The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-31, Page 13y. ; 4
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Grandson of Rpl,eyites dies in bus cr y
Early last. Thursday'
morning the, happy boys
and girls gathered at
Weston' Collegiate in
Northwest Metro.
Toronto, •This was the
time for their annual
outdoor activity day.•
Plans had been made to
hold it as usual at the
Honey Pot ski slopes near
Maple just .north of the
city. However, the
January mini thaw
which started last
Wednesday afternoon
putting the temperature ,a .
couple of degrees above
freezing and then rain
falling in Toronto made I
last minute change in
plans necessary. Around
six in the morning the
students, • eager and
excited with a day out of
the clas'sroorns ahead,
boarded seven buses and .•
headed north on Highway
•400 to Barrie and then
onto the narrow -two lane
extension, of 400, which
was to be widened last
year. Besides three miles
north there is a sloping
"S" • shaped curve.
Locally it is a well-known.
treacherous spot seven.
crashes there in the past.
two years and one person
killed there last year: By
this time it seems that
two buses Were away
:ahead or tookanother
road. That left `• five'
travelling together more
or less. The 'firs[ one in
this • group made the
double curve- alright and
on to St Louis another 15:
miles... or so But ;unseen:
death was riding •.on the
second one. From.
diagrams °-anddotted
lines showing its path .it.
must have 'gone into a
skid on . the first curve
which was sloping down
hill, back across theiroad
On Saturday it was
mentioned in •a newscast
that .the ::bus driver said
that he then had, the skid
under control, hut he was
in the .path -of, a 'south
bound . 'tan•ker' truck
loaded with flour.
Have youever been in
such` a situation where
just for an instant you can
seethe accident coming
but cannot get out of the •
way? Time has run out?
If you have, then with the
writer, you will un-
derstand but you will
never forget it,
The cab of the . tank
truck sliced into the
middle rear of the bus
smashing it into pieces
and throwing .seats with
students clear out onto
the made, The day of fund
and skiing at Mount Saint
Louis.15 miles to the north
was ' gone. On the High-
way crash scene, the first
police officer to arrive
said it was the worst
thing he had ever seen in
\his life. Ambulances
came from seven com-
munities. Five of the less
seriously injured were
taken to Seidier's
Memorial Hospital • in
Orillia.Other ambulances
took 24 of the injured to
the Royal Victoria
Hospital in Barrie where
..doctors and nurses
rushed to examine',
assess, and treat the
injured: The most,'
.critically injured were
rushed to Toronto
hospitals by helicopter
ambulances-, Two of these
were shown settling down
on the landing area at the
Sick Children's Hospital
and .another :one at
Sunn brook Hospital.
Othe • were taken . by
ambulance to Humber
Hospitaland Toronto
General. Three boys and
a,girl:lay' dead - covered'.
with blankets at;the crash
site:
,;The • parents' of the
students made: their way
to•the school to seek news
about the safety of .their
Children.. Two' of: these ..,
mothers going to Weston
Collegiate were Mrs.
Murray Cameron and'
Mrs. -Jim Mills, first
cousins - the former Oral
Finlayson and.: Mary
Smeltz'er, of. Huron
township and : graduates
of the Ripley District
High School. The parents
'. ,filled the halls _as they
anxiously awaited any
news. They were in-
structed by the principal
to wait in the school
auditorium -As bus after-
bus
fterbus of the remaining six
arrived, parents clasped
their children thankful
for. their safe return,
Mary's son Blair was one
of those on the six buses.
Not so`for Oral, there was
no son to clasp, only
shock and tears of grief
as her son Scottwas one
of the four dead at the
crash. While many in this
area listened to'the late
•ni.ght news on. Thursday,.
they heard the name but
thoughtthat it couldn't
be. On Friday morning
upstreet in Ripley people-
learned for sure .that,
Murray and- .Oral -
Cameron had lost their
only son. To therm goes
our heartfelt •sympathy..
and ,that of this whole
community. Once they
were our students • as
were Murray's brothers
Gordon, of Pine River and
Delmer", of London and.
Oral's sisters Mrs.
Verene (Alvin) Thom-
pson of Kincardine
township and Mrs.
Marilyn (Bob) Johnston
of Ripley, . Our sympathy
also , goes' to Weston
Collegiate for. twice in
1967. the students and,
teachers here ex-
perienced that paralyzing„
,numb feeling. as.tragic
deaths removed students
from. the Ripley District
High School:
The funeral service for'
Scott James Cameron •of.
Weston was "'held last
Sunday '''afternoon,
January 28, 1979 at the
MacKenzie McCreath
Funeral Home in Ripley.
Rev. •Bob Putman of
Reid's. Corners, Minister
of . both Pine River and
Bethel :United, Churches
conducted • the , service
which had a large at
p tend'ance: The ' service
Was • carried, to ''those
Outside in cars : over ' a
P.A. system, On the calm
afternoon.. it . Would ..be
clearly . heard upstreet.
FARM SUPPLY BONUS
IT'S CO
here in . Ripley. •The
procession of carsmade
their way down the main
street then to Ripley
cemetery for temporary
winter entombment in
the chapel there. Spring
burial will be in the
Ripley cemetery.
