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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-04-27, Page 16treasurer, Sene Seller, of Ripley. Winning the President's trophy in the ladies' draw was the team skipped by Lois Pollock and members Judy van . Kooten, Joan Helm and Terry MacKenzie. Top honours for the mixed draw went to the team of Howard and Marj Hodge, Jim and Rose Peterson. The John Bell trophy for the men's club was won by a team skipped by Carl Funston of Pine River (6th concession) with Gord Roulston, Doug Campbell and Jamie Farrell. Congratulations goes to this team for winning the trophy at theDist- rict 13A bonspiel held in Owen Sound. * * * * * * On Friday morning Morley Mills of Georgetown was in Ripley calling on friends and renewing acquaintances. Morley is a native of the Clarks area on the 12th concession west in Huron Town- ship, Back 50 years ago he attended the R.C.S. in Ripley and former students of that era will remember Morley. ' He later farmed the home farm before moving away some 25 years ago. It is always nice to meet and to talk with Morley about the past and present state of affairs. PLAQUE TO BE PLACED Rev. Jim Bushell chaired an open meeting in Ripley Township Hall to discuss the fate of the old Huron Presbyterian Church Cemet- ery. The Huron congregation bought 100 acres at lot 14, concession 6, in 1854 for a church and cemetery, Mrs..Gladys Arnold told the group. In 1886 the congregation moved to Ripley, and in 1920 the last burial took place. 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Also, they were cousins whom Johnny and Helen had not met nor known about prior to their visit. Mrs. Harold (Freda) MacMurchy is writing a family history of the MacMurchy clan starting in 1770. They hold an annual family reunion and picnic which was attended last year by 120 members and it was held at Richmond Hill, north of Toronto. Note once again how the letter ."a" has been left out or eroded from -tire Mac". • Th is seems to be particularly common to this area and the erosion of the "a" is a somewhat modern, trend. There is a joint reunion of the MacMur- chys and the Camerons as marri- ages over the years have interwov- en their history. Both Harold and Johnny discovered that each oth- er's mother was a Cameron. The MacMurchy clan landed in Canada About 1820 - in King Township in York County. In Huron Township 1 hey settled along the fourth concession east. Happy and friendly as ever, Charlie Baker of Belmont made his annual spring visit to the Ripley area. Charlie visits with Mr. and Mrs. John C. MacDonald west- of Ripley and spent last week renewing old acquaintances. Away back when he first came out from England, he landed in Ripley and worked back in the days of hard manual labour on several area farms. Then, for many years after leaving here he worked on the dairy farm of Don and Etta Willsie at Belmont - two more former Ripleyites. The presidents of both sections of the Ripley Curling Club, namely Mrs. Evelyn (Harry) Coiling and Jim MacDonald of Clarks on the 12th, reported a successful 1977 winter' of fun at the Ripley Curling Rink ai the north end of Ripley. The new slate of officers for 1977-78 is as follows - for the ladies club, president, Barbara Paquette of the 4th concession; secretary, Mary Walden of Pine River; and treasur- er, Helen McCreath; and for the men's club, president, Bert Elliott of concession 10 west; secretary, Murray Culbert east of Ripley and Branch, Department of Commerc- ial and Consumer Relations, out- lined the possibilities for cleaning up or removing the cemetery. The only feasible choice as outlined in the Cemeteries Act is to erect a cairn enclosing the broken stones, and maintaining the area. A new fence will have to be erected, as the one put up in 1952 at the time of the Lewis Reunion has deteriorated badly. It 'was .decided to place a plaque at the entrance to the cemetery on the 6th concession. The Cemetery Committee, along with Norval Stewart, will draft a letter to be sent to descendants of those buried there, requesting financial assistance. There is no government assistance available for restoration of cemeteries. Mrs. Glen Stanley is secretary, with John Gamble, Mike Snobelen, Bert Elliott and Mrs. Wallace Pollock making up the rest of the committee. Any of these people