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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-07-31, Page 7Tradition unfolds Continued from page 6 consistently improved their play in the latter half of the season, finished in sixth place in the eight team loop. The Babes ended their season in a slump, losing to the league leading Varna Agrico's 9-8 in a close one on Tuesday night. Wednesday night, the Stanley Stars moved ahead of. the pack by edging the 'Bayfield Blue Shadows, 11-7 in Zurich. • This set up the battle for first. place which has see- sawed back 'and forth in re- cent weeks. With one game remaining, (Varna at Blue Shadows) , the Agrico's negded a victory for a first place tie with the Stars. Top spot would then be awarded to Varna who had a better seasonal record against Stanley, defeating them in all three contests this year between the two clubs. The game was to be played Monday night in Bayfield. Paul Bunyan slo-pitch tournament Eight Slo-Pitch teams competed in a one -day ball tournament on Saturday played at the Bayfield and Paul Bunyan Camp diamonds. Alexander's Furniture took home the $150 in prize money as 'A' division champs Ipy defeating Vic- toria Hospital in the final game 13-12. The 'Ox Box' squad from London took the $120 Con- solation 'B' prize money by downing the host Paul Bu- nyan team 10-6. The order of finish for the eight teams competing was as follows: Alexander's Fur- niture, Victoria Hospital, Ox Box, Paul Bunyan, Bayfield Knighthawks. Hofvan Holland, Just Sports and Wildwood Park. The Bayfield Knighthawks had gotten off to a good start in the morning by quelling the Paul Bunyan Camp team 11-7 to advance to the 'A' division play. However, the afternoon semi-final . saw them lose to the eventual tournament 'A' champs, Alexander's. who defeated them 12-1. It rained for part of the day but the ballplayers played and the Paul Bunyan people kept serving up the goodies from their gas grills, and everyone had a grand old time. The money made from the tourney will go towards the . Paul Bunyan Kids Day to provide them with races, a dunk tank, hot dogs and like things. Next year the tenative plans call for a 16 team, two- day tournament. again set for July. Teams that are in- terested in the 1981 version Should contact Gord Comp- ton, c/o Paul Bunyan Camp. These tournaments take a tremendous amount of plan- ning, Round 'n' about the village Visitors last week with Mr:. and Mrs. J.B. Higgins, Bayfield, included Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fallon and son Jeffrey of London and Rev. Mrs. Webb and Frances, also of London. Visiting for a while in the village with Douglas and Pat Gemeinhardt at their Kieth Crescent home, is Pat's brother, Clarence Woodrow of Whitby, and pal Chi Chi. Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Sturgeon and sons Jeffrey and Roland, Orangeville, spent the weekend at their Louisa Street cottage. Visiting- with Mrs. Ethel _Knight at her Louisa Street home for a few days last week were Vi and Hary Shephard of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Moore Hislop of Port Huron visited with Mrs. Harry Baker last Sunday. Other recent visitors with the Bakerswere Mr. and Mrs. Morley Coleman of Ottawa who were in the vicinity for the Coleman Reunion at Stanley Township Park. Mr. and Mrs, Ted Dawson called on Mrs. Elva Metcalf last weekend. They now live in Toronto but were Elva's neighbours when she was living in Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dewar were also at Elva's home on the weekend. A celebration was held at the Bavarian Inn, Elmira, for Mr. and Mrs. Reg York in honour of their fortieth wedding anniversary last weekend. Those attending were their son Reg, his wife Carol and their three children of Elmira their daughters Mrs. Peggy Frank with her husband John and their two children of Kit- chener, Mrs. Marie Thody her husband David and their two children of London and Mrs. Pat Hamanuck with her husband David and two children of Orillia. Absent was their fourth daughter Lorraine who is at present attending Oxford MAGID - Mr. and Mrs. Norm Whiting of Exeter are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Debra Margaret to Brian William, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Johnston. The ceremony will take place on August 9 at Exeter United Church, Exeter. Open reception to 'ollow. Everyone Welcome. Citizens News, July 31, 1980 GOOD MUSIC — The Camp ipperwash Cadet Band provided excellent musk at the Bayfield lions Club Frolic on Friday evening. Staff photo University in England. Mr. and Mrs. York are planning to join her there for a visit; consequently very timely and appropriate anniversary gifts from the family were luggage sets for