HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1981-07-30, Page 15BAYFIELD
by Bud Sturgeon,
and Helen Owen
The captain of the Survey ship "The Bayfield" accepts a framed print from Bayfield
Reeve George Fellows at ceremonies marking the survey ship's visit to the village last
Saturday. ( Bud Sturgeon photo)
Bayfield Babes take trophy
The Varna Agricos were in
Bayfield last Tuesday night
and handed the Babes an 18 -
9 defeat to clinch first place
in the Bluewater Ladies Slo-
Pitch League. The Babes
had led 4 - 3 after one inning
with Trudy Robertson
belting a home run but fell
behind Varna by a 9 - 4 score
aftger five innings.
In the only other scheduled
game, the Bayfield Blue
Shadows travelled to Zurich
where they whipped the, still
winless Buckettes by a 32 - 9
score. The win gave the
Shadows sole possession of
second place in the league
standings.
.Bluewater standings
(as of July 27)•
Team GP W L Pts
Agricos 11 9 218
Blue
Shadows 11 7 4 14
Babes 11 6 512"
Buckettes 11 011 0
Future games: Tues., July
28, Babes at Buckettes in
Zurich; Wed. July 29, Blue
Shadows at Agricos in Var-
na.End of regular season.
Playoffs are set to start on
August 3 with the Babes
playing the Blue Shadows in
a best -of -three semi-final
and the Agricos playing the
Buckettes (no date set as
yet).
Men's Slo- pitch
In South Huron Men's Slo-
Pitch play last week there
was only one game involving
the local teams Which pitted
the Bayfield Flyers against
the Bayfield Knighthawks.
The K -hawks led all the way
to a narrow 6 - 5 win over
their cross town rivals. The
K -Hawks record now stands
at 10 wins and two losses
which is good enough for
`first place. The Flyers
record is twins and 8 losses.
There are several make -
Lampoonery
BY BUD STURGEON
And so ends another historic week in the Village of
Bayfield, and another one is about to happen as the
Moison's Great Canadian Weekend moves in. What are
they going to do with all the Buckeye guzzlers?
Here at the Bayfield Newsroom, we received a letter
this week from Heidi Premo of Sault Ste. Marie who
has this to say about Bayfield "Hi, my name is
Heidi and I'm from Sault Ste. Marie. I am visiting my
aunt Dolly. She has a shop and I help her a lot.
Sometimes it can be lots of fun working m the antique
business. But not all the time. Most of the people that
come in are just 'BROSING' (browsing). Now that is
where I get to the point of my title, The Browsers of
Bayfield."
"Really I don't mean to be mean, but sometimes it
gets on your nerves. If only people came in to buy stuff
it would be a lot better. Well, I shouldn't keep you.
Bye " Yes those are my thoughts exactly Heidi, too
many lookers and not enough spenders.
While we are on the topic of the Bayfield stores, I
heard a tourist exclaim after leaving one establish-
ment on Monday morning, "That was the biggest rip-
off in Bayfielil': ' The family however was greedily
clutching little paper bags of goodies. They proceeded
across the street into another shop where they stayed
less,than a minute. When leaving the women muttered,
"And that was the second biggest rip-off."
Frankly, the three of us here, me, myself and I have
found nothing to complain about as far as the Main
Street Stores go. They are as competitive as the stores
in any resort town and probably better. As 'for the
tourists, I can hardly wait till September when they go
home.
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This
This brings us to topic two for this week, The Royal
Wedding? As usual, par for the course, the TV satellite
network is going to turn the entire event into a circus.
As the closeup cameras pan the audience all will be
looking to see which members of the wedding party are
toting the guns. I even heard there will be a follow-up
TV movie starring Ben Turpin as the Prince, Jane
Fonda as Lady, Fess Parker as the Duke and CP3PO
as the Queen.
Well at any rate, I can't see myself rising at 5 a.m. to
catch the whole affair on the tube. It is such a
ridiculous time of the day to get married that one
wonders whether the Prince had all that extra sack
time on his mind when he planned it. The Lady is a real
charmer. As for the Prince, they all say he is hand-
some but if the truth were known, he couldn't sneak up
on a water glass.
