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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-07-08, Page 1anness its e tle,tnen. Bona, hy, . re has ret M*i.�rney,' on. �teresting nee etivities included an g at Clan Gregorua # an Ecumenical Sunset +Murch service at Pioneer Park. The. men, a silt piece gaging gSP0 u plied' -entertainment for the 150 leepl who attended the Gospel. Sing and later aebout 200 who attended the church c The; celebration ended with, an un,- sehedtrledpyjama gradtute a�dnt and y e ng, whezt. out 3 a pile d0ei%add theirnighties as ndt long - and paraded many quiet village for amt n hou .. Mrs. Erickson thougt it was won- derful that every could get together at the end of the celebrations and have sucha great time marching through the streets. She was so happy with the outcome of the centennial that she said she would do it all aver again; as long as she had the . continued on page 2 • 1 le loweveT, int at the Which attrac acing affairs of the er people .were served ►tl soldout en barbecue held i t e `gin on ursday and many were tour d way Cause the St. Andrew's United march. who sponsored the €east'o ran auto of chicken. The early Saturday mornmorningruin dM d net Stop the ..roto people who tucne ant"f+r he pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Bayfield Lions Club. Thea foto' Lose who ere still hungry, a Fish Bry.v as.heldat ee Arena later on Saturday°' at which ,100 people filled their plates. In between all the eating -and '`i$iting with old friends, a Fashion Show and Talent Night were also held. Thursday night Eric Earl acted as the. Master of Ceremonies at Talent f ght ° Which provided solidentertainmentir three Clinton, Ontario also had a e festivities .Qf on Friday morning, at overcast skies, howed up en Main etr artistic talents to ,-town sponsored, by the Pi-OOi iation, Although SO ,et child e r Created interesting a str ct. ,pIeceson themselves arld"tl eir Ctothes mere was also some good; art wo do a an e Paper supplied to them. pared for -the Bayfield Cmonths aheadof time and si ce scam 10 had been watching their hair accumulate in the fort of read �rdS. Eighteen - of the original 34t n the judging contest, which was held n Saturday at the sold -out Corr all. and winners were: Pat c hon, BayfieId. for the longest betr'd; Melvin Jewel, Bayfield, for,,the maSt colorful beard; Bob Anderson, Brussels, for the bushiest beard and. Keith Bunn of Bayfield for the best nese are iy boys,".' said VIna Parker, a former teacher for 25 years at Bayfield Public Scbo4l during� a "back too school" day.iast Saturday as part of fie village -''s Centennial celebrations. More than 150 former students and ;teachers exchanged greetings at the -gathering. Bob Parker of Dorchester gets friendly pat fromhis teacher, while standing are John and Harlo.Apfelbeck of tie St. Thomas. area, Ed Beck of London, and Gar Westlake of Vancouver. ;News -Record photo) an,astra ova get water meters By Wilma Oke Tuckersm.ith Township Council will go ead with the .installation of water eters in Vanastra . this fall inspite of omplaints from 2 or 3 residents. Reeve Elgin Thoimpson at t# council ession in Brucefieid Tuesday night, said ne ,of those against the . meters uggested that , it would be better for. ch householder to contribute his in- tallation cosh of the meter toward ging off thadebt incurred by the nastra Recreation �i"a;''' "fie`d'ei't is` ported to be about $46,000 and is to be lid by the taxpayers in Vanastra. By Jim Fitzgerald j..ast weekend had to be the busiest eekend we here at the News -Record ave had in some time, in fact the usiest since the Clinton Centennial of ast year. We attempted to cover all the axes at the Bayfielii Centennial over the oliday weekend, and although we got to ust about everything, there will be omething overlooked, +++ The newspaper world is a feast amine business. One week we're crambiing for news and pictures, while other week we have it "up to our :ars' Such is this week as coverage of e Bayfield Centennial dominates our ages- We've included dozens and zens of pictures; but we have enough eft to put out another paper. We will try include as many as we can this week nd try for a few more next week, so if nu are looking for a particular picture. old on to your shirt. ' +++ This Sunday will prove to be a busy e here in Clinton as well as an en- yable one as the Ilderton Centennial ommittee brings their steam train aursion toe tiiiiton where some 900 ople will stop for several hours for a i onic before heading back. to that iddlesex county village. The train trives here about 1:15 p.m. and leaves bout two hourelater at 3:15. We just type there are -enough picnic tables at e Clinton Conservation area to ac- commodate all those people. +++ We finally have it correct. The Miss dominion of Canada Pageant will be held tonight, Thursday, July 8, at the Sheraton Brock Hotel in Niagara Falls, and Clinton's own Jo Ann Palmer is one of the contestants. We don't know for sure if it will be televised, so good luck JoAnn. 