HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-02-07, Page 16An article appeared in last
„,Friday evening's Toronto Daily
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thinking on how to stay healthy
and live a long life. If you: did
not see the following is a sum-
mary. Dr. pavid Davis, a .
' • British Scientist and a lecturer
in the London University w"rote.
about his disoovery recently of the
autiful' mountain valley of
ilcambia in the province of
Loka in Ecu'ador. There are 9Q0'
inhabitants there. Dr. Davis
states that .three of our major
health problems namely hyper-
tension, heart disease and cancer
are uncommon. Death is usually
due to accidents or influenza
caught from visiting outsiders.
Now comes the remarkable,
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drink two to four cups of rum, and
,smoke 40`to 60 homemade cigar-
ettes a day. They can till the
soil whenever the.,, are'
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PAWS SIXTEEN
THE ‘UCKNOW SENTINEL; LA/OKNOINg ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, FE8RUARY 71111, 1973
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The people of the whole area
Including Huron. Township and.
Riplex Village were sorry to learn
thek.i .....;Itig Of, Mrs.. Ross Cumming vcss
in ngliant and District Hospital
on 'Fe rum Is‘Thursday of this
past week. Since DeCember 29
'PO had'heen a patient in the
big Toronto .General Hospital
located at the corner of College
/Street and University Avenue in
downtown Toronto where she had
beep rushed following sudden
and serious illness while in the
city: She was later taken by
ambulance., from the Toronto
General. to, Wingham Hospital
where passed away in her 61st
year.
Mrs. 'Cumming was the fornier
Jean Lindsay, daughter of the late
1VIr, and Mf.s. JaCk Lindsay. Sur-
, viving beside her hUshand Ross are
two brothers, Harry of Walkerton
and Walter of Thunder Bay. To
these and all other relatives sym-
pathy is extended on this sad'
occasion.
The :funeral service was held on
Sunday afternoon at the. MacKen-
zie Home in Lucknow followed
'by temporary entombment in
South Kinloss Mausoleum., •
Jean ,,‘141th her musical talent.;
had 'a *wide circle of friendi.
With her ability as a pianist she
Was a member of lo0al dince,cir-
chestras over the years and also
played the piano always to help.
Jean will be Missed throughout
this entire area..
able, to well over 100 years of
age., In fact he names two peas-
ants, the two oldest men Jose
David 142 years and Miguel Carp-
io 123. Nine more people in the
valley are over 100 years and al-
most 30 more of the' 900 are over
85., • .
Could the explanation he in the
words found in verse 19,, Chapter
4 of Genesis - "In the sweat of
thy face shalt thou eat bread", -
the value, of physical:work and
exercise. .Contrary to the 'origin=
al directive, man has developed
an industrialized rat race with its
time schedules, efficienCy, corn-
etition, and all the ,rest leading:
o living in large cities with all
the good things which may , not be
so good in the long run. '
Last Wednesday morning the
news: spread through Ripley that
Johnny Bell had passed away the
day before 'in Stratford. John,
who had been seriously ill since
last fall, passed away on Tuesday
in Stratford Hospital in his 58th
year. To those of us who had
knOwn Johnny over the years it'
was a time of sadness and, also of
deep sympathy for his wife Marg-
ie and for the members ofthe
family, his son of London, daugh-
ter in Kincardine and his father,
also to his sister Norva of Kincar-
dine and brother Walter of Bath,
• The funeral service was held
last Friday afternoon at. the Ross
MacLennan Home one Princess
Street in Kincardine with inter-
ment in Kincardine . Cemetery.
Johnny was well known .for his
enthusiasm for sports and the
energy he put into' the games of
ball and hockey .- not only as 'a
player but his willingess to help
others. A native .of Pine River
he was long a member of its
men's softball team. He also
played baseball for ,
Teeswater, then Listowel. In
the late forties he played •on the .
Ripley Intertnediate Hockey
Team. Before the Second War
he taught ptiblic school and then
he served overseas in the R.C.A.
F. becoming an officer and
was deaorated. M .
After the war in 1945 when he,
returned home he helped with the
Ripley Flyers Intermediate Ladies
softball,, who., with Margie as
catcher and pitcher Jean. Mac-
Leod, went on to win the W.O.A.
