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wee bit of history in Village of Ripley
There is anold wooden signin the shape
of hook, worded °ailt:00'i 1300katore,"
hanging on 'the backwall :of MarAdiunt
grocery store in Ripley. It was found in
the attic of the Store that was originally
Wilt by any grandfather Harry Palmer
Chapman ov&a century ago. •
I remember it when, i wan living above
the book store run by.' 'himarmi then- mY
father Jack II. Chapman 1903 . until 1923
when we moved to Kincardine. He',bought
a book store premises and stock as a
house and sold the :Ripley Store to
Henry.
My grandfather -came out from England
and was son, Of A =Stems officer at•Grave-
send, the entry port .of London. My wife
Wilmaand I saw his father's. pictures and
handwriting in the old =Storms museum
there in 1970. -Helounded a book store in
Ripley before the business section was
almost wipedout byfire. -He was the that
one to•have • a brick building • at, the store
and block where the sign was found. He
carried a complete stock of books, tex-
tbooks and general stationerrsiipplies.
My grandmother would tell me of her
determination to get a Bible into every
houselydd, even If he .gave it as a gift. Ile
was the Methodist Sunday School
superintendent for..7=s.
If cash was short at times he would
trade Babblers or crayons oeslate pencils
for a few eggs or butter.
He .,published a little newspaper
and called it the Ripley Enquirer. It sold
for three cents, or one•rkillar. a year. Be-
ing English and surrOunded -by mostly
Scottish settlers, he was appointed as a
Justice of the Peace. He would hold the
hearings of xrdnor ;disputes in the rear of
the :store, among his law books -raid racks'
of wallpaper.
People have told Many yarns of
humorous incidents. One ,elderly farmer
and his housekeeper for;years ;decided to
get married. When grandfather was
writing out the licence he said "Oh ,yes ‘,
and what relations do yotrand your future
brideliave?" To which he replied in.a loud
Scatfitli-Aeeenti-1.0biee'41:14-WAfinVer_
thattocir", Aar eSaggeratiedlonniPar=m
the 'village was bur too.
.We ifiiial y advertised -for *inter' and
George Mooney came from Whagham.
Eventually he _cbought 'the .paper and
enlarged ft ..to the ItiP1eYEXPress•Tbeir
daughter Mrs. Adeline Martyr and their
son Cecil completed the, Mooney .farnily
and were well known. My. father Jack was
working in the' G.T.R. station in Waterloo
when he got worzt-that ids father was tly-
ADVANCENOTICE
The fall riunage sale for the 'Auriliary to
Wingham District Hospital will be held
Thursday October 12, andPriday,
r 13. -Watch for more detidlse-39
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AUXIIJARYMEETD1G
The Auxiliary to WingbaM District
,Hospital ishadingameetingliffaiday,,Oc-
tober 2, at 2.pan. theborutiroom. 'There
will be a thowerfor the giftease.-49
LUCKNOWAFIERNOONWOMEWS
MISSIONARYSOCIETV
Thank Offeringineeting be held at the
Presbyterian' Much' on WednendaY, De-
tOber4 at 2p.M. 'The guest speaker *MI*
Mr. GeorgeBillion ofGoderith.-49s '
THANKSGIVING
TURKEYDININElt
Super ScoOp. tiletriOthigs, OCtiber4,
10119.1130 1130 comm., 'Sign
up at Saper Scoop J52140M-49, 40ar
REMINDER
Lastday for hockey regiStratiOn is Sat,,
Sept. 30, 94 pm. at the LUCknow
arenao--39ar
LIMKNOWSKAIVIOVLIfli
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ing. He took over the book store when he
was seventeen. His -only sister Florence
was teaching school and later married
Rev. •Edgar Roukton.
My mother, Ethel Tyreman, -came to
ItiPley as an accountant for her untie,
Ross:Solomon Who ran a hardware store.
They were married in 1902. Ferne, Beth,
Jack Jr., and .1 (Harry) avec!above the
store.
Besides running the store, my father
travelled as a salesman for Staunton
Wallpaper Ltd. He and the postmaster
"Mingle" McGinnis sold Victory Bonds
during the First World War. He was ap-
pointed to be the agent for the Doctor Ber-
nardo Homes of London to place the
homeless and orphaned young men as
farmhands to Canada. He wouldlookafter
this area to see that they were treated
fairly. Some of the Older farmers will
remember them. Some 'eventually had
their .own farms.
