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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-02-03, Page 1• . ••.i ,.., 00 A )'eir- illAdvance —. 2,00 •Extra To U.S.A.. • LI4c,KNOW;LONTAR!P -; r' • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY .3 1971, • • • •.-: • ! . • .' • - '; • • ..-•r • ' r. • rl jr!'19'!' P'!'111(! '''r! !, • rrir,41:•1•1, !.,* , . !•1! 1 I •1 JL • f*.i 1, Sing le Coy 15c , P • Residents Stranded In Their Homes . . . . . ., . • , . Heat, ... . . . .. . . . No:.-e.•,Wpi7st Winter Storm The,.. , A fierce , win,ter Sto.rin.,.'.With . by leaving late in thelinorning..,i hf,gh:Winds .11K1 blowing •snow., and early after -dinner; managed,..1) . . itrif6. thiF area on Tuesday of last to 'gethonie.by:bus alifiol4ithe,r-1,q. . ,. . • week -and ii, effects are still being were a. nuniber. of exceptions,: ..,' felt-al--111-1.,:',is••.beitigWritten, one ,., liciward,131.kr. de.tiv:.eriid all_his4,/ week4iter: Starting, to write a story.; zil)out lastweek's-.storrn is like tryinto count pebbles on the heach.••• there is .jUst no end to:the. incidents , some serious and some.:aniws,tng, which arose during the sey(.‘1‘4, ay ,perio . * • • 0 0 ; ... • • It'w clic. wee1<end before this. Wtiter.h.:id,-p'ers'onal'ccintadt with an01 the s•torinf vietims,.as they 6e.',4antO.d.i.g out aqii m'kc fit; r t9jWijfor:previsions... ever, li frequent snow 'squalls. and iflds wluch7 have. continfie, into this week have kept people prett inp li at hbil)f :a 110' stories are still difficult to get. Tlie' lines of c:of-hnninicatiOn by telephene'broke down in ninny . areas during the worst of the.bliz, zard and it will be many' weeks before -a:11::the'-t-ale-s--ef.-..the ;.'storrrv-- Of 717‘are told Without too much exaggeration, there probably is a, "story in:eVery'honsehole about., sorneo6 who was inconyeniehoed.., in sonii.w ay Or another during • the Storniy' days. . ' • lt all startedon Tuesday of. last week,. ; 'cueSd'ay morning started off with heavy Snowfall but the bliZzard ; which developed 'before. noon, was unexpecte• :4y most lylts: Dorothy MacKenzie., who'Manages the.. Teeswater. News for us, drove ftiona+te_esWater1O4ucknOw. and back before 10 a m and exper- ienced very little problem' in driv ing' ,1iioWever,..by noon hour, the area Was in the.,gripi..of.a, raging had a11 gone out in the morning,' 'wete::nosooner,ai school than' .:thosejn-ehatge„were,..pOntidering„,.,-. sending them. home • :Mosrof the_p_upils aytir School and .Kingsbridgp. Scho'ol, ' .Goes.Thru'l Newtloy,. . pupils in'the Port Albert Sheppardl ton area but'didn't home bin 7 self: lie was stranded stranded for threc. days at the Store at, Nile. • '*" • .deliverccl Were 'let off!With'frie -and r cia t i•V es when" the goingogot really desperate. Kinloss Studel.'t's2 who attend attend. Luc know. Sehool , were billeted out 4, ar.ound.tle village: .VerLfilyLL'i, -students::: got bon) • CONTINUEI) ON PAOE:2H! • • E1iio l'ritchard-Of•Lucknow,h4S:. drri-v-iiig-tv,ritr i 1, totiti..±. • ' 1)nrin, he, has used ;Several 1110.40s, of transportation to bVsur.L. that 'the mail rnade it thtetri:11", •• * et , -team and sleiy.1.1 and automobile have been the losi fa.rnillar modes of ever the' years. With nO'niail delivery si(iCe 14st-WeekTIIii61ffaTif: agod to get'-ertait to patrOns.ar,OUild'. the St,1:1,e\teriS area. on Saturday'of. last • snowinobiles \Azer Used 00•Satutddy'S- deiivcry and"- -tid of Wayne Todd andROi( i'Linnaht.,eker sortie- ottlic. 1111 I. R, 2 was deliveredby . • • • .0 • Gi at u s , , , °ries torn had tts hut it e Testi,ng, • Icor •;hearin, .. , .