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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-08-26, Page 11Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 26, 1987—Page 11 Las Vegas night a great success Ripley and District Lions Club held their first Las Vegas Night last Saturday evening August 22, which turned out to be a success. Congratulations go to Tena Gardner of Lucknow who is the lucky winner of the trip to Las Vegas in co-operation with the Hanover Travel, Kincardine Branch and Sunguest Tours. Proceeds go to the Ripley and District Medical Centre for a Resuscita- tion Pak. Miss Florance MacLennan of Kitchener passed away suddenly on Sunday, Aug. 16, 1987 in her 39th year in the Western Univer- sity Hospital, London. It was caused by an aneurism. Daughter of Mrs. Rhetta MacLennan of Lochalsh and the late Emile MacLennan, she was born on Wednesday, February 27, 1949 in Kincardine. Surviving are her mother Mrs. Rhetta (Arietta ) MacLennan of Lochalsh; a dear friend Shirley Lillie of Kitchener, three sisters - Louise, Mrs. Bruce Miller of Palmerston; Marion MacLennan of Lochalsh; and Margaret Morton of Point Clark; and five brothers - Rod of Mississauga (Toronto) , Donald of Clinton, George of Agincourt, Finlay of Kincardine, and Jack of Stratford. She was loved by several nieces and nephews. Predeceasing Florance were her father Emile and two brothers Eldon and Sandy. The funeral service was held last Wednes- day August 19, 1987 starting at 1 p.m. in Lucknow, in the MacKenzie McCreath Funeral Home there. Rev. Hugh Nugent, minister of the Ashfield Presbyterian Church and the Knox Presbyterian Church in Ripley conducted the service including the committal part in Lucknow. Interment followed in the family plot in Kincardine cemetery. Pall bearers were Kevin Miller, Steve Miller, Jason Morton, Tom MacLen- nan, John MacLennan, and Donnie MacLen- nan. Visitation was held on Tuesday after- noon and evening 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial donations were received for the Ripley Legion Branch 440 and the Ashfield Presbyterian Church. Sympathy is extended to the family on this sad occasion. Cole Carruthers of Owen Sound and Ellen Rock of Kincardine spent a few days with their great grandparents Mabel and Norm Barnard in Ripley last week. Cindy Emmerton visited last week with her parents Lorne and Linda Emmerton. She has returned to Toronto. There she is go- ing to Seneca College and is working at the head office of the Hudson Bay Company on computer security. On the weekend of August 17th, Mrs. Mildred White of Huron Villa, Mrs. Margaret Shopbell of Lincoln Park, Michigan; Mrs. Edna Tilley of Windsor, and from London were Mrs. Ellison Kayle, Mrs. Cecil Howard, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Far - rough Volet attended a Bunch supper catered by Lorne, Linda, and Cindy Emmerton, and Lori and son Brent Weber. Its vovered five generations in the family. Margaret Shopbell and Edna Tilley stayed over at Ruth Bogues and had breakfast with Linda Emmerton. Then they had a great time touring Pine River Cheese factory, Kincar- dine and Ripley. Fire fighters attend car fire Last Tuesday Aug. 18 at 11:30 a.m. the whistle sounded at the Ripley firehall. Two vehicles headed north on the 15th. The fire was at the base of the base of the Twelfth concession - a car fire. Firemen answering were Chief Rod MacDonald, Bob Johnston, Danny MacDonald, Chris Anger, and Don Peterbaugh. No estimate of the damage was reported. Funeral service for Rita Robb On Monday afternoon this week, Aug. 24, 1987, at 2 p.m. in the C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home in Lucan the funeral service was held for Mrs. Rita (Ruttle) Robb. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ruttle, lot 18 of the Tenth Concession (Con 9) Huron township north of Ripley - the farm where Donald and Cathy Farrell now live with family Mandy, Matt, and Heather. The Ruttle family also had three children - brothers Ben (Benjamin) Ruttle of Kincar- dine and Bill of Saskatoon survive their sister Rita. Rita passed away at Craigholme Nursing Home in Ailsa Craig on Friday Aug. 21, 1987 in her 86th year. Rev. Darrell Shule of Lucan United Church officiated. Interment followed in St. James Cemetery in Clandeboye. Visitation was on Saturday and Sunday 7-9. Donations went to the Canadian Cancer Society. Rita is