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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-03-14, Page 6fi • i._ A 4 • 0. of n ersion report... Ori. material for both kindergarten . and ..Grade 1. From that total 'cost of'.$12,400, Mr. McCall subtracted Ministry of locution•grants liasecligin 25 pupils -in ;each • of the two initial grades of $8,556.06 which. Would' leave a balance of $3,843.94. ,: Exeter Trustee Clarenee.McDonald asked why the cost of teachers was not included 1 the~ estimate? / The• : upeititem ent replied that teaching costs were not . included because the• ncb ;Immersion students would need a teacher even if they wereurhjt" reftlar class room. Director of Education Bob Allan added.that theoretically there are no. teacher costs, : butin, reality ' there probably would be. The board also acknowledged that they had received letters. from two citizens with concerns for setting up a French Immersion program. Mr. Allan read aloud the letters from D. C. Scott and Doug Harrison,. both of Goderich. , Mr. Scott's : letter took excerpts from. a recent Canadian Education Association (CEA) study on the :' .sues and Effects" of French Immersion. The over riding theme of the excerpts were negative towards French Immersion: But Mr.. Sully had the same CEA study and read the summary which said in general, ,administrators involved in, setting up the program felt '' the amount or time spent on . French Immersion . was offset by the benefits. "The program is worth the difficulties," said Mr. Sully._ "I would like to finish by saying that I have the utmost respect for anyone who is able to speak more than one :language. However, I am not firmly convinced that other learning opportunities are not equally as pertinent in the overall education of our youth," stated Mr. Harrison's • ~ r itc Theshudemte c4,pc -biggest hate Were,fotlm,�►thBrenll�cslSdsine''p!�tbA, Scher' ,o I Wy .hat sandwtlhod:sfY arwinegftWhrfeebesote t'he witlnaunneJof�e Curran. Winnern were chosen isn each clam, for the biggest hat and tle,r the smallest• hat and.tte th. spech [Photo by SharonDlet letter. category for bow flea. 1 Institute decorates St. Patrick's cos andEaster Jim and Fran. Farrell and girls were.sup- per guests. ' Monday night with Tom and Maryse Cale and boys. Unit No. 3\of Ripley U.C.W. met Tuesday night at Una'MacDonald's home. A St. Patrick's card party was held at the Purple.Grove Community Centre on Friday evening. Get well wishes go to Mrs. Don Thompson who is a patient in, Kincardine Hospital. Jeremy and Jonathon Thompson are visiting Harvie and° Wi1du Thompson. . The March meeting elf Purple Grove Women's Institute was held on Wednesday afternoon. Janet Rhody was convener: The members decorated St. Patrick's cookies and Eastereggs. A triple birthday party was held Saturday evening at John and Joyce Farrell's onthe occasion of Teresa Farrell, John Farrell PURPLE GROVE and Ean Elliott's birthdays. Congratua tions, all! •. Happy birthday also to Ean MacDonald.. Recent , visitors at Doug and Shirley Mac - Donald's were: Gary. Lawton, Donna and family of Seaforth, David and Anna Lawton and Nathan of Port Elgin, Beattie Pollock and Dalton Wardell. John and Brenda MacDonald attended a Mickey Gilley concert in Kitchener on Fri - ,day evening. Get . well wishes also go to Alma Gillies who is improving at home. The Purple Grove Bible Study group met • Tuesday morning at Anne McCosh's home. Happy birthday to Gladys Arnold who also celebrated .lash week. Gladys ' and . Isabel Brooks were guests on Thursday with Jim andJoyce McEwan of Kinloss. Kay Collins and Marj Thompson attended the ` play "Arregic and Old Lace" at the Grand Theatre inLondon on Saturday. For March Break week Jennifer Collins is visiting in Lion's Head, Angela in Kitchener and David in Orangeville. The Senior Citizens met in Ripley on Thursday afternoon. Don and Marilyn Reid went to the Farm Show in London on Friday. Joan and Randy MacDonald, Tammy, Kimberley and Lucas of Tiimmins visited Harvie and Wildri Thompson this week. Donna Jean Forster visited Evan and Margaret"Keith of be tin xuuoss four Mare Break week h~ Sunday. visitors with John and Brend MacDonald and girls: mere Erma Mil Donaldand Jinn of Waterloo. Ned and Elaine Cote, Theresa and Lisa o Owen -Sound visited`" on . the weekend wit! Marj Thompson. Lisa is spending Marc] Break week withMarj. Heather Boyle ; is starting . ,work i Belleville on Tuesday with Family an Children's Services. John and Joyce Farrell and family visite on a Sunday evening With Don and Anne Mc Cosh: Ed and Sandra McGillivray, Kelly an Kristy, Marj Thompson, "Lisa Cote, an Ainslie Martyn were Sunday supper guest with Kay Collins. Sonic boom awakens village residents last Thursday morning Believe it or not - folks in