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On Monday, April'3 •Roy Don-
ald MacKenzie passed away in
Kincardine and District Hospital
where he had been a patient.for •
several months. Roy was born in
Ashfield on December 22, 1895.
Funeral service was held, on Wed-
nesday , April 5 , 1972 at 2 p.m.
at Mctennan-McCreath Home in
Ripley with Rev. George Ball of
St. Andrews United Church in
charge , with burial at Ripley Cem-
etery. Roy is' survived by his
wife , the former Violet MacLen-
. nail of Ashfield , four sons Kenneth
of Listowel , Donald'. of Peterbor- °
Ough, Lorne of Stratford and David
of Kincardine, one sister Mary
Hannah - Mrs. Roderick Martyn
and one brother Henry of Ashfield.
To these and all family members'
sympathy,is extended.
Roy was.well known and respect-
ed over a wide ar'ea herelor his
• many activities and interests. He
was a pitcher on that famous :Loch-
alsh baseball team lolloWing
World War One and later in the
.1950's he coached a bo 's team
For everyone there comes sad-
ness and gladness, so it was with
the Ripley district this past week.
First there, was the passing, of a
highly esteemed resident in the
person of Roy MacKenzie and then
the boys winning All-Ontario hon-
' ours in hockey.
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Midgets, directed by manager
Wallace Pollock and coach John
Loomis, lost to Listowei - score
5 to 2. Thus Listowel won the
Series 2 games to. one for Ripley. -
Five of these midget players, had
to play juvenile the next night
against Oakwood. In case you
are confused by the terms - the
older boys are Juveniles, then
Midgets, followed by 13antarris.,
For Elmer Coutney there seems
to be no rest. On Friday evening
his team had .jiist won in hockey.
In Saturday morning's mail he got
a lette-r---advising-him.to atte-i-nd
this Wednesday evening a' softball
meeting to plan for next summer.
Also about two weeks ago Wal-
ter ,
,Collins of Purple Grove, in -
Huron Township arrived back .from
an extended winter tour taking
inSouthern Texas, into Mexico '
and then north to Si. 'Louis, Mis-
souri. Walter flew from Toronto
in south Texas., He. returned '
from St. Louis by bus.
Mr. and Mrs. Melville POI-lock
arrived home Friday eyening after
spending'the winter in Arizona.
Mel reports mid day temperatures'
at the 100 mark - quite a differ- '
ence to the 10 to 30 range of this
area.'
which 216 miles has been com-
pleted taking together Dungannon
and Ripley centres. The new.
1972 telephone' directory books
were personally delivered except
in the village of Ripley where
people picked. them up at the
central office staffed by Mrs.
Irene Liddle and assistant Miss
Christena Robertson..
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Lorne later became-equal skilled
ball pitchers in'their home com-
munities. For many years Roy
was a choir member in St. And-
rews.. His orchestra furnishing
music, for dances Was known over
a wide area. Of course he will
be long remembered as.a piper
in the Lucknow ,Lochalsh Scottish
Pipe Band and in. later years when
he Was unfortunately confined to
his home on the main street. south
`visfting pipe bands at the Ripley-
Huron"fall fair such as The Kin ,
cardine Scottish and the 48th
Highlanders of Toronto wolil
down and play for Roy. Fora
while Roy operated a garage
where Ripley's livery barn once
stood. Then he operated a bee
keeping business,. Later when he
purchased the present large red
brick residence he moved his
honey extracting equipment there
and continued to operate his bee
yards till crippling:arthritis prev-
ented it. And yet despite the ill-
ness which so cruelly afflicted
him, Roy kept an interest in these
many things.'
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On Tuesday evening of la-St
week all the groups of St.
Andrews United Church' Women
held a joint meeting in the church
hall., President Mrs. Wm. J.
Arnold and secretary Mrs: Donald
A. MacDonald were in charge ,
_ith attendance exceeding seven-
ty ladies. Mrs; Rooney, wife of
Rev. Kenneth Rooney of Knox
Presbyterian Church, gave the
main address, and Mrs, Jim Need-
ham's group took the devotional
service. Mrs. Rooney was intro -
duced by Mrs. Don McCosh and
thanked by the president Mrs.
Arnold. Lu.ndh was, served by
a committee, convened by Mrs.
Audrey MacDonald and Mrs. Kath-
erine Collins..
a a a a 0.