•;!'• • . , . . , 1 i sl bells,..wc • . ' ;nOti n al dna :1,ton: of •.' ,.,, • 1.,1 ,. s ! 1 1 ) , .,..,4i1 1. 0 ., 4 ba11e,c'?f, .. ,;.,. . \. 5 ,1an Fyin ' t1-tellteariland LiiktioW's''-inairi street:.- g -! ...1. . . :)..A . , in. liar; \sight and sound of . -a .. f4w. ,•.ar.s.1\sa'g-i',. iis'nOW ,cttlte.-:. .: lon.fc. 00 \tci'hcat -the .:fil'iigle Of 410. , ilei.,..,1-i: be l is on a W•in.ter's day'., ,,. --...,---,.....-...------,..----... `fr ,i1IF '.., V/ •••• •40 -...1 40 A FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL .'."STORM HITS HARD, 4, • • It's been a long time since this part of Western Ontario was affected by 'winter weather as severely as it was duriiig last iweek's snow storms. • • ' Starting early •in the day Tuesday, the high ..windS 5 and blowing' snow eased little during Wednesday and From Friday on,, the weather' eased for short periods of time, but frequent snow squalls and poor, visibility kept , moVement:at-pretty-rnuch a -standstill, While the storm produced many uncomfortable • uations for the youngest school pupils up to the senior citizens, this area was fortunate to escape without more $00#0*:111tet*Lati.::.10, Weather Prevented Us Getting opy To entra[Pmitnig:Plant At Goderich !. • ; ' • ••• • .• • ' . • • . . . . . t • *. • . • - • • Despi,te the storm and snow con- ditiOris Sentinel readers still kept . • as -king for their paperlast week.- • For.soine't,ithei, The, Seritinel:has done the actual printing operation of r tbe newspaper At a. comniunity Press'in'Goderfeh where upWards of twenty ,Papers print each ‘4/e1<„,. - Enjoy Ski Holiday- - In laurentians • Mr. ,and Mrs. Jack'lvlacDonald Mr. and.Mrs..Jacl< Treleaven, pleted ;.ready..for printing On sched• now and'Mr:' and Ivirs. George, . . „ ' • • . Guest " of Wingham., returned Sat - CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 .urday'nighi. from a ski holiday in • th0.Laurentians , at the Chantec': UrnS. ler Hotel.in'St. Adele., QuebeeReit. • Dr Ivici<irnwaS unable to 'join . ' • • .the group because of the bad . . Mike'Courtney, Son, of Mr. and -.• Mrs.'1,eo'Courtney•of Ashfield, At the end Of ,the week,. a . • • , • hadto:iletirri:tolGOderach riopit--; race was held called "ski - al • 1aSY.T17ursday.. Mike , who wa cutta Jack MacDonald affef-Car in.ifirecl in a .Juvenile hockey roll McKim\iere in the winning matehthe.previOys Sunday is no class and shared siixty-four•dollarS suffering from a xype.oT:whiplash. prize 'money With the Other two There is'a Juvenile ' hockey . class n?,enibers and their ihstrticOr,.... .gAine slated for Owen Sound SOund J• ck MacDOnald''s racing time:was .. „1.34day...(,,i ea therLperniitti.iisT.)_ which e_condlughest_arrioagth-c-,. .• no doubt Mike will have to miss. , v,e0Ots participating : • tragic re.stdts. , • 1 The prolonged hydro, interruptions insome areas, re- sulted in financial loss for some people, ranging from minor to major. • cono of theprime areas of concern was for school pupils Who were marooned with their teachers in area schools,- some of -them without, heat and, hydro The storm last week did make us realize that in tines , of trouble, ,we are fortunate to, live in rural 'Western Ont - 6.:••+++4+4++++.