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CARD, TIIIJRS,I AY. NOVEMBER ia, 1980
Message from the reeve
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By Helen Oren"Encouraged
encouraged ` by the
support .l hayereceiv'ed
and 'with the backing of
the newly elected
councillors, I am not
unaware of the respon-
sibilities- to which we are
adz coniltted.
"Due to the pressures
of inflation the costs of
Maintaining our village
at the present level are
going to continue to
escalate proportionately.
Undoubtedly, the
replacement of our
present clerk -treasurer
and road superintendent
will result *in higher
expenditures.
"Many individuals and
groups are desirous -of
obtaining additional
facilities such as lighting,
rest rooms, drains, etc.
Although some legitimate
reasons can be advanced
for provision of these
items, it should be borne
in mind that ultimately
the cost of such amenities
must be at the expense of
the ratepayers of the
village. On this basis,
careful consideration will
have to be given to any
such rproposals „[before
action is taken. '
"Naturally some
people ay be disap-
pointed b the fact that
not all :proposals are
approved, However, it
should" be, !dearlyun-
derstood that it will be the
aim; 'of the Reeve and
Councillors to Make a fair
evaluation: of all sub-
missions male to them on
the basis of what is
•equitable, It will also be
part of the procedure to
explain to the satisfaction
of those concerned the
reasons for rejection.
"Finally, in the com-
munity there are many
different interests and
functions, allot which are
entitled to equal con-
sideration as taxpayers
of the village.
"It will be' the en-
cleaveur of this ad-
ministrtion to ac-
commodate these various
elements as their in-
dividual needs arise, and
it is hoped thereby to
arrive at a proper un-
derstanding and
reconciliation of various
facets . of community
life."
Wall explodes as
The Bayfield Fire
Department responded to
an alarm Saturday
morning at 12:30 a.m. at
a cottage owned by the
Higgs family on Lake
Shore Road in the
Village. Upon arrival, no
flames were visible but
the smell of smoke filled
the night air.
A wall inside the cot-
tage is said to have ex-
ploded in flames as a
result of overheated stove
pipes from a wood stove.
Smoke and water
damage to the building
o- -me"—r
was extensive although
the structure was saved
by prompt action on the
firemen's behalf. No
injuries occurred as Mrs.
Higgs and her child
escaped the flames.
The quietude, Of the
village was interrupted
as the fire siren again
rang out its alarm on
Saturday afternoon.
Firemen were called to
the Ken Boyce home on
the Goshen to control a
chimney fire. Damage -to
the house was minimal.
This "fellow" will have his hands full for the next term as two women were
elected to the Bayfield village council in Monday's election. Acclaimed Reeve
George Fellows, right, is pictured with new Councillors Barb Sturgeon, left and
incumbent Gwen Pemberton. (Bud Sturgeon -photo)
Over 300 pick council
Members elected to
serve on Bayfield Council
for the next two years are
John Chapman, Dave
Johnston, Gwen Pem-
berton and Barbara
Sturgeon. -
Well over 300 voters
braved the chilling
temperatures to cast
their ballots in ' the
BAYFIELD
by Bud Sturgeon and Helen Owen
Ross Middleton addresses Rotary
"Geology determines
geography", so said Ross
Middleton at the
beginning of his address
to the Goderich Rotary
Club.
Ross Middleton. is a
retired high school
teacher, living just
outside of Bayfield where
heo has developed an
orchard (specializing in
apples) on his farm. Born
and raised in the Bayfield
area, he received his
elementary and secon-
dary schooling in Clinton,
before taking his
teacher's traini.ng in
_Lond.on.. _ After . teaching
nine years in the Soo, he
married and moved back
to the farm where he now
lives. While still working
on his degree, Mr.
Middleton became a
geography teacher at the
Clinton High School, later
becoming the Depart-
ment Head. He now
devotes full time to the
orchard since retiring
after 21 years of teaching
at Clinton.
He continued his ad-
idress by stating that the
geographer examines soil
(in the Huron County
glacial till), vegetation,
animal life, examines the
environment "and relates
man's activities to his
environment.
We live in a sedimental
area. About 500 million
years ago it was under
salt seas, that• being the
reason for the salt mines
and oil occurrences in the
area today. Oil con-
centrated in. the Huron
and Michigan 'domes',
was relatively shallow
and therefore easily
discovered. This
sedimentary area
covering southwestern
Ontario and extending
northward to the pre -
Cambrian rocks, has
probably been through
four ice ages.
Time -to- a- geologist .is
measured in millions of
years. Comparing the
time of a geologist to one
year, man has only been
around for half a day.
He showed slides of a
glacial till or 'till plains'
in the Hensall and Kippen
•areas. All the good farm
land is formed from
glacial till. The
retreating ice also left
high' ground deposits
known as moraines with
large drainage basins
between, such as the one
from Holmesville to Hills
Green and Grand Bend.
