Clinton News-Record, 1980-06-26, Page 10I / N
7111,TRSDAY, JUNE
This is the rudder for the ill-fated►chooner "Malta"
as it apears today on a Bayfield lawn after being
salvaged a few years ago from Lake Huron. (photo
by Bud Sturgeon)
Round
Dorothy and Doug
McComb, Joyce Neddow,
Shelley Brubacher, Pat
and Jack Rendle, Anna
and Graharp Morgan,
Margaret and Tom
Broscomb, Linda and
Bob Simons, Ken Mit-
chell, Cathy Bradley,
Paul and Ann' Waring and
daughter Elizabeth,
Karen Sirr and friend
Linda were all in Bayfield
on Saturday for a bar-
becue and get together at
Gary and Edna's
'Toadstool' on Howard
Street.
All the above are from
Brantford annd the oc-
casion was a school -party
for the teachers from
Fairview Public School
where Edna, -is the
principal. The guests
were impressed with the
friendliness of the
Bayfield people, the
shops and the scenery.
While here a few polar
bears tried swimming in
the 'cold' lake, and a few
suffered minor injuries
while playing softball in
Clan Gregor Park, but
mostly they (all) enjoyed
it immensely with a few
staying over until Sun-
day.
Binnie' and Elaine
Sturgeon and ° family of
Orangeville arrived on
Friday to spend a couple
weeks at their Louisa
Street • residence.
The Moleman is such a
seasonal person. He spent
the weekend, more
particularly Saturday
(the first day of summer)
repairing his
snowblower. Well the
'Mole' got it going
anyway. I know it's been
cool lately, but
sometimes it makes you
wonder.
Stu and Jerry Sturgeon
of Preston and Hespeler
spent the weekend at
Uniteds hold
communion
At �a communion ser-
vice on Sunday morning
at St. Andrew's "United
Church, six members
were formally welcomed
into the membership of
the church. They are Ilse
Gemeinhardt, Chris and
Kathleen Gowers,
Marilyn Haw and Tony
and Judy Hutchings.'
- Several bouquets of
spring flowers adorned
the church. They were
donated and beautifully
arranged by Doreen
McKenzie.
Texts chosen for the
service and the Rev. Alun
Thomas' sermon were on
the theme of gardens in
response to a request
from the Bayfield Garden
Club.
UCW members have
tickets for the. beef
barbecue which will be
held on Monday, June
30th, beginning at 4:30
pm.
.1
by,::uld Stur8eon
Summertime is beach
party time;' As the hour
grows late and the dpmp
fire duns you huddle
closer to hea. r the tales oft
told.
What is a ghost? Is it a
living entity• or only
imaginatign? Is it the
breeze that began
blowing off the lake that
chills thebones and sends
shivers down your spine
or is it the story?
ei"oto iiae
because, nobody is going
out into the darkness to
get more firewood now.
There was a wild and
windy tempest brewing
on Lake Huron late sone
night in the year 1882. The
three masted schooner,
Malta, which had sailed
from Chicago was
beginning to flounder in
the heavy seas. Captain
Buckley and the crew
searched the shoreline ip
vain, looking for the
harbour lights that would
guide them to safety.
The waves dashed
higher and; the wind rose
to a. scream., Thro igh,t ,e
slackness of the storm a
light was spotted at last!
Wheeling the ship to
portsidd they headed for.
shore.'
Without warning the
sc.hao,ner• suddenly,,
heaved and. the timbers
groaned as she ran
ashore just south .of the
,Signal Point at hayfield.
Word of the accident
spread quickly through
�,
floated taut and broke into
two sections which
l ' disappeared
evl~ntua
eventually
from sight in the .early
19S0's,
Until that time the ..
'Malta' had become 'a
very popular swimming
spot,. but with the
disappearance of the
wreck so went the ad-
jacen,t sand bar and
beach that had `built up
around it. The erosion of
the lake bank soon began.
r�l�the�o r • he next--periucti f
fishermen and gentlemen
of the Orange Lodge
raced towards the beach
to attempt a rescue.
The Captain and crew
of ten and a parr t were
saved, but the on roud
'Malta' was to her
untimely fate where she
layed. They say the soul
of, a sea captain never,
leaves the ship.
