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Gwen Pemberton
Council studies bylaws
At the Council Meeting
on Monday night con-
sideration of three by-
laws having to do with the
building code, con-
servation and council
procedures, to be worked
out before the term of
office ends, was em-
phasized by Reeve
Oddleifson.
The clerk -treasurer,
Gord Graham read out
the estimated property
values of building per-
mits issued this year
which totalled well over
$900,000.
It was noted that the
Ministry of the
Environment has placed
a warning sign on the
beach at the end of
Cameron St. indicating
that it is a public beach
and that offenders will be
prosecuted.
Garbage pick-up will
take place on Tuesday
following Thanksgiving
day and the pick-up of
brush Wild other refuse
will follow on Wednesday,
October 11.
The River Cottage
Colony has written to ask
permission to store boats
on village property ie. on
the west half of the east
side of the road and the
east half of the west side.
Council agreed ' that
permission be given
charging the current
government rates.
Further discussion took
place regarding
renovation of the Town
Hall, which Councillors
were amazed to learn had
been demolished! A letter
was received by Clerk
Graham from. the
minister of culture and
recreation to say that he
had been so informed;
however it still stands
and is not even one of
those currently up for
sale! -
Requests for more
street lights in dark spots
on village streets are
being received and the
Council is looking at the
cost of new street -signs.
Lioness plan events
The Bayfield Lioness
Club is making plans to
help raise money for the
village's arena fund.
At the club's regular
monthly meeting in. the
United Church on
October 2 the activities
committee under Joan
Mernerl . gave a list of
events that have been
planned. Already six
teams of children are
participating in a penny
drive during October and
November. On October 13
a share -the -wealth bingo
will be held in the old
town hall at 8 pm and will
be held every two weeks
after that if the initial
evening proves suc-
cessful.
On October 14 at the old
town hall at 8 pm a
euchre and bridge night
is scheduled. Admission
will be $1 per person.
Other fund raising
events were brought up
for consideration. They
included a snowmobile
rally, a bike-a-thon, - a
walk-a-thon, - a skate -a-
thon, a dance-a-thon, a
yard sale, help jars, a
bottle drive, a Mardi
was, a crokinole party
an more card parties.
Many of these events will
be held in the future.
Carolyn Snell chaired
the meeting. The two
girls who were involved
in the Lion's Inter-
national Youth Exchange
attended the meeting.
Maria Laurence who
went to Mt. Pleasant,
Texas and Karen Talbot
who went to Tulio., Texas
both brought back
souvenirs and pictures to
show to the ladies. They
told about their holidays
and host families.
/ The roll call was an-
swered with a gift for the
Christmas stocking
which will be raffled off
before Christmas. Each
member also gave a
favorite recipe which will
be sent to the Prince
Rupert Lioness Club for
their cook book.
A report from the
chairman of Community
Betterment and Youth
Committee of the Ontario
Educational Com-.
munications Authority
program was given by
Moira Cooper. Mrs.
Cooper is the
representative of the
Southwestern group. The
series begins on Thur-
sday,' October 12 at the
Bayfield Library at 1 pm.
Mrs. Cooper has in-
numberable resources
available to her that will
interest everyone. She is
prepared to obtain video
tapes, books and
whatever else is required
to make the sessions
acceptable to all.
It is to be an in-
formative type group
session for the best
possible exposure. If
Thursday afternoon at 1
pm ig not a good day or
time, Mrs. Cooper has
Wednesday night open
and will be pleased to
switch the days and
times.
The Hallowe'en Dance
is set for Tuesday,
October 28 at the Paul
Bunyan Recreation
Centre. Tickets are $8 a
couple. This includes
costume prizes and a
buffet lunch. A drawfor a
fully processed hog or
$125 will be made at the
dance.
,Lioness • member Debbie
Taylor still has a few
books of tickets. for sale.
The proceeds will help
the arena fund.
Four new Lioness
members were initiated
at the meeting and
welcomed to the group by
the club president Mrs.
Snell. The new members
are Jay Ball, Hilda
Gerger, Verna Gregg and
Terri Raw.
Perfect attendance
prizes .were presented to
Jan Seniors, Diane
Boyes, Mary Gale, Joyce
Mcllwain and Ruth
Moore. Membership pins
were given to Wynne
Graham, Joan Merner,
Charlene Porter and
Carol .Penhale.
An executive meeting
will be held at the
municipal building on
Monday, _ O_ctob er 16 at 8
pm. The next general
meeting will be held at ,
the United Church on
Monday,. November 6
with a 7 pm dinner.
Senior citizens meet
The Ever dung Club
held their fir t meeting of
the season i the form of
a pot luck supper. Forty-
five members and six
guests enjoyed a
delicious supper.
Pert Johnston, the
president, chaired the
meeting which - followed
and Fern Baker, in the
absence of the secretary,
read the minutes and
gave the roll call.
Dorothy Cox presented
the treasurer's report.
Esther 1Vlakins, a
delegate to the U.S.C.O.
convention held , in
Kingston in August gave
a very favorable report.
Harry Baker, the zone
chairman, also attended
the convention and
touched thereon. He gave
an up-to-date reporton
the future renovations of
the old town hall.
Dues were received
and business discussed
after which the meeting
closed. A friendly game
of euchre was enjoyed.
Prizes wept to: ladies'
high, Jess Blair; men's
high, Clare Merner;
ladies' low, Thelma
Utter; men's low, Reheny
Larson.
