HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-04-25, Page 14ripley news
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 4, 1983—Page 13
Kamloops couple visit his family in Ripley area
By Ab Wyids
Last week Gary and
Gladys Blackwell of
Kamloops, British Columbia
were visiting in this area
with his parents, Stan and
Doris Blackwell at the home
farm on Concession 4 West
and with his younger
brother, wife and family,
Bob and Carol Blackwell,
Bobby, Shannon and Sandra
on the former Shirt Bowers
farm two blocks south of
Ripley on the 15th near the
Fourth Concession corner in
Huron Township,
On Monday of this week
they went to visit with
relatives at Sarnia, Later
this week they will be at
Niagara Falls and from
there back to Toronto air-
port. From there they will
fly back to B.C. and home to
their family of four children -
Cathy, Barbara, Steven and
Ronnie,
For Gary, this was the
first time home here in the
past five years, For his wife,
Gladys, this trip was her
first airplane ride, At
Kamloops Gary is employed
witha paving company.
Moving
Starting on Monday this
week, Gordon and Ora Mar-
tin of the Sixth Concession
east in Huron Township are
busy moving their effects to
their new home in Goderich,
It is located in the south
part of the town and near the
lake,
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Henry
of Olivet and Mr, and Mrs,
Dune Farrish of Lochalsh
have already been living
there for some years.
Last Friday evening, April
29, a farewell party for Ora
and Gordon was held at the
home of Allan and Alice
Gamble on the Sixth Conces-
sion, A count showed 46 peo-
ple from the neighbourhood
in attendance,
Mrs. Dianne (Wilfred)
Gamble read the address
poem for the evening. It was
composed by Mrs. Gail
(Keith) van der Hoek,
On Thursday evening,
April 21, the week before last
the ladies of the Bible Study
Group and their huslnds
gathered at the home of rs,
Bette MacLeod on the
Fourth Concession east for
an evening potluck supper to
honour Ora and Gordon prior
to their leaving the com-
munity.
Completed Course
Last Friday, April 29, Mar-
vin Grubb, son of Ralph and
Helen Grubb in Ripley com-
pleted his third and final
term in the Class A Motor
Mechanics Course at Fan-
shawe Community College
on Oxford Street East in Lon-
don,
Marvin received the
highest overall mark the
whole three years there, For
this he will receive a plaque.
On Monday of this week he
returned to his job with
Klaus Heinisch at the Shell
garage in Ripley, Next
September he will have com-
pleted his three years as an
apprentice with Klaus,
Signs of Summer
Signs that summer is com-
ing; the green bench seat is
back in front of the George
and Joy McLean store. Deb-
bie and Betty Jean McLean
carried it from winter
storage on Tuesday last
week, Then in that rain driz-
zle last Saturday morning,
village foreman Don Peter-
baugh replaced the broken
planks in the teeter-totter in
Gore Park,.
Farmers were busy
seeding last week and what a
wonderful rain, first the driz-
zle on Saturday. Recently
there has been a change in
the work force at the Thomp-
son Feed and Supply or the
former Ripley Chopping
Mill,
Dave Stewart from his
farm on the west part of the
South Line has taken the
place of Don Harris of the
Twelfth Concession, Don is
returning to Western
Univeristy in London after
working in the mill since last
summer,
Dave joins owner operator
Bob Thompson and Lorne
Emmerton in the mill and
trucker Bill Robertson of the
Kingarf area, Wife Judy
Thompson looks after the
books in the new office at the
mill.
Last Wednesday afternoon
the Ripley fire truck was
called to put out a grass fire
at the home of John and June
Dodds,
Social News
With the recent return of
storekeepers Carl and Pat
Brennan from their three
week winter vacation in
Hollywood, Florida, their
FORD, FIRST TO OFFER YOU
Buyer's
Triple Choice
1- 0 9e/C
Financing
11. Rate
on
FORD, ESCORT,
MUSTANG, EXP.
Cash.
Rebate
Direct From Ford
OR
OR
Free
•
Automatic
Transmission
12.9%
Financing
Rate
Ford Ltd.
F -Series Trucks
See Your Ford Dealer To -day
Montgomery
OtOf S Limited
Lucknow
528-3007
daughter, Mrs. Shelley
Barker and young son Dustin
returned to their home in
Collingwood.
