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Brian Grjrno,.
Sunday with his
ily.
Miss .Ruth E.
The. Little Inn
the coming seas
Mrs. Wilfred Castle Was
rushed to Alexandria and Mar-
ine General Hospital, .GocleriCh
on 'Saturday afternoon where
she is improving in health.
Nancy Heard, danghter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Heard,
underwent surgery to her hand
in Clinton Public Hospital on
Monday. She is recuperating at
home,
Mrs. Brian Grime and infant
son, Barry, returned from Alex-
andra and Marine General Hos-
pital, Goderich, on Sunday to
London; spent
wife and lam,
Hayman is at
preparing for
on.
Rambling With Lucy
(Lucy R. Woods)
"Mr." and "Mrs." are surrounded by spring flowers at
"The Hoe.
"Mrs." may look east, south and west, and see hyacinths,
daffodils in various stages of development, forsythia, the
large French pussy willow tree with its little pussies swelled
into fuzzy yellow blossoms.
And if she ventures as far as the sun room window, there
are Red Emperor and and white tulips in bloom outside—at
least what the rabbits left—and also the odd crocus.
'Mrs." does not know what is in bloom along the north
fence as she has not yet broken the hibernation of winter
and burst forth into the great outdoors!
But a very small part of the great outdoors came to his
"Mrs." via "Mr." on Friday.
Sitting on the table is a bouquet of yellow dogstooth
violets and hepatica. "Mr." saw them as ihe drmie along a
familiar road and brought them home to Lucy:
Perhaps it is a sign of old age, but that little bouquet
is more precious to her than all the garden flowers, or beauti-
ful one grown in a greenhouse.
Every time she contemplates them, Lucy goes back in
thought over the years, She recalls her childhood when with
her mother, cousins or friends, she went to the bush on
Sunday afternoons to look for the first shy hepatica in its
pink, mauve or blue shade, for dogstooth violets both yellow
and white,
Sometimes they came across leeks—while they smelled
as enticing in the bush as green onions do 'in the garden, they
hoped the cows wouldn't find them. (Ever eat butter churned
after cows had enjoyed spring leekS?)
Of course, if it rained on, Easter Sunday, the trip to the
bush often had to be put off on subsequent SundaYs.
Lucy still remembers coaxng her mother to go to their
swamp one Easter Sunday, even though it were cold and
damp, just to look. Needless to say, she didn't find any
flowers. Her hope had been to locate some in a sunny
sheltered angle of the old rail fence.
Perhaps some elders at that time would have frowned
on the Sunday walks as being irreligious. But to most girls
of 50 years ago, a walk of five miles or so with a saunter
through some bush as an interlude was a happy way to spend
a sunny Sunday afternoon.
There was so much to learn about nature: to look in
the streams for the masses of frog eggs; to watch the little
tadpoles; to see a little rabbit scurry out of sight; to watch
the chipmunk on a stump in the sun; to talk about snakes
and hope they wouldn't meet one; to just sit still in the woods
and listen to the birds or the "Canadian Band" (frogs)
playing their symphony; to see if the old mud hen was hat-
ching in the marsh up the front road by Parker's, or the
partridge nesting back in Billy Bob Johnston's bush.
As the girls grew a little older, they were allowed to go
by themselves.
On one occasion their hands were gory after picking
some nice white flowers in the fence corner of what is now
George Bell's woodlot. Have you guessed? It was blood-
root.
Then, too, there were such lovely big white violets on
the south bank in Jowett's Grove, just inviting themselves
to be picked, and, perhaps, taken to teacher next day,
The boys went off in groups, too, mostly up the river
to "the hogs back" Where if it were warm enough, they
went in swimming in bare skin bathing suits.
Or perhaps they followed someone's line of muskrat
traps out of curiosity, or hunted for turtles eggs, or went
bird nesting.
On in May, either boys or girls might be found down
Cameron's hill looking for water cress.
And ten 'to one the girls had picked trilliums on the
surrounding hill sides, or uprooted some special fern to
carry home. They might even have wet feet (almost a
calamity in those days) from venturing too far for buttair-
cups so that water oozed over their rubbers.
And some boys were known to have chased the girls
with a snake—dead, but nevertheless frightening!
Not until they were mature did boys and girls pair off
for Sunday walks in those days.
