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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-05-01, Page 28NN. ON N WS E A The tramp, the sailor and the rover illustrated that different types of people can communicate. The three characters, portrayed by, left to right, Murray Vyhnal, Ross McIntosh and Jeff Knights were part of Huron Centennial School's multi- In Bayfield cultural spring concert on the I'nternationu%'Ter of the Child. The musical, put on by the Grades 6 to 8 students, showed the cultures and traditions of different countries but stresed that underneath people are all the same. (News -Record photo) Hotel fire reason for.fire department by Bud Sturgeon August 30, 1947 at 8:30 p.m. and the Ritz- Hotel was being consumed' by - fire. A chimney fire which - had been squelched earlier in the day had broken out again. At the time the owners seemed unconcerned allowing it to smoulder. Soon the small fire sent Carnes licking through the hotel and sending a shower of sparks and burning debris over the north sector. 'of the village, By the time fire departments from Clinton and Rrucefield,, arrived, the hotel was long gone and they had to be content to spray water on the surrounding buildings such as Hovey's S,tore, Fowlie's, Jowett's, the Little Inn, and Westons. If there had been a wind that night, half the village could....._ have burned down. This incident started a group of citizens to work on forming a fire department in Bayfield. The innaugural meeting was held late,. in 1947 at the "Little Inn" and in January 1948 they made an appeal for public funds. Through dance profits, grants and donations they realized trustees of the village. An old four wheel drive army truck and a 500 gallon storage tank (dug out of the ground at the Bayfield Garage) were combined to make the first fire truck. Soon after another truck, 150 feet' of hose, a fog nozzle and other necessary equip- ment were purchased. In thebeginning, the equipment was stored at McKenzies, but soon they realized a fire hall was needed to prevent - the .water from freezing. SNA hundred year lease was obtained for the parcel of land where the hall now stands. An old building was purchased from Lloyd Scotchmer for $100 the hall for a closer water supply. A, new 1951 Ford truck was purchased and the volunteers constructed a tank and put together and up-to-date fire truck. Later, an old gasoline truck was bought and converted to a tanker to enable the department to carry more water to the fires. In 1965, an addition was built on the rear of the fire hall to serve as a meeting room. One year' later, with the coming of "dial" telephones, the siren was mounted on the steeple of the town hall and incoming fire calls were rnoniter.ed and relayed through six red and the lumber from. it "fire_ phones" located in was used to build the fire various Bayfield homes hall. Then as always the and businesses. Each labour was all volunteer. person with one of these Some early members of phones is required to call the Bayfield Volunteer a list of fireman when the Fire Department in- fire call is received. eluded Fire Chief Walter Westlake, Lloyd Scot- chmer, Ernie Hovey, Grant Turner, Reg Francis, Les Elliot, Fred Weston, Mert Merner, Cliff Utter and Arnold Makins. ' The siren was mounted ion Kingsbury's Grocery Store (now the Village Market) and fire calls more than $1,000 by the F were accepted and year's end. relayed through the In haste a bilge pump switchboard next door by and motor were pur- chased from the Goderich Grain Elevators and turned over to the Fire Association by the the telephone operators. In 1950 a pump was bought for filling the tanker and in 1953 a cistern was built behind In 1968 an old pumper truck was bought from the City of London and in 1969 a 2200 gallon tanker was obtained. These were the last acquisitions for the '`volunteer" department. Im 1977 the Bayfield Brigade joined the -Area Fire Association and receive d a brand new King Seagrave pumper truck. The fire depart- ment then sported a full contingent of 21 men who began to receive proper training. Last month they ob- tained a newer 3,000 MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE OMBUDSMAN FOR THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO will be available for private interviews at: The Royal Canadian Legion Hall Branch 100 56 Kingston Street GODERICH, Ontario from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6th, 1980 and at The Auditorium Royal Canadian Legion Elizabeth Street LISTOWEL, Ontario fram.11 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7th, 1980 NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY for individuals, groups, organizations and their representatives who wish to bring to tFse attention of The Ombudsman anycomplainis or grievances concer- ning the acts or administrative decisions of any .Ministry, Agency, Board or Commission of the Government of the Prevhtie of Ontario. These interviews shall be conducted in private due to the obligation upon The Ombudsman and his staff to make no disclosure of any information received. Iridivtdl,,6 , groups, organizations or their representatives wishing to present briefs - or statements, or make complaints, may, if they