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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-04-11, Page 7. . . Tom Sawyer (Danny Freeman) right, is having no trouble talking his buddies into whitewashing a fence in this scene from the rehearsals of the play "Torn Sawyer" to be presented by Holmesville Public School on April 24 and 25. Getting conned by Tom are left to right, Steven Ross, Charlie Wise, John Weber and Scott Wilson. (News-Record photo) BAVARIAN INN SOUTH OF BAYFIELD HWY NO, 21 THE KROMER FAMILY-- INVITES YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO THEIR FIRST SMORGASBORD WITH EUROPEAN FOODS 5 P.M. TO 8 P.M. EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 14 , $5.00 PER FO PERSON 1/2 PRICE PLATES R CHILDREN UNDER 10 YRS. BAVARIAN INN BAYFIELD 565.2843 Now ON A 5 YEAR TERM on Guaranteed Investment Certificates Member Canada 1)eposit Insurance Corporation VG The senior Trust Company devote' entirely to serving the peoph, of Ontario. VICWRIA aild GREY 1-RUST COMPANY SINCE 1886 Lyle Zurbrigg- Manager 524-131i 100 KINGSTON St., GODIMICH OLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, Arta 11, 1974.--7 Mrs, Gwen Pemberton, newly elected Chairman of the Bayfield Historical Society, chaired the regular meeting on Monday evening, April 8. Miss Kay Reid took over the duties as Secretary. Discussions ensued regarding Mrs. Moira Couper's proposal for various activities for the summer, including arts, crafts, heatre etc., through a grant that may be otainable from the overnment. It was decided to urn her proposal over to the ioneer Park Association for heir ideas on the proposal. A committee was named as follows for summer activities; Mrs. R,G. Hunter, Dr, G.H. Shepherd, Mrs. Milvena Erickson, ,.and the president Mrs. Pemberton, with powers to add to 'their numbers. Mrs. Pemberton also announced that Brig. F.A. Cliff would present a paper on the First Years of the Canada 'Co., and the Huron Tract, at the next meeting on May 13. Mrs. Elva Metcalf, Brig. G.L.M. Smith, Mrs, LeRoy Poth and Mrs. Bill Parker, worked together and presented a very enjoyable history of the Schools in Bayfield. Mrs. Parker spoke of the site of the first school in the Village and all of Stanley Township, built in 1836 on the site of the present home of Mrs. Lucy Diehl. Part of the 'original school is incorporated into her home. It was originally a 20 foot by 30 foot structure with a cottage roof. The first teacher was Edward Templeton, who taught for several years. The school also served as a Town Hall and a Church. It was noted that in the winter mon- ths registration was high in the 'school, but was down . core siderably in the summer as the young people were needed to help out on the farms. In 1859, a lot was deeded for a new school, just north of the present Municipal Building. It was a one storey brick building without a basement, Later a room was added to the back and in 1892 a second storey was added. At one time three. telichers were required to teach all, the pupils. Many teachers have taught the Village pupils and included Mrs. LeRoy Poth as principal and Mrs. Bill Parker as assistant, wh6 were teachers when the new school (Municipal Building) was erec- ted in 1956 with formal opening ceremonies, conducted by William Townsend then 'Sur- fragan Bishop. Mrs. Parker stated that in the old school, grades one to five were taught in the lower room and grades 6 to 10 in the upper room,,. SoMe of the im- provements carried out during her teaching career included the heating system changed from the old box 'stove to the wood and coal • furnace; the wain-scotting added, filled in behind with sawdust for in- sulation. She told of the trap door at the front of the room to the heating . system in the basement, of the earthen shelves around it where the old school records were stored and . when the P.T. exercises were being conducted in the upper room with the dust falling down on the junior room pupils, and spoke of the mice who were frequent visitors to the classroom, 'She made mention of the hand pump outside with the dipper hanging on it for Used Furniture.. 2 piece Sklar, Modern suite, Herculon cover - like new - one year old. $245, 2 piece - Blue Green, Beverly suite, 2 years old. $199. 2 piece - Gold nylon Sklar suite $80. 2 piece, Spanish style, Daven- port, red vinyl. $19. Sectional grouping, 3 pieces, 05 per piece. Used Swivel Rocker $24. Used 39" Colonial Bed, (Frame only) $12. Odd chrome bronze tone chairs available. BEATTIE FURNITURE tuttroN 492-952i Sarkwell was a dog with a strange power. He could change into any kind of dog he wanted to be. One day he went to see 'a Dog Show. He sneaked in as a chihuahua, hiding under a crackerjack box. Inside he saw a golden scottie, the most beautiful dog he had ever seen. She wouldn't look at a little chihuahual So Barkwell turned into a great dane. A woman bumped into him, arid he yelped. Instantly, all the dogs in the Dog Show were barking and howling. The guards chased Barkwell away. But he waited at the door until the golden scottie came out. She had a blue ribbon, Best in Show. Quickly