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Neighbor recalls Christmas blaze Wednesday January 1985 Page 3 twelfth chicken found hiding away under the board in the shed by Rosa no Mr Is a neighbor of McKerr of near Highway home burned down early Christinas morning and she Is currently staying with friends Mr Gregoris moved her feathered Dock down to his coop to lake care of them The weather was contributing factor Continued from At heater was found In the basement after the fire It was believed have been located in the In the rear of the house when it turned After being subjected to severe heat and crashing through to the basemen the unit is now being sent to the or laboratories for further examination the spokesman said Wealher conditions were a contributing actor to the Christmas morning blaze In Halt on said Hills fire Department Chief Forces car to ditch hits car A 14 year old youth on a hit a car on Sixth Line when his crossed the road Christmas Eve Stanley Whitehead ended up spending Christmas in local hospitals The fractured his right ankle in the collision and was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital by a parent Dec transferred to Peel Memorial Hospital where an orthopedic surgeon was able to get a look at his ankle The youth was allowed to go home Friday Stanley was southbound on the northbound portion of Sixth Line regional police said when he collided with a 1976 driven by a Llmehouse resident I Damages totalled ft Stanley is a student at Public A Normandy Boulevard man was charged by regional police after he struck a Chrysler forced it into the ditch then left the scene the accident The man was charged with failing to remain driving while under suspension and operating a vehicle without insurance The incident took place on Ninth Line and here were two people in the Chrysler were unhurt police said Damage was to the Chrysler and the car of the charged man The man had his girlfriend in the car with him Court date Is- Jan Driver falls asleep An early morning drive at 2 Dec proved to be dangerous for a year old Georgetown woman The driver fell the wheel and ended up crossing Trafalgar Road and going into a ditch A Halton Hills Hydro pole was struck on the way Albert Evans passenger in the car suffered minimal injuries and was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital by ambulance There was damage to the 1975 and damage to the hydro pole and hardware The woman was charged with careless driving HOCKEY ASSOCIATION APPLICATION TO COACH 8586 I am interested in coaching a team in the Georgetown Minor Hockey System for the 1985 season I agree to follow the rules and regulations as set forth by Georgetown Minor Hockey Association Name Address Telephone Date Signature Preference Please check House League Travelling Team Coaches Certification Level All applications will be considered Applicants will be contacted for in dividual interviews Applications to be received by January 10 1985 PO BOX 37 GEORGETOWN It was all red I was scared tries on a new pair of bouts with the help or family friend Joan of Town hie old woman lout everything the Christmas morning fire that her home on Herald photo Wit stuff rLhns nt wis win tin i 1 ly Oil whs m Hit look look out his buck wind iw understood whit it was Mr Oil Itili his in mall him ill tint irl hour J honiL In Iwitn stem tcrnf i Itw is ill rid I si red oh Mr told The Iknld Tin wind was ishts over my pi ind us ties on side I hi ft id one of the ishes miLht Marl fire In the home he lived in For the tHyiors it home the acres around It MtKrr the blaze that ileslrojtd ho home she tl lived in she is She est just no shoes no toil Two other of the home William Veer man line and Charlie were not us bodies wtro found in their bedrooms by firefighters Miss MeKerrs bed room Mr had I of trouble Mr Gre- said He had work id it Milton School for the IK if janitor and tuard He hid never married Mr Mr errier was described as i little mun not very tall Bill 1 dan t know much him He left in the mornings JO Mr Gregorls He iunl the younger mm Volkswagen had been driven away by his brother that day red cur was still on the property it by the dark be ihc blocks that made the outer rime of the burnt tool shed was Mr t Plymouth Colt Not running of Hie but wood metal twisted on the ground no roof mid a couple of oil fur rut is on their sides Maybe the wind blew down the chimney Mr Gremlins trying to the cause of the fire took down the house He said Mr smoked but doubted the lire caused by a foreouen If it was from Ins the lire would have place before mid night because they go to bed early Mr Taking a our around remains of the house Mr pointed out the charred structure of a lawn tractor In the shed adjoining the house He walked several yards to a wooden shack on the opposite side of the driveway The chickens were kept here although he 1 ready caught II of Ihem and taken them to Ins coop in his tuck yard his wife had sent him to find the twelfth There it was hiding out In a short lime Mr had caught the brown chicken and tied its ley together for the trip to the Gregoris Survivor Boarder helped teltS tier LEARN TO DRIVE THIS WINTER Halton Hills firefigh called region employees into the area to sand and salt the approximately foot driveway to the real dence to aid the equip ment travelling the Chief said Hills fir fighter Jack Vos from area Acton is improving in condition after suffering four breaks to the lower left leg The firefighter had been buried up to his head in debris after a wall collapsed and tumbled outwards with house chores 1 ma Hello said her family hud been when a knock came to their door and a neighbor up Sldcroad said there was a fire We called the police and the police Lulled the ire people Mrs Dal said There was nothing we do because it was loo late resident of for three years she said she rtilly didn know McKerr the old hid who lived doi Mrs Dal said she would tec Miss McKerr in the summertime when thty be outside She she knew Charlie the man who boarded in home When he the grass he say hi He was a friendly very friendly Mrs Dal said He did everything for her because she was old I know the other boarders not even what hey looked like Christmas robbery Approximately cash was stolen Christ mas fcve from the Arena on Knox Avenue Thieves the arena through the emergency exit doors on the west regional police said There was a second break in at the arena the next day and the vending machines were attacked shop damaged There was worth of front door of the donut shop at the Pioneer Gas Bar on Acton Queen Street Christmas ST0REWIDE SAVING WED AM 6 PM THURS FRI 9 PM SATURDAY 900 AM 530 CHILDRENS SHOES By Buster Brawn Savage North Star ALL REDUCED AT LEAST SOME AS LOW AS FL0RSHEIM MENS SHOES GENUINE REDUCTIONS ON BRAND NAME QUALITY FOOTWEAR MISS OUT story Herald Staff When McKerr stepped out of her home Christmas morning she was iek from head to toe The year old woman escaped her burning just in the nick of time unlike two men who died in their beds upstairs We were all fast asleep What woke me up I I tot up nibbed the flashlight at my bedside and the Front inks to a young man leaving neighbor licauheu party help met the all slender I don know who it was he broke the glass n the side of the front door and said to me You tun slay here So ho took me out on the lawn and set me down with no shoes on or anything else Miss got out with only her night tint his fc very thing else from antique furniture to old photos to a lifetime of articles perished In the blue young man who gave Miss McKerr the helping hand had spotted the fire on his way out and had back to the Christmas Eve party to tell Mrs her barn was on fire When Mrs looked out back to sec she immediately phoned fire department recognized the barn Miss a The young man drove Miss to Milton District Hospital where she was treated for Continued on page 4 WEEK PROGRAM COMMENCING JAN 30th 630 to 930 YD COURSES ARE AVAILABLE COURSES ONLY THROUGH DEDUCTIBLE AUTHORIZED CENTRES OF PRIVATE III CAR LESSONS YOUNG 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