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Home My WebLink AboutThe Bayfield Bulletin, 1964-08-05, Page 1..mimpimmipmummomempo "VP Associate Editor In Crash Dwight Aldham, Associate Editor of The Bul- letin, narrowly escaped serious injury Saturday evening while driving along County Road No. 25 near Carlow. His car was struck from the rear by one driven by Harry Adams of Goderich, who suf- fered minor but painful face injuries. Dwight is back on the job this week suffering from a stiff neck and the loss of his car, which was badly dam- aged. (Bulletin Photo). • E. bieht. Box mg, BaN ['cid r Vallfirth Vattrtitt - 10e COPY CURRY'S TAX! GODERICH — Phone 524-7305 BAYFIELD, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1964 VOL. 1 — No. 9 TAXI Phone Clinton 482-9012 0 482-9036 10e COPY Many Bayfield Homes Are Known By Unsual, Odd, Fascinating Names By G. ARCHER Good progress is being made on construction of the new bridge on the Clinton-Bayfield road, as Huron County engineers and workmen proceed with pouring of concrete for the reinforced structure. A detour by the side of the road has been in use for several weeks as the project continues. (Visser Photo) Readers Subscribe' Mrs. Mary Johnston Observes On Annual Basis Ninetieth Birthday At Goderich The Hayfield Bulletin is glad to list the following subscribers who have joined the list for the ensuing year: Donald R. MacKenzie, Apt. 406-2090 Comex Vancouver 5, B.C. 8-65 H. H. Ormond, Bayfield 8-65 Ronald Chapman, Bayfield 8-65 Howard Beckwith, 74 Manor Rd., 8-65 Denville, N.J. 07:43-1 Gordon Kurtz, 255 Linden St., 8-65 Rochester, N.Y.. 14620 R. II. ('hapman, • 41 Weston St., 8-65 London, Ont. Margaret Fawcett, RR 2, 'Merton 8-65 Mrs. G. L. Krri ht, 511 Atlas St., . 8-65 Toronto 10, Ont. Norman MacDonald, 150 Widder St., 8-6.5 Goderich, Ont. Stewart G. Ball, R.E.D. No. 8 8-65 Midland, Mich, U.S.A. r.-444Z. Ninety years ago July 28, Mary Mcllwain was born in a log house, still standing, on the east side of Bayfield road ab- out five miles north of Bay- field. As Mrs. Mary Johnston, widow of James Johnston, she celebrated the anniversary at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jack Ryan, Horton Street, Goderich, where many friends called during "open house" at femora and evening. Some first learned of the occasion through mention on Wingham TV silation's newscast. -- Good Health Mrs. Johnston is in excellent health, physically alert, and !ices-many greeted the many callers. In 90-degree heat, she walked out to the lawn and k•at for pictures. Her memory, is exceptional, and she recalled the names of some of the pupils who attended Union &tuxd not the present building—when Ahe did. They included the Swaffield sisters. Naomi, "who sang in the choir", Rose, "Muff" and Jessie, daughters of William Swaffield, or "Dor- set Cottage" on the west side of Bayfield road. She knew the nine Elliott girls of the farm at the Gully, all gone now but Frances. in Goderich. After her marriage in 1899 to James Johnston. they farm- ed in Ashfield until retiring to Goderich in 1945. They lived on Picton Street, but since the Hayfield is a village almost devoid of street names and house numbers. Instead many of the cottages and houses al- ong .its wn,Wng streets have names. Some of these, like "Valley View". "Fairlawn", "Cedars" and "Lakeview", are descriptive. Others, such as "Idle Hour" and "Green Pastures", suggest how the owner views his home. "Green Pasture", owned by H. H. Ormond, is built on land that formerly was a pasture. However that is only one of several rcusons behind the mune, which is taken from the 23rd Psalm: "He maketh me lie down in green pcksturils". The name is evocative of the pleasant life, which Mr. Orm- ond feels he leads, and also suggests retirement, which suits Mr. Ormond, who is a re- tired engineer of the Ford Mo- tor Company. Geographical Many of the names have a geographical origin: "Dun- cairn", " Mit 'mint ic, " D i ngle- ton". and ''Isualudno". "Dingle- ton" is named after a cottage inaide of Melrose Abbey, While perhaps named after the fam- ous watering-place town in Wales, is now the "Century House". The "Century House" was purchased by the Thomp- sons when it was about a hund- red years old, and the name is appropriate since it is now an antique shop. cottage's name is easily discern- Often the reason behind a able: "Stonehaven" has a porch supported by three large stone Pillars, the driveway of "Shady Lane" is over-hung by tree- branches. "Holley Lodge" was named after a daughter. Sometimes the names are ex- otic, such as "Shangri-la", or DRAW WINNER The winner of a draw made for a free lawn barbecue at Hovey's General Store on Sat- urday, August 1st, was Blair Brandon, age five, of Bayfield. The draw was made by Denise Connors, of Ottawa. intriguing such as "Blink Bon- nie", "To-Jo-B", "Peanut But- ter Palace", but for the most part the names are simple and easy to understand. How pleas- ant it is to be able to say in giving directions, "It's the cot- tage next to 'Duncairn'," or "It's two down from 'The Storehouse'," when there are no street names or numbers to use as reference. The "Bulletin" realizes it may well have missed many in- teresting and unusual names of coittages, and requests the as- sistance of its readers in ob- taining a more complete Television Views By William Whiting Here's another story about Canadian talent moving to the United States. This time it's Peter Jennings, CTV news com- mentator, who will leave his post this month and join the news staff of ABC in New York. He's the second cry newsman to join ABC. We suggest that ("TV should made every effort to re- tain Jennings and Baden Lang- ton who are top men in their field. So, now we're left with Larry Henderson, who doesn't come close to the two departed, and two others—Douglas and Kirk who probably will receive offers in the near future. As it stands now, ABC is number three in news ratings, with NBC way out in front. But, it's interesting to see how ABC is gradually building up their news operation. It will be a big struggle to topple the Huntley-Brinkley team, b ut business, and ABC is striving anything is possible In this to be first 4, • 4. "Bewitched", the program we picked to be in the top five for the coming season, features Elizabeth Montgomery. H e r husband, William Asher, will direct the first six episodes. • • • Andy Devine will be in two or three of the early episodes of NBC's "Flipper" which be- gins in September. • • • "To Tell the Truth" will not return to CTV's nighttime. schedule, but it may be seen in a daytime version on many Canadian stations in Septem- ber. 0 Albion Hotel Guests Included in recent registra- tions at the Albion Hotel were: Mr. and Mrs. Allen Nobleston, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Graluun, Mr. and Mrs. Joucalves, Mr. and Mrs. E. Geiner, all of Tor- onto; B. Shuttieworth, London, and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. E. Bishop of Chicago, Illinois. COMING EVENTS Notices on the front page under this heading are avail- able at five cents per word, minimum charge 75 cents paid in advance, or $1.00 charged death of her husband in 1957, Mrs. Johnston has resided with her daughter, Verna and son-in- law, John Ryan. There she continues her interest in gard- ening. Large Family Her son Eldon lives at 113 East Street, and has three daughters: Marjorie Carey, Goderich; Mildred Tyndal, Lon- (Continued on Page Eight) pt. 509, 8-65 gist) fr ti