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WEDNESDAY JANUARY Home Newspaper of Hills IT SO per year Copy Fifteen Cents Wind storm causes havoc but not in town Old man winter took a holiday lait week but In his absence strong rased through the area at miles per hour toppling damaging hydro wires and pushing record temperature of back to degree Police firefighters hydro linemen and the towns department were kept busy answering calls concerning fallen trees and burning wires Many rural areas were left power Georgetown firemen were called to the Sixth Line about I P Saturday where a large evergreen which bad fallen across hydro wires was burning Firemen were powerless to do anything until Ontario Hydro could be contacted because the tree was live Firemen remained at the scene until after three oclock Fire Chief Ken said We cant put water on a live but were required to stand by to keep spectators away ana to prevent fire from spreading by high winds Meanwhile Ontario Hydro had seven crews out throughout the Halton region Smile Dust off the old camera You could win some valuable This week and for the nest three weeks the Herald be accepting entries for the new Herald photo contest Rules for the contest are simple The contest Is open to anyone Living within Oils Prints must bo bUck and white most agree with flat for the montfi Pictures will not be returned unless a stamped self Addressed envelope Is Included should have your name address and number on a separate sheet Judging the contest be Peter Moss manager of the store Kevin of the HflTs Camera Club and Richard of the Herald staff The theme for January Is Whiter pan The final deaflllfle I midnight February The warning entries win be printed In the Herald and prises awarded For prize information and further rules read next weeks edition answering complaints from people whose power bad gone off Keith Matthews manager for the Brampton area which en compasses the section of Hal ton and from Highway so to the Line said his department answered nearly calls between Saturday and Bam Sunday The phone never stopped ringing sooner put It down and It would ring again he said The main problems were twofold winds slapping overhead wires together put conductors In motion causing power to go out and fairly heavy tree branches and even some whole trees fell onto hydro lines and Because the crows were working after It started Linemen then shut off the power firemen extinguished the blaze and the towns work crews cleaned up the debris Another large limb landed on en in dividual house service on St leaving the occupants without power Strangely enough this was the only call received by the Georgetown Hydro A spokesman explained that hydro men bad previously removed all dead trees and branches to avoid such Saturday morning shoppers were detained for a while on Main Street South when a large pine blew down and blocked the road between Park end Maple Ave There were no damages and no Injuries A Christmas tree and an automobile found themselves victims of the winds when the tree fell from the roof of the Georgetown Market and landed on a parked car owned by Flow Stockman the cars roof trunk resident was after ten Woot cedars toppled all In one chimp the white frame bouse For tunately the shallow rooted trees were clear of the building But its the other six that were ready to go over that had worried claimed owner Ron White as be and his children and neighbors tried to anchor with cement blocks and patio stones The incident occurred at the exact moment of the fire on the Sixth Use and and workmen were not available to help If the remaining bad fallen they would landed directly on the house and hydro wires Mr White happily reports The trees are still standing Everything seems to be okay and we will Just chop the fallen trees for firewood inned by car Three Georgetown resident were Injured while attempting to atari a stalled car on Street Friday A second car was being used to help restart the car owned by William MUward of Boulevard when a third car was In collision with the vehicle inside Cheryl MUward and Brian were caught between the two cars when the collision occurred They were taken to hospital for examination A third man Charles Chambers was also injured in the QUITE A GAL Page SPORTS Page PET PLEASE Page 5 damage was done to the MUward vehicle while a car owned by John of Queen Street suffered BOO damage A collision Georgetown Market Centre parking lot resulted In an estimated US damage to a vehicle owned by Murray Crocker and to a vehicle owned by Michael Dickson end collision did damage to a car driven by Roy Harder of Hale Drive Georgetown Driver of the other vehicle involved John of Queen Street was northbound on when the collision occurred The driveway to Kinneys Shoes was the scene of an accident but Thursday Anne Lindsay of Weston and Bath Main Street received damages to their care in damages were sustained by two cars in an accident at the parking lot Ted Wroblewskl and Sharon Eastwood were Involved In the collision at the retaining wall A car parked at Consumers Distributing received too damage by an unknown driver The damaged vehicle was owned by Spec trum Electric Two trees and a hydro pole were damaged by a car owned by John The car was travelling along Moore Park Crescent lost control the pole and trees Paul Morin of been charged with failure to remain at the Trees trash The skeletal remains of the many Christmas trees that decorated Georgetown living roomsthrougb toe past holiday season will hopefully be Just faint memories as the last collections are made this week by the town works department According of the works department most of the trees should have been picked up by last Friday We have been picking them up with the regular garbage pick ups throughout Georgetown and Acton said Mr Trees collected will be taken to the landfill site on Armstrong Avenue and treated as regular garbage Since a bylaw part of the Night of Christmas Trees used to be burned In the field located at the plan where Sellers now stands In Acton similar burnings took place Mil ton conduc tree burnings with coffee and hot chocolate for those attending more people buying the buying none at all added Mr Trees a till awaiting pickup can be put out with the regular garbage and will be disposed of at that time SHOCKING NEW HAIRDO sported by this weeks cover girl was just to fool you The young lady is really Miss Crystal Crosby Grade two pupil burning up excess energy during recess in the school grounds of Howard Public School The monkey bars are a popular attraction the playground equipment provided Staff not at fault in fiery hospital death Memorial Hospital were credited with exemplary action hi handling a bed fire which resulted in the death of an IByearold town resident on Dec 13 Macintosh last absolved blame in connection with the incident They however recommended that hospital patients incapacitated by strokes ana other