The Huron Expositor, 1977-02-03, Page 16HPS9N..'EXPOPITQlk FTEDR.P1A.RY 00977 OM su S
• tinning out ere
Home fuel supplies in Seaforth
antharevwere. running, critically
low as the winter's worst, storm
refuses to lessen its iriP-
All Wei og dealers in Seaforth
report that they ' have some '
supplies left but say they won't
last long.
A convoy of oil trucks was
headed for town from Highway 4
• Wednesday morning.
- The, Seaford( Farmers Co-Op
said that they were rationing their
s- Upplies. •
"We are -enly-giving 100
galloni a dump instead of filling
the whole tank."
As of. Tuesday Texace Ltd. in,
Seaforth was completely out of
stove and furnace oil but still had
about 7,000 gallons of diesel fuel
left which can be 'tied for furnace'
oil.
"The, situation is getting pretty
, serious," Mrs. Shirley Dinsmore
said. "The dealer in Brussels will
get thre.e loads and get three
and ° that's- it
is expO,ting tanner
1qa4..1p, -from, Sarnia - Tuesday
(*Ding if the roads ate passable,
BP iialso expeCting supplies to
Come in from London. They are
very low on fuel as well,
according to Mrs.. Dorothy
Williamson in Seaforth.
Ross Scott Fuels, Sunoco:.,...
distributer in Brucefield, ' said
they had :plenty supplies but
were unable to distribute any.
- -He saidthatafew pepple in the
area were using diesel fuel when
they ran out of fuel oil:-
"The 'situation is more serious--
than„you anticiPate," he • said.
Two fuel, trucks heading south
outside of Brucefield have -been<
unable' ,to travel since Sunday
night. Scott Fuels said that they
had to carry 45 gallon drums'op,„
" skidoos to the trucks to •keep them "
from running ont Of engine fuel.
tgcliV rivi;
GOAT TRAIL Looking northliom the corner of #4 snowmobilers watch ablowee arid Vee plow battle to
Highway & Miil ROO at BrucefleKt On the horizon " (Expositbr. Photo)
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The regular meeting -of MrS. May :Habkirk was named
Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge was social convener for February ,and
held with Noble Grand, Mrs her committee is Mrs. Joe
orman Riehl presiding, Mrs. Grummett, Mrs. Arthur yarley,
Eldon Kerr reported on recent , Mrs.Albert Baker, Mrs. Harold ▪ visits Made Slint4n - members •Hugill. and Mrs. Lorne Carter.
and gifts and cards which had Mrs,' Poo Malcolm ,:Was
been sent. • ----serenaded, for her' birthday.,':'"
Mrs. Peter Malcolm reported'.
fer theC.P.& T. Committee that
A donation was made to War
donations had been made to the Memorial Children's Hospital.
Huron County Children's Aid
Societrand to the Odd Fellow and
Rebekah Home 'for the aged at
Barrie, Christmas boxes had also. Obituaries beeii delivered to several shut-in .
members of the 'community.
Notice was 'received from,
District Deputy. Presiaekt, Mrs.
Glen Fisher of Exeter that the
Assembly Warden, Mrs. Helen
-Spicer, will visit in Huron District
in March and will attend the
meeting held in. Edelweiss Lodge -
On March 28th along with
members from Goderich Lodge,
who will provide the entertain-'
ment for, the meeting. Mrs. -
Fisher will make herofficial vigitr
to Edelweiss on April 25th.
The United Nations Pilgrimage -
for Youth speakloff will beheld in"
Clinton High School onyebruary
25th at-8:00 P.M. This compe- _
iition is, held among two public
„speakers from each "Of_ the five
nigh schools in Huron County and
'the winner will receive an
expense-paid trip to'the United
Nations-in•New•York in July. It is
hoped'there will be a good
attendance.
A penny,_sale will be held
following the next meeting on
Februaryth► with- 6aCN member
to contribute several' small items
for sale. '
.R040.koh's meet
"'Sohn Pethick, a lifelong Pioneer Memorial Mausoleum
resident of McKillop Township, with interment to follow at
died at Seafoith Community Maitlandbank Cemetery.
