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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-05-26, Page 8AGE EIGHT y 4 News of Bayfield BY MISS I:,UCY R. WOODS Ontario's Champion Country Correspondent PHONE BAYFIELD 45 r 3 E. A. Featherston, London, was NO Suriday School home over the long weekend. Mr. and Mrs. James P. Ferguson At Trinity Church spent the weekend at their cottage" Mrs. S. Ervine and Mary Eliza- beth spent the weekend at South- ampton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Will, London, spent the weekend at their cottage. Mrs. ,Sidney Castle, Simcoe, spent the weekend at her home on Main Street. Misses M. and R. Kruke, Dear- born, Mich:, are at The Village Guild this week. Prof. and Mrs. H. K. Kalbfleisch, London, occupied ,their cottage over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Eirrerson Heard visited in London on Wednesday tage in Lakeside Park over the and Thursday last. Mr. and Mrs. Bonar Aust and family, London, were' at their cot- tage over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. .Alfred McAllister are holidaying at the family cot- tage in the Highlands. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Bran- don, Waterloo, called on friends in the village on Sunday. Mr. AA Mrs. J. Downie, London, occupied a cottage at Deer Lodge Park over the weekend. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dunn and two daughters, London, occupied their cottage over the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Smith and Janet, London, spent the weekend (By our Bayfield correspondent) On Sunday next, Whitsunday, there will be no regular Sun- day School in Trinity Church, but children and their parents are -requested to attend the combined service of public worship and witness at 11 am. at their cottage on Sarnia Road. 1VIr. and Mrs. W. Cook and fan? ily. London, spent the long week- end at their cottage :on Tuyll St, Mr. •and, Mrs: T. M. Leckie and Donna, London, were at their cot - Li a ► 'View h I Casino , GRAND BEND DANCING EVERY SATURDAY also h 1 .MIDNITE—May 29 holiday. Mr. and Mrs. C. Daly and family, London, were in one of the Jowett cottages over the weekend and holiday. Janie Myers, Byron, spent the weekend with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Bryant at their cottage. Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Heard and Joey, London, spent the long week end at their cottage on Bayfield Terrace. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cunning- ham, Clinton, occupied their -cot- tage, "Cedar Nest", over the long weekend. Mr. and Mrs. George Fellows, Riverside, entertained at a house party at their cottage over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hayman returned to London on. Tuesday after having been at their cottage for a week. Dr, and Mrs.'A. C. Chapman and guest, Mrs. Johnston, Detroit, were at their cottage on Louisa Street for a few days. F/L R. K. Wilson and family who arrived from Halifax, N.S., on Monday are occupying one of the Jowett cottages. Percy Proctor, Detroit, spent the weekend with his wife, who has been at Deer Lodge Park since the beginning of May. Mr. and Mrs, B. T. Stephenson and Miss Barbara Stephenson, To- ronto, spent the weekend at their CLINTQN NEWS•RECoRD THURSDAY, MAX 26, 195S Mixing Cement For Baptist Church Floor Three of those responsible for some of the volunteer work on the new Baptist Church in Bayfield, are shown at the cement mixer. Shown left to right, are, George Simons, the Rev, Ivor Bodenham, pastor of the church, and Clifford Talbot. The congregation expects that their new place of worship will be officially opened•in'June! CLAYTON'S Ice Cream Bar CONES: 5c Ice Cream made from the finest ingredients in these flavours: • Vanilla • Butterscotch • Banana • Maple Walnut • Chocolate • Peppermint • Cherry • Strawberry TAKE AWAY SUNDAES and BULK ICE CREAM in 30c BRICKS.— 99c HALF GALLONS or $4 DRUMS Additional Flavours: ORANGE PINE and APPLE 15c tubs T. A. 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Twice this spring a red fox has tried to raid William R. Elliott's flock of chickens. Reynard appears just at day- break, but each time his plant for a juicy dinner have been foiled. The last time, he managed to get away with the feathers out of a hen's tai] which were sticking through a coop. Biddy screetched so loudly that she awakened the Elliotts. Mr. Fox was seen running off with the feathers toward Blair's Swamp. cottage on Anne Street. Mr. and Mrs. Les. R. Gray, Lon- don, visited her mother, Mrs. H. A. Lawson at her cottage on Tuyle Street over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Arkell and two children, Hamilton, were with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Arkell, over the holiday. Mrs. L. M. Burt and Miss Mary Lou Burt, London, visited her sis- ter, Mrs. Lloyd Scotchmer, and family over the weekend. Dr, and Mrs. R. G. Hunter, Mary Alice and