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BAYFIELD��Erickson
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Priest honoured by congregation
The parishioners of St.
Peter's Roman Catholic
Church at St. Joseph, on
Sunday, honoured one of its
former Priests at a
celebrated mass at eleven
a.m. and a social gathering
afterwards in the Parish Hall.
-The celebration was°
arranged by the congregation
to honour Monsignor Bour-
deau who on that day
celebrated his Golden Jubilee
of his ordination into the
Priesthood.
Monsignor, as he is af-
fectionately known was born
on October 12, 1901 in Tilbury
East Township in a log house
on a farm, of French
Canadian parents. He is the
sixth child of a family of nine;
seven boys and two girls, one
of whom is Sister Marie
Taraise of St. Mary's
Academy, Windsor.
Monsignor was baptized,
made his First Communion,
confirmed and said his first
Mass in St. Francis Church,
Tilbury. He attended
Rosedale Public School and
St. Francis Separate School,
Tilbury; Classical Course at
the Petit Seminaire de Ste.
Therese near Montreal and
received his B.A. from
Montreal University; and
took a Theological Course at
St. Peter's Seminary, Lon-
don.
On June 12, 1927, Monsignor
Bourdeau was ordained in St.
Peter's Cathedral, one of a
class of eight. Following his
ordination he was assistant at
Sacred Heart Church, W in-
dsor for four years; spent one
year in London in various
capacities: assistant at the
Cathedral, Chaplain at Mount
'St. Joseph Orphanage and at
St. Joseph's Hospital.
In 1932 Monsignor became
Chaplain at Hotel -Dieu
Hospital, Windsor where he
remained .for 14 years in
charge of Sisters, patients
and nurses Tie was in
strumental in planning the
new wing added to the
hospital in 1938, now the
North Wing.
He was named Diocesan
Director of the Association of
the Holy Childhood October
1934 and was a part time
Navy Chaplain from 1940 to
1946. In 1946 he was appointed
Pastor of St. Peter's Parish,
St. Joseph, and of the Mission
Chapel in Bayfield.
He acted as secretary of the
School Board; remodelled the
Church and Rectory ; held an
Old Boys' Reunion; con-
secrated all families in-
dividually to Sacred Heart of
Jesus and Immaculate Heart
of Malry. He retained
Directorship of the Holy
Childhood and held the last
Diocesan Eucharist Congress -
in 1953.
In 1952 he was invested as a
Domestic Prelate with the
title of Monsignor. In 1954
Monsignor became Pastor of
Immaculate Conception
Parish in Pain Court, Ontario
and consecrated all the
families as above and
retained charge of the Holy
Childhood.
In 1955 he was appointed
Diocesan Director of all the
Mission Aid Societies and
given a Chaplaincy at
Fontbonne Hall Orphanage,
London, Ontario. He was
Diocesan Director of the
Apostleship of Prayer and the
League of the Sacred Heart
for three years.
In 1960 the Monsignor
celebrated the Jubilee of the
Historical Society learn
history of library
Mrs. Vivian Morton was
guest speaker at the
Historical Society meeting
Monday night and spoke on
the Bayfield Library
Association.
She said, the recent
acquisition of the books and
records of the Bayfield Public
Library Association May 28,
1915 to October 1966 by the
Archives, entrusted to the
Bayfield. Historical Society,
had prompted the evening
program. She said it would by
no means be definitive but
would give many interesting
glimpses into the workings of
a voluntary organization in
the Village of Bayfield for
over 50 years, and the in-
terest, devotion and deter-
mination of its guiding
members.
The Bayfield Library
Association was formed on
May 28, 1915. The first
meeting reads thus: May 28,
1915, A meeting of the
members of the Bayfield
Library Association was held
in the office of H. W. Erwin on
the above date for the pur-
pose of electing a Library
Board.
Moved,' by Rev. A.
McFarlane and George E.
Greenslade that Rev. F. G.
Pickard act as Secretary -
Carried.
Moved by Henry Drehmann
and H. W. Erwin that the
Board be composed of the
following, Rev. A.
