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Mary Roberta McDonald
Mary Roberta McDonald passed away
at the County of Bruce General Hospital,
Walkerton, on Tuesday, June 14 in her 86th.
year.
Mary was born in 1903 in Huron
Township, the daughter of John Scott and
Ann Smeltzer.
Mary entered the teaching profession
and taught for five years at Linwood and
Bluevale, after which she retired and mar-
ried Dr. John A. McDonald, a Ripley den-
tist for many years. John predeceased
Mary several years ago. She was also
predeceased by a sister, Edna, and two
brothers, Frank and Joe.
She is survived by one son, Dr. Donald J.
McDonald of Scarborough General
Hospital, Toronto and four grandchildren.
She is aslo survived by one brother, John
W. Scott and one sister, Elizabeth Fair,
both of Ripley.
Mary was a member of the Knox
Presbyterian Church, Ripley.
Rev. Hugh Nugent conducted the funeral
service, assisted by Rev. Merelyn Letson
at the MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral
Home, Ripley, on June 17.
Mary will be remembered for her dev-
tion to her church and for her artistic and
musical ability.
The pallbearers were her nephews Jack,
Bill, Bob and Jim Scott, and Sandy and
Farquhar McDonald.
The flower bearers were her four grand-
children, Scott, Stven, Duff and Julie
McDonald, all of Toronto.
Interment in Ripley Cemetery.
Gertrude Amelia MacKay
A well known and well respected Ripley
lady in the person of Gertrude Amelia Minor
Mackay passed away on June 10, 1988, at
Kincardine and District Hospital. She was in
her 96th year.
Her parents were George Minor and Alice
Pollard of Sparta, Elgin County. Mrs.
Mackay .attended St. Thomas Collegiate,
then became a teacher and taught at S.S.
No. 3, Huron Township.
In 1915 she married William J. Mackay of
the 10th Concession of Huron, who became
well known for his political interests and his
ability to move buildings. They farmed until
1947 when their son, Morford, married. They
then moved to Ripley where Mrs. Mackay
mucn enjoyed her gardening and crafts. She
moved to Huron Villa when it was built and
had her apartment there until she entered
hospital.
OBITUARIES
She leaves to mourn her daughter Marion
(Donald) Anderson of Waterford, her grand-
children William (Dianne) Mackay of
Huron, Anne Rock of Kincardine, Allan
(Kathy) Mackay of Huron, Shirley Mackay
of Mount Forest, Mary Mackay of Guelph,
David Mackay of Kincardine and, great
grandchildren Lisa, Chris, Bradley, Jen-
nifer and Chad. Her sister Mrs. Gladys
(Robert) Marshall of Oakville and several
nieces and nephews also survive.
Gertrude Mackay was a charter member
of Ripley -Huron Horticulture Society and
Life Member of the W.M.S. Society of Knox
Church of which she was a faithful member.
Irl his funeral meditation Rev. Nugent
described her so very well when he said,
"Mrs, Mackay was a lady through and
through, but she never put on airs. She had a
keen intelligence and a good grasp of what
was going on in the world, yet she never set
herself up as an authority. She had a keen
memory that went back a long way, but, it
never kept her from living in the present.
She had a strong sense of right and
wrong...and a deep Biblical faith..She was
proud of her family but never boastful. She
had a loving concern for each member of it
and for her friends and neighbours. We will
remember her as a beautiful person."
Burial services were conducted on June 12
from MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral
Home in Ripley by Rev. Hugh Nugent of
Knox Presbyterian Church.
Pallbearers were grandsons William,
Allan and David Mackay and John D.
MacKay, Allister MacKay and Cameron
McAuley with interment in Ripley
Cemetery.
Visitors and relatives attended from the
area and from Milton, Waterford, Brant-
ford, Stratford and Mildmay.
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Grade Six students at Lucknow Central Public School participated in the valuable
V.I.P. program for the second year in a row. The class on values, morales and peers
was taught at L.C.P.S. by Del Burkhart with Const. Uppers of the OPP acting as ad-
visor. A total of 32 students received their graduation diplomas from the class along
with special V.I.P. pins donated by the Lucknow Lions. The youngsters added to the
ceremonies with a special skit, as can be seen by the costume worn by this graduate.
(Bill Pike photo)
Day at the beach for W.I.
The Women's Institute held their annual
picnic n'ieeting June 14 at St. Christopher's
Beach, Goderich with 17 members and
three visitors present.
The business part of the meeting was
held. Stella Tilbrook gave a report of the
Whitechurch 60th anniversary meeting.
Stella and Tillie Wilson gave reports on the
District Annual held in Ripley.
Plans were to be made for some
acknowledgment of the Lucknow Women's
Institute formed 80 years ago.
Readings were given by Dorothy Brown
and Mary MacGillivray. A humorous skit
was put on by Marion MacFarlane and
Stella Tilbrook.
Mary MacGillivray conducted contests
and a few games of bingo were played.
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