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Wintario plugs RockwoocTs winter carnival Val Hall and Judy Kozak entertained at the local talent show before the draw program Thursday night bar more photos of Rock wood big night to This Week Thru The Lens on pages upcoming winter carnival Eramosa Township earned some grade A publicity as the community hosted the draw Thursday night The program graphics indicated the draw was coming from audit but it wain Host Dance explained right off the bat that while the draw was coming from the auditorium of the Cot John McRae Legion Branch in Guelph the hosts for the evening were nearby and Township Cohost Greg informed the audience in the packed hall as well as those watching TVs tuned to Global in every corner of Ontario that February to Rock wood and the surrounding township are putting on their first ever winter carnival and if you like winter in Ontario you love it in The first person from the to push the to stop the draw machines t from or ramosa but Acton Well known Bert Davidson let Beresford know where he hailed from and the host said it was close enough to the host community to corn him a button push The next button pusher was Fred Fred is the chairman of the winter carnival and he said We think it s going to be a great party for all these folks here and just what we need His daughter Kathy did the honors for Ihe button push Councillor El da Jackson introduced chairman of s recreation committee Alex Lush and Walter Swanston head of the Community Centre Board and then urged people come to the winter carnival Jackson noted there be a farmers walk snowmobile and cross country skiing races hockey to urn a other fun events She invited everyone to come out and enjoy yourself any way can at the carnival I Beresford replied You do you will pushed the button Karen Howard pushed the button and said she d be going to the car nival while Jack Johnston expressed hope the winner of the draw he was pushing the button for would be the audience or at least from GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8770T73 lives in and was on both the and Canadian Olympic Dress age teams In Montreal in 7G she become the second Canadian to make the top 10 the world tn a short presentation gave viewers a closer look at the host community While familiar scenes and buildings from and were shown on the screen the audience was told that is in the southwest comer of Wellington County close to has a population of people and consists of the villages or and Eden Mills and hamlets of and Everton In the early years of the last century Eramosa was settled by Irish and Scottish people Even today there are many examples of the finecraftsm on ship of Scottish stone masons around to be admired since many of the original homesteads and Victorian buildings in are still used Framosa was settled primarily because it offered excellent land and the area still boasts a large number of highly productive farm operations With a branch of the Grand River cutting through the township there are excellent recreations i ties and some beautiful is the site of the Rock Community Centre viewers learned and it the social and athletic hub of the township Rock wood also features the recently completed seniors apartment complex In all 19 photographs of familiar Eramosa buildings and scenes were flashed on the screen during ihe pre saltation as well as at commercial breaks Prior to the TV program Councillor Jackson was mistress of ceremonies for a local talent show The Centennial School grade 8 nairs Gordon Burnett Sunshine Boy- band and Val Hall and Judy Kozak entertained air time pi amies were presented to Ralph McKen of the Legion for the Branch help in put ting on the draw and to and the Rockmosa board for their Proceeds from admission tickets as well as commission on draw tickets sold that night went to and township recreation projects COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER GEORGETOWN CMC THICKS GEORGETOWN 8770149 One Hundred and Year ssue29 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25 Pages Thirty Cents Council delegation Pomeroy defends land purchase Challenging the use of lot levies for the purchase of the Stevens proper ty was a bit late former Mayor Pete told Hills council Monday night as he reviewed arguments put forward by the citizens op posed to the land purchase He noted the lot levy reserve fund had been set up in 1S78 and hid been confirmed each year but none tame forward to challenge it But when council decided to use it it was challenged the timing seems a little questionable He noted it is healthy for the town and council to have their bylaws challenged and reviewed He said the suggested there was not enough work done on other possible Inside Councillor wants the Town to fund Neighborhood Watch signs Details on page There more on the ambulance for Aclonlilue Turnlopage3 International Peace Camp dropped appeal and la now back at square one Turn The Free Press paper award Moreonpael locations and specifically mentioned the Garret property at the curve on the highway the west end of Georgetown said it is clearly in contravention of the Of fictal Plan pointing out there is no access to servicing and would really affect the timing of any project The former mayor stressed council did not go ahead with the project without lot of information hired appraisers hired consultants to make sure the land could be serviced