Clinton News-Record, 1978-03-30, Page 11•
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Rambling with Lucy
By Lucy R. Woods
London suffered from a severe snowstorm this year
which disrupted traffic, left motorists stranded and some
house holders without hydro or heat. Schools were closed
there longer than in this district.
Bayfield was without mail for two days and school
buses did not run for two days on two different occasions
during the winter .(Remember readers it is now spring
even if the temperature did drop to -12 celsius ttie day
before it arrived.)
Lucy recalls a very bad snowstorm about January 14,
1918 which tied up railway traffic so badly that there
wasn't a train into Wingham for a month.
Grandmother Buchan had come from Durham in 1917
to live with us when the youngest son William F. Buchan
had gone to take the management of a store in Drinnville,
Ontario. She had raised one of her brother William
Lauder's children (Margaret Olive) known as "Dell".
When asked, her name as a little tot she wo ld say
"Maggie Laudell" and at school became kndwn as
"Laudell Lauder". The family shortened it to "Dell".
She had graduated as a nurse from the Toronto General
Hospital and was invited to spend Christmas and New
Years with us.
What brings this storm to mind so clearly is that she
was engaged to Dr. E.P. Lewis, serving with the
university Base Hospital in Greece. She sat up to write a
letter to him at the witching hour of midnight New Years
Eve. She had a friend Miss Anne Griffin R.N. who was
visiting her mother in Wingham. She left Bayfield to
spend a few days with the Griffins and both Dell and
Anne were storm stayed there for a month.
Bayfield did better than that. Jimmy Spackman was
driving a stage for the Ed Weston, the contractor for
carrying the mails to and from Brucefield Station. He
was storm stayed at Brucefield for four days. There were
four trains a day then. The early stage met the train up
from London and waited for the down train which con-
nected at Clinton with the Goderich and Buffalo line.
Two snow ploughs couldn't open the track for four
days. There Jimmy Spackman started out for home.
After meeting the afternoon train on the London and
Wingham run - the old "egg and butter" special as they
were dubbed, he had to rest and feed his horses at Varna
and was advised to stay there overnight but Jimmy
Spackman was not a young man and he was determined
to get home (Those were the days when His Majesty's
mail must get through), and so, he arrived at the Post
Office, housed in Henry Drehmann's trailer shop (which
was burned in November 1922) at 2 a.m. in the morning.
The Sterling Bank was operating here then and Dr.
N.W. Woods, Postmaster, had to get up and go next door
to sort the mail, look after securities for the Bank and
help Henry Brehman assistant make up the out going
mail for the mornings.
In talking to Leslie Elliott the courier on RR 2, Bayfield
whose father William Elliott had been the contractor
before E.R. Weston, he told Lucy that he drove stage to
Brucefield for E.R. Weston commencing when he was 16
years of age.
Leslie Elliott went to Detroit one winter and took a
course in automobile mechanics. Returning to Bayfield
he turned his hand to anything he could do, drawing
horses, helping out on farms and thrashing with William
Reed, Pairline, Stanley.Township.
Lucy recalls him coming into the Post Office half
frozen one winter when he was driving RR 2 for Robert
Blair (His Majesty's mail got through) even though the
courier almost fainted coming into the heated office.
In 1974 Leslie Elliott was presented with a medal for 40
years service in the Postal Department - 1937-1974.
Mr. Dixon the Postmaster at Clinton made the
presentation and told Les he was the second to receive it
in the Huro 'strict.
In 1937 eslie lliott became courier on RR 2 and he is
still ser ing the public in a kindly manner.
Truly he has served his fellow man in many capacities.
He knew how to manage horses and cars in snow, rain
and mud under various conditions over the years. He has
been caught in many a snow storm in the past years.
The roads are ploughed out now, but then it was the
railways that had to be ploughed out before mail was
carried by the mail trucks.
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The Goderich Township atom houseieague team this year pure,, bum/ crow, lett aro Ui , ll! on
Hearn, Troy Falconer, Monty Kelly, Robbie Armstrong, Shawn Ganem, and Jerry
Pickett. Back row are coach Jack Mayhew, Tatra wig, 111C1e Powe l., Gmes C,autter, Ilfan
Mayhew, Dan Horton and coach Rick Frezn1'in_ (News -R photo))
Lioness plan exchange
The Lioness Club has been
asked to assist the Lions' Club
Youth Program so that two
girls can be sent to Texas this
year.
The Lioness' will decide on
this motion at the April 3
meeting.
Also for the April meeting
the roll call is asking each
member to bring the name of
the neighbour she will be
bringing to the May meeting
AllLioness members are
requested to make a fancy
dessert for the dessert bridge
and euchre night on April 4.
- Tickets are on sale from any
Lioness member or at
Graham's Store. The tickets
cost $1 and the evening will
begin at 8 p.m. in the
municipal building.
On March 31, a teen and
pre -teen dance will be held
Comings and
goings.....
• from page 10.
spring break from school.
Mr. H. H. Ormond of
Detroit motored to Bayfield
recently
Lieut Col. Dave Battye and
son Blair of Boston spent a
few days at the home of Mrs.
Jessie Blair.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hut-
chings accompanied the
former's sister and husband
Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore on an
enjoyable vacation in
Arizona. They have now
returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
Turner, New Sarum, were
Easter yveekend guests of his
mother, Mrs. Bertha Turner.
They also visited his sister,
Mrs. Fraser Stirling and
Fraser in Goderich Township
and his brothers Robert and
Walter in Bayfield.
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