Clinton News-Record, 1974-09-19, Page 7James A. Cameron, a well-known area native and educator who died recently is shown in this
picture taken in 1968 as he helps students from Huron Centennial school learn more about
trees at his Bayfield area conservation forest. Mr. Cameron was, also a well-known athlete.
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CLINTON ligws,Rgcortp,. THURSDAY, $gI1'011.10g11 19, 1974 -.-PAGE 7
Native named to bench
James Alexander Cameron of
Bayfield passed away in
Huronview on Friday Sept. 6,
1974, at the age of 89 years.
Born in Bayfield, Mr, Cameron
was a son of the late Thomas
and Isabella' (Morrison)
Cameron.
Jim received his primary
education in •Bayfield Public
School and his secondary
education in Clinton Collegiate
Institute. He obtained his
Model School Certificate in
Clinton in 1903 and taught for
four years, his first school being
SS No 4 (S) Stanley then to
Hillsgreen SS No 3 Hay, He
went back to Clinton Collegiate
Institute to study for his Part 1
of Senior or First Class Cer-
tificate, but he left at Easter
time to fill in an emergency in
Bayfield Public School.
Teaching, tutoring and
studying, he passed his Cer-
tificate in 1907. That same
year, Jim supplied as principal
in the Zurich School from Sept.
to Dec. and for the next six
months at SS No 4N Stanley.
In Sept. he attended the faculty
of education, obtaining his
First Class Professional
Teacher's Certificate. For 39
years Jim Cameron was a mem-
ber of the Public School staff of
Toronto, 29 'of which he was
principal. He served as
president of the Toronto
Athletic Association for a year.
After attending Summer
Schools at Queens University
for four years he received his
Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1921
and was president of the
Queens Summer School
Association.
Jim retired to Bayfield in
1950 after having been prin-
cipal of Earlscourt School for
19 years. Jim Cameron was
determined to become a teacher
and education was not handed
to him on the so called "silver
platter". He went through
Bayfield Public School to the
senior fifth grade, but to earn
money when old enough, he
worked each Fall in John
Whiddons apple evaporator,
then caught up on his studies
the rest of the year. The late
Revr't Jennings—Red& of
Trinity Church, tutored him in
Latin which helped him greatly
when he went on to CCI. Jim
Cameron walked from
Bayfield to Clinton for the five
days studies each week and
walked home again. Even-
tually, after working for a year,
he and Alex McLeod and Jack
Whiddon all got bicycles to
travel back and forth..
Jim Cameron was not only a
teacher and a tutor but also an
exceptional athlete. He and his
two pals (Alex McLeod and
Jack Whiddon) won the Senior
Athletic Championship and left
their names engraved on it.
They also played along with
the Mustards and Mac
Aikenhead in the famous CCI
Hough Cup Team and beat
every school which tried to get
it.
In 1915, Mr. Cameron
married Miss Ida Evans. She
died in 1922. They had two
children both of whom followed
in their fathers footsteps;
Isabel (Mrs. Hugh McPherson
of Downsview is teaching Home
Economics with the North York
N
Board of Education; and
Evans is a teacher at Run-
neymecle School in Toronto
In 1946 James Cameron
married Agnes Forrester in a
ceremony in Port Elgin perfor-
med,by the Rev, D.J. Lane, She
survives him along with two
stepdaughters, Barbara, (Mrs.
Robert McVean ) of Hayfield,
and Helen Edith, (Mrs, Roy
Elliott) of Varna; and 12 gran-
dchildren.
After four years of marriage,
Jim and Agnes moved, in 1950,
to Highway 21 south of
Bayfield on a 21 acre parcel of
land which his grandfather,
Donald Cameron had pur-
chased from the Baron de
Tuyll. Jim had started
reforestation on the land in
1931 and continued adding a
few trees each year. His hob-
bies, trees, flowers and a game
of bridge took up a great deal
of his time, and along with his
work in Trinity Church of
which he was a lifelong mem-
ber, he served as Peoples War-
den, Rectors Warden and on
the Board of Management and
was also a member of Bayfield
Lions Club. He made his
retirement years•as full as his
teaching career.
Jim Cameron, up until 1968
was still teaching--his unusual
classroom was his reforestation
lot on his property where
busloads of children from
Huron Centennial. School in
Brucefield, Guides and
Brownies and Scout and Cub
Packs would come to further
their study of Canadian trees.
