2012 yearbook part 1
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Passing the TorchFive years ago my neighbour Anne Campbell asked me to consider taking on the yearbook responsibility for the Wymbolwood Beach Association. It didnʼt take long to agree. My family had enjoyed a long history on Wymbolwood -- my grandfather built the family cottage back in the 50ʼs and I had been enjoying summers here all my life. As kids we participated in all the key events and even dedicated an entire cottage wall to showing off the various ribbons won over the years. Those events played an important role in shaping my memories of the Beach and I remember thinking now that I had kids if was importance to find a way to give back.
As editor of the yearbook, Iʼve had the privilege of meeting some great people. The experience has given me and my family an opportunity to move beyond our ʻpatch of beachʼ and really connect with the community. Through the reader submissions, amazing photos and enthusiastic suggestions, Iʼve gained a new appreciation of the WBA and a greater understanding of the important role the yearbook plays in capturing our collective experience. But now itʼs time to pass the torch. Newly appointed WBA director Steve Himel has agreed to take on the stewardship of the yearbook. Judging by the terrific job he did helping pull together this yearʼs book -- weʼre in good hands. Over to you Steve!
Jeff Fredericks
This is my 11th summer on the beach, and one consistent I have noticed is the eager anticipation of the Wymbolwood yearbook every spring. The opening of the yearbook somehow seems like the official start of the season at Wymbolwood. Finding out the key dates for the summer, flipping through the articles and looking for pictures of friends and family are all highlights. Every yearbook gets saved and consulted several times during and after the season. As Jeff indicated, the yearbook is a significant forum for capturing our 'collective experience' and I am looking forward to helping put it together. In Jeff's hands the yearbook has become more a reflection of this experience and I hope to continue this. Thanks for the opportunity and happy summer.
Steve Himel
EDITOR’S CORNER
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEMay 10, 2012
Dear friends and neighbours of Wymbolwood Beach,
It is with great pleasure that I am writing my first Presidentʼs letter for the WBA yearbook. This year is a big year for the association as it has been 65 years since it was formed in 1947. The directors have been busy planning events as outlined on the back cover and in the calendar insert, including a special 65th anniversary party to be combined with our annual corn roast on Saturday, August 4th. The party will include a live band and cake for those of you with a sweet tooth. I hope to see all of you there.
In addition to our traditional activities, one of our members has generously offered to provide free tennis lessons on Tuesday mornings in July and August on the newly resurfaced tennis courts. Donʼt miss this opportunity to bring out your inner Boris Becker! Thank you to Erwin for offering his services.
Keeping our beach clean and safe is all of our responsibility. Please take a moment to read through our two articles on environmental issues on the beach and reach out to Lynn Short and her team of hard working teenagers if you need any assistance. Thank you to them and to all the members and volunteers who helped clean up the birds that washed up along the shoreline last fall.
Over the past 65 years, the number of members and faces of our association have changed but the spirit and purpose remains the same. Please participate in the activities and support your association. All of our events rely on the generous contribution of our volunteers and we are always looking for more! If you are interested in getting involved, contact me or any of the directors.
I hope you enjoy reading through the yearbook and taking a trip down memory lane. Please support our advertisers as, without them, this yearbook would not be possible.
I look forward to seeing everyone on the beach.
Kindest regards,! Richard MerrittPresident-Wymbolwood Beach AssociationEmail: [email protected]
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Wymbolwood Beach Association
Past Executives
PRESIDENT SECRETARY / TREASURER
1947 - 49 Dave McNaught Victor Large
1949 - 50 Pit Dudley Karl Kern
1950 - 51 Paul Lowes Harold Smith
1951 - 52 Gordon Tufts Neil MacDonald
1952 - 53 Gordon Tufts Lloyd Heide / Ed Morse
1954 - 55 Gord Middleton Ed Morse
1955 - 57 Ron Robinson William Dean
1957 - 58 Ron Robinson Gordon Tufts
1958 - 59 Ed Morse Gordon Tufts
1959 - 60 Warren Coulter Gordon Tufts
1960 - 61 Alvin Rosenberg Gordon Tufts
1961 - 62 John McEwen Gordon Tufts / Tony Rooney
1962 - 63 Andy McDermott Ed Williams
1963 - 64 Andy McDermott Harris Bulmer /
Tony Rooney
1964 - 65 Everett Fleming Ed Williams /
Dan Harvey
1965 - 66 Everett Fleming Dan Harvey
1966 - 69 Jack Drummond Dan Harvey
1969 - 71 Ron Smith Dan Harvey
1971 - 74 Steve Lowes Dan Harvey
1974 - 76 Harold Johnson John Houston
1976 - 78 Merv Jessop John Houston
1978 - 81 Bill Pashby John Houston
1981 - 84 John Houston Dave Fortier
PRESIDENT SECRETARY / TREASURER
1984 - 87 Stu Eccles Sr. Dan Harvey
1987 - 91 Roger Heise Gordon Clancy
1991 - 92 Walter Bulas Gordon Clancy
1992 - 94 Walter Bulas Stu Eccles Sr.
1994 - 97 Bill Simpson Dave Haliburton
1997 - 98 Bill Simpson Yvonne Kirby
1998 - 99 Bill Simpson Bill Snider /
Doug Jessop
1999 - 01 Yvonne Kirby Bill Snider /
Doug Jessop
2001 - 02 Yvonne Kirby Dubois
Bill Snider /
Monica Simpson
2002 - 04 Bill Simpson Monica Simpson /
Linda Winter
2005 - 08 Dave Holwell Bruce Conron /
Linda Winter
2008 - 09 Blair Flemming Bruce Conron /
Patricia Dorman
2009 - 2011
Kevin Murdoch Bruce Conron /
Patricia Dorman
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Wymbolwood Beach Association
2012
Officers, Directors and Volunteers
Committee ChairpersonAGM Kevin MurdochBeach Party/Corn Roast Anne CampbellField Day Mary Ann VirelliField Day Lunch Blair FlemingFOTTSA Representative TBAGolf Day and Lunch Kevin Murdoch/ Lenore MurdochMembership Sandy HaliburtonNeighbourhood Watch Dave SparrowRegatta Ivanna VipavecTennis Doug JessopTownship Liaison Dave SparrowYearbook Jeff Fredericks / Steve HimelAdvertising Dave Sparrow/ Anne Campbell Youth Activities Anne Hanson
Life MemberDaniel Harvey (1919-1993)
DIRECTORS/EXEC. COTTAGE #COTTAGE
PHONEHOME PHONE E-MAIL
Joan Bayley-Carmichael 600 361-1784 905-471-4425 [email protected]
Anne Campbell 766 361-1796 519-885-0372 [email protected]
Bruce Conron 778 416-289-0170 [email protected]
Murray Conron 778 416-427-6317 [email protected]
Patricia Dorman 748 361-1178 905-271-5543 [email protected]
Jeff Fredericks 764 361-1810 416-604-2469 [email protected]
Sandy Haliburton 730 361-1805 905-884-3081 [email protected]
Anne Hanson 780 361-3754 416-463-2585 [email protected]
Steve Himel 718 416-654-8877 [email protected]
Richard Merritt 742 905-795-1993 [email protected]
Lynn Short 647-273-5966 [email protected]
Ivanna Vipavec 584 361-1124 905-281-8887 [email protected]
Mary Ann Virelli 43 Durie 518-0200 416-653-5881 [email protected]
President: Richard MerrittPast President: Kevin MurdochSecretary: Joan Bayley-CarmichaelTreasurer: Patricia DormanAccountants: Sidler & Company LLP CAs
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MISSION STATEMENT
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Whether you’re a year round resident or seasonal cottager, the Wymbolwood Beach
Association provides various services to you. We have many social activities,
communicate township information and assist with the security of your cottage
through the Neighbourhood Watch program.