McFarlane, Rev. F. G.
Rickard, Geo. E. Greenslade,
H. W. Erwin‘ F. A. Edwards,
J. H. Reid, Henry Drehmann -
Carried.
Subsequently a meeting of
the board was held when it
was moved by H. W. Erwin
and Rev. A. Macfac lane that
Rev. F. G. Rickard be
President of the Library
Board - Carried.
Moved by Geo. E.
Greenslade and H. W. Erwin
that the memberships be one
dollar - Carried.
Adjournment made to meet
at H. Drehmann's on June 4th
at 8 o'clock p.m.
At the next meeting on June
4, 1915, Geo. E. Greenslade
was appointed secretary, R.
S. Bailey appointed treasurer
and the funds were to be
placed in the Sterling Bank at
Bayfield, and a committee
was set up to interview Mr. A.
Galbraith regarding the use
of a room in his house as a
library.
On July 2 at a meeting held
in H. Drehmann's store, the
committee reported having
secured u room from Mr. A.
Galbraith for use as a library.
On Aug. 23, accounts were
paid for $60.91 to Mallagh
Book Shop, so the library was
shaping up. In July of 1915,
Revs. Rickard and
McFarlane, H. %V., Erwin,
Mrs. Stanley and Miss
Chesney were appointed a
book committee and Rev. A.
The locations for the
Bayfield Public Library were
A. (Arch) Galbraith, June to
Aug. 1915; H. Drehmann's
store, back room, Aug. 23,
1915. On Jan. 4, 1916, Dreh-
mann said room for the
Library was no longer
available. However it
remained there. On Jan. 10,
1916, the Bayfield Library
Association paid Drehmann
$5.00 for the year for. the
Library room. Dec. 28, 1917,
Drehmann was paid $20.00 for
the room and services., Jan.
15, 1918, H. Drehmann was
appointed assistant Librarian
to assist Rev. A. McFarlane.
Mr. Drehmann was paid
$30.00 for that year, and also
the following year; but for
1919 he would be paid quar-
terly.
On Dec. 26, 1919, it was
moved to change the location
of the books to Mr. Thos.
King's Store, "provided he
will accept $40, but in case he
will not accept the $40 he will
be paid $50 for the year".
Rev. McFarlane made
arrangements with Mr. King
for $50.00 for the year 1920.
Later Hilda King was made
assistant librarian.
January 15, 1923, the
committee reported that Miss
Fowlie would take the library
at the old rate of $60 per year.
The Library remained at the
Fowlie Store until January
1948 when it was moved to
Featherstone's Store. In 1966
the present building was
purchased and in 1977 the
Library building was moved
across the street to be in-
corporated into the new
library as an archives room.
Presidents of the Bayfield
Library Association have
been, Rev. F. G. Rickard,
L915 to 1917; Rev. A.
McFarlane, 1917-18; Rev.
Darling, 1918-19; Rev. Ashe-
Everest, 1919-20; Rev. A.
McFarlane, 1920-22; Rev. R.
C. Pitts 1922-23; F. A.
Edwards, 1923-30; Canon F.
H. Paull, 1930-33; Rev. R. M.
Gate, 1933-1940; Rev. Currie,
1940-42.
On January 13, 1941, Mrs.
Metcalf became the
secretary -treasurer. George
Greenslade asked to be
retired and was made an
honourary secretary for life
in honour of 26 years con-
tinuous service,
"unanimous". At the third
quarterly meeting of the
Bayfield Library Association
November 6, 1941, they joined
the Huron Library
Association. ReV. W. T.
Newman of Dungannon was
chairman. January 1942 Miss
J. Manson was appointed
chairman on a motion of Mrs.
Scotchmere and Mrs.
Bassett. Mrs. Bailey was
appointed chairman in 1946
and on January 26, 1958, Mrs.
Knuckey took over as
chairman. She resigned in
1959. Mrs. Ormond elected
chairman in 1959 and Mrs.
McFarlane be LibraIlan.
MacKenzie in 1965.
