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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1974
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MILVENA ERICKSON TELLS YOU., . .
ALL ABOUT BAYFIELD
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN ONTARIO'S PRET I1ES'r VILLAGE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Bayfield Historical Society
met in the Municipal Building
on Monday evening, March 11,
with chairman, Mrs. A.S.
Morton conducting the meet-
ing. She read a letter from
the London -Middlesex Historic-
al Society telling of their
"Archeological Dig" they had
held at the O'Dell Site; a ham-
let which was once situated at
the crossroads of Wellington
Road and Commissioners Road
in London. A lively discussion
ensuea regarding hamlets
in our own district that are
now just a memory; and the
idea arose that it would be an
excellent idea to mark these
almost forgotten hamlets with
a historical marker.
Brig. G.L.M. Smith brought
in a slater of officers for the
coming year, which was quickly
accepted by the members,
Chairman, Gwen Pemberton;
vice-chairman, Edith Smith;
treasurer, Margaret Mayman;
Social convenor, Margaret
Clift; telephone committee,
Elva Metcalf. A secretary is
yet to be named. Reeve Odd-
leifson moved a hearty vote of
thanks to the retiring officers,
and said it was a small token
of the appreciation of all the
work they had done for the
Society.
Milvena Erickson then gave
"The History of Clan Gregor
Square in Bayfield". The
square situated in the centreof
the cillage was once private
land and was donated to the
village in the early 1800's as a
ball park, because at that time
Bayfield boasted an excellent
team. When the square was
first acquired, a road an
through the middle of it. Later
a fence and turnstiles were
erected around it. In 187 8 a
hay -scales were bought by the
village from Fairbanks and Co
for the sum of $132. and plac-
ed in the square where the
Westlake flower bed is now
situated. The tariff rates were
20 cents for a load of hay,
straw or anything weighed in a
wagon or vehicle; 10 cents for
horses, horned cattle and all
"other drafts. For several years
the Village let tenders for the
operation of the scales; and in
January 1881, the village took
over their operation. In the
early 1930's Mr. Alf Westlake
purchased the scales and moved.
them to his son's farm, Mr.
Gladwin Westlake, where he
used them for a few years to
weigh his own cattle before
shipping them to market in
Toronto. The scales are still
in the barn at the Gladwin
Westlake farm, but are no
longer in use.
In 1878 a road was construct-
ed around the square, and in
1882 shade trees were planted
in the square to the number
of twenty of maple, elm and
locust varieties.
In 1914 cedar posts were plac-
ed around the square, fencing
and turnstiles and it was seeded
with grass seed, also there was
coal -oil lighting in the square
the same year. In 1921 seats
were erected, in 1947 new
benches, picnic tables and gar-
bage containers were installed.
At a later date swings, teeter-
totters and water pipeline with
taps were piped from the Bay-
field Public School. (now the
municipal building).
In the years that the square
has belonged to Bayfield, many
celebrations were held there.
One of the most well remember.
ed picnics was the Annual Ford
picnic for which the village
donated $50. The annual l2th
of July celebrations have been
held in the square three times,
although one of these was held
for Varna. On August 1, 1921,
Clayton Weston was paid 50
cents for picking up the paper
on the square after the l2th of
July celebration. The 24th of
May Calathumpian parade was
held for many years in the
square, and up until the second
world war when it became
obsolete. During these years
Bayfield had a ball team and
teams from all over would
come for competitions. Some
would stay overnight at the
nearby Albion Hotel to continue
their playing for several days;
also there were football games;
footraces and wild cricket
matches. In 192'7 the reeve was
instructed to make arrange-
ments for an open air skating
rink for public use; and signs
were posted prohibiting anyone
from driving their rigs on the
sidewalk through the square.
In 1933 a pyramid Cairn was
constructed of cut -stone by the
late George Weston and was
erected in the centre of the
square as a memorial to those
who fought and died in the first
great war. A bronze plate was
placed on the cairn bearing the
names of those who had lost
their lives. In 1963 another
plate was added with the names
of those from the second world
war.
In 1967, a smaller cairn of
cut -stones was erected by the
late Pat Page of Grand Bend
by the Loyal Orange Lodge of
Huron County. It was dedicated
Ev F gelistkc Services
AT
Bayfield Baptist Church
SUNDAY, MARCH 17 to MARCH 22
Sunday - 11 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Monday thru Friday - 8 p. m.
WITH:
Dr. E.S. Kerr
of Temple Baptist Church, Preston
"Special music at each Service"
sor
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ONTARIO'S NEW TAX CREDIT SYSTEM:
On
2outof3
o residents who file
:i turns this ye r
on the 12th of July, 1967 being
the 100th anniversary of Bay-
field LOL 24. Since there is
no Ladies Lodge in Bayfield,
the LOBA of Ontario placed a
small marble plaque on the top
of the cairn. As you might
expect, coins and such have
been dropped and lost by many
visitors to the square each year,
and as fi. result we have yearly
visits from coin collectors
with their metal detectors.
Some old and valuable coins
have been unearthed over the
years.
It may be concluded that
Clan Gregor Square in Bayfield
has more history to it than
meets the eye, but simply it
draws tourists by the thousands
each year, and the numbers
are steadily growing. It still
continues to make history, but
while so doing it entertains the
public. The next meeting will
be held on April 8 with Mrs.
Leroy Poth, Mrs. Elva Metcalf
Mrs. Bill Parker and Brig.
Smith, presenting a paper on
the history of the early Bay-
field schools.
Mrs. Margaret Clift social
convenor, and her committee
served a delightful lunch at the
close of the meeting.
Thank you to Mrs. LeRoy
Poth and Mrs. Ernie Hovey for
loaning us the pictures of Clan
Gregor Square taken in the early
part of the century.
4-H CLUB
(by Shirley Brandon)
We had our first Bayfield
II 4-H meeting at the home of
Mrs. Brandon and we elected
officers Terry Weber, as
president, Valarie Merner as
vice-president; Shirley Brandon
as press reported. We voted
on a floating secretary. We
also chose the name of "Bay-
field Groomettes" for the club.
We discussed the importance of
your image; future meetings
and Achievement Day. We
discussed our hand out sheets
and filled them in. The next
meeting will he beld at the
home of Mrs. Merner on March
18.
UNITED CHURCH WOMEN
The regular meeting of Unit
I of the United Church Women
was held in the church on
Thursday, March 7. There were
22 members present. Mrs. Doris
Reddoch led the devotional
exercises. She was assisted by
Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Morton.
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