HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-05-28, Page 44 Clinton. New.s,..Reccord 4. Thursday, May 20, 1.970
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Letter to the Editor
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The editor:
Re: the letters pro and con
sidewalks in Bayfield,. I would
like to add my two cents worth.
I don't think it matters much
one way or the other whether
we have sidewalks if the job can
be done without disturbing the
grass and flowers. I agree with
Lucy that the walks used to be
better than they are now when
smaller stones were used.
But a nice, not-too-wide
sidewalk would give people an
edge to landscape to, and might
improve the appearance of Main
Street.
Bayfield used to be beautiful,
but it is rapidly losing its charm
for many reasons. I deplore the
destruction of the triangles of
grass at the road intersections
just to make things easier for the
person running the road scraper.
I deplore the litter
everywhere. Remember when
Mrs. Parker was the teacher and
the school children made "Keep
Bayfield Beautiful" posters aid
put them all over town? A small
thing, perhaps, but I'm sure it
made people more thoughtful of
the consequences of throwing
paper and bottles on the streets.
I am sorry Bayfield no longer
has a flower bed in the park.
Could some, group take this on
as a project?
And I am sorriest of all about
the rapid loss of Bayfield's
treessome die a natural death—
some from the forces of
nature—but several from the
thoughtlessness of owners of
property 'who butcher the trees
or cut the roots for construction
projects.
I have several pictures of
Main Street as recently as 10
years ago that show how many
trees have been lost. Stand at the
Square and look north and think
about how different things look
without the trees.
Some loss of trees is
inevitable, of course, but we
should be more mindful of
replacing them.
One other thing that is
changing the looks of Bayfield is
the glaring modern signs. I don't
want to discriminate against the
right of a merchant to advertise
his wares, but if we want to keep
an old-fashioned look about
Bayfield a neon sign doesn't do
it.
A lot of little things—but if
heeded they would achieve what
I think we are all after:a good
reputation for "Beautiful Breezy
Bayfield on the Bluewater."
IN LOVE WITH BAYFIELD
The Editor,
My letter is intended to draw
attention to the dreadful traffic
situation that exists for the
children crossing number 8
highway. From conversations on
this matter, I understand
4 at the tracks is poor too.
Did you know that your
children have NO protection
whatsoever? Have you ever
stopped on 8 and East St. at
noon? Its a thriller! Who's going
to win? The kids running across
or the "sometimes' very heavy
traffic.
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Friday, June 5
715 p.m.
Community Park
EXETER
Sponsored By Exeter
Lions for Service Work
Adults $2,00 - High School $1.60
Public s cheoi $1,00
Pre-School Free
BAYFIRD
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in ,Ogorgetewri. on Sunday, More
thOn..00),vera in attendance,
Weekend vi*itoro. with Mr,
and Mrs, Spencer $ryine were
Miss Mary Ervin?, Stratford,
Robert Myer, Milvprton, Miss-
May Ervin, Oederich.. Joining, •
them on Sunday were Mr, and
Mrs. Earl Strong and Mr, and
Mrs, Earl Byer of Arlcwright and
Mr, and Mrs. Russell Heft of
Owen Sound,
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Pennell
of ‘$.13nidorm", The Spinney,
Winthorpe, Newark,
Nottinghamshire, England
accompanied Mrs. G.H.
Sheppard and Miss Kay Reid of
Windsor, when they visited Mr,
and Mrs. Carl E. Diehl from
Friday until Sunday. Mr. Pennell,
is a geography master on
exchange from Lilley and Stone
High School, Newark who is
presently at W. F. Herman
Collegiate Institute, Windsor,
The Pennells will return to
England in June.
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"The whats—it" that new piece of equipment the town recently purchased for the Public Works
department but couldn't give a name is seen above at the Community Park Monday. Perhaps the
pre4sprIzed tank was used to keep the park from disappearing under water after the heavy rains of
, photo . .that. they, last few days "-staff they, wish to live with. us. Really, if one examines a starling • - • - • •
closely, it has beautiful plumage, They were imported many year$1,14114,41111114,11,111r •
ago to cope with the .European.coreborer. But it is still with us and • — *'.
so are the starlings in increasing numbers.
Carl has tried to discourage their visits to the feeding station for
they only haul •out all the suet scraps which he puts in a wire hanger
for the downy woodpecker, chickadees, nuthatchers, etc., and then
they mess up the large feeder for the other birds. The "bang" of the
porch door would send the flock away in the winter and spring.
Then they must have put a sentinel on guard for if Carl arose from
his chair, they'd fly off over the barn before he reached the porch
door. And as soon as he'd settle down to read, they'd be back again.