It's quite a change in 50 years, isn't it? It doesn't seem
possible that the ,average boy, turned 16 needs a car and
excitement to amuse him in this so-called "space age". And
a girl must have a .permanent, her hair ail back-combed into
the latest style, arid new clothes for almost every occasion.
Those little wild flowers are the same to-day as they
Were 50 years ago. They remind one of an almost forgotten
era when pleaSures were simple and people were content.
Maybe a "young-un" stepped out of line sometimes but
for the most part children respected their elders and learned
obedience in their homes (frequently disciplined in the wood-
shed) which stood them in •good stead the rest of their lives.
Now-a-days, it appears in a great many instances that
the parents obey the children,
We have need to-day to get back to the peace and
security of the family unit—the simplicity for which the
wild flower stands! It is a beatrtiftll creation nurtured by
God. Are our lives at beautiful?
We have need also of the healthy exercise of walking,
not on dares or as a stunt but daily exercise.
"Mrs.", who has not been able to ramble through the
woods or pick wild flowers for over 80 years, urges her
readers to take walks daily While they have the tise of
their limbs.
And to the 'teenagers she would say: "Develop a cult
for walking in the fresh Open air"—otherwise the human
race may be doomed to become a race of squatters, who
have to resort to using their arms as front legs for suppont
from too much sitting!
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SEAL.1) TgNEMFI$ for road-side spraying of weeds
and brush in the Township of Stanley will be received by
the undersigned until 12:00 noon, Monday, May 6, 1963.
Tenders to state an hourly rate.
The Township will , supply the spray and a helper.
Tenders are to be clearly marked as to content. Lowest
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MEL GRAHAM, Clerk,
Brucefield, Ontario.
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NOTICE TO RESIDENTS
OF THE VILLAGE OF
BAYFIELD
As of May 1st, 1963—All Dogs must be
tied up or on a leash.
Any dogs caught running at large, the
owners will be prosecuted.
Dog licence may be procured from our
assessor, J. M. Stewart.
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Tenders to be sealed and clearly marked as to contents.
Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted,
MEL GRAHAM, Clerk,
Brucefield, Ontario.
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TOWNSHIP OF GODERICH AUDITOR'S REPORT
March 27th, 1963. The Reeve, Councillors and Ratepayers,
Township of Goderich,
Goderich, Ontario.
Dear Sirs:
In accordance with your instructions we have completed
an audit of the books and accounts of the Township of
Goderich and its related school boards for the year ended
December 31st, 1962.
Operations for ,the Year resulted in a surplus of $3,965.21 -
increasing the accumulated surplus as at December 31st,
1962, to $31,783.14,
Again, details of the budget were not available for in-
clusion on Statement D. Section 297 of the Municipal Act
requires Council, annually to prepare and adopt estimates
of all revenues and expenditures.
Surety bond coverage for the Secretary-Treasurers of
School Sections 2 and 9 still had not been obtained by the
year-end as required by Section 46 of the Schools Adminis-
tration Act.
Additional assessment under Section 53 resulted in in-
creased taxes of $238.74. As at December 31st, 1962, the
high schools and county had not been paid their share of
these additional taxes as required by the Department of
Municipal Affairs.
It may be noted on Schedule 8 that the deferred revenue
CAPITAL AND LOAN
from per capita grants totals $3,102.30, and from county
rates, $4,030.68. We would recommend that the commercial
rate be three mills above the residential rate, and that the
county rate be lowered by two mills for 1963.
Subject to the qualifications concerning failure of the
public school boards to have their treasurers bonded, and
failure to pay local boards their share of taxes raised under
Section 53, we hereby report that in our opinion:
(1) The financial transactions which have come under our
notice have been within the powers of the municipality.
(2) The audit has been conducted in accordance with the
instructions of the Department of Municipal Affairs.
(3) The financial statements present fairly the financial
position of the municipality as at December 31st, 1962,
and the results of its operations for the year ended on
that date.
In conclusion, we wish to express our appreciation for
the co-operation which we received from the officials of your
Township with ;whom we were in contact during the course
of our audit.
Respectfully submitted,
MONTEITH, MONTEITH & CO.,
Chartered Accountants.
License Number 1033.
Date of Filing, March 28th, 1963.