Charter members include
such well known names as
Samuel Moore, Annie Rouatt,
William and Mrs. Hinde, Wm.
J. Stinson, George and Mrs.
Weston, Hugh and Mrs. Hugh
McKay, Lizzie Cameron,
Samuel Cleave, M. Dupee,
Dr. N. W. Woods, Miss Lucy.
Woods, Louis Thompson, E.
F. Merner, Miss F. J.
Chesney, Miss Jessie Met-
calf, Ed Weston, W. R.
Jowett, Mrs. David Dewar,
William J. McLeod, Sid
Castle, George Castle, Ken
Currie, to name a few of the
charter list of 86 members.
Mrs. Morton also spoke on
the Mechanics Institutes
formed in the ' early years
around 1780 in Great Britain.
It was originally intended for
imparting instruction to
mechanics and the working
classes and especially for
giving information on the
sciences applied to the in-
dustries in which mechanics
were employed. 1i
In 1851 an Act was passed to
provide for the incorporation
and better management of
Literary Associations and
Mechanics Institutes. In 1853
Goderich ($200) and Guelph
($400) were two places among
22 receiving grants for their
Institutes.
Mrs. Morton only touched
on this subject as it is very
extensive. She also spoke of
the catalogues, printed for
Bayfield and the additional
pages printed to be added to
the catalogues; and she asked
if anyone had a copy of a
catalogue but no one had. She
said the records of the
Bayfield Library Association
would 'be complete if a
catalogue could be found.
President of the Historical/
Society Gwen Pemberton,
thanked Mrs. Morton. During
Mrs. Morton's talk, Miss
Dorothy Cox, archivist, also
gave out some information on
the raising of funds to help
sustain the Library which
included bridge, euchre and
tea parties, donated books,
bean supper, and grants. All
was most interesting.
The July speaker will be
Mr. Howey Langan of
Vanastra who will show slides
of the area. Mr. Langan is a
very experienced
photographer. This meeting
will be on Monday, July 11, in
the Town Hall. Please note
change of place.
Mrs. Margaret Clift, lunch
convener, was assisted by
Flory Oddleifson, Dorothy
Hovey and Betty Garrett in
serving a delicious lunch.
Musings from the Lions
Congratulations to Lion
Phil Gemeinhardt and those
who worked on the float for
the Lions Convention in
London. They did a great job.
Except for the high cost of
the rooms in London; all who
attended the Convention had
Holy Childhood. In 1961, he
returned to St. Peter's Parish
in St. Joseph; acted as
Secretary of the School
Board,- retained `1oirectorship
of the Mission Aid Societies,
till 1968, redecorated and
remodelled St. Peter's
Church and the Bayfield
Mission Chapel in accordance
with the new liturgy. and
established a Parish Council.
In 1971 Monsignor Bour-
deau retired to his home at
Bayfield but retained charge
of the summer chapel here.
He feels much at home with
the friendliness of the citizens
of Bayfield and surroundings.
Many former parishioners
returned for the Fiftieth
Anniversary occasion and
several from the Village
attended to offer sincere
congratulations and best
wishes for health and hap-
piness, and to offer a silent
prayer to Almighty God for
allowing one so wonderful to
walk among us.
It is said by many "that if
ever there was a Saint among
us, it is surely Monsignor
Bourdeau".
Monsignor Bourdeau talks with an old parishioner, Peter
I)enomme, who now lives in Waterloo.. Monsignor
Bourdeau was honoured by his old parishioners on the
event of his 50th anniversary as a priest. (Photo by
Milvena Erickson)
Village, Social personal notes
la conversation with
Margaret Garrett on Monday
it was learned that the plans
for the 2nd Annual Arts and
Crafts Show (July 2) are
falling nicely into place. She
is pleased with the response
and promises a good showing.
Margaret is the convener of
the event.
Standings in the two polls in
Bayfield in the Election on
June 9 were as follows: Poll
58, Anson McKinley 70, Jack
Riddell 55, Shirley Weary 18.
In poll 59, Anson McKinley
101, Jack Riddell 118 and
Shirley Weary 16.
