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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-06-01, Page 19community news Ripley news... ®from page 9 a scan revealed no perma- nent damage. Evelyn ac- companied by her grand- daughter, Carol Fludder visited Jack in the Louise Marshall Hospital on Sunday and found him better than first reported. Marilyn Stewart of Sarnia was home last week and was on staff at the Ripley bank. A few months ago Marilyn was transferred from Ripley to Sarnia. John D and Joan MacKay are back to Ripley from their recent visit to Germany. Roy Jackson of Detroit is back to his home in Ripley for a summer visit. Roy was our classmate back in the twenties at the Ripley Con- tinuation School. Margaret Scott visited with Beulah and D.A. McIn- tosh in St. Thomas. Then they drove to Oxford, Michigan to visit with their sister Kathleen ( McIntosh) Nestor for the Victoria holi- day weekend. On Sunday, May 22 they attended Im- manuel Congregational United Church of Christ in Oxford for a Remembrance and Dedication service to those who dedicated memorial gifts. One of these gifts was to the memory of Metro Nestor, deceased husband of Kathleen, who had dedicat- ed money towards a new belfrey. The senior choir and Bell choir were very en- joyable. Beulah and D.A. McIntosh and Margaret Scott returned to St. Thomas on Monday. D.A. MacIntosh drove his sister Margaret home to Ripley on Tuesday, May 24. Last Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Collins of the Lakeshore Road and Mary - (John A. McDonald, Florence Kirkpatrick, Violet MacKenzie and Margaret Scott all of Ripley attended the sprint; rally of the Senior Citizens in Formosa Com- munity Centre. There were both morning and afternoon sessions. Un Wednesday evening, president Bill Collins of the Happy Hearts held the May film show in the Ripley High School library. The feature film on Dublin was enjoyed by the good sized atten- dance. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gem- mell of Brampton visited his parents, Francis and Margaret Gemmell in Ripley for the Victoria holi- day weekend. Jerry Huber, his neighbour Don MacTavish of Ripley and his brother Sim Huber of Lurgan village at the foot of the Fourth Con- cession arrived back home last Wednesday from their annual Victoria holiday fishing trip to Northern On- tario. MARY POLLOCK Mrs. Mary Pollock, wife of the late Elwyn Pollock, died on Sunday, May 22, 1983, in the Kincardine and District Hospital. The former Mary Park, she was born in Elderslie Township on Tues- day, July 31, 1906. Before her marriage and coming to Ripley she had been a telephone operator first at Chesley and then at Port Elgin. Following the death of her husband Elwyn in November 1979, she lived alone in the farm home north of Ripley Cemetery up till last June when she moved to Huron Villa in Ripley. She is survived by her two nieces Mrs. Frances (Murray) Shelton of Huron Township and Mrs. Aileen MacKinnon of Kincardine Township. She was predeceased by her. parents and her three sisters. On Monday evening, May 23 the Hill Top Rebekah Lodge of Bervie held a memorial service at the MacKenzie McCreath Funeral Home in Ripley. The funeral service was con- ducted by Rev. Glen Mac- pherson last Tuesday after- noon, May 24 at the MacKen- zie McCreath • Horne iri Ripley followed by inter- ment in the family plot in Ripley cemetery. obituary William George Hunter William George Hunter passed away in Wingham and District Hospital on Monday, May 16, 1983 in his 72nd year. Bill farmed in Ashfield Township until 1071 when he moved to Lucknow, where he drove a school bus for several years. While farming, Bill was involved in the Ashfield Federation of Agriculture and the Lucknow District Co-operative. Bill was a member of Zion School Board; chairman of Ashfield District School Board; a member of Lucknow High School Board, continu- ing to serve as a member of Wingham and District High School Board when Lucknow High School closed. In this capacity he assisted .in ad- ministering the Alexander MacKenzie Endowment Fund for Lucknow students. Bill was a former member of Zion United Church, where he served on the board and as Sunday School Super- intendent for many years. After moving to Lucknow, he became a member of Luck - now United Church, also serving on the board there. He was particularly interest- ed in the Senior Citizens' Club where he served as treasurer until his illness. He is survived by his wife, Beryl, the former Beryl Gar- dner of Zion; daughter, Mar- lene Keane of Newmarket; son, Larry of Pefferlaw: grandchildren, Arlene and Brian Keane, Neil Scarlett and Laura Hunter and one sister, Elleda Laidlaw. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Jenny Hunter and one sister, Win- nifred. The funeral service was held Thursday, May 19, 1983 at the MacKenzie and Mc- Creath Funeral Horne, with interment in Greenhill Cem- etery. Rev. Warren McDoug- all officiated. Pallbearers were Jim Hun- ter, Charles Webster. Alex Hackett, Vernon Hunter, El- don Bradley and Ken Laid- law, Flower bearers were Wil- liam Ross, David Kirkland, Allan MacDonald, Wilfred Hackett and Art Freeman. PRYDE MONUMENTS LTD. •MONUMENTS •BRONZE PLAQUES •MARKERS *CEMETERY LETTERING NEW MODERN SHOWROOM SUNCOAST MALL-GODERICH D. Denomme Bus. 524-2337 Memorial Counsellor Res. 524-6621 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 1, 1983—Page 19 NOTICE Township of Kinloss Applications for 1983 the drain loans are to be in the Township Clerk's Office by June 24, 1983. TOWNSHIP OF KINLOSS, HOLYROOD, ONTARIO. NOG 280 SiOlogmaiNal gpYF1ElD RD., HWY. 21 SOUTH GODRICH sti t� PLAN NOW TO ATTEND.... YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT!