The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-02-09, Page 23ripley news
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Ripley folk wish "Grandma Lennie" happy birthday
illotended for last wee
Tomorrow Thursday Feb.
3, 1983, marks the 91st birth-
day of Mrs. Jennie McLean
4 Ripley. All readers of this
column who know her, join hi
wishing Grandma Jennie a
Birthday at this time.
Sbe is the former Jane
Hellyer born on Wed, Feb. 3,
1892 at Swan Lake, two
blocks north of Ferndale,
which is about the same
distance west 4 Lions Head
all in Eastnor township in
the Brice Peninsula. Her
parents were Nelson Hellyer
and Mary Smith and she was
the second youngest in a
family of seven boys and
three girls. Now she is the
only surviving member of
the family.
As a young girl she attend-
ed the Swan Lake School
which had been built by her
father. He also built the big
house on their Ifartn when
Jennie was 12 years old. Her
nephew George Hellyer and
his wife Pearl live on the big
408 acre home farm loon
on the Ferndale to Tober-
highway,
her marriage she liv-
ed in Lions Head where her
husband George McLlean,Sr.
was the village barber. Two
disastrous fires destroyed
first the barber strop and
then a couple of years later
the logging operation So in
1926 Mr, and Mrs. George
Mclean Sr, and young sons
George and Bill moved to
Ripley to the Mach block.
Here in what is now known
as the Oraen Rock shop on
the east side of the Alley way
he operated his barber shop
and they lived in the upstairs
apartment. Then he moved
the C.N.R, section home
from Gore Park to a lot east
4 Melville Lane.
Then later he bought the
former Commercial Hotel
when it was put up for sale.
Here today on the main floor
in the back part of the
building Jennie lives in her
apartment with its side en-
trance from the alley way as
well as entrance through the
harness' shop from the front
door of the mens wear and
harness shop operated by
her son George and his wife
Joy,
The coming weekend will
be a big one for the McLean
family. Jennie has eight
grandchildren and seven
great grandchildren and
likely they will all be here.
+ 4 +
Also John Gamble men-
tioned the bus for the Fall
Fair Convention in Toronto
has plenty of seats still
available. The bus from Kin-
cardine has 47 seats. At pre-
sent he knows that de l+ ates
from Tiverton, Kinca
and Ripley are doing on it
and he is still hoping to hear
from other societies in this
region.
Also for any individuals
who would like to go to
Toronto early Wednesday
morning Feb. 18 and return
mid afternoon Thursday
Feb. 17 from the Royal York
Hotel,
ALEX SMITH
Last Wednesday after-
noon, January,26, 1983 Rev.
Hugh Nugent of Knox
Presbyterian Church con-
ducted the funeral service
for Alex Smith in the
MacKenzie McCreath
Funeral Home in Ripley.
On Monday Jan. 24 Alex
passed away in Victoria
Hospital in London. Spring
burial wall be in Ripley
cemetery. Son 4 the late
Malcolm Smith and Annie
Macleod, he was born on
Sunday June 16 1918 in
Huron to 'it He was a
popular mem r of the
young people 4 this com-
munity in thers before
the Second World War. He is
survived by his daughter
Anne Marie of Whitehorse,
in the Yukon and his son
Dennis 4 Red Deer, Alberta
and one grandson. His wife
Anne Sullivan predeceased
him.
Here he is survived by a
brother John on the home
farm on the 8th concession
east of Ripley and a suer
Margaret, Mrs. Mervin
Funston of Pine River, the
6th concession west in Huron
township. Also a brother
Donald in Walkerton and a
sister Mary, Mrs. John
McLtean in London. To them
sympathy is extended at this
time of bereavement. See
obituary for details,
ANDREW JOHNSON
Last Wednesday Jim Tout
and Jack Johnson motored
to Acton, northeast of
Guelph, to attend the funeral
of Andrew Marlin Johnson, a
brother of Jack. He is surviv-
ed by his family 4 three
daughters - Viola Hawks who
flew from B.C. to attend the
service; Muriel of Scar-
borough,
carborough, and Laura 4 Ospr-
inge in the Acton area, and
one son Jack of Toronto also
nephews and nieces; also
three sisters Madge of
Southampton, Maisie of
Walkerton and Isobel of -Lon-
don and two brothers John of
Ripley and Hugh of Walton.
