HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-02-21, Page 22Page 22-4,,uek.,w SsetIMI, Wednesday, February 21, 1979
Ripley poet writes about cabin fever
BY AB WYLDS
Well the weather for
the last part of this past
week took a change.
Starting Thursday it went
from cold to colderto the
coldest as nights'
followed. It did not quite
reach the low mark in
Toronto of 40 degrees
below in February 1934
but the mass of cold air
which moved down from
northern Canada is still
resting stationary over
Western Ontario and it
could well give it another
try. At that time the
Globe newspaper had a
headline - Fifty five
below at Walkerton. This
winter weather seems to
be great for the common
cold virus.
It is also the time for
cabin ' fever - a yearly
occurrence. A con-
tributor phoned a short
poem on this as follows:
There was an old man in
Ripley
Who got caught in the
snow up to his sniffley
When asked are you
freezing?
He replied between
wheezing,
I don't like the winters in
Ripley.
On Friday, February 2,
1979 a memorial service
was held at eleven in the
morning in Weston
Collegiate. It was -in
memory of the - fours
students of the Collegiate
killed in that bus crash
north. of Barrie. One of
the four. students—killed
was Scott Cameron, son.
of Murray and Oral
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Cameron. Among those
taking part in this school
service was Rev. Bob
Putman of Reids . Cor-
ners, minister of Pine
River and Bethel United
Churches. On Sunday,
Feb. 11 another special
service was held at the
Central United Church in
Weston. Attending from
here were Jean and
Carrick Coiling, Marina
and Gordon Cameron.
Our thanks for this in-
formation goes to Mrs.
Helen McCreath.
Mr. and. Mrs. Jack
Johnson of Ripley and
Mr. Gord Harris of
Kincardine motored to
Windsor last Wednesday
where they stayed
overnight. On Thursday.
they boarded a plane at
the airport in Detroit and
flew. to the south for a
vacation.
In the window of the
John Kosmerly Pro
Hardware appliance
store and just north of
.Walt's Variety store is a
colorful afghan on
'display. Everyone
passing has 'been ad-
miring it. It was.;made by
Mrs. Reuben Burnett of
Pine River and it pure
must have takers rsome
time for Ursulato make
it ,Tickets on it as a raffle
prize are on sale in some
stores and the proceeds
arelor TOPS.
Mrs. Judy van Kooten
runs the yarn, sewing and
novelty : shop in the old
Royal Bank building on
the main corner. Mrs.
van Kooten has made a
quilt„ and it is being of-
fered as'a prize in a raffle
to help the local skating
club:
• Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Gemmell of Ripley at-
tended the funeral of her
sister Mrs. Frank
Inksater; the former
Katherine McLay in
Paris' last week.
Agricultural society
On Monday afternoon
February 12, 1979.,,,4 the
Ripley Agricultural
Society held their regular
monthly meeting' in the
council chamber.room on
the lower floor of the
Riplyt Medical Centre.
The .ew president Dan A.
MacDonald wasin
charge of the meeting:
The . minutes of the
previous one in
December were read by
secretary Ab Wylds and
treasurer Mrs. Gloria
Rutledge read the
auditor's report for the
year 1978. The list of
associate directors as
drawn up by past
_president Jack Farrell,
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$ 4 employment and , Emploi et
Immigration Canada • immigration Canada
Bud mike, minister Bud Cullen, Miniatre
Bob Rutledge and John
Gamble, vice -presidents -
was approved. Morley
Scott distributed the
March 17 spring dance
tickets for sale among the
directors. Also the
leaders of the 4-11
Agricultural Clubs .were
named. There was fur-
ther discussion on the
Knox shed, President
Dan A. MacDonald an-
nounced that Don
MacTavish will: be the
hew secretary. Early this
Wednesday morning
(today Feb. 21) the
delegates to the con-
vention gathered at the
Ripley post office and
boarded the bus for
Toronto and they will
return by bus tomorrow,
Thursday evening. The
next meeting will be on
Monday evening March
12 at eight in the school.
Attending the above
February meeting , were
Jack and Janet Farrell,
Bob and Gloria Rutledge,
Dan A. and Sheila
MacDonald, Morley
Scott, Mrs. Wilma Sutton,
Kermit Goodhue, Ray
Fuller, Mrs. Grace Peet,
Ted Rouse, Bob Osborne,
Wes Smith and Ab Wylds
for a. total of 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Greenwood, Jean Paul
and Joel •were Sunday
visitors with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Greenwood in Hanover.
The Happy Hearts held
a successful prpgressive.
euchre party last
Thursday afternoon with
- nine tables, .
