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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1965
Some Intimate Glimpses of Bayfield
Given in Interviews with Sr. Citizen
The annual meeting
of the Children's Aid
Society of Huron Coun-
ty will be in the for-
m of a dinner meeting
on Wednesday, lob. 10
at Knox Presbyterian
church, Goderich, at
6.30 p.m. Tickets at
$ 2.00 per person are
available until Yri.
Yob.5 at the office of
John G. Berry, Secy.,
Board of Directors,
Court House, Goderich,
Ontario.
(Ed. Note; Yellow-
ing is the 2nd in a
series by Mrs. B.U.
Oddleifson of Bayfie-
ld, comprising a pap-
er presented to The
Historical Society of
Huron County at a re-
cent meeting here.In
this segment, Tom Ba-
iley of Bayfield was
interviewed:)
!or instance
there was an apple
evaporator on main
street operated by a
Mr. John Widden. It
stood behind Reid's
Grocery Store and th
at store was located
in the building that
is now Mrs. Brown's
house. The evapor-
ator did a thriving
business. Mr. Midden
and his son Bill You
ld handle, in a sea-
son, six carloads of
apples, (500 boxes to
a carload). Mr. Bai
ley can remember sell
ing the best spy app
lee to Mr. Widden for
150 a bag or 200 a
cwt. An interesting
sideline also devel-
oped. The apple skin
s, considered waste,
were sent by team to
Goderich, then ship-
ped to Italy in bar-
rels to make champag-
ne.
When new methods
of preserving made
the drying of apples
obsolete Mr. Widden
retired and built him
self a home overlook
ing the river valley.
That house is now own
ed by the Land family
and they operate a
successful chicken
ranch.
MERRY PARTY
Tom's father, Mr.
Richar4 Bailey, was
going to build a new
barn on-a piece of
property where Mrs.
cliff Talbot has re-
cently built her new
home. A group of Mr.
Bailey's friends came
to help. When the
raising was finished
all the workers were
invited back to the
Commercial Hotel for
free drinks. When I
asked Mr. Bailey how
many workers there wo
uld be at a barn rais-
ing he aaid"My dear
Lady", I was just a
small boy and I would
not have any idea."
Anyway the whole group
came back for free
drinks.
In the resulting.
merriment Mrs. Bailey's
s cousin Charlie Tipp-
et a farmer who was an
inveterate talker and
inclined to boistrous
behaviour on a gener-
aous scale, lived up
to his reputation to
such an extent that
Mr.. Bailey quietly en
tered the bar and re-
quested cousin Charlie
to leave, with her. "
All right Miry" said
Charlie "just because
you're my cousin I'll
come! And out they we •
Then Mr. Tippet obedi-
ently went home. (So
even away back then
ladies were able to e
ert a bit of influence)
you're my cousin I'll
come! And out they
went. Then Mr. Tippet
obediently went home.
(So even away back the
n the ladies were able
to exert a bit of in-
fluence.)
The party went righ
t on and the highlight
of the evening came
when Mr. Bailey was
hauled over to a keg
of beer hoisted on top
of it and ordered to
make a speech. Which
he did. " and that"
said Tom " was the end
of the barn raising".
SECRET STORE
Another story con-
cerning the very early
days and the Bailey
family took place ab-
out 90 years ago when
the Scott Act was in
force. Most
ld's Hotels
its, on the
though this
act forbade
of Bayfie-
mold spir-
side, even
temperance
the sale
of liquor without a li
cense. Mr. Bailey's
father had a secret
hiding place in hisbar
room for his liquor su
pply. The bar room wa
s the present small
dining room in the Lit
tle Inn and the secret
cupboard consisted of
two boards in the wain
scotting which could
be pushed tap and
(Cont. On Page
Your delegations
appeared before the
Bayfield Village Coun-
cil at the regular
meeting Monday night.
Capt. R.L. McMillen,
representing the fish-
ermen, described the
serious condition of
the harbor. The south
pier is being under-
mined by water action
and the bfeakwater
and the end of the
north pier falling
away badly. He report-
ed that there were on-
ly feet at the ent-
rance to the harbor at
times and thgt dredg-
ing had not been com-
pleted. He requested
council to make rep-
resentations to the
authorities for urg-
ent repairs in order
that the local fish-
ing industry could
survive, and the water
borne tourist industry
would not be cut off.
After some discuss-
ion council referred
the matter to Parks &
Harbor committee which
will discuss the pro-
blem with the London-
based Dept. of Trans-
ort engineer as a
first step.
Asks Aid
Mrs. George Hopson
reported that the Sr.
itisens' Club had or-
enlced and planned
the first social even-
ing for Wed. Feb. 3 at
the L.O.L. Hall. She
eked about help for
ransportation. Mem-
ers of council prom-
ised to assist on an
ndividual basis.
Mrs. E.W. Oddleifson
peared with a model
of a proposed street
marker. This project
was passed to the Pub-
ic Works committee.