•Ripley was a busy village in those days,
especially so, on Wednesday and Saturday
nights. I remernber the crowd :.of -men
around the (old) Royal Bank corner - the
present corner Areas shop.
However after the First War, the model
T Fords' became very popular, so the shop-
ping area .expanded too. th 1923 my father
bought a store J.'. •-•:, book store, atodr
and •house We all hated to
leavellipley,likeleaving a' big fainlly en-
vironment. Headd. the Ripley store to O.J.
Henry.
Aftertinistingligh stitool,'1 worked in
a Toronto brokerage office until the stock
crash in October .1929. During the depres-
sion that followed, I worked in the 'book
store, part time, and any job I could find,
.inc.luding boarding thosiery in the 'Circle
Bar Co. (the Bill Mitchell ;Knitting Mill).
People could not afford to buy our
(reading) books so we started a lending
library, lending them out at ten cents a
book for a week.
Wilma •Robinson and I were married in
1935 bylaw wale Rev—. Edgar Houlston in
WcigetoWn- My aunt Florenw. Tots. "best-
mali" and my 1*(1111.
/# "was
FINIatainale:\We have111'san Boband
daughter Mate Inittlato ;grandehlidren.
When my father started &wallpaper and
-paint store in Owen -Sound in 1937 I chang-
ed the book store into a variety _Store but
still -kept the 'books and stationery 'lines.
After'40 years in the business in 1975 I sold
the Storepremises to the Royal Bank and
retired. I still -Miss the customers and
meeting the public:
The old 'book store sign (in Ripley) is a
symbol to me, of how important a book
store was to the ',pioneer environment.
Local libraries were very restricted for
facilities and choice of books until the
IITEHWCM
invinon Ross
• fromvage IA
ma Milton', Mildred .Purikai, Anna Keet,
Helen Currie. Mitts Ball from Walkerton
OMAF office was the special speaker.
Mr.and Mrs. Fred Perry and family of
Bright, Mr. and. Mrs. Larry Armstrong
and family of $t. 'Thomas, Mr. an Mrs.
- Bay -Brock el .I4ndesboro and Mr. and
Mrs. Don Hopi of Hitithener were
weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
George Annstrong.
large crowd attended Ohalmers
Presbyterian OurehiliundaY September
lv:wheirtteva Jack WhYtock from North
rolina ,sras guest speaker. Mrs.
'Moto* was guest soloist. , Luncheon
hawed, the irhith Bev.
and Mrs. Nellson were pre.ented with
belated
from the VililteAlutre
quilmers,
TheTJnitedl
evening for
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county Library Distribution after the lard
war. Also, the local school boards began
then to purchase the text books and sup-
plies, on a pupil rotating use system.
I recall heating the store with.thousands
of dollars, at the original coat, of outdated
useless textboolci that -could not be recycl-
ed like newspapers. However growing up
with a took store and in the big family of
Ripley will always be my true memory of
home.
Yours truly
'Harry Chapman
BM Griffith passes iway
Sympathy goes to :Mrs. Griffith on the
recent death•of herhusband Bill in London
hospital. She is Margaret Murray,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Murray of
the 8th concession -west of Ripley at .one
time - then livingin Kineardine and back
Ripley. Also the same sentiment to
other *family members.
...Recent visitors with Dorothy, Les and
Henry Wardell at their home, con. 4 west
ivere Mrs. LoisiCelly of Tiverton and Mrs.
Fiorence'Wareharn Of EdMonton. She also
visited friends and relatives in Tiverton,
Kincardine, Kitchener and Alliston.
Pair Day is here
This SaturdarSept. 30 is Fall Fair Day
in 'Ripley. Come and enjoy it. Bring the
family and your friends. Ladies - Ion't
forget .yrow pies are needed -again th ear
at the tooth. Thisi&the word we,have just
received from the Ladies President of the
Ripley _Agricultural Society Mrs. Diane
Brooks.
Saw two
Last Saturday afternoon just before sup-
per time, 5:00 to 0:00 pm, did you happen
dta-Ve-Jrainagvis- no4wo
Viet blows.
Despite this phenomenon what 'a sway
day for the:fairs cold, wetetc. - hope the
weather man bas a nice warm one for this •
week..
