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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-10-29, Page 14ti Page 1'i -Lu know Sentinel, Wednesday, October 29,1986 Many rabies clinics held in the area BY AB WYLDS n three afternoons, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tunes, Oct. 21, Wed. Oct. 22, and Thurs. Oct. 23, rabies clinics were held at different cen- ° tres throughout Bruce County ranging from the Luckni•w Municipal Office in the South to the Tobermory Community Centre in the north tip of the peninsula. There were eight on each afternoon. So the total number of clinics was 24 for Bruce. They were on Tuesday afternoon in Tober- mory, Hepworth, Southampton, Tara, Paisley, Ripley, Tiverton and Teeswater. On Wednesday afternoon the clinics were at Lion's Head,_Sauble Beach, Chippawa Hill, Chesley, Underwood (1:00 A 3;30 p,m.) Ar - mow, Walkerton, and Lucknow. And on the final afternoon Thursday Oct. 23 they were at Wiarton, Mar, Port Elgin, Cargill, Elmwood. Kincardine, Mildmay and Holyrood. The fee was $5, per animal to a maximum o $26 for five or more animals. just east of the ipley village, the kipley Hurl Veterinary Clinic 395-290 handled three of the above 24 rabies control clinics - Ripley, Armow, and Holyrood. It is well staffed with its three doctors - Don Hodgins, Ken. Bridge and Dave ' Taylor, secretary Carol Husk of the North Line (Kincardine Twp) assistant secretary Maggie King of Silver Lake (Kinloss Twp) and Mrs. Pat (Don) Hodgins. At the Huron township hall in Ripley Dr. Don Hodgins administered the shots last Tuesday afternoon Oct, 21- a nice sunny day. Assisting him were his wife Pat, secretary Maggie King and Margie Van der Vaart of the Lurgan area. Talking to Pat she reported about 350 animals were handled at the Township Hall with not a bite. Three .amazing people djseussed. The Lucknow Presbyterian WMS held their Fall Thankoffering at the church on , Wednesday evening, and their guests were the members of the Evening Auxiliary., Mrs. .Henry MacKenzie presided, welcoming everyone, and beginning the meeting with a Thanksgiving thought. The program had been prepared. by Mrs. Cyril Brown who was unable to attend. Mrs. Bruce Raynard was the pianist ; for the suitable Harvest hymns, The Bible Study based on Harvest and Autumn was given. by Mrs. Jim Aitchison. Mrs. Austin Loree had two appropriate readings. Mrs. Bruce Raynard played a lovely piano instumental. Mrs. Henry Mackenzie introduced the Halloween party planned PURPLE "Where will "you be on Friday. evening when ghosts and goblins come creeping? Please remember organizers are looking for a full house at the. Purple Grove community centre on Halloween. Get into your costume, paint your face, bring your goodies, smiles and laughs and come and • have •a good time. They have games and contests ans scary treats all planned Hope' ."to see you there. During this past week Anne and Don Mc- Cosh spent a few days visiting Don's sister. Olive and her husband Hector Knight in Pic - ton and icton°and also a few days with cousin Audrey •Shandlen of Port Credit. Visitors with Gladys Arnold _ on Sunday were Joyce and Jim McEwan, Anne and 'Don McCosh and Teresa Farrell who was with Anne and Don alt weekend. Dick McCosh spent an 'interesting weekend at the Trade Fair in Toronto. Tuesday, Marj Thompson and Florence Kirkpatrick visited in Flesherton with Ethel (Thompson)1'IcGee.. Visiting in Lucknow on Thursday with 1i1r. and Mrs. Al Irwin, Mr, and Mrs. Bill Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. George Humpfry was Marj Thompson. Guests of Marilyn and Don Reid on Sun- day were Elaine and Bob Irwin of Lucknow. Deanna and Morley Scott visited in Tiver- ton Saturday with Deanna's sister Betty and her husband Art Helm. Several members of the community either. helped or attended as guests the Bazaar and Luncheon held Saturday at St, Andrew's in Ripley. Twenty-one Lions members enjoyed a hot turkey dinner on Wednesday at Purple Grove where they were holding a regular meeting. Donald and Sandra Forester and family attended a birthday party for Margaret ° Keith on Friday evening. Happy Birthday Margaret, Sandra won't tell how old she is. Dinner .guests Sunday with Annetta and Bill Robinson were Sandra, Donald, Donna Jean and Douglas