All Members Receive:
• One copy of the annual yearbook
• Spring update letter
• Access to all WBA activities
• Voting privileges at the AGM
• Regular email updates (as necessary)
• Updates regarding FOTTSA and other Township information
• Contact information available to Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator and OPP as
required
• Listing of contact information in yearbook
• Access to WBA website www.wymbolwood.ca
Our Vision
To keep Wymbolwood Beach the place where we
want to be
•Providing social events, (List of events) and,
•Providing the tennis courts, summer youth program and
our park
Our Mission
•To promote our sense of community
•To represent the interest of our membership
•To secure our heritage and influence our future
We will promote our sense of community
by:
• Communicating with our members including the
yearbook, bulletin board, annual survey, President’s
letters and the annual general meeting
We will represent the interest of our membership
by:
• Collecting and disseminating information to members on
social, political, environmental and safety matters
• Providing a Neighbourhood Watch Program
• Annual Survey of members
•Newsletters
•Telephone campaigns and
•Acting cohesively, getting involved and being informed
• Providing forums for people to meet
• Increasing membership within traditional
boundaries to sustain the Association through the
annual membership drive and the welcoming
committee, (President, Past President and other
designates)
•Involving a broad cross section of members as
volunteers
•Acting as a point of contact for local business,
other organizations and government
We will secure our heritage and influence our
future by:
• keeping the traditions alive
•‘Leaf from the Past’ feature in the yearbook
•Highlights and reporting of events in the yearbook
(Designated photographer at all events), and
•Maintaining our park
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Changes of Name & Address:Forward changes to: Bruce Conron
86 Greenwich SquareScarborough, ON M1J [email protected]
In Memorium & New Additions:Please do not hesitate to make one of the Directors
aware of those we should be remembering and those we are welcoming.
Yearbook Contributions: Let us know if you would like anything added to
the yearbook. This is your yearbook -- please contribute
Membership:Full Annual Family Membership - $50
Associate Membership - $30Tennis Membership - $30 (includes 2 tags)Additional Yearbooks ($15 each as available)Day Camp donation*
Please send photos and articles to:Steve Himel17 Melgund Rd.
Toronto, ON M5R [email protected]
Membership dues can be mailed to:Pat Dorman
1021 Cutler CrMississauga, ON L5H 4C9
*In an effort to maintain the Annual Family Membership fee at $50 we ask those families who benefit from the youth activities summer camp to
consider a donation to assist in the funding of this program.
GENERAL INFORMATION
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Wymbolwood looking to fill seats
Shoes not required
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65 YEARS OF WYMBOLWOODDID YOU KNOW?
August 1947 it all started at Paul Lowes cottage; “wymbolwood beach property owners’ association” (WBPOA) formed, Membership Fees were $1 & Saturday night dances started
August17th, 1947 The WBPOA became part of Tiny Beaches Association
1950 now the “ Wymbolwood & mountainview Beach Property Owners Association”
1950 Annual dues $2
1951 first regatta
1951 first recreation committee for children’s activities
1952 cottage numbers assigned, swimming lessons & 10:00 O’clock Beach club started
1953 Annual Fees $3, Associate Member category initiated
1954 Annuals dues $4, Associate dues $2, 3 bulletin boards established, Hi neighbor parties, Hoe Downs, & annual dances. Sports activities included field day, regatta, baseball tournaments, table tennis, volleyball, badminton, horseshoe pitching and tennis.
1954 hurricane hazel wipes out/damages many cottages and roads
1955 “Wymbolwood Beach Association” title was born and Spring letters started
1957 WBA becomes incorporated
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65 YEARS OF
1965 ball diamond named “tufts park” after long time secretary-treasurer J. Gordon tufts
1969 Annual dues $10 & associate dues $4
1970 august field day returns, wiener roasts, sailing races and golf
tournaments added to WBA annual events
1971 Tennis tournaments started and annual beef BBQ’s at the Lowes cottage. 35mph speed limit established
Associate dues now $5
1972 25th anniversary and first year book
1973 paid supervision for ball park activities begins
1975 annual dues $15 and Associate dues $10, WBA buys Tufts Park from Mr. Dunsford
1977 first year members mailed in annual dues
1978 Annual BBQ goes from steaks to burgers…sign of the times
ENJOY THE CLIPPINGS AND STAY TUNED
FOR MORE HISTORY NEXT YEAR
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LEAF FROM THE PAST
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LEAF FROM THE PAST
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LEAF FROM THE PAST
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LEAF FROM THE PAST
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TENNIS CLUB RULES
TENNIS ANYONE?
1. Any paid member of the Wymolwood Beach Association may become a member of the Tennis Club by
paying the 2012 tennis fee of $30.00 per cottage, additional tags are $2.00
2. Our tennis court at J. Gordon Tufts memorial Park may be used by any member of the Wymbolwood
Beach Association subject to the following rules:
a. Tennis members with 2012 tags have the right to use the court in preference to anyone else.
b. Tennis tags for those playing and those waiting must be hung on the display board at the court.
c. Tennis members must restrict play to an additional 30 minutes after the arrival of any other
tennis playing members who wish to play.
d. Clinics and tournaments take priority over all other uses. Clinics and tournaments must be
authorized by the Tennis Committee.
e. Tennis members with 2012 tags have the right to use the court during youth activities as long as
the court is not being used for youth purposes (10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., Monday - Friday)
3. Owners of cottages, cabins, and lodges cannot supply tags to tenants. Tenants are entitled to join the
Association as an associate member and then become full members of the Tennis Club themselves.
