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1,.ound about the village
Bernard Sturgeon,•
Orangeville, was a+guest
with his parents Mr. and
'i Mrs, Jack Sturgeon on
Thursday and also visited
with h ' other family
members in the village.
Mr., and Mrs. Jack
Pounder returned home
to their Keith Crescent
home a week ago after an
extended fall vacation at
their Florida residence.
favourite `River Mouse'
Mr. Roy Telford, will
soon be basking in the sun
on the beach at Waikiki,
Hawaii, chasing nativd
girls in grass: skirts,
learning the hula and
eating a lot of pineapple.
Book him Deno!
Last week, following
the snowstorm, one, or
metnn-bers of the younger
set, (their footprints were
smallish) took it upon
themselves to remove a
bicycle from a residence
on Louisa Street. After
dragging into the yard
behind, the back wheel
was pried off and then
carried away. The owner
followed the footprints in
the snow to see who took
the wheel and it didn't
take long until he found
out. He asks the culprit to
return the rear wheelof
the bicycle on his own
accord or return it with
the help of the police. The
decision is yours.
Mr.- arid Mrs. Gary
Hulley, Paris, were at
their cottage 'the San-
dcastle' over. "the
weekend.
Bob Mitchell was home
for a day last week before
returning to work on the
lake freighters. Known.as
the 'Big Moose' to the CB
radio world, he didn't get
much 10-4'n done on his
day off because his.. brand
new aerial had blown
down.
Miss - Christie Latimer
'and friend, Kevin Reid,
both of Weston' were the
weekend guests of her
grandmother Mrs. Ethel
Knight at her village
residence. ,
One day last week the
fishing tug 'B. F. Clay'
which hails from the port
of Grand -Bend, but is
currently fishing froth
our fine harbour, got
some nets ' entangled in
her wheel and had to be
towed in by McGraw's
`Bessie Ann'.
Middleton
happenings
By Blanche Deeves
Holy Communion was
celebrated in St. James'
Anglican Church and
Rev. Doug Pitts was in
charge of the service due
to the illness of Rev.
Bennett_
The minister lit f the
second advent candle and
Ray Wise and Jim
Middleton . received the
offering.
The ACW ladies have
been asked to bring one
or two itemls for a bale to
be sent to the north.
The ACW will be
meeting today, Thur-
sday, December 11 at
Mrs. Edwakrd Deeves'
home. Following the
meeting, the board of
management session will
be held.
Several ladies from the
area epjoyed the
Christmas dinner hosted
by the Clinton Ladies
Auxiliary.
Smile
0
The nice thing about
modern music is that if
the musicians make a
mistake it doesn't make
any difference.
As soon as you begin to
think about loving your
fellow man, he comes
along and tries to borrow
five dollars from you.
A day later, the motor
on Don MCLeod's
`Ferroclad' broke down
while they were out on the
lake and .his boat was
towed back to harbour by
the '13. F. Clay'. .
Pat Graham, George
Telford and Bob Huntley
all travelled to Windsor
Raceway last week to see
the world-famous horse,
`Niatross' dance to
questionable -
opposition. The value of'
the horse is said to be in
the area of $20 million.
Many local yokels
attended Mike Ladd's
house warming party on
Chiniquy Street on
Saturday night as well as
many of his friends from
Komoka.
You no doubt noticed
the terrible condition the
highway from Bayfield to
Goderich was in following
the storm last Tuesday.
Even Friday there l',as
still slush on parts oft e
road. We understand th t
the Ministry of Tra
sportation and- Com-
munications no longer
supplies the snow plow
crews, and in fact, the job
o'f ploWing habeen
sublet to private in-
dividuals. If these
poltroons lack the know-
how and --ambition to do-a---
half-decent job after a
little storm in December,
we're going to be .in big
trouble in the middle of
winter.
The winner of the draw
for the transistor radio
and 8 -track player at the
Nip and Tuck Variety
Store was Dave Sturgeon
of "Bayfield. The lucky,
ticket was drawn, by Vi
Bell.
Tickets are now
available for the New
Year's Eve Dance at the
Community Centre,
sponsored by the Bayfield
Lions. Music by `Special
Appointment'. Tickets
available at most
business places in the
village.
Anyorie wishing to
attend the December
meeting of the Bayfield
Recreation Committee
should take note that the
meeting is tonight,
Thursday, December 11
at the Municipal
Building.
It is unfortunate that
we can't print a colour
picture of all the beautiful
Christmas light's now
adorning many -Bayfield
homes. The Lioness will
have a hard time
choosing a winner in their
;`Light Up Your Home for
Christmas contest.
Mr, and Mrs. Lorne.
Merner, London, were
guests' with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Merner at their village
residence over the
weekend.
Exploring the pest
by Bud Sturgeon
As this particular story
begins to wind down, we
find the formation of the
'land companies'. ,Along
with these territorial
giants,, came two new
methods of township
systems as well. The first
was in fact the fourth
method to be used in
Upper Canada and was
.,called the 2,400 acre block
system, This system was
used from 1829 to 1851 and
50 townships were laid
out thusly. The latter
method was the 1,000 acre
sectional system, used to
survey 200 townships.
This method was in use
from 1885. ,until 1906 and
most bf the Canada.