Sally Beth, Toronto, were at their home in the village over the holiday weekend, Earl Chaldley, ' Gordon• Bauer, Douglas McEwen, Stratford, and George Porter, St. Marys; are oc- cupying a cottage in Deer Lodge Park. Mrs. W. A. Purves, accompanied by Mrs. P. Hill, returned to Birm- ingham, Mich., on Monday after having spent a few days at her cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Atkinson, St. Clair Shores, Mich., spent the weekend with D. A. Atkinson, De- troit, at his home on Bayfield Terrace. Mr. and Mrs. William Bollons, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee and son, Stephen, Toronto, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hutchings over the weekend, Misses Alice Drouin and Adele Fernette returned to their respec- tive cottages in the village on Sat- urday after having been in Detroit for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hovey and son, Lucan; Mr. and Mrs. George Doerr, and small son, Braden, Mitchell, visited Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Hovey on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Alec McAllister and five sons, Toronto, and Mrs. McDonald, were also visitors with Magistrate and Mrs. F. G. Mc- Allister over the weekend. • Mr. and Mrs. S. Sturgeon, Ger- ald Sturgeon, Preston; Mr. and Mrs. F. Anderson and Francis, Mitchell, were with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sturgeon, over the weekend, Mrs. Wilson Armitage, Misses D. J. Armitage, Jean. and Isa Austin, the` Rev. and Mrs. F. H. Paull, Listowel, J. L. Dixon and Miss Carrie Dixon, Brantford, spent Monday in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker and Gwen, London, were at their cot - tate, "Wheel In" over the holiday weekend. Mr. and Mrs, Don..Rob- inson, Toronto, also visited the lat- ter's parents on` Monday. Misses A. M. and E. J. Stirling left on Monday with Mr. and Mrs. H. McLaren and Christine, Port Elgin, on a motor trip to Sault Ste. Marie and ,St. Ignace, Mich., where they Will visit for a week: Mrs. George King returned home a week ago last Saturday after spending, the winter With her dau- New $20,000 Baptist Church Rapidly Nears Completion In Bayfield Village Work is progressing favorably on the new 820,000 Bayfield Bap- tist Church, which is expected to be officially opened in June. Ivor Bodenham, London," has been called by the church to be their pastor, and is at present helping in its completion. He plans to take up residence in Bayfield. The 63 by 30 -foot building is of brick veneer, one -storey with base- ment and tower. The church will have a baptistry, Sunday School rooms and nursery. The church is equipped with modern lighting and heating sys- tem and will seat 140 people. Space has also been provided for a past- or's study and a board room in the tower. Work on the new church com- menced October 15 last year with a sod -turning ceremony, and on November 1 workmen started on the excavation. Clifford Talbot, RR 3, Bayfield, supervised the building. Much of the work was done by volunteer labor. Officers of the new church in- clude: trustees, Ralph. R. Cornish, E. L. Cornish, Clifford Talbot; clerk, K. K. Christian, Hensall; deacons, John Pearson, Clifford Talbot, Ralph R. Cornish, E. L. Cornish; secretary -treasurer, Clif- ford Talbot. ora, Brenda and Carol, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bauer, Regis and Ro- berta, Waterloo, spent the week- end at the E. J. Bauer cottage. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Daniels and family, Owen Sound, and Mr, and Mr's. E. Gohman and family, Waterloo. . Guests at the New Ritz Hotel over the weekend included Mr. and Mrs, D. Coleman and children, De- troit; Neil DesLaurie, Toronto; Miss D. Reincke and party, Hamil- ton; Mr. and Mrs, Fred Ibbetson, Sarnia; Mr. and Mrs. John Van- Doornic, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cooper, ,Detroit. Miss Margaret MacLeod visited her sister, Mrs. A. Toma, Egmond- ville, for a few days last week. F/O Toma and ii'Lrs, Andrew Toma were with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. D. MacLeod on Sunday. While they were here, F/O Toma's brother- in-law arrived from Edmonton and returned to Egmondville with them. Miss Ruth Eleanor Hayman of- ficially opened the Little Inn on Sunday for the season with a buf- fet dinner. Guests over the holi- day weekend included Mr. and Mrs. Allan Charlton and family, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hunter and. son, Calgary, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown, Detroit: Mrs. Brown remained for a longer visit, - Trinity WA The meeting of the ,Women's Auxiliary of Trinity Anglican Church was held at the home of Mrs. N. W. Woods on Wednesday afternoon, with an attendance of ten. Mrs. R. H. F. Gairdner presided and opened with the members' prayer. Rev. W. S. Outerbridge conducted prayers and meditations Miss Lucy R. Woods read the Scripture. Mrs. R. J. Larson