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Knight opens Milton office Liberal candidate Don Knight said he can empathize with some people in Acton who feel they have lost their voice under regional gover nment His Milton campaign office opend this week For complete elec tion coverage see pages A8 and A9 eliminated Hockey crown slips away See sports CI Chilling tales Some contestants lost more than the race at the Georgetown Jaycees 18th Annua Crazy Boat Race as swift currents swept a couple of canoes downstream But even the winterlike winds and snow couldnt keep the crowds or par ticipants away See our picture page the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY APRIL 10 SATURDAY MORNING COMPUTER SEMINARS GEORGETOWN SI All candidates meeting The Georgetown Jaycees Invite you to meet the candidates from the three provincial parties April at 30pm at the SacreCoeur parish ball on Street Dont forget election day Is May United Way debate Is the United Way the route to take or Halton Hills If you are interested in finding out about the possible formation of The United Way in Halton Hills you are Invited to a public seminar put on by the Voluntary Funding Assessment Committee The seminar will take place on April 21 at 30 p m at Stewart town Senior Public School For further information contact Otto guest speaker Cabinet minister Otto Jelinek visited some of his constituents last Wednesday night The Minister of Amateur Sport and Fitness was guest speaker at the Town of Hills Honor and Recognition Night The Halton MP talked about how Canadians are proud of their youth and the Image they present to others in their travels as our sports representatives You dont just become a world champion It starts right In your own backyard Mr Jelinek said Mr won the pairs skating title at the world figure skating championships for Canada in 1963 Teacher layoffs expected A 3 1 per cent decline In student enrolment In Halton will result In the loss of 4 teaching positions in elementary schools and 38 S positions at the secondary level The teaching job losses are expected to take place In September An expected l3pojtUigtK will become available as the French Immersion extended to Grade and special programs are expended Furnace door blows A residence on Boulevard had the door blown off its furnace April Firefighters were called to the scene at approximately after the explosion Gas company officials called the situation ddayec ignition Noone was injured In the Incident and damage only occurred to the furnace door reps selected Halton Hills will have two representatives at the upcoming 19SS Annual Conference of the Association of Municipalities or Ontario Ruts Miller mayor of Halton Hills and Acton councillor Dave Whiting are two of the four members of Regional Council who were appointed as voting delegates for the conference The other two members appointed were Milton councillor Brad Clements and regional clerk Dave Iroquois pipe display The Pipes of the Iroquois from the Royal Ontario Museum display has arrived at the Georgetown Library series of exhibits which will be at the library each for only two weeks Pipes today are treated as very ordinary objects but this was not the cue with the pipes of the Iroquois Monday the regions new director of environmental health was welcomed to his new position Peter takes over the post created last December Hes worked with the Ministry of Health since 1973 in the public health areas and was one of the principal authors of the Health Protection and Promotion Act of Majority feel United Way is beneficial TRACING HIS STEPS Students at St Francis of Anil Separate part of while the Roman School In Georgetown acted out the stations of the soldiers are Sean Steve Curry Stove cross Jesus was Kid to have followed Here Chris and Barry McLean Herald photo Men escape serious injury after chemical explosion By ROBIN BAKE WELL Herald Staff Two young men escap ed serious Injury but were admitted Georgetown District Memorial Hospital with burns after a container of gas Ignited next to them Steven Williams the owner of Halton Hills Radiator Service and employee Terry King were both admitted to hospital and released this week after the Thursday afternoon accident The men had been draining gas from a vehicles lank to check for a leak when the gas fumes were ignited by a pilot light under a chemical tank accord ing to Steven Williams father Mr Williams said the young men were not In bad shape and are pretty lucky Its a good lesson They should have had a door open for ventila tion he said Although Mr Williams was not at the scene he said the chemical tank would have been about eight feet away from where the gas was being drained The chemical tank Is heated by a natural gas pilot light to keep the chemicals warm because they clean bett er at a higher tempe rature when checking for leaks he said Mr Williams said Course explores child abuse Parenting the Abused Child will be the subject of a second 8week course offered by the Halton Children Aid Society Beginning April and ending May the course is to be offered in the evening from 7 10 in response to requests that it be made available to those who are working or for couples who want to attend together The first 8week session of the course was offered in the afternoon The course explores the history of abuse In society dynamics of the abusive family the child s response to abuse managing the behavi our of the abused child To register for the course contact Donna Novosel at or In the north when the two or three gallons of gas ignited the men must nave thrown the container of gas at the wall which started a plastic garbage can on fire When the victims rushed out of the Moun tainview Road North service bay unit they were taken to hospital by a lady from Daves Ser vice Centre Georgetown resident Steven Williams suffered bums to his bands and face while Milton resi dent Terry King had his arms leg and hands burnt There was no damage to the service area and Mr Williams said Its business as usual Halton Hills Fire Department reported no problems extinguishing the fire and did not have a damage estimate available Lillian Bellboddy Neighborhood writer for 20 years Herald Stiff A recent survey of townspeople shows a slight majority per cent favor setting up a United Way in Hills The idea was opposed by per cent or people taking part in the and