Hospital, Saturday, January 27,
1977 in his 87th year. . Pallbearers were James and.
Mr. pethick had been residing Tim' Rapson, Kenneth Pethick,-
inWinthrop until being admitted Mervin and Murray Pepper and,
to Kilbarchan Nursing Home East, William Harburn..•
fall. His wife, - the former Flowerbearers were William P.
Margaret Jane Oldfield, has been Miller, John Oldfield,'A rt and
a 'patient at Kilbarchan fPr some Harold Pethick.
time. `r- Funeral service was held
The couple, who have been Wednesday at 2:30 ,p.rti.
married ' 58 years,' formerly
larmed in McKillop ToWnship EPHRIAM AA$E.
before retiring to Winthrop. Funeral- services for the late
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Winthrop, who died on January daughters, Ruth, Mrg. = Leslie 25 were held the VVitney Ribey Pepper, Egmoddville; and Annie, Funeral-- Home, Seaforth, on Mrs; Harry Itapson-r-Walton; a- Thursday, January -21 coddlicte- son, George , R.R.1,' Seaforth; a by Rev: M.E.Rebuer of sister Annie, Mrs.• J. Bean, Northside •United Church.
two great 'grandchild en.
London; 'eight grandaTildren add
Pallbearers Were: Harry
Rapson, Ross McClure, Gordon The body rested at the Murray, Murray'.Haase, Ken Whitney-Ribey Funeral Home _Lamy finrne -an iv-here funeral'-service Wi-i-herd bearers were: Cindy Horne, Wednesday at 2:30- p,m. With
Rev. Mervyn Reuber officiating. H
JOHN PETHICK Tempeirary' entombment at
are'his wife two Ephriam Earl •• _Haase' " of Surviving s e,
Donna McCone, M arilyn Horne,..
David Haase. . _ .
.NUMB4R 4 HIGHWAY at Bru"cefieldls hortpern
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•
boundary. What mOre can we say?
• .(Expositor. Phota)'
The father of five children had -• '-
won, a toy at a raffle. He called the
- kids together to ask which 'one
should'have-the presesnt. '
"Who is the most obedient?"
he asked. "Who never t alks back•
to Mother? Who does everything
she says?"'
Five. Antall voices answered' in
unison, "Ton- play- •with it,
daddy!"
Safi! es
"Maybe you-`don't like my
hOyfilend," said the daughter to
her father, '!bat-you notice he
calls • for me in' 'a ,S7,000 sports
cart"
"That's nothing," replied the
father, '"I--usekl-to. take• your
mother out in a $25,000 '
The worst I've seen
A:SNOWBOUND SUNDAY The snow--.has forpad
tie cancellation of mariy,activi1ied in'recent days.
."Good grief" was to have been the subject .of -a
sermon, but it sums up Many peoples reaction to the
weather as well. Services were 'canceiled at First
Presbyterian. Church as Wall. as.' others 'faVtin ;16
Sunday.
(Continued _front
they can to make the snow plow
operator's job easier. 'When farm
'people get their. cars: stuck on the
roads, they'get thein Out Of, the
way of plows, "Farm peopfelte
really Conscientious," Mr. Hulley ,
says. "We're all out to help each
other.''
It doesn't get lonely out a
plow, even in the middle of the
night in a storm, Frank Hulley
Says,"hecause there's not time for'
it. ,:lrou're always looking. That
black spot up ahead 'could be a
,car. It's usually bare gravel, but it
could be-a cats: What doeS .O snowplow_
Plow drivers set goals for operator- do in his •spare 'time?
themselveS and sre, busy' thinking Well, oddly,ettOugh, Frank Hulley
ahead:LTH-thinkLio-mySelf-thati:Thas:-= " -not • time for--
P11 'make--the Dublin "road then sneWmebiling..."i get enough:
back around'to.Con Eekert's farm, bucking and, rooting on the
by 4 -n ..--We dofirt,alWays•make pioW." •
them, but we set theni." But he likes cross country•
SnoW blowers, which • most •skiing and he _and:Ills wife are
JoWlishipa don't7Own, Will be nature lovers whO like to w at oh
needed to blow holes along the the birds that come` to, their two
concession roads before the plows feeders. Birds are .scarce though`
can open up McKillop, Mr, this winter'. "I think they knew
-Hnlley thinks. The 'blowers are • something we didn't nd kept
rentee'from -wherever they're right -on flying south'," Mrs.
available",.=..and then. '" Hulley says:. .
