HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-02-10, Page 16Hy Alf!
• lits, Jennie Mama hid
her Mtb; thrthday **Wed,
Feb. 3, The occasion was.
I. muffed by holding a special.
openhaeeather blpn '
last Saturday afternoon
when three of heat grated-
diets and their families
coatdbaba* • • .
They wenn Rothand Ken
Mae Donald, . sons
Q uislophec and Jeffrey of
1Citethener when ' Ruth. and
Ken had the weekend off
from Diming bthe hospital
there and .Nanny and Bob
Tout. and Sons 1Mickad and
Richert of Kincardine when
Nancy and Bob flew home
from vatalt%n in Jami* on
Friday. , Also . from Kin-'
canliuewereJoanMeInt re,
dam Lynda and Lisa
and .Veru Dunlop, Joan is a
aurae ion Itioca dune and
District hosakIn. Riney
there are herr daur'in
law, Mrs. Donald* Mania
and family Miry Lynn,
Wayne,. . Debbie, Brenda,
Betty Jean,.andLisisa Apdk
With her iii the: former .
Commercial Hotel. en Queen
Street, east Oel her son
George and his wife Jriy. And
to all the folks in Ripley Mrs,
McLean its < known as:•
Grandma Jennie and all •
.wish, her rail* more happy •
birthdays. The former Jane ,
Haber, she was born -on
Feb. 3 1*92 at Stiw►an. •
Lake about two miles north •
• .0f* Ferndale in Eastnor
Tonin ship;' Bruce County' or
More •brlefly put , ;in. the
i ion's Head area. Her
parents 'awe Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson f elyec and she was
the second :yougest iii a..
family of lien and now 'the
oridy surviviiogmember.
Her husband the late •
George .McLean Sr. was a
barber :by'trade. And when
he, bought the barber
business and building on the
. east side of the' alleyway
(now the:vacant Often Rock
• Shop) from *.the late Bob
Pabner, •Mr,. and Mrs,
• McLean andfamily of three
• .sons. George, Bill, and Jack
• moved from Lion's Head to
Riney on the first of May,
M.
19
1`, For some time they, lived,.
in the Palmer , *ailment
above the barber shop. Then,
her husband bohrglt 'the
sectionhomeloca►ted in Gore,
Park - the pinup is still there.
He had this sial house
.moved . with the ,corner. lot
Melville Lane , and Tain
Street .east of the; present
• Ripley Post Office. In the
i930'she had • the 'present •
telephone office building, on
the east side of • Ripley's
main street constructed and •
' moved his shop there. 16 1940
he bought the Commercial
Hotel building .from Allan
lVfacIver and moved there.
Floyd Strathdee; the last
hotel operator there, had
movedto Weston. '
The former hotel now
houses the . mens and
childrrer clothing at the front
• right, the shoe department in
the former front hallway,
and the harness repair shop
at the front •left of. the en-
• trance all. operated by
George and his wife Joy. •
While his mother Jennie had
a nice comfortable apart-
• ment behind hi what Was
once • the hotel. diningroom
,an d sanpte room. And it was
observes jennie
here where thefolks riled
on Satvcday to extend best
Wishes to arch** kind sad.
this hippy
occasion.
1► on
Wider thewelay
Believe It or Not Ripley
had is firg Winter Stow
DaylastSaturday, ever inits
history Or that of.this peat of
snow bat Western. Ontario.
The date, ' for future
reference, was February 6,
1902. And it was a frosty day
with lots of snow piled
around outsider` Denver,
the showwasheldupstairs in
the : Huron . Township. 'hall
where caretaker Mrs, Helen
Grubb , had things con
fortable. It was first
scheduled fir two weeks
earlier on Saturday, Jarnusry
23 bit icy conditions from an
overnight sleet storm caused
t$PastPe Breen
Another thing there were.
no local people among the 13,
exhthitors attheshow. These
exhibitors were .from such
faraway anddifferentplaees
as Collitngwood, Hotta**,
Cookstown, Toronto,,
Hamilton,,; Kitchener
Waterloo,' and Stratford. It
was the ISM Yearling and
Young Bird Show. the
National • Fantail Pigeon
Club. President Bob Palmer •
of Collingeoodcontacted the
Ripley , Agricultural Society
in regard to the preparations
for Steam.
FoneePtemsbor
The show began . at ten -
thirty in the morning; and
ended at five Mirky in the
afternoon There were 130
beautiful birds -entered and
these were plated by edge
Paul Polly, There were 14
classes , according to the
colour . of the . bird and
checking this against the
Royal Winter Fair 19d1 prime
list this eiceeded . the
Toronto: pigeon show by two
classes inthe fantail pigeons
hence it was the "national
show".
90th
In fair of thew 14 dons
Stan Roche of Stratford had
the 'tort bird . cams
silver, Matt, white, and ash
red. Then there were Bob
and Elaine ..Pourr ler. of
Nottawa with four top
wins ors--bestblue, checker,
red sedge, and garde. With
;.two top's were Fred and Sue
'Roots of Hamiltot in bis
rid and best red saddle. Also
With two tops was Vern
Thompson of Colkagwood
with btu block or then
saddle and. 'best hi a non
classified colour. Single
firsb went tJasonBoettgerr
of Waterloo with best yellow
and. to Id* • and Claudia.
Shiver of Torun* with bent
taihnatkfantait
' Special awards were as
follow best saddle pigeon to
Vern :. Tl Ouoison of
Cbllingwood . and best
powdered blue to Doug
Ottewe11 of. Strratfout ' The
• champion fantail, • metre
.chaff len, champion young,
and best yearling an Went
Stan Racho of Stratford.
irthday
"the 410 the
sounded • about two last
Saturday afternoort Fire of
unknown caiaae was 'bussing
the house of Ilerwy peens en
the. 4th eaot in
Hi ronTowrnsbip..De pilee
Mods, of the '.firenieti the
wooden house was
destroyed.
It was the former Cecil
Robb home located jast west .
of the Austin Martin plane
and to the east of the heart at
Mrs, Bet* MacLeod—all on
the . north silk of the con-
cesorn road A low nowt,
lane aril the lack of water
fluther hampered the fight
T *pew 17e
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