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It wasn't long till some. Bayfield youngsters noticed something new in the
Pioneer Park and went to check it out. These large boulders have been placed
at the lakebank green area by the Pioneer Park Association. When work is
completed the boulders will bear a plaque in the memory of one of Bayfield's
beloved ladies, Lucy Woods Diehl. (Gwen Pemberton photo)
Ed Oddleifson speaks
on his home, Iceland
to Goderich Rotarians
Et1 "Oddleifson, ad-
dressing the . Goderich
Rotary Club, remarked
that contrary to some
beliefs Iceland is not
covered with ice. Having
some snow it does not
have winter the way we
know it and all heating is
by hot water and steam
from geothermal sour-
ces.
The speaker was born
and brought up in Win-
nipeg, received all his
schooling there , and
graduated . from
University in 1929 with a
degree in Electrical.
Engineering. Starting
work immediately with
Ontario Hydro he con-
tinued until retirement in
1967 with the exception of
six years with. the
Canadian Army
Engineers during the
war. During his career
with Hydro he and his
wife Florrie lived in
many parts of Ontario
finally moving to
Bayfield to live in a house
purchased in' 1953. As
area manager in Exeter
he commuted from
Bayfield until retirement.
Joining the village
council in 1965 he also
served a distinguished
term as Reeve from 1969-
1978.
Born a third generation
Icelander and having
visited there in 1976,
Oddleifson was well
qualified to speak of his.
town and with excellent
slides g'alve an interesting
presentation.
He - described the
development of Icelandic
names including his own.
The island covers some
90,000, square miles of
which 3,200 is a volcano.
It is covered with post
glacial Lava flows so it is
very rocky. Although it is
riot the best agricultural
land it supports nearly
2,000,000 sheep.
Originally settled by
Vikings it became the
first democracy in the
'world; having had a
parliament since 930 A.D.
Although several
languages are spoken,
Icelandic has remained
pure Norse. The
population is 219,000.
Natural Hot water
sources are used for
heating and electric
power is developed from
geothermal springs.
There are do tteesee"s'o n'o
wood is available for
heating or .building. Any
wood must be imported
so most construction is
concrete. There are no
high rises and no smoke
so environmentally it is
ideal. Cars are European.
Mr. Oddleifson's slides
of local sculpture. par-
ticularly of the well-
known Svenson sculp-
tures were beautiful.
These are large pieces
set in art outdoor museum
as well as miniatures,
used as models and
exhibited indoors.
Many tropical plants
such" as bananas grow in
many acres of
greenhouses.
Photos of a special
altar piece in a church
were of particular in-
terest because this
church had been
destroyed 17 times during
its history only to be
rebuilt, thus demon-
strating the strong
religious beliefs of its
people.
Extinct and active
volcanos are points of
interest as well as great
geysers, one of which
erupts boiling water
regularly to a height of
100 feet.
Mr. Oddleifson was
suitably thanked by
Rotarian Norm McHolm.
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Ron and Jan
Farquhar of Dartmouth,
Nova ` Scotia spent a
couple of days on the
weekend with Jim and
Madeleine Murray. While
Ron was stationed at CFB
Clinton, he was a vocalist
in Jim's band. Betty and
Hugh Hodges of Clinton
{also former Air Force
people) joined them on
Sunday evening --for an
evening of music and
reminiscence.
Charles ;and Bernice
Reid received a card
from Rev. Wilena Brown,
mailed from Quebec,
saying she was enjoying
her vacation, although
the. weather wasn't veru
nice.
Say "hello" to
everyone for me she
wrote.
Church services in
Varna and Goshen will
resume at their regular
times on Sunday.
My, apologies to David
Telford and Todd Mar-
shall of the boys' squirt
ball team whose pictures
were missed on the end of
the front row of the photo
that appeared in this
paper last week.
Mrs. Jean Elliott
moved to her Cherry Hill
apart ent in. London on
Frida , We wish her all
the best in her new home.
Miss Darlene Hayter
left on Saturday for
Vegreville, Alberta, near
Edmonton, where she
will be nursing for a year.
She was accompanied by
her grandmother Glenn
as far as. Virden,
Manitoba`.
Florence Elliott ac-
companied Bruce and his
family to New Liskeard
last week to visit Ross'
family. She returned „on
Saturday. Mrs. Jack
Smith of Dungannon
spent Monday morning
with her. ,.'
Frank Smith un-
derwent surgery again on
Monday in University
Hospital. His copdition
for the past while, un-
fortunately, has been far
from good.
Margaret Hayter was
the lucky winner of the
lovely afghan at the Clan
Gregor bazaar in
Bayfield.
Mrs. Belle Reid is
moving in a month or so
to one of the Clan Gregor
apartments. She will
certainly be missed here
in the village.
