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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-02-03, Page 2PACU, TWO • THE 1.; Th .LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW ONTARIO • • "The Sypoy Town" -- On the' Huron.Bruc� :Boundary' nid' Class Mail Registration Number 0847' • . 1873 Published Each Wednesday Afternoon; ntber 'of .the W C.N.A. andr O.W.NA Subscription Rate, SS"00: a .year' in advance, - to the U:S.A., X7.00 Donald C. Thompson, Publisher WE„DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1971: • STORM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 • • :from the' F. E. Madill Secondary. School aid they were • billeted in. ;many homes in W Ingham. Ripley Huron,,;, Pine River Centraland ” Ripley'' District High School stud.-, ents were all stranded and were billeted in various homes through• out the village and township:, North Ashfield' Public School, pupils, teachers, and bus drivers were all stranded at North Ash- field• school and -slept in the school for the first night. Many were evacuated :late the next. .School students and •teachers were•. all stranded inthe school', and in addition to the: _:roblems: of,feed ing and caring:. for the youngsters, the teachers were faced with C • is in-thdS rk When :4 hydro interruption cut off the school .power supply. '• This was not restored until Wednesday andin .the meantime, temperatures,'in '.the sclool'w,eresteadily. dropping_ downwards as the heating system ,; was dependent.on'hydro: I No doubt.there •:were some anxious moments for' teachers and parents ` but the problem was solved- the following day when power was` restored•'and• thefood supply replenished. to -other Port Albert residences. Thursday they ;were transported home to the Kintail•area on snow- mobiles.. . 'Some Public School pupils', stranded at North Ashfield Public School, were moved out about 2:a rn'. Thursday by bus, driven by Dou,g ;Drennan . :They followed . the snowplow in Making their exit. '. Some Kintail students who attend Goderich District Colleg- iate Institute only, made it,back: as far as Part Albert onn-Tuesday of 'last week. The young people, some of whom we `heard of,, Bob and:John Sim so ,•Jackie Collin- son , Dennis Drennan, -Steven and K -en -Moran -and --Ma bau•rse Simpson., were • billeted out. at; Port Albert area homes until • " .la.ck of heat caused. them to move' 1* Going backward in this story,. the hydro•in this. entire'section of 'WesternOntario .was off for a few hours on Tuesday evening commencing about 6 p.m.; Power was restored'..for,.the most part by. 9.p..rri. but'.small pockets,. Orproblem areas•remained ,With 7, • out hdro , some of'them'for two to three da �Ys:. Parts of, Ripley! •• Huron.'Township Kinloss the: Kin sbrid c area .and Ashfield',. 'the St. I1cicns.area -.^d' others .:were days before normal power was restoredbYhardworking ._. hydro crews';; bucking snow :and. Y g w-ind_A nd eo1Lw..eaher and going where others would not'think of going:, to do, their repair,work. ' The.y'were assisted, by, provincial,: count1y and"'township snow rerrioval crews.. 'VisibilitYPove�rto be a greater problem in someareas than -actual snow conditions.. ' There was very l ttle.snow in our area -when the storm started`. Which . probably was•a factor in keepingdrifts•and banks -to a min imum in the early stages of'the °i .wr.it storm: �However ,•as this ten Monday; a .great amount of • snow has fallenand similar winds now :• as those received last week,, 'wou 'itie things g. guptight in•min- Utes'.. UCKNOW, ONTARIO' ;KNOW SENTINEL, L, Kincardine to Goderrch'o r High- way 21.; Most other roads.were passable at •variou$ times during the week but this stretch of high way. remained closed, until