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pky a busy place this Christmas season
By AI. Wylie
This pest week the village
of Ripley was a busy moot for
reueadien and meetings.
The Ripley limon Wee
Hall, the Ripley Huron
ConmunitY Centre Can-
oes, the Ripley Mind
ibgb School, the Huron
Township Hall, and the
Tapley Curling Anna
had gatherings doing the
sleek.. And no doubt this will
continue through the
Cbristronn semen and the
coming winter.
Dori* the pad month
renovations and repairs
have been made .at both
meas. bitheltipley Ceding
Arena at the 130101 end of
Epley a complete job was
done on the floor, The pipes
maybe the brine wets
taken and sheets of
stindoan insulation were
bid over the ground base to
/mint ire problems due to
sof htat and heavirig. Thai
die pips were all bid back
ad spaced agaio.. Next the
spaces between the pipes
were filled with sand and
levelled before the ice sleet
vas bolt vp.
All this wade 03 a
volmoteer basis by themen of
the Ripley Carting Clob. The
evening REX reporter vd
the ride to see what was
going on there lien five
there conpleting thespacing
aid which took
considerable time as it had
to be done in sectken They
were Harry Scott and
Gordon Haddon of the
Met area and Jack Scott,
Doug MacDonald., and Terry
Paquette of Ripley.
Early this past week a
peoblem of brine leakage
hod to be solved, A rusty pipe
was the came, 90 now they
hope to have a lbetter tinie at
keepi* g a nke level ice
sheet '
At the Ripley Huron
Chninunity amine Complex
•these alas a serious Fabian
of roof Waage where the
feat auditorium pat of the
building joined the aiena.
Although the Complex was
built
al 1V/S —. just sin years
ago last summer it had been
l enough to came decay
in the underlying wooden
part of the fbt roan this
had to be replaced * new
lumber. Then a tarandstone
• dipcoveringwas bill
The work Iliac done in a
Couple of weeks by car -
palters and roofers of the
Palmer 'bang fimi from
St. Joao% near Kitchener. It
is hoped that it will work.
Firma personal experience
this reporter sees nothing Ili
a flat roof or one iont
meth slope as in the Com-.
pki and the sane go es for
eavestroughs. The mow
pies up Own melts from the
heat hum inside flaming an
IV ridge. Panther, melting
causes water ',Natalia in.
At the Huron Township*
hall in Ripley there way**
events last wedi. On Wed,
nesday evening it was the
Ripley District Lions Club
bingo games with a good
crowd present The next me
will be a week from tang' bt,
Wednesday, December IS.
111nn on Friday evening Ole
Ripley Junior Farmers
presented their variety
concert on the. Huron
Township' hallstage.
Derembernieeting
Thin Street west from the
main street was lined with
parked cars as the Ripley
Womats Instilete held their
December meeting. limas in
thellipley Heron LeganhaR
with farty-foor present andit
started at noon with a pot
luck dinner. Padded Mrs.
Grace Peet presided and
Ib M La* was the
convenor in charge of
arranging the program
folowingthe Amer.
A skit' vas peskinned by a
ism" of bdies. Mrs. Elaine
Pollock sang solos.
Lock game a rearing of
Christmas poems with
backgramd male by Mrs.
Violet MacKenzie at the
piano.. Mrs. Donahla Gossett
tanked the Instlide on
behalf of the melba.. They
reportanicemeeting.
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• Falloessionover
The fall semester of the
tfigtit School classes at the
B ey High School was lag
Thursday evening. The
winter session wall stad
after the New Year,
At the and of the daises,
tbe quilting class wlth
teacher Mrs Eileen Cater
of Ripley invited the
members of the China
painting class with teacher
Mrs. Pearl MacKay of the
irsdh Coneession east in
Heron TownsbP and the
members of the Sewing class
with teacher Mrs. Grace
Peet of Ripley to join than
for a cop of coffee and a
piece of Clwistmas cake and
asoekdget together.
Aelosoake
Custodian Mrs, Helen
Gruibb reports a busy time of
Sat* and Senor League
Hockey games in the Ripley
Huron Complex. The
Intermediat` es with theirfine
hockey tam and good local
following have been on the
road labely bst will be back
home nest Sunday evenkg
•Dee. 13 at seem thirty in the
Upcombg this Sahrday
even* at the Ripley Hugon
Complies lbe the wedifing
rimer and reception dance
following the welling of
Karen Lowry, deer of
Ron and Marlyn Lowry and
Robed =A, son ci Bert
and Marj Ellett all of tie
lith concession west in
Baron Township,
• On the neatilaturday, Dee.
9, jut before airishnals,
flints Clam will be at the
Ripley Cowin. Helen says
tint then will be a special
time of free slating for the
little hide awaiting bis
arrival.
Smells Sada*
A special thanks goes to
lbw Ebine Pollack this*
week kr ber "Ripley floor
Hockey News"- Elaine took
the time, on bet way to
&arm* lastflundayerening
to drop in her lackey news.
Ste is a member of the
Kincardine Community
Sows who were singing at
the &take* District rah
School to gather bolds ta
send their fine Girb
Trumpet landto theCalgary
rodeo. nest July. The
Stator* band bas led the
Ilipley fall fair parade on a
amber of meadow Twice
they way invited tothe Fat
Mots Festioal of Lied in
Florida. Their first kader,
now retired, was George
Hildeband who once offered
to start a similar band at the
Ripley District' IMO Site&
Bat like so ninny flings it
was a "no go"..
Selig &War diem
R was welcane news that
Des Stadia and his staff
slatted selling *Pine Hirer
• Cheddar Mae. Os to
• iapey with the
Christmas season comiog
sp. Each day throngli the
swig web bon nine to titre
someone be at the Pine
• lliver site to serve the
Once again this comp • :
amity IMO „survived a
ilial*ais Ere sad with that
wines a feeling el pride
coupled w'ithilninkfilness.
flaw toltipley
Was Jean MacDonald of
therinestestilianorlioniag
• Home iiu Inclmow was bane
• toRipley for acoupleofdays
bstweek •
FurendsarOlke
Sympodry of 11W* folks•
goes to Ilks. Morley,Tremelt
01 Listowel on the recent
death of her babas& The
funeral sautes Was held is
Wooed. es Tuesday ad -
tames of bg lore& Mts• .
'beach is the fussier Edth
Dimergrest
Ws, Katherbe Ciolkorg01
Ripley 110043 &Mr guest,
atter attesting St.\ Askews
tinted Church Service, with
Mrs. Walter Plat* a former
neighbour es the 4th cos -
cession west Mr. Walter
flack is lisspitaked at
•peesent is Loialow. We with
bins speedyretovery,
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