Doug and Mildred
McAsh and children
holidayed in the Niagara
Falls area for three days
early last week. •
The Reids have had a
bit of bad luck lately.
Doug had a painful ac-
cident when he had the
ends of some fingers
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crushed under an
acetylene tank.
Last Monday evening
the wiring on Charles'
combine caught fire. He
was able to keep it under
control until Ron and
Marion Coleman arrived
Bayfield ..baptist news
by Janet Talbot
The Bayfield Baptist
Church welcomed former
Pastor Rev. Brian
Harrison from Clavison,
Michigan, for both ser-
vices on Sunday.
The capacity crowd
showed the love and
respect the church people
hold for Pastor Harrison,
Mrs. Harrison and their
two small sons Matthew
and Stephen. A picnic
lunch was served on the
grounds giving everyone
the joy of visiting and
fellowship with each
other and the Harrison
Family.
Pastor Harrison left
Bayfield nearly two years
ago to further his
education in the Detroit
area, and he is also the
Pastor of Bethel Baptist
Church in Clawson.
In the morning service
Pastor Harrison spoke
about "Eternal Security"
For the evening service
he used Nehemia chapter
four, the first seven
verses,
He closed has message
asking each to remember
that we can have all
things through Jesus
Christ if we put all our
trust in Him.
Rev. Les Shiel and Mrs.
Shiel will return from a
short vacation on
Tuesday and will be in
charge of the Prayer and
Bible Study on Wed-
nesday evening and both
services next Sunday.
'A special Sunday
School service is planned
for Rally Day, Sept. 9 at
10 a.m., to welcome all
new members. Come and
enjoy the surprises. We
expect God to do great
things in our Sunday
School in the months
ahead.
Historical Society learns of stamp collecting
The president, Dr.
Grov Shepherd, was in
the chair as 60 members
crowded into the
municipal building on
Monday evening to hear
Richard Dick bring alive
the story of his hobby,
Stamp Collecting. Non -
collectors, not too sure of
how the hobby could be
considered history came
away convinced that it
most assuredly is, as Mr.
Dick proved to the history
buffs.
On this continent only
one in 20 people collect
stamps, but in Europe
only one in 20 does not!
"It's the number one
hobby of the world and it
began on May 1 s't 1840
when Rowland Hill's
penny stamps went on
sale in England. He was
later knighted for his
sagacity," Mr. Dick said.
He pointed out that he
could have used as the
framework for his talk,
the letters in stamp-
collecting of which ,there
are 15 but chose instead
philately in order not to
keep his audience all
night. It has only nine
which he used skilfully to
develop his. subject.
Under, `P' he discussed
the pleasures and pitfalls.
If the stamps have been
fastened with Scotch-
tape, or licked, or
steamed off letters
without their backs and
speaker averred that
doctors !suggest stamp-,_
collecting to reduce
hypertension and said
that in a study un-
dertaken by the
Metropolitan Life,
statistics proved that
stamp -collectors live five
to seven years longer!
Under 'I' he spoke of
stamps as investment.
The Canadian Bluenose
stamp, regarded by
many asthe most..
beautiful stamp in the
world was sold for five
cents, and was worth $54
in 1975 and $190 at
present. Mr. Dick pointed
probably torn, or folded out that this is a return of
or have finger marks217 percent on your
(:watch the` -.postal clerk' money, put he cautioned
count• them out) their that you have to study as
value is decreased much as you would the
Under 'H' for health the
s
toc
km
ark
e
.o
r
a
nd
.speculation. "You don't
just stick a pin in a map if
you're going to. buy
property". You can even
tell when countries were
having periods of in-
flation ` by the cost of a
stamp to mail a letter.
is' for learning. On
this topic Mr. Dick, who
is a retired school
teacher, stressed with
seriousness, the value of
stamps as a means of
arousing the interest of
children. He told of how
he was able to create
interest .in his students,
many of them disad-
vantaged, through buying
a huge bag of stamps
cheaply and starting
stamp club where they
became absorbed in
sorting them out. "You
become an arm -chair
traveller if you collect".
'A' is for Association.
The people you meet are
a very important part of
stamp collecting. `'If you
don't join a club; you miss
what it's all about,." he
noted. "
'T' is for Topicals. Mr.
Dick advised topical
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UCW attend school
A carload of UCW from
Varna and another from
Goshen went by bus from
• Brucef ield to St. Thomas
On Tuesday for Alma
College's One Day School -
for Women, held t
Central United Churl!�.
There were 268 women
registered for it, along
with' many who were
attending the three-day
session..
It was ari< enjoyabie.day
of inspirational Worship
and singing, Bible study
and message on the
theme "Discover A New
Joy". Rev, Anne
Langford of London was
the theme speaker. The
singing of the large choir
from the Three Day
School, under the
direction of. Ab Furtney,
was just excellent,
although they had only
practised twice"
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