4. Proper tennis shoes should be worn at all times and proper tennis etiquette should be observed.
New! - This year there will be tennis instruction every Tuesday from July 3 to August 17This is open to anyone 8 and over and will run from 10:00 to 12;00
Join us on Saturday, July 14th, for some fun and exciting round-robin tennis (and friendship) at the Tennis Courts at J. Gordon Tufts Memorial Park
Intermediate Level: 9:00 am to 11:00 am (arrive at 8:30 am)Advanced Level: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (arrive at 10:30 am)
Just show up on the morning of July 14, and we will handle the details from there
(rain date will be Sunday, July 15)
If you need any further information, please contact Dave Holwell by email: [email protected]
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TENNISNews from the Wymbolwood Beach Tennis Club
2011 was a very exciting year for the Wymbolwood Beach Tennis Club. In late July the tennis court was professionally repaired and resurfaced. Two contractors worked for almost a full week grinding and filling cracks, filling low spots, applying 2 coats of acrylic resurface material and 2 coats of glorious blue and green acrylic colour. The finishing touch was the addition of new white line markings.
The new court was christened on Saturday August 6th with the First Annual Wymbolwood Open. In the Senior Menʼs Doubles Division the team of Hennig and Pavkovic ruled the game. Team Holwell and Dorman put up a valiant fight but lost to the more experienced team in the final round. A solid match was played by all!
Donʼt Forget!:• The 2012 Open will be held on Saturday July 14 (rain date of July 15)• Also new this summer is tennis instruction for ages 8 and up on Tuesdays starting July 3 and
ending on August 14 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Simply show up at the tennis court with your own racquet – balls will be provided. No need to register in advance!!
For more information contact Mary-Ann Virelli by email:[email protected]
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BEACH LIFE
Go Fly a Kite!!By Billy Stevenson
You are walking along the beach and in the distance notice this brilliant flying canopy as it arcs and dives in a hypnotic rhythm. There is a "pilot" attached to this contraption, and is being pulled, skimming across the water with ease and harmony.
Suddenly the pilot is catapulted into the air, hangs for several seconds, and then touches back down with a soft and gentle landing.
What is this sport? It called Kiteboarding....some call it KiteSurfing....but whatever you want to call it, Kiteboarding is the fastest growing water sport in the world. Young or old, men, women, boys , girls, riders of all skill and level can participate and enjoy this sport, no noise, no gasoline!
In the last 3 to 5 years, great improvements in design and safety have made this sport accessible to the masses. From a distance it can appear that the rider is holding on for dear life, however a harness belt with hook takes all the pull, and the rider simply needs to steer the kite in the proper motion. Many riders can stay on the water for 2-3 hours without needing break! Some riders are happy just cruising around, while others may want to jump and do tricks. Newcomers must seek out proper instruction. Trying to learn this sport on your own is NOT advised. If you see someone trying to learn on their own, stay well clear as un-supervised learning phase is when accidents can happen. Once a rider is trained and understands the Kite, the safety precautions, and the weather conditions, Kiteboarding is actually a very safe sport. Learning never stops, there is always a “new move” or a different style turn to try, or a new riding technque, riding flatwater, or big waves, or trying a surfboard, or doing a 2hour downwinder from Christian Island to Wymbolwood, kiteboarding keeps you coming back for more. Snow Kiting on frozen lakes and fields also gives you plenty of winter activity opportunities.
The shoreline of Georgian Bay offers a wide variety of riding and launching locations. All the way from Beach 6 in Wasaga, up thru Tiny Township and over to Christian Island. Most riders are well trained and taught to respect the beaches and the adjacent properties, and to steer clear of swimmers and watercraft. As with anything, there will always be a bad apple somewhere that can spoil it for other Kiters. The majority Kiters have a self-policing policy, so if they see another rider doing something wrong or irresponsible, it is their duty to approach that rider and advise and correct. Kitesurfers love to talk about the sport, so don’t be shy to approach and ask questions.
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BEACH LIFE
There is even a World PKRA (Professional Kite Riders Association) Tour, where riders compete in RACE, WAVE and FREESTYLE events. The events are hosted are all over the world from Thailand to Domincan Republic, Spain, Argentina, Australia.
We have all heard about how we spend too much time if front of the Computer, TV or video game. Georgian Bay is clean, windy, and simply a natural marvel to appreciate and enjoy.
Maybe Kiteboarding is going to be your new activity for 2012?
Billy is an IKO Certified Instructor and offers private one-on-one or group lessons.Call 705-737-2923 or email [email protected]
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WYMBOLWOOD SUNSETS
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BEACH LIFEWYMBOLWOOD SUNSETS
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BEACH LIFEBLASTS FROM THE PAST
Have a favourite Wymbolwood memory youʼd like to share? Dust off your old photos and provide a brief description and weʼll print them!
A Sunday Swing -- Summer 1967
A typical Sunday in 1967. Maureen Hanson, Lenore Doyle Hanson, Bea Doyle, Anne Hanson, Terrence Doyle, Jack
Doyle, Bill and Margery Doyle arrive back at Beahaven after church.
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BEACH LIFEBLASTS FROM THE PASTWhite Shroud – Rescuing the Carters !! ! ! ! ! by Murray Conron
Dad used to call them “three-day blows”, when strong northwest winds roll in the breakers, and the surf at Wymbolwood roars day and night, as the first hint of a change in the season. It was mid-August, 1958. About midday, from the porch lookout at Red Pine cottage, we spotted a white boat, almost stationary, way out more than a mile. What kind of boaters, we wondered, would like bouncing and bobbing about in these white caps? Binoculars revealed to me, Dad, Mom, and my sister Pat, little more detail than that. The boat appeared to be shrouded in white; and we could see no one on board. For the next hour and a half, it became the item of interest and one of us would check it out periodically. Dad knew from the Power Squadron that a white sheet displayed from a craft, if that was indeed what we were seeing, was a universal signal of distress. With a sense of concern and obligation, he decided we would investigate.
It wasnʼt going to be an instant get-out-and-see-whatʼs-up thing. On days like this, when the Georgian rolls its drums, we would keep our 16-foot cedarstrip Seafarer in front of our cottage on the marine railway carriage, and if not stored right inside the boathouse, then midway up on the beach. Today the ride would be rough, the headway slow, and the venture might all be for nought. But, propelled by a deeper sense, and noting that the wind was subsiding, we rolled the Seafarer down to the water, maneuvered our way out through the shore breakers, and began pushing over the swells to meet the mystery vessel.
Ten minutes later, as we approached, we saw an older white-haired man come up from the galley into the cockpit of his small cruiser named the “Karen”. He was waving calmly at us, much as if to say, “Greetings, glad you came by”. Once within earshot, he explained, continuing in his understated way, that “weʼve run out of gas and could use your help”. A woman came out of the galley to reinforce a sense of urgency, adding somewhat shrilly, “Weʼve been drifting for eight days, without power. Weʼve seen nobody at all until you showed up.” Their collie dog also emerged from the galley, tail wagging.
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BEACH LIFEBLASTS FROM THE We made our introductions and deliberated on the best way to help. Mr Carter on the Karen did not know exactly into what part of the Bay they had ventured. We pointed out the nearest shelter and gas along the entire Nottawasaga lee shore was over by the government dock at Yarwood Point (now better known as Jacksonʼs Park), about two miles to the north. Leading them there sounded like a plan, but first, Dad and I would have to leave the couple adrift again and return to our boathouse, where Dad had a five-gallon gas tank he could fill with straight gas, no oil.
What a tale we had to tell back at Red Pine. My Mom joined Dad and me as we picked up the gas tank and a funnel and headed back over the waves out to the Carters. We transferred the tank to the cockpit of the Karen and Mr Carter funneled in the gas. With a few turns of the ignition key, the engine cranked over weakly, then sputtered into action. Yay! Allowing for their engine to warm up, we led the couple slowly to the dock area for a landing on terra firma, which the collie, Rover, would appreciate as much as anyone.
In those days, the government dock at Ossossane Beach provided a small dredged harbour with wharfage and a gas pump for outboards, small cruisers, fishing boats, and sailboats. Not far back by the Tiny Beaches Road, there was a corner coffee shop and a general store, with telephone and other welcome commodities.
Before parting that afternoon, we offered the Carters the comfort of our cottage, but they preferred to first rest up from the ordeal on the Karen and make a few telephone calls to relatives who would be worried, although no one had apparently reported them missing. We certainly understood their need for some wind down space, and promised weʼd return near suppertime to take them back with us to the cottage. They were grateful and looked forward to it.
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BEACH LIFEBLASTS FROM THE PASTOver supper, the Carters were more relaxed and revealed their story. He was a retired school teacher, 76, and the couple had retired and were living just north of Owen Sound on the Bruce Peninsula. The previous week, they had left Lionʼs Head early in the morning during calm, heading to the eastern shore across the widest part of the Bay on their way to visit their son in Kingston. First stop was to be Port Severn, where they would enter the Trent-Severn system that links to Lake Simcoe and ultimately Lake Ontario.
They would rely on identifying landmarks from the charts. Later that day, the weather degraded and an approaching front brought adverse winds and reduced visibility. They came in close to what Mr Carter believed were the Western Islands but they dared not venture into the breaking shoals that intervened. Lost and confused, and at peril in the hostile hydraulics, he decided to back out the way they had come, even though that meant another 65 miles before home. They almost made it, but the Karenʼs gas ran out, and from then on, they were at the mercy of wind and waves. For days, they circulated the southern part of the Bay, always a considerable distance offshore. Mr Carter knew to fashion a sea anchor from tarpaulin and the deck chair at the wheel to provide drag so that the bow would head into the wind and the cresting waves, so drifting could be controlled. In front of us at the table, he put his hand up vertically to show what it felt like on the Karen at times. Having been up at the Bay ourselves all that week, we indeed believed all of it.
Mr Carter confided that while waving to us from the cockpit, he was thanking God, and asked that He bless the man at the helm in the rescue boat. Mr Carter offered my Dad one of his beach lots on Colpoys Bay. Though loving Wymbolwood too much to pursue an interest there, my Dad may have wished later on that he had.
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BEACH LIFEBLASTS FROM THE PASTOver the next couple of days, news spread (not due to any of our promotion) and the press would arrive at the dock or at our cottage. Some clippings are included here from the Toronto Star and the County Herald, that provide further details of how the Carters dealt with their plight.
After several days rest at the dock, the Carters did return to Lionʼs Head in their gallant craft. Sadly, three years later, we did hear that the old sailor had passed away at age 79.
In review, this type of misadventure can of course still happen on the Bay, and still does, only to a much lesser degree, for several reasons. As explained in the newspaper article, the couple had by circumstance no radio communication, as a new cabinet for it was being made. They also had no auxiliary power, and no dinghy with oars to act as a lifeboat. And, understandably, they felt at all times, surely aid would come soon, so best stay with the ship. Now fifty-plus years later, we carry cell phones, position-fixing GPS units, or smart phones with GPS apps. With these devices (when waterproofed), we can keep up daily contact while cruising in the open bay or in the islands and catch the latest MAFORS (marine weather forecasts) on radio or on the Net. Also, along Georgian shores there is more settlement now, more chance that some curious cottager will take notice, and rush to aid, either by launch or by calling the Coast Guard. Still, when cruising, nothing beats contingency planning, and that white bed sheet? Donʼt leave home without it.
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FIELD DAY
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FIELD DAY
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CORN ROAST
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CORN ROAST
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65 YEARS OF WYMBOLWOOD WATER CRAFT
Sixty-five Years of Wymbolwood Water Craft
A wise man once observed that “there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Residents of Wymbolwood Beach have taken that recommendation seriously to their hearts since 1947. The following recollection is entirely my own and is heavily biased to the serial boat owning proclivities of my father and me over the ensuing decades. I express my regrets if I have overlooked a popular model of recreational water craft, one for which you had an affectionate ownership over the years or that stands out to you as archetypal of its time.
From the end of the 1940s I have in my mindʼs eye (assisted by home movies) our first boat, about a 14-foot cedar-strip with a generous fringe of deck all around, powered by a pale green-coloured 10 hp Johnson “Seahorse” – a red flash with white letters and a stylized seahorse painted on the engine cowling. Along the beach, ten horses clamped to a transom was just about the most power you would find, driving either a hard-chined wooden boat composed of heavy planks that came together in an extended V at the prow or a cedar-strip with a rounded tumblehome hull and a broad bow. In the latter category, Peterborough was the brand of preference, readily identified by its warm, varnished cedar-strip topsides and solid-coloured bottomsides.
Members after a certain age will be intrigued to know that we had rowboat and canoe races, even motorboat races (shudder to think of it now) that capped off the regatta for several years in the early to mid 50s. Dad came first in one of them, and the association gave him a cigarette lighter.
We had rowboats and canoes and sailboats. Just about everything floating except the beach balls and toy inflatables until the mid-50s was of wood. And there were rafts, some of them quite impressive affairs with mounting ladders, made buoyant with a foursome of steel drums of varied diameter. The beach was not as broad in those days, and hauling boats and rafts in and out was not too onerous. A number of cottagers used boat lifts. My dad had a railway to the waterʼs edge until low, low water a decade later depleted his supply of track.