The wreckage
remained intact for about
another 70 years, save for
the timbers and fur-
nishings salvaged by the
local people. The hull
and about the village
their •village home
Anne Street,
Ron and Joyce Bert,
Kitchener, had as guests
at their Bayfield
residence this weekend;
daughter Diane from St.
Catharines, Dr. and Mrs.
R.E. Smale from Midland
and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Keys from Hensall.
The Bayfield Fire
Department was called
to the North side of the
river at 2 p.m. on Sunday
afternoon to extinguish a
fire inside a late model'
stationwagon. The car
suffered extensive
damage to the interior.
The fishing took a turn
for the worse on the
weekend as the perch
which had been biting
well all week, suddenly
disappeared. Take heart
because if the weather
stays good, all signs point
to a great opening day for
the start of the bass
fishing season on
Saturday.
Dave and- Carol Felton
and family, of • Paris,
visited with Mr. and Mrs.
G. Hulley at their 'San-
dcastle' on Sunday.
,Local carpenter, Harry
Carpenter, was last seen
racing his blue truck up
and down the streets of
Bayfield on Sunday
morning looking for a
calf.
The "Rip -tear Rally"
headed ' into its third
consecutive weekend, as
local hot-rodders again
outfoxed the police,
squealing tires well on
into the-wee--hours-of--the-
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. A.N.
Onymous of Whereisit-
sville;_spent the weekend
at their Bayfield
hideaway. They siire had
good weather for it
anyways. Next weekend
the Riddler and Clayface
will be there also.
The Varna and Goshen
United Churches are
cleaning and decorating a
farm house on the Varna
Road in preparation for
an incoming 'family of
"Boat'People. . "
Mrs. Doris Reddoch
visited last weekend with
114 and Mrs. Jack
Blehkinsop of William-
sford. They are the
parents of her son
Graham's wife Betty.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred G.
McAlister have just
celebrated their 62nd
wedding anniversary.
Bayfield friends extend
their congratulations to
the couple who have
spent their summers here
for many years.
Mr. Sames Cox, son of
Mrs. Ellison Cox, and her
sister Miss Annette
Sinclair of Seaforth were
Mrs. Cox's guests at the
meeting of the Ever
Young Club in the Town
Hall last week.
Mrs. Grace Duggan's
sister Miss Agnes Petty
: yM
of Port Credit is visiting
with Grace. She was a
guest at the Ever Young
Club meetingast week:
Village resident, Mr.
Willard Dresser was
congratulated at the
meeting of the . Eve?
Young Club recently
when he; celebrated his
84th birthday.
Mrs. J. Melelian and
her. son Chris are guests
of Mrs. Melehan's sister,
Ruth Makins. They are
from,Pittsburgh, Pen-
nsylvania and they are
accompanied by a friend,
Mrs. Head.
Dr. Vivian Morton's
daughter, Mrs. Silver
Wyatt and her daughter
Eve,' have been visiting
with ' Vivian this past
week. Eve has recently
graduated with an M.A.
degree from -rhe
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology where she
was a scholarship
student.
Miss Cally Warwick is
spending -a few days With
her aunt, Miss Dora
Warwick. ' She is the
daughter of Dora's
brother Captain . Thomas
Warwick. Cally will be
attending the Royal
_Military College in
Montreal this fall.
Beth Pemberton and
her friend Shari Goodwin,
both of .Waterloo, spent a
few days last week with
Beth's - grandmother,
Mrs. Gwen Pemberton.
twenty odd years, the
ruins of the schooner
were often spoke of but
never seen. ,. Then one
evening in 1974, with a
stiff offshore breeze
blowing it happened. A
couple of local boys
spotted the old rudder
wedged in between some
rocks in the lake. The
family eventually
salvaged it, and placed it
in a cement base, facing
the south, at the entrance
to their property in
Bayfield. °
Since that time many
eerie tales have been
told. On ; dark stormy
nights the Captain of the
Malta has been standing
by the . rudder, facing
Southwards and shading
his eyes as though
searching for someone or
something.
Was it fate. that the -
rudder was found that
night in 1974 and released
the Captains soul from
the depths of .the lake, or
had parts of the wreck
often surfaced and gone.
unnoticed? What does the
ghost of the Captain
search for? Is he eter-
nally destined to stand
guard at . the rudder
through every storm?
