The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-30, Page 13•
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On Tuesday foretoonof
'last week .Bell of
Kincardine and. Niels'
Frederiltsen of • Ripley
were out Working on the
grounds 'of the kin-
Pardine Golf and.
and having knowledge of
the work of Sir AleXander.
MacKenzie in Brazil
especially in the Power
and Light Company there :Company
write to her. The
address is. Mrs. C„:Rabb,
Lloyd was • in his 82nd
year. Be is survived, by
his second wife Velva,
two 'daughters Margaret -
Mrs:. Lee Culbert of
London and Barbara
S Lowe of Oakvillp,
two sons Keith and
.'of British
Columbia, also one sister
Mrs, Gladys ' 'Cameron
and' one brother Secord
Huston, 'both of Kin-
cardine,To these and' all
family relatives° , sym-
Just a couple of years ago
she was recalling the.
educated in the one room
schools' in Huron town-
ship He 'was One of four
boys in the' Senior ,Feurth
clasS at .S.S, No. 6 half-
waY down the 8th con-
cessien Of litutpn--tOWn-
shiP when -Miss Gertrude
Kidney of Ripley and now,
residing in 'Pine Lodge
Rest Home in. Lucknow
started her,'.teaching
'career at this.: school.
There were feet boys in
the Senior Fourth clas§.
time when she' received
the, containing their
High. School Entrance
examinations results and
how relieved she was to
find all had passed ,with
h ono urs . After his
retirement in Toronto
Lloyd never failed to
43y Ab Wylds come back to the Ripley
Huron Fall Fair. After
viewing the hall 'exhibits,
on the first night he\,
always stopped to chat
With ' the secretary.
Another event, he at
tended each year was the
Ripley Craft Show. Lloyd
will be ' missed and
remembered by his
friends here,
Last Thursday a lec-
ture workshop on- the
"Safe_ •Transportation of
Dangerous Chemicals"-
was held from 9 a.m, to 5
p.m. in the Southampton
Firehall. An Official from
the Canada'Transport
Emergency , Centre,
Ottawa distributed
literature, gave a lecture,
and showed films.
Club in, the sunny warm
- •Weather. Then they heard
the honking calls' of the
wild' geese. Flying over
the course and headed
north Lake Huron'S
shore. was 'a flock of the
large or 'Maxtma Canada,
geese numbering, over
fifty. It is a sight arousing
excitement and Won-.
derment to .see . their
flight formation, and to
!listen to them `.`talking"
`to one another. Perhaps
that day they made it to
Isaac Lake near Red Bay
northwest of Wiarton as
that" same evening the
late Viiinghain television
news showed pictures of
geese on the Bruce
Peninsnia.
°- These large Maxima
geese were thought to be
extinct .' In 1957 from a
single'pair on 'Toronto'
Island there are. now
several thousand. In
February 1976 the
Ministry of Natural
Resources using an. Otter
plane, and three triPs
transported 100 MaxiMa
Canadas. to .the" area of
Dayton, Tennessee, I
suppose to -teach them to
migrate':. Whether the
experiment was suc-
cessful or not, Ab Wylds
does • not 'know. One thing
he deeS. know that on .:a
weekend last May not
even a goose feather was
to be seen at,the north end
'of Isaac Lake. Well after
all some of these geese
were reported to be ten_
years old and that saying
about an old dog probably.
holds: • .
At supper time on
Monday of 'last week,
Apr._ 21, right at six the
fire whistle sounded in
Ripley. -Below • the hill
between Lurgan and
Point Clark a brush or
garbage fire was out of
control rand Ripley fire
engine and water tank
truck were -Soon on the
way. The location was .a
sideroad or street run-
.ning off the back road
south of the village of
Lurgan. Above 'the hill
are the farms of Perrin
Lowry, Bill Godfrey, and
Dave Lowry. Ripley
firemen answering the
call were • Donnie
Peterbaugh, Ray • Fuller,
Roddy MacDonald, John
D. Mackay, Johnny
Dodds, Harvey Pollock,
George McLean, Doug
Liddle, Joe Hodgins,
Bernie Twolan, Bob
Johnston, and Ivan Cook.