As we moved into the 1960s, boats got bigger and motors more powerful. A minimum of twenty-five horses were de rigueur if you intended to water-ski – sometimes with two skiers in tow – and every boomer boy and girl wanted to ski. If speed was your thing, you opted for a Mercury 50 or higher. My memories of hot summer afternoons at this time are filled with the roar of outboard and the smell of exhaust, gassy effluent slicking in rainbow hues and drifting around our legs. Wooden hulls gave way to fiberglass and aluminum and steel. Motorboat hulls now bore imported names like Boston Whaler, Starcraft, and Springbok. Peterborough and Penetangʼs own Grew boat works had to scramble and switch to the zero-upkeep plastic if they were to stay afloat. Grew eventually went under, followed years later by Peterborough.
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65 YEARS OF WYMBOLWOOD WATER CRAFT
The times they were a-changing. In the early 1970s, a Canadian-designed and built fiberglass dish of a sailboat – the Laser – was launched and quickly captured the imagination of the aspiring dinghy sailor. George From was our first Laser sailor, showing us how to minimize knockdowns in the high winds of August. Many of us followed in his wake for decades to come. Around 1975 George organized the first of many annual sailing races on the civic holiday weekend.
Ron Graham became the perennial champion. Other adepts that I remember encountering on the water include the children of Lynn and George, the McIntoshs, the Flemings, and the Pashbys. They were sailing in Albacores, CL 14s and 16s, Georgians, Invitations, OʼDays, and Hobie Cats in several lengths. My recall is that Stu Eccles was our first with a Hobie – the quintessence of a sailor harnessing the wind. At the polar opposite, the
Fortier family learned to sail on a pram-bowed craft about the size of a bathtub called the Opti (short for Optimist) before they graduated to Laser.
For whatever reason, conventional boats with one hundred and more horsepower engines became a minority taste as we moved into the 1980s and 1990s, eclipsed by variations of sail power. Many CLs and Lasers were left in the boathouse or under tarps as sail boarding or wind surfing captured the imagination of the sons and daughters of yesteryearʼs water skiers. With even just a whisper of a breeze in the offing, learners young and not-so-young launched their boards off the first sand bar. Patiently, ever so patiently, they mastered tacking and gybing with a glass mast inserted into a universal joint. For many, the thrill of beating or reaching into one of the Georgianʼs strong west winds, countering its tug with deft movements of body and grasping the wishbone boom, was as exhilarating as feeling the resistance of a main sheet and paying out or pulling in to maintain maximum power, perched out to windward or hiking on your dinghy.
August 1951, Front row, left to right: Murray Conron, Frances Marshall, Bruce Conron,
Douglas Marshall, Patricia Conron. Back row, left to right: Hugh McRoberts, Jill McRoberts
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65 YEARS OF WYMBOLWOOD WATER CRAFT
Another versatile and popular boat coming on strong at the close of the last century was the PWC (Personal Watercraft), the Sea-Doo and its various competitive brands. It marked the comeback of power boating to some degree. Relatively easy to move into and out of the water, suited perfectly to drive into the shallows of our forgivable sandy shores, a PWC is attractive to young families with its ample power to pull water skiers and rubber donuts or just allow one or two people to get away for a spin. Unlike the engines of the 50s and 60s, it also leaves a virtually imperceptible carbon footprint on the water.
Boats powered by paddle have also made a comeback. In fact, I think kayaking is now the craft most frequently appearing on our waters and these inexpensive (mine from Canadian Tire cost $500 last year), easy to master boats will likely grow in numbers for years to come. For all the ages and stages of our lives, the kayak is perhaps the most accommodating watercraft available.
Regarded as an “extreme sport” by many, kite surfing is the most exciting water activity we have seen on the beach since the turn of the century. Kite surfers have to be physically fit. They unpack what appears to be a birdʼs net of controlling lines hooked unto a halter. When the winds of late summer pipe up to 20 and 30 knots, look north and south along the shore to spot their colourful chutes bobbing and weaving above the grey-bearded combers. To watch from shore as these athletes accelerate atop their boards is as exciting as being out there with them. Iʼve heard that a relation of one of our neighbours periodically comes up from Australia to kite surf the Wymbolwood west winds.
Wymbolwood Beach is ideal for boating. Except for the relatively few gales, the three-day blows, the gently dropping sand-bottom shoreline and light, forgiving breezes make for safe sailing. By early July the waters warm up to our bodyʼs comfort zone and we are afforded about eight pleasurable weeks of messing about on the sweet water sea.
Bruce Conron
778 TBRS
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BEACH LIFERUNNING WYMBOLWOOD
Short - 5KFrom the beach store north to Jackson Park and back
Medium - 7.5 MilesFrom the beach store south on Skylark to Concession 5. East on 5 to the old railway line. North on the railway line to Concession 8. West on 8 to TBRS. Follow TBRS south back to the beach store
Long -11.2 MilesFrom the beach store south on Skylark to Concession 5. East on 5 to the old railway line. North on the railway line to Balm Beach Rd. West on Balm Beach Rd. to TBRS. Follow TBRS south back to the beach store
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CAUGHT ON CAMER AA St. Patrick's Day to RememberAs the thermometer outside hovered just past 20°, and the inside temperature closer to 26° we had to double check that the ʻMʼ on the calendar was for March and not May! Kids being kids, they found their own solution for the heat - a dip in the lake. Charging down the beach, stripping off their clothes as they went, the two girls bounded into the water. Even for kids, however, cold water has a way of snapping one back to reality - the dip was short. Still, the sun was bright and the winds were light and and the day came and went wearing a believable summer disguise - the pint at the end of the day a toast to refreshment as much as old St. Pat
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PHRAGMITIES ON THE BEACH
By Lynn Short
Last summer was a very successful season for removal of Phragmites at several residential properties. During the month of July and the first week of August, fourteen teenagers were employed for various periods of time to clear Phragmites from beach front properties. The work crews used spades to cut the plants just below the soil surface and piled the cut plants to dry in the sun. The residents were then responsible for disposing of or burning the piles of dried plants. A total of eight properties were cleared last summer and at least two properties took on the project on their own after observing the technique that the students used to remove the plants.
There were many positive discoveries as we worked. We saw a variety of native plant species that are present on the beach, including native sedges, rushes and wildflowers. There were also animals present that are indicative of the remnants of a healthy ecosystem on the beach. We saw young toads, pickerel frogs, green frogs and beautiful dragonflies. We listened to the song sparrows as we worked. After these invasive species (Common Reed – Phragmites) are removed, the native species will establish a healthy, diverse habitat in their place.
