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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-03-09, Page 10ripley news Luc -know Sentinel, Wednesday, March 9 1983 --Page 10 Ripley residents discuss high school future On February 28, 1983 which was Monday of last week, the special committee from the Bruce County Board of Education held afternoon and evening meetings in the auditoriums gymnasium of the Ripley High School to receive stations from area concerning the future of the school here. It was meted at least one hun- dred people attended. Several present students joined with former graduates of the high school. In this way it reminded Ab Wylds of the meetings in the winter of 1948-9 held in the Huron township hall on rebuilding the R.C.S. after the disastrous fire on Sunday evening Feb. 8,1948. Among those speaking on Monday afternoon were Dianne Heinisch, Karen Wyld, Murray Culbert, Doug Jim and Dorothy Needham, and students 011ie Liddle, Janice Needham, Ian Culbert and Terry Irwin. In the afternoon the students sang the school song for the committee with Ian Culbert at the piano. In the evening presenta- tions were made by Ab Wylds, Susan Cliffe, Klaus Heinisch, Cameron McAuley, Leah Coulbeck, Joe Heinisch, Lisa Murray, Frank van Kooten, John Wyld, Gladys Huston, Bob Scott, Murray Thompson, Elmer Smeltzer along with several others. Members of the committee seated behind the long table from left to right were Barry Schmidt of Kincardine, Gerry Zettel of Chepstow, W.C. Setterington of Walker- ton, Jean Woods of Tiverton, Mike Snobelen of Hinton township and chairman, Jack Bowers of Chesley, Alvin Thompson of Kincar- diriLe township and Don Car- roll of Walkerton. Since the above meeting the commit- tee met on Friday and Mon- day and then yesterday it was the full Bruce County Board meeting under chair- man Barry Schmidt in Chesley. The school has been the talk topic in Ripley the past couple of weeks. WMiam Steer Early last Thursday morn- ing, March 3, 1983, William Steer passed away in the Pinecrest - Manor Nursing Home in Lucknow where he had been a patient for several years. Born on Sun- day, September 18, 1887 in Carshalton, a southern suburb of London, England, Bill was in his 96th year. He is survived by '" one sister Agnes Gunn of East Sussex, England, three nieces and one nephew and by friends Mrs. Mary Fludder and her families in Ripley. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Hugh Nugent of Knox Presbyterian Church in the MacKenzie McCreath Funeral Home in Ripley last Saturday afternoon March 5. Spring burial will be in the obituary Tammy [McDonald] Sloebes] Tammy Lee Mary (McDon- ald) Sloetjes of Ashfield Township died suddenly at home on February 23, 1983 in her 22nd year. Born in London, Middle- sex County on June 8, 1961, she was the daughter of Lorne McDonald and the former Doreen McKinnon of Lucknow. She married Henry John Sloetjes of Lucknow in 1982. Besides her husband and her parents, she is survived by a daughter, Leanne Eliza- beth, two brothers, Jack and Toin McDonald and a sister, Hotly McDonald. The funeral was held from the MacKenzie and Mc- Creath Funeral Home in Lucknow on February 26, 1983. Rev. Hugh Nugent of Ashfield Presbyterian Church and Bradford Hen- shaw officiated. Pallbearers were Martin Scott, Michael Koch, Donald Boak, Donald McLennan, Alec McLennan and Edward McDonald. Spring burial to follow in Greenhill Cemetery. Pled B. Keith Frederick Borton Keith passed away Saturday, Feb- ruary 26, 1983 at the Wing - ham and District Hospital following a short illness. He was born in the Tees - water area in August 1901, the son of the late Donald and Eliza Keith. He worked on several farms in the Teeswater and Lucknow area as well as Toronto and Windsor. Around 1957 he came to Lucknow where he made his home with his uncle, Duncan MacLeod and his sister, Beatrice Adams. For the past several months he has resid- ed at the Bray Lodge in Wingham. Fred was predeceased by his brothers, Stewart of Sas- katchewan, Charles of Cali- fornia, John of Detroit, and his sister, Beatrice Adams. He is survived by two nieces and a nephew in Saskatche- wan, and several cousins. Funeral service was held at the MacKenzie and Mc- Creath Funeral Home in Lucknow on Monday, Feb- ruary 28, 1983 with the Rev. Warren McDougall officiat- ing. Final resting place will be the Teeswater Cemetery. Arthur Baaagh Arthur Ballagh passed aw- ay in Wingham Hospital on Monday, February 28, 1983, in his 95th year, after a very brief illness. Born 'in Culross Township, where he lived until retiring to Wingham, in 1919 he married Eva Mae Wallace, who predeceased him in 1950. The late Mr. Ballagh is survived by two daughters and one son, Elda, Mrs. John Norman, Wingham; Dora, Mrs. Blake Alton, Lucknow and Wallace of Culross. He is also survived by 11 grand- children and seven great grandchildren. He was pre- deceased by two sisters and three brothers. The funeral service was held frorn the MacPherson Funeral Home, Teeswater on March 3, 1983, with Rev. Robert Shaw of Knox Presby- terian Church, conducting the service. The pallbearers were Dave Carruthers, Mervin McAl- lister, Currie Moffat, Bert Brown, Lorne Ballagh and Harvey Ballagh. Ripley cemetery. On Friday evening the Ripley Huron Legion Branch 440 held a memorial service with Chaplain Lester Fe in charge at the funeral At the age of 19 Bill emigrated to Canada coming in 19�'i to the farm of the late Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Camp- bell one block north and one block east of Ripley or lot 10, concession 9 east in Huron township. He enlisted in the Canadian Army and served overseas in France in the First World War. From 1920 on for eleven years he was the foreman in charge of the engine block making divi- sion in the big Ford factory in Detroit. In 1931 he left the factory despite urgent pleas from the head office that he stay there. Then he return- ed to the Amberley area to work at farming again. There is a grey cement brick farm house one block east of Amberley and on the north side of Highway 86 which is a standing mark of his ability for manual work. Bill made each cement brick using sand, gravel, cement, and water in forms and then let- ting them set. After two attempts he suc- ceeded in getting into the Canadian Army for World War 2 only to be kept in Canada looking after the big artillery guns at Petawawa. After discharge he worked with Ontario Hydro until the age of retirement. Then he returned to Ripley to work and live at the Dorothy Thompson Nursing Home on Malcolm Street in Ripley. Here Bill was our next door neighbour and many a Sun- day afternoon was spent with him in discussion of cur- rent affairs and events. ELMER REAVIE The funeral service for Elmer Reavie who passed away in his 80th year is being held this afternoon (Wednes- day) at the MacKenzie Mc- Creath Funeral Home in Lucknow. Temporary en- tombment is in South Kinloss. Spring burial will follow in Ripley Cemetery. Elmer is a former native of the Fourth Concession West in Huron Township. More details will follow next week. March wedding On Friday evening at seven thirty, March 5, the wedding ceremony of Lori Ann Ruth Emmerton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Emmerton and Timothy Dan Weber son of Murray Weber Sr. was held in St. Andrew's Church, Ripley. A reception tea followed in the church base- ment hall. Then there was a wedding car parade down the mainstreet and around the bank corner to the Huron Township Hall. Here the reception dance was held to the music of the Sound System of Tiverton with a good attendance. Relatives and friends were from Wind- sor, London, Kitchener, Walkerton, Kincardine, Ripley, and Lucknow areas. 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