It is not often that you see an ode written to the lady at the dump, but there is no dump lady that I know of who is quite like Beryl Roy.
And, after 20 years on the job, after two decades manning her rake and directing traffic entering the site, next weekend is Beryl Roy’s last weekend minding the dump on South Baptiste Lake Road, northwest of Bancroft.
She’s pulling the pin on Hastings-Highlands, and entering the world of retirement.
And I, for one, am going to miss her.
No one has been a better guardian of a municipal dump site. No dump that I have ever seen, and I have seen many, has ever been kept tidier.
If it wasn’t what it was, you would be tempted to say that you could almost eat off the floor of the South Baptiste Lake dump, not that I would advise it.
But that’s how well Beryl kept it.
She will be replaced — if that is possible — by a chap named Merele Scott, a nice guy who has been working side-by-side with Beryl for the last few weeks to learn the ropes about running a dump.
You might call them the rhyming couplets of the South Baptiste dump. Beryl and Merele.
Beryl’s official last day is Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Wish her well. She is a person of few words, but well worth a few words from you.
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It is nice to see someone who is so passionate about there job, even if it is at the dump. Beryl sounds like the type of person that can even make garbage collection fun! If we all actually enjoyed what we did for a living or at least were positive about it; we could get so much more out of our 9 to 5 jobs. It is nice to see someone recognized for such a simple thing. Congratulations on retirement beryl!
Going to work alone is something that is dreaded by so many each morning. I can’t even imagine the feeling of going to bed at night and knowing tomorrow morning you have to get out of bed and endure a long day at a dump site. It takes a really good person to go to work at a dump and still manage to smile in attempt to make everyones experience there pleasurable. Beryl sounds like a wonderful women and I wish her all the best with her retirement. Hard workers such as her, deserve a tremendous amount of recognition from the public.