Clinton News-Record, 1980-07-31, Page 19by C~y,en Pemberton-
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Middleton speaks to society
On Monday' evening,
' July 28t1t, rnernbers and
:guests .of the Bayfield
` Historical° Societymet in
the Town Hall foaighl
hy
entertaining evening
featuring two events. -
First, Ross Middleton,
introduced by Mrs. Elva
1Vtetcalf, addressed the
full auditorium, He is, a
sw. fourth , generation
Canadian whose great-
grantp'arents ' arrived
here in 1834; Heis well
known- in the area for his
dual career ds a
geography "'teacher in
Clinton Secondary school
and as a fruit fatvi er.
`Drawing ��on both--
vocations for his talk, he
first described the
geography of Bayfield,
and • its environs, ex-
plaining how -it affects
weather and then con-
trasted farming 50 years
ago_ when he was a boy
with modern farm
operations.
Using slides, he showed
graphic examples of
drumlins, eskers,
moraines, the shorelines
of old Lake Warren which
once covered the area;
the great spillways
through which the
Maitland and Bayfield
rivers meander, the
'erratics' or huge
boulders, carried along
and desposited ° by
glaciers, the glacial'', till
underneath the top soil,ra
scies 1eft� on
rocks, etc. Several pic-
tures of very prosperous -
appearing, well -kept
farms -in the area were
also shown.
Turning to weather he
explained that it is mid
latitude (43 degrees),
humid • continental, but
modified by the great
lakes. It is cyclonic
because . tropical air
:.leets up with cold Arctic
air in the area resulting
in heavy storms. "Hot
moist air meets up with
cold air and results in
extreme . changes in
temperature - shorts to
longjohns in one one day -
and sometimes tor-
nadoes."
The speaker
reminisced about far-
ming 50 years ago when
there was mixed
production on 150 acres,
with maybe one tractor,
terrible to drive, and a
light horse. He rode one
to school in Clinton. "Boy
it was cold". He con-
cluded after one trip that
"education was not worth
dollars. A farm of 1,,500
acres and 500 more
leased.. producing soy
beans, corn, beans, and
barley, with high break-
even prices for the crops
employs six men • as well
as the farmers' sons and
is valued at three to four
million dollars.
Audience response to
the speaker indicated
great interest and Canon
Paull . expressed thanksµof ,f
those present.
After a brief three
minute break, the
audience resumed their
seats to watch a spec-
tacularspec-
tacularmovie broutht to_µ
-its' 'h -ere -was -u horse—Bayfie ram Michigan
by geologist Jack
Pounder. It showed a gas
- well across Lake Huron
and some distance inland
which the North
American Drilling
Company's rig 21 was
drilling when it blew up at
6500 feet. The world
famous Red Adair came
with his crew from Texas
to figure out a way to
bring it under control and
it took four weeks. First
water was piped from a
lake several miles away
to spray the area and
make it possible for- his
crew to work. His plan to
saw the well casing so
that a cap could be
lowered over it with a
derrick was successful
and the steady deaf ning
roar of t 1 e escapin gas
wasp suddenly_ sileced....
Mud, was oared in to fill
the well and a new one
Was drilled 100' away.
This move was high
drama - a real thriller -
and _the Bayfield
audience is indebted to
Mr. Pounder who went to
considerable trouble to
make it available at the
right time;
The meeting was
presided over by Mr.
Norman McHolm vice-
president. Archivist Miss
Dorothy Cox reported on
progress in -the archives
room. She regretted the
loss during the past year
of four valuable members
of the historical Society
who had made special
contributions to the ar-
chives, Harold Ormond,
Vina Parker, Jessie
Metcalf and Lucy Diehl.
Refreshments were
provided by social con-
vener Doris Reddoch
assisted by 011ie Chap-
man, Lois Lance and
Evelyn Galbraith
plough, ten or twelve
cattle, three or four sews,
hens, geese, • ducks,
sheep. There were
woodcutting bees,
threshing bees, silo -
filling, barn -raising, a
beef -ring, and ice -cutting
(sawing ice blocks was
hard work). "Women had
lots to do", he observed.
"They were breeders and
feeders. They were en-
couraged to get married,
teach or become nurses."
He contrasted the
modern chicken farm
with its three floors of
chickens, 25,000 of them,
seven or eight thousand
to a floor, four crops per
year, quotas are bought
and sold, fines exacted if
the farm over -produced.
The, chickens are sold _in
six to seven weeks at 31/2
pounds. If 'they get
overweight,_ they are
found , in the super-
markets. The farm is
valued at about -a million
dollars. He described
today's dairy farm with
its 100 cows producing
1,000 litres of milk per
day. To increase' a quota
the farmer pays $70 per
litre, $700 to add one cow.
It is a one-man operation
and its selling price
would be a million
Lampoonery
By Bud Sturgeon
Cutting out, I'm punching out of here. I
grabbed up a Fifty and was chortling my favourite
Friday song after a "hard day's work in the
blistering hot -sun.
We'd been working outside all week with nary a
sign of precipitation so the weekend was looking._
like it may be all right for a change. But zounds ! the
five o'clock shadow turned out to be a low flying
raincloud spelling a soggy sojourn the rest is
history.
+ + +
But being a historical type, I believe we will in-
vestigate further.
What do you do on a wet Saturday night? I sup,.
pose you, can sit back and take in a crummy movie
on the boo - ube that was the plan anyways.
Then 1 'of a sudden the hydro, flickered
moment rily and then it was gone.°"Son of a moose,
where's t at flashlite?"
It's 'a holiday so we're liable to be without power
for awhile, and people were cracking out the old
Christmas candles five months early, or possibly
seven months late depending on how you wish to
look at it.
Now mind you, most people have long forgotten
the art of entertaining themselves without the aid of
an electricandevice or contrail ion of some sort.
