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tit on a lovely summer
recently, *hen a
f members of the
gat fainly' tt4lett4 at
`Brett Cottages -in
eld.; Situated 90 tlia north
►f the Bayfield: River, for
annual vacation. This
+1 .5) mar'ksthe80thYear
iaeration of the Jowett
Gages .in the same. family;
ho fourth generation of
family to holiday
't.
11 began in 186Q: when
ries Middleton bought a
of land comprising the
from the Deer Lodge,side
tthe north, to the nor -
edge a the ayfield
ver Flats on thie south,. In 1861.,,
he hula a home on the property,
i
t it burned down in 1930.
r Mir. Middleton's death,
wife. continued to reside in
heir new home on the property
bird: at a later date, Mr. and
rs. Thomas . Jowett. (their
hteer Sarah Middleton),
erne to live there.
In the early- 1,:40's, William
tiwett (the son of Thomas and
araah) conceived the .idea of
ntcn;c grounds and decided to
open the .now facilities to the
public.. The first people to make
Use of the new site was the
Lnyni Orange Lodge. People
began to discover the area and
-camee (rim London, Stratford,
Clinton and Sfort li to •telt
Trtwig LakeHuron's bank. It is
tttcveMting to note' that each
town or city had their own area
and were named the ' London
' ncaampmecnt,the Clinton
Encampment etc., and the area
came to be Balled "White City"
'because of the numerous. light-
rit*loured tents.
the 'cottage industry on the
nett Grounds had its
ginning when William :Jowett
e !nstructeda the first one in
144,5:144,5:and continued tqr build at
intervals, sq that by the mid
IVO they rnimheroi sixteen,
(one onthe south side of the
River). Facilities Were 1fmited
in those early days of the first
cottages and the water for
drinking,'coing, bathing and
cleaning had to be carried up
the Steep bank from a sun/1-
point an the beach. The "privy"
was also situated Part • way
down the bank. The stove for
cooking was on the verandah in
an. 'L L-shaped alcove. It is not
certain why this was done:
perhaps to leave more space
inside the cottage, or so as not
to make the cottage too warm
for .sleeping. In 1945, Mr -
Mrs. LeRoy Path, (Ethel
Jowett), the daughter of
William Jowett, then took over
the property and- continued to
operate the cottage industry.
To -day (July 1915) after eighty
years continuous operation , six
of the original cottages are still
being rented to holidayers.
As previously mentioned, the
McTaggart family continue„ to
vacation at the Jowett * Cot-
tages. Mrs. Nan (McTaggart)
Allen of Toronto was born and
reared in Clinton. Her family
home was on High Street where
the Ball Funeral Home"`is now
locate. Mrs. • Allen's grand-
father, Malcolm McTaggart
',emigrated 'to Canada from
Argyle, Scotland at the age of
eleven years. He -came first to
Durham and Oxford Counties
and in- 1854 settled in Clinton.
He commenced the
manufacturing of fanning mills
sometimes alowe and.
sometitnet in partnership. One
such partnership was with Alex
row:t mumble tiara ' 404 ptr'
Chidtey. He retired `fro rn
'business. in" 1:..1. .11441001111
McTaggart was a very civic,
ri minded person • and bellied, to
start Clinton on it* Municipal
crour:-Its residence is new til
Clinton Public Hospital. •
• As the ctentery was waning,'
Malcolm MdTaggart and his
/ brother George, with their
.
families carne by team tinct
. wagon to spe nd°'the summers at
Jnvgett's. F `' m that time "Olt
thctr descendants continue to
come each- year to. holiday at,
the JowettCottages.
- Mrs. Allen's father, George
McTaggart Sr. ./ (the' son of;
Malcolm Meraggnrn, founded
the•Me Taggart flank in the tato
ISSO's. The Bank was site a►tcd
on Albert Street. Clinton, in_the—
vicinity of what is, ,now ,-Mr.
Beecher Menzie's Law Office.
Mr. Allen's family were all.
present on the day we had the
pleasure of intervie\ ing this
lovely Indy, And included .her
'daughter Blain (Allen) White
and her husband, of
Rracebricige: two sons, Broder
Allen and Tony Alien both of
Toronto and their wives;. and
all seven grandchi:renx (all
girls). Linda, Cathy and
Margaret (the daughters of
Blatin White) : DDaena and Jodi
(Broder Allen's family) and «
Heather and Shelaagh (the Andrews children of Ton Allen . MSt.<°. �'r;CW visit -Clinton
y
Allen also has.two-' brothers,
George McTaggart Jr. of
Montreal and Fred McTaggart
of Toronto. -Upon our departure
from .this delightful. gathering,.
.one of the young ladies was
heard commenting that when
'she married and had children,
they too would _ continue the
McTaggart family tradition of
coming to the Jewett cottages
for their summer vacations.
