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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-05-14, Page 10THE, CLINT() NEWS*RECORD, THURSDAY, AY 15 ,1980 •x980 LritishRoiaria:ns visi,t itt Bay, Sponsored by Rotary International, a Group Study Exchange ,'Team formed of five young businessmen headed by Rotarians from England are visiting- in the Bayfield and , Goderich area,for four days, Mike Dominy, the Rotarian, a heating engineer from Salisbury, Wiltshire, is' staying with Alf and Vera McLaughlin, Kevin Lawler, a radar engineer from the Isle of Wight is staying with, Rae and Erma Eraser, while Geoffrey Cadman, a Six Rotary Club members from England, here on an international exchange program, were in Bayfield for a luncheon on Monday. The back row from left is. Michael Dominy, Dennis Andrewartha, and Geoff Cadman, and in the front row are Roger Higgins, Kevin Lawler, and" Roger Perry. (Bud Sturgeon photo) ' ' the BAYF1EL D by Gwen Pemberton and Bud Sturgeor) ugle J police officer is staying with Chris and Kathy owners, Three others Roger Higgins, an assistant bank manager from Salisbury; Roger Perry, a chemicals manager from, Wim - borne; Dorset and Dennis Andrewartha, . a main- tenance engineer from Southampton, are staying with Rotarians in Gpder is h. The group was chosen after extensive in- terviews with a large number of applicants to represent Rotary District 111 (located in the Southampton area of England) on a six week tour of District 633.' Composed of i$3 clubs in Ontario and Michigan,. District 633. is happy to, welcome them, Living with Rotarians and th eir families in all parts of the district -they will visit as many business. establish- ments as time allows,. Welcomed to Canada in Sarnia they visited'the oil and chemical complexes before - arriving in Goderich. As guests of the Goderich Rotary Club they will visit several different farming operating,;, Champion ncileonironted by Helen Owen When the village council met on May 5, they were confronted by nearly a dozen members of the public wishing to bring various matters to their attention, It was not possible to handle all the items that evening, and the councillors met again to conclude their business on the following af- ternoon. A proposal on behalf of Bud Robinson concerned the provision of drainage Round and about the. village Miss Sally Bennett of Lon Ton was` tTie-weekend guest of her parents, Rev. William and Mrs. Ben- nett. Mr. •John Shea and son William, London enjoyed the weekend at their village cottage. While staying a few days at the Albion Hotel, Mr. James Sterling of Windsor, visited with friends in the Bayfield area. While spending the night in the dog house, Thursday, "Fifty" the "'""'beagle treed a huge raccoon at his Howard Street residence. However, just as the coon was about to turn the tables on the little mutt,, the Mole man came to the rescue (at 5 a.m. in the morning) . Mr. and Mrs. W. Winstone, Kim and Joe, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Stephenson, Kathy, Karen, Doug and David, all of London, spent Mother's Day with the ladies' parents Mr. and Mrs. Eric Earl. Mr. Jim Beattie of Toronto entertained Mr. Brian Smillie of Lexington, Kentucky at his cottage during the weekend. .: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cluff, Rob and Tara, London were at their village home during the weekend and visited their respective mothers, Mrs. Helen LeBeau and Mrs. Peg Tillman, also Reg and Jack. ,Mrs. Myrtle Pease and Irvin of London, spent Mother's Day weekend at their cottage in Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Humphries, London, visited during the weekend with their respective families, Mr. and Mrs. ,Roy Fitz- simmons and Mrs. June Humphries and Mr. and Mrs. Russ Kerr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyers, Michelle and Marsha, and Mr. Alvin Hupf, all of Milverton, were Mother's Day dinner guests of Mrs. Lena Ervine. Ed and Hilda Pongracz, Grosse Point, Michigan, long-time summer residents of Bayfield were at their cottage just on the north side of the village for the weekend. Anyone who has ever done any bass fishing in Bayfield would no doubt recognize Ed as the guy who trolls up and down the river with his boat and catches all the fish during the summer months. An unidentified per- sonnage in a motor vehicle of sorts, slewed off the infamous Highway 21 curve in Bayfield at a high rate of speed Friday night laying the huge Euphernia Street sign to rest (again), comingto a spinning stop in front of Mcllwain's Garage. Mr. _ -Old-Mrs Art - Latimer, Christy and Mr. Kevin Reed, and dog, all of Weston spent a few days with Mrs. Ethel Knight last week at her Louisa Street home. