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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-02-22, Page 18Page 18—LucknoW Sentinel, Wed;esday, Feb. 22, 1978 When Rene Levesque walked out of the convention of the provincial premiers with the federal government last Wednes- day afternoon, it brought to mind a call sometimes heard on bus trips of the Ripley District High School back in the nineteen fifties. It went as follows "when you got to go,,you gotta go!" The writer remembers John Gamble coming up with it first when Jack McLean was driving the Ripley Athletes to the Owen Sound Vocational and Collegiate Insti- tute Invitational games. And in the following , _years to Owen Sound and to the Royal in Toronto as well as year end trips to Detroit, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Midland and Toronto. It proved to be a successful and useful way to get the -bus to stop at a garage with rest rooms. Only once did the driver fail to comprehend the call on the way through Guelph to Niagara in 1956, So maybe Mr. Levesque ame up with the same idea last week. Back in February, 1944, when the war was on,the people back home in Ripley were, suddenly thrust into the limelight with the discovery of Ripley's natural fluoride water. Now in February 1978 it seems that it, is once more up there. Most of the folks, especially the farmers and hay fever sufferers, will consider this time to be detrimental. if you received the February 14 copy of "Farm and Country" - a maga- zine published in Toronto, in the centre was a section called Trojan X-tra by the Phizer Company Limited , of London, Ontario. On its first page there is • ,a picture of Prof. G. W. • Anderson, Crop Science Depart- ment, O.A.C., University of Guelph and he is examining a very healthy stalk of ragweed. The pantwhich he is holding was grown at the University's control- led environment lab and it is resistant to •present chemical weed sprays. Where did they discover this ragweed strain? Well is was in the Ripley area where it first showed up. Field crop judge Norman Schmidt of Walkerton has over. the past years This Week in Ripley BY AB WYLDS • commented ' on the increasing amounts of it in the corn fields. Sometimes it has been thicker than the corn stalks. The article goes on to tell how pigweed is starting to show resistance in the 'Elmira -Waterloo area. And two more showing resistance are milkweed and nutsedge. ** * * * * * Ripley people, are glad to. know that both Murdock MacDonald and Mrs. Mabel Breckenridge who have been quite ill and were patients in Kincardine and Dist- rict Hospital for some weeks were able to return home to Ripley last At present Mr. and Mrs. Dave Martyn, who resided at Huron Villa in Ripley, are away on a visiting frip. Dave and his car will be missed in the meantime at Huron Villa where he was very obliging in .taking people up street or to Kincardine. While. John C. and Mary MacDonald were vacationing rec- ently in Arizona they met with. Mrs. Effie Sutherland and Mrs. Frances Elliott of Ripley who are on an extended vacation in this sunshine state. Mr. and Mrs. Jim, Brooks and Mr. Ross Willetts of Ripley returned home after spending the past few weeks - in British Columbia where they called on Barbara and Carson Brooks and also ort Mr.. and Mrs. John Inglis. Mr. Bob Strathdee of the .J0th sideroad .east of Ripley who is spending the winter at the home of his daughter Aria, north of Hanover, visited last Friday afternoon up street in .Ripley. * * * * * * Mrs. Verna Finlayson and Mrs. ob:05.mir Violet MacKenzie, both of Ripley left on Monday morning of this week for Florida. They plan to spend three weeks in the Clear- water area on the Gulf sideof the .state. * • * * * * * Mrs. Violet MacKenzie attend- ed the Clifford -MacKenzie wed- ding held last Wednesday, Feb- ruary 15 in the Ashfield Presby- terian Church and also the wedding dinner in the Benmiller Inn. The Ontario Plowmen's Assoc- iation Convention' was held on Monday and Tuesday of last week, February 13th and 14 in the Royal York Hotel in .Toronto. With the big International Match and Farm Machinery Show being held in the Wingham area this coming September, four buses of delegates from Huron County went down. Among these deleg- ates were Oliver- and Marion McCharles and Finlay MacDon- ald of Lochalsh area. Immediate- ly following this convention in the same hotel