The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-07-01, Page 19The graduating class of Robertson Public School was
honored recently and several students received individual
awards. Lisa Baechler won the Maple Leaf IODE Award for
placing second in the general proficiency category, Brad
Ashton won the Victor Lauriston Medal, awarded to the
student with the highest average . in Grade 8 and Lisa
Morgan won the Women's Institute Award for placing third
in the general proficiency category.( Photo by Dave Sykes)
,
Storm strikes
logger's camp
BY DOUGLAS
LOUNSBURY
Having reached the cabin,
we sat huddled in the shelter
waiting for the storm to pass.
A small bobwhite dashed
frantically to the awaiting'.
comfort of a dead tree, that
lay sprawled over the forest
floor, The evening sky was
succumbing to the ebony
streaks of cloud. The storm
gave no sign of its weariness,
and a chance of letting up.
Stories of worse storms
sprang up in the lumberjack
camp. Stories of how, in the
spring of '49, a storm, worse
than a hurricane, came
rampaging through the area,
as a grizzly does a garbage
dump, and never stopped for
two weeks.
The old cook , a man by
the name of Josh, put on a
pot of rabbit stew. Josh was
the wisest man in the camp.
"His education had -taken him
to the sixth grade. He. was a
rounded man,, about forty-
five, streaks of gray
splashed his crimson hair.
An old cigar could always be
seen hanging out of the
corner of his mouth. His
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pride and joy was an old
chef's hat that his ma had
given him just before she
passed on. All of the men
respected Josh, especially.
me, for he had been like a
father to me ever since my
dad had been working on a
log jam; about a year 'ago.
He was sent forty feet up in
the air, when the jam broke,
and came plunging down to
an icy doom into the freezing
water.
The stew was bubbling hot,
and the men crowded around
like a bunch of flesh hungry
hyenas.
The rain was still coming
down in mad torrents, as if "
the prince of darkness had
his say in the devastation it
would take. The river was
beginning to rise drastically,
and we all knew the threat of
a flood was growing ever
increasingly higher. The
wind took its toll, 'ripping
trees out of the ground, like a
huge hand was pulling up
blades of grass. Any light.
that was left, was overtaken
by night. •
110 g would came fast,
' so tet -41 'plunged into the
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These three Robertson School graduates were honored for special achievement at the
school's graduating ceremonies. Dave Smith won the Speidel Award for showing out-
standing achievement and improvement over the school year. Nancy Little was the
recipient of the Canadian Order of Foresters Award for exemplifying initiative and in-
tegrity. Douglas Lounsbury won the Ahmeek IODE Trophy for the bestcreative com-
position.(Photo
by Dave Sykes)
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The outstanding athletes of the graduating class of Robertson Memorial Public School were
honored at the graduating ceremony recently. The top 'female athlete is Julie Meyers and
Trevor Erb won the trophy as the top male athlete. ( Photo by Dave Sykes)
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