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• THE •LUCKNOW` SENTIINEL, .LUCKNOW,. ONTARIO PAGE ` NIINETEE:N.
The Bruce County Women's In-
itutes' Centennial. Doll
Lsplay is a very .worthy centenn-4.
1year.project and many area..
;sidepts had, the opportunity, to
1ew this display at the Ripley .
centennial tea on Friday.
The doll display is sponsored by
.e Bruce County Historical Soc-
,ty and has'been under the chair -
anshipof a Ripley lady, Mrs.':
onald Blue assisted by two other
ipley ladies Mrs. Neil MacLenn-
i and Mrs. Leonard Outerbridge
Women's Institute groups in.
•uce were requested to dress these
)11s depicting.: an early' area
;lit who contributed in a special .
ay to the betterment of the corm
tity. A:brief'history of'ths�per-
n also accompanied the doll
splay. Fifteen entries were re
;rued .in the :'contest. Judging was ,.
)ne by' Dean McCready and her •
mimittee•of Macbonald'Institute'.
Ripley W.I; .won first prize of
)„5., Kincardi.e won second prize
oney of $15.,, South. Saugeen` was
ird .for a $10. 'prize and fourth
iie.of:.$5. for originality: . vas
on by Hope Bay and Hopeness:
11 other 'entries received honour.,'.
)le Mention and a 85, award. All
ize money was paid by the Bruce
istorical. Society , the sponsorof
e contest. The. doll display has...
:en at the College Royal at
uelph and eventually will go, to ,
e Bruce archives. . •
The winning; Ripley entry ,
;pitted Miss`Bella MacKenzie
id thefollowing• commentary ,.
;companied ,the doll.
Miss Bella. McKenzie, daughter
John .Ma.cKenzie`, was born in•
159. She died, May 31st, 1946 and
is buried ih South Kinloss .Cemetery
She was born.:in Scotland but lived
most of her life ina small, white.
house ; next to the United Church
Manse in Ripley , •
People remember that she nursed
and .pared for a; young sister who
died in womanho6d:.. Her fiance
also died. She the had the care• of
her parents until their death. • Her .'•
mother was, in a wheelchair for ,,,
over thirteen„years,, A brother
who lived in the United States •
helped' sonie,'and after his death;'
hist son assumed the. responsibility.'
But as long as'Bella was able, she •
baked bread and sold it to the
Comrnunity to support herself.
We have chosen this well, to
represent her The Owen Sound
Sun, February 6, .19.44 `had her
picture standing beside a pump
with this caption beneath , "In her
89th year , Miss Bella McKenzie
a resident. of Ripley for 60 years
has all' her lower teeth: and: m ost•
ofher uppers: ".It w,as because of
this and, other cases,` that the scien
tific discovery was 'made in 1943'-
1944 that the combination ,of •
fluorine and.•phosphorous in• drink-
ing •water., prevented; tooth decay;
:Bella and her pump contributed to •.
this finding
But this is not our•specialreason
for choosing her. Her” character
.was just as flawless She was a
great religious teacher,'' poor in
worldly; goods, but rich in spiritual
things. ,Better a Bible to represent
Bella. ! Indeed, Irian), ' of the people'.
ofthis town, are grateful to. her. ,
for religious instruction and the
contact With her unusual, faith
'the wisdom and ,goodness of her'+
Heavenly Father , ` • '
Huronview Sias
BY' R S,
GODERICH - Members: of ,Huron
ounty Council were offieially.in-
oileed. Monday that since the last
po tato. council ,, •the employees,
f `" Huronview:"... Huron County
ome near Clinton.. with•'the exept
m of the•,supervisory.' office', , and
art -time . staff, had .been union
;ed. •
The International ,Union of Oper-
ting Engineers., .Local 944',..has • .
een certifiedas bargaining,,agent •
it the .stationary engineers.; . and . .
he Building .Sery ic'e Employees':
Inion, .Local 210, for the balance
if the staff.
The -report of the Board of Man-
gement of the Horne. as .present
d by A; D; 'S:mitli Turnberry,
hairrnan, stated that the Board
/ill now' commence to negotiate .'.
;ontracts withboth Unions: •wh'ich
*doubt, will mean additional •
neetings over .the next -few months
Phe first'was scheduled for March
The two labour unions have been
:ertified by the Ontario Labor
ielations Board as bargaining'
tgents for' about 95 employees.
rhe Building Service Employees'
inion isaffiliated with the Build=
ng Service International' Union
si- cio-cLc.
Negotiatigns'conimenced only
Wo nmonths ago, Superintendent
iarvey C„ •Johnston stated,
Chairman Smith. in review stat -
xi that due to minirrlu.rn wage
egulations the employees receiv-
:d a $400 increase last year, Now
hey had come along for .More •
honey,
"Apparently ,you can't satisfy
some people`:" he declared '•
John H. ..
Corbett; Hay Township,
isked if'the a pioyees could'go or
strike, �.
B,G,• Hanley,'deputy clerk tre'as-
•
urer in charge. of "Huronview"
finances, said that as hospital eni4
PXoyees they could riot go on strike
but must submit to arbitration.
re Unionized
ATKEY..
Carl' Dalton, Sea forth : asked if
the wages:paid the employees,
under the .union contracts: were in
linewith those, of people in sirnil- '.
ar work; •
The Deputy Clerk-Trea surer. re-
plied that they were; in line'. with
wages paid at,Goderich Hospital;
• The committee reported that
completion of the new wing, is
"progressing slowly"and it is hop-
ed•residents will be ableto' move
in by the end' of March;
Official opening of the new add
ition IS' being planned, for
Wednesday :' June i4:;: 1967 ,at •2:00
•
p.m : when Hon.,. John Yaremko,
Ontario•Minister of Public Welfare ,
will be present to officially open.
,the new building
On recommendation of the .Board
of Management 't was decided
that the $5:0, membership fee •in. '.. .
the• Ontario Association 'o'f Hopes,
for the Aged; be paid: ; •
Delegates ,to the •annual con:ven- •
tion were named as follows • War-
den Donald McKen, ie', Ashfield;
Chairman Alvin F, ,Smith i Turn-
berry; co-chairman Elgin Thomp-
son.. Tuckersmith; S,tiperintendent
Harvey C, Johnston; and Deputy
Clerki-Treasurer B. C, Hanly.
Superintendent .Harvey . Johne
stop presented the current report.
of "Huronview"" which he 'said was.
filled to; capa"city with 226 resi-
dents. This total includes 97 male`
and 129 fem'al"e inmates. Total of
the Horde to date is 1,600 as of
last Week, Resident-numiier5l,
admitted ip December 1895 at 13
years. is still there; now •85' years •
of .age..
' For comparisons sake.: Mr John-
stop: quoted figures for the year:,
1896 -;seventy years ago - when•
there. were 61 initmates, made up
of 46 males and 15 females. Many
of the figures given for costs and.
expenditures back in that year.
drew smiles from the members
of 'Council, .'
oulrck
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Good' taste needn't be. expensive. Our beautiful Bouquet •
Invitation line'most esipapers,
proves this with the.
type• faces and workmanship you : 'could .wi'sh for! It
features. Thermo -Engraving -rich raised ..lettering --elegant
as
as .the finest craftsmanship.— yet costing' so little!, Come
see.our unusual selection:. •
no, to two: weeiver!
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