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ONEspAY, FEBRUARY Whf.1971 THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,. LUCKNOW, ONTARIO .PAO0 FIFTEEN.
Ripley Liquor Vole Brings. To tight
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RIPLEY HURON NEWS
' BY NORVAL STEWART •
A. professor at the University
[Western Ontario has said that
thought this, part of the count-
was settled by a bunch of
irnirs, judging ,by the number of
t'els and taverns Scattered , ..,, Ound the area. .,
F The first man to settle in
iron Township, was-Louis Belle-
Ore when he squatted on lot' 19,
Ire Range and built a tavern in
'48. The next year he sold his
6perty to David Walden and
pved north to lot 36 and built
Other tavern. The first build -
erected at the mouth of the ,
netangore River was a tavern
lilt by Wm. Withers in 1848.
ere were now three taverns and .
pbably not more than ten times
t many dwelling along the lake
nt. In 1857 there was ,a distil-
y and two brewerys in''
`ncardine and many other vil-
1r,
es similarly served. In 1874
re 'were issued, in the county,
tavern and 20 shop licences.
those early days the price of
skey was so low that its cost
not considered, being twenty-
to thirty cents a gallon. Sc
versal was the use of whiskey
t no social gathering would
e been complete without it.
was passed around as a neces-
and, expected thing 'at every
lk bee and where ever strenus
[effort was to be put forth. It
I looked upon as the elixer of
lintollej R4 tu, 4 winter
1 one 44' . and in esuwirini 1r TO'
1 off.
he following account present-
,o the United Council 'of Hur-
In the 1870s things began to
change and the electors,
of Bruce were called upon to ex-
press their views on the question,
.Which they did On September 18,
1877,, appGing the Dunkin Act;
with a Majority of 1,142. Jan.
21,, 1879 the act was repealed
with a majority of 1,345 against'.
On Oct. 30, 1884 the Canada
Temperance Act, or Scott Act
was approved with a majority of
1,321. March 2, 1888 a major-
ity of 1,392 voted against the
Scott Act and it was repealed.
On Jan. 1, 1894 the Provincial
Prohibition Plebiscite was held
and approved by Bruce with'
3,735 majority. . On Sept. 29,
1898 the. Dominion Plebescite
resulted in 4,86.2 voting for and
2,697 against. Then on Dec., 4,
1992 the Provincial Referendum
in favor, of putting 'in force the
Liquor Contrgl. Act of 1902
•(practically Prohibition) was
approved 6,357 for 2,545 against.
The first evidence of local
concern in this matter appears
in.a Jan. issue of The Ripley
Express 1896, in the minutes of
council.
Humphrey-Smith, that sum of
$130 be charged for each tavern
and Shop licence to be issued in
the towtlship of Huron for the
ensuing year. Lost.
McCharles-Smith, in amend-
ment, that the sum of $120 be
charged for such licence. Car-
ried. •
Among the .by-laws passed was
No. 193, to limit the number of
tavern,and.shoprlicences to• be iv,
sued in the township of Huron /for
the ensuing licence year. An-
other item which probably re-
flects the same concern, is
found in the Dec. 30 1897 issue
of the Express, (The Ripley , .
WIPCIPCSICSICIPMSVCSWIC
council should take immediate
steps to have the young men dis-
persed from the street corners!)
Wehave-no way of knowing
how much enthusiasm was gener-
ated by earlier referendums .but
the Dominion Plebiscite of 1898
did stir things up. The Sept. 9
issue tells us, (A monster temp-
erance,,rally Will be held in the ,
village in ,the near future, when
Dr. Murray of.-Kincardine, Dr.
McDonald M.F. of Wingham,
and Mr. E. Dawson will.be ,
among the speakers..) in the same
issue, is the account of commit-
tees appointed in Ashfield and
Huron as follows;
ASHFIELD
This northwestern polling sub-
division of Ashfield has lately
been organized in the interest of
the.coming plebiscite. Commit-
tees for the distribution of liter-
ature and the furtherance of
temperance have been set to work
on the 9th, 10th, 12th, and 14th
concessions. It is the intention
of the committees to have lectur
es delivered' in the sub-division,
and the Rev. Messrs. Millar ,
Oliphont , and Whaley, together
with R. D. Cameron, Lucknow ,
and Mr. Boyd, Belfast, have
been mentioned as lectUrers. •
Messrs. I. Andrew, R. E. Brown,
R. Lane, D. Agnevi, Jas. Hack-
ett, and two or three others,are
taking a leading part in this
labor of love.
HOT `SHOT
The Plebescite campaign was,
opened in-Ripley, by holding a
rally in Knox Church iast Thurs-
day evening,. The audience was
not as large as was expected
probably due to the.meeting not
being advertised.. .The speakers
were Revs.. R. McLeod, C. Sin-
daft, F. Swann, and Dr. Cook,
R.' Montgomery and WT . Mc.-
Phee addressed the meet-
ing. The following were appoint
ed to arrange for meetings in.
the township and conduct the
husiness of, the party. R.
McLeod ,.Pres.; G. H. Mooney,
Sec.; A, Munn, 'Treas.; Commit-
tee, Rev. C. Sinclair Rev. R.
Swann, Mrs. Robertson, Graham,
Gordon, Mr. J. Kennedy, C. E.
Marquis, Angus Martyn, S. •
Whicidon, J. B. Ivartyn and J.
M, Ritchie.
In the 1890s Ripley was served
by three hotels and. a liquor
store, also a hotel at Amberley
and Pine River, and probably 'one
or two liquor stores in the.town-.