(Continued frorifeiRake•71)....
Were able.to-pick-up their patient;
who was alone with' his wife and
-Children, and take him.to Seaforth•
' hospital. They got back to, town
ahoiit 3;30. a.m. D,Oc/er - of
' Nursing. Shirley Ring 7 said
TueSday •that Mr. Pe ":Tong , •who
is 50, was slightly, improved and.
his condition was stable.
Mr..'Watson" said a trip by
' ambulance to pick • .up , a car•
accident On Highwiy.,"4
near Brucefield Friday :"was the
With the help: of seven
neighbours who arrived' on their
' snowmobiles with home Are,,
thrtingitishers, they were able to
-..extinguish the fire.
Str=oke was 'first noticed 'by
(4gpOsitor Mad)
4-year ord Craig Murray who
alerted his parents. As the lioifSer-
filled with smoke they called'
neighbour, Jim .Maloney, who
could, see fire breaking through
the wall • of.the :.The
Seaforth area Fire ,Brigade was-
called 'ar4 Other neighbotiit. '
- Mrs. Murray said; the fire was
at filier.level and broke Ofieonly
on the outside. With dies the men
broke into the .outside ' vinyl
covered' wall' and were able to
contain it. MrS, Murray said, the
. able. to recall the strande
firemen when.- the. fire was
extinguished. Wilfred -LDrager,
'used, silowbloWer • to make: ti •
•
path back to the. County road 12
as the' firemen retrated.tht.4...41/2,,.
m ile trip. The_ tkragers had ,
served coffee and sandwiches to
the firemen stranded near their'
house.
Mrs. Murray said the smOke
damage was extensive in the
house and the daMaged
•
In 1974; the total number of
divorced persons in N.S1 was less'
than 1% (.19%) .of total
Population of N.Iva Scotia.
.Play, in.spiteof storm
In *Otte of a very sternly night. Handi, Mrs. Alex p'eriperi
..; last "WecipegOtiy; enough people Mrs. MifY Habkielq'Oents - High, :
• turned nut in a joint 1.0:0.V. and , Wilmer Cuthill; lone hands Peter ge:b*.th''6411i* party 1'9 have Malcolm; low.ttack
seven OrtY; `..' . charge were Mks. .146itiiitit
Mehl and Mtg. •Prik welt.; Keith served MrSi''rhetnas Carteil tone lu nch.
hbours-heip-erpergendies
worst he's ever experienced.- heavily packed insulation kept: the
Bill., had his head out one Are from spreadhig.
windoW.and I Was • out the .other The SeafOrth, Firemen were
and we were dodging, trucks that stopped by a huge drift two miles"'
you just couldn't:See:" However; from. .the Murray home on
the trien-got that patieni to Concession `4" - 5. of MCKillop
hospital too. - . 1 when the •township road' grader
The Steve Murray, family ,of breaking at path for theni ecathe . .. ,.. •
4.12":5,, Seaforth, had _some • stuck.-Fireman Tom 'Fkiliips at,
anxious moments Sundayevening the Seaforth Fire Depatinienf '
:*when fire broke out- in a wall In. •office was lit contact by telephene *
the home. '1 with the Murray home and he (,t,
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Originally •. founded to assist
polio victims, the Ontario March
of Dimes pares for disabled
adults, no matter what the cause
of their disabilities; won't You
care too? Give to the Ontario .'
March Of Dimes,
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operators can use plow:wings tci „
`.`start' pushing it back.,"
"People really do need
people," Says-the snow plbw
operator, , who's certainly -
qualified.to"knoW.-His wife Betty;
,who, works aetoss the street, from
their home as cook at Kilbatchan
Nursing Home, fills in When other
staff members are unable get
to their jobS "and thinks nothing
of it." -
'our Lie,enced13,odyrNtenLio'erve Yoy;
COMPLETE COLLISION,
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