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The Acton Free Press Wed February I Rockwood roundup by Kerry Chalmers Please reel free to call me with news item for the page All con In but ore are welcome If unable to reach me by phone you can write me Box 1M My home is under construe ion at the pre sent let the ring mam times and if to again The public is invited to come and hear he fcramob i Youth Choir in outer sored by the Churches The choir sine under the leadership of Church at reminder Softball Registration takes place on Sunday March at the office on from Players must brine their birth tali and On is per play ir boys and irls from ages through 19 wishing inform ilion an call Dot Polo it of If so John Slat ir superintendent for Const Hoy of Woodstock to hear from em in ill John Shier it JiHl and Roy it Community library corner Community I hours an m ind 7 J pm noon ire having a sleuh growth ind in creasing use of the library and people books may of in elude Christie s last book Curtnn The of the J T All Creituns Ore it ind J imis Ikrriol Eden Mills Guides and Brownies Wallace held our Monday it the Mall in front of all shoppers and brownie not to start Thin won no sin ones just perfect of to brownies riadj to do best week at rchearsi we had our doubts one would remember mv thing We stiried with our open ing songs and songs then followed with somt In The Muffin Man The Captain Hid his Mich ml novel I ill erf I buffs wt hive llinml cook ok lhi ind Him Cross ind Tin I slow cooker k i He I I unit sum ii Hum i help Or rinninikr of the ml for in id Out inn des books of mint tries in IS THIS THE price of developmenf Letter writer Julie Brace illustrates in iter picture the trees with mangled limbs that are the result of construction on her street girls to I Codding Cirol fchzibith Moon Wendy Janet Curtis i Bill mgs and Him It i The idei of all this was to show the public wh it guiding is all about and a fly up is a ver important part in our life when she lakes the majic road to Guides leh in her way enjoyed tiding this for shoppers and up laid posters of their tests which they OicmsliKs had drawn and painted a week a well done note from their District Commissioner Mrs Hetty Peine which was well deserved Demon lira lion The fly up ws followed by a craft demonstration by the Guides The were invited to make crafts done with the guides and went away tiny owls necklaces made out of turkey neck hones burlap flowers etc Twelve plates of goodies were provided by brownies to raise money for the World friendship and Kortneht Thesi were made by themselves SMILING with satisfaction after their Guide enrolment last week are members of the 1st Guide Company To be enrolled the girls must pass their tenderfoot test which consists of knowing their law promise and motto They also have to know their hand signals and whistle signals front row L tor Shan Thatcher Michelle Drexler Debbie I inley and Clark second row L tor Sue Hawkins Susan Johnson Lori Jamieson Michelle Patterson and Lisa Petty and back row Spirit Valley District Commissioner Betty Petne Lieut June Shelley Spencer and Capt Georgcna Petty win sold it Road Mill on few mishaps ikes with burnt bolt ins were r it Ihe time if bile me guides baked 1 platisof ikes iris muffins cookies Six guidis look in tin Ir session to new wilh Kim M in Prounu Music it Stone Kind Mill Valentine party for Good News Club Rockwood bowling turn one tiny number thi V iU nunc meeting of tori News lub love is theme of the entire mi tine Aunt Helen MiDonild smj joyful of love or ind of tow ird us verse spoke of lhi He bis fur us ive before songs of wis 1 we love Hun A beautiful cross m up of sh ipes w is hi of mention for tin study lovi was i word nub of the gospel told Mrs I i pirty with games Ire its the day lull 2 Kithy Helm HO 141 174 IF SB Farmers 81 Norton Four Corners in loll I Imlsta Kayilids73 itci Hen over Dune Kingsbury Ted Justin HI too Glen Tray Don Women over I BBS MarR Cordon Lor ralne Grace Britney Nancy Horn Ruth KlnRibury i our Corner Nellie BBS Don McKcrsIc Ted Jeilin IDU Jerry Bob 183 180597 Danny 182 227 384 Kojs 2 Ken Lush 1S1 197 218 Itulh Kingsbury 130 1JB 1D5 5011 John 187 161 163 Nancy 170 Viv Nightingale 181 Glen Gray Larry dy I I iri Dune f J Klngibury rMj Jim lfB 191380 171 IJB 183 llnrry irda 157 13 SOFTBALL Registration J SUNDAY MARCH 7 1130 am to pm at the MUNICIPAL OFFICE Players Bring Birth Certificates Fee 3 00 Per Player Boy and Gird from 8 thru nQ j The consistent drilling is like the lull or a spinning wheel in her basement an old time resident of the village I went out last evening to feed my dog and as stroked her head I touched her ears she cried I often looked down our street lined with graceful old maples and decided it positively had to be the prettiest street in the village Last week I stood on the mound of raised asphalt and rock in front of my home and viewed limbs mangled and broken away from these trees particularly one in front of the new Post Office this tree having formed a part of the landscaping of the structure On another occasion a worker sat in his pickup truck all night watching over two properties set up with detonators The crane had broken down so rubber mats could not be laid over the danger areas Twenty feet from my front door slept will The River now fillLd with rubbli and sludge run on over the dam like a small rivulet It sad very sad this