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Debbie : Was that in the winter then? Mrs. S: It would be February or March, 1971. We had youngsters there. We didn't stay all night because what was left eventually--went over to Margaret Hunter's. Oh, she must have had fifteen staying at her place all night. There was no way you could get up north at all. Smiths came in snowmobiles and took a lot of kids home. But I know that Paul Kormos was away in Brantford and eventually got home. What a time. All I did was run around and count youngsters to make sure I hadn't lost anybody in the snow, (chuckles) We tried to keep track of everybody and we didn't dare let you go home until somebody came for you, because it was just t6o stormy. Debbie: Did any of the kids stay in the school? Mrs. S: Not in Scotland, we got them all out. Shirley Campbell and Margaret Hunter and Mrs. Bowen and people like that, brought in food and fed you all for your suppers. Some¬body may have come from up town and taken a whole string of you home. But it was too stormy for the country kids to go anywhere. Maybe we let you out early. Debbie: You'd think I'd remember that. Mrs. Ss Because it was terrible, but Paul Kormos had somebody for public speaking. Well, I think Laurie McNelles was the public speaker that year. He had her in Brantford and eventually he got back and was I ever glad to see anybody and let him take the responsibility, (chuckles) But we had everybody sitting everywhere eating sandwiches and trying to keep peace. But in Northfield they stayed all night. There was a bunch of them. They took in bedding and stuff with the snow-mobiles. It was a very bad storm. It was worse than I ever remember. Debbie: Well the kids, how long did they stay there? Were they there for a long time? Mrs. S: In Scotland, no. By supper time we had them all bedded down in somebody's house in the village. I know we got home. Ronald came to get me and we had the truck and we managed to get home. But you couldn't see where you were going. It was a terrible storm. Debbie: What about Oakland, how do you feel living in this area as compared to other places you've lived? Mrs. S: Oh, I like it, it's lovely. We go back west every year or every couple of years to visit relatives. All my husband's relatives are out there, you see and we go back there to visit. But, oh, this is a garden. Yes. I like it. I've never lived in a city in my life so I like a small community.