Company lands were
divided upwith the
l,
00A
aere system,
So with that little bit of
historical background we
go onto the real story at
hand, without further
adieu. -
In the early 1800's the
Government began
granting out large tracts
of land to land Compa-
nies. These companies
had been formed to ex-
pedite the quick
development of the land
for new settlement.
non
Biggest crowd plays bingo
The Bayfield Lions
Club Turkey -Bingo held
Mondaynight at the
Community Centre, drew
one of the biggest crowds
ever for the event.
Turkey winners were
Clara Wilson, Pearl
Hutchings, Ltarna Mer-
ner, Jackie Stark,
Donelda Sturgeon, Ruth
George (2), Jeanette
Huffman, Mrs. George
Youmatoff, Hilda Gerger
and Marie Fitzsimons, all
of Bayfield; Charlie Rau,
Zurich; Mrs. Russell
Oesch and Betty Smith
both of Zurich and Cathy
Campbell of RR3
Bayfield.
Share -the -wealth
eavers greet
new members
On Saturday,
November 29th, the 1st
Bayfield Beaver Colony
held their Investiture --of
the new Beavers. The
new ' members of the
colony were Jerry
Alexander, Adam
Durran, Wayne
McDougall, Jason Wallis,
Brian McLeod, Mark
Schilbe, Glen Westlake
and Graig McCash.
The Beaver leaders
would like to thank the
parents who attended the
investiture and the one
who brought the cookies
for the party which
followed.
The. Reaverleaders (all
three of them) , - would
also like to wish the
Beavers of the 1st
Bayfield Colony and their
parents, a Merry
Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
winners were Mrs. Jack
Hart and Mrs. Glen
Price, both of Clinton,
split $45; Margaret
Ducharme, Zurich, $42;
Gerard Ducbarme,
Zurich and David
Kropac, Toronto, split
$46; Grace Masse,
Zurich, $46; Mrs. Jack
Hart, Clinton, $48.
The winner• of the door
prize was Kelly Brandon
of Bayfield.
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER11t 1980— PAoE 13
How the townships were formed
One such company was
the Canada Company,
headed by John Celt, The
section of land they were
granted was called the
Huron Tract and it
comprised one million
acres of prime territory
directly west of Lake
Huron and stretching
northward to the Bruce
Peninsula.
This land was pur-
chased from the Six
Nations Indians for which
the Canada Company
paidtwo-thirds of its cash
value of 145,150 pounds
and 5 shillings with the
balance to come in the
form of improvements
such as roads, bridges
and wharves
At the request of the
Canada Company, the
Government appointed
surveyors to help divide
the land into townships.
They key now was to
survey and open up some
overland routes to make
the land more accessible
for the settlers. By 1827, a
contractor, Col. Anthony
Van Egmend began
building the Huron Road
from Guelph to Goderigh.
John Galt and his com-
pany associate Dr.
William "Tiger" Dunlop
had already laid out the
town site of Goderich.
Ir reference to the
building of the road, a
note in John Galt's
autobiography reads,
"All the woodsmen that
could be assembled from
the settlers were directed
to be employed, an ex-
plorer of the- line to- goat
their ., head, then two
surveyors with com-
passes, after them a band
of blazers, of men to
mark trees in the line,
then went the woodsmen
with their hatchets to fell
the trees. and the rear was
brought up by wagons
with provisions...".
These roads which
were being constructed
were all corduroy and the
settlersspent many
uncomfortable hours
bouncing over them in
their wagons as they
travelled westward. In
the book, "Early Life in
Upper Canada", author
/ Imam
1rr
GuUllet tens of wagon Bayfield, he purchased
loads of immigrants the sight from the Canada
being upset frequently, Company. The Admiralty
limbs broken, horses Surveyor had reported
e site,
theado3,000a s
.r t
o the it a.l nc
down in h mire and
having to be pulled out by spanning both sides of the
teams of oxen. It was also river asa good platre for
noted that the Huron the Baron to build is
he had viewed`
with stuui ,s '
Road was still corduroy town, after
in the 1830's P it while charting the
' two and three feet jhigh shoreline along the
still standing. It eastern edge of Lake
remained chiefly mud or Huron some .time before
corduroy until the middle 1825.
of the century. As the Baron 'had
These first roads had to bought the land, sight
be maintained by the unseen', and did not come
pioneers living in the to Canada, he hired E. C.
area as statute labour Taylor, one of the earliest
was still in force. settlers and merchants of
Even with the tran- Goderich to act as his
sportation and travel as Canadian agent. In 1832
inadeqinflux of of immigrants was surveyed.
allowed for the opening, Immigrants were soon
up of more town sites in moving to the Bayfield
the region. The Town of area and one early settler
Bayfield was founded by wrote in 1833, "Landed
a baron, Carl Lodewyck, goods at the Point.
Baron van Tuyll van Stopped at Taylor's
Seroosken, Lord of overnight". A small
Ysendoorn. It was a long parcel of land had been
and impressive name -and cleared in the area on the
title for a founding'father south side of the river
but he never came to that we now know as
Canada. Piorrieer Park. On this
The Baroh wished to spot, the first building, a
invest in Canadian land log cabin was constructed
so with the recom- overlooking the lake on
m e n d a t i o n f r o m "the point". The building
hydrographic surveyor was occupied by the
Lt. Henry Wolsey Rileys who operated a
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boarding house for the
Baron's men that were
clearing the trees. In
preparation for • the.
building of the
town.
Adjacent tothis, the
Canada Company Office
was built,
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