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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-12-13, Page 64`> Pageblew UMW, Weasels December 20, 1978 r� Ripley rink wins playdown bonspiel Four ladies from this area put Ripley in the news early last week. They formed the ladies team taking part in the district bonspiel , in Wingham last Monday, Tuesday, and Wed- nesday. The skip of the team was Diane Brooks of the Paramount area of Huron township on High- way 86, --the former Diane Schultz of Ripley. Her team mates are Hilda Andrew vice skip, Dianne Farrell, and June Paquette. They won five straight games, --no losses, playing teams from Durham, Goderich, Kurtzville, and Listowel. The playdowns were held in the Curling Arena at the new Wingham Complex. The scores of the games which Ripley played and won were as follows --Durham 9 to 8, Goderich 10 to 6, Kurt- zville 7 to 3, and Listowel. 12 to 6. Then Diane reports that they played Listowel a second time on Wednesday morning and it was quite a gamellor the Ripley ladies. On warm wishes for a holiday without measure, among your gifts this Christmas. Thanks for being our friend. HURON A U TOWRECKERS JACK AND RONALD McGUIRE & FAMILIES R. R. 5 LUCKNOW We're hoping this will be aawarm, happy holiday .....filled with lots of cheer! Our gratitude for your kind support. completion of the first three ends the score was 8 for Listowel to ope for Ripley, then the 'Ripley team came from behind to take the game—score Ripley 10, Listowel 8 at the end of the match. As winners at Wingham they now advance playing next on Jan. 3 and 4 in the Kincardine Curling Rink. Here they will meet teams from Kitchener,' London, and Windsor, to name some -- all winners in their districts. Congratulations from this area go the ladies on their fine—playing in Wingham and best wishes when they play in Kin- cardine. Diane says that two teams from the Kincardine bonspiel will, go on to play in Peter- borough later in January. Right around twelve noon last Thursday the Ripley Fire Whistle sounded. The Ripley firemen went to the home of the Gawley sisters, Lettie and Ethel, where they were able to deal with an oil stove burning out of control. Ethel and Lettie Gawley express their thanks to Ripley firemen for saving their home on Tain Street. We erred in last week's paper. Mrs. Isabel Love who is undergoing treatments in Kincardine District hospital was not able to return home as reported but is still a patient there. Mrs. Nora Frederiksen who has been undergoing tests in Kincardine and Owen Soundhospitals returned home - last Wednesday. Niels and Nora received the news of the death of their friend Les Ross last Tuesday. Often during the past summers Mr and Mrs Ross would drive up to Ripley with their Camper home and parked it by Niels and Nora's home and visited with them. They became known to a number of people in the Malcolm Street area. They lived in Keswick. Ripley friends extend sympathy to Lil—Mrs. Ross at this time of bereavement. This writer feels that a statement made recently in a weekly newspaper "that Remembrance Day Parade was ' a,• waste of time to be in poor taste. It shows no concern for those. men in the parade who are veterans of the World -Wars and are out there marching again. Also little for the families of those who did not return or are still in hospitals: Let us care for the feeling of others as well as Our own. Back from St. Joseph's Hospital in • London is Norman Barnard of Ripley and is presently recuperating at home. Also reported home from St. Joe's is Clarenee Wylds of Ripley who underwent tests and treatment there. Expecting to return home at this time of writing is Vic Gawley of Purple Grove and Ripley. Jack Blue has been tran- sferred back to Kin- cardine and.. District Hospital. Also in Victoria Hospital for the past couple of weeks. is Nor- man MacDonald of Ripley and formerly of the 8th concession west. Present reports are that Norman is recovering. Norman took ill at the Ripley Huron Legion hall. He was taken home and then to Kincardine and then to London. Also in Victoria Hospital for the past few weeks is Mrs. Martha Huston of Ripley. Mrs. Violet MacKenzie and family held their Christmas gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David F. MacKenzie and Cheri Lynn in Kincardine on Sat., Dec. 16. Those present were Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. MacKenzie of Listowel, Mr and Mrs Donald R. MacKenzie, Louise, Janice, and Ian and fiancee of Peterborough, Mr and Mrs Lorne R. MacKenzie, - Robbie, Susan, and Heather of Unionville: On Saturday afternoon at three Santa Claus in red suit and bag of treats arrived at the Ripley fire hall and from there rode down - to the Complex on the fire truck' to meet the .children there. With truck lights flashing and siren sounding and Santa's loud "Ho Ho" and Jingle Bells" heard for blocks there was little doubt