#High schools Wawa Ontario

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                    Policing Memories of

           Garry Crawford Circa 1962

                            Part XXI

                          Promotional Competition

                   Corporal to Sergeant 1978

     Sometime in the latter part of 1978 the Ontario Provincial Police announced that there would be a promotional process for those seeking a promotion from Corporal to Sergeant. I had really enjoyed my time at Wawa Detachment and in many ways thought I could spend the rest of my life there, however at the same time I realized I needed more of a challenge.  I decided to put all of my efforts into obtaining a promotion and hopefully receiving a position as a Detachment Commander. The promotional process consisted of three parts. First you had to get a positive assessment from your immediate superiors and District Headquarters. Second you had to pass an examination, and third you appeared before a 5-man board following which you would either receive a pass or fail. Prior exams had been based mainly on policing knowledge and knowledge in general.

     The documentation that followed the announcement advised that the promotional process involving an exam would be different in that those that elected to compete would be given a number of books to study for a period ;of a couple of months. The examination would take place with the questions based on the material given to us. It would be necessary to answer each question in essay form.

     The above information was an eye opening experience for me as I only had a minimum of grade ten educations when I joined the Ontario Provincial Police force. My High School education had ended 25 years prior. I prepared a study room in one of the unused bedrooms of our home. I then made an appointment with one of the English teachers at the Michipicoten High School. On meeting with him I told him of my situation and asked him to tell me how to build or write an essay. He was most helpful and I still have a basic drawing he used to explain to me how to build an essay.

The next thing I did was sit down in my study room and list all the means I could think of to remember something. Basically it was a simple list of one’s senses and how to use or stimulate them.  I gathered together sufficient writing paper, a comfortable chair, desk lamp, tape recorder and pens and pencils.

     When the books finally arrived, I found them to be mainly on Psychology. I had to start right at the beginning, as I was not even sure, how to spell Psychology.  Most of the material was to do with leadership styles, theories and hierarchy of needs as written by Peter Drucker  and Abraham Maslow. I processed much of the material by rote, by writing, reading, taping etc. I would go to my study room whenever I came home from work, would work at it until I was called for mealtime. At night I would remain in the room until 11 or 12. Then go to bed with the tape player plugged into my ear playing what I had recorded, until I fell asleep. I continued this for the full two months, including weekends and days off. I know my children and spouse were ready for a break when I finished.

     The day of the examination finally arrived and there were thirty of us wrote. If my memory is correct it was a couple of months before the results were finally sent out. There were only two of us that passed.

     I believe it was sometime in the next month or so I was required to go down to Blind River where I was given an aptitude assessment by a Force Psychologist.

     The next phase of the process required me to appear before a five-man board made up of senior officers. This was to be held at Sault Ste Marie District Headquarters. My luck changed at this point as I came down with a severe case of the flu. I managed to get back to work the day before the date of the scheduled board attendance. I called to District Headquarters to confirm that I would attend as instructed and spoke to Inspector King Speicher. King Speicher was without a doubt the best counselor that I ever spoke to on the OPP. I had counseled with him in the past and was always amazed when I had found an answer to my problem. He never gave you an answer; he would just listen and ask questions. He would let you find the answer. When I told him about being off work for the better part of a week with the flu. He advised me to not appear at the Sault Ste Marie. He said you have just got out of sick bed you wont be at your best. They will have another board sitting at a later date. I was anxious to get the board over with, but heeded his advice and did not appear at the Soo.

     I received word a little over a month later that I was to appear before the board at Kenora District Headquarters. On the appointed date I took a flight from  Sault Ste Marie to Thunderbay to Dryden in a 737 type aircraft. At Dryden I changed to a smaller Twin Otter for the flight to Kenora. On my arrival at Kenora the Detachment Commander advised me that I was scheduled to appear before the board in 45 minutes. I was to appear in dress uniform.  I considered pushing the panic button at this point, as I had travelled with my sam brown belt and hardware in my suitcase and my uniform in a clothes bag. They had transferred my suitcase at Dryden but not my clothes bag; it had travelled on to Winnipeg. I was reminded I was in the north. I arrived as a stranger in Kenora, but when I explained my predicament to the duty Sergeant, he jumped into full gear. They outfitted me with one of their members dress uniforms almost immediately. I was hurried but was dressed and I thought ready to take on the board within the allotted time.

     To appear before the five-man board you knock on the door, when you are invited into the room, you march in briskly salute and come to attention. You stand in that manner until you are invited to sit down in a chair. Sitting in the chair you are facing the five superior officers who are seated behind a table facing you. They usually question you one at a time as to how you would deal with various scenarios. We usually refer to it as the hot seat.

     In my case I knocked on the door was invited in, I marched in briskly, came to attention and saluted. The first words spoken were out of the mouth of a particular Chief Superintendent from Toronto. He said: Corporal your belt buckle is improperly presented. He was right. I requested permission to be seated. I was instructed to do so.  I sat down pulled up my pant legs so they could clearly see my socks and said: Gentlemen I may as well confess! I told them my story as to what had happened to my uniform and how with the assistance of the local Detachment and with much haste I had arrived before them. In my rush to get ready I had not completed the full attachment of the belt buckle on my Sam Brown. I had lost my dark socks in the transfer and was wearing a pair of bright green plaid socks. They seemed to accept my explanation for those errors then started one by one throwing different scenarios at me and asking me how I would deal with them. I found these pretty basic, as I had been acting Detachment Commander on many occasions. When you gave an answer to the scenario they had presented. They would try to get you to change your mind by adding additional information to their scenario. If that information changed the circumstances to such a degree it warranted a different answer I would change my solution. In most cases I remained with my original answer. On completion of my board examination I returned to Wawa without further problems.

