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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-09-08, Page 9!i...Iey news Lucknow Sentinel Wednes4y, September 80982—Page 9 Ripley and Pine River churches welcome new ministers BY AB WYLDS Last week the United Church folks welcomed two new ministers to this area—namely Rev. Robert Stokes to the Pine River Church and :Bethel Church, and•Rev.,Glen E. Macpher son to St. Andrews Church. Monday August 30 was the moving day for both men with Rev. Stokes .coming from Paris and Rev. Mac- pherson coming from B.eachville. People of the congregations helped at the Reids Corners Manse and at the Ripley Manse on their ar- rival The induction' services were held ,later in the week -at eight o'clock in each case, on Thursday evening in Pine River United Church at Reids Corners and on Friday evening in St. An- ,.drews United Church at Ripley. Both were well at- tended. They replace Rev. \ Bob Putman at Reids . Cor- ners and Rev. Jim Bushell in Ripley. +++ Mr. and Mrs. Goldie Emerson and Mrs. Eileen Hedley from London visited recently with Mrs. Sam Emerson. Reg Moore of Hanover was back.te Ripley last Thursday morning for a visit with friends. + -1- + Mr. and Mrs. Charles Timms and .granddaughter Mandy Timms of Mississauga visited with Mr. and Mrs:,Bob Blackwell and family fora few days last week. Back on staff to -.day (Wednesday) at the Pinecrest Manor. Nursing Home in Lucknow is Jean MacDonald. She spent Mon- day and.. Tuesday of this Labour Day holiday at their home in Ripley. +++ On Lucknow Fall Fair day Saturday September 18, 1982, Bill Steer, a resident for some years now in the Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home in Lucknow, will mark his 95th birthday. Bill was born on Saturday September 18, 1887 in Har- row . - now a northwest suburb in the greatcity of London, England. At the Steer home farm there .at that time BM helped in rais- ing prize beef cattle for the London Market. In 1907 in his 20th year Bill Steer emigrated to Canada. Coming to work on the Duncan Campbell farm lot 10, Concession 9 on the Tenth Concession road of Huron township - one block north and one block east of Ripley. That was 75 years ago last spring. Bill served in the Canadian Army in both World Wars. So it is quite possible that his first trip back home to England . was made on a troop ship carry- ing Canadian soldiers to the First World War. On his return from the War he worked in the. big Dearborn Ford Factory in Detroit from 1920 to 1931. He then returned to the Amberley area. Ab Wylds will follow with another piece on . Bill next week. .+++ Recently sighted over Ripley :were two buzzards or turkey vultures soaring in circles high in the sky. A few years back they were .more common when Jack rabbits were being struck and killed by cars on the roads. Now with these rabbits gone so is the food of these "black hawks". They are not birds of prey' for they do not kill what they eat but feed en- tirely on carrion. Ab Wylds does not believe the story making its rounds these days about them kill- ing calves. We understand that this story first appeared back early in the summer in oneof those . tabloid newspapers featuring sensa- tional pictures and stories. People have read it and even given it a local setting — anything for a good story to tell. The jack rabbit first ap- peared in the Ripley area in ' the spring of 1927 and it took a few years for the carsto become more nutnerous. Then with more dead rabbits the vultures moved up from. the southern United States. In soaring they use convec- tion currents in the air. -1- }- Doug 'Liddle and Harvey Pollock spent three days this past week mowing and cleaning, the Elliott Courtney machinery display lot in the north end of . Ripley. As a result . it has improved the appearance of the lot. It has also made the "side door" entrance to the Memorial Park and the Ripley fall fair better. . . +.+ + Recently away up on the McLean Store and Harness Shop (the: former. Commer- cial ommercial Hotel) in Ripley repair - . Return to college this fail. By Rath %chiseler Post secondary students entering another year of study include Margaret Mac- Intyrein her fourth and final year of nursing at McMaster University in Hamilton; Nor- ma Maclntyre entering her second year of. Physiotherapy at the. University of Toronto; Marilynn Maclntyre start- ing her first year of Journal- ism at Ryerson University, Toronto; Nancy Haldenby is going to Centralia Collegeto take "Food Service Manage- ment"; Bonnie Clark is in her second year of nursing at Conestoga College, Strat- ford, Sandy Maclntyre spent part of last week visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Goldhar of Toronto. While there, they attended a baseball game between the Expos and the Blue Jays. Mr. and Mrs. Harold How- ald a,and girls visited with Kathy's brothers, Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Read and family of Brockville and Blake Read of Kitchener. A family dinner was held at the home of Mary Mac- Intyre in honour of Mr. and Mrs, Graham Pinkney of Ajax who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ted. Collyer last week