HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-06-21, Page 49—This Week in Ripley—
BY AB WYLDS
On Monday afternoon,
June 19, 1978, Ripley area
folks were saddened to learn
of the sudden passing of
Elliott Carruthers of Ripley.
At the time his wife Grace
and his daughter, Mrs.
Karen (Doug) Martyn of the
Lochalsh area, were in Lon-
don. When he had the first
attack he had Mrs. Grace
Murray phone Mrs. Reta
Zipfel at her husband's,
Frank's Garage nearby to
come over. Reta took Elliott
in her car to the Lucknow
Medical Clinic. dere he was
transferred to the waiting
ambulance and despite the
care of the nurse riding
along, he passed away en -
route to Wingham and Dist-
rict Hospital.
The funeral service was
held on Thursday afternoon
at the MacKenzie and Mc-
, Creath Funeral Home in
Ripley with Rey: Jim Bushell
of the Ripley St. Andrew's
United Church officiating.
Final resting place was
Ripley Cemetery. The many
floral wreath's and the num-
ber of people calling at the.
funeral home to e::press their
sympathy 'marked the high
regard that the whole area
had for Elliott. He was a man
of several interests and
Ripley will miss 'him. Sym-
pathy of the folks here goes
to those who survived, name-
ly, his wife, the former Grace
Boyd; -his daughter Karen,
Mrs,Doug Martyn; his three
sons, Gary of London, Blaine
and Boyd; also his brother,
John of London, and four
sisters, Rena, Mrs. George
Fisher of Wingham; Alma,
Mrs. Eldon Lowry of Ripley;
Kathleen, • Mrs. , Ron Forster
of Lucknow; and Lillian, Mrs.
Duncan Simpson. of . Kintail
and two sisters-in-law, Mar-
garet, Mrs. Virden Mowbray
of Lucknow and Mrs. Jean
Carruthers of. Goderich. Elli-
ott was in his 61st year, born
in. Kinloss Township, on
Saturday, March 30, 1918.
This past week Mrs. Pam
George of London has been
visiting with her grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Redvers
Johnson and also with her
aunt, Joy, and George Mc-
Lean in Ripley.
Last week Ripley drover
Leonard Courtney of Amber -
ley shipped a top priced beef
hiefer to the Ontario Live-
stock Yards in Toronto for
Bob Campbell of Huron
Township.
Ripley Cemetery may not
be such a final resting place
as it has been thought to be.
Looking down the stream of
time 40 to 50 years erosion
could well cause damage as
that big deep gravel pit
creeps ever nearer to its
northern boundary. One can
easily forsee a situation
similar to the Presbyterian
Cemetery on the sixth con-
cession east where ,tomb-
stones and graves � have
toppled into the river below
and further they are contin-
uing to do this despite the
erection of a memorial stone
out at the sixth road at a safe
distance from the gnawing
flood waters of the South
Pine River or Sixth River. Is
that to be the same thing all
over again? Now is 'the time
of prevention. Are some of
your family buried there?
Rave the living become so
Materialistic in outlook that
not even the graves of the
dead are sacred ground'
anymore?
Among those attending
last Sunday morning service
in. Southampton United
Church were Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver McCharles of Loch-
alsh. Dr. Douglas Brydon
preached his farewell and
retirement sermon. Oliver
and Marion are members of
St. Andrew's United Church
in Ripley where Mr. Brydon
was the minister back in the
fifties. Ripley friends wish
Dr. and Mrs. Brydon well.
The end of June, this
Friday, June 30, 1978, marks
the retirement of Dr. J. B.
Tindall of Kincardine, who
although he has resided in
Kincardine for the past nine
years, was regarded by many
as "Ripley's own medical
doctor". On this Saturday
Dr. and Mrs. Tindall are
holding an auction sale of
household effects ands good
antiques prior to their mov-
ing back to Landon where
they will live. They came to
Ripley_- to the MacGinnis
house on main street in
Feburary 1947 and remained
hi .Ripley to September 2,
1969. Dr. Tindall followed
the late Dr. David Dario
Carpeneto who went to
Sarnia, who in turn took over
the Ripley practice from the
late Dr. D. R. Finlayson,
native of Lochalsh, when he
went frrnn Ripley to Toronto
in the summer of 1941.
