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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-06-05, Page 17Page 18—Iudmow Sent1nel, Wednesday, June 5, 1985 Residents return from Holland. The community "(presses sincere sym- pathy to the family of Bill MacKennion who died on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith and sons Mark and Mitch and Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Hogg of Ypsilanti, Michigan, Mr. Fred Reynolds and Mrs. Reg Hill of Toronto ,all. attended the MacKinnion funeral on Sunday. Mr. John Sine of London visited over Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fraser MacKinnion. John came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.L, -MacKinnion in 1948 from war . torn Yugoslavia and spent, one year here. The community is . sorry to hear of Bradley Gilchrist being hospitalized in Lon- don. We Wish him a speedy recovery. Ena Steer is home again after spending ' .the last few weeks in London and Wingham hospital, Mrs. Elsie Houston spent theMpast week in Harriston with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Houston and. girls. On Sunday June 2 Mrs. Houston, accompanied by Joy Houston, at SOUTH by t±tu€h Buchrneier' tended a, flower show called New Floral Dimensions to color the World at Seneca College. The four.hours was co-ordinated by Joy Houston. Bob Worrall .and friend, formerly of Teeswater, provided Sgottish' pipe music. Pamela Eves was co-ordinator and commentator for the wedding fashions. Wobbe and William Top of Teeswater. recently returned from their hometown Grootegast, Holland where they spent three weeks visiting and attending a school reu- nion. This is the first time they have been back to Holland in 33 years. While there, they received word of the sudden death on April 12, of -their sister Jeanette Ambrozy, 58, of Kenora. Vendor space booked for show Lucknow Agricultural Society held their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 28. Committees were set up for the 15th An- nual Craft Festival on Aug. 2 and 3. All space has been booked for this year's show. Tickets will be sold on a clock made and donated by director Norris Messenger and also on a cured ham donated by vice- president Leo Murray. Tickets were distributed for the Walter Ostanek dance on Friday, July 19. Robin Hoodis sponsoring a cookie jar con- test in connection with Lucknow Fall Fair. • The Society has chosen Dr. Mel Corrin as the celebrity for this contest. The entries will be donated to Meals on Wheels. A $25.00 donation was also given to this new project. A judging school will be held in Walkerton on Wednesday July 24. Steve Eadie was added to the associate directors for this years prize list committee. Approval was given for the secretary - treasurer to purchase a photo copier from Skeoch: Information was received from the C.N.E. regarding the choosing of Miss C.N.E. on August 14: The Society is considering spon- soring a bus on this date. /I Robbie Crich and Chns Stevenson, right, area ;t telhng a 15 inch speckled trout in the Ludlow River, recently and this picture is proof. The boys were fishing just north of Lucknow's main street when they caught the. little beauty. Apparently speckled trout don't usually grow this big. (Photo by Sharon Dietz) Resident working in. Libya On Thursday at St. Joseph's School, Kingsbridge, there . was an informative meeting on street proofing your child. The meeting was attended by many parents. The Kingsbridge ball season has started. Ripley couple home from British Islestrip ByAB WYLDS Further to the item in this column last week about the Old Time Fiddlers Jam- boree on the evening of August 2, 1985 at the Ripley Huron Reunion, Bob and Shiley Harris of con. 12 west now have a number of old time violin players already for a night of fun. They are Gerry McNulty, Doug Young, Jack Peterbaugh, Finlay MacDonald, Ken McFarlane, Irene • Fmmerton, Eileen Nesbitt, Dorothy Wardell, Bill Munhall, Bert McDonald, Aurel Armstrong, Don Robertson, Gordon Wall, Cliff Emmerton, Glenn Boyd, Jerry St. Marie, Willis DesJar- dine, Owen Davies, Willard Metcalfe, John Hunter, Roy Renwick and Walter DeWolfe for a total to date of 22. If you play the fiddle and would like to take part in the fun night just give Shirley or Bob a call at 395-5096 to add your name to the list. Lions hockey draw winners The Ripley and District Lions Club has an- nounced the winners of the draws made on the tickets sold on the games in the final series for the Stanley Cup • between Philadelphia and Edmonton. The Flyers won the first one then the Oilers took the next four games. Winners in the draw were Game 1- Grant Coultes, Wingham, Game 2 - Chuck Becker, Lucknow; Game 3 - Linda (nee MacDonald) Armstrong; Game 4 - Hector Barfoot, Wiar- ton. Each of the above winners got fifty dollars. Gordon Stewart won the fifth and final game and got $200. The Lions club thanks all those who bought tickets. Proceeds are going to the Lions Youth Ex- change Program. Miss 011ie Liddle is being sponsored this year to the Cornwall and Cavendish areas in Prince Edward Island. Home from British Isles Mr. and Mrs: John C. MacDonald of Ripley have returned home from a. holiday -in the British Isles. After touring in Ireland for a week, they visited in Eastbourne, England with Eric and Connie Massey. Mrs. Massey is a niece of the late William Steer of Ripley. They also visited with his sister, Mrs. Agnes Gunn in a Nursing Home. Mrs. Gunn is 96 years of age and still quite alert. Two older nieces, Ann Anderson and Barbara Chandless also spent an evening at the , Massey home. The last week of the trip