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On the:thainpion LncknoW Int-
ermediate Hockey Club are Ed
Brown of the Ripley Distriet High
School staff whose home is in
Lucknow and JOhn Fludder, form-
erly of Riple'y',-Who also reside; in
Lucknow. 'Congratulations to the
team on their win in Wingliam •
arena over Kurtzville. 'Goalie
Ga.ry_.S.uttoniaf...Kinle.ugh...played
for Ripley a few years ago. :
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On Wednesday evening of laSt
week the annual meeting, of the
Huron and Kinloss,Telephon'e sys-
tern was held in the Huron Town-
ship hall in Ripley, Chairrnan.of
die meeting was. CommWioner
Stewart Need.ham assisted by
secretary Mrs. Douglas Liddle.
The -other two commissioners Were
J. S. Robb and 'Oliver Smith.
Oliver was filling this position 'on
a. tempor--afrbasis-for-Mel Poi
who winters in Arizona due to a
health problem,. Mel.has resigned
and Jim, MacDonald of Clarks in
Huron Township Was elected
the new commissioner. All com-
missioners zave reports on the
year 1971. Manager of tire system
Cla .:ton Nicholson gave a lengthy
report and .answered questions per
taininz to 'future operations.
i-_)ct, Stewart and Clayton discus-
sec,' financial operations in 1971
an: future work to be done. Hur-
cn Tov.r.thii- reeve ,. Russ Staple
!: ..i.,..,, tree boar about the
:CL:";:...-7 of cleaning up the old
..:e:, arid 7e:r.ovl of old poles.
.!..::.-..:...:* :!-,e attendance was not
- ..n -.:re on to the meeting
E:'E. i:-.te:-eite.1 in it. Thii Was
:-,e e: _..+ ;ea..:',. o: the installa-
..-.f ..:-..e...,:round cable of
Seven Safeguard
Will Save Lives
.A.CcCtrding to the Canadian •
Cancer Society., an Ostimated
64,000 . Canadians', will contract
cancer for the first k' „Lin this yea
But because of new know.ledge
gainc&-frotri-ea-not-m---es,ftr.ellta
of these pepole will be alive an
well five years. front now ;
The t
.is..tha that somewhere - between'i,Ki
and 80% of these cases'could be
prevented.
One of the foals of the Cance
Society is,,terg`pread this word.;
about prevention,- and to make'
awarepublic of: the S'evon 'Safe-
gUards against cancer.
The SeVen fetiards.are! '
Don't smoke.: la.vt...a. medical
check-up yearly. .:\y your dent
ist..to report any new conditi.ons.
Avoid , excessive titili4ht, Ar-
range with ,your doctor fOr a bow
,examination. And, tor Women:.•
regularPractiSe, east self-eia
ination.L•Have a r (.261a r Pap•Te
prevention is
'everyone's best- personal weapon
against cancer it's not the only
,Weapon.-
Through donations to the appe
of the Canadian Cancer, SOciety,
the.gdCiety supports Vital wdrk •
teseark into. c a no.er's cause, th
search for a c*, and.better •
- •
patients.. Ca nccr,Society'volrin
teers are active year 'round in oil
co rnmu.nity_w ssrvice to cane
patients,
There will he many volunteer
canvassing in' this community-
for the Canadian Cancer Sem
during the month of
Luc know 'and District canP
aign chairman is iS NIrs. J. C.
cam p•
Kim.
Cdrd.Porty
• There were II td bles in play at
the card pa rt ;„it. the St. AtigOt
Parish Ilan sre,.o:cd 1.).; the
C.. W.. L. :on 1.,i(1,1 .
It
g.
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Sympathy if expressed to Mrs,
Lorraine Holmes of the Ripley
Royal Bank staff on the passing of
her mother, Mrs. (3eorge Bere pf
Ivallarton, last Wednesday. Mrs.
Bere , in. her 83rd year, had been
a patient' in Kincardine and Dist-
rict Hospital for the past few
months. The funeral was held at
the Ross MacLennan Home in
Kincardine. last Saturday after-
noon.
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-Seed cleaning and treating of
the seed is in full swing at the
Harold Courtney plant in Ripley.
Assisting Bert Irwin on the big
cleaner is Leonard Tout.
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'knew_ way-of clea-ring the snow
banks from the railway tracks
was witnessed for the' first time
here last Thursday afternoon.
The Reeves Construction Company
of Mount Forest used a front end
bucket shovel on a big tractor
unit. It dug the banks off the
track and piled the-snow aril'ieaps-±-
six feet high to the sides of the
track. This was carried out a-
cross the farms Of John C. Mac
DOnald, over the first arch and
up the grade back-of Alan Mc,
Lean's and Doag MacDonald'is
and around the curve north of
Ripley on the way to Kincardine.
Prizes for .;-Pores wen
bliss Catlit ii..111.1n.and Leo Fora
Second j'rt,,i winners were.
Kathleen Id.. ,ind Jerry
Heffernan;
Door pri
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