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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-08-01, Page 61/3 OFF RAIN COATS sk,..EuVVFAR LADIES' SHORTS 1/3 OFF 6 Clinton Nevyq7Becurd, Thorglq, August 1 1968. yoriwippmaamcwoopmcwmpoo ,000‘.. We, Are. cleering. All Our .Symnier. Merchandise In On These Money-Savers - DR ES$S• ;;LOUSES SKIRTS pANT SUITS WHITg. UNIFORMS • 3 • 3 • • • • • • • • • 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Price ALL SUMMER MERCHANDISE IS REDUCED — Hurry Now To — • IP a LADIES' WEAR and DRY GOODS We appreciate your busiriss vpough to remain OPEN MONDAYS to serve you! 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ••••004.,0040.00.0.0.0.0.0.4 \NO% %%%%% NA% \••••••\•••••••••••\•\ 4 DUSTER COATS SHELLS AND TOPS ,BATHING SUITS - 20% off YARD GOODS SALE SUMMER MATERIALS Out Th.y Go BEAUTIFUL. BREEZY . , • • • By BELLCHAMBER PERSONAL ITEMS S CHURCH NEWS • CLUB ACTIVITIES • VILLAGE. HAPPENINGS Corre$pondent; AUDREY BELLCHAMBER Phone 565-21364, Bayfield. Subscriptions, Classified Advs. and Display Adys, all accepted by the Bayfield correspondent. Roller skating marathons for the younger people took, place in Bayfield Arena on Sunday afternoon. The program started With a marathon for the "under seven's"-who skated so long and so well that they all received prizes. Those taking part were. Harold Brandon, Bobbie Snell, David Eckert, Sandy Snell, Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Oddleifson have been their cousins,. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hughes, and the Misses Margery and Nora Dawson and K. Dawson of London and Toronto. Mrs. Fred LeBeau is visiting her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher McLaughlin in Toronto. BUY 3 LOAVES — SAVE 16c Reg. Price each 49c — SAVE 10c I CAKE ENGLIS Reg. 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Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker were their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Klaudi, Albert and Freddy of Princeton, Dr. and Mrs. David Hislop and their two daughters of Port Huron joined Mrs Hislops parents on Monday for several days. PERSONALS Quite a number of people appear to be interested in reviving tennis at Hayfield. When the older residents reminisce they usually tell of the f i e re ely contested tennis matches which were a local feature. As with badminton, croquet and other summer sports, tennis has waxed and waned in popularity throughout the years but maybe if enough people are interested, a committee could be formed to develop the project. Mrs. Tom Arkell and her son and daughter, Ken and Joanne arrived from Wales last Tuesday to spend some weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arkell. Mrs. Arkell left the village on Friday to join her husband in Houston, Texas, where he is visiting friends. They expect to return in the early part of August, when they will spend 10 days with his parents, before leaving for Dawson Creek, and later, Holland. -"Mini Marathon' held Sunday Rambling With Lucy Muoy R. Woods. Strike! strike! strike. If it isn't one union its another. And where is the spiral going to end? And how — maybe in Pitts in salaries across the board as happened in the "depression'" days! Perhaps the.strike which is affecting most people, certainly in Bayfield, is that of the letter carriers and postal clerks in staff post offices. No poStmaster is on strike as that is barred. He or she belongs to a postmasters association which has compulsory bargaining rights. Clinton and Goderich are staff post offices. Bayfield post office had the status of a Revenue No. 21, class office when Lucy's connection with it ceased. J. E. Hovey became postmaster May 21, 1947. In time it was raised to the status of Revenue No, 28, and on July 1, 1966 it became a Rini staff grade II post office. Rural mail carriers Leslie Abbot and Lindsay Smith are under contract so they drive their routes every day to deliver (rnostiy newspapers) and collect mail. Also the Canada mail carrier from Clinton serves the post offices on his route. every day! The strike has been and still is, a great inconvenience to business and social activities. For instanee, Lucy read about the woman who dashed down from Muskoka to Toronto with 250 wedding invitations on which she had written her telephone number over "R.S.V.P," When she complained at the sorting terminal that they had not been- delivered and she had met the deadline, she was told that there had been such a volume of mail that it couldn't be handled, In Lucy's 25 years as assistant in Bayfield Post Office the staff adhered to the slogan of the postal service, "His Majesty's Mail must get through." But of course that was before the 40 hour labour law came into force. When one considers how easily distribution of mail is made today, compared to pioneer days,. and even the turn of the century when teams of horses made the trips to Brucefield and Seaforth one wonders if a Toronto columnist were not right when she suggested that postal workers of all classes should be required to take an oath that they would not go on strike. From 1899 to 1931, two trains a day went up to Wingham from London and returned. Lucy recalls the early stage which left about six o'clock put mail on the train at Brucefield and went on to Seaforth with another bag, remained there for mail from the Goderich and Buffalo train and came on with mail from the last train at Brucefield. Another stage had met the other trains at Brucefield and so Bayfield had a mail at noon, one about supper