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The steel piles were placed for the Bayfield Municipal Marina April 15, one of the augurs
of the boating season. The municipality hopes to have the marina ready by mid-May for
their customers. (James Friel photo)
Service award given
By Doris Hunter
Friends, and that means just about
everyone in Bayfield, are rejoicing over the
award presented to Gwen Pemberton. It is
for five years' service as a community
volunteer. We all know better than that, as
the list of her volunteer efforts, since com-
ing to Bayfield as a bride more than 50 years
ago, is too long to remember. Presently she
is a member of the LACAD, from which she
has just retired as chairperson. President of
the U.C:W., Secretary of the Senior Citizens,
Vice President of the Historical Society and
her four children and 10 grandchildren are
frequent visitors to town, a sure sign of their
luve for her.
Charles Rogers is the new chairman of the
,L.A.C.A.C. with his wife Anneke, he owns
one -of Bayfield's Heritage homes, a land-
mark in Bayfield, known as the former
Gairdner House. The other members of the
committee are, Reeve, Dave • Johnston,
Councillors Helen Owen and Reg Wilson,
Peg Willock, Arlene Kok, who with Jan owns
two of our heritage properties, Alex Shev-,
rhuk, Gwen Pemberton and Gail Gandy
owner with Pat Waters of the Little Inn, also
a part of the Heritage District. Pat Muratori
is the newest member. Village clerk Pat
Graham acts as secretary and Joe Beechie
is legal advisor.
Heritage comes in many forms, the
United Church received one such interesting
item recently, where Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy
Poth presented the trowel used at the laying
of the cornerstone when the church was
built. Miss Doreen McKenzie, an elder and
descendant of one of the earliest families in
the church accepted this artifact on behalf
of the congregation. Originally the building
was built to house the Presbyterian con-
gregation.
The Rev. Hamilton ' Gibson was the
minister from 1860 to 1875 and it was fittir}g
that his widow Mrs. Kate. Gibson should lay
the cornerstone, for this fine High Victorian
Building. This event took place May 20, 1902.
Her great -grandnieces Mrs. Dorothy Gibson
and Mrs. Mary Canfield of Oakville found
the trowel when settling their aunt's estate'
and gave it to Mrs. Poth, whom they knew,
having consulted her, like so many others,
about the history of their family in Bayfield.
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Reserves in Clan Gregor Square
By Doris Hunter
Bringing instant summer with them
Ernest and Dorothy Hovey have returned
from a sojourn in Mesa, Arizona.
The Clifts, newly returned from their
winter home in Monserrat must have felt
they were back in the army on Sunday as the
Square was suddenly alive with soldiers
with an array of jeeps for transportation.
The officer in charge said they were from
the London Militia District school, the
Reserve Army.
Representatives from two regiments, lst
Hussars, from London and Sarnia with the
Elgin Regiment of St. Thomas, have been
taking part in a Crew Commander's Course
covering the area from Grand Bend to
Lucknow. Must have been a shock for
members of St. Andrew's church to emerge
from their service and find themselves sur-
rounded by the army.
Marny Walden has had a busy week. Her
son Peter and daughter-in-law presented
her with their second son Gregory Bryan
number one son is Jeffray Walden.
Her niece Kit McAuley and friend from
Western were visiting her as well as Robert
McAuley from Chatham and cousin Gordon
Galbraith with his dogs from Walled Lake.
Gordon is evidently like Marny's father for
whom he must have bc:, mimed. None of us
can recall Gordon Sr. wit,. his fox ter-
riers and open pocketbook.
A good party on Friday was given oy tt,.
Agricultural Society. Doris Wilson, the
president was in charge, with Mrs.. Penhale
to greet you at the bake table and Elsie
Reder and sister-in-law Doris Schilbe collec-
ting the $2 entrance charge and issuing
numbers for a number of lucky draws.
There was a most tempting assortment of
desserts, to be enjoyed before settling down
to the serious business of the evening,
bridge and euchre. Maude Weston was the
winner of ladies' high score, Grace McClin-
chey ladies' low, mens' high John Menzie
and low, John Lindsey, that's the John L.
who lives in the township. Pearl Hutchings
and Jim Cox played the most lone hands.
Players at the five bridge tables were Kel-
ly Ball with the ladies' highest score and
Harold Hopper highest among the amen. Con-
solation awards went to Helen Hopper and
Reg Wilson. There were eight door prizes
and the society would like to thank the
donors. As they used to say on such occa-
sions, "a good time was had by all."
New folks in town are Corrine and
Richard Ftoussi with their daughter Ber-
nadette and son Richard. They have pur-0
chased the Steve Argyles' home on Anne
Street and will be moving in on May 1. The
children are already enrolled in school and
are happy there. Corrine is a Calgarian and
Richard is French, coming to Canada from
Alsace. They are on the staff at the Little
Inn and are looking forward to our summers
with water skiing and swimming high on the
list of what to do.
Award for Bayfield woman
By Helen Owen
Mrs Vera Gregg of Bayfield was the sur-
prise recipient of an award, a pin and
membership of the Quarter -Century Club!
She was advised of this honor by the
Regional director of the Ministry of Social
Services that the award had been made in
recognition of 25 continuous years of ser-
vice.
