HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-02-11, Page 5R ambling with Lucy
A, friend wrote and suggested that Lucy relate how the residents
at "The Hut" fared in the bad storm which commenced on January
26.
Very well, thank you!
To Lucy it was marvellous the way the young folk of the
community organized in this emergency. And she isn't ever going to
say one word again about the exhaust from snowmobiles, turning
and twisting on Bayfield Terrace, filling her bedroom with fumes.
For snowmobile owners did such a marvellous job in helping people
as reported by Eric Earl last week. One thing he omitted was that
besides enabling them to help people, many owners also used them
to feed livestock amongst whom were Allan Hutchings and Don
Haw.
Allan Hutchings couldn't getup to feed his pigs on Tuesday night.
The animals had water but no food. Next day the flaw family were
without electricity and moved in with the Allan Hutchings family.
Then the two men went together and managed to feed not only their
own pigs but reached others too. In fact Allan said that he'd never
fed so many pigs in his life. And when they weren't busy with the
animals, they were carrying groceries and Allan's snowblower came
in for good use getting in to people snowed in. This is just one
example of the many problems met in this community.
Lucy was quite touched on Wednesday afternoon when Mrs. Pat
Graham telephoned to see if we had hydro and if we needed
anything. We were thankful to have hydro and weren't suffering, but
Carl said that if anyone were coming this way to send a loaf of bread
and a quart a milk. Mrs. Graham expalined that they were
contacting everyone to see if they had heat or needed supplies. In a
short time Terry Fitzsimons arriv.e0 ,with the groceries, And then
kind neighbour flarted Bell looked after our needs.
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Carl barely got his car into the garage on January 26 at noon. And
he didn't get it out on the road again until February 2. Shut in the
house, he only went out to feed the birds and one day, when it had
cleared somewhat, to the barn to charge the car battery,
So having no trips to make "uptown", no mail and for two days
no paper, Carl turned to the culinery arts and learned to bake bread.
One annoying incident was the sun porch door blowing open one
night. Carl didn't discover it until Lucy was in bed. The snow h.A1
frozen in the door jam and the work of getting it closed was almost
too strenuous for him. The snow which blew in had incited in the
morning.
But the aftermath of the storm! Ye gods! When they went to bed
shortly after ten o'clock, and Carl put Lucy on the side of the bed
with the Hayer Patient Lift, the water was dripping on the bed and
Lucy.
In the 24 years since Lucy moved back to "The Hut" a problem
has been a leaking roof around the chimney at intervals and
especially with a driving south west wind. This part has been
re-shingled twice but no carpenter could ever find the leak. A few
years ago a worker sealed the shingles down around the chimney.
That seemed to do the trick and so Lucy had re-decorating done in
an upstairs bedroom.
In 1970, it was reported to her that it was leaking and all the
paper on chinmey and down the wall had been ruined. Nothing was
done about it until the fall. And then in another south west rain
storm, the water ran down and dripped on Carl's head in the
kitchen.
Action! He contacted carpenters who inspected it and said, "The
flashing is alright. It's well-caulked and we cannot see where the rain
gets in."
"Tear it all off anyway, and do it over again!" said Lucy.
Then Carl had a brain wave. It might be a small hole in the mortar
between the bricks in the chimney. So he had the builders plaster
the chimney and they did find an obscure hole when doing it.
Relief at last! No longer need she worry about that leak.
.iegieLucy was just beginning to get some relief from a very bad pain in •
!other neck, And here comes, to use a Mang expression, another
in the neck".
This time it wasn't the chimney. Carl looked upstairs and could
see no leak there.
Lucy looked up and saw the drops forming and dropping in a
4-foot length where the gyprock lath would join.
Carl is of the opinion that snow blew in somewhere and got into
the partition and melted. But Lucy thinks it is that south west wind
and rain bugging her again!
There was nothing to do but change the bed, move the furniture
so that the bed was pushed against the wall on one side. And Carl
mounted a stool and crawled over the low end board.
Drip! Drip! Drip! Lucy lay and listened to it.. Drip! Drip! Drip! It
was a Chinese torture to let water drip on a prisoner's head, driving
him to madness.
