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100yearhistory for wooden building For years Ive been threatening to have a farm sale and get rid of all the goodies Mack has collected at farm sales Well we finally had one except me It wasnt a real farm sale with yodelling auctioneer and ladles serving pies It was Just an open house type thing or open workshop A lot of people dropped in mostly neigh bourhood men who turned out to be Mack spiritual brothers They all had a marvelous time poking round the treasures talking exchanging stories trying to sell Mack something Some of them came In for coffee and a visit kicking their way through the dogs and several hundred kids that were trailing mud through the house One long suffering wife was heard to sigh Do you really need that dear as her husband was cheerfully bargaining for a nasty oily little motor She sounded just like you Jen commented Mack ad The sale was not completely my Idea although I have been dropping hints to Mack for years and murmuring subliminal suggestions into his ear when he asleep It finally worked because he thought of the idea all by himself when he covered he didnt have room in his three car garage for even one of the vehicles Gotta get rid of some of this stuff he muttered and flew to the phone to put in the paper At first Mack only agreed to advertise his pal tractor It has been lovingly cared for purrs like a kitten gets better care than I do anddoesn do a lick of work Something like that just had to go However once he had made up his mind Mack got totally carried away making great lists of golden treasures he d agree to sell If somebody wanted them Why sell them give them away I kept prodding Well I gotta get what I paid for them growled Mack Why Mack got so deep into his new activity he even decided to sell my car my horse the kids and me if the right buyer came along He got his shop cleaned up sort of and sat down to wait maybe The first problem became apparent when several people went to the wrong address It seems I have as much trouble with my easts and wests as I do with my rights and lefts andhadputthewrongdirectionslnthepaper Fortunately a long suffering neighbour on the other side of the highway sent visitors over to us The weather did not oblige proving cold and like so we still had snow on the lumber and fencing The driveway fell apart along about noon and the marker stakes for the were still frozen In the ground several trucks ran over them Im happy to say Mack and his had a companion able time the kids had a ball the dogs were ecstatic all day I have only one complaint about our great farm sale Hardly a single thing left this property And Mack now has leads on quite a few other goodies he like to odd to his collection The old wooden building on Main St Rockwood decorated with aging signs pointing the way to Meadows Camp Ground and Auction Barn and which presently houses Insulators Is destined to be demolished this summer It has been a part of the Main St architecture for over 100 years and has seen at its peak of com activity Rockwood Roundup by Barbara at the Com This la Education Week and Centre Students are Rockwood Centennial School welcome Music by the Iva will hold a Primary Assembly Tones Charleston contest April 21 10 30 30 a m All bar buffet per couple residents welcome Students students Proceeds will art work may be Been In both be used towards the re- Stone Road and Willow West painting of the exterior stone Malls on the church Tickets available from parish Pioneer Day Chairman members and at the Medical Maria reports that plans Centre are well underway for the celebrations on July 1 If you your group or business wish to place an entry In the parade call Maria at It not too late for other suggestions regarding the days events Just let Maria know your thoughts on the subject Tonight the Horticulture Meeting at the Town Hall 8 Anglican Church Dance May Erin may hire convict There la a chance Erin village will employ a person who Das been convicted of a minor of fence The Job would be part of the persons sentence so that three months penal time would be replaced with hours work In the community provided the offender lives at business He rented out a car which was used like a taxi in the area In Roy Young bought out Mr Hamilton and in the 1920 the Station Hotel was destroyed by fire However the livery business continued The saw the building change hands and become a waxing plant operated byM Barry and Co In this plant the turnips were placed Originally it was the livery on a conveyer belt washed stable for the Station Hotel dried and immersed in hot owned until by George wax to seal in the flavor This Hurst The hotel was located was then a new process in the just north of this building ad- lumlp industry was then the heart of the turnip shipping business Because of the limestone formation in the soil this area has a special facility