Zurich Citizens News, 1981-01-08, Page 11Citizens News, January 8, 1981
Page 11
Final chapter for Bayfield history
Continued from page 10
here, the Baron decided to
take up residence in
Goderich. Tiger Dunlop and
his cronies were In full
operation up there and the
Baron had a grand old time
whooping it up with the
"clique", before returning
home.
Back in London, England
he married Charlotte
Henriette Mansfield. The
new bride had little or no
interest in moving to Canada
and hacking ili nevi►life out of
the primeval forest, so they
never returned.
Back in Bayfield things
were still pretty rough, but
the village was beginning to
take shape. _By 1836 a public
school had been built on
Bayfield Terrace, a portion
of which still stands as part
of the "Hut". Edward
Templeton of the Huron
Road, was hired as the first
teacher of the only school in
Stanley Township at that
time.
The same year, a small
sawmill was erected on the
bank of the river by Wm.
Allen of Guelph, adjacent to
the dam that had been
constructed shortly before
on the Baron's orders.
Roads were still
nonexistent but in 1837,
felled logs were being used in
the construction of a road,
east towards Brucefield
where it would eventually
meet up with the London
Road. Travel north to
Goderich was at best
horrendous. Residents went
down the old Indian trail to
the river flats, forded the
river and then climbed up
the bank and, proceeded
through the bush until they
met the old corduroy road
near where the Telephone
Road now meets Highway 21.
Fortunately once the dam
was constructed, fording the
river at Bayfield was
eliminated from the journey.
During the summer of
1837, contractors Akinson
and Hodgins of London, had
a number of men employed
inthe village clearing and
levelling streets. The Market
Square, later to be called
ClanGregor Square was also
laid out. There were also
men employed under the
Baron's agent, E.C. Taylor,
and a surveyor in the
employ of the prominent
Golden
Glimpses
Now that all the hustle and
bustle of the holiday season
is over, we will stop to wish
all of our readers a bright
and prosperous New Year
from all of us here.
We wish to take this
opportunity to thank all the
organizations for the treats
brought to the residents
during the holiday season
and to the different schools
and other groups for their
music] programmes which
helped brighten the days.
The sympathy of residents
and staff is extended to the
family of the late Mr. Leslie
Ewener.
We are pleased to say that
all residents who were
confined to general hospitals
have again returned.
We welcome Mrs. Eva
Thompson and Mrs. May
Rowcliffe to the Home. Both
are former Hensall
residents.
Our film programme and
bingogameswill be resumed
again now that the busy
holiday season is over.
The Sunday evening
chapel service was cancelled
due to the stormy weather.
Canada Company - surveyor
John McDonald, had men
laying out lots in the village.
Altogether there were
about 75 residents, although
many of these were only
transient workers destined
to move on when their
projects were finished.
Names of settlers that
stayed to live in the village
included, W.W. Connor, D.H.
Ritchie, John Morgan, Mr.
Riley, George Morris, John
Boulton, George Mathier9n,
John Carruthers, Robert
Russell, Christopher
Johnston, . Henry Hoake,
William Boulton and Edward
Templeton and family.
With farms in the area
prospering and an abun-
dance of grain being grown,
Bayfield soon became a
shipping center attracting
many. more residents and
businesses to the village.
The Village of Bayfield
was given recognition in the
second year of reign of
Queen Victoria, when an Act
of Parliament was passed
May 11, 1839, in the City of
Toronto which was then the
seat of Upper Canada.
Certain persons were given
authority to form a company
underthe style and title of
"The President, Directors
and Company of the
Bayfield Harbour.
The Baron, Vincent
Gildermeester, died in 1861
and his wife who was still of
"Berkley Square", London,
England, quickly disposed of
the remainder of the
Canadian property, selling it
to Chas. Middleton.
The Town Plot property
again changed hands
belonging to the Hon.
