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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-04-26, Page 7CRAWFORD MOTORS CHRYSLER - DODGE - -PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO Ir 8.11C NQ ENUMERATION 1972 The Huron Perth Assessment Office 'Will be commencing its annual Enumeration Programme in the Huron - Perth. Assessment Region on May 1st. All enumerators involved in this programme are vested ,'with the authority to ask the necessary questions and each one carries an ideatification card. If any problems should arise, please ,call the Regional As- • sessment Office, Goderich, Zenith'66500. al, . Mr. and Mrs. W. Bale -of Albion, Michigan spent two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, visiting with Mr. Vic Henry at Gateway 14a_ven.in Wiarton_Mr_Henry_is quite 'ill at this time. Mrs. Need- ham, a sister of Frank Fair of Ripley and a resident of Gateway Haven ;,was taken to Wiarton Hospital last Wednetday for furthei medical treatment, * • • qt, • Mr. William Robertson of Agin- court was up to Ripley for.the week end visiting with his sister Miss Mary Robertson and brother Robert Robertson at'the family homestead on. concession 10, 'Huron.. He also visited in 'Ripley. * • ' * inga_new_siib-division to be known as "Point Clark Wbods" . This was formerly bush property owned by the'late Mr.. William Brown and Mr. Jim Courtney. Mr. Shields is also continuing • his development of the area which was fortherIy known as the Jardine property. Miss Shirley Reid of Kitchener,i spent the week end with hefpar- ents ,, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Reid. Lottie Courtney of, Kin- cardine visited on Thursday with Mr: and Mrs.' Bob Courtney and also attended the Spring Concert at the Ripley DiStrict High, School. The boys .in the community are enjoying that annual.spring7time sport known as "sucker fishing 7 '. Of course each outing wouldn't be complete without at least one "fall-in" or wet boots at least.' It is hard to say whether they' catch any fish as big as one pion- eer Man in the community' did years ago. AcCording to his tale the head was on the doubletree -While-the-tail-hurtrt the-bat-k BRUCE FEDERAL PROGRESSIVE, ------ONSERVATIVE-MSIXIATION WILL HOLD THE ANNUAL MEETING AND Nomination 'Convehtion IN. THE CHESLEY HIGH SCHOOL Friday, May. 5th at 8 p.m. Mr. Donald Matthews, president of the national associa0on, will be the guest speaker EVERYONE WELCOME FRED CLARKSON, secretary • treas. ESP", APRIL, 26th,' 1912 THE1,8K.KNOW, SENTINE,L.L„.00Now,.ONTAR10/. PAO" WI IEN 972 Week In Riple BY AP WYLDS 1114_ nd. 10 iii IE D Once again the 'Ripley District IlighSchaol had a,gooci variety ;concert. There were good at- ; 'tendances both last Thursday and pfiday evqings: Congratu lation. go toprincipal WM. Turvill and his staff, to Miss Dianne Kemp- ton and her student 'council. The directors in charge Of the. singing and dances included Joan Fergus- on, Kathy Irwin, Margaret Mac - Kay and Margaret Ann Courtney. One of the dances was the Charl- eston - the popular thing in the 1920's -fifty years agO. Valerie Ntraingstar,:as one of the danc- ers, gave a 'very authentic per - forniance of this dance. The concert closed with the play - "A Beudin over Yonder" with dir- ectors Mr. Brian Esch of the gaff and Miss Sherry Pollock. Taking a leading role was Anne Marie Stanley. At Port Elgin Anne Marie won the Best Actress Award for BrUce County when this play was in the Festival there on March 17, 1972. • S . • -T -e-residents-orthe-whole community, and' especially in. Ripley and Purple Grove , were startled as the news spread that- Mrs, Sam. Emerson had died last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. ,Emerson had just enjoyed seeing the-Tomm)L.Hunter-Show;-oh.-tele - vision when she was stricken with: a heart attack. Kincardine Hos -pital-ambulancewas --- summoned and picked her up. However, it is understood, that Mrs. ErnerSon died: on the way to the hospital, Before retiring to Ripley Mr. and Mrs. Emerson farmed at the corner of the Kin- cardine-Huron Boundary and side •' roadlOintersection. A few years ago they retired to Ripley and here Pearl mill be missed for 'she wasa great community worker always cheerful and co-operative. She was in her 73rd year. Surviving besides her husband are her family - three sons and one daughter,:,„Glen of George- town, Raymond of Halifax - le orLondon and Hilda , Mrs. • John Beirnes of StratfOrd : To all, goes the sincere sympathy of the community in this sudden bereave. mein, The.,funeral service was held at the McLennan-McCreath Fun- eralHorne with ReV', George N. Ball o t.AndrevGlittleh in charge on Monday afternoon with Mr. and' Mrs. Ab Wylds visited last Wednesday at Gateway Haven with Mrs. EliZabeth Peterson and also with residents from the.Ripley area including Ira Needham', Sam Swan, Vic Henry, Mrs. Jack Bell, Walter Needham, Wes MacIntosh, Mel Hutchinson, Jack Swan and slier .Wightman. • • Sunday , April 30 , is going to 'be a special day for the Presby- terians in Ripley. At 2.30 'p.m. .there will be a special service in Knox Presbyterian Church to ded- icate their new organ. • Present to assist in the service in