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Raga 2O --L cknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August {29, 1979
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Collect $4,000 to sponsor boat people
Sunday was a special
day at St. Andrews
United Church when the
announcement was made
that the faxnily of., boat
people would be applied
for inasmuch as over
$4000. had now been
collected. And during the
service Mrs. Oliver
McCharles was called
and presented a cheque
. for $500. from the
proceeds of the 1979
Ripley Craft Show. At the
same time she called on
representatives of the
Ripley Huron Lions Club,
the Ripley Huron Legion,
and the Knox
Presbyterian church to
accept cheques in ap-
preciation for their help
during the Craft Show.
Mrs. Geis received the
cheque on behalf of the
boat people. She in turn
presented it to Rev. Jim
Bushell who will deposit
it in the special accout at
the Ripley Royal Bank
where anyone may leave
a donation if they wish.
Mrs. Mbbel Barnard is
busy these days going
from place to place as she
is carrying out the job of
enumerator in Ripley.
This is the ninth year for
Mabel. Last Friday she
attended .a seminar held
in Walkerton in con-
nection with the present
enumeration in Bruce
'County.
Floyd and Lynne
Stanley son Deane and
daughter Kerry returned
home last Wednesday
from a week's vacation in
the Maritimes. They flew
from Toronto airport to
Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island. In PEI
they enjoyed staying with.
a farm family and
touring to points of in-
terest. Next they visited
friends in Moncton and
St. John in New Brun-
swick. In St. John they
Visited with a friend who
taught for two years with
Floyd in the school at the
Canadian Army base in
Soest, Germany. Floyd
Ripley Paint & Wallpaper
Are Holding A
From August 29th - September 12
AN Vinyls
at the store
1/2 price
Some
regular .paper
$2.65 sir
10% off
AN Books
Room Lots
si.s� sir
Versa Tone. Flat Latex Paints.
While It Lasts
$7.98 per gallon (off white)
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Rent our Hydro Mist Carpet Cleaner
And make the papering
easier with our wallpaper remover.
Ripley
Paint & Wallpaper
Ripley
4YSUNWO
�„ YES -YOU -CAN WAIICOHERINGS
was there for three years
while, on leave of ab-
sence, from his position
as principal at the Ripley
Huron Central School.
William Steer, resident
really Scottish in an-
cestry and not Irish or
English as we had sup-
posed. Ryhs A. Pollock of
Jacksonville, Florida,
who was born in.
This week in
by Ab Wylds
at Pinecrest Manor
Nursing Home, in
Lucknow, spent a five
day vacation, Wednesday
to Sunday evening this
past week with Mary and
Joe Fludder and family in
Ripley.
PLAYGROUND ENDS
Lastweekend saw the
ending of this year's
Summer Play School in
Gore Park • in Ripley..
There. were 52 children
age four to 10 ,years
registered this past..
summer, The leaders in
charge -\,were " Barbara
Grubb of Ripley, Dawna
Rutledge and Shannon
Courtney of the second
concession in Huron
Township. A1:1 three
leaders wish .to express
`their thanks to the Ripley
Huron Receation • Com-
mittee for their co-
operation.
Last Thursday at ten in
the morning the children
and leaders .boarded a
bus bound for •.Owen
Sound. In ,Owen- Sound
they visited the twg parks
Sunny Valley. Park and.
Story Book Park. Here
they saw the animals in
their cages and used the
playground equipment.
The park staff had the
picnic tables ready and
the group ate their lunch
outside - nice .,weather
without rain. Th here 1
back to Ripley by four in
the afternoon from this
enjoyable trip made
possible by the proceeds
of the Penny Carnival.
On Friday the children
enjoyed a Kentucky
Fried Chicken dinner in
Gore Park. Then before
disbanding the leaders
gave the children
whistles and candy. The
children had a good time
trying out their whistles
and saying their good
byes to the leaders and
among themselves as
they left Gore Park. After
this week of holidays for
the children and also the
leaders it is back to
school. Dawna and
Shannon will be back to
high school in Ripley and
Barbara, a graduate of
Western University,
London, will take a
special course at Fan-
shawe College on Oxford
Street East in London.
The leaders did an ex-
cellent job • during the
summer.
It was surprising to
read in last week's paper
that the Pollocks are
Goderich, Ontario, lived
in the Wingham area and
had a cottage at Point.
Clark before going to the
United States around the
age of 40, attended the
recent Annual Gathering
of the Clans in Nova
Scotia. ` While there he
announced the formation
of the Pollock Society
(clan) at this first ever
Gathering of the Clans
outside Scotland.
Incidentally piper Larry
Needham of the Tenth
and a next farm neigh-
bour "of Wally Pollock
attended. one of the.
Gatherings •at
Antigonish.In theletter in
• last week's paper Mr.
Pollock gives the original
hon -ie of the : .Pollocks in
Scotland as Rnfrewshire
where the Baronry of
Pollock was first
awarded by the. King in
1067. Rigv
Right .they -are
going to design a Pollock
tartan . and . he desires
those interested to get in
touch. with him. •
On Tuesday afternoon
of last week.. the Ripley
and District Horticultual
Society held their annual
August Flower Show; Tea
and Bake Sale *in the
Huron township hall in
Ripley.
