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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-12-08, Page 130 • • Rambling with Lucy • by Lucy R. Woods Here are some more memories of Bayfield by Mabel Wallace: "Crossing the street we saw another busy hotel, The Queens at that time, later re -named The'Ritz..T'his hotel was completely destroyed by fire on Labour Day weekend in 1997. It was sad to see the old building go down in flames and still sadder to hear the cans of fruits and vegetables exploding; a busy summer's work all gone. A new Ritz now stands on the corner, but the owners Mr. and Mrs. Bailey had to give up; due to failing health. "I have several pictures of the ruins of The Queens. "Mr. Hewson's drug store was next and we loved to go in and see all his pretty dishes. He hod one section of the store fixed up with displays of china, glass dishes, toilet sets etc. We always asked if we could look closely at an article that drew our attention but we were not allowed to touch anything that didn't belong to us. "John Whiddon had a general store and that was our next stop. Mr. Whiddon and his daughter Ruby were always so nice to us. "If my memory is right Mrs. Ross .hdd a millinery store next and Dr. Smith had an office but we were not the least bit interested in that, we were busy thinking how fast we could get past Erwin's Store where caskets or coffins were displayed in a large window. Sometimes we would leave the path, go out into the middle of the road and run as fast as we could to get past the store. I don't know what was behind this fear of coffins but we sure had it. "Tudor Marks had a tailor shop next and then -John Tippet's shoe store. "The next stop was Frank Edwards' general store, sometimes we did some shopping there. They were always so friendly and we usually ended our visit with material for dresses or pinafores. "By this time we were ready for home, tired and happy, with fond memories of a lovely day spent with our Grandma. Evenings we would sit on the door step and Grandpa Ran would sing or tell us stories. There was always "background music" with crickets chirping and frogs croaking and night sounds all joined in. One year we had our little gramophones with us. It was a very. special attraction, folks came to hear the little talking machine. "A lovely clear creek was on Grandma's land; we would go down the road and stand on a bridge to fish. Our tackle was a branch from a tree, a piece of binder twine and a bent pin. We never caught any fish but there were • lots of minnows in the brook. Sometimes we would throw stones in the water and watch the ripples. "Townsends lived across the road from Grandma's; later this became Dick Smith's property. We would.play with Billie and Nellie and liked best to grind corn with a tittle grinding.machine clamped to a table, this was hand powered. There were lots of fowl ready to eat the cracked corn, no doubt they were overfed that day. "Time to visit other relatives, so we would go to Grandpa's, Thomas. H. Heard. He lived in a little log cabin where -we-spent many happy hours playing at the door step, watching him work in his vegetable garden, smoke his pipe and he would sit with us. He would tell stories about his life in Wales, how he came to Canada worked hard, cleared his farm, used oxen and raised his family of nine children. He was a wonderful person, so kind and patient with us, we often in later years com- pared him to a prophet. "We had several aunts and uncles to visit and could always have something to do; help fill theywood bcs,,,go to the boxed up spring for water that was clear and cold, get vegetables arid gather eggs. All of this was a novelty, not work. I did try to milk a couple of times but didn't have any'success, I guess we were more of a hindrance than a helper lots of times. - "The visit to the Castle farm down the Sauble Line came at threshing time. There was work for everyone; mother and aunt would be baking for days, breads, pies, cakes, rolls and cookies, getting ready for the threshers. "Churning was a task we thought we could do. After asking lots of questions and given instructions we were ready to start the little barrel -like churn called the "Daisy." Soon the novelty wore off and we had been told a little glass disk in the lid of the churn would become clear when the butter' came. After a 'short time we stopped the churn and cleaned the disk, put the lid on and $ said we had finished. Our aunt came down, looked, never said a word, just started churning and we went out to play. . "At supper time they were checking up to see if the chores were finished. Our aunt said the girls did the churning, we asked permission to speak so we told about cleaning the disk ourselves. The older folks knew, but were pleased that we had owned up to the faulty work we had done. "Then