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CBflDITI sales OPEN 10 DAYS A BE Service Guarantee Tree trimming will be held al the Glen Williams Town Hall on Main Street In Glen Williams Dec beginning Santa visits Santa will be making one of his last stops before Christmas at the Glen Williams Town Hall for the annual children Christmas party Dec 17 The part is a dropin ih year In order to avoid long lineups to see Santa games refreshments and pictures with Santa will be go ing on throughout the party which to For more Information call Shelagh Law a I Mayor luncheon The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce will present the second annual Mayors Luncheon Mon day Dec 12 at the North Halton Golf Club This Is an opportunity to bear the mayor review the towns progress during 1968 ng the highs and lows what was accomplished and things that are still ding Major Miller ghllght developments that ore in the planning stages give updates on some of the items that be discussed last the Municipal Complex development south of town and he also answer ques tions about the Town of Hills At yon i wishing to Join the mayor for lunch call to reserve a ticket programs The now taking registrations for Christmas pro grams for children aged to 16 Ac Include trips to the Metro Zoo Casn Ci Hall Science Centre an Alpine Ski package at Glen Eden Com Camp and much much For further information call your office Acton Wilton 87B054S Photo Art Photo enthusiasts can start preparing now for the eighth an nual competition in February The Hills Camera Club lias taken over the competition which began n 1980 Last year drew more than entries said Hub pros dent Peter Moss Rules and prizes be released shortly Winners will have their work Isplayed for month at the Hills Cultural Centre Gallery cards The local offices In Georgetown and Acton now have Christmas cards available A good selection of the cards can be round at the office on Main Street in Georgetown and the office on Main Street in Acton but as they are sold the supply Is sure to dimmish meeting La Lee he League of Act welcomes all winners Interested In breast feed Information to the next meeting on Monday Dec 13 at 7 m the Acton Informa Hon and Social Services Centre on Willow Street Discussion will include Introduc solids and weaning For more information call or Making bread December at 30 a m the Georgetown Parent Child Centre Is offering a hour workshop This will be great for Ideas and Instruction for holiday baking It will be led him and chlldcare will be Due to limited spaces please call Gall at to register for this morning The Centre will be closed for the last two weeks of December and will reopen Jan 3 for regular operations the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 866 ONTARIO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER IMS I REE DISTRIBUTION Truck driver rescued from mangled wreckage Ordeal lasts over four hours Its Worth the Drive to Actonl BRIAN Herald guff firefighters and am crews worked for hours to free a gravel truck driver pinned In his crushed cab after his truck flip ped over on the Ninth Line north of Glen Williams early Monday Richard Coles of HUlsburgh Is listed in serious condition In Sun nybrook Hospital surgical pro gressive care unit Hills Volunteer Ambulance Prcildent Doug McLeod called the hour vigil the longest and most difficult rescue he attempted In his 12 years with the service The truck was travelling south bound on the Ninth Line when It fall ed to negotiate a sharp left hand curve the of a steep hill lust below S 27 The truck flipped over dumping Its load and nning the driver Inside Ambulance crews responded to the call shortly after but It wasn until 11 30 a that the driver was removed and transferred into an air ambulance helicopter and transported lo Hospital got there we could his Just We checked and Mr McLeod But the cab was buried two feet deep in mud making almost Im to gam access the driver he said A construction crew supplied by Homes Ltd working in Hills Village was called to the scene and a front end loader gradually raised the cab out of the As the cab was raised firefighters cut away trees to allow easier access to the truck Firemen then shored up the cab with wood as it was lifted out of the mud Two paramedics arrived on the scene In the helicopter at a examining the driver they flew back to to pick up surgeon Barry Mclellan and return to the scene at approximately 10 30 a m Throughout me ordeal ambulance attendants covered the driver with packs to avoid hypothermia In the bitterly cold wind and ad ministered blood and oxygen to he driver said Mr McLeod Firefighters worked for hours us ing hacksaws to cut away the steer column the housing and transmission to help true the pinned The Jaws of Life were used only to spread the metal near the door The cab was crushed and everything had to be done by hand said Mr McLeod The driver remained conscious and talked to ambulance attendants and firefighters throughout the rescue said Mr McLeod He was talkative but we kept his down so he t use too much oxygen said ambulance at tendant Cord Kearny Ambulance attendants cut away the driver trousers to get out of the cab More than Vh hours after the accident he was loaded Into a stretcher where attendants placed pressure pants around his legs to slow the blood circulation to his legs in order to keep blood near the ma Jo r organs The driver suffered external lacerations but Mr McLeod suspected he also suffered Interna bleeding as well as abdominal leg and hip injuries It was one hell of a good team fort with the fire department and us Mr McLeod said The crew of between 30 and peo ple Including firefighters am attendants and construction crews felt great relief once the drivcrwascxtractcdallvc he said Regional Police