Moraines, being high and
well drained are ideal
locations for highways.
A `drumlin' atWiarton
UCWsheduIe
upcoming events
A beautiful new carpet
greeted the ladies of the
UCW (Unit One) when
they° arrived for their
meeting last week.
Recently installed in the
Sunday School Room, the
carpet blends in with the
other furnishings and
makes a tremendous
improve rneltt .
Twenty ladies were
present at the meeting
and the worship service
was presented by Mrs.
Dorothy Merner reading
a poem, 'Songs of Praise'.
Mrs. Esther Makin read
the scripture. Then as
part ofaRthe service, Mrs.
Jean Campbell gave the
background history of the
words and musical
composition of our well-
known hymns several
verses of which were
sung by the members at
the conclusion of her talk.
Two readings by Mrs,
Jean Bell, 'It Too Will
Pass' and `Slow Me
Down' were followed by
prayers led by Mrs.
Merner.
The business of the
meeting was conducted
by Mrs. Betty Burch,
•
president of the UCW.
Notification of upcoming
events included the Uke
Centennial Choir, leader
Doris MacKinley, who
will be performing . on
Sunday, November 16 at
the 11 a.m. service. On
December 3 at 6 p.m. the
UCW ladies will be
catering for the Christ-
mas banquet of the Ever
Young senior citizens'
group in the school room
of the church and on
December 10 there will be
a joint Christmas
Evening meeting of both
units in the Sunday
School Room - please
bring your pennies! On
December 6, the UCW
will have a Bake Table at
the Lioness Bazaar, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Donations
should be turned in at the
arena by 10 a.m. on that
day.
Mrs. Jean Greer, unit
president for the lunch
committee (Betty Burch
and Margaret Scot-
chmer) thanked the
ladies for taking part in
the program and closed
the meeting with prayer.
is another glacial form in
the shape of a whale. The
steep sides of this form
however, render it
useless for farming.
Depositing a mixture of
sand,' gravel and
boulders, a stream of
melting ice water under
the surface of the ice
formed an 'esker' near
Seaforth.
An old lake beach
shown in one slide was
recommended as a good
location for an orchard.
Erosion by running water
was easily seen in a
picture of the meanders
of the MaitlandRiver.
The Rotarians thank
Mr. Middleton for a most
interesting lesson in local
geography. The Bayfield
Bugle thanks Rae Fraser
for submitting the .tory.
Monday election. Little
' interest was shown by the
summer residents in
Bayfield's first election in
many years.. However,
based on the permanent
residents vote the turnout
was in the 75 percent
area,
Tile close race saw
Dave Johnst. lead the
poll with 6 votes,
followed b Gwen
Pemberton with 226, John
Chapman with 206, Barb
Sturgeon with 195 and
Reg Wilson failing to hold
his seat on council with
193. •
It, wasan interesting
but unpredictable race as
none of the five had ever
run in an election before,
the three incumbents all
being acclaimed or ap-
pointed at various stages
in village history.
Combined with the new
acclaimed Reeve George
Fellows and a new village
clerk (to be picked by the
new council), the two new
council members will
give the village a change
in leadership which is
being looked upon with
great anticipation.
Squirrels beware
The squirrel population
of the village of Bayfield
is concerned with
seasonal hoarding and
their audacious methods
although delightful to
watch, arenot always I
welcome. Their ingenuity
h' acquiring. access to
bird feeders rather un-
dermines the objectives
of those members of the
com munity encieavouringrt _
to provide for the
feathered population. ,
This week, the per-
sistance of "a squirrel' in
gorging himself on.
peanut butter and sun-
flower seed was suddenly
curtailed. Much to his
surprise, he found
himself caged - a
situation he viewed with
some resentment and
loud protest. Then he was
deported!
Released in an area of
deciduous trees some
miles from the village,
where there was no risk
Toughnew laws will deter trespassing.
to
ithehIing
you
your property.
For nearly 150 years Ontario has
had a law making it an offence to
enter property where entry is
prohibited. But now new fegislation—
The Trespass to Property Act —has
toughened up the law to protect
your rights.
Trespassers can now be fined up to
$1,000. In addition, they can be ordered
to pay for damages they have caused.
An imps ant__part of the legislation
designates premises where entry is
prohibited without notice. These
include your gardens, orchards,
vineyards, land under cultivation,
woodlots and fenced land.
Where notice must be given to
prohibit entry. you may use red
markings on gates, trees or fences.
Yellow markings may be used to caution
that only certain activities may be
permissible. it is the responsibility of
the visitor to find out what you permit.
LAND USED FOR RECREATION
In the past, there was a great deal of
confusion, regarding your responsibility
to people you allow on your land.
Consequently many fanners and rural
landholders' would not allow recreational
activities on their properties.
