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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1974-05-15, Page 18el A Ford .1110tor .Company OF CANADA LIMITED Tractqr'. Operations is proud to alioence the appointmeet of REAVIE FARM EQUIPMENT . Lucknow, Ont. AS AN AUTHORIZED FORD FARM, INDUSTRIAL AND LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT DEALER SERVING THE LUCKNOW AREA I 0111.3 I i1111111110' I 7 power sizes in Ford Blue tractors. • 30-hp 2000 All-PurPOse. • 39-hp 3Q00 All-Purpose. • 52-hp 4000 All-Purpose. • 67-hp 5000 All-Purpose and Row Crop. • 83-hp 7000 AlkPurpose and Row Crop. • 110-hp 8600 All-Purpose and Row Crop. • 135-hp 9600 All-Purpose and 'Row Crop. • All models available with diesel engines. Gasoline engines available through 5000 series. .... ...... . ....... ... . ................... .... ................ ..... ........ • 0 111 • • 'Last Thursday afternoon Reg Moore was down to Toronto airport to meet Lawn James who. has spent the past few weeks in England. During Lawri's absence R.eg helped race Murray. at thestore. •rie:pinz his mother Aimee the new. baf.:J.;.• section of the store on Saturday is Miss THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO BY AB WYLDS Received in last Riday's mail a nice card from Kentucky - the • Blue Grass State - showing a pad- dock with ten nice horses out on grass. William Robertson of Tor- onto and Ripley had driven down to Louisville on Friday, May 3, from Michigan for the Kentucky Derby the next afternoon. No doubt you saw the telecast of the race for the Roses. There were ' 23 horses, in the race with Cannon- ade winning.. This was the cent- ennial year for the famous race and, this was the largest number of horses running in it. Special guests were Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowdon. Bill has been down to Louisville in past years and by last Saturday he was back to the Ripley area but person- ally missed seeinChim to say, "thanks" for his fine Card. On it Bill states that the grass is the same colour as that in Gore Park here in Ripley. • Recently visiting with his.sister Adeline, Mrs Ross Martyn, at her horrie in Riple Was her brother Cecil Mooney o. Woodstock. Cecil will always be. ,remembered •as a great hockey player for Ripley back in the 1920's when he was attending school. Later he played for A year Wingham while attending school there. Froiri there he rffoir- ed to Woodstock and senior 0.'H. A. where he was a star player for • many years and then Cecil coach- ed the Woodstock Juniors. In games against Western University played in the Old London Arena he was always a standout for Woodstock. These were the same years as M. L; "Tory" Gregg played professionally for the Pittsburg Hornets and then the champion London Tecumsehs - the years of Howie Morenz and his great passing plays with line mate Auriel • • • • • sor and Bob (Irwin) Harris of Lon- don - all formerly of Ripley, and Mrs. Bruce MacPherson of Tiver- ton. Also visiting with Mrs. Ferris wer e Mr. and Mrs. Bill Oltman of Kincardine.. Mrs. Ferris resid- ed at the FairhaVen Nursing Home operated by Mr. and Mrs. Oltman prior to its closing and the open7 ing of their 'nursing home in South- ampton. Also calling on her were her grandson 'and wife, Mr. and Mrs: Paul McLeliand of Ber- vie as well as several more family members in thii distriCt. Mrs. Ferris had.returned recently from Wingham Hospital. It was cer- tainly nice to, hear'her voice again arid thanks for the names of the visitors. • • Recently the Ripley Fire. Depart- ment were called to the home of Mr. and Mrs, Don Reid the former William Arnold farm - on the Huron-Kincardine boundary east to extinguish a •fire which was burning in a closet room. The building, of the new fire- hall on 'the 'site of .the old one just south of Frank Zipfers garage .is going ahead with satisfactory pro- gress. • Last Saturday Jim Brooks had a big and a good auction sale at his farm at the' corner of the fifteenth and twelfth two blocks north of Ripley. Jim's new steel barn, with concrete floor made' it pos- sible for auctioneer •Grant McDon- ald to continue despite Saturday afternoon's downpour of rain. • • * .