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The Goderich Good Cheer Skate, held Sunday at the Goderich Arena, raised 12 bags of
groceries and $45 in cash donations. Holding some of the donated canned goods, which
will go to the area needy, are Jason Pennington, Ryan Allen, and Marnia Overholt
(kneeling). (photo by Sam Kinsman)
Martha recounts some stories
of friend from, Port Albert
I have a display of my paintings at the
mall for just another week. You'll like them,
I think.
I have some stories from a friend for you
t at will bear repeating. He lives at the bend
o e Nine Mile River in Port Albert, quite
close to the Lake. One nite the wind was up
to 30 knots and huge waves werebreaking
on the beach. About 2 a.m. he checked the
driveway to see if he should move the car to
higher ground. The dock out front was under
water but on checking later the garden, only
tops of our tomatoes were showing in that
swamp. He was wishing he had planted
watermelons!
At daylight the cabbages were in a bad
way and he decided" if the vegetable garden
was to be saved the water level in his yard
must be lowered. In Port Albert you don't
call in the engineers, it is a do-it-yourself
project, so at 6:30 a.m. as he was about to
head for the lake, his wife called "Wait for
me, I'm going too." No breakfast. Nothing
like a good 'dig' to give them an appetite for
bacon and eggs.
The sun was peeping over the hill as they
started out with rubber boots and shovels.
Because of the high water, they had to drive
around thru' Port Albert to get to the other
side of the river to reach the sandbar that
blocked the rivers' outlet. Sand often com-
pletely blocks the outlet of the river. Selec-
ting the right spot and angle opposite the
road at the foot of the hill, they began to
open a small channel thru' the sand.
Soon they had a stream 'of foot wide flow-
ing the 45 metres from the river into the
lake. Often a huge wave would toss half a
ton of sand back into their "dig" and stop
the Clow, but they kept their "hydraulic
system in operation." On occasion it has
been possible to lower the river one foot per
hour by this method.
Can't you just picture these two people, at.
dawn, slugging heavy wet sand? But, as
they said, "Nothing daunts a couple of old
clam diggers, when a garden full of vegies.is
at stake." And as he said on that July 12 of
'78 - "It was wetter than The Orangemen's
past parade celebrations."
Later they decided to reclaim some of the
wetland that was adjacent to the cottage to
make a vegetable garden in order to cope
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With Martha Rathburn
with inflation. Fourteen yards of gravel was
hauled in for base fill and seven yards of top-
soil for the top. Tomato and cabbage plants
were set out with peas, beans and lettuce.
The garden was doing nicely for three weeks
prior to the water coming in, again.
However, water wasn't the only thing to
come in, for with it came an influx of fish.
The river is full of carp which spawn at this
time of the year, and with the rising water
the scavenger fish swim up the small creek
adjoining their property and infiltrate the
swampland.
It is impossible to describe the threshing
of the water as these huge fish chase one
another thru' the swamp. When the water
level returns to normal these whoppers
must find their way out thru' the narrow en-
trance. In mose cases, many of them are
trapped, people try to transfer them to the
river or there is a "strong stench" and the
offending scaby creatures must be buried.
The shovels again!
My friend found the carp were holding
their rodeo thru' his half submerged cab-
bages. With his rubber boots on and his fish
net — dip net, he began stalking the in-
truders. With one swipe he netted two carp
and in three swipes captured six. So he toss-
ed them back into the river, then he noticed
a huge one - a grandaddy. He netted him o.k.
but the handle broke and he had to drag
him thru' the garden, to the grass where his
wife took pictures of the brute standing in
the cabbages - the fish, that is.
A young lad would have taken it home but
he couldn't lift it, couldn't even drag it with
a rope. So it was tossed -into the river where
it swam away. Later it washed upon shore
and the racoons had fresh fish instead of
raiding the garbage pail. He is now an
authority on handling fish with cabbage.
Love Martha.
Sunday School in charge of
church service at Holmesville
HOLMESVILLE - The Homesville United
Church was decorated beautifully for the
Sunday morning by the youth group of the
church. The Sunday School had full charge
of the service. The choir was also all
children. Greg Lobb was the leader.
The children presented a skit called .the
Stable Mouse. Francis Sturdy played the
stable mouse. Tessa Steentra was the
mother mouse. All the small children were
dressed as mice and they sang, Away in a
Manger, and Jesus Loves me. Readings
were all done in unison.
The collection was taken by two children.
All gifts go to Family Services.
Following the service, coffee and lunch
was served by the children.
Enterprising Seniors News
Forty-six enterprising seniors had the
Christmas dinner at the White Carnation
Thursday.
President Ed Deeves asked Mervyn Lobb
to give the blessing, followed by a turkey
dinner with all the trimmings. They had one
little guest, Cleoha Norman of Kitchener.
Following the dinner, Edward Deeves
called on the staff of the White Carnation
and thanked Sandra Orr for the dinner.
All those present to the community centre
for a short meeting with Edward Deeves in
charge.
Charlotte Norman played the piano for the
opening. Roll Gall was taken and minutes
were read by secretary Alice Porter.
Marion Powell reported a sympathy card
sent to Bert McCreath on the loss of his
sister. Helen Lindsay gave the treasurer's
report. Stan Mdlwain gave a report on the
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Blanche Deeves, 492-9536
meeting at Huronview before adjourning.
Mary Stirling and Marion Powell were in
charge of entertainment. Jean and Mervyn
Lobb sang a duet. Helen Lindsay led in a
sing song of carols.
Mary and Marion had two lively gams in
the big hall to end the day with each getting
a surprise gift.
The evening unit of the UCW , of
Holmesville United Church will meet in the
church hall on December 15.
Eastern Star
quilt winner
Michael Stiles of London was the winner
of the 'Order of the Eastern Star,
Bluewater Chapter 284, quilt draw, held
Monday night. The quilt, completely hand-
made by honorary member Marjorie
Jackson, was in a Star of the East design.
Worthy matron Marjorie Kernick drew the
winner.
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