HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-04-30, Page 10PAGE 10--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL30, 1981
The Jessie Metcalf estate auction sale at the Bayfield arena last
Saturday attracted a huge crowd who were fierce bidders for the
many antiques offered. Here auctioneer Bruce Rethwell takes bids
from part of the large crowd. (Bud Sturgeon photo)
Round about the village
The Bayfield Cub Pack is
going to have a pop bottle
drive this Thursday evening
(April 30) in Bayfield and in
Varna. Don't forget to save
your bottles for them as it
goes for a worthy cause.
Peg Dakins of London was
a guest of Greg and Emily
Neilsen at their Sunset Lane
cottage over the weekend.
Elise Lindsay, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay
of RRi, Bayfield, recently
took her Association
Teachers Eaam (in Scottish
dancing) which she passed
successfully. :The test was
given- by Mrs. Hislop of
Glasgow, Scotland, an ea
amhier for the' Scottish
Dance Teacher's Alliance.
Hislop stated that she
thought Elise had excellent
teaching capabilities. Elise,
who has studied Scottish
dancing for the past eleven
years, hopes to start a class
in this area next fall.
The Moleman blew up his
electric lawnmower this
week.
Guests with the Walter
Erickson fainly on Saturday
included Norma Stewart of
Ripleyand Mr. and Mrs. Rob
Irwin and little Rob Jr. of
London.
Sunday guests with the
Ericksons were Milvena's
niece Sherry Lee Farrellt
Michelle, • and the twins,
lampoonery
by Bud Sturgeon
Well strapmy face to the side of a hog and roll me in
the.mudl: Will small wonders never cease? Thank you
little dolland crib company for the courtesies you have
•Shintni Praise the.ILord! Shut my mouth! The eagle
finallly, flew -on Friday and furnished me with a cheque
i� �SRSP for $42.06 And it only took three months of
*NOM
On the whole it was a trying week around the old
cllc n; ` ,in,eeir convert our liv-
ming roomitnto a cal a all•started when
the cats decided: to build a separate entrance to the
house which they accomplished with relative ease,
When they put their minds to it. For a while it proved to
be a good idea as you no longer had to let them in the
door all the time. But just when you think you know a
cat, she goes and does something stupid.
We had a bunch of people in one evening, throwing
back some Molsons and munching on birthday cake.
Well, the familiar thud downstairs indicated that one
or more of the cats bad fallen in through the basement
window. It was Rum -Turn and up the stairs she bound-
ed and plopped a huge mole right in the middle of the
living room, for all to see. It may have been a surprise
gift but it wasn't at all welcomed.
It was not a one in a million chance. The very next
morning as I sat talking on the phone, round the corner
and into the kitchen comes Calico -Jo: She had fetched a
starling into the house and when my foot hit the floor
she released the bird and it flew upstairs followed by
the remainder of the cat family. An hour later, with the
cats locked in a bedroom, I finally managed to corral
the bird by throwing a sheet over it. The bird was glad
to leave the house.
The Hollow quietened down after that and I thought
the problem had been solved. Saturday night of all
nights, just before our company arrived, came the last
straw. Rum -Tum brought in a rabbit. I yelled and the
cat let go of the rabbit .aned they both took off in dif-
ferent directions. It took a feW minutes but I caught the
rabbit under a chair in the den. If I could have caught
the cat first, I would have strangled it, I think.
However, I fixed the window the next day and no
" more zoo. I guess I should have bought that big old billy
goat when I had a chance to. After all he wouldn't even
be noticed in the confusion.
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I went to the auction on Saturday in Bayfield and the ,
way some people bid is enough to mess up your head.
It is always funny to see what other people consider a
treasure. An old hanging lamp goes for just under
$1,500. A Beaver sealer sells for $450. A broken down
old buggy is auctioned off at $200. A teapot rallies at
$125. What does a refrigerator, stove and TV set bring?
You would have had change from a $50 bill!
Outside, an array of vehicles was parked smack dab
on the ball diamond. One tar came to rest on home
plate. The auctioneer was asked to announce over the
PA to have the vehicles moved, but he declined to do it.
In effect, the damage was already done and it would
take too many buyers away from the sale. 20-20 hind-
sight is almost infallible. Who pays for the repairs to
the diamond?
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And now for some real bagging. A week ago in the
London Free Press there appeared an article about
trout fishing written by Burt Dowsett and his cohort, a
teacher who thinks he knows how to fish. Although the
article dwelled on the perils of snagging trout illegally,
the Bobbsey boys did take time to insinuate that there
were few, if any, trout in the Bayfield River.
That scared a lot of would be opening day fishermen
away from hayfield. It was great for the ones that did
show up to do some serious trout fishing as they had the
river to themselves and made many fine catches.
