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Township reeve feels residents need information Reeve Warren Parkinson rejects a statement reported in last week Acton Free Press made by trustee chairman Gary The chairman had Indicated his disenchantment at way township council was continually refusing trustee requests He referred to recent requests made to the township for con of village In corporation and township ward system The reeve said members of council had asked about in corporation at the convention of rural municipalities at tended in Hamilton He said he felt the village trustees really haven considered the ramifications of such a measure He requested that figures should be obtained from township clerk Lloyd Hind Icy and published as a means or letting Rockwood residents know what the village really is paying into the township 1 think the figures would startle some people if they knew what is actually being retained by he township from the village he said Breakdown Mr gives the following figures as a break down of Rockwood a financial input into the township along with those of the township based on a per capita basis Present population In township is S99 with families paying taxes Present population in Rock wood is with ill families paying taxes Taxes received from township based on actual taxpayers shown as taxes received from Rockwood reads Receipts paid out to roads show township Rock wood education township 694 Rock wood 28 fire township 19 353 91 159 others including library and recreation and C A 16 County of Wellington assessment which covers costs such as welfare and senior citizens The unconditional grant made by province to township is based on population township records show township share 15 share 41140 based on per As a matter of interest clerk I loyd Hind ley broke tax costs down for residents of township Rockwood and Mills residents They showed Rockwood with a population of paying averaging per capita township with a population of paying G7 averaging per capita and Mills with a population paying averaging per capita According to Mr Hind ley Rockwood pays township Mills with township Trustee heel Trustee chairman Gary says his beef is that if Incorporated the village could have more say in how grants arc distributed If we were able to up our road budget by that would mein we be bringing In an additional revenue he said Mr pointed out that with the province matching dolhr for dollar on roads budget should be updated and made higher There is more traffic in the village than on any other county he said Two ago he ex plained the village put In a road budget It was cut down to scrubbing out required for sidewilks and purchase of a truck The chairman said that maybe the village I need a truck It needs road repairs He feels that to keep Hock wood roads in proper con a higher budget Is required to be spent on village roads every two or three years Seventy five percent of the village roads are too substandard to meet today tnfflc he said and pointed out they were either too narrow not properly paved or with poor drainage f rhe village simply can do it on only a year he said Straightened out Mr road costs are ear marked for specific things the more grants are available If we spend on roads the will match it with he said giving us a total of He said he feels the township is vood is ore getting only light percent of the total money spent on roads In township with village roads taking more concentrated traffic If isn the way It is said the chairman Id tike to be straightened out The Acton Free Press Wed October J Rockwood bowling were high In Willi Alley icy J fl Norton Trot our Corner J Coun- ind bowled birr IS Unpredictable Jr ANOTHER TOUCH of history has been made in with the coming of the first village dental surgeon who set up practice Sept at 177 Main St S is a native of Yugoslavia and a military school graduate who has lived in Canada since 1966 He has applied for office space at the medical centre building presently being prepared for construction on St First dentist practising r pmhed when Bruce In triple with Ingles 177 187 Harvey Allan bawled ISO Its to triple Winnie HI Hi for Goo- yen bowled MS with 183 and III Don Illlti bowled triple with 168 151 and seven nil wai approach lo the Hamblen with rt triple In a MS triple with and Danny with and Doug Chandler triple with 1G7 IDS and ITl bowled a with InRlcs 171 117 and were high men over lnl I llh ingle hit a triple on with and Peter and m Ted Trotter triple and and Doug mil made a MS triple 3 19 and UnpredlctaMt wire winner over J table Heard bowling Ar- 169 end Mary I ush Alley it bowled tor a triple with and IS1 Dune Mel IIS 168 an I m h III N Dennis St named after past resident The truslce board a recent Station St Dennis St is one based on logic some sentiment for former resident For the existence at two Slrccls one below one tin CNR tracks rm St Johns considers Diocesan centennial Members of St John Anglican Church were reminded at a parish ad board meeting held in the parish Wednesday Oct thai the Diocese of Niagara celebrates ils 100 years of life and ministry beginning this November continuing through to the fall of A letter receded from the planning the celebrations read part of the activity will Centennial school briefs In Trudy Clifford Students council la running very smoothly with a dance coming up for grades seven and eight There will be floor hockey games and nickel for the younger kids Although the council is in debt from last jcor everyone is working hard for the year of 1B74 to In the girls division of soccer one more gome Is to be played to decide the champ Art classes have started for the grade eights in our school are hi Id every Saturday All grades one and three are doing en stories Some grade two have been studying the moon and ore learning ho to plant plants They are also learning how lo write Kindergarten students art taking sounds learning lo make numbers A tin