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The winter's worst 'storm to date
hit this • area on ° Sunday and
Monday witlino sign ofa lessening
aS thi's was written in mid afternoon
Monday.
Once again school children had a
holiday from schobl as the roads
becaine impassable and visibility
was cut down to nil for most of two
days. , ' School bus drivers, who
must be some of the most heavily
45 Unexpected
Overnight Guests
After Bus Slides
Into The Ditch
John MacKay of Kintail, on
highway 21, had a few unexpected .
` guests abeut ,midnight on Sunday,
January 25th. ° -
Forthose who can remember the
storms, we've had so many of
'them, this was the freezing rain',
and Sleet storm which paralyzed
the area that Sunday.
A bus load of 45 skiiers' from
Flint, Michigan were returning
home from Blue Mountain at
Collingwood when their bus slid off
the road on. Highway 21.
They sought shelter at 'the farm
of Mr. MacKay. -
• John, a bacheler, is not 'used to
such Company, 45' at a tithe, but he
reports that he enjoyed their .visit,
and they were most appreciative of
his home as shelter from the storm
that evening.
The: bus lost *its heating , and
defrost system and a call was put
through to Flintier anothee bus to
pick them up. The, group of 45,
which included high school stud-
ents, male and female, as.well as a
few adults, left the MacKay hotne
about 8 a.m. the, following morning
after; spending the night wherever
they could find a place, on the
floor, on the beds, in Chairs, or
wherever.
loaded with' responsibility. in, this
weather, did not have to venture
out the firSt of the week. On many,
many eccasioris during January,
bus drivers struggled' through the
early. morning driving , problems.,
delivered the students to School,
only to be called back by noon hour
to deliver them home when
weather 'conditions became more
unfavourable. . •
A note in the, Ripley-HurOn
School news this week 'indicates
that their school has not completed
one full, day during" the • month of
January,. Either 'the buses did not
run at all or the children were'sent
,home early because of threatening
weather conditions. ,
• Talking to a teacher at Brdokside
Sahool, we learned that Monday of
this week was the 9th full day of
"no classes" at that school with the
students, on several other days,
being sent home early because .of.,
poor weather reports. •
Lucknow's main street was lined
with cars very early Monday
morning of this4 week. Many of
these were stranded Motorists; en
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REMEMBER WHEN! The great
snow storm .of 1947, when snow
was as high as the telephone poles,
is often referred to by village
'residents.. A Canadian 'National
Railways plow, trying to open the
"Henderson cue' north of the
second concession of Kinloss, was
derailed.
Pictured,,far left, is Jack McCall
and in, the foreground John
Jamieson and Bill' Fisher, all. of
Lucknow.
The plow was powered by four
steam engines. The plow and two
engines were derailed and the back
two engines remained on the track.
A derrick was brought to the scene
and aided by about 100 men, all
hand shovelling.
The "Henderson cut" was 400
feet long with a depth of about 20
feet of snow.
A real life, drama was enacted at
the height' of the storm early
Monday morning when Mrs. Ian
Thomas, 27, of the 6th concession
of Huron Township gave birth' to a
son, in Kincardine Hospital.
Sunday and Monday's snow
storm,, accompanied by high" winds,
'completely blocked some roads and
made visibility impossible, in other
areas,, particularly, communities
close. to the lakeshore.
From .. about 4 a.m. on early
Monday morning, the Thomas ,
•4 A $1,000 Wmtario grant is being
'made to the Trinity United Church
Women, Ashfield Township, to
develop a history b lot* on 'the.
Township of Ashfield. Culture' and
Recreation Minister Robert Welch
made the announcement. '
The 33 member group will use
the funds, to help , collect and
compile a written and pictorial
'history of the township. .The
history will highlight the people,
places and flavour of Huron County
through old photographs, Wits,
household was in a state of concern
when Mrs. Thomas first realized
her child 'was about to 'be born.
Working as a team, the' township
and provincial 'snow removal brews
plowed their way to the Thomas
dairy farm early Monday morning'
with an ambulance and the. Ontario'
Provincial Police following. The
plows, ambulance rand polite then
made the trip back to. Kineardine
Hospital, arriving at about 10.40
a.m. 'The baby was born about 20'
CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
diaries and 'newspaper clippings.
•
-The women's group will. gublish
the bOok JOcally and use the sale
proceeds to aid missions through-
out the world.
The ministry, through the Share
Wintario 'program, has to' date
provided $6.2 million to more than
215 cultural and recreational
groups and facilities throughout
the province. The grant funds are
made available • from the net
proceeds of, the Ontario Lottery.
Barbara. Cameron who was thanked
by,. president"Jack Afton. Grace
was said by" Rev. Glenn: Noble of
Lucknow Presbyterian Church. Bill
Andrew expressed thanks to Trin-
ity United Church Wdmen for
catering to .the beef dinner. Mrs.
CheSter Hackett replied for the
ladies.
Head 'fable guests were intro-
duced by vice president Merle
Gunby. They included director
Blake ,Alton .and Mrs. Alton; •
director Terry Dalton and Mrs.
Dalton; Bruce 'Chambers. '.United ,
Co-operatives of Ontario ;Director
for Western Region; director Bill
Andrew and Mrs. Andrew; manag-
er Lloyd CraWford and Mrs.
Crawford; secretary Charles Wilk-
ins and Mrs. Wilkins president
Jack AltOn and Mrs.- Altbn; Mrs.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
route to work at Douglas Point, who
found the weather -condition's so
poor that they ventured .no further
than ,Lucknow,.Thy 'Mayfair
,Restaurant. was full of stranded
travellers all morning. Many of the
men were Point workers who were
on the street when the Mayfair
opened.
The Bruce , County Highway
removal crew, as welt as Huron
County, were. off the roads at 'the
worst of the storm. the provincial,
CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
Close to 200 people attended the
annual• meeting, banquet and
dance of the Lucknew District
Co-operative on Tuesday night of
last week.
The Co-op registereda"substant-
ial increase ih sales this past year.
Sales increased $458,628 to a
06
About Twenty Minutes To Spare
As Stork Hampered By Weekend
Snow Storm, Second Son Arrives Safely
Not•Sqving.s. $101,009 hittease„111...Coop Sales
Approaches one-Half
record $1,823,031. According to Directors declared a dividend or
the report .of president jack Alton, member business of 3% Of this
the'main increase was in the sale of amount, 11/2 is to .be paid in cash
fertilizer for approximately 1000 and 2% deferred and applied to
more tons sold than the year loan certificates. The 1% paid in
'cash amounts to $16,000 while the
Net savings for the year ended deferred pOrtion tetals $32,000.
October 31, 1975 were $101,000. The pre dinner music and 0
Canada were played by pianist