HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-06-24, Page 25CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. THURSDAY, JUNE 24. 197$—PAGE 3A
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Like any undertaking of this 'inaptitude. the Bayfield "Illugle "
Centennial Souvenir Edition requires the co-operation and help
of literally hundreds of people. front the organisers. to the
'writers. do the .advertisers. and to a dedicated composing aad
press ruin chow.
We at the News -Record are proud of our renders in Bayfield.
idiom we have.bson serving for our IM years. We hope that this
spsci4T edition alkali/as the history of Hurst County's peettisst
village will help her varied aad interesting past. aad
be trod as a reference in the future.
But like any special edition of this nature, many errors of
omission aad commission are likely to slow up. The writers.
have tried to cover ail the, bases. but somewhere along the line.
siwtedhing sad or somebody will have been missed, aad we
apologise for that.
The Ireal credit for this edition has to $o to two very hard-
working and dedicated ladies. Ethel Poth and i Milvena
Erickson. Without thein. there would have been no edition at all.
Mrs. Poth especially, spent literally years assembling
;lSerial. and in the last several months worked day and night
iana and rewriting the stories into the polished history you
nee now reeding.
The News -Record is also indebted to Mrs. Poth for collecting
and identitying many of the dozens of cid pictures to illustrate
the stories. and to enlivens for photographing many of the recent
pectins'.
The first building to be erected in Layfield was Riley's Boarding house in the early tale's. 11 steed en
the Sweatiest where sneer Park is naw shimmied.
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pony of the Bayfield Har-
...
Then. on Jan. 10. 1076. by
pecial Act of Legislature.
yfield was incorporated as a
Wage of 1767 acres. The
'anion was then over 700. Up
this time Bayfield had been
ministered by Stanley Twp..
first Council meeting being
in 1036 with D.H. Ritchie of
5. Bayfield. Concession.
tanley. an outstanding leader.
the first reeve and W.W.
onnor of Bayfield as the first
clerk. Now. in 1876. Bayfield was
"on its own".
W.W. Connor was chosen as the
first reeve, with councillors John
Esson. John Keyes. J:C.
McIntosh and Andrew Rutledge.
The first officials appointed
were: John A. Rutledge. clerk:
James Thompson, treasurer:
Frederick Wood, assessor: John
Wilson. collector: Robert Baxter.
constable.
Fishing was the chief industry
after grain, shipments closed and,
in a good year. there were large
•catches of lake trout. "salmon"
trout. whitefish. pickerel. perch
and herring:
In the Bayfield'column of the
Clinton paper Feb. 27. 1079. was
the Item. "Lake Huron herring
are being brought to Clinton by
the'sleighload and -retailed at 20c
,to 25 cents a dozen".
Other sources of employment
were the mills. building trades.
cabinet, making. and later. the
.evaporator -- but the population
'did decline.
Then in the late 1010's ween the
pioneer days were long past and
many people in both Canada and
United States began taking
holidays. Bayfieid's potential as
i summer resort was discovered.
Every year. except during World
War I and World War II and the
depression era of the JO's saw a
greater number of vacationers.
In order to keep up with the
times. Hayfield needed elec-
ricity for both its residents and
its summer visitors but. in a
village of so many streets and
open spaces. the cost would be
very high. The result was that . in
order to get hydro. Bayfield was.
in 1927 di3Tncorporated. with
boundary changes. Those who
fought against this& were later
vindicated in their beliefs as it
proved to be an unnecessary and
unwise move. the rules governing
hydro installations. being
changed shortly thereafter.
Bayfield was now only a police
village with three trustees under
Stanley Township Council.
The depression followed and
then World War 11 and, finally.
better times. The population was
down to 348 in 1927 but. as the
economy improved. it began to
rise again and so did the summer
activity.
There was agitation to re-
incorporate A's a village with its
own Council. This was achieved
in 1965 with the boundaries the
same as those established in 1927.
giving an area of 727 acres. At
that time the population was 474
but is now over 500.
Many changes are taking p r.e
in Bayfield -- some good and
some otherwise. We hope they do
not erode and. eventually, erase
the charm that has caused our
village to be praised far and near
and has drawn vacationers for
generations.
Brigadier F.A. Clift was. the
first reeve after re -incorporation,
and then F. McFadden followed.
Edd Oddleifson is the present
reeve,
The log Canada Company store. Hayfield's second building was erected In1034. It was bought by Wm.
Jowett in 1910. This 1951 photograph shows the building becoming part of the River Hotel.
A big ewe
One resident who never used a
small word if he could think of a
big one and whose experiences
never lost anything in the telling
was holding forth thus: "I was
awakened by a disturbance in the
foist -house. I awakened my wife
and. clad in the chilly garthents
of the night we proceeded thence.
And there we discovered a furry
animal attached to the neck of
one of the hens. 1 seized the vile
reptile by the two extremities and
gave it three 'violent jerks. thus
severing its cranium from its
spinal column and rendering life
extinct. But. before it expired. it
thrust its fang into the fleshy part
of my thumb causing ex-
cruciating agony.
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