That night, 98 years
ago; the Orangemen were
having a- dinner in T.J.
Marks hall (above what
is now Graham's . Store) .
It has been told that the
Captain of the Malta had
seen . these lights ` and
believing them to be the
harbour lights of
Goderich steered his boat
towards them only to find
the watery grave at the
end of Delevan Street.
When the wind howls
does he eo ne up from the
beach to search for these
lights still? Possibly
there was a light or fire
on the beach that -night as
well.
The fire flickers for a
moment and you wonder
if it was the breeze off the'
lake or if the Captain had
just passed by. Did you
hear the waves splash
too? I wonder if it was
only your imagination or
if the Captain was trying
to lift another piece of
the wreckage from the
depths. the ?
. o , � lake?
'
The moon 'eases behind
a .cloud andonly the coals
of the fire remain,
quickly you scamper up
the steps from the 'beach
into the safety of your
homes' as the thunder'
from the approaching
'storm . rumbles in ,l the
west.
The lightning flashes
outside. Was that the
-app a:rn s ar ng in
Maybe he is searching
the village for the lamps,
cooking utensils and
other furnishings that
were taken from the
schooner as souvenirs.
Where did that piece of
driftwood- that you
brought home last
summer come from?
Listen . to the wooden
shingles clatter on' the
roof. Is it only the wtnd nd or
is the Captain tryig to
tear them loose? When
the • Malta was pillaged
after it .demise the masts
were made into shingles
and they were put on
Bayfieldliomes.
Those that have seen
the "ghost'.' of the Cap-
tain standing by the
rudder on a night like this
believe he is now satisfied
that part of his "Malta'
bas_ been preserved. But
one never knows- for sure
unless you care to step
outside and meet. him
face to face.
'",'iii s.
eal weather for walk
In ' ideal _ weather
conditions Saturday,
When the Bayfield
Garden Club sponsored.
it'sGarden Walk, nearly
200 pep le walked
through some of
aa.yfield's interesting
gardens. Starting at the
garden of Mr.,,Unc. Mrs.
R Moore, visitors Were
provided ° with a rnap
showing the locations of
the.,gardens of Brig, and
Mrs Mpr an Smith, Mr..
s g ,
and Mrs, L. Apedaxle, Mr.
and Mrs,' R, Wilson,.,Mr;
and Mrs. R. Merrill, Mrs.
G. Perhberton, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Beatty, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Beattie, Mr. and.
Mrs. H. Baker, and Dr.
and Mrs, R. Hunter:
Hot and iced tea was
served in the garden of
Mr. and Mrs, E. Hovey by
Mrs. R. Bamford, Mrs.
After tea -0, .and the
welcome rest , in the
beautiful setting,, the.;
guests were able to
purchase maple,.syrup,
homemade jams: jellies,
pickles, and . candy from
the Lioness on the lawn of
Mr. and Mrs. W, ' G.,
Clarke; and, across the
road, antiques and other
articles were sold by°the
Garden Club• from tables
Placed on the ce. h boulevard
a
of Victoria Place, and
presided over by Mr. and.
Mrs; R. Fraser.
In the ' garden of the
Hunters, -which is also the
location of the playhouse
featured in the children's
book, The Dragon On
Parade, ` Mrs. L.
McAlister displayed and
sold her paintings, and
Mr. R. Cornish displayed
and sold ant
The draw for a door
asn
r
rs.
pvey.
P
prize of ..a painting ,by
lufrs. E. Dowser, and
donated by heir. , took
place at 0 p t --•und_was
won by Eleanor Bales of.
London,
Out-of-town visitors
' were heard` expressing
their admiration of the
pwners of the. gardens,
The garden' theme was
carried over into Sunday
when the congregations
regations
of' 11 the tl' churehes. i
a h n
Bayfield heard serrnonfi
of the Churth as a. .gar,,
den. u •
It is Superfluous to
mention that the success,
of this event was due to a
great deal of work on.the.
part of a large number' of
people, but the president,
Mrs. Hunter, and the
executive of the Garden
Club publicly
antique articles acknowledge the effort
and thank everyone
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