     I should mention that one thing I learned during my time in Wawa and Hornpayne, was one should not hesitate if offered a Northern Posting. The people, members and work in general will be an eye opening experience that you will never regret or forget.

     I believe it was a couple of months later that I learned I had been successful in all phases of the promotional process and that my name would be placed on an eligibility list for promotion to Sergeant. It was only a month or so later that I received a phone call from Deputy Commissioner Bill Lidstone. I was at work when I received the call. He was quite happy to advise me that I was being offered Niagara Falls Detachment. He asked me to have a talk with my wife and let him know in a couple of days if I wished to accept it. I thanked him very much for the offer, but advised him I wished to decline the offer, as it was a little further south than I wished to go. He seemed rather perturbed by my answer. In thinking back I realized I was lucky I was not sent to the very far north. Like Ellsmere Island. At any rate, about a month later I received documentation saying I would be promoted effective the 25 March 1980 and posted as Detachment Commander at Bala Detachment in the District of Muskoka.

     It was less than five years later that the OPP did away with the Corporal’s Rank and made all Corporal’s automatically Sergeant’s. I never did quite figure out the reason for this and felt the force lost something in the process. By that time I had been promoted to Staff Sergeant and those that had been Sergeant’s were promoted to the first level of Staff Sergeant.

     I am attaching a photograph that was taken at our home in Wawa. It reminds me of one of the many fun times we had there. I believe it was the Wawa Legion, who use to fly in a crates of live Lobsters every year and we could have a Lobster feast. Pictured here is our son Kim on my right and Shawn on my left.

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#Westy like mine

I've had a 1973 VW Westfalia in storage for the past 20 years. I recently set about to get it back on the road. It looks like the one below but meets a good clean up. Probably new canvas, seals, and too many things to think about but I'm just going for it. Its all original and has all the parts like the little stool and storage box. All blue check fabric (there’s a name for that?)

I’ve had a few of these and actually a few Porsche 914s that share the same engine. I still have one that's also been sorted for 20 years on my sister's farm.

Here’s some pictures of the westy. The blue parts were the least rusty so she’s yessow and blue.

Before getting the current project westy aka kombis, I’ve owned a number of others (5 road worthy and another 4 parts vehicles). I’ve also had a number of type 1s, 3s a 4 and a thing as well as 914s.

This was taken obove the transcanada hwy near Wawa Ontario heading east. The bus was a ‘75 camper towing a ‘73 Porsche 914 2.0L from Vancouver. The 1.8L motor died at portage de la prairie Manitoba coincidentally just after storing the 914 30 minutes before.

The toll was too difficulty on the engine and even without the load it dropped a valve. After a tow in -30c weather, the van was stored beside the 914.

‘75 camper bus bought in Vancouver to live in and tow the Porsche on back to Ottawa. Corrine and I left Vancouver in balmy December and all was fine till Kamloops BC when the clutch gave out. We parked on a side street in front of a house waiting for the clutch to arrive. After 3 days or so, all it took was about a day for the roadside repair. If I remember correctly we had few tools no jack. We continued on from Kamaloops up towards Rockies. We were about to encounter a different ball game

This was again heading east in the transcanada hwy at a diner overlooking Lake Superior. I’m sure I’m standing there wondering how long will it take to get through Ontario after days of travelling from Marathon

This is Dave next to the 914 on our way from Ottawa to Seattle then Vancouver. We crossed into Wisconsin from Sault St Marie then hwy 2 to Duluth. I remember there was a huge air base for B-52s. They were everywhere and flew so low the ground trembled.

We continued through to North Decota, the armpit of the mid west. There were state police everywhere and really jerks about speeding.

Next was Montana where I don’t think I saw one cruder. The speed limits went up and we cruised at 120mph who whole way through. Radar detector never made a peep unlike north decoda where it sounded like a track from Devo

This is a picture of us cooking lunch. Look for it.....top right - can of ravioli and to the left by the distributor, a can of beans.

We stopped in butte where the Main Street was blocked just after we parked at the gas station to have beans and ravioli of course. It was blocked for a parade for the local high school football team. They went all out. Everything on wheels drove down the main drag with the team and cheerleaders loaded onto haw wagons. Several trucks drove by us and yelled “Get outta town”. It was humorous.

Progress, towed from storage

Work started

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That’s only partially the actual title. 

As I alluded to last week, Malcolm-Jamal Warner would return to teach kids another set of 1980s Kid Survival Skills.  From teaching kids how to be cool at parties to today’s video, 1986-1987 was a time period for Malcolm-Jamal Warner to teach kids about the important of kiddie survival on several different levels.  But at the end of the day, it is still another kiddie video on a kiddie home video label.

