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techniques mm twm How to road to an attack from behind WORKS DEPARTMENT ADVISES Get off and stay off roads during storms It is highly unlikely that Hal ton will escape heavy snowfall this winter and when It does come the best thing you can do Is stay off the roads and get your car off the rood says Prank Morel works superintendent He said In an Interview Thursday that parked or abandoned vehicles on the roads during or after a snow storm cause the most concern to the snow plow operators The problem is especially bad when cars are abandoned on rural roads and drivers fail warning lights on their Child injured by fire A Weber Drive girl was reported in the Hospital for Sick Children last week being treated or second and third degree burns to per cent of her body alter her nightdress caught fire Lisa Kean daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronald suffered the injuries when she leaned over a stove element Dump site could become a reality A regional landfill dump at Miltons site could come closer to reality if the public works committee endorses consultants report prepared earlier this month The committee will examine lie report late January 1977 in which engineers M Dillon recommend that one of the three remaining locations under consideration as possible dump sites be eliminated The engineers decided that underground petroleum pipelines and aerial hydro lines in a ISOacre area of northwest would pose serious problems to any land- filling operation The location known as site was found to have adequate surface drainage but improper underground water conditions M M Dillon ruled as a result that only acres out of the entire site is suitable for The region remains convinced however that a single silo is needed to accommodate all of tons garbage rather than two or more smaller sites which would be strategically located Davjd Estrln Hamster Solicitor wishes to announce thai as of January office will be located at Street West Suits Toronto Telephone Practice Restricted to Environment I Energy Law All i WW Utntfurmt tnnn two Canton hi vehicles If a vehicle doesnt have warning lights to mark it there Is a danger it may be hit by a snow plow Mr said He said police will ticket cars which break a bylaw prohibiting parking over three hours between the hours of midnight and a m Police will also enforce a bylaw which prohibits merchants from merely piling up snow on the boulevards or edge of their properties he added The budget for snow clearing is split into three parts For 1S76 it as Snow removal had been budgeted at and by the end of November had been spent he said Snowplowlng budgeted at reached by the end of November Only in he area of sanding was less spent than budgeted Of budgeted the town had spent only The balance of left in the budget was enough to cover the last month of the year Mr Morette said The provincial ministry of tran sportation and communication subsidized the snow removal budget about SO percent He said that the town uses about 1000 tons of salt per year At present there are about tans of salt and sand mixture one pile in Georgetown and the other in Acton Calcium is not used because it Is too expensive he said The 1077 snow removal budget wont be ready until the end of January and wont be approved by council until February or March he said Its too hard to predict what kind of snowfall there will be he said Each year Is dif ferent And with two urban areas in Mills the snow removing removal problems ore unique There arc men on snow removal Including a mechanic and a storekeeper Mr Morette said Assigned to snow removal routes In town Ihcy use three grades trucks with plows on front and for the salt and sand mixture One grader and two plows arc kept Sidewalks arc the respon sibility of the individual and those which the town is responsible forr arc done manually he said The only exception to that Is when town crews plow snow onto the sidewalk he said Contract award OTTAWA- A federal contract worth has been awarded to DUG Sin Hon cry Co of Georgetown to provide the federal government with notepads the of supply and services announced Monday Agricultural news IIAITON SOIL CROP ANNUAL An outstanding program has been planned for the Italian Soil Crop Improvement Annual Meeting to be held next Friday January at United Church Georgetown commencing at a m The meeting Is under the chairmanship of Ed 1976 President The morning program consists of ho financial statement election of delegate to the Ontario Soil Crop Annual in Barrie In February 2nd 3rd and the election of for Prof Tom Lone the Soil Science Department University of will discuss erosion and the problems of compaction of soil with heavier equipment John Secretary Manager of the Farm Machinery Board from Guelph will talk about metrics and some of the problems farmers encounter In obtaining machinery parts Following lunch which will be provided by the ladies of the church M for Peel will speak on energy uses on the farm Ed Out ten of the United Cooperatives Head Office in Mlsslssauga will discuss the outlook for seed or til iter and herbicides for 1977 Ted Whltworth of the Farm Safely Association of Ontario will have as his topic Workmens Compensation and the Farmer Paul Fish Soil Crop Specialist will present nitons Annua Report of soil and crop activities Two slide sets arc planned Farming in the Urban Shadow and Foroge Days All Ha Hon farmers and others interested in these discussions are cordially Invited to attend SUPPORT PAYMENTS EXCEED MILLION Agriculture and Food Minister William Newman has announced that more than 15200 Ontario calf producers will receive cheques to help offset this years low market prices Mr Newman said cheques are being processed on the basis of per cow after deducting the owners premium for enrolling the animal in the voluntary Ontario Beef Calf Income Stflbilliatlon program Net government payment will be million for 1976 the second year of the emergency program to help cowcalf operators weather a period of worldwide beef surpluses and abnormally low prices for calves The payment formula hinges on a