time and late in the evening. The Seaforth service was discontinued a few years before Lucy's father was appointed postmaster in 1917, so the late mail was not quite so late. It came in as usual about seven o'clock. In those days people were glad to ride in what would now be considered an uncomfortable vehicle in summer or winter for a small fee. Besides passengers the stage driver carried express and freight for villagers for a most reasonable charge. It is the sole perrogative of the Postmaster General to handle any mail in Canada. But in this situation some bootleg delivery services have sprung up in the cities. In the border towns and cities people may go across the line and post mail to any outside point. And in Bayfield friends going to Detroit have been taking letters to mail in that city. And so as in pioneer days when men walked to Goderich for their mail, prior to the opening of the post office here so people will devise their own means of getting the written word or valuable documents through. In looking through some old notes taken in 1946 as told by Frank Keegan, Lucy noted that in early days the mail was carried on horseback from Bayfield by George Castle the pioneer, (she presumes to Brucefield and Seaforth). Jimmy Howard carried the mail Kippers, Grand Bend and John Howard carried mail from Drysdale to h. But the man who did outstanding service in the early days was George Jackson who lived about two miles north, Concession 1, Goderich Township (later he located at Egmondville where he became Postmaster and operated a tannery). He walked to Sarnia ,And backtwice a week carrying,mail. There is unfortunately no record of these pioneers in postal service in "Canada West," nor by whom or how they were paid. The first post office was opened in Bayfield June 10, 1847 and was said to have been in the house on Main Street now owned by Mrs. W W. Van Egmond. It was always a money order and savings bank office. Donald Fraser was the first Postmaster. He appears to have gone to his farm about 1850. James Gairdner was appointed in 1861 although he is listed as Postmaster in the Canada Directory 1851-52 so he was probably acting postmaster for 10 years prior to receiving the appointment. He died 14 February 1896. Miss Mary Tudor Gairdner received the appointment, March 1, 1896, and after her death November 18,1905, it went to her sister Miss Marguerite H. Gairdner who died June 28, 1917. Dr. Ninian W. Woods was postmaster from December 3, 1917 to 31 October 1933. His widow, Margaret F. Woods received the appointment 29 April 1936 and resigned 12, February 1946. J. E. Hovey has been Postmaster for over 21 years. Lucy hopes by the time this is in print, the postal strike will have been settled amicably. It will have had an adverse effect on the business of the nation. Pioneer methods of getting' the mail through cannot apply in this age. And if wages add to living costs too much, there could be a depression. Lucy recalls in the "depression" during her father's regime, postal workers on salary had to take a 10 percent cut in wages. There was more honour than remuneration attached to the pposrsiestetanthitietes, nu,f t woearats, a the postmaster in this Revenue Office 21 must nay assistants, heat, rent out of his small stipend. The 10 It could happen again! Dawn Merner, Tommy Owens, Diana Stokes, Kenny Owens, Robert Pence, and Alan Theiss, The seven to 11 year age group included Pat Brandon, Blair Brandon, Debbie Pugh, Kevin Owens, Linda Maloney, Brian Brandon, Janet Huntley, Holly and Jenny Theiss and Beth Sherritt. This determined group amazed the judges by their stamina. By skating, en masse, to the end of the allotted time, they all qualified for prizes. It seems appropriate to mention here the ladies of the Rollarena group who have worked so hard to provide fun for the young people. To a casual observer, all that is apparent is a patient mother, or two, supervising the skating, but, behind the scenes, there is a little more to it. There are skates to be laced, grazed knees to be attended, bandaids applied to blisters, pop and candy to be sold, records to select, boots to be disinfected, pop bottles to collect and lots of cleaning up. All this is done by a few but the benefits are shared by all. Thanks to the efforts of these eager workers, there's skating for all five nights a week. They receive no financial recompence for their labours, but have contributed large amounts to the Community Centre Fund, have bought a new amplifer and record player for the Arena and have improved the facilities in the refreshment booth. Committee members are Mrs. L. R. Maloney, Mrs. Ken Brandon, Mrs. Robert Snell and Mrs. Robert MacVean. Assisting are: Mrs. Don Warner, Mrs. John Lindsay, Mrs. Fred Weston, Mrs. Donald Johnston Mrs. David Beach, Mrs. Bert Eckert, Mrs. Pat Owens, Mrs. Warner Payne Mrs. Walter Turner and Mrs. Robert Turner. "Paint In" The sale of paint remover was brisk Thursday after almost 70 young children enjoyed their second annual "Paint In". About 100 feet of white cardboard fence on Main Street was the target for the young fry from Toronto, London, Guelph, Stratford, Bayfield and parts of the USA. The children were asked to portray their impressions of Bayfield. One, a black "blob" with a yellow centre still has me puzzled, but the young "artist" refused to explain and was entranced with the black enamel coating on his hands and arms. Quite a few of the "impressions" are exceptionally good and show , a vivid imagination. 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