Keith believes the driver was lost Ho was coming from a quarry somewhere in Erin Township and he should have been on the 10th line said Sgt Woudstra But he go backward so he went forward There ore no charges pending In the accident I I Ion ambulance attendants and from Hospital worked to special trouirrs around yrurold truck Coirs after hour rescue ihr Ninth Line of SI road early Monday A Milage was allow Brian MacLeod Store employee held up at knifepoint by robber An employee at Target Conve nience Stores on Street was robbed at knifepoint at 3 a Thurs day morning Reg police say a night shift employee was approached by a man wielding a wooden handled knife with a three- lo four inch blade He demanded cash from the employee who handed between ITS and from the till Police describe the suspect as a male between the age of 19 and years from S3 to tall with a slender build and shoulder length light blond hair He was clean shaven and wearing a black bomber Jacket and dark blue jeans Store manager Wright said there will be added security on the night shifts Large amounts of money are not kept in the register at night she added The suspect she said seemed more nervous than the employee was leading her to believe It was the num first robbery Police are still Investigating the incident Only 16 shopping days until Christinas Seniors group adopts name The organization attempting to build a seniors centre in Georgetown has adopted a name The Georgetown and District Seniors Association a group with representatives from the general publ and several seniors groups In Led by President Lew Ward the group wants to build a separate seniors complex much like the town of has completed recently The group has elected a 15- member executive lo oversee the process but members and the public ore welcome lo attend the meetings said Mr Ward The group adopted the at a Dec meeting at St Andrew United Church The executive will meet Jan to dlscuM procedure the various steps the group should take in seek the centre said Mr Ward The organization has sought the advice of the group which now owns a building on land rented from the town Mr Ward first approached town about building a separate seniors complex early last year The Idea quickly became an issue In the recent municipal elections and now the new seniors association wants to meet with the towns seniors advisory committee The next meeting of the newly formed seniors association will be held Jan 9 at 9 30 a m at St An drew s Church on Road Executive named The Hills Camera Club elected Its executive Nov President Is Peter Moss vice president Is Ted Brown treasurer Alan Warbeck secretary Sherry Evans program director Colin Vernon social director Diane Evans NAPA director Madge Whitfield newsletter Bruce An The camera club meets on second Monday of every month at the Knox Presbyterian Church Hall in Georgetown For more Information write the Hills Camera Club at Box Georgetown Leaders facing transition years New council members sworn in For five it was a whole perience For the remaining swearing In ceremony for municipal councillors and hydro si oners Monday signified a chance for a fresh start There will be four new councillors to go along with the eight In cum bents and Mayor Miller and one new hydro commissioner to guide Hills through what will likely be a major transition Tor the town In the next three years In his Inaugural address to his col leagues and to about 230 people in the audience Mayor Miller vowed to protect the life residents have come to know In Halton Hills It Is important that we keep the rural culture and agricultural areas Mayor Miller said of the task for the coming term The town has taken steps to in crease residential growth In order lo lessen the tax burden on existing ratepayers and councillors will con to seek a better ratio between residential and Industrial develop ment to keep residential taxes down he said And the new civic centre will bring town employees under one roof making municipal government In Hills more efficient He renewed his promise to stop the proposed private landfill site in Ac ton The proposal will be stopped as has been in past years he said Mayor Miller who donned a tux for the occasion sold the town a roads need to be Improved and the need for a public transit services will be monitored He addressed the affordable hous ing issue saying new Initiatives are needed from councillors In the com Ing term Bui through all the new develop ment the town needs to expand Its cultural and recreational facilities said Mayor Miller And councillors must seek to prove com muni cat Ion between staff and the electorate he said Councillors will continue to build credibility between your council and the people of Halton Hills he said Regional Chairman Peter and Halton North MPP Walt Elliot also had a few words or encouragement for councillors who were in by Judge Kenneth Langdon There Is a great deal of ly in this council and that Is tremcly Important in whose own future II decided today when Regional ell meets to either rolnstate him choose a new cha rman civic centre and he urged to keep a dose eye on new growth Mr Elliot called the previous council a dedicated hardworking The community must have of the previous council of the eight acclamations Mr Elliot said singling out Pom Johnston devotion to Regional council from local council which think this is particularly true for the town of Hills said Mr Elliot The town also recdved letters of congratulations from newly elected Halton Peel MP Garth Turner and from Ontario Progressive Conser vative Leader Andy Brandt Mayor lis Inauguration iheatre Monday Along with the mayor councillors papers all rd Judge Krnnelh I looking and four hydro commissioners were sworn in Herald on during ihe swearing In ceremony John Elliott photo