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Although Emerson Edwards receitred a pocket watch along with a clock and
barometer from Boyes Transport, he won't have to be so concerned about the
time anymore. Emerson is retiring this Friday after spending 30 years with the
trucking firm. Although he will no longer have to think about getting to work on
time, he still plans to help out at Boyes by loading trucks. (News -Record photo)
• Dedicated reporter learns
not tofight elements
•
She's not very bright, at least when it
comes to winter driving.
Like many other people, she'll
stubbornly try to bear the elements to
reach her destination despite the
weather reports arad a glance out the
window,
An attempted Monday morning
journey from Goderich to Clinton
`proved to News -Record reporter
Shelley McPhee that staying put in the
winter blizzard is more advantageous
than trying to fight old Mother Nature.
"I'm still shaking," admitted a snow -
soaked McPhee.
"You'd think that I'd know better
than to drive on a day like that," she
said.
Shelley is headstrong, and slightly .
impatient, two traits that are hazar-
dous to a person's mental and physical
health, especially in the winter.
So, despite warnings from her
mother and the radio, she set off in her
red. Dodge Dart Monday morning to
head for work at the Clinton News -
Record.
"I have trouble enough driving in
clear weather, but that trip was
ridiculous. I'm surprised I made it as
far as I did," she laughed.
"I- thought that I'd just head out of
town and see what it was like and if it
looked too bad I'd just turn around."
However, her strategy didn't quite
turn out as planned.
"After I got started, I realized that I
couldn't even turn back without getting'
stuck or hit by another car," she
remembered.
"When I ploughed into that snowdrift
by Taylor's Corners I didn't think I'd
have any choice but to stop, I couldn't
see a thing. The car was completely
buried in snow but I just kept my foot
on the gas pedal until I came to a clear
spot where I could brush the windshield
off."
What amazed Shelley more than the
blinding snow and her sheer deter-
mination to keep going, rather • than
stopping and crying, was the fact that
other people were out on the roads too.
"I kept wondering where they were
trying to get to, could it really have
been that important to be out driving in
weather like that?" she questioned.
Then she thought, "I guess I'm just
as 'bad. I'm a _dedicated worker of
course, but I was• more concerned
about getting to my apartment in
Clinton to water my neglected plants,"
she joked.
The plants may have died, but at
least Shelley made it through, not to
Clinton mind you, but back to
Goderich. At the Holmesville hill, her
car and at least a dozen others were
turned back. An accident would block
the highway for the next six hours.
"Although 'I was upset because I had
made it that far, I was grateful too that
I wouldn't have to go any farther by
myself."
It was a comfort for Shelley to be led
back to Goderich by an ambulance and
a convoy of cars and trucks.
"Even though at times you couldn't
even see the ambulance's flashing
lights, I was only the second car
behind, and it was good to know that
they were just ahead. We were all
going through the same thing
together."
She added, "I'm just sorry that the
OPP and the ambulance drivers had to
be out on a day like that. If it weren't
for us crazy drivers, they could have
been home as well."
The Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic
School Board
K1NDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
HURON COUNTY
SCHOOLS
Si. Joseph's School (KINGSBRIDGE)
Mr. David Zyluk, Principal
RR No. 3, GODERICH (529-7446)
Thursday, March 29, 1:30 PM - 5 PM
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Mr. Gary Birmingham, Principal
RR No. 3, (Mount Carmel)
DASHWOOD, ( 2137-337)
Tuesday, March 27, 9 AM - 5 PM
St. Joseph's School
Mr. Donald Farwell, Principal
169 Beech St., CLINTON (482-7035)
Monday, February 19, 9 AM - 6 PM
Precious Blood School
Mrs. Esther Rau, Principal
Saunders St., EXETER (235-1691)
uesday, February 20, 1 PM - 5 PM
St. Mary's -School
iss Betty Clark, Principal
0 Beeinett St., E. GODERICH (524-9901)
onday, March 12, 12 Noon - 5 PM
uesday, March 13, 12 Noon - 5 PM
t. James School
ister Theresa Mader, Principal
halk St., SEAFORTH, (527-0321)
ednesday, March 14, 9 AM - 12 Noon;
3:30 PM - 5 PM
PERTH COUNTY
SCHOOLS
St. Patrick's School
Mr. Larry Cook, Principal
Mill St., DUBLIN, (345-2033)
Thursday, February 15, 9 AM - 5 PM
St. Patrick's,School (KINKORA)
Mr. Ennis .,Murphy, Principal
RR No. 1, SEBRINGVILLE, (393-5580)
Wednesday, March 28, 1 PM - 4:30 PM
Hally Name of Mary School
Mr. Leo Turner, Principal
161 Peel St., ST. MARYS (284-2170)
Tuesday, February 27, 2 PM - 5 PM
St. Mary's School (HESSON)