Barkwell turned into a greyhound and followed the car that drove the scottie home. He watched at the gate until he saw the golden scottie on the lawn, He trotted up the path and began to show off. In a blink he was a great dane, then a terrier, a cocker spaniel, a collie, a boxer, a dathshund, a dalmatian, a ,.. on May 30, 1956.. .They -brought a tear to the eye of a few when they showed the old school being dismantled brick by brick and brought back many memories of our school days. The Society thanked the Poth's for the many times they have been so kind as to let them relive the history of the Village and it's bygone hap- penings, Also on display were Many old school books, pictures, slates and newspaper clippings to view and reminisce while Mrs. Clift's committee served tea. 61st Anniversary Mr. and Mrs, Walter Layton, celebrated their 61st Anniver- sary of their marriage on Sun- day with a turkey dinner with their ,family at their home in the Village. Mrs. Layton is the former Mary Walters. They were married on April 2, 1913 at the bride's home and farmed for 47 years before retiring to Bayfield in 1961, The couple has one daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Verna) Hildebrand, Seaforth; and three sons, Edward Layton, Clinton; Glen Layton and Keith Layton, both of RR 5, Clinton; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The couple are in good health and thoroughly enjoy life, taking a very keen interest in the community. Among the many congratulatory messages received was a telephone call from Mrs. Layton's sister, Mrs. Jack Horton in Doddsland, SaSkatchewan. We extend to Mr. and Mrs, Layton our sincere congratulations ,and continued health and happiness. • * PERSONALS Sincere sympathy is extended to the family of the late Mrs. Gertrude G. Gairdner, who passed away Thurs. April 4. * * * John McLeod, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald McLeod, flew from London to Toronto and on to' London, England on Friday. While on the continent a trip is planned to Scotland and hopefully to Paris, France, John promises us a report of his trip when he returns, * * Mrs, 'G.L. Knight was a guest of her cousin Miss Rhea Stirling in Lonckin from Mon- day to Thursday. Visiting with Mrs. Knight for the weekend were her grandsons Bill and Gil Latimer and Miss Ruth Fuhrmann all of Toronto. * * During the mid-term school break, Catherine Ann, daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Lloyd Westlake was in England with' the Theatre Arts Group from the High School in Goderich, The group were billeted at Car- negie College and attended several Theatre Productions in London, They also staged two plays while there. * * * Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Parkei., Charlie, Kim and Jennifer, London were with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parker for the weekend. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sykes, Jeanette and Jack of Oil City visited Sat. with Mr. and Mrs. "Stop!" barked the scottie. "You're making me dizzy. Anyway, I can't see why anyone would want to be anything but a scottie." Just then there were screams from the pond. "My young mistress!" barked the scottie. "She can't swim!" In a flash, Barkwell was a retriever. He plunged into the pond an0 saved the little girl, "How wonderful you are' barked the scottie, And Bark- well saw the beginnings of love shining in her warm brown eyes. , AVS Technical Services. 1971 Alt world rlohts reserved. Albert Craig. * Mr. Norman F, Cooper, Mount Clemens, Mich. spent the weekend with his wife at their Village residence, * * Dr. and Mrs. Bill Tillrnann and" family; Mr. and Mrs, Hugh Gregory and family; Mr. and Mrs, John Campbell and family all of London, were at their respective summer homes during the weekend. Mr. Ralph Porter and Mrs. W.C. Morse of Elmhurst, Illinois were registered guests at the Albion and attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Ger- trude G. Gairdner, Mrs. D. Rutherford, Kit- chener visited for the weekend ' with her sister, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Armstrong and family. An Easter Sunday Service is planned for 11 a.m. in Knox Presbyterian Church, Bayfield, with Mr, Michael ,Farris con- ducting the Service. Miss Wendy Greer, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, sperit the weekend with her parents and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Greer and Patti. 4-H CLUB ' The third and fourth meeting of Bayfield Beauticians 4-H Club was held at the home of Mrs. L. Healy. On March 27 we talked about one good grooming habit I will try to follow, and about bedroom storage. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. M. Garrett on Wed. Apr. 10.—by Patti Greer The Trinity Church ACW meeting was held in the Rec- tory on Thurs. April 4. 