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C - 1 - . " . N V v V/ra, gnomeblle Snow Birds THE HOME NEWSPAPER l WITH THE WIDE ANGLE [ENS SN0WBANKS--Lwere higher than the two snowmobiles along the edge of town at James St. south. . » A GROUP OF SNOWBIRD MEMBERS as they prepare to sét off into the snowy wil. derness last Thursday afternoon. Ron Bailey, Don Proudlove and Brian Stafford are three of the men in the group. KING ST. NORTH - The storm had a beauty that could best be enjoyed through a camera lens. F _ . Q 'il, Nil “W. 'aitr " l I',' "y! 167 ",iitii'i i 'fri!',' SW 95; f "i, 3.3!: Trip Through The Storm - inte s8a _ I K's. T . T ' T l u A. " 'iR:e, 1 _ r,” if?” .r.. bil: If)?” Stories Of The ,,,t,,,iaaet,t,,,ee,ilitiy,i, . !hi,ji'iiiiiii"i; Interesting little incidents about people and places during last week's record breaking storm. Local garage operators have been busy throughout the past week. One driver, after being told the fee for a tow out of the snow and starting his car would be 3.00, argued about the price Bill Drinkwalter was still looking for a missing snowmo- bile the last we heard. The machines had a briiak-down north of town during the storm, so Bill left it and walked home. He has been looking for it since but it is either buried beneath a drift or somebody has picked; it up. ' Mayor George Ball extended compliments to the Board of Works for their job of snow clearance and work carried out during the recent storm at a meeting of St. Marys Town Coun- cil Tuesday evening. Members M Kinds Emu}! Deed} Kept forty Winks Guests M Happy And F9deeH ' I -- - -- Ill, Alll s ,0" Workers -- In“.-- D." nvfnnded of thin In??? SHOWmnh;1.. n. - The Forty Winks Motel was a popular spot during last week's storm and 108 persons were reg- istered there. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fenz, proprietors, are very thankful for having such good neighbors to help out when food supplies were running out. The Robinsons, N. Rolstons and It. Rolstons among others were there with the contents of their freezers, also milk, eggs, bread, etc. Randy Rolston did a real service with his four-wheel drive Jeep in bringing in the food. JOURNAL ESTABLISHED mm, mm _,iiilritrbats (illut ST. MARYS DK'rn.-. foit THE -.gb-.-, iPAPER . “Ram: u... ST. MAR‘S' ONTARIO, ’0' T v-.. LUWCU out. The Frqe Press truck t to get their papers to Str: were lyt, the Dorothy D tessen station wagon filled goodies was stalled a little down the road. Mr. 0 Schenk, proprietor, carri< a supply of bread, cakes Pnnln’if" .tstt, and own” “ - - of It/tg, Sewmosue Club and thndatilce also Came in for commer Bon by the Mayor. Maya“! Small admitted that since t d himrm’ complaints had reache '5 pl regarding Cleared lanewa) Ugged by snow push. .4“ and worked day and night in the very severe weather conditions. All agreed that Dennis deserved a medal at least, for he refused to accept Ply money for his help -- while some paid as. high as $30 10 get towerI r,... .GrH"','iit.noriet""t,1 Will ia/y',', have l'ii, at“); Last Wednes- day lid' drive 6 pm, a four, wheelewith a army enclosed lorry, o men Warrant Officer and ,t,1f,'t't to , left London in to hosp Dick e truck reached iirietfbft med. up Mrs. Me. Guffith Tinto' grief along #150..- once he 'lt2/ged le and his engine? tre ii/i',"?,?,, A dollar' should mg a t)? The garage boys, barking “er edgy (whit with Itii “013?? and night) simply, turned, ' athen reached in andfore 1e oft his ignitiG key “heard 311% the seene Never meteris ether the pro: testing, Eagai t ever got hi car go’n n or not. s gil; wt, For l the mes McQuffin of Grantol'lmoidlPrm will OT..., 18531 " any money tor his lile some paid as, high get towed out. e Press truck trying r papers to Stratford :, the Dorothy Delica- ion wagon filled with s stalled a little ways road. Mr. Orville roprietor, carried in of bread, cakes and Y' and Oman fhmmh ARGUS 1858 - ’. WEDN 'ca"c: AMALGAMATED MARYS DISTRICT "Marta, Nan + Murray McFadden, E.M.C ordinator, Stratford, loadec station-wagon with blankets after an arduous trip behi We hea in Vict the ext Pected" _...yassable due to stalled vehicles. Len wheeled about, back into town, out through Prospect and eventually rescued truck, crew and Mrs. McGuffin, getting to St. Marys Memorial about 10 pm. Last we heard, Mrs. McGuffin was in Victoria Hospital with the the expected arrived still "ar. Pected". -- "an {alibi Tor". Mr. Tonks said another com. plaint was that too much atten- tion was given the. downtown area while outlying "business places, who also pay business taxes, were left unattended. Mr. Taylor said it was up to council to put down a policy for snow removal and it would be followed. At present, town forces concentrated on keeping the main street and other main routes open before clearing the rest of the town. After some, discussion, Mr. Taylor was told to proceed as at present. In other business, council ed up by the plow. The Mayor said it was very, difficult to con- vince people there was no alter. native to this. Coun. Bill Tanks said most people did not, seem aware that keeping their lane. ways and entrances clear was the responsibility of the resi- dent. Mr. Tonks said he had heard of two properties cleared by town forces and as a result a number of people had asked him why this service should be given to some and not tn ntl Works Supt. mitted two upre cleared, but on time" and "it Mr, 'NU. 7 Highway lice Warn Storm us. Coun. Bill Tanks people did not, seem keeping their lane. entrances clear was sibility of the resi- rr-o, ., me and not to all. m. Erie Taylor ad. 'Premises had been t on the men's "own "it was paid for". :3 said another com. KU-a, . , Fhro, c0 load/i' his lKets and, behind a Wednesday evening with 150 blankets for stranded students at South Perth Centennial. Blan- kets and food were then sent to the school via snowmobile. Murray had his problems getting back to Stratford, we hear. How ever, youngsters at Centennial The '/sinowbiks", the local snowmobile club, had an active time during the storm. Club members carried out so many errands any sort of a record is impossible. Tuesday night they took a number of school children and other persons home. Wednesday, they made a run to the Forty Winks Motel, 19 Highway, with food and in. sulin; took a lad home to the vicinity of the Four-mile Bush; ran Bob Clifford home to feed cattle and take food to family; took Bob McDonald and son home to feed cattle; hunted for missing child, Ricky Gowan, from Centennial School, but found him safely at home. At midnight three riders delivered penicillin to a sick child five miles northeast of Fullarton, returning to town at 3.30 am. These were some highlights, but the chattering little machines certainly proved their worth all through the storm. snowplow, reached St."Marys were much warmer on their second night at the school, thanks to E.M.O.’s Murray Mc- Fadden. Ted Bartlett of Paul Mueller (Canada) Limited kept track of the hours it took him to get from Toronto to St. Marys in the middle of last week. It totalled sixty-five. The local Mueller firm has some of its products on display in the big Farm Show on the ONE grounds in Toronto this week. A1 Kennedy and Il have quite the storm tell about their last ney to Toronto and Shakespeare and Str: waxespeare and Stratford. . . . Al says that Shakespeare was a eo1ossa1 clutter of stalled ve- hicles. . . . They feel very for, tunate that they returned safely without accident as they count. ed many scores of cars that had been damaged in collisions and ditchings. . ' . Was the town that quiet? Sev. eral local merchants report do. ing a fairly brisk business dur. ing the lulls in the storm last week. "People just cannot re. sist coming out if they have a chance to do so," one of them A--1__AJ and Will Hooper ,_-,u storm stories to week jour. return to