music and song will be the Narboraires of Goderich. The Harboraires, a group of 20 men, are 'a well liked and. much sought after group, who spend much of their'spare time giving of their talents. The folk of the commun- ;ity are cordially invited to attend this service and enjoy- an hour of fellow'ship together with the • people at Knox Church., local drover and shipper George MacDonald of Ripley ship- ped some Charolais steers for Jack Elliott of Pine RiVer Iasi week. • These, brought the top price, close to 3 8, and averaged 1180 pounds to an animal, * * 4! The 'Harry Reutz tank truck of Kincardine was busy last ThUrsday pumping out the septic tank at the Ripley District High school. This is an annual occurrence each spring once the snow melts. ,Wat- er from the surroundingsurface drains into the tank which is set in the ground too'deep. The late John Robertson w'ho built the first septic tank as well as the 'original school foresaw this problem nearly sixty years ago. Conseque.ntly without any fancy surveying , but using his own common sense and ordinary shov - els to mix the concrete, he built a tank on the spot which operated successfUlly till the time of its'' replacement in 1963 to make Way for the new school addition. • • Speaking of yesteryears", Harold Thompson of concession 8 be- tu're en Ripfeyrand Pine RiVer , received word this past week end of the death of his first cousin,'' Mrs. •Myrtle Thompson On March 31, 19 72 in Western Canada. Mrs. Thompson left Ripley in' 1917 - just 55 years ago.' She was one of the first wo operators at the tele- phone switchboard in Ripley. The former Miss Myrtle Thompson of concession 10 in Huron, she and Miss Reta TreleaVen took their daily shifts in answering central, calls from the time of the'tele- • phone system started in 1911 up to 1917. Alex Treleaven had the central switch board in his store, which is the building now owned by Mr. •and Mrs. Bob Love. Rem- ember the entrance to the central, was half way down along the west side of the building. Mrs. Myrtle Thompson along ,With hor son Cecil has spent the wintersin Tex- as. Cecil was motoring home to. Carnduff, Saskatchewan and was just about 100 miles from home ,when his mother was stricken -with a sudden heaft-Tr-sek-,,t She -pas- sed away in Boissevan Membrial Hospital at Boissevan, Manitoba , 'age 75 years, 8 days. Funeral and interment was in Carnduff, April 5 , 19.72. Harold received- notice from her' datighter, Mrs. MaVis'Cliowan of Montreal.'.•Harold 'had receiv- • ed-acard frb-rn Mrs . and .Cecil last .Christmas.. He • • . alto,visited at thei(home in, Sask- atchewan a few.. years ago... She was .the daughter Of late Mi.:. and. Mrs.. Rbbert Thompton. ..T.heirlibine. farm wason the tenth concession'west in Huron township the place known as the .Marshall farm,: now owned by Bert Elliott. • .• Other cousins are Elnler Thomp. son, of Kincardine; Ethel (Thomp- son).of Flesherton, and Merle in LOndon.. Five members of 'the Lowry .family --• Eldon of Huron., Jim of Ripley, Ada (Mrs. Orme . Pollock), ofKincardine', Olive . (Mrs. c. Needham) of-Kincar-' dine and Myrtle. , Another cousin is Mrs, Jim -Farrel-17 erly of-Pine River— and now living in Kincardine. •, • • * • Ripley's Streets were cleaned 'with a tractor brush machine last Wednesday evening and on-Thurs. day: This' included route., 0S 46 F,HONE 357-3862 1969 PLYMOUTH Satelite 2 door hardtop, 8 automatic, power steering, brakes and radio 1968 PLYMOUTH Fury III ,2 door hardtop, 8 automatic, power steering, brakes and radio 1968 DODGE Coronet 500 Convertible, power steering, brakes and radio ' 1968 CHRYSLER:2 door-hardtop 1968 FALCON 2 door, 6 automatic with radio 1968 CHRYSLER 4 door sedan, power steering; brakes and radio 1967 PLYMOUTH 4 door, 6 automatic and radio 1946 PORD, 4 door, 8 automatic, pow-er steering, radio 1966 BELV 1)11.E, 6 automatic interrnentiin kincardine • Cemetery. 0 0 • • '40 Dave Murray of Ripley is in . hospital.. On Saturday he Went to Owen Sound for surgery fora hernia. Hi is in the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospital. Hii many. Ripley and Huron friends extend wishes to. Dave for a speedy recovery. • 0 • • FOR CONSIGNMENTS CONTACT THE MANAGEMENT Victor Hargreaves -- 482-7511 (Clinton) Doug Riddell — 237-3576 (Dashwood) Jack Riddell — 237-3431 (Dashwood) - Auctioneers Hector McNeil and Larry Gardiner STOCKER FEEDER SALE HENSALL LIVESTOCK SALES Monday Evening, May 1st 7:30 p.m. 800 HEAD Consisting \of Steers, Heifers and 'Calves ' k , The Point Clarkarea hat'been the scene of activity all winter with new roads being developed after the cutting down of the trees and now with spring here, thingt are busier still with new. buildings .goingLup under' Mr. Gerster , is develop- or Malcom Street. Uptown Am- brose Gamble and Redvers John- ston, Using brush brooms and scoop shOvels, continued clean- This is the busy season at Har- old Courtn4's seed cleaning and treating plant in Ripley. Regular worker al the seed store Bert Irwin has been joined by Leonard tont. Also grandson Carmon Courtney takes his:turn after ,school hours to help his grandfath7 er Harold. of the 'gravel box!! Develop Further New Subdivision AMBERLEY N,EWS