The Huron Expositor, 1978-11-02, Page 10SPECIAL FALL DANCE
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1() THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NpvETABER oaf 197.6
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.erendipity
The .4recit:N.Ovombe.t.gale
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opened with a Thanksgiving
poem.'
David Ritnmer •delighted
the ladies with a solo'"Mich-
ael rode the boat aShore".
We plough the fields and
scatter was sung and the
scripture was from Ephes-
ians V. Jane Rimmer intro-
'by Alice Gibb
I grew up on the banks of the St. Clair River ,in a
village, far smaller than Seafor,th, which Toasted
among its' population one full-fledged lake captain, a •
number of sailors and a lot of teenagers whose one goal
in life was to spend their stnt-viers working as
-deckhands on the oil tankers that refueled at the )(will
dock. The ships which plied the lokes 'were almost as
familiar to people in the village as their neighbours -from
the short,, squat Liberian tankers that looked like the 'd
never survive another trip to the long, lean Edmund
Fitzgerald 'which should have been unsinkable.
Almost anyone who stayed in the area for nay. length
of time either knew someone who sailed, had sailed
themselves when'they were younger or else, had,,,stFeret
ambitions to at least own a motorboat which would get
them out on the waves. But among the oldest residents
of the village were those who regarded the river with a
special kind of respect since they remembered the great
Lakes' blackest day • the 9th of November, 1913, when
.snow SqUalls, 60 m.p.h. • winds and a gale of epic .
proportions turned the usually calm lakes into a
deathtrap.
. A (lay or two before the great storm, Mrs. Howard
Macklcy. wife of the second mate on the Charles. S. ,
Price, considered the Great Lakes' most modern bUlk
freighter, ran to the window of her how;c -wthen she
heard the ship's familiar hell() signal. Her husband,
who.had moiled her a letter fro,n Detroit the day before,
had instructed the- helnisnuiii to blow a greeting to his
wife on the horn to signal that all was well. • _ . .
TRAGEDY
Only a few days later. Mrs. Mackley found herself in
• the small, cramped furniture store•funeral parlor in the
'village. of Thedford, praying that the rumors she'd
heard about the Charles S. 'Price going to the bottom
were false. She pulled aside one of the blankets
covering the bodies laid out on tables and chairs in the
store and gasped. The face -she saw belonged to the
steward who had worked with her husband. HoWard
Macklcy's body was never found, but for days following
the terrible Sunday storm, the bodies of sailors- washed
ashore no and down the. Lake Huron 'coast. When the
WE)DDING INVITATIONS
1HE HURON EXPOSITOR
BENEFIT. DANCE
for
BRIAN & LINDA WILSON
(Barn fire Victims)
Vaitastra Recreation Centre
Friday Nov. 3rd
41.
Music By: WONNETTA TRIO'
Ladies please bring sandwiches
fin f tail was in. 235 sailors wen' dead ten ships lost
ainti lighthouses and light ships in Lakes Huron,
.Supertor and Michigan severely damaged. • •
The town of Port Huron. Michigan, where the St.
Clair River empties out of Li! 'c Huron,. sustained
$100,000 worth .of damage alone. in a tiny when' the
dollar bone!), much !nor: than it does today. -
The Huron lightship. anchored two miles, north of
Port Huron. to guide ships into the St Clair narrows.
had bocci torn lose from its heavy anchor during the
fierce 16 'hour storm and 'dragged to the Canadian
shore. The battered creVio of the ship however. survived
- more than many of. their fellow sailors.
• STORM WARNINGS
The month of November on the Great Lakes, before
modern technology invented the icebreaker and
allowed a lonuer shipping season-. had always proved
hazardous to I se freighters. Shipmasters often decided
to risk one or two more trips before the season closed
and exposed their ships and crews to -devasting„storms
ith sleet. high winds and-ice: which turned the -decks
ofAighters into treacherous tests of a sailor's-skill' at
staying on his K..et.
Although heavy gale signals started -flying on the
Friday before the Nov: 9th storm, roost ,shipmasters
wanted to carry one more load. While h few captains
pulled in to avoid the coming squall, most simply noted
the squall warnings and rationalized they'd be safe
once they headed into the open water.