A. trophy the 'first year it was
donated for competition. He and
his wife moved, to Listowel and
Assistant at the Ripley Post
Office, Mrs. Bert MacTavish is,
a patient in Kincardine Hospital.
Marion has been in the hospital
about, three, weeks now under'
treatment, by Dr. J. B. Tindall,
It is reported that it will still be
some timebefore she is back at
the desk' in the post office. In
the meantime. Mrs. Barbara
Paguette is assisting postmaster
Don McLay. Marion's many
friends hope that she is now on the
road to recovery. ,
Albert Verheye was' able to
return home to Ripley from Kin-
cardine Hospital at the last part
of this past week. He spent sever-
al dartlere recovering from
severe facial injuries suffered on
Saturday evening, January 27.
Reportedly he, was, the victim of
a physical assault - beyond that
no one knows anything, at least
they are not telling.
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Well February the second is
past and Wiarton has had its
annual Ground Hog Day celebra-
tions. Last Friday morning it
was .mild 'with the outside
temperature around forty degrees,
wet with intermittent showers,
and most ilnportant for weather
forecasters of the old school the
sky was dull and overcast. This
.meant no shadows'so we will look
for spring in April as usual.'
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Mrs. Lorne Henry, IL R. 1
Ripley at the corner of the sec-
ond concession of Huron and
Highway 21, was the luCky winner
Of "a dinner for two" in a CKNX
radio shoW last Saturday morning.
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It is reported that Donald Gil-
lies is' confined to his home north
of Ripley with pneumonia. At
present Jim' Brooks of concession
12, 'Huron township, is doing the
chores at one barn. His wife,
Mrs. Alma Gillies, will be tend-
ing to the livestock at the home'
place. Last week was an unfort-
unate one for Alma, in addition
to Donald coming down sick, her
Well known nephew Paul. Hender-
Son ,-suffered a severe shoulder
injury putting him out of action
playing hockey for the Toronto
Maple Leafs for several:Weels. .
Donald's"niany friends in this
area hope that he will be on the
road to recovery by now.
hospital care.
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Mrs. E. 0. Forrester of
left Toronto last Wednesday on
her way to Vancouver. After
visiting friends •in that city.
Elsie will continue the trip to
.California. Here she will spend
the next two months with Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Forrester and fam-
ily of Pacifico - a town near San
Francisco before returning home.:
profits in Canada, yet there is no
fuel shortage in Canada."
,"Much of this increase in prof-
its will be picked from the pock-
ets of farmers who are heavy us-
ers of petroleum fuels and lubri-
cants", the N. E. U. said.
The. N.F . U. executive also ask
ed'in a letter to Ptime Minister
Trud'eau that the Government
develop a national
Energy Policy for farmers.
Local 335 of the U. voted
in favor of the nationalization
of the oil industry in Canada, at
its meeting on, February. 1 at
Brookside School.
Members at the meeting order
ed their twine and fertilizer for
the Local is under negotiation,
as well as barb wire and atrazine
President Charlie Wilkins ex-
plained the Youth Exchange. Pro-
grain which will,take place in
July• Jeannette Hogan, as Youth
Co-ordinator is in charge of this
for ,Local 335. This is an oppor•
tunity for a boy and girl from the
Lodal to have an all expense paid
trip to Western Canada, Names
have to be submitt' by 1=ebru4s/
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On Saturday, January 27, Mrs.
Thomas Nimmo, a resident at
the Bruce County. Home ,Gate-
• way Haven in Wiarton, celebrat-
ed her.97th birthday. Relatives
and' friends in Huron Township,
RiPley,and Kincardine where Mr
Nimrno spent her years, send
'along their best wishes and Con"
gratulations. Back in the 1880'S
as a young girl, Mist•Annie •,
Poulton, lived in the, part of
Ripley now known as Gore Park,
Then with her husband Thomat
Ninuno,.she lived in the Clarke
area onthe 12th concession where.
Tom Nirnmo was for years the
cheesemaker at the Huron factory
which .later was rerriodelled 'into
ithe Ripley Chernital Plant by Jim
Lowry. Then She lived with her
son .,1sAr. and Mrs ,. Charles Nitn.
mo kindardine until needing
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