Mrs. Florence McDonald, Principal
RR No. 4, LISTOWEL, (595-8929)
Thursday, March 1, 1PM - SPM
Immaculate Conception School
Mr. Michael Dewan, Principal
15 Well St., STRATFORD, (271-9936)
Tuesday, February 13, 1 PM - 5 PM
St. Ambrose School
Mr. Paul Nickel, Prinicipal •
181 Louise St., STRATFORD (271-7544)
Tuesday, February 13, 1 PM - 5 PM
Sacred Heart School St. Joseph's School
Mrs,, Mary O'Malley, Principal Mr. Adrian Ponstsioen, Principal
363 St. Vincent St., STRATFORD (271-3574)
Box 68, Cornyn St., WINGHAM, (357-1090) Tuesday, February 13, 1 PM - 5 PM
Friday, February 9, 1PM 5:30 PM
Friday, February 16, 1 PM - 5:30 PM
t. Boniface School
• ister Louise Lowry, Principal
Box 128, ZURICH, (236-4335)
uesday, March 6, 9 AM - 5 PM
•
St. Aloysius School
Mr. Sam Alberico, Principal
228 Avondale Ave., STRATFORD, (271.3636)
Tuesday, February,13, 1 PM - 5 PM
Kindergaiten children need to be 5 years of age on or
before December 31, 1979. PLEASE BRING BIRT r'
CERTIFICATE, SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER, Ir
I AVAILABLE, O.H.I.P. Number, Immunization Cards
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979—PAGE 3
People in Profile: Emerson's done truckin'
by Shelley McPhee
Emerson Edwards,' career may not
have been as glamorous or as exciting
as ,depicted in the movies, but his job
was interesting enough to keep him at
it for several decades.
This Friday, Emerson will endlhis 30
year job as a trucker with Boyes
Transport in Clinton.
"They're pretty good people' over
there," he noted, "They had a really
lovely evening for me." -
The drivers and workers. at 'Boyes
gave their retiring friend and em-
ployee, known as Em, a dinner at the
Elm Haven on January 27 and
presented him with a barometer and
clock along with a pocket watch.
With his wife Mildred living at
Huronview and his four children
grown, Ern cannot entirely give up his
life at Boyes Transport. The 65 -year-
old man will_, continue to load trucks a
few hours each day.
"I'll do it just to pass the time," he
said.
"I've never really had the chance to
have a hobby and I've got nothing in•
mind to do," he said.
Trucking has been this Colborne
Township native's life. Although he •
tried a bit of farming, Em has been in
the transportation business for the past
35 years.
"Once it gets in your blood you can't
quit. There's something about
trucking, I don't know, it just
fascinated me," he tried to explain.
Fascinating? Working all night,
driving loaded tankers of salt to
Toronto in all kinds of weather and
getting into the occasional accident,
well Em doesn't mind it.
The comradeship between the
truckers on the road makes it all
worthwhile. Despite the fact that Em
didn't have a CB radio he said they're
too noisy - he is still able to help and be
helped by other truckers when needed.
"A morning like yesterday (Monday)'
pays off to have help from other
truckers," he said.
He went •on, "All the drivers are
really courteous, even though some car
drivers don't think so. You help one
another out. If a trucker pulls out to
nass and there's a tight spot to get into
you just lay back to let him in."
Em prefers night driving, "I've
always done night driving. That's the
best time to travel since there's not as
much traffic.
Even so, Em has had his share of
accidents.cOnse he was off work for
nearly four months after putting a
truck through a Seaforth store wall.
The accident occurrred after another
vehicle ran a red light, the axle on
Ern's truck was broken and he had no
choice but to head for the store. The
truck's cab was completely
demolished.
Another unforgettable accident
occurred in Mitchell when a farmer,
coming out of his laneway hit Em's
truck. Em tried to swerve out of the
way but couldn't.
"I guess I must be a good driver," he
modestly admitted "but I'm probably
not much better than any of the other
guys on the road."
Em learned driving at' a later age
than many others. As a youngster there
was no vehicle on his family farm but
after he was married, he learned to
drive in his first car, a 1926 Chevrolet.
His first truck driving experience
came when he used to travel with a
Guenthe,r trucker on routes up around
Goderich and Carlow. He then drove a
gravel truck and worked with Guenther
before going to Boyes.
That's Emerson Edwards' life,
trucking, and he's not quite ready to
give it up yet.
County not bothered by bed cuts
BY JEFF SEDDON
Warnings that •bed cuts in Huron
County's five hospitals will cost count
i atepayers more money in the next few
years did not seem to bother Huron
county council at their recent meeting.
Dr. Brian Lynch, the county medical
officer of health, told council on several
occasions that dollars saved by the
province through proposed bed cuts
stuck in
the middle
Shelley
by mcphee
Well ladies and gentlemen, here's
an answer to your age old problem of
growing old.