Forester. guest speaker, Mrs, Frances Nugent of Ripley. Mrs. Nugent spoke of three persons who had heard 'God's call and responded: Dr. Ida Scudder who began the Vellore Hospital in India to train women nurses and doctors; Dr. Paul Brand who devised a method of rebuilding hands destroyed by leprosy; Dr. Mary Verghese who realized these patients needed rehabilitation to train them for useful lives, since they could no longer beg. Do we know our neighbors needs? What can we give? Mrs. Loree • thanked the speaker and presented her with a gift. Mrs. John Cowston gave they Offertory Prayer. Mrs. Noble Johnston closed the meeting with prayer. •N • 9,1%4 On Wei nesday afternoon Oct. 2610 Dr. Ken Bridge was treating the dogs and cats brought to the Armow Clinic in Kincardine Towns(:con 7) -166 in total were treated, Assisting Ken were his wife Brenda, Maggie and. Margie. Then • on the last of the three day Bruce County Rabies Control ,program, last Thursday afternoon Oct. 23. It was Dr. Dave Taylor in charge at the Holyrood Hall at. Holyrood. Assisting Dave were Mrs. Pat Hodgins and Maggie King. They handled 300 animals bringing the overall total for the Ripley Huron Vet Clinic to 816. At the same time as the clinics were operating there were two of the three doc- tors on regular practice and secretary Carol Husk .was at her regular job at the Ripley Huron Vet Clinic. Our thanks goes to the staff at the Ripley Huron Vet Clinic for this above information. And we feel sure that the public is also thankful for this drive to lessen the presence of this dreaded disease for which there is no cure. Happy Hearts euchre The Happy Hearts Euchre Club met at the Ripley Legion Hall last Monday afternoon. Nine tables were filled and high winners were: Annie Scott and Minerva Stewart, Lucky card holders were Isabel Forster and Margaret Pollock. The next party will be November 3rd at the Legion Hall at 2 p,m. Thanks for this report goes to John W. and Mary Scott. Begonias were discussed The Ripley and District Horticultural Society met on Tuesday, Oct. 21 in the Ripley Legion Hall. It was a bright sunny day, so many memberswere in attendance. The President Edna Stanley called the meeting open. Business was discussed and themeeting , was handed over to Mrs. Marion Gamble. She read two interesting poems called "Summer and Nature" and "As We Sow".. Marion grows the most beautiful begonias. and she chose t s as her topic. She discuss-. ed . the light, soil type, fertilizers, and , diseases of the plant. If we all do as Marion says we should all have prize winners next year. Reta Irwin also gave a talk ,with tips on growing roses. She referred to a floribunda rose that she has had for 20 years. It still has several flowerings each year. , Reta also got the members laughing with three contests. The highlight of the meeting was the .produce auction. Everyone bid on the excess produce ` from. the member's' gardens. Pumpkins, squash, onions, apples, leeks, beets, cabbage, all became auction items with everything being bid and sold., Edna Stanley and Carol Blackwell were the auctioneers. Marg Burkart discussed the•plans for the bus trip to Hamilton to see the Chrysan- themums on November 13. Visited with Ab Wylds Last Thursday evening Elmer and Gladys Wylds of Broadway, Kincardine, visited with Ab Wylds in Ripley. Star feature writer Marilyn Dunlop, a feature writer with the Toronto Daily Star had two articles on page 21, section A, of the last Sunday Star. She writes often on Medical or other science ar- ticles all worth reading. One is on winter ,problems with the. skin - (dermatology). And the second one is on a new cardiac im- plant. Granddaughter of the . late Tom Mo an here, she has two cousins in the Ripley Kincardine area Francis Gemmell and Marion McTavish. k Buyingor Selling, �eCIassifi � Looking for effective advertising with quick results? The Classifieds. can! Whether you want to sell Aunt Edna's•old sewing basket or a used car, you can't do better than .ad- ,vertising it in the Classifieds. Looking for a job or a car or a new home? How about a home improve- ment handyman? From novelties to necessities; the Classified sec- tion is the shopping lace of mil- lions with the best buys in town. 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