Zurich Citizens News, 1980-12-18, Page 6SWINE
MANAGEMENT
(Starting the swine farm to marketing
of the final product).
Centralia College of Agricultural ' -
Technology and area OMAF personnel
in co-operation with Canada
Employment and Immigration
Commission offer this
COIMNINNG EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY
WHEN: January 13 - March 17 -
Tuesdays from 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Centralia College, Huron Park
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
O.M.A.F. Huron, Clinton, Ontario (519) 482-3428
Continuing Education,
Centralia College of Agricultural Technology
Ontario
Ministry of
and %d
Huron Park, Ontario
(519) 228-6691
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Citizens News December 18, 1980
Mice cheesed oil
The Bayfield Oldtimers
had little difficulty disposing
of the Rink Mice, as the
defending Logan Cup Cham -
'Hayfield
by
Bud Sturgeon
pions knocked the 'rodents'
off by a 15-6 score.
Leading the way for the
old folks were Stormin' Nor-
man with six goals, Terrible
Terry with four and
Larouche rounding out the
scoring with five, including
the winner on an end to end
breakaway rush.
For the Mice, Tiny Tim.
Stickman, Big Barb' and
their new rookie (making his
first appearance, on skates in
14 years) Barry the Badger,
were among the scorers.
Providing the standout .play
in the twines for the Old-
timers was the former
Bayfield Merchant star net -
minder, Walter J. -Goalie.
The next ,game will be on
Saturday night at 10 p.m. In
the Bayfield Arena. Bring
your skates and a hockey.
stick and join in. The teams
need recruits, couples
welcome, no experience
necessary.
Euchre club results
The Bayfield Euchre Club
held their final meeting of
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the 1980,$eason last Wednes-
day evening, with six tables
competing, due to a stfall
-turnout.
Winners for the evening
were: ladies' high, Clara
Wilson;ladies' low,- Dorothy-
Weston ;_ men's high; Reg
Wilson; men's low, Harry
Baker: lone- hands, Bruce
-McClinchey. .
The. Club- will begin play
again in . January as their
1981 season gets underway.
Mixed curling
sauve upset
by Orr
Week seven of regular
season play went as schedul-
ed at the Bayfield Arena on
Sunday night, as the Bob Orr
Rink upset the previously
unbeaten Morris Sauve
Quartet.
In the opening draw at
seven p.m., Don Lindsay (4-
3) got by George Telford (3-
4) on the north ice. On the
south ice it was Jerry Uniac
(4-3) over Robert McVean
--(2-5). while on the centre
pad, Joe Koene (4-3) got
back into the winner's circle
by defeating Alice Brandon
(3-4).
The heavyweights went at
it in the late draw at 9 p.m.,
and on the north ice under-
dog Bob Orr (3-4) snatched
victory from Morris Sauve
(6-1). In the two remaining
contests, Hawaii bound Roy
Telford (3-4) made up for
lost time by downing Bill
Talbot \ (3-4) on the south
slick, while Matty Francis
regained a share of first
place in the overall stan-
dings when her rink (6-1)
was victoriouk over Joe
Brandon (2-5) .
The standings after seven
weeks of play show Morris
Sauve and Matty Francis
tied for first place with 110
points each, followed by Don
Lindsay in third with 803/4.
As the curlers now take a
Christmas break from
regular season plan, the
remainder of the standings
in order are: Jerry Uniac -
733 ; Joe .Koene - 693/4; Bill
Talbot -_ 69; Alice Brandon -
633; George Telford - 631/4;
Roy Telford - ; Bob Orr -
62%; Robert McVean - 561/2;
Joe Brandon - 482/4.
The Mixed Curling Club
will play a pair of 'fun
nights' over the holidays and
return to their regularly
scheduled games on January
4 to complete their final four
weeks of play ,in the first
round.
Round and about
the village
Mr. Jim Hennebury, St.
Marys. was visiting with
friends in the village last
Tuesday. and trying out his -
fisherman's luck on a few of
those rainbow trout that are
still lurking in the river.
• Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yates,
Newcastle, were in the
village last Tuesday for a
visit with their son-inrlaw
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Latimer.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hulley,
Paris, were up to their
Bayfield home over the
weekend, along with their
newest member of the clan,
Kurtie III, a frolicking
shepherd pup.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Latimer,
Weston, were the weekend
guests of her mother, Mrs.
Ethel Knight, at her village
home.
Exploring the past
As this particular story
begins to wind down we find
the formation of the 'land
companies'. Along with
these territorial giants came
two new methods of
township systems as well.
The first- was in fact the
fourth method to be used in
Upper Canada aid was call-
ed. the .2400 acre block
system: This system was
used from 1829 to 1851,and 50
townships were laid out
thusly. The latter method
was the .1000 acre .sectional
system. used to survey, 200
towhshipp. ,This method was
in use from 1835 until 1906
and -most of the Canada
Company lands were divided
up with the 1000 acre
system.
So with that little bit of
historical background we go
on to the real story at hand
without further adieu.
In -the early -1800's the
Government began granting
out large tracts of land to
land Companies. These com-
panies had been formed to
expedite the quick develop-
ment of the land for new
settlement.