During Saturday af-
ternoon and evening
many people called at the
Funeral Home. The coffin
was banked and all
across the front and back
with . floral. wreaths,
Scott, in his 16th • year,
was born in Hamilton on
September 4, 1963 when
•.his parents Murray and
Oral resided in Dundas,
and as mentioned before
he died on Highway 400
extension near Barrie
.last Thursday morning,
January 25, 1979. Sur-
viving are his parents of
Weston, his sister Susan
of Prince George, British
Columbia, • his two
grandmothers Mrs.
Violet (Peter) Cameron
of Pine River and Mrs.
Verna . • -(Orville)
••Finlayson ' of' Ripley,
besides his aunts, uncles,
and cousins: To all we
extend sympathy at this
sad time •sof their
bereavement.
'.fohnny MacKay ` is
back home to his apar-
tment in '• Huron Villa,.
Ripley, after spending a
few weeks' vacation in
Detroit. .
The Canvass for
•. donations .to the March of
Dimes. campaign will be
cgnduCted in •, Huron
•township, and Ripley =.by '
mail, .this .year, Mrs.
Nadine Danforth of Point,
Clark_ . is the local
chairman and the ladies
of .the Ripley Huron,.
Legion Auxiliary will
assist The March of
Dimes into help disabled.
persons. Darryl S•ittler
'captain "of . the Toronto
Maple.' Leafs is the
Honorary Chairman:
Mrs. Danforth' and
assistants will be sending
out letters .this week; ,
Word was received of
the passing of Mrs. Annie
ING
FROM Monsanto
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(MacLeod) Calder of
innisf ail, . Alberta,. The
late Mrs. Calder was in
her 99th year. 'The. last of
a family. of 10 born to
Edward MacLeod and
Isabella Murray she was
born and raised in Huron
township. She married
George Calder in 1921 at*
Olds, Alberta. She is
survived by two step-
children, several nieces
and nephews. Nieces in
this area are Adelene
Hackett • of .Ripley,
Florence MacKenzie '.of
Lochalsh and Isabelle
MacKay of Lucknow.
Early last week' several
Ripley people were sorry
to learn on reading the
Free Press newspaper
about the death of Dr.
Lloyd Hession of London.
As a specialist in St.
Joseph's ;Hospital over
the years, the late Dr.
Hession had treated
patients from this .area.
The notice of his passing
was reported to be in.the
paper of January 22 but
the writer does riot have it
so no.lfurther details are
known to him
With Mrs. Gladys
Cameron in 'Kincardine,
this 'past weekend were
her • daughter Kathy'
Cameron of. London and
also her brother and wife
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Huston. . They attended
the funeral of Scott'
Cameron in Ripley. • •
A confirmation . and
baptismal " service was.
held last Sunday morning
at St .Andrews United -
Church in `Ripley. Joining
prey
:�.ekey
by confirma
Lorna: Middelktionamp were anal
Bill Vander Wal while
three children were
'baptized..•
They were Christena
Anne Vander Wal,
daughter of '.Bill and •
Dianne Vander Wal, Amy
Marjorie Jean Alice
Middelkamp, daughter of
Albert. and Marjorie
Middelkamp, and Ryan
Allan McCharles, son of
John and Mary Anne
McCharles•of Petrolia. A
specially fine duet was.
sung by sisters • Mrs.
Gayle Bell and Mrs.
Janice Hodgins both of
Ripley. Rev. Jim Bushell
spoke on the topic •" We
believe in Heaven". On
February 11, after the
morning service a pot
luck dinner will be.served
and the annual meeting of
the congregation will
fol
Rolow.bert 'van,
Horne of
Ripley who lives in .the
former Gemmel house on
McGill Street next to Mr.
and • Mrs. George
Dickieson's home is•.`the
new ` Fuller Brush man
and is already snaking
house calls.•. '
Mrs: ' Margaret
Gemmell passes• along
the date , of the next
monthly meetingof the
Ripley W;ornen's
Institute. It. will •be this
Friday February 2: at the
home. of Mrs. Frank Scott
at one thirty in the af-
ternoon.
f terrioon: For roll call.
• members • are asked . to
bring along a half .dozen'`
metric cookies with
,. recipe.,
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The Atom -`A" 'squad
won their first game this
• week, by .° a tight 1-0
margin_ : Jeff Gamble and
:Doug .•Hawrylyshyn
combined for :the lone
tally in the second period.
At home to Lucknow the
-,next night, they proved to.
be good hosts, losing 4-2.
Clint .Twolan,. from Jeff
'Godfrey, opened the
scoring' in :the second
period, and Jeff.Godfrey,
assisted .by Clint Twolan'
and . Steven Keelan,
:
scored the last goal of the
game:
The Atom "B" boys
were fefeated by
Mahoods 3-0.
John; Forster, from
Andrew ;Bir tie, scored
the only Ripley goal in a
game .With Kiitie Pee Wee
"B"s, They were
defeated 31. The next
game with .'.Broadway
ended in a,3 all tie. Mike
Nicholson . scored all 3
Ripley, goals, withassists
fromGreg Dahmer, Mike
Clement and Bob. Black-
well:
In Bantam "A'acfion,
it was Ripley 6'.;
Teeswater 1. C•amille.
Poirer and Paul Irwin
each scored twice and
Made 1 assist,',. Kevin
Boyle one goal' „and one
assist, and Mervin Storey
one goat Terry Lwin
[made • 3 assists,. Dave.'
Gamble 2, and Harold •
'•Feet. and Ian 'Elliott 1 a
piece.
Children's
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