Why did this pair of know-it-alls make it 'their
business to draw tourist dollars away from Bayfield
and send them northward? Lord only knows. Obviously
the Free Press has no shame.
Anglers made record catches here and by Monday
there was no sign of it slackening. What did Dowsett
have to say in Monday's paper? "Elsewhere, angling
was also relatively slow ou the Maitland River at
Goderich and on the Hayfield River." Way to go Burt,
tell us another one, just like the other one...
Chad and Corey, all ,of Kin-
cardine.
On Monday, Milvena and
son Andrew visited in Ripley
with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Stewart.
Marg Garrett visited with
Mr., and Mrs. Tom Handy in
Seaforth over the weekend.
Mi$,s Mary Pounder was
home from Guelph for a visit
with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Pounder at their
Kieth Crescent residence.
The Lions would like to re-
mind everyone of the paper
drive which will take place
in Bayfield this Saturday.
Ball field •
is surveyed
The survey and staking of
the existing ball diamond in
the Agricultural Park as
well as the soccer field and
..the _proposed: diamond., has
been completed by Roy and
George Telford with their
able assistants. The staking
is now subject to the ap-
proval of the Agricultural
Society before any fencing
can be erected.
Registration for soccer
(all ages) and badminton
(all ages) will take place in
the, Municipal -Building this
Saturday (May 2) from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. and again on
Monday evening (May 4)
from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. If
you are interested in par-
ticipating in either of these
sports this summer, you are
urged to attend the registra-
tion.
If the demand for badmin-
ton is high enough, the pro-
gram will be put into effect
immediately and an in-
structor will be available for
the first six weeks to help
with the game basics and the
finer points.
Lacrosse is being played
every Thursday night in the
arena at 9 p.m. (on a recrea-
tional level - no contact) and
there is always room for new
players.
Team folds,
Goodtimes
quit
The Zurich Buckettes an-
nounced on Saturday that
they were joining the
Bluewater Ladies Slo-Pitch
League for the 1981 season.
The Buckettes are an en-
thusiastic group of girls who
originally banded together to
play ringette last winter.
Wishing to stay together
throughout the summer
season also, they are ready
to give the slo-pitch a whirl.
Buckette home games will
be played on the Zurich dia-
mond with game time set at
9:00 p.m.
Unfortunately, the
Bayfield Goodtimes an-
nounced on Sunday that they
have decided to suspend
operation for the 1981
season. With the loss of the
Goodtimes, the league again
drops back to five teams.
Regular season play gets
underway on Monday, May
11 with the Bayfield Babes
visiting the Bayfield Blue
Shadows. Tuesday, May 12
the Buckettes are in Bayfield
to play the Babes and the
following night, the Varna
Agricos take on the Stanley
Stars in Varna.
Smile
Another corollary to
Murphy's Law: Whatever
happens, there is always
someone whoknew it wnnldl
A..mira1
By Helen Owen
A voice from the past pro-
vided the unique presenta-
tion of Mr. Burke Penny, the
speaker at last Monday
evening's meeting of
Bayfield Historical Society.
After an introduction by
Mr. Frank Burch who told of
Mr. Penny's high academic
achievements, the lights
were dimmed. Lighting his
way with a "one candle-
power" lamp, and dressed in
the costume of the period,
Mr. Penny, manager of the
Historic Naval and Military
Establishments in
Penetanguishene, settled
down to give his audience
glimpses of the life of Ad=
miral Henry Bayfield, as
seen through the eyes of one
of his contemporaries.
In the role of a R.N. Ship-
wright stationed at
ayfield's life recalled
Penetanguishene, and with
an excellent series of slides
to color his reminiscences,
the narrator took his au-
dience back in tune to the
first decade of the 19th cen-
tury.
Born in 1785, Henry
Bayfield joined the Navy at
the ageofll,andbytheyear
1810, when a chance meeting
in Quebec changed the
course of his life, he had
several years of hard ex-
perience behind him. In-
stead of returning to
England he found . himself
transferred and assigned to
the Hydrographic Service
and this proved to be the
beginning of what turned out
to be his life's work.
From then on his winters
were spent in planning, the
first in Kingston preparing
for a survey of Lake Ontario.
BAYFIELD
by Bud Sturgeon and Helen Owen
Gardeners attend district meeting
Bayfield Garden Club
members, Ruth Bamford,
Kay Reid and Esther Wright
were representatives at the
District 8 meeting of the On-
tario Horticultural Associa-
tion, held in Hanover on
April 25. Over 150 represen-
tatives off the 18 societies in
the district gathered for the
occasion.
The guest speaker, Mr.
Peter Van Tuyl, told his au-
dience something of the
work involved in the running
of 34 acres of greenhouses
for which he is responsible at
Agri -Park, south of Kincar-
dine. This project which is
open to the public weekdays
between 2 and 4 p.m. is
famous for its tomato crops,
covering some 50 varieties,
and for yields of 13,000
pounds. Sales distribution
extends throughout the area,
and the remarkable flavor
for which they are 'noted is
said to be much finer than
any imported fruit.
