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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-08-31, Page 12Page 12--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 31, 1988 LUCKNOW CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Invites You To Worship With Them On Sundae, :;eptember 4, 1988 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nursery downstairs morning & evening EVERYONE WELCOME RILEY & DISTRICT LIONS CLUB presents O 1�I G BINGO s� LAVEGASS NIGHT at the Ripley Huron Community Centre Saturday, Sept. 10th, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Admission includes draw for trip for two to Las Vegas in co- operation with PARADISE TRAVEL and TREASURE TOURS. Tickets '4.00 each available from any Lions member Proceeds go toward community betterment. VOTERS' LIST VILLAGE OF RIPLEY CLERK'S NOTICE OF POSTING OF PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ACT - Sections 24 & 25 NOTICE is hereby given that I have complied with Sections 24 and 25 of The Municipal Elections Act and that I have posted up in my office at Ripley, Ontario on the 31st day of August, 1988 the list of persons eligible to vote in the municipality at municipal elections and the list remains there for inspection. And I hereby call upon all such .electors to examine the list and to take immediate proceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law. The last day for filing applications for inclusions, additions, or corrections to or deletions from the list is Monday the 17th day of October, 1988. The place at which the revisions of the list will be taken is the Ripley Municipal Office, in the Medical Centre in Ripley, Ontario. Revisions of the list will be undertaken during normal of- fice hours, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Tuesday, September 6th, 1988 through Monday, October 17th, 1988.. QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS Ai person is entitled to be an elector in a municipality if not disqualified under this or any other Act or otherwise pro- hibited by law from voting in the electionand if, at any time during the period commencing on the Tuesday following the first Monday in September in an election year and ending on the Monday in October that precedes polling day by twenty-eight days and is (a) a resident in such municipality or is the owner or tenant of land in the municipality; or the spouse of such an owner or tenant; and (b) a Canadian citizen and (c) has attained the age of eighteen years or on or before polling day will attain the age of eighteen years. DATED AT RIPLEY, ONTARIO, THIS 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1988. SUSAN STEVENSON, AMCT(A) Clerk and Returning Officer of the Village of Ripley, Ripley, Ontario. Heritage type building sold in Ripley What has been the only dwelling con- tinuously occupied by one family since be- ing erected in the village 'of Ripley in .1908 has been sold. gThis building of the heritage type was n built by Architect Duncan Campbell for Duncan Munn (former hardware merchant) 0 and his bride (nee) Mary Alice Harris, had moved in this house a newly married couple in 1909. One unique structure in the interior is an • all oak staircase built for Mr. Munn by • Truax of Walkerton. • Miss Marion Munn, the present owner and retired school teacher has been using the dwelling as a summer residence since the death of Mrs. Duncan Munn in 1968. She hopes to return to the Ripley area to visit old friends and relatives in the coming years. She will be returning to Toronto in late Oc- • tober or November. a Our thanks goes to Dr. John D. Munn, Marion's brother, for the above note. Happy Hearts meeting 0 The Ripley Happy Hearts will hold their meeting in the Legion Hall on Thursday Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. Please take notice of the change of days. See you there. Thanks to Mrs. Donalda Pollard for this note. '�' Visits with Ab's cousins Goldie and Jackie Emerson from London called here last Saturday afternoon August 20, 1988 to visit Ab. Then they went two blocks south on the Mainstreet to see Goldie's cousins Donald and Alma Gillies. A few years ago they attended District High Schools, Jackie in Lucknow and Goldie in Ripley, - both graduates. This summer they made their second tour in China. Each time Jackie has a press release pertaining to an impression of it - the first one was about the city of Shanghai and the second one is a trip to the Great Wall. Meeting in the Manse The next meeting of the Ripley Women's Institute will be held at the manse home of Mrs. Joyce Macpherson on Tain Street in Ripley at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 1st. Take note. of the time. Successful auction sale When