gave the minutes of the past meeting and Miss Woods gave the financial report. Mrs; Percy Weston reported that the articles for the bale for St, Paul's residential school, Nina- stoka, Alta., had been assembled and packed. Mrs. Larson, Mrs. J. 13. Higgins and Mrs, Gairdner gave informal highlights of the annual diocesan meeting in London and the Deanery meeting in Wingham. It was decided to send a donation of $10 to the Columbia Coast Mission. The dates of the united WA meeting for all women of the three churches of the parish. was set for June 23 in Trinity Church. Following the benediction an- nounced by the rector, the hostess, Mrs. J: M. Stewart, served re - (Intended for last week) Mrs. W. C. Stirling came on Wednesday to spend a few days with her sisters-in-law Mrs. A, M. and E. J. Stirling and other relatives :en route from Ottawa to her home in Edmonton. George Little, Grant Turner, Reginald. Francis,. and the atter's Mr. and Mrs. F. Ritchie who -ac- aro n companied her to the village, re- Millan, . Thamesford, return e d turned to Elmval'e, the next day. home on Monday. after having Mrs. A. W. Reid, Windsor, ac- been on a fishing trip since Wed- companied by Mrs. F. Marshall, nesday last. They travelled ,315 Toronto,. arrived on Saturday to, miles via, Huntsville, turned off spend, the season at her cottage, the highway at Whitby and drove "Enfield." Mr. and Mrs. Bernard; to Hay ` Lake going four miles Reid who motored to the village ,by outboard. motor to an'island with,.them, returned to Windsor on in the lake, They fished for Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stewart,' the Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Outerbridge,, Mrs. R. J. Larson, Mrs.. J. B. Higgins, Mrs. R:..H. F. Gairdner, Mrs, Percy Weston and Mrs. C. be more interested, in black flies Knuckey were in Wingharn on than any' of the: tempting bait Thursday last for the Spring meet- the fishermen had to offer.. ing of the Deanery of Huron, Mr, and Mrs. William E. Park - Mr and Mrs Ray Bauer Barb- er s ent' Saturday in Mitchell. Bayfield Lions Have "Ladies Night" At Hotel EDITORIAL o Move -Or Not To Move School to -night, -Kay. (By molt R. WOODS) A. very important meeting is to be held in Bayfield Public 26, -at 8 p.m, It is a meeting at which all who have a vote n the ,school question—registered property owners of British or Canadian status—should attend. Considerable thought Should be given to the question at stake before voting. It is: Whether to retain the present property for the site of the new school (which 'would entail expropriation of neighbouring property as the present acreage it not large enough) or to purchase a new site. . In our opinion the purchase of a new site, off the highway, in the north-east section, where the ground is high and dry, with sufficient acreage ,for future expansion, would be wise. It would save all the painful, drawn-out, and expensive prc- ceedure attendant upon expropriation. If in 20 years' time, it were necessary to enlarge the school, there would be room' for it. If it were decided in 25 years. to form a consolidated school area, the nucleus of such a school - would already be there. Then there is the question of drainage. Although the present site , is bn a knoll, it sits on the edge of a swamp. The septic • tanks have been giving trouble of late years. This might happen after a number of years in any location. But wouldn't it be a great pity to build a new school on that site; install flush toilets; and then find that the already saturated ground wouldn't absorb- the bsorbthe drainage? . No matter how far the weepers are fanned out, if the water -level is close to the surface in the surrounding ground, there'll be trouble. Why not choose new higher ground which could be readily drained? 'When the question is first put to people, the natural reaction, is: "What! Away up at the other end of the village!" "The present location is' the only site, its central!" "And have my kids walk away up there!" Let us think of these answers, given on the spur of the moment. "Away up at the other end of the village" was once the, business section when pioneers located along Sarnia Road on the way to the ford across the river. It' could well be a central: section again. Bayfield is going to grow,—residences are already being built in this part. On account of the river and the lake„ the village can only• expand towards the east and south. And so in 25 years this section might be in as central a location as the present 'site is now. Wouldn't it be better to build in this - area now, than have to go out a couple of miles or so to obtain more land in 25 years? . We must look to the future. Then as to the matter of children walking so far: we recall thatin our young days some children walked at least a mile farther to school. Before Bayfield reverted to a police village, the east boundary of the municipality of thevillage of Bayfield was the road