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A new watch dog has taken up residence at the Rum Turn the eat inspects her new playmate. (itud
Hollows, the Sturgeon residence in Bayfield. Here Sturgeon photo)
Council heais ratepayers'requests
By Helen Owen
Bayfield Village
Council met on August
25th, with an even longer
agenda than usual. Mr.
Philip Duboulay
requested Council in-
vestigate the drain which
caused flooding of his
property. It was agreed
that the existing catch
basin was inadequate and
that arrangements would
be made forinspec.tion.to..
assess the problem and
seek a remedy as soon as
possible.
Representing George
Fellows, President of the
Ratepayers Association,
Jack Pounder posed two
questions arising from
the annual general
meeting of the
Ratepayers Association:
The first concerned water
rights and since the
Council were awaiting a
reply to their letter to the
authority concerned; this
matter was deferred.
The • second question
concerned the public
washrooms. The Village
Clerk Gordon -Graham
--stated that as- • from
Labour Day these would
only be open during the
time that the Municipal
Offices were open. Later
in the. meeting, the
sttbject . came up for
further discussion and
the recommendation was
Lampoonery
by Bud Sturgeon
The. other night I came home after.a ball game,
and found someone had left me a present on the
doorstep of the Hollow.
Attached t it was the following note:
Meet 491/2
'The perfect dog for Bayfield
Needs no leash
Could take it to the beach
Leaves no dog dung
Says far less. than Fifty.
On close inspection, I found the visitor to be a
coyote. The beast looked a little on the mangy side,
but I figured it had possibilities. It was a deluxe
model anyways, 'cause it was attached to a board.
I had always thought of getting a dog, but I didn't
figure it would be quite this soon. Nevertheless I
said 'to myself, "Self, what do you know about
raising a coyote?" And then I answered,
"Nothing!" So naturally, I got right to work on it.
Well.sir, I spent the next two hours trying to teach
it to fetch a stick. The ungrateful critter never
moved an inch. All I had to show for my time was
sore knees and a,few splinters between my teeth:
Tiring of allthe nonsense, I brought it in the house
and poured out a bowl of kibble, leaving it,.at the
foot of the bed.
In the morning, upon rising, I quickly noted that
the coyote had not moved or touched the food: it did
have that same hideous grin however.
Delving into my encyclopedia of wildlife, I
decided to read up on this species. After much
deliberation I determined it to be a very_ rare
Loogan Coyote, and a female at that. (It was the
glassy eyes and hairless tail that gave her away).
So I thought to myself, "What kind of name is 491/2
for a girl coyote?" I didn't think it appropriate, so
after mulling over names like Hortencio and
Patrucchio, I decided on Susie, in honour of a' dog I
used to know.
The next step logically._ seemed to be to sub-
stantiate all the claims made about this fine
creature on the accompanying note.
The perfect dog for Bayfield? This was a toughy
so I left it'til later.
Doesn't need a leash. This I believe to be true,
because in all the time she was at the Hollow, Susie
never moved an inch. •
Can.take it to the beach. I found this to be untrue,
'cause the people on the beach took offense at the
sight of her.
• Leaves no dog dung. How could it? The coyote
never ate anything all the time I had her.
Says far less than Fifty. This was also true,
because Susie never spoke once.
At week's end, what had originaly seemed like
the perfect .adventure, sort of petered out in
frustration.
Supping at tea that afternoon, we all decided that
there could only be one possible answer. "The
coyote must be deceased."
Quickly we rushed outside to prove this new
theory. "Look -at all that straw coming „Qat, of
Susie's side, and the hair falling out aid the piece of
burlap holding her head together."
Without aadoubt, the coyote's inactivity was found
to be a direct result of having been dead and stuffed
for some
"All that straw must have done her in. I've
always said that dogs and coyotes shouldn't eat
straw."
We then decided it would be only fittingto dispose
of the coyote. Without further delay we began
digging a pit on the front lawn to inter the beauty in.
Steri an .itinerate wanderer happened by the
Hollow and exclaimed, "Isn't that a Loogan?"
f says to him, "Sure is, wanna buy her?" handing
the six dollars in foreign coins, he picked up the
coyote and headed down the street.
As they disappeared from view I yelled, "Good-
bye dopes!" and he turned around and hollered
back, " tr
•
made that before next
summer, the possibility
of . hiring a full-time at-
tendant would be con-
sidered, the cost assessed
and charged to the
bus ines s community.
Correspondence.
received included a
complain about a
malodoro s' escape of
fumes from a septic tank
in Tuyll,Street, which had
.nn.w been:InYestigate.d...A.,
communication had been
received outling :_new
policies in connection
with Crown Lands under
water: Basically, it in-
dicated that such lands
were intended ex-
clusively for .private.
purposes. Any' proposals
for alternative usage
would require . the sub-
mission of a . written
application to the
Municipality concerned
and • the Ministry of
Natural Resources
concerned with shore line
development.
Plans were under Way
to remove stocks of
gravel from the existing
pit in order to stockpile,
drain and crush. Thus
supplies would be
available for use in the
village and sale to in-
terested parties. Suitable
steps would also be taken
to fence in the pit, when
the operation had been
completed.