Recently , shipping to
the Ontario Livestock
Yards in Toronto top
pice.d beef animals with
Ripley ey drover Leonard
Courtney were Leonard
Reid, John Gamble and
Elmer Smeltzer, all of
Huron township.
About mid-August,
Murray Weber Jr., his
wife Pat, and family
Chris and Tracy moved
into the new Weber house
on Malcolm Street. It is
nice to welcome them to
Ripley.
Also best wishes go
with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Aitken on their move to
Wilmore, Kentucky. They
are both enrolling in
Asbury College. there.
Bruce .was a popular
student at the Ripley
District High School a
few years ago.
Back home to, Ripley
this past weekend were
Martin and Hilda Phelan,
Tracy and Becky after
spending a few days at
Chapeau.
George McLean took
advantage of the warm
dry weather in the middle
of last week to put this
year's coat of tar on the
flat roof of his building.
The Prime Minister is
talking about discussing
a slow down in the con-
version to metric system.
He should have it can-
celled , altogether. After
all it was never voted that.
Canada have the metric
system just_ brought . in
by the back 'door. Itis
sueh a needless expense.
The land was surveyed in
rods and miles not
kilometres and farms are
measured in acres not
hectares.
Recent visitors with
Mrs: Violet MacKenzie,
were Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
MacKenzie, Robbie,
Susan and Heather, and
Sandy Wilson of
Unionville. Lorne and
family have been
holidaying at Lurgan
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Gemmell were en-
tertained at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. Ken Smith
of Kitchener (Ann's) on
the occasion of their 40th
wedding anniversary of
August 26.
Wray Osborne of 15th
North has. returned home
after spending three
weeks in St. Joseph
Hospital in London for hip.
surgery.
Mrs.'. Frances Gillies of
Huron Villa, celebrated
her, 90th' birthday on Sat.,
Aug. 25„ at, the home of
Donald and Alma Gillies
in Ripley. Many friends
and neighbours .. came to
wish her the best in years
ahead. David and Valerie
Gibson, Dan and . Julie
from London were home
for-the-oeeasion.
ANTIQUE SALE
On Saturday ' George.
McDonald of McDonald
Antiques held one of his
largest annual sales to
date. Early in the mor-
ning around, nine, people
started flocking to the
Huron Township Garage
at the east end of
Malcolm. Street in the
north east section of
Ripley.l During the day
there were parked cars
'packed'.in ev :-aveilabl
space on the nearby.
streets. All day during
the sale cars were:
coming and going. This
was the first sale George
held in the Township
Garage - and foreman
Dave Moore and his
township work crew -Joe
Hodgins, George
Dickieson, John
MacDonald, and Ivan
Cook had all the road
machines parked on the
east side of the building
out of ,the way and
everything inside ready
for the sale articles to be
moved in Friday af-
ternoon. Two wagons
were used inside. Helping
in the moving of the
articles over from
George's shop on Friday
afternoon were Pat
Courtney with his truck
along with D.aliny
Smeltzer of the second
concession west with his •
cousin Blair Mills of
Weston, Leonard. Irwin of
Ripley, Allister MacKay
of the 6th concession east,
George and Murray
McDonald, Miss Andrea
Farhrlinger of Ripley and
Wanda Wilson. of Kin-
cardine.
Helpers at the two
wagons .during the sale on
Saturday were _ Peter
MacDonald of Ripley,
Margie White and Wanda
Wilson of Kincardine,
Marg McGonigle of
Ripley. and Bob "
Colquhoun of . Tiverton.
Kincardine auctioneers
in charge of the sale were
Grant McDonald of
Huron and Wallace
Ballagh of Teeswater
with clerk Lloyd McNalI
of Lucknow. At the table
looking after
registrations and sales
accounts were . Mrs.
Barbara (Grant):
McDonald and Mrs.
Marlene. (Donald)
Coiling. „On talking to
George. on Monday
morning he stated that
over 300 people
registered to bid at the
sale and the auctioneers
made. 570 single sales
during the day which
started at :_ ten \in the
morning and finished at
four thirty,. in the af-
ternoon. Next year
George plans o have two
sales but eaier in the
summer, perhaps late
June and July. 1
Deaths
Retired Kincardine
busines.sman., Harry
Chapman, of Lorne
Beach, north of Kin-
cardine, called the writer
last Friday evening to
inform us concerning the
passing of his mother the
previus weekend. Mrs.
Jack Chapman passed
away in Owen Sound on
Saturday evening,
August 18 at the age of 96
years. -A family funeral
service was held in Owen
Sound on Monday af-
ternoon of last week
followed by interment in
the family plot in Ripley
Cemetery._ Sympathy is
extended to the members
of her family, namely;
Fern of Owen Sound,
Harry of Lorne Beach,
Kincardine, Beth of
Toronto, Jack a teacher
in Yorkville Vocational
School, and Vera id, Owen
Sound.
Mrs. Ian MacRae of
London was buried in
Lochalsh Cemetery on
Monday afternoon this
week. The late Mrs.
Macrae was the wife of
Judge Ian MacRae of
London and a native \ of
Lochalsh. Sympathy is
extended to the relatives.
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