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EU | | id A NC C000 00 i mi i IS a fa n ti S y Willard and Mary MacKay of RR 5 Embro were presented by ; the Embro ‘and Zorra Agricultural Society with the organization‘s agricultural service award at the dinner theatre in Embro community centre recently. Between them, the couple have served on 12 organizations. The award [ is given in recognition of leadership and volunteer work 1ni the community. 3 Couple honored The Beacon Herald / Tuesday March 7 / 1995 ounty Photo by Thelma Hiuser Florence Ross, president of the Oxford ‘North District Women‘s Instiâ€" tute in 1950, cuts cake with current president Sharryn Sharples at the institute‘s 90th anniversary celebration Thursday in Embro. By JOHN CINEZAN of The Sentinelâ€"Review While digging through some old school registers at the Oxford County Board of Education on Graâ€" ham Street, retired school teacher Eleanor Gardhouse found one that was most unusual. Newlyâ€"found book goes bhack to schoo! She found a book from 1945 decoâ€" rated with many tiny pictures drawn on it by school teacher Cora McKay Roth. "The register is in excellent conâ€" dition," said Gardhouse who is takâ€" ing part in the slow process of miâ€" crofilming all the registers from the 1800s onward. "One picture that caught my eye was one drawn on Vâ€"E Day of three flags," said Gardhouse. "She was very artistically inâ€" clined," said McKay‘s niece Marâ€" ion Wilks. "She was talented in calâ€" ligraphy but never became a serious artist," said Wilks. Roth was a twin and had seven siblings, said Wilks. She was born on July 11, 1915 and lived on Lot 9 3â€"The Daily Sentinel-RevieM OUR OXFORD Anniversary celebration Concession 8 in the former Townâ€" ship of West Zorra near the comâ€" munity of Golspie. The colorful register will be donated to the Museum School in Burgessville. She attended sCNC0! M JAUMMCS* before beginning her teaching caâ€" reer in 1935. Over the years Roth taught in many oneâ€"TOOMm classâ€" rooms in the Zorra area. She began in Holiday, a small community not far from Embro, and then moved on to the Dyers 10th Line School, Braemar, _ Embro Centennial School and finally at Victory Meâ€" morial School in Ingersoll. She taught for more than 30 years and died on Jan. 12, 1968. Roth had one son who was killed in m 2ISl "o4 0 cccAcs AAthe PVOUORAEU O SACCUCC CY uqo an car accident in the early 19705, said Wilks. The colorful register will be doâ€" nated to the Museum School in Burgessville. attended sghco} in London /0