HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Bayfield Bulletin, 1964-10-22, Page 1It was ouch and go as volunteer members of the Lancaster Memorial
committee of Goderich Legion Branch retired their huge Lancaster bomber for
the winter on Saturday. Several near collisions were avoided as the now
brakeless giant rolled down grades and threatened the grader. The plane
has been on public exhibition since early summer when it was retired from
RCAF service. There is now $1,500 in the fund toward creating a memorial
out of the bomber on a suitable site. (Bulletin Photo)
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Generous apple lovers contributed $23.84 on
Saturday as the annual Apple Day was held by the
Scouts and Cubs. Here George Bellchamber, group
committee chairman, does his transaction with
young Paul Payne, with Richard Peterson a witness
to the deal. Others taking part included Brian
Koehne, Bradley Turner, Brian Makins, Allan
Agnew, Michael Eckert, Stephen Gallant, David
MacRae and Wayne Eckert.
(Bulletin Photo by Audrey Bellchamber)
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VOL. 1 — No. 20
HURON HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS
Issues Approved Constitution
Book "Settlement Of Huron County"
Topic At Carlow Historical Meeting
Here Sunday
For Services
'1'he Right Rev. Harold F.
Appleyard, Bishop of Georgian
Bay. will pay his episcopal visit
to the parish of Hayfield, Mid-
dleton and Varna on Sunday,
October 25, and while here will
be a guest at the rectory.
He will celebrate Holy Com-
munion at Trinity Church at
the 8 am. service and will ad-
minister the Apostolic Rite of
Confirmation to a class of can-
didates at St. James' Church,
Middleton at 11 a.m. The usual
service of Morning Prayer at
Trinity Church will therefore
be cancelled.
The rector, Rev. E. J. B.
Harrison, will conduct a service
of Holy Baptism in Trinity
Church at three o'clock in the
afternoon. All times given are
Standard Time with the change
back being effective this week-
end.
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Lengthy Illness
Claims C. R. Sparks
Clarence Russell Sparks, of
Bond Street, London, died on
Saturday, October 17th, in Vic-
toria Hospital, London, after a
lengthy illness.
He was born on March 14,
1902, in Stanley Township, to
John and Salome Sparks. He
married the former Gladys
Beatty of Varna on April 26th,
1958. He left his farm in 1945
after 43 years.
He had resided in St. Thomas
for 6 years, Lucan for 5 years
and in London for the last 7
years. He was a member of
St. Andrew's Memorial Angli-
can Church in London.
The funeral took place in the
Beattie Funeral Home in Clin-
ton on Tuesday, October 20th
at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Arthur
Ostle of London officiating. The
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A constitution and bylaws
have been approved by the
Huron County Historical Soc-
iety, and copies have been mail-
ed to all members, The Bul-
letin learned this week. The
provision dealing with societies
within the county society,
touching on the organization
of a Hayfield society, was car-
ried in a recent issue of The
Bulletin.
As stated in the preamble to
the constitution, in May, 1964,
a group of citizens with a com-
mon interest in the history of
Huron County met to form a
historical society dedicated to
the collection and preservation
of records of Huron's past, for
the benefit of this and future
generations.
The recently adopted consti-
tution confirms the official
name and authorizes affiliation
with the Ontario Historical So-
ciety.
Objectives are stated to be
to bring together persons in-
terested in preserving history
of 'the county and its people,
and to stimulate interest in
local history; to discover, col-
lect and classify and preserve
any material concerning the
history; make it available for
historical research; publish
local historical material; co-op-
erate with other groups having
the same purpose, assist with
preset vation of historic build-
ings, monuments and sites.
Memberships in the county
society will consist of annual,
family and life members. Hon-
orary memberships may also be
conferred on worthy persons.
The officers and their duties,
standin gcommittees and their
responsibilities are also set out
in the document, as well as the
protocol for elections, meetings
and financial arrangements.
Of particular interest to Bay-
field is the stipulation that loc-
al branches may be formed
within the society, provided
they triaintain a membership
AUBURN - The Colborne
Township Hall at Carlow was
the scene of the first meeting
of the Huron County Historical
Society last Friday evening
when the members and inter-
ested persons gathered from
various parts of the County
to hear Professor James R.
Scott, executive assistant to
the president of the University
of Waterloo tell about his new
book, "The Settlement of Hur-
on County".
Mrs. W. D. Mack of Credi-
ton, president of the Society
was in charge of the meeting
which opened by singing 0'
Canada. She welcomed all to
the first meeting and stated
that indeed it was a challenge
to everyone to help track down
the history made during the
past 140 years. She related
several instances of the early
days when Huron County was
known as the Huron Tract.
The minutes of the organiza-
tionail meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. Otto Popp
of Dungannon, and Mrs. L.
Poth of Hayfield, membership
convener, stated that 66 mem-
bers would have charter mem-
bership cards now and anyone
wishing to join before the end
of the year would als9 be char-
ter members. She stated that
it was hoped to have family
memberships next year. The
convener of the constitution
committee, Magistrate G. Hays
gave a report for his commiirt-
tee and Mrs. Tait Clark re-
ported on the projects which
her committee would like to
see carried out by the Huron
County Historical Society.
Introduce Speaker
Warden Ralph Jewell intro-
duced the guest speaker. Pro-
fessor James It. Scott to the
members and the interested
friends. Professor Scott stated
that it was indeed a pleasure
to see so many people interest-
ed in their heritage. He paid
high tribute to the Huron
County Pioneer Museum at
Goderich, and spoke of Doone
Village, the project of the Wat-
erloo Historical Society.
Professor Scott. slated that
often facts of the early clays
are tout differently and saki
that the County has not chang-
ed a great deal since 1890—no
cities — no industrial develop-
ment and in his words since
Huron County was settled —
we've been settled. He told ab-
out the capitalist scheme of
John Galt's to purchase and
sell land and to help his Scot-
tish people, and also about Tig-
er Dunlop and Mac McDonald
who was an early surveyor. He
spoke of the first winter in
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Bayfield Native
C. W. Howard
Dies In Windsor
A native of Hayfield, Chris-
topher Wellington Howard, died
on Wednesday, October 7, in
the IODE Hospital, Windsor, at
the age of 81.
Born in Hayfield, he was the
last member of a family of nine
children of the late Margaret
and Henry Howard. At the
age of 16. he went to Toronto
and then to Windsor where he
has lived for the past 60 years.
He retired from Ford of Can-
ada 13 years ago. His wife,
Alice Maude, predeceased him
in 1956, and since then he has
lived with his daughter, Mrs.
Jack Parker, in Windsor. The
funeral was from the Morris
Memorial funeral home, Wind-
sor. with burial in Victoria Me-
morial Cemetery.
Mr. Howard is survived by
four sons and two daughters,
12 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Mrs. Lloyd
Scotchmer, Hayfield ,is a niece,
and Mr. Harry Baker, of Lon-
don and Hayfield is a nephew.
He also leaves many cousins
in the village.
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