In addition, Mrs. Gregg also received a
letter from Robert G. Elgie M.D., who wrote
saying that he did so on, behalf of the
Government of Ontario, sending her his
sincere congratulations. The letter went on
to say..."as a member of the Quarter -
Century Club, you have joined the select
group of dedicated employees who have
made a considerable contribution to the pro-
grams and services of the Government to
the benefit of the people of Ontario."
Mrs. Gregg recalls that she started work-
ing as 'a nurse at the London Psychiatric
Hospital in 1958 after she arrived in Canada
from the U.K.. She then transferred to the
Psychiatric Hospital in Goderich in 1969
where she remained until obliged to give up
her work for health reasons. Congratula-
tions, Vera on a well deserved awards.
Happy Birthday!
David Johnston, Snr. father of the Reeve
of Bayfield celebrated his 85th birthday on
April 21 following the wedding of his grand-
son which had taken place the previous day.
Over 75 people called in to wish him many
happy returns, including his son Eldon from
Nova Scotia and nieces and nephews from
i ornr.to as well as long time neighbors and
friends from Collingwood.
Mr. Johnston greeted his guests with
courtesy and pleasure and gave tribute to
his son Dave and his wife Gail for the
hospitality which they had arranged on his
behalf. Apart from those present Mr.
Johnston also received cards and gifts
which he may enjoy in retrospect of a
beautiful sunny day, when surrounded by
friends and family he celebrated another
year.
Chi1drens movies this weekend
By Doris Hunter
. The Recreation Committee is offering
children's movies on Saturday, April 27, 2
p.m. in the Municipal Building. This is just
one of this busy committee's well organized
events.
Last week Cathy Scott and Wendy and
Harry Hessel got the youngsters in town set
up in teams for the season, room for more,
so don't miss out, 10 a.m. Saturdays at the
Ball Park.
Watch it when you're burning the winter's
debris. Warner Payne could have lost his
barn, but for the prompt action of the
Bayfield Fire Fighters, a couple of sparks
from his trash fire landed on the roof.
You can't help peeking into the former
Lance Store, to see what is going on. The
sign in the window says The Wardrobe's
Bizarre and promises antiques, collectibles
,wid clothing. The shelves have been re -
Painted, the splendid long counters, once
more extend through the length of the store
and nostaligia reigns as' one remembers Mr.
Edward's General Store with daughter
Floy, behind the counter with her father
dispensing all manner of good things from
fine china, lovely linens and groceries to a
good assortment of penny candies.
Gardeners, when dividing your prennial
roots, put the surplus in a container, ready
for the Garden Club's annual plant auction
coming up soon. We have a number of riew
members who will want anything you have
be it rhubarb, chives, or something exotic,
but forget the forget-me-nots, there is
always a surplus of these.•
uthor wives Barfield readin
• By Helen Owen
There was an appreciative audience in the
Archives Room at the Bayfield Library on
April 20, when Joan Barfoot was the
speaker. A native of Owen Sound, Ms. Bar -
foot was introduced by Sharon Cox,
Children's Librarian of Goderich who is in
charge of Outreach Programs.
Ms. Barfoot said that her background was
probably similar to that of many members
of the audience, and this was confirmed
when she read an extract from her latest
book which' is doe to appear in the fall. The
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year old woman, tonfined to .her bed and
limited by the processes 'of aging. Her
thoughts inevitably led her back in time to
her own childhood, the strict codes, which
one did not defy, and the lifestyle where
boys worked long and hard on the farm, and
the girls provided food, preparing a succes-
sion of meals to appease large and healthy
appetities. Intermingled with these
memories were the sounds and smells, so
much part of life, the clearly defined roles of
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the sexes, and the puritanical ethics which
not only guided their lives, but also
strengthened the will to survive.
In one passage there was a description of
a trip to town where the family were briefly
made aware of 'sin' in the form of a spastic
child, a drunken man' and a prostitute, and
yet without ever realizing the full implica-
tions.
At the conclusion of the reading it was ob-
vious that the descriptions and events
struck a chord with many of the listeners,
and Ms. Barfoot answered questions regar-
ding the methods she empoyed in writing a
novel. Two of her books were on display,
"Abra" which.had received an award for a .
first Canadian novel, and "Dancing in the
Dark"
Ms. Barfoot explained that no conscious
experience or situations had been used,
although there were events which triggered
off an idea. She stressed the need to exert
discipline in order to achieve results,
because the production of a book from start
to finish might well take about three years,
and that it was only by maintaining a daily
output that results could be achieved. Often,
she said, it is necessary to discard what had
at first seem desirablematerial, but she ad-
ded the benefits of modern technology in
typing and word processing certainly werea
tremendous asset.
One of the questions concerned the use of
bad language and explicit descriptions of
sexual activities, and in reply Ms. Barfoot
said 'that the former was sometimes
necessary and relative to the character, but
she had found herself in difficulties in deal- •
ing with sexual situations and therefore
avoided themin her novels.
Asked if she had any particular re-
quirements in order to accomplish her
work, as some authors admitted, she said
that her main supports were c¢ffee and
cigarettes! Apart from the novel from
which she read the excerpt, Ms. Barfoot is
already engaged on another book.
Ms. Barfoot was thanked for her presenta-
tion and the meeting concluded with coffee
and cookies.
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