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The Huron Expositor, 1998-01-28, Page 6rr Seaforth Legion Branch 156 members Gwen Harburn, left, Barb Cook, Mary DeJong and Ann - (Fitton photo) Wood prepare the 'fixins' for the branch steak barbecue held Saturday. seamen ■r ries■■ / :'r...■aril 1�. maaaa..t imaim -sal Spotted mistakes X -Files Jan. 21. Page I "it's to bad" should read "it's too had" Dolly McQuaid Page 7 in Scoreboard The pair : Verberne, Coleman should have been Henderson, Coleman, Verberne got the assist Marg Henderson. Page 3, Special -not specila. E. Walker. Farmers from eastern Ontario say thank you Dear Editor: Wednesday, January 13, 1998 myself and fellow OFA Member Service Reps from western Ontario travelled to Cornwall to assist eastern Ontario farmers affected by the ice storm. Working from Cornwall, we travelled each day to specific areas that were still without hydro and in some -cases ,with no phchnes. 1'visited farms in Glengarry, 'Stormont and Prescott, Countic's. Our job was'to assist those farms that had no generators, or were sharing generators with neighbors, and get them in contact with the various gen- erator depots set up by ,OMAFRA. ,Along the. way we also got them in contact with emergency shelters for food and firewood, electri- cians. and repair shops for the numerous generators that were breaking down. Words, alone can't begin to describe ,the impact this storm had on the areas we visited. Mile attar,.mile .of snapped off 1tydro poles. transformers hanging across hydro wires, and trees down everywhere. In total close to 1(1.500 !arms were, affected in the twelve county arca of eastern Ontario, representing 2.5 tril- lion acres of farmland. Those who had generators before the storm were now having to deal .with them breaking 76 years ago down as they are not designed to run for days at a time. We encountered many dairy. farms who for the first couple days of the storm couldn't milk. or who were having to dump the milk because the processing plants were also down. Many herds sharing generators with neighbors initially milking on a rotating basis were only able to milk once or twice every day and a.half. Their main concern was to get power so they could do the chores, and when generators did arrive it still took most•or their time just to do chores as they rotated between running ,milking equipment, hulk tanks, stable cleaners, silo unikaders,, pumps and ,if lucky getting some heat for the house. The toll of doing this for a week or more was certainly wearing down their spirit, as one.1 farmer put it, "we arc powerless in more , ways than one, it's like we've been cut off from the rest of the world." TI,1e concern shown4or their neighbors was Still vett' eCiident; as time and again we were directed to other farms that they felt were worse off "we arc cop= ing but could you please check on so and so tip the road as we hcar'they still don't have a generator" was often the response. There arc too many situs- , tions to describe here as to what we came across, but the underlying message is that wherever we went, farmers wanted to relay the message of thanks to all who orga- nized and sent relief•in the form of generators; food, firewood, supplies, manpow- er etc. Regardless of the farm organization, commodity, church. business or Commu- nity organizations that rallied to send. relief to those affect - 'ed by the storm. a huge thank you from the farmers of east- ern Ontario. Donations continue to pour into the Ontario Rural Relief Fund set up by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the Foundation for Rural Living. The fund will be used to cover the cost of items not covered by insurance policies ' or provincial and federal dis- aster relief program. To make a contribution to the Ontario Rural Relief Fund, donors can call one of four telephone numbers. To make a contri- bution to the Ontario Rural Relief Fund, donors can call one of four telephone num- bers. To make a $25.00 dona- tions dial 1 -900 -6,30 -0025r - for $50.00 donations dial 1- 900-630-0050; for $125.00 donations dial 1-900-630- 0125; and for $250.00 dona- tions dial 1-900-630-0250. Contributions will be charged to the donor's telephone number. Donations can also he dropped off at local branches of the CIBC or Royal Bank. Cheques can he Storm brings Seaforth to its knees BY JACKIE FITTON Expositor Editor With till: outpouring of kindness from area residents to the people of eastern °Ontario and Quebec. Seaforth residents experienced the same 76 years ago. Although not on such a major scale, Seaforth went withoul_power, telephone and any other communica ion with the outside world from Tuesday evening until Saturday evening. While going through the microfiche to type the weekly colu,nn,In Years Agone, this smaller -scale disaster comes from the pages of the ' 1922 Huron Expositor. February 22, 1922 was the occasion of the worst storm the district had seen in many years and resulted in a com- plete disruption ,of electric and telephone. The storm commenced on Sunday Feb. 19 with a hail storm accompanic,d by thun- der and lightening which unfortunately did not last long although the ground was covered with hail stones, 'the average size which were as big as marbles. On Monday and Tuesday thc weather was colder, i1 moderated a little on Tuesday night when a heavy rain set- ing freezing as it fell. On Wednesday morning everything out of doors was covered with a coating of ice. The rain and freezing contin- ued throughout. Wednesday the electric light, telephone, telegraph wires accumulating 01 such a heavy coat of ice that the wires began to fall. taking the poles in many cases with them, while there was scarce- ly a tree in Seaforth left intact. On Thursday morning the ice had all disappeared, but thc vast destruction that was apparent on every hand was almost appalling From Tuesday night until Saturday evening the town was without hydro power or light and was practically iso- lated as far as telephone or telegraph communication with the outside world was concerned. The streets looked as if a cyclone had passed through them. To add to the danger continued on Page 7 a mailed to the "Ontario Rural Relief . Fund," c/o the Foundation for Rural Living, 150 Geddes St. Elora. On. NOB iSO. Tax receipts will be issued to all donors. whether they make their con- tributions through the phone lines or through the founda- tion. 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