Hockey Banquet
Last Saturday evening the
annual banquet for the
hockey teams was held in the
Ripley Huron Community
Centre Complex. Judging by
the number of cars coming
up the main intersection
after it was over, there must
have been a very large
crowd in attendance.
It was reported that a
wonderful roast beef meal
was served in the
auditorium, Following this
the different teams along
with their managers and
coaches were recognized for
their participation in the
winter program here.
However it was reported
on Saturday evening that the
team which went right to the
top in the spring playoffs
before being eliminated was
not mentioned or even thank-
ed for their effort. Assistant
manager Finlay MacLennan
and players of the Ripley
Juveniles felt badly about
this omission, They were
disappointed to say the least,
They feel that they must
have played entertaining
and exciting hockey here for
large crowds attended their
games.
They won the W,O,A.A.
Juvenile D Championship
and were finalists in the All
Ontario Juvenile D against
Thornton in the Barrie area.
This team is the one which
will suffer the most from the
untimely withdrawal of the
Ripley High School.
Last Thursday evening,
April 28, a meeting of the
Light Horse Committee of
the Ripley Agricultural
Society was held at the home
of Mrs, Nina Wyld on Con-
cession 6 west,
It concerned the light show
at the fair on September 24 -
the last Saturday in
September. All classes were
reviewed and the only
change was the addition of
two more classes in the jum-
ping section of the show.
Attending this meeting
were Mrs, Gloria (Norris)
Messenger, Mrs. Evelyn
(Harry) Colling, Mrs, Nancy
Fitzgerald and Donald Wyld,
The duties were outlined and
the meeting adjourned,
Returned home
Last Thursday, April 28,
Ab and Marj Middlekamp
and children Amy and Dan-
ny of the Tenth Concession
west in Huron Township
returned home from a month
vacation in Holland. They
flew into Toronto airport.
They flew from Toronto to
the Amsterdam airport on
March 27. While in Holland
they stayed with relatives at
Mussell in eastern Holland
about as far east of
Amsterdam as the distance
from Ripley to Toronto.
When they first arrived it
was terribly wet but in the
last two weeks everything
was beautiful. The grain
crops were growing. The cat-
tle had been turned out on
pasture. All the flowers -tul-
ips magnolias, forsythias
and many others were all out
in bloom, They enjoyed t
to Rotterdam to see the brig
harbours there and also to
see the new polders. These
polders are flat landust
built up from sea soil and so
still showing the white
shells,
Their cousins were the
first farmers to move onto
these new polders about
three years ago, Seven years
ago Ab and Mar j were to
Zeeland. This time they en-
joyed a lovely boat ride on
the Ruhr Sea in Germany,
During the whole ride they
could see the nearby coun-
tryside,
Recently, Mrs, Minnie
Wyld was able to return
home to her apartment in
Huron Villa in Ripley. She
had been a patient in Kincar-
dine and District Hospital,
Harold Wyld of Weston ar-
rived on Monday morning to
visit with his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Jackson and Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Hendra of Camlachie
east of Sarnia visited on Sun-
day with Rev, and Mrs. Glen
Turn to page 14•
ONTARIO'S
FISH TESTING
PROGRAM
s oit
Ontario is famous for its fishing.
The Ontario government constantly
checks this valuable resource through
its continuing fish research and testing
program. Testing has now been done
in almost 1200 lakes and rivers.
The results are published in the Guides:
GUIDE TO
EATING ONTARIO
SPORT FISH
Northern Ontario. Lake Superior.
Lake Huron
os
GUIDE TO
„,\3‘,,)",1” sa,EATING ONTARIO
44 ,;eSPORT FISH
41
Southern Ontario
and the Great Lakes
NOW AVAILABLE FOR 1983.
You can get your free copes from your neare t office of the
0111 ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
ONTA1110 MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NORTHERN AFFAIRS
Cnpicc rirr' aIi() Vacation argil Brewer S Retail
`-cores grid
LCBC) Storrs in Jung'
Ministry of the
Environment
Mrin Krifh (. Nrulnn O
M ntslrr
Ontario
Ministry of
Natural Resources
[Inn Alan W r'c,pr
Min stir