Congratulations to Robert
Steckle who has completed
four years high school
without having to write an
exam in those four years. We
thought this was an ac-
complishment worth men-
tioning.
Robert is the only son of Bill
and Betty Steckle, Bronson
Line (RR 3, Bayfield).
Mrs. Donna Boyes, Port
Colborne, visited during the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Donald R. McLeod, Dawn and
John and on Saturday called
on her sister, Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Erickson, Andrew,
Luanne and Lydia.
Before returning home she
spent some time with her
daughter, son-in-law and
grandson, Mike and Janet
Eckert and B.J. in Clinton.
Mrs. Kerry Sharp, Patrick
Feeling tired?
Rundown?
Take a walk.
Walk a hkKk: h ilayl,
New Jersey
honeymoon
Michael Gregg of Bayfield,
only son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Gregg of Bayfield,
was united in marriage to
Ellen Simons of Toronto in
Leaside United Church.
The reception was held on
the grounds at the home of the
bride's parents in Willowdale.
The groom's sister Mary of
Bayfield attended the bride
as her bridesmaid.
Following a honeymoon
trip to New Jersey, the couple
have taken up residence in
Toronto.
Guests included the bride's
grandmother from Virginia;
the groom's aunt and cousin,
Sally Kennedy and Norma
Kennedy of Belfast, Ireland;
and friends and relatives
from Connecticut, Smith
Falls, New York and
Bayfield.
Hymn Sing
S4unday morning the 10 a.m.
Service in Trinity Anglican
Church, as well as the 8 a.m.
Communion Service. was
conducted by Canon Paull
with the assistance of Philip
Du Boulay and Eric Earl.
The congregation enjoyed a
Hymn Sing of many old
favourites chosen by the
congregation.
Following the Service, a
coffee hour of fellowship was
arranged by the ladies of
Trinity, supervised by Dr.
Grosvenor Shepherd.
and Tyler of Oakville are
spending a few days with her
parents Rev. Wm. M. and
Mrs. gaBennett while her
husband is on a business trip
to England. Monday visitors
with the Bennett family were
their son and family, Rev.,
Robert and Mrs. Bennett and
Jessica of Chesley. -
Mrs. Sally Kennedy and
daughter Norma of Belfast,
Ireland, were the guests
recently of the former's
sister, Mrs. George Gregg.
The Kennedys had come over
to attend the wedding of her
nephew Michael Gregg in
Toronto. Before leaving for
Ireland they are visiting her
brother Jim Carr in London,
Ontario. 4
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Duffield
and daughter Pat of Lambeth
visited during the weekend
with her brother and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Graham,
a good time.
Lion Jack Merner and his
wife Joan will be heading for
New Orleans at the end of the
month to attend the Inter-
national Convention.
John and Nancy, while
camping in Old Homestead
Trailer Camp.
A very good response is
reported by Alice Brandon to
the appeal for articles for the
Auction Sale beginning at 10
a.m. on Saturday, June 25. All
donations are gratefully
accepted.
This is a project by the
Curling Club to raise funds
for the Arena Fund. For full
details check Coming Events.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob Irwin and
Robbie, London, visited
Friday with his family "The
E. W. Ericksons'.' and also his
uncle and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Sturgeon, Jo Anne,
David and Jayne.
An invitation is extended on
Thursday, June 16 at 8 p.m. to
attend the Induction Service
of the Reverend John Swan as
new rector of St. Paul's,
Wingham.
A THANK YOU
from
Jack Riddell
JACK RIDDELL
My thanks to the voters of Huron -Middlesex for your
support in thb June 9th Election. I look forward to
doing my ufmost to serve ALL the people of the riding
in any way possible.
I intend to resume my weekly reports from the
Legislature as soon as it is called into session. I also
would like to remind everyone that my constituency
office is open in Exeter Monday to Friday from 1 p.m.
• to 5 p.m. daily, and that toll free calls can be made
from any point in the riding by,asking the operator for
ZENITH 64-240. In Exeter and district simply call
EXETER 235-0170. The phone is manned 9 - 5 p.m.,
Monday to Friday.