was spent in Scotland and the Islands of Skye, Harris and Lewis. They were, guests for twg days with Bill Lawson in Stornoway; Bill Lawson was in Ripley a year ago tracing the history of the 109 families who emigrated from Lewis in 1852 to the Ripley area. While in Lewis, John C, met some of his cousins. Taken over the shop During the month of May Len Stilling of Gladstone Street has taken over the shop and business of John Dodds. Hired as caretaker With Len going into business the job of caretaking at the Ripley Cemetery was va- cant. The Huron Township Council has since hired Gordon Patterson for it. Grain judging to start On May 28, Tuesday evening last week, Gordon Patterson convenor of the Grain Committee for the Agricultural Society call- ed the meeting of the directors on the grain committee Keith van der Hoek and secretary Don MacTavish along with Gordon went over the grain class and no major changes are reported. Judges Jim Richardson of Walkerton and Glenn Dickson of Moorefield have been contacted. Field crop competition judging will start this month with the hay fields. Home from hospital Mrs. Walter Forster has returned home after sl,»r'iing some time in Kincardine and Dist. ict hospital. Visiting in Ripley Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bell of Toronto spent the weekend at their summer home on R;pley Street in Ripley. Friends are glad to know that Mrs. Reg Godfrey has been able to return to her home. from the hospitals ir.. Kincardine and Lon- don. Quilt shown at meeting Mrs. Orland McLeod, Mrs. Jack McLean, Mrs. Joe Scott, Mrs. Ross Cumming, and Mrs. Francis Gemmell of the Ripley/ Women's Institute attended the Bruce South Women's Institute District Annual meeting iri Underwood. The Participation Lodge quilt which Ripley made was shown at the meeting. It is to be sold in Flesherton. Tornadoes smashed Ontario Last Friday afternoon May 31, 1985 will be remembered as the day when the tornadoes smashed through Central Western Ontario. Places hard hit were Grand Valley between Arthur and Orangeville,.. Luther township, and Barrie - estimated damage 100 million dollars/ plus, 12 deaths, toppled hydro towers, twisted and broken trees, dead and injured livestock, houses,. barns injured people in hospitals. Winds were clocked at more than 300 miles per hour. • Building a picnic shelter The Ripley and District Lions Club are building an eight sided picnic shelter in Gore Park. On Friday evening the following were at work there removing sod and set- ting up the plank casings for the concrete floor. John D. MacKay, Ray Fuller,: Rod MacDonald, Bill Robinson, Wally Pollock, Wayne Watson, and Darryl•MacKay. Others joined on Saturday morning, Donald G. MacDonald, Don'MacTavish and Lee Fuller when the cement was poured and levelled and a snow fence was put up around it till it sets. Piano exam passed with honors Donna Raynard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Raynard of RR3 Lucknow, passed the Royal Conservatory of Toronto Grade .8 piano exam with honors. Donna's mark was 76. Attention coaches, the Sentinel would like to cover your teams baseball games. Just give the Sentinel office a call, stating where and when the game will be played and we'll do our best to make sure you get some coverage. Mrs. Simon de Boer has returned home after spending four weeks with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kragt in Sur- rey, B.C. While there, she attended the wed- ding df her grandson Simon. Una (Elliott) MacLeod of Kitchener spent the weekend in Lucknow with Merle Elliott and family. Una and Merle spent Saturday visiting with relatives in the Lochalsh, Amberley and Kincardine areas as well as visiting relatives in Kincardine hospital. KINTAIL Anyone wishing to play ball come out and join us Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ^'-Ball for preschoolers Monday night at 7 psi i'. Mr. and Mrs. • Robert Simpson attended the induction into the Shrine of their son Ar- thur Simpson and sons-in-law, Kevin Cook and Glenn Ferguson. This was- held in Wind • - sor on June 1. A large 'crowd attended the • stag and doe for Jim Van Osch and Terri Radkae Satur- day night at Kintail. Joan Glen and Nathan Ferguson spent the/ weekend with their cousins Jennifer. Ray, Cathy, and John S. Dalton. • Eric Courtney, son of Joe, and )Teresa Courtney, graduated from the University of Waterloo on Saturday, May 25, 1985 with a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Eric is employed with Westinghouse Canada Inc., Hamilton, Ontario in the projects and service depart- ment. Eric flew from the Toronto Airport on Sunday, June . 2 to Libya, North Africa, where he will be working until mid A:;gust. Congratulations Eric! Visitors during the . week with Joe and Teresa Courtney and family were Joe's brother Fred Courtneyand his wife Florence of Toronto, their daughter Mrs. Theresa Cornack and children of Burl- ington. Eric Courtney of Waterloo and Miss Anna Da Mote of Oakville. Tenth anniversary celebrated by Kat hr Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tanner and Laura of Walkerton, Mr. and Mrs. Legere and their grandson, Mr. Bill Wareing and Janice Wareing were all Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Errington. Friends and relatives gathered at John Siecker's to help Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Todd celebrate their tenth anniversary. Also visiiing with the Siecker's this weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Rob Siecker of Listowel. You don't need to be windy to write an effective Sentinel Classified ad. Just de- scribe the item and name your price.