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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-03-27, Page 1077,, PAGE I CUlQN NE' S-RECOR ,' H IRSD ',MARCH 27 198Q:. Aver �2,OflOraise A large group of Bayfield and area people turned out to the dance ',Saturday . ',tight ;at the Community Centre, with: the proceeds being turned over to. the. Howard Poa'waii 'fund Music was:. provided, *by disc jockey 3irn Dewar* of Crediton and the -ad* mission fee was waived;an Heti of donations only. The Bayfield Lioness* Who sponsored. the dance alis provided the. lunch while the Lions, handled the refreshments, A travel:. bar set and .a gift certificate .for brunch (donated by the Little Inn) were raffled off with Hilda Getter being one of the w. inners. At the end of the dance Winnie Darnborough expressed thanks on behalf of Howard Poswalk and family to everyone for °coming to the dance. Donations received at the door. totalled $1,565 and combined with the bar receipts and , other lit ies from the :dance, should boost the total to Everybody enjoyed over $2,OQ0. This sura will themselves and it was all be put into the Howard fora worthy cause. Poswalk Fund, lubs help hospI1ai The Bayfield Ever Young Club and the Euchre . Club held a very successful bridge and euchre party in the Municipal Building 'bast Wednesday evening in aid of the Minton Hospital. There were 11 tables of euchre and four 'tables of bridge "Wry bPauti'htl the BA 'YF1ELD by Gwen Pemberton and Bud Sturgeon River s With the unusually snow -free winter this year, the annual river break-up proved to be anything but, spectacular. Last Wednesday the mini -jam had formed at the Highway 21 bridge. Thursday night the majority of the ice cleared the harbor with little protest, leaving the rows of unprotected sailboats along the wharfs unscathed. Damage was confined to the usual toll of wooden spites at the upper marinas being snapped off like toothpicks. - he reinaifung ice floes combined with the broken wood posts and other debris to form a jam between the old bridge' abutments on Friday. By 9 a.m. this jam moved out to the lake stopping only bygLQ pares community - this to crush an orange marker buoy against the concrete wharf in a last show of strength. The Bayfield River has not always been so passive, 1907 and 1904 were particularly bad flood years. Ice banks had formed between the piers as a result of harsh winters. Era fishermen wintered their boats on the flats where Blue - Anchor Marina is now located. Tie lines were extended to trees on the bank high enough to prevent the ice from dragging their craft out_ to the lake in the break up. In 1904 the powerful ice jam plowed down the rfver out to the:. banks between the piers, and having no other course was thrust over the north' pier ripping it loose. The ice and ensuing flood waters pushed the fishing vessels against the cliff and destroyed the boat houses of Jowetts, Dressers, Thompson and Whiddens. Story has it that some years the flood water was so high it came into Jack McLeod's house and put out the fire in the stove. In those days the Tom McLeods' and "Square Jim" MacDonald lived at the river and many rowboat rescues were made after quick floods. In aa -ore_ recent- tirnPs 1942 was a rough year. Onlookers recalled standing by the tan kettle . at McLeod's fish house and hearing glass breaking, rumbling like thunder and seeing ice floes heaving into the air well over their heads. They scrambled to rescue cars and fish boats in haste. Ice was thrown onto the rdads on both sides of the harbor as well as being piled up to the eaves of the fish houses, blocking the doors. That year the Binnie S was damaged when it was pushed to the base of Jowetts hill by the ice and the Bluefin narrowly escaped being washed out to disaster as Joe Brandon lashed her down with a roll of black wire prizes. were donated by some of the members and the recipients were' delighted. A lovely lunch was served and the sum of $132 was given to the hospital. • The Ever Young Club will meet as usual on Thursday at 7:3Q p.m. in - the Municipal Building. year while fishermen and spectators alike scam- pered up the cliff to momentary safety from the deluge. Many boats and buildings have been damaged throughout the years in the spring flood but lack of space does not permit us to detail them all. Does history always repeat itself? Like 1902 and 1942, 40 years apart. Does that mean look out for 1982? Time will tell. Thanks to an open' winter, there was no major ice the lee went out peacefully last Thursday night... jam an tY613 Tt1 I d- River" rthe vlingthuya t?l. Another ballteam iritheleague A group of Bayfield girls are attempting to form a new entry for the Bluewater ladies Slo- Pitch league. Girls from age 15 and up are invited to sign up for the team now. The game is . slowpitch baseball and the season starts in. May and runs until September. Teams are allowed to sign up to 18 girls. Ten players are on the field defensively and everybody on the roster bats. There is usually one practice a week and one game either home or oats rescued in Twenty five years ago, Tuesday, March 22, 1955, started :out like any other spring day in Bayfield. The lake ice was away from the harbor so the ... but in past years, as this picture taken in 1902 demonstrates, there has been some bad ice jams that carried off boats, houses, and docks. This picture, looking north, shows an elm tree about where Bob McGraws fish house is now. (photos by Bud Sturgeon) Maymac chugged out to open water with Eddie and 'Byrd' Sturgeon, John Lindsay, George Foote and George Telford aboard to take advantage of the conditions. The wind shifted moving the ice and trapping the fishing tug and crew. Charlie and 'Punch' Toms and Ken Brandon set off aboard. the Harradel to attempt a rescue only to have themselves trapped off the North beach as well. A lifeboat manned by Don McLeod, Milton Talbot, Herb Sturgeon, Stan Telford, Lloyd Westlake and LeRoy Poth was hauled from the beach over the ice floes af- fording the rescue of all the fishermen. March storms then set in and rescue of the boats was impossible. Four days later Capt. R.L. MacMillan and crew freed the Maymac but with the steering having been rendered useless and 'drifting aimlessly Don McLeod aboard the W.J. McLeod was called on to tow them'to safety in the harbour. The Harradel was eventually battered onto away. Over the past several years a friendly rivalry between the present two Bayfield teams, the Babes and Goodtimes, has built up and another Bayfield team would enhance this even fur- ther. Other tea'ins in the league now include Varna, Stanley Stars and Meneset Park. If you are interested in playing baseball for this new entry please contact Cathy Fisher in Bayfield at, 565-2535. Training camp is only a month `55 storm the .South beach by the wind and ice after un- successful rescue at- tempts by Ed Siddall on board the Vary Bros. and Don McLeod" with the- W.J. McLeod. Ten days after the start of the incident the Harradel was back in her berth after being dragged over the beach and South 'Shore Road by Elliots' bulldozer- and plopped into ' the river by Tom Castle's fish shanty, a little worse for the wear. It is interesting to note that both the Maymac and Harradel were later made into pleasure crafts, the latter having visited our port for a week last summer. away. 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