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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-04-23, Page 10FM E 1O-CLiNTC N NEWSaEVQRH, 7'HUH Ninety-one-year'old Fred Frasercelebrated his birthday in Bayfield.last Sunday surrounded by his grandchildren. Back row left to right are Toby Fellows, Jason Pen- nington, Geoffrey Fellows, while front are Lisa Pen- nington, Pippa Gammage, Zachary Gammage, Maggie Fellows and Sarah Pennington. (Bud Sturgeon photo) by Bud Sturgeon and Welen Owen Reder speaks to hardeners Forty-seven members of the Bayfield Garden Club met in the municipal building for their April meeting and J.E. Hovey introduced the guest speaker, Jake Reder who shared his gardening ex- pertise. He demonstrated cutting potatoes for planting; recommended''starting plants indoors in small containers for setting out at convenient intervals; and advised gardeners -To use hybrid strains which he considered much superior to many of the old varieties. Mr. Reder answered numerous questions from the audience concerning culture, climate, insects and their control and the use of fer- tilizers. Doris Hunter thanked Mr. Reder for his excellent presentation. Jack Willock, president, 4round and about the village streets Leading Seaman Sonor- man Gary . Brandon was • honaele Bayfield for a visit- with his parents, Mr. and\ Mrs.. Joe Brandon, IastWeek and left on Monday fqr his. ship m Halifax where he will be going on course. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erickson spent part of the Easter weekend in Michigan visiting with friends in Port Huron. Guests With . -Reverend Willi>tm.Nl. and Aire. Bennett during Easter. were their sod, Dr. " Michael and daughter Miss Sally of Lon- don.' Mrs. Penny Johnstone and son David of Oakville, and Windsor respectively, spent the holiday weekend with her parents Dr. and -Mrs. Grosvenor Shepherd and familyfriend Miss Kay Reid. Mrs. Constance Graham, Wallacetown, was the weekend guest of her family, Patrick, Wynn,. Nancy and John, at their village home. • Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Larson were Easter Sunday .dinner guests of their son-in-law Stan Smith, daughter Betty and granddaughter Lisa in Varna. Danny Snider, RR2 Zurich, visited on Sunday with Andrew Erickson in Ba . ld. l g Anthony and friend of Bolton were recent guests in the hpme of Mrs. Nina Haw. Mr. and Mrs. Don Turner, Hamilton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Heard over the weekend. Greg and Emmily Neilsen, London, spent the long Weekend at their cottage north of Bayfield where Em- rnilly recuperated from the dreaded Cedar Tree rash. Binnie and Elaine Sturgeon and youngest son Roland, Orangeville, were at their Bayfield residence over the weekend. Eldest son Jeff remained behind in the big city where duty called as he began working at Mac- Donalds. Mr. Rob Dowler and friend Lisanne Hill, Toronto, and the remainder of the Wilderness Canoeing Club, spent Easter weekend in Bayfield with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bob Dowler and visited other friends and relatives in the vicinity: Sister Nora says she will not buy her brother, Tight, a canoe even though they en- joyed the home movies on "Whitewater Canoeing„ The special draw for the giant chocolate Easter Bun- nies at the Nip 'n Tuck Varie- ty was held on Saturday evening and the winners were Paul Brown of Bramp- ton and Valerie Van Biel of Clinton. The case of Pepsi- Cola was won by Vi Bell of Bayfield. The draw was made by Bud Sturgeon. Art and Mary Latimer, Weston, were the weekend guests of her mother, Mrs. Ethel Knight at her village home. For the second year in a row, the gigantic Easter Bunny has struck in Bayfield. This year enor- mous yellow footprints were left on the 'Short Hill' off of Highway 21. Last year the bunny struck Howard Street but the footprints were white: Gary and Edna Hulley, Kurt III andFour, and a host of cats spent four days 'at their Sandcastle on Howard Street before returning hometo Paris. Ken and Bobbi Hulley, London were at their House of Mouse over Easter weekend. The Grant family from Kitchener was at their cot- tagefor the weekend. Paul and Connie West returned home to Bayfield on Saturday night after wintering in Florida. They report that the weather was great and both sport tans. The West family travelled to Strathroy on Monday for a fanii]y-dbmer a 1 vialt with theIi!'daughtar end family, Mr. and Mrs: Walter Waun. Matt and Barb Smith and family of London spent the holiday at their Bayfield cot- tage and Matt took the op- portunity to hone up on his ■ cycling skills as he burned around the village streets on his ten speed. Councillor Barbara Sturgeon celebrated her bir- thday last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Scotchmer, Rob, Lori and Carolyn of Chatham were at their village residence over the weekend. The Stedman family of London ` was at their Jane Street - residence for the Easter weekend. Judy Gilpin of the Riverhouse Apartments spent the Easter holiday with her family in Montreal. The smelt 'have started their annual run in the Bayfield River as a few were caught on Friday. Due to the extremely cool night ,temperatures that; have , prevailed of late; the main run, is expected