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7 ll _ _ T _ W W W _. ---. --t Ms W a! s - 7 I V 1ll"llt Wtas One Of I he I , , »- T"""-"----------.-, _ , ST. MARYS. OMAR I ' _ __ ' _ . . . . _ kt WEDNE . _ ‘. SDAY, FEBRUARY I, I978 wo rs'it I . l _ ,‘ t I ' _ BY LEIGH ROBINSON emanating from some dark And through it all, St. down that evening, the snow ' _ Thursday morning, ' Jarw . source to the south, deep m Marys and area residents continued to fall and roads I uarr26.th,197r,aernlng.te the Ohio . Valley. . It was grinned and bore it in the which had been plowed for -: remember. l day that will stronger m velocity t.han, fashion that they T have the umpteenth time quickly I without question go down P anyone could have imagined become all too accustomed filled in again. I geuté‘isggryhf great Ontario (128 lktnlh). It? to “he to in the last two or three Fortunately the storm had .I 1 r . . comp e e y on one, e ears. alread be un to hit before I l Itallstarted out innocently north sent down some y Perth yang,” schoolchild- I enough. When St. Marys and strange weather of its own AWESOME SCHEDULE ren had been picked up by , area re.sifen.ts tucked them; creation ayi mixed well with The town's roads crew buses and announcements of , selves into bed Wednesday the hurricane forces. to worked an awesome sche- school closings prevented i) n.itht the temperature out- render southern Ontario m a dule in the worst of others from walking. Schools It Side was relatively mild for _ state of havoc for the next 48 conditions. Already plagued in Perth, Middlesex, Oxford, 'i this time of year and the hours. with sleepless nights be- Huron, and Elgin remained ij _ weather forecasters had It became one of the most cause of snowfalls earlier in closed for both Thursday and I _ predicted nothing more severe winter storms in this the week, the boys found rest Friday along with many l . troublesome than' some region on record. Weather even harder to come by once area businesses and indus- I 9V61‘n18ht ram, maybe turn- gazers could not believe the full weight of Thursday's tries. People stayed at home, I: Ing to snow later. 1n_the day. their eyes or their guages as blizzard began to settle on listening to reports and ,'; Turnto snow It did. Then barometric readings reach- their machines. open-line programs on their ( the wicked wind came, ed new record lows. Even after the wind died radios. :9 .FNie" . . _ - _ _ I - I But it was clearly not the I -- . . . ' i; St. Marys Police reported diam}? m tth'gy as it was ia' ', a surprisingly calm situation e sew ere. ere were no (d in St. Marys during the stty:m-rylated deaths and _ " V i) critical period, There were asrde from the couple of I.” C ”‘7' l ii _ ' no major accidents on either times that the lights began to , C r '"W, jj, Thursday or Friday due at flicker P. homes both in town ' ' f . l least partiallytothe fact that and out m tht eountry - the _ I 1': J , .. ' (il . . hydro remained on and , 1, (t ' - . _ 3 [ few drivers could get their h . ed I»?! ‘ .. I , I. vehicles to go anywhere. ome.s remain heated. In a ”9'. W... . ' _ _ ',l i ' few instances, Union Gas I2] _ bc)' x- J EMERGENCY sent men with snowmobiles It .; - (j . It. _ , "--s, _ I The police received one out to fix stalled furnaces. (I? " 'ter, " hrt2. ‘ fl (' emergency call . from the The strong wind did have PP-r if i, .- [i -s.-tr "i , I . f ' , Forty Winks Motel located some effects, however, . r.ircisrtire-i,r---, p . 6.. N . _ C ._ L',] , _ just outside of town near knocking down tree limbs, -~. 1 I in; ’ ', t I, tci., l E I ."-"r'ec. _ " r' '. Highway 7. A man who had signs, and tearing away at IB. I . , Y. I" t _. i MN i ", IEiliiii i gamut Q / been stranded in the storm shingled roofs. Downtown, 'lt ' iii.," Si I, r: I fl t " b F .' I . u Eh" -- put a severe gash in his arm the store front window in the , " "d IW. I, P' m. I ' ' C'. t ”It”! I , ‘ . _ _ when he broke through a A and N Store' was knocked I ' , p, . t 7 CT L'. t d - It} I t I " “m ‘ I It ' window at the motel to get in out in sudden fury by the I ill _ ' _ ’2 __ , l ' . ' ' out of the cold. hurricane-like winds. Some l , ' . 'i,li' , - : _, _ -- residents reported windows ; ' ' , . St Marys Police were ' i: their 'hofmtes had suffered _ l _ . . _ . T t e same a e. ' . , sailegggd 'erred/fait"'),',' And when it was all over, . . hospital via snowmobile. It the landscape looked like '. _ was determined, however, syntt.h,ingy1tryta1a?i.t.out , , I that the man could not ride of asy.tador Dali painting. t _ . . ( , I on a snowmobile because he .sntye.dritts were as high as _ . ' ( I f could not use both hands to buildings out m the eo11y.ry... 3 . ' pt" I h . ‘ But the country folks didn't . _ , $3.2. ._... ' old on to the vehicle. t h Th tillh d . a??? . The police got in touch ,care oo PT . eys ' a , f l . . . 1i,tjiii) . .. [ food, their homes [were _ -7, , 7 V with Dr.Don Munro who was . ' ',, l _ able to deliver a' successful warm, and m the distance , . ' ., A. .. la , first-aid treatment message the steady hum of snow . we."' for the cut over the plows could be heard ' . . . p ' telephone. Later when the . _ storm had subsided Sign? ' ' I' what, an emergency ve 1e e _ . L , was 'ledtstr', driven tdt , And Wo rs e Was Yet, To C om e 2i eman was a en _ ' t . .- _ ' gotesltan Marys Memorial .Dou'ntown _st'. Marys oh Monday morning had thatreal wintry look but more snow was to . Hospital. A come later in the.day and even more throughout Monday night. This IS a View looking west from the T . corner of Wellington and Queen Sts. . . _ . . C 1 . l ,