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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-04-07, Page 6ilAGE SIX lews of Bayfield " Representative MISS LUCY R. WOODS'Phone BAYFIELD. 45 r 3 4+rr tH•e++++-r� Mr. and Mrs. ;Ed Sturgeon are spending a. few days at Preston. Miss Charlene-Scotchmer was the weekend guest of Miss Phyllis V. odden,. Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. 'Ed. Flagg, Lon- don, spent a few days at their <'cottage recently. Ken Arkell, London, was with hie parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Arkef, over the weekend. Mr. and; Mrs. Warner Payne and small daughter returned home on Saturday after a month's vacation in Florida. Robert MacLeod and little Cathy, London; spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. • H. D. MacLeod.- Mr. and Mrs. S. Bryant return- ed to Byron on Tuesday after hav- ing been at their cottage on Louisa Street for a few days. LAC and Mrs, J. H. Bouchard left last weekend for Clinton; and Mr. and Mrs. Real Gosselin left for Comte Levis, Que., after hav- ing • occupied apartments at The Little Inn since last fall. Mrs. R. H. F. Gairdner attended the ,meeting of the presidents of the Woman's Assaciations of Guides and 'Brownies at the home of the district commissioner; Mrs. Montieth, Stratford, on Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Holm, Pres- ton, were in the village on Satur- day. Mrs. Holmand family placed beautiful 'flowers on the altar and in the sanctuary of Trinity Church in memory of her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs., Henry McClinehey. 76th •Birthday Congratulations go to Mrs. Geo- rge Lindsay who on Sunday passed the 76 -year mark. The day was made, quite festive when her five daughters, Mrs. Charles Bell, Mrs. William Orr, Mrs, Robert Blair, Mrs. James Hutchings and Mrs. George Lindsay surprised her, at home. In celebration of the event, they arrived with a bountiful slip- per, complete with birthday cake decorated with flowers, and a lace tablecloth to wish their mother, "Many Happy Returns of the bay." WMS Meeting The Woman's Missionary Society of St. Andrew's United Church met on Thursday last at the home of Mrs. Gladwin Westlake. About 40 women' and children filled Mrs. Westlake's spacious rooms almost CHICKEN DINNERS LUNCHES DANCING NIGHTLY at CLUB 21 on Highway ` 21- 2 miles south of Goderich 14-5-6-b Closing -Hours Bayfield Mails Bayfield The Bayfield Postmaster wishes to remind patrons that vuith the new train schedule mails close- for :'dispatch` at 10.25 and 11.40 am. to overflowing. The meetingwas an Easter ser- vice and was largely musical. Many hymns of the resurrection were used. These were interspers- ed with reading from the Gospels and Revelations recounting the story of the death and resurrection of Christ. A pleasing part of the program was a piano duet by Mrs. Moyer and Mrs. Roddick; also two vocal duet.by Mrs. Kingsbury and Mrss Moyer, accompanied by Mrs. Rod- dick, and a coronet duet by Ann Westlake and Joyce Greer. At the close, " a bountiful pot- luck supper was enjoyed. St, Andrew's WA _ A very enjoyable meeting cele- brating the. Easter season was held at the home of Mrs. Gladwin Westlake, with Mrs. Len Talbot taking the devotional period. A hymn was sung followed by `the Scripture, -Psalm, 92, verses 1.5, read by Mrs. John Campbell. A vocal duet, "Easter Harps are Sounding", by Mrs. D. Kingsbury and Mrs. R. Moyer was very much enjoyed. An appropriate Easter reading, "The Meaning of the Cross:' was read by Mrs. Gladwin Westlake. The business part of the meeting was taken over by the president, Mrs. Gordon. Scotchmer. It was decided to hold the regular meet- ings the first Tuesday evening dur- ing the summer months— begin-ning in May through to Septem- ber. Other business matters were discussed after which the Rev. P. Renner closed the meeting with prayer. Potluck lunch was served buffet style. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Gor- don G. Scotchmer, Blue Water Highway. Cream Pr' oducers To Encourage School Fairs Continuation of grants to school fairs within the county was ap- proved by Huron County Cream Producers directors and executive meeting here last week. Each school fair will receive $5 fol classes of beef heifers and dairy heifer calves. The group also decided to do some promotional butter advertis- ing in school yearbooks and fall fair prize lists published in Huron County. Assistance was also vot- ed for the June Set -Aside advertis- ing campaign if it is carried on at a national level this year. Gordon Greig, secretary, was in- structed -to forward a letter of ap- preciation to the Hon. James 0, Gardiner, Federal 'minister of ag- riculture, for continuation of the 58 -cent floor price for butter. Hume Clutton, RR 5, Goderich, presided at the meeting. GUARANTEED . INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES THE PREMIER TRUST COMPANY 428 Richmond Street, London Telephone ¢-2716 COMING EVENTS CONSERVATION WEEK—April 10 to 16 NOISE ABATEMENT WEEK—April 10 to 16. Our New Trock .);isplay Easter Weekend (and the fashion show of course) and speaking of fashion .shows; how about o new car to match the wife's new hat, or one of these: Good Friday Specials 1.953 Austin Sedan . $795,00 i 1950 Dodge Sedan Custom . $999.0 IJr 1949 Dodge Sedan $450.Ok0 1940 Chrysler Sedan And speaking of Noise. Abatement. Week, let us replace that old leaky Muffler with a Chryco Muffler. iupwy:Bil()S. CIIRYSLEI •P'LY•MOUTH.--FAEGO Sales and Service PHONE 4 6 5 Huron Street CLINTON, ONT. t3,11•TT ?K . NEWS -RECORD Tii.URDAY, PRIC 7;; Bayfield Couple Tells Experiences In Sunny Texas; ,old World 'Mexico Mr, and Mrs: 3. M, Stewart re- of perfume at a store.). After returning to Laredo, they Went on by'.car to Phoenix, Ariz„ for the weekend," They left betake the rodeo but saw it later in the movies. P; 'riving 'at -Flagstaff, Arizona, they made the , 200-nlle flip around the- Grand Canyon, after - hearing the lecture -at the Govern- ment' Station there. , . Their next stops were at Albu- querque and Amarillo, New Mex- ico; Oklahoina, St. (Louis, Miss„ and Springfield, I11. They had intended to go on, to Chicago but were forced to stop at Bronson, Ill., on account of the blizzard.- In that distance, (be- tween Springfield and Bronson) they saw 17 tractor trailers in. the ditch, They were told that there were 24 in the next 100 miles, so on Tuesday they decided to come straight home. After all the beautiful country they have'seen, there isn't any place, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart would trade for Bayfield turned home last Tuesday night March 29, after a most enjoyable. vacation which took them.' 6,810 miles by automobile besides a -train trip from ,Laredo, Texas, to Mex- ico City. They left Hamilton. on February 8, accompanied' by Mr. and. Mrs. F. H, Kirkpatrick, and motored to New Orleans where they stayed for the Week of the Mardi Gras. Going on to Corpus Christi,' Tex- as, they stayed there for a week. People who had.'been to Mexico said to them: "Don't drive .your own car in Mexico." Mr, Stewart realized that many problems could arise in motoring there when one did not speak Spanish. In• the -end, he left his car in Laredo, and the party ,embarked, on a conducted tour. They travelled by train, a day and a night to Mexico City. Mexico, Mr. Stewart thinks, is perhaps the most beautiful city on the continent. The architecture is equally as fine and modern as New York and the streets ` very clean. But outside the city, the country in general appeared to be very poor. As he expressed it, "Mexico is a land of 'have' or 'have-not'. The poor are really poor and the rich are really rich." Small children, ,4, 5 and 6 years of age beg in the streets,but they were never molested. Only once did they see one of the homeless children sleeping in a doorway in the city at night. For the poor, an adobe or mud hut, the size of one of our garages with an adobe wall around it, is a magnificent dwelling. Each day the Stewarts and Kirkpatricks took a different con- ducted tour. One was to the Pyre- raids which date back to 500 of 600 B.C. and are larger 'than those of Egypt. There are the Pyramids of the Sun and the Pyramids of the Moon. One day they spent at. the Pal- ace of Fine Arts where they were greatly impressed by the Tiffany Glass Curtain -16 yards wide, 15 yards high and weighing