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The Bayfield Historical
Society met in the Municipal
Building on Monday evening,
March 11, with chairman. Mrs.
A.S. Morton conducting the
meeting. She read a letter from
the London-Middlesex
Historical Society telling of
their "Archeological Dig" they
had held at the O'Dell Site, a
hamlet which was once situated
at the crossroads of Wellington
Road and Commissioners Road
in London. A lively discussion
ensued regarding hamlets in
this district that are now just a
memory, and the idea arose
that it would be an excellent
idea to mark these almost
forgotten hamlets with an
historical marker.
Brig. G.L.M. Smith brought
in a slate of officers for the
coming year, which was quickly
accepted by the members:
chairman, Gwen Pemberton;
vice-chairman, Edith Smith;
treasurer, Margaret Mayman;
social convener, Margaret Clift;
and telephone committee, Elva
Metcalf. A secretary is yet to be
named. Reeve Oddleifson
moved a heaty vote of thanks
to the retiring officers, and said
it was a small token of the ap-
preciation of all the work they
had done for the SodietW , '
Milvena Erickson then gave
"The History of Clan Gregor
Square, in Bayfield.'.`', glans
Gregor Square, situated in the
centre of the Village was once
private land and was donated
to the Village in the early
1800's as a ball park, because
at that time Bayfield boasted
an excellent and competent
team, When the Square was
first acquired, a road ran
through the middle of it. Later
a fence and turnstiles were
erected around it,
In 1878, a hay-scales was
bought by the Village from
Fairbanks and Co. for the sum
of $132, and placed in the
Square where the Westlake
flower bed is now situated. The
tariff 'rates were 20 cents for a
load of hay, straw or anything
weighed in a wagon or vehicle;
10 cents for horses, horned cat-
tle and all other drafts. For
several years, the Village let
tenders for the operation of the
scales, and in ',January 1881,
the Village took- over their
operation. In the early 1930's
Mr. Alf Westlake purchased the
scales and moved them to his
son's farm, Gladwin Westlake,
where he used them for a few
years to weigh his own cattle
before shipping them to a
market in Toronto. The scales
are still in the barn at the
Gladwin Westlake farm, but
are no longer in use.
In 1878 a road was construc-
ted around the Square, and in
1882 shade trees were planted
in the Square to the number, of
20 of plank elm and locust
varieties. The contract was
awarded,,.to Mr. P.A. Edwards
with explicit instructions as to
how they were to be planted as
follows: The trees to be protec-
ted by an enclosure formed by
three, posts of seven feet in
length each and four inches in
diameter at the top - two feet of
which post shall be firmly im-
bedded in the earth and five
feet above ground. The post to
be secured by three slats nailed
on the top and three about 1$
inches above ground - the slats
to be three feet long and firmly
secured by two nails at each
end. For supplying the trees,
perforniing the work a'nd sup-
plying, the material, Mr. Ed-
wards was paid $10.
In 1914, cedar posts were
placed around the Square, fen-
cing and turnstiles, and it was
seeded 'with grass seed. There
was also coal-oil lighting in the
'Square the same year. In 1921,
seats were erected. They con-
sisted of cedar posts anchored
into' the .ground with a plank
nailed 'across the top and in
1947, new benches, picnic
tables and .garbage containers
were installed. At a later date
swings, teeter-totters and a
water pipeline with taps were
piped from the Bayfield Public
School, (now". the Municipal
Building).- '
In the years that the Square
has belonged to Bayfield, many
celebrations have been held
there. One of the most well
remembered picnics was the
Annual Ford picnic for which
the Village donated $50. The
annual 12th of July
celebrations have `been"held in
the Square three times
although one-of these was held
for Varna. On August 1, 1921,
Clayton Weston was paid 50
cents for picking up the paper
on the Square after the 12th of
July celebration. Each 24th of
May, the Calathumpian parade
was held for many years0 the
Square, and up until the
Second World War, when it
became obsolete, During these
years Bayfield had a ball team
and teams from all over would
come for competitions.. Some
would stay overnight at the
nearby Albion Hotel to con-
tinue their playing for several
days. There were also football
games, footraces and wild
cricket matches. In 1927 the
Reeve was instructed to make
arrangements for an open air
skating rink for public use; and
signs were posted prohibiting
anyone from driving their rigs
on the sidewalk through the
Square,.
In 1933 a pyramid Cairn was
constructed of cut-stone by the
late George Weston and wag
erected in the centre of the
Square as a memorial to those
who fought and died in the
First. Great War. A bronze
plate was placed on the cairn
bearing the names of those who
had lost their lives. In 1963
another plate was added 'with
the names of those from the
Second World War.
In 1967, a smaller cairn of
cut-stone was erected by the
late Pat Page of Grand Bend
for the Loyal Orange Lodge of
Huron County. It was
dedicated on the 12th of July,
1967, being the 100th Anniver-
sary of Bayfield L.O.L. No.24.