Specifically, this kiddie home video label…

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So, what is Malcolm (and a group of friends who aren’t grown-ass comedians) aiming to teach us about today?

Glad you (didn’t) ask!

Today’s instructional aide shifts to a more important and serious lesson: that of staying safe when you’re home alone.

Capitalizing on a Growing Trend

Well, actually, it’s called Home Alone: A Kid’s Guide To Playing it Safe When You’re On Your Own.  This 1986 instructional aide featured Malcolm- Jamal Warner and four child actors (Alyson Court, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Wendy Chong, and Ian Heath, who goes by “Mike” in this video), as they guide you through the do’s and don’ts of being safe when you’re by yourself.

According to the September 1986 issue of The Atlantic:

Drastic shifts in sex roles seem to be sweeping through America. From 1890 to 1985 the participation in the work force of women between the ages of twenty-five and forty-four soared from 15 to 71 percent, with the pace of change tripling after 1950. At the end of the Second World War only 10 percent of married women with children under the age of six held jobs or were seeking them. Since then mothers of preschool children have thronged the job market: by 1985 the census had classified more than half of these young mothers as participants in the work force.

-George Guilder, “Women in the Work Force,”The Atlantic (September 1986)

And knowing that, there was obviously an increase in younger children in daycare, and slightly older school-aged children coming home to an empty house.  So a video about this topic at the height of this shift seemed practical enough.  Even smarter, the video brings the topic to the level of a kid, as told by kids.  Granted, they’re child actors, but they could be relatable enough.

How To “Home Alone”

The video itself clocks in at twenty-eight minutes, and describes different tips for staying safe, as well as scenarios where these tips would be necessary.

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From wearing your giant key around your neck, instead of tucking a reasonably-sized key in your pocket that clearly has a hole in it, to having an emergency plan, emergency contact list, and things you should – and shouldn’t do – when you’re alone, this program plays out scenarios in skit form, aiming to teach a generation of kids how to “home alone” successfully.

That’s my words, not theirs.

There’s Malcolm-Jamal Warner dressing like the most unconvincing burglar (among other goofy disguises), chore lists and the things we’re convinced these child actors don’t do when they get home from school, preparing snacks safely, strangers at the door, strangers on the phone, plumbing failures, smelling gas, power outages, injuries in the home, contact lists, and fires.

All of this leads up to the moment where practice is put into…The Home Alone Plan!

Cliff and Clair Huxtable have got nothing on Mike and Wendy!

There’s 1980s game show-style music, cheesy costumes, cheesy acting, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner trying to break into a prop house.  It is pretty hokey, but it is informative at the same time, and that’s what these “instructional” videos aimed to be – informative while entertaining.

It’s this or thumb wrestling and fake stairs, friends.  You really don’t want that again, do you?

Oh, and I wasn’t kidding about the giant keys.

Yes, keys.  I forgot about the other one he demonstrates in his pocket.

Of course, there’s the giant sandwich.

Max from My Pet Monster would love that sandwich!

The kids in the film were Canadian child actors at the time.  The film itself was made in association with Nelvana, Limited.  Alyson Court and Sunny Besen Thrasher were prominent voice actors, and around this time, both of them starred in the live action My Pet Monster (that’s twice in a matter of sentences!) as siblings, with Thrasher playing the chronically hungry Max. Alyson (who spells her name wrong) was a prominent voice (and live action) actress before this video, and she’s still actively working today. Sunny was on The Edison Twins, was a child voice actor, something he did until the mid-1990s.  These days, he’s a producer and director.

Ian Heath (who played “Mike”) was on Anne of Avonlea around this time, and later did some voice work in Nelvana’s Babar cartoon, as well as other shows and movies (he’s still acting, and not going by a fake name).  Wendy Chong appeared on Today’s Special, The Elephant Show (OMG, remember that one?), and My Secret Identity (which starred a young Jerry O’Connell.

The video was made in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1987, but according to Internet Movie Database, it wasn’t released until May 1990.  Even the dating on the VHS cover says 1987, so…maybe a reprint was issued?

The video itself came with a letter (based on this image I saw on Amazon) from Malcolm’s mother, Pam.

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I wonder if he worked on the “string trick” while home alone.

Hey, we can combine the efforts of both videos, right?

  Did Allison Ever “Home Alone”?

Once in a while.

I started having my chance to be alone when I was about nine years old, usually in short spurts of time, always during the day until I was about twelve years old.  My dad worked from home, and usually handled any of his sales calls in the morning when my brother and I were at school, so by late morning or early afternoon, he’d be home. My mom was a stay-at-home mom until I was nine years old, and even when she did work after that, it was very part time – when I say “very,” she worked maybe two or three days a week.

The longest I spent alone as a youngster was the summer between third and fourth grade when both my mom and dad had to work, and it took my dad out of the house for the day.  It probably was, at the most, five hours, but it was a big deal for a nine-year-old.  My parents got us sandwiches from Wawa (surely you’ve heard of it) and put them in the fridge.  We stayed put in the living room all day with Legos and the TV on.  No phone to answer (we had an answering machine), no answering the door, and I’m betting a trusted neighbor knew we were there, just in case.