Soon tiring of watching the candles flicker and
burn we headed out for a drive around the town.
Everyone else must have had the same idea
because the Main Street was clogged with traffic.
That beingI came home and went to bed, the
much overwo`r'"lCed expression, "everybody takes
electricity for granted";,till ringing in my head.
i always figured that ,we -p id so- much for hydro
that, "everybody should be granted better ser-
vice."
After all, if we pay for a service, maybe we
should ask for a refund when it isn't provided.
&ah! That's silly.
+ ++
To end up the weekend in proper style, we went to
the drive-in Sunday night and watched a show in the
pouring rain. Well after all, we were going to watch
one the night before.
Itwas a mildly amusing flick, but then again,
watching the windshield wipers work was pretty
interesting too. '
But 'that's okay, you wouldn't want every
weekend to be perfect.
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With " only about 33 days left it the summer
vacation, everyone will soon lie thinking about
school days again.
That's a real downer eh!
Well, for any parents that have children starting
to kindergarten in the fall, here is a small chuckle.
A newspaper editor's little girl went to take her
preliminary test at the school., The teacher asked
her to count to 12, which she promptly did. "That's
very good" remarked the teacher", to which the
little girl replied, "Hell, that's nothing, I can count
to fifty."
+ +•+
And so, we started the column with one kind of
'fifty' and ended with another. Maybe I will be in
my right mind next week.
Alexanders win s
Eight slo-pitch teams
competed in a 'one -day'
ball tournament on.
Saturday, ,played at the
Bayfield and Paul •
Bunyan Camp diamonds,
Alexander's Furniture
took home the $150 in
prize money as 'A'
division champs by
defeating Victoria
Hospital in the final game'
13.12.
The "Ox Box" squad
from London, also, took
Baptist
news
By Janet A, Talbot
The Sunday services in
the Bayfield }Baptist
Church impressed . one
•..uui h-, ;-tha_great=: Gospel...,:,
truths of living in love
and peace with one
another, and being
prepared to meet our
Lord when He returns.
The Pastor, Rev. . -Les
Shiel, using the Bible
reading as recorded in.
the fifth chapter of
James, verses seven to
nine, stressed "Be
patient, the coming ofthe
Lord draweth nigh." He
showed the promises
from many great men all
through the Bible, who
,spoke about "This same
Jesus will come again in
like manner" (Acts 1) No
one knows the day or the
hour, but He will come:
Suddenly, as a thief in the
night, Yes, He will come,
so ALL must be prepared
to meet. Him. Can we say
with John, in the last
chapter of -the -'-Book
Revelation? "Even so,
COME ,JLord Jesus"? Are
'you ready? -
Special music for both
services was provided by
Miss Joy Shiel and her
grandmother, Mrs. M.
Ecker, (from Strathroy)
with several beautiful
duets. Mrs. Cathi Cullen
played the organ for both
services, and Mrs. Muriel
Snider the piano in the
morning. Mrs. Ecker
very capably played the
piano in the evening in
the absence of pianist,
Mrs. Muriel Snider.
Mrs, Jean Greer had
charge of the little ones in
the nursery and Mrs. Ann
Chapman led the • Jr.
Church. The Church
wishes. to express sincere
congratulations to Mark
Nicholson and Miss
Geraldine Augustine who
were married in the
Baptist Church in
Brantford, July 28th.
Bluewater ladies
Stanley Stars
Varna Agrico's
Bayfield Babes
Good -times
Blue -Shadows
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• 1.1 8 3 16
12 8 4 16
12 4 8 8
11 0 11 0
Babes end in slump
The Bayfield
Knighthawks and the
Bayfield Flyers both
wound up their regular
season schedule when
they met for the second
time this year at the local
diamond.
--The-- Knighthawks
defeated them by a 16-4
score, sweeping the
seasons series two games
to nil, and finishing in
first place atop .the
league. The Flyers who
consistantly improved
their play in the latter
half of the season,
finished in sixth place in
the eight team loop.
The Babes ended their
season ip a slump, losing
to the league leading
Varna Agrico's, 9-8 in a
close one on Tuesday
night.
Wednesday night the
Stanley Stars moved
ahead of the pack in the
see -saw battle for first
place by downing the
Bayfield Blue Shadows
by an 11-7 score in Zurich.
Don't forget the Ladies
Slo-Pitch tournament
coming up this Sunday at
the Bayfield and Pine
Lake Camp diamonds.
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the :$120 Consolation .'Bt,
prize mQrley by downing
the host Paul Bunyan
team 10-6.
The order of finish for
the eight • teams com-
peting was as. follows: 1)
Alexander's Furniture 2)
Victoria Hospital 3) Ox
Box 4) Paul Bunyan 5)
Bayfield -Knighthawks 6)
Hofvian Holland 7) Just
Sports and 8) Wildwood
Park. ,
The Bayfield
Knighthawks had gotten
off to "a good start in the
0
pitch
morning by quelling the
Paul Bunyan Camp team:
11-7. However, the af-
ternoon semi-final saw
thea,lose to the eventual
tournament `A' champs,
Alexander's,,• who
defeated them 12-1.
It rained for part of the
day, but the ball players
played and the Paur-
Bunyan people kept
serving up the goodies
from their gas grills, and
everyone had a grand old
time.
CL*N oN r `► s-+ 1 COR
The money madefrom
the tourney will go
towards, the Paul Bunyan
Kids Pay to provide them
with races, a dunk tank,
hot dogs and like things.
Next year, the tenative
plans call for a 16 team,
two-day tournament,
again set for July. Teams
that are interested in the
1981 version should
contact Gord Compton, C-
o Paul Bunyan Camp.
These tournaments take
a' ttemnendous amount of
planning.
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