Pennock survey The survey was under taken by the Voluntary Funding Assessment Committee and looked into the feasibility of setting up a United Way in Hills Those people who supported having a Unit Way in town felt It would result in more local services M per cent more convenience per cent and greater efficiency In fund raising per cent Opponents felt they wanted to choose which agencies to support themselves per cent felt the present situation was fine per cent or felt that a United Way was an inefficient way of raising funds per cent Asked what effect they felt a local United Way would have on the level of donations In the community only per cent felt it would increase donations AboutBpercentfeltlt would have no effect MORE STORIES ON UNITED WAY while another 23 per cent didnt know what would be the impact of a Hills United Way An IB per cent of respondents believed donations would decrease If a local Unit ed Way was established The survey also looked at the attitudes of local businesses getting responses from manufacturing distributing and service establishments Asked if they would like to see a United Way In Hills per cent of them were either undecided or didnt know Favorable responses came from 33 per cent with another at per cent opposed Only 15 per cent of businessmen believed a United Way would Increase the level of donations Twentyeight per cent felt It would have no effect and another 17 per cent felt it might result In a drop in donations Should there be a Unit Way per cent of businessmen indicated theyd be willing to post publicity or the campaign and per cent said theyd make a corporate donation The survey found the support for a United Way was strongest among the smaller businesses which due to their size tend to make donations It was weak est among the larger employers who conversely tend to make the larger donations Attempted murder charges HraMStaff A gunshot fired through a win dow on Maple Avenue in Georgetown Friday has led to the arrest of two men Both are charged with attem pted murder At a Plymouth pulled in front of the residence at Maple Avenue end shot fired from small calibre weapon Henry resident of the boose sustained minor injuries from shattered ft from the window Another resident Scott Suitor was uninjured Both were near the the time the shot was fired Charged with attempted murder George town resident Hare Williams as and Larry details as to what toe The weapon need to shatter the window has not been looted or recovered The men were scheduled for a bell bearing yesterday Tuesday at Milton provtneUl court Region budget passes ByANIPEDERIAN Herald Staff The regions IMS budget passed last week without a boo from councillors The new budget raises this year from Hills taxpayers for regional services Last years regional levy raised For the average taxpayer in Halton Hills that means a increase in the regional tax bill which Is a one per cent Increase over last year Across the region the average Increase was per cent or above last years bill The regions 1965 operating budget is million with another for special purposes Its capital budget is a gross million The five year capital budget forecast to 1969 is for million It was also approved Wednesday afternoon Staff The Heralds correspondent for over years Lillian boddy died Sunday morning Known tn her readers as Mrs John Bellboddy the cheerful correspond ent faithfully wrote the news of the village and Its people for The Herald Over SO years old Mrs died after a week at Georgetown Memorial Hospital of pneumonia Originally from land she came to Laurel near Orange- to work as a mothers helper for Ernest and Richardson After their grew up Miss Mullen as she was then was asked to work as a companion for Mrs John Wriggles worth grandmother of Evelyn Bailey in the Georgetown area She was kind of like an older sister to me Mrs Bailey told The Herald When my grandmother died she helped my mother and stayed with us until she Mrs hus band died two years ago after a lengthy hospital slay because of a stroke He was a farmer who until he retired years ago used to manage a 100 acre farm on Line There cows and horses and hens on that farm and Mr sold cream They never had a tractor I think He did a lot of the hard work by hand former neighbor Marjorie Wilson said They were married Just before the Depression in 1929 so they had to work hard to make progress Used to hard work Mrs could be Been shovelling the snow in front of her home even this winter Even though she had no family of her own she was always interested and pleased in every body elses success Mrs Wilson said She was always glad When the farm was sold the couple moved to Ash grove where they built a little brick bungalow on Sidcroad 10 next the Fred Bames welding shop She enjoyed her little home Mrs Wilson said A thoughtful person she would always remember the birthday of Mrs Wilson s My children were probably the closest thing to children she ever had Mrs Wilson said A private person she kept to herself but was also a friendly soul Always ready to do something for somebody else she didnt like Impose on others when it came to anything she needed Mrs Bailey said Every week she would take a taxi to down town Georgetown where she would do her grocery shopping and drop off her newspaper copy at the same time Lots of people volun leered lo help but she wanted to look after herself Mrs Bailey said Mrs led a quiet life and rarely missed a Sunday at Hill- crest United Church really good living woman Her church was very vital to her Mrs Bailey said She belonged to the United Church Women group and was a life member of the Women Institute Always a willing worker she never com plained Mrs Bailey and Mrs Wilson both said Mrs Bellboddy enjoy reading and garden and used to put food out for the birds whom she enjoyed watching and In the summer she cut the lawn herself 1 used to call her every night because I knew she was I was too Mrs Wilson said So Im going to miss all right We kept an eye on each other Mrs fune ral is this afternoon Wednesday at United Church John Griffin will be conducting the service Interment is at Cemetery It easy todoa tittle when your campaign office is right on the main drag Peter Potnerey opened his campaign office in Acton rooming Here hes Joined by supporter left to right Andrew West Peel regional chairman Frank Bean and piper Shannon John ton Herald photo