The Phragmites Removal Team , Summer 2011 at work!
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PHRAGMITIES ON THE BEACHControl of this invasive species is a long term commitment for the residents. It will take about three to four years of aggressive removal of the plant to get it under control, however, once under control, only a minimum amount of effort is required to remove the seedlings that appear each season. Once the plant is under control, the native plants and animals will make the beach a very interesting habitat to observe throughout the summer.
Students wishing to accumulate Community Service Hours for High School or those who are interested in making some money this summer are invited to contact Lynn Short, 696 TBRS, at [email protected]. Whether you are here for a weekend, a week, a month or for the summer, there is an opportunity for you!
For anyone interested in finding out what plants and animals you have at your beachfront property or wishing to have students remove this invasive plant from your property, please contact Lynn at the same email address.
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Fall 2011 – Dead Birds and Fish Wash Up On Wymbolwood Beach ! $ $ $
- by Lynn Short
Last fall, many residents were horrified to find dead birds and fish washing up on our beautiful Wymbolwood Beach. Many of us walked the beach, picking up the dead birds and fish for collection and disposal by the township. Some residents buried the birds at the beach. This phenomenon was not limited to our beach. It was seen all along the shores of Georgian Bay last October.
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources determined that the cause of death of these animals was Type E botulism which is caused by a naturally occurring anaerobic bacterium. Anaerobic organisms thrive in the absence of oxygen. These conditions exist at the bottom of the lake. Clostridium botulinum (Type E) is the aquatic form, responsible for the decay of organic matter that falls to the bottom of the lake. Type A and B forms of Clostridium are found naturally occurring in terrestrial soils and have been the cause of human food poisoning in improperly canned foods in the past. The birds that were affected by this outbreak were loons, grebes, long tailed ducks, mergansers and common goldeneyes. These birds are all migratory diving ducks that feed on the fish or mussels that they catch while diving under the water in Georgian Bay.
The bacterium produces a neurotoxin that paralyses the host, ultimately causing drowning and suffocation. The toxin moves up the food chain from contaminated zebra mussels to round gobies to fish to aquatic birds and even to scavengers like crows and eagles.
Although the bacterium that causes Botulism is a naturally occurring organism, the numbers of deaths of this magnitude are not natural. This phenomenon has occurred annually around the Great Lakes since 1998, resulting in the deaths of approximately 100,000 waterfowl on Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario over the past 13 years. The actual number of dead birds is impossible to obtain because many birds just sink to the bottom and cannot be counted.This new phenomenon is likely directly related to the many interdependent environmental changes that are challenging the ecology of the Great Lakes. Among these are the presence of invasive species, both on land and in the water, encroaching development around the Great Lakes, and, warmer water temperatures due to climate change.
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The Great Lakes (including our beloved Georgian Bay) are part of a significant rest and refueling area on the migratory flyway from the Northern breeding grounds to the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Coastal wintering grounds and back again in the spring. There appears to be a connection between these botulism outbreaks and the appearance of two invasive species in the Great Lakes, namely the Zebra Mussel and the Round Goby. The Round Goby feeds on the Zebra Mussel. It is thought that the Zebra Mussel filters out and concentrates the spores of the botulism bacteria and then the Round Goby feeds on the contaminated mussels. Once it is poisoned, it swims erratically, making it an easy prey for fish and ducks. They then become poisoned, too. It is not known how these die offs will affect the populations of migratory waterfowl.
Zebra Mussels $$ $ $ Round Goby (bottom dweller)
There is very little that can be done about this botulism outbreak at present. Sadly, we may see it recurring this fall. It is important to become informed about invasive species and minimize the spread of these invaders. We need to support measures that will reduce the effects of climate change and become good stewards of our own properties.
Visit the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation website for resources on invasive species and climate change at www.lake huron.ca.
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YOUTH ACTIVITY CAMP
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COTTAGE MEMORIES
When asked if I could submit a short story to do with our summer stay at the family cottage, my
mind ran through images like a film reel. Where to start? I think most would be fairly typical of
everyone’s remembrances:
- finally making it to the cottage, after what had to be an excruciatingly long car ride, usually early
evening, rushing down to the beach, which was always there, always waiting for us, to dive in fully
clothed, much to our mother’s tired horror – walking in bare feet down the pebbly bitumen road to
Dunsford’s store for a popsicle, maybe running back by the beach - hearing the long line of horses
plodding along on a hot summer’s day, down the back road, hoping that maybe next time you’ll be the
one able to go - waiting that requisite hour after eating to finally be allowed in swimming - the feel of
the sand ridges under your bare feet in the shallow water – jumping and riding the waves all day, to
awake the next morning with your pillow covered in sand that had finally fallen back to earth – eating
lunch in your wet bathing suits, in trouble if you didn’t put a towel down first – the smell of Noxzema
that Mom would gently apply to your burnt back – watching the older brothers and sister play baseball
against Balm Beach, watching the awesome pitching of Doug Phillips, and wondering if you’d ever be
allowed to play – walking to the Creek with Mom and Dad and dogs, thinking it was such a long way
away, early evening, watching the cliff swallows in the dune behind the creek – fishing at Wye River,
watching the little red and white float endlessly, trying for catfish – the weekly car trip to Midland for
groceries and an ice cream at the little cabin down by the docks – the once a summer trip to Penetang
Naval establishment or Ville Ste Marie, sort of interested and wondering when we could go back to the
beach - the evening trips to Gull Island in the old wooden boat in musty, hard, canvas life-jackets
which may or may not have really been able to keep us afloat – the rainy day card games and all day
Monopoly or Risk games that never really ended – the friends and cousins who were always there,
having numerous homes to enter at will – eating Kraft Dinners for lunch at Auntie Marg’s next door
because we weren’t allowed to – watching man walk on the moon at the Sparrows ----- and ---- and ---.
The list could continue forever, but the one memory that always stood out was that horrible last day of
summer when you knew September was looming and school was around the corner, the car and the
trailer were packed – that last look –until next summer!
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COTTAGE MEMORIES
My grandfather, Hugh Sefton, built the cottage, Spindrift, in 1936. In 1965 my father and the Webbs
built another cottage, Thunderhead, on the property. So, our extended families have cottaged here for
over 75 years. I live in Australia now, but I have a small jar of Wymbolwood Beach sand on the window
sill, to remind me that our special beach is always there, always waiting for us to return.
Heather Kelly (nee McIntosh) Margaret River Western Australia and 772 Wymbolwood Beach Road.
