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By Bud Sturgeon
It may sound like a broken record but here I am in
the same old predickerment, just setting' at my old
typewriter at 2 a.m. with my eyes bugging out like a
stomped -on toadyfrog, trying to peck out another
column. Regardless of how much I try to change. I am
still too lazy to do it during the day.
It is hard to work under pressure sometimes, but my
task is even more trying with all these people staring at
me from the walls and ceiling. I made it a point to
furnish my office with memorabilia and the best junk I
S could find.
On one hand there is the statue of Venus de Milo. For
a nude it isn't too bad, but her belly button is an `insy'
and I prefer `outsies'. It's worthless however because
the arms are missing. On the other wall Wayne
Gretzky is leering at me from behind a bottle of 7 -UP.
His picture doesn't even compare with my hand
painted picture (on cover glass) of Rule Britannia. It
was done by an old priest in Port Stanley and has a real
mother-of-pearl inlay on her chest.
There are also seven calendars, a road map,
Buckeye poster, a picture of a buzzard and one of Loni
Anderson with clothes on. I also have an old Milk of
Magnesia bottle that I found at the Bayfield dump and
a hank -of -rock salt from t e Goderich mine. One',piece-
of resistance' is the official Mel Weber hockey puck.
Earl Rice shot it at me during a playoff game between
the Goderich Siftos and the St. Marys Lincolns about 17
years ago. After that I always watched the play on the
ice a little more intently.
That is some of my better stuff, but there is also a
rock from the beach, a piece of a stump from the
swamp, a can of Florida Sunshine from the 1971 CNE
and part of a hounds tooth rug on the floor. It is a class
place to work and very inspirational what with my tape
recording of the Randells sinsing the Martian Hop
blaring in the background. I sometimes refer to it as
the Black Hole.
Rounding out the decor are boxes containing 1,400
colour slides (and 180 black and white) of Bayfield and
my fabulous library. The reference section contains
tomes like Volpone, One Day in the Life of Ivan
Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn), The Outsider (Camus),
More Joy in Heaven (Callaghan), Steinbeck, Mowat,
Tolkein, Lewis and Forced To Please by Morehead.
There are also 75 Doc Savage books, 100 assorted
magazines, 208 old newspapers and 500 other paper-
backs. And that's just what's on the floor.
How can I work in such squalor? That is a difficult
question to answer, but I guess a person gets used to it.
I hate to throw any of my treasures away. After all, if
they weren't here I wouldn't have been able to write a
column this week. When I get.my goat I am sure that
she will take care of the mess. I've heard that goats
will eat anything.
And some people think I have no taste. Well if my
goat is spotted, I'll name it Spot. If it is white, I'll
name it Whitey. If it is black, I'll name it Boy.
I feel obligated to write something profound before I
go to bed this week, so I'll predict that the Leafs will go
down in three and the Canadiens will beat the Blues
four mes to one for the Cup. If you find that hard to
believe, think about this, who would ever have thought
that Joe Dolce's version of `Shaddup you Face' would
be topping the hit parade charts in London?
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fig. society party
The Bayfield Agricultural thanks all who helped
Society held a successful make it a success.
card party on Friday, April 3
in the Municipal Building.
Sixteen tables were in play
with the following results:
euchre, men, high score,
Reg Wilson; lone hand, Ed
Strauchan; low score, Geo.
Wilson; ladies' high score,
Mrs. L. Cleave; lone hand,
Mrs. J. Van Wonderen; low
score, Mrs. E. Mcllwain.
Bridge - men's high score,
Mr. Bob Huntley; low score,
Geo. Telford; ladies high
score, Mrs. Bev Pounder;
low score Mrs. E. Hovey.
Draw prizes - Frank Bur-
ch, Grace Duggan, George
Fellows, Greta Scotchmer,
Ed Strauchan, Cliff Utter,
Marie Watson, Maude
Weston and Doris Wilson.
The Society appreciates
the donations received for
this party, the proceeds of
which will go to promoting
the 125th Annual Fall Fair in
August and the secretary -
treasurer, Audrey Graham
UCWstudy
Christ's life
Unit 1 of St. Andrew's
Church UCW met on
Thursday afternoon, April 3
at the church. There were 17
members present.
Violet Carter opened• the
meeting by reading from the
book "Spring's in the
Valley". This compared the
ordinary every day things in
Christ's life with the tremen-
dous results brought about
by His influence.
Dorothy Cox read the
Easter story from St. Mat-
thew, and two Easter hymns
were sung with Jean Milne
at the piano. Elva Metclaf
read an article about the
power of Christ and Doris
Reddoch closed the devo-
tions with a prayer.