Since there is no Ladies' Lodge
in Bayfield, the L.O.B.A. of On-
tario placed a small marble
plaque on the top of the Cairn.
As you might expect, coins
and such have been dropped
and lost by many visitorsl tp the
Square each year, and ,as a
result we have yearly,. ylisfts
from coin collectors with,their
metal detectors. Some olOnd
valuable coins have been
unearthed over the years.
It may be concluded that
Clan Gregor Square in Bayfield
has more history to it than
meets the eye, but simply it
draws tourists by the thousands
each year, and the numbers are
steadily growing. It still con-
tinues to make history, but
while so doing it entertains the
public.
The next meeting will be held
on April 8 with Mrs. LeRoy
Poth, Mrs. Elva Metcalf, Mrs.
Bill Packer and Brig. G.L.M.
Smith, presenting a paper on
the History of the Early
Bayfield Schools.
Mrs. Margaret Clift social
convener, and her committee
served a delightful lunch at the
close of the meeting,
Thank you to Mrs. LeRoy
Roth an,d Mrs. Ernie Hovey for
loaning the pictures of Claqi
Gregor Square 'taken in the
early part of the century.
Figure Skaters
•
Bayfield Figure Skating Club
presented "Pop Concert on Ice"
Saturday evening in the Arena.
Brightly coloured lights and
Canadian Flags encircling the
ice surface, made, a very effec-
the background for the perfor-
mers.
(Writing a preview of a figure
skating carnival for me, is not
an easy task, as I am not at all
qualified to assess the talents
of these young skaters; however
I shall write the Carnival as I
viewed it.)
Senior Coach Danielle
Simons and coach-in-training
Shirley Brandon of Bayfield
and Senior Coaches Debbie
Chessell and Karin Pedersen,
Goderich, skated as pairs in the
first number entitled "The
Dutch Waltz" and skated their
rhythmic routine very well, a
most enjoyable performance.
The second number stole our
hearts as it was "Up Down"
(Winnie the Pooh) skated by
three very young skateis,
Tanya. Grillmayer, Ricky
Grillmayer and Barbara Hut-
chings, and as always the wee
ones stole, the show with their
relaxed appearance, oblivious
to everyone and everything.
Sharon Bunn performed very
well, skating solo to the
musical number, "Born Free".
Her white satin skating
costume and her number was
quite effective. Anne Haw,
Dawn Merner, Debbi Siertsema
and Lisa Telford skating as a
quartet to "Old, Fashioned
Love Song" were timed
and executed very ,well.
Coach-in-training, Shirley
Brandon, skated' a solo number
to "Love is Blue" and
displayed her talents and' her
interest most adrriirably. Senior
coaches Debbie Chesiell and
Karin Pedersen skated as a duo
to "Baby Elephant Walk". and
skated very well as they had in
their first performance. Senior
Coach Richard Simons, London
skating his interpretation of
"Theme from Shaft" did a
superb job and appeared to be
a natural with, his jumps, splits
and varied skating routines,
Sharon Bunn, Joanne Chap-
man, Cindy Cluff, Norma
Garrett, Mary Ann Rathwell,
Beverly Semple, and Wendy
Turner, assisted by . Joyce
Mclllwain were exceptionally
good as they carried out their
performance. Joyce
w.M.RoVql&iitle45 kri5q1fA8 repine!, a,nolt „toe
audience with' her antics.
Danielle Simons skating to
"Apples and Bananas" was
also very good and appeared to
know her moves very well. The
finale with all the skating club
skating to C-A-N-A-D-A were
most effective in their lovely
and varied coloured skating
costumes and showed the
training throughout their per-
formances.
During the Carnival, Mrs.
Carolyn Snell accepted a
Canadian Flag on behalf of the
Community Centre, a gift from
the Bayfield Figure Skating
Club.
Two vouchers for $25 were
won by Ian Siertsema, Bayfield
and Mrs. Irene McAstocker,
Goderich. Corsages and gifts
were presented to the coaches
and coach-in-training and a
bouquet of long stemmed red
roses was presented. to Mrs. Jan
Simons for her untiring efforts i
in working with the Club,
Thanks goes out ,:also to all
those who helped in any way to
make the Figure Skating Car-
nival a real success and a most
enjoyable evening.
4-H Club
The Bayfield II, 4-H Club
had their first meeting at the
home of Mrs. Brandon and we
elected officers Terry Weber as
president, Valerie Merner as
vice-president and Shirley
.Brandon as press reporter.
We •voted on a floating
secretary. We also chose the
name of "Bayfield Groomet-
tes" for the club and discussed
the importance of your image,
future meetings and
achievement day.
We discussed our .hand out
sheets and filled them in. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Merner on March
18.
by Shirley Brandon.
UCW meets
The regular meeting of Unit
one of UCW was held in the
church on Thursday, March 7.
There were 22 members
present. Mrs. Doris Reddoch
led the devotional exercises
and she was assisted by Mrs.