the :wekend. Visibility, continued to be the biggest, danger and hazard in driving anywhere. People were stranded everywhere . Provincial Police- warned. travel;'• leis to stay,. off, the roads and pulled, thei.x overt ,palic,,e ,cars off- as the storm worsened Accidents: remained'uninvestigated unti after the storm was over. One tragedy in the. storm was the death of Mrs. Clayton Girodat of. Hanover. who was found frozen to death in a,. field between the Hanover Hospit- al'where she worked as a.nurse and her home a• fe`'w.tniles•frorr town.,. Rev husband had been, n .touch with her and had 'set out with a horse to, meet her at, the. edge of Hanover When he .had prablerns.'with the "horse and cut- ter,, he setout on foot, and walked .the distance to the Hanover Hospital only•to find that his his, •wife'.had .gone. He "retraced' his ' steps—homeland su a menet• Mrs •Girodat aped ear_!; s•t-ranee • :from the next rriorc_ . er-..ew qtr. the Hanov,e:' S. frozento ce.a h ,_n• road : WEDNESDAY,; FEBRUARY 3,;1971 ' In Davenport - Suiten 1.•(CHAIR:.AND DAVENPORT) "nyl Sia cfSaver T$;9,95, ►inyl Swivel Rockers ',LARGE SELEC;TIONS,` / $59• •• ..9'5•. ‘. aCKen2Ie'. Furniture LUCKNOVi — PHONE 528 3432 storm,' The. isual,;caiail carne in• on Tuesday: inorning of last week,. The next .big mail wa's on Satur - dav'rnornin'.and weather again • pev:ented•'the-rep ar :runs on e• :ek end, Bill Wail of Kincard•- dine- n�i Lloyd bv:y:1ds of. Ripley del:- • i ivered nail. 'iti the`villag:e on Mon - the. on -the•: normal .biz 'rrio'rn•i.ng. j•c_iI.e'd off schedule about Hardest hit area , so, far as get ting, the in t oads'o' en ; was. from' n 2.n.:1,* n i` Lx i c 'J4 _Csw I�LXi� Of .1;t3 irk s_n• 1i_Lr'� c i_ 1r. . f _ t 'eo. ccid and, '•, rt"tiutcc�"cry ad_c :teat• .;i•:ea esti: _�L c eC c ne'e' s car ria.racus p.. - _e • grow.obi ehM_�.n ._^z _ a �, '1_ a e c�:ire.: � e�r fice,. ivered F •rr.er:es _e 1. 3 well, a; _ cdi Idr.e, j,; niers were in serious proble.rts left':: Hire c.at water and the iiorrn-. ,but most of a:1L it has taught us that we'cannot rely on the, itiod; ern conveniences we •possess ,always ;carr ' 'us. t'hrough , but that w • on the assis tance of 'friends and neighbours= in a small community. O^ p There are dozens'and dozens of stories concerning the, storm,: I've-en}y-touched on a fcw which w,e know. about'.'' We would welcoiiie furth'er, information about •incidents;which occurred 1:1 acz_Cer�.r :=• e,ii'ities..' Large ',, in c oristant need, f et^'. COLA itV.in ,et-.• ...:trig li/ e v beeau_e,ef-- snow ccnditions. Dairy. farmers , with ,per ted qui.pr lent Here unablz ,to :�:ii. their cows;.- and those •wbo.cauid had no :way. or. shipping the milk on hand! 'A: Teeswater Creamery 'hulk milk• c c was .t..yc at 'rioward Blake's „r -?-rfield for three days , loaded Nit to their from Unhe _ . _d k = »_er'; surroundinzs`c livestoc. a^c c� -_t s •4t - public 'seri, ic'e _ "' -re. _c L tive at: fn: mention one Ma_l: .%e ;�_ •' :c..- Mail ..ems is t' e • Last 'Nei,; .tor:~' ill• be rem- w -`;r, ,t• �. ..er ��..i"._-r,• ' mar` and. a. _ e v. ,s. � s We while writ [or,_ night , ai ..ost Lacer we wonder "'ill it 'The snow storm -has Purp1Gr�e .HasManyArea s torm P o e s PURPLE GROVE NEWS BY -MRS.' DON DORE :' • Due 'to -the- crippling storrri: that; hit the:area" on,Tuesday., many motorists and school.children 'found themselves- guests of, ;in: some:cases,' complete s.tr'ingears Three bus loads: of, pupils from leiplcy'tsche©-1-s-•n^ra.Ra- e--g-et home:.' Mrs...Bob, Fair ;: dri. er for. came`to.aa oFle -zany thin si` � CQ:NTINUFD:ON PAGE ,"""11 .�c�r" _ BY TED.ROWCLIFFE'' ,KINCARDINE NEWS "I'mVnot a' religious man but I did a 1—or-praying.out-in that, fiel'd.''. I .thought a..lot about dying 'too. 