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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Bayfield Bulletin, 1965-01-28, Page 1When It's Your Move Call HINTON the MOVER Agents United Van Lines Clinton 482-9779 VOL 1 — NO. 32 4..:1-6Q-K?" io, COM Oly Vailfirth Butirtitt THE ALBION HOTEL BAYFIELD, ONTARIO Meals - Rooms THURSDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1965 WELCOMES YOU Bayfield Phone 2 COPY SUNSET SR. CITIZENS CLUB OFFICERS BA YFIELD Huron Approves Addition To Huronview Home, Clinton Agricultural Society Holds 108th Annual Meeting Hrs. George Hopson was named first presi- dent of the Sunset Senior Citizens' Club of Bayfield at the organization meeting in the village hall Monday night. Lloyd Scotchmer was named secretary and Mrs. Walter Westlake treasurer for the new club. Additional mem- bers will be added to the executive at a later meeting. There was an encouraging tu- rnout for the first meeting, augmented by visitors from the Goderich club.(Staff Photo) GODERICH--A $ 550,000 addition to Huron- view home for the aged, Clinton, was approv ed by Huron County Council Friday by a 32-7 vote. The 75-bed wing, with facilities to handle further expansion to 150 beds, was the third of three proposals considered to meet the need for more nursing home accomm- odation in the county. 0. McClinchey was named president at the 108th annual mee- ting of Bayfield Agr- icultural Society in the village hall here Wednesday Jan. 20.He succeeds Ed. Grigg, president for the pa- st two years. Grant Stirling is let vice-president. Other officers are; Ted Dunn, 2nd vice; E. McIlwain. A. Bott- les and Mrs. Robert Taylor, directors. The committee was enlarged by the add- CLINTON-By special permission of the Military Bishop the Catholic Chaplain at R.C.A.7. Clinton,the Catholic Chaplain has been allowed to have a mass in English of- fered in the station chapel Wednesday Jan. 27. Rev. Stan McGuire parish priest of Cl- inton was to offer ition of some new members from Bayfield They are Brig. and Mrs. P.A. Clift, Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Scotch- mer,Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. L. Makins, Mrs. L. Hill. In retiring, Mr. Grigg thanked the board of directors and the committees for their hard work and co-operation dur- ing his term of off- ice. He noted improve ments had been made in keeping with chan- ging conditions. the Mass assisted oy G/d The Rev. J.P.Dav- ignon, Principal Air- force Chaplain, W/C The Rev. V. Villene- uve, 0.P., training command chaplain and Rev. Richard Hussey, station chaplain. This Mass was the first in English off- ered at any military base in Canada or ov- erseas. It precedes the general permiss- ion which will extend to all churches in Canada beginning Mar. 7 of this year. The station chapl- ain Tether Hussey re' ports a very favor- able reaction, As new president, Mr. McClinchey asked for continued co-op- eration of the board and the support of the committee. He also expressed the hope that some (Ed. Note: Following is the first in a series of articles comprising a paper delivered to the rec- ent meeting of The Huron County Histori- cal Society at Hayfi- eld by Mrs. S.W. Odd- leifson of Bayfield.) After attending the first meeting of the historical society in Carlow, I decided to do some detective wo- rk in order to learn a bit about life in Bayfield away back when. Since I am a Bay- field resident of on- new features could be added to this year's fair, to make it more educational and enter taining for both yo- ung and old. September 28 and 29 will be the dates of the 1965 fair. OF EARLY lynine years standing I have no attic of information to rum- age through, but I am fortunate enough to live across the street from a walking ency- clopedia Bayfieldica, Mr. Tom Bailey. Mr. Bailey has been a farmer, a fisherman, a hotelkeeper and a very fine athelete. In the years when the old Bayfield brid ge was standing he would dive off the top of it into about ten feet of water. He has a prodigious mem ory and likes to talk First Robin Is Sighted Championship for first robin !potting must go to Mrs. Robt. Johnston who spied one in her garden Mon day morning. In view of the weather of la- te, it is a puzzle as to whether it was he- ading North or South! In order to coincide with the hours of The Canadian Imperial Ba- nk of Commerce which will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from now on, Bayfield merchants listed in the notice on Page Two will take Wednesday afternoons as their half holiday. commencing Wednesday February 3rd. In spite of grim weather conditions the roads in the village have been kept remark- ably clear by long hours of plowing. The job seems to be in good hands. LITE HERE WERE SHOWN about the people and places as they were back in the 18801 e and 901 e. So, we began to have daily chats a bout Bayfield when it was a busy village with a variety of tr sides and industries; it also had many ho- tels. We traced the ownership of the st- ores and hotels, wh- ich is quite a study in itself because they changed hands so often. Down thro' the years hotels would When the 1964 Huron view board brought in to county council la- st Wednesday a propos al for construction of a separate buildin g to accommodate 150 beds, it proved con- troversial, and was subject of a two-hour debate. Numerous mem bers objected to incl usion of this buildin g project, estimated at a cost of a minim- um of $1,000,000, in a clause purporting only to state the ne- ed for accommodation. In the end, council voted 21 to 18 again st the clasue as it stood, and Reeve F.A. Clift of Bayfield cleared the air in a motion, seconded by Reeve Nelson Cardno of Seaforth: "In view of the ap- parent need for addi- tional accommodation, for senior citizens become private homes Stores would change hands, or types of merchandise and ser- vices would change. Buildings would be moved from one loc- ation to another. I wont try to go into all that at this time but would like to tell you something about other industries in Bayfield's past which some of you may re- member, but are not known to people like myself. (Continued Next Week) people who ars in th- ere? Has the object been to fill up with applicants as they come along--which se- ems to be the course? Before we talk about need, should we not examine population in the Home --if they (Continued Page 3) COMING EVENTS RESERVE FEBRUARY 5 for the annual Taloa- tine euchre and bridge at Anglican Parish Hall, 8 p.m. Sponsor- ed by the Association for the Guides and Brownies. Lunch,Prises Say First Mass in English At R.C.A.F. Station at Clinton SOME OF THE FASCINATING RELICS Around the VILLAGE Bayfield Personalities Quoted for Historical Society AT THE MEETING. in Huron county, the board of management of Huronview should study further and co- me forward with alter native suggestions for meeting this need in addition to their original suggestion of a separate build- ing project at Huron- vilie carried with- out opposition, and goes now to the 1965 Huronview board com- prising Reeve Elgin Thompson of Tucker- smith (chairman', Re- eve N. Jones, Hensall ;Reeve E. Snell, East Wawanosh; Reeve A.D. Smith, Turnberry; and Reeve M. Oesch, Zur- ich. The report from the 1964 board was signed by deputy reeve James Hayter of Stephen. Reeve John Corbett of Hay suggested that some residents could be sent to nursing homes, and said it "looked like an awful sum to pay if the co- unty is not going to need such a building. Probably we could bu ild two smaller homes to be run from Huron vi Thi lls.idea of decen- tralization was fav- ored by a number of speakers. Reeve Clift asked: "How many of the 226 now in the Home re- quire the special ac- commodation that Hur- onview can provide? How many could be lo- oked after ina less functionalized home-- senior citizens' qu- arters or nursing ho- mes in their own area? With only 10% of pre- sent capacity on the waiting list. we shou ld be looking careful ly at the functions we expect Huronview to provide before we pro ceed with any building in the same spot. Are we very clear in our policy as to what we are doing with the