He had some 50,000 trees and
more than 21 varieties, of Red
and White Pine, Spruce, Ash
and Maples. He would tell the
pupils of the diseases and pests
that cause depredation and
how to determine the age of
trees.
Some of the preceeding excer-
pts are taken from a newspaper
clipping from the Clinton
News-Record dated June 21,
1956 in the "Lest We Forget"
series. In Jim Cameron own
handwriting at the top of the
clipping he wrote "Sounds like
an obituary,Well that will come
inevitably
Eighteen years. after Jim
Cameron made that notation to
his son Evans, the inevitable
has happened and we write
again about James A.
Cameron. He was buried in
Bayfield Cemetery on Monday,
Sept. 9, 1974 from the Church
he loved, Trinity Anglican,
with Rev' George Youmatoff
conducting the service. •
Pallbearers were Brig.
G.L,M. Smith, Brig. Frederick
Clift, Frank Burch, Harry
Baker, Grant Turner and Les
Elliott.
In the aforementioned "Lest
We Forget" series written
about James A. Cameron it
stated that he was the genial
chairman at the official
opening of the new Bayfield
School. He had been both a
pupil and teacher in the old
school. After reading the
series, and being aquainted
with him, Jim Cameron not
only taught during his career
but up until his later con-
finement in Huronview, he left
behind a wealth of knowledge
to all those with whom he had
SALE
It's September
Brisk winds rustle
toasted
autumn colours across
crystal panes.
The aroma of rich warm
coffee
lingers in the air.
Sit back. Look around
isn't it time to refresh
the appearance of your
home or office.
Consider the lasting
beauty of professionally
framed art Work be it a
timeless print or a
precious
photograph.
contact. For this we say "we
will not' forget".
Pounder Larson
Trinity Anglican Church in
Bayfield was the scene for the
August 10 wedding of John
Michael Pounder of London
and Karen Leah Larson of Lon-
don. The church altar was
decorated with gladioli,
chrysanthemums and daisies.
The bride is the only
daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Clarence E, Larson of London
and the groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Pounder of Lon-
don and Bayfield.
Rev. George Youmatoff of-
ficiated at the ceremony, The
organist was Mrs. Don Johnson
of Bayfield and the soloist was
Mr. R.L. Davidson of Windsor.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride was dressed in
a white Georgette, floor-length
gown with pink trim, short puf-
fed sleeves and an empire
waist. She wore a lace Juliette
cap and a silk illusion veil.
The maid of honor was Miss
Patricia Garitty of London.
She was dressed in a green
polyester crepe gown which
featured an empire waist and
square neckline. She carried a
bouquet of daisies and baby's
breath. The bridesmaid, Mary
Beth Pounder sister of the
groom, was dressed identical to
the maid of honor except in
yellow.
The groomsman was John
Joynt of Grand Bend and the
usher was Jay Pounder of
Brucefield, brother-in-law of
the groom,
Following the wedding, a
reception was' held at Hully
Gully at Varna, where the
tables were decorated with can-
dles and bouquets of mixed
summer flowers.
The couple are living in Lon-
don following a wedding trip to
points north. Guests were
present at the wedding from
London, Owen Sound, Strat-
ford, Michigan, Toronto,
Bayfield and area.
Personals •
Mrs. Donald , McLeod',
Bayfield and her daughter,
Mrs. Dave Overboe of London,
visited Monday with the for-
mer's son Jim, who is confined
in a hospital in Hamilton
following an accident,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pounder
of London and Bayfield have
returned from a business and
pleasure trip to Calgary
Alberta and with their
daughter Mary, were at their
Village home for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. French
and Mrs. Mitchell Liebler all of
Mitchell were Saturday guests'
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Longfield of Burlington were
Saturday evening guests of
Mrs. Margaret Garrett, Norma,
Diane and John.
Mr. and Mrs. G.E. (White)
Weston, London visited with
his mother, Mrs. Nina Weston
in -Huronview and other
relatives in the area last week.
Mr. Jim Taylor, Hamilton,
was weekend guest of Mr, and
Mrs. Lloyd Westlake.
Mr. and Mrs, Clayton
Weston, Chicago, Ill. are
visiting his mother, Mrs. Nina
Weston in Huronview and
other relatives in the area.
They were also dinner guests
Saturday of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Westlake.
This past week has been a
very busy one at the E.W.
Erickson •household. Monday
last, our oldest • dqughter, San-
dra, arrived from Florida for a
holiday. Tuesday, Mrs.
