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to the loss of several regular players. The girls softball got underway by defeating the Roseville girls by a large margin.

In September 1950 there was a dance in the new school in Brockton, music supplied by the Leonard Barnett Orchestra.

On August 1, 1951 a pound

party was held at the home of LillianAdamsCOH- Mrs. Basil MacNeill, welcom-

Shirley MacKay and Thelma Wells hooking a rug 111 g her back after several

‘ months spent in Toronto.

Pound Parties were also held for new ministers coming to the area and newly mar- ried couples. Neighbours would gather bringing maybe a pound of butter, lard, sugar,

tea, etc. — thus the name “pound” party.

In 1953 Film Board pictures were shown at Elmsdale School.,A large crowd at— tended. One of the films shown was “Canada’s Part in the Coronation”.

Road hockey was a popular Sunday afternoon affair. Everyone from age six to adult could play, as long as they had a stick.

Raffles and card parties for geese and ducks were a regular event during the winter months. Johnston’s Pond, near where the Wells Road meets the Western Road, was a popular place for hockey games when people from Huntley, Alberton and Alma

gathered with the Elmsdale gang for games.

Rook and crokinole parties were also held at the Centre.

A popular pastime was damming up the brook behind where Ruth and Barry Arthur live to make a skating rink in winter and a place to swim in the summer.

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