If my parents had something at night, or all day, we would go to our maternal grandparents house.  We would stay overnight there, or a few times, or if it wasn’t late when whatever my parents went to was over, and it was close by, we’d just go home that night or later in the day.  By the time I was eleven or twelve, I could be alone early in the evening for a few hours, and by the time I was a teenager, we could be alone at night.  My brother and I were really good about staying safe – we usually watched movies or played video games until they got home (when we were younger), or hung out in our rooms (when we were older). My parents never went away overnight, and we never – NEVER! – told grandma if we were alone at night.

Pretty sure my mom used to tell her we were going to a friend’s house until they came home.

My grandma used to freak out when my brother and I were older, and I remember this one time when I was eighteen, my parents went to a Christmas party for my dad’s work.  My mom told my grandma that we were going to be there alone (we had school the next day), and she freaked out.  You know, eighteen, senior in high school, and Grandma felt we needed supervision.  I’m glad she never found out about all the times we were alone at a younger age!

I hadn’t seen this video before two years ago, when I wrote a Retroist article about it.  I actually sought it out after writing about the production company that made it, Hi-Tops Video, and saw it on a list of their videos.  I knew I needed to check this one out.  Since I like digging in the doldrums of nostalgia, I knew it would be perfect.

Oh, it didn’t disappoint.  I wrote the Show Off! article around the same time, which is why I figured I would do both of these back-to-back, not because it featured the same host, but because the theme of 80s Kid Survival was a common thread, albeit a totally different type of survival.

And yes, it is on YouTube.

You’re welcome.

Watch Home Alone: A Kid’s Guide To Playing it Safe When You’re On Your Own

It actually is a fast 28 minutes, and worth the time, especially if you need a good giggle.

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While still cheesy in its own right (mostly because of the game show-style music, the set, the acting, so on and so on), the video itself does cover important points in how kids can stay safe when they’re on their own.  It features kids explaining the plan (Malcolm himself was about 16-17 years old at the time), so it was, at least in the 80s and 90s, relatable.

I’m not wrapping up with the Home Alone Plan, but I will leave you with these words of wisdom:

“Crime doesn’t pay.  But being on TV?  That does!”

Yes, make sure everyone knows you’re a well-off child actor who wears giant construction paper keys around his neck…and tied to his belt loop.

Have a great day!

Now you and your children can feel safe and secure when they're HOME ALONE! That's only partially the actual title. 

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                                           Part VI

      More Nobel Memories – Along The Nobel Road

     I have inserted two photographs. The first being the Hammel homestead as it is today, the second is of the homesteaders William James “Billy” Hammel and his wife Jessman “ Emily” Hailstone and their three daughters. Elizabeth, Berta, Mable.  The two boys Charlie and Gordon were not in the Photograph.

           My starting point for this session is the laneway that runs from present day Nobel Rd to Hammel Avenue. I think we use to call it Cecs Lane.  As most  of the old timers know the confectionary store located there was owned by Cec Mayotte. Pretty well everything in that part of Nobel was supplied by Cec’s Confectionary. Cec was a shrewd business man business man and had his hand in many ventures. He was also an excellent dry wall and plasterer.  His companion was Dot Edwards who usually could be found behind the counter in the Confectionary store.  Dot had two boys that I remember Jimmy was the oldest and Reg a year or two younger. Reg was a likeable sort and was involved in hockey and other sports. I never chummed with Reg, but we often would be in the same crowds and spoke often. The last time I seen Reg was about 1952 or 53. In 1979 I was on the OPP stationed at Wawa Ontario. I was acting Detachment Commander at the time. One weekend we received a call that an airplane had crashed on Midgin Lake about 25 miles south east of Wawa. This was a fly in lake about ten miles off the Highway. I sent a Constable down to investigate with instructions to call me and fill me in when he returned. About six hours later I received the call from the Constable, he filled me in on his investigation and the notifications he had made. Then he informed me that the pilot knew me and wanted to talk to me. The Pilot came on the phone and it was Reg Edwards. It turned out that he had screwed up and did several things wrong which led to the crash but the good thing was he and his three passengers were not hurt. Before he hung up he said to me Garry I have always remembered something you told me about girls. He never did tell me just what I had told him, but I have always wondered what great piece of advice it was. I have been married for almost 59 years and my wife Rhoda will tell you that I still don’t understand women. Can you just imagine, it was something I said to him when I was 15 or 16 years old and he remembered it for another 27 years?

     Now Jimmy Edwards was tarred with a different brush. He taught me a lesson which I have never forgotten.  Jimmy had a reputation for being a bit of a bully and a dirty fighter. One night at the High School I picked a fight with him. I thought I was going to teach him a lesson. Jimmy was a pretty good boxer but I thought I could handle that part. Anyway we sparred around a little bit and I was planning on giving him an Elephant Fling. It is a wrestling move where you grab the opponent’s right wrist with your left hand, put your right hand under his left armpit, pull, lift and twist.