The 'Royal Hotel, built and, oper-
ated by Robert Morgan. in 1892;
the Hodgins House built arid,oper-
ated by Mr. Ed, Hodgiris , till
1897, when it was purchased by
C. H. Smith and re-named the
,Commercial Hotel; The Queens
Hotel, owned and operated by Mrs.
S. A. Irwin situated on the•east
side of Huron St. at Taint
This was a frame building s later
divided to form the two houses
which Still stand at this location
when Mrs. Irwin bought the
Comthercial Hotel from Mr.
Smith. A' few years later Ed
:Hodginsbought the Royal Hotel,
operated it for a few years and'
sold out to Mr. John Putland , 'Mr.
Hodgins going to Winnipeg, where
he opened a new hotel. •
The liquor store was located
in the' building that was later to
.be the office of the Ripley,Ex-
pressthroughout the rest of its
indepCndent life, on the corner
where the Shell gag' pumps
now stand,. It was owned 'by Mrs.
Sadie Lamont, whose son John was
repotted, in thejune 1st , 1894
issue, of the ,,Ripleyy Enquirer, as '
having arrived home from. Trinity
JUNIOR SKATING PARTY
The• primary Grades enjoyed
their annual skating party at the
,Ripley Arena last Wednesday
Morning. Time was spent in
free skating and then each age
group took part• in the races.
• DUNGANNON
Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Chisholm
and family. visited on Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. 'J. F. Payne
of Walton who are celebrating
'their 50th wedding anniversary on.
February. 28,.
The. Lucknow "Fleas", the team
on ;which SCott Riven plays, won
the consolation trophy in the
tournament at• Blyth on Sunday.
_Congratulations.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Stapleton on the birth of a
baby girl on Sunday, February
25, at Wingham and District
Hospital, and to Mr. anti Mts.
Tim Hunter on the birth of a
'baby boy. in Goderich Hospital
on Sunday. •
Mr. and Mrs. Allan McNee,
Eddie and Paul, of Ajax ;. visited
on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Graham McNee, and with Mr.
and Mrs. Kitchener Finnigan,
Goderich. It. was Paul's first visit
to his, relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rihey
and girls from Seaforth visited
on Sunday with, Mr. and. Mrs.
Bill Wiggins.. '
Girvin Reed , Reeve of Ashfield
township, is attending the
Good 'Roads' Convention in Tor-
onto. . .•
The C.G.I.T. group sponsor-
ed a croidnole party and box sOc
Lal Monday evening and teport an
enjoyable time. '
' Mr. and Mrs. Marc Berger
returned February 18'after holiday
ing about two months sonth,of
Daytona Beach; Florida. Wel-
come home!
Mr. and Mrs.. Jack Eedy,
Michael.and Laurel, of Strathroy ;
were hoine for the week end.
Medical College. Dr. Lamont
later went to Grafton N. Dakota,
where he became head of a large
sanitarium called San Haven.
His eldest daughter is married to
The Very Reverend Chilton Pow-
ell, Episcopalian Bishop of
Oklahoma;
The liquor issue came up
again twice more on a provincial
basis, the introduction of the,
Ontario Temperance Act, and the
'introduction of the Liquor Control
Act, under Hon, G. kloward Fer-
guson, about 1928. Two local
votes have, been held ; August
of 1938, and Dec. 23, 1958. 'In
all these votes the electors have
stuck to their conviction,' bred
•inta-therp by a 'muncipality, ,
having within its boundaries, at
least twelve churChes, six Meth-
odist, three Presbyterian, two
Anglican and one Baptist.
Winners in the 5 year old class•
were Theresa Cote and. Douglas
Harris, with Mitchell Twolan
going completely around the '
arena to come in a close second.
Six year olds. Paul Harris and
Lisa Farrell, Seven and Eight
year olds, Paul Irwin and Julie.
:Farrell.- Nine and ten year olds,
Brian Gamble and Sandra Reid:
Couple's race - Brian ,Gamble and
'Shelley Farrell. Then each class
participated in a race.
Kindergarten• winner - Todd Wal--•
den. Grade 1 - Paul Harris. -
Grade II - Gary Rutledge, Grade
III - Jeff Stanley, Grade IV -
Brian Gamble..
Refreshments were served when
we arrived back at school, weary
but happy that we had all enjoyed
ourselves again this year.
KINDERGARTEN NEWS;
The 'Afternoon Kindergarten.
Class enjoyed a skating party this
Wednesday at the arena. The pre
school children were in- attend-
ance to make it an enjoyable
afternoon. '
GIRLS' HOCKEY; by Karen Mc-
Garvey and Dawna Rutledge
On Monday, February 19,' the
Ripley Girls played Belgrave.
Ripley, beat them3 to '1. The
goals were scored by Connie
Irwin, Laurie Coiling and Jane'•
Anil Coiling. On Friday, February
23, they are playing Brookside
and on Tuesday, February 27, ,
they are playing Belgrave. Keep
up the good work, girls.
RETIREMENT
INCOME
THROUGH
LIFE
./INSURANCE„
s.
r Dec. .9 To 3 Glasses of hot brandy... ,
1' • 9 , 4 Dinners, including beer ........... 6'
.9 2 Bottles of brandy 6
10 4 Lunches 2
10 2 Bottles of Porter Is. 6d. 3
TO 2 Glasses brandy, 1 hot do. ,
2 lunches `... ....
d.
6
0
3
6
0
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