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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Bayfield Bulletin, 1965-02-04, Page 1When les Your Move Coll HINTON the MOVER Agents United Van Lines Clinton 482-9779 .T1it Vallfirth Butirtin io. COPY THE ALBION HOTEL WELCOMES YOU Meals - Rooms Bayfield Phone 2 VOL 1 — NO. 33 BAYFIELD, ONTARIO 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. .1111.Mr.=1,••••••••••• 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