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"A few years age, hayfield was
little heard of outside the coun-
try ; tndaY she is talked of and
widely famed as a pleasant and
beanOM watering -place, A few
Years AV a transient traveller
was our only visitor; today the
Village welcomes hundreds of
people from alt over Western
Ontario and the United States. A
few years ago we could do little
more than provide ac-
cornmoclatien for a night lodger;
today four large hotels with
enterprising and obliging hosts
and hostesses furnish ample
entertaininent for the ever-
increkqing crowds of visitors.
And still our resources are not
=hanged. A strit hes been made
in the building of summer cot-
tage.s and so great has been the
&manilla_ Olt new enterprise
that before another season and
perhaps before the end of the
present one, we will have a
cottage village in our midst,
inhabited by the wealthy citizens
of inland towns and cities".
Orange Lodge...
(continued from page 30)
said of the Villagers today (1976)
who remember Alfie, that he had
a very good singing voice and
could imitate Harry Lauder quite
expertly.
The annual 12th of July
celebrations have been held in
Bayfield several times and the
last time was in 1967. At that time
a Cairn of cut stone was erected
by the South Huron L.O.L.
Association. A loose stone was
left, and the data of the day was
placed inside,..at the dedication on
July 12, 1967, during the
celebration of the Glorious
Twelfth. Since there is no Ladies
Orange Benevolent/ Association
in Hayfield. the L.O.B.A. of
• Ontario placed a small marble
plaque on the top of the Cairn.
Sometime between 1904 and
1910, the O.Y.B.'s disbanded and
amalgamated with L.O.L. No. 24.
During the ensuing years, the
Goshen Lodge No. 833 disbanded
There was touch more in the
ele, pointing out that the
Ouide" •had ap.
ProPriatelY applied the ter-
m."The Wheel$Matt'S Paradise"
to the village and ending with The
words "Let everyone endeavour
to point out the many ex-
cellencies of our pretty village,
and screen, but rectify, her few
deficiencies:"
In the Aug. 2, 1895 issue it
speaks of the White City with its
various "encardpmente the
Seaforth group, the Jackson
encampment from Egmondville,
and more expected from Strat-
ford, Clinton and other places.
This White City was along the
bank on the north side of the river
— later cottages were built by
Wm. Jowett, all on ap-
proximately 100 ft. wide lots —
and became known as Jowett's
Groveor the Jowett Cottages.
The picnic grounds were at the
Point, overlooking both river and
lake, with covered tables, a
cookhouse(comprete with a big
wood range and iron tea kettles),
an ice-cream booth, and in 1900, a
frame dance pavilion. In the
early twenties, this pavilion
became No. 17 Cottage and a
and some members came' to
Bayfield, while others went to
Varna. In 1973-4Greenway Lodge
joined with Bayfield. July 12,
1913, Bayfield was awarded the
prize of $15.00 at Hensall for the
best Lodge.
Officers for Centennial year in
the L.O.L. No. 24 in Bayfield are:
- Worshipful Master, Wellwood
Gill; Deputy Master. Ken Lynn;
Recording secretary. Edward
Gill; 1st Lecturer Emmerson
Heard; 2nd lecturer, George
Clark; Treasurer, W.E. Parker,
Marshall Alec Hamilton;
Chaplain Delbert Haw; 1st
committeeman, Tom Penliale;
2nd coram. William McIllwain.
The brother in L.O.L. No. 24 with
the longest membership is
Emmerson Heard who joined the
Bayfield Orange Lodge in 1910,
making him a member for 66
years. "To God above we give did
praise. With heart and hand we
join; To celebrate the glorious
days of Derry and the Boyne".
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concrete uIIdingwithgalieryfor
spectators was erected.
On the south side of the riverfr, -
Tudor Marks was building cot-
tages on hayfield Terrace and. in
1902, a round dance bali — itis
now a cottage, corner of Mara St.
and Bayfield Terrace. Along the
Terrace. Heaths built their
cottage on the hillside and the
Misses Rankin andDrouin cattle
south side. William Mustard
contracted to build cottages for
people and Howard Street began
to fill up, also Delevan St. This
was just before World War I.
Fred Gemeinhardt was another
of the local carpenters.
Those first vacationers in the
late 1800's arrived by horse and
buggy. carryall or wagon if
coming a short distance and by
train and stage facilities from the
more distant points. When cars
came into being and the
travellers came up what is now
the Bluewater Hwy.. the Pinery
drive was quite an experience.
Well into the 1900's there was a
" single trail through the sand. with
"passing points". In dry weather.
they sometimes hadto contend
with smoke from fires in the
Pinery area and one Port Huron
family even had the paint on
their car "singed" as they made
their way through.
Miss Eileen Glass of Evan-
sville. Indiana writes. "Driving-.
from London to Bayfield was a
horrendous experience — at
times mired down in the mud."
Miss Glass is the granddaughter
of Frank Glass, MP. whose first
residence in Bayfield was the
former round dance hall on the
corner of the Terrace and
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From your
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Representative •
MILT VAN PATTER
't new face in the Village of Hayfield; Milt is a member of the Hamilton Real Estate
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residential. commercial, industrial and farm lands of Your choice. Let Milt help you,
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"Glass's. hill" (now Mara St.) She
also wrote, "Among my
memories are those of my
mother calling across the river
after the fishing boats returned to
see if Louie McLeod had a 34 Ib.
whitefish from the day's catch —
and he always did. Then there
were the cows which browsed
past the cettage in the early
morning. If you -left the gateopen--
you had to get up and show them
out — not easy with a nice break-
fast of nasturtiums going down
fast. And the cowbells - if I can
find one of those, I want it for a
souvenir. And the cows t4wa
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left a calling -card!"
This century has seen many
changes in this village. Almost
every lot has a building on it;
there are hundreds or cottages;
trailer camps have sprung op:
antique shops are all the rage;
there is the Woodhome Motel
(owned by Mr. and Mrs. R.
Jenkins) on the northern edge of
town and the Paul. Bunyan. ,
owned by Len Bannister. on the
south; the harbour is full of
pleasure craft; and traffic is
becoming heavier each and every
year. We wonder what another
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Best Wishes to our many
friends in Bayfield on a
sacs Centennial
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