Floral centered tea tables and fashion show charms Rockwood event
The Rockwood Guides and Brownies hosted a tea, bake sale, and fashion show at Rockwood Town Hall. Floral tea tables were served by mothers in Centennial dress while booths and kitchen helpers aided. Tea service was by Mrs Elwood Bolton, Mrs Petrie, and Mrs F Taylor. A crafts display featured a toy village with tiny houses and a railway.
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Elwood Bolton
Petrie
F. Taylor
Rockwood
Irls
H. Laverty
K. Duncan
Guides
Three Eramosa schools plant centennial trees
Three Eramosa Township schools held special ceremonies on May 12 to mark the centennial year by planting trees. Eden Mills School presented a crimson king maple, with pupil Margaret Darby accepting it, as Trustees Lloyd Waddell and George Day observed. At Four Corners School, pupils and staff, led by Mrs Ruby Turner and Chairman Murray Smoltzer, recited verses and prayers before planting. Eramosa Public School saw two trees planted with remarks by Chairman Smoltzer and Trustee Robert Hilton, followed by poetry and class participation. Further ceremonies are expected at Rockwood Centennial School after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. 3. Hilton
Murray Smeltzer
Lloyd Waddell
Eden ‘Mills
Eramosa Township
Eden Mills
Wader
Tubbman
Misa Evans
Margaret Darby
Murray Smoltzer
Robert Hikton
George Day
Four Corners School
Ruby Turner
Florence Hindley
QO Canada
Patsy Weir
Helen Craigie
Paul Parkinson
God Save the Queen
Debbie Hartung
Eramosa
Ronald Marion
Robert Hilton
Theresa Dica
O Canada
Marilyn Dennis
Irene Hindley
Lillian Stewart
Jean Jackson
Carole Schmidt
James Sparks
NeHie Stickney
New Rockwood Centennial School
Rockwood plans change for Centennial opening and gala
Eramosa Centennial Committee and Township Council members discuss delaying the Municipal Office opening until the new garage is built, then host a garden party and dance in late August. Upcoming events include church services, a July Rockwood Carnival, Cenotaph dedication May 23, and Centennial dress week activities across Rockwood schools.
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Rockwood
Rockwood Catholic Women's League hears Dr Dooley talk
The Rockwood and Oustic Catholic Women's League met at the parish house with Mrs. W. Gilfillan as hostess after Mass. Minutes were read and adopted, correspondence discussed, and a convention in Alder shot planned for June 2 to 4 with theme For God and Country. Father Isabelle attended with a recording of Dr Thomas Dooley's Asia work. Lunch followed the social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldershot
P. Dica
Isabelle
Thomas Dooley
Asia
Silverwood Institute Talk on Plants by Mrs H Scott
The May meeting of Silverwood Women's Institute met May 11 at Mrs W Norton's home. Members contributed plants for sale, which Mrs Carmichael auctioned. Mrs G Henderson won the cookies contest, and clothing for the Unitarians Relief was collected. Mrs Norton gave a talk on plant care and cuttings, answering many questions. A social half hour followed. Several horticultural members toured the Dominion Seed House recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Scott
Silverwood Women's Institute
W. Norton
Dominion
Teachers graduate lakeshore College
Mrs A Benton notes graduates at Lakeshore College and reports that Mrs Osburn and Mrs Lloyd McEn ery are home from hospital in Guelph after operations. Also Mrs Findlay is home after hospital treatment in Georgetown. Norman McDowell of Brandon visits Lawsons in Georgetown and Limehouse, with Ross family from Toronto visiting. Eleanora Karn and Mary Lou Brown spent time at Expo. congratulations to Misses.
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A. Benton
Osburn
Lloyd McEnery
Guelph
Findlay
Georgetown
Norman Mc Dowell
Brandon
Man
Lawsons
W. McDowell
Limehouse
Russell Ross
Funeral directors elect Central Ontario executive in Kitchener
L R McKerale of Mitton was elected secretary treasurer among six men named to the Central Ontario Funeral Directors Association executive at a Kitchener meeting. Other officers include past president Harry Wilkie and president R.S. Jones, with Bruce Omand, James Nelson, and Fred Gruhn as directors. Sincere appreciation was given to outgoing members Edward Good and Bruce Shoemaker who retired as president and secretary treasurer respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. McKerale of
Mitton
Central Ontario Funeral Directors’ Association
Kitchener
Harry Wilkie
8S. Jones
Bruce Omand
James Nelson
Fred Gruhn
Edward Good
Wilkie
Bruce Shoemaker
Acton
Expo 67 Montreal hosts space exhibit escalator at world fair
Milton Detachment Ontario Provincial Police logged 56 general occurrences and 99 patrol hours from May 14 to 20. They issued 19 traffic charges and logged 65 convictions while reporting 38 vehicle checks and 6,990 miles patrolled. Five injured in three personal injuries, plus 56 general incidents including break in Nassagaweya, assaults, liquor and theft charges. One insecure premise noted. The piece closes noting a nearly 100 foot escalator at Expo 67 in Montreal.
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Milton
Ontario
Cpl
K. Kingman
Nassagaweya
L.ca
United States
Montreal
Lettuce Cigarettes Enter Novel Smoking Scene
A Victoria man, Martin Woodford, harvests comfrey leaves as a potential tobacco substitute. He plans to mass produce comfrey cigarettes after pioneering grinding the leaves for rolling his own smokes. The herb, long used medicinally, is touted here as a smoking novelty.
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Ronald Baird
The
Financial Post
Victoria
Martin Woodford
Sidney
Woodford
Waterway Dangers in Holland Claim Hundreds Each Year
In Holland with its many canals an average of fifty vehicles daily plunge into the water resulting in nearly two hundred fifty deaths annually.
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Holland
Oil explained to Erin Bramosa 4H Tractor Club
The Erin Bramosa 4H Tractor Club met at Cec's Service Centre with Larry McDougall presiding. Guest speakers from Quaker State Oil Refining and Cowan Automotive discussed oil purpose, proper type and grade, maintenance intervals, and reading the operator manual. An informational film traced the first oil production in Pennsylvania and early drilling challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Rockwood
Erin-Bramosa
Cec
Larry McDougall
Cec Cameron
Doug Whitfield
Quaker State Oil Refining
Jim Cowan
Cowan Automotive
Guelph
Jesson
Whitfield
Pennsylvania
Edwin—L
Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co
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Holden
Cork
Pollock and
Campbell
Water St. North
GALT
Lou
District Shopping Guide
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Renee & Dick Voskamp
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Marketeria
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Discount Centre
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