Mrs. Margaret Gemmell finished with the above Institute item we asked about the auction sale at her own place on Saturday morning on Tain Street. Everything about the sale was good - a good crowd, good bidding and good weather. They were well pleased. Auctioneers were Grant McDonald a couple of stone throws west on the same Tain Street, and his part- ner Wally Ballagh of Teeswater. Also she said she and her husband Francis were moving from the home to Kincardine today (Monday) for the time. Later they will be moving to their second home in Tamarac Florida and also the place where Don and Anna MacTavish have their second home. Christmas light funds Terry Hunt of the main street corner west of the post office was here early last Satur- day morning, August 27. He had his list of R IPLEY by Ab Wylds donor names to do the Christmas lights donations. This is the second list and on it are the names of those who have given since the first one: They are Rev. Hugh Nugent, Evelyn McDonald, John Cronshaw, Adeline Hackett, Marg McDonald, Marg Thompson, Ronald and Lois Irwin, Lila Trantor, Ken and Mary MacDonald, Murray and Mary Culbert, Grant and Barbara McDonald, Ripley Lions Club, Coiling Bros. for a new total of $3625. The comment Terry made was that it was cooler outside but the temperature is mov- ing up - thinking about his thermometer showing the level of cash donations. The committee reports that the lights are ordered and the goal is five thousand dollars total if everyone gives a dollar or two. Softball tourney here Thanks to the ladies who put on the soft- ball tournament this past weekend. It was nice to hear the cheers and see the floodlights again after a period of darkness. ' Thanks to Dan Wilken for his current write' up at the door here early this Monday morning. Found the verse We know that there was a verse about abomination - Leviticus the 3rd Book in the Bible - Chapter 18 verse 22 short and simple - quite readable. Helen Cornish passed away Mrs. Helen Cornish of Ripley passed away in Kincardine Hospital in her 93rd year on Sunday, August 28, 1988. The funeral was held in the MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral Home in Ripley on Tuesday, August 30, 1988 followed by interment in Ripley Cemetery. She is survived by her son Lloyd Cornish of Winnipeg and her daughter Betty Ann and husband Allen Gammie of Paisley. Also sur- viving are six grandchildren, 10 great- grandchildren and one great -great grandchild. Sympathy of the Ripley area folks goes to the family at this time of bereavement. .5* At the Joint Service iri' Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday the Evening Auxiliary of the W.M.S. assisted, as well as serving refreshments after the service. Special music was a trio from South Kinloss — Ruth Bell, Shirley Colwell and Rena Forster ac- companied by Wilma Clarke. The previous week, Mrs. Lois Davey was soloist. ... Mrs. John C. MacDonald and Roxanne Courtney visited in Orillia with Corinne MacDonald. They were also at the school in Coldwater where Corinne will be Vice - Principal. Birthday guests visit If any little word of mine Can make a heart the lighter If any little song of mine Can make a heart the brighter, God help me speak that light word, And take that bit of singing, And drop them in some lonely heart To set its echoes ringing. On Tuesday Charlie and Mayme Wilkins had some visitors in to celebrate birthdays for a couple of their guests - they were, Harry and Grace Wilkins of Chesley, Howard and Gladys Carlaw of Paisley, Jessie Alton of Sydney, Australia and Bar- bara Wilkins of Paris, Ontario. The corhmunity would like to con- gratulate Bob Simpson of the Lucknow Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons who was recently elected Grand Superinten- dant of Huron District number 6. This district comprises chapters from St. Marys to Kincardine. Visitors this week with Barry and Betty Jones were: on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Murrell and family of Thorndale, OCHALSH by Kae Webster on Monday Mr. and Mrs. Syd Jones of Dun- das and also Miss Pamela Evans of Lichfield England carne to call on them. And on Wednesday they had Chester and Evelyn Stevens of Thorndale. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Robb were in Chesley on Sunday at the home of their daughter Sandra Darling and family to att- ned the family gathering. Charles and Mayme Wilkins were in Chesley on Sunday to attend the annual Wilkins picnic. Sunday visitors with Rhetta and Marion MacLennan were Rhetta's brother and sister-in-law Harold and Peggy Jardine of Harriston. Jim and Cecil Webster of Waterloo and their mother Kae Webster visited Satur- day evening with their aunt Mrs. Norma Young in Goderich.