was the convention of the Ontario Agricultural Societ- ies, sponsors of the fall fairs throughout the province. Since Mrs. Marion McCharles is ea past Lady Director for District 10 and is interested both as an exhibitor and a judge she -stayed down at the Royal York for this convention on Wednesday and Thursday. In 1976 Canada Packers started a quilt collection for display purp- oses and. Marion was surprised and elated to see two of her quilts irr the display at this year's convention - one of the largest with over 1500 in attendance. On Thursday evening she got back on the Hanover bus and. Oliver met her with their car to complete the' • return trip. One of her quilts was, an original Olympic design and the second was a Bow' Tie design. * * * * * It seems that the Ripley Hydro office is having its problems this month with the February billing. ,The hydro rates for the village of . • - . r..• ... .. . • pogorp, ... ..•1141litirde : • ;WOO / 1.1 441,0404040011.000 000 00... 1. Vigg040,4*40 0.510ZoggeM44,00000$ , lane Brooks' link of Ripley won the early draw of the Ladies Curling Bonspiel in,Kin, cardine last Wednesday, with three wins. Members of the rink from right, are: Diane • Brooks, Hilda Andrew, Terry MacKenzie, and Alice .Gamble.:(Debbie Dimmick Photo), ..:44,141A-V•4**044.000.0001.1.00,44.0yeot sitakioft• n • . • Ripley had been increased start- ing With the February billing. The new rates and billing ,structure were to be sent from the Ontario Hydro office in Barrie. However these forms did net arrive until February 17. On' opening' the forms it was learned that Ripley had been sent the wrong billing" charts,, so rather than wait for the new ones, the February bills are going out late, but at the old rate. The new rate will be in effect with the March billing now. This information was been furnished by Mrs. Dorothy Brooks. Last week Mrs. Jennie McLean of Ripley kindly loaned the .writer her copy of the recent book on the history of Lion's Head. The book is called "Between You and Me and the Gatepost" by 91 .year old Walter 'VVarder. Mrs. McLean's copy . was autographed by Mr. - Warder. Perhaps some of the readers will remember that Mr. Warder • was interviewed on CKNX, Wingham a few weeks • ago. Mrs. McLean's husband, the late George McLean Sr., is pictured in a lumber crew back before 1910. Mr. and Mrs. McLean and sons moved to Ripley from Lion's Head about 1926. Also of interest to this writer was the fact that Bruce County Director of Education, John L. Bowers of Chesley, a former, native of Ripley had assisted with technical advice and photographic assistance in compiling the book. • JaOlc; also made the presentation speech in the dedication and release ceremony of the book held -on Sunday, September 18 at 3 p.m., 1977, in the Bruce Penin- sula District School in Lion's Head. • At the two week long'. 35th annual Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto entries of Corinne Mac • Dor)ald of Hilltop Middle School, • Etobicoke in two and three part Choirs and Brass •Ensemble received two first, a second and third place. Corinne MacDonald, A.Mus., Mus.B., is the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. John C. MacDon- ald of Ripley. The festival attracted 35,000 individual music- ians and singers competing in 2700 categories. * * * Early Wednesday morning a Bruce Coach Lines bus rolled into Ripley and around to the Ripley. Post Office where the delegates from here going to the Agricultur- al Societies convention in Toronto were picked up. Shortly after seven on Thursday evening the bus stopping at the post office' had returned them home. 'Those delegates representing the local society were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Farrell, Mr, •and Mrs. Dan A. MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sutton, Mrs. ,Grace Peet, Mrs. Frances Godfrey, and Mr. and Mrs. Keith van der Hoek. * ' * * Mr. Jack' Swan: of Gateway, Haven, •Wiarton celebrated"hiS 83rd birthday last Saturday, February 18th at the home of Mr. .arid Mrs. Bob• Swan and family in Kincardine Township. Present at it were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Phillips 'of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Craig of Norwood, Mr: and Mrs. Bill Swan. of Tiverton and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cook of Ripley. 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