survived by her daughter Rose Marie who is Mrs. Lloyd LeNeve of Point Edward (Sarnia) and four grandchildren Susan, Dale, Jeff, and Michele - also three great grandchildren Mandi, Michael and Christine. She was predeceased by her husband Cecil Robb. Folks on the 4th concession east in Huron township will remember when Cecil, his wife Rita, and young daughter Rose Marie lived on the Robb home farm - lot 4 before moving to Lucan. Prior to her marriage Rita was a public school teacher. She taught in a rural school in the Parkhill area. A student there was Hugh Dowker who later completed his Fifth form (Grade 13) in the Parkhill High School. In 1929, Hugh entered Western University in London in Mathematics and Physics - as did Ab Wylds from Kincardine High School and from R.C.S. and also Miss Beryl Tindall from. St. Thomas Collegiate, both with one of the three major four year scholarships. Yes, Beryl is a cousin of Dr. J.B. Tindall of Lon- don. Well Hughie just took off on us. Talking to Rita later we learned that he was her outstanding student. In all my years, I hoped for a Hugh Dowker student here. Finally, before the end, we had one - Ron Ferguson of Amberley - third son in family of Bill and Margaret Ferguson. Just like Hugh at Western, Ron was miles ahead of me. Mrs. Eleanor Irwin, former wife of George Irwin from Windsor visited in Ripley last Monday morning August 17, 1987. With her was her family as follows - her daughter Mrs. Rhonda Shannon Irwin - Dupuis and husband Dr. Leon Dupuis - a chemist and their two children, daughter Dana Leigh Dupuis -4 years, and Jaclyn Elizabeth Dupuis -2 years, and a friend -Miss Joanne Keltika a school teacher in Brantford. Thanks to Eleanor for writing down the names. She also wrote that they were visiting at Deer Park Lodge in Bayfield and wanted to visit the family roots in Ripley and that we are enjoying both our visit in Bayfield and in Ripley. On Mondays the front door is always open here for folks bringing *in news items.. So it was last week. It so happened that all items were written into the two news columns. Ab Wylds was resting on the bed in the front bedroom -flaked out and almost asleep. Into the room comes this lady - a stranger - and asks if I am "Ab". I affirm that I am. She tells me her name "Eleanor Irwin" and invites me out to the van to meet the rest. I get the pad of copy paper and pencil. She writes down the names of those with =her. Now a week later, Monday morning August 24 here Ab is wondering how in the space and time available does he connect you the reader into the story of these Irwins. The original ones were David Irwin and hiw wife Sarah (Olds) Irwin, who came here in 1880 (say) . They lived on Jessie Street west of the Legion Hall. He was a blacksmith. His shop still stands - the pre- sent storage building for the Pollock Elec- tric on Main Street. In a few years he was out of the blacksmith trade and his wife into the hotel business - a more lucrative one. In their family two of the sons were Russ and Bill. Now my errant father was Russ, and his brother Bill was the father of George Irwin which Eleanor names above. In her notes that she wrote on the pad she puts it "Rhonda and David are brother and sister - the children of Eleanor and George Irwin". May I explain that this David Irwin is the grandson of the original David the blacksmith. This David and his wife, Shirley .visited Fran and Ab back in .1983. Turn to page 12 • UP1O 2 500 INGRAJiITS FOR BETTER AFETY, STORAGE MANAGEMENT AND REPAIRS N YOUR FARM. The new Ontario Farm Management, Safety and Repairs program could well be the best place for you to start if you want to make important improvements to your farm. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to farmers for projects begun and completed, or items purchased, between June 1, 1987 and May 31,1988. But you should apply soon, since funds are available on a first-come, first- served basis. The program consists of four parts: Management A $300 grant for partici- pation in theMinistry's Farm Manage- ment Analysis program. Farm records must be submitted by May 31,1988. - Safety. A grant of 80% of the cost of eligible projects designed to make your farm a safer place to live and work. Repairs. A grant of 50% of the cost of replacement parts for field machinery and farm shop equipment. Storage. 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