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COTTAGE MEMORIES
Sixty-four Years ago – London England meets Wymbolwood Beach…. By Tom Dorman
On Tuesday, July 27, 1948, after a 19 hour flight from London England (with stops at Iceland, Newfoundland and Montreal for fuel) a young English gentleman stepped on to the tarmac at Toronto airport to meet his brother Eric, who had arrived by ship a few days earlier.
My father, Hugh Dorman, was greeted by his brother and given the good news that a Mr. Pit Dudley – the cousin of my fatherʼs London landlord – had invited them to a cottage somewhere north of Toronto for the coming weekend. The better news was that Pit (Dudley/Dies cottage 456 TBRS) had arranged to introduce them to two young ladies whose parents had a cottage just down the beach.
Three days later on July 31, 1948, Eric and Hugh Dorman met Marianne and Dorothy Brickenden on the beach at the original Brickenden cottage (my grandparentsʼ) at 588 TBRS. Two years later Dorothy Brickenden became Mrs. Dorothy Dorman on October 20, 1950 and our family spent many subsequent winters looking forward to the long drive from Woodstock to Wymbolwood each summer where my parents, sister Marlene, brother David and I camped or rented cottages.
This family summer vacation tradition carried on after Pat and I married and we stayed at my Aunt Marieʼs cottage (Brickenden/Hulse) with our two oldest daughters for a couple of summers. In April of 1990 we purchased the Drummond cottage at 748 TBRS. Pat and I with our daughters, Katie, Stephanie and Sarah, have Mr. Dudley to thank for the wonderful times that we have had and still enjoy at beautiful Wymbolwood Beach.
Thanks to Dorothy Dies and Donna Dies (daughter and granddaughter of Pit Dudley) who delivered this picture to our cottage last summer and prompted our research in to this important piece of family history.
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IN TRIBUTECheers Dave!!
The Wymbolwood Beach Association yearbook committee and the Board of Directors would like to acknowledge and thank Dave Sparrow for over 20 years of dedication to the advertising sales which are responsible for keeping our yearbook alive. In the last 20 years he has collected over $97,000 from our yearbook advertisers. We know such an achievement does not come easily. Year after year Dave continues to nurture the friendly relationships he has established with many of the repeat advertisers and we are sure they look forward to his visit every winter or spring.
Thanks again Dave for your hard work and commitment. Wymbolwood cottagers continue to enjoy the arrival of their yearbook on the May long weekend because of your passion and dedication to your role.
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BOOK SWAP
Murphy Dorman browses the Adventure Section.
The 2nd annual Wymbolwood Book Swap turned out to be a great success ...
Bruce Conron, Murphy Dorman, Mary Hanson and other cottagers recognize a good Christmas shopping opportunity.
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BOOK SWAP
Wymbolwoods’s 3nd annual “Books on the Beach” Swap
What? Start the summer with some great new reads! Gather together your “previously loved” books from last season (or the season before), and bring them to swap for some “new” books. Categories can include everything from fiction to non fiction, biographies, books for kids or teens, suspense, science fiction, coffee table books, and more.
When? Sunday July 10, 2011, 11:00 a.m. for book drop-off. Book selection starts at 11:30 a.m. Rain or shine.
Where? On the beach in front of 780 Tiny Beaches Road South. (the Hanson-Davies cottage).
Again this Year! You are welcome to take as many books as you like.At the end of the morning, one lucky cottager will be chosen -- at random -- to take all remaining books home!
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The Great Butter Tart Taste TestLugging boxes and bags of summer reading material, Wymbolwood cottagers descended on last yearʼs book swap. They came to browse, discuss, debate, and select the books that might inform and entertain them through the summer months. But, in addition to this noble pursuit, they arrived to selflessly offer up their finely-honed tastebuds.
The challenge that lay before them: Randomly sample from two seemingly-identical butter tart stations, and cast a ballot for “The Quintessential Wymbolwood Beach Butter Tart”.
It was no easy undertaking. Apart from the unfortunate molten nature of Butter Tart A (due to the morningʼs heat, and lack of additional egg in the quadrupled recipe),each sample had the making of the definitivebutter tart: flaky pastry surrounding a sweet, sticky, slightly drippy(!), sublimely satisfying filling. The catch? One sample was made with corn syrup; the other with maple syrup.
Lauren Davies staffs Butter Tart Station B
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As avid readers of this yearbook know, butter tarts were a staple of pioneer Canadian cooking, and they remain a characteristic pastry of Canada. Considered one of only a few recipes of genuinely Canadian origin, there is still debate over the choice of “correct” sweetener: maple syrup or corn syrup. Fortunately, the intrepid tasters of our beach were up the challenge of selecting – what would evermore be known as – the conclusive, final, ultimate, unconditional, absolute, definite, overwhelmingly preferred, official WYMBOLWOOD BEACH BUTTER TART.
With mouths full of butter tarts, the altruistictasters moved back and forth between the sample booths, tasting and comparing, before finally committing to cast a vote. At the end of the morning, ballots were counted, and the results recorded. The winner was … well it was hard to tell. According to eyewitnesses, some tasters inadvertently voted twice. As well, ballots were mistakenly taken from already cast votes, and placed back into the main ballot container. Further confounding variables included intense sun and heat, causing Butter Tart Sample A to be uncontrollably runny and messy; participantsʼ forgotten eyeglasses, making voting details hard to read; distracted, book-browsing voting wardens, leaving mayhem at the polling station; unbridled social gaiety, causing voters to forget why they were there, or that they had already cast ballots. For this reason, the results can not be concluded as statistically significant. However, in the interest of never having to repeat this exercise, the beach favourite was informally found to be THE MAPLE SYRUP BUTTER TART!!!
Special thanks goes out to the butter tart bakers, staffers of sampling booths, voting station wardens, and all those who showed up to participate in this memorable morning.
Anne Hanson
Jane Pashby casts her secret ballot for the winning butter tart
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COTTAGE MEMORIES
FIFTY YEARS ON WYMBOLWOODby David Sparrow and Louise Sparrow
2012 is a big year for the Sparrow family. We celebrate fifty years renting/cottaging/living on Wymbolwood Beach. We are no longer “new-comers”! Mind you, our immediate neighbours and many o the r Wymbo lwood fam i l i es precede us by a generation or two (or three). Our third generation youngsters enjoy Wymbolwood when work, school and travel permit.
It was in July, 1962 when we first rented 32 Wymbolwood Beach (as it was then numbered) from Mr. And Mrs. Albert Cork. Cottaging was a new experience for the Sparrow family. The four junior Sparrows were aged 3 to 10 at that time, so a month at the beach, and meeting the neighbouring families made for an exciting summer.
