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yosef drenters restores old academy the historic rockwood academy alma mater of railway magnate james j hill ontario premier a s hardy hon sir adam beck united church moderator rev dr t a moore and lapious baseball player william sunlcy is being restored one of tho most famous boarding schoowor boys in the province a fiujidrcd and some odd ycn ago the large stond building has stood vacmt except for owners who lived in it since 1883 itwlis decaying slowly as the years went by when 20 year old yosep drenters bought it for 8000 drenters arrived n canada from belgium at the age of 20 a student from the seminary who concluded the priesthood was not for him he worked as a cowboy in the west as a miner in the yukon as a lumberjack in british columbia and then came back to work as a hand on his fathers ami in i rimovi township now yosef drenters lives and works in the old school restoring the elegance ol a building lounded by ouiikcrs with a loye ot learning obsessed with g desiroto create he niade his first sculpture in l5k he- called it mother and child since that time his works have catapulted drenters into prominence as one ol canadas best known creators ol art working with old farm implements and objects which people have discarded as junk he- has fashioned figures of burnt oiled wood which have uplifted the human spirit and brought a demand lor im work his debut exhibition sold out i he ik i ilmcd a documentary on linn but hes still a simple man obsessed with restoring the old academy on the outskirts of rockwood his labor on the old school ha s o in e times t a k e n precedence vwci his career as a sculptor but he achieves the same satisfaction iron fashioning ligures or restoring buildings last weekend yosel drenters opened part ol the restored academy to visitors and they came irom a wide radius to look at his work and the sculptures he has created since creativity runs in the lamily it was only natural his lather joseph a rockwood resident and a brother andre from alton should exhibit their work too in the large restored workshop on the bottom of the academy his works are not without critics some have called them totems ills i ihorious work on the old academy is gradually bringing back to the gicy stone building the elegance it once had as a leading uppei i iniili school 1 he old quakers who louuded the academy woild approve ol the work yosef drenters is doing t reflects their philosophy of hie stitc jsxiott 4rv tfcss acton ontario wednesday noveaa for full value of your tax dollars and concern for unnecessary debenture debt elect hinton for mayor objects in one of the restored ichool rooms of the rockwood academy are examined by visitors over the weekend included in the display were desks and ink wells used by stu dents the ornate front gate loading to the school which yosef drenters has restored and various historical articles relating to the aca demys history staff photo why you should buy this new 1968 frigidaire dryer jiaij gtttte flawing hut pampers all your fabric dries them billowy salt irmh as all out doors and flowing heat is sale cant harm even deltcaust this sculpture pionoor family was com pleted by yosef drenters eiqht years ago and is now owned by the university of windsor it was part of the display at tho rockwood academy over the weokond and mr dronters said it is on its way back to windsor after being used by tho cbc in a christmas tv special staff photo puts you in command of drying time for each load no haat cycle makes airing end fluffing pillows jsy spe cial sittings for durable press items 5- year nationwide warranty 1 yr warranty rptr ol any datacl without chtrgf plu yaar protection han lpir only for furmthifuj ttplici mnl fat any daucfvt pari ol th drtva lyilim conmlin ol drum ihtl drum baaruvg pultaya d dr va motor backad by 0ivral uoufftt manning electric joseph dmothb ml a pert time artist in hit own right crested this work celled the immigrant crowned by a canada gooea it it symbolic of the direction immigrant mm ha canada migrate the bird stand on tha kaart of canada while the human agora in front stretches its arms embracing tho country from tea to sea staff photo f