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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-07-13, Page 12ripley news Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 13, 1983—Page 12 Ripley area children attend summer play schools By Ab Wylde The two summer play schools in the Ripley Huron area have been going for the past ten days. The leaders in charge of the Point Clark school are 011ie Liddle, Deb- bie van Kooten, Denise Wat- son and Debbie Mair. Leaders at the Ripley School are Kathy Boyd, Cathy Flud- der and Michelle Williams. Clerking at the Lynn's Variety and Textiles Shop on the Ripley Main Street is Glenda Gamble, daughter of Allan and Alice Gamble, Sixth Concession east in Huron Township. Painting in the Ripley Huron Community Centre Complex and at the Memorial Park (the ball dia- mond) last week were Kevin Crawford of Blair's Grove and Gord Dickinson of Reids Corners. Just in case you did not know or had forgotten the bleacher seats at the ball park are the property of the Ripley Agricultural Society and are on permanent loan to the park. The first ones were built in 1948 by car- penter Dave Brooks assis- ted by secretary Ab Wylds. When president of the Ripley Agricultural Society Bert Mason had the Ripley fall fair transferred from the old fairgrounds down to the ball park. All summer long in 1948 Bert and Ab were reminded that they had kill- ed the Ripley fair but as you know that did not happen. Painting school walls Keith Addison, RR 2, Kin- cardine and Bruce Nicholson, Southline east were painting the exterior brick walls at the high school building in Ripley. These walls went through the 1948 fire. The crumbling of the mortar between the bricks from time to time possibly is a result of the fire. The walls in the back part were built in the summer of 1963 by Bill Hope of Walkerton. The front part of the school was built by the well known master carpenter John Robertson of Ripley in 1914. Regular nurse at the Ripley Medical Clinic Carol Johnson, RR 4, Kincardine is on vacation. Taking her place at the clinic is Marilyn Johnston of Ripley. Alf and Dorothy Beal visited with her sister Fran and Ab Wylds on Monday afternoon last week. They were on their way home to Stratford after spending the first of July weekend at their cottage at Inverhuron. Larry and Shelley Barker, son Dustin and young daughter Robin from Coll- ingwood visited with her parents Carl and Pat Bren- nans at their home on William Street in Ripley for the weekend. Bobby Hull attends Canuck barbeque By Kathryn Todd A beef, pork and lamb barbeque was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill MacPherson on Sunday. Many friends, relatives, and neighbours along with the Kincardine Junior hockey team attended the event. Trophies were presented to the Kincardine Canuck play- ers by special guest of the day, Bobby Hull. Mr. Hull delighted many by signing autographs. The day's enter- tainment included a country and western band, guitar and iddle playing and a singa- iong. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mc- ";illivray and family of Aird - ie, Alberta visited with Mr. and Mrs. Bob MacGillivray on the weekend. The families enjoyed a sightseeing trip to Niagara Falls on Sunday. Helen Todd and Isobel Miller visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Laidlaw of Wing - ham on Sunday. The Laid - laws are presently in Tiver- ton on vacation. Adrienne and Stefan Mak- ovskis and Suzanne Perks of Willowdale are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Todd and family for a couple of weeks. Keith Todd received stit- ches in his leg last week. He fell while playing in the yard at home. Donald MacDonald was treated at both Wingham and London hospital for injuries received to his eye while at work. Get well wishes are extended to him. Gordon MacDonald was permitted home for the weekend. Mr. MacDonald has been hospitalized for the last couple of weeks. Get well wishes are extended for a speedy recovery. Shower Marion Meurs By Lorraine McGuire Friends and neighbours gathered for a shower last Thursday evening to honour Marion Meurs on her forth- coming marriage. It was held on the lawn at the home of Doris Blackwell on the fourth concession. Marion is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Meurs. Guests were served des- sert and punch. Those taking part in the program of readings and contests were Carol Blackwell, Mary Anne Hansen. Margaret Smith, Judy Coiling and Mary Black. After opening her gifts, Marion thanked everyone and invited them to visit her in Clinton, after her marri- age. She is to be married on July 23. Neighbours have been helping with the hay at Bob Blackwell's. Bob had the misfortune to break a bone in his foot. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mc- Guire and children visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Burgess in Kitchener. Friends of Silvia Meurs will be sorry to hear that she is a patient in hospital in London. The new building inspector for Huron Township and Ripley village is Allan Irwin of Ripley. Home to Ripley in '85 The 1985 Ripley Reunion Committee reports that Marg Thompson will receive $25 for her slogan "Home to Ripley in '85". Her entry will be used in conjunction with the well known phrase "Ripley's Alive in '85". Ear- ly plans for Ripley's Reunion in 1985 are steadily moving forward. Allan Tranter headed the committee to pick the slogan. Last Friday afternoon was a special occasion at the Ripley Royal Bank. After closing hours the safety deposit boxes from the dos- ed Lucknow branch were brought over to the vault in the Ripley bank. It recalled the transfer across the main corner here from the old bank to the present new one in the fall of 1977 when Gene Sellers was manager. Members of the Lucknow staff who joined the Ripley staff with manager Wayne Watson on Monday are Lillian Abbott and Elaine Steer. The latter is a sister of Ripley's Ivan Cook. They replace Mary Miller of Kin- cardine and Cindy Smith of Owen Sound. Just before noon last Wednesday a big truck and float bearing the name "Sunrise Farms, K.S. Hamulecki and Sons, Nor- wich, Ontario" arrived at the machinery lot next door here. With the truck were two men, Ted Hamulecki and Wally Hastings. With the help of Harvey Pollock with a tractor they loaded six machines which their firm had bought on the Elliott Courtney sale on Thursday; June 30. These machines are now on the display lot in Nor- wich, south of Woodstock, for resale. The RB's School of Safe Driving was officially open- ed at 5 p.m. on Monday by Kincardine Mayor Charles Mann. Present were representatives of the press, police, and the law firm Crawford, Mill, Davies and Elston as well as others. The school is located beside the Knotty Pine Restaurant at 509 Broadway Avenue in Kincardine. The classroom has comfortable seating and conforms to the standards of the Ontario Safety League. The owner and instructor is Mr. Reuben Burnett, B.A. of Pine River, a former teacher in the Ripley District High School and a graduate of the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo and a qualified high school teacher. He has had previous experience as a driver ex- aminer with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications. Poison hemlock growing In the past week our poison patch has been discovered. For the past four years it had been growing on the machinery lot next door while Jack Johnson and Ab Wylds kept it contained by using the shovel. It is ex- pected that seeds came here on used machinery from Kincardine where it is reported prevalent. Only this year did a half dozen or so plants show up in the back yard here. No, it is not marijuana. it is poison hemlock. We pointed it out to Harvey Pollock and Cecil Sutton when the machinery lot was being cleaned for the sale. The grape vine says that Cecil reported it to Marlene Colling and in turn Marlene got in touch with weed in- spector Lorne Robinson. Last Wednesday afternoon Lorne was here and confirm- ed the identity. On Thursday morning village foreman Don Peterbaugh and coun- cillor Tom Culbert were looking for it and were shown where it was. On Friday morning Jamie Hunter who is working for the village spent. a couple of hours destroying the patch. That afternoon when Lorne brought Allan Irwin to show him what poison hemlock looked like there was none except one by the line at the Ab Wylds yard. Incidentally we have known the plant for some years seeing it first on the flats by the Speed River west of Guelph when we were at the O.A.C. summer course for teachers in 1938. Also Lorne now knows pineapple weed. He saw his first here last Friday after- noon when we handed him a sample which he checked in his book. It is not a noxious weed with a nice pineapple smell. We have seen specimens growing near Eaton's College Street store in downtown Toronto. From Lorne we learned that Ripley has the giant hogweed this summer. It is a plant which we do not know at present. R.E. (DICK) GOODIN As mentioned in this col- umn last week, Mrs. Con- stance Ferguson of Brockville (the former Con- nie Cottrill of Kincardine) sent Ab Wylds this obituary account of the late R.E. (Dick) Goodin which she had clipped from the Brockville newspaper. Using it we have made the following account. Richard Edward Goodin died on Sunday morning June 12,1983 in the Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Oakville after being in fail- ing health for the past five months. He was 77 years of age. Surviving are his wife the former Ruth Alison Craigie, Turn to page 13. RIPLEY HURON LEGION BRANCH 440 LEGION DISTRICT HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT at the Ripley Complex Saturday, July 16, 1983 10:00 am to 5:00 pm 10 PITS OF HORSESHOES NO ADMISSION CHARGED to the BALL GAMES o. HORSESHOES 2 Slow Pitch BALL GAMES Waterloo Raiders vs. Ripley All Stars 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm • Refreshments available from 12:00 noon to 1:00 a.m. • Food available all day • Fun for the entire family! DANCE In the Complex 9:00-1:00 am GLENN BOYD ORCHESTRA Free Lunch after the Dance