One such company was the
Canada Company, headed by
John . Galt. The section of
land they were granted was
called the Huron Tract and it
comprised one million acres
of prime territory directly
west of Lake Huron and
stretching northward to the.
Bruce Peninsula .
This land was purchased
from the Six Nations Indians
for which'the Canada Com-
pany paid two-thirds of its
cash value of ;145,150 and
5s., with the balance to come
in the form of improvements
such as roads, bridges and
wharves.
At the request of -the
Canada Company, the
Government appointed sur-
veyors to help divide the
land into townships. The key
now was to survey and open
up some overland routes to
make the land more
accessable for the settlers.
By 1827. a contractor, Col.
Anthony Van Egmond began
building the Huron Road
from Guelph to Coderich.
John Galt and his company
associa-te .Dr. William
"Tiger_" Dunlop had already
laid out the town site of
Goderich.
In reference to the
building of the road a note in
John Gaits autobiography
reads. "All the -woodsmen
that could be assembled
from the settlers were
directed to be employed, an
explorer of the line to. goat
their head, then two sur-
veyors .with ' compasses,
after them a band of blazers,
More Bayfiald history
ev action
of men to mark trees in the
line, then went the
.woodsmen, with' their
hatchets to fell the trees:and
the rear_ Was brought. up by
wagons with provisions .
,,
•
These roads which were
being constructed were all
corduroy and the settlers
spent many -uncomfortable
hours bouncing over them in
their wagons as they travell;
ed westward. In the book,
"Early Life in Upper
Canada", author Guiilet
tells of wagon loads of im-
migrants
mmigrants being upset fre-
quently, _ limbs broken,
horses down in the mire and
having _ to be pulled out by
teams of oxen. It . :was also
noted that the Huron Road
was still corduroy in the
1830's. with stumps two and
three feet high still standing.
It remained chiefly mud or
corduroy until the middle of
the century.
These first roads had to. be
maintained by_ the pioneers
living in the area as statute
labour was still bt force.
Even with the transporta-
tion and travel as inadequate
as it was the influx of im-
migrants allowed for. the
opening up of more town
sites in the region. The Town
of Bayfield was founded by a
baron, Carl Lodewyck,
Baron ,van Tuyl.l van
Seroosken, Lord of Ysen-
doorn. It was a long and im-
pressive name and title for
a founding father but he
never came to Canada. The
Baron wished to invest in
Canadian land so with the
recommendation _fr►om
hydrographic surveyor Lt.
Henry Wolsey Bayfield, he
purchased the sight from the
Canada' Company. The ad-
miralty Surveyor had
reported Elie land, a 3000
acre site, t spanning both
sides of the river as a good
place for the Baron to build
his town, after he had view-
ed it while charting the
shoreline along the eastern
edge of Lake Huron
sometime before 1825.
As the Baron had bought -
the *land. sight unseen, and -
did n6t- come to Canada, he
hired E.C. Taylor, on of the
earliest settler and
merchants of Goderich to
act as his Canadian agent. In
1832 the Town Plot. of
Bayfield was surveyed.
Immigrants were soon
moving to the Bayfield area
and one early settler wrote
in 1833, "Landed goods at the
Point. Stopped at Taylor's
overnight". A small parcel
of land had been cleared in
the area on the south side of
the river that we now know
as Pioneer Park. On this
spot, the first building, a log
cabin was constructed over-
looking the lake on "the
point": The building was oc-
cupied by the Riley's, who
operated a boafding house
for the Baron's men that
were clearing the trees in
preparation for the building
of the town. Adjacent to.this
the Canada Company Office
was built.
The tbird building con-
structed was in 1834, and it
served as the Canada Com-
-parry Store. It was a one
storeylog building overlook-
ing the harbour and later
became the "River Hotel":.
• Two more log cabins were
soon constructed by settlers
George Morris and John
Boyle; and another by W.W.
Connor who would later
serve as the first clerk and
then the' first Reeve of
Bayfield.
Contracts had also been let
by the Baron to build a dam
on the river, and that was
accomplished by William
Gray. with the mills to
follow.
That is all for now -but next
time -we'll present the final
chapter of the saga and see
what became of the Baron.
Personals
Guests staying with Mrs.
Gwen Pemberton over the
weekend included, her sister
and brother-in-law; Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Scott, Ancaster,
Mrs. Mary Miller and her
'daughter Mary Ann,
Toronto, her ' son and
daughter►in-law, Roger and
Doreen Pemberton, Mary •
Jane and Tina, Toronto and
her other son and
daughter-in-law, Eric • and
Philippa Pemberton, Tony,
Mary and Beth, of Waterloo.
From the Bayfield United
Church - Come Md join us in
song with the 20 voice mixed
choir at the Annual Can-
dlelight Service on Sunday at
7:30 p,m.. Molly Cox . at the
organ and Ruth Andrew at
the piano.
Don't forget the Christmas
Dance at the Community
-Please turn to page 7
A REAL SHOT IN THE — Teams from the Seaforth offke of the department of agriculture
were in Bayfield last week administering rabies shots to local pets. Receiving the vacine
from Dr. Mark Rctitlby was this dog Owned by Ruthe Andrew of Bayfield. Raitiby sold the
response to the_clinic held in Bayfield_on Thursday was very good. Staff photo