Firehall open house
The Volunteer Fire
Association of Bayfield
plans to hold "open
house" in the Fire=hall on
Saturday, October 28.
It is desirous of
,publicizing the functions
it is capable of per-
forming in times of
emergency. This is an
important date . for
Bayfield residents to
keep in mind as well as
those of Stanley and
Goderich townships as
the Bayfield Fire
Department is jointly
owned and serves them
ail. The equipment will be
on display at that time.
October 8 to 14 is Fire
Prevention week. Fire
took a toll of 238 lives in
Ontario last year.
We have a good chance
to help in the prevention
program if we clean out
the brush and other 'junk'
which- may be lying
around on Wednesday
October 11 when the fall
pick-up takes place.
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Around and about the village
Mrs. Jessie Blair ,has
had her daughter Helen
and grandson Blair as
visitors recently. Col.
David Battye spent a
weekend here and his
wife Helen returned with
Bishop William Townshend, a former area boy, was guest preacher at Trinity
Anglican Church where he attended Sunday School. Here he poses with Andrew
and Lydia Erickson, grandchildren of a frlehd and Sunday School companion,
the late Byrd Sutrgeon. (Photo -byGwen Pemberton)
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World-wide Com-
munion was shared in by
St. Andrews United
Church on Sunday, and
new members. were of-
ficially welcomed by the
Minister and the elders.
The new • members are
Jean Ball, Laura Kumph,
Dorothy Brunsdon, Arch
and Ruth Andrew, Don
Keeler, Florence Le
Grow -and Rae Fraser. 'All
are transfers from for-
mer pastorates with the
exception of Don Keeler
who joined by profession
of faith.
The Rev. Alun Thomas
led the Sunday School
children in singing ac-
companied by his guitar
during the Church ser-
vice, before they with-
drew to their classes.
Or. Sunday October 8 a
Community G9¢spel Sing
will be held in the church
at 8 p.mwa .Everyone is
invited tottend. N --
St. James Middleton
Anglican Church
Penny sale ready
The Lionesses are
sponsoring a penny drive
which will be carried out
by the young people in the
village to help swell the
arena fund.
The youngsters will be
divided into six groups
and six jars will be
displayed in Brandon's
Pro -Hardware window to
show the 'takings' of each
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celebrated its Harvest
Festival on Sunday
bringing gifts t� the
blessed after the blessing
of the collection.
The ACW of Trinity
Anglican Church will
meet on Thursday,
October 5 at 2 pm at the
house of Mrs. Van Patter.
him to their home in
Boston. Blair remained
with his grandmother to
attend Clinton Secondary
School.
Weekend guests with
the Eastons have been
Keith's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. .Bruce Easton of
Windsor. They were
joined on Sunday by their
sisters Mrs. Beulah Start
and Mrs. Clara Neil and
sister-in-law Mrs. Enid
Easton all of Woodstock.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Granger have returned to
their home in Bayfield
from a holiday with their
son Bob and family in
Dauphin Manitoba and
.,,,their son Tom and family
in Geraldton, Ontario.
Mrs. Elva Metcalf
visited with the Rev. and
Mrs. Donald Beck in
Corunna last weekend.
Guests with the
Oddliefsons ' recently
from Winnipeg were Ed's
cousin, Mrs. Villa Turner
and his sister-in-law Disa
Oddliefson.
Ruby Uniac had the top
score at the weekly
A.B.C. game in the
Municipal Building. Jess
Blair's score was lowest.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Beatty took the trip to see
the fall colors in the
Agawa Canyon returning
on the Chi-Chee-Maun.
Their son David and
daughter-in-law Ann of
Oshawa celebrated their
wedding anniversary last
weekend by attending the
theatre in Stratford and
visiting _ Mr. and Mrs.
Beatty.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Makins spent a couple of
days last week at their
daughter's home in
London.
Mrs. Verda Cameron of
Seaforth visited on
Saturday with her sisters
Mrs. Lloyd Makins and
Mrs. Roy Scotchmer.
The Euchre Club will
begin the fall season on
Wednesday, October 11 at
8 p.m. in the Municipal
Building. Members
please bring sandwiches
or cookies. Newcomers
are welcome.
Several Bayfield
members of the Huron
County Historical Society
attended the meeting
held in the restored Town
Hall at Exeter on Wed-
nesday evening . last
week. There they heard
the story of how the Town
Hall was saved and were
shown slides of the stages
of restoration.,
Mr. end Mrs. J. W.
Taylor of St. Thomas,
their children David,
Paul and Linda and Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Steckle of
Goderich with their
children Lisa and Lori
visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Steckle of Bayfield
recently.
Sincere sympathy goes
to Mrs. Frank Boyce and
family in the sudden loss
of her brother Robert
Armstrong.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Sturgeon and Mr. and
Mrs. E: Walter Erickson
attended the marriage of
their nephew Kenneth
Stewart to Janet Rotteau
in the Pine River united
Church, Pine River. The
wedding dinner took
place in, Reid's Corners
Community Hall followed
by a reception and dance
in the Ripley Complex,
Ripley on Friday Sep-
tember 22, 1978.
Kenneth is the second
son of Gordon and Norma
(Sturgeon) Stewart. of
R.R. 2, Ripley. Guest
soloist for the wedding
was the groom's aunt
Mrs. Milvena Erickson
who sang "Let it be me"
and "Ev,ergreen".
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Scott of Melfort, Sask.,
visited for a few days
with his brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Scott.
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