Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-05-12, Page 8trInit' news ••hucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 12, 1982—Page 8 Arriving in Trinity Friday Cliff and Grace Hackett By Bell Hackett. Recently Chester and, Bell Hacket received.a'letter,from Clifford and Grace Hackett of Olds, Alberta, who are cous- ins of all the Ashfield Hack - efts. The following is part of the letter "Clifford and. I are planning to drive down to .Lucknow to visit Clifford's relatives and to find out something about his family. He is the youngest son of Alexander and Maria Hack- ett, Lamont, Alberta. and we are looking forward to meet. ing you folks at Lucknow. Clifford is now' retired but was a teacher at the Olds College, in Business Admin. istration. We have five child- ren." We are expecting Clifford and Grace to • arrive about. May. 15th and they will be glad to .see and meet the folks here. Get well wishes go out to little Amanda Wattam, daughter of Ivan and Darlene (Hackett) Wattam of Wing - ham. Amanda was hospital- ized at Victoria Hospital, London recently and is now back at her" home. Bryan Ritchie of Red Deer, Albertais visiting, here with his parents, Harvey and Betty Ritchie and other mem- bers of his family. Last Wednesday May 5 the Couple's Group met at Trin- ity Church. Mel and Jayne , i Ritchie and Murray and Eliz- abeth .Irvin were in . charge. Guest speaker . was Don . Young, Auburn, from the Huron County Farm and Home Safety Association. He showed. a film and talked • about hazards around the farm. • •On May 2 the Tfinity Youth Group met at the ' manse and the Youth Group froth Lucknow • Was also in attendance. Dr. Wong M.D. of Wingham, who was a medical professor in: .Eng- land, spoke about 'Anti -Ab- ortion'. • Mother's Day visitors with Mrs. Winnie Campbell were Ira . Campbell of Galt, Billy and his wife, Billyanna Campbell also of Galt; Mur- ray and Feithlinn. Campbell and boys of Goderich; Bern- ard and . Brenda Campbell, Michael, Alicia and Sara; and Brian Stewart and his friend, Brenda Davies of Goderich. Mrs., Catherine Campbell .of Galt phoned to wish Winnie a happy Moth- er's Day. Rev. Warren McDougall of Lucknow United Church con- ducted baptism services at Trinity Church on Sunday, May 9Y Rev. McDougall baptized Amy Joanne Blake, daughter of Greg and Wilma .Blake;' Lindsay Marie Irvin, daughter of William , and Shirley Irvin; and. Patrick Allan Wayne :Ritchie, son of Bryce and Wendy Ritchie. Get well wishes go out to Mrs. Annie Nesbit who is ill at Wingham. and . District Hospital. Mrs. Nesbit lives with Allan and Violet Ritchie. Visitors with Allan ' and,; Violet Ritchie and Bryce and Wendy Ritchie on Sunday, following the baptism'of their son, Patrick, were Brenda and Jerry Huizinga, Pauline, • Martha, Wesley and Hannah of Auburn; Wendy's parents, Gordon and Donna Powell, and Shelley of Auburn and Linda Hart and.John Raithby of Auburn. Kenny Ritchie and Allan Pennington called for a while in the afternoon. Allan kand Violet and Wes and Isabel Ritchie went to Teeswater for their supper on Mother's Day. Mother's Day visitors with Isaac and Delia Nixon were their 'family, Carmen ' and Wilma Nixon and Andrea of London; : Ralph and Corrie Nixon, Susan and Nancy of Wingham; Wayne and Janet Nixon of Ripley; John Nixon, Calvin and. Cindy Nixon, Jeremy and Jordon, Randy Nixon, Steve Nixon and friend, Patty; all of Belgrave and' Del and Wendy Nixon, Sherry and Cindy of Ash- field. Sunday dinner guests with William and Shirley' Irvin, Shelley and Lindsay, ;follow- ing Lindsay's baptism were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Robb; Sandra and Bob Darling of Hanover; Glenn Robb; Jan- ice and Ed McCutcheon and • family of Lions Head; great grandmother, Mrs. Clara,:. Rayhard of Lucknow; Russel and Lillian Irvin; Alex Irvin and Annette. Curran; and Murray and Elizabeth Irvin. and Heather... • , At the baptism at Trinity Y Church. the Irvin family was honoured to have little Lind- say's uncles,' who are all