If they cover the reception we'll even get to hear the
ethnic jokes told by the wedding party and see what
kind of food rich people eat. TV coverage of an event
like this is necessary. After all they are spending
millions of dollars of English tax money to marry this
guy off to a girl that has never had a boyfriend before
Chuck. It can best be described as lavish.
Too bad Shakespeare still wasn't around. He could
write another classic play. I wonder how many Irish-
men are invited to the wedding?
up games to be played before
the playoffs start but no
dates have been set.
Players return
Fulfilling its role as a
place to serve the communi-
ty, once again the Executive
have laid on some good fami-
ly entertainment in Pioneer
Park. This year, the Lamb -
ton Players will offer three
performances.
On Monday, August 3rd at
3 p.m. - A Children's Play;
on Saturday, August 22nd at
7 p.m. melodrama takes the
stage, and finally on Sunday,
August 23rd at 3 p.m. there
will be a children's play.
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1981—PAGE 15
Village's history is enriched with special visjt
By Helen Owen
Brilliant sunshine, sparkl-
ing water and clear skies
greeted the arrival of 'the
CS -S. Bayfield last Satur-
day, July 25th. For the
Bayfield Historical Society,
it was the culmination of ex-
tensive preparations, and
more important still, —the
combination of the past and
present as a contribution to
the history of the village in
the future.
Just prior to the sail.past,
which had been scheduled to
meet the vessel and welcome
her to Bayfield, Don
McLeod's fishing Moat sailed
into the harbour
resplendently painted and
decked overall. - a timely
reminder of the fishing in-
dustry and the charting of
the Lake by Admiral Henry
Wolsey Bayfield over 150
years ago.
.Pioneer Park and the har-
bour were thronged with
sightseers, who watched the
sail past of some 30 boats.
The Regional Director
General from Burlington
Department of Fisheries
and Oceans) with his wife,
and Ross Douglas,
Hydrographer from the
Ocean Sciences and Surveys
section, together with Reeve
Fellows, the president and
members of the executive of
Bayfield Historical. Society
waited to greet the Captain
when he carne ashore.
Headed by the Clinton
Pipers, a procession then
formed and , moved on to
Clan Gregor Square where
another crowd had already
assembled. Captain Ber-
chem then inspected the
Scouts, Cubs, Beavers,
Guides and Brownies who
had marched in the proces-
sion and congratulated them
on a fine turnout.
Welcoming . the guests,
Miss Kay Reid, President of
B.H.S., presented Captain
Berchem with a souvenir of
the occasion - a picture of the
Bayfield River as it must
have appeared in the time of
Admiral Bayfield.
Inreply, the Captain said
that this memento would be
hung on board ship, a
reminder of a special occa-
sion, and a special kind of
man whose charts and maps
were so accurate they were
still in use. He referred to the
history of the present ship,
the fourth to be named after
the Admiral which still con-
tinues to carry' out his tradi-
tional tasks, including the
updating of charts - a fact, he
felt sure was much ap-
preciated by present day
yachtsmen. Today, the work
is extended to scientific
research including sampling
Of water, soil -and pollution.
Commenting on the Ad-
miral's personal life, Cap-
tain Berchem related the
story of how Bayfield had
written to his mother asking
her to select and send out a
suitable wife for him.
Past President, Mrs.
Gwen Pemberton told the
audience how following a
story by Bud Sturgeon which
appeared in the Clinton
News -Record .last year; it
had been possible to make
the arrangements for to-
day's visit.
Ross Douglas,
Hydrographer from the
establishment in Burlington,
stressed the importance of
the survey work carried out
so long ago by Henry
Bayfield, which in turn had
played an important part in
the opening up of Canada.
Even today, he said, half of
the 215 charts in current use
had been produced by the
Admiral, and checking them
with all the benefits of
sophisticated scientific
equipment revealed the
thoroughness and accuracy
with which they had been
compiled, although at the
time, a lead line, sextant and
theodolite were the only in-
struments used. Mr. Douglas
then presented the Historical
Society with a crest of the
Canadian Hydrographic Ser-
vice.
