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,the tlruce Mutual Aid. It
was held in Paisley. The `
meetings are held on the
first Thursday evening of
each month. The next one
will begin Kincardine. It is,
an association of- all the,
fire departments in
Bruce County from
Ripley Lucknow,
• Last Thursday evening
Bob Johnston, Johnny
Dodds ' and Harvey
Pollock represented the''
Ripley Fire Department
at the monthly meeting of
Wylds.
.• Early last week .at the
end of April we had those
April showers. Then,at,
the end of the week along
came the May flowers
including a fair showing
of dandelions, • •
Last Wednesday
,Gerald khOdy of the 10th
• of Kinloss Township
This week
children of Kincardine
spent last weekend
visiting with Mr. and'
Mrs.. Donald Anderson in
Waterford, Ontario. •
----L-ast-----wecke-nd Bill.
Kempton of Aml3erley.
and Murray Weber of
Ripley made' a wonderful •
job, of cleaning away the
piles of rubbish at the
back of Malcolm Street,
Bill also loaded and
trucked to the dump the.
garbage-pile at-the-back -
of the roadway just east
of the house of .Mrs;IVIae
Catton.
FINAL REGISTRATION
RIMAY-HURON RECREATION
MINOR SOFTBALL (Boys & Girls)
SATURDAY, MAY 10
10 to 12 noon
Ripley-Huron Community' Centre
W.O.A.A. entries.
To Be Based On
Number of Registrations
By May 110th
SODDING AND SEEDING
PLANTING-2- trees, shrubs, ground cover, hedges
WEED & INSECT SPRAYING 100 gal and back sprayers
LAWN— fertilizing
SUPPLIERS OF— peat moss, bonemeal, grass seed, fertilizer
PRUNING— treei shrubs
SURFACE PAVING-- patio stone, intedocking stone
FENCING— rail style
TREATED 6" x 6" — planters, retaining walls, play structures, edging
Large' Birch Clumps Now Available
Open 7 days a week
Proprietors - Steve Casfick 528-6843
MEMBER OF "Greg Alton 528-3540 ' LANDSCAPE 14 ;ONTARIO
4 miles south of Lucknow on Miron County Road No. 1
MUSIC BY MIRAGE •
TICKETS IN ADVANCE
$3.00 single $6.00 couple
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14ticknow Sentinel, Wednesday, 'MAW: 7,. 1980—Page 21
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Ripley wemen aft t'aisley meeting
London. She registered Grace (Farnell) Keane
there in 1896 and received of Hamilton and, her•
her ILA, 1900 along , friends' Mr. and Mrs,
with three other ladies. , Alfred Deyo Rochester
On April 29;1902 were up to her native
she married Rev. George—AZ.10w on-Monday-and
Gil-More. During the Tuesday of last week.
period they lived here all On Monday of last week
four of the family of one ' Betty Peterson and her
son and three •daughters mother Fran Peterson of
attended Ripley schools. Barrie motored to Kin-
And all attended Western 4 cardine to visit ,with her
University in London. aunt, Mae Bennett. In the
At the Founder's Day, evening Betty drove over
March 7, - 1,948 the to Ripley for a visit with
president of the her aunt , Fran and Ab
midway betWeen
golyroOd and kinlough ,
Was in Ripley. With his
chainsaw he cut down one;
dead maple tree and
trimmed-dead-limbs-froro-
anotliet on the lawn of
Mr. and Mrs. Redvers
Johnson. Assisting him
on the end of the rope was •
George -McLean, .George
also used' his truck to
remove the wood, Gerald
has ability and skill: in
climbing the trees and
elating with his saw
which never fails to
amaze those watching
from the geound.
Jack and Marion
Lawrie, RR3 Tiverton
visited last Sunday with
Jack. and Evelyn Johnson
ip ipley;
Mr. W. T. Mackay of
. Huronvilla in Ripley and
Mrs. John Rock and
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Teeswater in the south to
Tobermory in the north.
The folks in the Ripley
Huron and, surrounding
area were', shocked and,-
saddened to learn of the
sudden death of Earl
Wrightson in , Kincardine
on Saturday evening.
Earl was Well-knewn to
many people and sym-
pathy is extended to his
wife' 'and family at this
time of bereavement.
• In the Spring 1980
Alutnni Gazette, received
this past week there is an
article entitled `The Lure
of Learning° by Kay
MacDonald of Londen,
This well-written article
is of local interest. Kay
..1VlacDonald is the wife of
*john 'MacDonald, former
native 'of the Eighth
Concession West' of
'Ripley. Also she is the
eldest dau-ghter of the
late Rev. and 'Mrs.
Geerge Gilmore who
lived in Ripley from 1913
to 1922 when her father
was the minister in Knox
Presbyterian Church.
The Lure of Learning is
about Kathleen's mother-
who was Jessie Ann
Murdoch of Strathroy.
She was one of the first
women graduates at
Western University. in
university was presented '
the degree of Doctor of
'Laws, hertoris causa and
in absentia, to Jessie Ann
Murdock Gilmore. In •
failing health she passed,
away in November 1948.
The article* contains
excerpts from her diary
and gives :first' hand
accounts of the • early
history 'of- Western'
University. •
The annual variety
concert staged by the
Ripley High School
students was held last
Thursday and Friday
.evenings- ,in the school
auditorium. Comments of
those •attending were all
favourable - a fine per-
Iormance and a good
crowd each evening
Jean MacDonald of the
nursing staff at the
Pinecrest Manor Nursing •
spent a
few days last weekend
with her sister Noreen at
their home on Malcolm
Street in' Ripley,
Last week Jim Scott,
concession 12, Huron
Township, moved a
larger mobile trailer in
beside the weigh scales at
the Ripley Grain
Elevator. The operation
took some time, help and
skill to get it placed.