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TORONTO — 372 Bay Street
BARRIE — 35 Dunlop Strout
ORILLIA -- 73 Misstssaga Street, East
Member: Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ronaid, Jones, son of Mrs,,
.Utd4'?n i ediet, Helena S tre.et,
Winghalat, his wife, the former
Marilyn Murray, a graduate of
the Wingham and District Hos.
pital Training School and their
three .children had a hair-rais-
ing experience when Hurricane
Camille hit Gulfport, Miss.
The Pines family of R. R. 1,'
Inglewood had arrived in Gulf-
port Saturday afternoon tc visit
with his father, a .chief in the •
1,11.5. Navy `eabees., gxp
home Sunday after ,a tout of
duty in Viettaaiu, The mill.
tart' transports from Vietnam
were diverted to a base in New
Jersey when it was known that
the hurricane was heading :Or
Gulfport, They never did see
Mr. Jones but they saw other.
members of the family,
The following account of
the terrifying week -end, was fey.
ported in the Brampton Daily
n survives hurricane
Tulles and Conservator:
Ronald Junes, of R. 11, 1,10'
gle wood , will never forget the
night 11 urricane Camille hit
Gulfport, Miss.
Ile was in the middle of it.
Mi)rc frightening, so were his
..ifc and three young children.
"1'm glad we're back in
good old Ontario... it's the best
part of the cu un tr y in the
uur1d", lie shuddered when he
recounted their experience to
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ROD JONES and his family of R. R. 1
Inglewood 'were huddled inside a U. S.
Navy warehouse when Gulfport, Miss.,
bore the brunt of Hureicane Camille. Here
he reads an account of the death and
devastation caused by the 200 -mile -an -hour
winds, with his daughter Shelley 4nd son
Rodnex. Neither they nor his wife Marilyn.,
nor Rodney's twin, Robert, were injured.
Beim ore Personals
. Mr. and Mrs. Jina Marshall,
recent v is i
Mrs. Norman Newans.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Willi a rilfie`
Mulvey and family•spent es --
day of last week at Londoh
• where they toured Storybook ,
Gardens and•saw other places
of interest. -
Miss Sharon Fitch of Kitchen•
'er,is,spending some time va6a-
Some from Our area attended
the Canadian NationaFExhibi-
don in Toronto last ,veek.
Mrs. Herb Busby, Wendy and
Debbie,. have arrived home
from,.Bolton where they have
been employed at a camp dur-
ing the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. John Abraham
of Don Mr. and Mrs.
kVilliam Abrahain and family
of Pctrolia, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Corrigan and Ruth of Barrie,
Mr. and Mrs. John Worden and
family of St. Pauls, and *M.r.
and Mr's. Jim Creech and fam-
ily, were Saturday guests of
Mrs.. Thomas Abraham. 'The
Creech family have just return-
ed from Hawaii and now leavc
to reside in Halifax where Mr.
Creech will be employed.
Mr, and Mrs. John Kerwin
and family are spending this
week on vacation.
Sunday guests of Mrs. Alex
Sangster were Mr. ahd Mrs .
Rowland Ballagh and Lavonne
of Wingham.
Rev. and Mrs. Jorgensen ol
Mississippi visited last week
with Miss Mae Johann, and oth-
er friends in the area.
• Ken Dickson's home in the
village was the scepe op .Sun -
day of a birthday pap, in,honor,
present included VII Wei -hers '
of the Dickson family, Rev. and
Mrs. Jorgensen of Mississippi,
Mrs. Barbara Dawson of Toron-
; to, and Miss Mae Johann of the
FAMILY REUNION
HELD IN BELMORE
BELMORE--The Darling -
Sangster family reunion was
held in the Belmore Park re-
cently with an attendance of
156. Mr. and Mrs. John Dick-
son and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Ma-
whinney were in charge of the
sports. replacing Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Mawhinney. Mr. and
Mrs. John Aitken were in charge
of the novelty prizes..
