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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1969-02-13, Page 88 Clinton News -Record, Thursday, February 1$, 1969 Seek beads inipro . ement to aid 'tourist hdUstry Bayfield Village counci} met last Wednesday night, Reeve F, McFadden, informed council that the village planning committee has recently been meeting twice weekly and will meet with council very shortly: He also told council that the County Library Board had set the sutra, of $129,25 for the 1969 upkeep of Bayfield Library, This amount includes, heat, sight and. telephone; also repairs and maintenance. He explained that the amount was based on .the 1968 operational cost.. The ,clerk, Mrs. Maloney reminded council that as of 1969, all building permits are to go through council, Giving committee reports, Councillor M. Merrier said he hoped this year to see the opening of Cameron Street and continuation of the drains from Delevan St. to Kerr'scorner, an outlet on the top of Glasses Hill and further grading on Tuyll Street. , He also spoke of the need for a drainage "system around the arena and the necessity of.posts across dead end streets. Councillor Merrier said that in the future, he would like to see a recreational director for the Community Centre and also a changing pavilion, toilet facilities and a refreshment booth on the beach. He pointed out that the '"tourist trade is our only industry and we should put some effort into it", A bylaw was passed authorizing the borrowing of 1.0,000 to meet current expenditures, It was reported that the present bank charges will .amount to seven per cent. It was also reported that the village :is financially in better shape than this time last year, Anglicans meet The A.C.W, of Trinity Church held a most successful card party last Friday in the parish.hall. Sixty-eight people enjoyed ars evening of Euchre and Bridge, Euchre winners were: ladies' high, Mrs. Rose Baker, low, Mrs. Jeanette Hoffman. Ladies' lone hands, Mrs. Greta Scotchmer. Men's high, Harry Baker, low, Douglas Telford. Men's lone hands, Lloyd Westlake. Bridge winners were; Mrs. J. A. Cameron and Gordon Graham. BEAUTIFUL, BREEZY 11.1.L By .:RICMA1wtB;ER. PERSONAL ITEM$ r CHURCH NEWS O CLUE ACTIVITIES • VILLAGE HAPPENW40 Qorre! ondent AUDREY . E LCHA ---,Phone - . p � B ,�. OBER :565 Z84�i Bayif�eld. Substriptions, Classified Advs..and DIsvi*Y Advs. all accepted by the 6oyfield Sorrespandent. Viilage Mrs, E. W. Qddleifson, special Speaker at the l3avfield branch of the Huron County Historical Society, gave a paper on the early inns and hotels of Bayfield Monday night. Historical facts interspersed with amusing anecdotes from the past were Presented in: a most interesting and colourful manner. in 1879 there were four licensed and three temperance hotels in existence and it is believed that at one time there `were as many as 14, some of which are still in operation. The Commercial Hotel, now the Little Inn, became the property of Richard Bailey around 1870, He purchased it' from a Mrs, Mossop who had acquired it from Donald Fraser in 1862. Running a hotel in the late 1800's, when the Scott Act was in force and the sale of liquor illegal, was at times an exciting called "lawless, ANNOUNCEMENT BAYFIELD - CLINTON GOLF COURSE The golf course owned by Mr. and Mrs.- Fred Hulls has been sold to Mr. Ron Samways of London. THANK YOU Mr. and Mrs. Hulls would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone for their wonderful patronage, during the past ten years. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Samways the -best of luck and hope that you all shoethem the same loyalty as you have shown us. Thank You. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL WEEK FEBRUARY -9T1-{ TQ 19T1-1. How much home are you missing through outdated wiring? When this house was built it vitas he 4 to irnagina all the wonderful ways in which electricity would be serving us today. That's why the wiring ire so many older homes Just isn't adequate for today's needs. There are many signs. Fuses blowing.. Lights dimming. Appli- ances performing sluggishly. Cluttered extension cords. Not enough outlets, The tdackie ow' 0h6 Garbe is EIec'i iCal Llv 44g. So, if you're planning to mod- ernize your home, think first of the wiring. Have a qualified efec- triol .Contractor check it. You'll be surprised at how easily and inexpensively