wish, provide copies of such material prior to the above date (s) by addressing thorn to: The Ombudsman Sixth Floor 65 Queen Street, West Toronto, Ontario MSH 2M5 o Q, (416) 8694000 gallon tanker but the truck is not yet in service. From 1948 to date, the rank and file members (and non-members too) have put a lot of un- counted hours into the fire department. Funding has always been short and to coin a phrase, they had to "beg, borrow and steal" a lot of the equipment. They cover the whole of Bayfield, parts ' of -Stanley. and Goderich Townships now and at one time would go wherever they were called. They have covered calls for, fires, car accidents, heart attacks, drownings and various emergencies. ,All the men that have comprised the Bayfield Fire Department over the yea> ' deserve a vote. .- of thank for the work they have done. 0 GQDERXCB The owner Q1 the motel in Goderich Township has charged 439derich with discrimination against his business, Frank Johnston, owner of the Oluffs Motel, south of Goderich on Highway 2L said his complaint was. against the town - operated. tourist in- Quner c formation ,booth. He claimed that the booth has refused to give his Hotel reference to travellers. "My complaint is against the tourist bureau and it has, been going on for two or three years," he said. "Why can't they send people to as, but they„ say because I'm in the township I wQn't get the business." Mr. Johnston, con- tended that despite the fact motels maybe filled in Goderich, he gets no referral business _, from the information booth. He noted, "1 thought the bureau was there to help the 'public and, I feel that° entitles me to some m tization business. 1 buy everything • in town and last year spent $18,383 in Goderich, not including food." ' •'i m. Searls, tourist • committee chairman, said the policy . of the committee is not to recom mend any in- dividual motel inside or ' outside of Goderich. "We ask people in hich direction they are eaded and advise them of what is available," he said. "We make no recommendations but only tell them what is Coiisumer A.s so ciatioi. .active by Gwen Pemberton I'm notmuch for jewelry; however I'm apt to remember to wear one little silver pin when ,I have an attack of righteous indignation. It was given me on the occasion of the Z5th an - section of the Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC) as one of its past presidents, A few years ago through the insistence of Helen Morningstar, one of our brave CAC souls, the ' ...i .C.'-M.P. in- vestigated and found that ground ,beef in Ontario was being adulterated with meat from 'dead and fallen animals'. The markets for ' these, such places as glue factories, were . finding that their sources had dried up. Such animals were fin- ding their way instead into hamburger. To make a long story short, jail sentences were served by those convicted. Beryl Plumptre, National CAC 'President at the time, was dubbed 'The Dead Meat Queen' by her children fo•r, tis spearheading the Cam- paign to end this practice. It is interesting that it is federal legislation, for which CAC is largely ,responsible which specifies -the amount of fat that ground beef' and hamburger is' allowed to. contain. The „ latest dodge was lacing ground beef with pork and selling it as ground beef. Fifty-seven Ontario .food stores were found to be engaged in this practice. This time round on the strength of a supreme court - ruling federal lawyers are arguing that setting food standards is a provincial food matter. This means that we could have as many kinds of ham- -burgerdere ' are" provinces . What about misleading advertising? As an editorial in the London Free Press points out, "The standards section of the F deral Food and Drugs Act may have been struck down by the supreme court, but the misleading advertising section of the Federal Combines Act remains." Under it, a prison sen- tence of five years is possible for misleading advertising. T unetd—itafid Mat CAC has set up an ad hoc committee to look into this matter "-Let us hope that the members have the stamina that Helen Morningstar and Beryl Plumptre showed .a few years ago! available." Mr. Searls advised Mr.. Johnston there Was no discrimination in the tourist committee policy and suggested that .he. meet with the tourist committee to discuss the problem. Smile W'.unan to toy store clerk "Why don't you have a Jill -in -the -box"? The quickest way to find a dropped thumbtack is in your bare feet. A NEIDAS Conservation Authority. plans photo contest The Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority is now sponsoring an amateur photo contest for interested elementary and high school students within the Authority's watershed area. Photos submitted must be color, 3x5 prints (mounted. on a 10-x12 cardboard background) that reflect on the theme ' Conservation for Beautification" and should be taken within one of the 11 Conservation Areas maintained by the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authorities. The winning photo will become the cover of an Authority Conservation Areas Brochure, which will be distributed at all .major tourist information centers in southwestern Ontario. 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