It will be studied
with the object of pro
clueing some trial mar-
kers which could be
posted on streets lea-
ding off the Square.
Merton Merner, Bay-
field representative
on Stanley Township
Area school board met
with the council in
committee of the whole
to discuss matters
affecting the local
school.
Piz Rates
Council fixed rent-
al for the village
hall at $ 10 per occ-
asion plus $5 caretak-
ing fee.
Rates for snow clea-
ring by the village
tractor on private ro-
ads was set at $4 per
hour, with a minimum
charge of $1.
Council considered
a trial budget for '65
which included provis-
ion for a new roof for
the hall and some work
on the kitchen, allot-
ments for work on the
streets and for the
various committees.
Since this trial bu-
dget was only a first
look at the financial
aspects of 1965, it
will not be confirmed
until near the end of
March.
Council heard two
communications from
the regional engineer
of the Dept. of High-
ways with reference to
road program for this
year. Council decided
to invite the area
engineer and the aud-
itor to meet in epee-
ial session to discuss
the road program.
Council passed byla-
ws 2,4,5 and 6, 1965,
appointing policeman-
road waprevisor, ass-
essor and tax collect-
or and signing author-
ities for banking.
Elmer E. Parker, a
resident of the vill-
age, was appointed as
auditor. He will moot
with the clerk-treas-
urer Saturday to set
up the books.
Council considered
the problem of the pr-
esent accumulation of
snow and ice. It was
decided that it was
too expensive and in-
effective to spread
sand in conditions of
almost daily snowfall,
but that when conditin
no of bare ioe occurr-
ed, sand should be ap-
plied.
Council adjourned at
12.30 a.m.
(The Bulletin und-
erstands unofficially
that if the present
rate of new constru-
ction continues with-
in the confines of
the village, new ass-
essment will give en-
ough revenue to pre-
vent the tax rate
from taking a jump.
It follows then,
that Bayfield resid-
ents not wishing to
see the mill rate go
up, will speak kindly
of the village as a
place in which to
build a home 1)
Boundry Set
For North Side
A revised schedule
of metes and bounds
for the Village of B-
ayfield boundary north
of the river was re-
ceived on Tuesday.
This schedule corr-
ects an error which
had been made in the
schedule which accom-
panied the Ontario
Municipal Board's
Order for incorporat-
ion of the village.
The revised sched-
ule fixes the boundary
between lots 8 & 9 of
the Poth property in
lot 1 of the Bayfield
Concession where it
has been since 1876.
The boundary for
lots 2, 3, and 4 of
the Bayfield Concess-
ion is the Deviation
Road. The Thompson
farm is wholly with-
in the village limits.
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Buisnessmen Plan
Wednesday Meet
A general meeting of
The Businessmen's Ass-
ociation of Bayfield
has been called for at
7.30 p.m. Wednesday
Yob. 10 at The Albion
Hotel.
All members and pro-
spective members are
urged to attend, as
subjects of special in
terest to all business
people of Bayfield and
area will be discussed.
President Ken Mackie
has indicated that an
arts and crafts fair
will be discussed, as
well as problems hav-
ing to do with the to-
urist industry and
other matters of int-
erest to Bayfield bus-
iness generally.
It is hoped there
will be a full turn-
out, and that the un-
dertakings for the
coming year will be as
unanimous as possible.
BOWLING
Bluewater Bowling
League results from
last week; Ladies'
high single, Jeanette
Huffman, 223; Men's
high single, Walter
Turner, 235; Ladies'
high average, Vera
Turner, 531; Men's
high average, Reg.
Francis, 639.
BAYFIELD HISTORICAL GROUP NAMES OFFICERS
Mrs. E. W. Oddleifson was named head of
the Bayfield branch of Huron County Hist-
orical Society at the charter meeting in
Bayfield a week ago Wednesday night at
the home of Brigadier and Mrs. Y.A. Cli-
ft. Her deputy is Mrs. Gairdner, at left
while archivist is Mrs. Park at right.
Mrs. Oddleifson requests that residents
of the area contact her regarding papers
letters, or any articles of historical
interest, so that they may be properly
preserved in the archives of the Society
Contributions will be duly credited in
the columns of The Bulletin (Staff Photo)
Bayfield Council Sets up
Trial Budget for Year 1965
Around
the VILLAGE
It is to be hoped
some notice will be
taken of the repres-
entations of our fis-
hermen regarding the
condition of the lo-
cal piers.
Surely it cannot
have escaped offic-
ial notice that the
ends of the piers are
rapidly sinking into
the drink.
The sanded-in harb-
or mouth is no asset
to the community in
any way, depending as
it does on fishing
and the tourist ind-
ustry, including the
cruising tourists.
Don't forget the
meeting of Bayfield
Businessmen next Wed-
nesday evening at the
Albion Hotel. It can
mean a great deal to
everyone present.
COMING EVENTS