it can be updated. Or just ask your Hydro. and risky business, This situation inspired the following news item, taken from the Clinton New Era on May 16, 1890. "Some tiine ago Bayfield had the reputation of being a lawless,. godless, and desolate place. It was supposed to be a place where the Scott Act was openly defied, the constables of the law resisted, and the court of the land brought into contempt. $ince the Salvation Army came to town, a remarkable change has taken place. After the Revival last week, a good many are using better language and as, a whole the citizens are becoming more Godfearing", In 1903 The Commercial Hotel changed hands and the new owner was Harry Darrow, followed by Ed Weston and Mrs. Seeds. In 1941 Mr. and Mrs. George Little became the new proprietors and operated it as the Little Inn until it was purchased by Miss Ruth Hayman in 1954. Another of the earliest establishments, the Central, now the Albion, still serves the public the year round, Purchased from James Pollock, it was owned and operated by Edward Elliott who died in 1895, after. which his wife kept the hotel open, In 1905 Hugh McKay from Egnrondville. married Mrs. Elliott's daughter, Lillian, and took over the management of the hotel until his death in 1962. The present. owner, Mrs. M. Robinson, purchased it in 1964. One of the Albion's early registers listed the Labatt family as guests, coming by carriage from London, on the 6tli of August, 1907. On a S,undav, dinner was 25 cents and there would be as many as 50 rigs and' carriages on the area , where Percy Weston's house; now stands. There was a large,ample,' room .. for the convenie' "ce of travelling salesmen, riving horses with carts fiile,I With: samples of dry goods; : chlri i shoes, etc. Mr. and Mrs. .Tom Bailey. retired owners of the Ritz, operated it from 1923 to 1965. It was destroyed by fire in 1947, rebuilt, and opened for business in the spring of 1948. The old Ritz began business as the Queens Hotel built around 1870. It was a frame building, not very large, and was moved to a corner of the lot when the Kalbfeisch company put up a new building in 1878. It was run by Edward Elliott, later a proprietor of the Albion, and by James Pollock, godless, deso a Eight attend UCW parley. Tire- Unit,One of V.C.W.. meeting was -held at the home of :Miss Josephine 'Stirling with twenty memgers present, "Praise Ye The turd For•:His Holiness". was -the inspiring topic of the devotional given by Mrs.. Thomas Penhale, Minutes of lire joint January meeting were read and approved, e" in 1890 The River Hotel, now a private home owned by Mrs. Carol Lynn of Toronto, Photo by Bellchamber. changing hands several times. Meanwhile John Tippett bought the small original building, moved it up Main Street, and used it as a harness shop. It is now Brisson's Antique Shop. Around 1900 the Queens ceased to be a hotel and was rented as a private home by John Ferguson. When Mr. Pollock sold his hotel on Highway 21 to the McEwan family, he bought back the Queens and operated it as a hotel again until his death. His widow married Harry Darrow and they ran the hotel, until the Canada Temperance Act made the hotel -keeping business so unprofitable that it once again became .a private home. Another of the early structures still in use as a dwelling was the River Hotel, on Bayfield Terrace, overlooking the Bayfield River. Originally built of logs, it was operated as a Former hotel Owners married 59 years ' store by John Morgan who sold it to Mr, Swartz in 1886. He beautified the area by creating a little park of trees and shrubs along the bank. This property, too, changed hands any times, under such names as Baird, England, Rogers, Greenslade, Jewett, Jacob, Heard, and Lynn, the present i?wner, who uses it as a summer residence. At the corner of Catherine and Colina Streets where the old Weston house stood, John and Mammy Morgan operated a hotel which specialized in goose dinners. Other enterprises mentioned by the speaker were the Red Lion Hotel which flourished about 125 years ago in the vicinity of the Davidson Home; Mr. Pollock's hotel, now the Paul Bunyan, with its old forge across the corner where smithing and iron work were done, and the Royal, now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hammond. During the business part of the meeting, conducted by Mrs. A. S. Morton, future meetings and summer projects were discussed. At the close of the meeting a cup•of tea was served by Mrs. F. A. Clift, Mrs. Philip DeBoulay and Mrs. Harry Baker.. Scout, guide • • groups tom A joint meeting of the local Association to Guides and Brownies and the Ladies' Auxiliary for Scouts and Cubs was held last Wednesday. It was decided to join the two groups to function as one. New officers elected were: president, Mrs. Joan Merner: vice president, Mrs. Pat Renner; secretary, Mrs. Dawna Westlake andT�treasurer, Mrs. Margaret taga 'haryl !an ,luv -t :din :'1i a a). q,*t„ I#uch.cpmmittee: Mrs.