+++:•.:•:+ •:t 44+. +•:• •,4 • " • " • • • . . • • . • • OVIMOBI . . . Frightening Experience of : •-corriplete*th 11e1rretTa facrtha the icifitail areahaVe'a lot tizi,',beprobably saved.his life, Jack spent ;. thankful.for'f011owing•-last.Week's ithe most of the ,night in motion „ . ,inOw sform. Jack became lost,. so. that he 'Would not freeze • In • . on a sneiviniobile last' Frictay. night the meantime; Eric Drennan , son ario. , • • Hundredsof homes were opened to stranded motorists. ' Kissing persons bulletins on CKNX radio were 'numerous and concerbed people :were alWays. ready .and willing •to nd---a-h-and:Ztoassist::-Iyhire-a-,storm-,-of-thisimaghitude-is pig news .for any. radio and ,TV• station, Cloix is to be commended for going beyond 'the normal news gathering patterin--in_proxiding a„,valuable .public service. - Without - • —their persOnal-Ar4atnieht--of the news, there -Would have. . been' many ,mOre • orations moments for area peopleand• possibly more serious consequences. • Also in line for a special word of praise are the countlesssnowmobilers in the .area who gave up the comfort of :their • (Aries o.assis ers. .1.Without the help of, ihOvvraobilerS, this Storm would have produded, some very unpleasant sittiationS. - While-the.Hrest of waited ,, pollee, hy11 phone and snowplowing crews, Worked rotmd. the clock th restore ervice. We eould ge, on and On in our ,eofiilendations, There were, 'many 'acts of kindness, helpfulness ° and neighbourliness, In times Of problems and troublesf.When•peoiole need help,:i8 there any place tonin rather bel • • an it• -a -s--7' abOur-73-a.m:, Saturday ,of Mr.. and Mrs--.71-ienry-,Drenwan who had also been at, the $innett • • •fatin , 'drove to the Collinson'farm •,; ' to check -to-seeif Jack had -arrived''';- --• -`• - . . morning before he made his 'way to the farm of AlVin,Morah on, the 10th of * Mr Collinson.lives on the -Kin- tail sideroadH,-runriing between Lochalsh•and-Riritail-On Pada night he had been at"the farm of Jim Sinnett, immediately behind • his. farm on the first sideroad.to the east of the C011inson place. He had left for home on:his- snowmobile. His northal:route .• would be north on the Sinhett sideroad, west on'the,10th and; sotrtfron -thentailirdeioa-d home, Apparently Jack • missed the 10th concession in some mariner and ended up in 'a field in an area between the 'l'Oth and 12th of Ashfield, east of tl ' This was about 2' a .rn. ,The • CollinsOn'Phone had been ourof order 'and, there was no way to .• • , phone to •citeCk abOut.:Jacis arriv- al; Finding hiM. missing the • • • help of other showmobile.rs was: • itnmt-d:i-at-e-l-r-su-rnmurred---a-nd a group of six searched, all night without success. . , . AS t ear1y nioinLag weather : cleared from time to time ,, Jack , was able to distinguish 'yard' lights at the farms of. Alvin Moran; Bud • Parrish and Allan MacDonald-. lee = struckout on foot and arive•' , • at the CAM/1,0f , , •on tsnowniobile*broke and /\,loran'On the south -side* of the' „lack foundniself• he • , • . 10th of,Ashfield about 7 a.nl. A . hi..loit and Wit- ' • .„.;„ • • . • - •• h •. • missing person',been. • • • out trahsportatibri„ ••• • ! '-• • -•• • • -.•'.broadCast on radio .by this tinie ..fir#....atteihr4edto'bUry bun:- •; 4.1.0h4d,-.,beet,Le,,x`pOied t:CLflio• self..in 'the- •stiowtO-brealthe,strOng • elements 'for about eight eight..4660'004, Later..,..,:f eating 'that he ._..was-none•the-watse tot, wOhItl':freeti,,- he, got on his feet fotind,a.,-freC ',.ah4,•Oti tinned'. towall< en -fingers andbeingelttremelY. • . around the ,tre.pusiiig, the: tree a -s tired frorn his experience. Cheek i,art,.dtitarktd:.makesurc ho did flOt the ocinitiort household. * . • stray.••• • . • '.0"11•\1•1(Itiday-4: we find Jack 'well and • • 1)rcsscd in •a sucwniobi1c suit , • 'without even a cold" . • - - - - • • - • • • • •