Malcolm Cameron, and
being surveyed by Public
Land Surveyors Molesworth
and Weatherald who
produced the plan which is
still used today.
With the village population
growing, the next step was
the Incorporation of Bayfield
which took place in 1876.
That year with the
population up to over 700,
Bayfield received its in-
corporation by a Special Act
of Legislature. The acreage
included in the village was
1767 acres, down from the
original 3000 acres set aside
in the original Town Plot.
Previous to this the village
had been administrated by
the Township of Stanley, the
Bantams split
two games
The Zurich Bantams split
their two games played over
the holiday season with a
victory over Exeter and a
loss to Seaforth.
In their 9-0 throttling of
Exeter Dean Armstrong had
five goals while Bryan
Kading had the hat -trick.
Mark Boogemans and Gerry
Smith had the single coun-
ters.
In their 6-5 loss to Seaforth
Armstrong and Kading
accounted for all of the
Zurich goals with Kading
scoring another three goals
and Armstrong picking up a
pair.
Midgets pick up point
Elma-Logan and the
Zurich Midgets tied at six -all
with Elma Logan scoring the
final five goals of the game
to gain the tie.
Kevin Denomme had two
goals for the visitors with
singles coming from the
sticks of David Smith, Scott
Jesney, Brian Horner and
Jamie McClinchey.
A total of 16 penalities
were called during the game.
Buckeyes. best Goderich
In their only start of the
week the Zurich Buckeyes
defeated the Goderich
Flyers 5-2 with Ron Rader
and Pat Bedard scoring two
goals each.
The Buckeyes take on
Goderich this Friday at
home and on Monday travel
to Centralia to play the
Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology
Saints.
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Men's Bowling League
G Hutson 641 2 64
R McKinnon 674 5 61
J Gieger 648 7 62
J Bedard 667 0 71
J Rau 667
G Ducharme 509 2 23
L Kellar 568 5 46
T Bedour 553 5 29
L Hoffman 619 2 61
M Mommersteeg 304
T Bedard 229
J Bedard 763
G Hutson 720
J Bedard 209
JRau 199
Youth League Bowling
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J Smith 218 0 25
D McKinley 282 2 14
Lisa Bedard 288 3 12
T Lesperance 332 3 29
G Overholt 299 5 22
D Creces 425 2 18
T Lesperance 133
M Landsbergen 102
C Taylor 133
D Creces 161
Ladies Bowling League
C Sweeney 586 7 47
P Schroeder 612 5 102
A Willert 542 0 19
M Clarke 602 2 79
D Lesperance 646 7 95
H Vanderhoek 590 2 60
M Campbell 592 0 63
M Laporte 618 5 75
S Stade 600 7 61
B Riddell 481 3 11
I O'Rourke 512 0 42
L Giffin 425 4 18
S Dickert 294
S Dickert 694
S Dickert 194
P Schroeder 194 e
first council meeting being
held in 1836 with D.H. Ritchie
of Lot 5, Bayfield Concession
as the first leader and W.W.
Connor as the clerk.
With the Incorporation,
Bayfield was now on its own
and chose the first municipal
council which consisted of
Reeve. W.W. Connor,
councillors John Esson, John
Keys, J.C. McIntosh and
Andrew Rutledge. The first
official positions appointed
were to John Rutledge as
Clerk, James Thompson as
Treasurer, Fredrick Wood
as assessor, John Wilson as
collector and Robert Baxter
as constable.
OONXLIN Mom. Centrex
Correction
In our January White Sale flyer in
today's newspaper, the dimensions of
the particle board shelving appear in-
correctly. The correct dimensions and
prices are as follows.
Width
Length 36"
8"
690
10"
850
12"
$1.05
48" 890 $ 1.09 $1.39
The Dow silicone tub and tile caulk
and the Cheviot white mist carpeting
are incorrectly shown as being sales
tax exempt. These items are subject to
the usual 7% Provincial Sales Tax.
We regret any inconvenience this may
have caused our customers.
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