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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-07-24, Page 29Water creeps up the windows at Mrs. Ralph Bailey's house on Marlboro St. Stk. CANADIA N TIRE CORPN 1,N 11, 1111 • i?:'4 • • wqliNsikVii•V44,4. Irt water sweeps through Sna flrot, and rises up the steps at Canadian Tire NOW Deposit as little as VW 0 0 Earn as much as 73/4% on a Bank of Montreal Term Deposit Receipt To earn full interest at 73/4 % per annum, you deposit your $1,000 or more and let it remain for over two years. Interest is paid half yearly on April 30th and October 31st. For terms of less than two years, your money can earn 7% per annurn, with minimum deposit of $1,000 for One to two years, or $5,000 fixed for 30 days Or longer. Bank of Montreal Carladds First battik Ruler Branch: CHARLES SMITH, Manager Park (Sub•Agency): Open Daily Offices also at Crediton, thmflivood, Otroul Pend, tur,,tr, twit n July 31, 1909 Popo )3 rr-firr. Hospital 'suffers h eavy loss Bargain hunters tour town for water-damage sales Heywood was tipped over in.the waves on Ann St. and carried about 100 feet — Continued from Page 3 before they could be useful. again. "We have spare motors for all • our equipment, you know," she smiled, "but they were all in the basement." Although some of the 36 patients in the hospital were understandably alarmed, they were a "good bunch" according to Miss Claypole. About the only water which reached the main floor of the hospital was that which entered the front door from Huron Street into the Main offices and that which was tracked from the basement by frantic hospital staff. Some patients went home Thursday evening. Those who stayed through the night were housed in the east wing and in the morning they were served a rather chilly breakfast and lunch. Doctors made arrangements for the evacuation of patients Friday, Some were transferred to nursing homes, six went to Clinton Public Hospital and others were taken home. Ambulances from Sarnia, Stratford, London and the surrounding area completed the • evacuation by early Friday afternoon. There is "not a cent" of insurance on the hospital loss which may exceed the $100,000 estimate given late last week. The Ontario Hospital Services Commission will require a more accurate assessment of the damage before it will be known how much assistance the local hospital can expect from that direction. "They have no idea of what is going on up here," Miss Claypole confided Monday. She said it • was necessary to get everything out of the basement first so that a complete assessment could be made of the loss. "We will probably have to reorder most everything but there is no sense to begin until we know exactly what we • need," she reasoned. Already Monday suppliers were calling at the hospital to offer assistance. One firm furnished the hospital with the purchase records from the hospital for the past months so that staff would have some idea • what was stocked before the flood. Miss Claypole recalled a minor flood in 1954 when there was about four feet of water in the hospital basement. Nothing was lost at that time. The cleanup at the hospital is • the real story this week. Sunday a work crew of about 30 men converged on the hospital and began the massive mopping up operation. Monday morning they were still working, pumping out the flood water and hosing the entire place down with a disinfectant, Tuesday and Wednesday crews were just as busy, In the kitchen, for instance volunteers and hospital staff were hosing down the canned goods, washing the labels off each tin and marking the contents of each can on the outside. It was deemed necessary by the hospital staff to eliminate any possibility of infection. More volunteers were carrying the wet muddy records out of their watery storage places and into the fresh air to dry. Miss Claypole who was directing .the cleanup, time and time again repeated her belief that none of the basement contents should be brought to the main level of the hospital because of the risk of infection. To give some idea of the volume of paper destroyed, it is reported the hospital transported three truck loads of records to the dump! Early Monday morning, the hospital found it necessary to call Canadian Canners Ltd. for More cardboard boxes. They had already filled the one hundred cartons the staff had received the day before! By way of appreciation, the hospital was attempting to feed the volunteer labor force. The kitchen staff reported it seemed as though "we're always eating around here". Walter McBride, hospital board chairman, spoke of the fund raising campaign which is being begun. He explained that the province had promised to match dollar for dollar the money raised locally to cover the flood damage. "The damage at the hospital is pretty hard to estimate,' he said Wednesday morning, Mr. McBride who visited the hospital Thursday evening following the flood said, "I didn't realize it could be as bad as it was." He gave praise to the volunteer workers from the district who had pitched in to help clean up the mess, "Charlie Smith phoned me Saturday night to see if I could get about 10 people out to the hospital to help Sunday," Mr. McBride told the T-A. "I wasn't long getting 10 people. Everyone has been very good." He estimated that the rough cleanup would be completed by today (Thursday). Of course there are still floors to be replaced, redecorating to be done, windows and doors to replace and dozens of little jobs to finish. Mr. McBride also expected the main utilities would all be restored at the hospital by the end of the week- "It could still be a week or 10 days before the hospital will be reonened " Mr. McBride said. HEALTH UNIT Contained within the hospital is the office of the Huron County Health Unit, believed to be the only flood-damaged Premises in the town that is covered by insurance. Huron County Clerk John Berry confirmed Wednesday morning that the