Erickson, Sandra and Lydia
visited with' Mrs. C.E. Pickard
in Clinton. Wednesday they
visited with friends in
Goderich, Thursday they
visited her aunt, Mrs. Gordon
A. Stewart and cousin, Mrs.
Gilbert Farrell both of RR 2,
Ripley; Saturday with relatives
and friends in the area and
Sunday with her cousin'Jarietpq
Mi. and Mrs. Michael Eckert;
Vanastra. She also spent some
time with her brother, Mr. and
Mrs. Rob Irwin and Robbie
and on Monday left Bayfield to
fly to her home. Along with
our .normal everyday duties
(which were only slightly in-
terrupted) we didn't realize so
much could be packed into one
enjoyable week.
A few members of the step-
dancing class of Miss Norma
Garrett of Bayfield entertained
the residents of Huronview last
Thursday evening. Norma
Garrett and Lisa Taman each
performed a solo step-dance
, number and were accompanied
on the piano by Mrs. Margaret
Garrett, A duet was danced by
Wendy Turner and Kathy Mer-
ner also accompanied by Mrs.
Garrett on the piano. John
Garrett, entertained by singing
two solos and Diane Garrett on
guitar accompanied Rebecca
Fawcett, who also sang a solo
number. The young people
were thrilled to be able to take
part in the program and ex-
pressed a desire to return again
to perform for the residents.
Mrs. Albert Leitch Sr.
Goderich, visited with her
brother, Mr. and Mrs, Bill Orr
on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lind-
say and new daughter have
taken up residence in the
Davison home on Highway 21
and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Healy and family are occupying
the Pitbiado house on Clan
Gregor Square. Welcome to
Mr. Delfort Altman who has
moved into an apartment in the
Paul Bunyan Motel.
Registered guests at the
Albion Hotel last week in-
cluded, Mr, and Mrs. William
Elliott, Steven and James of
Bogarthown; Mr. C.A.
•ler P+1,N 0.
Weathersead, Ridge, Indiana;
Mr. and Mrs. M. MacCuitin,
Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. R.
Fanshawe, Toronto.
Mrs. Reverend Parkinson of
Toronto spent the weekend in
the Village. In conversation
with Esther Makins she related
to her that her husband was a
student minister in 1924 in the
Bayfield Methodist Church and
will be remembered by those
who attended the Church at
that time. He and his wife
were on their way to the West
Indies as Missionaries in 1944
when their boat was torpedoed
and Rev, Parkinson lost his
life, She never saw him again,
but she continued on her
mission and stayed for 24
years. She has just recently
retired and will be residing in
Brockville.
While , holidaying in
Australia, Alfred Morris of
Bayfield, became seriously ill
and is presently hospitalized
there. To his •many friends who
may wish to remember him his
address is Royal Brisbane
Hospital, Brisbane, Water
Street, Springhill 4000, Queen-
sland, Australia. We send him
our best wishes.
District Judge Kenneth F.
Arkell, of. Vernon, B.C. has
been appointed deppty chief
judge for the provincial court of
British Columbia.
This position will be in ad,
dition to his duties as district
judge for the North Okanagan,
$huswap District, His office is
in the provincial court house
here,
Judge and Mrs, Arkell have
lived in Vernon for about three
The first meeting of Clinton
VI 4-H was held at the home of
Jo-ann Middleton, With six
new members the meeting got
off to a good start,
After the 4-H pledge was
faithfully said, the' election of
officers was held, They are as
follows: president, Michelle
Smith; vice-president,
Marianne ,Klaver; secretary,
Ann Van Spengen; phone girl,
Brenda Gibbings.
After that was over, Mrs.
Middleton demonstrated flower
arrangements. After she
finished a quaint bouquet, the
rest of the girls made their own
arrangements, The results were
years, Judge Arkell is a mem-
her of the Vernon Vikings.
Society, a trustee for the Ver-
non jubilee . Hospital board,
and executive member of the
Local branch, John Howard
Society. He is a former member
of the Vernon Rotary Club.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Arkell of Goderich and
formerly of Bayfield.
Judge Arkell attended Cen-
tral Huron Secondary School in
Clinton,
interesting. Mrs. Middleton
then told us what we could
have done to make the flower
arrangements better.
The next meeting will be
held at Klaver's, Monday night
at 7:30.
After eating the brunch, the
1st meeting was adjourned.
From the ...
(continued from sage 6)
racing at the Clinton Raceway
for this year. Feature of the ten
race program will be the On-
tario Sired Stake for three-
year-old trotting fillies' for a
purse of about $9,000.
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