for growing a sweet Since the farmers had delivered their wagon or sleigh loads of turnips pulled by their teams to the Rock wood Rail Yards MP Barry was the first man In Ontario to ship turnips to the S market Local turnips were served on the tables as far away as Miami Florida New Orleans Madison Wisconsin and New Jersey all the area east of the Mississippi Area farmers would haul up to 100 loads of turnips a Kitchener firm the day to the rail line Up to contract for construction of box cars piled high with an addition to Brisbane turnips would chug away school from the Rockwood station Construction Is expected to In the 1950 the turnip start by Ihe middle of the growing industry moved west month into Huron County where At one time the school larger tracts of land could be board contemplated adding a with machine temporary steel structure to cislon planters and the school to the railway tracks Travellers coming into Rock wood by train would stay at the hotel They would rent a horse and buggy or horse and cutter depending on the weather to visit customers in the area In 1914 Fred Hamilton bought the Livery stable and Mrs Pitcher purchased the Station Hotel In 1916 Mr Hamilton added a new dimension to the livery School rooms to be built The Acton Free Press Wednesday 19 1978 FARMER JACKS poor THIS 100yearold building on Main St is destined to be demolished this summer It was formerly a livery stable then a turnip waxing plant and most recently a warehouse for Brandco Insulators In 1959 Howard Brace purchased the building from the Department of Highways and it has since housed Brandco Insulators The Braces have found boxes of old cheques from the turnlip business days In the building When excavating Tor their new premises the contractors discovered bins where turnips had been buried they were now filled with what appeared to be rocks or were they turnips A NEW landmark Station St Gary Brace of Insulators reports that he hopes to be installed in their attractive building by May Erected by Dunbar Bros Construction this will be a combined office and warehouse to replace their present building which will be demolished Erin studies downtown PONY CLUB PRESENTS The 5th Annual Consignment HORSEY BOUTIQUE AND AUCTION SALE Sell what you have Buy what you need 30p Sale1230pm SUN APR 23 at KINGLEA STABLES Ml NORTH OF HWY ON TRAFALGAR HORNBY OF SADDLES BRIDLES BLANKETS BITS TACK PAILS RIDING APPAREL AND OTHER HORSEY ITEMS PLUS KING TANDEM HORSE TRAILER WITH ELECTRIC BRAKES PONY JOGGING CART If you wish to consign to this sale Contact Milton Georgetown GuelphActon Burlington Mississauga i Lunch available Nome Al Chamberlain Edith Turner Joan Sachau Sandy 8779856 8564460 6772129 Selling by number Auctioneer Alfred Spence R Georgetown 12 PORTABLE LIMITED TO ONE PER FAMILY Buy now open a friendly rzi budget account no money down THIS WEEKS SPECIALS Erin Council gave the go- ahead to an study of this village downtown The study to start later this month is to bring council and the community thinking uptodate on the subject of planning Local talent can be seen this Friday night at the Junior Farmer Annual Variety and Gong Show 8 Don t forget to get your P m at Eramosa School tickets for the St Johns This is the Saturday to register for membership in the Tennis Club at the Town Hall TURN TO PAGE 7 a Rockwood District Coming fiiGiite GIGANTIC AUCTION SALE OF BRAND NEW FURNITURE APPLIANCES AND GIFT ITEMS THURS APR 20 730 PM SUM APR 23 200 PM GRUNDYS AUCTION CENTRE North on 2nd Line Ft 1 Dance May Community Advance sale member per couple ttJO Chsrltton con test bar buffet tun PARTIAL LISTING Urge selection of chesterfield suites In 2 and piece sets chrome kitchen suites 7 9 piece dining room suites maple and pine bunk beds Captains and Mates beds stereo sets maple and pine and birch bedroom suites coffee and end table sets bod chesterfields wooden wall clocks table lamps cedar chests clock radios component sets socket sets Boston rockers Lincoln rockers oil paintings single double and quean size box spring and mattressea colour TVs CB radios carving sets pfus hundreds of gift Items AUCTIONEER ALEX PARR The FAMILY GROUP meets at St Josephs Church Hall Church E Mondays at 8 Information Aft Hour SALE CONDUCTED BY GRUNDYS AUCTION CENTRE TERMS OF SAIP NOW on THE ROCKWOOD DISTRICT PAGES Of A Special Coming Events Column FOR ONLY PER INSERTION YOU CAN HAVE YOUR UPCOMING DANCE DINNER ETC ANNOUNCED ON THE ROCKWOOD AND DISTRICT PAGES OF THE ACTON FREE PRESS CALL 8532010 TODAY AND SAY YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR COMING EVENT ON THE ROCKWOOD AND DISTRICT PAGES Indiid nfl way speaker I STEREO SYSTEM NOW 20 COLOR 100 solid statu Matrix Instsmatic color tuning Illuminated channel numl 00 DANBY 30 ELECTRIC RANGE mo porcelain enamel Master control panel controls NOW 299 00 Hwy25 1 Mile North of OPEN DAILY 10 PM SATURDAY 10 AM 6 PM MILTON 8782373