support price of cents a pound set earlier this year and a weighted average market price of cents established at fall sales throughout the province Mr Newman noted hot he overage market price was cents higher than In 1975 reducing stabilization payments This year here was a percent increase in the number of farmers enrolled In he plan He said the outlook for Ontarios beef industry in is brighter because of improved prices a record slaughter rate to reduce herds In line with the market and moderating prices for feed com Mr Newman spoke at a conference organised by his ministry the Ontario Cattlemens Association and the Ontario Beef Cattle Performance Association Ho urged cattlemen to join the Ontario government In pressing the federal government for agricultural tariff reforms and a law to restrict meat Imports If could hurt meat industry The total enrolled for the Itegion of was 112 and the total number of eligible cows was The herd was MORE ARENA HAPPENINGS Lions Club President Hon Johnston left Below Lions goalie Fred Zorge uses his presents Grants Committee knowledge of soccer to kick the ball with a chairman Ernie with a cheque for broom of course during the exhibition game prior to the official opening of the with members of the Georgetown Volunteer Georgetown Memorial Arena Thursday The game ended JOYCE This and that on Parliament Hill FromThrOltawnHureau recently appointed its first female board or The Herald member after being publicly criticized OTTAWA Perhaps its a Christmas We fixed McLaughlin now we blessing that MPs have now embarked on a will fix minister Mr day parliamentary recess ending the said silly season In the Commons How arc we to lake that External Therevasllltlegoodwilllnthcfinaldays Affairs Minister Don Jam ft son inquired During one exchange Prime Minister Pierre Take it any way you like the New told a heckling Opposition Lender Brunswick MP replied Joe shut up You must think I a Journalist Mr Shortly afterword Mr llee that Clark responded Mr was conferring with Transport I Apologize Mr replied Minister Olio Lang the subject of recent really wanted to say shut up and a Merry for attempting to send the familys to you Joe If you want to ask live in babysitter back to England on a questions stand up and ask them government plane 1 look forward to a Happy New Year Are you sending Adrian Mrs Long or Pierre Mr Clark replied the up to the Senate Mr asked On another occasion Leader Ed Minutes later a Tory MP attempted to became Irked after on Interjection pose a question to Mr but was In- Cor bin Mo daw ask a- Victoria by Mr fees If the noisy Jackals on the other side He is conferring with Otto Mr Hoes would listen they might learn something advised Who lobe Adrian or the Mr advised Mr Corbln sought a Nanny What do you think of It Otto Whom withdrawal of the remark are you for He might have called him a Jackass John Broadview retorted Defence Minister Barney has I really want to apologize to the been taking flak for his recent decision lo honorable member Mr said I move the Canadian Airborne Regiment from might have done something worse I could Edmonton the Ottawa Valley have called him a Liberal Marcel Lambert PC Edmonton West asked if Mr Dans on would be prepared to Gordon IPC attend a public meeting in riding ex- complained one day that there are only six plain the move and answer questions from women in the 104 seat Senate and inquired both the military and civilian population when Mr would summon some of helmet nTory MP advised Canadas 11413700 women to the upper the minister chamber Pierre ays lh are no women Mr Damon and his cabinet colleagues available Pierre Is McLaughlin or have one small consolation They con go Parliament PC Prince days without a helmet on white the House is Edward Hastings In reference to recessed That may be a greater cause for Joy the chairman of the Bank which only than the festive sen ion Manned announces bid for region chair BEATON Youve been hit by a What While riding my bicycle I hit by a Torooto-to- flyer going BO mile per hour Yea Its true and probably a miracle that Im alive to tell of it now The year was 1948 1 was and working after school In Port Credit for a chartered accountant Each afternoon my girlfriend and I would wait at the same railway crossing for a freight rain that seemed to take forever to This particular Tuesday In March warn rain and dull We waited and we waited hundred of freight cars were pulled In front of us We were standing right by the wigwags at the head of a long line of can waiting to cross the tracks Big yellow Ught Without looking of course I started out toon the freight passed and topped the tracks of the on coming flyer to see what all the hooking and yelling was about As I turned there it wasa big yellow light almost upon me There was no time to be frightened no thought of turning back Those were the days of the flarebacked coals and thank heavens mine was tucked under seat of my bicycle I remember looking down at the of the bike and leaning forward with one foot on the raised pedal The next thing I knew I was at the bottom of a 40foot embankment with the handlebars of the bicycle in my hand the school books still under my arm end the knee ripped out of my lockings The stockings seemed tragedy for the moment they had been borrowed without asking from my mothers dresser drawer and now they were ruined Crying Softly I remember crying softly to myself for what seemed like ages as I wandered back up Incline The lines of cars both ways were exactly as they had been before the train went through No one dared move Those who wit nessed the accident thought for sure was killed 1 heard a young boy say to his friend Ill bet his guts are all over the front of the train By this lime my school friend had been taken to the hospital in a stale of shock She had fainted dead away the only person who could Identify me I wondered aimlessly about looking for the other parts of my bicycle and wondering bow I of my bicycle and wondering how I was going to get to work even then I laundry truck to her home were I was treated for abode Port Credit In those days was a very small village and usually