1- +++ • The Clinton Kinsmen reported an xcellent crowd and just as• •gild races Last Sunday at their opening day, but fortunately. a small relay in'the • mputer malfunctioned and about 20,000 ' hi bets was lost. Racing tecretary Frank Cook again has an ixcell+ent program lined` yup- -with two fivisions of the Ontario Sired Trotting Makes for a total purse of $13,0100 set to race the starting gate. + + + The weather office in Toronto reported hat June- around here was about two legrees warmer •than average. Most of rur rain, however, camein the last three lays, with up to three inches being .ecord+d in some parts of Huron on the ast day. . The meters are estimated to cost about $80 each for the 216 homes in the hamlet. One of the decisions among • -several made to install meters is that 60 percent more water is used at Vanastra than should be. , A committee named to study the water system and meters and the Ministry of the Environment, which owns :the water and sewage system, both. recommended the installation of meters. Cdtt pulerRobert •Bell seemed to;raise the opinion of council when he said "The biggest advantage for meters is that those people who use water will pay for Rev. Carl Boersma and Alfred Dykstra of the fledgling Christian Reform Church at Vanastra attended the council meeting to protest the huge water and sewage bill for the church received recently amounting to over $600 for the year. Stating the church is used only for one service Sunday morning and a couple of evenings for church activities, Mr. Boersma suggested his church should get a preferred rate as do churches in Clinton, He said his church membership is only beginning with about 25 members receiving membership in the fall. Council asked Mr. Boersma for time to study the problem before coming to a decision. - Geo. Radford Construction of Blyth was awarded the tender for the con- struction of the O'Brien Drain, amounting to $2,475. Work is to be started immediately. The Radford tender was the lowest of two. ' Building permits were granted to: Robert Van Den Neucker of RR 4, Seaforth, move , grain " bin onto his property: James McIntosh RR 4 Seaforth, a garage.: and Harry Sidney,• Vanastra, a carport with the provision that it would be built four feet away from the property line and that Mr. Sidney secure an entry permit from the road superintendent. continued orepfage 2 "w The Vanastra Recreation Centre's float in the Bayfield Centennial parade last Saturday was "well decorated" and was one of the 120 entries In the hour long affair.. The tillage's four day celebrations were an outstandingsuccess total count of all events running near 000,000 mark. (News-Rcord with a photo) 25 cents Thursday, Jul • 8, 1976 - 111th Year .\o. 28 s Weather 1976 1975 HI LO MI LO June 29--75 30 - 72 - July . 1 -63 2-68 3-67 4 -- 78 5--80 Rain 1.85 58 • 86 60 58 83 57 5.7 56 57 51 54 83, 54 85 61 81 64 80 54 84 53 No rain • pack to. se By Shelley McPhee The Bayfield Centenpial held,. over the weekend was quite a gallant affair and was espedially enjoyed by those who attended the Back to School celebrations Saturday at the Municipal building. formerly the Bayfield Public School. The reunion turned into a "remember me, I was in your class" affair With plenty of handshaking, hugging and. general curiosity about old classmates, work, home and families. Once the guessing game was com- pleted, all the old faces gained a vague familiarity, people visited, refreshments were served and everyone had a chance tolook at their old school pictures dating back to the early 1900s. • Jack Ferguson of Copper Cliff, Ontario and a former teacher at the public school in the 1930s was glad that everyone wore dards with their names on them, so he could tell his past students apart. liar. Ferguson, the son of William Ferguson, grew up in Bayfield and left in 1941. He has visited the village over the years and is astounded at- the changes that have taken place. Although' he thinks the new bridge across •the river is wonderful, he feels that t1Le river has lost much of its character since its earlier days. Mrs. Elsie Sullivan and Mrs. -Annie Long. formerly the McLeod sisters and daughters of William McLeod, a local fisherman, came up from Michigan to attend the reunian. The two sisters have been gone from Bayfield for over 30 years, but till thiittl • it . a _wonderful 0 parade prove popular place and would like to live here again. Although they come to their home town regularly, the village has changed since they left and now they get lost in their' travels through Bayfield. Everyone seemed to `get a chuckle out of the old school pictures. It was in- teresting to see how Ruthann Scot- chmer. Jim Heard, Tony Hutchings. Jerry Greydanus, Carol Wallis, Dick and Ted Heard looked in days gone by. After old friends and memories had been discussed, people were able to spend the afternoon touring the quaint village with its wonderful harbour and interesting shops, and then everyone was invited to watch the Centennial Parade. A continuous stream of cars and people lined the parade route which began at Pioneer Park and ended at the Agricultural Grounds. The parade, which Lasted almost an hour