Looking back -25yrs ago in the Sun
Were you in Toti 25 years ago and do you remember any of these stories?
A WOMAN lay writhing in agony at Warner Beach for three hours before an ambulance took her away for medical treatment.
It was about 9am when Marie Maritz of Hawthorne Road, Warner Beach noticed a woman lying in the street, obviously distressed.
She went to her aid and established that the woman was pregnant. Marie got the woman onto her verandah and called the Kingsburgh Protection Services for assistance.
TOTI professional photographer Lin Heaton is taking her case to an Appeal Court, after being ordered by the Small Claims Court to hand over negatives of photographs taken of a model.
Twenty-year-old Toti girl Leigh Crooks, described as a ‘super model’, sued Lin following a dispute over money and photographic negatives. Lin Heaton was ordered to pay R150 owing to Leigh for a photographic shoot and return negatives taken for a portfolio.
FOR the fifth time in a year, the Umdoni Road bird sanctuary kiosk was broken into and cleaned out last week.
Thieves broke in on Friday night after forcing the burglar guards on the cashier’s window.
They stole brand new appliances, cutlery and crockery to the value of R1,700. The kiosk had just been re-equipped following a robbery two weeks ago.
TWO suspected rabid dogs were shot on Saturday, one in Doonheights and one in Winklespruit.
In the first incident, a Pine Crescent family spotted a stray on their property at about 4.30am, after their dogs started barking. At first light Kingsburgh Protection Services personnel were notified.
They responded immediately and approached the animal, which was behaving strangely. The dog was shot once but lunged at the gunman. A second shot hit the dog in the head, killing it.
A 12-YEAR-old boy sustained a grazed forehead following an incident at St Anton flat-block in Doonside at 10.30pm last Friday.
It appears the child’s parents were fishing nearby.
The injured boy and his friend were allegedly trying to start his parents’ car. A passing police reservist considered the situation suspicious and flashed his torch in an attempt to stop the boys.
However, it is believed the boys then reversed in what was conceived to be an attempt to get away. The policeman fired a warning shot.