The Knox Presbyterian
ladies served dinner to
the Ripley and District
.Lions Club last Wed-
nesday evening.
Private Kathy Forster
.of Astra Base Trenton
was home for a few days.
On Thursday afternoon
she entertained. Mrs.
Fran MacAuley and
Katherine, Mrs. Judy
Hawrylyshyn, Mrs.
Gladys Mason and Mr..
and Mrs Don McCosh:
On Saturday visitors
with Mrs. :Marjorie Reid
in Ripley were 'Mr. and
r Mrs. Goldie Harris of
Kincardine, Mr. and Mrs.
Rbbert Harris, Don and
Heather of Clarks, Mr.
and .Mrs. Ed Howe of
Paisley, Miss ' Audrey
Howe of Owen Sound, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Campbell
of . Amberley, Mr. and
Mrs. .Mervyn Hooey and
Mrs.. Dorn McCosh of
Ripley
Mr, and Mrs. Reg
Godfrey, Mrs, `' Marjorie
Reid and Mrs. Annie
Scott attended. the euchre
party at the' Community
Centre, Lurgan
Wednesday evening.
A number of friends'
called on Miss Ethel
Gawley on Friday to
celebrate her birthday.
The Inter-
denominational 'Bible
Study was .held .Thursday
at Huronvilla.
Late on Monday af-
ternoon of last week. Niels
and Nora Frederiksen
motored hbine to Ripley
from Toronto. They had
been there • since mid-
January. Nora was un-
dergoing hospital
treatment there.'
Miss Gertrude Kidney
of Ripley is a. patient in
hospital•in Owen Sound.
In Ripley post office
Mrs. •,Marion McTavish
and Mrs. Lois Irwin went
about their mail sorting
in their winter jackets for
the first part of last
Saturday morning with
postinaster Doo MCLay
away. The oil heating
system went ' out
presumably due to the
cold weather in the night.
Katharine Inksater, the
former Katharine Ann
MacLay passed away at
the Willett, Hospital,
Paris on February 8, 1979
after a lengthy illness.
She was the beloved wife
of Frank N. Inksater,
Paris; dear ” sister of
Margaret (Mrs. Francis
Gemmell, Ripley, Ont;
loved aunt of Ann (Mrs.
Ken Smith) Kitchener
and Frank Gemmell• of
Brampton; dear step-
mother of Jean, Toronto,
• Frank G., Paris and John
D., London. Katharine
Inksater , was . born in
Huron Township,
daughter of the. late Mr.
and Mrs. Angus Maclay.
She was educated in
Ripley = and attended
Stratford Teachers'
College. She retired from
the teaching profession in
1964. after. forty years of
faithful service. Many of
her teaching years were
spent in the Paris,
Brantford and Scotland,
Ont. schools, Funeral
service was: held from the
Wm. Kipp funeral home,
Paris, Ont. on February
10, . 1979. Interment in
Paris cemetery.
Pallbear•ers were
nephews, Frank Gem-
mell,
emme.ll, and Dr. K. L. Smith,
stepsons, Frank W. and
John Inksater, and step -
grandson, .Gregg
Inksater and family
friend Charles Wheeler,
Paris.
She was predeceased
by three brothers Allan, . ,
Martin and Frank anda
baby sister Margarette.
Last Friday morning
the folks ;of the .Ripley
area were saddened to
learn that Mrs. Isobel
Love had died in Kin-
cardine and, District
Hospital during the early
hours of the :Morning,
February 16, 1979. The.
members of the Ripley
Legion Auxiliary.,held a
service at the funeral
home on Friday evening:.
For .several ye'ars Isobel
had served as secretary
of the auxiliary and also
as its Asports Officer. A
private ; fancily-' funeral
service was conducted by
Rev. Jint Bushell of .St.
Andrew's United Church
at the MacKenzie -
McCreath Funeral 'Home
in Ripley last S,aturday
afternoon follow -ed by
cremation in London.
• Born `in. Kincardine, the
former Isobel Fisher, she
Was in her 57th year.
Surviving are her
husband Bob of Ripley,
two- daughters, Mrs.
Sandra Graham of
Goderich and Mrs. Judy
Graham. of , Scotland,
Ontario and . eight
grandchildren, one sister
Edith Gill \pf Port Elgin
and two 'brothers ,Earl
and Cecil both of 'Cam-
bridge. To these goes the
sympathy of this com-
munity in their
bereavement, Coming. to .
Ripley in the early 1950's
Bob and . Isobel were
widely and favourably
known as they operated
the restaurant in Rip'•leY,
took an active role an
bowling, curling and in
the Ripley Huron Legion.
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