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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-02-15, Page 22Page 22 : Luclmpw Sentinel, Wednesday, Feb, 15, 1978. In the February 1st edition of the Kincardine News there was a letter from A. McDonald of Ottawa asking for a copi of an article in the Ripley Express, dated July 30, 1961. It was about her late husband who had died in July, 1961. Fortunately,Mr. W. E. Thompson of Kincardine, had kept the clipping and forwarded it to Mrs. McDonald the next day. Her husband, known locally to his friends here as "Rory Colin", was a brother of Norman C. MacDonald of Ripley and the late Dan A. MacDonald Sr. of the 8th concession west of Ripley. His son Dan A. MacDonald, wife Sheila and family live on the family homestead. Rory MacDon- ald is remembered here (s one of the teachers in the 6th concession school. Then he entered the field of surveying and engineering. Elmer Thompson is also one of those noted teachers from the 8th concession between Ripley and Pine River. The W. E. Thompson school is So named in his honour and from a nearby farm came the late Cliff Huston who also taught on the 6th and the G. C. Huston school 'is named in honour of the late Cliff Huston who was principal there for • 40 years after leaving the 6th in 1924.' Rory MacDonald was a fluent speaker of the Gaelic language - once the common language here and the ladies • 'of the .Ripley Women's Institute who were guests at his Ottawa home remember him saying Grace in Gaelic. This was .a. This Ripley the time when the late Donald Blue, M.P. for Bruce, had the Institute visit Ottawa. People here will be grateful to learn that Mr. Thompson was able to meet the request. It was a coincidence that a letter from John A. MacMurchy of Lucknow• and formerly of the 6th of Huron Township appeared in the same column and also in the Sentinel last week on the need for school children to learn English. Last week the writer read that the most widely sold and unadvertised book in Canada written by a retired officer of the Canadian Armed Forces and now living in Flesherton, entitled .`To -day l#ilinguai - To -morrow Tench". So -may be those eight years counting high school and Western .University .with French as a subject will be a little more than reading the odd word on the second part of the labels on soup cans. It appears that there are two ways evolving to make Canada French - one by the official spread of the language and the other by separating . Quebec then adding piece by piece from the rest of the country. In the spring of 1934 this writer lived in a Toronto rooming house where the occupant of -the next room for a few 'weeks was a self confessed Nazi spy who spoke fluent English. And that was five years before 1939. So John MacMurchy's letter is timely and hits the nail right on the head. Well next Monday is February 20th so it was that February 20th in 1967 was a Monday too. And for those of us here it was a night never to be forgotten. Infact for Canada 1967 was its Centennial Year. Like every place Ripley and Huron held a big parade and program but -if you think back this area never experienced such a year of tragedies, * * * * * * w... Earl Osborne of R. R. 5 Rockwood, which is located in the area east of Guelph, and a former native of Clarks on the 12th concession of Huron Township, was presented last week with a Master Breeder's Award. The presentation was made at the Ontario Holstein. Friesian Con- vention in the Royal York Hotel in Toronto: Congratulations go to Earl, his wife Barbara and their family. When their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Osborne, farm- ed- on the 12th concession of Huron; Earl and his brother'' Carman, now a successful busi- ness man in Hanover, attended the Ripley Continuation School, prior to the . family moving to Rockwood. * * * * * * Last Wednesday, shortly after the noon hour, the Ripley fire whistle sounded. The firemen were told that the fire was at the home of Mrs. MacDonald, across from the high school. So after getting out the fire- engine they went west around the corner at St. Paul's Anglican Church and 'checking Mrs. Mary (Donnie) MacDonald's house found no fire there. However the fire was around the corner at the former Garton house where Mrs. Paul- ette MacDonald and family who recently . moved here now live. Through malfunctioning of the carburetor too, much oil had entered the stove and the pipes were overheated. Firemen got it under control. * a * * * * *. Congratulations go to Jack Swan, resident at Gateway Haven in Wiarton on the occasion of his birthday, this week. Mrs. Betty (Ivan) Cook of Ripley is his daughter. * * *•* * * Ripley folks are . glad to learn. that Mrs. Pat (Ron).-C-ornish of Malcolm Street was able to return home a week ago from Kincardine Hospital where ' she had under- gone surgery. * Pr o blems between labour and management are now often resolved before they become disputes. That's what Ontario's Preventive Mediation is all about. Preventive Mediation is a new service offered by the Ontario Conciliation and Mediation Service of your Ontario Ministry of Labour. Here's how it works: Sometimes after contract negotiations have ended and an agreement has .been signed, there rria', he issues that have left a bad taste for both management andlahour. Positions may harden and these issues may become .- harriers in the next round of negotiations. A monitoring system alerts the Service to the need for early involvement of a mediator in this kind of situation. The mediator contacts the parties and explores the possibility of.discussions before the next round of negotiations. Free from the atmosphere of crisis bargaining, - the mediator can help the parties discuss the tough issues, identify the cause of friction and promote understanding and cooperation. First agreement negotiations are often deadlocked because of a breakdown in the relationship of the bargaining parties. The preventive mediator works to improve this relationshiip, encourage discussion and ease .the way to contract settlement. No mediation service can he complete that only deals -with crisis. bargaining and ignores the underlying causes that give rise to the dispute'. For more information write to: Ontario Conciliation and Mediation Service 400 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M7A 1T7 Bette Stephenson, M.D., Minister of Labour William Davis, Premier Province of Ontario Miss Christena Robertson re- turned to her home in Ripley this. last, week from visiting in Toronto. * * * * * * Folks in this area who watch the regular- CBC hockey match on TV on Saturday nights did so with added interest last Saturday evening. Dave Farrish, son -of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Farrish of Lochalsh, was playing in the game as a regular defenceman for the New York Rangers. Unfortun- ately the Rangers lost the close game by a score of 3 to 2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs who were at home on Carlton Street in Toronto. Last Saturday afternoon this reporter received word that both the Ripley Cubs and the ladies of St. Andrew's U.C.W. told of coming collections. , The Ripley -Huron and District Legion are again sponsoring the annual public speaking competi- tions open to the students of the public and high schools in Ripley. It will be held in the Ripley Legion hall starting at seven thirty on February 23. Mr. and Mrs. John C. MacDon- ald of the 8th concession west of Ripley,are back from their winter vacation. Jack and Mary were in Arizona. a * * * *. * * Scouting in Ripley BY JOHN HAWRYLYSHYN A big thank you to the people of the Ripley area from your scouting group, you make .our bottle drive a huge success. A special'thanks to Carl Brennan for °handling all those empties. The 18 member Cub Troop had a good day of tobogganing on the slopes at Bob Strathdee's farm on February. 5. After an hour of slides and rides the boys cheered the arrital° of Barb and John Gamble who brought cookies and hot chocolate. Wednesday, February 8th was the day our Beaver Colony was invested and leaders inducted. Paul Pick was the area represent- ative officiating, at the occasion. The registered number of Beav- ers is 24 which is the saturation point for the four. leaders. Please note if more seven year old boys want to join we should have another leader and volunteers are asked to contact the present leaders, Martin Wright, L. Fab - us, J. Langley and A. Scott. Help is always welcome. There , will be a Beaver and family toboggan party this Satur- day, •February 18. The time and ▪ place . will be indicated to the Beavers at their regular meeting. Then on Wednesday, February 22 the boys and leaders are holding an Achievement Night early, from six thirty, in the Huron Township Hall. The boys have ' a stage presentation and slide show. Notices giving the detailed agen- da are being prepared.