If done properly, he goes up in the air does a summersault and lands on his back. It usually ends the fight. I was dancing around with my right fist cocked and my left hand open. Jimmy threw a right heading for my nose and I blocked it with my open left hand. His fist struck my hand where the joint is that joins your thumb to your hand. I did not realize what had happened, but my thumb joint was suddenly in the palm of my hand. I made a fist and struck him with my left hand and suddenly was on my knees with the pain. Jimmy stopped fighting, took one look and said you better get to a doctor. Now if he had been a dirty fighter, he certainly had me at a disadvantage. So the lesson learned was never ever pick a fight. When you lose it is double embarrassing. Don’t say someone is a dirty fighter unless you can prove it. By the way it took three doctors to put the thumb back into place.

     Moving on west on Hammel Ave from Cec’s Lane was the Galipeau’s. Alex and Nora were the parents, and I remember Roger and Milly as being two of the children. Roger was a little younger than I, but was always happy and friendly. Roger became a very good hockey player and was quite successful as a teacher and a lawyer. I did not know this but stumbled onto the fact that he was inducted into the Bobby Orr Hall of fame in 2010. Anyone querying his name will see just how successful he was. Sadly he passed to Cancer in 1997. He certainly came from humble beginnings at Nobel and reading his story will make any local person proud.

     I know there were more houses as we travelled on west on Hammel Ave., but I don’t remember who they were. I do remember a certain maple tree as you start down the hill on the north side of the road. It came up out of the ground and hooked to the right like a chair back. As a young boy I went to the Nobel United Church Sunday School and I seldom walked by that I did not stop and admire that tree. That was close to 72 years ago and the tree is still there, just grown closer to the ground. Speaking of Sunday School, how many of you older people still have your pins for perfect  attendance. I have both the silver and gold ones.

     The next place I remember from the 1940’s is the Hammel Place. It is presently located at 125 Hammel Ave. and is occupied by my friends Bob & Isabel Hammel. In the 1940’s it was occupied by Ed & Maggie Hammel. Ed was a Master Mechanic at DIL during the war. He was well respected for his work both at DIL and his shop which was located just west of his house at the edge of the road.

     I remember when I was eight or nine years old. My Dad had a 1928 Chevrolet. It had a crack about 10” long in the front fender. The metal in those fenders was quite thick. Dad took me with him and we drove up to Ed’s to get it welded. Ed took the wheel off and welded the fender from the underside. It’s not everyone who can do overhead welding. Ed’s weld was a thing of beauty, every bead was like a wishbone, all neat and in a perfect row. They put the wheel back on and Dad was on his knee’s looking at the weld. He could not resist reaching up and touching it. He quickly pulled back his hand and stood up and I noticed he put his hand in his pocket. He thanked Ed and paid him for the job and we left. As we were driving down the road, Dad lifted up his hand and looked at his fingers. The skin was burnt off the tips of three of them. I said that must hurt, Dad said: when you do something stupid you don’t advertise it! I often thought of that in later years when I likewise did something stupid. Ed’s shop was something very special even compared with shops of today. He had just about ever tool you could imagine. There was grinders, saws, drill presses, lathes and more. The fascinating thing was that they were all driven by an old gasoline hit and miss motor. A series of belts and pulleys were distributed around the shop so they could all be engaged as they were needed using the same drive source.

     In later years I worked at Stanrock Mine during the uranium boom at ELLIOT Lake and also spent a few years working as a Lead Burner at the Sulphuric acid plant at Cutler. It did not seem to matter where I went in the north I would run across someone who had worked with or knew of Ed Hammel.

     I remember my Uncle Harry telling me that when he worked with him, Ed developed a way to successfully weld cast iron. He built a small furnace that he could preheat the cast iron, then lift up the top, lean in and weld it while it was still hot. This prevented it from cracking as it cooled.

◦                It was sad, years later that I learned that old age did not treat him well. He developed memory problems. He had walked the land behind his farm most of his life. He first got turned around on the rocks behind his farm and was found I believe on Hwy 124 near Waubamic. Sometime later he walked in the same area, but never was found. Many people have searched the area hoping to find his remains. At one time the Canadian Army had a search for him. To date all searches have been unsuccessful.

     Ed & Maggie had two daughters, Isabel & Beryl. I think in the 40’s Beryl lived in the house that was located between their shop and their house. The thing I remember is that there was a very tasty crabapple tree beside Beryl’s house that the kids from the school would visit quite often. This resulted in an announcement being made at school that the Apple tree was on private property and we were not to pick the apples. I think it helped, Some!

     I recently visited Bob and Isabel Hammel nee Gougeon and learned some very interesting information. I am not sure whether Hammel Ave., is named after Ed or just the family, either way it is well deserved. To begin with six generations of Hammel.s have lived on that property. The first generation began with the marriage of Willam James “Billy” Hammel and Emily Hailstone. I am assuming that this took place in the early 1880’s. I am told there were three girls and two boy as a result of this union. I only learned of the name of one of the girls, who was named Mable. The boys were Charlie and ED. These were second generation. Charlie and Ena nee Fenton had two boys, Gordon and Jim. Ed and Maggie had two girls, Isabel and Beryl. These were third generation. Gordon and Agnes nee Thompson had a boy, Bob and a girl Wilma, these were fourth generation. Bob and Isabel nee Gougeon had a boy Chuck, fifth generation and finally Chuck had a boy Cameron who would be the sixth generation. The Hammel’s have continued to contribute to the growth of the Municipality for these many years. Gerry Hammel one of Billy Hammel’s grandsons was killed in one of the tow explosions that took place at Nobel. He lost his life in 1940.