Discussion.. oL _ ch.arges-
to be made for hiring of
the Old Town Hall would
be based on running
costs, e.g. insurance,
Hydro and cleaning, and
a figure of -450—was
suggested.
Other matters
discussed included illegal
parking, fence on the
river edge on the
property of Mr. Van
Patter, and shading of the
Senior Citizens apart-
ments by a tree on ad-
joining property.
The Council will be
meeting again next week.
Slopitch tourney
The Bayfield Flyers
travelled to Benmiller on
the weekend to represent
the village in a Men's Slo-
pitch tournament.
The Flyers got off to a
good start winning their
Fall Fair
Well now, as summer
winds to a close this
weekend, and all the kids
are set to go back to
sch00% we want. everyone
to go back out and have
onefinal fling at the 124th
annual .Fall Fair in
Bayfield.
There will be plenty of
exhibits to see, a parade
at 12:30 p.m. Saturday
afternoon, saddlin
contests, horseshoe'
pitching, egg throwing
and all kinds of special
events..
first two games when the
'mercy' rule was in-
voked. The victories were
13-1 over the Goderich
Smith's Carpet Baggers
and 14-3 over Carlow
Country.
On Sunday, they were
defeated in A division
semi-final play, losing to
the Goderich Coyotes 6-5,
who scored one run in the
bottom of the ninth inning
to win.
round and about the village
Mr. and Mrs, Fre
Yates and daughter Joy,
Newcastle, Ontario, were
Monday guests with
daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Latimer at their Howard
Street home. Joy
remained in the village to
• Spend a' week's holidays.
with, the Latimers before
returning to ehool. '
• Mr, , and. Mrs. Walter
Warm and family of
Strathrby r were visitors
---With--Mr and -M s. -Paul
West on the weekend.
` 4—r. and Mrs. Earl
Pounder, Stratford spent
the weekend at their
village retreat.
Winnie and Gary
Darnborough entertained
friends and co-workers
from the Biuewater
Centre on Wednesday, in
honour of Reet Luuys, a
teacher from Orillia who
has been instructing at
the Goderich Hospital
lately. And Winnie didn't
fall in the ditch.
Happy Birthday t� Mr.
Gary Campbell of
Bayfield.
Best wishes go out to
Fred
Jim and Crystal (Huff-
man) Taylor who were
united in wedlock last
Saturday. The couple will
dwell in Blyth.
Mr. Bill Boussey and
family : vacationed- "over
the weekend at their
Charles Street cottage.
The Molepeople were
visited at the Mile. High,
(and also visited them-
selves) the Tnrrintn Pnnci
Man, Mr. Roger
McCloskey, and old
friend who has been in the
area on business this past
week. Fifty says he still
prefers `Fifty'.
Mr. and Mrs. 13. F.
Sturgeon and family,
Orangeville, visited
friends and relatives in
Bayfield and Vanastra on
Sunday:
We had reports of a
'riot' involving 50 people
on the Main Beach on
Sunday afternoon, but
were unable to sub-
stantiate the story. The
OPP did investigate,
however.
Janice • Cook of
Ingersoll was a guest' at
the Cook Cottage on
Howard Street over the
weekend.
Buffalo Bill Davidson
was a guest last Monday
with Mr. ' and Mrs. Bud
Sturgeon,down at the
Hollow.
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Mr. Bobbie Benson was.
also a_guest at the Hollow
on Monday.
Congratulations to
Andy and Veronica
Sturgeon on the safe
arrival of a baby
daughter last week, Sally
Rae. °
Congratulations also to
Mr. Blame `Hereford
Head' Stephienson and
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arrival of ... a bab
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knew the big guy could do
it.
Mr. Dan Watson,
Petrolia was a guest of
Miss Judy Gilpin last
weekend.
. ` Miss Mary Pounder,
Guelph, spent a few days
' at home with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Pounder, at
their Keith Crescent
residence.
• Misses Karen Diemert
and Noelle Hamilton
returned ' to their
respective homes in St.
Marys after spending the
past two weeks with the
former's uncle, Wayne
Diemert
family, Mr, and Mrs. They have ceuntless
Floyd Diemert, Wayne
and Rick.
David and Barbara.
Cohen, who have recently
returned to Ontario .after
a lengthy trip,visited
with Barbara's parents,'
Mr. and Mrs, Doug Ball.
When their travels began,
Mr. and Mrs, Ball ac-
companied them as far as
Peru:
The Cohens then
photographs, some of
which they had tinkle to
show on their first visit to
Bayfield on their return.
Mr. and Mrs. William
Clarke spent Sunday with
grandsons in Arva.
Visitors at the Clarke
residence last week were
Mr. David Beasly of New
York City and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank 'Paxton of
Toronto
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Will all those people
involved with the Clinton
Public aospital
Auxiliary, please b'e
prepared to help arrange
a float Friday evening
and walk with it In the
parade Saturday? More
helpers • afie- needed to
help man the the booth as
well.
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Walter and Milvena
Erickson, Luanne, and
Lydia attended the Moose
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Animaland near Rich-
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Miss Bonnie Lu
Stewart, Owen Sound
called on her aunt, uncle
and cousins, Milvena,
Walter, Andrew, Luanne
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Thursday. evening.
Mr. ;and Mrs.. Ron
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