everyone knew the news five minutes after it happened My boss was summoned to my friends bouse and he took me to the doctor before taking me home It took on hour from the time of the accident until 1 arrived home to tell my mother story Youve been IT Out the front door she flew as she saw the multiparts of my bicycle being unloaded from my bosss car trunk to the front lawn From the look on her face I knew had to get her inside and sitting down before I went into details Youve been what Youve been hit by a train Oh dear what do you do for someone whos been bit by a train Poor mother Well she used her standard remedy She put me to bed The doctor had given me two tranquilizers one for me and one for my mother I took mine but I dont think my mother ever got around to taking hen The phone rang the reporters came and I was a celebrity A celebrity with nothing to show for being hit by a speeding train except for a half Inch cut on one knee And a pair of ruined nylons Terry Manned lormer Oak regional councillor who did not seek reelection in the December municipal elections has announced his intention td contest the election of top political post In a letter released here Monday Mr Manncll said running for the chairmans post was not really In my mind at the time I decided not really only decided to seek the chairmanship after a number of queries and discussions sparked very serious con sideration have given this Mr is one of least four active candidates each seeking endorsement by coun cil members The endorse ment is required under the terms of the Itcglon Act since nominations and elect ions must be mode by the elected members of council Among the field are Incum bent chairman Allan Mosson completing three years as the regions firs chairman appointed by Burlington councillor Jack former Burlington James and former Burlington Mayor Harrington Also rumored to be seeking nominations for the past Is defeated Milton Mayor Anne However Mrs Mac Arthur denies any wish to seek the post In his threepage letter to council Mr Manncll says he believes real effort Is re quired to develop the cooper ative spirit that should exist between the region and its constituent municipalities that an effective relationship can be developed based on a mutual respect which remove liic threat that has been a dividing force to date he said Council members met Tues day to elect tho new chairman by secret ballot The Informal meeting will only designate he new chairman until an official ratification Ismadeat councils Inaugural meeting Jan The decision to hold the Informal election was made last month during an Informa tion meeting for members of the new council The secret ballot wnsagrecd to to prevent the council from facing any serious split during Its two year tenure Mr Manncll aays he believes would be happier if the region moved toward a role working closely with the municipalities to tic together things which can benefit from such action such as planning and overlap- responsibilities in other administrative areas A useful and relevant region al role con be achieved by a wise council supported by a chairman who has the energy and to work on councils behalf he says Terra Cotta area open Sundays Terra Conservation Area will be open from a to each Sunday from Jan to Feb 23 weather permitting for skating cross country ski trolls and snow- shoes Hot food and drink is available Agricultural news TOP PRODUCTION HERDS IN IN ItTS The lop dairy herds for milk production on OJ and DHI A for Hilton for 1975 are as follows Winner Proud WOakvillei His II cows averaged pounds of milk pounds of fat per cent test This gives a Breed Class Average of 170 for milk and leo for fat In runnerup position is Bum view Farms Lid cows averaged 19593 lbs of milk lbs of fat 6G per cent for of and 169 Third was Hold Milton cows averaged 15416 lbs of milk lbs of Tat per cent for C of 153 and Fourth was Fred Nurse Georgetown 3 cows averaged lbs of milk lbs of fat per of 141 and 1S1 Fifth was J C Reid Georgetown cows averaged 15413 lbs of milk lbs of fat per cent for of 144 and 147 Ontario Weeds a new publication available from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food will help anyone from former to home gardener to identify easily of the most common weeds in Ontario The publication released in November includes with the descriptions 1 drawings and S3 colour photographs Dr J Alex coauthor of the publication and member of the faculty of the Ontario Agricultural ColIcgeOAC In said that although the book is primarily aimed at farmers it will be useful to a number of other people He said the book would be a aid to agricultural representatives weed inspectors agricultur al colleges schools naturalists and gardeners What the book will give you la the name habitat locality and description of the plant in laymans language an illustration and eristics of a particular weed said Dr Alex Special features of the publication Include eight pages of colour photographs enlargements of drawings pointing out the most characteristics and names of weeds In both English and French There are basically two ways to use this book said Dr Alex People will be able to thumb through the book looking at illustrations to Identify a weed or use the Identification key Dr Alex explained that the Identification key uses features of the plant such as the type of stem leaf Dower and root system to Identify the plant The whole idea of the book is to make It easy to Identify weeds he said This will cut down and the need for specialists to go out to farms to Identify weeds Used in conjunction with Publication 75 Guide to Chemical Weed Control Ontario Weeds enable farmers to get the most effective weed control Ontario Weeds has been by sL the faculty periodically since IVl The new version prepared by Dr Alex and CM Swiuer Dean of the Is a complete revision of the 1907 publication The publication Is now available from Information Branch Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Legislative Buildings Toronto payment of must accompany orders for Ontario Weeds publication Cheques should be made payable to the Treasurer of Ontario Home of