whole affair Prosperity you will be welcome for there will nothing left of our peaceful little village in two I suppose what promp ted me to write this article was thi nostalgia aroused when tame a copy of Toronto elated May i the following write up from which I have On Map Academy of Prosperity was thrust upon It only to be snatched away Yet it maintains dignity In the eyes of its neighbors Fame came to in the heydays of the through one of Upper Canada most famous seals of learning Academy which attracted scholars from all parts of the country Prosperity arrived in 1807 The Harris family wen early settlers of for which Rockwood is the township scat They erected woolen mill beside a dam on the Speed River The mill became known throughout he country as eiuality producer of yarn blankets and socks It employed many residents The Academy produced such famous graduates as James J Hill who became of the Northern Railway Hon Sir Adam Beck and A Hardy who became of Ontario Today lhi rambling old stone building which has been a this year tehees no to thi of schoolboys Mr inei Mrs William who bought room structure for ick in claim it as a school for the last time in ThLy occupy only portions of building Many of tin rooms pieces of original still on Charlie is one of thru who govern uncorporated Pop an Clifford Meadows 1054 chairman and Schneider proprietor of Schneider Sweets one of the village moil budding industries trunk who sit up his business here in I1W5 after operating in villagi will amount to a barrel of jelly beans industrially 11 s solid rock In says You just can dig foundations in Ibis kind Most of the houses hen I basements Many villagirs can less whether industries find it convenient to come here One the It ink wood ime Co is going than years ind is ritetl high in ihe building Village baker Herb best in el urns top in the I isb Game lub for l with his itch of lb brown Ire in ihe he irt retaking efforts of I and Km grndn of the Ontario College of Art new making their rmme in Hock wood J years so far In hi building their modern bungalow almost the whole town will be used us a The couple intends to go deeply Into in I lb eli It mounted displ lye wall of the shop mil ill who prefers lo rem si mi rural In e el is known is alls s init Telegram Staff May This with its lowinne and curious rock formations and pleasant shops whin con takes priority And in tin vnlky only the deiayine ruins of lheprospcrouselin mills rimain One story has it null wis pun based by i man who only intentions were to shut it down thin hoped it might be run successfully Hut is has been shut now for almost thru re first Sir Mills Henry SlranLi Ke is of the Community Club formed in The ion sends a monthly newspaper to river homes in the township Soldiers away from home during lhi war depended on the oik wood Bulletin mimeographed ind when war ended it was suggeslLd he club lake over its operation Sponsoring Boy Scouts the I jamboree cleaning up swimming pool were undertaken by the club Gin and band win I youngster in Hock wiod can skali and swim ilme st before school age due 1 the location of he village md the Speed which winds through in a of dams in roaring waterfalls Although traffic on which serves is the mam through fare threatens to bring ihe of city life residents prefer to in ire it and con in their way I hey and I for the w Itutnou Who back thin would ever hive believed people would has of early coupled with scenery straight from the pages of a Lr ivel brochure if my communities have had fame lore interested in lo happen hire in ii v yeirs trustee Charlie i Some one could they set up resort Vie re close enough Toronto tint of other cities yet far enough to escape them the next vllige He f fern pgpff ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Guelph Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs EXTCNSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Tide Limpi FREE PARKING I1M1UI1A DhfM OctMAUOifj Cut Flowers Potted Plants Funeral Arrangements Corsages Etc Always a good supply of FRESH CUT FLOWERS DRIED ARRANGEMENTS ALL OCCASIONS FEEDERS Open a weak a m to 7 CLOSED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS CAROLINE ACTONS LEADING FLORIST FLOWER and GARDEN CENTRE allow our village to fall into the stale it is in today To all who struggled so hard lo sec panning of a law per milting the installation of and sewers I congratulate you You have achieved your goal And to those who fought so hard against it I know you ire feeling the same loss of individuality of being a part of a village just as I am We can no longer look ick Julie Brace FARMER JACKS 3 GIANT ROOMS OF FURNITURE Only 59700 6 Piece Bedroom Set Dinette Set Piece Living Room St NO MONEY DOWN 20 Solid State Color Giant Color Console Phillips Color Portable NO PAYMENTS UNTIL APRIL 3 Coffee a 8 End Tables 34 Bedroom Set Mattress or Box Spring 49 Large Living room Lamps 9 Apartment Size Stove HWY 25 JUST NORTH OF 8782373 welcome SERVICE If you are new in town or know someone who is PHONE 8533902 I Think about retiring by March 1st One 1 I the retirement plan liter 1 he 1971 be Simula Plan Hut there ire two mure re isnns eipcn Plan the metre mimes II difference is the length time mi Reduce 1 savings interest II ir a it iitMciel 1 MOO i tjii i per month at investment jII r iSMRl PI in Mir 1st cemtrihmnnslrmi CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE