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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, MAY 19, . x95s ,
News of Bayfield
Representative
MISS LUCY R. WOODS • Phone BAYFIELD 45 r 3
Mrs. David Newton is visiting
friends in St. Thomas.
Nfiss Anne Drouin, Detroit, is at
her cottage for the Summer,
• Mr, and Mrs. C. R. WM, London;
spent the weekend, at their cottage
in the village. ' •
Mr. and Mrs, J, A.•Qrr,and John,
Stratford, spent the weekend at
their cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Shirk and fam-
ily, Detroit, were at their cottage
over the weekend.
M. and "Mrs. Wilbur Erwin,
Kitchener, called on friends in the
village on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Bryant, -Byron,
came on Sunday 'to spend a few
days at their cottage,
PC and 1VIrs. Lloyd Westlake and
Ricky, visited in Port Dover from
Thursday until Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Cotton, London,
came to their, cottage on Victoria
Place on Thursday last.
Mr, and Mrs.' William Moran,,
London, spent the weekend at their
cottage on Victoria Place.
Ed. Siddell left on Tuesday night
in the' Vary Brothers, to take her
to Port Dover for repairs.
Mr. and"IVIrs. Bonar Aust and:
family, London,. were . at their
cottage over the weekend.
Dr. and,. Mrs. R. G. Hunter and
Sally Beth, Toronto, spent the
weekend at their home here.
Mr: and Mrs. J, M. Atkinson,
St Clair Shores, were at. •their
hgme here over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Flagg,
London, were at their cottage on
Main Streetover the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Aylesworth'
and three boys, London, occupied
their cottage over the weekend.
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These are the two strange
animals shot by Bruce Keys
early, last week, when he found
them robbing his chicken '`she1-
tars The shorter pickets were
measured to be three feet, four
inches long, indicative of the
size of the cat -like animals.
Description of their catch was
in last week's paper.
'(Photo Miss Woods)
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Garai eported
iss Woods - Champion
(Continued from Page one)'
And as we settled down to relax
we wondered where . the Person
had gone, who, upon awakening
that morning, had said to herself:'
'Why did you say you'd go to
Ottawa? You're a fool to try it."
Humanlike, when. we found that
there was a possibility of not go-
ing we.suddenly wanted to go.
We agreed that there must have
been some reason why we were
not meant to travel by air. (We
have never forgotten how plans
seemed to go wrong in 1939 and
we were forced to come home on
the August 5 sailing of the "Ath-
enia"'instead of the fateful Sept-
ember 3 sailing. The stewardess
in whose charge we would have
been placed, was lost in the life-
boat which crashed on the pro-
peller of the Norwegian vessel It
was Providence caring for us
Mrs. J. H. Lambert returned to
Detroit on Sunday with Miss Jessie
Metcalf, who was here over the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Edwards, 'Jr.,
London, were with Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Bailey, New Ritz Hotel, oyer
the weekend.
Mr. and 'Mrs. B. T. Stephenson
and Miss Barbara Stephenson,
Toronto, occupied their cottage
over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. W. -H. Dunn and
two daughters, London, were at
their cottage on Bayfield Terrace
over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. William Munroe
and guest, London, were at their
home, "Shangri-La", from Thurs-
day until Monday.
Mrs. D. Kingsbury and Master
Douglas went 'to Dundas on Thurs-
day, returning home with Mr.
Kingsbury on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McPortland
and two daughters, Margot and
Yvonne, Chatham, occupied their
cottage over the weekend.
J. Bertrand, wife and four child-
ren, who arrived from Edmonton
on Thursday, occupied one of the
Jowett cottages for a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Atkinson,
St. Clair Shores, Mich., spent a
few days Iast week at the home
of E. A, Atkinson, Bayfield Ter-
race,
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Ross
and two children, MacDonald Coll-
ege, St. Anne's, Que., have taken
one of the Jowett cottages for the
season.
Mrs. .1. J. Richardson returned
home on Thursday after having
visited her brother Frank and Mrs.
MacKenzie in St, Louis Miss., for
ten days,
Miss C. P. Rankin accompanied
by Mrs. C. Neander, Penny Farms,
Fla., arrived two weeks ago to
spend, the summer at her cottage,
"Glen Boig",
Mr. and Mrs, William E. Parker,
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Larson and
Bob Parker motored, to Sarnia on
Sunday to spend the day with Mr.
and Mrs. Harold King.
Mrs. F. Hendrick returned to her
home in Birmingham, Mich., on
Friday after having been the guest
of Mrs. C. W. Brown while open-
ing her cottage, "Westwind," for
the season.