and soil experts to en sure a building could be erected He noted Peter Walker of the consulting firm who did the downtown Georgetown study admitted his recommendation that a municipal complex go downtown was only a concept claimed Walker said he had done no studies on the cost of assembling the land or the willingness of the owners to sell There has to be willing seller and a willing buyer or you must expropriate Referring to a statement in the citizens brief that the land was appraised at 000 the former major commented If we could have acquired it at that price we should have but the vendor I sell it at that price He made it very clear through his lawyer He maintained the Humphries ap praisal at MOO was the most accurate and easiest to understand since building Continued on page 1 1 Ontario and Halton first woman Agricultural Representative Ma iter centre attends a weigh In of a 100day Ram at the sheep operation of Ralph and Southward near bellville as part of her duties The Southwards are on Record of Performance ROP a federal production measurement program Stanley the Ram anew Rep la In terested to expanding the education of urban dwellers about larm lag and farm concerns a philosophy shared by her predecessor Henry Stanley who has moved to Carle too County his old home Sec inside tor story courtesy The Burlington Post Acton man risks his life pulls baby from burning car Hero John KriUca with bis 14yearold con Us brave action They live on Storey Drive by Helen Murray An Acton man risked his life Friday night when he crawled into a burning car on High way to rescue an 18month old baby John Kritlcos of Storey said he could see the face of his own 14month old son as he watched the flames lick through an older model Mustang and knowing there was a baby inside felt there was only one thing to do try and get the child out Aided by a pair of asbestos gloves Kritlcos yanked open the passenger s door of the burning car and began feeling around in the dense smoke for the car seat His own son scat is on that side of the car and he However there was nothing in that spot In the Mustang and it was not until the smoke cleared for a fraction of a second that Kriticos saw the baby behind the driver seat The Acton man said he crawled into the car and across the backseat to reach the boy but then had to fumble for what seemed like an eternity before he could undo the straps on car seat It was the same kind of seat his son uses and he has a hard enough time undoing it when there it no emergency Suddenly the baby came free and Kritlcos saw infant mother at the driver He flung the lid Into ber arms and waited In the burning backseat until he was sure the baby was safe Bytblstime the dames were engulfing the car and Krilicos hair was singeing and bis plastic Jacket He managed to escape the inferno with no further injury to himself was driving his CN lor trailer westbound on the Friday evening when at about 40 as he was near the Dixie interchange he saw the tang shooting across the highway It went about 300 feet acrois three lanes of highway before it hit a cement guardrail and crashed into snowbank he said He found out later Ihe Mustang had been stopped at the side of road and was struck from behind by another which pushed It across the road When the Impact occurred Kritlcos said Ihe Mustang tank burst and the car left a trail of gas across the highway The other car in the meantime burst into flames igniting the gas which was leading to Ihe Mustang several feel away By the lime got his tor trailer stopped he was right beside the car and grabbing his special gtoves jumped out to help Tbalswhenheheardthernotber shouting her baby was still In the car Once the baby wis free Kriticos next concern was for the litres of fuel In his own truck which was dangerously close to the burning car He pushed the mother and child intohis cab and drove up the road to safety Al first he said Ihe police thought be had caused the accident because of the way his truck was blocking the road The accident left the down to one lane said yet motorists still continued to inch their way past the burning wreckage Even after he signalled some to stop he said they kept on coming Wee Timothy was taken to Peel Memorial Hospital with minor Injuries He was kept a few days for observation His parents Raymond and Karen of were also taken to hospital but were treated and released The driver of the other car was uninjured In his 17 years of driving for CN Kriticos said he has come across numerous cldents Many times he has stopped and put out car fires with his alwayshandy Just minutes before he witness part of Friday night accident Ihe fiveyear Acton resident said he passed another cldent at Highway and 401 but did not stop because he was afraid of blocking traffic and he police were already on the scene A few months ago Kriticos went to the rescue of a burning lax near Silvercreek between Acton and Georgetown He said he burned his hinds as he tried to open the door but relieved when he saw there was no one Inside And a couple of yean ago the jumped in a lake north of the to save a young boy who had fallen into water when his canoe lipped over Besides the obvious happy ending to Friday near tragedy Kritlcos said some thing else good has come out of It Through all the publicity old friends who he has lost touch with have seen bit picture read the story and contacted him He plans to renew a lot of old friendships he say