The Lucknow Sentinel, 1971-02-03, Page 7WEp. .NESDAY.. FEBRUARY 3, 971.
STORM'
CONTINUED FROM. PAGE 6
Jirtn y Needhan and; Jim: Cathie
• •Vicki and Frankie D ore.
Mrs. Francis °13oyle and family,.
•Wayne N'i ton and his •family and
the Zekverd' Children and Mrs.
i3ucton.Collins and•. Margie and
• • Mrs: ceQrge •'Ernersoo were able
ger home .on Thursday.:
tog..., °
• Folks^in this' area wish to thank.
,all those• who opened their homes
• totheniand their•famlies,to tthose
who ran errands on their. snowrn'o-•
• biles.; -the men who 'worked
through the storm 'to•r.estore hydro
and oP en:roads, the brave bus.
.driv.ers:,and,are•thankful for the:
CKNX Radio station which was •
a boon'to rirany. anxious parents
with theirwonderful.coverage.of
the storm, roads and bus routes.;
Other.tha► making everyone's,
> yard look like .a delicious bowl.'df •
y
whipped•.ctea .rn last .week's storm
didn't have any pleasing effects.
/ •Miss Joyce Elliott was •a,n oven
e t of Mri'.and .Mrs. bor.) • .
o.'
McCosh and Dick on Thursday.
••Mr. and Mrs,` Roy Collins- and.
Dick were'dinner guests of Mrs:
'Wayne Nixon on •Wednesday, , The
Col 1 .i• h•t d Mr
Nixon had a wood' fire. Mrs Nix
•.on•spent Tuesday 'night alone and
•right,�across •they:road Maureen ,L
Collins spent. :the night alone :as
their"husbands were unable'. to get
horde due:'to the•storrn:..:Both '
women thought'.the other•' was •
away.untii, they'sa'w one another's
lights: .
THE. 'L.UCKNOW,. SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
Hydro Big Problem
In S�. Helens Area
ST. IIILCNS. NEWS.
3 MRS. A;LLAN I4IL'LER' ,
• .
Tue:sday, January 26th started,
off as usual in the St:.Helen's '
° conirnu•nity.. •Everyone was•off to
their daily task: Shortly, after,
e<gt>t-thirty, two school buses'
were, studk and: an extreme snow
tblizzard was raging.- .Some child•
ren reached. Brookside school
after ten o'clock and •started for
home again by noon. 'This was
the beginning Of storrn that will
be remembered for. many years'. •
We will.try to relate:some. of the
Si; Helen's °highlights. that took
'place during"the last week irr
January , 1971,
A ro cinxia.te-1- �.-t-w-e.nt students ,
pp. Y �-: ,
from the F , E. Madill High : •.'
School reached home by one
thirty' do Tuesday:Some pupils
were•,carrying hyacinths plants'.
from the .greenhouse to add a
breath of spring to their parents':
homes.. " :With the passing of the :..
next few' Yiours, the storm ;worsen-.
Shortly after five -thirty the
hydro was interrupted' leaving -part
l ans., »c no P;� an 5,
of the Communit
Y y without for the
,
next fort: two`hours. This meant
••-----1\1r arra :Twins:;-R,o�y: Coll -ins
were dinner pests ‘91-1 Sunday of
Mr and hirs, Francis Boyle and,.:
family. and visited. Mr. ' and Mrs..
Cecil' Sutton' and;boys on rriday
evening
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no lights; no water, no'heat and.
labour-saving devices were Use-
less.. Everyone was desperate.
SNOWMOBILES •HELP'
•T11OSE IN NEED
8t. fle n like m i� e `' many Other
le s
.corn m uni-ties- ar_e.blesse—w_ith: _.
. d
some helpful snowmobile:rs. Jhe
?machines lacked 'their; drivers so
Hugh Todd mounted his Boa ski and
went to Highway 86 `to pick, up'•
Allan;`. Cranston., who was; snow
bound. ,Allan•with his Ski -whiz
and 1-iugh later picked up, Ross,,
Errington, at Brookside school. He
was one of they six teachers strand=
ed'at the school.:, These young
risen brought groceries and
supplies .to man' snowbound •
homes; who hal rnan.y drop -;ins.