Youngest person present was
Brenda Dickson; oldest lady,
Mrs. John Adamson; couple
married longest, Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Harkness; wedding anni-
versary nearest date, Mr. and
Mrs: Ken Dickson; oldest gen-
tleman, Leslie Harkness; lady
with most colours in her dress,
Mrs. Elmer Zinn; largest fam-
ily, George Darling, Wingham;
family corning farthest distance,
Harry Darling, Toronto.
The president and secretary
were elected for I970. They are
John Douglas of Clifford, and
James Darling of Bluevale.
All enjoyed a picnic lunch.
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The Pally•Times yesterday,
You•eould tell he meant it,
The Vii -year-old father was
Shaken by what he saw. So
was his wife, Marilyn and no
one can tell yet what effect it
may have on their children,
twins Robert and Rodne,y, 21,
and 6 -year-old Shelly.
• TORE OFF ROOF
It was no con.solation that
they were inskie a reinforced
concrete and brick warehouse
at the Gulfport naval base, al-
though that certainly saved:
them. Part of the roof was torn
off by thc AO -mile -an -how
winds. They didn't know wheth-
er the whole„thing would blow
away.
And Mr. Jones, a lcadhand
for ARC Structural Concrete, a
division of Armstrong 13ros, here ,
can appreciate that.
The hurricane ripped out,
abaut 10 of the 12-incli con-
crete double -T slabs from .the
roof of. the one -storey building.
The adults pushed the children
beneath the .navy stake trucks
inside the warehouse, fearing
the Oinds would force other
slabs through the gaping holes,
left'by the fallen masonry. None
FORTUNATE ONES
' There were 1,500 men, wo-
men and children huddled in-
side that warehotse besides the
Joneses. They were the fortun-
ate ones who responded to radio
alarms to seek shelter from
their frame ham& before the
storm struck. Many others did
not' heed the warning. Thcy
were killed, injured, or they.
miraculously escaped,. .
To the Joneses, it is a mir-
acle they are back safe at their
ho•mt in Inglewood. 'It's the
home..they would not have left
Abgust 14 if they had been warn-
ed.what to expect when they
reached the Gulfport navalbase,
home of Mr. Jones' father. .
• LESS FORTUNATE'
The Joneses arrived in Gulf-
port Saturday afternoon and
heard the,first hiirricane .warn-
ing over the local radio, at 6
p.m. The warnings continued
all night, advising residents to •
take shelter and to fill their
tubs with fresh water for an
. They took refuge inthe.ware-
' house Sunday afternoon, and the
full fury .of 'Camille struck at 8
, winds took. their toll, but the
navy building stood irs ground.
Less fortunate were the many
frame houses on the base and a
large frame army warehouse,
bloWn to smithereens by the
storm. Two thOusand soldiers
fled to safety in other quarters.
Five of them were killed on the
way.
TOO LATE
Two other large navy ware-
houses.stood vacant nearby dur-
ing the hurricane because resi-
dents had.not taken advantage
of them. By the time Camille
struck, it was too late.
The 1, 500 persons in th e
*warehouse existed on sliced
meat, cheese and lots of milk
for the children: When • that
ran out, they were issued navy
rations by the staff in the build-
ing.
The food ran out Monday af-
ternoon, but by that time, the
storm was leaving Gulfport and.
cutting a 100 -mile -wide swath
in land frbm NeW Orleans to
Mobile, Alabama.
When Mr. and Mrs. Jones
and their children were finally
able to venture outside t h e
warehouse, a bout 6 p. m.• Mon-
day they were met by scenes of
destruction resembling battle: -
fields,
RATHER VIETNAM .
, Servicemen just back from
Viet Nam told Mr. Jones they
would rather'go to the war-torn
country again than facc another
hurricane like Camille.
"We would never have, gone
down there if we had advance •
warning of what to expect, " he
said yesterday. "My advice to
'any future travellers would be
te), turn straight round and go
back home once they hear of a
hurricane. "
When they left, military
teams were still bulldozing out
bodies.