=Marion r Mackie, Mrs. Jean Greer and Mrs. Ruth Makins. Telephone committee: Mrs. Carolyn Snell and Mrs. Margie Talbot. A few new rules and regulations were laid down by the members, it was decided that in the future, Scout and Cub leaders uniforms will be provided as well as Guide and Brownie leaders uniforms. Members also agreed to pay any necessary transportation costs for the leaders. The meetings will be bi-monthly, the next one to be held at the' home of Mrs. Ruth Makins on April 15. ,,Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Weston who this week mark their 59th wedding anniversary. — Photo by Bellchamber. On February 10, 1910, Nina Johnston and Edgar Richard Weston exchanged marriage vows before the Reverend W. H. Barraclough. Married in Sarnia their wedding attendants were Professor William 11. Buckley and Edith Barraclough. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Weston have spent their married life residing in Goderich and Bayfield' and at one time operated the Lakeview Hotel, Bayfield, and later Jowett's Pavilion from 1920 to 1955. In 1906, -Mr. Weston operated the stage from Brucefield to Bayfield. They had three sons, Clayton, Grafton ("White") and Dick, of the R.C.A.F. who was killed during the last war. Mr. and Mrs. Weston celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary with a family dinner party at the home of their niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Westlake, Treasury report: was els and apprpved.. Under new :business. decided to holda 114m►;na on May 3 from 2:'30 and a Bazaar and T Qetober 11. ,? Mrs. D, Campbell and Penhele gave a. most int report .on the 2nd meetingof the Huro Presbyterial held at There were eight m present from Bayfield U. The meeting cloned w Benediction. Hostesses for refreshments were M. Watson, Mrs. L. Cleave ;ar C, Merner, Mr, and Mrs. McPherson, Nancy and 1 Downsview spent Sunday Tuesday with Mr. and Mri Cameron at their home; Open Gate". Mrs. Stanley Bryan London was the guest George Little over the w - Mr. and Mrs. David Toronto, were weekend of Mrs. Wm. Metcalf, Canon and Mrs. F. H. Brantford spent the w with Mrs, Carl E. Diehl. Irvine Pease, London, his village. home ove weekend. Mr. and Mrs. K McNamara of B.C. were of the Hugh Gregorys f weekend. Mrs, Fred Weston is her daughter, Mrs. M. London,' for several days. Guests at the Albion over the weekend were: Mrs. Daniel D. Webb wit and Andy; Mr. and Mrs, Tasker, Lisa and Katy, a and Mrs. George Comtric Kip, Chris and John, Birmingham, Michigan. Lloyd Hemenway Winnipeg spent the past with his sister, MacKenzie. Dr. and Mrs. W. Tillm family and Mr. and Mrs. Carver, London, spen weekend at the former's h the village. Mr. and Mrs. Harold spent. the week in visiting their family- ,an attended the wedding o hews:vDS'N.g1!fr�eite 8i4t' I a?y Penko.,..,,ry Misses Hazel Wock's Nettie Moffat, Teeswater, the guests of Mr. and M Roy Fitzsimons on S Recent visitors with Fitzsimons' were Mr. an James S. Smith of Brussels. 'ROUNDmETOW Bayfield Hockey Cl bolding a Bingo on Febru in the Town Hall. The t presently leading the Lea seven points with only games to go before "play-offs" start. LADIES' PERMA-PRESS REG. $1.89 LADIES 2 PR, AND A SPARE Half SIips lNylons REG. $1.00 Pkg,Speciaal •� Special 2 Pkgs. 1.79 CORDUROY Receiving Blankets, $ REG. $1.00 Special 44 QUART PLASTIC Pillow Covers Garbage BRIGHT COLOURS REG. $1Ob a. 2/1.77 Ba rrel 4 Cup $1.19 Teapot REG. $1.19 Special 8 WE'VE GOT VALENTINE CARDS Oft (OM CLINTON SAWIES c.LINTO N DISTRICT WINTE t CARNIVAL... WE'VE GOT VALENTI CAND 10 oz: GET SET Regular 'arid f=irm 1 LOWNEY`S ;- Evetybbdy`s Pavoui•te HAIL SPRAYSpecial 584 BRID REGULAR PRICE Sac REGULAR $11'19 Ltt. ALL THROUGH 1889 WE FEATURE A MONTHLY MERCHrANbi'S CERTII=ICATE Special 59; ON FAMILY ALLOWANtaE CHEt1UES CASHED AT OUR ST+