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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-09-11, Page 10PAGE .Q---CLJNTAN WS- ORD" THURSDAY' $EPTEMBE i1 1980 Anglican Bishop Geoffrey Parke -Taylor, left, made a visit to Bayfield Trinity Anglican church last Sunday for a combined service with the Middleton church. Here the Bishop poses with Rev William Bennett, the rector of the two Churches. (photo by Milvena Erickson) Exploring the past .byy Gwen Pemberton and. Bird Sturgeon. rrr urge is na,ovOl, council learns By Helen Owen As last week's meeting was cancelled, the village council met on Mgnday, September 8th and Clerk, Gordon Graham, who had been ill had recovered and was in his customary place. • Correspondence in- cluded notification from the minister' of health that 1981 had been --deli the disabled. A. letter from Huron County Housing Authority ad- vised that three ap- plications , for ac- commodation had been received, but no vacancies were available at the present time. The ministry of natural resources had advised the council of the removal of the barge from the river on the east side of the bridge, which had been a source -of concern to village residents over the past few months. Mr. R. Carr of , the Ministry of natural resources was present and after confirming that . I the barge had been removed spent some tirne explaining and enlarging upon .Matters related to the river and its en- vironment; The council will be considering this advice and information at a. subsequent meeting. He of charges would be did, however, emphasizewdisplayed as follows; that no. steps could be From 1st April to 30th taken commercial regard to any September, $50; From 1st :development October to 31st March, received had protested since it was felt that for cultural purposes; and local societies, thie'sum was far in excess of their means. . Further discussion ensued and it was agreed that a notice' ,_. ,, municipal approval. Following a complaint Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Parker attended the meeting in connection with the dumping at the lake end d of Delevan Street, which being composed of grass, branches and leaves. This presented a definite fire hazard and council agreed that steps would be taken to rectify this. At the last meeting, about stones at in- tersections, Ken _ Scot- -chmer complimented council on the prompt way in which this nuisance hadbeen remedied. A quote from the Clinton News -Record Early Files of 10 years ago regarding the "disgraceful condition of the beaches" was referred to since the Council had discussed a same problem still exists. figure for renting out the Despite the provision of town hall, and taking into garbage bins, the public account basic running fails to utilize them. costs, had set the fee at however,. two public $50. However, since then, ", minded people, Mr. and members of the public Mrs. J.D. Rouse had French control ends Anglican Ladies By Bud Stturgeon A couple weeks ago, we left the story of the founding of Bayfield in and around 1633 with the first explorer of Huron County, Etienne Brule being quartered and eaten by the 'Bear Tribe' of the Huron Indians.. All exploration and surveying in this era was carried out by Royal Engineers and Royal Cartographers. Early in the 1600's, the 'College de Jesuits' was set up in Quebec and from • here, mapmakers and sur- veyors were granted licences to practice their trade in Canada. Samuel de Champlain, (whose ties with Brule were previously men- tioned) is generally Lampoonery By Bud Sturgeon Back to classes And back to the books Back to the teacher's Dirty looks. Well kids, it's been back to school for a couple weeks now. Have you learned anything yet? And parents are sighing with relief after shelling out all that moola for new lunch buckets with 'Star Wars' on them, and new duds, and all those educational supplies. Take my advice, don't sigh too long 'cause you haven't seen how much of a swat the Board of Education is quaffing from the fall tax notices. And you thought you had doled out enough for one year already. Ah yes, back to school. It's been several years since 1 went through the whole gamut. The high points will forever remain etched in my mind. Keeping exaggeration to a minimum, I can remember the bus rides, the teachers, deten- tions, report cards and cadets and all kinds of junk. When I went to school, a lot of students had a hard time expressing themselves on paper. In contrast, most had no trouble scratching a wealth of information on the rwalls of the washrooms. I've often wondered, if the system could have figured out a way of allowing 'English Lit Tests' to be written 'on the throne', how more 'A's' there would be? �'- Have you ever ridden on a school bus that the wheels fell off of while travelling down the high-. way or the transmission dropped er a lonely country road? If you haven't, then you never had the pleasure of riding the green bus from Little Joe's Ponderosa Bus