* • Building contractor Jerry Huber and his men are going right ahead with the construction of his own new house on the south or back part of the former Ripley Public School yard' - now Jim Lowry's aparment building. Jerry says that by •the end of June - at summer/ vacation time - he,, his wife Anne, and. family will be moving up here from Waterloo. Last-sOrnmer Jerry purchased this writer's place on the sixth concession and reno- vated the log house. He also pur- chased the "Lame Sandy Forty" ad- joining, fromGordon Shantz and with the help of Allan and Bill Wyld will plant the whdle area in corn this year.' 'Later he purchased from Mrs. Marion IvlacTavish the part of the farm east of the fifteenth, not including ,Marion's home. This parcel of land will be a new Ripley subdiVision: • Julie Reeves, * Showing that the Ripley,-Huron area .had a very successful year in organized hockey this past winter is the display of trophies in the window of Eimer. Courtney's store on mainstreet. With .the assistance of Elliott Courtney, who recently returned from several weeks on a kibbutz in Israel and now , along with .Doug Liddle and Elmer tend, shop, a listing 'of the trophies was made as follows 7 the Teeswater Tyke tournament champions , and the Lucknow Flea consolation trophy - bcith of these were won by the young players, .8 and under;. the W.O.A.A. (Western Ontario Athletic Association) Midget E champions; the W.O.A.A. Juvenile E champions; the W. 0. A.A. Juvenile Grand Champion- ship trophy, and finally the Oritar- io Minor Hockey Association pm HA) Juvenile E Finalist trophy - this one 'for being in the runner-up position. Port Carling won the final series. Besides the above six trophies there will be the Bruce County Firemen's Curling Champ- ionship and there ate two local trophies with several more to come. Congratulations go to' all the boys who played and especially to' the men both from Huron and Ripley who coached, managed and supported these teams. MacLeods Hobo By Nei▪ ghbours mr. a nd Mrs. Lawrence 4 •.- Leod of Kinloss Township honoured last Saturday man their neighbours when they gathered at the home orfC\ur Colwell op the second COMO for, a social time. , The evening was spent plal cards following which Evanx read an address and Jean antl, rence were presented withal tery radio and a binoeulatat Lawrence has sold his farm is holding a clearing auctieni The new owners are Mr. and Brian Holloway of Street They have a son, age 16,4 daughter age 11. both her, heels which she had tured in jumping from the storey to escape from the b home where she resided int, * • PAgiE WEEK EEK IN RIPLE In the same mail were two more pieces from Kentucky and on read• - ing them it is noted hoW farahead there summer season is compared to • our district - bees gathering nectar. , gardens all planted and growing, blackberries out in blos- som. Well the farmers were out for last Saturday morning on the . well drained fields starting, the seeding, but the heavy downpour lasting about an hour put an end to any further field work. Then again on Saturday evening there was a thunderstorm and waves of rain blown by a south wind moved • along the pavement in Ripley just like drifting snow. Mrs. (Rev.) Duncan McTavish is home from the hospital and her many friends wish her. well. •Her address is 44 Emery Street East, London. • • • 0 * Mr. and Mrs. Don Coiling and Mrs: Mel Coiling, all of Ripley, visited with Miss Sharon Coiling in Victoria Hospital last Sunday. Sharon underwent surgery on Mon- day and Friday' of lait week on Former native of Ripley Mrs. Alice Ferris is now residing in the new Pinecrest Nursing Home in Luc know. It was recently opened, by the owners and operators, :•Nir. and Mrs. Newbold. In a call last week Alice mentioned how she appreciated 'the visits of several friends recently. ' Among these were her son Gordon Ferris of the Ita;1111ton 0.P. F 'detachMent, her Jean and husband - Mr. and NIrs. 'Jack Sturgeon from Mich 1 ::an, Rev. Miller , Mrs. Joan and Mrs. Shirk., ro',1ins of i-,E.e.3:d'ine, Eleda L7'161 t. " r t•- Ir.-in of Wind- Mrs. Elsie Forrester arrived home last week after a two week vacation in St. Petersburg, Flor- ida. Along with her were her sister and daughter. Her husband 0.ssie met them at Toronto airport. VISIT CANADA'S NEWEST FORD TRACTOR DEALER AND MEET STU REAVIE. YOU'LL GET A WARM WELCOME AND YOU'LL ENJOY FRIENDLY, PERSONAL SERVICE. THIS NEW DEALER SHIP IS NOW OPEN FOR SALES AND SERVICE OF FORD TRACTORS AND EQUIPMENT AND GENUINE FORD PARTSI itEAVIE FARM EQUIPMENT Lucknow, Ont. • Phone 528401 Tractors Equipment