Ripley and sur- rounding area were awakened early Thursday morning (March 8) around 5 a.m. by a big bang. Happening before daylight it was quite an eiperience and was a topic of conversation for the next couple of days. People hearing it wanted to know from others if they also did or did not hear it and what caused it. A lady from the Lucknow area, asked the Wingham (C.K.N.X.) radio staff about it, but they had no knowledge of it. On Thursday morning school bus driver Harvey Brooks who lives on William Street in Ripley heard it and rushed outside to see if his tractor, parked by the house, had ex- ploded. It had not but instead he heard the sound of a plane passing overhead. So it must have been a sonic boom — made when the plane breaks the sound bar- rier. Scary flight Speaking about planes, two Kincardine ladies Jean Wylds formerly of Ripley and her friend Betty Fry went through a bomb scare at the end of their return flight from Florida. Starting from St. Petersburg the plane was to land at London around four - thirty in the'morning. Instead they were told that on account of fog they were going to Toronto. Shortly before landing they were told that there was a bomb threat on the plane and that they were to leave everything behind and get off the plane by Chute. on March 9 in Kincardine and District Hospital. Friends of Roy Davis Sr., former Ripley barber, will be glad to know that he is im- proving after a serious illness in Victoria Hospital, London. He has retired from barbering, and he and his wife Madeline are living in Mount Brydges. RIPLEY by Ab Wylds _ The plane landed in a remote section of the airfield and they were hustled away, from it. Later they picked up their luggage, went through customs, and were taken by bus to London airport. Here Jean's' sister Marj. and husband Hartley. McTavish of London picked them up and took them home to Kincardine. Jean and Betty had a three week vacation with another former Ripleyite Elsie ( Pollock ) MacDonald at her home in St. Petersburg. Returned home ,.• Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Macintosh of St. Thomas and Margaret Scott of Ripley returned on Friday from a two week vaca- tion in Florida. They visited with Margaret and D.A.'s. sisters Jessie Hartley and Kathleen Nestor at Clearwater, Florida: They had a lovely time with nice sunshine. Mrs. Verna Finlayson and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnston and daughters Julie and Jen- nifer are among those holidaying in Florida. Congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fuller on the arrival of a daughter Mrs. Pearl ( Allister) MacKay of the Sixth Concession east in. Huron Township is visiting in Calgary at present.` The new lady in the Huron and Kinloss Municipal Telephone System, office on the main street in.. Ripley working with Mrs. Irene Liddle and/Mrs. Mary Hackett is Mrs.. Lynn Van Roby of /the Tenth Concession west in Huron (the former Lennie Harrison place) . She replaces Mrs. Kerry Houston of Ripley. • Niels Frederiksen of Ripley is back at Fort Walton Beach in the Pensacola area of north western' Florida after spending a month in Alabama. He reports nice sunshine last Sunday in eontrast to the snow storm here. Ripley folks going into Kincardine and District hospital for treatment in the past week or so were Mrs. June Dodds, Mrs. Merle ( Jim) Tout, and Jim Brooks. June is back home to Ripley after a short stay. Also home from Kincardine in the past month are Mrs. Ada Farrell and Jack Carter. With Bobby Robertson on vacation in Bar- bados the report of the March meeting of the Ripley Happy Hearts was written by Rets Irwin. Ab Wylds had a letter from Bill Bushel last Wednesday. Bill will be remembered a the baker at the Grace and Elliott Car ruthers bake shop at the south end of th( main business section. Bill is now in Regina Since leaving Ripley he has followed th( local hews in the weekly paper. Bitterly cold For the record last" Sunday, March 11,198 was one miserable bitter cold day as one of the worst storms of the winter with strong north winds covered the country. • White outs made hazardous driving condi tions. The bitter coldness even seeped int( the homes: Cancellation of meetings and notice of blocked highways were part of the radio news. The O.P.P. were warning people to stay off the roads. It is always better to b¢ safe rather than sorry. The fourth meeting of the Ripley Fitness Fanatics was held March . 8, 1984. Al members were present and answered tht roll call and discussed women in sports, sup' pleness, food; fuel for sports and fitness; calorie makers and, athletic.beverages. They also sampled macaroni, cheese an tomato and oatcakes. Then they attended a Dance Fit "class at the Ripley District School. The next meeting will be March 21; 1984.