We received 'a note.
fro&Mrs. Cecil Robb of
Lucan last Wednesday.
Before moving to Lucan
some years ago, Cecil
and Reta Robb lived on
their farm on RR 5
Lucknow,- on the fourth
concession 'east in Huron
township, just east of the
present Forestry farm •
there. Mrs. Robb writes.
that during the past two
years. they have not
enjoyed the best of health
but are' ',hoping for a
better summer ahead, In
the.: letter she asks if
anyone reading this item
•
204 Main Street, Lucan,
Ontario NOM 2J0.
MrS. Robb is the for-
mer Reta Ruttle, native
'of Hurpn township and
writes that she and Cecil
often think Of this area.
Sister of Ben Ruttle of
Kincardine, Reta was a
public school teacher.
This Writer thinks: that
She taught near parkhill
and that one of:''her
students there was Hugh
Dowker. Hugh was our
classmate. for four years
in- Honour Mathematic§
• and Physics at Western
UniverSity, This is true,
Ab' Wylds will write. an'
item on • this great.
Canadian
mathernatician.
Meanwhile .Reta will be,
grateful abotit 'any item.
of information received
on Sir.: AleXander
MacKenzieand she will
acknowledge the same.,
Retired Toronto School,
principal and teacher and
former native of the 8th •
concession . between
Ripley and Pine River,'
Mr. Lloyd Huston died on
Monday, April 2l at.his
home at, 301. Ridley
BOiilevard, DownsView,
after.,a. short illneSs.
Correction
It.was incorrectly reported
in last week's Ripley column
that this wa's the second
Winter Robert Robertson
spent hi intensive care when
it should have read this is his
second *Vacation in the. Bar-
bados. • —
The spelling' of Minnie,
MacTavish's name was in-
Correct:
We 'apologize for any in-
convenience these errors
may have caused.
Representatives from the
Fire DePartments in
BrUce and Grey Counties
and - Owen Sound at-
tended.. George McLean
and 'Harvey ,Pollock
represented.—the----11.ipley
Fire Department, Doug
Liddle was unable to, go
due • to the spring
machinery rush at the
"shop of Elliott Courtne,Y,
Kenneth MacLennan of
:the Toronto Gallegiate
teaching staff visited thiS
past weekend with his
mother Mrs, Norma
MacLennan in Ripley,
Marie MacLennan and
George and Jeannie
son , Colin •of, Agincourt
visited-lasfygeekend-with
Miss, 'Florence
.MaePonald in Ripley.
Mrs, Violet MacKenzie.
of Ripley 'visited over the
weekend with.. Mr; and - ••
Mrs. David ,MacKenzie
and „Cheri Lynn in Kin-
cardine.
pathy is extended at. this•
time of bereavement. He
.was predeceased by ,his •
first wife the former
Hazel Durward of Kin-
cardine. The funeral
service was held in
Toronto last- Wednesday
with burial in Prospect
cemetery there. Atten-
ding from 'this, area were
Jim Elliott, Mrs. Marion
Huston, Mr. and, Mrs,
Secord , Huston, Mrs.
Gladys Cameron, • and -
Mrs ;Gladys Huston.
Lloyd Huston was 'one
of the many School
teachers and principals
who themselves • were
This week in
A chauffeur named Neal the Wheel,
Found himself a beautifhl deal.
AR day he'd drive far -
In his boss's bronze car
Then in' a leased Rolls
He'd moonlight at will.
To raise cash he called Classified,
Sold his Ford the first.time he tried
His "Rolls plan" wds neat—
Now he owns a Whole fleet
Of hacks that are tree dignified.
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