     The next home that I remember from the forties is the old United Church Manse. The first name that comes to mind was Tristrams.  The father was the church minister and I remember two boys one was Tom I believe and the older brother was John. John worked for a number of years in the carpenter trade. I remember the old Shebeshekong Church that my mother and dad were married in was located on the right hand side of Hwy 559 just before the hill that Hare’s road is on. The church was built in 1911. I believe it was during the Easter holiday of 1949 John Tristram and Slim Colberg had taken a contract to tear down the church. They hired me to remove the nails to salvage the boards. I was paid 59 cents and hour. I also was given the old organ which I tore for the wood.

     The last building I remember on what was then called the side road and now Hammel Ave, was the United Church where I went to Sunday school. It did not have the added room on then. The Nobel Consolidated School was there with the old annex beside that I attended grade four in. Then on past the present circle that now ends Hammel Ave was the old brown school. It was situated just about where Avro Arrow road now exists. My mother attended that school in grade eight and said she was taught by Ruby Cook. My brother also attended there and I believe his teacher was a Mr Mendelson. In the 1940’s the side road continued out past the school to Hwy 69 then also called the Nobel Rd.

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                                                   Garry Crawford

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How good is USAA auto insurance?

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What insurance company in California will insure me when wood is my primary heat source?

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Insurance on a Civic Si?

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Do health insurance companies report paid claims ?

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Cheap car insurance for a young driver on a VW Golf?

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How much should a 76 year old pay for liability insurance to drive a 17 year old/as good as new car?

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I am a police officer and I want cheap car insurance...any company suggestions?

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Can I get motorcycle insurance without a license?

Can I get motorcycle insurance without a license?

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How does car insurance work?

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What is the cheapest/best home insurance right now?

my home insurance just went up from roughly $800 to $1300 a year! Is their a better, more affordable one out there? Thanks""

How can I get a better auto insurance settlement?

I was involved in a collision recently. The other partys insurance company (met life) agreed that it was their clients fault. However, the other party had a witness saying I was speeding which I knew I was not. The claim adjuster from met life told me that there maybe a high possibility that theyll only give me 80% of the repair cost once it is proven that the witness doesnt know the other driver. If thats the case, is there a way to get a higher %? Or Ill need to fill a lawsuit against the other driver? PS: I do not have full insurance coverage, thats why Im dealing with Met life myself. I have not gone to get an estimate on repair cost yet, but will do tomorrow.""

Why did my insurance go up for switching cars?

I have liability insurance in the state of California. The company is multi state. Recently I switched the vehicle I have on the policy from a 2005 pontiac GTO to a 1995 lincoln town car. I am wondering why my monthly actually went up, vs going down. When I spoke with a representative they explained to me that the GTO is a level 21 and the town car is a level 26 . Was this true? I hardly understand how a 1995 4 door sedan is more costly than a 2005 400hp 2 door. I have had no accidents or tickets hit my record, in all, it only went up $15, but I'm still at a loss about why it went up. Thanks.""

Does a car insurance company need to know the state in which the car will be used?

I am buying car insurance for a 21 year old child who will attend graduate school out of state. Primary address will still be with me. Car will be in my name; child/student will be listed as primary driver. Child/student will live in an apartment while at graduate school. Does the insurance company need to know in what state the student will be?

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I am looking for motor trade insurance that will insure a 19 year old as a named driver, my father has 6 years commercial no claims discount, he will be the proposer and i will be a named driver. has anyone recently been insured or knows a insurance company that will insure a 19 year old please let me know, much appreciated thank you. I have been quoted 2995 with motrade, but i am restricted to 1600cc engines with (no turbo with petrol) but i need to be able to drive bmw 320d. so a minium of 2000cc.""

Anyone Know Any Cheap Car Insurance For Teenagers In Michigan?

Anyone know a real cheap place I can get car insurance at in Michigan. I'm 18(also the age which I got my license), I qualify for the good grades in school discount, I drive a 2003 Honda? Any suggestions?""

How do you feel about insurance companies pulling your credit report?

I live in Michigan a state where it is law to have insurance. I have also been denied insurance by a certain large insurance company based on my credit score. I just don't think they should be able to pull your credit report if your required by state law to carry it. Hey if i don't pay it cancel me.

Do I have to have my own insurance?

I live in Washington state and I am 16. I turn 17 in February. I have my own car but it is under my dads name because I am not old enough to have a car under my name. I can get my license in march. Once I do can I still drive it with my parents insurance on it or do I have to have my own insurance? Thanks!

About how much does auto insurance cost per month for someone who's 30 years old & drives a small basic car?

I know this varies by situation........but give me an educated guess. I'm looking for the MINIMUM premium; just the portion that the law requires you to buy. Not the portion that requires you to insure your own car....but to insure the person you hit. How much does that cost?

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i live in California and i about 2 months ago crashed my car and was cited for a failure to yield ticket, because i am only 16 i got a restricted license and i have to attend traffic school as well as getting a point, i was wonder if i could get that point taken off?""