running from the river past Charles Marks' farm,. and on the south, the line running from it to the lake between "Marsville" and the Elliott Survey. The school section was the same. And speaking of walking, it is the most health -giving exercise under the sun. During the Second World War, the Medical Health Officer for this community, the late Dr. J. W. Shaw, Clinton, was asked how he accounted' for the very poor standard. of health found amongst Canadians who were examined for the Armed Forces. He attributed it to the machine age. He said that machinery Was very hard' on man. The farmers, he ex- plained, rode a tractor instead' of walking- behind a plough. The business man got into his car to go a short distance instead of walking. • And people drove an automobile for pleasure instead of walking. • So let the children walk!' A location which might be chosen' is, perhaps, less than half -a -mile from the site of the old school,. That extra distance a day might mean better health for your children or your grandchildren. But whatever you do, don't stay home and leave it to a few to decide, and then say that "they" did this or that, or shouldn't have done this or that. Remember it is your responsibility, and you owe it to the trustees of U.S.S. No. 8; Stanley, to voice your opinion at the meeting. And so no matter what the decision, it is not "THEY" who will have made it, but "WE", the ratepayers. The Bayfield'Lions Club mem- bers and their ladies were served turkey supper, Tuesday evening, May 24, by Mrs. Bailey of the New Ritz Hotel. President Jack Scotchmer called the meeting to order at seven o'clock with song - leader Grant Turner in charge of the sing -song. Ernest Hovey was master of ceremonies and James Cameron proposed the toast to the ladies; with the response being made by Mrs. Grant Stirling. Mrs. Don Kingsbury sang, accompanied by Anna Porter at the piano. The door prizes were won by Mrs. William Clarke, Varna and Mrs. ..Don Kingsbury, with the special draw going to Mrs. Alf. Scotchmer. • Ten games of cards were played with the prizes going to: ladies first, Mrs. Robert Welsh; low, Mrs. Alf. Scotchmer; lone hands, Mrs. J. A. Cameron. Men's first, J. A. Cameron; low, Jack Fraser; lone hands, J. A. Cameron. As this was ladies' night, the men's prizes were more fitting for a lady and so were turned over to their play- ing partner. Goderich Township CLINTONMEMORIAL SHOP OPEN TUES., THURS. and' FRIDAY AFTERNOONS At other times contact Thomas Steep, phone Clinton 186W; residence, Shipley Street.. • T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON — EXETER SEAFORTH — PHONE CLINTON 1620 — Mrs. Coyle and four children, London, were calling on old friends on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. James Durnion, London, were with the lady's fath- er, Milton Woods. Farmers are busy this week planting their corn and beans and hoping for a good, rain. The Imperial Oil Co. men have been busy the past week testing the land in this area: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stirling and baby Mark, spent the holiday with his parents, Mr. and 3Irs. James R. Stirling. Mr. and .Mrs. Earland Betties,• Toronto, were with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Betties and his mother, Mrs. M. Betties. Mrs. Ted Vrooman and .daugh- ter, Patsy, British Columbia, spent the holiday with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Stirling. WA Will Meet The Woman's Association of St. James' Church, Middleton, will meet on Wednesday afternoon, June 1 at the home of Mrs, Ben McCullough. Roll call will be a Biblical verse pertaining to the word "Praise." - There will be a quilt. A good attendance is de- sired as the• summer projects will be discussed. ghter, Mrs.• Fred Ritchie„Ellnvale. o they -t -,law Lawrence Mc - grayling and, speckled trout and although, they had plenty to eat they didn't have a large catch to bring !home. The weather was cool and the fish seemed to, EXETER COUNCIL APPROVES WADING POOL PROJECT Three recreation projects—teen- .age jamborees, a 'wading pool at Victoria Park, and Sunday even- ing concerts—were apprbved by 'Exeter council. They were sub- mitted by Recreation Director Doug, Smith, — Times -Advocate, Flt/Sgt. Bill Coates, who, has re- cently been posted from Ottawa Ito Clinton is staying with his wife and family at the New Ritz 'Hotel. They occupied Mrs. Will- iam Balkwill's residence while 'residing here” several years ago. TUCKERSMI`I II SCHOOL AREA No., I. ANNEAL CONCERT to be held in Egmondville United Church Thursday, June 2, at 8 p.m. The 'School ,Area Board and Teachers invite all parents and general public to their annual concert. 21-b Mrs. E. Wendorf, Music Supervisor WILMER BROADFOOT, Chairman, School Area Board Can You? SEE safety? STOP safely? STEER safely? MAY is SAFETY MONTH SEE us before it is: toolate! MURPHY BROS. CHRYSLER—PLYMOUTH—FARO Sales and Service PHONE 465 Huron Street CLINTON, ONT.