71 don't think they'll ever
find all the bodies... sojne arc
buried under three feet of sand
on the beach, washed up by 20 -
foot tides during the hurricane,"
said Mr. Jones.
They lost a baby stroller
and most of their clothes for
getting hack to Brampton.
His father lost his home and,
at last count, at least 2 30,,per-
sons were known dead and the
total may reach 1,000.
Damage has been set at
around $1 -billion and officials
are estimating it will take years
to rebuild after the disaster.
Loakelet .Personok
Judith Anne Murray spent
last week at Port Elgin with Ms,
ano Mrs. 13ruce Giles and anal
ily Mildmay and Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Giles of Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Giles vi-
sited at the Murray home on
Sunday. Also visiting at the
same home for a few days is
Mrs. Arthiir llossfeld of Walker-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wright,
Valerie and LeaAnne, visited
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. GeO.
casion was LeaAnne's third birth
day.
Week -end visitors with Mrs.
Sam 1Vebber and family were
Mr. and Mrs. Egon Fehr, Mts.
M. 'Keetch, and Miss Doris
St. Helens
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gaunt
attended the 40th wedding an-
niversary dinner for Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Sherwood of De-
troit.• The dinner was held at
the Bedford Hotel, Goderich. '
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McQuil-
lin and Tcrry spent
few days in Windsor with Mr. °
and Mrs. Irvin McCabe. on
Saturday, August 16th Terry
was a guest at the Hyatt -Wil-
son wedding at Leamington.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron
and Mr. and Mrs. Don Camer-
on' and family spent a few days
at Orrville with Mr. and Mrs.
Camekon Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rose and
family of Fin° is visiting wit)
Mr. and MrS. Harvey Webb.
Terry Wilson, John .Andrew
and Douglas Miller -a're holiday-
ing in the Eastem States and
Maritimes.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry. McQuil-
lin and family of Thornhill,
Mr, and Mrs. Ivan McQuillin
and Andrea of Kitchener and°
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sparks of
London. were holiday visitors
Quillin.
Mrs. Mary Taylor of Mea -
ford is visiting with her' S t.'
Helens cousins.
Cook of Oshawa., Mr. and,Mr'S.
James Pritchard Of lialutersron.
mr. and tylis: Laverne Webber
of Kitchener, Mr, and Mrs.
Csordon Cox of Milton, and Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Topping and -
Karen Anne of Waterford.
, miss Linda webbertaS re'
turned home after spending A
few weeks at Milton and Ipper-
Mr. Norman Hall of Ayhtler
and Mr. Norman Dickert of
Kippen spent Friday with Mr„
and Mrs. Irvin Dickert,
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Byler
returnedthome recently after
spending a fcw weeks visiting
relatives in Ohio,
Visiting with Mr, ancl'MrS.
Ervin Reidt on Sunday were /qr.
and Mrs. Glenn Reidt and fam-
ily of Gorrie and Mr. and Mrs.,
Oliver Jacques of Calera.
'Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Noble,'
and family of London ahd
llarvey Heirnbecker and family
of Clifford spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Greenley,
Mr. and Mrs. IvIetzger„ Sr.
and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith ,
of Palmerston visited Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Metz-
ger.
Mr. arid Mrs. Metzger Sr.
and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Srilith. ,
and family .of Palmerston visited
on Sunday with Mr. and MrsEr
Eugene Metzger. '
Church servicei
BELMORE—Morning worship
service was held in Knox Pres-
byterian Church on Sunday.
Rev. Sutherland of Hamilton
was guest speaker, with Rev.
er pastor here, leading in pray-
er. The ladies of the :4enior
choir sang an anthem, Jith Miss
Evelyn Dickson presiding at the •
In Mciniosh United Church,
Miss Lavonne Ballagh of Wing -
ham was guest speaker. Miss,
Laura Inglis played the otgan
and she and Douglas Inglis sang
a duet. Members 'of Sessioh
from McIntosh and Behhore will
be in charge of morning service
next week.
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