over 22 tons. It is made of over a million pieces of glass put together with a cement which is both water and fire proof. It depicts the two historic volcanoes of Mexico. They watched the light changing grad- ually, imperceptibly, over the vol- canoes from sunrise to sunset. The colours are magnificent. Bulfight Then, of course, they had to see a bullfight—which they did not enjoy. The large round arena seated 74,000. That day 55,000 people attended. Seven bulls were to be bated, stabbed and torment- ed by the Picadores and Torea- dores before the Matadore stepped in to finish the kill in the tra- ditional manner, But the Stewarts and Kirkpatricks left at the end of the fifth triumph of the Mata- dore. The fallen animals are - put out of misery quickly by a knife stab into the brain. Meat is given to hospitals and orphanages, etc. One spot which they enjoyed very much was Xochmilko with its floating gardens. There were thousands of flat-bottomed boats massed with beautiful flowers be- tween which are canals. The guide made arrangements for the party to travel miles on these canals in a flat-bottomed boat, propelled with a pole by the boatman. The whole populace is floating. Music- ians Would draw up beside their boat. The visitors would- throw them a few pesos—the more pesos the longer they played. • Or flower girls, selling flowersl The superb salesmanship of an Indian woman and her child of about four years, delighted them. She drew alongside the tour boat in her dugout canoe. The little girl jumped aboard the punt and presented each person with a car- nation. Quite naturally they gave the child some money or bought gardenias from the mother. None of the natives miss a trick. They are waiting for the tourists. In their travels they also saw native silver and leather factories. Incidentally, Mr. Stewart said that there is a slogan: "Go to Mexico and live like a million- aire", but it is not as cheap as it is advertised. An American $1 equals $12.50 Mexican pesos or dollars. A bill for breakfast would amount to from • 10-15 pesos. 15 pesos equals $1,20 American .cur- rency, Hotel rooms run about 60 pests -$4.80 'per day. A shoeshine costs one peso. Post Office Mr. Stewart had an amusing time trying to get his mail at the General Post Office in - Mexico City. He arrived before the wic- kets were opened and noted that there were 54. Everything was in Spanishand he couldn't make out which was the General Delivery wicket. He tried to ask others in the lobby but no one appeared to understand English. The wickets opened, and he finally gave up in despair. He was writing a card home when a man at a table, giv- ing away coupons, said: "You want one, Mister?" He knew enough English to tell him to go to wicket 34. But when, he got there and asked for mail, the clerk didn't understand him. So he took out a cigarette box and wrote his name across it and handed it in. The clerk brightened up and hand- ed him a couple of letters. (The coupon entitled hien to . a sample Mrs. "Geo. t iing Celebrates 93rd Birthday. (By our, Bayfield correspondent) • - Felicitations go " to -Mrs. - George King who, today, 'April 7, marks her 93rd birth- • day, Mrs. King is residing with her older daughter, Mrs. Fred Ritchie, Elrnvale, for the win- ter but is Looking forward to " returning' to her own home in May, A devoted member of Trin- ity Church, she hopes to be borne for the meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary that month. She takes a great interest in her four great-grandsons, keeps up with current events and sports over the radio, and confesses that she enjoys, a good book -a nice love -story. 