Howe en picture of a pumpkin was a class project occur at various diocesan services and some of it will lake place in gather It is the hope or the Diocesan Ccntennhl Com that parishes will look on the Centennial as an op portunity for them to do something special locally to share with diocese in marking the hundred years and al the same lime use the occasion to contribute a fresh element to their own life star of the next hundred years was the information received St Johns board members wen further Informed that banners posters historical articles adult study pro grams reunions a centennial Eucharist and a weekend festival were other suggestions of the centennial committee sent lo rectors and parishes in the diocese as plausible ways lo celebrate Suggestions At Wednesday meeting an enthusiastic group con sidered suggestions and decided to make their con trihulion John Clark wis chosen as Ihe organizer re pre who would attend a meeting of parish repre in the diocese change program ideas is related as threefold To thanks for one hundred years of life in the past to tike slock of the present and to look forward lo renewed mission and ministry in the ahead Church history The St John s board considered several sug by McMurray Painting the interior of the church writing a history Johns and various other ideas were tossed about It wis decided John Clark would send letter to all members of the parish for their suggestions ana or approval of the ones established it the meeting The decided to hold wine cheese parly loin I artists participating Decisions of who where when the affair would be held were discussed and it was decided members of the board would investigile possibilities It was established all funds received from the project would be put i lump sum turned to in mission opposed to tin church treasury business included plans to hold a social evening on Saturday October when St members will the church mortgage burning it the home of Hockey on Mam provided for new comers to the village The recent opening of the road ly immediately across Main N from Station St West below the tracks drew of trustees- After it was to the street calling it Station St as a con of Station St Humming the roadway above the hen came under consideration trustees decided to Ihe street after the mnn who had both the first house on the property Dennis Mr Dennis had lo in 1912 to open and the I Company winch was later closed in Trustees took the matter to township council and at their October meeting council requested their solicitor to lake the neeessary action to the former Station St to Dennis Street Mr Dennis died in 1940 The newly Installed chair in an office in the building on Main SI signifies that first dentist finally arrived wilh office hours set daily from Mondays to Iridays Milos Ignjatov hails from Yugoslavia A military school graduate of 1958 he served eight years is a navy dentist on the island of Vis a small country community of approximately people Coming to Cnnndn in says that before he could apply for his dentistry license he had to first to speak and was unable to procure his Canadian license until Inst year 1ocuiion Sept the day he began practice in He and his wife and 16 old daughter took the summer for a loday trip to and on his return he jumped right working at lie office his schedule of dental ap pointments At the present time the imbltious doctor says his days are not completely filled with patient ippomlmenls He hopes that as begin to know he is n lice bis business will grow If business progresses so that I can gradually fill up my week I will eventually move into the vicinity says A former soccer and water polo player Dr is well known in Yugoslavia as water polo The energetic dentist likes community and has been familiar with its aesthetics and charm for some lime I used to visit friends on a nearby farm be said and tells of hiving spent some weeks on a farm located near the village a few years On St at this time signs of the new medical centre are showing Already excavation has begun and hopes ire Ihe building will be completed this fall Ignjatov has applied for of in the new centre He is hopeful building completion draws near his will have extended to full five day per week list the dentist receptionist is of St A newcomer to the village Mrs and her husband moved to Rockwood approximately i year ago Township of Eramosa CLERKS NOTICE OF FIRST POSTING OF PRELIMINARY LIST The Municipal Election Act 1972 Section 1 and 2 Preliminary List of the Township of Eramosa COUNTY OF WELLINGTON Notice is hereby given that I have complied with Section of TheMunicIpal Election Act and that have posted up at my office The Municipal Building RR Rockwood Ontario on the day of October the list of all persons entitled to vote in the municipality at municipal elections and that such list remains here for Inspection And I hereby call upon all electors to take immediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law The last day for filing complaints is the 1st day of November The place at which the revision will commence is TOWNSHI P CLERKs OFFICE The Municipal building Rockwood Ontario The time at which the revision will commence is a November 2nd 1974 DATED this day of October L T Hindlcy Clerk Township of The evening closed prayer given b I Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so if you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office 8532010 1975 J The can finalK afford fuel injection J The 1975 Beetle La Grande Bug SHOWING FRI SAT HERE A SNEAK PEAK AT PART OF THE BUG Now Come On In This Weekend I and Let Us Show You I The Entire Beetle BAZ MOTORS ltd VOLKSWAGENPORSCHEAUDI J Guelph St 877 EXCITING NEW EVENING COURSES AT SHERIDANS 0AKVILLE CAMPUS START NEXT MONTH Crafts Photography Audio Visual and others Beginning Crafts Jewelry and Lapidary basic sessions Fee 26 Starts Nov 14 Ceramics basic Tues or Wed 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