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hulley, London and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hulley, Paris, spent the weekend at their respective cot- tages on Tuyll and Howard Streets. Mr. and Mrs. Grant of Kitchener ' were in Bayfield on Friday night to see how work was progressing on their cottage which is having a new foundation installed. They claim that if their lite support systems (hydro and water) 'are hooked up this week, they will be able to reinhabit the Howard Street cottage for Vic- toria Day Weekend. Pat and Wynn Graham, Ken and Elaine Brandon returned to the village last week after spending a most •enjoyable holiday at Myrtle Beach, for a few 'days. However, Pat" notes that gasoline prices had doubled at the U.S. pumps since the last time down. Mr. Phil C.00k,. -at Ingersoll was- at the cottage on Howard Street for a bit last week. Mr. and 'Mrs. Stu Watson of Dundas, spent the weekend at their village retreat. Well, you wanted to know about the trout fishing this week? I wasn't down myself but one of my main in- formants tells me that they weren't biting this week because the fish are resting up for a big, big run on the upcoming holiday'weekend. All was not lost though, because this week's anglers had lots of fun with the "gizzard shad" or "alewives" or whatever disgusting little fish that have invaded the river by the "trillions" lately. Mrs. Arthur Brisson of Zurich spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sturgeon and family and while here visited many of her village friends. Joanne Sturgeon and Freda Hill completed 12 homemaking projects :or the 4-H Club for which they received provincial honors. • Congrats go out to Don and Peg Mcllwain on the safe arrival of a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. C. Archambault, London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Armstrong at their RR3 Bayfield home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Scotchmer, Chatham spent the weekend at their home in the village along with their three children, Robert, Lori and Carolyn. Mr.-... and Mrs, - Ed Rouse, London, visited with Mrs. Beulah Smith on Sunday. Miss Mary Pounder, Guelph spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pounder at their Keith Crescent home in Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Brandon and baby Christopher of Owen Sound; are vacationing back in the village for a few. days. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Sturgeon and Mr. and Mrs. Tim West motored to Windsor on the weekend to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Rob Davidson The "Stickman" was left in charge of feeding the cats and fish and the "Mole man" was . in charge of "Hollows" security while the Sturgeons were away_. How did I get alt the news? Well, I would like to thank all those that phoned it in to me and all my trusty sources for keeping track of the doings. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Darnborough entertained their respective inlaws,` r. and Mrs. Harry Darnborough and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Armstrong for Mother's Day dinner on Sunday. Lookout! the sa• ilboat races have begun for another season. Last Sunday was the warm-up race and Sunday, May 18 the "Spring Series No. 1" is set to go. We will be endeavoring to print the race schedule and the winners if results can be obtained, so' keep ars eye out. . Lorraine York is at home with her parents, Mr.- and Mrs. Reg York -"'- after completing her third year in the study of English at M.cMaster University. She will be' leaving for England on the Joan Jackson Dunbar travelling scholarship on July 3 and will study at Oxford University for six weeks during her two month trip. "Ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dan- ce", or so it seemed in and around the Smiths' hedges and Pioneer Park for the' last fortnight. A host of golden daffodils, "beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze". Elva Metcalf, Marie Watson and Gwen Pemberton called on Moira and Archie Couper last Friday at the Lambton United Church Centre an Lake - Huron near Ravenswood. Moira is Director of the Centre and Archie is business manager. The Centre is the ambitious enterprise of the Lam- bton United Church Presbytery The Ratepayers' Association will , hold a public meeting in the Bayfield Town Hall on May 17 at 10:30 a.m. Reports * on activity during the previous months and opportunity for discussion will be the program. Noteable notes There are a couple activities taking place that may be of interest. Thursday night (tonight) the Bayfield Babes will be playing the Bayfield Goodtimes in ladies exhibition slo- pitch, weather per- • mitting�. The. _.,game _ s� scheduled for 7 p.m. at either Clan - 'Gregor Square or Paul Bunyan diamond. Sundry afternoon and morning we have the Lions Pancake Breakfast zit the arena with all that maple syrup collected from the village trees this past spring to be 'devoured. Many thanks Frank Burch, captain of the ,Canadian 'Cancer Society Canvass in Bayfield, wishes to thank those who gave of their time and effort to make the 1980 Canvass the best yet. Over $1210. was donated by the residents of Bayfield and im- mediate area people through the work of Jo -An Bollen, Helen LeBeau, Peg Ti.11mann, Esther Wright, Harry Baker, Len Carter, Ross Merrill, LeRoy Path and Jack Stirling. Garden club The Garden Club held a very successful plant auction at their May 12 meeting. Rev. George Youmatoff acted as auctioneer for the event, Herbert Beatty was t}e clerk and Councillor Reg Wilson was cashier. It was great fun, and everyone went home with something new for their gardens. The Garden Club is most grateful for the many and varied donations made by the members and friends. Their next project will be the Garden Walk, scheduled for June 21. 