Carl wondered why there was always a mess of leaves, sticks, etc.
at the side door, He blamed the wind, but one day he looked up and
saw a hole in the cornice in the corner. Now, Lucy noticed last
summer that the paint had peeled off a spot in that corner so she
supposed that the water had backed up under the shingles during the
winter. She thought maybe the extra height of galvanized metal to
prevent the water overflowing the eave trough from the valley
should be taken off for winter, and promptly forgot about it when
winter came. But not the starlings! They saw that spot and promptly
broke through the rotting board a nice round hole.
Carl decided to paint a three-cornered board white and nail
it over the hole. One day he got up on the step ladder and shot some
repellant into the hole. Out flew a starling. Then next day he got the
board, shot the same stream into the hole. Nothing happened, He
tapped around with the hammer. Still nothing happened, so he
nailed the board over the hole. And when Carl nails anything on it is
usually done to stay.
That night he heard a pecking and scratching in the area of the
hole. Next morning it had travelled around to the south side from
the north. Carl took a big flashlight and went along the crawl space
under the eaves to where the sunroom extended from the main
building. He flashed it around and sure . enough up .popped Mrs.
Starling. He tried to get her to follow the light but she wouldn't.
Now he didn't want a dead starling to foul the attic - and they
could find their way over the partition. And since he knew no other
way to get it out, he got the step ladder and reluctantly removed the
board he had so securely nailed over the hole.
Starlings have their good qualities. Lucy has watched them in
pairs walking up and down the lawn hunting for grubs. Moreover,
they teach their children to look for grubs as soon as they are out of
the nest. It isn't long before they are able to fend for themselves.
But if there is one bird which depresses Lucy it is starlings.
Somehow or other she always associates them with gloom ridden
people! And right now her great fear is that the attic at "The Hut"
may become a starling rookery, - or whatever other term is used for
their nesting grounds. She'd rather have bats, for they are clean.
Heildrivers present show
in Exeter June 5
One of the world's top auto
and motorcycle daredevil acts,
The Trans Canada Hell Drivers,
will be the featured attraction at
the Exeter Community Park on
Friday, June 5.
The thrill packed
performances, being sponsored
by the Exeter Lions for service
work, will• feature• some of the
world's top stuntmen.
The Williams . Twins of
London present the 1970 edition
of this top thrill show attraction
which appears throughout the
world and plays many of the big
fairs and racetracks across
Canada and the United States.
Before forming the Trans
Canada Hell Drivers, the
Williams Twins were featured
performers at the New York
World's Fair in 1964-65, and
before that they were featured
with many of the leading Thrill
Shows in the United States.
They are also the two most
versatile performers in the World
today, prior to entering the thrill
show business they were circus
performers, performing the first
and only aerial trampoline act,
where they performed on their
trampoline 5060 feet in the air,
They have continued their
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You've heard the expression "Rots in the tielfry". Wye no belfry
at "The Hut" but Lucy wouldn't be surprised if there are some in
the attic. Several years ago she was sitting out or} the lawn in the
shade of the little maple tree and noticed a movement in an antique
lontern swinging from .the corner of the corner outside the sunropm
door, Upon loyestigatien Carl found nine :little brown bats so
efrlaciated that only one was able to fly away when released so it was
a mercy killing for the balance..
Whey had been attracted to the lantern by the beetles, -flies and
other- insects from which they live, And once in couldn't get out! -So
Car! screened the vents at the top and since then has used yellow
bulbs which do not attract insects.
Before that time one little bat was determined to take up its
abode in the roWup awning over the picture window in, the dining
room. It either gave up its effort or was one which almost starved to
death,
This year it is another problem starlings! They like us so well •
success in the showbusiness
world since forming the Trans
Canada Hell Drivers and are
capable of performing any of the
hair-raising events in the thrill
show book.
Bill Williams and Walter
Williams the co-owners of the
Trans Canada Hell Drivers have
not overlooked the comedy
relief so necessary to an
audience that are constantly
kept on the edge of their seats
and Bill. Williams has turned over
his previous role of Happy the
clown to the internationally
famous clown from Sydney,
Australia, Dave Proudman to
supply the pantomine daredevil
comedy.
Prior to joining the Trans
Canada Hell Drivers, Dave was
the featured comedy, performer
with the Jack Kochman Hell
Drivers for six years. He has
appeared with that show many
times at the Canadian National
Exhibition and at many leading
fairs across the United States. In
Australia, Dave is also an
accomplished radio, television
and movie actor and stuntman
and has appeared in many of the
top theatres.
I have made repeated efforts
to find out if it would be
possible to hire a retired
gentleman but every avenue I've
entered has had a dead end.
Might I leave this thought
with you? One pupil alighting
from a school bus has traffic
stopped both ways! We have
200 or so pupils and NO stops
for them. Let's do something
before we loose an unreplaceable
commodity—Your Child.
JOY FINK
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The Ontario Safety League
reports this double-sided sign
board on a secondary road. On
the front • it says: ROAD
CLOSED -- DO NOT ENTER!
The other side reads; WELCOME
BACK' STUPID!