Weekend guests at the home of
Mi. and Mrs, Charles Toms were:
Mr, and Mrs, Carl Gloin, Clarence
Fox, Yarmouth Centre, Mrs. A.
Sinclair and daughter, St. Thomas,
and Robert Gloin, Windsor.
Mrs. Jack MacDonald and dau-
ghter, London, visited Mrs.- Mal-
colm McLeod at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. D. MacLeod on
Sunday. Robert MacLeod, London,
was also with them for the week-
end.
Eric Cleave, who has spent the
past three years at Bible School,
Three Hills, Alta„ arrived on Fri-
day to spend the vacation with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Cleave, He motored east with
friends, who went on to Sarnia.
Guides Elaine Weston and Rose-
marie Telford accompanied by
Mrs. J. B, Higgins, Lieutenant,
went to Brussels on Saturday
morning to plant trees to gain
their woodsman badges. The test
was given by a representative of
the Department of Lands and
Forests. Both girls passed the
test. Corporal George Adams drove
them to Brussels for the event.
Mrs, Hoodspith, Vancouver, B.C.,'
who has been visiting her son,
Wing Commander R, B. B. Hoods -
pith in charge of Radio and Com-
munications School at RCAF Sta-
tion Clinton, for two weeks was
the guest of Miss 'A. M. Stirling,
en Monday and Tuesday. Mrs.
lioodspith and Miss Stirling 'were
roommates when they were in
training at the Toronto General
Hospital school of nursing and:so
they had a very happy time remin-
iscing. '
Mrs. Thomas'Snowden'Me'. and
Mrs. E. A Westlake, Mr. and Mrs.
Russel Grainger' and family, Mr.
and Mrs. •Gladwin Westlake and
Ann, Mr. and Mrs, John Keys and
family, were in St. Thomas' on'
Sunday for the' birthday celebra-
tion of a cousin, given by Mrs.
Donald Begg for Miss L. Penhale;
It was, also in the mature of a
"bon voyage party. Miss Pen -
hale, who has been tied to duty in
the clerk's • office at the city hall,
St Thomas, for many years, sails'
from • Montreal' on May 25, to
spend three months in the British
Isles and Europe. In her retire-
ment she plans to do the things
and go•, to see the places she has
always wished to see.
time a sign "Winther" had ap-
peared on the corner.) It seemed
as if the driver deliberately chose
the rough roads. But once' there,
we thoroughly enjoyed everything
and were quite overwhelmed with
kindness and congratulations.
The Canadian Press represents-
Live was waiting with Miss Dinnin
to talk to us. Since she didn't
take notes, perhaps she may be
pardoned, for reporting thatour
hair was reddish in colour (for
those readers who have not seen
us, we have been termed both an
ash blonde and a platinum blonde
—we confess to not knowing the.
difference) and that the book we
dream of writing, was to be wound
around our great-grandfather in-
stead of our great uncle.
And then we were surprised and
not .a little pleased when 'an •elder-
ly gentleman, Adam Smith, step-,
ped up and asked us to accept a
corsage of pink carnations from
the association of Canadian Ad-
vertising Agencies.
It was delightful to meet Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Atkey again; to
renew acquaintances of last year;
to meet other newspaper folk
about whom we had heard, includ-
ing Don Fairbairn whose "Neigh-
bourly News" we rarely miss. His
sparkling w ' su t flattery vit, subtle fla cry and
kindness were a stimulating in-
fluence.
And we were very proud to be
in the company of the represent-
atives of the Clinton News -Record.
Following the presentation of
awards after the convention dinner
at which the hosts were the Public
Relations Department of the CNR,
and which was quite the best we
had ever attended, the Ottawa
Little Theatre Group presented
Mrs. George Cadogan's play, "The
Invisible Worm", which we thor-
oughly enjoyed. (Mrs. Cadogan is
the wife of the editor of the Dur-
ham Chronicle).
Then the. photographers had
their innings. We held poses with
James Blay, publicity director for
the Ontario Hydro Commission,
presenting us with the beautiful
copper plaque on oak for top hone,
ours, and Mrs. M, Johnston, King
City correspondent of the Aurora
Banner and Miss Marjorie Mc-
Arthur, Highgate correspondent of
the Ridgetown Dominion with
their Honourable Mention Certifi-
cates, until our face was paralyzed
with smiling.
Patiently Don Fairbairn waited
to take' us to the CBC broadcast-
ing.suite on the seventh floor for
a recording. We must say that
we were horribly disappointed
when we heard our own voice!