Ripley area folks wish • Dr.
and Mrs. Tindall well.
Mr. and Mrs. George
MacLennan of Agincourt
visited on the weekend with
Miss Florence MacDonald in nearby who played the
Ripley. bagpipes for the campers.
Mrs. Nora Frederiksen of Crossing the border at Wind -
Malcolm Street was able to sor the holiday was complete•
come home last Saturday when they called on Don and
noon from Victoria Hospital Marie McCharles at Chat -
in London where she was a ham and John and Mary Ann
patient. Her husband Niels McCharles at Petrolia.
motored down to London and HORTICULTURAL
back. ( SOCIETY
Miss Cathy Irwin, R.N. of
The Ripley and District
Ripley, has been appointed Horticultural ' Society met
the nurse receptionist at the . Tuesday evening at the home
Ripley Huron Medical Cen- ' of Mrs. Glen Stanley at
tre. Cathy will be on the job Clarks, concession 12 west in
starting July 4th. The Medic- Huron Township. The pres-
al Centre will continue to be ident, Mrs. Ewan MacLean
served by the doctors of the of Lochalsh, opened the
Kin -Huron Medical Group. meeting with an "In Memor-
See° classified ad for details. „
Visitors with Mrs. Violet lam in memory of the late
MacKenzie over last week- Mrs.. Florence Liddle who
end . were Mr. and Mrs, had been a faithful 'member
Donald R. MacKenzie, Lou- for many years. The minutes
ise and Janice of Peterbor- of the previous meeting were
ough, Mr. and Mrs. David read by the secretary Mrs.
MacKenzie, Cheri Lynne of Mervyn Hooey of Ripley and
Kincardine. also the correspondence was
Folks from St. Andrew's read. The speaker for the
Church in Ripley attending evening was Mrs. Bogues of
Rev. Dr. Douglas Brydon's Lucknow who demonstrated
retirement service in South- macrame. She was assisted
ampton last Sunday were
by her daughter, Mrs. Lorne
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gem- Emmerton.mall, Miss Gertrude Kidney, Mrs. Gamble favoured
Mrs. Ross Martyn, Mrs. with an instrumental. An.
Stewart -Needham, Mr. and article on the ,control
Mrs. Gordon Patterson and l,moles, the planting of iris
family,, Mr. and Mrs. Robert bulbs, the control of insects
Osborne and fafnily, Mr. and and diseases of same was
Mrs. William Graham now of given. Plans were made for a
bus trip to Woodbridge, July
Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs.
Norval Stewart, Mr. and 22nd to visit the Reeves'
Mrs. Oliver McCharles. Greenhouses and a tour
Members were also present through Black Creek Pioneer
from the three places he Village.
Courtesy remarks were
served since
Ving CourtlaRipley,
nd, given by Mrs, Prank Fair.
namely Watford,
and Mount Forest. Lunch Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mac -
was served after the service. Lerman of Listowel visited on
Saturday r with his sister,
John, wife and
Their son, Mrs. Norma MacLennan, in
children were home for the Ripley.
occasion. RIMY HAPPY HEARTS
Mr. and MisOliver About 20 members of the
McCharles of Lochalsh ac- .
cotnpaned-by Mr. and Mrs. . Ripleey Happy Hearts Senior
Russ Phillips of Lucknow Citizens' Club attended the
returned home from a camp-
ing holiday that took them
through 16 states including a
stay in Cape Cod, ' Massa-
chusetts with relatives of
Marion, where they visited
the Thornton Burgess Muse-
um, Heritage Estates where
the oldest windmill in North
America still pumps water
and the Dexter Grist Mill
where the corn is stone
ground into corn meal.
