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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 participate in Canada's Em oyment Tax Credit Program. The EmploymentTax Credit Program was introduced by the Government of Canada totimulate employment in the private sector. In essence, we're en,coilragirig . you to expand your work force: by providinga tax break for yotir business. The'potential annual tax credit for each new .employee is over $3,000: And,there is no limit to the number of new .employees you can hire. • Now. by using the experience we've gained so far. we've chanced the'program to make it even more attractive. Up to 33'7 o moreaax credit; The'maximum term for the tax credit has been increased:f om nine to 12 months for each new: • employee.„,Mit means up to :33'3% more tax credit: Greater eligibilih: We have expanded the 'number and types of businesses eligible to benefit: Now almost every busi- ness that's been operating in Canada for a year or more =join join in. ' Wider choice of nein' endpi »'res Now, almost anyone who's unemployed and registered at a Canada Employment Centre for a fiiniinum of two weeks is eligible. A niinimum,of red,tape. We'-ve simplified the procedure, • so you can do the whole thing, -from beginningto end, with just two .single -page forms. For full det i1slor the program airita.ct any Canada Em.ployment . Centre/ Canada Manpower Centre. M]IDYERS:.. YOU:IGNORE..: A POSSIBLE OF $3,000 OR MO: C • 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, • $ 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. \