Paul Henderson here
On Sunday evening October 8th Paul
Henderson former Canadian hoekey star
will speak at 7:30 pm in Knox
Presbyteriah churl% in Ripley. Ile appears
for the Organization of Athletes for
We understand that getting Paul here was
about as are as that goal he got that beat
the Russians back in Moscow in the 1970's.
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Them will be one more registration date
for Ripley Minor Hockey held Thursday
Sept. 28 irk 7:00-9:00 pm at the arena.
li you missed the last registrations,
please attend this final registration date.
My players registering after this date, will
be charged an extra 00 late fee.
A representative from 'the ladies aux
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Mary will be present to answer any ores -
tions regarding used- equipment left over
from the sale.
Ripley Minor Hockey is in need of
volunteers bar the upcomhig season. If you
are interested in helping out in any way,
please corded Dan Wilken at 3954004.
There will be a coaches clirdc held in Kin-
cardine on Sat. Sept. 30, and Sun. Oct. 1
for aiwone wishing to coach. Contact Dan
for more information.
Knox W.M.S. in Ripley held its
September meeting at Huron Villa with
Pres. Sadie MacLeod opening the meeting
with a poem, "The Bridge Builder".
Sadie reported on her bus trip to
"Crieff".
Mrs. Nugent showed a film on Nigeria
and took her. scripture from Mk and
Matthew.
Nigeria has a population of approxmate-
ly 9,000,000.
They have many languages. 47 percent
are Moslem, 40 percent Christiansand the,
balance mixed.
Life expectancy for women is 51 and
Th
anada
men 48.
An average yearly wage is $827.
are at least two missionaries from C
in Nigeria, Donald MacKay from the
berta
Maritimes and Richard Fee from Al.
1ajority of farmers still fish and work
small farms.
The small towns are poorly main
the
n' ,
ed
as no one claims them.
They are very hospitable people an
care of the elderly and very yoimg is
shared by people far and near. They share
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in weekly "Bible Study." By the year 2000
it is predicted that the population of
.15'090
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SERVICE
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sometimes. Worries about -small things
and big things, things at work, thhigs at.
home. If cancer is one of your worries,
help and information is as close as your
phone. Just call 'the Cancer Information
Service at their toll-free number,
1-800-283-0750. R won't cost a cent to
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lot more.
Governments sign seas al housing
agricultural employment agreement
A joint agreement -on seasonal horning
and agricultural enPlownept issues was
announced 'today by Ontario *Miter of
Age/care and Food 'David Barn* and
Federal .Employment and immigration
Minister Barbara McDougall. The two-
part agreement will result in an addi-
tional 491000 fOr federal -provincial
agricultural initiatives. _
"I am pleased In announce the exten-
sion of, the seasonal lousing program un-
til March 31, 49110. The4000;000 program
will benefit fa et: in this area 40 -re-
ly on seasonal :ft° harvest crops,"
Ramsay 'said.
The Ontario Seasonal Mousing
Assistance Program is one ,-of two con-
tribution, agreements. It helps producers
Provide approved booing or seasonal
fann workers ,employed, luthe production
and harvesilpg -vegetables and
(01)acco.
10649, 415 grants .1 aPPovi^
*en for more
average
Or 0 total Of
.over 42.3 inlilton in grants. Moat ,of the
Ouringthoae,14`hree
k are Jocated 18 soutowestern
-contribution otgreetnent
the 000(14001 -
shared _basis between the federal and pro-
vincial government, for a total contribu-
tion of '$1114000.
"This leileratprovincial committee, .
through consultations with the private
sector and local farm organizations, will
tackle the important problem of farm
labor shortages," said McDougall.
"Consultations between these groups
represent the most effective means of ad-
dressing issues 01 human resource plan-
ning, employment conditions and other
uglicult' She
lows relatedto ,tht of
tuial workers,
The committee, which meets several
times yearly, facilitates consultation bet-
weenlgovernme0 410Parttnent$, , Mug**
and farm organizations on agrjeigtml
employmenr 'woo. It is co-chaired :by
sellar 40011S ',from EnymeS and
Immigration 'Canada and theMinistry of
lagrleulture and rood.
"The memorandum signals our Into -
tion to cantinue eo-operatIve, jot*
on the agricultural tabor front
• and its various
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/in cdoeStlen•
'Rnvay 014.
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