Sympathy is extended at this
time 4 bereavement
Wayne Rhody returns home from London hospital
°Intended for last week]
Friends of Wayne Rhody
are glad to hear that hp was
able to return to his home
from University Hospital in
London,
Dinner guests of Jim and
Isabelle Brooks in Ripley on
Friday evening were
Howard and Marjorie
Thompson, Katherine Col-
lins, Ross Willits and Gladys
Arnold.
Visitors with Roy and
Maureen Collins and family
on Saturday were Susan Hut-
chinson and family of Kin-
cardine.
Earl and June Elliott were
guests recently with Roy and
Helen Stanley and girls of
Kinloss.
Congratulations to Tobi
Kay Farrell who celebrated
her third birthday on Friday.
Guests were her grand-
parents Earl and June
Elliott, tan Elliott and Shari
tt and Mr. and Mrs.
Don McCosh.
Nancy and Paul Green-
wood and children of
Teeswater visited on Satur-
day with the Elliott's.
Donald and Sandra
Forster and children accom-
panied John and Brenda
MacDonald and children to
the turkey dinner on Sunday
at the Kinloss Community
Centre. Sunday evening
caller s at the Forster's were
Don and Anne McCosh and
Gladys Arnold of Ripley.
A group 4 young mother s
from the Purple Grove area
are attending the Sewing for
Children Course each
Wednesday in Kincardine.
Morley and Deanna Scott
visited on Saturday evening
with her sister and family.
Visitors on Friday evening
with Catherine Scott, Morley
and Deanna were Mille and
Outlaws tie Bervie
The Outlaws came up with
some great goal tending once
again to prevent a defeat on
Sunday. Thanks to Mike Mc-
Donagh's great saves in net,
Bervie scored only one goal.
In the last few minutes of
the game, Tim Martin came
up with a great play to tie the
game at one each.
This week the Outlaws
missed the defensive skills of
Mike Hackett who has been
ill in Wingham Hospital. The
team hopes Mike is feeling
better and will be able to take
part in the Windsor tourna-
ment on the weekend.
Last year the Outlaws
came up with an extremely
g id performance in Wind-
sor. This year, they have one
more year's experience and
should do even better. Good
luck, boys.
The winners of the tour-
nament January 29 - 30 in the
Men's A was the Lucky
Devils from the Teeswater
League, in the Men's 13, the
Maryhill Brewers from the
Elora League and in the
Ladies' Division the Green
Machine Ladies of Waterloo.
Prizes donated by local
businesses were awarded to
players that scored a certain
goal throughout the tourney.
Dungannon 4-H
*from page 19
home on February 3.
The members divided into
groups to cook the various
recipes including Pumpkin
Soup. Soda Bread, Maple
Baked Apples and Scotch
Eggs.
Election of officers result-
ed in president. Nancy Car-
michael; vice president,
Cathy Snyder and secretary
and press reporter to rotate.
The girls sampled the rec-
ipes they had prepared and
enjoyed all of the foods
except the pumpkin soup
which they found "differ-
ent.'
THINK SMALL!
CLASSIPED ADS WORK!
Marion Hartwick of Kincar-
dine, Catherine and Deanna
Scott visited with Mrs. Barr
at Kinlough recently.
Harvie and Wilda Thomp-
son entertained Wilbert and
Myrtle MacDonald and
Ricky of Kincardine on
Saturday evening for dinner.
Alice Vanderburgh,
Trevor and Maryanne 4
Port Albert called at the
Thompson home on Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ward
and family of Wiarton and
Mrs. George King 4 Bervie
visited Cecil and VVilma Sut-
ton and family on Sunday.
Wilma was the hostess on
Tuesday to the members of
the Bible Study group.
Sympathy of the communi-
ty is extended to Doug and
Shirley MacDonald and
family in the passing on Sun-
day of Shirley's father Mr.
Cyril Lawton at Kincardine.
The funeral was held on
Wednesday at Kincardine,
Kathy Farrell of Fort
McMurray, Alberta visited
for a few days with her
parents, Jack and Janet Far-
rell, The family gathered on
Saturday evening to
celebrate Susan Mac -
Donald's birthday. Atten-
ding were Susan and Court-
ney MacDonald, Janice and
George Miller of London,
Jim and Fran, Christina and
Carmen Farrell, Irene West
Anne McNally, Rob Farrell
and Donald Hutton.
Visiting for a few days
with Jim and Fran Farrell
and girls was Fran's sister,
Irene West of Stratford,
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