members of the congrega- tion. Uncles Alex and Mut'. ray Irvin, great uncle Doug- las Raynard, and great great uncle, Harvey Ritchie. Manford and. Joan D.ierolf of .Blind River visited for a week here with their daugh- ter, Vicky and Stephen Pit- uke, Chris, Jamie and David. Joan's mother, , Mrs. Ethel Hoy of Goderich returned to Blind River with them. Mother's. Day visitors with Relg and Freda Broome were. Mrs. Rose Broome, Diane, and Pat of Lucknow; Ken and Mary Scheerer, Pam and Greg of. Goderich and Bill and Edna Ross of Lucknow. Lions family night held in Ripley U.C. The. Ripley and District Lions annual family night was held in the United Church on Wed. Apr. 28. Roll call was taken with each, member introducing his. family. Lion Gerry with Marian Gamble at the piano led in a sing ' song, Lion President Charles showed a film. ' Correspondence was read. Minutes of the • Apr. 14 meeting were read and adopted. Reports'were given on the Orangeville conven- tion. A jar of Lions pens was passed around to guess the number. The winners were Mary Kempton, Danny Mac- Donald and Daryl McKay. Get well wishes' go out to Vicky Hackett, daughter of Gloria and Wayne. Hackett, who is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. Warren, and Marion Zinn and Paul, Douglas Graham of Lucknow and Mrs. Zinn of Goderich spent Mother's Day in Woodstock with Ron and Diane Ferguson, Kim-' berley and Jeffery. Alex and Ella Hackett spent four days on the week- end with her brother, Allan and Dorothy Hunter at Tren- ton. This "carryall" was. supplied by Douglas Livery in Lucknow to carry children to a Grey Ox Plenlc at Silver Lake, Black Horse. Unfortunately it wasn't available when the book, Tales from the Grey Ox,was printed. The picture hu been supplied by Irene [Macintosh] Godbold. How many of the people can you name? • tczrioTax Grunts r Senior Citizens 1982 Instalments of up to $310 Have Been Mailed Ontario Tax Grants for Seniors is a programdesigned specifically to help offset municipal and school tcrxes for Ontario residents 65 and over, The Ontario Ministry of Revenue has just completed the mailing of cheques which comprise the first instalment of the 1982 Property Tax Grant ot, tip to $250 and a new temporary Horne Heating Grant of $60: These cheques were mailed. on May 10th, Who received it? ■ If you're65 or over and own or rent your home, you're eligible for the Property Tax Grant, ■ . The 1982 instalment cheque was mailed to all Ontario seniors who received the 1981 Property Tax Grant. • This is intended to help you pay your property tax or rent for thefirst part of 1982. In thelall you will autorncttically receive an application for the balance. of your grant. Who did not receive it? Basically, if you didn't receive a 1981 Property Tax Grant, you will not have received the May instalment, In particular, seniors should note that; ■ If you reside in a nursing home; homefor the aged'or any property tax-exempt institution, you're not eligible, for the Property Tax Grant. ■ If you turned .65 after Decernber 31, 1981 (and therefore did not qualify fore. a grant last year) you also won't have received the May instalment, However, you will receive an application for the entire 1982 grant in the fall: Temporary Home Heating Grant This year a temporary •Home Heating Grant of $60 has been added to the Tax Grants Program to help seniors cope with the sudden increases in heating costs. This $60 is included in your 1982 instalment cheque. For example, if you. 'received a Property Tax Grant of $480 for 1981, your .1982 instalment amounts to $300 (1 of S480 S240 plus S60). Formore information ,call the Ministry's rnultilfnQucsl Information Centre ■ ir, Area Code 807 ■ in all other areas-- • ask the Operator for Zenith 8.2000 • dial 1-800.268.7121 or write to: Ministry of 'Revenue, Guaranteed Income and Tao Credit Branch, Queen's Park, Ibronto, Ontario, M7A 2B3 ■ Ir Metro Taranto - 965 -.8470 Ministry of Revenue Ontario George Ashe Minister • TM Russell Deputy Minister