would be happy to receive names and addresses of these descend- ents. * * * * * * Thanks to Mrs. Elaine Pollock for .the account of the meeting held last Thursday evening in the Huron. Township hall in Ripley to discuss the fate of the cemetery on lot 14, concession 6 in Huron Township. This writer does not see how the erection of a new fencekaround the cemetery and a cairn or plaque away out on the 6th road will stop the graves, with their human bones, from washing 'down the hill into the river and the cemetery itself eventually disappearing alto- gether. If they will, then these would be logical steps to be taken by the Saugeen Valley Conserva- tion Authority and the town of Kincardine to prevent the washing of the Campbell property into the Penetangore River. And then where is the entrance to the cemetery? There is none as anyone familiar with the local geographical location of this cemet- ery must surely know. Only three acres of the 100 acre farm were reserved, or severed in modern language, at the time this farm was sold, if the writer remembers the record in the County of Bruce Registry Office in WalkertOn. And the three acres, less what is now in the river or out in Lake Huron, was "the burying ground". It is also doubtful if the folks here know that there is a corresponding Lewis Scottish Cemetery in Quebec and it is being cared for - French Canadians at that. While down to the playoff hockey game in Lindsay recently. John D. MacKay and his wife Joan called to visit Major Bob MacDonald, broth- er of Doug MacDonald on conces- sion 8. John D. brought back the news that Bob expects to - be moving back to Moncton, New Brunswick at the end of June. Another former Ripleyite now living in Lindsay is Mrs. John Lindsay and family - the former Jo- anne Loveridge - granddaughter, of Mrs. Bert Picot of Ripley. Her husband, John Lindsay., operates the Lindsay Motors in the town of Lind ay. Back in the 1960's, JoAn e was a top student in the Riple 1 District High School. Last Wednesday Mrs. Isobel Love flew into Toronto airport. To improve her health, Mrs. Love spent the winter at Oliver in the Okanagan Valley in British Colum- bia. Bob LoVe motored from Ripley down to Malton and brought his wife home from there. Ripley folks are glad to see Isobel again and extend best wishes for her health. Last week Ripley drover Leonard Courtney received radio mention for shipping top priced beef cattle for four different farmers in this area. Two of these farmers were Bob Rutledge and Elmer Smeltzer. Sorry we missed the other two names - the announcer got ahead of us. On a raw and dtill morning last Saturday, Paul Irwin and John van Kooten were raking the winter debris on the green and grassy shoulders of Gore Park. Doug Peterbaugh continued after dinner. * * * * * * Miss Dawn Burnham, grand- daughter of Norman and Mabel Barnard, left on Monday, April 25, for Europe where she will spend three weeks in England, France, Denmark and Sweden, studying "Management Approaches to Mental 'Retardation". Dawn, who is now in her graduate year at Fanshawe College in London in the M.R.Co. Course, is one of the first students to have this opportunity to take this extended course in Europe, as it has just been introduced this year. She will visit hospitals in London, Cambridge and Epsom, all in England, Bukeraal and Copenhagen in Denmark; Malmo in Sweden, and at Trosly-Brevil in France to visit Jean Vanier's L'Arche. * * * * * * Dr. and Mrs. Goldie Emerson of London visited recently with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Emerson in Ripley. Ripley folks are glad to see that Mrs. Hamilton MacKinnon is back home from Kincardine Hospital. Al'So that Annie, in her wheel chair, was able to be up street with the help of her husband Ham, for an outing. FRED SCHMID WELDING SPECIALIZING IN WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS AND METAL FABRICATIONS DUNGANNON Phone 529-7922 Horseshoeing "HAVE SHOES WILL TRAVEL" CONTACT John McClinchey R. R. 1, BELGRAVE, ONTARIO OR PHONE 523-9439 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE PLEASE HELP THE. RED SHIELD APPEAL LUCKNOW CANVASS BY LUCKNOW LIONS WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MAY 2 PLETCH ELECTRIC WINGHAM RESIDENTIAL — FARM — INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Phpne Collect 357-1583