both of the Yorks. Guests with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burch this/week were Donald and Lorraine Burch of Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, with their children Jason and Andrea and Howard and Janet McLean of Calgary with their children, Beth and Ian. Donald is their son and Janet is their daughter. Near the front door of the Burch residence stands a tree planted by the great= grandfather of the visiting children in 1939 and under it is a stone bearing a plaque which was erected by the family in his honour giving his name Thornton Hustard and the year it was planted. On Monday night the family gathered round the tree and toasted his memory with champagne. On Wednesday morning Howard and Janet left for Haiti on an exploratory trip to study ways and means of lending aid to a third world country. Mrs. Reg Wilson returned home last Friday a.:ter nearly a fortnight in University Hospital in London. Clara was un- fortunate enough to break her hip in their garden. We welcome her back to the village. She is glad to be back and is enjoying Reg's meals while she is learning to walk again on crutches. Bayfield historical society On Monday evening, July 28, members and guests of the Bayfield Historical Society for a highly en- tertaining evening featuring two events. First, Mr. Ross Middleton, introduded by Mrs. Elva Metcalf addressed the full auditorium. He is a fourth generation Canadian whose great-grandparents arrived here in 1834; He is well known in the area for his dual career as a geography teacher in Clinton Secretary School and as a fruit farmer. Drawing on both vocations, for his talk, he first described the geography of Bayfield, and its environs, explaining how it effects weather and then contrasted farming fifty years ago when he was a boy with modern farm operations. Using slides he showed graphic examples of drumlins, eskers, moraines, the shorelines of old Lake Warren which once covered the area, the great spillways through which the Maitland and Bayfield rivers meander, the 'erratics' or huge boulders, carried along and deposited by glaciers, the glacial tillunderneaththe top soil, glacier scratches left on rocks, etc ...Several pictures of very prosperous ap- pearing, well kept farms in the area were also shown. Turning to weather he explained that it is mid latitude (43 degrees), humid continental, but modified by the great lakes. It is cyclonic because tropical air meets up with cold Arctic air in the area resulting in heavy storms. "Hot moist air meets up with cold air and results in extrme changes in temperature - shorts to long johns in one day - and sometimes tornadoes." The speaker reminisced about farming fifty years ago when there was mixed production on 150 acres. He constructed the modern chicken farm with its three floors of chickens, 25,000 of them, seven . or eight thousand to a floor, four crops per year, fines exacted if the farm over produced. Quotas are bought and sold. The chickens are sold in six to seven weeks,at 31/z pounds. If they get over weight they are found in the super- markets. The farm is valued at about a million dollars. He described today's dairy farm with its hundred cows producing 1,000 litres of milk per day. To increase a quota the farmer pays $70 per litre, $700 to add one cow. It is a one-man operation and its selling price would be a million dollars. A farm of 1500 acres and 500 more leased producing soy beans, corn,beans and barley, with high break-even prices for the crops employs six men as well as the farmers' sons and is valued at three to four million dollars. Audience response to the speaker indicated great interest and Ganon Paull expressed the thanks of those present. After a brief three minute break, the audience resumed their seats to watch a spectacular movie brought to Bayfield from Michigan by geologist Jack Pounder. It showed a gaswell across Lake Huron and some distance inland which the North American Drilling Company's rig -21 was drilling when it blew up at 6500'. The world famous Red Adair came with his crew from Texas to figure out a way to bring it under control and it took four weeks. First water was piped from a lake several miles away to spray the area and make it possible for his crew to work. His plan to saw the well casing so that a cap could be lowered over it with a derrick was suc- cessful and the steady deafening roar of the escaping gas was suddenly silenced. Mud was poured in to fill the well and a new one was drilled 100' away . This movie was high drama - a real thriller - and The Bayfield audience is indebted to Mr. Pounder who went to con- siderable trouble to make it available at the right time. 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