Hill and Mrs. Morton.
Mrs. Elva Metcalf spoke to
us using an article from the
United Church Observer as her
topic. Mrs. Reddoch reported
on the UCW Presbyterial
meeting in Mitchell on March
6.
Mrs. Margaret Scotchmer
presided over the business part
of the meeting and the
hostesses were Mrs. Jean Lind-
say, Mrs. Vivian Morton and
Mrs. Frieda Scotchmer.
Brownie meeting
We opened our Brownie
meeting on March 5, with our
Sixer song. Anne Haw was
Fairy Queen. We sang an ac-
tion song called Ah-ta-ka-ta-
hu-va.
Cooking badges were given to
Dawn Merner, Anne Talbot,
Jo-Ann Chapman, Rebecca
Fawcett, Anne Haw, Cindy
Talbot, Cathy Leppington,
Ruthie DeRuyter, Debbie Siert-
sema, Diana Claus and Lisa
Talbot. A collector4s badge was
given to Brenda DeRuyter for
inkry Tkie5q9 124;'stRie,. . some of tne had written
stories on the Bluebirds. We
played another singing game
and we all took bulbs home to
plant for our Golden Hand, We
closed with our Brownie song
and Taps.
by Lisa Talbot.
Last Saturday morning, the
Bayfield Brownies attended a
Brownie Revel at the
Presbyterian • Church in
Goderich. They learned many
new songs and games and had
to use their imagination too.
The drivers were Linda Talbot,
Maryann Yates and Brown
Owl. Mrs. Yates helped the
leaders at the Revel and took
charge of a group of Brownies.
They all had a good time from
10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday
morning.
4-H Club
The first meeting of Bayfield
I 4-H Club was held at the
home of Mrs. L. Healy on
March 6. There were nine
members present.
The election of officers was
held as follows: president, Con-
nie Talbot; vice-president,
Norma Garrett; secretary,
Dawn McLeod; treasurer,
Cindy Cummings; press, repor-
ter, Patti Greer.
The topic we discussed was
"Is Your Image Important". It
was decided our meetings
would be held on Wednesday
nights; and our next meeting
was held on March 13 at 7:30
p.m. at the home of Mrs. M.
Garrett.
by Patti Greer:
Hockey teams win
Congratulations to Hayfield
Atoms and Peewee Hockey
teams who both brought home
the "A" trophies from Blyth on
Saturday. '
At the Blyth Annual. Hockey
Tournament, Bayfield Atoms
won 4-3 in the first game
against Atwood and the last
game they beat Moncton with a
score of 5-0, to win the "A"
trophy,
The PeeWees took their first
game with a 4-3 score over At-
Wood and,, won their last game
with a 5-2 score over Blyth to
win the "A" trophy.
Jeff Merrier was named most
valuable player for the Atom
team and Tommy Telford the
most valuable player for the
PeeWees.
Firemen's banquet
The Bayfield Volunteer
Firemen entertained their
wives at their Annual Turkey
Dinner in the Community Cen-
tre last Tuesday evening.
Following dinner, they en-
joyed a few games of euchre.
Prize winners were: ladies'high,
Vera Turner; ladies' low, M.
Francis; lone hands, F. Talbot;
mess high, W. Turner; men's
low, Ken Brandon and lone
hands, Bill Talbot.
' Hotel gets
insignia
The Ford Yacht Club of
Grosse Isle, Michigan, presen-
ted their Insignia in-a very im-
pressive ceremony to Mrs. E.B.
Robinson of the Albion Hotel
during the weekend. When the
Club have chosen a Port, they
select.„ sn ,Inn qr Hotel
present them with their In:
signia and several times during
the year they return for a
weekend visit.
Club members registered at
the Albion this weekend were
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Little,
Livonia, Michigan; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Boudreau, Dear-
born Heights, Michigan; Mn
and Mrs. Phil Walker, Grosse
Isle, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Broughton, Trenton,
Michigan; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Kern, Orchard Lake, Michigan;
Commodore and' Mrs. Robert
Kernahan, Westland,
Michigan; and Mr. and Mrs.
David Nelson, Grosse Isle,
Michigan.
Mr. Bruce Holmes, Ben-
miller was also a guest and
displayed several old replicas
of ships he has constructed.
Among those were the Cutty
Sark (1869), Bluenose (1921)
and the Forester (1900).
Personals
Mrs. G.L. Knight has retur-
ned to her home after visiting
several days with her cousin,
Miss Rhea Stirling in London.
Mrs. M. Libeler and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe French, Mitchell, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Parker on Sunday.
Miss Wendy Greer, Wilfrid
Laurier University, Waterloo,
spent the weekend with her
parents and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Greer and Patti at
RR 3, Bayfield.
'Signs of Spring', Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Orr watched a pair of
Robins scratching around the
leaves on their lawn last Thur-
sday, the first reported ones
around the Village.
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