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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-31, Page 14• Page 14—Lucknow SeatInell, Wednesday, October 31, 1979 BY AB WYIDS On Monday afternoon of last week Mrs. Mabel Barnard had a gathering of the neighbour ladies at her home on Christina Street. Among those treated with a piece of the anniversary wedding cake and tea were Christena Robertson, Noreen and. Jean • MacDonald, Pat Cornish, •Mary Fludder, Jean Dickinson, and Kay Good. Later Mabel visited her former neigh- bour Fran Wylds 'with a -piece of cake. All ,the folks wish Norman and Mabel well on their 45th wedding anniversary. Members of the family and close friends celebrated the occasion with a dinner at the Bruce Inn Kincardine on Saturday evening, Oct. 20 Gone from Ripley's main street is Mrs. Shelley Barker. Better known in this area by her • maiden name 'Shelley Brennan, she finished three years of clerking in her parents' grocery store, Carl and Pat. Brennan, •last Sat., Oct. 27, 1979:After the six o'clock store closing, Shelley • travelled to. Collingwood, last • Saturday evening to her • home there. She had been • living in the apartment aboVe the old Ripley Post' Office, now. Bill Robin- son's paint and paper shop, on -the Main street,,, Shelleywas. always a pleasant, helpful and , ... efficient clerk and she --- will be •rrifssed here. Her husband Larry has been ernPloyed in C011ingWood • and their home is ;near that. town. Shelley Says that she will be back -to . the store on • her visit to Ripley. Now assisting at the store is. Lorie • Peterbaugh, daughter of Don •and Ruby. • Peter- baugh of Ripley> • Floyd and Lynne • Stanley of Ripley spent the weekend .of Oct. :20 with. Bob and Marg O'Donohue in Winnipeg. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley flew out from Toronto • -airport on Friday evening - arid: back, Sunday - evening. They were Much surprised to 'hear in- • co ming 'passengers telling how dry and warm ' it was in Toronto on that • • Saturday and Sunday., Here,L.ws 79 degrees while ,in Winnipeg the ground was Covered with snow., Mr. and Mrs. O'bonohue . drove into • Winnipeg from • Ignace. • Bob,. whir? taught for four years in the Ripley Huron. Central School, is now teahing in Ignaee in ' Northern Ontario, east of Kenora • some distance. While in Winnipeg Floyd and Lynne were able to visit their young nephew :Brad Tollefson at St. John's Cathedral Boys' • School and. he was glad to see thern. •,, Of Tuesday of last• , week' •• Mrs'. Elsie • Forrester of •'Street returned With her ',!;'•• daughter Mrs. Barbara 4r,410.,11,"9:,414.3.4 "11. *-4 4r. An. vi".:,..21orwai.44 4,4"..:61• • • n ,.has ry tea: • Barber of Norwood who had been. visiting here the week past; Wilfred and Dianne. Gamble, son Jeff and daughter Shelley recently moyed from their' Ripley. home opposite the Honey House to the •Bobby Strathdee • farm • on sideroad'10 between the 8th and 6th concessions, just south of the railroad crossing on the sideroad. •Bobby Strathdee has been living with his daughter Arla, Mrs. Tom Hutton at Hanover for some time and oc- casionally visits back in Ripley. The move_hjas all three brothers - John, Allan and Wilfred -•living on farms on the sixth concession east in Huron township. Mr. and Mrs; Murdock McDonald of Lucknow •and former residents of - the second concession west of Smoky Hollow in Huron township recently enjoyed a trip to Eastern Ontario. Among' the places visited were Peterborough, Ottawa, and the Laurentians. Mrs: •Bert wale/en ot Kincardine, well known retired nurse, a former native and resident of Huron township recently returned hOrne from an enjoyable month visiting with relatives on the •Canadian Prairies. She visited with Mrs. KI -1. Routledge in. Virden, Manitoba: • Mrs. Routledge is the former. Ma3rPpilock, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Alf Pollock. Then • they visited with her' daughter Mrs. John Mooney • in Winnipeg and then :with Mrs.' Routledge's sons who'are good fariners at Lenore in Manitoba'. Neict. it was on to Edmonton to visit a cousin Dr. George Cumming • and family. Mrs. Walden spent a week visiting •her grandson • Gary MacKenzie near Stettler, Alberta. Gary was just home from Africa. Next she visited with grandson Douglas MacKenzie at Sandre, Alberta. Sandre is .a small town near the - . fciOthills.• He took her on some very special trips into the foothill country. Here she. was able to see great herds of beef cattle grazing.. She also „ saw here the • special ,farm kept for grazing the horses used in the world famous„ • R.C.M.P. Islusical Ride. He also took her to see a real trapper's cabin with its barn and the things used in this line of work.. Then it was back to Calgary to fly to Toronto airport. Here she was met by her 'sbn Glen Walden of Lucknow who drove his mother home to Kin- cardine. Gary and Douglak, MacKenzie mentioned above are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jack MacKenzie of the 12th concession of Ashfield (the LOchalsh area). Mrs. Maeltenzie is the former Bertha W'alderi, daughter of Mrs. Bert Walden. It seems lately that aS sure as a, weeld comes around the firerhistle in Ripley is sure to sound calling the firemen out. Last weekend it hap- pened three times - twice on Friday, and one on Sunday. About - eleven• fifteen Friday forenoon they received a call for helping in dealing with fire in one ' of the corn dryers at. Mike Snobelen's farm down the fourth concession. Again just after midnight the siren sounded and the firemen went to the firehall where they remained for some time on "stand by” call if needed -to fight the firein Lucknow's main street. blaze. Then on Sunday at eleven thirty in the morning the firemen were called to Point • Clark where they were able to save a house • trailer owned by Cam- • pbell Jamieson of Kit- chener. It was located on Courtney Crescent second street south of Point Clark Lighthouse. ' At least ten firemen • answered each call. Early Sunday morning, Qct. 28, Gordon Harris of Kincardine passed away in Kincardine and District Hospital in his • 47th year. A few weeks ago Gord underwent • surgery in Owen. Sound. He then. returned home. On Friday he went into Kincardine hospital. The family funeral service • was held at the Linklater Funeral Home in kin. cardine on Monday -af- ternoon of this week followed by interment in Ripley Cemetery. He is survived by his wife the former Bev MacKenzie, son Mark, daughter Lynne, his mother 'qrs. Evelyn • Johnson •of Turn to page 161 • • ORENING.HOW KATHWS • HAIRSTYLING Dungannon Special prices for ••NOVEMBER • KATHIE •(BERE) STANBURY 5294949' Johnston Bros. 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