The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-11-17, Page 22This Week
BY AB WYLDS
Nits.• Violet MacKenzie• of Ripley
left this past week to visit with her
sister• and husband; Mr. and Mrs.
R. M., Scott of Huntington Woods
for a two week visit.
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Last Thursday was November
11th - Remembrance Day through-
out Canada - the day when people
remember those who did not come
bit& from the World Wars..
Throughout • the country it was
marked by parades and services.
The service for the Ripley-Huron:
community was held at the
Cenotaph in front of the Huron'
'Township Hall, as it has been every
year since that first. unveiling one
in 1919.
Early, at the Huron Township
Hall, caretaker Hamilton MacKin-
non'was on 'the job: So were Don
Mason down from Kincardine
setting up his P.A. system and Bill
McCreath getting the Remem-
brance floral wreaths in order in
line along the sidewalkxith an
assist Ira' Bob Fair. Snow
covered the ground arid the sky *as
dull with overcast cloud. Soon
people in cars and on foot arrived at
the scene - quietly waiting,
Soon there was • the parade
Wheeling around St. Paul's Angli-
can Church orner with Huron'
Township re Russell Stanley,
the marshal in harge. Marching
with the Legion and Legion
Auxiliary were the Brownies-, Girl
Guides, Wolf Cubs and Scouts. At
the first of the:marching unit were
the flag bearers in pairs, Bob Love
and Don Paquette for the Ripley-
Huron Legion and Mrs. Eileen
Eminerton and Mrs. Betty Buehlow
•fOr, the Legion Auxiliary, followed
by those carrying the flags for the
above named youth groups.
When marshal Russ Stanley had
the parade in place in a double
Circle. around the cenotaph, Bill
McCreath as M.C. stepped to the
mike and called on Rev.. Robert
Putman to give the scripture
readings, followed by Rev. James
Bushell with prayer: Next Bill
called on Don ,McLay of the Legion
to read the names of our war dead-
those who were being remembered
here. This was followed by the
wreath laying...ceremony with Bill
McCreath calling 'in turn• on the
fallowing peOple - Clarence. Pol-
lock, Russ 'Stanley, George (Bill)
Tranter, Mrs. Betty Needham,
Mrs. Evelyn Elliott; Mrs. Amelia
Cumming, Miss Theresa Cote,
MisS Linda MacDonald, Richard
van Horn, Murray / Scott, Glen:
Stanley, Mrs. Barbara Paquette,
and Ray Collins who laid wreaths in
turn at the base of the cenotaph
respectively on behalf of the
Province of Ontario, Huron Town-
-ship, Ripley Village; Purple Grove
W.I., Reid's Corners W.I., Ripley
W.I., Brownies, Girl Guides, Wolf
Cubs, Boy Scouts, 1.0.0.F. Lodge,
Lions, the Auxiliary, 'and the Ripley
Legion Branch 440. This was
followed by the playing of the Last
Post, the two minute silence, and
Reveille. Rev. Jim Bushell gave
the benediction. Russ Stanley
marched' the parade upstreit
.around the bank corner to the'
Legion Hall.
After the parade disbanded at
the Legion hall, lunch was served
during the noon hour by members
of the Auxiliary : Incidentally,
while the service was on and during
the early -afternoon, no snow
flurries crossed this area and the
legion hall looked very nice.
Caretaker Bob Love had the flags
all back up in place. Remember the
first , set, donated by Legion
member 'Orah Crawford, which
" Were taken as Reunion Souvenirs
by perkons unknoln. Well the
In Ripley At the November meeting of the
Ripley Agricultural Society held on
Monday evening last week Mrs.
Janet Farrell projected the colour-
ed slides of the Ripley Huron fall
fair held on the last Saturday in
September. At the meeting were
Mrs. Gladys Arnold, Reg Moore,
Jack and Janet Farrell, John and
Barbara Gamble, Cecil Sutton.
Morley and Deana Scott, Gordon
Patterson, Fran and ,Ab Wylds.
Mrs, Arnold gave . a' repOrt. on the
District 10 meeting held in Mount
Forest. Mrs. , Arnold, along" with
Mrs. Evelyn Elliott of Pine River,
Mrs. Sheila• MacDonald and Mrs.
Janet Farrell represented the
Ripley Society. Other matters were
'discussed. The December meeting
will be on Monday, December 6th.
Legion has replaced these and Bob
is trying to keep these by taking
them down. " The attendance at the
cenotaph• was fair •considering that
it was winter outside - much• as that
first parade. . •
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It was nice last week to learn that •
Orah Crawford, after a lengthy stay
in Kincardine Hospital, is back
home with his wife Marie in their.
'Ripley home. Orah was with the
Canadian Air Force overseas in the
First World War.
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metal grain bOxes at Elliott
Courtney's machinery lot. The
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