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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-09-27, Page 21148. CorrthIg .Events latebow Sentinl; Viedmestb September 27,11004itge 21 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 1 ' s 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 • VON •:for.303t the 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 0 • ......a.......0.0.0.0.1 1PLEY 1111 BY AS IVVLDS 1110101111111111111111111.111111.111111111111011111111111 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. • 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 - 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 • in weekly "Bible Study." By the year 2000 it is predicted that the population of .15'090 'CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE You know, we ali have worries 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 call. Not calling might cost you a whole 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 (10 to,Plirtse /in cdoeStlen• 'Rnvay 014. valid •