Now another new act— The Occupiers'
Liability Act —reduces your responsi-
bility. In'a nutshell, the law assumes
that those who take their recreation on
most rural land without paying a fee
will take care for their own safety.
A special system has been devised
to allo,v .)u to easily indicate 'which
activities you will allow on your
property. A sign naming or graphically
representing an activity (for example,
hiking) indicates that the activity is
permitted. The same kind of sign with
an oblique stroke through it means
that you prohibit the activity.
" nem new laws
of a continuing program to
streamline our legislation.
By clarifying your rights,
they afford you greater
protection from trespass
and also reduce your
liability when you make
land available for
recreational purposes.
For full details, obtain
a copy of this free pamphlet. It's
available at many supermarkets and
liquor stores, or write to:
Communications Branch
Ministry of the Attorney General,
18 King Street East
Toronto, Ontario M5C 105
Ministry of -the
Attore1.0
General
Hon R Roy McMurtry
Minister
Round about the village
Mr. .and Mrs. Bill.
Latimer and baby,
daughter. Amanda, of
Weston, were the
weekend guests .of Mrs.
Ethel Knight at her
village residence.
Mrs, Joanne Sturgeon
wasp_- home from London
this past weekend for a
visit with her family,
Greg and Emrnily
Nielsen, London, were at
their Sunset Beach
cottage for the we?kend.
Carl and Daren
Humphries, London,
were guests with the
Fitzsimons and Hum-
phries and Herr families
over the weekend.
The 'Circuit Rider', Mr.
Brian Harrison, former
pastor of the Bayfield
Baptist Church -was Ttr the
village last week along
with friends from Detroit,
for a day's trout fishing.
Barb Sturgeon, Nora
West, Joyce Mcllwain,
Joyce Chilton, Jean Dunn
and Cathy Scott were all*
in Palmerston on
Saturday for a Path-
finder -Guide- Brownie
leader training session
being held at Norwell
Secondary School.
The 'Mouse', Mr. Roy
Telford, was at large over
the weekend as he made
one of his tours to the
north country.,
r. Roy Scotchmer is
cur ently a patient in
Ale andra Marine and
General Hospital in
Goderich.
Mrs. Freda Scotchmer
has had her operation and
is recovering well in
University Hospital in
London.
Canon F. H. Paull
continues to make
progress and on Saturday
last, came to spend the
afternoon in Bayfield
where he had tea at the
home of the Rev, George
and;. Mrs, Younaatoff, and
was visited by some of his
friends.. There was no
doubt that he very much
enjoyed this initial step
towards returning home,
which he anticipates
should not be too long
now.
Mrs. Bertha Turner of
Bayfield had visitors
from Lendon Last week
when her granddaughter
and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Wilkinson
came to collect her anti
take her to spend a twreg4
day visit with her son,
Mr. Wilfred Turner of
Ner `Sarum .
with smne highly
relevant queries, and all
welcomed' . this op-
portunity to 'exchange
viewpoints and ,discuss
. village affairs,
Mat Nediger was;.. re-
admitted to Clinton
Hospital On 'Sunday and It
is hoped that he will soon
recover frons this setback
and be able to.return
home in the near future,
Mrs. Beulah' Srpith
welcomed family on : it
Sunday last when ,.Ed,
Maxine and Cathy Rowse
from London came to
visit.
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On Thursday evening,
the residents of Clan
Gregor apartments had
an opportunity to talk to
one of the prospective
candidates for the new
council, when Mrs.
Barbara Sturgeon called
in to meet them and
answer questions. Some
of the residents whose
knowledge of the village
extends back over many
years, presented the
prospective councillor
The Bayfield Curling
Club was intoits second
week of regular season
play on Sunday night.
In the early draw, the
Gerry Uniac rink
defeated the Bob Orr
rink, the Natty Francis
Rink bested the Alice
`Brandon rink ' and the
Morris Sauve rink (with
Bill Mcllwain as skip)
downed the Roy Telford
rink. .
I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK EVERYONE WHO
SUPPORTED ME IN
THIS ELECTION. I WILL
CERTAINLY DO MY BEST
FOR BAYFIELD
Barbara Sturgeon
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THI S FR 1DA
NOVEMBER
14
P.M.4 P.M. -10 P
See the live animals, inspect our meat
coolers and discover why Darling's ore
famous for quality. Select the meat you
wont (you'll see it hanging in our cooler)
and we'll process it for you exactly the
way you like it. Check our prices and
take advantage of the extra savings
available at our abattoir, this Friday
only.
M
BUY NOW!
and beat the expected
dramatic increases
in beef prices. You'll
be dollars ahead.
BEEF VALUES
FRONTS HINDS
Heifers
$1.39 Ib.
Steers
$1.45 Ib.
Heifers
$1.89 Ib.
Steers
$1.95 Ib.
SIDES OF PORK
99< „
WHOLE PIG
9 7t
IAMBS
51 .89 ,„