The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-08, Page 4Rage 4—Isti!know Sentinel, Wednesday, August 8, 1979
Rain
storm
damages
grain
• High winds during a ramu
storm last Wednesday
night flattened this field of ,
grab' on the farm of Ruse
Khdoss Township.,
tio .it looks as though the
grain were cut. Some Wm -
ors reported their corn was
uprooted by the storm.
Although the farmer s were
hoping for rain to end a
long dry Aped, they were •
concerned it would cause
damage to standing groin.
It's the paradox of• an.
Industry whkh depends on
the weather.
[Sendriel Staff Photo]
is .week in 'Ripley
eturns to Soneterse
11Y AB WYLDS
On Tuesday morning of
•last week Elmer Averof
• Toronto was on his, way
from 'Tiverton to
Wingharn when he called
in at the house here in
• Ripley.
•He attended the
Business College in
• Wingham and was
returning to the town
Centennial to renew
acquaintances with
former classmates and
- friends in Wingham.
Either told us that he
had just returned from a
two week vacation trip in
Manitoba. He,. ac-
companied Ken and -
• Velma Hendry of
• Tiverton by car as far as
Winnipeg. From there he
• rented a car to'tour the
southwest part '1' of
•Manitoba. lie was back to
• Somerset, his birthplace
69 years, ago and while
there had an enjoyable
• time. He was able to sleep
in the house where he was
born and also in the very
•room where he lived for
nine years.
• During the renovation
of this house three years
ago the present owners
found two copies of the
Farmers Advocate paper
dated July 1903 and 1904
behindthe front. door
frame. They were
labelled.Sarnuel L. Avery
.- Elmer's late father. He
also visited the school
where he started to
school • in 1916 and found
the location of the seat
v here he first sat.
Also he met a school
chum who sat with him
for two and a half years in
the same double seat. He
was also at the United
Church which was built in
1907. to replace the • first,
church built of logs in
1882.
After his father and
family returned to
• Ontario they lived for
-many years on the. farm
on concession 4 west in
Harm .township where
• Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Blackwell now live and
Elmer is well known in
thisl area where he lived
for borne 20 years. •
Whileback horhe to
Somerset he visited the
• other neighbouring towns
such as Treherne, Pilot
Mount, Manitou and -
Larribee before 'retur-
fling to Winnipeg. Then he
" flew ' from Winnipeg to
-Toronto Airport.
As a •souvenir •of his
visit he brought. back a
copy of the book . "The
Quest of the Caribou7..
Mrs. Ruby \ Fraser
passed away early last
week in Huronview,
Clinton in her 86th year.
The former Ruby Moore,
native of Huron township,
she was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs.
Mathew Moore who lived ,
on the farm where • Mr.
and Mrs,. Ralph Hunter
and Kathleen now live on
the sixth concession west.
The funeral service
was held at the
MacKenzie McCreath
Funeral Home in Ripley "
on Thursday afternoon
with interment in Kin-
cardine cemetery. '
Lorne Cronin of Blyth
pasSed away last Wed-
nesday at the age of 52
years. The funeral ser-
vice and interment was
held in Blyth on Monday
of this week. Among
those surviving are his
wife Josephine, two
daughters and two sons -
Cathy, Mary, Tom and
Pat.
His wife Josephine is
the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ambrose Gamble of
Ripley and, she Spent her
early years on the ramify
farm on. the 6th con-
adssion where' tier
brother John and family
• now live -the former Alex
MacLennan farm.
• Sincere sympathy is
extended to her at this
time • of bereavement.
Josie attended the Ripley
District High School
where she was an ex-
cellent student - popular •
withboth the teachers;
and her fellow students.
The long dry spell,
ended during 'the early,
hours .last Thursday'
morning • with the loni
• awaited downpour of rain'
accompanied by light-'
ning • thunder.'
Somewhere between .an
• inch and a half and two
inches of water fell in a
short time to save the
crops, 'pastures, and
gardens in -this area.
• Unfortunately Bob
Forster of Point Clark,
• lost the end of , his right
• index finger. in a lawn.
rnower - accident last
week. He 'was treated in
• Kincardinellospitah
• Sam' and • Mary.
Lazervich of Brantford
visited here with her
sister and husband Don
and Dorinda Bowers at
Point Clark as well As
with her brothers and
sisters in the area. They
also visited with their
friends Ken. and Gayle
MacLeod:
Visiting with John and
Karen Wyld on Tues.,
Wed. and Thurs. were her
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Collyer of
• Weston, as well as
Karen's father Ken Gale,
also of Weston. Mr. and
Mrs. Collyer found our
village to be very Well-
Preadult's for Top Grades
• Receiving Hours:
Monday. Saturday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday by appointment