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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-06-24, Page 71Rave you seenGeo.rgie" •puts village on alert "Have you seen Georgie? We be sleeping and then be wakened by the rain, have been searching for him for awakened 10:20 p.m. Squadron over half an hour." It was 6:15 Leader R.E. Henderson. Ken..p.m.., October'6, 1954 and nearly randon. George Bet1. John' dark, €tad a two year old boy was BLindsay and James Boyce not to be found. One reads of incidents like this, decided to park their car at, but no one knows the feeling of McAlister's cottage. about a Mile. fear and concern until it happens north of Bayfield, and walk down in one's own family or to those the°beach which was full of debris nearby. Corporal Montgomery of from a recent storm. They passed the RCAF Station. Clinton lived what they thought was another in a cottage at Jowett's Grove, stump or log when sorttething his -daughters Patsy and impelled them to turn the flashlight back. nntitheree Susan attended A.M. Hugh Bell Campbell Public School on the upinls spotted the wee�boy curled grey coat. sound aalter!,station. When they returned with the rising waves raping ever home, George was missing and nearer to him. Ken Brandon his mother frantically looking for irked him up and they collie hfnt. At that point they notified home rejoicing. Path's who, in turn. called When the searchers. those in George Little, the local constable and he phoned the Pcovincial the two cottages and those at the Lindsay's heard the horns, a Police. collective "song of praise" rose The thought of a little one Qat somewhere• in the darkness to the heavens. As Ken put, Georgie in his mother's arms. touches all heart. Members of the there wasn't a dry eye in the Bayfield'- Lions Club left their room. At no time during the dinner and volunteered for the ordeal had Mrs. Montgomery earth, and as the news spread. broken down, until this moment. ople came from far and near. This account has been written uadcon Leader E.D. Finley. as a tribute to those -men and who lived in the cottage next women whose hearts were door. notified the RCAF Station. touched and who gave so freely of Clinton and a busload. of Airforce themselves that night to find little personne.E' and others in cars arrived in a short time. equipped George. with powerful flashlights. As Georgie was always wan- ting to go to school with his sisters. it was felt that his little legs had carried him eastward. The men were given orders to move down the fields arm's length apart. it looked like a city of moving lights. Others; provincial police and civilian. combed ibe picnic grounds. the river beach and up the steep hill. It was hard on the men and their clothing. There would be many a tumble that evening. One man saw a dark object in the water along the lakeshore and reached out to grab what he thought was the boy. only to haVe Mon- tgomery's big shaggy dog. "Willie." shake water on his face. Some drove cars up and down the. roads with headlights trained on the ditches. Mr. Malcolm Toms. chief operator at -the local telephone exchange. played an important role in this tense drama. She phoned people asking them to turn on lights, along the river- bank and vicinity. She also notified CKNX and CFPL-TV picked it up also. The men were busy searching. but the women were left won- dering. "What can we do?" Then Mrs. John Lindsay. who lived nearby on Highway 21. an- nounced that she would serve coffee and sandwiches to the weary searchers, and in many a home. out came the bread. sandwich spreads and coffee. Those who were free to do so went to the Lindsay home to help. No one knows how many they served that night. The RCAF sent over hot coffee and Mrs. Finley opened her cottage as a canteen. She had Mr. Montgomery. who had fallen earlier in the evening. stay with her and Dr. Paul Walden remained to give any medical help if needed. Bloodhounds had been promised to the RCAF to be flown in from Winnipeg and it was thought that the search should probably be called off until morning but, when it began to blow and rain, the search was continued in case the boy should Vuna a^+.r..p 4114. ..«,wf w.YI"SET 7"!tt AWS" '� ►R t U Si ► '' . ' N •• July 14, 1886 To the Editor of the News -Record Dear Sir. 1 notice that the New Era says that some of our citizens. run mad" at election times.The Almighty has spared the editor of the Era the trouble of running mad at such times. He is a "natural" all the time. Noone but a madman or a fool would so persistently lie as he does and as you proved no later that last week. Yours, 11E. Loyalist rc. t �. The +Gair4aerH4use b been standingln Hayfield for many years and is well known by the Villagers. (photo by-Milvena Erickson) Gairdner house goes back to 1856 The Gairdner Home The Gairdner Home on Main Street and Susan Street, corner is a fine large. square brick structure built in 1856 as a home. a general store. and the post office..Also•4n the store was the Great '.Northwestern Telegraph Co's office and telegraph h was carried on here by the Gairdner Family from 1880 to 1892. The post office was from 1856 to 1917. James A. Gairdner and Robert Hutchinson Gairdner purchased the property and a good deal more around the village in 1853 from Baron de Tuyll and this particular piece never changed ownership or name until 1974 when it was purchased at the auction sale by Kr. and Mrs. Charles Rogers. Charles spent all his "growing up summers" in Bayfield so has a deep interest in the village and his wife feels the same. They intend to retire here. • DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED BY DOMINION ROAD- SINCE ISBB Salutes the BAYFIELD CENTENt4IAL DURING "PIONEERA '76"