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A lat ity & ©@ E€ * ig pape auategeadt : 11 ppOlt for stomm victims Ck _ Dear Editor: Thank You. Thank you to my good . at Work World for ydur generofls . m On Thursday, January 15 my _ friend, Marlene Coulthard, and her contributions of food, gloves and \ friend Patsy Switzer of Wellburn _ fellow parishioners at Parkview socks on our shopping expedition 8 P 8 called me to ask if I was ready to _ United Church, to Elaine Thomson Sunday morning. Your kindness e volunteer my time once again to and her fellow parishioners at overwhelmed us. Thank you also to FOOd, fireWOOd amOIlg ltemS help our fellow Canadians. (I first _ Harrington Presbyterian Church, to Canadian Tire. met Patsy last summer, when she _ the staff at Versa Care Centre, to my The transport truck donated by Sent from dadrcad ChUI‘CheS was one of the 40 volunteers who â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_ Hutton Feed Mill left Wellburn yone â€" went out to Manitoba with my husâ€" _ _« United Church late Sunday afterâ€" ?&p‘:?é‘?ayton what‘s .bemg called the worst 168 hand and me to help clean up after 5.4 tOld her I would noon loaded right full of food, baby OrtER ?\jl%rr?(;al;l Cz":;(‘)agt)a(;‘ S&Séi%rgle[:: ?rf th? fl(l)é)(}il.) E3. help in any way I su;()lplies, toiletry iter;xil, firewood § * f * told her 1 wou elp in any way + and two generators. ave yet to | W;I‘lw{vb(l)lrg (i})ngtesdagltx;g}? r;s Lleft Que;bec and an9ther ,24'000 in Onâ€" _ [ could, and what did she need? She COltld, and what did > talk to Patsy to see how it was reâ€" evening with a transport truléfl fal}l] parie wore still. without Y 0 | wae spranging for o transport truck she need? .. .‘ ceived on the other end. I‘m sure it ooo euonies anc{)f df]‘J power loaded full of supplies to head to would have been worth it to see e Br(;ck\lr)ifie o es P Members of the Wellburn PaSâ€" | Tyn, Ontario, a small farming comâ€" those people‘s faces. We had heard y s t0r'a1 Char ge were t esponsible for â€" munity just west of Brockville. She daughters Mary Anne and Brenda â€" that the army had arrived on Satâ€" Driving the truck and 45â€"foot d the lion‘s sh 5 : t oing the lion‘s share of the colâ€" asked if I could make a few phone â€" and their fellow coâ€"workers and urday, January 17 to start helping transport trailer to Eastern ONMâ€" _ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" 4 calls and round up some supplies _ friends, to Jack Matthison for helpâ€" _ them out and that they were feedâ€" tario were Ian McKay and Pat ‘]f anuthing. it‘s re and donations if possible. ing me with phone calls to his neighâ€" _ ing more than 400 people per day Sv.vlltzer. P,’glr %egtmzfi]‘_)llll was 20 J 9 ~___ Well, a few phone calls to friends _ bours and friends, as well as the St. _ I can‘t thank everyone enough rruias oo E‘ e mprOCsVIne, Cllly pulled the comâ€" _ and family started a telephone _ Pauls W for standing behind me and _ and if I forgot to mention someone, | just know it‘s a small centre, mumty together > chain. Within three days we colâ€" _ all my family, friends, neighbours _ thank you to you too. ; ‘ fi;i:.ssstrhne fihuifl};th&t \fi’s re goâ€" ame t * * _ lected more than $1,600 in cash as _ and acquaintances for allyour genâ€" _ I remain, isismanle® Lafiwyeloutn 3, at SwWitZEr _ well as more than $1,000 worth of _ erous donations and support. Switzer, who helped organize the _ groceries sitting in my laundr ; j ¢ - l 2 y laundry A very special thank you to Paul Yours sincerely, collection effort along with McKay E onz _ room. Oldford at Lori Jo Knechtel Food Betty Vink agd Jean McRoberts, said Sunday 1ecc§mSg E{?d pathH:ig on the week= » 1 am writing thisletter to say . Market and Terry and Jill Funston RR2, St. Patils afternoon. end, Switzer noted. Switzer said she and McKay Loads of firewood continued to I : would be returning Monday â€" arrive Sunday afternoon, keeping | evening or sometime Tuesday. a large group of volunteers busy 2 Eastern