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The Acton Froe Ptoss Wednesday Oct 1981 Profile with Jennifer Ted Freeman gets frustrated when his hands won quite close and he gels weary by four in the afternoon But Ted is lucky to be alive Six ago Ted became a human torch when a flash propane fire in his motor borne trapped him in side The Freeman IS yearold son was due to start engineering at the of Guclph the fall so the March school break would be the last holiday Ted rley Jnd Gordon would spend together The family flew to one of the r favorite holiday spots Houston Texas and leased a motor home for a ten day drive down the Gulf or Mexico coast Three days out or Houston across the desert in to the Rio Grande Valley Hie Freeman stopped to gas up The motor home t been starting too well and it refused to start after refueling Realizing it would take some tune Ted told his family to pop across the road and purchase sup plies from a fruit stand The motor was ins etc under a cover the cover and started working on the car buretor The engine red and a blue flame appeared momentarily above the ne Hear a woof led turned to the right to see a sheet of blue flame fill the motor home trapping him e feet from the only exit A later inquest found that a probable leak the propane gas line fueling the stove and fridge and filled the motor home with gas The family sitting up front in air comfort were unaware of the danger unt I the engine backfired But Ted didn have me to worry about causes he had to get out mind stripp ing a gear he discarded the nearby window as an exit realized he was in a time bomb and dove for the door His plus pounds faUcd to burst the door open did in Tact sue in locking it W temperatures reaching degrees and the heat already buckling Teds knees he managed to get the door open although he still t remember how Once outside Ted realized he was a human torch covered in blue f feeding on his pro pane gas saturated clothes His first reaction was this is it my body burning Having the presence of mind not to be breathe and thus sear his lungs Ted tucked his burning hands into his chest and squatted down trying to smother as fro as The bare tarmack held little hope for rolling so Ted smothered the flames coming out of his shirt licking his face with his hands Flames shooting out of his pants seemed to in his cowboy boots so Ted kicked them off Still on fire and out of breath Ted ran feet and took good gulp of fresh air ng to wipe more flames from his body By then his hands looked like brown paper bags with skin hanging off them in shards but the flames were out Ted s body was still instensely hot and burning but he glanced back to the camper to see if he could save anything Black smoke was pouring out the bubble door window had melted and Ted resigned himself to losing everything By then help was coming Shirley and the boys had realized all that black smoke was coming from THEIR camper and Ted was being helped Into the filling station where an ambulance was called Ted still t feci any fear or pain In shock he was mainly annoyed that the holiday would be interrupted while the family made alternate arrangements It would bo three days before he became conscious that his holiday was over and he was lucky to be alive The extreme heat had burned over per cent of Ted body with immediate second and third degree burns Damage to his hands and arms was considerable of Infection was high Ted credits Texan ambulance crews and his doctor Roy Stewart with saving his hands so thty would heal without needing grafting Three days in of Edinburg Hospital with his eyes bandaged and full of silver nitrate and drugged on Demerol had Ted wishing he was at home The concern and care of hospital staff and Texas brings tears to Ted eyes Within a week the need lo get Ted into a whirl pool and closer to homo made Stewart a to release Ted and arrange for transfer to Hamilton General Hospital A big courageous man Ted refused the hour ambulance plane ride and opted for a speedier commercial flight with his family nurse Poppy Wood and a swell body swathed in bandages Two weeks later Ted was released from Hamilton with his hands and a hairless and sunburned head and torso His left leg muscle was also severely burned but healing Less than two months later Ted was just as tive as he d ever been working a long day with his farm equipment company Freeman Farm Systems Always a strong believer In God Ted says he has one more proof of a Supreme Being Somebody opened the door of that camper ho says And he very grateful for the kind people who helped him and his family home in one piece Now I can truly say It hot in Texas quips the man who been heat treated and has lived to tell about it Economic woes topic of speaker Inflation high taxes would cost 2 in vested WO worth of the faltering economy according to the diamonds alter 10 yearn and what can be done price index could be worth about them was outlined with the consumer tax but It a a long wait about IB business people the sum total of You re always going at a special Chamber of provincial municipal to to deal with IS Commerce Speakers in per cent money and 10 Luncheon Thursday at J961 In per cent inflation rate I860 Asa result he said concluded the price index not Chamber of Com rising as much or as fast president John as the tax Index thus Allison said he was adding to the economic pleased with the turnout problems for the firstever inflation chew and hoped more asked In could purchase loaves luure of bread In the same dollar could purchase only one and a half loaves and In only one- third loaves could be bought for SI From to the financial expert pointed out Interest rates barely moved from about five percent However since Centennial year rates have skyrocketed percent He emphasized the bank rate is set by the government not the banks lu Meanwhile Stovel said will fuel Inflation said there is no such as the businessman will thing as get rich have to pass on his scheme Diamonds are added costs to con- about tho best Invest ment to make he said Stovel told the small but take about years audience that what could before they can see a be purchased in 1901 for prof on money in Acton Meadows Gord Stovel CLU president of Advance Financial Planning Corporation explained Canadians arc in an economic war of but vlval He noted not many people receive formal education in fin planning thus their planning becomes skelter Stovel explained that financial planning Is ally trying to minimize taxes man age Inflation and trying to go about a process of creative cumulation The soon tobe released federal budget said holds some economic woes for the small businessman whoso taxes will be In creased an estimated per cent This he Br Chamber of Commerce first vice Dave Milting left and president John Allhuon right welcome Cord to the Chambers first Speakers Luncheon at Acton Meadows Golf Course Thursday Shots fired at area motel 28yearold Georgetown woman was charged with dangerous use of a firearm and theft over Sunday after a shooting Incident at the Cedar Springs Motel of Acton on Highway Sergeant Ron Regional Police said officers were called to he scene after shots were fired ln the parking lot and without Incident arrested Cynthia Hayes Da Dr The weapon a calibre Smith and Weston revolver had been stolen earlier Sunday from the residence of Frank Jones Main St North Acton Police recovered both the revolver and some spent in the parking lot accused t fire the shots at anyone Southgate said She woa released from custody to appear in court November and the incident was the result of a domestic situation Acton Photo Camera Leatrwrtownvllage Acton TRUSTUSwHhyourprcJouplcturai October Special SEND 11 SNAPSHOT COLOUR GREETINGS ENLARGEMENT SAVE OROtR PICTURES 12 AS MANY 14H AS WIS FROM YOUR A FAVOUR It CO SO OFFER EXPIRES OCTOBER 31 WearoOPEN Mondays We use Kodak pape Free Press survey Acton high school marketing students are currently out knocking on doors doing a reader ship survey for the Acton Free 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