The kids were all dressed up for the Bayfield Lions Frolic last Friday night as the annual
event was held in the village. (Bud Sturgeon photo)
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Before introducing the
next speaker, Mrs. Pember-
ton said that she proposed to
take the opportunity of
demonstrating her pride in
what had been done in
researching the Admiral's
activities by members of the
Society. She told of Mrs.
Ethel Poth, a local historian,
who had been tireless in her
efforts, and during the
course of a visit to Dunedin,
New Zealand had discovered
a street, school and hotel
named. Bayfield. Further
material had been unearthed
during a visit to Bayfield,
Wisconsin. Mrs. Vivian Mor-
ton had pursued her resear-
ches in. the extensive na-
tional archives in Ottawa.
Finally, she mentioned Mrs.
Muriel Althoff,. who having
been born within a stone's
throw of Greenwich, had on
a subsequent visit to
England made a point of car-
rying on her investigations
in the biggest museum of
navigational history in the
world. Also, during the
course of her travels, she
had located and met with the
great granddaughter of Ad-
miral Bayfield.
Mrs. Pemberton then in-
troduced Mr. McCulloch who
had recently been appointed
as Director General for the
Central Region of Ocean
Sciences and Surveys.
Mr. McCulloch referred to
Admiral Bayfield as an ex-
ceptional man even for the
times in which he had lived -
a man who had earned
respect for his dedication,
skill and leadership
qualities. He recalled that
Bayfield had started his
career as an 'unpaid
gentleman volunteer' when
he was barely 11 years old.
During the course of his first
voyage he was in action
against the French and on
another occasion; shortly
after that was wounded in
action in a Mediterranean
battle.
His promotion was fairly
rapid and it was as a Lieute-
nant that he first began his
tremendous work surveying
the Great Lakes. Even after
his retirement, when he had
settled on Prince Edward
Island, he continued to.act in
an advisory capacity to the
Admiralty.
It was a coincidence, said
Mr. McCulloch, but never-
theless, a very happy one,•
that the same week that
Bayfield was paying .tribute
to the Admiral, the establish-
ment at Burlington had an-
nounced that it was to be
renamed - "the Bayfield
Penny Salers
say thanks
On behalf of the Bayfield
Lioness Club, the penny sale
committee would like to say
a hearty thank you to all the
patient and helpful people
who supported our Penny
Sale, and to those who helped
number tickets without a
word of complaint many
thanks. "
Also, a special thanks to
those who were so kind to
donate such an excellent
selection of gifts: without
,-you we could not have had
such a successful event.
Laboratory for Marine
Sciences and Surveys." On
behalf of the establishment,
he then made two further
presentations to the
Historical Society for their
Archives. The first was a
picture of the Admiral with
the first ship which was
named for him - and which
had cost $15,000; the second
ship illustrated and bearing
his name was purchased at a
cost of $50,000, likewise the
third. The other picture he
presented was of the present
ship, formerly a yacht
belonging to the Eaton fami-
ly. This had cost some
$500,000 at the time, although
at today's prices, would, be
more in the region of $5
million.'
Reeve George Fellows
then thanked the guests for
taking time out of their busy
schedules to be present, and
congratulated the Historical
Society on the success of
their venture.
The Bayfield Lioness pro-
vided an excellent lunch and
having satisfied their ap-
petites many people then
went to take advantage of a
trip out to the survey ship.
Aboard, the crew were
courteous and helpful hosts,
explaining the workings of
the computerized equip-
ment, whilst in the mini -
laboratory visitors were able
to see something of the work
carried out by the marine
biologists.
The guests visited the Ar-
chives Room and were then
entertained at a farewell
reception at the home of
Brigadier and. Mrs. Morgan
Smith.
Signal from
historical society
The Bayfield Historical
Society would like to thank
all the boats who par-
ticipated in the 'sail past' to
welcome the C.S.S. Bayfield.
It really was a wonderful
welcome and a magnificent
sight.
A very special thank you to
Acting Commodore Stewart
Smith and his wife Jane, who
did so much to ensure a good
response from the boats. .
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