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uN1ON NEWS.RECORD. TKIRspxy, JUNE 24,1976
Many hotels ira Village
turn.before of century
_ retaining- the healthy rep,
The �i1`ellington- err -ins � •, (.his was ca�ed� a
Louisa Street owned by Mr. of the place -
t the
Elliott before he bfew years later.)
Wm. Jowett. built a brick e
Albion. itis now occuP there in 1898 which is now owned
Hatnmand.by Simons'- The house was
Morgan's {Late! - on the corner named Shangri•!a by
of Catherine rune and
Colina Streets Rhynes wren site owned it.
byMr. and Mrs. Other hotel names over
ton the
and was big typo_ have been. •
tattoo
u
John Morgan. It was a •
frame building and was
storey the Weston$ for a
purchased by
private home. It has since. been
torn down. - Ren
The Red Lion next toIt wasn
Scotchmers on Hwy.
bought by Dick Elliott. When he
was excavating for a cellar. he
found an Indian chief's body.
buried in a Sitting position.
This home burned.
The Ocean House. New Era
April Z5.1880 - .`Several buildings
around town such as the
Ocean
House should be removed as they
are. eyesores and are no. help in
years a4
Central, International, Row's.
Royal and others. One hotel over
the years had several names-
Many. many stories are told
about happenings at theold
hotels and it would take pages to
write them. We will confine .
ourselves to a quote from the
Clinton New Era — May 1. 1885 -
"The Scott Act comes in -force
this week and we won't be 1 bt to
wesmell grog afLer Friday
can bribe Ned lqie ri o -sent
the Dominion Licence Act to
Jeridho."
d operated by Ed Elliott was In business during the da
The Wellington arms. owned an - .--,
shipping. '
Bells & Brasses
Apple Peelers
Yarn Winders
Furniture
Ink Wells
Epergnes
Lace & Limoges
Dishes & Desks
We buy and sell
0 .,.
-all this , and morn.
Please- come and visit
our 1ti s
Bayfie Centennial.
one hundred years.
Come help us give
our village three cheers.
1976 photograph shows the Wellington Arms Hotel on Louis
This p
St. as it now appears.
atPpttvPrs formtd in 1964
In April of 1964. summer and
d
winter residents alike, gathered
together to form a Ratepayers,
Association. with two objeehctti eces
in mind. First to�eu' Village of
incorporation of to Vsillage
Bayfield and secondlyloss of the
the impending
Bayfield Public School• was held
An executive meeting
in April and the first officers of
Bayfield Ratepayers association
were: - president. Fred Clift:
vice-president. Jack TOrmond:
an
treasurer. H•Bet[chamber:
secretary. G.
executive. Elva Metcalf. A.
Aylesworth. F . Peter. R.
Hayman, A. Flowers and M.
Merner.held
The first annual meeting
on August 20th. 1964 w well
attended by 125 members. when
a
constitution was adopted. 13y
October of the same year. a total
paid up
membership of 504 was
reported. ers
The Bayfield Ratepayers
diligently
worked
Association
towards the re -incorporation of
the Village (which had reverted
to a Police Village on July
)
in which they were successful,
5. , the
and on January 1, 196
Village was re -incorporated.
They did not havethesame
e
success on the question
f
retaining the Hayfield School.
ensuing years. the
In the h
itw
association concerned itlseU with
the policies of the Village:
roa
maintenance.
drainage of sur-
face water. assessmene
retaining older buildings.
th
River Flats "question", and in
general all the aspects of the
Village. The annual meeting
held, each year in mid-Augustearthese
at this time. they bythe
e
business is revs forum c held
reeve. and an open oblcros and
to discuss Villagepr
activities with the council. Both
groups have worked
well
together and the Bayfield
Ratepayers Association is a Yery
effective liaison between the
residents and council. The
executive cornpfi ten mem-
bers, six of whom are year round
residents and four who are
summer residents.
Past presidents have been Fred
Clift. Jack Tillman. Alannit n
Aylesworth. Morgan S
Frank Burch. and the present
one. James Garrett.
The present executive is:
president. James Garrett: v3an e.
J. Laudenback: secretary. Jeanne
Simons: treasurer.
Lindsay: directors. Jack Lane.
Anne Tillmann, Reg Ager, Erne
Hovey. J. Beechie and Caroline
Snell.
Clocks
Ewers
Noritake
Textiles
English Glass
Nappies
Nut Crackers
Imari
Art Glass
Lames
Congratulations
to the
People of Bayfield
on the Occasion of the
100th anniversary of the Founding
of the Village. We look forward to
continuing to co-operate with our many
friends in the commUnY•
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