16 mem- bers were present. Pres. Mrs. E. Earl Chaired the meeting and the Thankoffering was received, which was very gratifying. The ladies ' discussed their Hasty Notes project, under- taken by them to coincide with 125 Anniversary of the Church in 1974. An Easter gift was sent to Prayer partner Sister Dorothy Dykes and one to Sampson. Mrs. P. DuBoulay gave a talk on God's Psychiatry on tile 23rd Psalm, 4H CLUB On Monday, April 1 the Reflections of Holmesville II held their third 4-H meeting. It was opened with the saying of the 4-H pledge which was led by Marie Betties. The minutes of the last meeting were read by our.secretary Audrey Depute ter. The topics for discussion were 'A Place For Everythings" and "Storage Resources". The meeting was closed with the saying of the 4-H motto. The next meeting was held on Monday April 8. By Ann Elliott, Five of the seven directors who recently resigned from the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board were retur- ned to office at the annual meeting held recently in Toronto, Adrian Vos of Blyth was named as director replacing James McGregor of Kippen, McGregor was one of the direc- tors who quit after an attempt to fire executive secretary James Boynton failed. The Kippen area farmer had made his intentions of quitting known before the mass resignations took place. The other vacancy created by the resignation of vice- chairman Carl Clayton of Napanee was filled by Douglas Farrell of Madoc. Mr. Farrell defeated Don Kotchapaw, Eastern Ontario dairy beef and hog producer, in a secret ballot. Mr. McGregor's seat on the board was won by Adrian Vos of Blyth. All other incumbents were re-elected. Mr. Clayton told commit- teemen to remove his name from the nominations and to support Mr. Farrell, He said circumstances made it im- possible for him to return to the board. Speaking to delegates at the opening day of the two-day Federal Agricultural Minister Eugene Whelan made a plea for co-operation leading to a national marketing agency for the pork industry. He told the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board annual meeting they face two challenges for survival, One is the emerging off-shore export market and the other By ADRIAN VOS The Huron county Federation of Agriculture decided at its regular meeting held in the Kingsbridge Public School last Thursday, to op- pose the construction of poWer- plants anywhere in Huron county, In a unanimous decision, the meeting found that this kind of construction is too damaging to farmland and social life. Concern was also expressed about cable television in County towns and the effect this could have on the local TV programming, leaving the rural community possibly with a much decreased service or no service at all. It was decided to investigate this more fully before taking any action. John Gralint, who won a Nuf- field scholarship in 1973, showed slides from his six- month long stay in the United Kingdom. It showed everyone how many breeds of cattle originated in Scotland. Mr. Gaunt explained that the scholarship will be discon- tinued in about two years time and the countries involved are 441 Club Clinton OV 4-M Club The sixth. meeting of the Clinton IV 4.fi Club was held April 1, At the home of Rose Flynn. The 4-H Pledge opened the meeting, then came the toll call, "One health habit I will follow that Will make a lovely complexion", Darlene Car- ;Inchon. then read the minutes of the last meeting. We decided that the next meeting will be April 15 at Mrs. Gibson's home, It was also decided Rose Flynn- end Cheryl Kennedy would be the commentators for our Achievement Day exhibit, We then left Flynn's and went to the home of Mrs. Barb Holland who proceeded to give us a lesson on hair and hair care, Faye Carnochan was a model, having her hair cut and styled. Chris Carter thanked Mrs, Holland on behalf of the club and presented her with a plant in appreciation 'of her time.-by Cheryl Kennedy. the need to co-operate provin- cially,. Mr, Whelan pointed to the difficulties which could develop if some provinces try to go it along in stablizing their own pork industries. "I think programs are a good thing, But they can produce some very bad results if they are purely local or regional," "For example if Manitoba and Saskatchewan start to pour many more millions of dollars ,into their price stabilization programs, pork producers in those provinces would gain an artificial competitive edge over pork producers in other areas of Canada." expected to take over the program so the Nuffield foun- dation can go on to some new program. George Underwood of Wingham explained that the Bruce-Huron Hydro Negotiating Committee is still actively involved in trying to change the routing of the proposed lines through less productive land. There is still a ray of hope left that something will be. done. Bill Crawford, the Federation fieldman, reported that now about 2200 farmers have joined the organization in Huron as Individual Service Members. He said that the goal now is to have 2400 members before the springwork gets un- derway. The presidents of the Huron Federation presented a brief to the development committee of the county mainly concerning land-use. Philip Durant of Zurich stated that a new powerplant in South Huron will mean three additional transmission lines through Sea forth to Wingham. drinking water, and also made mention of the toilets just