FUND BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS
General Fixed (as per Schedule 18)
Due from Schools (for Debentures)
Public and Continuation $106,538.21
Collegiate and High ,.„ ............. „, 119,066.95
December 31, 1962
LIABILITIES
$ 39,538.90 Schools—Public and Continuation $106,538.21
Total $106,538.21
Due to Other Municipalities
225,605.16 (For Debentures Assumed—Schedule 2) 119,066.95
Investment in Capital Assets 39,538.90
$265,144.06 $265,144.06
FUND BALANCE SHEET
December 31, 1962
LIABILITIES
$ 6,685,84 Temporary Loans (Schedule 6) $ 29,625,00
62,50 Accounts Payable 742.47
15,862.85 Debentures and Coupons Due—Interest 131.28
2,208.88 Due to Other Municipalities 264,12
229.27 Due to Schools 199.71
45,855.13 Due to Other Funds
Municipal Drains $ 368.03
Hohnesville Street LightS 150.52
Police Village of Bayfield 120.05
REVENUE
ASSETS
Cash in Bank
Accounts Receivable—Sundry •
Due from Province of Ontario
Due from Other Municipalities
Due from Other Funds (Municipal Drains)
Taxes Receivable (Schedule 5)
6A8.60
Other Liabilities—Deferred Revenue (Schedule 8) 7,520.15
Surplus (Form C) 31,783.14
Total Assets $ 70,904,47 Total Liabilities and Surplus $ 70,904,47
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
For the
y
ear ended December 31, 1962
REVENUE EXPENDITURES
Total Revenue from Taxation (Schedule 3) $137,694.36 General Government $ 7,695.5
Contributions, Grants and Subsidies--Ontario..,.. 33,271.55 Protection to Persons and Property 2,767.99
Gov't. Enterprises: Canada-'-CNR Read Receipts 219.36 Public Works—Roads, Highways, Streets, etc. 45,214.55 Licenses and Permits „:....,.-„„. ......... ..,-,, .................. 1,724,75 Conservation of Health 6.01
Thterest, Tax Penalties, etc, 2,5'10,78 Social Welfare (Schedule 10, 2,865.34
Other Revenues—Rents, FineS, Service Charges .... 2,104.88 tdueation, ,IncItiding debt Charges (Schedule 9) 76,255.69
Miscellaneous ,.„ ......... „ „.... ... ...... ................... < .„.. ..... 808,05 Debt Charges—Interest and Other charges 1,404.77
Taxes written off 82.82
Joint or .Special EgperlditUres 86,02,79
'Provision for Deferred Revenue 1,383,04
Gross Total txpencliture $174,368:52
Surplus for the Year 8,965.21
Total revenue .. 111 ,.....,..........,..,$17S,333.73 `rata expenditure $1/8,883./3
The home ..of her husband's par-
ents,. Mr. and Mrs, W. Bell-
chamber,
Mrs. Ernest Parker returned
to the village after visiting her
daughter in Detroit, and AP,
companied by her sister, Mrs.
Chris. Parker, left for her home,
in •ITaicarn, .Sash., on Monday,
Friends in the village learn
recently of the death on Ap-
ril 19, 1963,, of Robert Spack-
man, Vancouver Island, B.C.,
only son of the late Mr, and
Mrs. James Spackman,
He will be recalled in the
district as a thre$her and
cement contractor.
Mrs, H. G. Hunter accomp-
anied by her mother, Mrs.
001).PRIPlf 31:A$
-49XINS$PA4g0917. 0.4Q14,
Congratulations a 44 hest
wishes go to E. R, Weston,
Goderich, who on April n cele-
brated his 81st birthday with
his wife at the home of Mr,'
,and Mrs, Malcolm Toms, Ray-
- • •
Charles Rogers, Toronto, were
at her home in the village from
Friday tb. Wednesday. Dr. nun-
ter^ and Miss Sally Beth were
also here for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. H, McLaren
and Christine returned to Port.
Elgin ,on Sunday after having
visited Misses A. M. and
.Stirling from Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs, -0-, TT. Holman
and Miss Helen Brownlee, Lon-
don were guests of mrs.
oMr
on the weekend-
,and Mrs, J H. Wit-
;lock and three children, Tor-
onto, were at their cottage on
Bayfield Terrace over Satur-
day night and Sunday,
Rev, and Mrs. H. B, Scuda-
more, Rexdale, came on Satur-
day and are staying with Mrs.