Lines. For some reason, we Bayfield kids were always told that we were the worst on any school bus route. Thinking back,•it did seem like we had numerous drivers during the school year though! Of course there were many paper fights enroute, the odd seat was ripped apart and torched, there was excessive noise and windows were pushed out onto theroad but other than that, it was pretty tame. Some days, nobody even entered or left by the emergency door. The first day of scrhool, everyone would be pretty keen as they crowded into the gymnasium like so many sardines, to hear the principal's opening address. Every year it was, "apply yourselves, make good use of the facilities", and the perennial' favorite "get up the school spirit.." School spirit was only a joke, because you seldom, if ever, got put of classes early to watch a sporting event involving a school team or anything of equal importance. As the saying goes, "All work and no play, makes student a dull boy". But take heart, if you make it through alrthe pink slips, green slips, .yellow slips, exams and tests, armies of mice existing on rotting lunches and cafeteria food, the year will be much shorter than you thought. Fun is where you find it, so dream up some novel ways to amuse yourselves for the next eight months. Christmas vacation is only about 14 Mondays or so away. That's not so bad is it? Yea though I walk To the office of the principal I shall fear no evil Cause the magazine in my pants Comforts me. B.S. regarded as the first explorer-mapmaker surveyor in Canada. After receiving his, licence from the 'college' in 1608, he began his exploration of the new world. In 1610 Champlain sent out the first parties to explore the Ottawa River, French River, Lake Nippissing, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay- regions. ayregions. At the same time, he began making his latitude observations (for maps) near Ottawa. The first mapping expedition of what was to become 'Upper Canada' began in 1615. Champlain intended to travel as far west as Georgian Bay. He was accompanied on his trip by an Indian War Party. They became involved in a skirmish with another tribe and Champlain was wounded so the venture had to be abandoned. However, in lateir years Champlain was able to produce four maps of Canada that were in turn printed. These maps became the basis of more exploration by the Jesuits, but after his death, most of the in- terest in 'Upper Canada' ceased. In the last years of French control of Canada, the Jesuits still tnanaged some ex- ploration. Around 1650, the Sampson Family produced a good map of Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario. By 1672, the Jesuits had also mapped Lake Superior, but not in as much detail. The Indian Wars that prevailed in this area prevented much more work than this. In the end, •the Indians burned all the missions and no more settlement took place until the British Government gained control of Canada in 1763. But there we go again, that's another story to be told later, so hang in there while I read UD on • the 'Treaty of Paris' and the 'Loyalists' so I can tell it to you. (to be continued). Historical meeting set Members of the Bayfield Historical Society are reminded that the speaker at the next meeting will be Mr. Stephen Otto, executive director of Heritage Ontario. Please note that the date of this meeting is September 22 and not 29th as announced in the Historical Society Newsletter. profit rom sale The ladies of Trinity Anglican Church Women's group met on September 4 at the home of Mrs. Morgan Smith when 15 members an- swered the roll call as the chair was taken by Mrs. -Ev. Earl. As this was the first meeting since. June, members were advised of the success of the July bake sale which had raised even more than last year. It was agreed that a 'bale would be made up and despatched to the northern missions for Christmas. Following the sub- mission of the treasurer's report, it was agreed that donations would be sent to , ACW Fair Share, the. South Saugheen Deanery Fund,. • prayer partner Miss Dorothy Dykes and the fund for the upkeep of a foster child. Sale of Hasti-Noes continued satisfae torilY and the treasurer also agreed to order a supply of calendars. which would, be offered for sale in due course. The Rev. W. Bennett closed the meeting which concluded with delightful, freshly baked bread served by Edith Smith and Ev Earl. Gardeners see Bayfield' s beauty Lorne Bamford and Ernie Hovey showed slides taken during the spring, summer, and autumn seasons depic- ting the beauty of Bayfield gardens and flowers when the Garden Club met Monday evening at the Municipal Hall., Mark Chalut ex- pressed the members' appreciation of the -many fine pictures. President Mrs. D. Hunter reported that no one had won the contest to name the Club's floral display at _ the . Bayfield fair. The name was ()- Canada, -Canada, determined ' by the initials of the names of the flowers• making up the display which