You'll be happy to know that the
secret to eternal life has .been
discovered. No, it's not the fountain
of youth, it's a new formula that
comes out of' Russia.
The elixir to keep you ever young
comes from none other than the
little old gooseberry.
According to the Russians, it's just
not a regular gooseberry that can be
used. The fruit must be unripe, and
when squeezed, the "valuable"
juices can be used to prevent old
age.
Research at Moscow's Institute of
Biological Physics has shown that
the acid in the fruit can lirevent
disintegration of body cells.
Therefore old age and some illnesses
can be prevented.
The acid willact out on diseased
and dying cells and stimulate
regrowth. W_.
Hmmmmmmmm, what a great
find, I can justsee it in the future.
Suddenly there'll be a great
demand on gooseberry bushes and
the plants that have sat neglected in
people's back yards for the last
decade will become a top priority
treasure.
Men will stand shotgun; and guard
dogs will be placed around the
bushes to ward off trespassers who
want some of the youth juice.
Come spring, I may just latch on
to the first bush I find. I like being 23
years old and I'm in pretty good
health. I wouldn't mind staying like
this for the next 40 years.
I'm not sure how well the berry
juice can preserve life, but just think
of the implications.
World population could sky rocket.
No one would have to die and those
who remain eternally young could
keep on having children until they',re.
256 years old.
Our. youth oriented society could
even become more so, and old age
,could become obsolete. Perhaps
even a crime someday. In fact it
could go so far as that anyone who
didn't or refused to take regular
shots of the juice could be killed, like
an old horse.
And_ speaking of animals, would
,they be able to use the, juice on pets
or would it be an exclusive tonic for
humans? If they weren't allowed the
medicine, could the animal food
supply and other needs keep up with
the human wants and consumption?
Okay, so we'd become
vegetarians, but then again . could
the plant life keep all our youthful
stomachs full?
Frankly, I don't want to find out.
Just let me grow old in peace!
will not necessarily be dollars saved by
taxpayers. Dr. Lynch said the bed cuts
will mean extra work for the county
health unit adding that the extra work
Will require more money....money
provided by Huron County ratepayers.
The MOH told- council that proposed
. bed cuts may mean that many services
now provided for patients in hospital
beds will have to be provided for them
in their homes. He said the home care
services for those people will be
provided through the county health unit
and -that the extra work 'will be at the
expense of the county.
Dr. Lynch said he had attended
several hospital board meetings in the
county to try to learn how hospitals
planned to cope with provincial cut-
backs pointing out that he felt he could
probably awnser a few questions
council members may have. He said
the hospitals appeared to be trying to
make the best of a bad thing and were
in the process of budgeting- within
ministry of health guideline's,,
He -said the future of some hospitals
was cloudy because- of the cutbacks
adding that some may even end up
closed in the next few years. He said
there was no way of telling now what
the next two or three years had in store
for the hospitals but said there was
concern amongst some hospital board
members that the smaller facilties in
-the county could end up closed.
"If they each (the five •county
hosptials) make straight -bed cuts they
can keep their budgets down but some
hospitals will end up with less than 50
active beds," said Dr. Lynch. "Those
smaller hospitals may be deemed
financially inefficient in •a few years
and be closed."
labratory or maintenance staff from
the hosptials which left them no
alternative but bed cuts.
CO-OPERATION
The MOH told council that a co-
operative effort amongst all health
care delivery services in the county
may get the hospitals through the bed
cuts. He said the bed cuts were going to
make demands on all other health
services in the county but with plan-
ning the added demands may be
handled efficiently.
"We can help the hospitals get
through the bedcuts," he told council.
The concerns of Dr. Lynch appeared
to fall on deaf ears. His comments that
hosptials could become inefficient and
end up closed, that patients may not be
able to get proper care from county
hospitals and that the provincial
savings will end up costing the county
more money did not even stir council.
No one asked any questions or ap-
peared upset at the prospect of losing
half of the hospital beds in the county.
• Dr.- Lynch said later he could not
understand the apathy over the
hospital bed cuts. He said he hoped the
public as well as the politicians had
simply not had time to have the impact
of the bed cuts sink in. •I -le said on the
surface the bed cuts appeared sensible
and would save-moneybut said there
was more to be considered than just
''dollars saved. He said he felt there was
'not enough information or time allowed
for the issue to "sink in".
"I don't' think - the general public
knows the impact of the decision by the
province," he said. He added that if no
public reaction creates a stir politically
and the bed cuts come about all that the
hospitals, health unit and medical...
Dr. Lynch said many of the hospitals professionals will be left to do is "give
had no choice but to cut beds. He said the services we can with the resources
there was very little room to cut , we have".
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