R, H. F, Gairdner this week
while opening their cottage at
Hays Beach. .Also luncheon,
guests of Mrs. Gairdner on
Sunday were the Rev. canon
M, LangFord and daughter,
Mrs, Rance Bricker, Kitchener,
and the Rev. E. J. B. Harrison.
Mrs, ' LeRoy Poth was the
guest speaker at the Goderich
Home end School Association
meeting, April 30 in the Vic--
toria Public School auditorium,
Her subject was "Citizenship",
She emphasized the fact that
we can no longer be citizens of
our own little community, but
must be world citizens today.
J. B. Grime who has com-
pleted his general arts course
at the University of Western
Ontario has accepted a post on
the staff of the John L. Ross
Secondary a n d Vocational
School, Guelph. He will teach
English in which he majored at
UWO, .•
BRUCEFIELD
By Mrs. If, F. Berry
Mrs. A. Ings, Mrs. Krueger,
Mrs. John Cairns, Seaforth,
called on friends in the village
on Friday.
The Brucefield CGIT girls
and their leaders, Mrs. F. Bou-
ghan and Mrs. Glen Swan at-
tended the CGIT rally in. Wing-
ham on Saturday.
Miss Marion Triebner spent
the weekend with her sister,
Mrs. D. Jolly and family in
Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Neale,
London, visited a few days with
Mrs. Neale's mother, Mrs. W.
Stackhouse.
Mr, and Mrs. George Ross
spent the weekend with Mr.
Ross' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Seldon Ross,
Mr. Lindasy Eyre was the
successful winner of the $50 at
the IOOF euchre in Zurich on
Saturday night.
Mrs. Elsie Forrest visited in
London on Monday.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. L. Ariano on the gift of a
baby girl on Sunday,
Mrs, T. A. Dutton visited in
Michigan on Sunday.
Daffodil Tea.
Unit two of the Brucefield
United Church UCW held a
daffodil tea at' the home of
Mrs. H. Berry on Wednesday
with a good attendance.
The dining room and table
were decorated with daffodils.
Mrs. (Rev.) H. Johnston and
Mrs. L. Eyre poured tea.
Mrs. G, Bell, Mrs. S. Ross,
BAYFIELD-,-The p•jrst Bay-
field Bey Scout Group held a
`Father and Son dinner on April
19 in Trinity Anglican Parish
Hall.
It commenced with the Flag
Break after which the Rev. E.
J. B. Harrison said Grace.
Trinity Chord
Presents 'Hood
To -Popular Cleric
BAYFIELD — At Trinity
Church on Sunday morning,
following the sermon, the rec-
tor, Rev, E. J. B. Harrison
asked A. F. Scotclimer,,rector'e
warden, to come forward.
The Rey, Canon Harold Mor-
rison Lang - Ford, Kitchener,
who had been, robed and in the
sanctuary during the service,
was escorted by the rector to
the chancel steps.
in his introductory remarks,
Mr. Harrison expressed the
great honour accorded Trinity
Church in being given the op-
portunity to present Canon
Lang-Ford with his hood for
the Doctor of Divinity degree
which will be conferred on him
by Huron College at Convoca-
tion on, Saturday, May 4 at
2.30 in the student activity
centre.
AIL F, Scotchmer presented
Canon Lang-Ford with the
open box containing the scarlet
lined hood, saying that he
deemed it a great privilege on
his part to do so on behalf of
the board of management and
congregation of Trinity Church.
Canon Lang-Ford' expressed
his thanks and deep apprecia-
tion, He said that he felt very
close to this little church where
he had worshipped jn the sum-
mer for so many years, and
especially in that friends here
had been so kind when Mrs.
Lang-Ford passed away in 1961.
Canon Lang-Ford said the
closing prayers and pronounced
the benediction.
The Rev. Canon H. M. Lang-
Ford is in his 87th year. He
graduated from Huron College
in 1900 and was priested in
1902 by the late Bishop M.
Baldwin of Huron Diocese.
He is the oldest graduate of
Huron College who is still ac-
tive within the Diocese. He
served in the parishes of
Wardsville .a n d Newburry,
Brussels and Walton, Listowel
and Shipley, St. John's Kitch-
ener, and St. Mary's Church,
Walkerville.