'Mrs. Dowler has generously promised' to donate one of her delightful water color paintings of a Bayfield PROTECT YOUR BEACH 4A Install Gabions for erosion control. Save your valuable lake lot and beach For free estin'lates, call Joe Durand Construction 5654022 on property being developed in the area of the subdivision adjoining Stanley Township and a request for the village to finance this project to the amount of $5,000. Although it was pointed out that the scheme might have long term potential, such a financial commitment could not be retrieved through taxes since these would be payable to Stanley Township and no return could be anticipated in the foreseeable future. It was agreed that the matterbe referred for further discussion and the' proposers would be 'advised of the council's decision in due course, bearing in mind that in add'itron to ' --the. irrecoverable outlay, the village will " also be responsible for future maintenance. The council - had received objections to the temporary building erected by Mrs, P. Thomas outside her hair dressing business on Main Street. She had not obtained a building permit and council felt that an .alternative siting might solve the problem for the current year. At their meeting on Tuesday afternoon council was informed that such an arrangement had been made. _.- M yr tl e -Myrtle Robinson produced plans covering the Victoria -Street area which she proposed to deed to the village council, enabling them to acquire 66 feet of road- way , oad-way, for which the council would ,have maintenance' re.spon- sibility. Details still had to be completed in order to legalize this matter. George Fellows, on behalf of the Ratepayer's Association, expressed their concern with regard to efforts to preserve the amenities of the river • area and prevent further commercialization. Since the closest - co-olierat bic between the. ratepayers and the village council was, essential in pursuing this' objective, a meeting was bening arranged to co-ordinate their en- deavours. 'Further complaints had been received regarding the late night disturbances in the. area' of Rainbow Camp, as well as a request for ad- ditional lighting in the village. Council agreed to take such steps as they were able in attempting G eld and Road Machinery(- and. municipal offices as well as having a short flight over the area. A barbecue at Bill and Ilsa Elliott's estate was a new ex- perience for them. They will speak at the Goderich Rotary , Club meeting on Tuesday., Following their visit here they' will visit :, other Ontario n .'and Michigan municipalities. The "purpos.e of this world-wide program is to acquaint young (under 35) businessmen with ways of doing business and living in other countries of the world and Gkn.!ricIz thereby spread good will. and promote in. ternational uric. derstanding " with other peoples, In, return they learn and take home much information about the areas visited',Tours such as these are going on the year round between countries . •in Europe', North ` and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.' While in this District the visitors speak to Rotary.Clubs about their country and one of their obligations When they return to England is `: to visit Rotary Clubs to talk about their experiendes to remedy these matters. More often than not the council is the recipient of complaints,. so it was. gratifying that for once a letter from Steve Argyle noted that some measure of credit was due to them with regard to the paving of the village streets. Turn to page 11 Set mill rate At council's Tuesday meeting the main subject was the presentation of the budget for 1980. The village was not immune to the inflatonary trends and in preparing the figures it had been essential toe make allowances for increased costs which affected every aspect of.expendittire. Of greatest concern to residents would be an in- crease in the mill rate of 34. A major part of this in- crease is due to 17 mills on education, 5 mills on fire department and 5 mills on new washrooms, making a total of 27 mills. Anstett Jewellers KI 11 ALBERT ST., CLINTON 482-3901 WE'RE At YOUR SERVICE.... • On -staff goldsmith for repairs to fine jewellery . in-store watch repairs, including battery in- stallations.. Also clock repairs. • Fast in-store engraving * in-store ring sizing *Appraisals by our on -staff• Certified Gemologist (AGS). LIMITED HOURS: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday nights till 9 p.m. L !U) Rabies, which is spread by infected animals, is a serious problem in Ontario. This spring it is of special concern in built up areas where wild animals... ' particularly skunks...are infecting pets and children who come in contact with them. Children should be warned to avoid wild animals, especially if they appear sick or friendly because these usually are signs that they are rabid. Pets should be regularly vaccinated and kept indocirs at night. You can also help to control rabies by reporting any pets or wild animals which seem to be acting strangely to your local police, humane society or health unit. Do not touch dead animals and contact your doctor or health unit immediately if your child or pet comes in contact with wild animals. Do not handle your pet with bare hands immediately after it has fought with a rabid animal. Seek advice from a veterinarian. If you would like to know more about rabies write for a free copy of our pamphlet, ANIMALS. RABIES AND YOU from the Ontario Health Resource Centre. Queen's Park, Toronto. Ontario M7A 1S2. Ministry Dennis R. Timbrell of Minister Health Ontario Let's keep Ontario health J'