The business meeting
followed chaired by Jean
Greer and the main upcom-
ing events were outlined. A
humorous reading was sent
in by Esther Makins. The ti-
tle was "How to Tell You Ae
Growing Old", and this was
greatly enjoyed by the
group. Jean Greer closed the
meeting with a prayer and
lunch was served by Esther
Wright, Kathleen Hill and
Clara Johnson.
BAYFIELD
by Bud Sturgeon
and Helen Owen
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Ladies bali season set
The executive of the
Bluewater Ladies Slo-pitch
League met in Bayfield on
Saturday. Representatives
of the Bayfield Babes,
Goodtimes, Blue Shadows,
Stanley Stars and Varna
Agricos were in attendance.
The league rules were
approved and the season was
slated to get underway by
the second week of May. The
all-star game will be played
in mid-season this year. All
in attendance expressed
interest in adding a sixth
team to the league this
season if one can be found
within the next two weeks.
Ball nights in Bayfield for
home games will be the
Goodtimes on Monday, the
Babes on Tuesdays and the
Blue Shadows on Thursdays,
The Stanley Stars and Varna
Agricos will both play their
home games in Varna this
season, on Wednesday
nights. Starting time for all
games willagain be 7 p.m.
If there is a ladies slo-pitch
team in the area that wishes
to join the league this season,
please contact Bud Sturgeon
at 565-2852 for further
details.
Blue Shadows coaches Ray
'Red' Bender and Art
MacDougall noted that their
team will also compete in the
Camp League with games
being played on weekend
dates.
uirt show in ic�iigan
Lois Lance a Main Street
antique dealer, is chairing a
quilt show and contest in
Royal Oak, Michigan, on
April 24 and 25. This will take
place at the Salvation Army
Citadel, 3015 North Main
Street, 2 blocks south of 13
Mile Road, and only 10 miles
west of 1-94.
Besides selling textiles of
all kinds in her antique shop,
Mrs. Lance has a personal
collection of quilts and hand
woven coverlets. She will be
displaying not selling - her
15 different versions of the
Card party
to be held
on April 15
The Bayfield Euchre Club
met on Wednesday, April 1
and ten tables of cards were
played. On the ladies side,
Esther Makins was the high,
while Mable McClinchey was ,
the low scorer. The men's
high was captured by Cliff
Utter and Alex Hogg took the
low. The player with the
most lone hands was Greta
Scothmer.
There will be a euchre and
bridge . sponsored by the
Bayfield Euchre Club and
the F ver..Yowlgs, on April
(Wednesday), at the
Municipal Building. Starting
time is 8 p.m The proceeds
to will be turned over to the
Clinton Hospital Auxiliary.
Log Cabin quilt pattern at
the Royal Oak Show, and will
give a short talk about the
Log Cabin quilts at 8 p.m. on
Friday, April 24, and at 11
a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday,
April 25th.
She invites any of her
Huron County friends who
might be in the vicinity of
Royal Oak to stop in. She
also assures us that the show
will be worth a special trip it
you have the `spring fever'.
Canvass raises $467
for. Red Cross work
With Irene Apedaile and
Kelly Ball leading the
volunteers, $467.75 was col-
lected in Bayfield for the
Red Cross annual campaign.
The canvassers were:
Rosemary Crosthwaite,
June Heffernan, Betty
Rear(' Rervi Hove. Sandra
Land, Beth Rathwell, Dora
Warwick, Dorothy Weston
and Flo Youmatoff.
This excellent response
was achieved despite the
fact that a lot of people are
away at this time of the year.
Well done!
ABC bridge results
There were five tables out
this week when the spring
weather brought the ladies
out in dull force. High score,
Alice Brandon with 5600; se-
cond, Fern Baker, back from
vacation with 5246 and low,
Lillian Higgins with ????
Kelly Ball brought two
delicious desserts to
celebrate the April bir-
thdays.
Hurt in mine
Two Goderich area men are being treated. for
multiple injuries tit University Hospital London
following an industrial accident at the Domtar Sifto
Salt mine Wednesday.
Bruce Marshall of R.R. 6 Goderich and lawrence
Reinsma of R.R. 5 Clinton were injured in an accident
caused by, a, fall; of salt and rushed to University
Hospital.
Company officials have not released details,pf the
accident but it is under investigation by Domtar and
Ministry of Labor officials.
On Tuesday, Marshall was listed in serious con-
dition and Reinsrpa was in fair condition.
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