Since the election we have tried to get all the roadside
"Riddell" signs taken down. I am very concerned that
this job be completed quickly and thoroughly. If
anyone knows of any of my campaign material that is
still posted, please contact any of the following, and it ,
will be taken down immediately.
PARKHILL
LUCAN
EXETER
HENSALL—ZURICH
SEAFORTH
CLINTON
GODERICH
294-0053
227-4840
235-2595
236-4034
527-0171
482-3738
524-7901
Yours sincerely,
Jack Riddell
M.P.P. HURON—MIDDLESEX
Anyone who may have an
idea for a design for a new
Lions pin, is asked to bring it
along to the next meeting so a
decision can be made on a
new pin for next year.
Attendance pins were
presented to Lions Charlie
Scotchmer, Jack Scotchmer,
Les Elliott, Eric Earl, Walter
Orr, Jack Merner, (lord M
Graham, John Siertsema,
Pat Graham, Lloyd Malleins,
Ernie Hovey, Mac McFad-
den, Ken Knights, John
Boyes, Ross Merrill, Don
Johnston, Doug Sinnamon,
for 100 percent attendance.
Pat Graham, Jack Merner,
Mac McFadden and Dan May
attended the officers school in
College Avenue Secondary
School in Woodstock on •
Sunday, June 12 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The school was
arranged by the Woodstock
Lions Club and District A15.
Attend anniversary
Rev. William M. Bennett,
Rector of Trinity Anglican
Church, with his wife Jeanne,
were in Morpeth during the
weekend and on Sunday at-
tended the 100th Anniversary
in St. John's Church, Mor-
peth. Rt. Rev. William A.
Townshend was the special
preacher and Rev. Wm.
Bennett, a former Rector of
St. John's, read the first
lesson. A retired former
Rector, Rev. Dr. Max Parker
read fhe second lesson.
Three other former rectors
were also in attendance. The
Church seats approximately
400 people and was filled to
capacity for the Anniversary
celebrations. Special music,
solos, anthems and a violin
solo by a member of the
London Symphony Orchestra
were enjoyed.
Old pictures of former
times at Morpeth brought
back many fond memories
and reminiscences.
Following the Service
everyone retired to the Town
Hall where the ladies of
Morpeth served a sumptuous
smorgasbord.
While in Morpeth, Rev.
Bennett and Mrs. Bennett
were the guests of Mr. Paul
Larsen, a former Rectors'
Warden.
Soccer club news.
Bayfield Minof Soccer
.Atoms played a good game
against Clinton Junior B
Atoms and had a 0-0 draw.
Bayfield played an
exhibition game against
Huron Minor All Stars,
Mosquitos on Saturday in
Bayfield and thrilled the
crowd that gathered to watch.
The Atoms play Seaforth in
a third game against Seaforth_
in Seaforth on June 16.
Bayfield plays Clinton Atoms •
A team on Tuesday June 21 in
Clinton and the PeeWees play
Clinton on Wednesday June 22
at Bayfield.
The Bayfield Soccer Club
say a sincere thank you to the
Lioness Club for their
generous donation of $25. to
the Club.
Bayfield
Village
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ENJOY A DELIGHTFUL MEAL IN OUR
PLEASANT OLD COUNTRY DINING
LOUNGE.
AFTER DINNER HAVE AN ENJOYABLE
EVENING IN OUR DISCO LOUNGE.
OPEN: TUES. thru SAT. 12 noon -1 a.m.
Sun. 12 noon - 10 p.m.
GRAHAM'S
GENERAL STORE
Uncle John's Cabin
Open
Saturdays and Sundays
12 noon - 6 p.m.
* Ice Cream Cones at their best
* Featuring "Popsee Popcorn".
STORE HOURS:
Mon., Tues., Thurs., Sat., 9-6 p.m.
Wednesday., 9-12:30 p.m.
Friday, 9-9 p.m.
Sunday, 12-6 p.m.
PAT & WYNN GRAHAM
Take the scenic route
to Bayfield
this spring
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