out- side the junior room door, which were of a chemical variety with a most unpleasant odour, especially in the warm weather. She also recalled many activities engaged in by the whole school; that of Arbor Day; preparing for Christmas Concerts; practising for the Musical Festival in Goderich and getting exhibits ready for the Agricultural Fall Fair. Mrs. Parker said that in August 1955, construction 'started on the new school and each day -from a vantage point in the Senior room, the pupils and teacher watched the stages of construction. Laird Schilbe dismantled the old school and it contained 60,000 bricks. A good number of these he reclaimed and along with the timbers, incorporated them into a home in Goderich, Brig. Smith then related the happenings from then until the school children were bussed to a central school (Huron Cen- tennial School in Brucefield), where they now attend. lie , said that from 1831 to 1964, the" years of the School Boards, the Trustees did, all the odd jobs around the schools; painting, cleaning, grass cutting and whatever needed doing, and all on a no-pay basis; and we owed a -great deal to these former, trustees. - In 1964, the Gov't passed a new Act that would eliminate the one-room schools and the one-room school trustees and set up county boards. In 1965 Merton Merner was the Bayfield representative on the board along with two members each from Stanley and Tucker- smith Twps. Bayfield and the western end of Stanley Twp formed an S.O.S. (Save Our School) Committee and banned together to try to save the school by adding an additional two rooms. A two day hearing was held before Judge Hetherington in Goderich and the committee also had an audience with the ,minister of education (then William Davis) in TorontO. Out of this meeting it was decided to let Bayfield keep their school but draw only pupils from the Village. The Villagers were ap- proached regarding this, but in the interim had been told of the many advantages their children would receive in, a central school, and as a result, the children are attending at Brucefield. Brig. Smith also outlined the Hall-Dennis report (a Royal Commission on Schools) (1963) and told of the recommen- dations that 'had come about through this report, the trend towards bigness and said this is tragic, that size is not an asset and this had been proved in the U.S.A. To do away with examinations, children no longer need or received marks and no more strapping in the schools. These were some of the recommendations and they had pretty well been adopted. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Poth, then showed beautifUl slides, mostly in vivid colour from the time of the old school to the new Municipal Building, the interiors, the pupils, the con- struction stages, and moving from the old to the new and the very colourful formal opening DR. A'S MINI-TALES Barkwell Falls in Love Agriculture tidbits with ADRIAN VOS A tradition has been broken, For 40 years the meat packers council of Canada has had beef in their •dinner at their annual meeting. This year they switched to pork. They will be eating the already famous Canadian RedCoats, What is progress? The dictionary says: to move forward or to improve. In the context of the unofficially announced nuclear plant a small town official is quoted as saying that the building of this thing is progress, However this depends , on the angle one is looking from. If it means going forward in the production of electricity, it's progress. If it is the production of food, it's regress. If it's looked upon as a possible health hazard it's regress. Some people equate progress with industrialization. But in terms of pollution it's regress, Now the people have to make up their mind what type of progress they want. Is it more food production or is it ,more people in a given area? Think about it and Make up your mind for the decision will have to be taken soon. Do yoU want Huron county to be a main source of electricity for the rest of the province and the USA or do you want Huron county to remain rural. You, the people, will have to decide what kind of progress you vent. * * Livestock producers are in trouble. Notwithstanding the beef subsidy of 5 cents, beef producers are losing money on every cattlebeast they sell. This doesn't mean that the lower returns 'are completely. passed on to the consurner, as every price conscious shopper will tell you. The,pork producer also is losing money on every finished porker he sells. The only thing that keeps pork production going is the fact that the supplier of little pigs to the feeder still makes a good profit. As long as the feeder keeps paying him a good price he. would be foolish to cut back his farrowings. And each pig born that survives will eventually reach market, keeping up the oversupply. The only solution is to sell more meats. . Otherwise the price will even go lower, the production will be cut back and the price sky-rockets again. Thus, in time of oversupply the producer loses and in time of high prices he hasn't got enough to sell. Blyth man replaces Kippen man on hog board Power plant opposed