contained 120 different entries and proved tobe very exciting, for the estimated 5,000 spectators. Following the parade, Mrs. Lois Lance of the Okiand Bicentennial Commission in Michigan, presented a scroll to Centennial Chairman Milvena Erickson commemorating the Canadian -and United States birthdays. Mrs. Lance has been a Bayfield summer resident for some years. Also included in the official opening at the Agricultural fGraunds were speeches of congratulations from dignitaries.from the surrounding municipalities including cit!total u city last Saturday or the o, afield Centennial. Here MPP d *h1k .MC Etaytletilk'ee:• nearly fated to rctnonles of .the l'I addresse fktrtotl les Mayor Don Symons of Clinton, Mayor Deb Shewfelt .of ,.Goderich, Reeve Anson McKinley -from Stanley Township, Gerry Ginn from Goderich Township, Huron County Warden Jack McCutcheon, Ted Mack from the Bayfield Yacht Club and Milvena Erickson of the Centennial Committee. MPP Jack Riddell . and MP Bob McKinleyalong with Reeve Ed Oddleifson. took part in the ribbon cut- ting ceremony. Also present at the opening were Kathleen Hill. the Sepior Queen, and Peggy Campbell the Junior Queen of the Centennial. The results of the parade are as follows: Best dressed couple: Helen Bisback and Jean Anderson; Best dressed woman: Sue Stevens; Best dressed junior: I. Miscky Stevens, 2. Erickson children, , 3. Jennifer Grainger; Best dressed down: 1. Phyllis Jones, 2. Alison . Maple, 3. Chris and Andrew Leitch. Best decorated bicycle: 1. Fern and Harry Baker, 2. David Stevens, 3. Peter Cook; Best decorated tricycle: 1. Peggy Bernard, 2. Rabbis 'Llaudi. . Best pony or horse and rider: 1. Adam Flowers. 2. Linda Hudson, 3. Karen Alexander; Best light" horse or pony : 1. • Ron Gethke, 2. Len Robertson. 3. Co-op Hensall- District, Merners of Zurich; Best draft horse: 1. .Arnold Young. 2. Tom Penhale. 3. Atchison Bros. Commercial floats: 1. Blue Anchor, 2. Old Homestead, 3. Village Market ; Non- commercial floats: 1. Historical Society, 2. Patriotic Society, 3. Library Float. Antique Qtr.*: 1. Max Watt, Listowel. 2. Bob Erb, Hensall, 3. Don Gewer,� Clinton. Novelty vehicles: 1. Harry Boyce, London,2. Rath well's Auction, 3. Robert's Towing Service. Antique Machinery: 1. Lemming Family, 2. Ernie Talbot, 3. Fred LeBeau. Prizes can be picked up at .the Municipal Buildings. Army worm threat over The threat of a major invasion of army worms in the grain crops in Huron county has nearly ended, according to Mike Miller, associate agricultural representative for Huron. Mr. Miller said Tuesday, that the first hatch of the worms are now entering the third stage of their life, the pupa stage, and have ceased to eat the county's winter wheat and spring grain crop. Mr. Miller said that by the time they emerge as moths and lay a second batch of eggs,, most of the grain will be har- vested, and "they don't like corn and beans too much." He said many of the tet"ondfgeneration Of worms will starve, while birds will look after the rest. The worms don't over -winter very well either. The outbreak was caused by a rare south breeze that blew the moths north from Ohio to southern Ontario where they laid their eggs. - • The heavy continuous rain of the past' week,., that dumped from one to four inches . of rain on the area, did little damage to crops, except to hay that was either cut, or baled and stooked in the fields. - A few beans were drowned,out also. Mr Miller said, and some corn wasn't scuffled or side -dressed with aqua- amonia because the fields were too wet. Mr. Miller said the winter wheat crop looks about average this year, as does the white bean crop. The spring grain crop at this point, as well as the corn crop could yield above average, and Mr. Miller said there is a continued on page 2 4. Hulieti talks home *renewal A. special• meeting of Mullett Township was held on June 28 -to .discuss the ad- ministrative policy of the Ontario Home Renewal Program, to ,appoint a representative to the Blyth Building Committee, and to attend to other business. Although nothing was decided, the amount -of loans and the interest rates on the home renewal plan were discussed. John Jewitt was . appointed by the. cooncil to the Blyth Building Committee, where he will aid in the restoration of the "Blyth arena. A by-law was,pa'ssed to exempt the Alma Subdivision from land severance every time a lot is sold. Mr.. 'Don Watson -Wiss present regarding the sale of certain k Rima. . '-A • The council accepted a petition from Glen Nott for improvements on Gibbings Drainage Works and E.H. Uderstadt was appointed to engineer the project. Applications were accepted for Municipal Drains from Caset Verway and others; Jack Tamblyn and others; Bert Lyon and others; and Don Forbes and others. E.H. Uderstadt was also appointed as. engineer on -the Verway and Tamblyn,drains and Bill Shifilet was appointed for the Lyon and Forbes drains. An application was also passed for a Tile Drain Loan on Lot 6, Concession 11. Building permits were issued to: G. Heyink, a steel granary; B. Shillinglaw, drying facilities: and Wm. Roest. house porch. .T; J.