere twenty years multiplied by five we have polluted a great percentage of the fresh waters absorbed much of the wild life poisoned the healthful air and thwarted the original inhabitants of a canada which war once the free proud and uncomplicated homeland of the indian i juggled the arrowhead in my hand and tucking it into the hock pocket of my jeans i turned back towards the cottage contemplating that this week marks canadas dominion birthday celebrating one hundred and iwo years of so called progress progress for whom menially i shivered at i thought of wlul another century of a similar program of development could bring rockwood deaths host picnic for antique cars despite the weather and the holiday weekend 25 families belonging to the antique cars dob of the central region met in rockwood for a day of touring the cars gathered at noon at kings snack bar park by the river and ate their lunch at i 30 came a tour to the home of sherwood hume in milton upon arrival they were greeted by several steam engines and gas engines putting around the antiques were parked around a small track for model trains after a twohour visit with the hutnes the tour moved back to the spacious lawn of ray death in rockwood a smorgasbord ptctuc supper was enjoyed by all the dub members and families while rockwoodiies and tourists enjoyed the display of antiques among then were the ever popular fords as and tl an oakland plymouth auburn buick and of course ray deaths 1934 loncoln the prue for the oldest car in the tour went lo a 1918 model t owned and driven by willis schneider of kitchener oldest ii as c member present was walter smerchmski of kitchener the member with the nearest birthday to june 29 was mrs douglas snedden of stratford three cars travelled so miles to rockwood viuting from acton were mr and mrs fred allan and family and mr and mrs ed wilson and family one comment that just must be mentioned came from on onlooker who asked and wluts antique about a i9ss car he was looking at a beautiful 1928 auburn that had just been completely restored horse sense 1atfcq bay deaths 1034 lincoln was otv ol th many early modal cars in the antique car club for the central region noylng a tour ami picnic in the rocfcwoorff fa hllti vfvi imt sunday photo don new upswing approach to christian teaching stimulating flaie on s at the an cxciling and meeting look wednesday june rockwood lentennul school when the orginiralional body of the new lombined chriitlan teaching program met willi some of ihe specialists who will alto be involved in the planning set up of ihe scheme this could be a revolutionary and upswing approach to the whole idea of thriitian teaching t0fcwo6f rot k wood school mate and friends will he pleased o know that miu ftrench slipp having successfully completed her grade thirteen at john i ross collegiate will be attending the town hall rents up beginning dominion day groups using rockwood town hall for weddings anniversaries or tocul gatherings will find the cost increased over that charged since 1964 increased costs were ihe reasons advanced by the board of trustees for the changed rates rentals previously arranged will not be affected next regular meeting of village trustees will be held on july 23 afler u brief opening prayer hy rev d sincljir vjriou members of the group introduced themselves to each other jnd then an open discuuion took place under lite direction of rev peter tucker with a view to corrctjtiug all kinds of creative activities including natiiic study nuiui gymnastics drama unci ait with spiritual fulfilments from cod duelpli school of nursing in the fall i ricnds of mis rose dyci and mr and mrs roy johnston ure sorry that heir recent trip lo white plains new york had to mark the sad occasion of the pjssingofmrs dyers sister mr and mrs mcpliedran and mr duncan and mn george day will be holidaying in scotland for three weeks caving july ftth mr and mrs sandy hudson left friday evening for a holiday in braccbridge at the collage of rev and mrs alleyn cook of beamsville mrs duby guclph street visited her daughter mrs john cottrell in peletboro for approximately five weeks recently she had a wonderful vacation and is back home now tlm gioup lionet to widen the split r r ol interest and accoiiiptivliiuciil in llic icalin ol sunday school ti uliiiig linn ciiioiiiagini nunc young people to itcioiiic il awakened in llic way of timlun icaining and i h i n k i ii g i o get he i in jehievt iiiciil llic inihi hody of tcaihcn uiulci llic dilution ol the three clergy of tin united iickliylciiaii and angllcjn hurdle will hold liach ini poiodlijlty wilh ihe highly qualified icacltcii who will lie icmhiiiiic lor llic thcoiclicjl hihlc tuuliixl tinting md llic spcualiiti will ihcn apply their tcclinicjl talents jnd creative ahihlic as llu pjiliculji lliinic in each class will require llic lliird jnd final meeting of the cnliic hody of dnictors and specialists will he held e irly in scptctnbei with september 27 set as the scheduled date of the i ust session of the teaching progrjlll ii is hoped that other people in the community