Drip! Drip! Drip! "Ah well," thought Lucy, "Jesus said, 'In my
Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you.'"
And in that place Lucy won't have to worry about asbestos shingles
turning up in a wind storm, leaking roofs or dormer windows.
P.S. It was towards the end of February 1947 that Bayfield was
isolated by a storm, The late Keith Hopkinson used skiffs on his
private plane to fly milk from Goderich to Bayfield for babies and
invalids only. He landed on the ice on the river. Another plane
dropped yeast in Lindsay Smith's field for Apfelbeck's Bakery,
(where the Village Market now operates).
There was no mail for 5 days. It was carried from London to
Brucefield by C.N.R. at that time,
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-Guests at the Albion Hotel
over the weekend were Mr.. and
Mrs. James Feinburg, Detroit;
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Greenstone,
Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. George
Matish, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Krell, Chicago; Dr, and
Mrs, S. W. Cobb, Ann Arbour
Michigan; Mr. John W. Keinert,
Pontiac Michigan, and Mr. R. G.
Wellman, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. •
Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Larson
of London visited his parents
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Larson on
Sunday.
The Earl household was qpite
a jolly place on Sunday, when we
celebrated son-in-law Robert.:
Stevenson's birthday, He, .wife
and family Doug, David, Karen
and Kathy enjoyed skating at
the arena and a long walk on the
beach. (I didn't go with them.)
Friday night was hockey night,
in Bayfield when over .50
spectators, most of them from_
Clinton, watched three teams
from Clinton and three from
Bayfield "have ..et" each other.
The Bayfield and Clinton
Peewees played to a 1-1 tie.: he
Bayfield Bantams were
massacreed by Clinton by a
score of at least 5-2 but the
Bayfield girls made up for it by
whomping the Clinton girls
JOHN EDWARD BUSBY
John Edward Busby of
Chatham, Ontario, died on
January 28 in Chatham.
He was the husband of the
former Myrtle Lawson of
Clinton and had lived in
Chatham for over 40 years.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Warren (Shirley) Hannah of
London, a brother, Reg of
Toronto and two Sisters, Edith
and Christina Of Toronto.
Funeral services took place
Feb. 7 from the Ball Funeral
Home in Clinton with burial in
Clinton Cemetery. Rev, Clifford
Britton of Northside United
Church, Seaforth, officiated.
WILLIAM F. McGREGOR
William F. McGregor of
Montreal died in Beloeil,
Quebec, on February 2, 1971.
He was 73 years of age.
He was born in Stanley
Township on June 3, 1897, the
ion of Neil McGregor and Janet
Mustard, He married the late
Babette Armstrong on June 11,
1926.
He is survived by one son,
Neil, three brothers, Greg, Frank
and Join..
Funeral services took place
from the 13all Funeral Home,
Clinton on February 5 with the
Rev. FL W. Wotifor Officiating.
Burial was in Baird's Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Neil
McGregor, John McGregor,
William McGregor, Fred
McGregor, Don McGregor and
John Moffatt,
MARY JANE ELLWOOD
Mary Jane Ellwood, 135
Albert St., Clinton died January
29, 1971 in Clinton. She was 65
years of age.
She was born in February
1905 in Hullett Township, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Rogerson. She married !Ernest
EllwOod in 1959. She has lived
her lifetime in Clinton. She was
a member of the Anglican
Church,
She is survived by one sister
Mrs. Beth Miller,
Funeral services took place at
the Ball arid Mutch Funeral
Home in Clinton on February 1
with Rev, Sharpies officiating.
Burial was in Clinton Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Roy Connell,
Bill Counter, Mery Batkins, Fred
Shavin, Jim' Armstrong, and
Charles Nelson.
Flowerbearert were Terry
Johnston, Bert Hains and Ross
Miller,
The Anglican Church Women
held their monthly meeting at
"the Hut" on February 4,
President Mrs. Fred Clift
presiding.
Rev. E. J, B. Harrison opened
the meeting with a prayer and
the scripture passage was read by
Mrs, R, J, Larson,
The group have started a
study on the tragedy of Canada's
Indians and Mrs. E. W. Earl, the
Educational Secretary, gave a
synbpsis of Harold Cardinal,
author of the hook "The Unjust
Society". She then read from
the book which is a plea to all
Canadians for understanding and
to give the Indians hope for a
future.
