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AY 90 1973
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r LOCHALSH NEWS
ighbours and friends of And -
tkwell gathered an Friday
Ing at the home of Mr. and
John MacDonald to honour
ww and bid hirn farewell
the Lochalsh community,
t he has, lived all his' life
itew now makes his home
hh sister Mrs, John (Edna)
behalf of of the gathering
'MacLean read an address
bnald Simpson presented
w with a watch.
W made a fitting reply and.
lied in singing For He's a
Good Fellow. Cards and
were. enjoyed during the
sg which ended with a
tots lunch and a happy
der a cup of tea,
nice to know Mrs, 'prank
tnnan and Mrs. • Jirnn Bradley
tit able tobe home from
al in London,, where they
ad surgery,
to has been plenty of ex-
ult in this area with the
le at John and Lambert'.
Veen and then at Donald
DAs, The firemen were
�O Hamiltons, bust were
0 see that neighbours had
'out, k was noticed by
*Lonna on his 'way to
Y,
ST. HELENS
Mrs. W. I. Miller and Misses
W.' D. Rutherford and Isobel Mil-
ler spent a few days with. Mr, and
Mrs. Gordon McIntyre at Rich- '
mond Hill.
Mrs. Roy Gardner and family
of Lucan spent the week end with
her mother Mrs. Jim Curran and
Paul and' visited her father, Jim
Curran in Wingham and District
Hospital..
Little Andrea McQuillin of
Kitchener spent last week with
her grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Fred McQuillin. On Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. McQuillin visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan McQuillin
and Andrea returned home.
BROTHER-IN-LAW PASSES
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gammie
attended the funeral of their
brother-in-law_, Wilmer Harlton
at St. Mary's. on Saturday. Mrs.
Harlton is the former Ina . Camp-
bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cyril Campbell of Lucknow.
Mrs. Ernest Gaunt returned
home on Saturday from St. Jos-
eph's Hospital, London following
surgery.
Mr. and.Mrs. Simon de Boer'
arrived home on Friday from a
five week's vacation with Mr.
and Mrs. Henk Kragt in British
Columbia.
Ripley Area Humming With Plans
For Boosting Community, Over
100 Attend Meeting Last Week
-By Marion McCharles
Six weeks ago a number of Rip-
ley and area residents received a
letter concerning Community,
Survival in small areas. These
people met at the Ripley United
Church to hear Gregg Dejaris.4f
the Canadian Council of Churches
outline what could happen in a
few short years in a village as
small as Ripley and without a .
Dentist, Medical Doctor, Veterin-
ary Surgeon, Druggist. and the,
threatened removal of a change •
in the Educational System as
well as the International Harvest-
er dealership. During the past
several weeks various things have
happened and enthusiasm reached
a peak when over 100 interested
citizens of Ripley and surrounding
area crowded into the Christian
Education room of St. Andrews
United. Church last week to hear
reports on work done by the
various committees set up from
the first small group who met
back in February.
PAGE SEVENTEEN
stay , new subjects will be avail-
able with the possibility of a com-
mercial course and also the
chance to receive credits in typing
classes at night school. Grades
7 and 8 will be on the uplier floor
of the high School. There will, be
no intermingling of these students
with the. High Schoolstudents as
the High School will be on a
Semester System which will mean
different hours. Busses will be
provided for students along 86
highway and Ripley School has as
much.or more to offer than many
schools. These students will not ..
be encouraged to attend any
other school nor will Bruce
County pay for their tuition as
the Ripley School has a first class
reputation for graduating students
and will continue to provide same.
Reporting on.the Housing for,
Senior Citizens from' Ontario
Housing was Mrs. Oliver McChar-
les, who stated an answer would
Reporting on the Medical
situation was Reg Moore who,
with his committee , hadjust
returned. ,from Toronto an hour
earlier. This has resulted in.
information on a proposed .hied -
ical centre with at least two
Doctors and a meeting will be
held in the Huron Township Hall,
Ripley on May 22 at 8 p.m. to
hear Dr. W. 3. Copeman M.D.
P.B.H. Medical Officer and head
,of Programme ofunderserviced
areas under Ministry of Health
explain the possibility and the
procedure for such a venture. All
interested folk are urged to attend,
From the Educational group,
under the' leadership of Irene
Boyle , four reports were given
and several concerned parents
from the area were encouraged to
learn Ripley High School will
Mrs. Don Ainslie of Toronto re-
turned home during the past week
after'spending some tirne with her
mother Mrs.. Frank MacLennan
during her illness.
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be available by next‘meeting
time as the council would Then
have had an answer to the time of
survey and possiblites from the "
resolution sent to them by this
group.
John Gamble and committee
reported on the. Veterinary Clinic
that they are working on and
hope to have a more definite
answer on May 28.
All other committees are work-
ing hard and are all excited
about thetrend now developing
in Ripley to. provide the area
with these valuable assets to a
Rural Survival.
A new arena is also in the
talking stages.
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Believe it or not , Ripley is
doing it again. As the High
School Crest has said for years
"It Can Be Done".
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