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                  Policing Memories of

             Garry Crawford Circa 1962

                            Part XVI

     In the early spring of 1974 I was selected to attend a Search and Rescue Course with the Canadian Military. I must admit that I was probably the one in the back row with my hand straight up, yelling : Pick Me! Pick Me! I loved being in the Northern Bush. Whether it was on the trap line, hunting or another fishing expedition.

     If my memory is correct, by that time I had completed my diving training with Ed Zelionis and had convinced my wife that we just had to have our own aircraft. We bought a Cessna 150 which we leased back to the local flying school. Part of the lease was an agreement that I obtain my pilot’s license for the sum of $200.00. Everything worked out fine. I even put the aircraft in my wife’s name, but unfortunately she did not like flying. So we sold the plane and built a new house.

     The Search and Rescue Training took place in the Champlain Provincial Park north of Mattawa, Ontario. They set us up in small groups of  3 or 4. Each group had their own tent. The fire season was already high, so we had to do our own cooking on Coleman stoves. The first part of the course was classroom indoctrination. The part that stayed with me the rest of my life was the part where they emphasized, that in a survival or wilderness situation the first thing you do is to take stock of what you have at hand. What is available? Then make a plan of how you will use those items. I have never forgotten that as it applies in so many different situations. We were supposed to exist during the course on minimal  food etc. At the same time as our course was being run there was an advanced Course in the same park with cooks and plenty of provisions. Lets just say we ate well.

    The search and rescue training itself was excellent and probably is still followed today with a few adaptions. I know for the searches I coordinated over the following years we usually used a line formation, which covered an area back and fourth marking the area with flagging tape as you covered the ground. One adaption I learned to do was take one or two people who were good with a compass and send them out to predetermined locations. This was especially good in cases of small children or the elderly. I would have these people mark their route with a different coloured flagging tape. The locations would be determined by the lay of the land, the light conditions and time of the day the person became lost. The topography quite often will funnel a lost person to travel in a certain direction. They are also inclined to follow the light source. I found that quite often we would be searching too small an area. The target would not be circling but would travel in a straight direction. At the same time the main search party would pick up any clues as they carefully searched the main area. Discipline on a search line is very important. The line must hold. When a clue is observed the line stops and the clue is examined whether it is a track, article of clothing or a broken branch. One or two persons are specifically assigned do the examination and documentation.

            A Search at Mile 22 CNR TRACK WEST OF

                              HORNEPAYE, ON

              One search I sadly remember occurred in the late fall during the latter part of the 1970’s. I was dispatched to Hornpayne Detachment area. Where a learned that a young native woman who worked in the roundhouse at the CNR Sheds at Hornepayne, had travelled up to her grandparents cabin to spend a few days with them. The cabin was located on the north side of the CNR Line 22 miles west of Hornpayne and south west of Nagagami Lake. The young woman had left in the afternoon to check rabbit snares north of the cabin. A heavy snowstorm had blown in and she had not returned. All trains passing that area had blown their whistles while passing that area and she had failed to appear.

     If my memory is correct, a couple of days had passed between her going missing and our responding due to the communication problem of getting word out. I proceeded to the scene via CN rail with a large search party comprised of OPP members and several native elders. We had something like 22 people on the line. They did an amazing job. Most OPP members would visualize an area of about ten to twenty feet ahead of them as they moved along in line. The native elders always seemed to be looking a hundred feet ahead. They often would notice a bent or broken branch long before we would get to it. It had snowed at least three times between the time the lady went missing and our search commenced, so there was no way of following her tracks. However we would locate areas where she had been. We would find shadow tracks in the settled snow where we could follow her for perhaps ten feet or so then lose the direction. At one point we even were able to dig her frozen foot print out. It was composed of packed and frozen snow. We also located a sweater which she had dropped and in another location her axe. The final area that we were able to positively identify was a thick growth of cedar. She had crowded into the grove, sat down on a clump of snow, then taken cedar branches and folded them over and twisted them into an egg shaped ball. The CNR trains had continued blowing their horns during our search. We found out early on that they would have been of no help to the woman. The sound ricocheted off the surrounding hills. It never seemed to be coming from the tracks, but would circle you as the train went on down the tracks. This of course would have the opposite effect to giving the lady a direction. If she tried to follow the tracks, she would have circled instead. That is what we found she had in fact done.

     The last day of our search we knew another heavy snowstorm was coming in and it would obliterate any sign. In the afternoon heavy wet snow started to fall. We decided to make a deep drive down towards the river that flows out of Nagagami Lake. I remember I was concerned after the noon break that if we stopped too long with the wet clothes and cooling weather that some of our people would get into hyperthermia. I knew from experience that they also would lose energy. So what I would do would be to call a smoke break, as soon as those smokers lit up I would call for them to move forward. We made our run north then the return sweep. When we reached the area we had already covered, we made a beeline for the CNR Tracks. It was getting pretty cold by this time. It was quite dark by the time we reached the tracks. I knew all of our people were out of the bush and we were walking down the tracks to wait at the cabin for the next eastbound train to picks us up. I remember two men were walking ahead of us. One of them was Errol Patterson. Now those who know Errol will remember he had a pretty dry sense of humour. It was cold the crew were tired and probably feeling a little down because of our lack of success. My Christian names are Garry David. All of a sudden I heard Errol exclaim in the cold darkness. Somebody should tell that G—D---- CRAWFORD that slavery went out in the 1800’s. I still have a little chuckle to this day. I’m sorry Errol but you all did an excellent job. We took turns warming up at that little cabin. We were picked up by an eastbound freight train and returned to Hornpayne that night. It was a disappointed crew. The heavy snow that followed on and off for the rest of that winter stopped any further search. Plans were made to return in the spring and attempt a recovery.