Plans were made for a bridge
and euchre party to be held on
Friday, February 19 at 8 p.m. in
Bayfield Trinity Anglican
Church parish hail.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Klaudi, Albert
and Freddie of Princeton were.-
guests with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Baker over the
weekend.
The good guys struck again on
Saturday when Harry Baker led
a group of volunteers in a clean
up job on the damage caused to
Mac 1VicFadden's new building
during last week's storm.
Harry with Warner Payne,
Elgin Porter, Fred Le Beau, Bill
Parker, Gordon Graham, and
Chris Klaudi joined with Joe
Koene and Mac in repairing and
piling trusses that had been
broken in the crash.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beechie of
London celebrated their 17th
wedding anniversary with their
family Jane, Martha and J. J. on
Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Albion
Hotel.
Londesboro
BY MRS. BERT SHOLEBROOK
WI meets
The Women's Institute
catered to 77 men belonging to
the beef producers of Huron
County On February 4 at noon.
Institute members held a
short . meeting with twelve
present. Committees were
formed for the sunshine sister
banquet. Marjorie Anderson is to
be convener. Gladys Gomley is
to appoint the nominating
committee. It was moved by
Doreen Carter, seconded by
Gladys Gomley, that institute
dishes not be rented.
Sympathy is extended to Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Shobbrook in
loss of her father, Mr. Alfred
Pierce of Blyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook
spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. Ron Ellerby and
family of Clinton and visited
Ron in hospital.
Mr. Harry McEwan of
Chatham spent Wednesday night
with his father-.in-law, Mr. Will
Govier and Mrs. Webster.
Mrs. Jewel Cowan returned
home on Monday after spending
the past week with her son Bill
and family of Guelph.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Stevens of
Walton visited with Mrs. Jessie
Voddee on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Armstrong
and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Carter
visited on Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Armstrong of
Hamilton. We are sorry to report
Fred's health has not improved.
Larry and Colleen Carter
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Armstrong and family of
Stratford.
Rev. Stan McDonald has been
convalescing at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mts. Carl
McDonald of Ethel the past two
weeks. There will be no church
Sunday February 14. Services
will resume as usual February
21.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howatt and
family of Stratford visited.
Sunday with the formers
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer
Howatt.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Howatt,
Kevin, Keith and Kent visited on
Sunday with the former's sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Hodgett and
family of Kirkton.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gaunt
returned home on Tuesday after
spending the past two weeks
with his sister, Mrs. Ward
Shickluma of Lindsay, and were
storm-stayed in Wingham for
three days.
Mrs. Wilfred Penfourld is it
•patient in Clinton hospital and
underwent surgery on Monday.,
The aimwell unit will hold their
meeting February 15,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moore Sr.
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Moore Jr.
visited at Mrs. Moose's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hary flunking,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook
called at Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Vodclens of Clinton on Sunday.
Monday afternoon's weekly
dance was held as usual,
although the stormy weather
and shortage of staff cut down
the attendance. The 1114ronview
orchestra provided the music for
a half hour of dancing with the
rest of the afternoon's
entertainment being an old
fashioned sing song.
Prize winners at , the
progressive euchre held in the
auditorium last Wednesday
afternoon were: ladies' high,
Miss Cassie Dougal; men's high,
Dan McKinnon; consolation
prizes, Mrs, Wagner and Miller
Adams, The staff were assisted
by Mrs. , Bagley and Mrs.
Ramsay, volunteer helpers from
Adastral
Owing to the ice storm on
Thursday (family , night) the
program by Jim Lawrie of Blyth
and his group was rescheduled to
February 11, Last Thursday
evening, Mr. Percy Brown
showed slides taken in wartime
and during his recent trip to
England and Scotland. The
residents enjoyed the pictures
very much and a vote of thanks
was extended to Percy on behalf
of the residents by Sarah Carter.
Bayfield
BY ERIC EARL
GODERICH DINETTES
Mardi Gras Ball
SALTFORD VALLEY HALL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1971'
Music by The Revised Edition
$10.00 per couple
Lunch Refreshments
For Reservations phone 524-7616
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