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New study reveals
As a result of extensFV41;,-M9yle, as part of A Young
research undertaken. last Canada Works project.
summer by Rob Cornish Cornish's research last
of Bayfield,, the Huron year was done in con -
Historic Jail • now has new junction with the
brochures and signs Experience '78 program.
carrying more accurate The most surprising
information. fact that has been
The signs and bgoikets revealed is that the
were written by Anne rxajority of the jail's
What are these people looking at? No, it's not earwigs, they are trying to
determine who is the winner in a game of lawn bowling. The excellent summer
weather during the day and evening has kept the Clinton bowling lawns busy
this summer, and any earwigs who may have wandered onto the plush green
lawns would probably be crushed under one of the many black balls. (News -
Record photo)
Rotarians hear about oil
A life-long visitor to
Bayfield and a property
owner since 1968, Douglas
Fraser of Calgary
representing the
Petroleum Resources
Communication Foun-
dation (PRCF) spoke to
the Goderich Rotary
Club. The Foundation
represents something
over 100 oil company
members and, as one
project, sponsors
speakers to present the
facts about Canada's oil
Natural gas supplies are
not a problem and the
next 50 years or more can
be looked forward to with
no worries. The on-going
pace of petroleum ex-
ploration will find new oil
reserve's, but for the next
several years we must
import oil. The oil sands
and -heavy oil reserves in
Canada are enormous,
but development costs
are and will be very high.
Of all the industrialized
industry. countries in the world,.
Canada has the best
Introduced by his opportunity to be self -
brother Rotarian Rae sufficient in petroleum.- if
Fraser of Bayfield, he our country adopts and
presented a fact -filled follows the right policies
message and answered to realize that potential.
many controversia', As to the prices we
questions. In his position must pay, we had better
as Administration be realistic about them.
Manager for Petrofina Without adequate
Canada Limited, Fraser returns, the petroleum
is well acquainted with industry will not be able
the necessity of providing to find and develop the oil
the Canadian, people with,. we need. The consumers
news and views of the oil must pay, and there
industry. really _are no alter=
Four major .questions natives. Right now,
in the minds of Canadians Canadians (and
(as surveyed, by the Americans) pay prices
Foundation) were dealt for gasoline and fuel oil
with. Firstly, how much that range from 30 per -
oil, and gas do we have cent to 50 percent of
left. Present proven oil prices paid lin other
supplies from con= countries.
ventional sources can \ The answer to the
question of "Do oil
. companies make unfair
profits?" was a definite
no! Profits right now are
a little better than
average for manufac-
turing industries, but
plan plant sate with the risks, they are
not out of line and must
supply Canada's needs
for the•next 10 to 12 years.
Garden Club
The Bayfield Garden
Club will not meet in
August, but will have an
exhibit in the Bayfield
Fall Fair arranged by.
Mr. Harold Beakhust, a
director of the Club.
The September
meeting will be on the
10th and a perennial plant
exchange will be held at
that time.
Mud Monster
at town hall
On Tuesday, August
14th, the Port Stanley
Summer Festival
Players will present a
puppet show `The Mud
Monster' at 2 p.m. in the
Town Hall. Admission
will be free.
The show is sponsored
by the Huron County
Library and `Outreach',
Ontario.
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Town hall to
get washrooms
Plans for the in-
stallation of washroom
facilities in the Town Hall
are progressing.
Approval has been given
by the health authority.
for a septic tank and tile
bed system and the
Reeve is presently in-
vestigating the different
possibilities for con-
struction- of a suitable
addition to the Town Hall
to house theproposed,
facilities.
Reeve. McFadden has
been asked to discuss
several village matters at
the Ratepayers' 'meeting
which will be held on •
August 18th at 10:00 a.m.
in the Town Hall.
be maintained at a
reasonable level to at-
tract the capital that is
needed for the very risky
business of exploration. -
_.(by Rae Fraser)
Ithesville news
by Blanche 1Deeves
Church News
Worship Service was
held in the Holmesville
United Church on Sun-
day. Hugh Lobb favoured
the congregation with a
violin solo. Mr. Stewart
Farquhar and Mr. Irwin
Tebbutt received the
offering. Mr. Oestreicher
spoke on "Jesus'
Ministry to All".
Personals
Bonnie and Don Lock-
wood have returned
home, after pending a
few days ' in the
Manitoulin Island area,
while Shean stayed with
Grampa and Gramma
Perdue.
Barb Betties and Roger
MaGuire of England are
spending the day with
Barb's father, Eth Snell
of Atwood.
Congratulations to Art
Bell's team on winning
the ball game on Sunday
at Holmesville. Good to
hear they also won $88.25
for the ball teams.
CLINTON NEWS-RECORI, TIWI2SDAy, AUGUST 9 ,1,97 PAGE 21
facts about county jail
inhabitants were not
criminals, or
lawbreakrs,
Gaolers made corn -
plaints "concerning the
practise in Goderich of
incarcerating the aged
poor in the common gaol
of `the County." No other
institutions such as
hospitals or old peoples'
homes existed in the
county, and as a result,
they were housed in the
jail.
Many lunatics were
also sent to theail for
safe keeping. The'process
for • classifying` someone
as "dangerously insane"
involved much "red
tape" and inmates were
detained up to three
years while waiting to be
moved from Goderich.
One violently insane
woman was kept locked
in her cell at all times
because there was no
other method
restraining her. finger'''.