R Stdk'f1*'J ',1t ret;±d rtes, e
u mer lilt a pick up their
.emmer'hitl thous" . 0t the
istratian
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• The dBain ;'taoft ieotigtt l Weraggarts who founded j'crr !etts Grove -posed recently in
front of one of the original cottages. Bac c row left to right are Linda White, Deena, Alen,
and Cathy mate: Pmt row are Heather Allen, Shelagh.Allen, Jodi Alien, and, garet
'ate. All are granddaughters of -Mrs. Nan (Wellman) Allen., (photo by Ivena
Eri ani -)
Ma, ' Michael Scotchmer.
Tpntoand Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Scotchmer, Molly and Jody, St.
Catharines were weekend
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A.F. Scott rner.
Mrs;. Jack Hamilton and Mrs.
Milton Pollock, Goshen Line
visited with the forrner's
daughter; Mrs. Murdo McLean and grandsons. Robbie and
'Judd in Inncrkip on Wed-
nesday. July 16. Robbie
returned with them for a few
days.
Mr -s. Robert Wilkinscn,
Sarnia was a guest of her
'g raitdmeathcr, Mrs. Bertha
Turner on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simpson
and: Cathy. London visited
Sunday with her sister. Mr. and
Mrs: A.F. Scntchmer and other
i .'lar t ives in the Village.
Mrs. Bertha Turner. Bayfield
and Mrs. Robert Wilkinson,
Sarnmia were Sunday guests of
tlw for•nmer's sister, Mrs. Milton
Pollock. Goshen Line.
Mr. and Mrs. Fr•ar;k Boyce,
Goshen lite had us their
Sunday joists- theirgrand-
daughter Lynn and her
iutsixrnd of Landon. _
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner
spent the' weekend with his
brother. Mr. and Mrs..W ilf7red
Turner in New Sarem:*k
Mr. and Mrs. Murdo McLean
and family, Innerkip were
.weekend guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamilton,
Goshen Line.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Westlake returned to their
home in the Vi liage _,en Satur-
day
aturdaay evening after a very en-
joyable four week trip to
British Columbia. While them
they stayed with their sons, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Westlake and
family, Burnaby and Mr. and
Mrs. Garfield Westlake and
family in Delta, and visited
their granddaughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Hopkins, (Colleen
Merncr) iia Coquitlam. Mr. and
Mrs. Westlake also attended
the formal wedding of their
granddaughter Carol, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs: Bill Westlake to
Mr-. Peter Dutz-i in Brentwood
Park Presbyterian Church.
Burnaby. and the reception
that • followed in they Villa
Chandler Room.
liest wishes to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Royce, Gosfen Line who
tan Saturday, July 19 celebrated
their 51st Wedding Anniver-
Mr. and, - Mrs. Bill Lati titer,
Karen Clerk, Gerry Bloomfield
and Gilbert Latimer, Weston;
Barbara Davidson, London and
Bud Sturgeon, Bayfield,' ;a11
tented for the weekend at Bud's
sister's Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Potter and Merry, RR 3,
Clintnri:. `
Mr. Bernard F. Sturgeon,
Orangeville and his brother
Andrew of Bayfield spent last
...,
week in Sar n is and Port
Huron. M icon. Mrs.
Sturgeon and sons, Rollie and
Jeff visited with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Sturgeon,
while her huslind Bernard was
away. '
Best wishes to Miss Ethel
I)ewaar who is confined to
hospital in Belleville. , Miss
i)ewar is formerly- of Bayld
and last August (19.4) retired
to Peireville after being the
Iiurean Coupty Librarian for'
Several years. •
.Friends will be sorry to learn
of the death of Mrs. Hazel
Newton, beloved- wife of Ken
Newton in 'Detroit. Mich. on
Wed July • 9. The funeral
-services Were held in Detroit on
Saatur-daavjuly 1 '. 11),5 -
The 3M group ofSt. Andrew's
United Church` met 'en Wed-
nesday evening, July 16 and
visited Murray Draper's Music
.Box in Cli.ntort. it was a very
interesting evening for the ;r:
members present. His
coileection, of music boxes, gra-
mophones
ramophones and a military band
organ were beautiftd :to look at
and a joy to listen . to. Mr.
Draper's iifeloi g interest -in
these instrunients and his skill
in repairing and refinishing
them brought pleasure toad at
us. After' the visit the group
enjoyed refreshments - at ' the
home of Mildred and Ross
Merrill.
The, Ladies of the
were very relieved to learn that
the laboratory tests oa the food
served at the July 1 barbecue
showed there was no evidence
of food posoning. They are
looking forward to Lois Lance's.
interesting talk on her guilt
collection and on seeing many
beautiful and old quilts
displayed. This event will be on
I,Vednesday. August 13 at 8 p.m.
in the Old Town Hall. We hooey
that everyone will cone and
find out -more about the history
ell quilts and the reason for
their great appeal to modern
favi it itm_
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tADIES & .4[ ffT[ Mt ft
'the mennbers cif •the Board of
Stewards would like to take this
opptrrtunmty to thank an those
who :dnnate.d�d` articles or who
participated id any way to their
wry ' i&ec•rssitil auction on
Saturday..luly lt).