'If h : hadn't ' been married, with ' my wife at, home • expecting my .• child, • I: don't :. think. I would_ have Made it." ; ' Those were the`words: of; 20 year-old ..John Middelcamp who survived a 10 'hour'ordeal lost. in, _:_ �µbl'i�zard'�..He_is-.a�pa_terrt :.r.-7►-•-thc�... Kincardine and"Disiric enera` :- Hospital- where the News, spoke' to Mr, . Middelcamp to get . this. exclusive interview. Mr: Middelcamp lefts his home: On the tenth on Huron about ten .+•:the ..cattle • .housed in the ,barn • some 460 feet away: Before leaving he told: his. wife Hartene. and •`younger brother Henry who:. weir in ythe -house; not to teare: . Under any circumstances•,: even if he'didn't tetu'rn:. �. Dressed ' ltghtly, Middelcaiyp made the barn and prtormed', his ;chores: waving tSe7barn, he could set the lights 6t 'toe 'house and 'struck out but aboin his; vision'Was' 611 the lights . •were, = : obliterated by ''blinding snow.. g x. ha halfway as he reached the gate 'about 100 feet 'from. the house.. _From here.-he_stumbled'his naYf.. eiCe_.souh' instead rnorth.,ti.—Steaart.s sn- orplo w was used to • he dughimself out o f :hi 'hd1e : home' ' for' some „.. r m time,. it was• and saw.:a line :fence only one: 'decided" ' to, , get him . into Y hundred .feet away B�.- thrs time-$4W'Krncsardine-Hospital R:o'n •Lowe he had no".idea 'of �a here. he was, ,.drove; the car >•accompanied By luck,. he chose 'to' follow the, : by, M r. !rMiddelcamp. Gordon into a fifteen acre ,field, .beside ..and . reached. • the ' . tenth open the. roads • • his house and', recalling his : concession some time later; actions Mr. Middelcampbelieves • Here a ain •he did n� he walked in. circles 'n the fieldwhich roadn , o ow , which •wad,• iX t e it ,was or .. ,for about an hour:' and a half; to go. Unable to decide: lie "dug • before -'he -decided 1. • again; A. number' of people, were instrumental' in the search, by snow•mohil:.e : ,for M'r, Mid.delcarnp.- ; ..Ernie •.1Viialden ',organized patrols and later along, with Ronnie Lawry, ' Albert Middel ~amps Mr. Middelcarnp's hands are badly blistered and swollen: Two of his -4 fingers -had -Cracked -open a't the ends. His feet were also ostbitten. 'but not as, badly.' Ile : said' I he ; was in.. pain but •. was resting ' comfortably .' - with medication• • into the snow.,' • Not'too Much later,. he noticed ..Here he. spent the night, only • that'his hands were turning blue 65 rods from his own house; • and thought to himself,..`It's. • _...Makingshii selfi as co'mfortable_L-Tnow�ar.neue-r"--:.. ;.:._..-.,._.. as possible, he spent the night' trying to .stay awake. and thinking "It's hard' to tell: someone what goes: through your mind," Ire card. `auk tri Le --Go n 'my ,wife saved thy: life, If I'd. havbeen 'a single m'an, I 'don't, think I v/riuld 'havekept going:" Mr: Middelcarnp• Was born in Holland 20 ye !§'ago,. Ile carie, to -this . area about 1 'years 'ago ' with his parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Henry' Middelcamp. He and his, wife•• live on the tenth concession." farm owned by his br"btherl Bob, who wat.storm-stayed in i'pley' during the storm Turning. to the west,. 'he walked a'stiurt distance when' tie . saw ' the. 'railroad' crossing signs and soon saw Lowry'S•house,.Is;. own. house . was only . two yaks own the road, but to '.get. in the Janeway' he Would have been walking, into: , the ,wind, Walking into Lowry's he had the wind at his back. Banging --on the--docir-atLL--th Lowry home, Mr. Middeldamp ° 'collapsed, on the 'floor when the door : was opened ''by... Alva •Lowry. She qukkiv got some hot soup into him arid with Mr, Lowryy's assistance, they changed his clothes, at. the_.L.owr' ° At dad• brear.•; r�ri - edriehday �._