We planned to repeat in 1963, but learned that the Corks were selling their cottage and retiring to Victoria B.C. That seemed to be the end of cottaging, until Bridget came up with the idea that we should buy it. My Aunt Ethel loaned us the $1000.00 for the deposit on the $8000.00 purchase price. She was able to visit the cottage a few times before she passed away, and it pleases us all to know that her ashes are buried under a rose bush on the north side of the cottage. Buying the cottage was one of the three smartest things I ever did (the other two were quitting smoking at 14, and marrying Bridget OʼSullivan of Dublin).
So in 1963 we enjoyed the cottage for the whole summer and the junior Sparrows got to know and make friends with the neighbouring kids, and in some cases, became lifelong friends. The summer friendships became very special. Everyone would see each other throughout July and August, but then have no contact for the rest of the year.
Sparrow Cottage 1963
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COTTAGE MEMORIESWinter visits were rare in those early years…maybe once each winter. It actually meant digging our way in, through the snow, and trying to get warm with a log fire. Of course, at lease one child would put a foot through the ice at the waterʼs edge and end up drying their feet and socks in front of the fire. With no insulation and no heat other than the fireplace, there were no winter sleepovers.
There have been many happy times over the ensuing years. One of the happiest was the wedding reception for our son Paul and Deborah in 1981. We have hosted many parties here, as well as friends, some of whom think of our cottage as their second home. Our family has lived in other countries, but we have always thought of Wymbolwood as our “real home”. Even when we lived in Nassau, Bahamas from 1967 to 1972, we spent summers at the cottage!
There has been tragedy and sadness too. In 1973, our son Kevin and his friend Rick built a sailboat and tested it out one June weekend. That was the tragedy – they did not return. In early June the water was still very cold and they succumbed to hypothermia. As Kevinʼs tombstone says “He was loved by all who knew him”. The sadness came many years later in 2010. Bridget, one of Wymbolwoodʼs matriarchs, passed away in February. She didnʼt quite make the 50 year celebration.
The core of the cottage itself is still basically the same as the Corks left it. Mr. Corkʼs stone and shell fireplace is still going strong, and some of Mrs. Corkʼs hand painted cupboard doors survive. One of the original bedrooms is almost exactly the same, except for a newer window. But the building has gone through several expansions and winterizing operations courtesy of Ralph and Tone Web of Wyevale. In 1992, we joined the “retire to the cottage” generation and since then it has been a permanent residence.
We all look forward to another summer full of Wymbolwood Beach Association events and, of course, those brilliant sunsets.
Dave and Bridget 1963
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NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH REPORT
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T O W N S H I P O F T I N Y
Community Info.
Kevin Leonard(705) 549-7356
Chairman, Tiny Township
Sgt. Dave HarkerO.P.P. Liaison Offi cer Police Liaison Offi ce, Tel.# (705) 526-3761Const. Peter Leon -- O.P.P. Community Services Offi cer, Tel. # (705) 526-3761O.P.P. Dispatch Centre Orillia: Tel.# (888) 310-1122
Police / Fire / Ambulance 91124 Hour Police Service for the Deaf Only1-800-461-4459 BY TDD/TTY toll free
Huronia District Hospital1112 St. Andrew’s Drive P.O. Box 760Midland, ON L4R 4P4Tel: 705 526-1300
Walk-in: Bayside Medical Centre3 Beck Blvd., Penetanguishene, ON705 549-3939
Address: 16864 Hwy 12, P.O. Box 250Midland,ON L4R 4K8Between Hwy 93 and King St.
Municipal Offices: (705) 526-4204130 Balm Beach Road West, Perkinsfield, Ontario L0L 2J0Hrs. 9:00 am - 4:30PM, Mon.-Fri.
Tiny Council Meetings: 2nd & last Mon. of every month9am Meeting of the Committe of the Whole7pm - Formal Council Meeting
Ontario Provincial Police
Township of Tiny
Hospital
Neighbourhood WatchWYMBOLWOOD BEACH ASSOCIATION
• Carol Angus, 422 TBRS, Ph. 361-2331• Don Craig, 494 TBRS, Ph. 361-1014• Doug Phillips, 651 TBRS, Ph. 361-2196• Alex McAuley, 744 TBRS, PH 361-3244• Dave Sparrow, 766 TBRS Ph. 361-1796
Dave Sparrow - Wymbolwood(705) 361-1796
Coordinator
Township of Tiny CouncilPeggy Breckenridge, Mayor(705) 526-4204 (705) 790-0178 Cell
George Lawrence, Deputy Mayor(705) 526-4204
André Claire, Councillor(705) 526-4204 x 302
George Cornell, Councillor(705) 526-4204 x 301
Nigel Warren, Councillor(705) 526-4204 x 300IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Animal Control 549-2289 Hydro 1-800-461-5564 County of Simcoe 726-9300 Health Unit 526-9324 Bell Canada 310-BELL (toll free)
Dog(s) Running at Large / Tags705-549-2289Dog Tag Fees: $15 before March 31st, $25 thereafter (not required if you already have one but quicker to locate owners if a dog is registered). By-law 97-9 prohibits dogs from running at large. Section 9.1 reads “Every dog owner shall ensure that their dog does not run at large within the Township.
Township of Tiny Department HeadsChief Admin. Officer/Clerk: Doug LukerTreasurer & Mgr. of Admin. Services: Doug TaylorTownship Eng., Public Works: Henk BlomChief By-law Enforcement: Shawn CrawfordMgr. of Planning & Development: Randy SmithFire Chief: Randy Smith
Carol Angus 422 T.B.R.S. 705-361-2331Eleanor & Erwin Bohnet 48 Drurie St. 705-361-3559Don Craig 494 T.B.R.S. 705-361-1014Cathy & John Martens 533 T.B.R.S. 705-361-3649Doug Phillips 651 T.B.R.S. 705-361-2196Dave Sparrow 766 T.B.R.S. 705-361-1796
In the event of an incident to report, call the team member nearest to your residence or call coordinator Dave Sparrow. If there is no response, call the O.P.P. Dispatch Centre in Orillia at 888-310-1122.
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2012 Youth ActivitiesJuly 3, 2012 – August 17, 2012
Monday to Friday 10:00 am – 12:00 noon Drop in Basis Cost– Free to Beach Association Members
$2.00 Per Child Per Day for Non-Members Location – J. Gordon Tufts Memorial Park (Tennis
Courts) Bring a Snack Ages 3 - 10 For ages 8+, there will be tennis instruction every
Tuesday from 10 to 12
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Please note, the 2011 AGM minutes will be posted on the WBA website (www.wymbolwood.ca) at a later date
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