OUTRUN
The decision to try and outrun the storm cost the lives
'of crew-s of some of the lakes' " Largest- t freighters
including the James Carruthers. the 'Charles S. Price
and the Regina as well as the British ship the Wrexford,
a small, sturdy veteran of numerous saltwater gales.
One of the captains who did realize that Sunday,
November 9th was no ordinary day was Captain A.C.
May, captain of the' 550 fool H.B. Hawgood.
• When the Hawgood was pulling out into Lake Huron
from the mouth of the St. Clair, the captain spotted the
Charles S. Price just north of . Sandwich -Beach,.
"Making bad weather" he said later. He also saw the
Regina and the Isaac M. Scott pulling,out into thelake.
The captain decided if eavy ship like the Price was
- Northside U.C.W. held
their fall Thank offering with
president Helen Wilbee in
the chair. Hymn All the. Way
my Saviour leads me was
sung with Mrs. Stewart at
the piano.
Each -member brought a
guest and they were wel-
comedby Mrs. Wilbee. Aud-
rey McLlwain and Jane Rim-
mer of Unit 5 were in charge
of the r,prograrnt Audrey
Help sour
Heart Fund
ENTEkTAINIMNT:
Thurs. Fri. Sat.
on tour
from Halifax
having a bad time in the storm, by now blowing up 35
foot high waves on the lakes. then his ship had better
turn back into port, Although Captain May didn't
realize it. the Huron lightship, which gUided the sniPs
back into the St. Clair River. had 'already been totn
loose from its anchor, The captain tried to steer his Ship
in using the lightship as a guide, and with the faulty
directions, ran the Hawgood aground just two miles
above the mouth of the river. But aground or not, his
decision to turn back saved the lives, of himself and his
crew. The crews of the Price. the Regina and the Scott
all perished in the icy waters of Lake Huron.
On November 14, 1913, the Huron Expositor
reported. "The fir-t blizzard of the season. and it was
the genuine thing. surprised the people on Sunday
afternoon last, and .continued with unabated vigour
throughout the night. the snow that fell was ;oft and
wet, and foiling, on soft ground, there wa4 neither
good wheeling or sleighing...."
But the front page of the paper told a' much more
tragic tale about the storm. Under the heading. "A
Gruesontie Find", was this story:
"Washed ashore by the high waters of Lake Huron,
the bodies of five sailors, eneircled with lifebelts, were
found on Mondiy. morning on the beach five miles
south Of St. Joseph. The gruesome discovery 'was made
by Robert Turnbull, whose farm is situated-upon the
lake shore. At the tine of the gale which swept over the
Great Lakes was still raging and the bodies were
floating about and in the undertow."
The lifebelts worn. by the sailors were stamped
Wrexford of London.
"On Tuesday morning seven more bodies --of sailors
were found by Mr. Bruce Bossenberry and others near -
Grand Bend. These bodies were found within a distance ,
of 4 miles and were apparently from a different crew
than these found to the north by Mr. Turnbull. It is
thought that they belonged to a boat by the name of
Charles S. Price of Cleveland and that one of the menis
the wheelsman; his name is McGinis. The sec en bodies
were taken to Thedord and where they will no doubt ire •
identified."
•. More on the great storm in next week's column.
duced our speaker Mrs. Lunch and a social hour
Vanslyke who presented a was enjoyed.
very interesting talk on
Thanksgiving.
Jane Vincent thanked Mrs.
Vanslyke and Now• thank we
all our God was sung and
Jane Rirnmer offered the
closing prayer.
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GHOSTS AND GOBLINS — This fier ce lookirig crew of costuined•
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McCowan and Dracula, Scott Teal!, all prize winners in Seaforth Public ,
School's Halloween costume party. (Expositor Photo)
Egmondville girls make desserts
The fifth meeting of Turnbull.
Egmondville 1 4-H club was Maple Treasure dessert
held at Darlene Hethering- was demoVrated by Pauline
ton's on Oct. 23. The
meeting was opened by
president Sylvia Woods.
Seven members were pre-
sent. 'Pink Velvet dessert
was demonstrated by. Gail
Wallace,Souperior Steak Was
demonstrated ' by Sylvia
Woods. •
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November 8
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SATURDAY MATINEE
SHOWTIME 1:30
WALT DISNEY'S
"THE ADVENTURES OF
PINNOCHIO"
STARTING SUNDAY NOV. 5.7
MONTE PYTHON'S
"JABEIERWACKY"
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