Mr. Van Tuyl explained to
his listeners the importance
of scientific care which in-
cludes sterilization by steam
of all soil between crops.
Since tomatoes are suscepti-
ble to many virus infections
there are occasions when
whole plantings have to be
eradicated, and the steriliza-
tion process repeated before
replacement plantings are
undertaken.
In reply to a question con-
cerning nuclear problems
encountered in the growing
area, Mr. Van Tuyl claimed
that there were none at all.
As evidence of the fine quali-
ty of the produce Mr. Van
Tuyl brought a box of
tomatoes and some fine
seedless cucumbers. These
items were given as door
prizes and Kay Reid was for-
tunate in acquiring a
cucumber.
The business sessions
covered a variety of topics of
interest to gardeners and
horticultural groups, in-
cluding the fostering of in-
terest among young people
and the type of "program to
support theseaiiiik Advising
groups on Organizational
matters, the chairman
recommended speakers
from the locality rather than
from outside.
Following an excellent lun-
ch, delegates saw a series of
high quality slides which had
been taken by members of
local societies. In order to
stimulate this photographic
recording of horticultural
achievements a new type of
competition was in-
augurated with 12 classifica-
tions, which it was hoped
wnulri nnrnnrave indi;vi,lnal
societies to compete.
At the conclusion of the
meeting a special award was
made to a lady from Ripley
as recognition of 53 years ac-
tive work in her local Hor-
ticultural Society.
Bridge winners
Results for the last two
weeks at the A.B.C. Bridge
Club have been combined in
this report. On the first occa-
sion there were three tables
out. Marney Walden made
the top score with 6320, se-
cond was Ruth Makin, with
4700, and Gwen Pemberton
was low with 2830. .
This week the group made
up four and a half tables.
Lilian Higgins had the
highest score, Alice Brandon
was second and Beryl Hogg
was low.
Guide and Brownie
cookies are here„
Apologies for information
posted last week! Our
cookies did not arrive as we
had hoped. However, they
are expected to be here in
time for this Saturday.
The "blitz" in the village
will be from 9-11 am on
Saturday, and it is hoped
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The following year the ser-
vice was reduced in man-
power and the work load in-
creased but Bayfield was ap-
pointed Admiralty Surveyor
in charge of the Survey.
Although the work was
hampered by fever it was
dutifully maintained with
Lake Erie as the . area of
surveillance. Winters con-
tinued to be spent in
Kingston where the young
naval officer enjoyed the
social life, and the company
of the ladies.
In 1819 survey work
covered • the Drummond
Islands, and then, in 1820, the
base of operations was
changed to
Penetanguishene, and
orders were received for
completion of a survey of
Lake Huron. The work was
exacting physically and
mentally, but this was Henry
Hayfield's special forte,
which no -doubt commended
him to their Lordships of the
Admiralty.
By 1821 Penetanguishene
had become an official naval
establishment covering sup-
ply and defence. Barracks,
workshops, a storehouse and
housing were built to accom-
modate seamen, a surgeon
and the commanding officer.
Between surveys and during
his winter periods of plann-
ing, Bayfield again enjoyed
some social life and ap-
parently, found congenial
companionship with Captain
and Mrs. Roberts and her
sister.
The survey that year
covered 92 miles of
shoreline, but it was fraught
with difficulties mostly due
to the inadequate diet
aboard. Scurvy, in-
capacitated the crew, and
Hayfield's own constitution
suffered following the hard-
ships and sickness he ex-
perienced. It was reported
that his temper became less
equable!
Appointed as Commander
of H.M. Schooner Recovery,
the next commission was a
three year survey of Lake
Superior, with special in-
structions to avoid contact
with the Americans if possi-
ble! The survey was discon-
tinued in 1825 at the time that
Sir John Franklin stopped
off in Penetanguishene
before setting off on his nor-
thern expedition.
It was shortly after this
that Bayfield returned to
England - the first time he
had been back in 19 years.
But he found the London of
1826 not, much to his liking,
describing it as frivolous and
decadent, and the London
ladies as "tinsel rather than
pure gold". By 1827 he was
anxious to return to his work
and suggested a survey of
the St. Lawrence River. The
idea was accepted, and this
project became the one that
was to occupy him for the
rest. of his life, his ex-
perience in addition to his
sense of purpose and deter-
mination, making him an
ideal person for the task.
With Quebec as his base
during the winter planning
months, Bayfield found the
social life much more to his
taste. He admitted to falling
in love with one or other of
the ladies for at least a day
or so, and where this love in-
terest conflicted with that of
a fellow officer they ap-
parently resolved the pro-
blem over a game of
backgammon! However,
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