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BAYFIELD. ONTARIO
THURSDAY, MAY 27th, 1965
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By Brig. Frederick A. Cliff (Ret.) Reeve, Bayfield Village
PROPOSAL: It is proposed that two classrooms and a gen-
eral purpose room be added to the present modern Bayfield
School to provide elemenaary school facilities for the
Western end of Stanley Township School Area. This school,
would, of course, be under control of the new Enron County
School Area NO. 1. This summary will attempt to present
some arguments in favor of our proposal.
GROBRAPNIC LOCATION: You should study a map of Huron
County to appreciate the problem. Bayfield is at the axe,
trams northwist corner of the county school area. The pro-
posed location of a single central school to serve the
whole area is one and one quarter miles south of Bruce-
field. This is almost 12 miles distant from Bayfield. Pu-
pils from the former school sections No. 3,4.& 9 are even
further away in most cases. Although a county waved road
joins Bayfield and Brucefield, it is not built to modern
highway standards and is of doubtful safety in winter.
Highway 21 and the year 'round township roads in the West-
ern end of Stanley Township run North and South and worsen
the problem of transportation to a central school many
miles east.These roads are mere naturally tributary to Bay-
field. In addition, telephone connections and mail services
are supplied from Bayfield. All of these considerations to-
gether with normal business and shopping habits established
over the years, link the former school sections 3 & 4 with
Bayfield.
The victim, police
said, apparently was
holding a steel bar
in place keeping the
forks from operating
whom the accident *es
urred.
narold Peterson,60,
of R.R. 4, Goderich,
died instantly short-
ly before noon Satur-
day when he was pull
ed head first into
the mechanism of a
trench digging mach-
Police said the men
were working in stick
-y clay and forks on
the machine, which
operate automatically
when something gets
stuck in the digger,
kept operating unnec-
essarily because of
the soil conditions.
The victim was one
of a six-man crew
digging a drainage
ditch for tile. The
machine was awned &
operated by Reg. Ham-
ilton of Auburn.
The tragedy happen-
ed on the farm of C.
Prindley. Co. 5.God-
erich Township, about
five miles southeast
of Goderich.
Pulled Into Trench-Digging Machine
Goderich Area Man, 60, Dies
STICKY CLAY
RICHER EDUCRTIOM ?
None of the men
working with him saw
the accident. Four
are reported to have
been backfilliig the
ditch, and the oper-
ator. Mr. Hamilton,
had left the machine
temporarily.
The diameter of the
wheel which trapped
Mr. Petersen was 11
feet.
Constable Alex Tw-
addle of the °retorts):
detachment. app, in-
vestigated.
Surviving are his I
wife, the former Min-
nie Spuhl; two daugh-
ters, Miss Karen of
Sarnia and Miss Helen
of Waterloo; a son
Carl, at home; two
sisters, Mrs. Freak
Alongi of Staten Is-
land, N.Y. and Mrs.A.
Hansen of Denmark;
one brother Kristen,
of Denmark.
Mr. Peterson was
born ii Denmark and
came to Canada in 1 03.
He had farmed in Col-
borne Township :dace
1937.
It helps to say you
"saw it in The Bay-
field Bulletia".Do it.
Education Big Business
Three rooms and a library will be added
to the new Mint* Township Central Scheel
as the result of a decision that 105 Clif-
ford pupils will attend. Estimated cost of
the additional rooms is $ 70,200. Clifford
Public School had declined to joie tewa
ship schools in centralisation, but village
representatives on the board now realise
the merger would be beneficial, Robert Six -
clair, board secretary-treasurer said.
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CLINTON LEGION BRANCH 140
Brig. Frederick A.
Cliff, Reeve of Bay-
field, speaks for the
"SOS" committee in a
second guest editorial.
URBAN COMMUNITY: Bayfield is an incorporated village of
over 400 dwellings. Although over half of these are at
present used as summer residences, there is a growing ten-
dency to winterise summer homes. They then become capable
of being used as perused:a dwellings. Thus, there is a
very large urban community potential in the village right
now. Of recent years, this community has begun to expand
rapidly as families settle here, and commute elsewhere to
work, or to retire. The 1964 municipal directory listed the
'year tround population of Bayfield as 386 ( Sept. 1963).
As of September, 1964 it was officially, 474. Assessment in
the last three years has increased at as average rate of
$ 40,000 per year. A five-year forecast of pupil population
indicates the present school enrolment will be maintained
without mere families moving in. Both the Ontario Tele-
phone Services Commission and the Ontario Hydro forecast
growth in Bayfield. On the other hand, we understand. that
Ontario Hydro forecasts a one percent per year decrease in
rural population over the next ten years. It would, there-
fore, appear to be folly to ignore the present and. longterm
advantages of locating part of the school facilities of
County School Area No. 1 in Bayfield.
It should be pointed out that a school is a vital part of
an urban community. Remove the school and you remove one of
the main reasons people seek to live in urban communities,
to have close and easy contact with good school facilities.
Bayfield would suffer a partial death.
HAYFIELD SCHOOL AND IT'S SITE: Bayfield already has a
modern two-room school less than ten years old. It is in
excellent condition. It was so built that two rooms can be
added without too much difficulty. Plumbing and heating de
not present serious linkage problems. Land was purchased,
with Departmental advice, when the school was built to pro-
vide for the future addition of two classrooms. Moreover,
the school is very well located and is adjacent to Clam
Gregor Square (four acres) and Centennial Agricultural Park
(eight acres). The vine:go hall is beside the school proper-
ty and the Bayfield arena is located just off one corner of
the school property. These facilities are important and can
be most helpful to an expanded school probran. With some
land acquisition ( of adjacent vacant property) there would
be no problems in providing for future expansion to six or
eight rooms. as will be required undoubtedly in time.
ADEQUACY OF EDUCATION: There is no doubt that good edu-
cation can be provided in a four-roam elementary school
assuming that good aid dedicated teachers are provided. Two
grades in a room is NOT bad education. In fact, even the
larger central schools have to put two grades in some roams
because of differences in the numbers of school population
by grades. The extras can be provided as easily, and is
some cases with much more flexibility. as in a much larger
school. When the two additional classrooms are built, a gen- .
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