Then we went back to spend
the night with our cousin. We
were disappointed not to attend
sessions the next day, but we
spent it in bed, We got up only
in time for a late dinner and to
catch the train to Toronto, It
was a great experience. We'll
never, forget it. It was 20 years
since we had been in Ottawa.
Despite all the complaining of our
joints, we'll have very happy
memories of this visit.
We arrived home about three
o'clock on Sunday. Home at last—
the best place on earth!
Someone asked, us when we
started to write, We replied that
the late Miss Mabel R. Clark had
asked us to he Bayfield corres-
pondent for the_. Clinton News -
Record over 31 yearse ago. But
when we came to think about it,
the late Dr. Ninian W. Woods had
really taught us to write. As soon
as we could form our letters, we
were instructed to write to our
relatives in the Old Country whom
we had never seen. The homely
bits of family doings were suggest-
ed by our parents as being of
interest. That is what we are
really doing today—writing the
bits of home news of the area to
the folks away from home.
We are proud of the honour
which we received but we consider
that it came to Bayfield, rather
than to us. Thanks, one and all!
Help us keep up the good work!
If you, the citizens give us, the
correspondent, the news items and
stories of interest, we'll endeavour
to keep Bayfield "on the map".
then.)
For an arthritic in our condition
to travel,' it means a- series of
wheel chairs and "Red Caps". At
Toronto we were taken directly to
the sleeper so did not meet Miss
Dinnin or Mr. Colquhoun in the
station.
Directly? Well, no, not exactly,
we went undergrounA. Up to a
lift we wereheeled. "Stop,8,000
w
lbs. capacity" met us. And we felt
like a very insignificant insect as
we went down, Up 'one, down
another! Turn around and up
again! "Always the same red let-
ters, "STOP, capacity 8,000 lbs."
Each time we felt smaller.
There we Were with mails, ex-
press, luggage and freight of all
descriptions. On one truck we
noticed a baby's basinette filled
with odds and ends. One crate
held pigeons. Drivers of the trac-
tors taking freight or luggage
wagons here and there looked at
us askance. Finally we came up
to the CPR. pool train for Ottawa
and got settled for the night.
Next morning we were the last
taken off the train, We tried to
connect with the News -Record
representatives at the desk at the
Chateau Laurier but couldn't con-
tact them. We had no program:
Our joints were grumbling a
good'deal over the trip, so we took
a taxi and set out for the home
of a cousin. It was in a new sec-
tion known as "Applewood Acres".
The taxi driver didn't know it but
followed directions given us. We
saw the sign, "Applewood Acres,"
and bumped over roads in -the
process of being built.
Finally the driver shut off the
meter. He couldn't find Winther
Ave. A milkman directed him:
"Go to Rachel and keep turning
left.". We went to Rachel and kept
turning left. •
The driver asked some construc-
tion men working on a semi•
detached house. They shook their
heads and pointed to other work-
ers two houses up. One man came
to the car. "It should be around
here, somewhere," he said. Re cal-
led another worker. The three
conversed in French, Finally one
man asked: "What is the name?"
"Currie", we replied. He shook
his head. "An RCMP officer," we
added. His face brightened.
"RCMP live up there," pointing
to a street opposite, 'That must
be Winther," he concluded.
So the , taxi bumped up the
street and came to the last house
on a corner. Sister recognized
Duncan and Douglas Currie play-
ing outside. The taxi turned into
a ditch which would finally be a
driveway. "Does Mr. Currie live
here?" Mrs. Middleton asked four-
year-old, fair, blue-eyed, dimpled
Douglas. Drawing himself up with
great dignity, he slowly said "Yes"
as he bowed low from the waist,
(The French influence, his mother
told us). And then our cousin
appeared and welcomed us in true
Western style. (They came to
Ottawa a year ago from Saska-
toon).
In time for the reception of the
presideent of the OWNA, Clayton
Sehaus,, we sallied forth in a taxi
to the Chateau Laurier. (By this
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ON PAGE .11
ICNOX PRESBYTERIAN WMS
D AILS LETTER FROM INDIA
The WMS of Knox Presbyterian
Church met at the home of Miss
C. W. Brown on Wednesday after-
noon of last week. Following the
opening -exercises and business
routine Mrs..Brown read a letter
from Mrs, Harold Peterson, desc-
ribing life in and around an En-
gineering College compound in the
Province of West Bengal, East.
India, Following the closing pray-
er, the ladies enjoyed a cup of tea.
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