was arranged by Mr'. and Mrs. Henry Baker. A proposed plan for the Mara Street wild flower sanctuary was shown to the members, and the Club is looking for volunteers from the membership to donate and help plant flowers to implement the plan. Mrs. H. Beatty was hostess for the social hour that followed the meeting. The next meeting v. -ill be held October 6, when a plant exchange will take place. Brown Owl anyone? Registration for the Girl Guide and Boy Scout Movements is expected to be held Sept. 20, 1980, Unless someone offers to become Brown Owl for the Brownies, Bayfield will have Guides, Path - Turn to page 11 Best Interest 23t4) 4 N SEMI-ANNUAL We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaranteed Investment Certificates. * Subject to change i»$ • Gaiser-Kneaiea ' ' Insurance Agency Inc. EXETER 335 2420 CLINTON 412 741 voluntarily undertaken the task of clearing up the mess and the council expressed its thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Rouse. A vacancy in the fire department had occurred recently, and the Fire Chief, Don Warner, recommended the ap- pointment of 'Keith Crittenden. Council approved this recom- mendation: — It was agreed that council should call a 'Meeting of the recreation committee formed earlier inthe year. This will be held at 10 a.m. on October 11th at the community centre and it was hoped that all in- terested parties will make a point of at- tending. A number of claims in connection with the village road behind the house of Mrs. Myrtle Robinson had been received, and following a motion of approval, were signed on behalf of the council at the conclusion of the meeing. ,Support Terry Fox On Sunday, Rev, Alun Thomas suggested to" the Sunday School children at St. Andrew Tnited. Church that the morning service ,h dedicated to Terry Fox, whose heroism has kindled the spark and fired the sympathy of Canadians and opened their purse strings, Accompanied by his guitar, the youngministe ' sang in praise of the young cancer victim and followed with a prayer for him. The theme for Mr. Thomas' sermon was the. 'indomitable sprit of Terry Fox. Frank Birch has obtained receipts from the Cancer Society for aTerry Fox Fund for Caneer Research. This is not a door to door campaign, it is a response to a wish from a number of cont cerned people to donate to such a fund, Flowers in the church on Sunday where from • the garden of Elva Metcalf and ushers for the month of September are LeRoy Poth and Ray Cox. Thanks was expressed in the church bulletin to all the ladies who supplied pies for the Bayfield fair which resulted in an amount of $250 for the UCW. Successful Executives know, a meeting can be more productive in the right atmosphere, Benmiller Inn WELCOMES YOU! Get away from it all for a change. Isolate your people in ciur resort complex. Comprehensive meeting facilities for groups of up to 30 including meals, refreshments, recreational facilities and overnight accommodations, if required. A very productive atmosphere for your gathering. ('all for details on a package designed to your specifications 524-2191 THERE!SENOUGHTVRK1DBE D� AROUND HERE Tp KEEPA l OF BOBS,TEDS AND B • A community is like, FOR MO a family. And just as most families have lists pf jobs that need doing around the home, so every community in Canada has a list of priority projects: that could and should be tackled: projects ranging from the develop- ment and improvement of tourism facilities to energy conservation and environmental programs. ". They keep getting postponed because it never seems to be the right time to start; and because there always seerns to be some- thing, more important to do with the money. Well right now, in this community, there are people ready to go to work. Men, women and teenagers, some with skills they re anxious to use and improve, others just as anxious to learn.' The Government of Canada wants to give them that opportunity. And we want your help.. We're looking for sponsors for Canada Community Development Projects: associations. local corporations and co-operatives with 8. the experience to organize and co-ordinate government-, . funded employment programs that will benefit the community and involve local people. if you want toetp but don't know, where to begin, start with any Canada Employment Centre. We have lists of willing people and: available skills. We have application forms and guides detailing the kinds of projects we're ready to support and the time periods (up'to 12 months in most instances and as long as 18 months for construction and construction - related projects) over which that support can be extended. And we're.as eager to get started as you are. If you have•an idea that will benefit this community and he -Ip three or more people find full-time work,,we want to hear about it before September 29. So does the rest of the family. 1 4' Employment and Ernploi et Immigration Canada Immigration Canada Lloyd Axworthy Mirti9ter Lloyd Axworthy. Ministre