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Glen rescues Hill in tight reeves race Heavy support from his own village of Glen Williams rescued Reeve Tom Hill from the brink of defeat and carried him to a vote victory over challenger Deputy reeve Russell Miller In Monday s township election one of the closest in history A single vote earned newcomer George a seat on council in his second political contest edged Malcolm Freeman votes to 899 or the final council seat J Cartwright trailed Freeman by votes Incumbent councillors Dick Ho Witt and Wilfrid Leslie were returned to office whopping majorities polled votes as he topped the list of five candidates at all but two polling stations Councillor Coxe will take over Miller position as deputy reeve after an Impressive vote victory over former Councillor C Pat Patterson Patterson outdistance Coxe only in Milton Heights and In his own palling area of Nerval Turnout down Inclement weather kept the percentage vole down to 3 per cent but did not prevent a large number of ratepayers from showing up at the township of fires to wait for results at the close races Monday night Clear weather drew a record 38 4 REELECTED a very close contest reeve Miller after the final results lhe Esquesing Reeve Tom Hill accepts were posted in Stewarttown Monday night congratulations from his challenger Deputy Gibbons Maltby new councillor reeve Results from polling stations at Speyside 1 and provided Miller with a surprising lead and when reeve wa3 able to gain almost a at the poll it looked like the township might have a new reeve Not until results from the den Williams poll were posted was it evident Hill would be returned to office In his home area the reeve enjoyed a margin of better than two to one Hill also ran well in Hornby Nerval and Qua Ire bras Sideroad results Councillor election as reeve was never in doubt although early returns from Milton Heights and Hornby favored Patterson Coxe was able to recover with resounding victories in Stewarttown Glen Williams and northern polling areas Neck and neck and Freeman ran neck in most areas as they battled for the third council scat made up for Freeman gains in with key wins in and Glen Williams Cartwright ran well in the Hornby area but placed a poor fifth in the Glen and the northern end of the township showed more balance than any of the candidates as he racked up his impressive total of votes Norval and Glen Williams traditional Leslie strongholds tame through for the veteran councillor who will be starting his 15th year on township council Deputy reeve Miller addressed the gather in the township offices as soon as the final tally was posted I congratulate Tom I know there are a lot of my workers just us disappointed as 1 am but it wis fight he said made more fnends in the MA smoked a victory cigar after edging vote to become start 1 vim a normal life again township s newest councillor Monday night PhotobyD Gibbons on 3 A tit ml Collision kills father and son Ninety Eighth Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER Pages Conls Christmas bus service for shoppers Shoppers in Acton win have a free bus service for days before Christmas council decided Tuesday night The service will be provided by Transport Ltd at a daily cost of underwritten by council In turn council will request the Chamber of Commerce to share the cost on a 5050 busts Buses will run throughout Acton to the shopping area on an hourly basis using the old town hall on Willow St as a terminal The service will start Wednesday December 13 at 9 a The town has been divided into three areas explained Councillor Bill Coals who sponsored the motion which passed unanimously It will provide service to all sections of town Coats said discussion with Chamber representatives had brought no guarantee that the Chamber of Commerce would share the cost It is possible the municipality will have to bear the enure cost of the day project In Cools view it was time council did something to assist Acton business men and this way the ball would be in ihurpark to do with it as they will He felt the bus service would contribute to the town s services and help and residents at the same time The same type of service had been tried in Milton by Tyler s and found successful Councillor Jack Greer warned however that if the service starts this then next year there could be a demand and the price could be twice quoted figure is a result He said he couldn I see how the service could operate at an hour providing a bus and driver Council must be careful not to get too involved he argued Reeve Frank Oakcs suggested the town should try it and evaluate the although he realized the cost was not in the budget Most councillors shared this view and voted for the resolution Council plans a newspaper campaign to advertise the service which will start at 9 a m and Crush at m each day Bus routes will be ad vertised in next weeks issue of the Fret Press A three way truck collision in Georgetown Friday morning claimed the lives of a area father and son Ken Howell 31 and his year old son Kent were pronounced dead at the scene after their pickup truck was Involved in a with a Toastmaster bread truck and a Up beverage truck near the intersection of St and Armstrong Avenue close to the town eastern limits The collision occurred about 15 a during a period of blowing snow Drivers of the other vehicles Charles Rayner of Georgetown and Charles Callaghan of were treated for shock at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital The collision caused an estimated damage to the three vehicles Con McQueen of the Georgetown Police Department is continuing his investigation into the double fatality No charges have yet been laid and it is not yet known whether inques held Police cost up MAYOR a founding member of organization The Council is a volunteer the Central Ontario Regional Development organization set up under the Provincial Council was presented with a silver tray by Development Act to comment on the president Dr Robert Williams on major Provincial Planning Policies for the behalf of the Board of Directors and in area including Peel York Ontario appreciation of his contribution to the and Metropolitan Toronto Records telex machine lost in late night fire Trucking records and a Telex machine valued in the neighbor hood of were among losses in a blaze which levelled a small office on Highway south of Acton late last night Tuesday Theoffice was rented from Neil Charette by a Georgetown trucking firm CIM Express It is located near Mr Charette home about 200 yards back of s Gulf Service Station Nassagaweya residents Fred and Sheila Buchanan were returning home from bowling in when they noticed the fire The notified the who called Acton Firefighters then pushed a nearby truck to safety Chief Mick Holmes will examine the nuns of the office today Wednesday He estimates total damage could rise as high as Cause of the fire has not yet been determined An adjacent cement block con garage received no damage Prompt action by the Acton brigade may have kept the fire from reaching the Charette bouse which is located less than 50 yards from the office The coat of policing the town has gone from in 1972 to a new high of 248 Acton council learned Tuesday night Council passed a by law executing an agreement with the Attorney General of Ontario for policing the town with seven members of the Ontario Provincial Police provided with uniforms and equipment and was informed the new 248 figure for would be closer to ISO when all policing expenses were included Much of the increase was charged to a seven per cent increase in wages for O P personnel Police committee chairman Chapman said there were other costs such as overtime uniforms and ad ditionol benefits not included in the new figure The 15c a mile cost of providing a police cruiser is another extra agreement between the town the Attorney General stipulates the must provide a cruiser at a cost of 15c per mile the clerk explained An additional cruiser for the Acton detachment being discussed by committee would have to be negotiated he said in answr to a query Councillor Chapman said police operate the present cruiser about miles a month and mileage was escalating He said the need for another cruiser was only discussed briefly at a committee meeting and no recommendations had been made Despite the increased costs councillors passed the agreement by law with little comment Council has repeatedly said in the past the town agreement with the is of great value and saves the municipality expenses and headaches associated with a townrun force Icy roads blamed Elliott heads polls in light Acton vote accidents occurred in town this at with no Bad weather and only a vote for council cut Acton s voters down to a quarter of those Monday 5 per cent The six running for eight council scats hadn t managed to generate much excitement as the vote indicated Incumbent Norman Elliott headed the polls and other present councillors returned are Bill Coats Orval Chapman and Earl Masales They are joined by newcomers Barry and Bill both taking elected office for the first A close loser Just votes down was Bob Trading the slate was John councillors and not be allowed to vole just for one Mr explained Answering service Phone jangled constantly at the Free Press office from shortly alter until when the ran out between rings and went home With Acton results finalized shortly after pjn there the many return calls of other years Sparse crowd The crowd in the town office was sparse not many more than at a time Joe Hurst and Grant Usher posted results on a black board The first poll phoned in minutes after closing at 36 Other polls rang in immediately after and within nine minutes all t was the scout which finished M counting at about 9 10 pm With a close conclusion before them Bob congratulated Bill Asked for a comment John said in his opinion the election is not fair To make it fair people should vote for all six not safe Police have issued another warning this week to children who venturing out on the thin ice or Fairy lake The ice la not safe they stress Roads were icy when two car accidents occurred in town this past week Last Thursday there was a collision at p on Rd Involved were John Vanderbrink driving a town truck and Teresa Acton driving a car Damage to car was estimated by Acton at 100 with no damage to the truck or people On Monday at 3 two cars were in collision at the corner of Mill and Wallace Drivers were Larry Mount Albert and Donald Bullock Orton How Acton voted A SMALL CROWD of people in addition to candidates on hand at the town offices Monday night as the election results were received and tabulated Defeated candidate Bob Drinkwalter Esther Taylor and councillor Orv Chapman kept their own tally sheets up to date while councillor Norm Elliott checked results with Mayor six to be elected 1 41 Norman Elliott 9 124 113 89 BUI Coals 1 100 77 119 Barry 6 112 81 111 Earl 11 73 80 81 Chapman 91 101 Bill 55 B 1 8 474 John