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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-10-21, Page 10I'age 10--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987 l3ayfield Bugle While Colin Johnston, 5, sat listening to story teller Dan Yashinsky, Jill Crosthwaite, 20 Mouths, took advantage of the moment to rest her head briefly. These two youngsters, along with several others and their parents, journeyed to the Bayfield library on Oc- tober 13 to listen to a few stories. ( Anne Chisholm photo) St. Andrew's United Church Hwy. 21 Bayfield 565 2854 Sunday, October 25, 1987 11 a.m. Worship Service Sunday School during the service Nursery Available • EXCAVATING •TRENCHING. of drains, water 8 hydro lines Licensed to install •SEPTIC SYSTEMS • LANDSCAPING •STUMP REMOVAL • DRIVEWAY INSTALLATION •TOP SOIL SAND 8 GRAVEL • DEMOLITION 8 HAULING John Chapman 565-2563 -Hwy. 21 South - BAYFIELD iiithiii 482-7103 • PECK APPLIANCES', "IN THE HEART OF. 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"THE PLACE TO BUY APPLIANCES A LETTER FROM DORIS Trees ranked with Ontario's best By Doris Hunter BAYFIELD — A most interesting letter from Sarah Dick awaited me on my return from holidaying with my family in Kingston and Toronto. She writes of. a call at the Village Guild by a Murray Hill, a Forest Management Technician with the Ministry of Natural Resources at Wingham. He was checking up on historical trees with an - associate. The two in front of the Dick's store cer- tainly come under this category. The big one in front of the store next door was incorrect- ly identified as a basswood. It is in fact a red or slippery elm, well over 200 years old. It is the oldest and biggest in Ontario. The other fantastic old tree, directly in front of the Guild, is a silver maple. When Mr. Hall measured the circumferance of this tree, he thought it is probably the oldest and definitely the third largest in Ontario. Having watched a mighty maple toppled so recently, and seeing large red X's on several in the village lately, I think ruefully, had more of us had the wisdom or the town had the funds, to care for these trees as the Dicks have done, hiring the Davey Tree Company to feed and spray them ever since the Guild became their property, we might not be losing them now. It was the pleasure of the Garden Club to give Sarah and Richard an Ontario Hor- ticultural Award some years ago. Now we must thank them again and look with a tourist's eyes at these remarkable forest survivors. The question is, will the town hall be a sur- vivor now that council has received so many letters opposed to spending tax dollars on its preservation? The reeve attended the executive meeting of the Bayfield Historical Society and explained, with regret, the posi- tion this presents to council. - An organization, an individual or group of individuals, could nonetheless, approach council with a feasable blan to raise funds for its rehabilitation and a practical usage for the facility. It is sincerely to be hoped that such will be the case, accepting since we have no choice, that ours is a tourist community. We must surely have a town hall. It, with our churches, is a statement that people actually enjoy living here year round. Nostalgia aside, the town hall should be used and enjoyed by our people and our visitors. What has happened to square dancing? We could have hobby shows, musicals, craft show. Mary Rochon,who. ran that delightful Art Gallery in Bayfield House, would mount regular showings of Ontario water col- ourists' paintings. We could have an annual theatre night, such as Spring Thaw, a Christmas Pageant, just to name a few events, entertaining to a wide variety of our citizens and the only suitable location would be the town hall. Tell me your ideas. Historical Society Fall Meeting A dozen members of the Bayfield Historical Society attended the fall meeting of the Huron County Historical Society of Brucefield. Dorothy Duncan, executive director of the Ontario organization was the speaker, after an excellent roast beef dinner served by the ladies of the United Church, where the meeting was held. Her message to us this time, was an outline of the history of the Ontario Historical Society, which will be 100 years old in 1988. It is also a story of survival and accepting the challenge of knowing ourselves, what and where we came from and making all of this of vital interest to those growing up in our midst. One who did grow up in our midst is Peggy Morely, who has just retired, literally to the home of her forefathers. The house she owns is the original building put up by Mary and Fred Baker. Here the Baker family lived, her mother Lulu Burt, Aunt Greta Scot- chmer and Uncle Harry Baker. Although the Burt family lived in London, every sum- mer found them back in their hometown en- joying village life to the fullest. Ronald and Joyce Burt, Peggy's brother and his wife, had a huge sign "Welcome Peggy" on the verandah when the family ar- rived bringing mother and her possessions in a truck and two cars from Cleveland. There was a big party at the Burt's too, with Uncle Harry reminiscing as only Harry can do. Hope Bud had his tape recorder running! Messages from far and near were waiting, and superlative refreshments, needless to say. Peggy is a registered nurse, receiving her training at St. Joseph's Hospital in London. She was a supervisor there after graduation and had the 'responsibility of being the first nurse at the Huron Church Carnp, back when it was tent city and the plumbing primitive. She says she has lived half her life in Canada and half in the United States, the last 24 years in Cleveland. Here she was a night nurse at the Bayview Hospital for those 24 years, and she is having a time lear- ning to sleep at night instead of during the daylight hours. She still retains her Cana- dian Nurses Registration but is planning to enjoy getting settled into the old home and trying to fit all her belongings into a house already used for many years, as her sum- mer home. Her daughter and two sons live ' in Cleveland, but have summered here for so long it will be easy for them to call the old place home. Peggy loves music, knits, is an Anglican, but loves social skating. How about a social skating club for Bayfield? We have the arena. The warmest of welcomes to Peggy, may your years with us be happy ones. Two new Bayfield citizens have arrived safely, to a very warm welcome. Anne and Brian Johnston have a baby boy, Kyle and it is a little girl, Corey for Tracy and Gerald Johnston. Born just a day apart. What great fun lies ahead for these cousins. David McKenzie presented a number of service books to St. Andrew's Church, on behalf of his family in memory of a beloved husband and father John McKenzie who died during the last year. He had been a faithful member of the church since retiring to the village several years ago. Euchre is underway for the season the Dutch Auction for a