HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-04-26, Page 9WIDNE$DAY APRIL 22Ih.:1987
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THE
LUCKN OW SENTINEL,
LUCKNOW ONTARIO,
PAGE NINE
inute Checking Of Equipment
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ri
Clayton 'Nicholson of Ripley,
manager of the Huron and Kinloss
'Telephone System ,. •does some
last minute: checking at the hew •
dial building„at Ripley prior to con-
version to :dial next. week Clayton
is shown oh the right. On the 'left •
is Commissioner Stewart Needham
of the phone system and in the
centre is Francis` Gemmell of
Ripley,engineeringan officer of
the .Ontario Telephone •Services and
a former manager 'of the Ripley
'system.
Groip•Enteriain.
At Pinecresf Man�
ZION NEWS.
Mrs Gordon Kirkland's group
• entertained the patients at Pine
crest Manor on`.SaturdaY ..'A •
Program ,was .presented .where Kath.-
erine Dunsmuir sang a solo, Wanda
Hunter. entertained with step
cing, group singing was enjoyed,
accompanied by -Mrs. Bruce. Rayt.
. ' nard at the organ., Also •present : .
: were Mrs..Ruth Helm: and.Mrs.
Eunice Dunsmuir. The 'patents then
'engaged.in cra;,fts.,and:'� ames. •It,
g
was decided tb leave .the craft mat-
erial at Pine crest and allow any
whowished to continue on with:
the different' hobbies/to do so,until
'
the next group visited i
tedthem .
Nancy Kxr k ' and and' Brenda-Ritch-
ncl
.
•ie motored . to Toronto ,Sa on turda ,
.X
with the Lucknow Rangers. . They..
•
toured the :Museum and Casa Loma
and attended "The Spring Thaw
at the Royal Alexandra Theatre,'
Visitors on Sunday. with Mr: and
Mrs John.Gardner .were Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Helm of Tiverton, Mr.
ith Phone S sterni .21 Years'
Miss Marie MacKay
has been an ern 10 yep
and Kinloss Telep1
Ripley
of the Huron
Systems for
twenty: -one ,years as both an'oper-
ator andas secretar. She does her
`secretarial work frons the buSineSs .
Wide on: Ripley's main; street,
•
and Mrs. Lorne Woods. andMrs.
Fred Thompson, Benny and Billy
and', Mrs':; Gordon McPherson of St,
Helens :.
Congratulations to Mr and. Mrs.
Allan Gibson on the arrivalof a
son on Friday, Aprir 21st. •
Mr. and Mrs, ; Ken Petrie , Kathy
and Virginia of. Kincardine visited
on' Sunday with Mr: and Mrs.',D A.
Hackett and family •
Mr.. and Mrs.' Bill Hunter.. and
Mrs.• J. Keane spent Sunday in
Stratford visiting Mr; and Mrs
Roy Keane.
Lori Hackett spent.last:•week
with Mr. and Mrs.. Howard Walker
and family: of Wingham
Mr. • arid.' Mrs. Frank Ritchie and
Mr.. and Mrsl. Frank Reigling of
,Saltford visited . on Sunday with
Mrs., 'May McAuley at Acton. \
DIAL• CONVERSION
CONTINUED PROM PAGE,1
Monteith, McGrath of Kitchener;
at a price of $17,500. The equip
g w
mens for the dial buildinas pur-.
•
• chased' from Northern Electric' for
'$84.; 0.00 and some of their staff
has been.busy installing the switch
ing equipment; in recent weeks
Cost of the outside service,, custom
er's equipment, cable,, etc;, was'
approximately .$225, ,,Q00.,
• The present dial equipment at
the Bervie exchange'has been sold
. to''the Maidstone Telephone Sys-
teme All.Bervie customers will
-now be on the Ripley exchange.
• t Both: tke Ripley and .Dungannon
'exchange are•equipped with direct
dialing and extended "area service •
,equipment. Ripley has extended'
area service to Kincardine. and
Dungannon with Lucknow slated .
for inclusion this Fall, The equip -
Ment and cable for the Lucknow
addition: has been installed and. is
ready to go. Dungannon has exten-
ded area service to Lucknow.,
Goderich, Ripley and Auburn with'..
access, to over 6000 phoneson a
toll free basis, , ' •
Telephone•testing.has been•com-
pleted for all Ripley' customers and•
all 'phases' of the• operation are
"go” on May .7th!. The village of
Ripley has a complete underground
service cable, with the. underground.
network running from Ripley to
,.Kincardine and : Bervie.,:.Ripley: to
Lucknow., Ripley to :Dungannon;