0 Cost of federal old age pensions last year was about $377 million, about $75 million more than will be collected through the special old age security taxes. Curio Collection Clears Customs Bound For Bafield Antique Shop (Be our Bayfield correspondent) The, first consignment of its kind tions on these plates are in ever to be cleared through the Clinton Customs Office was receiv- ed recently by Mr, and Mrs. R. S. Roddick. It was the first of three ship- ments of antiques to arrive from Britain. This one came from Aberdeen, Scotland, and contained mostly small items of china in Coalport, Crown Derby, Wedge- wood, Stafford figurines; old bot- tles, Bristol, and tut glass, etc, - 70 pieces in all, manufactured prior to 1847. One interesting old whiskey bottle, dated 1790, is fashioned in the shape of an hour glass; with four pieces of pressed glassinsets between the bowls, which serve as handles. It is dark green in colour,• Amongst the china is a set of six French porcelain plates from the collection of Lord and Lady Kintore. These depict humorous scenes such as a young man and woman in Breton peasant costume, smoking pipes, getting a light from each other, A woman with a bas- ket on her head working with shuttles in her hands as she walks along, and a Beggar, etc, All cap - French. One consignment of small pieces of silver, serving spoons, etc,, of George III period and up to 1847, will come from Skipton, York- shire. Items in it will bear the British Antique Dealers Seal. And from St. .Andrew's, Scot- land, a collection containing small pieces of china, glass, mirrors, tapestry stool and a cashmere shawl will be the third import. Mr. and Mrs. Roddick plan to open an antique shop on the ground floor of "Century House", their home here, which they have been remodelling. Known . for a great many years as "Llandudno", they purchased this beautiful old property from Mrs. V. C. Quarry in 1951. Mr. and Mrs. Roddick were not colectors of antiques until they be- gan to buy with a view to going into this venture upon retirement. The business attracted them be- cause they liked beautiful things. Originally from London, Ont., they resided in Halifax, N.S. from 1939-1954 while Mr.- Roddick was district manager of Famous Play- ers Canadian Corporation for the Maritimes and Newfoundland. OBITUARY M. L Campbell (By our :Hayfield correspondent) Malcom Logle Campbell died in City Hospital, Saskatoon, March 18; following a long illness, He was a son of the late Rachel Duncan and A, M. Campbell, V.S., and was born on the Bronson Line, Stanley Township, July 14, 1885. When about 20 years of age, he went west with his brother Dun- can. They joined the CPR survey which took them to British CoI- umbia. When his brother died in 1907, Malcom took up a homestead near Strasbourg, Sask. In 1919, he mov- ed to Landis, Sask„ where he mar- ried Miss Margery Rudd, and farmed for the remainder of his life. Being a grandson of the late Rev, James Duncan, he had set his heart on attending the Duncan Centenary in Bayfield last sum= mer, and visiting old scenes. But ill -health prevented the trip. Besides his wife, he leaves to mourn his loss, four children — Malcom A., Landis; Dorothy F., Winnipeg; Duncan L., Saskatoon; and Gordon, Oilfields, Alta. Sur- viving also are three sisters -- Annie (Mrs. R. Curtis), Winnipeg; Mamie (Mrs. L. McPhedran) and Kate (Mrs. J. A. Cormie), Toron- to. Mrs, Robert-Scotchmer, Colin Campbell and Archie Armstrong, Bayfield, are cousins. Mr, Campbell was a quiet man who will be missed by his many friends. People gathered in large numbers to pay their last respects to their friend and neighbour at the funeral in Landis, Sask., on March 22, 1955. 0 01 total revenue of $27,430,725 in the year ending March 31, 1954, the CBC obtained $3,806,354 from commercial broadcasting and the remainder from taxes earmarked for the CBC and from.pariiament- ary grants out ofgeneral tax revenue. w Men, Women!" Old at 40,50,60! Want Pep? Thousands amazed what a little pepping up" with y old x alter 40 juustFor beca�us low in iron. Introductory or' get -acquainted size ante 8Od. Try Ostiex Tonic Tablets for nosy pA pep, vdrug vigorand younger feeling, this very I Want to Feel YearsYounger? i Rum -hall's IGA Market at Sprcias SWIFT'S PREMIUM Fully Cooked Ham TENDERGRO W N Predressed Chickens Daisy Bacon SHANK' ENDS ib. 57e lb. 55c Ib. pkg. 49c STOKLEY'S FANCY Honey Pod` Peas -15 oz... 2 for 35c Johnson's Paste Wax . . Quaker Puffed Wheat IGA Evaporated Milk (talis) Sa—as--aessiellieassa-- -1Ib. 59c 2 for 21c 2 for 25c its f News About Bayfield Fishermen (By our Bayfield correspondent) STRANGE LIGHTS ' FIRST SWIM Mysterious coloured lights` which appeared to be in a cluster, white lights s and a -Slashing light were noticed