Ontario and Quebec â€" loading the wood into the transâ€" _\ residents are still recovering from ? & Wellburn United organi lief effort Cont‘d from Front page "We were listening to a radio staâ€" _ and South Nissouri Presbyterian. _ that Switzer has travelled to an port trailer. Half of the trailer going _ tion (last week) and Chalmers Presâ€" "A lot of it has been word of â€" area affected by a natural disaster. east was filled with firewood, byterian Church (in London) was _ mouth because it started Thursday â€" Lastspring, her and daughters Pam Switzer pointed out. _getting really motivated and' they _ morning," she said. "We phoned the â€" and Gayle journeyed to Manitoba Among the other items collected were sending a truck out that night," _ different groups, and they would in _ to help flood victims. on Saturday and Sunday at She recalled. turn phone their groups." Prior to that, Gayle Switzer travâ€" Wellburn United included: Switzer then phonfed Jean Baker, ‘Overwhelming‘ response elled with United Church members ‘ Baby food, diapers, batteries, a former Wellburn minister, now livâ€" Pat Switzer said the response to on the Bluefields expedition to ! flashlights, candles, matches, cereâ€" _ ing in the Brockville area. their effort has been "overwhelmâ€" Nicaragua. als, deodorant, fruit, hair accessoâ€" "Jean told me what was happenâ€" _ ing." "Once you get that bug, it just ries, juice, canned meats, paper ing down there. She had just gottgn "When we first started, we maybe _ seems that you want to keep helpâ€" towels, soap, peanut butter, shamâ€" _ her hydro back (Jan. 12). She‘s said _ expected a pickâ€"up truck, one load _ ing," Pat Switzer commented. "It‘s poo, soups, beans, toilet paper, She‘s got people who will be withâ€" _ of goods to go down . . . but it has â€" kind of got in the blood now, so you toothpaste and brushes, rice and out hydro for another two, three, _ just mushroomed. We‘ve had pickâ€" want to start doing things." pasta, medications, cleaning supâ€" fogr weeks. _ up trucks bringing loads in here. Staffen‘s Food Market in St. plies, paper plates and cups, pickâ€" They are in desperate need for Things have been changing and Marys had a box at the store for les, jams, water, cookies, canned â€" a lot of things, and I asked her what _ evolving as we‘ve gone along," she â€" customers to place items in for the milk, tea and coffee, motor oil, exâ€" _ kinds of things they needed. She said Sunday afternoon. trip to the Eastern Ontario. tension cords and gas cans. gave me a list a,,nd I said, ‘let me see "If anything, it‘s really pulled the Ian McKay donated his trailer for ‘ "We found out (Sunday) morning w}lat I can do. S _community together because I think _ the trip, and Hutton Farm Supplies, t that they need 10Wâ€"40 motor oil," ‘I then phoned (Rey.) Reink ‘people wanted to do something but a Terra Industries business, supâ€" f Switzer noted. "It‘s everything and â€" (Vlietstra) and asked him if we could _ they didn‘t know how to do it. This plied the truck and all the fuel. anything." s use the (VYellburn) cl}urch and he _ was one way of getting together." If more supplies arrive at Five generators and two keroâ€" said yes. And that‘s how it all Switzer and McRoberts are both _ Wellburn church this week, Pat sene heaters were also on Sunday‘s startqd. _ members of the Wellburn United _ Switzer said they‘ll be given to the eastâ€"bound truck. Switzer said the next step was Church, while McKay is a member _ Salvation Army for distribution. Phoned former minister phoning all the churches in the area. â€" of the St. Marys Presbyterian _ "We worked with them when we Pat Switzer said the idea for the â€" Those contributing to the cause inâ€" â€" Church, were out in Winnipeg and they‘re relief effort drive came about a couâ€" cluded: Wellburn, Lakeside, Umon: It‘s second time in the past year â€" fantastic," she said. ple of different ways. Thorndale, Browns, North Nissouri C ! .A Aesuss o rniet e out a8 . ohae. .c e i :. m B _‘ _ s \