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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.