were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Nichol- son from Penticton, B.C. Grant is the son of . the late Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nicholson. His mother. was Kate Mac-. Intyre. He has not been down east since he was 12 years of age. His wife has never been east. They enjoyed meeting. all the Macintyre families. Also spending the weekend with Margaret and Ted were Mr; and Mrs. Mike Verchi- mak of Flushing, Michigan. Holidaying with her par- ents is Debbie Allar from Toronto. Debbie is working with the York Association for Mentally Retarded Adults in Richmond Hill. Mrs. Clar- ence larence Allan's mother, Mrs. Whitney of Milton, is Also visiting at the same Mime.. Visiting over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Richard McQuillin and Ron were Mr. and Mrs; Gordon McQuillin of Sarnia; Mrs, .Hicks of Kincardine, Linda McQuillin of Willowdale,, Mr, and Mrs. Steve MacNay of Amberley and Mrs, Marion Janson and Joey and friend of Coch-ane. Mr. and Mrs; Don Kuntz and Micheile of Kitchener visited over the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stever and Doug. Christine Kuntz has spent the past couple of weeks with her grandparents and uncle Doug and was returning home with her parents after the holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Barry John- ston, Linden,. Andrew and Shelly visited for a few days with Mr, and Mrs. Greg Welsh and Cameron of King- ston. Mrs. Fraser MacKinnon; Mrs. Jim Frayne of'Goderich and Mrs. Mildred Cameron of Lucknow, visited on the weekend in Aylmer with Dr. Barbara Cameron. Dates AV�iI�bIe Ludrnow 8 District Community Centre SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 Agricultural Society Queen of the Fair Dance FRIDAY, SEPT.17 Fali Fair SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 Fall Fair OPEN DATES AVAILABLE OCTOBER Friday 1 Friday 6 Friday 15 Friday 29 Saturday 30 NOVEMBER Friday 5 Saturday d CALL THIS NUMBER BETWEEN 9:00 a.m. AND 6:00 p.m. ONLY 528-3532 ing the large flat roof were owner George McLean, Bur- ton Griffith, ur-tonGriffith, Wayne McLean, Murray Shelton, Joan McIn- tyre, and Chris Dunlop. New roofing "Paper" was laid and covered with a layerof brushed tar. Last week Mrs. Marion McTavish had new roofing done on her house. On Thursday afternoon Jack and• Murray .Scott, Don Peterbaugh, and Norman Barnard were at the north outlet end of the Huron Street drain to improve its working. Last Thursday morning before eight and the rain shower, a number of flying insects were noted in the big spruce tree on Malcolm Street. At first they were thought to be flies but on closer observation they might be honey bees since they seemed to be buzzing. However, no swarm could be located. Standing still under the tree some of them were observed close at hand. The yellow coloured abdomens with narrow black rings identified them as yellow jacket hornets and they were gathering honey dew from the . spruce needles. On Saturday and Sunday morn- ings they were back doing the same thing in preference to the nearby fruit on the pear tree. ' +++ Duncan D. MacLeod of. Queen Street south in Ripley is a patient in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto the past two months. On talking to his wife Joan it was learned that she plans to exhibit at the Ripley fall fair on Sept. 24 and 25 on a reduced scale.° Dunc and Joan have con- tributed greatly . to the displays in the flower and vegetable classes. in the Ripley Complex.. +:+ + A . note from . Catherine Robertson in Toronto this past week states that she plans to be here for the year- ly gathering of Ripleyites at ' the fair on Saturday after- noon September 25. • The wedding ceremony for Gail MacDonald and Brian LTCDJM TIIATU Colling was held in St. An- drew's United Church in Ripley last Saturday after- noon. Gail is the daughter of Dan A. and Sheila Mac- Donald of the 8th Concession west of Ripley and Brian is the son of Gerald and Judy Colling of the 15th south of Ripley. After the wedding Gail and Brian were given a parade ride down the main streets to the Ripley Huron Complex where the wedding dinner was held. A large crowd attended the recep- tion dance in the Complex Saturday evening to the music of Drumlin. Gail and Brian will residein the MacLennan house on the main street west in Ripley. +++ Visiting with Ab and Fran iWylds here last Monday afternoon were Morley Mills of Georgetown and Bryan Boyle of Peterborough. +++ Former native of the 10th of Ashfield Charlie McLean. of Burlington called on Jack Johnson here last Monday afternoon. Phone 357.1630 for 24 hour movie information FALL IS F JN AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE THE LYCEUM THEATRE RE -OPENS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 100I WITH THE HILARIOUS COMEDY Warning This Movie May Be Dangerous To Your Health,You May Never Stop Laughing, WHAT THE MOVIE AIRPORTDID S/ FOR THE. AIRPLANE - Y011116 DOCTORS IN LOVE DOES FOR HOSPITALS 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • PREMIER THEATRES PARK THEATR 10 TN! SOV AR! GODERICH 524-7811 IT'S AIR CONDITIONED WED.-THURS. 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