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WEDNESDAY AND '# HORSDAY JULY 34. 31
Mr. and Mrs. John PoundT
and baby Kyrstie. London
tisited$urr lie weekend with his.
parents. Mr., and Mrs. Jack
Pounder art their Village
residel ce: ' Also with the
Pounder's ftw the weekend •
wire Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Davidson of W indsnr.
Mr:' and Mrs. Ari Latimer
and, Christine. 1V est, ►n were
weekend guests of her mother.
Mrs. G.L. Knight
Mr. and 'Mr -s. W.C. Parker.
Brad. Mitchell. --Doug and
Danny of Rugby. North Dakota
spent front Thor daav until
Whowerey�u?
The first annual meeting of
the, :,layfield Tequila
Masquerade Society was
staged at Bid Robinson's 's ranch
on Saturday, July 19, 19 3. The
gathering was terrified by a
gorilla and opening comments
displayed by Flash Lance.
Among members present were
Gandolph the Gray, Bayfield
lass: Kung Fu, Mme. ' But-
terfly. Raggedy . Anne and
Andy. numerous .oil kings and
queens. harlots and starlets
and the devil himself. Mexico,
Ahsnclav with Mr. and Mrs. Bail
Parker On Sunday they were
p.tot'd by Mi' and Mr's W.C.
1'.a l+t•r . (•iaktrire'.. lllntir' and
i.f I.o,utim mind arli
. I t t t •n 1(el a fa.i miry gig together -
.It Mat• home i►fit4rs. 1.. ii. Smith. -
Mr and Mrs. (.uy Faller. Jeff
.n►ef :1.111 It( 1.nntvi,and. Ctuioraadn;
\i, .In*1 Mrs Paul Hovey;
1.Ingley, ltritish ("e►iumhiaa,
r • .''rc•ki McLaughlin..
M1`.1;;;In. If it- , and Citartney. •
1. ,.'nt.t ,Ire a isiting with their
tr Irt•nts. Mr and Mrs': Fred
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California, VQ'indst►r and Leven
Detroit wen, represented. Our
Mexican visitors showed us the
finer arts of the tradition
behind tequila. -First prize for
hest female and male
Costumes, courtesy of Harry
and Carlo. was dinner at the
Red Pomp Restauraumt.. Vin
iters were Gegi T illmaann.
(Gntnciulph the Gray 1. Lend* on.
and Jan lroatdfoot. (Rayfield
Kass). 1 ind' y "A good Linn'
tt:aas had by all"
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Mr. and ' Mrs. Lloyd Westlake
entertained 41= descendants of
William C. Johnston and Sarah
(McDonald) Johnston at it first
family reunion at their1'u,me on
Main St. cert Saturday. William
Johnston. who was a
blacksmith. and hid wife Sarah
Jived nuist *4 their lives in this
area and werT the parents of 10
children. (three of whom died
in infancy) and included, Babe
(Guest I. Fla (Terms). Nina
(Western,. Clary (Tultnch).
urdon .l ahnston, Percy
Johnston. and Walter (Doc)
• lohnston. 'the only member of
the family still -living is Mrs.
Nina Weston of Huronview,
who will be 90 years Of age in
°Bieber. She was the oldest
Member present for the
reunionl, and two-year old Brian
O'Neil of London. a great-
was
reat-
was , the youngest nt •
nclirtg. With all the families
*big represented.
Clayton Weston of Chicago.
Illinois and Bill Johnston of
Windsor were unable to attend
but tefephofied ' to wish
erytnnec a "Happy reunion"
amid sent their regrets. A pot-
' ick supper was held on the
bake 1t wrn. complete with a
ha0 cake • inscribed with.
K*kheoer. Caanmbeidgtie . and
l ttrtnat�r atVa. Several of the
family member's reminisced
that they had come to Bayfield
its .young children and
'regretted d thaat they had, not
been here since.
,,.It -was a double celebrationat
the Westlake f a nm ly ionic oh
Saturday, when their son'Rick
announced' -his - engagement tci
Miss Judy Neeb ofR itcherter,
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Lrin - Rosel nn Dine'. baby
daughter of Don and Elaine
( termini) l)inecl of London was
baptized on Sunday. July 6, on
her sister Tr rcey's tenth bir-
thday. during the Morning
Worship Set -vice in Trinity.
Anglican 'Church. Bayfield.
The hector. Rev: George
\'i ntnut toff. perfni'med the
Service. Mrs. Don J'nhnston
a:ul_t lt_ Mord v • h o
Hayfield and aunt's of the baby
awe her Godmothers. Erin
Roselenaa is the fifth generation
01 the family to be Baptized rrr
T"rwintty Church.
Hallowing The service, Mrs.
Maude Weston, graandmotherof
the baby, served -ti; lovely
dinner to all the .re.rinbeers eat
her family in - onouur -of the
ll;npiisn ot; Eri'n and the hir-
thdaty rrf Trnce(r. Also present
on 1 atnilr. .was grin °s great'grandinniher,
rldanit attended from Mrs. Myrtle Parker of
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rich. London. hayfield.
MUSIC BY
9 to I' A.M.
IT.S PART Op CLINTON'S
GREAT CENYENNIAt CEt Celli t,ONS
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