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three congregations choirs for servhe an enthusiastic congregation participated in the christmas etvic in which the choirs and members of si johns anglican she presbyterian and the united churches sang together last sunday evening december 21 rockwood united church was crowded to capacity the choir loft was packed and the voices of the combined choirs rang out with reuhindlng volume as they sang together with audience participation in some of the mote familiar carols rev feler kucker conducted the service with various members from each iliutih reading lessons lid participating in special areas general leeling of i lie longregalimi that it should be done mine often will be considered for future services rock wood news trimming the tree rockwood centennial school pr imary studvitt opened tna program at the rockwood combined christian educational proct christmas nlaht stall photo concert last tuesday children of rockwood nursery school moyd thalr own christmas party friday morning at st johns parish hall highlight ol the morning was the nativity pteunt gifts war distributed and the poppets had cprtat fun with balloons issued by teacher mrs cynthia luckman stall photo rockwood travellers are satisfied with cnr freight passenger service christmas pageant at united church wasnt it great and we must not let these pageants discontinue were only some of the comments made by the delighted audience who attended kow ctiier caroler aim nu puic mfhipr u mr prthrnpv it ewvtim boot hardware jteasjfwq6b ofcit the united church annual chmtmat pafteant ijl sunday evening gtadyt hanna directed the entire event amilfd by mantn brace and marg cox she chose as her lead pby performer in the introductory pby let to the actual nativity mn tmetdale of hams street who as a grandmother in a roclung chair was having grejt difficulty in piting members of her family to htien 10 the biblical uory of the katimty everyone was umpl too bun a childrens choir tang throughout the entire production and in some cases audience participation was encouraped john benham was the narrator as the st matthew text as the nan of ihr saviour s birth was pantomimed barbara mclaren played the fujt of mary and joseph was charlie mcrae and with angels and arch angels they created a picture of pageantry with shepherds and beautifully attired lings bringing their gifts to the manger throne according to spectator it was an exceptionally well received endeavour and the directors and oordina tors of such productions should be well commended along with participators choir members and organists in restoring for another year the depiction of what christmas really is refreshments afterwards sered by the unit three ladies was an added touch of hospitality and festivity rockwood bowling trie tueidjiy december 16 bowlitif ileum a ill well set the putteri un whu uim the turkeys which b the time the free ptcsj iv printed will already have ix asas aaaals yam m faaaaa aaaaat psal kim main wav mul aynpriiiii ajrsallltsalt tar ysstr fttaaal asstasre crabtree confection rockwood ml ikv v atglmbm with fond hope that all your holiday dreams come true we assttd you our beat wiahe for a merry christmas bfeadows bp service rockwood been won and consumed however the following is the league standing and team shape ups as they stand at this time number one is the turkey motivated team of strattons with 63 pts queen of hearts and nortons will scrap it out for second place with s7 points third place carneys have 55 points the begoodorbegones share fourth position with the neighbours with 48 points fifth spot shows the elmers alley cats with 47 points sixth place has four corners and the whitewashes with 4 1 points and the untouchables on th bottom rung with 33 points vic willms jan up 638 and dick hannan 680 for the begoodorbegones making the 7 to 0 score show up against elmers alley cuts the queen of hearts made s vs 2 for the untouchables and strattons shirley salmons score of 73b accompanied by dick dupuis 724 played a major roll in the final team scoring of strattons s and carneys 2 with the tatters bob ulley scoring a 622 the whitewaters took five points from the neighbours who had two points and clarence huton ran un a mean 6s0 rsmnts with dune mcphedrin of the neighbours scoring 613 points top scoring fred nightingales 741 points along with mary stahlbaums 733 and vivian nightingales 649 scoring gave the norton team a victory of 7 to 0 against four corners as marg mckersie ran up s66 points pollock otsd camrilll hom chan wmcatials wuoflial ingdav1n0 tltst tnu si mutm jj a few neck muscles flinched in rockwood when a week ago a local newspaper suggested that although acton was fighting for its need for the regular canadian national railway services other places were not giving the impression that this village was unconcerned und apathetic about the whole matter a general poll revealed that apathy was not the reason for the acceptance of such a decision however but that as far as rockwood is concerned it would plainly be poor business to think otherwise just common sense economics said one local resident who considered that the railroad station had been shut down a year ago as far as he was concerned at one time said bob leslie a good thinking village resident it was absolutely necessary that coal be freighted here by the cnr and it was the one means of redistributing livestock but right now its much more efficient for most things to go by express its been proven over the years continued mr leslie that there just arent enough passengers using the train to necessitate the expense of making this a regular passenger stopoff and even as it is if passengers wish to utilize the railway facilities its just a matter of phoning in to guelph and officials are happy to accommodate he referred to an instance where a local citizen wanted to board the train for toronto in rockwood recently he had phoned to make the arrangements and the stop was made at the village cnr station bob ledie feels that this is a very sensible move on the part of the c n authorities and as long as the tracks remain intact a company which is smart enough to make such a move in the first place will be just as sensible to adjust their thinking when conditions warrant another change he was refemng to the possibility of future needs of co train possibilities and further said that the present station house has long been outdated