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Neighbours hold farewell.....
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will be at the meeting of
the Happy Hearts Senior
Citizens which is.
scheduled to open at
twelve noon this Friday
in St. Andrews United
Church in Ripley with a
pot luck dinner.
Mrs. Jenke in her letter
to Mrs. Elliott states that
although the, cause of the
disease is still unknown
considerable progress
has been made in its
treatment. The annual
canvass for funds will be
made in this area
following this meeting.
The slogan is "Give more
than a thought to ar-
thritis."
Last Friday while
working at the Bruce
Nuclear Plant Roger
Cuillerieril 35, was
severely burned. Ile
suffered second degree
burns to his upper right
side including his face,
arm, and right hand.
Roger was taken to
Kincardine and District
Hospital then tran-
sferred to the University
Hospital in London where
he .is being treated. A
second man from.
Walkerton who was
working with him was
treated at Kincardine
Hospital and released.
Roger lives on the 8th
Concession, the second
farm east of the Huron
Kinloss boundary and
just past the. Ellwood
Elliott - Cecil Congram
corner three blocks east
of Ripley and halfway to
Holyrood. It was once.
known as Harris Corners.
The injured: men were
pipe welders working for
the Lummus Company.
And it is believed that a
spark from .the ''weldin.g
torch ignited the fire.
Roger is known in the
Ripley Holyrood area and
friends here wish him full
recovery from his painful
burns and a return home
to his folks and. farm.
This Monday's noon radio
news reported that
Roger is now in
satisfactory condition.
Wilson and Martha
Ford left last Saturday in
their car to motor home
to Coburg after visiting
lastweek with her sister
Christena Robertson in
Ripley.
Miss Betty Anne
Godfrey .is recuperating
after surgery. with Mr.
and Mrs. Reg Godfrey.
Mr: and Mrs. Roy
Webster of London, Mr.
and Mrs. George. Cold -
well and Mr. Currie
Coldwell of Lucknow, Mr.
and Mrs. Don McCosh
were Sunday visitors of
Mrs. Gladys Mason of
Ripley.
A number from this
community attended the
wedding and reception of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Farrell
at Dungannon and
Lucknow on Sat. Sept. 8.
Congratulations to Fran
and Jim.
Mr. Clarence Bryans of
Kincardine conducted the
Service in St. Andrews
United Church on Sun-
day. The sermon was by
Mr: Ron Wells of Paisley
speakingon the behalf of
the Gideons.
. Smack in the middle of
the noon hour last Sun-
day, , Sept. 9 the fire
whistle sounded in
Riplyy. Firemenan-
swering the call were
chief Ivan Cook, Doug
Liddle, George McLean,
John Dodds, Allan Irwin,
Harvey' Pollock, .Donnie
Peterbaugh, Joe Hodgins,
Ray Fuller, Rod
MacDonald, Bob John-
ston, and John D.
MacKay.
In a few minutes they
had the new fire engine
and tanker truck roun-
ding the bank corner and
on their way down the
eighth concession. It was
a chimney fire at the new
homeof Andy and Barb
Burgess and family in the
second block west of
Ripley.
A south wind was
blowing up the hill and no
doubt contributed to the
fire. The firemen soon.
had it out and were back
to the firehall in about an
hour. Our thanks to. Doug
Liddle for this in-
formation and also our
apology.. to him for the.
way his name was spelled
in last' week's column.
The family and
descendants of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Hooey who lived and
farmed on lot 21 on the 4th
concession west in Huron
township, one block west
of the 15th, gathered at
the Parish Hall in the
village of Lurgan at the
foot of the Fourth last
Sun. afternoon, Sept: 9.
Forty in all sat down to a
smorgasbord dinner.
They were present from
Toronto,' Orillia, Kin-
cardine, Ripley, and
Lucknow to enjoy a social,
time. In the nearby park,
with its tennis court,
swings, teeter-totters and
ball diamonds all.
provided by the Ripley
and District Lions Club
there -were attractions for
those of all ages. Plans
were made for a similar
gathering next, Sep-
tember. Mrs. Lenore
(Mervyn) Hooey
provided this report.
Last. Friday Nick and
Grace Peet of Ripley and
his brother and wife Mr.
and Mrs: Samuel Peet of
Gorkum in.. Hol -land
returned home to Ripley
from a three week motor
vacation trip to Western
Canada and United
States.
They motored as far as
Big Sandy in Montana.
On the - trip out. • they
passed through
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and then into Montana.
On ` the way home they
Coughins attend
Cossitt reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Len
Coughlin and family
attended the Cossitt
Family reunion . held on
Saturday; Sept. 2 at
Campbellville near
Burlington. The supper.
was served' in the United
Church basement at six
o'clock after . which the
evening was spent
playing games and en-
joying a social . time.
Thirty-five members of
the family were present
for the reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Springer and family
visited in. Burlington on
the holiday weekend.
Margaret Moffat of
Toronto, who had been
staying in Teeswater
during the illness and
death of her brother
Graham Moffat, returned.
to Toronto on Saturday,
Sept. 1.
Russell Young : and
Debbie Ferguson of
Toronto spent the holiday
weekend with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Young.
William Young who
broke his leg in a farm
accident May 14 had the
cast removed on Aug. 28
but is still using crutches
fora while to get around.
School is now underway.
for another term and we
wish all the scholars good
luck as they start their
studies this fall.
Several .fall . fairs were
held this weekend and
more are scheduled for
next week which means
that summer is nearly
over. Another sign of fall
is flocks of wild geese
which were seen flying
south.
Sympathy of the
community is extended to
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Young
and Mr. and Mrs. Don
Wall in the loss of their
uncle Maurice Hodgin
who passed away last
Tuesday. The funeral was
held from" Lucknow
funeral home on Thur-
sday.
hursday.;
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Miller and family of
Fergus spent the
weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Allan Miller and
family and all attended a'
barbecue at the farm
home of Mr. ,and Mrs.
Dave Wisner of Kitchener
on Saturday afternoon.
For all your building needs contact:.
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drove through North
Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and Michigan
and then they crossed.
into Ontario. They had an
enjoyable trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald.
Wells and family of
Paisley visited last
Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Osborne and
daughters. Mr. Wells was
the guest speaker at St.
Andrews and Mr. and
Mrs. Wells and family
also contributed to the
service with their
singing.
Miss. Joyce Osborne,
now registered in the
University of Guelph was
home for the weekend
visiting with her parents
Bob and Muriel and her
sisters at their home on
concession 4 east, Huron
township.
The rain shower last
Monday morning started
around 10:30 ended the
harvesting operations in
this area.
Ripley Minor
Hockey Registration
September 17 & 18
7 TO 9 P.M.
At Ripley Huron
Recreation Complex
SKATING EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE
Held At Same Time
Organizational Meeting
For Coaches and Managers
September 20
at 8 p.m.
Ripley Huron Recreation Complex
All Interested please attend
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