came the threshers with the men, water tanks, steam engine an,d separator. The tank and engine were placed in the farm yard near a large barn and the separator inside the barn. A huge belt went from the engine to the separator, that started the machinery working. "The men were forking sheaves of grain that had been hauled into the barn to men standing on a sort of plat- form. They cut the twine that held the sheaves together and fed the separator. "A big blower and pipe carried the chaff and straw outside and a funnel carried the grain down to the bottom ,of the separator t6"' a spout, a bushel basket or box was placed there to catch the grain, which was put into a big bin. Grandpa Ran nearly always tended these boxes and we would always spend a lot of time with him. "At dinner time the long tables were all set and bowls of vegetables, platters of meat, pickles, butter, cakes, pies, biscuits and bread soon had to be replaced with more food. It didn't take long for the food to go but there was always plenty more to re -set the table. "Sometimes I would help with the dishes but mostly we had to take the steel knives and forks outside and clean them in the sand as they were discolored by the, food. There was no stainless steel in those days. - "In August we always had a family picnic with all the aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and relatives gathered at Jowett's Grove for a potluck dinner and supper. Food of all kinds graced the tables, lots of visiting by the older folks and we children would go down to,the beach, play in the sand or water, gather shells and pretty stones. That was really a grand day. "We went to Sunday School and church and were at the dedication service of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, now the United Church. Rev..McNdil was the pastor. "Sometimes we would go to Trinity Church but our choice was the Salvation Army, now the Orange Hall. We lo'ved to beat the drum, sing and march with the • congregation. Lieut. Plant was in charge of the meetings and he would always wait until we came before starting the meetings. Mother made us navy blue cashmere dresses trimmed with orange silk and we loved to wear these dresses since Lieut. Plant always called us Orangemen. "Again there were outings with Grandma to visit old Mrs. McMurray. She lived up the "Front Rolid" past the cemetery. We always had to have a meal with her. "I can remember so well her black currant jelly, cookies, crackers and cheese, bread and butter, red salmon and black tea, made very strong, but always -weakened for us girls." Pe St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Clinton is losing, their minister, Rev. E.G. Nelson, who came to Clinton and the Seaforth church three years ago. He is a native of Goderich. (Photo by Wilma Oke) CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977—PAGE 13 Presbyterian nilnister leaves church By Wilma Oke Rev. Edwin G. Nelson will be preaching his farewell sermons at First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton, on December 18, as he has accepted a call to serve at ...the Presbyterian churches at Avonton and Motherwell-Avonbank heeinning the first of January. He has chosen that date so a not to interfere with the Christmas services on December 25•:" Mr. Nelson, a native of Goderich, has been serving the two charges since the spring of 1979. He was educated at Goderich schools, Waterloo Lutheran University (now Sir Wilfrid Laurier) and is a graduate of the Presbyterian Plow flips wingrnan hurt A McKillop Township snow plow operator, Bill Campbell, suffered whiplash and multiple injuries and a second snow plow operator was unharmed when their truck hit some fresh gravel, turned over onto its side and then flipped over onto the roof last week. Art Strong was driving the truck and Bill Campbell was operating the wing of the snow plow when the accident occurred north of Concession 4zehis, fine markets... of fine foods 12, coming onto sideroad 10 of McKillop Township. The vehicle's roof was caved ••in and the worst damage was done to the driver's side, Mr. Strong said. There are no estimates of damage. Smile If the good Lord had meant us to pay income tax, he'd have made us smart enough to fill out the return. College of Montreal. His first appointment was at Saskatoon, followed by one at Orangeville before coming to Seaforth. Mr. Nelson and his wife, Florence, have three sons, Dwight, married and living in Madoc, is studying for the ministry; Mark is married and lives in Toronto; Dale at home, is a student at the University of Western Cindy, at home, attends Seaforth District High School. St. Paul's Anglican Church, Clinton, and St. Thomas Anglican Church, Seaforth, are seeking a new minister following the retirement of Rev. 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