with church uffihalions and interested in sharing their special talents will contact any of the three clergy mentioned as soon as possible cascade of balloons signals end of school the last dance of the rockwood centennial school year for 1969 was climaxed when at the hour of 10 45 last friday evening a cascade of balloons fell on the unsuspecting student dancers this was llic final event for hope dominion day road rally will become annual event here with the geographical tract between rockwood terra cotta and belfountain u the area of operation the eramota presbyterian young peoples society of rockwood and eden mills presbyterian churches staged 70 mile road rally on sunday june 29 although actual participation in the rally was disappointing the spirit and excitement could not be deterred by the enthusiastic young participants the winning car was operated by don sinclair with navigators june thompson and donna hilts all or rockwood they received individual trophies as well as a plane ride donated by al niched rockwoodt local groceterian the second place car was driven by glen gardiner of eden mills with dons tubman of the unte village acting as chief navigator they alio received individual trophies and a 5 gas voucher from johns texaco station is guelph rockwoods glen gray operated the third place vehicle and was ably assisted by val wright of guelph as navigator the whole event was a ball aajd donna hflta and wa had a srii siattoliwjtl organiser ssjabjajaynement i guess the reason we didnt have as many cars out as we hid hoped for said don was probably due to its being held on a holiday weekend as this car rally is now becoming an annual event the young peoples group hopes that more rallyists will set aside the dominion day weekend to attend and participate regularly and they are just as hopeful that another such evnt scheduled for eatly fall will eneouruge more young drivers to gel their cars into a mobile and condition roadworthy the 69 graduates and said mane ellen saunders no student would pass up the opportunity of celebrating the greatest part of the school year the beginning of the summer holidays approximately 75 girls and boys from grades seven and eight turned out for an evening of dancing in the school auditorium to a dance sponsored by the students council and as was earlier stipulated casual clothes were permitted so many of the students wore slacks with the auditorium gaily decorated by the well known quartette of mary anne waddetl jacqueline gooyers judy devries and marie ellen saunders with plenty of potato chips and soft drinks on hand to quench the thirst and appetites of the participants the evening was a tremendous success and culminated the end of the reigning student council for 69 of the rockwood centennial school polished chrcime and apotjasa whrtswalb frame thai angina ol this vintage autoprvoto don hltta arthur a johnson od omtometwst muton ad acion for detalla howdy ajuiii folks oh this womkrtul day in june fills nice wealth sliore m takes the ot lym ui it tuii foulitie sound out fond and ifrjr joihi salmon and ihe hoy utitt to icjiic ihls ifiuujth cause they wily put me into one rate in woodstock in werk und j dont twwd it tell you who wiyrllcaid the hoys faykm about how i d heifer tuff a touple ifmufcli cause i aint ruyin so nfwuj now ihal im a celehnty only vi 40 to win jhl lo plate and a lousy 2 so o show f louhle it nohodvs got ihe nerve to tell nte wliu ii rate lo mow und t aint lelliu on i know what they was tilkirr ahoul i didnt nuke ihe diaw lo race in i on dor i llits week taiive they just lud loo miny horses hut if thing go iifim i might ik- able lo aqua plus my way into position next monday in wimtdtlotk an ole dick tells nve llut im ruiihin for suic ncul i ndjy night july 1 1 ul i imira ainl human ruthurc a funny tiling heres this guy jack hamilton with j real good tinny in his ham meamn me hut just cause i dont look so great he sells me to the hoys and now llut im hringm in the told cash tits tcllm real interested and wishes hed asked for more money when he uild tne j ml goes to show yi a horse on the tratk is heller tlun two m the barn mark llut down j my own filosophy llmm june spoon croon swoon i was trottin down llic fifth line today when i got all plum lutkered out and had to slop for a breather notice a last weeks guelph mercury all strewed up and laym by the side of the road an caufchl a squint al ihe weddin pafc ost w i y il shore seems all the kokwhd fillies ure itettin tiilthed these dav hull mtl ami wont he kulli mtfoneu any more but mis ljoyd nelson and lhat amu telblly will be lym the knot with some guy from newcastle new itfuiuwicb tijln of koberl onnl oji the 2mh of july frelly lutky fellers i think gellln one of those kotkwood hey now fhal little llu knegt ii a cute lookm lit dish ptuty smart and alhlelic loo sseins die arid lhat llusie i ihs kid tnmptelcd and passed iheir hrnne wunming tests for lifesaving a few days ago same js that havid ok guy on the mam street sure know who 111 tall if i yet in 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