     The following spring in early May Norm Kerr and I returned to the area by helicopter. I remember we found a small field near the railway tracks and Norm practiced hovering at a few feet above the ground, while I got out out onto the landing skid carrying my chain saw. I weighted about 225 lbs. at the time, so it made some difference in the balance of the helicopter. When he got use to the feel of my movement and weight change, we flew into the area where I wished to commence our search from. The area was mostly muskeg with many black spruce trees about 30’ high. We found a spot where there was a large boulder probably dropped there by the glaciers. I remember he went into a hover over the boulder concentrating on a broken spruce tree for reference. I got out of the helicopter onto the skid then jumped the five feet or so to the top of the big boulder. I looked back at the helicopter and Norm was in total concentration. I reached up and slapped the skid twice and Norm took off. When he returned in a half hour or so I had dropped enough trees and made a cross pattern of poles that he could land on the muskeg. We made two landing pads in this manner, and then returned to Wawa.

     I had made arrangements with the CNR railway to set up a work train complete with cooking facilities and sleeping quarters on a siding near our starting point. We returned about a week later with a compliment of approximately 22 OPP members. Brian Ringrose was our cook. Most of the crew drove to Hornpayne and the CNR provided transportation to the siding where we were set up. Norm Kerr had arrived with the helicopter and ferried the men into our landing spots. If my memory serves me right, we continued the search for three more days; with no luck. On the fourth day we received word that we would have to stop the search as the helicopter was needed elsewhere. We received the word around noon on the fourth day. I contacted the crew by radio and advised them of the situation.  They were pretty disappointed and asked if they could continue their search for the remainder of the day. We filled a packsack with some nourishment, flew over to their location and lowered it to the team in the bush.

It was a pretty disappointed group that returned to our siding that night. This was the only bush search I coordinated in all my years on the OPP that was not successful. The only thing I could think of was that the young woman had stepped into a sinkhole and could not be seen.  There were plenty of these areas in the muskeg.    

                   Could I have Made a Difference

       As I said earlier in my stories we had many good members in Wawa Detachment. One of them was Walter Purdy. He hailed from the Maritimes, came to Wawa married a local girl and was one of the longest serving members at the Detachment. He had that cheerful maritime personality which people were quick to pick up on. It was common at that Detachment to have someone come in off the road and compliment an officer for a job well done.  I can remember more than once, a person coming in that wished to compliment Walter on his professionalism and manner after he had issued them a ticket for a traffic infraction. We didn’t get to many of those. I heard one incident where he had stopped a person for speeding, issued the ticket and as he returned to the violator’s car; a voice from inside the car said something to the effect: Stop Officer wait a minute! As Walter hesitated, a lady jumped out of the car ran around to the driver’s side and said: Okay now! She wanted a picture as Walter served the ticket, to commemorate their trip.

     One of the memories I had with Walter concerned our attending to a firearm discharge complaint at a home in Hawk Junction one night in the latter part of the 1970’s. We were both familiar with the subject of the complaint. He was a heavy drinker and was known for his dislike of any form of authority. The alleged perpetrator had been drinking was very belligerent and threatening. We seized all firearms in the house and he made death threats towards us for our action. During the altercation, his wife and children were present and witnessed the whole performance. I will mention one of those children in the following paragraph.

     In 1993 I had retired and was teaching in the Law and Security program at Cambrian College at Sudbury.

     On the night of October 7th.1993 Constable Joe MacDonald of the Sudbury Police force made a routine traffic stop on Gordon St., in Sudbury. Peter Pennett and Clinton Suzack occupied the car. Suzack was wanted for a parole violation. A gunfight ensued.  Constable MacDonald received a vicious beating that included a broken leg. This was finalized by his execution by gunfire. Constable MacDonald had emptied his revolver and succeeded in shooting Suzack twice in the chest and Pennett once in the hand. Suzack and Pennett were both convicted of 1st degree murder and sentence to 25 yrs. in prison. Hopefully they will never get parole.

     At the time of this incident police officers were still issued with .38 special calibre revolvers as they were in my time. This firearm was known to often be ineffective in stopping a violent offender. They only held six bullets and were slow to reload even with a speed reloader.

     Following this incident Nancy MacDonald Joe’s widow started lobbying for better firearms. I believe a lot of the credit for the more powerful and better all around weapons that are carried by police officers today, goes to her.

     Each day as I returned to teach at Cambrian College I passed the area where Constable MacDonald died I had to wonder, Could we have done something different all those years before that would have made a difference. The attached picture is that of Constable Joe MacDonald. May his memory go on.

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Students put into practice what they learned in class!

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Les élèves mettent en pratique ce qu’ils apprennent en classe !

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