Illnesses should not be allowed matches or lighten when supervisors are not present The Jury also concluded that the provinces minis try of health should establish mandatory fire prevention procedures for hospitals Edward of Hyde Park Rd bbue trying to a stream several days before be was unable to put out the fire himself or call others for help The stroke was a contributing factor In his death concluded Michael a provincial pathologist Signs of the stroke were detected during an autopsy An enlarged heart and hardening of the arteries were also detected Dr Hilt reported that Mr McGonigal suffered burns to the of his face the back of his head his cl Jury found that tl the elderly man curred while the elderly man was was alone Another room across the hall noticed the fire and alerted the staff Louise Venner a nurse on duty that night heard the other patients When she got to Mr room she found the bed on fire bed He immediately got an extinguisher from the hall and doused them Another nurse helped Mr Schubert remove Mr McGonigal from the bed and rushed mm to the hospitals ward Dr Bruce Duff recognised the seriousness of the mans and arranged for Ins transfer to Toronto western Tom Dewhurst of the Ontario Fire Marshals office believed a box of matches caught Ore while Mr was lighting one Most of the matches In the box had ignited be said James Stevens an engineer from the fire office said an Intense Ore would have resulted when the matches were ignited The Jurys recommendations echoed the opinions of Michael Hanson a fire prevention consultant with the ministry of health Mr Manson stated that regulations should be adopted by the province to ban smoking by patients who were under sedation or were aged or infirm except under staff super- Members of a hospitals staff be said should be authorized to remove matches cigarettes and smoking materials from such patients He pointed out that after continual washing cotton materials become extremely flammable Its a matter of educating the public through every means possible about the hazards of smoking In these situations and of giving matches end smoking materials to these patients be added Alfred Morris administrator of the hospital said that the hospital had formed a Ore safety committee and practised monthly fire drill But smoking bed he said could not be banned You would Just drive it un derground be said Top citizen The Georgetown Lions Club la again looking for the towns Citizen of the Year someone who has given unselfishly to the community Tola be the third year that the Lions have carried out the search for our top or citizens The first recipient chosen In wal Peggy Treahy selected for out standing work with retarded children and TV Georgetown Volunteer Fire Brigade was honored with the award in in recognition of century of fire prevention service In Georgetown The lions however wants some beta from you In picking our most deserving or groan far A committee chaired by Ron Johnston of Street is now accepting any suggestions him or committee members Eric Hooton David Doc Dick Clara Frauds GobOoIUeror before the end of this month and tail them of your suggestion The winner of the award be made known on Friday March at a dinner dance to be held in St Georges Anglican Church hall The public fa attend the Ontario Street lights on again New street lights on Ontario Street from the creek easterly to the top of the bill con tinue to be an on again off again problem for town council A recommendation made last week by the works committee which would have seen the cancellation of the proposed Ontario Street project was rejected at Monday nights committee of the whole meeting It has been turned back to the work committee for further study The works committees earlier recom mendation was questioned by councillor Roy Booth He noted that the committees original reason for turning the Idea down was thai cos would be too originally reported that the estimates for the lighting work did not include the casta of installing poles for the lights However councillor Booth noted that his Citizens In the area he continued felt strongly that lights were needed on the street particularly on the steep bin I could if council wishes go out and get a petition signed by all the residents of that area showing their feelings but I dont feel that council should have to work that way I still feel convinced that this Is a necessary thing especially now that ice and snow are on the ground and it gets darker much earlier in the evenings and stays darker later In the morning A number of people be explained use Ontario Street to walk to and from factories in the area Including Smith and Stone and The road narrows Into a narrow gully which forces pedestrians to walk on the roadway Mayor Tom noted that the situation be extremely dangerous on particularity during me winter months Councillor Em Hyde explained that when the works committee decided not to carry out the project continuing casta were a major factor against it We should remember mat and every time a new light goes up the municipalitys light bill goes up This was not Just considered at an Initial cost Councillor Mike Armstrong also ex plained that the stretch of road being con sidered is located on a flood plain Under current building regulations no can be constructed on a flood plain thus there was little need for the street lights other than helping workers travel to and from their Jobs Councillor Booth conceded that an ex tensive lighting system for that area might not be necessary Even Just one light would help unknown are sometimes confusing A label attached to knitted work socks produced in Georgetown indicates they are made of percent unknown fibres We use reclaimed fibres the of t line of socks explained company president William Scbenk of Glen Knitting Mills The fibres we use are all good but we cant test each batch for content andprodaceaproductattbeprice We know that there Is perhaps rayon wool or acrylics In the sock but we cant be sure of the be furthered Glen Knitting Mills has been producing socks in Georgetown since 1SS1 and now produces lines of socks which are sold to wholesalers representing large retail chain operations such as and Stedmans If we produced the same sock In 100 percent wool toe cost would be triple for the materials alone The cost of labor la the same to produce the socks said Mr Scbenk Under Section SI of the Textile Labelling Act which went Into effect about a year ago the law spedfiea that where the fabric is In whole or In part unknown the label must simply say so Each pair of socks indicates French and English 100 percent unknown percent fibres lnconnues This labelling complies with the regulations added a spokesman from the department of consumer and corporate Scbenk noted that he has had several calls from the Canadian Broadcasting Cor poration regarding this label and added that several Montreal sock producers have been using reclaimed materials and