equipment, furnishings, records, etc, at the Health Unit are covered under a county all risk policy with Frank Cowan Insurance Company. Public Health nurse Mrs. June Mar tene, Ditshwood, said Monday morning she had "no clue" as to the amount of damage suffered in the office. She said she and her husband, Gerald Marten, along with clerk typist Mrs. Agnes Regan were attempting the mop-up. Mrs. Martene's prime concern was for the records kept at the office concerning immunization for all the children brought to the well baby clinic and all the youngsters in the surrounding schools; medical records; special files about individuals and families under the watchful eye of the unit etc, "These aren't something you can leave out on the lawn to dry," Mrs. Marlene said. Although several Exeter merchants suffered extensive loss in Thursday's flood, most of them were having no trouble attracting customers this week. News of "water damage sales" brought bargain-hunters flocking into most stores — even some of those where there was no water damage. At some of the hardest hit stores, the owners and staff had the disdainful task of turning away customers who arrived Friday morning. They were still too busy cleaning up damage and trying to rescue merchandise that they didn't have time to sell any of the goods. However, most of them were reporting brisk business on Monday and Tuesday, although many of the shoppers wanted the goods for practically nothing, despite the fact some Musk results are announced Results of music examinations held by the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, for students of Mrs. Frank Wildfong were: Theory: Grade 1, Susan McCaffrey, first class honors; Sharon McCaffrey, honors; Grade 2, Susan Davis and Kathy Simmons, first class honors. Piano: Grade 1, Bob Hoffman, honors; Grade 2, Kelly Geiser, pass; Grade 4, Jim Webb, honors; Robert Jolly, pass; Grade 6, Susan McCaffrey, honors; Linda Hern, pass; Grade 7, Kathy Simmons, pass; Susan Tuckey, pass. merchandise was not really damaged by the water. Canadian Tire, whose basement of stock was completely flooded, moved their water soiled goods to their warehouse on James St. and a steady stream of customers were on hand to buy everything from skates to small appliances. Much of the merchandise was winter goods stored in the basement during the summer season. Thursday's storm and flood had a bright side for some people. "IVow I'll have to take this junk to the dump," was the comment of one-homeowner as he sorted through material hauled from his flooded basement. For many, it was a "reason" for cleaning out basements and getting rid of unwanted materials that had been stored there. However, most would have tackled the job with more zeal perhaps had the floods not left an inch or two of dirt and grime behind. Dump "scavengers" also had a field-day when cars and trucks descended on the Exeter dump as local residents got rid of junk or goods too badly damaged by the water to save. As soon as some of this "junk" was dumped, others were there to pick it up, load it into FISHERMAN'S COVE GRAND BEND RIVER RD. S. OF BRIDGE CHICKEN & CHIPS .44 FISH & CHIPS ••• SHRIMP & CHIPS ETC. TAKE OUT ORDERS Phone: 238.2025 Sales continue at Canadian Tire, Dinney Furniture and the Chainway this week. One local merchant reported one lady customer wanted to know what discount he would give on her purchase due to the water damage. When he replied the store had not suffered any water damage the lady became quite upset that she was going to have to pay full price. their own cars and trucks and haul it to their homes. Items that appeared to be of no practical use to anyone were snatched up. Some persons even had assistance from the "scavengers" in unloading their cars and trucks. It gave them first chance. Centralia Farmers Supply. Ltd. Groin • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 Rowing howdy for visitors A family from Exeter, England arriving in town for a few days visit got a roaring welcome, but not the Idled One would normally expect. Mr, and Mrs. Reg Roberts and daughter Dinah intending to arrive at the home of Laverne "Doe Wells on Ann Street were forced to detour before arriving at their destination and found Ann Street a raging river, Despite the appearance of plenty of spectators at the Ann-Williamintersection, the Wells family went ahead 'with supper right on schedule. Mr. Wells said there was a lot of water in the basement but the only actual damage was to his yard. Several cars that were washed down the street seemed headed for the Wells house but at the last minute changed their course and ended up across the street. DASHWOOD Phone 237.3381 or 237-3422 pRTZ • BA RN CLEANER Dig a trench 14 miles long, 18" wide and 12" deep. That's how much ma- nure 50 dairy cows pro- duce every year. Clean out your barn quickly and efficiently with the rugged, dependable Patz Barn Cleaner, GERALD SHANTZ Sales & Service 236-4036 Zurich -OPP. Cpl, C. J. Mitchell has some difficulty getting back into office after the flooded basement was partially pumped out. This car owned by Lester to its resting place. By MRS. G. HOOPER Leonard Thacker and girls were Sunday guests of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Vanexan and Lisa of Baden. his,,.. Mrs. Olive Thomson and Mary Lou were Sunday evening guests of Mr. & Mrs. Blair Fletcher of London. Mr. & Mrs. Fred Petch of Strathroy spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Claire Sisson. All spent Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Grasby, Debbie and Linda of Keswick. Miss Joy Thacker spent the weekend with Miss Brenda Parkinson of Baseline. Scavengers at dump grab discarded junk For TOP DOLLARS For YOUR CROP Deliver Your Wheat and Beans To Cook Bros. Milling Co. Ltd. Phone 262-2605 Hensel) WANTED New Crop . . . WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY Top Prices Paid Call Today W.G. Thompson and Sons Limited HENSALL 262 527