that he had arrived. It was two nights in a row for some of the directors and officials of the Ripley Agricultural Society last week. On Sunday evening they had the Kincardine Com- munity Singers Christ- mas Concert in the Huron Township hall. Then on Monday evening, Dec. 11 it was the monthly meeting of the Society. President Jack Farrell was in charge. Present were Wes Smith, Robert Osborne, Gloria Rutledge, Janet and Jack Farrell, Ray Fuller, Keith' Van der Hoek, Sheila MacDonald, Morley ' Scott, and Ab Wylds. The minutes reports, and correspondence, ware presented. The next meeting, one week after New Year's Day, Mon., Jan, 8 will be the annual meeting for ending 1978 and starting the 1979 season. It is called for eight in the evening. Morley Scott reported that he and Wes Smith had made plans for the annual Spring dance which will be held on St. Patrick's Day in the evening in the auditorium of the Ripley Huron Community Complex Centre with Glenn Boyd's orchestra. Ray Fuller and Sheila 'MacDonald adjourned the meeting to meet again Jan. 8. On Friday evening Dec. 15 the fire whistle sounded in Ripley around ten calling the firemen to the hall. A family living on the baseline of Huron township between the 8th and 10th concessions had returned from attending the Christmas concert of the Ripley Huron Central School only to find their home filled with smoke from a smoldering fire. Both the Ripley fire truck and tank truck were out and the firemen brought things under control. Among the , firemen out were Chief . Ivan Cook, Rod MacDonald, Johnny Dodds, Ray Fuller, and George McLean at the hall. This is not a full list of the names as the writer has not got these at this writing time. There was a second fire call for the Ripley firemen last Thursday. It was at supper time and was a chimney fire on the second farm east of Olivet on the second concession of Huron - township --the former Donald MacCharles farm, then Herb - Clayton's place, and then the Sheppard family lived there. The present resident's name is not known to the writer at present. However the good thing about. it was the firemen were able to put out the chimney fire and save the home. Just in case you missed that spicy "piece of World News in one of the many sections of the last Saturday's Toronto Star, here it is --over in Nigeria, Africa, there is a fellow named Fella --that is his first name with surname Anikulapokuti-=how is that? Well he is a renowned Saxophonist not only in Africa but in Europe. Recently he started a new political party with the idea of becoming president of the country. To. help his chances he recently rounded up 27 lady friends and married them all • in one bunch., Well that's - small potatoes . Solomon's one thousand but then Solomon did not have this inflation problem. On Sunday Mrs Reg Moore of Ripley left. Toronto airport bound for Paris, France. She will spend three weeks visiting with her son John at Grenoble. During the Christmas holidays they plan to have a vacation in Switzerland. Mrs. Grace Peet has recently returned from a three week visit in her native Holland. Grace flew from Toronto Air- port on Nov. 22 and landed at Schipol airport near Amsterdam. At Ermelo in the Central part of the Netherlands she hada nice visit with her mother and with her two brothers and also with her husband Nick's relatives. Visiting with Victor Gawley in St. Joe's Hospital in London were his wife Wanda, their daughter Velma 'Chad- bourne , Chad- bourne, ' Marjorie Thompson, and Anne McCosh. They report Vic making favourable progress and expecting to be able to .return home soon. Mrs Reta. Irwin of. Ripley is in Toronto - for ,the holiday season visiting with her daughter and family --Dr. and Mrs. John McLean. and family. Mrs Joseph 1VMilier of Toronto visited last week with Miss Mary MacDonald. Miss Betty Ann God- frey of London is visiting with her parents Mr and Mrs Reg Godfrey for the holiday season. Mr and Mrs Farquhar MacDonald and family of Brampton have been visiting with " their mothers --Mrs Mary (Donnie) MacDonald and Mrs Effie Sutherland in Ripley this past weekend. Mr and Mrs Sandy Pollock visited with their families on the weekend. Roy A. Campbell, former native of the Ripley area, passed away on Tues., Dec. 12 in his 80th year. The late Mr. Campbell rested at the Skinner and Middlebrook Funeral Home, 128 Lake Shore East in Port Credit from Wednesday af- ternoon to Thursday at one " thirty when the service was held. Sym- pathy goes to his wife Hazel and two daughters Muriel (Mrs J. Ahluwalla) and Marina (Mrs J. Walters). Mrs. Martha Mclvor of Ripley is a cousin. Roy was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Dave Campbell whose farm was on the southeast corner of concession four and the 20th sideroad in Huron township. It was 50 years, ago Last July that his father died as result of a fall from a load of hay, That would be July, 1928.