He was Rural Dean of Wat-
erloo in 1919 and made a Canon
of St. Paul's Cathedral, Lon-
don, in 1948.
Canon Lang-Ford has been
vacationing in Bayfield for a-
bout 55 years and during that
time has on many occasions
occupied the pulpit and assist-
ed with services in Trinity
Church. He resides with his
daughter at 579 Glasgow Rd.,
Kitchener.
Mrs. H. Lemon and Mrs C.
Horton were in charge of the
tea tables; Mrs. F. McCowan,
Mrs. N. Baird, baking; Mrs.
John McGregor, aprons.
The unit realized $55 and a
very pleasant afternoon was
spent.
The toast to the Queen was
proposed by Assistant Scout-
master Howard. Scotcher and
Miss Shirley Pierson was pian,
ist for the reaPPIISP—The- Na-tional Anthem,
The chairman, George Bell-
chamber then welcomed .fath,
ers, Scouts, Cubs and guests on
behalf of the .Group 'Commit-tee and mentioned that the
District Commissioner of
ron District WAS present and
would be addressing them 'hater,
Mr: Bellchamber next -otitlin-
ed the activities of the Scout
Troop since it was re,organized
in February 1962 and stated
that the successful program
was of course mainly :due to .
$eoutinbaster, J. Barrett, who
was recently awarded his Long
Service Medal by "Boy Scouts
of Canada" for more than ten
years satisfactory service in the
organization.
Cubmaster J. Gallant was
then complimented for the fine
Cub Pack. Mention was also
made of the use of Scout Nigel
Bellchamber and Cadet Shirley
Pierson as Cub Instructors; and
Cub activities were reviewed.
The chairman recalled the
very fine response to the an-
nual Apple Day by the people
of Bayfield and Varna area.
He then expressed the grati-
tude of the entire group to all
sponsors and others; to the
Lions Club members, several of
whom were present as "adopt-
ed fathers" for the evening, in-
cluding president Harvey Cole-
man; to the two churches, rep-
resented by their respective
ministers ;to the Ladies' Auxil-
iary for arranging the dinner;
to the Trinity Club members
for preparing such a fine meal;
and finally the leaders, assist-
ant and Cub instructors for the
fine year's work.
T h e chairman's remarks
were followed by a toast to the
fathers by Cub Allan Pease,
given in verse, Mr. Roy Fitz-
simons responded on behalf of
the fathers in a manner much
appreciated by the boys,
The District Commissioner,
Doug Harrison, Exeter, was
then introduced.
He presented Cubmaster J.
Gallant with his Scouters War-
rant, and then announced that
he had appointed Cubmaster
Gallant, assistant District Com-
missioner of the Clinton Area
(Clinton, Brucefield and Bay-
field).
District Commissioner Har-
rison gave the address, remind-
ing the boys of the significance
of the Scout uniform.
The District Commissioner's
remarks were followed by
items of interest to the fathers
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performed by the Pack and the
Troop,
The fathers were privileged
to witness the actual investi,
ture of a Scout—Donald 'Welsh,
-Varna by Assistant Scout-
master H 0 W a r.d .Scotchmer,
Scoutmaster J, Barrett and
District • Commissioner Har-
rison.
The flag lowering ceremony
was observed by Troop and.
Pec_lr—the color was lowered
by Troop Leader George Linde
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Trinity Guild
Hold Meeting.
PAYFIT:LiP---17he April meet-
ing of Trinity Church Guild
was held at the home of Mrs.,
K. King. Thirteen members
And a guest, Mrs, F. H, p.41111,
Listewel„ were present,
Mrs, Peyc.y Weston,
was in. charge.
The Rev, E. J. B. Harrison
said the opening prayers and;
read the scripture,
Mrs. A. K Bassett read the
minutes and correspondence, in-
cluding thank-you notes, from
Aaikoil
Fred Weston,.
i
Fre
of and the famly the,
late Herbert Sturgeon.
Mrs. I, R. Smith, treasurer,
gave the figarielal report.
Last minute details were
completed for ,catering to the
Father and son banquet for
Scouts and Cubs the next evep-.
Following 't .11 e benediction,
Pronounced by Mr, Harrison,
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Lads, Dads and Guests Enjoy Fete,
Invest Youth, Honour Scout Master