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Horse snowmobile collide in fog A collision between snowmobile and a horse along Erin township Friday night resulted In minor injuries driver and the Obituary MAS GREETINGS for all the town are expressed by Pictured with their sign are Nancy Frank Laurie Ann IhegirlsofthcCGIT who made this sign and mounted it on Jones Heather Reed Patricia Nancy Shoemaker the lawn at the United Church Girls from various churches and Cathie Chapman belong to the group which meets here Leader is Mrs Ross Photo by K Dills Broken gas main Hillsburgh headache October costly month for Halton welfare hire Chief Bob I before Township Council 0 report on a gas line thi blew out on Main St caused his ihparlnunt concern in i as was not blowing into the air by inters reluming home and reported to the fire department it was Sunday the company wasn available the fire department set up a crew plus an Oi officer to direct traffic When a representative did arrive the company Mr told council he only had an instrument to check for danger levels in the air A weekend crew did a temporary repair job where two pipes had come apart at the join was still leaking it three days before a crew returned to finish the repair Second time Mr pointed out it was tune the main line had come apart in town in testing also that there was poor repair procedure with or no equipment With it leaking that he concluded it didn fire but it could have from cigarettes or spark an ignition or any number of things councillor Bert Wheeler added could be a dnagerous situation We should let the company know we re not bat it led with services and hold off on acting on development until there some sort of investigation A letter will be sent to Consumers Gas Company to that effect Seven new trustees on Halton board There will be seven new faces te he member County Board of Education when trustees hold their first meeting in the new year The biggest change in representation will take place in Burlington where our new trustees will take office Helen Howard Lock Altkcn Gory Morton and Tony Goodyear will take office in that town along with returnees Bill Noel Cooper George and William upset saw vicechairman Johnston fall to defeat by Gary Morton Bui Priestncr and Hugh Clohecy both members of the board last year competed for the separate school representatives Burlington scat won the race represented the county but legislation change made that impossible this year reelected In Georgetown Ernie Bodnar staved off challenges from Mrs D Salter and Ian Barrett In Milton two new faces battled to fill the tammy left by John Nobles resignation from the board Ernie MtUson lost that contest to Ivan Armstrong Tom Watson was acclaimed Acton Nassagaweyt represent while Bill and Doug Wood received acclamations in and Ward One Oak respective Clelland and Ken Crosier won two seats defeating teachers Doug Palmer and Jim Price Price is a former member TV FACTS of the board and Palmer is serving on th board Mm will end at the end of the year Dick Goodin Irene and Judy Alexander retained their seats while Auger defeated Ken Walsh to earn a seat as a separate school supporter on the public school board He is from and will serve all of except Burlington Lifelong resident Mrs MacDonald who died on the weekend was Acton oldest lifelong resident She had lived in town for 92 years General Welfare Assistance reached the highest point In County since May during the month of October The high so far was paid out to welfare recipients and that oc curred In March General welfare in October rose to Reporting to the Halton County Committee of Social and Family Services Deputy Director Rennic Vivian said his department received any notice other than what appeared in the press concerning winter works programs or incentive pro grams He indicated however that some municipalities in the county were ready and willing to use workers again this year Employable rate Although the general welfare Eighteen accidents Eighteen collisions occurred in the North area patrolled by the Milton OPP during the week of Dec 3 to report police Six of the collisions caused injury to eight people and the total amount of damage involved was estimated to total 13 Smoke damage caused by fuse Firefighters were called to the Churchill Rd N home of Jim Wheeler Tuesday night about 10 clock when a breaker In the fuse box ignited and filled the house with smoke Damage was mainly caused by the smoke was up for October statistics show a drop in the number of employables on the welfare list That number dropped from 120 in September to in October increases were shown however in the number of recipients on the unemployable list and for those collecting aid Minor accidents in past week Two minor accidents were investigated during the week by Acton OPP Two cars were in collision in the Dominion Hotel parking lot last Wednesday one of them parked Kors Vryenhoek of Acton had estimated damage to his car and James of Acton No charge was laid The same day a car backed into a hydrant The driver was located and charged with failing to report the accident Kleenway contract Continued from I Canada Packers selling out to anyone else He said the agreement gat Joint control to company and town Actually the town Is picking up an asset declared Masales Progress payments must be approved both by and the town observed the clerk He foresaw no difficulties Deputy reeve G W McKeniie accused Councillor Marks of trying to steal some ink because the integrity of the company in the past was good assurance for the town They were here before the town and have been part of the community for years and years He did not feel the town was giving the company any special breaks or privileges OVER a whenever you reQu re service lor TV or And wilt rush right lo Country TV Centre Snowmobiler Glen Jackson of Acton encountered the horse one of four which had Mrs Margaret McDowell lifelong resident Funeral service was held at the Shoemaker funeral home Nov 30 for Margaret Wilds McDowell Crea Georgetown who passed away in Georgetown District Hospital on November She had been In poor health since the death of her husband Edgar McDowell January 1372 in his year She had given up her home of over years in Acton to live with her son Telford and his family in Georgetown Rev A officiated at the funeral and burial was in Greenwood cemetery Georgetown Pallbearers were Doug Mason Herb Ritchie and Harold Elliott of Acton and three grandsons Ted McDowell Acton James McDowell and I of Georgetown lifelong resident She was bom at Acton August daughter of Jane and George Wilds and attended school here In earlier years she was an employee of Storey Glove factory The marriage was years ago in town and their home was at Mill St Surviving her as well as son Telford are six grandchildren James Bonnie Mrs Win eld Ted of Acton Jane Steve and Sharon at home She was predeceased by two brothers James and Fred Wlld3 of Acton Until ill health prevented she was active in Knox Ladles Aid escaped from the paddock on the property of Mr and Mrs Mac Ban- along the Slderoad Foggy conditions and a depression the Car fire Acton Firefighters extinguished a car fire at the Andrews residence on Road early last Wednesday evening Damage to the cars wiring was minor The Free Press Wednesday December 3 road hid the mares until the snownwbilers were right on top of them Jackson s snowmobile and Sheba a throughbred Quarter horse collided The mare fell on the machine and dragged along cracking the front casing Jackson was unhurt except for minor cuts and bruises while the horse was severely shaken up and bruised is recovering well GuclphOPP investigated the accident Average Halton family contains 37 persons The average family In County contains persons Including 1 children according to the 1971 Canadian officials round families in the county In June of 1971 totalling 176 persons or per family The totals included children an average of 1 per family They located a total of households with 188 persons or an average of per household The gives a breakdown for Georgetown and Burlington but not for the other four communities In The average number of persons in a family was slightly higher In Georgetown 3 than hi Oak viUeorBurtlngton3 and Georgetown averaged 1 children per family while Burlington had 1 children per family TOTHE RATEPAYERS OF ESQUESING TOWNSHIP THANK YOU for reelecting me your Reeve COMPLIMENTS I OF THE SEASON TO ALL TOM HILL I Regional announcement is delayed An announcement on regional government for which wasexpectedin December wont likely be made until the new year an Ontario government minister announced this week Charles McNaughton the minister of the treasury economics and inter governmental affairs indicated an announcement on regional for and Peel counties won be made before next month due to a heavy workload at the cabinet level The government expects to announce a regional form of government for the area east of Metro Toronto before Christmas 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