to happen late this week and into the weekend. The trout fishing season opens this Saturday and the river will be the site of much furious activity. If the rain holds aft should be ideal as far as the fishermen are con- cerned as the water level is low. The broken swings and teeter-totters in Clan Gregor Park are getting a much needed facelift. Irvin Pease.of London who spent the weekend at his Bayfield home reported cat- ching 1,000 smelt on Sunday night at a 1pcal stream: The Moleman had little news to report this week save for the fact that he had his septic tank pumped out on. Monday morning. The Bayfield Fire Depart- ment responded to an alarm shortly before 5 p.m. on Sun- day afternoon as they were called to the Jenkins home on. Stanley . Sideroad 15 (Snowden"'AZtes);'The"inner chimney structure above the fireplace had caught fire and extensive damage- was done to the chimney and fireplace as firemen had to chop a hole in the brick to _ et at the blaze. Bill Parker and Les Elliott journeyed to London on the weekend for a visit with Bill's sons and their families, Bill Jr. and Bob. Easter guests of Mrs. Susie Pollock were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Curran, Christine and Barbara of Willowdale, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pollock of London, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pollock of Hensall and Mrs. Greta Blackie of Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. John Turner and Kathy of St. Thomas visited with his grand- mother, Mrs. Bertha Turner, at the Clan Gregor Apart- ments on the weekend. Just a reminder this spr- ing that with all the excava- tion and digging that takes place in and gaged the villdge, don"t forget -to call for service i(icatiohs. `There are underground hydro and telephone services in the village. lo pamper home &garden Green Thumb? • • • 'WkThen watch for our se. Home & Garden Special Section! Thursday, April 301 was in charge of the meeting and expressed his ap- . predation to Canon F.H. Paull for the spring flowers he had brought to the meeting. Over 500 gladioli bulbs were presented to the clubby Mrs. Fred Mote of Clinton, in memory of her husband, the late Mr. Fred Mote who had grown these flowers so successfully for many years. They were packaged by Mrs. J. Mayman, and distributed to the members, Ruth Bamford read the minutes and the treasurer's report, and committee reports were given by Harold Hopper and Dorothy Hovey. Mr. Willoek announced that Arbour Day would be Bayfield Giths. get new member Bayfield Guide Company welcomes a new member Michelle Meyer from Milverton Company. Their loss is definitely our gain. Her mother Mary has a grand history of Guiding activity, being herself of Golden Cord calibre, gained while living in Bayfield. She has been a Guider since, and has kindly offered to be of any assistance to local Guiding, During the spring break from school we tramped to the Geminhardt farm and appreciated the sugar shack for shelter from the rain and snow, of that afternoon, not to mention the comfort and warmth of the old wood stove to thaw us after our hike. We also had a chance to see a rare view of the nest of Mr. and Mrs. Horned Owl. Special thanks goes to Phil for allowing us to enjoy these experiences. With the nice fire going we gladly left our project to build and light a teepee box or canned fire for a nicerday. A fun night will be remembered when before Easter we hunted for colored eggs out in the yard after .everyorie worked so busily tidying up for spring. This was done as a shall token of our thanks to the Anglican parishioners for the use of their parish hall each week. Distributing centre for our Cookie Day blitz for both Guides and Brownies will be held in Bayfield this Saturday from 9 to 11 am, if the cookies have arrived. There won't be a Guide meeting this week due to spring concert at Huron Centennial School. Historians to meet Mr. Burke Penny, Manager of the Historical Navy Establishment at Penetang, will be the speaker at the meeting of the Bayfield Historical Society on Monday 27th April. For his subject, he has chosen to talk about Admiral Bayfield, with whom the village has particular associations. The meeting will be at the Municipal Building at 8 p.m observed .on May 9th by planting a maple tree in Clan Gregor Square. Plans are being arranged for bus trip to the Hamilton Botanical Gardens and Dundas green houses. Further information may be obtained from Ruth Bamford at (236-4402 ). At the conclusion of the meeting, tea was served by Mrs. Douglas Pitts and Mrs. George Chapman. Card party raises •145 for auxiliary At the euchre and bridge party last week held at the Bayfield Municipal Building, $145.60 was raised. The pro- ceeds which go to the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary were givento Dawna Westlake. There were .13 tables of euchre and four tables of bridge in play. Euchre win- ners on the women's side of the table were Greta Scot- chmer with the high score and Belle Reid with the low. The most lone hands were recorded by Esther Wright. Fred Lebeau led the men with the high score and Bill Clark was the low while Cliff Utter led with the most lone hands. 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