Sandwich Glass Museum
where they met the hostess'
who was born and raised in
Paisley, Ontario.
At Hershey, Pennsylvania,
they visited the Hershey
chocolate estates and had a
tour of the factory and the
Pennsylvania Dutch area In
North Carolina they camped
in Green Mountain Park
where they took part in the
fun and were invited to
participate in the square'
dances being held there.
Marion and Oliver had as
their partners Jack and Mary
MacDonald of South Carolina
- the only other couple whose
name began with Mac.
At Lenvir, North Carolina
they spent several days with
Mrs. Elliott Sandy and
family. Mrs. Sandy is a
former Lucknow resident but
returned to her native North
Carolina following her hus-
band's death. Here they had
an especially nice time in
Mrs. Sandy's beautiful -home -
with her family and friends
whom she entertained for the
occasion.
The final night on the road
home they were camping
near Toledo, Ohio and were
entertained by a camper
Zone 9 picnic in Kincardine
last Tuesday, June 20th.
There were 401 members
there. The vice president,
Mr. Fred Oehm of Hanover,
presided over an excellent
program. Ripley's contribu-
tion to the program was a
violin solo by Mrs. Dorothy
Wardell and a duet by Mrs.
Florence Kirkpatrick and
Mrs. Mary (John A.) Mac-
Donald.
Mrs. Gladys Arnold and,
Mrs, Anne McCosh .of Ripley
and Mrs. Joyce McEwan of
Kinloss (Black Horse) spent
Sunday in Arthur attending
the Orr family reunion pic-
nic.
On Wednesday, June 21st,
Mrs. Laura Welsh of Princes
Court, Kincardine celebrated
her 93rd birthday. Her
daughter, Mrs. Reta Irwin
and Miss Gertie Kidney of
Ripley , visited with her.
Ripley area friends extend
congratulations and best
wishes to Mrs. Welsh on this
occasion.
Bright and early last
Friday morning Mrs. Edith
Smith planted the Gore Park
flower bed at Ripley's main
intersection. She was just
back from moving her daugh-
ter Bev from London to
Toronto where she is on the
staff of a Toronto daily
newspaper. Bev received her
M.A. degree in journalism at
Western -University.
On Tuesday of last week
the long awaited hot paving
material for fixing the.: bank
parking lot was brought from
Whitechurch by the Robert
Symes Paving truck of Luck -
now. Rolling it,_down in the
eroded'
parts' was ' George
Cauto of Listowel with his
roller and his assistant.
George came to Toronto from
Portugal 10 years ago and
now has his own business.
After leaving Ripley he went
to Port Elgin to do• a similar
job.
Johnny Smith reports see-
ing four young animals
believed to be possums
crossing the road. ahead of
his car last week -something
new for Huron Township.
Well maybe not, our memory
seems to recall Paul Harris
now a lab technician at St.
Joe's Hospital in London
telling his classmates at the
Ripley District High School
that he had seen a possum on
one of his father Bill's farms.
And that would be about 15
years ago.
Last Wednesday morning
foreman Max Bushell,
George Carter, and Murray
MacKinnon of the Bruce
County , Highways Depart-
ment put up new sign posts
at Ripley's main intersection
to replace the ones broken by
vandalism.
This past weekend the
ladies of the Holyrood-Kin-
lough area sponsored a party
in honour of Fanny 'and
Spence McFarlane. It wag:.
held in the Kinloss Commun-
ity Hall at Holyrood. A very
large crowd was in attend-
ance with the Country Cats
Orchestra supplying the mu-
sic. Charlie McQuillin and
Gordie Emmerton entertain-
ed with the fife and drum. D.
A. MacLennan of Lochalsh
piped the bride and groom to
the front of the hall where
the. presentation was made
by John E. Hodgins and Alex
Percy' both of Kinlough.
Fanny and Spence McFarlane
the bride and groom, made
CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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Lucknow
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Dance to Bittersweet
Followed by
Annual
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Lucknow & District
lions Club
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