by residents, on- the lake, slightly southwest of this port, on Monday night. Some who saw them were of the opinion that they were Lake freighters wallowing in the trough of the wave. But tantalizinglythese lights kept ap- pearing in the same spot. Captain R. L. NiacMillen came up with the answer. It was -a mirage, he said. The coloured lights were probably reflections of the neon light's in Forestville, Mich. The white ones the street lights in Forest, and the flashing light was from Port, Sanilac light house on the west shore -of Lake Huron, approximately 45 miles across, Captain -MacMilien states that in his years of sailing, he has fre- quently seen mirages both in the daytime and at night, from as far as 100 miles distant. They are, seen often on Lake Erie but are not so common on Lake Huron and Lake Superior, They are due to an atmospheric condition which elevates and sometimes distorts the scene, and associated with a humid east or sou'east wind, TWO BOATS STUCK The "Naomi" with John R. Mac- Leod at the helm and the "W. J. MacLeod" with Donald McLeod, got stuck fast in the ice outside the harbour on Sunday afternoon Along came Ed Siddell with the "Vary Brothers", circled around them and freed them from the ice. As one, spectator put it, it was just like the mother -ship saying, "Come on home children", as she led the way into harbour. John MacLeod said that it reminded him at -the escort vessels bringing in the` freighters during the war. SNAPSHOT STORY Hales Dresser has a very Inter- esting set of snapshots which he took (and printed); They record, step -by step, the "Harradell" be- ing brought in from the lake on Wednesday of last week, and launched again in the river on Thursday. LIFTS RECORDED The "Naomi" brought in 950 pounds whitefish, and the "Vary Brothers" 770 pounds on Monday. The "W. J. McLeod" got 200 pounds; and the "Maymac" had a very light lift -150 pounds perch. The "Dungili" has also set again and the five steel vessels were scheduled to lift on Wednesday. At time of writing, whitefish were quoted at $1.25 a pound, (Williamam MCDgol'may have been said to be -the first one to have a dip in Lake Huron this year. He • was out around the "Harradell1s 'just prior to moving' operations and broke through the slushy ice and water up to his chest. It was, slightly chilly for comfort.) FREES "HARRADELL" George F. Elliott, Clinton oper- ated the bulldozer which'. with cables drew the "Harradell" to the .beach, along it, and up on land to a point overlooking the river by the south pier on Wed- nesday afternoon, On Thursday afternoon, a roadway was cut to the river. The "Harradell" was turned around, since she could not be pushed by the stern. In launch- ing her stern first, the propeller was damaged and had to be re- • paired. Quite a crowd gathered on both days to witness the op- eration. The owners, Toms Bros., set whitefish nets on Monday and;' perch nets on Tuesday, ESTIMATE LOSS The fishermen are trying to esti- mate their losses, Ed Siddel who had 90 nets out during the storm recovered 30. He estimates that - he will have a 60 percent loss. He hopes to recover more nets and salvage corks and leads but the- nets are in a hopeless condition.. John MacLeod found one buoy to, which only one net and the anchor: were attached. Ed and Byrd Sturgeon, setting - from the "Maymac" have 43 nets out in the lake—all their winter's_ work gone. T. and T. Castle recovered ten, of their nets but still have about 70 out. R. L. MacMilien got hit 45• nets but they are worthless except for• the corks and leads. In the storm, they got mixed up with 51. new • nets set by Hank Green, Gran Bend, They are wound togethe tightly like a rope. The fishermen suffer not onSy- the cost of their nets but the lack of equipment, Even if some of the nets which they hope to, salvage can be used' again, they are out of production for this sea -- son. Nets average in cost about $25 each, RECALLS 1925 Mrs. L. H. D. MacLeod rec that in 1925 the fishermen we not able to get out of this port until the end of May due to ice And that on in June, they visit Tiverton and there were still ice floes in the lake there. 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