Vagrants who simply The last jublic hanging
could not supply their in Canada allegedly
own needs'were often occurred in the park just
kept in the jail. Then ouside the jail walls. Only
there was the case of the one other hangingever
man committed for no, occurred at the jail.
crime than "that of a sore
igh lake levels
threaten cottagers
' High water levels
throughout the Great
Lakes pose a flood threat'
in early fall to area
lakeside communities, a
lake -level report issued
last week by the US Army
Corps of Engineers
shows.
The report said all of
the Great \ Lakes are
above last year's
generally -high-water
marks and well above 30
year averages.
Bits and pieces from Bayfield
Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Talbot, daughter Lisa
and Miss Laurie Chesney
returned home last night
from a week at Family
Camp at Camp
Livingston, the Canadian
Sunday School Mission
Camp near Ayer's Cliff,
Quebec. They reported a
wonderful week of God's
Blessings, with plenty of
fun, and food,
They enjoyed renewing
acquaintances, , making
new friends, and spen-
dingtime with their
grandfather and aunt,
Mr. Ray Schell and
Evelyn. They were ac-
companied by Mr. and
Mrs. Les Talbot,
daughters, Cari, Terri
and Shari, from St.
Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Mills_
of St. Marys spent the
weekend in their cottage
at Crystal Beach •
Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Singer thrills Baptist people
By Janet Talbot
The famous singer
Mack Taunton from
Michigan thrilled a
packed church
auditorium Sunday
morning at the Bayfield
Baptist Church. Mr.
Taunton, with his• wife,
Susan, arrived Saturday
evening and they thanked
the Pastor for the blessed
time they had spent with
him, Mrs.Shiel, Joy and
Brian.
After the congregation
sang the Church's
favourite hymn "How
Great Thou Art," Mr.
Taunton took charge of
the service. Among his
beautiful renditions of
gospel songs were "I love
to tell you what I think of
Jesus" "Jesus paid it all"
'Get that frown off your
face" "Devil get out of
my way" and then "He
didn't come down" which
Ellen McEwen...
evening, July 10, 1967,
In the Historical
Society, she was an ever
ready helper and gave
freely of her knowledge of
the various facets of
Bayfield history.
She was a devout.
member of the Anglican
Church and practised her
faith by. helping others.
For a. number of years,
she lived in London each
winter giving her., love to
two young children whose
mother had passed away..
At home she •was a friend
andkindly neighbour to
those who needed a word
of cheer. -
Her memory will live
long in the hearts of all
who knew her. (by Ethel'
Poth)
• from page 10.
and out, showed that she
loved flowers. Once, after
Mrs. Ferguson had the
cemetery stone pillars
and ironwork arch
erected in memoryof her
late husband, Capt. John
A. Ferguson, it was Ellen
McEwen who planted
flowers around the en-
trance and tended them
as long as she was able to
do so.
She also saw the need.
for a chapel at the
4emetery and not only
donated the land but took
an active part, too, jn
looking after the
collection of the needed
funds. It was opened and
dedicated Sunday
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tells of Jesus on the cross
with the power to save
Himself. but He didn't
come down,. but stayed
there . and suffered and
died there for you and
me.
For his short but very
appropriate message the
Pastor, Rev. Les Shiel
Sunday," this shows a
picture of the Born-again
Christians disappearing, •
joining the Saviour at the
Rapture (which the Bible
promises to all who ac-
cept. Christ as Saviour)
and the bewilderment of
the Unsaved that are left
behind. •
chose *Psalm 40, ex-- All of those attending
plaining - if we ask Jesus. knew they had been in the
house of God, and had felt
His Holy spirit there.
Give God the glory great
things He has done.
He will lift us up, He will
set us up,. and He will tune
us up, lifting us out of our
sin and set us on the solid
rock of Jesus. When
speaking about the worth
of each soul he read that
old beautiful poem, "The
old violin."
Mr.. Taunton closed the
service singing "The last
The evening service
was the monthly Com-
munion service and the
joyful acceptance of Miss
Cathy McFadden into the
membership of the
church.
Murney and daughter
Terri are here at Crystal
Beach for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt
Nediger are visiting their
son and daughter-in-law
in Toronto for a few days.
Mrs. Ed Florian and
son Dennis from Clinton
are visiting her sister
Mrs. Berthina Hammond
in the Clan Gregor
apartment.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Southwell from London
are spending the holiday
at their trailer at the Old
Homestead Park.
Mr.and ' Mrs. Larry
Jones, Leanne, Scott and
Brian froth Woodstock,
spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.and
Mrs.Norm Talbot.
Weekend guests. at the
same home were gran-
dchildren Deanna and
Marshall Talbot of.
Strathroy. Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Talbot . also
called.
Mrs. Pearl Workman
and daughter-i,nlaw
Mrs.Jean Workman both
from Woodstock were
Sunday • night supper
guests with the former's
nephew Norm Talbot and
Mrs Talbot.
While each lake is
about .3 metres (one foot)
under the record levels
that caused devastating
spring floods in 1973, a
series of rainy months
combined with fall
storms could cause
problems, • a corps
spokesman says.
Benjamin DeCooke,
chief of the corps' Great
Lakes hydraulics and
hydrology branch, said
more than average rain
and less than average
evaporation is predicted
for August in the area.
DeCooke said longer
range predictions - with
slender chance of ac-
curacy - suggest that
cottagers should be
cautious in the normally
stormy month of
November.
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