and not properly equipped with modern conveniences anyway bible society donates 714 concerned that there is a critical shortage of scriptures in the world today the rockwood and everton branch of the canadian bible society have contributed s7i4 towards christian literature much of this amount has been nude up by the everton church of christ disciples the daily vacation bible school the twilight evening auxiliary and the bible a month club of the rockwood presbytenanchurch the rockwood united church sunday school and the little peoples bible society seventeen collectors and their helpers turned in 426 from a village and area door to door canvass and the collectors in the venture included t d mccutcheon mr and mrs w patterson mrs e palmare mrs j hill mrs f ostrander mrs a root mrs f alton miss p hamilton mrs d mcnabb mrs s trousdale mrs g brace mrs s drijber mrs j thompson mrs a bertham mrs e archibald mrs f dultleld and mrs w mccutcheon lie felt that if such tunes should come when train operations once more were a necessity that at that time a newer and more efficient building would have to replace the old one more recent villagers had always just accepted llse fact that there never had been any transportation vis the cnr since they had moved here and felt that if a train should stop off at a little place like rockwood it would have to be a very slow one which would make several slops along the way thus making the trip to toronto unneccssanly long and tedious whereas bus and automobile accommodation was much faster in my estimation there is no sense in creating more debt said chas obrien the local hydro secretary progress never goes backwards it always goes ahead and he also felt that as long as the tracks were not removed the potential of future railway accommodation was alwjys assured one i t ihough u fr obrien i do feel that because originally the government deeded the properly to the railway company as an encouragement for passenger service we should consider ihe slogan no service no property and that all properties not used should be returned to ihe villages and towns from which they were deeded lloyd hindlcys personal views on the matter could be summed up in his concern about the future of ten fifteen or even twenty years when with the tremendous growth and automobile owneruups reaching such capacities in toronto outof town drivers could be prohibited and not allowed access to that city necessitating the greater need for co trains and fell that too often when tilings are pulled or removed it is more difficult to gel them back again which could happen in the case of the cn r station its happening right acrois canada said another local reudent and im afraid that if we ever need the cnr in the future because of automobile congestion rockwood is loo small to fight to gel back any services it had previously lost we must agree with the aforementioned business men in the area rockwood because of its situation and its close proximity to ihe city of guelph is better off than places such as acton and georgetown actually since the transportation by truck from the cnr warehouse in guelph deliveries have improved as far as rockwood 11 concerned this of course woutu be accepted as because of mileage relativity however if due to the cancellation of former methods theres a saving to the canadian national railway which induectly affects all taxpayers it would only be practical thai there be no complaints from this area there is a public meeting being held on this very topic at the acton council chambers tuesday january 13 at 10am for a hearing for those interested in maintaining the status quo cold cash for santa for biafra classes it was cold cash that was turned over to the coordinators of the rockwood christian education project after santa claus collected monies for biafra and the sunday school he deposited his bag in the freezer for safe keeping at the john thompson home r r 1 rockwood on his trip northward last tuesday evening the christmas program included participation of some 40 or 50 saturday morning church school children and teachers carols playlets and film strips involved parent and child participation alike highlight of ihe evening was when old santa claus himself arrived in a 1969 snowmobile lo gather up the envelopes slated for biafra and other collections which will be used lo cover costs of equipment and materials required for the use of ihe sunday school children envelopes totalling s26 were collected by ihe happy gentleman and s28 in coin rev d sinclair chairman for ihe evening expressed his thanks to ihe parents and friends of the children present for the performance saying he hoped that although the future of the coordinated churches sunday school looked promising the parents would continue to encourage their children to come lo ihe regular once a month saturday sessions and also other children to attend refreshments were served at the end of ihe evening lo the children and coffee and cookies for ihe adults tmataahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal fred a hoffman optometrist 5 si georges sq guelph ont yebtshost lluhl season greetings from tom jessie gellatly of the rockwood mill end store ma y you soak imv the w v hammings rockwood centennial school wintlr i tike the snow best of all because you can make it like a ball in winter time we always play and have fun everyday all the boys gather on the lull with tots of laughing we have a spill i like the luboggan and also skiduo they fit together like a pair uf shoes best of all is christmas you see with lots of gifts piled under the lire after the snuw has cume and gone i think of all the fun we had all along gerald barden grade seven student christmas morn 1 looked out my window this morning and found that old mother snow cloud had coveted the ground i ran from my bedroom lo find under the tree all sorts of presents from santa lo me the stockings were filled to the brim with great care which caused my eyes to open in a wonderous stare i relumed lo the tree where the presents were stacked and i could hardly wait until next year wben santa would be back janice perry grade seven our chrutmaa ywiah thai your hsmrt ahaioi th binned joy ol th ehaphtrde perrys garage rockwood munnm bjtkby good tiding t of great joy pf 4y tie too eom to adore the child who in the manger and to ojk a hu bltuiinp upon j ah thou near and dear ijy j alci v voutaawflsttfoesst james a milne son rockwood ww51