Village Squire, 1979-07, Page 22PEOPLE
l'he May 22 election brought big
changes for the country and for many
individuals. For some people, it was the
end of a career. For others, the beginning
of a new one. One of the latter was Bill
Jarvis who handily won re-election in his
riding of Perth who was named by the new
Prime Minister Joe Clark as the new
minister of Federal -provincial affairs and
one of the members of the 12 -member
inner cabinet.
Jarvis' victory also brings a change of
career for John Miller. The Stratford
Central Secondary School vice-principal is
going to Ottawa as executive assistant for
Mr. Jarvis. Mr. Miller, who served as a
member of Jarvis' campaign committee
during the election, has been active in
Stratford affairs and is vice-chairman of the
Gallery Stratford and was one of those
behind the recent fundraising auction for
the Gallery. He was also involved in the
planning for Central's centennial celebrat-
ions this year. He'll head the new
minister's private staff arranging his
public appearances and preparing press
releases and briefing the minister on daily
press reports. Both men plan to work hard
on their French to meet the demands of
their new roles.
One of Canada's living hockey legends
died last month. Fred [Cyclone] Taylor
died in a Vancouver nursing home two
weeks before his 94th birthday. He was
born in Tara in 1885 but his family moved
to Listowel when he was young and it was
to Listowel he returned from time to time
as his home town. His hockey and lacrosse
careers started in a big way with provincial
championships in Listowel from 1902 to
1904. He went on to star in Ottawa and
Vancouver and was a legend as a hockey
player. In 1910 while playing with the
Renfrew Millionaires, he skated backward
through the entire opposition team, circled
the net and scored, still skating backward.
He played every position but goal. was a
perpetual allstar, played on two Stanley
Cup championship teams and was the
highest paid player of his day. Lester
Patrick, one-time manager of the New York
Rangers said Taylor was the best hockey
player of all time.
Weeds are wonderful might be the
theme song for Auburn -area writer and
cooking specialist Blanche Pownall Gar-
rett. Mrs. Garrett has made a specialty of
turning everyday weeds and wild plants
into gourmet food. She has published
several books on the subject and recently
her name has been appearing as a
syndicated columnist in such papers as the
London Free Press dealing with. what else.
edible plants.
She was part of what made Bayfield a
very special little village. For years she
chronicled her times and the history of
Bayfield and put it into print. She was Lucy
[Woods] Diehl and she and her family were
part of the history of Bayfield. She died
suddenly on May 25, and she was in her
77th year. It came as a shock to many to
first meet this woman in later years. badly
crippled by arthritis but still writing. For
more than a quarter century she was
correspondent from Bayfield to the Clinton
News -Record and in 1954 was honoured as
top correspondent by the Ontario Weekly
Newspaper Association. Later she wrote a
column called Rambling with Lucy which
made her name and the name of her home
The Hut familiar to many. In it her love of
history and flowers and birds poured out
over many years. Her funeral was presided
over by her long-time fried Bishop William
Townsend,. along with Cannon Paull and
Rev. George Youmatoff both of Bayfield.
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