White Pine was won by Marg Mayman. Premium bulbs have been distributed to the membership this week, and this coin- cides with the appearance of the delightful Autumn Crocus which were last year's bonus. Thus the Garden Club's influence ap- pears in many local gardens, and of course, one should not forget the delightful contribu- tion they make to the community with the flower beds and tubs distributed throughout the village. Bayfield Euchre Club opened its season on October 14 with five tables out to play and a nice luncheon served. Results of the games played were as follows: ladies' high - Clara Wilson; ladies' low - Ilene Cleave; ladies' lone hand - Vera Gregg; gent's high - John Lindsey; gent's low - Glen Dowson and gent's lone hand - Reg Wilson. A much appreciated donation to the Ever Young Club Extended Services project was made by the Club. The next meeting is on October 28 in the Municipal Building and everyone is welcome to join the club. • Bayfield Garden Club When the Bayfield Garden Club held its monthly meeting on October 12, there was a good attendance for the Auction Sale and a fine variety of items put up for sale. Auctioneers Stuart Oakes and Herb Beat- tie took turns to encourage buyers, and there was plenty of information about the plants and their care. Top price was paid for freshly picked baskets of raspberries, and Storyteller intrigues his young audience By Helen Owen On October 17, Bayfield Pre -School presented two interesting items at the Municipal Building. The first was a display of Tupperware presided over by Ellenor Scott. Of the 250 items catalogued many were available, and orders were taken for a good many more. Among the new lines was what was described as the modular mode a unit designed for the storage of the various types of units. Another interesting item was an anti -splatter howl for mixing. For parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles looking for Christmas gifts for the children, Tupperware also produce some in- triguing toys. These are colourful, hard- wearing and can be easily cleaned and sterilized. Of particular interest was Noah's Ark, a good old-fashioned favorite, bricks which challenged the young owner to make patterns and structures, and animals whose interlocking bodies could be interchanged, and all these items stimulated the imagina- tion as well as provided activity. The second display was presented by .Joanne Drennan - 'Pig Tales' collections of hooks for children from pre-school to about 12 years. The first group of pre-school books included traditional stories as well as the work of new writers and illustrators who had used their ingenuity to provide in- teresting reading material with pop-up pic- tures and kaleidoscopic effects. Indirectly educational the books were stimulating and encouraged participation for those yet unable to read. The second group had been selected for those able to read were well produced, tastefully presented both with regard to print, illustration, colour and humor. The third group for older children again offered challenges in the form of detective packages to encourage the young reader to solve the mystery, and in this group there were some excellent hooks dealing with natural history and science fiction. In all in- stances the books were reasonably priced and the selection available offered quality in content. Further information about this reading material is available from Joanne Drennan, Clinton 1482-75841 who in addition to selecting the books is able to offer useful advice. Overall attendance Was fairy good but it would have been nice to see more of the pre- school mothers and their families. Story Teller at the Library It was a unique experience for the young people who gathered in Bayfield Library on October 13 to listen to Dan Yashinsky. Nearly 300 years ago Sir Philip Sidney seems to have anticipated this event when he wrote, "With a tale forsooth he cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play..." This was certainly so that afternoon when Mr. Yashinsky settled down with his young audience for he did not read the stories, but told them directly as is the way of the tradi- tional story teller, sharing th,e anticipation, apprehension and humor so that they responded individually to every word. In the days before people could read and write the story teller played a very impor- tant role in society for it was through him that people learned of their history, heroes, fact and fantasy, and from those same stories traditions, ethics and morals were shared and perpetuated. Today children still ask, "Tell me a story..." It is an art and one which Mr. Yashinsky practices with great skill not on- ly in his country, but far and wide for the magic of story -telling is universal. Sodium lights to be used By Wilma Oke VANASTRA - Tuckersmith Township Council at a meeting October 13 agreed to have high pressure sodium lights installed at the new township shed as recommended by the engineer. They had previously con- sidered mercury vapour lights. There will he an additional cost of $130 each. Council will contract with Business Com - WINTER STORAGE From Only $ 1 95 Per month plus prep. charges Let us provide you with storage for your motorcycle or ATV, or boat this winter • Complete winteriz- ing before going into storage. • Complete clean up and prep in the spring 9 All work done by the pro's at Hully Gully HuIIy Gully Now Open Mondays DONT DELAY VARNA (519) 282-3318 puter Services for the preparation of the 1988 municipal tax bills. Fifty trees will be ordered from the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority for planting on the roadsides in the township. The Authority has advised that the trees available this fall are Norway maple and white ash. Day Centre News Council has accepted the resignation of Violet Kellar as volunteer at the special day care centre at Vanastra and of Tracey Wilson as part time teacher at both the special day care and the regular day care centres. Mary -Lou Murray has been offered the position of supervisor at the special day care centre at a rate of $7.75 for the three month probationary period with the salary to be adjusted to $8.03 on completion of this time. Sue Bolger has been offered the position of part time teacher at the special day care centre, to be paid $6.32 per hour, and Karen J. Piett has been offered the part time posi- tion at $6.32 per hour at the regular day care and the special day care centres. A tile drainage loan application for $5,000 was approved by council. Clerk -Treasurer Jack McLachlan was authorized to apply for a grant from the Ministry of Energy to convert the balance of the boilers at the Vanastra Recreation Centre. Passed for payment were the following accounts totalling $166,761.55: general ex- penses, $108,002.16; day care centre at Vanastra, $8,862.01; special day care centre at Vanastra, $5,062.84; roads, $30,473.86; arid Vanastra Recreation Centre, $14,380.68. 1