They also transported many .peop
le to horries;that,still had "a kitch='
en range to resort to One
,passen .er.., an:oc.to .enarian ,• en,
f :x
jo.yed;her first. snowmobile ride. .
AtoPannabecker's store, thirteen `.
guests enjoyed the wood,.fire; f...ur,
others stayed with,the -Rices; five'
,e•njo''yed'thear staywith .Mr, and
Mrs'. 'Woodcock. and Angus Mc
'Donald,'s, opened their home to
six teenagers; Other farm,tifolks
braved the cold and stayed in
their �horries'. . Many report their
'homes,dropped'to 20 degrees
30; degrees; 1 ,So,me enjoyed.a
littlecarr�pstbve; for a�hot,cup•of
coffee, bu't there was very little
-fue-.1 o'r-Tha-rrd4 Qth-ers-wore-their,.
caps and lntitts to! bed :and one.'
octogenarian swore his' overcoat
•
to bed,. +
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S..
S HELE14S! C UPLE
EVACUATED BY'' SNOWMOBILES
WALKED. 2• MILES:
.TQ MEET S,ON
Since the bus was unable to
bring their, five -year Told' son
home on Tuesday!, Mrs',; J,orne
Forster• walked' 2miles to. bring,
.Wray home on a toboggan.. The
road was blocked, and ..the visbil,
ity was nil.,
TWO." MONTH OLD. BABY AND
FAMILY MOVED TO NEIGHBOURS
FRO,M EATLESS- pi° M
Another inciden'.was at the
. t
home:•of Bill. Kinahan's .'.' Jn this'
farnily, there' is a; two-month'.old •
baby. After one.night in heatless.
.home Brll ; Mary and three young
(sons ,Started off on foot to meet
Tom Armstrong with his tractor::
•BabYBillys tucked•`into Plast a ` Was -
is coa.ted•hockey equipment bag
Ito: weather the storm and heslept
peacefully through the ordeal.. At.
Ithe-A r- ri-istrong-horr-me-he--erfjoyed,
;warm' formulas and a cosy home.
:for the next two days.
o MILK COWS GO
148 HOURS BEFORE 'MILKING
"Possibly: 'one storystands out at
y,,l ,.
this point. Ivlr, and Mrs. Earl
Duinii , ' Who both suffer an arthrit-
id condition were 'without •heat, •
The three St: Helen's snowmo.
bilers: called' Wednesday evening,
r but° could not rouse this .couple
who had resorted to clothing and
heavy 'bed cover's to provide
enough; warmth ...:'After ,many
:phone calls they finally made
contact with the.'Durnins. The
,home -Was 20,degrees--and the 4
covers were frozen .frofn: their
breath hitting them,. Snowrno-
ibilers`.provided transportation for
•
this couple to a cosy fire at Wood-
cocks :
animal health service
leadership in
nutrition
•
continuous
research
O
management
skills
growing animal
health service
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LIFE ASSURANCE .AT THE :
A C' ��p
0.0L�� i A r �1t& G -R
SHUR-GAIN.DIAL DOSER
ES LITTLE PIGS.
After waiting 115. days: or, so for .a litter of
• At theBeyersbergen farm:, sixty
Milk cows were not milked for •
over forty-eight hours,. A
four
horse'en ine••brou ht relief whe
n •
;Fred McGee of Winghana •deliver-
ed it to the farm. ,The',milkin_
l•was'just about completed when
theP ower was restored At their
jneighbour , Harold Gaunt's farm ,
twent =six cows were milked: by
y
hand and a fifeplace,provided•
warmth..to many tired aching'arrns
and; backs'from .the orde l.. An
other family' ate'thei•r breakfast
in the warmth of the fainily.car.,
At the farm ;of Lorne Forster's
everything was Overflowing With
.nilk frorn<his dairy herd .:''Inez •
wmptied a large freezer of food, ;
and Lorne, put twe nty.. cans or six
teen hundred pounds of milk into
the 'freezer.' •
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